| 22nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
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| 20110131443 | Mechanism for Automatic Adjustment of Virtual Machine Storage - A mechanism for automatic adjustment of virtual machine (VM) storage is disclosed. A method of embodiments of the invention includes stopping, by a host computing device, a virtual machine (VM) hosted by the host computing device from running upon detecting a write error due to lack of storage on the VM, communicating, by the host computing device, an out-of-storage notification from a hypervisor of the host computing device to a host management agent, and sending, by the host computing device, data associated with the out-of storage notification and the VM to a host controller that manages the host computing device, wherein the host controller causes storage for the VM to be increased. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131444 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW WEAR OPERATION OF SOLID STATE MEMORY - This disclosure is related to systems and methods for low wear operation of solid state memory, such as a flash memory. In one example, a controller is coupled to a memory and adapted to dynamically adjust programming thresholds over the course of usage of the data storage device such that a signal-to-noise ratio from reading data stored in the data storage cells is no less than a minimum amount needed to recover the data using an enhanced error detection capability. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131445 | Apparatus and Method of PAGE Program Operation for Memory Devices with Mirror Back-Up of Data - An apparatus and method of page program operation is provided. When performing a page program operation with a selected memory device, a memory controller loads the data into the page buffer of one selected memory device and also into the page buffer of another selected memory device in order to store a back-up copy of the data. In the event that the data is not successfully programmed into the memory cells of the one selected memory device, then the memory controller recovers the data from the page buffer of the other memory device. Since a copy of the data is stored in the page buffer of the other memory device, the memory controller does not need to locally store the data in its data storage elements. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131446 | Semiconductor device and data processing system including the same - To provide a write amplifier that is connected to bit lines, a read amplifier that is connected to the bit lines via a first switch, and a relief memory element that includes a write port that is connected to the bit lines via a second switch, and a read port that is connected to the read amplifier via a third switch. When there is a request to access a defective memory cell, during a write operation, the second switch is turned on and write data is supplied from the write amplifier to the relief memory element via the bit lines, and during a read operation, the first switch is turned off and the third switch is turned on, and then read data read from the relief memory element is supplied to the read amplifier without being routed via the bit lines. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131447 | Automated modular and secure boot firmware update - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for an automated modular and secure boot firmware update. An updated boot firmware code module is received in a secure partition of a system, the updated boot firmware code module to replace one original boot firmware code module for the system. Only the one original boot firmware code module is automatically replaced with the updated boot firmware code module. The updated boot firmware code module is automatically executed with the plurality of boot firmware code modules for the system and without user intervention when the system is next booted. The updated boot firmware code module may be written to an update partition of a firmware volume, wherein the update partition of the firmware volume is read along with another partition of the firmware volume containing the plurality of boot firmware code modules when the system is booted. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131448 | PERFORMING A WORKFLOW HAVING A SET OF DEPENDANCY-RELATED PREDEFINED ACTIVITIES ON A PLURALITY OF TASK SERVERS - A technique of performing a workflow on a plurality of task servers involves starting a plurality of task server processes on the plurality of task servers. Each task server provides an operating system which is constructed and arranged to locally run a respective task server process. The technique further involves receiving a workflow which includes a set of dependency-related predefined activities, and placing task identifiers in a queue structure based on the received workflow. The task identifiers identify tasks to be performed in a distributed manner by the plurality of task server processes started on the plurality of task servers. Each task is a specific execution of a dependency-related predefined activity of the workflow. Progress in performing the workflow is made as the plurality of task server processes (i) claim task identifiers from the queue structure and (ii) perform the tasks identified by the claimed task identifiers. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131449 | PROCESSING SYSTEM HARDWARE DIAGNOSTICS - A method for diagnosing hardware failures in a data processing system includes a configuring a portion of a programmable logic device to create a state machine. The state machine tests a communication bus and a plurality of component devices connected by the communication bus and identifies the test failures. The state machine communicates the test information to external test equipment. The communication bus is used in the operation of the data processing system and the testing includes tests at full clock speed of the data processing system. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131450 | USING SYNCHRONIZED EVENT TYPES FOR TESTING AN APPLICATION - Embodiments are described for using synchronized event types in testing an application configured to be executed on multiple types of networked devices. The method can include playing a macro containing recorded application events to be applied to the application for testing. The recorded application events can be stored in a macro queue during playback. Further, order independent events can be identified in the macro queue, which precede an order dependent event. This enables identified order independent events to be removed. In addition, an order dependent event in the macro queue can be removed after order independent events preceding the order dependent events are removed. Then the order dependent event from the macro queue can be played after the order dependent event has been removed from the macro queue. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131451 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING AN ENTERPRISE SYSTEM - A computer storage medium having a computer-readable code segment for performing a method may be provided. The method may include receiving inputs from a user using an interface, the inputs define a test that is run against the application software; associating a resource with the test, the resource selected by the user using the interface; executing the test against the application software; comparing an outputted value of the application software with an expected value; and outputting a result. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131452 | Validation of Processors Using a Self-Generating Test Case Framework - A method for testing processors is disclosed. The method includes generating a plurality of pools, where each pool includes a test program that includes a plurality of test cases, and setting a flag for each of the plurality of pools indicating that the pool is ready to be executed. Each processor performs a pool execution cycle a predetermined number of times. The pool execution cycle includes selecting a pool that is ready to be executed and unsetting the flag for the selected pool, performing an execution cycle of the test program included in the selected pool, and setting the flag indicating that the pool is ready to be executed upon completion of the execution cycle of the test program. The execution cycle of the test program includes regenerating a test case to create a new case that is flagged as the next test case for execution in the execution cycle. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131453 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS OF LOG ENTRIES THROUGH USE OF CLUSTERING - A set of log entries is automatically inspected to determine a bug. A training set is utilized to determine clustering of log identifications. Log entries are examined in real-time or retroactively and matched to clusters. Timeframe may also be matched to a cluster based on log entries associated with the timeframe. Error indications may be outputted to a user of the system in respect to a log entry or a timeframe. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131454 | FAULT ANALYSIS RESULT GENERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A fault analysis result generating system includes an extracting unit, a converting unit, a determining unit, and a result generating unit. The system extracts fault analysis files, converts the fault analysis files to a first predetermined file format which is easy to be processed, converts the fault analysis files with the first predetermined file format to a second predetermined file format, and then transfers the fault analysis files with the second predetermined file format to a learning sharing module. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131455 | INTEGRATED BUS CONTROLLER AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR USE IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - An integrated bus controller and power supply device includes a typical or standard bus controller and a bus power supply disposed in a common housing, the size and external configuration of which may match a standard bus controller device associated with a typical I/O communication network. The bus controller may store and implement one or more control routines using one or more field devices connected to the I/O communication network while the bus power supply generates and provides the appropriate power signal to the bus of the I/O communication network, the power signal being used to power the field devices connected to the I/O communication network. The integrated bus controller and power supply device can be easily connected to the bus of the I/O communication network to provide both bus controller functionality and bus power supply functionality on the I/O communication network, without the need of configuring and attaching separate, dedicated bus controller and power supply devices to the bus and having to wire these devices together using multiple different terminal blocks. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131456 | Flexibly Integrating Endpoint Logic Into Varied Platforms - In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to an integrated endpoint having a virtual port coupled between an upstream fabric and an integrated device fabric that includes a multi-function logic to handle various functions for one or more intellectual property (IP) blocks coupled to the integrated device fabric. The integrated device fabric has a primary channel to communicate data and command information between the IP block and the upstream fabric and a sideband channel to communicate sideband information between the IP block and the multi-function logic. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131457 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TESTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF TESTING SEMICONDUCTOR USING THE SAME - The semiconductor memory testing device includes a test signal decoder decoding burn-in test mode signals which generates a first test signal for use in controlling entire main wordlines and which generates a second test signal for use in controlling sub wordlines. When the first and second test signals are in an disabled state, the semiconductor memory testing device also includes a plurality of bank control units generating a multi wordline test mode signal as a multi wordline test signal corresponding to a bank control signal, and simultaneously enabling a plurality of wordlines in accordance to the multi wordline test signal to perform a test. The semiconductor memory testing device reduces a testing time and current consumption and thus enhances a more stable voltage drop when performing continuous multi wordline test on a per bank basis. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131458 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING EFFECTS OF SIGNAL PHASE DIFFERENCE ON A MEMORY SYSTEM - In an embodiment, the effect of signal phase difference on a memory system is tested for various operating states. The various operating states may be represented as respective sample points on a plane defined by a range of values for a difference in signal phases and a range of values for another operating state parameter. In various embodiments, sample points for a round of crosstalk testing may include two sample points which are offset from the same reference point on the plane along different respective axes, where the axes are oblique to one another. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131459 | Memory Device with Protection Capability and Method of Accessing Data Therein - The present invention is directed to a memory device with protection capability and a method of accessing data therein. A spreader encrypts input user data according to an entered password, and the encrypted data is then stored in a storage area. A despreader performs reverse process of the spreader on the stored data according to the entered password. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131460 | METHOD FOR REPAIRING IMAGE - A method for repairing an image is disclosed. To repair an image, the method first applies a statistic method based on a plurality of reference data to generate a predicted value range. Then repairing data having values in the predicted value range is generated to repair the image. The reference data of low correlation is filtered out to enhance the quality of a repaired image. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131461 | Communication Network Element and Mthod Transmitting Data - A method of transmitting data in a communication network is provided, wherein the method includes receiving an error message indicating that a data packet precoded by using a first matrix and transmitted a first time by using a cooperative transmission scheme is not decoded correctly, preparing an recoded data packet by precoding the data packet using a second matrix which is different to the first matrix, and retransmitting the recoded data packet. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131462 | MATRIX-VECTOR MULTIPLICATION FOR ERROR-CORRECTION ENCODING AND THE LIKE - In one embodiment, a matrix-vector multiplication (MVM) component generates a product vector based on (i) an input matrix and (ii) an input vector. The MVM component has a permuter, memory, and an XOR gate array. The permuter permutates, for each input sub-vector of the input vector, the input sub-vector based on a set of permutation coefficients to generate a set of permuted input sub-vectors. The memory stores a set of intermediate product sub-vectors corresponding to the product vector. The XOR gate array performs, for each input sub-vector, exclusive disjunction on (i) the set of permuted input sub-vectors and (ii) the set of intermediate product sub-vectors to update the set of intermediate product subvectors, such that all of the intermediate product sub-vectors in the set are updated based on a current input sub-vector before updating any of the intermediate product sub-vectors in the set based on a subsequent input sub-vector. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131463 | FORWARD SUBSTITUTION FOR ERROR-CORRECTION ENCODING AND THE LIKE - In one embodiment, a forward substitution component performs forward substitution based on a lower-triangular matrix and an input vector to generate an output vector. The forward substitution component has memory, a first permuter, an XOR gate array, and a second permuter. The memory stores output sub-vectors of the output vector. The first permuter permutates one or more previously generated output sub-vectors stored in the memory based on one or more permutation coefficients corresponding to a current block row of the lower-triangular matrix to generate one or more permuted sub-vectors. The XOR gate array performs exclusive disjunction on (i) the one or more permuted sub-vectors and (ii) a current input sub-vector of the input vector to generate an intermediate sub-vector. The second permuter permutates the intermediate sub-vector based on a permutation coefficient corresponding to another block in the current block row to generate a current output sub-vector of the output vector. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131464 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A SIGNAL AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A SIGNAL - In one aspect of the present invention, the method receiving a signal is disclosed. The method includes receiving a signal transmitted in a radio frequency (RF) band including at least one RF channel, demodulating the received signal, parsing a preamble of a signal frame including layer-1 information, from the demodulated signal, deinterleaving bits of the layer-1 information, decoding the deinterleaved bits using an error correction decoding scheme including a shortening scheme and a puncturing scheme and obtaining physical layer pipes (PLPs) from the signal frame using the error-correction-decoded layer-1 information. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131465 | SETS OF RATE-COMPATIBLE UNIVERSAL TURBO CODES NEARLY OPTIMIZED OVER VARIOUS RATES AND INTERLEAVER SIZES - A method and apparatus for Turbo encoding uses a set of rate-compatible Turbo Codes optimized at high code rates and derived from a universal constituent code. The Turbo Codes have rate-compatible puncturing patterns. The method comprises: encoding a signal at a first and second encoder using a best rate 1/2 constituent code universal with higher code rates, the first encoder and the second encoder each producing a respective plurality of parity bits for each information bit; puncturing the respective plurality of parity bits at each encoder with a higher rate best puncturing patterns; and puncturing the respective plurality of parity bits at each encoder with a lower rate best puncturing pattern. In a variation, the best rate 1/2 constituent code represents a concatenation of polynomials 1+D | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131466 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MULTIMEDIA DATA IN AD HOC COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method for transmitting multimedia data in an ad hoc network including receiving a packet on a radio interface, and if the node is not its destination, is copied into a local buffer Q while awaiting the verification of the packet, the packet is also uploaded to the top layers for on the one hand verification of its possible corruption and on the other hand optional storage in a local stack P of long duration with additional information about the data fragment. In the case where the transmission on the last hop before the current node has corrupted the packet, it is verified that the headers are intact so as to be able to route the packet appropriately, after having verified whether the stack P is present and whether it contains an intact version of the packet, in which case it is the intact payload which will be substituted for the erroneous payload in the buffer Q. If the stack P is not present or does not contain the packet, then the method will nevertheless propagate the packet when only the payload has been corrupted since a robust multimedia decoder might be able to use this packet correctly. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131467 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING LBA INFORMATION INTO THE PARITY OF A LDPC SYSTEM - Systems and methods for encoding and decoding at least one logical block address in a low density parity check (LDPC) are disclosed. These systems and methods can include selecting a LDPC Code matrix and a parity check matrix wherein the LDPC Code matrix and the parity check matrix have an orthogonal relationship. These systems and methods may further include encoding a data element using at least some of the LBA bits in the parity bits in a LDPC codeword creating a parity vector using the at least some of the LBA bits in the LDPC codeword. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131468 | ERROR DETECTION SYSTEM - This disclosure relates to method, device and system for detecting errors in a communication system. A signal is received from a transmitter at a receiver wherein the signal includes a data portion and a result of a hash function. The hash function is computed in part from a transmitter identification code. The receiver determines if the result of the hash function matches both the data portion and the transmitter identification code. The receiver discards the signal if the result of the hash function does not match both the data portion and the transmitter identification code of the transmitter. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131469 | METHOD, DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING BURSTS - A method, a device, and an apparatus for correcting bursts are disclosed. The method includes: calculating a correction vector according to a received codeword and a check matrix, wherein the check matrix is an Overlapped Quasi Dual Diagonal Matrix; determining a length and position of a burst according to a longest zero element vector between two nonzero elements in the correction vector when the correction vector is nonzero; and calculating out an error mode according to the correction vector and the length of the burst, obtaining an error mode polynomial according to the error mode, correcting the received codeword according to the error mode polynomial, and obtaining a corrected codeword polynomial. The PBC-based implementation method for cyclic codes herein can correct more burst errors than the conventional cyclic code decoding method. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131470 | MEMORY CHIP - According to one embodiment, a memory chip, which is connected to a controller that controls reading and writing of data in response to a request from an external device, includes: a memory including a special area that is a predetermined data storage area; a key storage unit that stores therein a second key that corresponds to a first key used by the external device to convert the data; a converting unit that receives, from the controller, data to be written into the special area and generates converted data by converting the data to be written using the second key; and a writing unit that writes the converted data into the special area. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131471 | TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING AND CORRECTING ERRORS IN A MEMORY DEVICE - A technique for detecting and correcting errors in a memory device, in accordance with one embodiment, includes a data storage area arranged in a plurality of blocks, wherein each block contains a plurality of words. The memory device also includes an error detection/correction storage area for storing error detection/correction bytes corresponding to each word in each block and error detection words corresponding to each block. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131472 | SOLID-STATE STORAGE SYSTEM WITH PARALLEL ACCESS OF MULTIPLE FLASH/PCM DEVICES - Systems and methods are provided that confront the problem of failed storage integrated circuits (ICs) in a solid state drive (SSD) by using a fault-tolerant architecture along with one error correction code (ECC) mechanism for random/burst error corrections and an L-fold interleaving mechanism. The systems and methods described herein keep the SSD operational when one or more integrated circuits fail and allow the recovery of previously stored data from failed integrated circuits and allow random/burst errors to be corrected in other operational integrated circuits. These systems and methods replace the failed integrated circuits with fully functional/operational integrated circuits treated herein as spare integrated circuits. Furthermore, these systems and methods improve I/O performance in terms of maximum achievable read/write data rate. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131473 | Method For Decoding Data In Non-Volatile Storage Using Reliability Metrics Based On Multiple Reads - Data stored in non-volatile storage is decoded using iterative probabilistic decoding and multiple read operations to achieve greater reliability. An error correcting code such as a low density parity check code may be used. In one approach, initial reliability metrics, such as logarithmic likelihood ratios, are used in decoding read data of a set of non-volatile storage element. The decoding attempts to converge by adjusting the reliability metrics for bits in code words which represent the sensed state. If convergence does not occur, e.g., within a set time period, the state of the non-volatile storage element is sensed again, current values of the reliability metrics in the decoder are adjusted, and the decoding again attempts to converge. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131474 | ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD, AND ENCODING AND DECODING DEVICES WITH A TWO-STAGE ERROR PROTECTION PROCESS - An encoding method and device are provided for a series of data packets transmitted in the framework of a combined streaming and downloading application by a two-stage error protection process and only one unidirectional transmission channel. A partial block of successive data packets is protected against some transmission errors occurring during streaming with the aid of a first error protection process while all data packets are protected against the transmission errors that can remain after streaming is completed with the aid of a second error protection process. In a decoding process, a series of data packets that are encoded according to the encoding are decoded. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131475 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A COPY TO BE DECODED AND AN ASSOCIATED ERASURES VECTOR, CORRESPONDING STORAGE MEANS AND RECEIVER DEVICE - A method is proposed for determining an erasures vector associated with a data block to be decoded built out of received copies, and using levels of reliability of transmission associated with symbols contained in different copies of a same block of received pieces of data. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131476 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus includes a first operation unit that calculates an EDC intermediate value from first data in a first region at least including data to be read after an EDC when reading data in a second sequence in a first sector from a data buffer that stores a block, a data memory that stores at least part of the first data used for operation by the first operation unit, a second operation unit that reads data excluding the first data from the block as second data from the data buffer and calculates the EDC based on the second data and the EDC intermediate value, and an integration unit that integrates the first data, the second data and the EDC, wherein the integration unit receives the EDC and the second data from the second operation unit, receives the first data from the data memory, and integrates and outputs them. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131477 | Systems and Methods for Analyzing and Affecting Subtle Energy - Systems and methods for analyzing and affecting manifestations of subtle energy resonance are provided. A memory array associated with a transducer is read and stored in a memory of an analysis device. The memory array is then exposed to an energy environment which causes changes to the memory array. A second reading of the memory array indicates the changes to the memory array as compared to the first reading. The detected changes are analyzed and used to generate an energy signature and a report concerning any combination of the changes, the rate of changes, and the generated energy signature. The energy data concerns subtle energy in a designated energy environment which may include one or more animate or inanimate crystalline resonators. Tuning of a generator allows for manipulation of cell resonance, which may be used for research or in order to produce a desired resonance. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131478 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING SCRIPT PORTIONS OF REQUESTS FOR REMOTE RESOURCES - Techniques for modifying a script portion of markup language documents are described. By modifying the script portion of markup language documents, access to resources residing on remote servers through an intermediate server is facilitated. The script portions can be modified at the intermediate server, client devices, or both. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131479 | AUTOMATED FORM LAYOUT BASED UPON USAGE PATTERNS - Historical form usage information for a group of fields associated with a graphical user interface (GUI) form is analyzed with a computer processor. Usage characteristics for each of the group of fields associated with the GUI form is indentified within the historical form usage information. The GUI form is automatically changed based upon the identified usage characteristics for each of the group of fields. The changed GUI form is displayed on a display of the computing device. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131480 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROCESS AN ELECTRONIC FORM - A method and system to process an electronic form is provided. The system may include a communications module to receive a request to digitally sign an electronic form, the electronic form being direct rendered, a suspend module to respond to the request by suspending direct rendering, and a signed content generator to generate a signed version of the electronic form. The signed version of the electronic form is to reflect a state of the electronic form at the time of the request digitally sign the electronic form. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131481 | DATA SAFETY FRAME - A data safety frame user interface control is provided that visually indicates the presence and location of off-screen data to a user. The data safety frame user interface control can also visually indicate the presence and location of special data that is off-screen. The data safety frame user interface control can also be utilized to quickly navigate to the off-screen data. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131482 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-CHANNEL PUBLISHING - A multi-channel publishing system for publishing tagged content in a plurality of versions via a plurality of channels, comprises: an input for tagged content; an input for receptacles of intelligent layout rules, the receptacles comprising cells associated with tags, the cells being optimized within the receptacles for respective versions or respective channels; a tagged content insertion unit for inserting the tagged content into the cells of the receptacles according to the tags, the receptacles actively responding to the content insertion by adjusting the cells to allow fitting of the content, the adjusting being constrained by at least one intelligent layout rule, thereby to form the plurality of versions of the tagged content optimized for respective output channels; and a publishing unit for outputting the plurality of versions. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131483 | PAGE DESCRIPTION DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PAGE DESCRIPTION DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - It is confirmed whether or not page description data contain an object for stroking a path. If the page description data contain the object for stroking a path, then it is confirmed whether or not a curved path construction operator is contained in the object. If the curved path construction operator is contained in the object, line segments of a polygonal path which is approximated to a curved path of the curved path construction operator are determined, and the curved path construction operator is replaced with a plurality of straight path construction operators which correspond respectively to the line segments of the polygonal path. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131484 | TECHNIQUES FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE DEVICES IN MOBILE APPLICATIONS - Techniques for interacting with a client process on a mobile device connected to a network over a wireless link includes managing information at a mobile applications server executing on a platform connected to the network. The information includes device profile information about the mobile device. First data is received from an application. The first data describes graphical elements for display on the mobile device. It is determined whether the first data exceeds a capacity of the mobile device based on the device profile information. If it is determined that the first data exceeds the capacity, then a subset of the first data is formed that does not exceed the capacity of the mobile device. The subset of the first data is sent to the client process. If it is determined that an external converter does not convert using a particular format, then a first description of graphical elements is converted internally into a second description using the particular format. Second data including the second description is sent to the client process. These techniques allow network-based services to be made readily available to a wide range of mobile devices without having to explicitly program each application for providing one or more network-based services to support all forms of mobile devices. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131485 | PUBLISHING SPECIFIED CONTENT ON A WEBPAGE - A method and system for publishing specified content on a webpage. Specifically, an example method for publishing specified content at a specified location of a webpage includes the steps of performing sentiment analysis upon context surrounding a specified location where the specified content is to be published to determine a sentiment tendency of the context surrounding the specified location and selecting whether or not to publish the specified content at the specified location according to the sentiment tendency of the context surrounding the specified location. Embodiments of the invention help to make the webpage content more coherent, make the contents of a webpage matching in sentiment and rational in layout, improve a viewer's feeling of the webpage content, and increase website click rate and revenue. Embodiments help achieve a beneficial effect of providing a web electronic ad matching the sentiment of a webpage. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131486 | Replacing Text Representing a Concept with an Alternate Written Form of the Concept - A system enables a transcriptionist to replace a first written form (such as an abbreviation) of a concept with a second written form (such as an expanded form) of the same concept. For example, the system may display to the transcriptionist a draft document produced from speech by an automatic speech recognizer. If the transcriptionist recognizes a first written form of a concept that should be replaced with a second written form of the same concept, the transcriptionist may provide the system with a replacement command. In response, the system may identify the second written form of the concept and replace the first written form with the second written form in the draft document. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131487 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH DICTIONARY FUNCTION AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - On a content display screen corresponding to a searched item of an arbitrary dictionary, for example, an important item, an important year, and an important event are marked with a magenta highlighter, a blue highlighter, and a yellow highlighter, respectively. Then, position information of a highlighter range in the searched item of the dictionary is registered for each color in a highlighter information database, and the item name of the dictionary is associated with highlighter existence data for each color and registered in a wordbook database of Wordbook n selected by the user. When an arbitrary Wordbook n registered in the wordbook database is selected and called up, each item name registered in the selected wordbook is associated with a color mark according to the highlighter existence data for each color and displayed in a registered wordlist screen. Accordingly, a desired registered word can be quickly selected. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131488 | WORD INPUT METHOD - The present invention provides a word input method including the steps of selectively inputting one or more letters containing the first letter of the word to be inputted; extracting, as a first priority, a word having less letters than a predetermined number, and which coincides with the word to be inputted, in a sequence from the first letter, from words containing one or more letters, from a word storage unit; extracting, as a second priority, a word having less letters than the predetermined number, from words containing one or more letters, from the word storage unit; extracting, as a third priority, a word having more letters than the predetermined number, and which coincides with the word to be inputted, in a sequence from the first letter, from words containing one or more letters, from the word storage unit; extracting, as a fourth priority, a word having more letters than the predetermined number, from words containing one or more letters, from the word storage unit; dividing the words of the first priority to the fourth priority into the group having less letters than the predetermined number and the group having more letters than the predetermined number, and displaying the groups in the order of frequency on a word display window; and enabling the letters to be converted and completed into a selected word during inputting when the word is selected by a user from among the words displayed on the word display window. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131489 | Method And System For Publishing An Electronic File Attached To An Electronic Mail Message - Publishing content associated with an electronic file attached to an electronic mail message by executing instructions contained in the electronic mail attachment and accessing the content at a remote computer server identified by the attached file. The attached file includes computer-executable instructions, such as a computer program or script, which include an identifier for a remote server connected to a distributed computer network. This identified remote server typically hosts a web site containing content intended for viewing by the recipient of the electronic mail message. In response to launching the attached file of the electronic mail message with a viewer program, a browser program can be opened to enable the recipient to view the content of the identified remote server, typically a web site on an intranet or the global Internet. This supports the communication of electronic content by using an electronic mail message to transport an electronic file attachment having instructions that, when executed by the recipient's computer, enable the recipient to view the electronic content by accessing a server computer connected to distributed computer network. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131490 | MOBILE TERMINAL SUPPORTING DETACHABLE MEMORY CARDS AND DETACHABLE MEMORY CARD MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal supporting detachable memory cards and a method for managing the detachable memory cards attached to the mobile terminal is provided. The detachable memory card management method of the present invention includes displaying, if at least two memory cards are detected, icons representing the memory cards on an idle mode screen, detecting selection of at least one of the icons, and creating files, stored in a source memory card represented by one of the selected icons, in a destination memory card represented by another icon. The detachable memory card management method of the present invention is capable of displaying the card icons representing the memory cards attached to the mobile terminal on the idle mode screen such that the user can identify the attached memory cards. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131491 | DYNAMIC HELP INFORMATION - Dynamic help information is provided by receiving unit, configured to receive at least one operation of a user and to obtain the user's operation history, where the operation history includes at least one operation; a determining unit, configured to determine the corresponding help information according to the user's operation history; and an information obtaining unit, configured to obtain said corresponding help information. Assistance in providing help information is also provided, comprising: an operation capturing unit, configured to capture and send at least one operation of a user; and an information displaying unit, configured to receive and display the help information corresponding to the user's operation history, where the operation history includes at least one operation. With the apparatuses and method of this invention, the pertinent help information can be dynamically provided for users according to user's operation history. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131492 | Audio-visual multimedia transmitting/editing device - An audio-visual multimedia transmitting/editing device is internally provided with a control circuit, which includes a CPU, a system control unit, a multimedia processing unit, a standard system I/O unit, a human interface, a memory controller, a network transmission unit and a register bus controller; and supports an audio/video editing and online transmitting application program. When the audio-visual multimedia transmitting/editing device is connected to an Internet-connectable computer or mobile phone having the above application program installed thereon, the register bus controller and the application program mutually identify one another's identification code. When the identification codes match each other, the application program is automatically initialized to grab desired audio/video files stored in the memory controller for playing or editing; or uploading the edited audio/video files for sharing with other users over the Internet or emails; or downloading flash video from the Internet for storing on the memory controller. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131493 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DISTRIBUTING ALTERNATE VERSIONS OF CONTENT - A method, system and computer program for distributing alternate versions of content is provided. The method enables one or more users to create an alternate version of content. The content provider creates a plurality of different versions of content. Each of the different versions is divided into segments. The segments correspond to segments of the alternate version. The one or more users can create the alternate version of the content by selecting, for each of the segments of the alternate version, one of the segments from one of the different versions. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131494 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUDIO APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus is provided. An item selection device selects, through a selection manipulation unit, an item from a plurality of items which are displayed in the form of a list and arranged in an arrangement direction. A manipulation detection unit detects a state of a selection manipulation of the selection manipulation unit. A display area enlargement unit enlarges a display area of the selected item in the arrangement direction when the manipulation detection unit detects that the selection manipulation of the selection manipulation unit is stopped. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131495 | GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF ASSETS STORED ON A PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICE - A user interfaces can deliver enhanced information regarding media assets stored on a portable media device. A graphical user interface for database browsing and navigation can include a list of values of a metadata item and a graphical representation of the distribution of media assets across the values on the list, such as a pie chart where the size of different wedges reflects the fraction of media assets having a particular value. As a user browses a list, the graphical representation can be modified to emphasize the correspondence between different graphical elements and different entries on the list. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131496 | SELECTION OF CONTENT TO FORM A PRESENTATION ORDERED SEQUENCE AND OUTPUT THEREOF - A method of selecting content to form a content presentation, the presentation comprising an ordered sequence of selected amounts of content, there being a plurality of items of content available for the presentation, the method comprising: (a) for each of the items of content, determining an associated weight-value based, at least in part, on one or more parameters for the presentation; (b) performing a weighted selection of one of the items of content, the selection being weighted in accordance with the weight-values associated with the items of content; (c) selecting at least a part of the content of the selected item of content to be one of the amounts of content in the ordered sequence of selected amounts of content; and (d) repeating steps (a), (b) and (c) until the presentation is complete. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131497 | Image-Derived User Interface Enhancements - A device configured to select a portion of an image, the selecting being based at least on parameters associated with a user interface element of the device, is disclosed herein. The device is further configured to apply the selected portion of the image to the user interface element. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131498 | PRESENTATION METHOD AND PRESENTATION SYSTEM USING IDENTIFICATION LABEL - A presentation system includes a video supply device and a video receiver device. A presentation method is used with the presentation system and a network. The video supply device provides an image including an identification label corresponding to the video receiver device. At first, the video receiver device issues a sensing signal in response to a user's operating action on the video receiver device. After the video supply device receives the sensing signal through the network, the identification label in the image is displayed in a dynamic manner. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131499 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS - A monitoring system can provide monitoring services to users of cloud computing environment. The monitoring system can receive access information from users subscribing to the monitoring services. Once received, the monitoring system can access clouds utilizing the access information and monitor the computing processes instantiated in the clouds and associated with the user. The monitoring system can monitor the computing processes and collect information such as usage of cloud resources, number and type of computing processes instantiated, software programs utilized by the computing processes. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131500 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ENHANCED LISTINGS - A system and method is provided that enhances local listings for entities associated with web-content. In one aspect, a server generates entity listings based on content associated with the entity. Content associated with the entity and not incorporated into a listing may be used to generate a enhancement content. Enhancement content may be used to promote the entity. For example, an entity or its representative may identify its listing and select an enhancement to be displayed with the listing. The system will associate the entity or listing with the enhancement. When a user requests listings, the system will identify listings are associated with enhancements and provide the listings and enhancements to the users. An enhancement may be displayed as a tag proximate to the associated entity's listing information as well as a tag proximate to the associated entity's location on a map. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131501 | SUMMARIZING PORTLET USAGE CAPTURED RESPONSIVE TO TRIGGER EVENTS IN A PORTAL PAGE - A portal summary controller monitors usage metadata indicating current usage of at least one portlet within at least one portal page for one of multiple events specified to trigger storage of the usage metadata. Responsive to detecting one of the multiple events within the usage metadata which triggers storage, the portal summary controller stores the detected usage metadata at a current time of at least one instance of at least one portlet application within the at least one portal page. Subsequent to storing separate detected usage metadata at multiple different times, the portal summary controller dynamically creates a summary portal page displaying a separate instance of the at least one portlet application for at least one of each of the multiple different times specified according to the separate usage metadata stored at each of the multiple different times, such that the summary portal page provides a summary of at least a selection of previous usage metadata selected by a user of the at least one portal page based on usage metadata stored responsive to trigger events. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131502 | USER LOCATION-BASED DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A user location-based display method and apparatus are provided. The display method includes the steps of determining a location of a user relative to a display apparatus, configuring and displaying a screen based on the location of the user, selectively extracting user information based on the location of the user, and changing the displayed screen based on the extracted user information. As a result, a realistic interaction is possible between the display apparatus and the user, and the user is provided with contents in a very effective manner. The user location-based display apparatus includes a location recognizing unit which determines a location of a user relative to the display apparatus. A control unit causes a screen to be configured and displayed based on the location of the user; causes user information to be selectively extracted based on the location of the user, and is configured to cause a displayed screen to be changed based on the extracted user information. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131503 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TARGETED ADVERTISING FROM USER BEHAVIOR - Various embodiments for providing content targeted according to user behavior are described. In one or more embodiments, a content optimizing service may be invoked by a client operating a browser application when the browser loads a web page from a web site. The content optimizing service may collect behavior events and compare the collected behavior to a set of rules. When behavior matches a rule, the user may be associated with a segment, which may be provided to a content source that selects content according to the segment. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131504 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING AND DISTRIBUTING SOCIAL AND BUSINESS CONTACT INFORMATION ONLINE - An information management and distribution method and system for updating contact information over a network. A plug-in associated with a cloud-based back-end unit interacts with a Web application. A virtual card comprising a set of pluggable user interface components associated with the plug-in can be displayed in a user interface associated with the Web application. The contact information with respect to a user can be updated and automatically distributed to other users associated with the Web application that is configured with the virtual card plug-in module. The back-end unit can be employed to keep track of the contact information in a database and provide management functions associated with the data via a Web services application programming interface. A hard copy version of the virtual card can also be rendered utilizing a variable data composition engine and a rendering technology. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131505 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING RUI-BASED SPECIALIZED CONTROL USER INTERFACE - Methods and apparatuses are provided for acquiring a specialized Control User Interface (CUI) in a remote control device of home network. A first message is transmitted to a client requesting a User Interface (UI) list. The UI list is received from the client. The UI list comprises specialized CUI information from a server. A second message is transmitted to the client requesting the specialized CUI in accordance with the specialized CUI information in the UI list. The specialized CUI is received from the server via the client. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131506 | CONTEXT AWARE DYNAMIC INTERFACE - A method performed in a transmitter operable to provide multiple functions, comprising identifying available functions, receiving input relating to a current user context, based on said context, selecting a subset of functions from said available functions, and dynamically generating said user interface, said user interface arranged to present user activatable items representing each of the functions in said subset, and, upon activation of one of said items, performing a function associated with said item in accordance with said user context. A system with a transmitter adapted to perform the method. The disclosed method and system creates a fully dynamic user interface where the context and user should be able to define what should be available where in the interface without additional programming. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131507 | Personification of Software Agents - Personification techniques for software agents are described. In an implementation, a plurality of software agents is personified in a user interface to be selectable as friends in a social network service. Each of the software agents is executable to make one or more recommendations based on criteria of the software agent, respectively. Recommendations made by particular software agents are communicated via user accounts of the social network service that have selected the particular software agents as friends. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131508 | INFORMING USERS OF A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE OF REAL WORLD EVENTS - The present invention provides various approaches for disseminating emergency broadcasting messages or other messages of importance (hereinafter “alerts”) within virtual world environments such that interested virtual world residents can be made aware of matters of importance based on their physical world locations (e.g., without respect to the locale of their current virtual world presence). | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131509 | CUSTOMIZED RULE APPLICATION AS FUNCTION OF AVATAR DATA - Methods, services, articles of manufacture comprising computer readable programs, systems, articles and programmable devices are provided for customizing an avatar behavior rule within a virtual universe environment as a function of individual avatar data. It is determined whether the activity of an avatar is relevant to a behavior rule for a virtual universe. If the activity is determined to be relevant to the rule, the rule is customized for the avatar as a function of individual avatar data associated with the avatar, and it is determined whether the activity exceeds a violation threshold of the customized rule. If the activity is determined to exceed the customized rule violation threshold, an appropriate action is taken as specified by the customized rule. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131510 | SPLITTING AVATARS IN A VIRTUAL WORLD - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for splitting an avatar a split point in a virtual world. In one embodiment, a location in the virtual world may be designated as the split point. It may be determined that a first avatar has encountered the split point. The user may be prompted to specify whether to split the first avatar in a virtual world. Responsive to a request to split the first avatar, a second avatar may be created from the first avatar. The first avatar and the second avatar may be controlled independently in the virtual world and in response to user input. A user may also request to merge the first avatar and the second avatar. A third avatar may be created from the first avatar and the second avatar, responsive to the request to merge. The third avatar may include assets of both the first avatar and the second avatar. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING ASSISTED VISUAL DEVELOPMENT OF WORKFLOW FOR APPLICATION TASKS - A method of enabling assisted visual development of workflow for an application task. A workflow wizard provides a tasking page from which a user selects a desired one of a plurality of candidate tasks. The workflow wizard then provides a data selection page from which the user selects a desired set of data components from a plurality of candidate data components. A target selection page is then provided, from which the user can select a desired one of a plurality of candidate objects. Finally, an assignment page is provided, to enable the user to specify a detailed assignment relationship between the selected set of data components and fields of the selected target. The workflow wizard then auto-generates code that, when executed, will implement the selected task using the selected set of data components, the selected target and the specified assignment. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131512 | UPDATEABLE RUNNING APPLICATION - An application can be run and initial user interface definitions for the application can be loaded into memory. The application can use the initial user interface definitions in the memory to present an initial user interface for the application. In response to user input, one or more updates can be made to the initial user interface definitions in the memory, and the application can use the updated user interface definitions to present an updated user interface for the application. Presenting the initial user interface, making the updates, and using the updated definitions to present the updated user interface can be done while the application continues to run. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131513 | USER INTERFACE GENERATION APPARATUS - A user interface generation apparatus | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131514 | POLICY BASED ELECTRONIC CALENDAR MANAGEMENT - A method and a system for managing an electronic calendar. The method can include, in a calendar management system linked to a decision management system, associating a first calendar event with at least a first decision. In the calendar management system, prioritization information pertaining to the first decision can be collected. The prioritization information can indicate a decision type for the first decision and a value at risk in the first decision. A first calendar entry corresponding to the first calendar event, as well as the prioritization information pertaining to the first decision, can be presented to a user via a display of an electronic system. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131515 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - The receiver respectively receives an instruction by a first operation to select a first item from amongst a plurality of first items displayed on a display unit, an instruction by a second operation to determine the first item selected from amongst the plurality of first items, and an instruction by a third operation to display a plurality of second items representing commands relating to the first item selected from amongst the plurality of first items. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131516 | CONTENT DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - Provided are a content display device and a content display method each capable of reliably providing, even if a plurality of content items displayed on a single screen are to be read aloud consecutively, a user with voice reading each article, a program therefor, and a storage medium storing the program. A television ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131517 | EVALUATING ADVERTISING EFFECTIVENESS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - Aspects of this invention are directed toward determining the effectiveness of advertising in a virtual universe. Specifically, under the present invention, a visit by an avatar to a region of the VU that includes targeted advertising content is registered. Then, the following avatar attributes are determined: a proximity to the target advertising content by the avatar; an avatar directionality of the avatar with respect to the target advertising content; a camera directionality of a camera object associated with the avatar; and a time with respect to which the avatar may be exposed to the target advertising content in the region. Thereafter, at least one score is assigned to the visit, the proximity, the directionality, and the time. An effectiveness score is then calculated based on the at least one score. The overall effectiveness of the target advertising content is then calculated based on the at least one score. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131518 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a control apparatus includes a display module configured to display a window in a first window state or a second window state on a display screen of a display device, the display module displaying a server object corresponding to a digital media server in a first area of the window and a renderer object corresponding to a digital media renderer in a second area of the window when the window in the first window state is displayed, the display module displaying the window in the second window state when the server object is selected, the display module displaying one or more content objects corresponding to the one or more digital media contents in the first area and the renderer object in the second area when the window in the second window state is displayed. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131519 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An in-vehicle display system is installed in a vehicle for displaying information to a user. The system includes a display unit that displays information; an operation unit that is located separately from the display unit and that allows a user to perform user operations including a directional operation and a turning operation; and a receiver that receives user instructions for making entry of plural characters that can be displayed on the display unit, based on displayed content displayed on the display unit and the user operations made with the operation unit. The receiver receives: (i) a first one of the directional operation and the turning operation as the user instruction in order to select a group from amongst a plurality of groups displayed on the display unit each of the plurality of groups representing a plurality of characters which are candidates for entry, and (ii) a second one of the directional operation and the turning operation as the user instruction in order to select a character from amongst the plural characters included in the group that is selected by the first one of the directional operation and the turning operation. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131520 | System and method for transferring media content from a mobile device to a home network - A system and a method transfer media content from a mobile device to a home network. A media application on the mobile device may be enabled to share media content with rendering devices in the home network. A user may enable and disable transfer of the media content from the media application to a target rendering device. Further, the media application may indicate visually the target rendering device and whether the media content is currently being transferred. Still further, the user may select a new target rendering device. Moreover, the media application may indicate network errors or other problems which may prevent the rendering of the media content and may enable the user to correct the network errors or the other problems. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131521 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE - The apparatus includes: a memory which maintains an application driving a list of a plurality of items; a display controller which controls the list to be displayed on the screen which is divided into a plurality of areas and each of the plurality of items is located in each of the plurality of areas; a processor which detects a change of an operation progress status of the plurality of items, wherein the display controller provides a visual feedback corresponding to the operation progress status of at least one of the plurality of items in the area of a corresponding item, whose change of the operation progress status is detected. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131522 | INFORMATION DELIVERY SERVICE SYSTEM, IN-TRAIN INFORMATION DELIVERY METHOD, AND IN-TRAIN INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS - To obtain an information delivery service system, an in-train information delivery method, and an in-train information display apparatus that can deliver many pieces of information simultaneously. In an information delivery service system applied to a passenger train to display an image for delivering information to passengers, an in-train information display apparatus that groups a plurality of windows of the passenger train and uses the grouped windows as one display area, and a display information processor that outputs image information to the in-train information display apparatus are provided, thereby displaying an image on a horizontally long and large screen. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131523 | GROUPING OF WINDOWS BASED ON USER-DEFINED CONTEXTS - The grouping of windows based on user-defined contexts is disclosed. A computer-implemented method of grouping windows based on user-defined contexts in accordance with an embodiment includes: assigning a user-defined context to a plurality of elements in an environment; grouping the plurality of elements into at least one group based on the user-defined context assigned to each of the plurality of elements; and displaying a context window tab corresponding to each group of elements. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131524 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT-AWARE INPUT DATA - External constraints with respect to at least one input field of at least one application are generated. Context-aware input data is provided to at least one input field of a currently used application, based on the external constraints. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131525 | VISUALIZATION AND INFORMATION DISPLAY FOR SHAPES IN DISPLAYED GRAPHICAL IMAGES BASED ON USER ZONE OF FOCUS - Graphical viewing of shapes and descriptive information in displayed graphical images. In one aspect, shape information is displayed in a graphical interface using a computer system and includes causing a display of an image and one or more shapes in the image, and causing a display of a cursor on the display device. Labels are displayed on the display device, each label associated with a different displayed shape. One or more of the labels are displayed within a zone of focus of eyes of a user of the graphical interface and one or more of the labels are displayed outside the zone of focus, where the labels displayed in the zone of focus are displayed differently than the labels displayed outside the zone of focus. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131526 | OVERLAY USER INTERFACE FOR COMMAND CONFIRMATION - Confirmation is provided each time a command is initiated at an application program in the form of a temporary non-modal user interface (UI) overlay that is displayed in front of the UI windows generated by the application program that received the command. The overlay includes a bounding shape having text contained therein that identifies the command. The overlay might also include a graphical, textual, or numerical indication of a value being adjusted by a user in conjunction with execution of the command. The overlay might be displayed by fading the display of the overlay in over a period of time. The display of the overlay may then be removed by fading the display of the overlay out over a period of time. The overlay might also be displayed at the same on-screen position each time it is displayed. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131527 | Method and apparatus for displaying pop-up - A pop-up display method and apparatus allows a user to selectively check a desired pop-up in a convenient manner. A screen is divided into a main page display portion and a pop-up display portion. A web page is displayed in the main page display portion, and a pop-up corresponding to the web page is displayed in the pop-up display portion. A preview image or short text of the pop-up may be extracted and displayed. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131528 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AS WELL AS PROGRAM - An image obtaining unit obtains a three-dimensional image, which is formed by a plurality of tomographic images obtained by carrying out tomographic imaging of a subject, and a part information obtaining unit obtains information of a result of part recognition of the subject contained in the three-dimensional image. A menu specifying unit specifies, from a plurality of menus used to display the three-dimensional image, a menu depending on a part based on the information of the result of part recognition, and a display control unit displays the specified menu on a display unit. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131529 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, Computer Program, and Information Processing Server - An information processing apparatus includes: an output unit outputting at least one of content information suitable for designated input and output and processed content information related to the content information in association therewith from a storage unit storing application IDs uniquely specifying applications, the content information, and the processed content information obtained by processing the content information by the applications in association therewith; and a selection unit selecting the content information or the processed content information output by the output unit and selecting the application ID based on the selected content information or the selected processed content information. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131530 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF ITEMS - A method of displaying a plurality of items is described. The items are arranged in a plurality of hierarchical levels, each of the hierarchical levels comprises a plurality of sets of items, each set comprising at least one of the plurality of items and each item has associated therewith at least one other item in another hierarchical level. An item within a first hierarchical level is selected (step | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131531 | Touch Friendly Applications in an Information Handling System Environment - A dynamic touch interface in which users are able to flick or scroll within the dynamic touch interface such as a dock or carousel and view the contents of their applications and thus provides a touch friendly environment to a personal computer type operating system (i.e., a keyboard/mouse input type operating system). More specifically, the touch input environment implements dynamic icons such that the icons populate content which is viewed or experienced. For example, if a user launches a favorite band in a music application, the carousel is automatically populated with album art or a picture of the band. The next time the user visits the desktop, the music icon is replaced by an image of the band or artist. Also, in certain embodiments, the icon includes a brief description of the content (i.e., number of songs or albums in folder). | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131532 | Identifying Content via Items of a Navigation System - A navigation system which provides: a navigation front end which provides tiles that are easily identifiable and content-driven vs. context-driven; a navigation system that includes an expanded view/tile paradigm; and a navigation system that allows users to interact with the native operating system environment of the information handling system. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131533 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER INTERFACE CONFIGURATION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for managing a menu icon on one screen in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes selecting a menu icon through a screen touch input of a user, rotating a sphere displayed on the screen according to the touch input of the user, selecting a sphere region, into which the menu icon is to move, through a screen touch input of the user, and moving the selected menu icon to the selected sphere region. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131534 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY DISPLAYING STRUCTURALLY DISSIMILAR THUMBNAIL IMAGES OF AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - A system and method for dynamically displaying structurally dissimilar thumbnail images generated from multiple pages of an electronic document based on a display size of a display device is disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more candidate images are selected based on a generated metric for dissimilarity for each one of multiple images associated with multiple pages of an electronic document, where the metric for dissimilarity for each one of the multiple images is generated by comparing each image of the multiple images with substantially previous images of the multiple images. Then, the selected one or more candidate images are dynamically displayed as structurally dissimilar thumbnail images based on a display size of a display device. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131535 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus generates and causes a display device to display a first thumbnail image which is associated with annotation information. Using a size of the first thumbnail image, the information processing apparatus determines a display size of a first annotation which corresponds to the annotation information. Using the determined display size, the information processing apparatus determines a second annotation. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus causes a display device to display the determined second annotation overlapping the first thumbnail image. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131536 | GENERATING AND RANKING INFORMATION UNITS INCLUDING DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH DOCUMENT ENVIRONMENTS - Embodiments described herein are directed to forming information units. Digital documents associated with collaborative navigation behavior information can be identified and an information unit can be generated using transition probabilities calculated from collaborative navigation information. The information unit including at least a subset of the digital documents identified in the collaborative navigation behavior information. A rank of information unit based on the collaborative navigation behavior information can be calculated. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131537 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE OF PORTABLE DEVICE - A method includes displaying a user interface for displaying a graphic and a hidden graphic in a first area; displaying a set of contents corresponding to the graphic in a second area distinguishable from the first area; detecting a user's gesture for selecting a part of the first area; enlarging the first area to include a part of the second area; displaying a plurality of graphics including the graphic and the hidden graphic in the extended first area in response to the user's gesture; detecting a user's additional gesture for moving a first graphic among the plurality of graphics; and moving the first graphic to a part of the extended first area in response to the user's additional gesture, and moving a second graphic of the plurality of graphics to an area from which the first graphic is moved out. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131538 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY OVERLAY TARGETS AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING OVERLAY ERRORS USING THE SAME - A method for designing a two-dimensional array overlay target comprises the steps of: selecting a plurality of two dimensional array overlay targets having different overlay errors; calculating a deviation of a simulated diffraction spectrum for each two-dimensional array overlay target; selecting an error-independent overlay target by taking the deviations of the simulated diffraction spectra into consideration; and designing a two dimensional array overlay target based on structural parameters of the error-independent overlay target. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131539 | REWIRING USING IRREDUNDANCY REMOVAL AND ADDITION - This invention proposes a new restructuring technique, Rewiring Using IRredundancy Removal and Addition (IRRA) used in the synthesis and optimization of logic designs. This method successfully removes any desired target wire by constructing a corresponding rectification network which exactly corrects the error of the circuit caused by the removal of the target wire. The rectification network can be further simplified to achieve excellent area optimization. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131540 | Path Preserving Design Partitioning With Redundancy - Partitioning of a design allows STA to be performed in parallel on multiple, less demanding, and more available hardware resources. Therefore, runtime of STA can be significantly shortened. Notably, the partitioning can include redundancy. That is, partitions are allowed to share objects in order to preserve the timing path completeness and design structural integrity. Due to this redundancy, these partitions can account for many constraints specifically imposed by STA. Once these partitions are populated, analysis can be performed on those partitions in parallel to generate the same timing results as if the design had been analyzed flat as a single unit. Therefore, the performance of STA can be optimized without compromising the accuracy and quality of results. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131541 | SPICE CORNER MODEL GENERATING METHOD AND APPARATUS - In one embodiment, a SPICE corner model generating method for generating a SPICE corner model of an MOSFET includes preparing a table of a ratio X regarding a combination of two kinds of MOSFETs selected from N kinds of MOSFETs, the ratio X being a magnitude of a variation of an MOSFET in a case where directions of variations of the two kinds of MOSFETs are opposite directions to a magnitude of a variation of an MOSFET in a case where the directions of the variations of the two kinds of MOSFETs are the same direction, where N is an integer of 2 or greater. The method further includes reading out, when a combination of two kinds of MOSFETs is designated among the N kinds of MOSFETs, a value of the ratio X corresponding the designated combination from the table of the ratio X. The method further includes forming two kinds of corner models of opposite directional variations, the two kinds of corner models including a first corner model generated by applying the value of the ratio X to a fast-side corner of a first MOSFET of the two kinds of MOSFETs and to a slow-side corner of a second MOSFET of the two kinds of MOSFETs, and a second corner model generated by applying the value of the ratio X to a slow-side corner of the first MOSFET and to a fast-side corner of the second MOSFET. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110131542 | SILICON-ON-INSULATOR (SOI) STRUCTURE CONFIGURED FOR REDUCED HARMONICS, DESIGN STRUCTURE AND METHOD - Disclosed is semiconductor structure with an insulator layer on a semiconductor substrate and a device layer is on the insulator layer. The substrate is doped with a relatively low dose of a dopant having a given conductivity type such that it has a relatively high resistivity. Additionally, a portion of the semiconductor substrate immediately adjacent to the insulator layer can be doped with a slightly higher dose of the same dopant, a different dopant having the same conductivity type or a combination thereof. Optionally, micro-cavities are created within this same portion so as to balance out any increase in conductivity with a corresponding increase in resistivity. Increasing the dopant concentration at the semiconductor substrate-insulator layer interface raises the threshold voltage (Vt) of any resulting parasitic capacitors and, thereby reduces harmonic behavior. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of a method and a design structure for such a semiconductor structure. | 2011-06-02 |
