22nd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 55 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120137129 | METHOD FOR ISSUING A DIGITAL CERTIFICATE BY A CERTIFICATION AUTHORITY, ARRANGEMENT FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM OF A CERTIFICATION AUTHORITY - In a method for issuing a digital certificate by a certification authority (B), a device (A) sends a request message to the certification authority (B) for issuing the certificate, the certification authority (B) receives the request message and sends a request for authenticating the device (A) to the device (A), the device (A) sends a response to the certification authority (B) in response to the received request, and the certification authority (B) checks the received response and generates the certificate and sends the certificate to the device (A), if the response was identified as correct. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137130 | System and Method for Providing Multi-Location Access Management to Secured Items - A system and method for providing access management to secured items through use of a plurality of server machines associated with different locations are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a local server can be dynamically reconfigured depending on a user's current location. Upon detecting that a user has moved to a new location, the local server for the new location can be reconfigured to add support for the user, while simultaneously, the local server for the previous location is reconfigured to remove support for the user. As a result, security is enhanced while the access management can be efficiently carried out to ensure that only one access from the user is permitted at any time across an entire organization, regardless of how many locations the organization has or what access privileges the user may be granted. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137131 | AUTHENTICATION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE - The present invention provides an authentication method, an authentication system, and an authentication device, which is in information security field. The method includes that a service side receives a username and a first value from a client side, searches a seed of a dynamic password token, and generates a first dynamic password according to the first value and the seed, converts the first dynamic password to the first authentication password and the second authentication password, and sends the first authentication password to the user; the dynamic password token generates a second dynamic password and sends the first authentication password to a user; the dynamic password token generates a second dynamic password and converts the second dynamic password to a third authentication password and a fourth authentication password; the user compares the first authentication password and the third authentication password to determine that they are identical, so as to confirm that the user is legal or the transaction is permissible. The invention prevents malicious attack and operation of illegal users, which improves the security of information and property of the users. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137132 | SHARED SECRET ESTABLISHMENT AND DISTRIBUTION - Providing secure communication with a security token includes establishing a shared secret between the security token and a first entity, transferring the shared secret between the first entity and a second entity, and the security token and the second entity establishing a secure communication channel using the shared secret. Transferring the shared secret may include selectively transferring the shared secret to a subset of entities according to access considerations for the security token. The security token may be part of a mobile phone having NFC capability, the first entity may be a Web service and the second entity may be a door controller. The Web service may establish a shared secret with the mobile phone. Providing secure communication with a security token may also include distributing the shared secret to all of the hosts corresponding to doors to which the phone can be used to obtain access. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137133 | Key Agreement and Transport Protocol - A key establishment protocol includes the generation of a value of cryptographic function, typically a hash, of a session key and public information. This value is transferred between correspondents together with the information necessary to generate the session key. Provided the session key has not been compromised, the value of the cryptographic function will be the same at each of the correspondents. The value of the cryptographic function cannot be compromised or modified without access to the session key. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137135 | STORAGE-MEDIUM PROCESSING METHOD, A STORAGE-MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND A STORAGE-MEDIUM PROCESSING PROGRAM - Spread of a forged storage medium is prevented suppressing an authentic storage medium's damage and trouble of a owner to the minimum. When there is an update request of user key data, the update history of the user key data concerning the shown above-mentioned medium identifier IDm is referred to. When judged that the update of the user key data concerning the shown medium identifier IDm not being performed within a predetermined period, the update of user key data is performed. The request of a update is refused when judged that the update of the user key data concerning the shown medium identifier IDm being performed within a predetermined period. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137136 | GROUP SIGNATURE SCHEME - An efficient and safe group signature scheme is provided. According to the present invention, an open unit is provided to not an issuer but an opener, and a data required for operating the open unit does not include a key pair of the issuer, so that it is possible to accurately operate the open unit even if the issuer generates the public key in an illegal manner. In addition, it is possible to prove that a key pair of a member cannot be counterfeited. It is possible to implement from a discrete logarithm assumption a feature that a cipher text, that is, a portion of a signature text can be decrypted only by the opener in a method which IS the same as a method representing that an ElGamal crypto scheme is safe. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137137 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR KEY PROVISIONING OF HARDWARE DEVICES - Keying materials used for providing security in a platform are securely provisioned both online and offline to devices in a remote platform. The secure provisioning of the keying materials is based on a revision of firmware installed in the platform. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137138 | PACKAGE AUDIT TOOL - A method and system for software package auditing is described. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137139 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE, DATA CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENCRYPTING DATA - According to one embodiment, a data storage device includes an encryption module, a write module, and a controller. The encryption module encrypts or decrypts data. The write module writes, on a storage medium, encrypted data of data received from a host, the encrypted data being encrypted by the encrypting module. The controller causes the encryption module to encrypt data received from a host and to transfer the encrypted data to the write module through a buffer memory, during normal encryption process, and to re-encrypt the data recorded on the storage medium, during re-encryption process. During the re-encryption process, the controller causes the encryption module to decrypt the encrypted data read from the storage medium, to store the decrypted data into the buffer memory, and to re-encrypt the decrypted data from the buffer memory by the encryption module and to transfer the re-encrypted data to the write module. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137140 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING INFORMATION AND RELATED ENCRYPTION KEYS - A system apparatus and method for protecting information are provided. Embodiments of the invention may detect inactivity related to a computing device. Information and encryption key may be removed from a memory. Subsequent activity may be detected. An authentication procedure may be performed, and, contingent on authenticating a relevant entity, a master key may be generated and installed in a memory. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137141 | POWER CONTROL METHOD OF SERVERS - A power control method of servers is disclosed, where each of the servers includes a corresponding baseboard management controller. This method includes steps as follow. A rack management device is used for acquiring identification codes of the servers, wherein the identification codes of the servers are different from each other. Then, delay times based on the identification codes of the servers are generated by means of the rack management device, so that when each time passing through one of the delay times, the rack management device can send a power-on command to the corresponding server. The baseboard management controller can supply the power to the server according to the power-on command. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137142 | VOLTAGE IDENTIFICATION SIGNAL CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - A voltage identification signal control device employed in an electronic device provides a voltage identification signal for a voltage regulation unit. The voltage identification signal control device includes an input unit and a processor. The input unit inputs and sets a predetermined voltage. The processor receives and converts the predetermined voltage from the input unit into a corresponding standard voltage identification signal, and transmits the voltage identification signal to the voltage regulation unit to activate the voltage regulation unit, and the voltage regulation unit outputs a corresponding operating voltage according to the voltage identification signal. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137143 | Storage System - A storage system includes one or more first power supplies which receive power from the first input and supplies power to each of multiple load groups through multiple first paths and multiple second power supplies which receive power from the second input and supplies power to each of the multiple load groups through multiple second paths. Each load group is comprised of at least one load, and each load is a storage device. Power is supplied from different second power supplies respectively to two or more load groups to which power is supplied from the first power supply through two or more first paths. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137144 | FACILITATING COMMUNICATION AND POWER TRANSFER BETWEEN ELECTRICALLY-ISOLATED POWERED DEVICE SUBSYSTEMS - A system employing power over Ethernet (PoE) technology may include at least one powered device and power sourcing equipment (PSE). The powered device may include a first powered device (PD) subsystem and a second powered device (PD) subsystem that is electrically isolated from the first PD subsystem. The powered device may also include an interface connecting the first PD subsystem and the second PD subsystem. The PSE may be operable to provide power to one or more of the PD subsystems through a link connecting the PSE to the powered device. Also, the first PD subsystem may be operable to receive a communication from and transfer power to the second PD subsystem through the interface while maintaining the electrical isolation. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137145 | Transaction Terminator - A system comprises a central processing unit ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120137146 | STATELESS REMOTE POWER MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTERS - A remote power management system and method for awakening a remote computing device over a computer network. A wakeup event is initiated by a client on the network, and an application server publishes the wakeup event. A subscriber, such as the subnet where the remote computing device resides, picks up the wakeup event and gives it to a computing device on the subnet that is awake. The awake computing device constructs a “magic packet” to take advantage of the automatic wakeup feature of the network card on the remote computing device, and broadcasts the “magic packet” throughout the subnet. Stateless handling of wakeup events is used to alleviate any need for a dedicated proxy server on the subnet to send the “magic packets.” The computing device on the subnet that constructs and broadcasts the “magic packets” is rotated to provide equitable rest time for each of the computing devices. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137147 | Method of powering down a computer system from a remote power button event - A method for powering down a computer system through the use of a remote power button is shown. A remote power button is actuated that generates an interrupt. The interrupt is handled by the power management controller of an operating system or basic input output system. The power management controller causes the computer system to be shut down as according to the basic input output system or operating system power management policies, with or without waiting for critical processes to terminate. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137148 | RACK SERVER DEVICE - A rack server device includes a plurality of servers and at least one control board of rack server device. Each of the servers includes a baseboard management controller (BMC). The BMC is operable to receive a power-on controlling signal so that the BMC can turn on the server. The control board of rack server device is connected to the servers through a management network and outputs the power-on controlling signal based on an input command. The control board of rack server device outputs the power-on controlling signal to the BMC of one of the servers so that the BMC turns on the server. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137149 | System And Method For Managing Information Handling System Power Supply Capacity Utilization Based On Load Sharing Power Loss - An information handling system having plural processing modules, such as an information handling system blade chassis having plural information handling system blades, allocates power by determining an actual load sharing power loss associated with plural power supplies and applying the actual load sharing power loss to determine how much power to allocate to the information handling system modules. A chassis manager determines actual load sharing power loss by retrieving power information from plural power supplies. The actual load sharing power loss replaces a worst-case load sharing power loss assumed value to increase the amount power available for allocation to the information handling system modules. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137150 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An apparatus operates in at least a first mode and a second mode consuming less power than the first mode, and stores information indicating specific data to be responded without shifting from the second mode to the first mode, the data being received from a network during an operation in the second mode. Data received from the network during an operation in the first mode is determined whether to be the specific data indicated by the information stored by a storage unit. When the data is the specific data, a shift from the first mode to the second mode after responding to the received data is faster than when the data is not the specific data. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137151 | NETWORK DEVICE AND NETWORK CONNECTING METHOD FOR SUPPORTING POWER SAVING MECHANISM THROUGH AUTO-NEGOTIATION OF HDMI - A network device, for supporting a power saving mechanism through an auto-negotiation of HDMI, includes a transmitting circuit and a receiving circuit. The transmitting circuit is arranged for generating a link pulse signal to a second network device, wherein the network device and the second network device perform the auto-negotiation of a network connection by using the link pulse signal through HDMI in order to support the power saving mechanism. After the receiving circuit of the network device receives another link pulse signal transmitted from the second network device through HDMI, the network device is controlled to be operated under the power saving mechanism. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137152 | REDUCTION OF POWER CONSUMPTION FOR DATA ERROR ANALYSIS - A controller (e.g., a memory controller) includes initial error analysis logic (e.g., a section of a Reed Solomon or BCH codeword decoder) that determines an error count for a data element. The data element may be data stored in the memory of a memory device (e.g., a flash memory device) that incorporates the controller. Comparison logic in the controller determines when the error count exceeds a power control threshold. When the error count exceeds the power control threshold, control logic in the controller reduces the operational speed of subsequent error analysis logic (e.g., a different section of the Reed Solomon or BCH codeword decoder) for the data element. For example, the subsequent error analysis logic may be error locator logic, such as Chien search logic, that determines where the errors exist in the data element. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137153 | SERVER SYSTEM - A server system including a rack, motherboards and direct current (DC) transformation units is provided. Each of the motherboards is inserted on the rack, and generates a power on signal. Each of the DC transformation units is on the rack and receives a DC voltage. When each of the motherboards is electrically connect to the corresponding DC transformation unit, each of the DC transformation units generates a standby voltage and a standby voltage ready signal to the motherboard according to the DC voltage so that the motherboard enters a standby state according to the standby voltage ready signal. When the motherboard corresponding to each of the DC transformation unit generates the power on signal, the DC transformation unit receives the power on signal and generates an operating voltage and an operating voltage ready signal to the motherboard, and the motherboard is turned on according to the operating voltage ready signal. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137154 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY - A power supply control device includes a power supply controller that selectively performs a power supply mode and a power saving mode, a detector that detects a moving body in a predetermined range in the vicinity of the processor, a power supply mode change instruction unit that changes an operation mode from the power saving mode to the power supply mode when the detector detects the moving body, an information history unit that acquires information related to an operation for the processor in the power supply mode, and a sensitivity adjusting unit that adjusts a detection sensitivity of the detector for the moving body on the basis of the information acquired by the information history unit for a period from a change of the operation mode from the power saving mode to the power supply mode to a change of the operation mode to a next power saving mode. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137155 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND POWER SAVING CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first power saver, a second power saver and a controller. The first power saver executes switching from an operable condition to a first power saving state. The second power saver executes switching from the first state to a second state in which power consumption is smaller than that in the first state. The controller determines whether timer event processing executable in the first state is scheduled within a predetermined period of time when the switching from the operable condition to the second state is required, and controls the first power saver and the second power saver so as to execute switching to the first state and maintains the first state without switching to the second state, when the timer event processing is scheduled within the predetermined period of time. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137156 | CONTROLLING CIRCUIT WITH POWER SAVING MECHANISM AND ERRONEOUS WAKE-UP PREVENTING MECHANISM AND METHOD THEREOF - A controlling circuit supporting a power saving mechanism includes: a transmitting interface arranged to perform a signal transmission with a specific controlling circuit; and a setting unit coupled to the transmitting interface. The setting unit is arranged to control the specific controlling circuit to operate in the power saving mechanism. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137157 | DATA INTERFACE POWER CONSUMPTION CONTROL - Apparatus and techniques relating to data interface power consumption control are disclosed. Components of a data transfer module may be selectively moved between their normal operating states and reduced power states at times when the data transfer module is not to be used for transferring data. Decisions as to particular components that are to be moved to their reduced power states may be based on respective timing characteristics of the components and/or respective power consumption characteristics of the components, for example. In some embodiments, an action may be performed to reduce a powering up time of the data transfer module when normal operation of the data transfer module is to resume. In the case of a multiple-connection interface having respective data transfer modules for each connection, the interface may be partially shut down by moving a subset of the data transfer modules into reduced power states. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137158 | Dynamic Power Balancing Among Blade Servers in a Chassis - Techniques are provided to redistribute and rebalance power to a plurality of blade servers with a chassis unit. At a chassis management controller device in a chassis unit comprising a plurality of blade server devices, policy information is stored for the chassis unit. The policy information comprises power limit information that indicates a power budget for the chassis unit and blade server priority information that indicates priority for access to power for each of the plurality of blade servers in the chassis unit. Power is distributed to the plurality of blade servers based on the blade server priority information for each of the plurality of blade servers and the power limit information for the chassis unit. The actual power consumption of each of the plurality of blade servers is determined and power is redistributed to the plurality of blade servers based on the actual power consumption and the policy information. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137159 | MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF POWER SEQUENCE SIGNAL - A monitoring system and method of the power sequence signals are presented, so as to monitor a power sequence signals transmitted via the peripheral devices of a motherboard in operation process. The monitoring system includes a power supply unit and a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD). The monitoring method includes activating the motherboard, and driving the CPLD to select any one of the peripheral devices in sequence being electrified; controlling, by the CPLD, operation powers of the peripheral devices through a General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) pin, and recording the power sequence signals of the peripheral devices under different operation powers in a data register; and outputting, by the CPLD, the power sequence signals of the peripheral devices. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137160 | CERTIFIED GENERIC DATA PROCESSING COMPONENT FOR CRITICAL TASK - A monitoring system for monitoring equipment has first data processing means for executing a primary, critical task and second data processing means for executing a secondary, non-critical task. The second data processing means receives its power supply from the first data processing means via protective circuitry so as to prevent electrical failures in the second data processing means from affecting operation of the first data processing means. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137161 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A PHASE DEPENDENT CONTROL SIGNAL - A computer system with a phase detector that generates a phase dependent control signal according to the phase relationship between a first and second clock signal. The phase detector includes first and second phase detector circuits receiving the first and second clock signals and generating select signals having duty cycles corresponding to the phase relationship between the clock edges of the first and second clock signals. The phase detector also includes a charge pump that receives select signals from the phase detector circuits and produces an increasing or decreasing control signal when the first and second clock signals do not have the predetermined phase relationship, and a non-varying control signal when the first and second clock signals do have the predetermined phase relationship. The delay value of a voltage-controlled delay circuit and the phase relationship between the first and second clock signals to a predetermined phase relationship are thereby adjusted. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137162 | NETWORK DEVICE AND NETWORK CONNECTING METHOD FOR BUILDING UP NETWORK CONNECTION VIA HIGH DEFINITION MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE - A network device for building up a network connection via a high-definition multimedia interface, includes a scrambler, a descrambler, a comparator and a control unit. The scrambler is utilized for generating a transmission signal according to a first seed. The descrambler is for decoding a receiving signal to generate a second seed. The comparator is for generating a comparing result according to the first seed and the second seed. The control unit is for controlling the network connection according to the comparing result. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137163 | MULTI-CORE SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MULTI-CORE SYSTEM, AND MULTIPROCESSOR - A multi-core system | 2012-05-31 |
20120137164 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FAULT-TOLERANT DISTRIBUTED STREAM PROCESSING - A method of achieving fault tolerance in a distributed stream processing system organized as a directed acyclic graph includes the initial step of managing a stream process within the distributed stream processing system including one or more operators. The one or more operators of the stream process are communicatively associated with one or more downstream operators. The method includes the steps of maintaining one or more data copies of a processing state of the one or more operators until the one or more data copies can be safely discarded, notifying the one or more operators when it is safe to discard at least one of the at least one of the one or more data copies of the processing state; and using an identifier to denote the data copy of the processing state to be safely discarded. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137165 | DISTRIBUTED BLADE SERVER SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SERVER AND SWITCHING METHOD - A distributed blade server system, a management server and a switching method are provided. The method includes: determining a standby blade of a first blade when it is determined that the first blade is in abnormal operation; delivering, based on an access relationship between a startup card of the first blade and a first storage partition, a first configuration command to a storage system, the first configuration command including information of an access relationship between a startup card of the standby blade and the first storage partition, so that the storage system configures the access relationship between the startup card of the standby blade and the first storage partition; and delivering a startup command to the standby blade. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137166 | STORAGE SYSTEM USING SAS STANDARD BACK-END COMMUNICATION - Each of SAS expanders (“expander(s)” hereinafter) has a switch device for switching whether to bypass the expander in each communication path or not. Of the plurality of switch devices, an actual connection destination of a switch device bypassing the expander is a switch device in a upper-level and/or a lower-level of the switch device. Of the plurality of switch devices, an actual connection destination of a switch device that does not bypass an expander is the expander. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137167 | SYSTEMATIC MITIGATION OF MEMORY ERRORS - A system and method for mitigating memory errors in a computer system. Faulty memory is identified and tested by a memory manager of an operating system. The memory manager may perform diagnostic tests while the operating system is executing on the computer system. Regions of memory that are being used by software components of the computer system may also be tested. The memory manager maintains a stored information about faulty memory regions. Regions are added to the stored information when they are determined to be faulty by a diagnostic test tool. Memory regions are allocated to software components by the memory manager after checking the stored information about faulty memory regions. This ensures a faulty memory region is never allocated to a software component of the computer system. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137168 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING DATA IN DAMAGED MEMORY CELLS BY DYNAMICALLY SWITCHING MEMORY MODE - A method for protecting data in damaged memory cells by dynamically switching memory mode is provided. The method is adapted to an electronic device having a memory, which has a memory controller and at least one memory module, each of which is consisted of a plurality of memory cells, and the memory cells are divided into a plurality of pages. A power-on self test is executed and a mirror memory mode is activated to protect the data in the memory modules. An uncorrectable error of each page of the memory modules is detected by the memory controller when an operating system reads the memory. If the uncorrectable error in one page is detected, the memory module having the page is determined as a damaged memory module, and the mirror memory mode is switched to a spare memory mode, so as to protect the data in the memory modules. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137169 | METHOD OF DETERMINING DEFECTS IN INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A method of determining whether a defect exists on an information storage medium is provided along with a recording/reproducing apparatus using the same. Such a method comprises: seeking a defect entry whose state information indicates that a defect block or a replacement block has been re-initialized without certification from a defect list for managing an information storage medium and including state information of the defect block and state information of the replacement block, wherein the medium includes a spare area for recording the replacement block to replace the defect block occurring in a user data area on the medium; and certifying the defect block or the replacement block registered in the sought defect entry. As a result, defect information can be effectively rearranged for quick re-initialization without certification in order to improve the performance of a drive system. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137170 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus connecting a plurality of hard disks rebuilds data stored in one hard disk of the plurality of hard disks to another hard disk of the plurality of hard disks. The information processing apparatus is controlled in such a manner that when the information processing started, the rebuild is not resumed immediately after the information processing apparatus is started, and the rebuild is resumed after a predetermined time has elapsed. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137171 | ENHANCED SCALABLE CPU FOR CODED EXECUTION OF SW IN HIGH-DEPENDABLE SAFETY RELEVANT APPLICATIONS - Some embodiments of the invention relate to a single processor configured to comprise configurable hardware extensions, disposed within a data path configured to selectively provide either encoded data or original data, that allow for two modes of operation. In a high performance mode, the hardware extensions allow for increased processing bandwidth by using the hardware extensions for processing extended data (i.e., additional original data). In a safety integrity mode the hardware extensions allow for parallel processing of encoded data concurrent with the processor executing a SBST by processing a self-test program and self-test data. Therefore, the single channel processor provides a single core system that can selectively achieve either high safety integrity levels (e.g., SIL3) for safety relevant applications or high performance for non-safety relevant applications. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137172 | BALANCING POWER CONSUMPTION AND HIGH AVAILABILITY IN AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM - A system and method are disclosed for balancing the requirements of high availability achieved by redundant active components and power saving achieved by less active components. The requirement for high availability can be expressed by the recovery time objective (RTO) which specifies the amount of time it takes to recover from a failure in the system. Based on the configured RTO, the system configures the most appropriate power mode. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137173 | MULTI-RPO DATA PROTECTION - A system for disaster recovery including a controller (i) for controlling bandwidth usage of a disaster recovery system in accordance with a plurality of recovery point objectives (RPOs), each RPO designating a maximal time loss constraint for data recovery for an enterprise production system, and a corresponding bandwidth allocation for the disaster recovery system to use in replicating data for the enterprise production system, wherein the RPOs are applied in accordance with a calendar-based schedule of dates and times, and (ii) for issuing an RPO alert when the RPO maximal time loss constraint for a current date and time is not satisfied. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137174 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FLEXIBLE AUTOMATED INTERACTIONS - A computer platform provides a method and system for establishing scenarios for interactions between users (both individually and as a group) and a web site or other software application over a network. The interactions are described in terms of events, actions, and conditions, where a single mechanism may be used to describe events, actions, and conditions for both individuals and a group. One portion of a scenario may apply to the group, while another portion applies to individuals. Time elements and branches also can be employed to describe the scenario. The scenario may describe a non-deterministic process, but be modeled as a deterministic state machine for execution. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137175 | CORRELATED TESTING SYSTEM - A computer implemented system for testing electronic equipment where test inputs, test outputs, test applied environmental conditions, and test processes are recorded and correlated. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137176 | MICROCOMPUTER - A debug circuit of a microcomputer, providing an on-chip debug function, is provided as a measurement permission circuit for outputting a measurement permission signal to a timer that measures, as a measurement object, a time period between two events in a program execution period of the CPU, according to a user-specified condition. The measurement permission circuit includes an interrupt level register for setting an interrupt level that either permits or prohibits a time measurement operation of the timer, and a comparator for determining by comparison a high-low relationship between an interrupt level of an interrupt process executed by the CPU and an interrupt level set in the interrupt level register, and a determination result of the comparator is specified as the measurement permission signal. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137177 | APPLICATION PORTAL TESTING - A first test script that includes at least one first step for executing a test of a test portal is provided in a computing device. An indication that an event has occurred in response to the test is received in the computing device. A second test script that includes at least one second step for executing the test is generated in the computing device, the at least one second step being at least in part a response to the event. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137178 | STREAM BASED DEBUGGING TECHNIQUES - Techniques are described for debugging a processing element (or elements) in a stream based database application in a manner that reduces the impact of debugging the processing element (or elements) on the overall running environment by selectively fusing (or un-fusing) processing elements running on a group of compute nodes. In addition to fusing and un-fusing processing elements or otherwise modifying a state of the stream application, a debugging application and stream manager may modify data flows within the application stream in a variety of ways to minimize any disruption resulting from a debugging session. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137179 | PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING POWER-ON SELF-TEST INFORMATION - A processing system for monitoring the power-on self-test information is used for monitoring an operating state of a complex programmable logic device (CPLD) of a main board. The processing system includes a basic input/output system (BIOS) device, a CPLD and a monitoring device. The BIOS device sends power-on self-test information at a first frequency. The CPLD is electrically connected to the BIOS device. The CPLD further includes a first in first out (FIFO) register, and the FIFO register is used for storing the received power-on self-test information. The CPLD sends the power-on self-test information stored in the FIFO register at a second frequency. The monitoring device is electrically connected to the CPLD. The monitoring device is used for receiving the power-on self-test information sent from the CPLD. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137180 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND SYSTEM ERROR DETECTION METHOD - In a system error detection method of a computing device, the computing device includes a graphics controller and a display screen. A frame of an image that is currently displayed on the display screen is obtained from a video memory of the graphics controller at regular intervals. The obtained image is compared with abnormal images of the display screen prestored in a storage system, to detect whether the computing device works abnormally. Characters of the obtained image are extracted when the computing device works abnormally. System errors of the computing device are detected by comparing the extracted characters with system error codes of the computing device that are stored in the storage system. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137181 | PREVENTING LOG WRAP WITH DEBUG SCRIPTS - A shell debug application avoids loss of debug log data for configured commands during the operation of an operating system. A shell debug application executes a command shell script, by a computer, to control an amount of code path debug data captured in memory buffers and saved. The shell debug application obtains, by the computer, a configuration file that includes at least one command. The shell debug application runs the command shell script in the configuration file in response to detection of at least one script associated with the at least one command in the configuration file. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137182 | Error Report Processing - Techniques for error report processing are described herein. Error reports, received by a developer due to program crashes, may be organized into a plurality of “buckets.” The buckets may be based in part on a name and a version of the application associated with a crash. Additionally, a call stack of the computer on which the crash occurred may be associated with each error report. The error reports may be “re-bucketed” into meta-buckets to provide additional information to programmers working to resolve software errors. The re-bucketing may be based in part on measuring similarity of call stacks of a plurality of error reports. The similarity of two call stacks—a measure of likelihood that two error reports were caused by a same error—may be based in part on functions in common, a distance of those functions from the crash point, and an offset distance between the common functions. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137183 | Detecting Browser Failure - Embodiments are configured to improve the stability of a Web browser by identifying plug-in modules that cause failures. Data in memory at the time of a failure is analyzed, and a failure signature is generated. The failure signature is compared to a database of known failure signatures so that the source of the failure may be identified. If a plug-in module to a Web browser is identified as the source of a failure, options are presented to the user who may update the plug-in module with code that does not produce a failure or disable the plug-in module altogether. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137184 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS STATE DETERMINING METHOD - A slave station | 2012-05-31 |
20120137185 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A MEMORY BUILT-IN SELF-TEST ON A PLURALITY OF MEMORY ELEMENT ARRAYS - A method and apparatus are described for performing a memory built-in self-test (MBIST) on a plurality of memory element arrays. Control packets are output over a first ring bus to respective ones of the arrays. Each of the arrays receives its respective control packet via the first ring bus, and reads commands residing in a plurality of fields within the respective control packet. Each of the arrays performs at least one self-test based on the commands, and outputs a respective result packet over a second ring bus. Each result packet indicates the results of the self-test performed on the array. Each control packet is transmitted in its own individual time slot to a respective one of the arrays. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137186 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION-BASED SCHEDULING FOR JTAG SYSTEMS - A position-based scheduling capability supports interaction between one or more user applications and a scheduler for performing testing via a scan chain of a unit under test. The scheduler receives access requests from one or more user applications, where each access request is a request for access to a segment of the scan chain, respectively. The scheduler determines scheduling of the access requests using a circuit model configured to represent an ordering of the segments of the scan chain. The scheduler may provide the access responses to the user application(s) from which the access requests are received, thereby enabling the user application(s) to issue test operations toward a processor configured to generate test data to be applied to the scan chain. The scheduler may obtain the test operations and send the test operations toward a processor configured to generate test data to be applied to the scan chain. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137187 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCAN TESTING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - A system for scan testing an IC includes one or more scan registers, one or more scan-in pads, one or more scan-out pads, and one or more comparators. Scan test data is transmitted from the scan-in pads to the scan registers. The functional response obtained from the scan test is transmitted to the comparator. The scan-out pad transmits the expected data to the comparator. The comparator compares the expected data and the functional response data and the comparison result is stored. The test result data is transmitted at positive and negative edges of the test clock signal. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137188 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING OF A MEMORY WITH REDUNDANCY ELEMENTS - A circuit includes an input node configured to receive a test address input signal and circuitry configured to generate, from a first part of the test address input signal, a first address signal that selects a first address of a first part of a circuit to be tested and further generate, from a second part of the test address input signal, a second signal configured to select a second part of the circuit to be tested. Test circuitry is then configured to use the first address and the second part in a test mode. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137189 | ERROR CONCEALMENT FOR SUB-BAND CODED AUDIO SIGNALS - A decoder and method of decoding a sub-band coded digital audio signal. The decoder comprises: an input, for receiving sub-band coefficients for a plurality of sub-bands of the audio signal; an error detection unit ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120137190 | RECONFIGURABLE ENCODING PER MULTIPLE COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS - An apparatus generally including a first circuit and a second circuit is disclosed. The first circuit may be configured to (i) receive a configuration signal that identifies a current one of a plurality of communications standards and (ii) generate a plurality of matrix elements based on the configuration signal. The second circuit may include a plurality of matrixes. The second circuit may be configured to (i) fill the matrixes with the matrix elements and (ii) generate an encoded signal by forward error correction encoding an input signal using the matrixes. The encoded signal generally complies with the current communications standard. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137191 | DECODING DEVICE, DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A decoding device including a decoding unit which decodes encoded data, an inverse orthogonal transformation unit which performs inverse orthogonal transformation for the encoded data and obtains a time series waveform element in a unit of blocks, a correlation calculation unit which obtains a correlation between a time series waveform element of a block arranged immediately before an error block which is a block in which an error has occurred during decoding by the decoding unit and a time series waveform element of a block arranged a predetermined number of blocks before the block, a cycle calculation unit which obtains a basic cycle of a block unit of the error block based on the correlation obtained by the correlation calculation unit, and a generation unit which generates a substitute signal of the time series waveform element of the error block. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137192 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ERROR MANAGEMENT - To derive a Hamming code to manage data errors a set of at least four parity bit positions is selected for parity bits which will protect a set of data bits (where each data bit has a data bit position in the data bit set). A syndrome is determined for each data bit position. This involves selecting a unique sub-set of at least three parity bit positions. The unique sub-set shares at least one parity bit position with at least one other unique sub-set of at least three parity bit positions. A parity bit value may then be calculated for each parity bit position based on the determined syndromes. The header of a packet may be provided with a word which defines the length of the packet and an error management code generated utilizing this word so that errors in the word may be detected and, possibly, corrected. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137193 | DISC RECORDING MEDIUM, DISK DRIVE APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND DISK MANUFACTURING METHOD - A recording and reproducing area and a reproduction-only area are formed by wobbling a groove formed in a spiral fashion to form a track to be tracked on a disk. The recording and reproducing area has address information recorded by wobbling of the groove and information recorded and reproduced by phase change marks on the track formed by the groove where the address information is recorded. The reproduction-only area has prerecorded information recorded by wobbling of the groove. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137194 | Forward Error Correction with Configurable Latency - A method of performing forward error correction with configurable latency, where a configurable latency algorithm evaluates a target Bit Error Rate (BER) against an actual BER and adjusts the size of a configurable buffer such that the target BER may be achieved when utilizing the smallest buffer size possible. When errors are corrected without the utilization of each of the configurable buffer locations, the algorithm reduces the size of the buffer by y buffer locations; the algorithm may continue to successively reduce the size of said buffer until the minimum number of buffer locations are utilized to achieve the target BER. If the buffer locations have been reduced such that the buffer size is too small and the target BER cannot be achieved, the algorithm may increase the size of the buffer until the minimum number of buffer locations are utilized to achieve the target BER. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137195 | PRESERVING DATA INTEGRITY IN A MEMORY SYSTEM - A method includes detecting that a first device in a memory array has degraded, the first device storing a portion of a data record, wherein the data record is encoded using a first error control technique. The method continues with recovering the data record using portions of the data record stored in devices other than the first device in the memory array and encoding the data record using a second error control technique. The method also includes storing the data record in the devices of the memory array other than the first device. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137196 | FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION MAPPING AND DE-MAPPING TECHNIQUES - Briefly, techniques to provide varying levels of enhanced forward error correction without modifying a line rate of a frame. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137197 | ARCHITECTURE AND CONTROL OF REED-SOLOMON ERROR-CORRECTION DECODING - Systems and methods are provided for implementing various aspects of a Reed-Solomon (RS) error-correction system. A detector can provide a decision-codeword from a channel and can also provide soft-information for the decision-codeword. If the decision-codeword corresponds to an inner code and an RS code is the outer code, a soft-information map can process the soft-information for the decision-codeword to produce soft-information for a RS decision-codeword. A RS decoder can employ the Berlekamp-Massey algorithm (BMA), list decoding, and a Chien search, and can include a pipelined architecture. A threshold-based control circuit can be used to predict whether list decoding will be needed and can suspend the list decoding operation if it predicts that list decoding is not needed. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137198 | LOW COMPLEXITY DECODING ALGORITHM FOR TAIL-BITING CONVOLUTIONAL CODES - A method for decoding tail-biting convolutional codes. The method includes initializing a correction depth, selecting a first starting state from a set of encoding states, and initializing a metric value for the selected starting state as zero and the other states as infinity. The input bit stream is read and a Search Depth Viterbi algorithm (SDVA) is performed to determine path metrics and identify a minimum-metric path. The ending state for the minimum-metric path is determined and the output for this ending state is identified as “previous output.” A second starting state is set to the ending state of the minimum-metric path, and symbols equal to the correction depth from the previous output are read. The SDVA is performed on the second set of read symbols to generate a corrected output. A decoded output is generated by replacing symbols at the beginning of the previous output with the corrected output. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137199 | Cloud Storage Data Access Method, Apparatus and System - This invention relates to field of cloud storage technology and especially relates to a cloud storage data access method, apparatus and system. The data storing step comprises: creating parity values of original data on a data transmitting end before the original data is transmitted to multiple cloud storage centers; transmitting and storing the original data and the parity values according to a preset redundant storing rule into the cloud storage data centers separately; the data retrieving step comprises: following the preset redundant storing rule to access at least one of the cloud storage data centers into which the original data is stored according to an access request; determining whether the original data is available in the accessed cloud storage data center, if not available, retrieving the parity value of the original data and the data used to create the parity value from at least one of the other cloud storage data centers according to the preset redundant storing rule; restoring the original data from its parity value and the data used to create the parity value. This invention also provides a cloud storage data access apparatus and system. This invention has enhanced the data availability and fault tolerance of cloud storage. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137200 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS - A file format and a reader for electronic periodicals composed a digital replica of a hardcopy of a periodical. The file format includes a plurality of primarily text-only files corresponding to articles in the digital replica. The reader displays the digital replica, and when a user activates a control to select an article, a separate view is displayed that displays the text only version of the selected article. In this view the text of the article appears linearly, from beginning to end, and is presented as a continuous, sequential text file. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137201 | ENABLING PREDICTIVE WEB BROWSING - A system and method for determining and displaying, in a predictive manner, relevant “next clicks” based upon historical web-usage patterns of previous visitors (the browsing user and/or other users) to referring web pages. In one embodiment, identification of one or more links selected by previous visitors on a plurality of referring web pages is stored in a database. When the browsing user initiates a request to view a referring web page for which one or more links exist in the database, the appearance of those links on the referring web page is altered to suggest those links to the browsing user. Thus, the browsing user is given suggestions as to the most probable path (based upon his/her own history and/or the history of others) through each referring web page for which one or more links are stored in the database, thereby streamlining the browsing process. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137202 | SYSTEM FOR EXPLORING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DATA PAGES - A system to explore connections between a current and other pages by stepping through and seeing connections by successive juxtaposition. Content links each represent a connection between a first and second pages, where such content links each include at least one departure point in the first page and arrival point in the second page. A current content link exists between a current (first) page and a companion (second) page. At least part of the current page including the current content link's departure point and at least part of the companion page including the current content link's arrival point, are shown spatially isolated in a display visually emphasizing the current content link. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137203 | Computer-implemented method for displaying data values calculated by a spreadsheet-function - The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for displaying data values calculated by a spreadsheet-function, the method comprising:
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20120137204 | AUTOMATIC SPREADSHEET VALIDATION - A spreadsheet validation method may provide a validation input value to an input field of a computer spreadsheet application and identify a calculated result from an output field of the computer spreadsheet application. The result is calculated based on a formula associated with the output field and the formula uses the validation input value as an input. Further, the calculated result may be compared to an expected validation output value. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137205 | TRANSPARENT BUSINESS DATA COMPOSITION SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS - Certain example embodiments described herein relate to techniques for enabling a business process model (BPM) to be transparent (in whole or in part) from the source of data that triggers it. More particularly, certain example embodiments relate to techniques enabling transparent composition and decomposition of e-form data from one or more e-form formats into data that is directly usable by a Business Process Model Engine. Information from an e-form may, for example, be used in a business process, e.g., after a template or document type is created that represents the e-form in a format that the BPM Engine understands, and the e-form may be transparently composed into and decomposed out from the business data in certain example embodiments. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137206 | METHOD OF INPUTTING INFORMATION INTO AN ELECTRONIC FORM - Described is a method to communicate to a third party information for part of an electronic form that cannot be competed and then to incorporate returned information into the electronic form. In various embodiments, while filling in an electronic form, a requestor requests assistance in the form of information from a third party such as a supervisor. The requestor specifies a range of the part requiring assistance, and copies the partial form into a field of a message. An agent acquires information concerning the partial form based on the copy operation. The message including the information on the partial form is sent to the third party. The third party inputs information into an input field concerning the input request and returns the partial form in a message. The agent incorporates the information included in the returned message into the original electronic form. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137207 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING A PDF FILE - A method can comprise parsing a PDF file to collect a plurality of primitive objects. The method can also comprise iteratively joining a subset of the plurality of primitive objects to form editable design objects for a corresponding design file. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137208 | DOCUMENT CREATION SYSTEM, DOCUMENT CREATION METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A document creation system including a document creation apparatus and an image processing apparatus, the document creation apparatus including a requesting portion which requests the image processing apparatus to provide dummy data to be temporarily inserted into the document, and the image processing apparatus including an address analyzer; a dummy data generator which generates dummy data; a transmitter which transmits to the document creation apparatus, the generated dummy data; a job administrator which generates and stores a reserved job about the request; a target data generator which generates target data to be inserted into the document; and a replacing portion which publishes at the specified Web address the target data generated by the target data generator, by replacing the dummy data exiting at the specified Web address with it. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137209 | VISUALIZING TOTAL ORDER RELATION OF NODES IN A STRUCTURED DOCUMENT - A method, system, and a computer readable storage medium for visualizing total order relation of nodes included in structured document. The method includes the steps of: acquiring log information, where the log information is created by storing information on transitions between nodes in a structured document in chronological order; specifying a relation of relative positions of the nodes in the transitions based on acquired log information; and determining a total order relation of the nodes in the structured document by performing a topological sorting that uses specified relation as a constraint, where the total order relation of the nodes is determined by using content data of said node if the node is added to or removed from the structured document; and where at least one of the steps is carried out using a computer device. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137210 | COMPUTER NETWORKING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH JAVASCRIPT INJECTION FOR WEB PAGE RESPONSE TIME DETERMINATION - An apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code which when executed by an apparatus causes the apparatus to effect the method, for pre-fetching web content. Preferably, a proxy server performs the pre-fetching. Techniques such, for example, as executing Javascript in pre-fetched pages, modifying pre-fetched pages to address URL generation involving random numbers or dates, using cookie information or browser specifics when performing pre-fetching of pages, and injecting Javascript to measure response time may be performed, by way of example. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137211 | Method and Apparatus for Specifying Mapping Parameters for User Interface Element Presentation in an Application - A method and apparatus are provided that may enable the specifying mapping parameters for user interface element presentation in an application. In this regard, for example, a user interface element layout for a native application may be specified by augmenting the source markup for the user interface. Accordingly, for example, native application user interface elements may be generated based on descriptions provided from a web page source with modifications to visual characteristics, initial mappings, state information, and transforms relating to the native application user interface elements being provided by augmenting standard markup. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137212 | PROGRAMMATIC CONVERSION OF SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION INTO EXECUTABLE PROGRAMS - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach to automatically convert existing support materials (support manuals, troubleshooting guides, content, help files, etc.) into machine-executable programs so as to obviate for manual execution of the steps described in the support materials. That is, the embodiments of the invention will (among other things): create support-based programs that automate the execution of previously manual steps; create an inventory of said programs; parse existing support documentation; map sections of each support document into existing program automation; construct a sequence of program automations that resemble the flow of each support document; and/or associate a constructed sequence of automation with a support document that could be executed automatically. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137213 | User Role Mapping in Web Applications - Roles and policies are used to provide display and access to data in a flexible manner. Users and/or web applications can be mapped to user roles that dictate which displays or other application resources are available to the user or application. Roles are assigned to web applications individually, allowing for user roles to be used without requiring an independent mapping of users to roles. In some cases, application roles can be centrally managed, so that presentation systems also avoid the need for an independent mapping of user or application roles. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137214 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A PLURALITY OF CUSTOMIZED INTEGRATED MISSAL BULLETINS BASED ON COMMON BASE CONTENT - A system and method for producing an integrated missal bulletin having a base content origination system, a first and a second local entity system, and a production system. The base content origination system compiles the base content portions and assigns each base content portion a base content portion reference identifier and transmitting the compiled base content with the associated base content portion reference identifiers to the production system. The first and second local entity systems receiving local entity content and local integration instructions and them to the production system. The production system has an integration module with computer readable instructions for selecting a base content portions from the base content responsive to the base content portion reference identifiers as provided by the first local integration instructions, arranging the local content with the selected base content portion, and creating first and second integrated missal bulletin document files that are different as containing the arranged local content with the selected first base content portion for each first and second local entity systems. The production system produces a first integrated missal bulletin from the created first integrated missal bulletin document file and produces a second integrated missal bulletin from the created second integrated missal bulletin document file. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137215 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENT, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A method for processing a document includes: analyzing an input document file having a first format; and setting, when it is analyzed via the analyzing the input document file that the input document file having the first format includes an attached document file having a second format, two different filters: a filter for converting the attached document file having the second format into a document file having the first format, and a filter for merging the document file having the first format converted from the second format with the document file having the first format. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137216 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and an operation control method thereof are provided. The operation control method includes displaying a first image on a display module; in response to a user input with first directivity being detected from the first image, displaying a second image obtained by applying a different screen effect from a current screen effect applied to the first image on the display module; in response to a user input with second directivity being detected from the second image, displaying a third image on the display module; and in response to a user input with the first directivity being detected from the third image, displaying a fourth image obtained by applying a different screen effect from a current screen effect applied to the third image on the display module. Therefore, it is possible to effectively control various operations performed by the mobile terminal by using a user input with directivity such as a flick input or a drag input. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING INACTIVITY TIMEOUT SETTINGS ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - In general, embodiments of the invention provide an approach to proactively adjust timeout settings on a display device based on user activity. Specifically, a system and method are presented to adaptively adjust the inactivity timeout settings on a display device based on the application being used, the content being displayed on the device, and an analysis of the user's history with the application. The present invention calculates an inactivity timeout modifier which is utilized to modify the default operating system timeout value. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137218 | Method to Automatically Display Filenames Encoded in Multiple Code Sets - A computer implemented method, computer program product, and computer system for viewing content encoded in at least one code set and stored in a file system. A computer identifies a unified code set covering all characters used in the file system. The computer, responsive to a user input to view the content, determines whether the content is wholly encoded in the unified code set. The computer, responsive to determining that the code set is not wholly encoded in the unified code set, converts encoding of the content to the unified code set to form converted content. The computer displays the converted content. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137219 | DOCUMENT VIEWING DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING DOCUMENT DATA - A MFP is a document viewing device for displaying document data divided for each page. The document viewing device includes a processing device which performs a process of generating a viewing history of a document by a user based on a user operation performed for the document currently displayed on a display device; a process evaluating relevance to an object displayed on the display device to extract the page relevant to the object displayed on the display device from the document data; a process of determining based on the viewing history whether the object is checked or unchecked by the user to extract, from the extracted pages, a page for which it is determined that the object is unchecked; and a process of causing the display device to display, together with the displayed object, a shortcut linked to the page for which it is determined that the object is unchecked. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137220 | NAVIGATING A NETWORK OF OPTIONS - A method, system and controller is provided for navigating a network of options on an interactive display. A navigation pane on a display is defined ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120137221 | Web Browser Toolbar - A system and a method are disclosed for displaying page elements embedded on a webpage displayed on a handheld computing device. Tools provide one or more functionality to a user, including an ability to view a webpage, to share a webpage, to view webpages within a domain that are popular with the user's connection in a social networking system, etc. The tools are received and rendered within a toolbar interface including a toolbar icon for each tool. The tool interfaces associated with each icon may be displayed on the handheld computing device automatically or responsive to a user request. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137222 | PROGRAM SYNTHESIZING DEVICE AND PROGRAM SYNTHESIZING METHOD - The program synthesizing device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: a coupling unit configured to couple an information acquiring plug-in module, an information processing plug-in module, and a presentation plug-in module through their input interfaces and output interfaces based on a mashup scenario; a plug-in module driving unit configured to sequentially drive the coupled plug-in modules; an information acquiring unit configured to acquire information when the information acquiring plug-in module is driven; an information processing unit configured to perform a predetermined process on the information when the information processing plug-in module is driven; an object resolving unit configured to determine a value of object presented by a specified presentation scenario when the presentation plug-in module is driven; and a program output unit configured to output a program being a presentation scenario in which the object value is resolved. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137223 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTION OF MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS - Described are a variety of techniques for viewing multimedia-based information in accordance with user controls for the speed and direction of the multimedia presentation. Different techniques for presenting multimedia data items are disclosed. User controls providing control for speed and direction in accordance with a user selection device being in a particular location. When a user device is with the defined area, the speed and direction control are on. When the user selection device leaves the defined area, the speed and direction are off. Also described is a system using a browser tool for displaying multimedia data in accordance with these viewing techniques. Multimedia data items displayed with the viewing techniques are indices into multimedia presentations. A user selection is made by viewing the multimedia data items and control is transferred accordingly to an appropriate application to present a multimedia presentation corresponding to a selected multimedia data item. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137224 | Customizable and Measurable Information Feeds For Personalized Communication - A system and a method to provide a personalized feed to a user. Information regarding the user is obtained from the user via customization content. The customization content indicates various categories of content for the user to select from. In response to the user selecting his or her categories of interest, a feed personalization module selects content pieces whose associated categories match the user selected categories. The feed personalization module then provides a personalized feed including these content pieces to the user. The personalized feed is provided to the user via a unique identifier assigned to the user. Using the unique identifier, the user's actions with respect to the provided feed is tracked. The feed is further re-personalized according to the user's actions. The feed is also re-personalized based on an input from the user indicating the relevance of the feed to the user's interests. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137225 | DISPLAY SCREEN USER IDENTIFICATION CARD FOR ACCESS TO SECURED DATABASES - An identification card with a planar member having a plurality of apertures formed therein and a plurality of prisms, each respectively mounted in one of the apertures so as to produce a refraction of a selected color of light transmitted through the aperture different from the refraction of a color of light transmitted through the other prisms in the plurality of other apertures. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137226 | Educational Support System - A system to integrate all aspect to the operation and administration of an educational institution, including customized interfaces for different classes of users, allowing differing levels of access and functionality, including, teachers, parents, students, administrators, secretaries, and school nurses. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137227 | MULTI-ENVIRONMENT WIDGET ASSEMBLY, GENERATION, AND OPERATION - Widget creation, editing, augmentation, tracking and deployment is provided. Embodiments may include a Widget Assembly Application (“WAA”). The WAA may employ generalized widget templates selected by a user for customizing or assembling widgets. A generator may render previously assembled widgets when requested. The generator may use a skeleton specific to the target server type and widget, and code supporting the generator and the WAA may employ recursive eye-catcher syntax. Widgets may be deployed from any discovered instance to additional remote widget containers of the same or different type. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137228 | POINT-TO-POINT FILE TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND FILE TRANSMITTING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a point-to-point file transmitting device and a file transmitting method thereof, the point-to-point file transmitting device comprises: at least one first USB connecting unit, at least one second USB connecting unit, at least one micro-control unit, and a network transmission application, wherein the first USB connecting unit connects to a first host, the second USB connecting unit connects to a second host, and the network transmission application are respectively installed in the first host and the second host; so that, through the network transmission application, a network transmission channel is established between the first host and the second host used for files sharing and data transmission. Besides, by way of the file transmitting method, the files sharing and data transmission can be completed between the first host and the second host when the network transmission applications installed in the two hosts are executed. | 2012-05-31 |
20120137229 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING DIGITAL IMAGES - A content distribution system includes a host server communicatively coupled to at least one data store, at least one user, and a network communicatively coupling the at least one user to the host server and the content. The host server includes instructions executable by a processor therein, and in response to such execution causes the host server to: provide sequence of digital images to the at least one user, wherein each of the digital images indicative of content in the at least one data store, and responsive to a selection of one of the digital images, distribute the content to the at least one user. | 2012-05-31 |