| 18th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 81 |
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| 20100115428 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEB BROWSING - A system and method for web browsing contemporaneously displays multiple web pages, advertisements, or other applications, preferably within a single window, for a user to view. In a preferred embodiment, a current web page, a past web page, a future web page, and/or an advertisement or other application are contemporaneously displayed in a single window. In this embodiment, the present invention tracks a past web page and renders it in a first panel, renders the current web page in a second panel, and identifies a hyperlink in the current web page to retrieve and render the future web page in a third panel. In other embodiments, a host provides a list of web pages that are to be displayed in the panels. In other embodiments, a user selects a list of web pages that are to be displayed in the panels. In other embodiments, hyperlinks are filtered and/or prioritized to determine which web pages are to be displayed in the panels. In this manner, the user contemporaneously views the current web page, the past page, and the future web page, or alternately, multiple web pages in the single window. Preferably, the present invention is implemented as a web browsing room in a three-dimensional space where walls of the rooms correspond to various ones of the aforementioned panels and a floor of which may be used to display advertisements or provide other applications. The user can view the web pages in the browsing room using various three-dimensional navigation techniques. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115429 | SYSTEM FOR SELECTING AND PLAYING A USER-SPECIFIED CONTENT WITHIN A WINDOW OF A WEB BROWSER AND PROGRAMS THEREFOR - A system comprising a processor, a local storage storing a user profile, a content selector program executable by the processor, and a selection condition sender program executable by the processor. The content selector program is a predetermined file playable by a specific plug-in on a web browser and selects one of contents in accordance with a selection condition to display the selected content within a window of the web browser. The selection condition sender program is cooperable with the content selector program played by the specific plug-in, obtains the user profile from the local storage and sends the played content selector program the selection condition on the basis of the user profile data so as to lead the played content selector program to display the selected content in accordance with the user profile. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115430 | UNIVERSAL CONTENT REFERENCING, PACKAGING, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND A TOOL FOR CUSTOMIZING WEB CONTENT - A computer tool allows a user to manipulate displayed content of a web page by a user device. The computer tool may be used to implement a collapsing, foldable browser that allows users to customize web content. The computer tool receives an indication of a user defined first portion of the content of a web page displayed by a browser, determines a remaining portion of the content of the web other than the first portion; and renders only the first user defined portion on a display screen of a display associated with the user device. An attribute may be associated with the first portion and displayed in proximity to the first portion to provide functions to manipulate the first portion within the display screen of the display associated with the user device. A menu may be associated with the attribute. The menu may include functions to allow toggling between display of only first portion and the first portion combined with a remaining portion, to minimize the browser, to close the browser to a file, and to expand display of only the first portion to display the browser window in addition to the first portion. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115431 | SYSTEM, PROCESS AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR ACCESSING AND NAVIGATING THE INTERNET - A computer-accessible medium, software arrangement and computer-system for providing access to a web page that is part of a web site is provided. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present application, provided is a computer-accessible medium having stored thereon executable instructions for providing access to a web page that is part of a web site. When the executable instructions are executed by a computer arrangement, the computer arrangement can be configured to perform the procedures including receiving and/or extracting information relating to a link structure of a web site and/or information relating to associated content; presenting the link structure and/or content in the form of a menu-based structure or a hierarchical structure having items that represent respective web pages; and, invoking a browser application and requesting an associated web page using the browser application, for example. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115432 | DISPLAY AND INSTALLATION OF PORTLETS ON A CLIENT PLATFORM - A client computer system, method and software tool for displaying portlet content are provided. The system comprises a user interface, a portlet server and a portlet view tool. The user interface allows the display of a page including one or more view window(s), each displaying content provided by a component of the computer system. The portlet server processes requests for portlet content, and has one or more portlet(s) installed thereon. The portlet view tool is associated with a portlet installed on the portlet server, and controls the associated portlet. A web browser is used to display content from the associated portlet in a view window on the display. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115433 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DEVICE CONNECTED MEDIA SIGNAL SINK AND MEDIA SIGNAL SINK THEREOF - Disclosed herein are a media signal sink ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115434 | USER INTERFACE GENERATOR, INFORMATION TERMINAL, USER INTERFACE GENERATION CONTROL PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND USER INTERFACE GENERATION METHOD - A user interface generator of generating a user interface from user interface template data for execution comprises a UI template selecting section ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115435 | Extended classification space and color model for the classification and display of multi-parameter data sets - The invention pertains to the user-directed classification of multi-parameter data streams with a computer program that allows users to “paint” events in one of several linked n-dimensional views of the data set. The events that are painted in one view of the data are also painted with the same color in the other views. By combining primary colors with multiple paint operations, individual data clusters can be identified by the user. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115436 | FORM-BASED ONTOLOGY CREATION AND INFORMATION HARVESTING - Extracting data from web pages. User input is received defining a tabular form. User input is received correlating portions of the form with user selected data items contained in one or more first web pages. The user input is correlated to create an ontology defining relationships between the user selected data items based on the definition of the tabular form. One or more other web pages are accessed, and based on a context of the one or more data items in the first web page being similar to a context of the selected data items in the one or more first web pages, one or more similar data items are extracted from the one or more other web pages. The extracted data items are correlated to each other in accordance with the ontology defining relationships between the user selected data items and are output as a user searchable data structure. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115437 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY DISPLAYING DATA - An electronic device for collecting and displaying measurement data includes a data interface, a processor and a transport interface. The data interface obtains measurement data. The processor is configured to generate portable graphical user interface (GUI) information indicating a visual format corresponding to at least one of the measurement data or the electronic device, and to associate the portable GUI information with the measurement data. The transport interface is configured to deliver the measurement data and the associated portable GUI information to a remote display, enabling the remote display to display the measurement data in accordance with the visual format indicated by the portable GUI information. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115438 | METHOD FOR CREATING MULTI-LEVEL WIDGETS AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method for creating multi-level widgets and a system thereof are provided. The method includes the steps of: embedding intended widgets in a platform having a software application programming interface; determining whether at least a widget is to be embedded in the widgets embedded; determining whether at least a widget is to be further embedded in the widgets embedded; and forming multi-level widgets by embedding more of the widgets in the widgets embedded, respectively, so as to enable multi-level editing. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115439 | ASSIGNING SCREEN DESIGNATION CODES TO IMAGES - A method of assigning screen designation codes to images is disclosed. The method includes accessing data operable to display a first image and a second image. A first screen designation code is assigned to the first image, wherein the first screen designation code is associated with a first display screen of a multi-component display, and wherein the first screen designation code is operable to cause a display of the first image on the first display screen of the multi-component display. A second screen designation code is assigned to the second image, wherein the second screen designation code is associated with a second display screen of the multi-component display, wherein the first display screen and the second display screen overlap, and wherein the second screen designation code is operable to cause a display of the second image on the second display screen of the multi-component display. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115440 | ROLLBACK IN A BROWSER - Methods, apparatus, computer program products and systems are provided for editing an image. One method includes editing, by a processor, an image including maintaining a list of transformations applied to the image including a last transformation; receiving a selection from a user to rollback a transformation, the selection not including the last transformation, where receiving a selection includes receiving a selection from the list of transformations that include plural selections that are not contiguous in an order in which the transformations were applied; generating, by the processor, a unique identifier associated with the edited image without the selection, the unique identifier including data identifying the image and all transformations to be applied to the image; and after receiving a request for an edited image, the request including the unique identifier, transmitting the edited image to a requesting device. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115441 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULE SETTING IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for schedule setting in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a touch manager for determining whether a drag execution is performed for schedule setting a schedule type, a controller for performing the schedule setting on a date for schedule setting, and a schedule setting unit for setting a schedule when the touch manager detects overlapping of the date with a schedule setting icon. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115442 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ENDING WIDGET WITH DATA RETRIEVED FROM A STARTING WIDGET - The invention relates to a method for operating an ending widget ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115443 | RULE-BASED PRESENTATION OF LOG MESSAGES ON A GRAPHIC TIMELINE - Systems, methods, computer program code, and means are provided for the rules-based presentation of log messages on a graphical timeline. Pursuant to some embodiments, a request to view log file information is received, and a plurality of log file messages are retrieved based on the request. The plurality of log file messages are aggregated based on timestamp information contained in each of the log file messages and the aggregated log file messages are displayed along a graphical timeline. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115444 | Plot-Driven Measurement - Plot-driven measurement software for controlling an instrument. A capability of the instrument is displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI). A plot outline is also displayed in the GUI. The plot outline has a plot variable, to which a user can assign the capability. The plot outline is translated into an instruction set for the instrument to execute the capability. The data resulting from the instrument executing the capability is displayed on the plot outline. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115445 | Software with Improved View of a Business Process - The proper visualization of a business process plays a key role in analyzing, changing, simulating and monitoring the business process. Most BPMS systems today, provide a modeling environment where the business user can define and visualize business processes as BPMN diagrams. Some more advanced systems (such as Savvion Business Manager) enable monitoring of the business process at run-time via a color-coded view of the process diagram. While process diagram is an important view of the process, it lacks the level of abstraction needed to provide information in an optimal way to the business users. The proposed visualization, called the 360 degree view provides an optimal view of a business process without losing important details about the process. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115446 | SEGMENTATION MODEL USER INTERFACE - A data warehouse may include a data set of items associated with a plurality of attributes. An input handler may be configured to receive selections of attributes and filter options and a placement of an attribute icon representing each selection within a segmentation model displayed within a results portion of a graphical user interface (GUI). A view generator may be configured to provide the segmentation model in the results portion, the model including a data set icon representing the items, provide an attribute list in a segmentation portion of the GUI including a list of the attributes, provide the attribute icon within the segmentation model based on the placement, and provide a flow indicator corresponding to the filter option associated with each attribute icon. A filter may be configured to obtain a subset of the plurality of items corresponding to each selection based on the placement and filter option. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115447 | Method and Apparatus to Dynamically Arrange A Virtual Key Position in A Hierarchical Structure - The present invention discloses a method to dynamically arrange positions of a plurality of virtual keys in a hierarchical structure with many layers. These virtual keys can control an application program and include at least one function group key and at least one command key The method includes the following steps. The first step is to determine whether a first virtual key is a function group key or a command key, wherein the first virtual is located in a first layer in the hierarchical structure. When the first virtual key is a command key, the first virtual key is moved from the first layer to another layer and a number to select the first virtual key is added by one. Next, whether or not the application program processing has ended is determined. When the application program processing has ended, the number of times the first virtual key is clicked is compared to the number of times other virtual keys were selected. A virtual key that is clicked the most is moved to the top layer in the hierarchical structure. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115448 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD WITH VISUALLY ENHANCED KEYS - A method of presenting keys of a touchscreen device, to facilitate correct actuation. Following depression of a key, the device determines likelihood of selection of a subsequent key. Keys determined to be more likely to be subsequently selected are visually enhanced. Enhancement may be by presenting the keys as relatively large relative to keys not so determined, by adjusting coloring, and introducing dynamic effects, among others. Also, keys surrounding keys determined to be likely to be subsequently selected may be visually enhanced. Visually enhanced surrounding keys may have enhanced brightness relative to keys not surrounding keys so determined. Keys may be further categorized in an intermediate category as being of equal likelihood rather than of relatively great or relatively unlikely subsequent selection. Visual presentation may intuitively reflect the three categories. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115449 | System and method for controlling animation by tagging objects within a game environment - A game developer can “tag” an item in the game environment. When an animated character walks near the “tagged” item, the animation engine can cause the character's head to turn toward the item, and mathematically computes what needs to be done in order to make the action look real and normal. The tag can also be modified to elicit an emotional response from the character. For example, a tagged enemy can cause fear, while a tagged inanimate object may cause only indifference or indifferent interest. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115450 | COMBINABLE TABS FOR A TABBED DOCUMENT INTERFACE - A method and system for combining tabs of a tabbed document interface (“TDI”) is provided. A combinable TDI system allows tabs of a TDI to be combined to form a single tab of the TDI. To combine tabs, the combinable TDI system generates a combined tab name from the tab names of the tabs to be combined and combined tab content from the content of the tabs to be combined. If the width of the content is greater than what can be currently displayed in the window, the combinable TDI system may add a scroll bar to the TDI so that the user can scroll and make visible portions of the content that were previously not visible. The combinable TDI system then displays the combined tab and removes the tabs that have been combined. The combinable TDI system may also allow a user to split a combined tab into separate tabs. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115451 | Browser Tab Management - The management of tabs in browser applications may be at least partially automated. In a described implementation, a link present in browser content information may include a link property indicating that the new browser content information targeted by the link is to be opened in a new tab. A browser application can therefore automatically launch a new tab without a user request. In another described implementation, a new travelogue created for a new tab may be initially populated with an historical entry that points to spawning browser content information and identifies the originating tab. When a user attempts to move backward from an initial page of the new tab, a browser application can therefore automatically redisplay the spawning browser content information at the originating tab. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115452 | Methods and Systems for Providing Navigation Bars in a Client Browser for a Client Device - Methods and apparatus are provided for user interfaces for displaying information content. A request for information content, such as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), is received at a server. A navigation bar may be generated for display with the information content. The navigation bar may be configured to display links while a user of a client device navigates through the requested information content. The links may be based on the information content or independent of the information content. The navigation bar may be displayed as either a fixed or expandable navigation bar. A structured approach may be used to generate partially customizable navigation bars. Modified information content including the navigation bars may be generated and sent from the server to the client device. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115453 | SIDEBAR ENGINE, OBJECT MODEL AND SCHEMA - An engine is provided for displaying an application for hosting a second application. The hosting application can be a sidebar on a display. The engine can contain a part or program which can include a manifest file, a definition file and/or a script file. The manifest file may contain a pointer to at least one of the definition file and the script file. The engine may also contain a loader that can locate the definition file and/or script file (e.g., via pointers in the manifest file) and load the definition file and/or script files of the part for processing. The engine may also execute script associated with the part and convert an object model into a user interface which can be displayed at a predetermined location on a display or docked onto a sidebar. The user interface can further be manipulated or relocated within the sidebar or removed (i.e., undocked) from the sidebar. The sidebar may be exploded or imploded with the corresponding parts on the sidebar displayed on the desktop or another application (exploded) or returned to the sidebar (imploded). | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115454 | METHOD FOR REDUCING USER-PERCEIVED LAG ON TEXT DATA EXCHANGE WITH A REMOTE SERVER - The present invention takes advantage of independent front-end and back-end processing schedules. On the back-end the data traffic is streamlined in order to optimize transfer speed, while on the front-end the user interface employs text boxes and other graphic-related resources to manage the display of information to the user. The user perceives the data entry as seamless and real-time, while the actual data transfer is restricted to the essential for the purpose of actual processing, which is performed by a remote server. The present invention thus reduces user perceived lag on data exchange with a remote server without requiring an actual increase on network transmission speed. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115455 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING 3 DIMENSIONAL OBJECT AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A method is provided of controlling a 3D individual object on a map by displaying a 3D map image including a plurality of 3D individual objects on a first display area, selecting at least one 3D individual object, obtaining detailed information of the selected 3D individual object from a memory and displaying the detailed information. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115456 | VIRTUAL CUBIC DISPLAY TEMPLATE FOR SEARCH ENGINE - A graphic rendering of searchable fields of a database, which rendering simulates a geometric solid having a plurality of facets. Each facet, which has its own thematic identity, can accept search inquiries and display results. Virtual manipulation of the geometric solid will expose a succeeding facet to direct view, which succeeding facet may reflect both data uncovered from a prior search inquiry and also related data which was not directly requested. The facets enable the user to organize data according to the various thematic identities of basic facts. The geometric solid assists in enabling the user to intuitively grasp how best to retrieve and interrelate data from the database. Subsidiary geometric solids more limited in content than the original geometric solid may be generated and displayed. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115457 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING OBJECTS - First user-generated input is received that selects a first element in a graphical user interface identifying a work area. In response, a plurality of second elements characterizing categories of objects associated with the work area are displayed in the graphical user interface. Thereafter, second user-generated input is received that selects a second element in the graphical user interface element. Once the second element is selected, a visual representation of a plurality of primary objects associated with the category corresponding to the second element is displayed. The plurality of displayed primary objects are displayed in a first person perspective projection format with the objects being displayed in order at depths in the first person perspective projection according to values of an attribute associated with the second element. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115458 | PANNING A NATIVE DISPLAY ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE TO A WINDOW, INTERPRETING A GESTURE-BASED INSTRUCTION TO SCROLL CONTENTS OF THE WINDOW, AND WRAPPING TEXT ON THE WINDOW - A method and system for rendering a window from an extended virtual screen on a native display of a mobile computing device is described. The system includes a server that detects a server, a first window associated with an application executing on the server, the server outputting the application to an extended virtual screen; identifies coordinates associated with a position of the first window on the extended virtual screen; and transmits the coordinates of the first window to a mobile computing device to display the first window on a native display of the mobile computing device. The system also includes a mobile computing device that receives a gesture-based instruction on the native display; evaluates contents of a second window at a location where the gesture-based instruction is received; scrolls the contents of the second window if the contents include a scrollbar; and pans the contents of the second window if the contents exclude a scrollbar. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115459 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING EXPEDITED NAVIGATION - An apparatus for providing expedited navigation may include a processor. The processor may be configured to generate an object indicative of a direction to a location of an item of interest associated with a content item, wherein the object comprises information associated with the item of interest. The processor may additionally be configured to provide for display of a portion of the content item and the object in a viewable area, wherein the item of interest is located outside the viewable area. The processor may further be configured to provide for automatic navigation of the content item to the location of the item of interest based at least in part on information associated with the object. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115460 | Visual Interface Element Transition Effect - In an electronic interaction space, transitioning between a first and second screen layout includes determining a difference between the first and second screen layouts, wherein the first and second screen layouts include at least one pod each, and rendering the difference as a dynamic and intermediate screen layout that uses a representation of physical motion to present a gradual change. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115461 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - [Problem] To make it possible to switch display of plural windows depending on a situation such as a time and a place. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115462 | Enhanced Zoom and Pan for Viewing Digital Images - A system and method is provided that generates and transmits images over a communication network to an end user. The system and method includes a zoom and pan (ZAP) feature that offers a user the ability to see all available detail of a displayed image despite the limited image display area. Specifically, images presented within a zoom and pan interface allow the user to zoom in to a particular area of a displayed image to see additional detail, pan to view various areas of the displayed image, and to zoom out again to view the whole displayed image in context. The ZAP feature is applied to a dynamically generated image that includes at least one dynamic image feature, and viewing-region-tracking information is generated enabling user viewing characteristics to be tracked and analyzed. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115463 | SAMPLE ANALYZER, REAGENT INFORMATION DISPLAYING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The present invention is to present a sample analyzer, comprising: a reagent holder for holding a first and a second reagents; a display; a display controller for controlling the display so as to display a display screen including a first information displaying region for displaying one of a plurality of reagent information regarding the first reagent and a second information displaying region for displaying one of a plurality of reagent information regarding the second reagent; and a display switch receiver for receiving a display switch instruction of reagent information displayed in each of the first and second information displaying regions, wherein the display controller switches a first reagent information displayed in the first information displaying region to a second reagent information and switches a third reagent information displayed in the second information displaying region to a fourth reagent information, when the display switch receiver has received the display switch instruction. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115464 | PROGRAM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PREDETERMINED PROCESSING WITH REGISTERED ITEMS - There are described a method and a computer executable program of the same, each of which makes it possible to provide registered items for a predetermined processing, which is established in advance corresponding to user's demands. The method includes: displaying a list of plural registrable items on a display section, which can be registered in order to provide at least one of the plural registrable items for the predetermined processing; accepting a registration instruction for registering said at least one of the plural registrable items, which includes an attribute value that indicates a status of its registration, based on an operation conducted by a user; providing the registered item for the predetermined processing according to the attribute value of the registration concerned; and when the registration instruction is accepted, displaying an attached image, which corresponds to the attribute value of the registration concerned, associating with one of the registrable items. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115465 | Logon System and Method Thereof - The invention discloses a logon system and a method thereof, which relates to information security field. The invention solves the problems that the user can log on Windows by username and password only. In the invention, the Credential Provider module adapted to pop up a human-computer interactive interface when the Credential Provider module is called by the operating system of the computer; further adapted to collect the information needed for logging on the operating system and transfer the collected information to the operating system of the computer; the Cryptographic Service Provider module is adapted to perform authentication with the information received from the operating system of the computer; and, if the authentication is successful, to perform operation with the corresponding private key of the key device logon certificate to generate credential information needed for logging on the operating system. The embodiments of the invention are applied for logging on the Windows, which provide more alternative logon ways for the user. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115466 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING A REUSABLE LIST, SAVING IT IN A CLIPBOARD, AND ACCESSING A CURRENT DOCUMENT VERSION BY SELECTING A HYPERLINK ON THE LIST - A computer system that allows a user to select one or more of the documents that are listed in a summary view of documents and creates a list of the selected documents. Advantageously, for each selected document, the list includes document summary data pertaining to the selected document and a hyperlink to the selected document. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115467 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A CHARACTERISTIC QUANTITY OF AN IT SYSTEM - A method is provided for determining a characteristic quantity, in particular, the quality and/or performance, of IT systems at the application level, in particular, during operation, wherein at least one application ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115468 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIERARCHICAL ELECTRONIC FILE NAVIGATION FROM A PROCESSING DEVICE FRONT PANEL - The subject application is directed to a system and method for hierarchical electronic file navigation. Electronic files, of documents or folders, are first stored in an associated data storage. Upon receipt of user identification, a default subset of stored files is retrieved and indicia corresponding to the files are displayed to an associated user. The files are displayed with a folder icon or a document thumbnail image. Selection data is then received of a selected electronic folder listed on the display and indicia are generated on the display corresponding to contents of electronic files of the selected document folder. Shortcut selection data is received from the user corresponding to at least one selected electronic file and the at least one selected electronic file is added to the default listing in accordance with received shortcut selection data. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115469 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A capsule endoscope image display device displays, on a display screen, at least a search character input window, a thumbnail specification input button for specifying a thumbnail, and a report specification input button for specifying a report. When the thumbnail specification input button is operated, thumbnails to which a comment including characters input in the search character input window is added are searched for in a recording device, and their listing is displayed in a scrollable manner. When the report specification input button is operated, reports including the characters input in the search character input window are searched for, and their listing is displayed in a scrollable manner. In this way, data associated with an image of desired position, lesion portion, etc. can be easily grasped from among many pieces of image information. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115470 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which is capable of executing a processing flow without changing the contents thereof even when the processing flow includes a process that cannot be executed by itself. When a processing flow includes an unexecutable process, the apparatus transmits a request for confirming whether or not the processing flow is executable, to other image processing apparatuses, and receives a response indicating that the processing flow is executable, from any of the other apparatuses. The apparatus determines a transfer destination of the processing flow from the other image processing apparatuses. The apparatus generate from the processing flow a first cooperation processing flow including executable processes and a second cooperation processing flow including at least one unexecutable process, and transfers the second cooperation processing flow to the determined transfer destination. The apparatus displays an execution button for executing the first cooperation processing flow. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115471 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL WIDGETS - Systems, methods, computer-readable mediums, user interfaces and other implementations are disclosed for implementing multidimensional widgets. A multidimensional widget is a three-dimensional object with application surfaces, and each application surface is associated with a widget function. Multidimensional widgets can be modified by adding functions or grouping with other widgets. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115472 | Method of Facilitating Browsing and Management of Multimedia Files with Data Structure thereof - A method of browsing multimedia files having a plurality of attribute information. Each of the plurality of attribute information is utilized for indicating a corresponding characteristic of the multimedia files. The method comprises: providing a browser comprising a user interface having multi-level hierarchical menus, each menu comprising at least a menu icon representing a group of the multimedia files which certain attribute information of the group of multimedia files are the same, wherein each of the menu icon is able to initiate a next level menu, or to initiate playing a target multimedia file; and playing the target multimedia file if the menu icon for initiating playing the target multimedia file has been activated. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115473 | ASSOCIATING GESTURES ON A TOUCH SCREEN WITH CHARACTERS - The present invention provides methods for associating a gesture, in contact with a touch screen, with a character. More specifically, the present invention links a user's movement on a surface of a device to represent a character. A character includes any number, letter, or symbol. For example, an illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a user may swipe a surface on their device such as a cell phone. The present invention recognizes the swipe to represent the number “0,” a swipe in another direction to represent the number “1,” a tap in the middle region to represent the number “2,” etc. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115474 | NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A non-contact power transmission apparatus having a resonance system is disclosed. The resonance system includes a primary coil to which an alternating-current voltage from an alternating-current source is applied, a primary-side resonance coil, a secondary-side resonance coil, and a secondary coil to which a load is connected. The impedance of the primary coil is set such that the output impedance of the alternating-current source and the input impedance of the resonance system are matched to each other. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115475 | Integrated Circuit Performance Enhancement Using On-Chip Adaptive Voltage Scaling - Techniques for enhancing the performance of an IC are provided. A method of enhancing IC performance includes the steps of: associating at least one performance result of at least one performance monitor, formed on the IC, with deterministic combinations of IC performance and a processing parameter, a supply voltage, and/or a temperature of the IC; determining an IC processing characterization of the IC as a function of the performance result for at least one prescribed supply voltage and temperature of the IC, the IC processing characterization being indicative of a type of processing received by the IC during fabrication of the IC; and controlling a voltage supplied to at least a portion of the IC, the voltage being controlled as a function of the IC processing characterization and/or the temperature of the IC so as to satisfy at least one prescribed performance parameter of the IC. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115476 | CONGESTION OPTIMIZATION DURING SYNTHESIS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that optimizes a circuit design during a logic design stage to reduce routing congestion during a placement and routing stage. During operation, this system identifies a first circuit structure in the circuit design which is expected to cause routing congestion during the placement and routing stage. Next, the system generates a second circuit structure which is functionally equivalent to the first circuit structure, and is not expected to cause routing congestion during the placement and routing stage. The system then replaces the first circuit structure in the circuit design with the second circuit structure, thereby mitigating routing congestion during the placement and routing stage. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115477 | OPTIMIZING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN THROUGH USE OF SEQUENTIAL TIMING INFORMATION - A method is provided that includes: determining a minimum clock cycle that can be used to propagate a signal about the critical cycle in a circuit design; wherein the critical cycle is a cycle in the design that has a highest proportionality of delay to number of registers; determining for a circuit element in the circuit design, sequential slack associated with the circuit element; wherein the sequential slack represents a minimum delay from among respective maximum delays that can be added to respective structural cycles of which the circuit element is a constituent, based upon the determined limit upon clock cycle duration; using the sequential slack to ascertain sequential optimization based design flexibility throughout multiple stages of a design flow. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115478 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODCUT FOR PARALLELIZING TASKS IN PROCESSING AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DESIGN - Disclosed are a method, a system, and a computer program product for implementing compact manufacturing model during various stages of electronic circuit designs. In some embodiments, the method loads the full design database information on the master; distributes the tasks to be processed in parallel; loads a full design on a master; spawns a plurality of slave sessions; sends to at least one slave a nutshell representation of the electronic circuit design; identifies a task to perform in parallel and sends the task to be performed in parallel; and receives execution results or processing results from some of the plurality of slaves and updates one or more databases to incorporate the execution or processing results. In some embodiments, the method allows speeding up the applications without major rewrite without a need for design partition, and without memory penalty. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115479 | Method for generating pattern, method for manufacturing semiconductor device, semiconductor device, and computer program - A method for generating a pattern includes reading out an interconnect layout and a hole layout, the interconnect layout prescribing interconnect patterns, the hole layout prescribing hole patterns configured to connect to the interconnect patterns; extracting one of the hole patterns to be connected within the same interconnect layer level to one of the interconnect patterns in a pattern processing area; extracting a first processing area including the extracted hole pattern; calculating a first pattern density of the interconnect patterns included in the first processing area; and generating first additional patterns in the first processing area based on the first pattern density. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115480 | LOGIC CIRCUIT DESIGN VERIFICATION APPARATUS, LOGIC CIRCUIT DESIGN VERIFICATION METHOD , AND MEDIUM STORING LOGIC CIRCUIT DESIGN VERIFICATION PROGRAM - A logic circuit design verification apparatus includes an inputting unit configured to input a circuit description and an assertion description, an extracting unit configured to extract signal names from the circuit description input by the inputting unit, a lack detector configured to detect a signal name not included in a postulation and a verification requirement in the assertion description input by the inputting unit among the signal names extracted by the extracting unit, and an outputting unit configured to output the signal name detected by the lack detector. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115481 | Shape-Based Geometry Engine To Perform Smoothing And Other Layout Beautification Operations - A shape-based layout beautification operation can be performed on an IC layout to correct layout imperfections. A shape is described by edges (and vertices) related according to specified properties. Each shape can be configured to match specific layout imperfection types. Corrective actions can then be associated with the shapes, advantageously enabling efficient formulation and precise application of those corrective actions. Corrective actions can include absolute, adaptive, or replacement-type modifications to the detected layout imperfections. A concurrent processing methodology can be used to minimize processing overhead during layout beautification, and the actions can also be incorporated into a lookup table to further reduce runtime. A layout beautification system can also be connected to a network across which shapes, actions, and IC layout data files can be accessed and retrieved. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115482 | Method for Specifying and Validating Untimed Nets - In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the method for specifying a portion of a circuit design to be treated as untimed by static timing analysis is performed on the RTL design by means of an attribute annotation. The process is operable to map through to the Physical Design by correlating latches and chip-level nets. This allows the testing process to become closed-loop. Design and simulation time is also greatly reduced due to the accessibility of RTL design. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115483 | CROSSBAR STRUCTURE WITH MECHANISM FOR GENERATING CONSTANT OUTPUTS - Embodiments provide crossbar structures, and reconfigurable circuits that contain crossbar structures, that include n inputs and an output, where n is an integer, chains of transistors coupled to the n inputs and the output, a plurality of control signal elements—each coupled to one or more transistors of the plurality of chains of transistors to selectively couple said n inputs to the output—and an additional chain of transistors coupled to at least some of the plurality of control signal elements and the output to selectively couple a constant output voltage to the output. Other embodiments may be disclosed and claimed. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115484 | Standard cell placement - A method of generating a layout of an integrated circuit is provided, the method comprising the steps of: providing functional data representing circuit elements and connections between the circuit elements, providing a cell library defining a plurality of standard cells, each standard cell representing a potential component for forming the integrated circuit, providing compatibility information indicative of the compatibility of the boundaries of the standard cells, and generating a placement of standard cells in dependence on the functional data and the compatibility information to produce the layout such that no abutting cells have incompatible boundaries. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115485 | Circuit design device for conducting failure analysis facilitating design - A circuit design device decides placement of elements and interconnections included in a circuit, on the basis of connection information of the circuit. The circuit design device includes an equivalent fault class extracting unit, a weighting unit, and a placement deciding unit. The equivalent fault class extracting unit extracts one or more classes (hereinbelow referred to as “equivalent fault classes”) having, as members, interconnections (hereinbelow referred to as “equivalent fault interconnections”) which mutually cause an equivalent fault in the circuit. The weighting unit gives a greater weight to the equivalent fault class or the equivalent fault interconnections included in the equivalent fault class, as the number of the members in the equivalent fault class (hereinbelow referred to as the “number of equivalent fault interconnections”) increases. The placement deciding unit decides placement of the elements and the interconnections so that, among the equivalent classes, an equivalent fault class having a larger number of equivalent fault interconnections would have a lower probability of including a single stuck-at fault. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115486 | ASSIST FEATURE PLACEMENT BASED ON A FOCUS-SENSITIVE COST-COVARIANCE FIELD - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that determines an assist feature placement within a post-optical proximity correction (post-OPC) mask layout. During operation, the system receives a set of target patterns which represent a set of polygons in a pre-OPC mask layout. The system then constructs a focus-sensitive cost function based on the target patterns, wherein the focus-sensitive cost function represents an amount of movement of post-OPC contours of the target patterns in response to changes in focus condition of the lithography system. Note that the contours of the target patterns substantially coincide with the edges of set of the polygons. Next, the system computes a cost-covariance field (CCF field) based on the focus-sensitive cost function, wherein the CCF field is a two-dimensional (2D) map representing changes to the focus-sensitive cost function due to an addition of a pattern at a given location within the post-OPC mask layout. Finally, the system generates assist features for the post-OPC mask layout based on the CCF field. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115487 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEMATIC-VISUALIZATION DRIVEN TOPOLOGICALLY-EQUIVALENT LAYOUT DESIGN IN RFSiP - An improved approach for automatically generating physical layout constraints and topology that are visually in-sync with the logic schematic created for simulation is described. The present approach is also directed to an automatic method for transferring topology from logic design to layout. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115488 | CIRCUIT DESIGN DEVICE, CIRCUIT DESIGN METHOD, AND CIRCUIT DESIGN PROGRAM - A circuit design device comprises a logic synthesis unit that generates a circuit with reference to a circuit design description, a statistical timing analysis unit that obtains a probability distribution of delay times of a path in a circuit, a relative delay restriction fulfillment rate calculation unit that obtains a fulfillment rate of the relative delay restriction according to the probability distribution of the delay time from the same starting point at each restricted path subjected to the relative delay restriction, a path delay probability distribution changing unit that changes the probability distribution of delay times of the restricted path to changed probability distribution when the fulfillment rate does not reach a predetermined rate, and a logic circuit structure changing unit that changes the structure of the circuit so as to follow the changed probability distribution. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115489 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING LITHOGRAPHY VERIFICATION FOR A DOUBLE-PATTERNING PROCESS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that performs lithography verification for a double-patterning process on a mask layout without performing a full contour simulation of the mask layout. During operation, the system starts by receiving a first mask which is used in a first lithography step of the double-patterning process, and a second mask which is used in a second lithography step of the double-patterning process. Note that the first mask and the second mask are obtained by partitioning the mask layout. Next, the system receives an evaluation point on the mask layout. The system then determines whether the evaluation point is exclusively located on a polygon of the first mask, exclusively located on a polygon of the second mask, or located elsewhere. The system next computes a printing indicator at the evaluation point for the mask layout based on whether the evaluation point is exclusively located on a polygon of the first mask or exclusively located on a polygon of the second mask. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115490 | Automated Lifecycle Management of a Computer Implemented Service - A system for automated lifecycle management of a computer implemented service, according to requirements, having a service model ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115491 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEVELOPING A SOFTWARE APPLICATION - A method and apparatus for developing a computer program utilizing services that may not be available during development. A dummy service providing a naïve implementation of the service that is to be provided by the services is obtained or created. The computer program is modified such that it utilizes the dummy service. After an actual service is available, the computer program is modified once more to utilize the actual service instead of the dummy service. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115492 | Software Analyzer - The present invention provides a software analyzer supporting development of derived products by allowing efficient selection of software components to be simultaneously reutilized or changed based on the past record of developments and changes of software products. A software analyzer according to the present invention analyzes a plurality of software components included in existing software products and correlations between the plurality of software components. The software analyzer includes product line analysis means adapted to create product line configuration data numerically expressing a set of the plurality of software components included in the existing software products, from existing product configuration data including, for each of the existing software products, data on the plurality of software components and data on the correlations between the plurality of software components, inter-component distance analysis means adapted to calculate inter-software-component distances numerically quantifying the correlations between the software components based on the product line configuration data, component cluster analysis means adapted to group the software components based on the inter-software-component distances, and an output section outputting results obtained by the product line analysis means, the inter-component distance analysis means, and the component cluster analysis means. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115493 | Method and System for Verifying Properties of a Computer Program - A method and a system for verifying properties of a computer program is provided, pertaining to the validity of properties at program points by means of at least one forward analyser and one backward analyser. For each property, in an issuing phase an analyser issues to a centralizer module an assumption on the validity of the property at a point of the program, the centralizer module storing the assumption in a database with an attribute indicating the original analyser and a status indicating that the assumption needs to be verified; in a phase of verifying the assumption, stored in the database, a test analyser is selected to analyse the assumption in cooperation with the other analysers, the centralizer module determining analysers able to cooperate. The verification phase is iterated until all assumptions stored in the base have been analysed by at least one test analyser, a verified assumption being marked as valid. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115494 | SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC PROGRAM PROFILING - A system and method for efficient whole program profiling of software applications. A computing system comprises a dynamic binary instrumentation (DBI) tool coupled to a virtual machine configured to translate and execute binary code of a software application. The binary code is augmented with instrumentation and analysis code during translation and execution. Characterization information of each basic block is stored as each basic block is executed. A dynamic binary analysis (DBA) tool inspects this information to identify hierarchical layers of cycles within the application that describe the dynamic behavior of the application. A sequence of basic blocks may describe paths, a sequence of paths may describe a stratum, and a sequence of strata may describe a stratum layer. Statistics of these layers and hot paths may be determined and stored. This data storage yields a whole program profile comprising program phase changes that accurately describes the dynamic behavior of the application. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115495 | INTELLIGENT ENGINE FOR DYNAMIC AND RULE BASED INSTRUMENTATION OF SOFTWARE - Instrumentation is dynamically added to application components during runtime. An interestingness engine receives inputs from various sources which identify software components such as classes for which it is desired to provide instrumentation. The sources can include a heuristics engine which receives performance data from already-instrumented components, a user interface from which a user identifies component to be instrumented or de-instrumented, and a static list of components to be instrumented. During the runtime, instrumentation can be added to components which become interesting, or removed from components which become not interesting. When loading or redefining a component, if a component type matches rules, it is eligible for instrumentation, and the interestingness engine is consulted to determine whether the component is of interest, in which case instrumentation is added. If a component type does not match rules, but the component is interesting, the rules can be updated to include the component type. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115496 | FILTER GENERATION FOR LOAD TESTING MANAGED ENVIRONMENTS - Automatic filter generation is used in a script for load testing a client application in a client/server managed environment. Filters are generated by recording managed libraries used in the client application and recording a flow of executable instructions of the client application. The recorded data is analyzed to identify classes that generate client/server communication. The filters are created with the identified classes that generate client/server communication. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115497 | HANDLING SIGNALS AND EXCEPTIONS IN A DYNAMIC TRANSLATION ENVIRONMENT - A method for executing non-native binaries on a host computer architecture comprises receiving the guest executable binary into a computer readable medium. The guest executable binary is executed on the host computer architecture by translating the guest executable binary into a translated executable binary. Each instruction of the translated executed binary is then executed on the host computer architecture. Signals are responded to by placing signal information on a signal queue and deferring signal handling until a safe point is reached. A computer system implementing the method is also provided. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115498 | ADAPTIVE PRODUCTION OF ASSEMBLER - A system for providing an assembler for a microprocessor has a file which contains data describing the instruction set of the microprocessor. A translation device for translating into machine language accesses the instruction set descriptors to constrain the machine code output of the assembler to conform to the architecture of the instruction set. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115499 | Architecture Tailoring System - According to one embodiment, an architecture tailoring system includes an architecture tailoring tool coupled to multiple architecture tools that each generates architectures according to its native architecture definition. Architecture tailoring tool receives an architecture from an architecture tool generated according to its native architecture definition and convert at least a portion of the architecture to conform a different architecture definition. The converted portion may then be exported to another architecture tool that is configured to manipulate the converted portion of the architecture according to its native architecture definition. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115500 | Tool For Analyzing Siebel Escripts - A method, system and computer program product for enabling automated analysis of an extracted eScript to identify one or more problems within a configuration and script. The eScript is extracted from a Siebel repository and received in a DAVID (Development Application Verification Information on Demand for Siebel application where the VB.NET application, called SiebelParser, is utilized to conduct the analysis of the eScript. Occurrences of issues within an eScript are detected by SiebelParser. Issues within the eScript may include one or more of: empty event handlers, explicit object release, setting field values utilizing hard coded values, unnecessarily activated fields, call to next record after a call to delete record, and functions containing unnecessary code. Results from the analysis are reported to one log file document. The results of SiebelParser's log file are later incorporated to a spreadsheet by DAVID, to provide a more readable output format. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115501 | DISTRIBUTED JUST-IN-TIME COMPILATION - A method of performing distributed just-in-time compilation includes sending a first request message from a client platform to a dedicated compilation server requesting just-in-time compilation of a bytecode sequence generated from a set of code for a source program executing on the client platform; compiling the bytecode sequence at the compilation server into a set of machine code instructions executable by the client platform; storing the set of machine code instructions in a repository managed by the dedicated compilation server; sending a notification message indicating that the set of machine code instructions are available from the dedicated compilation server to the client platform; sending a second request message from the client platform to the dedicated compilation server requesting the set of machine code instructions; and accessing the repository to send the set of machine code instructions from the dedicated compilation server to the client platform. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115502 | Post Processing of Dynamically Generated Code - A system and method are disclosed for improving the performance of compiled Java code. Java source code is annotated and then compiled by a Java compiler to produce annotated Java bytecode, which in turn is compiled by a just-in-time (JIT) compiler into annotated native code. The execution of the annotated native code is monitored with a patching agent, which captures the annotated native code as it is being executed. The captured native code is then provided through an application program interface to a dynamic linkage module, which in turn provides the captured native code to a user or to an application plug-in module for modifications. The modifications are saved as a patch. The annotated native code is then re-executed and the modifications to the annotated native code are applied as a patch by the patching agent. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115503 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an image processing apparatus and an control method of the image processing apparatus which stores an executable application, the control method including: modularizing the application into a plurality of modules allowing selective updating of the plurality of modules, designating an address corresponding to each of the plurality of modules, and generating an updated application if the application is updated; and loading each of the plurality of modules to the designated address to execute when executing the updated application. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115504 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR UPGRADING SERVICES - A system, an apparatus, and a method for upgrading a service are provided herein. The method includes: loading and registering the upgraded new service version, and retaining the service of the old version; receiving a service processing request, and sending the received service processing request to the service processing device which is loaded with the service version corresponding to the service processing request according to the stored mapping relation between the service processing request and the information about the version of the service. In this way, the data loss is reduced or avoided in the service upgrade process, and the service works normally after the upgrade. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115505 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA ORIGINATING FROM AND DESTINED FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A system for managing data originating from and destined for a motor vehicle, including: a first data communication unit permanently disposed on-board the vehicle; a second data communication unit disposed at a distance from the vehicle; and at least two devices for transmitting, receiving and storing data originating from and destined for the vehicle, the device communicating data with the first and second communication units, interfacing with a user of the vehicle and including a data storage. The second communication unit can be a computer terminal connected to a computer network, such as the Internet and/or an intranet, providing access to an interactive computer application, such as to transmit data originating from the vehicle and to receive the data destined for the data transmission, reception and storage devices and the vehicle. The storage devices can synchronize non-custom data that have become obsolete. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115506 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR SOFTWARE DEPENDENCY RESOLUTION - The present invention relates to a method and a computer arrangement comprising a processor and a memory. The processor is operatively arranged to execute a group of instructions present in the memory unit, and by means of interaction with other hardware arranged to access data organized into named files. The invention is characterized by resolution of dependencies on resources represented by said data in form of named files by configuration of said instruction group so that such dependencies are resolved from a specific set of file names, which has the property that all names, used in that set of file names for the purpose of said resource reference, correspond to the same contents of referenced objects, on all computers connected to said set of file names in the corresponding primary standard way. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115507 | Methods for Securely Distributing Computer Software Products - A product distribution and payment system for limited use or otherwise restricted digital software products. Digital content data comprising a software product to be rented is made available to customers through a detachable local storage medium, such as a DVD or CD-ROM disc, or over a network connection. The product digital content is capable of being accessed and played back through a computer or game console at the customer site. The software product may comprise a limited use product that is restricted in the number of plays or duration of use. The customer is allowed to download and purchase the product using his computer or playback console. The product purchase information is encoded and transmitted to the content distributor. When the preset time or number of plays has elapsed the software program is frozen and access to the program is not allowed. In one embodiment of the present invention, a two-way, public key/private key encryption system is implemented to transmit the product and usage information between the server providing the software product and the customer computer system. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115508 | PLUG-IN ARCHITECTURE FOR HYPERVISOR-BASED SYSTEM - In a hypervisor-based computing system, each guest operating system (GOS) is associated with multiple plug-in modules, with each module being configured to execute a respective function. The hypervisor also includes plug-in modules mirroring those of the GOS to provide for enhanced functionality on a module-by-module basis. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115509 | POWER OPTIMIZATION VIA VIRTUALIZATION OPPORTUNITY - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for power optimization via virtualization opportunity determination. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for power optimization via virtualization opportunity determination can be provided. The method can include monitoring power utilization in individual server hosts in a cluster and determining a set of the server hosts in the cluster demonstrating low power utilization. The method also can include selecting a subset of server hosts in the set and migrating each VM in non-selected server hosts in the set to the subset of server hosts. Finally, the method can include powering down the non-selected server hosts. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115510 | VIRTUAL GRAPHICS DEVICE AND METHODS THEREOF - An information handling system is disclosed that is configured to execute multiple virtual machines simultaneously. The information handling system can assign graphical processing resources to each virtual machine based on the estimated workload for each machine. In addition, the information handling system can change the amount of graphical resources assigned to each virtual machine in response to changing workload estimations. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZATION OF VIRTUAL MACHINES FOR SYSTEM ON DEMAND (SOD) SERVICE - Disclosed is a system for providing personalization of virtual machines for a system on demand (SoD) service includes an SoD server, wherein the SoD server includes an aspect measuring unit that measures user's use habits and aspects with respect to the peripheral devices on the basis of use or not of the peripheral devices; a preference generating unit that calculates preference for each attribute with respect to attributes included in the peripheral devices on the basis of the use habits and aspects measured by the aspect measuring unit; and a configuration unit that calculates satisfaction for each device with respect to peripheral devices which can be used in the virtual machine on the basis of the preference for each attribute calculated by the preference generating unit and configures the peripheral devices of the virtual machine on the basis of the calculated satisfaction for each device. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115512 | Virtual machine system, management method of virtual machine system, and recording medium - According to an aspect of the embodiment, an agent is provided on a policy management server, and manages update information indicating an update of a guest OS and modification information for modifying the guest OS. The agent is provided on each host OS. The agent migrates a guest OS image stored in a storage device of a virtual machine server VMSA to a storage device of a virtual machine server VMSB, and modifies the migrated guest OS image according to the update information and the modification information. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115513 | VIRTUAL MACHINE CONTROL METHOD AND VIRTUAL MACHINE SYSTEM - Provided is a virtual machine including a first virtualization module operating on a physical CPU, for providing a first CPU, and a second virtualization module operating on the first CPU, for providing second CPU. The second virtualization module includes first processor control information holding a state of the first CPU obtained at a time of execution of the user program. The first virtualization module includes second processor control information containing a state of the physical CPU obtained at the time of the execution of the second virtualization module, third processor control information containing a state of the physical CPU obtained at the time of the execution of the user program, and prefetch entry information in which information to be prefetched from the third processor control information is set, and, upon detection of a event, the information set in the prefetch entry information is reflected to the first processor control information. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115514 | Mechanism for managing resources shared among virtual machines - According to one embodiment, a system is disclosed. The system includes a virtual machine monitor (VMM) having a vector of memory addresses to monitor one or more virtual machines, and a virtual machine to perform an operating environment and to access the vector of memory addresses associated with the VMM upon receiving an interrupt in order to service the interrupt. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115515 | NETWORK EXECUTION PATTERN - A plurality of nodes may be arranged within a hierarchy to perform actions, each node may perform a task associated an action. A dependency evaluator may determine, based on a request to perform an action, the first subset of the nodes configured to perform the action, wherein a first node of a higher level of the hierarchy is dependent upon a response from a second node of a lower level of the hierarchy to perform a task associated with the action. A request engine may provide the request to a lowest level of the hierarchy, wherein the second node of the lowest level may perform a task associated with the requested action and respond to the dependent first node. A response engine may receive the response from one of the nodes on a highest level of the hierarchy, including a performance of the tasks and the requested action. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115516 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING AND REFERENCING PARTIAL COMPLEX RESOURCES USING OBJECT IDENTIFIERS IN A PRINTING SYSTEM - A print control unit coupled with a printer, the print control unit having host to provide partial resource components to a complex resource generator, the partial resources components including printing instructions. The complex resource generator to generate a shell representing a complex resource, generate a partial complex resource having the partial resource components, the shell to hold the partial complex resource, and store the partial complex resource to be referenced later. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115517 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR - A method for controlling a document processing apparatus which registers input document data in a document management server includes acquiring, from the document management server, information about input items necessary for registration of the document data into the document management server, determining whether each of the input items necessary for the registration of the document data are input, based on the acquired information, and performing control to complete the registration of the document data into the document management server when it is determined that the input items are input, while to temporarily register the document data into the document management server when it is determined that at least one of the input items is not input. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115518 | BEHAVIORAL MODEL BASED MULTI-THREADED ARCHITECTURE - Multiple parallel passive threads of instructions coordinate access to shared resources using “active” and “proactive” semaphores. The active semaphores send messages to execution and/or control circuitry to cause the state of a thread to change. A thread can be placed in an inactive state by a thread scheduler in response to an unresolved dependency, which can be indicated by a semaphore. A thread state variable corresponding to the dependency is used to indicate that the thread is in inactive mode. When the dependency is resolved a message is passed to control circuitry causing the dependency variable to be cleared. In response to the cleared dependency variable the thread is placed in an active state. Execution can proceed on the threads in the active state. A proactive semaphore operates in a similar manner except that the semaphore is configured by the thread dispatcher before or after the thread is dispatched to the execution circuitry for execution. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115519 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING IMAGE ACQUISITION EVENTS BASED ON DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING - A method and system for scheduling events into a set of opportunities is presented. The method includes 1) dividing a path of an image acquisition device so that there is at least a first portion and a second portion at any given moment, wherein each of the first portion and the second portion includes at least one state and the first portion includes a null state in which no image is taken; 2) combining each state in the first portion with at least one state in the second portion one by one to generate a series of updated sequences; and 3) selecting at least one of the updated sequences based on a merit value associated with each of the updated sequences. The invention uses only two groups out of all the relevant opportunities for most calculations, and is especially applicable to situations like satellite pass scheduling. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115520 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING BATCH JOB - A computer system for managing batch jobs is described. The computer system includes a storage unit for storing at least one job template, and an execution unit for creating or updating a job net definition following a condition defined in the at least one job template, creating or updating a job net, or executing a discovery of a job conflict using at least one attribute or relationship in a set of data including at least one predetermined attribute of an configuration item, and a relationship between the configuration item and another configuration item, the set of data being stored in a repository and updatable through a discovery for detecting information about a configuration item. The present invention further provides a method and computer program product for managing batch jobs. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115521 | MEDIATION SERVER, TERMINALS AND DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING METHOD - A highly convenient data processing technique is provided. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115522 | MECHANISM TO CONTROL HARDWARE MULTI-THREADED PRIORITY BY SYSTEM CALL - A method, a system and a computer program product for controlling the hardware priority of hardware threads in a data processing system. A Thread Priority Control (TPC) utility assigns a primary level and one or more secondary levels of hardware priority to a hardware thread. When a hardware thread initiates execution in the absence of a system call, the TPC utility enables execution based on the primary level. When the hardware thread initiates execution within a system call, the TPC utility dynamically adjusts execution from the primary level to the secondary level associated with the system call. The TPC utility adjusts hardware priority levels in order to: (a) raise the hardware priority of one hardware thread relative to another; (b) reduce energy consumed by the hardware thread; and (c) fulfill requirements of time critical hardware sections. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115523 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING TASKS AND RESOURCES FOR A PROJECT LIFECYCLE - The present invention relates to the allocation of resources to address scope items against an iteration of a project based on a rule set described by a decision matrix and threshold values. Rather than changing work item start and end dates based on resource availability, the present invention adds, modifies, and removes content from a collection of scope item items and allocates them to resources based on the skills required, the priority, estimated work and target iteration of the scope item items. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115524 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREAD PROCESSING ROBOT SOFTWARE COMPONENTS - An apparatus for thread processing robot software components includes a data port unit for storing input data in a buffer and then processing the data in a periodic execution mode or in a dedicated execution mode; an event port unit for processing an input event in a passive execution mode; and a method port unit for processing an input method call in the passive execution mode by calling a user-defined method corresponding to the method call. In the periodic execution mode, the data is processed by using an execution thread according to a period of a corresponding component. In the dedicated execution mode, a dedicated thread for the data is created and the data is processed by using the dedicated thread. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115525 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ENABLING THE EXPANSION OF A COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM - A method for scheduling tasks in a computer operating system comprises a background task creating at least one registered service. The background task provides an execution presence and a data present to a registered service and ranks the registered services according to the requirements of each registered service. The background task also allocates an execution presence and a data presence according to each of the registered services such that each of the registered services is given an opportunity to be scheduled in the dedicated pre-assigned time slice. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115526 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES IN A COMPUTE FARM - Some embodiments provide a system for allocating resources in a compute farm. During operation, the system can receive resource-requirement information for a project. Next, the system can receive a request to execute a new job in the compute farm. In response to determining that no job slots are available for executing the new job, and that the project associated with the new job has not used up its allocated job slots, the system may execute the new job by suspending or re-queuing a job that is currently executing, and allocating the freed-up job slot to the new job. If the system receives a resource-intensive job, the system may create dummy jobs, and schedule the dummy jobs on the same computer system as the resource-intensive job to prevent the queuing system from scheduling multiple resource-intensive jobs on the same computer system. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100115527 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARALLELIZATION OF PIPELINED COMPUTATIONS - A method of parallelizing a pipeline includes stages operable on a sequence of work items. The method includes allocating an amount of work for each work item, assigning at least one stage to each work item, partitioning the at least one stage into at least one team, partitioning the at least one team into at least one gang, and assigning the at least one team and the at least one gang to at least one processor. Processors, gangs, and teams are juxtaposed near one another to minimize communication losses. | 2010-05-06 |
