| 10th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
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| 20120060145 | AUTO-GENERATION OF CONCURRENT CODE FOR MULTI-CORE APPLICATIONS - A code generation system comprises a model analyzer configured to identify data dependencies in a data flow diagram that describes functional behavior of an application, wherein the model analyzer is further configured to compute a data and computation map based on the data dependencies and to compute one or more implementation constraints; a model partitioner configured to compute one or more partition boundaries based on the data and computation map and the one or more implementation constraints; and a code generator configured to generate parallelized code based on the data flow diagram, the one or more implementation constraints, and the one or more partition boundaries, wherein the code generator is configured to map the code corresponding to each partition defined by the one or more partition boundaries to one of a plurality of cores of a multi-core processor, and to generate inter-core communication code for at least one line of the data and computation map crossed by the one or more partition boundaries. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060146 | Automatic Application Tuning - According to an embodiment, a method of automatically tuning a software application is provided. The method includes modifying the execution of the software application using a first parameter, and scoring the first parameter based on a log value from the software application and an improvement goal. Next, the first parameter, the score of the first parameter and the log value is stored in a data store. The first parameter is then combined with a selected parameter retrieved from the data store, resulting in a second parameter. The listed steps are repeated until a criteria is met, and when the criteria is met, tuning results are generated based on the parameters, the log values and the improvement goal. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060147 | CLIENT INPUT METHOD - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which input method editor code is provided to a client device, and an input method context is received from the client device. A library model for an input method instance based on the input method context is selected. The library model can be utilized to provide input method processing for an input method instance on the client device. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060148 | ASSIGNING RUNTIME ARTIFACTS TO SOFTWARE COMPONENTS - A method, system and computer program product for assigning runtime artifacts to software components. Source code and metadata are extracted from a library, where the metadata includes a component membership for the source code. A compile unit is formed from the extracted source code and metadata. Runtime artifacts are produced from the compile unit or an element derived from the compile unit. Each runtime artifact is interrogated to determine the defined component for each runtime artifact. The determined component is recorded. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060149 | INTEGRATED MULTIMEDIA APPLICATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A method and a device are disclosed for downloading an integrated multimedia mobile application including a description of a multimedia content accessible from within the mobile downloadable application, a player to play the multimedia content, and the multimedia content. In an example typical operation, a user views a list of downloadable mobile applications, such as Apple Corporation's iPhone apps, listed as icons, selects an integrated multimedia application, reads a description of the content within the selected mobile application, and launches a player from within the application to play the content. Such functionality may be provided by a provider such as a mobile communication service provider, a content provider, an application provider, or a combination thereof. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060150 | HIGH PERFORMANCE EXECUTION IN WORKFLOW BPM ENGINE - An apparatus and a method for executing a workflow in a business process management (BPM) engine is described. A business process management (BPM) process definition is generated based on a business process at a BPM generator of a BPM system. The BPM process definition is translated into a Java source code at a translator engine of the BPM system. The Java source code is compiled into a Java byte code at a compiler engine of the BPM engine. The processing device of the BPM system is configured to execute the Java byte code. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060151 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING FIRMWARE - The present disclosure can update firmware of home electronic devices using an energy meter installed at each energy consumer house. The energy meter receives firmware from a remote server managing the firmware of home electronic devices and transmits the firmware to home electronic devices. The energy meter may bypass the firmware of the home electronic devices received from the remote server, or pre-download and transmit to the home electronic devices at a time the update is to be implemented. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060152 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FIRMWARE UPDATE OF METER, WATT HOUR METER WITH FUNCTION OF REMOTE FIRMWARE UPDATE - According to the present disclosure, an energy meter installed at each energy consumer receives in advance a new firmware from a remote server, and updates its own firmware at a future time. The energy meter may receive update time information designating a future time when downloading the firmware, or may execute the update in response to update execution instruction from the remote server once the firmware is downloaded. The firmware update may be executed for each module unit. Communication traffic can be dispersed because the download is given to each energy meter in advance before a time firmware or firmware module update is to be executed. A large load is prevented from being loaded to the remote server at once. It is easy to manage or control a plurality of energy meters because the update can be executed in a lump. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060153 | Virtual Machine Rapid Provisioning System - A rapid provisioning method for connecting to a cloud, copying blocks of a virtual machine image to the cloud and booting the virtual machine image in the cloud, wherein some aspects of copying the blocks and booting the virtual machine are contemporaneous or overlap. The method may include starting with copying the blocks of the virtual machine and continuing to copy the blocks of the virtual machine image while the virtual machine image boots in the cloud. The method may also include starting with booting the virtual machine in the cloud from the customer computer and continuing to boot while copying the blocks transferred during boot to cloud storage. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060154 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, STORAGE DEVICE AND DATE UPDATING METHOD - Computer system including: a computer with first processor managing first and second virtual computers; and a storage system with second processor providing first and second virtual volumes to the virtual computers, an original data volume shared by the virtual volumes, and a differential data volume storing first and second differential data of the virtual volumes; wherein if receiving a first request to update a first data stored in a first virtual area of the first virtual volume, the first processor requests storage of the first data in a first area of the original data volume, corresponding to the first virtual area, wherein if receiving a second request to update a second data stored in a second virtual area of the first virtual volume, the first processor requests storage of the second data in a second area of the differential data volume, corresponding to the second virtual area. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060155 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR WORKFLOW COMMUNICATION WHEREIN INSTRUCTIONS TO A WORKFLOW APPLICATION ARE WRITTEN BY THE WORKFLOW APPLICATION - A method, apparatus, system, and computer readable medium for communicating between an apparatus hosting a workflow application and a device, by generating a template including a placeholder. The instruction template is then sent to the device and a device output is received from the device, the device output including device data generated by the device and inserted into the placeholder of the template. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060156 | METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR UNIVERSAL DEVICE PARTICIPATION IN BUSINESS PROCESS AND WORKFLOW APPLICATION - A method, apparatus, system, and computer readable medium for hosting an application participating in a workflow communication which generates a workflow step and translates the workflow step into a device instruction, the device instruction being based on device specifications and instructing the device to perform a function. The device instruction is sent to the device and feedback is received from the device, the feedback corresponding to the device instruction. The feedback is then processed and the workflow communication is updated based on the processed feedback. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060157 | METHODS AND STRUCTURE FOR UTILIZING DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES IN CLIENT/SERVER SOFTWARE INTERACTION - Methods and structure for improved client/server program communication by transmitting dynamically maintained service capabilities information from the server program to the client program. The client program generates a service request based on the received service capabilities information. Since the service capabilities information is retrieved from the server program and is dynamically maintained by the server program, the client program need not be updated when available services from the server program are modified. In one exemplary embodiment, the client program may be a print application client program and the server program may be a print server program. The print client program retrieves the current printer device capabilities (service capabilities information) and generates a print job ticket (service request) based on the retrieved, dynamically maintained printer device capability information. The job ticket is then transmitted to the server program to cause the printing of the document specified by the job ticket. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060158 | COEXISTENCE MANAGER HARDWARE/SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION - A method of wireless communication includes partitioning coexistence tasks between short term policy setting tasks and policy implementing tasks, processing the short term policy setting tasks using a first set of computing resources, and processing the policy implementing tasks using a second set of computing resources. The first set may be software resources configured for slower execution of tasks and the second set may be hardware resources configured for just-in-time execution of tasks. The policy may determine a time after which a first radio event is not to be interrupted and granting or denying later events based on whether they would begin before or after the do-not-interrupt time. The do-not-interrupt time may be based on a weighted priority of the first radio event. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060159 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING THE PROCESSING OF COMMANDS FOR EXECUTION BY CRYPTOGRAPHIC ALGORITHM CORES IN A PROGRAMMABLE NETWORK PROCESSOR - A method and apparatus for scheduling the processing of commands by a plurality of cryptographic algorithm cores in a network processor. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060160 | COMPONENT-SPECIFIC DISCLAIMABLE LOCKS - Systems and methods of protecting a shared resource in a multi-threaded execution environment in which threads are permitted to transfer control between different software components, for any of which a disclaimable lock having a plurality of orderable locks can be identified. Back out activity can be tracked among a plurality of threads with respect to the disclaimable lock and the shared resource, and reclamation activity among the plurality of threads may be ordered with respect to the disclaimable lock and the shared resource. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060161 | UI FRAMEWORK DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A technique of efficiently improving the processing speed and response time of a user interface (UI) framework in a multi-core environment is provided. According to the technique, it is possible to improve both the throughput and response time of a UI by causing a plurality of workers to process a frame display command. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060162 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SENIOR LEADER APPROVAL PROCESS - Systems and methods of managing tasks within a customer relationship management system. A user with appropriate permissions who is assigned a task can create subtasks subordinate to the assigned task in order to delegate responsibility for completing the task. An owner of a task can seek input from other users by creating an approval route. A user interface is provided to display tasks assigned to a user in an approval route, and to allow a user to provide feedback on tasks assigned to them without having to sort through irrelevant information. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060163 | METHODS AND APPARATUS ASSOCIATED WITH DYNAMIC ACCESS CONTROL BASED ON A TASK/TROUBLE TICKET - In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a memory, a processing device, a task division module implemented within at least one of the memory or the processing device, and a dynamic authentication module implemented within at least one of the memory or the processing device. The task division module is operable to receive a request associated with a task to be performed and to divide the task into multiple subtasks. The dynamic authentication module is operable to provide an access right to an operator from a set of operators assigned a subtask from the multiple subtasks. The access right for the operator is an access right to complete the subtask assigned to that operator from the set of operators. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060164 | METHOD FOR REGISTERING AND SCHEDULING EXECUTION DEMANDS - A method for registering and scheduling execution demands comprises steps of: providing an execution demand register having a plurality of execution demand registering flags describing whether an identical number of jobs are registered execution demands or not and priorities thereof; providing a lookup device, and using all possible values of the execution demand registering flags as addresses to respectively store thereinside a job sequence permutation, initial position and registering number corresponding to the job sequence permutation; when a job has to be executed successively, setting the value of the execution demand registering flag corresponding to the job; and in scheduling, using the value of the execution demand registering flag of the updated execution demand register as a lookup address to acquire the initial position and registering number from the lookup device, and finding out the job sequence permutation according to the acquired initial position and registering number to complete scheduling. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060165 | CLOUD PIPELINE - Cloud service providers are selected to perform a data processing job based on information about the cloud service providers and criteria of the job. A plan for a cloud pipeline for performing the job is designed based on the information about the cloud service providers. The plan comprises processing stages each of which indicates processing upon a subset of a data set of the job. Allocated resources of the set of cloud service providers are mapped to the processing stages. Instructions and software images based on the plan are generated. The instructions and the software images implement the cloud pipeline for performing the data processing job. The instructions and the software images are transmitted to machines of the cloud service providers. The machines and the performing of the job are monitored. If the monitoring detects a failure, then the cloud pipeline is adapted to the failure. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060166 | Day management using an integrated calendar - A method and system for day management using an integrated calendar is disclosed. A user inputs his time available during a period and enters details on time-specific events to be performed during that period. The system fetches information entered by user and stores the details in the integrated calendar. Tasks to be performed are stored on task list in order of priority as entered by the user. The system determines free time available with the user for performing the tasks by subtracting the time allocated for the events from the time available. Further, tasks are allocated time schedules by allocating that free time to the duration of each task, as per priority. If a task cannot be performed in a particular time slot within the time period, the task may be split into multiple smaller tasks and performed at different time slots that are available. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060167 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SIMULATING A DATA CENTER - A system and method for optimizing the dynamic behavior of a multi-tier data center is described, wherein the data center is simulated along with the resources in the form of hardware and software and the transaction process workloads are simulated to test the resources or the transaction process. The system requires the client computing device and a backend server to have the capabilities to host simulated hardware, complex software applications platforms, and to perform large scale simulations using these resources. The method includes securing parameter inputs from the client that defined the data center resources and the transaction process to be tested, generating various workload simulations, testing the simulations and provisioning the resources, thereby obtaining an optimized dynamic data center simulation of data center resources and the transaction processes. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060168 | VIRTUALIZATION SYSTEM AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD THEREOF - A virtualization system for supporting at least two operating systems and resource allocation method of the virtualization system are provided. The method includes allocating resources to the operating systems, calculating, when one of the operating systems is running, workloads for each operating system, and adjusting resources allocated to the operating systems according to the calculated workloads. The present invention determines the workloads of a plurality of operating systems running in the virtualization system and allocates time resources dynamically according to the variation of the workloads. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060169 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESOURCE CONTROLLING - A resource controller that includes a first buffer configured to store requests of a first predefined category having a first priority. In addition, the resource controller includes at least a second buffer configured to store requests of a second predefined category having a second priority where the first priority is set such that processing requests of the first category has priority over processing the requests of the second category. Also, the resource controller includes a mechanism configured to block the requests of the first category when a predefined condition is met. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060170 | Method and scheduler in an operating system - Method and scheduler in an operating system, for scheduling processing resources on a multi-core chip. The multi-core chip comprises a plurality of processor cores. The operating system is configured to schedule processing resources to an application to be executed on the multi-core chip. The method comprises allocating a plurality of processor cores to the application. Also, the method comprises switching off another processor core allocated to the application, not executing the sequential portion of the application, when a sequential portion of the application is executing on only one processor core. In addition, the method comprises increasing the frequency of the one processor core executing the application to the second frequency, such that the processing speed is increased more than predicted by Amdahl's law. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060171 | Scheduling a Parallel Job in a System of Virtual Containers - Methods and apparatus are provided for scheduling parallel jobs in a system of virtual containers. At least one parallel job is assigned to a plurality of containers competing for a total capacity of a larger container, wherein the at least one parallel job comprises a plurality of tasks. The assignment method comprises determining a current utilization and a potential free capacity for each of the plurality of competing containers; and assigning the tasks to one of the plurality of containers based on the potential free capacities and at least one predefined scheduling policy. The predefined scheduling policy may comprise, for example, one or more of load balancing, server consolidation, maximizing the current utilizations, minimizing a response time of the parallel job and satisfying quality of service requirements. The load balancing can be achieved, for example, by assigning a task to a container having a highest potential free capacity. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060172 | Dynamically Tuning A Server Multiprogramming Level - Methods, apparatus and computer program products for allocating a number of workers to a worker pool in a multiprogrammable computer are provided, to thereby tune server multiprogramming level. The method includes the steps of monitoring throughput in relation to a workload concurrency level and dynamically tuning a multiprogramming level based upon the monitoring. The dynamic tuning includes adjusting with a first adjustment for a first interval and with a second adjustment for a second interval, wherein the second adjustment utilizes data stored from the first adjustment. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060173 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED ALERT HANDLING - The disclosure relates generally to computer system management systems, and more specifically to enhanced alert handling within computer system management systems. In one embodiment, responsive to an Alert raise event occurring in a computer system management application, execution of an enhanced alert handling routine on a processor-based device is triggered. The enhanced alert handling routine determines whether description field filtering by a resource monitor was the source of the Alert. For instance, the enhanced alert handling routine may determine whether a source of the Alert was matching of a user-defined description in an event log for the managed computer system. When determined that such description field filtering was the source of the Alert, the enhanced alert handling routine clears the Alert and re-raises the Alert with a unique alert-ID. Because the Alert is re-raised with a unique alert-ID, it is not discarded by the management application as a duplicate. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060174 | RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD - A recording/reproducing apparatus is disclosed that includes a spindle motor unit including a spindle on which a flexible recording disk is placed, a stabilizer plate disposed so as to face the recording disk, a torque detection unit configured to detect a drive torque applied to the spindle motor unit, an adjustment unit configured to adjust a gap between the recording disk and the stabilizer plate, and a determination unit configured to determine an optimal gap to be set to the gap based on the drive torque detected by the torque detection unit, in which the adjustment unit sets the optimum gap determined by the determination unit to the gap. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060175 | OPTICAL DISC - Provided is an optical disc in which at least a light reflecting layer and a light transmitting layer that includes a cured film of an ultraviolet curable composition are stacked on a substrate, and information is reproduced by making a blue laser beam be incident on the optical disc from a side of the light transmitting layer, wherein an elastic modulus (25° C.) measured by indenting a Vickers indenter having a vertex angle of 136° under a load of 100 mN into a surface of the cured film of the ultraviolet curable composition is 1,500 MPa or less; and a loss modulus (E″) at 60° C. in a dynamic viscoelastic spectrum of the cured film measured at a frequency of 3.5 Hz is | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060176 | SMART MEDIA SELECTION BASED ON VIEWER USER PRESENCE - In various exemplary embodiments, a system and method to provide smart media selection to a set of one or more individuals at a location associated with a display device of a receiver system is provided. In example embodiments, an indication of a presence change at the location is received. User specific information associated with the set of the one or more individuals identified as being at the location is accessed. A recommendation playlist based on the user specific information is generated. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060177 | PERSPECTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Exemplary perspective display systems and methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes a perspective display system acquiring visual data representative of a camera view of a user space associated with a display screen, determining, based on the visual data, a position of a user within the user space, identifying, based on the position of the user, a viewable region of an image, and displaying, on the display screen, the viewable region of the image, the displayed viewable region of the image representing a perspective view of the image based on the position of the user. In certain examples, the method further includes the perspective display system detecting a movement of the user to another position within the user space and updating the display on the display screen in real time in accordance with the movement to display another viewable region of the image on the display screen. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060178 | Continuable communication management apparatus and continuable communication managing method - A continuable communication management apparatus includes a viewing manage that, upon receiving view information representing a reproduction state of video content from an arbitrary view terminal, registers the view information; a video list provider that, in response to a video list request transmitted from a view terminal, accesses a menu server to acquire the video list, determines if there is video content with a suspended state designated by the view terminal in the view information, and if there is the video content with the suspended state, adds the video content with the suspended state as a candidate of continuable viewing to the video list, and transmit the added video list to the view terminal; and a reporting device that finds an information item containing an indication of a view location of the video content with the suspended state from the view information and transmits the information item to the view terminal. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060179 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING VIEWING-RESTRICTED CHANNEL - A method for receiving a viewing-restricted channel is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, if a user makes a request for receiving a viewing-restricted channel, a command requesting decoding and transmitting broadcast signals of the viewing-restricted channel is generated and transmitted to a broadcast receiver equipped with a CAS module through a network, and broadcast data decoded at the broadcast receiver is received through the network and played after being processed as audio/video signals. If broadcast signals transcoded in a different bit rate at the broadcast receiver is received, the transcoded broadcast data can be decoded in an appropriate way and played. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060180 | USER BASED ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDES - Electronic program guides are generated using device information, content authorization, service levels, and/or interest levels, etc., for a particular user. A viewer can access a user specific electronic program guide on a mobile device, continue accessing the user specific electronic program guide on a computer system, and subsequently move to a large screen television the same electronic program guide. The same user specific electronic program guide may be provided or adjustments to the electronic program guide can be made to account for varying service levels and device capabilities of the different devices. A user may be authorized to view a particular channel on a mobile device but not on a large screen television. In particular examples, a user can seamlessly access a user specific electronic program guide across a variety of authenticated devices associated with a variety of service levels. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060181 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PARENTAL CONTROL ASSET SEARCHING - Systems and methods for searching for available assets permitted by parental controls are disclosed. Search results may include assets similar to a reference asset, which may be an asset the user has requested, but which is locked by parental control settings in force on the user equipment. Assets may be ranked according to their similarity, or relevance, to the requested asset, and they may be accessed directly from the search results. Systems and methods for accessing edited or censored versions of the requested asset are also disclosed. An edited content source may store multiple versions of certain assets available in the media system. The appropriate version of the asset may be accessed and presented to the user automatically depending on the user's parental control settings. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060182 | DIGITAL DOMAIN CONTENT PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND METHODS - Methods and apparatus for distributing content using a spectrum generation device. In one embodiment, digital content is received via a time-multiplexed network transport (such as Gigabit Ethernet), and converted to frequency channels suitable for transmission over a content distribution (e.g., Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC)) network. In one variant, the conversion is performed using digital domain processing performed by a full spectrum generation device. Additionally, methods and apparatus for selectively adding, removing, and/or changing digital content from the full spectrum device are also disclosed. Various aspects of the present invention enable physical (infrastructure) consolidation, and software-implemented remote management of content distribution. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060183 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE TV ADVERTISING - A system and method for providing interactive television advertising. When a viewer with interactive capability is identified, the system invites the viewer to create an advertisement. When the viewer accepts, the system displays advertisement parameters on the viewer's television or other connected computing device such as a smartphone. The viewer uses a remote control mechanism to select parameters and send them to an interactive advertising unit in a television delivery system. The interactive advertising unit creates the interactive advertisement in accordance with the selected advertisement parameters. The system then shows the interactive advertisement to the viewer during the next commercial break. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060184 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATING ADVERTISING INSERTION AND RECONCILIATION - A system and method for operating an ad extraction and reconciliation system for a broadcast system includes an extraction manager module that receives an advertisement schedule for an advertisement from an ad sales module. The system also includes a controller module that receives broadcast channel schedule data for broadcast channel signal from a broadcast channel system and generating an advertising content data request signal for advertising content data including an advertisement content identifier for the advertisement. The ad extraction manager module forms an advertisement insertion schedule having advertisement content identifier and an advertising insertion spot associated with the advertising content identifier. The controller communicates the advertisement insertion schedule to a broadcast scheduling system. The system also includes an as-run manager module that receives as-run data including the advertising identifier and a run time of the advertisement after the advertisement was inserted into the broadcast channel signal according to the broadcast scheduling system at an automation system. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060185 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLANNING A SCHEDULE OF MULTIMEDIA ADVERTISEMENTS IN A BROADCASTING CHANNEL - Various embodiments of the invention comprise a method and apparatus for planning a schedule of a multimedia advertisement across one or more broadcasting channels is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes accessing user data, processing survey data using the user data, generating a file having a list of one or more broadcasting channels using analyzed survey data, and scheduling a multimedia advertisement across the one or more broadcasting channels. Additionally, the file includes one or more inventory spots associated with the one or more broadcasting channels. The method further includes assigning the multimedia advertisement to the one or more inventory spots associated with the one or more broadcasting channels. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060186 | INFORMATION RECEPTION APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECEPTION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION RECEPTION, AND INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS - An information reception apparatus which allows a user to easily understand, from an electronic program guide, the information announced in a broadcast program, and which contributes to increasing viewer ratings of the broadcast program. The information reception apparatus (broadcast reception apparatus) is provided with: an electronic program information acquisition unit (tuner, control unit) for acquiring electronic program information; an announcement information acquisition unit (control unit, DEMUX unit) for acquiring information announced in the broadcast program from information included in the electronic program information acquired by the electronic program information acquisition unit or from information transmitted together with the electronic program information; and an announcement information output unit (control unit, AV output unit) for outputting the electronic program information and for outputting information indicating the presence or absence of the announcement information, based on the information acquired by the announcement information acquisition unit. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060187 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING CHANNEL LIST AND DISPLAY APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - A for providing channel list generates a plurality of channel lists including a plurality of channels, the channel lists aligned by a plurality of alignment standards, and displays the plurality of channel lists on a screen. When one of the plurality of channels is selected from one of the plurality of channel lists, the selected channel is displayed. Accordingly, a user becomes able to easily compare various channels that the user wishes to view through the plurality of channel lists aligned by each alignment standard, providing convenience in selecting TV programs by the user. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060188 | USER INTERFACES FOR FACILITATING ACCESS TO MEDIA CONTENT LISTINGS - An exemplary method includes a media content information system displaying, on a touch screen display, a first set of media content listings, a graphical representation of a timeline indicating a plurality of times, and a graphical selector to indicate a first position on the timeline, the first position corresponding to a first time within the plurality of times, detecting, a touch input provided by a user on the touch screen display to indicate a second position on the timeline, repositioning, in response to the touch input, the graphical selector to indicate the second position on the timeline, the second position corresponding to a second time within the plurality of times, identifying, a second set of media content listings associated with the second time, and dynamically replacing, the first set of media content listings with the second set of media content listings on the touch screen display. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060189 | INTERACTIVE TELEVISION PROGRAM GUIDE WITH REMOTE ACCESS - An interactive television program guide with remote access is provided. The interactive television program guide is implemented on interactive television program guide equipment. A remote program guide access device is connected to the interactive television program guide equipment by a remote access link to provide a user with remote access to program guide functions. An interactive television program guide system based on multiple user television equipment devices in a single household is provided. The system provides a user with an opportunity to adjust program guide settings with a given one of the interactive television program guides. Program guide setting include features related to setting program reminders, profiles, program recording features, messaging features, favorites features, parental control features, program guide set up features (e.g., audio and video and language settings), etc. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060190 | METHOD FOR ZAPPING CONTENTS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A content zapping method for accessing multimedia contents rapidly and easily by accessing the multimedia contents on a browser basis, includes receiving a screen change command for at least one broadcast channel or at least one content; and changing a screen to a browser which provides the at least one broadcast channel or the at least one content corresponding to the received screen change command, in an order of a pre-stored list. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060191 | ON-SCREEN PROGRAM GUIDE WITH INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING RECOMMENDATIONS - A subscriber to a video service generally has available to them an on-screen program guide. The program guide lists programming (e.g., TV shows) that are available to the subscriber for a certain upcoming time period. The programming guide may sort the listings by channel and time, areas of interest, age appropriateness and/or MPAA or TV rating, free or additional cost, etc. In an embodiment, the programming guide includes an ability to make a selection to see which TV shows are recommended by reviewers. Such reviewers may be individuals or panels or institutions to which some credibility may be attached—a trusted source. After selecting a reviewer, the subscriber is made aware of the programs recommended by the selected reviewer. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060192 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING BROADCAST PROGRAM - A method and apparatus for storing a broadcast program are provided. The apparatus includes: a signal processing unit which generates an audio/video (A/V) file, an application file, and a first electronic program guide (EPG) file by appropriately processing a plurality of A/V signals, application information, and EPG information, respectively, which are included in an input broadcast program transport stream; a synchronization unit which receives the A/V file, the application file, and the first EPG file from the signal processing unit, generates storage information for the A/V file and storage information for the application file, and converts the first EPG file into a second EPG file comprising the storage information for the A/V file and the storage information for the application file; and a storage unit which stores the A/V file, the application file, and the second EPG file. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060193 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND DIGITAL BROADCAST TRANSMITTER - A digital broadcast transmitter includes a first de-multiplexing unit for separating video/audio data and real-time broadcast program information from a transport stream when a digital broadcast signal carries the transport stream; a first storage unit for storing the real-time broadcast program information; a second de-multiplexing unit for separating video/audio data and download broadcast content information from a download broadcast signal when the digital broadcast signal carries the download broadcast signal; a second storage unit for storing the download broadcast content information; a program guide generating unit for converting the download broadcast content information stored in the second storage unit into the real-time broadcast program information, forming electronic program guide display data together with the real-time broadcast program information stored in the first storage unit, and outputting the formed data. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060194 | PROGRAMMING-NETWORK CONTROL OF TIME-SHIFT TELEVISION RECORDING - A method and apparatus in a television delivery system for enabling a programming network or other content owner to control recording of television programs by a service provider network. The programming network transmits the television programs to the service provider network, and the service provider network records the television programs for time-shifted delivery to end users. The programming network determines scheduling information for the television programs, creates recording instructions based on the scheduling information, and injects the recording instructions as metadata in a media stream sent to the service provider network. A recording system in the service provider network extracts the metadata from the media stream, and records the television programs in accordance with the received recording instructions. The recording instructions are more accurate and up-to-date than existing Electronic Program Guide (EPG) information. Additional control instructions may also be included in the metadata. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060195 | SMART PLAYLIST - A smart playlist system is described. In one example embodiment, a collector module obtains content utilization data from a plurality of client devices associated with respective plurality of viewers. A hot list generator module generates a list of popular content items based on the obtained content utilization data. A customization module generates a customized playlist for a target viewer from the plurality of viewers, based on the list of popular content items and a profile of the target viewer. The communications module communicates the customized playlist to a client device of the target viewer. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060196 | MACHANISM OF INTERLEAVING VIDEO FRAME STORAGE FOR P2P-BASED VOD STREAMING SYSTEM - The Mechanism of Interleaving Video Frame Storage for P2P-based VoD Streaming System offers a storing means to interleaved frames in a peer-to-peer structure. Video frames in each frame group saved in a server unit are numbered. Frame data in each frame group with the same number are accordingly sorted into one group, thence forming the interleaved frame group. By pre-loading, each afore interleaved frame group is saved in divergent peer nodes beforehand. The peer nodes are set at either a receiving end or a supplying end. Logining in the system of the present invention for selecting a video, users further link to the supplying end of each interleaved frame group, where the correspondent video frames would be streamingly transmitted to users, thereby providing the video player with a facile operation. The ready-to-play time after operating the video player is preferably shortened. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060197 | RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a receiving device for receiving an AV content broadcast by a broadcasting wave, including: an obtaining section adapted to obtain a description document described in a predetermined computer language for displaying another content different from the AV content; a determining section adapted to determine whether the obtained description document is managed by a broadcaster which broadcasts the AV content or is managed by a different operator other than the broadcaster; and a controlling section adapted to control execution of the obtained description document in response to a result of the determination by the determining section. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060198 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING METRICS REPRESENTATIVE OF POLICY AND CHARGING CONTROL RULES - The present relates to a method and a system for generating metrics representative of Policy and Charging Control rules. The method and system analyzes, at a PCC rules analyzer, a Policy and Charging Control rule, to define at least one metric representative of the Policy and Charging Control rule. Then, the method and system transmits the at least one metric representative of the Policy and Charging Control rule, from the PCC rules analyzer to an analytic system. The method and system receives, at the analytic system, information representative of an IP data traffic occurring on an IP data network; and processes, at the analytic system, the information representative of the IP data traffic occurring on the IP data network, to calculate a value of the at least one metric representative of the Policy and Charging Control rule. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060199 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION IN AN INTEROPERABILITY NETWORK - Methods and apparatus are described for facilitating communication among a plurality of entities via an interoperability network. Each entity has policy data corresponding thereto governing interaction with the entity via the interoperability network. A message is transmitted from a first one of the entities to a second one of the entities. The first entity has first policy data corresponding thereto and the second entity has second policy data corresponding thereto. The transmitted message was handled in the network according to combined policy data representing a combination of the first and second policy data. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060200 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION IN AN INTEROPERABILITY NETWORK - Methods and apparatus are described for facilitating communication among a plurality of entities via an interoperability network. Each entity has policy data corresponding thereto governing interaction with the entity via the interoperability network. A message is transmitted from a first one of the entities to a second one of the entities. The first entity has first policy data corresponding thereto and the second entity has second policy data corresponding thereto. The transmitted message was handled in the network according to combined policy data representing a combination of the first and second policy data. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060201 | Web based extranet architecture providing applications to non-related subscribers - An extranet includes a network which couples a plurality of non-related participants and a server coupled to the network. The server stores a plurality of applications including workgroup applicants, transaction applications, security applications and transport circuits and equipment. The server is programmed to load particular ones of the plurality of applications onto the network for use by the plurality of participants in response to a request by one of the participants for a particular application. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060202 | CONTENT SERVICE SYSTEM, CONTENT SERVER, CONTENT TERMINAL AND CONTENT SERVICE METHOD - The present invention discloses a content service system, which comprises a content server and a content terminal that are connected via the internet, the content server is further connected with a client via the internet and comprises: a content database, for storing content data to be downloaded by the content terminal via the internet; and a message queue module, for receiving command messages from the client via the internet which specifies the content data to be downloaded by the content terminal; the content terminal comprises: a message acquiring module, for communicating with the content server to acquire the command message; a content downloading module, for downloading the specified content data from the content server via the internet according to the command messages and storing the specified content data locally; and a content playing module, for playing the content data which is stored locally. The present invention also relates to a corresponding content service method, a content server, and a content terminal. With the solutions of the present invention, the client can select freely the content data on the content server and control the content terminal in the home for downloading, storing locally, and playing. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060203 | LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER MANAGEMENT DEVICE, LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A logical unit number management device includes: an access processing unit that performs information processing with access objects by using logical unit numbers for identifying logical identification information; a logical unit number management table storage unit that stores a logical unit number management table storing a corresponding relationship between the logical identification information and the logical unit numbers; a logical unit number management table changing unit that changes the corresponding relationship based on an external change request; a change completion reporting unit that reports change completion to the access processing unit when the logical unit number management table has been changed in accordance with the change request; and an access control unit that controls an access to the access object indicated by the logical identification information corresponding to one of the logical unit numbers after a report of the change completion. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060204 | Methods and Apparatus for Scalable Secure Remote Desktop Access - The invention provides scalable, secure, and easily administerable methods and systems for providing remote access to networked resources by combing aspects of physical access limitation measures with traditional computer access limitation measures. The methods and systems utilize an enrollment administration system for specifying enrollment rules, an enrollment system configured to communicate with the enrollment administration system to permit enrolling a first networked resource if permitted by specified enrollment rules, and a remote access system for granting a user remote access to the first networked resource if the user successfully enrolled the first networked resource. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060205 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STATION SWITCHING WHEN WIRELESS TERMINAL POINT COMPLETES WPI IN CONVERGENT WLAN - The invention involves a method and a system for station (STA) switching when a wireless terminal point (WTP) completes wireless local area network (WLAN) privacy infrastructure (WPI) in a convergent WLAN. The method includes steps as follows. The STA implements re-association rebinding process with a target access controller (AC) over a target WTP. A base key is requested by the target AC from an associated AC. An associated WTP is informed to delete the STA by the associated AC, and the target WTP is informed to add the STA by the target AC. A session key is negotiated based on the requested base key by the STA and the target AC, and is synchronized between the target AC and the target WTP. The method enables fast and safe switching of the STA between WTPs under the control of different controllers in the convergent WLAN based on WAPI protocol. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060206 | ROLED-BASED ACCESS CONTROL METHOD APPLICABLE TO iSCSI STORAGE SUBSYSTEM - A role-based access control method for a storage subsystem. The storage subsystem includes at least a first iSCSI target node and at least a first virtual storage device attached to the first iSCSI target node. The method includes: assigning a first role so that the first role has an authority to access the first iSCSI target node; assigning a first subject having the first role; and in login, authenticating a name and a password of the first subject to verify that whether the first subject is allowed to access the first iSCSI target node. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060207 | ROLE-BASED ATTRIBUTE BASED ACCESS CONTROL (RABAC) - Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving an access request from a user device, the access request including an identity claim for a user; evaluating a risk of access based on matching an attribute of the user device with attributes stored in a user information database; authenticating the access request based on the identity claim and the risk evaluation to determine an authentication confidence level; generating a token based on the confidence level and the attribute matched; producing an authorization response based on inputs from the token, a risk based access control, a role based access control, and an attribute based access control, in which the authorization response determines whether to allow access to a system, deny access to the system, or request additional input from the user device. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060208 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING TO ONLINE SERVICE - A method of connecting to an online service where a terminal transmits information regarding a selected online service and first authentication information to an external device, receives second authentication information detected based on the transmitted information, from the external device, and is then logged into the selected online service based on the received second authentication information. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060209 | NETWORK DEVICES AND AUTHENTICATION METHODS THEREOF - The present invention relates to a network device and an authentication method thereof. When one network device is connected with another one, the two network devices may respectively receive and transfer an authentication reporting packet each other. Accordingly, the network devices may compare context of the received authentication reporting packet and a stored authentication type information, a digest information, and an authentication protocol information for determining whether process the following specific protocol packet according to the comparison result. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060210 | REAUTHENTICATION TO A WEB SERVICE WITHOUT DISRUPTION - Authenticating internet application sessions. A method includes downloading client side code that when executed implements one or more client side modules including at least one module with message interception functionality. The method includes executing the client side code to implement the one or more client side modules. A request is sent to an internet application server. In response to the request, a message is received from the internet application server indicating that the request is not authorized. The message from the internet application server indicating that the request is not authorized is intercepted at the one or more client side modules. The one or more client side modules, as a result of the message indicating that the request is not authorized, send a request for authentication in a required format for authentication. Authentication is performed without losing user state associated with the request to the internet application server. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060211 | Detecting Secure or Encrypted Tunneling in a Computer Network - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a computer assisted method for detecting encrypted tunneling or proxy avoidance which may include electronically receiving information from a proxy server, extracting information regarding a CONNECT function of Hyper Text Transport Protocol (HTTP) from the electronically received information, determining at least one destination to which the extracted information regarding the CONNECT function of HTTP corresponds and attempting to negotiate a standard HTTPS session with each of the at least one destination. Further, the computer assisted method may further include, for each of the at least one destination, determining whether the destination is hosting an encrypted tunneling or proxy avoidance application, wherein such a determining may be based on characteristics of an Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate associated with the destination or a response received from the destination over a TCP/IP connection. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060212 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus is connectable via a network to service providing devices and a collecting apparatus. The information processing apparatus acquires a selection policy for selecting the devices that lay open to public types of providable services and service level information, and acquires service type information and the service level information from the collecting apparatus which detects the devices and collects the service type information including the types of providable services of the devices and the service level information. The devices capable of providing the accepted type of service are selected according to the selection policy. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060213 | Orderly Change Between New And Old Passwords - A processor stores a current password in a current password storage area, which results in committing the current password as a valid password. In turn, the processor initiates a password change interval that indicates a required point at which to change the current password. The processor also stores a future password in a future password storage area, which activates the future password. Activating the future password allows a user to login using the future password, but is independent of the password change interval (e.g., does not reset the password change interval). The processor subsequently receives a login request from a user that includes a login password, and determines that the login password matches the future password. As a result, the processor authorizes the user in response to determining that the login password matches the future password. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060214 | Behavioral Stochastic Authentication (BSA) - Methods and systems for authenticating a user and a consumer electronic device (CED) to a financial services provider (FSP) for purposes of communications initiated from the device and needing security, such as purchases and financial transactions, are provided. The FSP may compile information about a user's behavior from various sources, both public and private, including the CED. The information may be of a stochastic nature, being gathered by sampling user data and behavior at chosen times. The information may include indicators of user behavior—such as the user using the device to check various accounts and web-pages—and data from the device—such as GPS location. Based on the compiled stochastic information, and using a sliding scale, a throttling mechanism, acceptance variation, and pinging information, the FSP can compare current information from the device with what is known about the user and the device to provide a more accurate and reliable authentication process. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060215 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING ITS SYSTEM DATA - A mobile terminal and a method for protecting system data of the mobile terminal, wherein the critical system data of the mobile terminal is stored into the singlechip with 128-bits ID code, and the method of the public password encryption of the mobile terminal is applied such that the user has to pass the password authentication when the user accesses the data stored in the singlechip, thus protecting important system data of the mobile terminal, thereby protecting the legal right of the mobile terminal manufacturer, avoiding the counterfeit mobile terminal stealing the related technique of the mobile terminal, and prompting the normal development of the mobile terminal market at the same time. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060216 | MEDICAL INFORMATION NAVIGATION ENGINE (MINE) SYSTEM - A method of transacting medical information includes receiving medical information from a medical sources, identifying, mapping, and consolidating the received medical information by a back-end medical processor, providing access to specific relevant data, based on a user's security privileges, within the identified, mapped, and consolidated medical information, based on user-specific functions or roles by a front-end medical processor, and generating user-customized processed medical information to a plurality of users, with at least a portion of the user-customized processed medical information being provided to each of the plurality of users based on its relevancy to each user's specific function or role and each user's associated security privileges. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060217 | ATOMIC DETECTION AND REPAIR OF KERNEL MEMORY - A method for detecting memory modifications includes allocating a contiguous block of a memory of an electronic device, and loading instructions for detecting memory modifications into the contiguous block of memory. The electronic device includes a plurality of processing entities. The method also includes disabling all but one of a plurality of processing entities of the electronic device, scanning the memory of the electronic device for modifications performed by malware, and, if a memory modification is detected, repairing the memory modification. The method also includes enabling the processing entities that were disabled. The remaining processing entity executes the instructions for detecting memory modifications. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060218 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOCKING SIP-BASED ABNORMAL TRAFFIC - Provided is a system for blocking session initiation protocol (SIP)-based abnormal traffic. The system includes: a policy database (DB) in which allowed traffic is stored according to transmission priority; an abnormal traffic response module which receives traffic from a first network and transmits only portions of the received traffic, which match the allowed traffic stored in the policy DB, to a second network in order of transmission priority; and an abnormal traffic detection module which analyzes the traffic received from the first network and provides an activation signal to the abnormal traffic response module when detecting that the received traffic is abnormal traffic, wherein the abnormal traffic response module transmits the portions of the received traffic, which match the allowed traffic stored in the policy DB, to the second network such that the sum of the portions transmitted to the second network does not exceed a maximum allowed traffic limit. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060219 | Deviating Behaviour of a User Terminal - The invention relates to a method, device ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060220 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER SECURITY EMPLOYING VIRTUAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS - A method, system, and computer program product for computer protection, including a protected computer having a protected operating system; and a secure operating system having a first virtual copy of at least a portion of the protected operating system and one or more security mechanisms configured to analyze potentially malicious code before the code is used by the protected computer. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060221 | Prioritizing Malicious Website Detection - A computer implemented method includes identifying a universal resource locator and characterizing a traffic pattern associated with the universal resource locator. The traffic pattern can include referrer information, referring information, advertising network relationship information, and any combination thereof. The method can further include classifying the universal resource locator into a risk category based on the traffic pattern. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060222 | SECURITY STATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - The present invention provides a system and method for reporting security information relating to a mobile device. A security component identifies security events on the mobile device that are processed on the mobile device or by a server. The security component then determines a security assessment for the mobile device based upon the detected security events. The security state assessment can be displayed in various different formats on the mobile device display or on a client computer through a user interface. The display may be persistent in the form of a desktop widget or home-screen item which enables the user or administrator to verify the functioning of security protection on the device and be alerted if the device needs attention without having to specifically seek such information. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060223 | TRAITOR TRACING IN A CONTENT PROTECTION SYSTEM - A method for detecting at least one traitor computer system among a plurality of receiver computer systems including: assigning a version of protected content to each of the plurality of receiver computer systems that are currently identified as innocent by a content protection system that monitors distribution of protected content to the plurality of receiver computer systems; recovering at least one unauthorized rebroadcast of the content; generating a score for each of the plurality of receiver computer systems with respect to the recovered unauthorized rebroadcast; calculating a threshold independent of an estimation of maximum traitor computer systems; checking a highest score against the threshold; incriminating a receiver computer system having the highest score above the threshold as a traitor computer system; and removing any unauthorized rebroadcasts overlapping with the traitor computer system. The process may be repeated from generating scores until all traitors are identified. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060224 | Wireless Device Content Information Theft Protection System - A wireless device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular phone, may contain confidential information which may be secured by an internal security system. When the device is stolen, the user can provide a portion of a kill code to a wireless service provider. The wireless service provider provides its own portion of the kill code and combines it with the user's supplied code. Then, the service provider may transmit the combined kill code to the wireless device. Upon receipt, the wireless device may erase all confidential information on the device. In other embodiments, it may erase any unlocked block of memory. As still another alternative, the system may also, upon receipt of the combined kill code, disable the operating system. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060225 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UPGRADING RIGHTS OBJECT THAT WAS STORED IN MEMORY CARD - Disclosed herein relates to a digital rights management, and more particularly, to a method for upgrading digital rights and a device for providing the same. A method of allowing a terminal to upgrade a rights object installed in a memory card according to an embodiment of the present invention may include allowing the terminal to receive a trigger message comprising a rights object identifier, upgrade information, and AssetID (Asset Identifier) to contents from a Rights Issuer, transmitting an asset identifier message comprising the AssetID to the memory card, receiving a rights information message comprising rights information selected based on the AssetID from the memory card, checking whether the rights information corresponds to the rights object identifier, and generating a rights object based on the rights information to upgrade the rights object. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060226 | METHOD FOR AUTHORIZING USE OF AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) INFORMATION AND APPARATUS - A method for authorizing use of Augmented Reality (AR) information includes acquiring information regarding a location at which the AR information is to be provided, authorizing a user to use the AR information, creating attribute information including the AR information, the location information, and authority information, and transmitting the attribute information to an AR system. The AR system can register the attribute information, and can provide the AR information only to authorized users. An apparatus to authorize use of Augmented Reality (AR) information includes a location information acquiring unit, an authorization unit to authorize a user to use the AR information, and an AR information processor to create attribute information. The attribute information is transmitted to an AR system as a request for the AR system to register the attribute information so the AR system provides the AR information only to authorized users. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060227 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus includes a user signal transmission unit that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication; a manager function implementing unit that implements a function provided to a manager of the present apparatus; a license monitoring unit that monitors a license of the present apparatus, and outputs a function limitation signal when the license has expired; and a function limitation unit that limits the function implemented by the manager function implementing unit when receiving the function limitation signal. In a communication apparatus that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication, a function of the apparatus is limited when a relevant license has expired, while preventing an influence of the limitation upon the end user. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060228 | Completely automated computer implemented system and method for piracy control based on update requests - An automated system and method for piracy control based on user generated updates is described. The system and method described renders human intervention for piracy control superfluous and, therefore, is cost-effective, and consumes less time. The automated system and method for piracy control based upon update requests significantly reduces the number of update requests by pirated copies of the software, reduces the burden on the update server and smoothens the overall user experience for the legitimate users of the software. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060229 | Method For Characterising The Biological Activity Of Helminth Eggs, In Particular Trichuris Eggs - A method for determining the biological activity of embryonated | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060230 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFICATION OF A HLA LOCUS - Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for modulating the expression of a HLA locus or for selectively deleting or manipulating a HLA locus or HLA regulator. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060231 | METHOD AND KIT FOR EVALUATION OF PREDISPOSITION TO DEVELOPMENT OF OBESITY, ANTI-OBESITY AGENT AND METHOD FOR SCREENING THEREOF, NON-HUMAN ANIMAL, ADIPOSE TISSUE, ADIPOCYTE, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF TRANSGENIC MOUSE, ANTIGEN, AND ANTIBODY - It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of evaluating whether or not a subject has a predisposition to obesity or an obesity-related condition or disease, a kit for conducting the method, an anti-obesity drug having an effect of preventing or treating obesity or an obesity-related condition or disease, a method of screening the anti-obesity drug, a non-human animal having a deficiency in the gene associated with obesity, and an adipose tissue or adipocyte of the animal. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060232 | Caveolin 1-Reporter Protein Knock-In Mouse - The present invention embraces a transgenic mouse whose genome harbors a nucleic acid molecule encoding caveolin-1 fused in-frame with a reporter. To control expression of the Cav1-reporter, the nucleic acid molecule further includes a selectable marker expression cassette flanked by recombinase target sites in such a manner that, upon exposure to recombinase, said selectable marker expression cassette is excised from said nucleic acid molecule. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060233 | Methods & Compositions for Selection of Loci for Trait Performance & Expression - The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the identification and selection of loci modulating transgene performance and expression in plant breeding. In addition, methods are provided for screening germplasm entries for the performance and expression of at least one transgene. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060234 | ISOLATED POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES, AND METHODS OF USING SAME FOR INCREASING PLANT YIELD AND/OR AGRICULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS - Provided are isolated polynucleotides which comprise a nucleic acid sequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 3487, 1-239, 467-1973, 3481-3486, 3488-3674, 3738 or 3739; isolated polypeptides which comprise an amino acid sequence at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 246, 240-245, 247-465, 1974-3480, 3675-3736 or 3737, and methods of using same for increasing a yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality, abiotic stress tolerance, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of a plant. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060235 | NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEINS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCROSE ACCUMULATION IN COFFEE - Disclosed herein are nucleic acid molecules isolated from coffee ( | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060236 | AUXIN RECEPTORS - The invention is directed to isolated polynucleotide and polypeptides of the PsAFB2 and PsAFB6 genes from | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060237 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING THERMOTOLERANCE OF PLANT AND GENETIC ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A method for providing thermotolerance of a plant and the genetic engineering applications thereof are disclosed. DNA fragment containing a gene encoded EXPORTIN1A is transferred into a plant cell to provide or enhance thermotolerance of the plant. The method can be applied in genetic engineering to select transgenic plant. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060238 | ACTIVATION TAGGING PLATFORM FOR MAIZE, AND RESULTANT TAGGED POPULATIONS AND PLANTS - Disclosed herein is an activation tagging construct for maize, resulting tagged populations and plants. In one example, an activation tagging DNA construct includes a coding sequence for a transposase, a detectable reporter (such as anthocyanin regulatory genes B-Peru and C1) and a non-autonomous transposable T-DNA cassette. For example, the transposable T-DNA cassette is inserted into the detectable reporter encoding region such that the B-Peru and C1 genes express anthocyanins in a cell containing the maize activation tagging DNA construct only upon excision of the transposable cassette. Methods of generating a tagged population of maize plants include transforming a maize plant cell or tissue with the disclosed constructs. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060239 | Method For Secretory Production of Glycoprotein Having Human-Type Sugar Chain Using Plant Cell - A method for the secretory production of a glycoprotein having a human-type sugar chain, comprising a step of introducing a gene of an enzyme capable of performing a transfer reaction of a galactose residue to a non-reducing terminal acetylglucosamine residue, and a gene of heterologous glycoprotein, to obtain a transformed plant cell, a step of culturing the plant cell, and a step of recovering the culture medium of the plant cell. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060240 | ISOLATED POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES RELATING TO LOCI UNDERLYING RESISTANCE TO SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE AND SOYBEAN SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME AND METHODS EMPLOYING SAME - Soybean cyst nematode and soybean sudden death syndrome resistance genes, soybean cyst nematode and soybean sudden death syndrome resistant plant lines, and methods of breeding and engineering same. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060241 | PRF IN CELL AND TISSUE CULTURE - The invention relates to a method to increase growth or differentiation in vitro in a cell or tissue culture comprising culturing said cell(s) or tissue and applying pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) to said cell or tissue. In said method the cells or tissue are derived from a plant or an animal (including human) and preferably the cells are undifferentiated cells. Also part of the invention is a method as described herein wherein the cells or tissue are derived from a plant and in which differentiation implies the outgrowth of roots and/or shoots or of somatic embryos. The invention further comprises the use of PRF for increasing the growth or differentiation in in vitro cell or tissue culture. The invention also comprises a cell or tissue culture treated according to a method according to the invention. Preferably such a cell or tissue culture is derived from a plant. Then, in yet another embodiment, the invention is directed to a plant grown from such a cell or tissue culture. Alternatively, the invention comprises a cell culture that is treated according a method of the invention wherein the cells are derived from an animal, preferably a human. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060242 | ACYLTRANSFERASES AND USES THEREOF IN FATTY ACID PRODUCTION - The present invention pertains to the recombinant manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Specifically, it relates to acyltransferase polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding said acyltransferases as well as vectors, host cells, non-human transgenic organisms containing said polynucleotides. Moreover, the present invention contemplates methods for the manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids as well as oils obtained by such methods. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060243 | Herbicide-Resistant AHAS-Mutants and Methods of Use - The invention provides transgenic or non-transgenic plants with improved levels of tolerance to AHAS-inhibiting herbicides. The invention also provides nucleic acids encoding mutants of the acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) large subunit, expression vectors, plants comprising the nucleic acids encoding the AHASL subunits containing one, two, or more mutations, plants comprising such AHASL subunit mutant nucleic acids, methods for making and using the same, and methods of controlling weeds. | 2012-03-08 |
| 20120060244 | Scanning probe having integrated silicon tip with cantilever - A cantilever-tip assembly for atomic force microscopy (AFM) or other scanning probe microscopy and its method of making based on micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). Two crystalline silicon wafers and attached oxide and nitride layers are bonded together across an intermediate dielectric layer. A thin cantilever with a tetrahedral silicon probe tip at its distal end are formed in one wafer by anisotropic etching of silicon and a support structure is formed in the other wafer to support the proximal end of the cantilever preferably having an inclined face formed by anisotropic silicon etching. The cantilever may be silicon or silicon nitride. | 2012-03-08 |
