| 09th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 81 |
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| 20110055684 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE FUNCTIONALITY OF A BINARY REPRESENTATION - A method for improving functionality of a binary representation of an XML-based content description, wherein a structure of any instance of an XML-document corresponds to a tree-like data structure including a plurality of tree nodes, is provided. The method includes providing that each tree node represents an element of the content description and has a structure which is defined in a schema; providing the tree nodes in binary representation with tree branch codes; providing that the respective tree branch code has a schema branch code; extending an existing schema by utilizing unused schema branch codes in a tree node for extensions with new elements until the unused schema branch codes are all used up, and increasing a bit length of the schema branch code as necessary; and communicating a bit length change to a decoder for correctly decoding the content description in the binary representation. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055685 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE A DOMAIN SPLIT DISPLAY - In various example embodiments, systems and methods for a domain split display are provided. A first request call directed to a first domain is received. In response, first served content including content retrieved based on the first domain is transmitted to a client device. The first served content is used by the client device to generate a parent page comprising a content iframe, which is associated with a second domain. A second request call directed to a second domain is received and second served content is transmitted to the client device. The second served content includes content retrieved from the second domain. The second served content causes a data receiver iframe associated with the first domain and an event receiver iframe associated with the second domain to be displayed within the content iframe. User-generated content for display in the data receiver iframe is then transmitted. The user-generated content is retrieved from the second domain, whereby the second domain is different from the first domain. The data receiver iframe may communicate a size required to display the user-generated content to the event receiver iframe, which in turn, communicates the size to the parent page. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055686 | RICH TEXT HANDLING FOR A WEB APPLICATION - A method and apparatus for representing and controlling documents including rich text for Web based applications and browsers is provided so that editing of rich text can be facilitated within the browsers. The rich text is represented in a memory structure so that various formats may be flexible maintained. Text, images, tables, links and the like are represented in the memory structure, which may be maintained in databases for eventual editing. A controller class and subsidiary classes represent the rich text and provide methods to convert html to the memory structure and back, representing the rich text in a relational database, retrieving the rich text from a relational database, and presenting the rich text for editing. A spell checking facility for the rich text is included. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055687 | GENERATING FORMATTED DOCUMENTS - Techniques for generating one or more formatted documents are provided. The techniques include receiving content from one or more data sources, enabling specification of one or more formatting elements to be used in one or more generated formatted documents, enabling specification of a structure to be used in the one or more generated formatted documents, enabling specification of a style of the one or more formatting elements to be used in the one or more generated formatted documents, and generating one or more formatted documents based on the specifications. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055688 | ADVANCED EDITING AND INTERFACING IN USER APPLICATIONS - A method performed within a content editing device provides advanced editing functionality for use within user applications having editable content on a user interface. The method provides automatic paste/insertion functionality following a selection of a destination/end location within the document and a subsequent selection of content for insertion at the selected end location. An editor moves content around within the document by tagging the end location and simply selection the content that is to be moved/copied to that end location. The method further enables efficient re-arrangement of multiple individual content blocks within a single document or across multiple documents by tagging each content with a sequence number indicative of the relative location of that content within the desired re-arranged sequence of content. Once the content has been tagged, a selectable option automatically orders the content in correct sequence relative to each other and/or to existing content in the resulting document. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055689 | METHOD OF PERFORMING AT LEAST ONE OPERATION IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND HOST DEVICE TO PERFORM THE METHOD - A method of performing at least one operation in an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus to perform the method, and a host device. In the method, at least one operation is performed using a workform in an image forming apparatus that can be connected to a host device, the method including selecting a document to be processed, receiving user identification information from a user who is to perform the at least one operation on the document, receiving at least one workform corresponding to the user identification information from the image forming apparatus, and performing an operation according to the received workform on the document in the image forming apparatus. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055690 | RICH TEXT HANDLING FOR A WEB APPLICATION - A method and apparatus for representing and controlling documents including rich text for Web based applications and browsers is provided so that editing of rich text can be facilitated within the browsers. The rich text is represented in a memory structure so that various formats may be flexible maintained. Text, images, tables, links and the like are represented in the memory structure, which may be maintained in databases for eventual editing. A controller class and subsidiary classes represent the rich text and provide methods to convert html to the memory structure and back, representing the rich text in a relational database, retrieving the rich text from a relational database, and presenting the rich text for editing. A spell checking facility for the rich text is included. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055691 | PREVIEWING DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOCUMENTS - This is directed to a preview application for displaying several documents simultaneously in a single window, where the several documents are displayed as books. To view the pages of a document, the preview application can open the book and display the pages of the document (e.g., in a one or two-dimensional array). A user can also search for particular terms within the several documents. In response to a search, the preview application can filter the pages of the several documents and only display those pages that include the search terms. The displayed pages can be ordered in any suitable manner, including for example by search rank. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055692 | DIGITAL MEDIA DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA FOR THEREON - An algorithm is implemented on a digital media device ( | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055693 | Print control program and method - A print control program according to the present invention makes an information processor control a printer. The printer is connected to the information processor and can do printing under the conditions set. The set conditions can reduce the consumption of printing media by the printer. The program includes a first step through a fourth step. The first step is to wait until an instruction is entered into the information processor to start printing under the set conditions. The second step is to analyze the set conditions if the information processor detects the entered instruction at the first step. The third step is to form a preview image representing an image or images as printed under the analyzed conditions at least one of which has been changed to further reduce the printing medium consumption. The fourth step is to display the formed preview image on the display of the information processor. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055694 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS - The present invention discloses an image processing apparatus for displaying a preview image of an input job and a method of controlling the apparatus. The apparatus determines an attribute of an object included in an input job, analyzes the job while switching the degree of the precision of analysis of the job based on a user-specified display size and the attribute of the object, and generates and displays a preview image of the job based on the analysis results. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055695 | Apparatus and method for creating preview image of object - Apparatus and method for creating a preview image of an object is provided. The apparatus includes an object type detecting unit for detecting an object to be previewed for determining whether the type of the object is text, graphics, and image, a color matching unit for converting a color signal of the detected object into an image forming color signal by using a color profile corresponding to the detected object according to the detection result of the object type detecting unit, and a preview image creating unit for creating and displaying a preview image for the object converted into the image forming color signal. Therefore, because the preview image is displayed on a monitor according to the type of object (text, graphics, or image), a user can predict the image forming result more accurately. Further, because the colors of objects can be adjusted, a printout with desired color characteristics can be obtained. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055696 | GLOBE CONTAINER - A globe container includes a front-side spherical cap. A plurality of content items are arranged with a convex three-dimensional perspective on the front-side spherical cap. The globe container has a changeable virtual orientation that determines which of the plurality of content items are arranged with the convex three-dimensional perspective on the front-side spherical cap. The globe container allows selection of any of the content items displayed on the front-side spherical cap. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055697 | ALPHANUMERIC KEYPAD FOR TOUCH-SCREEN DEVICES - A method and apparatus for improving the accuracy and usability of alphanumeric keypads and control functions on touch-screen devices by employing multi-function buttons and the actuation of multiple buttons in sequence by sliding a finger across the touch-screen. Potential applications include cell phones, smart phones, calculators, handheld scanners, gaming systems, remote controls, GPS navigation devices, and ultra small laptop computers. A first embodiment is an alphanumeric keypad for a touch-screen smart phone. In this embodiment, a modified QWERTY keypad layout is employed to allow selection of the most frequently used letters by touching the display and the selection of less frequently used letters by sliding a finger on the display. In this first embodiment, multiple letters can be entered in sequence by sliding from one button to either an adjacent or non-adjacent button. A second embodiment is a numeric keypad for entering phone numbers on a touch-screen phone. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055698 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING FONT SIZE IN A MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING A TOUCH SCREEN - A method and apparatus for setting a font size in a mobile terminal having a touch screen. During a font size setting mode, an area of a region where a user's finger touches the screen is detected. A font size corresponding to the detected area is determined from among preset font sizes, and the determined font size is displayed in a specific region on the touch screen. If a font size setting request to the displayed font size is received from the user, the displayed font size is stored for a subsequent display on the touch screen. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055699 | INTELLIGENT SELF-ENABLED SOLUTION DISCOVERY - Solutions for solving a problem experienced by a user are retrieved. In response to receiving a query from the user describing the problem, relevant candidate solutions to the problem are sent to the user. In response to receiving a selection of one relevant candidate solution from the relevant candidate solutions, instructions steps within the one relevant candidate solution selected by the user are analyzed. An instruction step similarity is calculated between the instruction steps within the one relevant candidate solution selected and other instructions steps within other solutions stored in a storage device. Then, similar solutions are sent to the user containing similar instruction steps to the instruction steps contained within the one relevant candidate solution selected based on the calculated instruction step similarity. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055700 | Automatic Explode Based on Occlusion - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products feature providing a rendering of a three-dimensional assembly of components. An explosion sequence for separating first components of the assembly is determined. The explosion sequence comprises stages in which each stage represents a different spatial relationship between two or more of the first components. A first input is received from an interactive control. A first stage in the explosion sequence is selected based on the first input. The rendering of the assembly is updated, responsive to the first input, to show the first stage of the explosion sequence. A second input is received from the interactive control. A different second stage in the explosion sequence is selected based on the second input. The rendering of the assembly is updated, responsive to the second input, to show the second stage of the explosion sequence. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055701 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PLAYING INTERNET RADIO - An electronic device is capable of communicating with internet radio stations via a network, and includes a configuration module, an API module, a downloading module, and a GUI module. The configuration module is capable of setting search conditions for searching the internet radio stations in the network. The API module is capable of sending a download command according to the search condition to the download module of the electronic device if the search conditions are selected. The download module is capable of downloading a list of the internet radio stations, and downloading contents of one internet radio station if the one internet radio station is selected in the list. The GUI module is capable of displaying the list and playing the contents. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055702 | Document revisions in a collaborative computing environment - In a collaborative computing environment, a method and system for displaying revisions associated with a hosted electronic document are disclosed. In accordance with the disclosed method and system, select revisions of an electronic document may be displayed to a user as media (e.g. Flash™ animation, QuickTime™, MPEG, Windows™ Media Video, RealMedia™, DivX™, DHTML, etc.) in which the revisions are animated, recreating a visual history play-back of the evolution of the document. The animation may include an image of each selected revision, morphing into another image of another revision. The animation may be displayed in various orders (e.g. chronologically, by user, etc.) The user may use an application on a client device (e.g. a web-browser, a web-browser with a media plug-in, a media players, etc.) to view the media file and control various properties of the animation playback (e.g. speed, direction, pausing, skipping forward or back, etc.) | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055703 | Spatial Apportioning of Audio in a Large Scale Multi-User, Multi-Touch System - A large scale multi-user, multi-touch system with a specialized zone-based user interface including methods for space management and spatial apportioning of audio cues. The system comprises a multi-touch display component fabricated in dimensions sufficient for at least a plurality of users and for displaying projected images and for receiving multi-touch input. The apparatus includes a plurality of image projectors, a plurality of cameras for sensing multi-touch input and the apparatus includes interface software for managing user space. The interface software implements techniques for managing multiple users using the same user interface component by allocating physical spaces within the multi-touch display component and coordinating movement of displayed objects between the physical spaces. Embodiments include a plurality of audio transducers and methods for performing audio spatialization using the plurality of audio transducers corresponding to the physical spaces, apportioning of volume levels to the audio transducers based on movement of a displayed object. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055704 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CONTROL OPERATION OF A PORTLET - A method to control a portlet associated with a portal page may include deactivating a selected portlet in response to operating a deactivation feature. The method may also include reactivating the selected portlet in response to operating a reactivation feature. The method may also include freezing a portlet content in the selected portlet in response to deactivating the selected portlet. The method may further include disabling hyperlinks, buttons and other inputs to the selected portlet in response to deactivating the selected portlet. The method may further include reconfiguring a portal server to ensure that a portlet content of a selected portlet cannot be affected while the selected portlet is deactivated. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055705 | Source user based provision of one or more templates - A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: receiving one or more requests for one or more particular templates that are associated with one or more source users, the one or more particular templates designed to facilitate one or more end users to achieve one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects included in the one or more particular templates are emulated; and providing from a plurality of templates the one or more particular templates, the providing being based at least on the association of the one or more particular templates with the one or more source users, the one or more particular templates developed based on one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055706 | Control device, control point, and method for controlling frendly name priority order - A control device is provided. The control device includes a storage unit to store a predetermined first prefix, a user interface unit to receive the first friendly name corresponding to the control device, a generation unit to generate the second friendly name using the input first friendly name and the first prefix pre-stored in the control device, a stack unit to generate a device description using the generated second friendly name, and a communication interface unit to transmit the generated device description to the control point. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055707 | RESERVATION OF RESOURCES AND DEPLOYMENT OF APPLICATIONS USING AN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods to reserve resources is provided. In exemplary embodiments, a selection of a profile from a user is received. A dynamic graphical user interface is generated, using one or more processors. The dynamic graphical user interface allows the user to configure a topology based on the selected profile. The dynamic graphical user interface provides input fields in which the user may select a resource. An indication of the selected applicable topology property for configuring the topology is received. A topology is automatically generating based in part on the selected applicable topology property. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055708 | METHOD FOR CHANGING SERVICE QUALITY OF A CONTENT ADAPTIVELY - The present invention relates to a method for changing service quality of a content adaptively. In the present method, when allowance of access to a network is requested, whether transfer speed demanded by the request of access allowance can be provided is checked. If can not be provided, service quality of a connection being serviced is lowered. In the meantime, the present method monitors whether available bandwidth is generated, and upgrades service quality of a connection being serviced when available bandwidth is generated. The above operations can make a given network resource fully used. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055709 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NETWORK COMMUNICATION METHOD - An electronic device includes a display, a graphical user interface (GUI) application module, a daemon application module, and a network service control module capable of retrieving network content from a network terminal. The GUI application module acquires the network content from the network service control module. Either of the GUI application module or the daemon application module manages the network content. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055710 | TRAFFIC VISUALIZATION ACROSS WEB MAPS - A web traffic visualization system includes a generation module configured to generate a web map. The web map includes web objects and links connecting the web objects, where the web objects are for a web site. The web traffic visualization system also includes an acceptance module configured to assign a unique ID to a visitor of the web site and receive a visitor action performed by the visitor on a web object in the web site tagged with the unique ID. The web traffic visualization system is further configured to include a visualization module configured to generate and display the visitor action on the web map in response to receiving the visitor action tagged with the unique ID. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055711 | Graphical Interface For Managing Server Environment - A system includes a server environment and a management station. The server environment includes hardware servers. At least some of the servers can be characterized by a hierarchy of partitions. The management station provides an administrative interface. The administrative interface provides a display that displays alternate views of a graphical representation of the server environment. Each of the views has graphical partition elements corresponding to at least some of the partitions nested with graphic server elements corresponding to at least some of the hardware servers. At least some of the graphical partition elements include links that, when activated, cause the graphical representation to switch to another of its views in which is highlighted a graphical partition element that was not highlighted in the previous view. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055712 | GENERIC, ONE-CLICK INTERFACE ASPECTS OF CLOUD CONSOLE - A method, computer-readable medium, and system for providing access to computing resources provisioned across multiple cloud providers and/or data centers is disclosed. A graphical user interface may be used to display a plurality of computing resources which are provisioned across at least one cloud provider and/or at least one data center, where the plurality of computing resources may implement a virtual machine, a plurality of virtual machines of a cloud computing environment, etc. In response to a selection of the computing resources using the graphical user interface, the plurality of computing resources may be launched and/or configured on the at least one cloud provider and/or at least one data center which provide the computing resources. Access to the plurality of computing resources may then be provided using the graphical user interface. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055713 | INTERACTIVE DELIVERY OF EDITORAL CONTENT - A method for electronically providing material to a user such that the user can receive, and preferably transmit, editorial content linked to a selectable portion of the material enables a user to have access to material electronically distributed over a communication network, such as the Internet. In one implementation a Web application displays the contents of a book in a browser-based reader and an indication of the amount of commentary associated with selectable portions of the book. A user can select portions of the book and associate media of different formats such as audio, video, image, URLs, in addition to text, with the selected portion(s) of the book. A user can also see a list of associated content contributed by herself/himself or by other users (unless optionally designated private). By choosing any item in the list of associated content, the content is dynamically displayed within the user's reader. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055714 | MANAGING VIRTUAL MACHINES - Tools and techniques for managing virtual machines, including without limitation virtual machines running in a cloud computing environment. Certain tools provide a user interface that allows a user to browse machine images to find an image that meets the user's needs. In some aspects, these tools and techniques can provide the ability for users to customize machine images to meet their own needs and/or to share their customized machine images with other users. In other aspects, these tools and techniques can provide users with the ability to export virtual machines for use on an actual computer system. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055715 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE CONTROL SERVICE IN A NETWORK - A system and methods for providing a Control User Interface (CUI) for controlling a Networked Device (ND) with a Remote Controller (RC) are provided. A Service Provider (SP) receives capability information of the RC and CUI information from the ND, generates a reconfigured CUI based on a location of the RC from which to control the ND, and transmits the reconfigured CUI to the ND. The ND receives the reconfigured CUI from the SP and transmits the reconfigured CUI to the RC. The RC receives the reconfigured CUI from the ND and controls the ND with the reconfigured CUI. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055716 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING REMOTE USER INTERFACE IN A HOME NETWORK - A method and apparatus for controlling a Remote User Interface (RUI) by a Remote User Interface Client (RUIC) device in a home network, in which it is checked whether control information received from the third RUIC device capable of controlling an RUI realized in the RUIC device was generated by a Control User Interface (CUI) included in an allowed CUI list, and a CUI of the third RUIC device is updated if the received control information was not generated by a CUI included in the allowed CUI list. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055717 | Source user based provision of one or more templates - A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: receiving one or more requests for one or more particular templates that are associated with one or more source users, the one or more particular templates designed to facilitate one or more end users to achieve one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects included in the one or more particular templates are emulated; and providing from a plurality of templates the one or more particular templates, the providing being based at least on the association of the one or more particular templates with the one or more source users, the one or more particular templates developed based on one or more reported aspects associated with the one or more source users In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055718 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method - A system and method for recommending content to a user. In embodiments of the system and method, one or more content groups is generated, at least one of the content groups including more than one type of content, and a display indicative of the one or more content groups is presented to the user. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055719 | OPERATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A multi function peripheral is provided with a display controller for causing a display section to display reception screens for respective settings on functions executable in the electrical apparatus, an instruction receiver for receiving an instruction to designate a content of each setting from the user, a display format receiver for receiving an instruction to select any one of a wizard display format, a list display format and a menu display format from the user, and a storage for storing the display format received by the display format receiver while relating it to the contents of the respective settings received by the instruction receiver. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055720 | COMPREHENSIVE USER CONTROL SYSTEM FOR THERAPEUTIC WELLNESS DEVICES - A comprehensive user control system for use with therapeutic wellness devices is described, comprising such a wellness device, data equipment capable of connection to a data communications network, and a removable data link capable of permitting data communication between the wellness device and data equipment. Other embodiments comprise a general purpose computer capable of connection to a data communications network and programmed to control a wellness device across a removable data link; a method of controlling a wellness device including obtaining over certain data communications connections a program for controlling the device and operating the device in accordance with the program; and a method of controlling a wellness device comprising presentation of a request for therapeutic relief not specifying a particular mechanical action to be performed by the device, and translation of that request into at least one command executable by at least one wellness device. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055721 | INDICATING UNAVAILABILITY OF AN UPLOADED VIDEO FILE THAT IS BEING BITRATE ENCODED - Techniques are described herein for indicating unavailability of an uploaded video file that is being bitrate encoded. For instance, upon a determination that the uploaded video file is being bitrate encoded, a graphical user interface may be provided that includes an interface element indicating that the uploaded video file is unavailable for processing except for the bitrate encoding. The interface element may be an icon, a textual message, or any other suitable interface element that is capable of indicating that the uploaded video file that is being bitrate encoded is unavailable. When the bitrate encoding is completed, the interface element may be automatically updated to indicate that the uploaded video file is available for processing. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055722 | Data Visualization Environment with DataFlow Processing, Web, Collaboration, Advanced User Interfaces, and Spreadsheet Visualization - A method for interactive data visualization to perform data analysis comprising dataflow processing of information and utilizing mathematical operations designed to accept, operate on, and produce numerical data within the universal range of numbers such as the interval [0,1] or [−1,+1]. In an implementation, visual effects responsive to data values and interactive control produces computer graphics instructions that can be rendered as graphics in a browser and transmitted over a network. Interactive control can also be transmitted over a network so as to provide web access and a collaboration environment. In an implementation the selection of function blocks and the general connectivity among them can be specified by using a drawing tool and a palette of function blocks, and clicking on each function block would cause dialog windows to appear that can be used for setting parameters. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055723 | COLLABORATIVELY INTERACTIVE MICRO-BLOG POSTS - There is provided methods of interactive and collaborative communication within a micro-blogging service. A micro-blog posting may be defined having an interactive type (e.g. “Task”, “Confirm”, etc.). The post may be communicated by the service for collaboration through interactions. The service may maintain a state of the micro-blog post in accordance with the interactions (e.g. received in reply communications). Respective micro-blog posts may be presented (viewed) in accordance with the interactive type and state. For example, a micro-blog post may be presented in a web-based viewing interface with a control defined in response to the interactive type and state for invoking an interaction/reply. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055724 | INTERFACE FOR VOICE COMMUNICATIONS - There is provided an interface viewable on a display for a communications apparatus used during a session for voice communications between at least two parties. The interface includes at least one edge of the display having a row of objects, each object of the row being for representing each of the at least two parties; and a main portion of the display being for showing the object of the party speaking at a particular point in time, with a plurality of the objects being shown when a plurality of the parties are speaking at the particular point in time. Advantageously, the object of the speaking party is shown on the main portion when the speaking party's voice is detected by the speaking party's communications apparatus, a host server receiving information from the speaking party's communications apparatus to aid in displaying the object of the speaking party at the particular point in time. Alternatively, the object of the speaking party may also undergo a change of state, such as, for example, a blinking effect, a single occurrence resizing effect, a transitional blurring effect, a repeated resizing effect, and any combination of the aforementioned. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055725 | TAKING ACTION UPON USERS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM WITH RESPECT TO A PURPOSE BASED ON COMPATIBILITY OF THE USERS TO THE PURPOSE - Techniques are described herein that are capable of taking action upon users in a social networking system with respect to a purpose based on compatibility of the users to the purpose. The action may be further based on compatibility of the users and the purpose to a venue. Example actions include but are not limited to recommending users for a purpose and/or a venue; recommending a purpose for users and/or a venue; recommending a venue for users and/or a purpose; inviting users to join a group, to attend an event, or to perform an action; etc. For instance, the social networking system may include a network manager that performs a compatibility analysis with respect to attributes of users, a purpose, and/or a venue, respectively. The network manager may take an action upon the users (or a subset thereof) based on the results of the compatibility analysis. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055726 | PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE REPRESENTATIONS OF VIRTUAL CONTENT IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - An invention for automatically reducing a load on a server functioning with a virtual universe is provided. In one embodiment, there is an alternative representation tool, including a detection component configured to detect a load on a server, and a determination component configured to determine whether the load on the server exceeds a predefined threshold. The alternative representation tool further comprises a rendering component configured to provide an alternative representation of a virtual content renderable in the virtual universe to reduce the load on the server in the case that the load on the server exceeds the predefined threshold. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055727 | System and Method for Using Partial Teleportation or Relocation in Virtual Worlds - The processing burden of rendering incident to a full teleportation operation in a virtual universe is avoided while contact with particular teleport destinations is promoted by provision of a partial teleportation facility such as a virtual kiosk as an object within a virtual universe (which may be sponsored or owned by users wishing to promote particular teleportation destinations) at which an avatar can view previously rendered images of portions of one or more teleportation destinations. Limited interaction and simulated travel within the teleportation destination can be achieved through image manipulation and updates rather than rendering. An avatar image can be displayed in connection with both the object and the teleport destination with, preferably control of only one avatar image while the other is displayed using a low resolution image. Full teleportation can be initiated automatically upon detection of a particular condition such as duration of an avatar presence at the location of the partial teleportation facility object. When full teleportation is initiated, the processing intensive rendering can be supplemented from image data representing the portion or the teleportation destination, thus hiding rendering delays and simulating seamless, instantaneous response to the full teleportation operation. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055728 | Method and System for Filtering Movements Between Virtual Environments - In response to a teleport request, teleport destination characteristics are determined and compared against preferences, characteristics and restrictions of an avatar as indicated by metadata or tags to determine if the teleport destination is suitable for teleportation of that avatar. If the destination is found unsuitable, a search is conducted, preferably based on unmatched metadata of the avatar or the destination to suggest or directly substitute a suitable teleportation destination. Metadata for the avatar and the destination can include metadata which is dynamic (such as destination occupancy or processing capacity) adaptively developed or based on current or historical usage and virtual universe system status. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055729 | User Interface for a Large Scale Multi-User, Multi-Touch System - A large scale multi-user, multi-touch system with a specialized zone-based user interface including methods for space management and spatial apportioning of audio cues. The system comprises a multi-touch display component fabricated in dimensions sufficient for at least a plurality of users and for displaying projected images and for receiving multi-touch input. The apparatus includes a plurality of image projectors, a plurality of cameras for sensing multi-touch input and the apparatus includes interface software for managing user space. The interface software implements techniques for managing multiple users using the same user interface component by allocating physical spaces within the multi-touch display component and coordinating movement of displayed objects between the physical spaces. Embodiments include a plurality of audio transducers and methods for performing audio spatialization using the plurality of audio transducers corresponding to the physical spaces, apportioning of volume levels to the audio transducers based on movement of a displayed object. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055730 | User-Customizable Electronic Virtual Exhibit Reproduction System - Methods and systems for delivery of a virtual exhibit are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of delivering a virtual exhibit to an attendee of a physical event includes receiving an indication of interest from an attendee that identifies at least one physical exhibit at an event, the indication of interest including an identifier associated with the attendee. The method further includes storing an association between the attendee and the exhibit, and receiving a request from the attendee to view a virtual event. The method also includes displaying the virtual event to the attendee, the virtual event including a virtual exhibit corresponding to the at least one physical exhibit. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055731 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION OVER A NETWORK - There is described a content distribution network comprising at least one server adapted to generate a substantially real-time instance of a root website and generate host site data in a frame of a host website, the frame comprising content of the host website and at least one blank segment; and at least one user machine connected to the network, the user machine having at least one application running on a processor for displaying the frame comprising content of the host website and having the real-time instance of the root website embedded therein via the at least one blank segment, thereby allowing access to the root website while remaining on the host website, wherein embedding the substantially real-time instance of the root website into the frame of the host website is done on one of the at least one server and the user machine. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055732 | Creation and Prioritization of Multiple Virtual Universe Teleports In Response to an Event - Useful work or services can be automated or otherwise facilitated or solutions to real world events developed by emulation of a real-world environment (which can contain objects representing virtual objects) with a virtual environment and generating a prioritized sequence of locations and associated tasks in accordance with resources related to the event in a virtual universe. Performance of the prioritized tasks at the prioritized locations is facilitated in the virtual universe by locally generating teleportation invitations corresponding to locations in the ordered sequence of locations. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055733 | System and Method for Locating Missing Items in a Virtual Universe - The present invention provides a system and method for tagging Virtual Universe items as owned by a particular user and to use such tags to enable users and/or system administrators to locate lost or stolen items in a Virtual Universe. When items identified are located, the user/owners may be notified of the location or missing items; alternatively, the items may be automatically returned to the user/owners' inventories. By enabling differentiation between items that may be lost, stolen, or left intentionally in a Virtual Universe, the present invention addresses difficulties that may arise in managing the various items that populate a Virtual Universe, especially as a Virtual Universe expands or as Multiple Virtual Universes expand and partner with additional Virtual Universes. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055734 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING THE NUMBER OF CHARACTERS DISPLAYED IN A COMMON AREA - A system providing a graphical chat room and/or virtual world on a website in which users can control avatars or other characters to participate in activities and interact with other users' avatars/characters. The chat room or virtual world has a large common location where a large number of users might participate with their characters/avatars, but where because display of all of the participants and/or all of the area becomes impractical or otherwise unwieldy, the system determines an appropriate portion of the area and a limited number of avatars/characters to display based on some criteria. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055735 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INITIATING AND MANAGING CHAT SESSIONS - Method and apparatus for initiating and managing a chat session are described herein. According to one embodiment, user activities with respect to the data processing system are monitored, including user activities that are unrelated to chat services. In response to a request to initiate a chat session between a local user and a remote user, a first chat service account is selected from a list of chat service accounts associated with the remote user based on the monitored user activities. A chat session is initiated using the selected first chat service account of the remote user and a second chat service account selected for the local user. Certain information is displayed within a chat window indicating that the chat session is conducted between the first and second chat service accounts. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055736 | Image forming apparatus, method of providing UI user interface contents thereof, and host apparatus - An image forming apparatus, according to an exemplary embodiment, is provided that includes an interface unit to interface at least one host apparatus with the image forming apparatus, a web server unit to generate UI contents displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) using a web-based language and store the generated UI contents, and a first display unit to display the stored UI contents using a web browser. Accordingly, the image forming apparatus, according to an exemplary embodiment, may generate UI contents of the UI window of the image forming apparatus using a web-based language, generate a screen which is the same as the screen displayed on the UI of the image forming apparatus, and provide the screen to a host apparatus. Thus, user convenience may be improved. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055737 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A COMPUTER DISPLAY FORM LAYOUT - A system and method are disclosed that may provide a graphical user interface (GUI) within a web page on a display device forming part of a computer system, that may include defining attributes of user interface fields for use within the graphical user interface for display on the display device with program code; searching at least one image file for image data fields corresponding to one or more of the user interface fields; recording layout data of selected ones of the image data fields within the image file; and generating the GUI using information from the user interface field attributes and the recorded data. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055738 | Configurable and Extensible User Interface - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for changing a user interface. A method for changing a user interface layout includes presenting a user with one or more exits points into which user instructions for changes to a user interface can be inserted. The method includes receiving user instructions to change a user interface. The method includes receiving a selection of an exit point. The method includes adding the user instructions to instructions for presenting the user interface at the exit point selected. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055739 | Method of spreading out and displaying closely located points of interest on a personal navigation device - A method of displaying points of interest in a personal navigation device includes displaying a map on a display of the personal navigation device, receiving touch input at a touched position of the display, displaying points of interest located near the touched position, wherein the points of interest are represented by icons, each icon being connected to its location on the map with a line extending out from the touched position, and spreading out the icons around the touched position to separate the icons from each other, the spread out icons being displayed in a pattern around the touched position, wherein a length of the line connecting each icon to its location on the map is not directly proportional to a distance from the corresponding point of interest to the touched position. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055740 | DEFINING AND SHARING DISPLAY SPACE TEMPLATES - A computer-implemented method of customizing a user interface comprises receiving, by the computer, a user selection of a portion of content displayed by a user interface, and limiting, by the computer, future loading or updating of elements corresponding to the selected portion. Limiting future loading or updating of elements corresponding to the selected portion may comprise preventing future loading or updating of elements corresponding to the selected portion. Alternatively, limiting future loading or updating of elements corresponding to the selected portion may comprise reducing a frequency of future updating of elements corresponding to the selected portion. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055741 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING WIDGETS IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and system for managing widgets in a portable terminal is disclosed. If a request is made to register a widget in the widget tray having already the preset number of widgets, the lowest priority widget is removed from the widget tray. Information regarding the removed widget is stored in the reserved stack. If at least one widget is removed from the widget tray, the widget stored in the reserved stack is automatically registered in the widget tray. Accordingly, the widget tray can maintain the preset number of widgets in the widget tray. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055742 | CONTEXT ARRANGEMENT METHOD, CONTEXT ARRANGEMENT PROGRAM AND INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - A context arrangement method, comprising: an operation input step of accepting an input of an operation with respect to a selection target embedded in contents on a display screen; a context arrangement step of arranging a context at a position corresponding to the input of the operation in a virtual display space which is larger than an area in which the contents are displayed; and a drawing step of drawing display data of the selection target in the arranged context by a background processing. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055743 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a reception section which receives, from an information input apparatus which accepted input of direction information indicating a direction on a display surface, the direction information, an attention object selection section which selects new attention object position information indicating a position of an object that is to be newly attended to from pieces of object position information based on the direction information received by the reception section, and a focus position control section which causes a focus to be displayed at a position on the display surface indicated by the object position information specified by the attention information, and also causes the focus to move to a position on the display surface indicated by the new attention object position information selected by the attention object selection section. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055744 | Visual Linking of Elements to Model Attributes - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for visual linking of elements to model attributes. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a data stream comprising a plurality of element instances wherein an element instance of a first type in the data stream has an attribute with respective data and another element instance of the first type in the data stream does not have the attribute; creating a data model from the data stream in which all element instances of the first type have the attribute; and presenting an interactive representation of the data model including the attribute in a first region of a user interface (UI) and one or more UI elements in a second region of the UI. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055745 | ADOPTIVE MONITORING AND REPORTING OF RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND EFFICIENCY - A system and method of generating for display on a computer device, a resource utilization and efficiency value of a residence or business comprises: monitoring at least one energy using device associated with the residence or business for obtaining operating data; analyzing the operating data obtained during a predetermined interval of time for obtaining a value of energy used by the at least one energy using device; calculating an efficiency value from the value of energy used during the predetermined interval of time; and using the efficiency value to create a computer generated image that represents the calculated efficiency value for a predetermined interval of time for display on the computer device. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055746 | SCUBA DIVING DEVICE PROVIDING UNDERWATER NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION CAPABILITY - Devices and systems are provided which may be used to navigate and communicate while diving in dive sites and improve the safety of the diving experience. For example, in certain embodiments, a diver area system is provided which utilizes virtual underwater information to provide the user with their location, the location of other divers (or “buddies”), and/or location of a surface object (e.g., a dive boat). In certain embodiments, the devices and systems disclosed herein may provide user with their location relative to one or more buddies. The user can thus navigate intelligently throughout the dive site and track the location of their buddies which can improve dive safety and/or efficiency. Additionally, the user can communicate with one or more buddy divers and/or surface-based objects and individuals using embodiments of the disclosure. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055747 | Techniques for Expanding Functions of Portable Multimedia Devices - A multifunctional expanding device includes a processing unit, a motherboard (MB), a memory unit, a device interface unit coupled to the MB and communicating with the processing unit for coupling the portable multimedia device to the multifunctional expanding device, and an external interface unit coupled to the MB and communicating with the processing unit for coupling various peripheral devices to the multifunctional expanding device. The processing unit is configured to identify and establish respective communication links between the apparatus and the one or more peripheral devices coupled to the external interface unit; receive a request from the portable multimedia device coupled to the device interface unit for operating a peripheral device coupled to the external interface unit; and establish a communication link between the portable multimedia device and the peripheral device. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055748 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INPUTS - A building management system controller includes a memory device storing a template building object associated with a first set of building management system inputs. The system further includes a processing circuit configured to search building management system inputs that are not yet associated with a building management object for a second set of building management system inputs. The processing circuit is further configured to create a new building object in the memory device and to map the second set of building management system inputs to the new building object based on string searching. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055749 | Tracking Device Movement and Captured Images - A computing device includes a memory configured to store position data and images. The computing device also includes a processor configured to execute instructions to perform a method that includes receiving position data that represents the positions of a position tracking device over a period of time. The position data includes a group of position coordinates that represent a location. The method also includes receiving images that include a group of images associated with the location. The method also includes aligning the group of position coordinates that represent the location and the group of images associated with the location. The method also includes presenting a representation of the alignment of the group of position coordinates and the group of images. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055750 | SMALL-SIZED SETTLEMENT TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an information display area, a set key display area, and an information input area having a greater area than any of the information display area and the set key display area is set in a display zone of a display section. A ten-key image pattern for inputting amount information about settlement is displayed in the information input area. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055751 | Interactive User Interface with Tabs - A method and apparatus for an interactive catalog includes presenting a portion of a database. The method includes presenting a first tier of selectable graphics images. Each selectable graphics image in the first tier of selectable graphics images represents a first collection of data structures corresponding thereto. The method also includes presenting a second tier of selectable graphics images, in response to a selecting of a selectable graphics image of the first tier to produce a first tier selected graphics image. Each selectable graphics image in the second tier of selectable graphics images represents a second collection of data structures. Each data structure in the second tier also belongs to the first collection of data structures corresponding to the first tier selected graphics image. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055752 | Method and Apparatus for Displaying and Auto-Correcting an Over-Scroll State on a Computing Device - A computing device may execute an application to generate application content on a defined region of a display surface. The computing device may respond to a user-input to over-scroll the application content by displaying content that is indicative of an over-scroll state. Upon completion of a designated duration, the computing device automatically displays the application content in the defined region without the content that is indicative of the over-scroll state. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055753 | USER INTERFACE METHODS PROVIDING SEARCHING FUNCTIONALITY - Methods and devices provide an efficient user interface for activating a function by detecting a tickle gesture on a touch surface of a computing device. The tickle gesture may include short strokes in approximately opposite directions traced on a touch surface, such as a touchscreen or touchpad. The activated function may open an application or activate a search function. The index menu item may change based on the location and/or movement of the touch on the touch surface. Such functionality may show search results based on the menu item displayed before the user's finger was lifted from the touch surface. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055754 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CURSOR-BASED APPLICATION MANAGEMENT - A system and method of managing applications and event notifications using a cursor-based GUI, wherein the cursor-based GUI is located adjacent to the cursor and provides a user with the ability manage and monitor a plurality of dynamically updated applications, commands and event notifications via a persistent and centralized interface. Since the cursor-based GUI is persistent in nature, the plurality of applications, commands and event notifications can be accessed regardless of the user's computer environment. The user can manage user authentication requirements and other configuration information for the cursor-based GUI. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055755 | Method and System for Displaying Group Relationships in a Graphical User Interface - The present invention is directed to a method and system for providing a user interface representing organization hierarchy wherein a group of entities can be displayed as a node, and the node is displayed as a part of a hierarchical chart. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a graphical user interface displaying nodes that represent groups of entities, and the nodes are displayed as a part of a hierarchical chart based on the hierarchical relationship among the nodes that represent groups of entities. In various embodiments, a user is able to select actions for a group of entities displayed on the same node. Based on various criteria, nodes displaying one group of entities may, based on user selections of different grouping criteria, display a different group of entities. There are other features as well, in the graphical interface. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055756 | Method and System for Providing Graphical User Interface Having Filtering Capability - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to user interfaces and more particularly to techniques for providing user interface which allows users to select filtering lcriteria and display filtered information accordingly. In various embodiments, related information is displayed on a hierarchical chart as nodes that are connected to one another. The hierarchical chart is updated after filtering criteria are applied, and the display visibility of the nodes are changed based on the filtering results. The hierarchical relationships among the nodes are maintained before and after the filtering process. In a specific embodiment, the nodes that do not meet filtering criteria are displayed at a low visibility level on the hierarchical chart. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055757 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM SELECTING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SET-UPS - A mobile communication apparatus comprising a graphical user interface with a plurality of selectable graphical user interface set-ups, wherein each of the selectable graphical user interface set-ups comprises a graphical set-up to be displayed as a default screen view of a display of the mobile communication apparatus is disclosed. The mobile communication apparatus further comprises a graphical user interface set-up selection mechanism enabling a user pre-set selection criterion for selecting one of the selectable graphical user interface set-ups based on at least one parameter defined by the user pre-set selection criterion. A method and computer program for automatic selection of graphical user interface set-ups, i.e. panels, are disclosed. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055758 | SMART NAVIGATOR FOR PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE - A productivity software application in which a user chooses actions, from at least one of a menu bar, a tool bar, or a task pane, runs on a computer. While running the productivity software application, the computer monitors actions chosen by the user. Data is generated that represents a navigation menu. The navigation menu includes a limited set of choices based on previous actions chosen by the user in the productivity software application. The computer outputs the data representing the navigation menu for visual display, and receives input indicative of a user choice from the limited set of choices in the navigation menu. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055759 | Browsing or Searching User Interfaces and Other Aspects - User interfaces for browsing and/or searching are described. In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a first display area for display representations of documents matching a search query, the first display area configured to display content of the documents which can have a plurality of different types of content including at least one of text-based content and a folder, and displaying a second display area for selecting a selected document to be displayed in the first display area. Other embodiments are also described, and computer readable media and apparatuses are also described. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055760 | METHOD OF PROVIDING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE USING A CONCENTRIC MENU - In a graphical user interface a display is animated by activation with an input device with a first concentric menu comprising a first grouping of menu items having a subset of one or more items from a set of menu items. Then, after selecting one menu item out of the first grouping of menu items, the display is animated with at least one additional grouping of menu items that are each concentrically in a pie sliced shape. The graphical user interface can be activated by a user at any position on the display area via the input device. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055761 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SETS OF MODEL OBJECTS VIA UNIFIED MANAGEMENT INTERFACE - Embodiments relate to a unified management interface and related resources for managing sets of model objects. A modeling client can host modeling logic and an application programming interface (API) to create, access, manipulate, and import/export modeling objects used in modeling applications, such as engineering, medical, financial, and other modeling platforms. The source data accepted into the modeling client can include consumer or business-level applications, whose spreadsheet, database or other content can be extracted and encapsulated in object-oriented format, such as extensible markup language (XML) format. A graphical control application can be used to manage one or more sets of modeling objects from a unified interface, to permit, for instance, the selection and configuration of the connections, activation status, security settings, and/or other attributes of model objects. The management interface can be used to control how the model objects and other resources can exchange outputs, share internal data, and otherwise operate. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055762 | DATA DISPLAY APPARATUS USING CATEGORY-BASED AXES - A user input selecting a first data item is received. Multiple informational categories associated with the selected first data item are accessed based on the received user input selecting the first data item. Multiple data items within a first of the multiple informational categories associated with the selected first data item are retrieved. Multiple data items within a second of the multiple informational categories associated with the selected first data item are retrieved. A display is generated. The display includes the first data item, the multiple retrieved data items within the first informational category arranged according to a first category-based axis that extends away from the first data item, and the multiple retrieved data items within the second informational category arranged according to a second category-based axis that extends away from the first data item. Rendering of the generated display is enabled. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055763 | Information Processing Apparatus, Display Method, and Display Program - This application discloses systems and methods for receiving information associated with a first set of processing instructions and presenting a second icon indicating a change in status of data associated with the first set of processing instructions. A user selection of one of a first icon or the second icon may then be received. The selection of the first icon may cause execution of the first set of processing instructions, whereas selection of the second icon may cause execution of a second set of processing instructions. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055764 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT CAN BE REMOTELY CONTROLLED AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus that enables to distinguish whether an execution of a process in the image processing apparatus needs a user's operation on the image processing apparatus. A storage unit stores setting information for executing a function of the image processing apparatus. An execution unit executes the function according to the setting information. A determination unit determines whether a user's operation to the image processing apparatus is required when the execution unit executes the function according to the setting information. An addition unit adds attribute information, which shows whether to permit to automatically execute the function according to the setting information based on an instruction from the information processing apparatus, to the setting information according to a determination result. A sending unit sends the setting information to which the additional unit has added the attribute information to the information processing apparatus. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055765 | Downloading and Synchronizing Media Metadata - For a first device, some embodiments provide an application for displaying several media content stored on a second device communicably connected to the first device. The application includes a graphical user interface (“GUI”). The GUI includes a media content display area for displaying the media content stored on the second device. The GUI includes a selectable item for activating a synchronization feature that automatically modifies a clock of the second device to match a clock of the first device. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055766 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus may control display of a GUI image including indexes that allow a user to select the entirety or part of an image content piece. The information processing apparatus may include a controller configured to control display of a first GUI image including an index of each of at least one image content piece, and to control a display of a second GUI image including face thumbnail images, which serve as indexes that allow the user to select the entirety or part of an image content piece corresponding to an index selected from the first GUI image by the user, the face thumbnail images corresponding to faces detected from the entirety or part of the image content piece. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055767 | System and Method for Providing Graphical User Interface Displaying Muiltiple Views - Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for displaying hierarchy information. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface (“GUI”) is provided that displays hierarchy information, the displayed information comprising multiple nodes and hierarchical relationships between the nodes. Different sets of information may be associated with one or more of the displayed nodes. Techniques are provided to enable a user to individually change the set of information displayed in one or more of the displayed nodes. In this manner, a user is able to change the set and/or category of information displayed for one or more selected nodes. More specifically, different sets and/or categories of information contained in the nodes are displayed based on the view selected by the user. In an embodiment, a user is able to choose which nodes need to change the view levels. There are other features in the graphical interface as well. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055768 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE WITH CONTEXTUAL VIEW - A method and system for providing a graphical user interface with contextual views. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a graphical user interface that allows the changing contents of a global menu in the graphical display based upon the selected nodes that belong to a hierarchical chart. Only those actions applicable (contextual) to the selected nodes will be determined and displayed in the menu. Accordingly, the contents of the selectable options are updated based upon the selected nodes. When more than one node is selected, the displayed selectable actions are an intersection of the actions permitted for each selected node. In a specific embodiment, a comparison menu is provided to allow the user to be able to compare unique corresponding properties of selected nodes. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055769 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL LOCATION IMAGE - A system to provide a three-dimensional (3D) location image includes a Global Positioning System device to identify location data corresponding to image data generated by a camera, a transmission unit to transmit the image data and the location data to a 3D location information server, a receiving unit to receive location display data from the 3D location information server, a generation unit to generate 3D location image data using the location display data, and a providing unit to display the 3D location image data. A method for providing a 3D location image includes generating image data, identifying location data associated with the image, transmitting the image data and the location data to a 3D location information server, receiving location display data from the 3D location information server, and generating and displaying 3D location image data using the location display data and the image data. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055770 | USER INTERFACE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A RESERVATION DEPARTURE AND CONTROL SYSTEM - A user interface that may be adapted for use with a Reservation and Departure Control System (RDCS) for a transportation industry is disclosed. The RDCS manages the booking and re-booking of passengers on a transportation carrier. In one embodiment, the system supports a re-booking process wherein passengers whose travel accommodations (e.g., one or more airline flights) have been cancelled or modified are re-booked on different accommodations. The user interface is designed to graphically convey the flow, as well as the hierarchy, of the re-booking process to a user. This interface further includes links that naturally navigate a user from one process step to the next so that an in-depth knowledge of process flow is not required for successful use of the system. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055771 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE REPRESENTING ORGANIZATION HIERARCHY - Method and system for providing graphical user interface for displaying hierarchical charts. According to various embodiments, the present invention provides a graphical user interface where relational data are displayed as one or more hierarchical charts. A hierarchical chart includes a plurality of nodes that are organized according to the hierarchical chart. Each of the nodes is associated with a data record that contains multiple level of information. At different view level, different amount of information for the nodes are displayed. A view control function is provided for the graphical user interface. If none (or all) of the nodes are selected, each nodes display the same level of information based associated with a particular view level. If only few of the nodes are selected, only the selected nodes responds changes in view level when being displayed. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055772 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED COMMAND INPUT - A portable electronic device having an input device for receiving a gesture based input from a user is used to control a navigation operation of an appliance. The portable electronic device receives via the input device the gesture based input and uses one or more parameters stored in a memory of the portable electronic device and one or more characteristics associated with the gesture based input to cause the portable electronic device to transmit a navigation step command to thereby control the navigation operation of the appliance. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055773 | DIRECT MANIPULATION GESTURES - The present disclosure describes various techniques that may be implemented to execute and/or interpret manipulation gestures performed by a user on a multipoint touch input interface of a computing device. An example method includes receiving a multipoint touch gesture at a multipoint touch input interface of a computing device, wherein the multipoint touch gesture comprises a gesture that is performed with multiple touches on the multipoint touch input interface, and resolving the multipoint touch gesture into a command. The example method further includes determining at least one physical simulation effect to associate with the resolved multipoint touch gesture, and rendering a unified feedback output action in a graphical user interface of the computing device by executing the command, wherein the unified feedback output action includes at least a graphical output action incorporated with the at least one physical simulation effect in the graphical user interface. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055774 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERACTION BETWEEN A MOBILE TERMINAL AND A DIGITAL PICTURE FRAME - A mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit, a memory, a touch screen, and a controller. The wireless communication unit establishes a connection to an external digital picture frame. The memory stores a plurality of images including one or more characters and information mapped to the characters. The touch screen displays a first image stored in the memory. And, the controller transmits the first image and first information mapped to the first image to the digital picture frame via the wireless communication unit. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055775 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - To present the operating state of a tracing operation in the event of performing a tracing operation to scroll objects of display. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055776 | METHOD OF DESIGNING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - This is a method of designing a semiconductor device. The method includes: arranging cells used for an electric circuit and wirings respectively connected to gates of the cells in a coordinate region to create chip layout data including the cells, gates and wirings; checking whether each gate included in the chip layout data is in antenna violation; storing antenna violation information in an error-remaining portion library, the antenna violation information representing an antenna violation gate group, in which gates in the antenna violation are contained, in the gates included in the chip layout data; performing lithography simulation for the chip layout data to create predicted layout data after photoresist exposure; selecting the antenna violation gate group from the gates included in the predicted layout data, with reference to the error-remaining library; calculating a calculated value representing a ratio of an area of an wiring of the wirings with respect to an area of a gate of the antenna violation gate group connected to the wiring, for each gate of the antenna violation group; and adjusting a size of the gate of the antenna violation gate group, when the calculated value of the antenna violation group included in the predicted layout data is in a range between a first and second setting value. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055777 | Verification of Soft Error Resilience - An efficient method for selecting a minimal and statistically relevant set of SER sensitive logic devices critical to the SER robustness for a design, through identification by device type, identification nomenclature, connectivity and context. The minimal set of devices comprise the set of fault injection test points using a conventional fault injection test verification environment to establish an SER induced failure rate a logic design. The selection method affords a design independent means to evaluate any design regardless of the origin, source language or documentation by working at the common logic device level “gate-level” netlist format for the design data. The selected set of devices is distilled from the design data by successively filtering the design through a series of heuristic rule-based device identifier computer programs that group and annotate the devices into specific database records. These records are then used to organize the fault injection device test set by test behavior and relevance. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055778 | Automatic Application-Rule Checker - A method of checking an integrated circuit design database includes providing the integrated circuit design stored in a storage media; providing application rules; and providing an instance abstract of instances of libraries and IP(s). Instance-level information is extracted from the integrated circuit design database. An application-rule check is performed against the instance-level information using the information provided in an abstract file. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055779 | Nonsequential Hardware Design Synthesis Verification - Methods and apparatuses for verifying a concurrent logical design and a corresponding non-sequential algorithmic description are provided. In some implementations, verification of a non-sequential algorithmic description for a device design is facilitated by monitoring a simulation of the non-sequential algorithmic description and synchronizing the timing of selected events with timing from an already completed simulation of a corresponding logical design. With various implementations, the hierarchical blocks in the logical design are monitored during the prior simulation to record selected event information. Subsequently, the recorded event information may be used to synchronize the simulation of the non-sequential algorithmic description. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055780 | METHOD FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN VERIFICATION IN A VERIFICATION ENVIRONMENT - The invention relates to a method. In the method a reference model and a register transfer level model are obtained to a test bench. To a user is presented at least one wave diagram in a user interface on a display of an apparatus. A time interval associated with an input vector is determined based on a first type of user input. A random number range is associated with the time interval based on a second type of user input. The generation of an input data file is started for at least one test case for the reference model and the register transfer level model. Random numbers within the random number range are generated, the random numbers being stored within the input data file. The test cases are executed using either of the models. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055781 | NON-INVASIVE TIMING CHARACTERIZATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS USING SENSITIZABLE SIGNAL PATHS AND SPARSE EQUATIONS - Techniques for non-invasive, post-silicon characterization of signal propagation delay/timing of devices in an integrated circuit (IC) are generally disclosed. A system of equations may be developed based on a plurality of sensitizable signal paths (SSPs) of the IC for characterizing signal propagation delay or timing of devices within the SSPs. Input Vectors (IVs) may be selected and consecutively applied at one or more input sequential element devices of the IC associated with the SSPs with to produce corresponding output values at one or more output sequential element devices of the IC associated with the SSPs. Various pre-processing and post-processing techniques may be practiced to further improve accuracy of solution of the equations to enable efficient determination of solutions. Example techniques may include variable splitting, device clustering, IV and equation selection, and boosting, among others. Other aspects may also be disclosed and claimed. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055782 | PROXIMITY-AWARE CIRCUIT DESIGN METHOD - A method for proximity-aware circuit design where a set of layout constraint values that satisfy predetermined performance or yield goals is determined in accordance with a layout effect model. One of the layout constraint values is then selected as a constraint input to layout design, and a design layout is performed with the selected layout constraint value to provide a semiconductor circuit design for the semiconductor circuit. The set of layout constraint values can be determined by varying an instance parameter of the layout effect model to determine a set of instance parameters that satisfy the at least one predetermined performance or yield goal in accordance with the layout effect model, and determining layout constraints associated with each instance parameter of the set of instance parameters, thus providing a number of candidates in a design space that can be evaluated according to performance and/or yield tradeoffs. | 2011-03-03 |
| 20110055783 | CODE TILING SCHEME FOR DEEP-SUBMICRON ROM COMPILERS - A method includes receiving instructions for designing a ROM array, generating netlists for the ROM array, generating a data file representing a physical layout of the ROM array on a semiconductor wafer, and storing the data file in a computer readable storage medium. The instructions for the ROM array define a layout for a first unit including a first bit cell coupled to a first word line, a bus that may be coupled and uncoupled to a first power supply having a first voltage level, a layout for a second unit coupled to a second word line, and a layout for a third unit having an isolation device and being configured to share a bit line contact with the second unit or another third unit. The layout for the second unit is configured to be arranged at an edge of the ROM array and includes a dummy device. | 2011-03-03 |
