26th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 69 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130166990 | MEMORY CIRCUIT INCORPORATING RADIATION-HARDENED MEMORY SCRUB ENGINE - An example integrated circuit includes a first memory array including a first plurality of data groups, each such data group including a respective plurality of data bits. The integrated circuit also includes a first error detection and correction (EDAC) circuit configured to detect and correct an error in a data group read from the first memory array. The integrated circuit also includes a first scrub circuit configured to access in a sequence each of the first plurality of data groups to correct any detected errors therein. Both the first EDAC circuit and the first scrub circuit include spatially redundant circuitry. The first EDAC circuit and the first scrub circuit may include buried guard ring (BGR) structures, and may include parasitic isolation device (PID) structures. The spatially redundant circuitry may include dual interlocked storage cell (DICE) circuits, and may include temporal filtering circuitry. | 2013-06-27 |
20130166991 | Non-Volatile Semiconductor Memory Device Using Mats with Error Detection and Correction and Methods of Managing the Same - A non-volatile semiconductor memory device can include a RAID controller configured to, upon data recording, distributively record a plurality of pieces of division data obtained by dividing the corresponding data and parity data generated from the division data in respective non-faulty blocks of a plurality of memory mats with reference to a bad block table, upon data reading, read a plurality of pieces of division data and parity data corresponding to designated data from respective blocks of the plurality of memory mats, and when an error occurs, recover data of a memory mat in which the error has occurred using data of another memory mat, store the recovered data in a block of the same memory mat in which the error has occurred other than a previous block, and store data representing the block in which the error has occurred in the bad block table. | 2013-06-27 |
20130166992 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention relates to a data processing device and a data processing method capable of improving the resistance to data error. In a case where an LDPC code having a code length of 4,320 bits is mapped into 16 signal points, when a code bit of 4×2 bits and the (#i+1)-th bit from the most significant bit of symbol bits of 4×2 bits of two consecutive symbols are bits b#i and y#i, a demultiplexer performs an interchange process in which b | 2013-06-27 |
20130166993 | ERROR DETECTING CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An error detecting circuit of a semiconductor apparatus, comprising: a fail detecting section configured to receive 2-bit first test data signals outputted from a first block and 2-bit second test data signals outputted from a second block, disable a first fail detection signal when the 2-bit first test data signals have different levels, disable a second fail detection signal when the 2-bit second test data signals have different levels, and disable both the first and second fail detection signals when the 2-bit first test data signals have the same level, the 2-bit second test data signals have the same level, and levels of the 2-bit first test data signals and the 2-bit second test data signals are the same with each other. | 2013-06-27 |
20130166994 | READ/WRITE OPERATIONS IN SOLID-STATE STORAGE DEVICES - Methods and apparatus are provided for reading and writing data in q-level cells of solid-state memory, where q>2. Input data is encoded into codewords having N q | 2013-06-27 |
20130166995 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING HIGH SPEED SHARED CONTROL CHANNEL - A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) data are disclosed. For part 1 data encoding, a mask may be generated using a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) identity (ID) and a generator matrix with a maximum minimum Hamming distance. For part 2 data encoding, cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits are generated based on part 1 data and part 2 data. The number of CRC bits is less than the WTRU ID. The CRC bits and/or the part 2 data are masked with a mask. The mask may be a WTRU ID or a punctured WTRU ID of length equal to the CRC bits. The mask may be generated using the WTRU ID and a generator matrix with a maximum minimum Hamming distance. The masking may be performed after encoding or rate matching. | 2013-06-27 |
20130166996 | Communication Method and Echo - Communication method in a communication system comprising a first communication unit (A) and a second communication unit (B) which are connected to one another via at least one first communication path, wherein the first communication unit (a) transmits at least one first message or a first command to the second communication unit (B), which message or command comprises at least one item of address information (ADDR) according to which the second communication unit (B) transmits a first response message to the first communication unit in response to the first message or the first command, wherein this first response message comprises at least one item of data information (DAT) and additionally the address information relating to the first command itself (ADDR) or an item of information (CRC) derived from this address information. | 2013-06-27 |
20130166997 | Panoptic Visualization Document Collection - A panoptic visualization document collection system includes a document parser and a colligater coupled thereto. The document parser is configured to disassemble electronic document(s) into constituent document components according to a predetermined type of the documents, with each document component including respective media content. The colligater is configured to colligate the document components, including for each of one or more document components of the plurality, the colligater being configured to identify link(s) between the document component and other document component(s)—the link(s) being identified according to the documents, type of documents, and/or media content of the document component and other document component(s). The colligation also includes the colligater being configured to provide, in metadata associated with the document component, information identifying the link(s) between the document component and other document component(s). And the colligater is configured to communicate the document components and metadata as a panoptic visualization document collection. | 2013-06-27 |
20130166998 | Geographically-referenced Video Asset Mapping - This describes a method of mapping community assets by displaying geographically-referenced, informational videos. A user selects a geographic location and receives a representative map of the selected location from a proprietary website. This map is displayed on their video screen by a web browser, overlaid with a number of entity markers, each of which represents a place of interest related to the selected location. These markers include the geographically nearest of a group of different types of entities, including the nearest ATM, the nearest gas station, the nearest source of food and drink, the nearest medical facility, the nearest educational facility and the nearest public building. The map is scaled to ensure that all the markers are displayed at a position that corresponds closely to the physical location of the entity they represent. The user selects a marker and views a video containing information relevant to that place of interest. | 2013-06-27 |
20130166999 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING THE LOOK AND BEHAVIOR OF A WEB APPLICATION - In order to integrate two or more different web applications to look like one coherent set a first request is provided from a web client to a first application. A second request is provided to a second application. The second request is intercepted by a software module. The second request is recognized to be related to the first application. Information is extracted from the second request by the software module. The information is used to configure the second application to look and/or behave like the first application. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167000 | Device, Method, and System for Providing an Electronic Reading Environment - A device, method, and system for providing an electronic reading environment are described herein. The device, method, and system convert standard electronic text into a hyper-text document. The hyper-text document transforms standard electronic text into access points that allow a reader to further explore each word, group of words, or image in the hyper-text document. Navigational aids and features assist in combining the advantages of paper-based and electronic-based text into one electronic reading environment for reading any electronic text. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167001 | CREATING HTML/CSS REPRESENTATIONS OF A GEOMETRIC SYMBOL - The invention relates to the creation of a HTML/CSS representation of a geometric symbol by processing ( | 2013-06-27 |
20130167002 | Surface-Curve Graphical Intersection Tools and Primitives for Data Visualization, Tabular Data, and Advanced Spreadsheets - Graphical tools and primitives are provided for interactively intersecting at least one graphical surface and curve in a spreadsheet or visualization to produce intersection data. Applications include simple business analysis as well as advanced engineering and science, and provide numerical solution for simultaneous spatially-manipulated interactive equations. Visualizations of two-dimensional surfaces are rendered from provided data according to position, orientation, and viewpoint, some or all of which can be controlled by a user interface so as to create or control the intersection of surfaces. The provided data can be from an electronic spreadsheet, and the overall visualization can be displayed together with the display an electronic spreadsheet or other tabular data representation. Visually rendered surfaces can comprise symbols, colors, textures, or glyphs representing data, and virtual illumination. Intersection data corresponding to the mathematical intersection of the surfaces is computed and provided to further computation. Intersection computation can comprise interpolation and resampling. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167003 | ALERT AND NOTIFICATION DEFINITION USING CURRENT REPORTING CONTEXT - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for alerts on fields of a report. In one aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The method may receiving, at a first processor, a report generated at a second processor; determining, at the first processor, whether an alert defined for the received report is triggered; and providing an indication that the alert is triggered based on the determining. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture may also be provided. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167004 | Asynchronous Access to Structured Data - Methods and apparatus implementing systems and techniques for asynchronously loading and accessing structured data. A random access interface can be provided to structured data while that structured data is asynchronously and simultaneously being loaded from a data source. A document, such as an Extensible Markup Language document, can be sequentially parsed and loaded into memory, and a tree data structure interface to the entire document can be provided to a client before the entire document has been fully parsed. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes: parsing structured data in sequence to produce a data object model representing at least a portion of the structured data in a memory, and simultaneously providing, to a client, read and write random access to the structured data through the data object model in the memory as the data object model is being produced. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167005 | Player Instance Management - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for media player instance management. In one aspect, a method includes receiving one or more requests from an application to load a plurality of media players referenced in a document to be presented by the application, in which each media player is configured to present respective content in a respective presentation area of the document presentation and determining an order for loading the media players based on a visibility and dimensions of each respective presentation area. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167006 | WIKI-BASED INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL METHOD USING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN USERS - Disclosed are a system and method for sharing and retrieving information through a Wiki technology. A Wiki-based information provision system according to the present invention includes a Wiki information input unit for receiving, from a user, a command for writing or changing Wiki information defining a web page written and shared by users included in a group consisting of a plurality of users; and a Wiki server for managing the Wiki information input by the user by using information about associative relationship between the users according to classes or interests of the users. The system according to the present invention may filter a retrieval result using associative relationship between users and first provide information written by a user of the same group as the retrieval result, thus establishing an efficient knowledge collaboration structure. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167007 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing method includes: receiving a first structured document comprising an element to be displayed; analyzing the first structured document; extracting an element undisplayable in an information processing apparatus out of the element comprised in the first structured document based on an analysis result of the first structured document; generating a second structured document by converting the element extracted out of the element comprised in the first structured document into an alternative element different from the element extracted; displaying a document image in which an element comprised in the second structured document is arranged on a display based on the second structured document; generating a third structured document comprising the element extracted; notifying an external device of information indicating the third structured document is generated; and distributing the third structured document to the external device in response to a distribution request from the external device. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167008 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND WEB INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - A web information providing method of an image forming apparatus having a web browser. The web information providing method includes displaying a web page for receiving an input of a user control command, caching web page information corresponding to a web page to be displayed after the web page, while waiting for the user control command in the web page, and displaying the web page to be displayed after the web page based on the cached web page information, when the user control command is input in the web page. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167009 | Automatic Website Generator - A system and method for the automatic generation of a website. The website is created upon a user request, where the user provides identification information that is used to search an information database. The information will provide a reference to a code that relates to a template that is used to specify the layout, style and content of the website that is to be generated, and the website is then generated in accordance with the structure of the template, based on content contained in the information database. The user may engage the system and method by means of e-mail or a dedicated website or other such suitable means. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167010 | AUTOMATED GENERATION OF MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF A PUBLICATION - In one embodiment, a method for generating a publication is provided. The method includes determining a template for one or more pages of the publication. A structured document for the publication is generated where the structured document includes entry fields corresponding to the one or more addressable blocks. The structured document is then sent to one or more entities to allow users to input information for different versions of the publication. After the entities enter in information, a structured document is received from each of the plurality of entities. Information in the structured document refers to version information. A design application version of the structured document is then generated from the different structured documents received from the plurality of entities. The plurality of versions of the publication is then automatically generated. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167011 | ONLINE MARKETPLACE FOR AUTOMATICALLY EXTRACTED DATA - A system for automatically locating and data-typing information originating from many Web pages, and then collecting that information in a database. The database is then made available via an online data marketplace which allows users from different organizations to buy and sell related data, associated advertisements, and access to the communities of end-users who may also view advertisements and make purchases. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167012 | DYNAMIC WEBSITE BUILDING SYSTEM - A dynamically integrated website that allows for collection of web page templates and themes to be used in the development of an individual or business website is provided. The system allows for use of a plurality of different colors, images, and text within the website development and checks for availability of any particular domain name through a customizable search mechanism. The system also maintains a database having a plurality of image libraries with the ability for the individual user to choose stored images, texts and the like, and the ability to download and/or upload customized text, images, and other data to the system for integration into the website. Moreover, the system may add title tag and metatag information to help search engine keyword searches during development of the website. Additionally, the system may have a online support portion whereby support tickets may be utilized to help individual system users. The system may also utilize an online live chat help mechanism allowing for individualized help in the creation of the customized website. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167013 | METHOD OF PRESENTING DIGITAL DATA ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE OPERATING UNDER DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS - An electronic device and a method for presenting structured data on the electronic device in different operating environments. The method includes selecting, from a plurality of presentation semantics associated with the structured data, a first set of presentation semantics in accordance with an operating environment of the electronic device; processing the structured data in accordance with the first set of presentation semantics; and presenting the structured data processed in accordance with the first set of presentation semantics using the electronic device. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167014 | Method and Apparatus of Physically Moving a Portable Unit to View Composite Webpages of Different Websites - A composite webpage contains several webpages coupled together appearing as a separate image. Demarcation lines are used to isolate the boundaries of the edges of each individual webpage. The demarcation lines form block-like geometry. Each block contains one webpage. As the user moves the portable unit, the background composite webpage slides across the screen of the portable device. To the user, the background composite webpage appears stationary as if the screen of the portable unit is transparent. These features are advantageous to social websites, ease of portable device use, in the visitation of websites and email servers. This has several benefits since now relative distances and angular displacements within the plane between objects that are outside of the range of the screen of the handheld unit can be immediately be located and placed into view on the screen of a portable unit. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167015 | Panoptic Visualization Document Navigation - A panoptic visualization document navigation system includes a navigation engine and request interface coupled thereto. The navigation engine is configured to receive a layout of document components of a panoptic visualization document collection of document components each of which has associated metadata providing information about the respective document component. The layout includes a panoptic arrangement of visual representations of document components according to the associated metadata. The navigation engine is also configured to select navigation option(s) for navigating a visual presentation of the layout, with the navigation options being selected according to the associated metadata for document components of the layout. The request interface is configured to receive and communicate to the navigation engine, a request according to one or more of the selected navigation options. The navigation engine is further configured to effect an adjustment of the visual presentation of the layout in response and according to the request. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167016 | Panoptic Visualization Document Layout - A panoptic visualization document layout system includes a search engine and a layout engine coupled thereto. The search engine is configured to identify a document component including requested media content from a panoptic visualization document collection having a plurality of document components each of which has associated metadata providing information about the respective document component. The layout engine is configured to select a layout model according to the associated metadata for the identified document component, which metadata further includes information identifying link(s) between the identified document component and one or more other document components. The layout engine is configured to retrieve document components including the identified document component and other document component(s), and generate a layout of panoptically-arranged visual representations of the retrieved document components according to the selected layout model, and the retrieved document components and associated metadata. And the layout engine is configured to communicate the layout. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167017 | DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A display processing device includes a storage unit ( | 2013-06-27 |
20130167018 | Methods and Devices for Extracting Document Structure - A method for extracting a document structure is disclosed. The method may include determining a position of reference information in a layout file, and extracting items related to the reference information from the determined position of the layout file. An apparatus for extracting a document structure is also disclosed. The apparatus may include a processor configured to determine a position of reference information in a layout file; and to extract items related to the reference information from the determined position of the layout file. The apparatus may further include a storage device configured to store the extracted items. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167019 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE - An electronic notebook device ( | 2013-06-27 |
20130167020 | Just in Time Workflow Construction - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products for handling a workflow within an electronic document. Participants are chosen for the workflow and the activities are assigned to the workflow participants. Workflow information is obtained from an electronic document, where the workflow information pertains to activities assigned to a user. The user can consult on or delegate the assigned activities, in which case the electronic document is sent to the consultant or delegate. Alternatively the user can reassign future activities. If it is detected that the workflow has been completed, the user can indicate the continuing of the workflow by identifying additional workflow participants, and the electronic document is sent to one of the additional workflow participants. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167021 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An object of the present invention is to provide a device, a method, and a computer-readable recording medium, all of which reduce the processing load when a document is opened, and improve the operability for editing a document. A smartphone includes a touch-screen display and a controller. The controller displays a virtual keyboard and a document area which displayed an editing document inputted via the virtual keyboard, on the touch-screen display. The controller maintains displaying of the virtual keyboard while switching the editing document over from a first document to the second document, in a case in which a touch operation to switch the editing document over from the first document to the second document is performed. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167022 | LARGE COLUMNAR TEXT FILE EDITOR - The different advantageous embodiments provide a method for loading and editing text files. A text file is identified as input. A determination is made as to whether the text file is a columnar text file. If the text file is columnar, data information is retrieved for the text file. Pre-defined cache settings are identified. A determination is made as to whether the data information retrieved fits within the pre-defined cache settings. If the data information retrieved fits within the pre-defined cache settings, a determination is made as to whether the first row of the text file is a header row in a view. If the first row of the text file is not a header row, the text file is normalized. A view mode is selected for load and edit operations of the text file. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167023 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM - An information display apparatus, an information display method and a storage medium including an information display program are described. According to one implementation, the information display apparatus includes a display section, a dictionary information storage section, a text display control section, a character string storage section, a character string list display control section, and an explanatory information display control section. The character string storage section stores a specified character string corresponded with position information showing a position of the character string in a text. The character string list display control section displays in a list the stored character string according to position order of the character string in the text. The explanatory information display control section displays explanatory information of an entry word corresponding to the specified character string. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167024 | EMBEDDED DOCUMENT WITHIN AN APPLICATION - Data structures, methods, program products and systems for creating and executing an executable file for the Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) where the file is capable of causing presentation of a document embedded in the file on a BREW system. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167025 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONLINE USER ASSISTANCE - The present invention relates to a system and method for assisting online users through a computer generated human-like animated character. Further, the invention provides the method for enabling the said human-like animated character for intuitively responding to user queries. The present invention provides automated answers of the said user queries by mining the data from a real-time updatable database displayed on the screen or display. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167026 | Audio fade control - Systems, methods, and computer program products for editing audio data are provided. In some implementations, a method is provided. The method includes receiving digital audio data and displaying a visual representation of the audio data. The method also includes receiving a single graphical user input gesture defining a fade curve, the fade curve specifying a fade length and a fade shape of a fade effect. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167027 | MANAGING MEDIA PLAYER SOUND OUTPUT - A method includes initiating media player instances for producing output by execution on an electronic device. Each of the media player instances is implemented using a modular framework on the electronic device configured to have each of multiple types of media player runtimes implemented therein and to host modules that configure any of the types of media player runtimes for respective device types. The method includes determining, using a sound module of the modular framework, which of the media player instances should be used for audio output by the electronic device. The method includes generating the audio output using the electronic device, the audio output produced by at least one of the media player instances as determined. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167028 | RESTRICTING MEDIA CONTENT RENDERING - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for restricting media content rendering. In one aspect, a method includes loading different media content elements, rendering the different media content elements in a graphical user interface, and restricting rendering of at least one of the different media content elements based on presence of media content of a predefined type. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167029 | Playlist Configuration and Preview - In some implementations, a user can play a music track from a dynamically generated playlist. The user can provide input indicating that the user likes or dislikes the music track and the playlist can be adjusted based on the user input. In some implementations, information can be presented to the user so that the user can preview changes to the playlist before the changes are made to the playlist. In some implementations, a user can adjust playlist criteria (configuration) by adjusting specific music characteristics. In some implementations, a user can adjust playlist criteria by manipulating a list of representative music tracks. In some implementations, a user can compare the user's playlist to playlists of other users. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167030 | Visual Representation of Audio Data - Systems, methods, and computer program products for displaying audio data are provided. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes receiving audio data and displaying a composite image representing the audio data. The composite image combines a first representation and a distinct second representation of the audio data. Each representation is visible in the composite image and the representations appear in the composite image as if laid one over the other. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167031 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROVIDER SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, ADAPTED TO CHANGE IN RESOLUTION - Moving image data is delivered from an image provider server. A hierarchical data generation device decodes the moving image data and generates data for the moving image representing each frame in a plurality of resolutions, by reducing frames included in the moving image in a single or multiple stages. A decoder reads only data for a layer in the hierarchical data for each frame, the layer being determined by a resolution requested for display, and decodes the read data. This produces a series of frames representing frames in a requested resolution. A display device displays the frames so that the moving image is displayed in the requested resolution. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167032 | MULTI-MEDIA CENTER FOR COMPUTING SYSTEMS - Various “media-components” are provided in a “multi-media center.” In modular architecture, a module-controller communicates with media-modules provided for various media-components. A media-module can include or obtain data pertaining to a particular media-component, identify media-player(s), and access information related to their media. However, the media-modules are isolated from each other, and the module-controller effectively controls output generated in response to user input. A user interface library is provided for the media-modules. Media-modules can obtain a template or other tools from the library and construct their user interface (e.g., menus). Media-modules can also identify a media-player that can be initiated in response to user input. Subsequently, the media-controller forwards user input to the media-player. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167033 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PRESENTATIONS - A system and method allows a user to specify a presentation by arranging content into a hierarchical arrangement. A described method includes providing a hierarchy manager to manage a hierarchy of a plurality of content to be used in a presentation, providing an interface to receive a script and associate the script with at least a portion of the content, and digitally generating a file responsive to the content, the hierarchy, and the script, where the file represents the presentation. The script can control one or more behaviors of the presentation during a display of the presentation. Generating the file can include inserting the script into the file to cause an execution of the script during the display of the presentation. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167034 | AGGREGATED, INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION TIMELINE - Described is a technology by which an interactive timeline user interface shows communication data aggregated from various sources (e.g., a telephone service, a website, an application and/or the like) in time order. To reduce the number of items in the timeline, certain items may be combined into a compressed item, e.g., items from the same source and/or of the same type may be rolled up into a rolled up item. The user may also interact to reply to a data item. For example, an editor may be provided upon interaction with a data item in the timeline, and the type of reply that is sent may automatically match the type of data item, (e.g., a text message reply to a text message). | 2013-06-27 |
20130167035 | METHOD FOR ZONE BASED ENERGY MANAGEMENT WITH WEB BROWSER INTERFACE - A method of managing a site includes monitoring an activation of a proximity detection function of a plurality of sites, with each site having a first zone as a home zone and a second zone having a boundary that is away from the first zone. The method proceeds by displaying an indicator within a web-based GUI enabling each user of each site to activate and deactivate use of the proximity detection function. Each site can include multiple users associated with each respective site. The method proceeds by detecting the multiple users as being home or away using the proximity detection function and then altering an operating condition of a network device located at at least one of the plurality of sites in response to a last user of the multiple users leaving the first zone. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167036 | EXECUTING SYSTEM ACTIONS CORRESPONDING TO USER INPUTS - In an embodiment, the user input and a corresponding user input pattern is received on a computer generated user interface (UI). Based upon the user input pattern, a probable succeeding user input is predicted, and a network repository is queried to determine a system action corresponding to the probable succeeding user input. The system action may be an action that is estimated to be processed based upon the user input. This system action is processed to determine associated metadata, which is persisted in a UI buffer associated with the UI. A correlation between the succeeding user input and the predicted probable succeeding user input is determined; and based upon the correlation the metadata is retrieved from the UI buffer for execution. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167037 | INTEGRATED SERVICE FEATURE GATHERING AND SELECTION SYSTEM - Techniques are disclosed for providing and using an integrated service feature gathering and selection system that can be used to send service requests to multiple network services. In an embodiment, a user interface that allows a user to select features and options for a service job without knowing which network service will eventually process the service job. Based on the selected features and options, the application program (or a network server if the user interface is Web-based instead of client-based) determines the network service to which the service job will be sent. In an embodiment, a network server receives capabilities data from multiple network services and builds, based on the capabilities data, a database of network service description data, from which the user interface that is displayed to a client device is generated. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167038 | FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A file management apparatus that displays a plurality of pieces of first file management information each being a unit for managing files and associated with second file management information on a display unit based on setting content indicated by associated second file management information. When a first symbol image corresponding to one piece of the first file management information is selected, the file management apparatus displays files associated with the piece of the first file management information corresponding to the first symbol image, on the display unit. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167039 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT TO USERS IN A COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE SYSTEM - A system and method and computer program product for the operation thereof to configure the system for delivering content to users of a collaborative workspace. The system comprising: servers configured to be capable of communicating with a plurality of user-operated client devices over a network and to provide a collaborative workspace service by hosting collaborative workspaces accessible by a plurality of users of said client devices, wherein the collaborative workspace service provides users with access to user-generated content and wherein the one or more servers have access to user data pertaining to the users of the collaborative workspace, the servers being configured to be operable to perform at least one of: generating content identification data indicative of items of user-generated content accessible using the collaborative workspace service; and monitoring the interaction of a user with user-generated content accessible using the collaborative workspace service and generating collaboration data indicative thereof. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167040 | SELECTIVELY TRANFERRING IMAGE DATA FROM USER EQUIPMENT TO EXTERNAL DEVICE - Described embodiments provide a method and user equipment for selectively transferring image data from user equipment to a coupled external device. The method may include determining whether user equipment is coupled to an external device, receiving selection inputs from a user for selecting at least one of applications installed in the user equipment when the user equipment is determined as being coupled to the external device, and selectively transferring image data produced in the user equipment based on the selected application. The method may further include controlling the coupled external device to display the transferred image data on a display unit of the coupled external device. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167041 | POSTING ACTIVITY VISUALIZATION - Method and systems to display posting volumes. An activity package data item containing data items for each of at least one data feed source is received on a device. The device has a user interface that is changeably configurable between one of a locked mode and an unlocked mode, where the locked mode has reduced user input capability. A representation of the posting characterizations is displayed in response to receiving the activity package data item when the user interface is configured into the locked mode. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167042 | WEB-BASED GROUPWARE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a communication network. The system comprises a network-connected server having input and access capabilities, a site builder, a transmitter, a communicator, and memory. The site-builder receives instructions input from a first user and creates a dedicated network site based on the received instructions. The transmitter communicates the existence of the dedicated network site to a nominated second user. The communicator provides accesses to the contents of the dedicated network site by the first and second users. The memory stores information input by the first and the second user in the dedicated network site. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167043 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTING MESSAGE RECIPIENTS - A method and communications device is provided for determining a list of possible additional recipients to add to an electronic message that is composed by a user of the communications device for transmission to another communications device. Once the user indicates that there is an additional recipient for the distribution list of the electronic message, the device employs the method to create the list of possible additional recipients. The method may be implemented on a computer program product. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167044 | System and Method for Providing Directed Video Within a Chat Application - A system and method are provided for delivering directed video content within a chat application. In response to a request to initiate a chat session generated by a user, a chat application is initiated. The chat application collects information associated with the user. The collected information may include contact information, demographic information, and information identifying products and services in which the user is interested. Based on the collected information, the chat application selects video content to be displayed to the user within a chat application interface. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167045 | Browser Privacy Mode Support - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, support a browser privacy mode in a plugin of the browser. In one aspect, a method includes applying a private browsing mode of a browser in a plugin program of the browser, the applying including: obtaining, in a process, an indication of the private browsing mode of the browser; specifying, in response to the indication, that an instance of the plugin program initiated within the process is set to run in a private data mode that cannot be exited; receiving, in the instance of the plugin program initiated within the process and set to run in the private data mode, information that results in locally cached data; and saving, in response to the receiving, the locally cached data entirely in volatile memory without saving to persistent storage. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167046 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING A GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE OF A MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM SCREEN - A method customizes a user-interface of a page-screen of a software application taking into account a customer requirement. The method includes providing, for a page-screen, a toolbar being a configurable graphic control, i.e. a configurable toolbar. The configurable toolbar contains a set of customizable buttons. Provided within the set of customizable buttons, is the possibility to add a forward smart navigation button which, if clicked, directs one to an additional page screen, from a source page to a target page. A graphic configuration tool enables the configuration of the configurable toolbar. The source page is explored so that the configurable toolbar is presented with the set of customizable buttons. A forward smart navigation button to direct to a selected target page is added. At engineering time, one associates to the smart navigation button, a URL address of the selected target page per the customer requirement. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167047 | TRANSACTION SERVICES REPORTING SYSTEM - One or more devices within a transaction services hub collect session data of transaction services for multiple customers and provide a user interface with reporting options for transaction services associated with a particular customer. The user interface is accessible to a user device via a public network connection. The one or more devices receive a report request from a user account associated with the particular customer and retrieve, from the collected session data, data responsive to the report request. The one or more devices generate a report for the particular customer based on the report request and the data responsive to the report request. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167048 | CONTEXT DEPENDENT PERSONALIZATION OF REUSE COMPONENTS FOR A USER INTERFACE - According to some embodiments, a business service provider may associate a user interface floor plan with a plurality of reuse components, each reuse component being adapted to be used with multiple user interface floor plans. For example, a second reuse component may be embedded within a first reuse component. In this case, an end user adaptation to the second reuse component may be received and the system may automatically store, within the first reuse component, a context dependent reference to the second reuse component associated with the end user adaptation. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167049 | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SERVICE SYSTEM - In general, embodiments of the present invention relate to a geographic information system (GIS) and methods for developing a GIS web service. More particularly, the present invention relates to developing a GIS web service for monitoring and/or controlling a plurality of building functions relating to various utility, security, maintenance, etc., systems within a single building and/or a plurality of buildings. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167050 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING A GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE OF A MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM SCREEN - A method and a system customize a user-interface of a screen of a MES application taking into account a customer requirement, the screen being a page-screen. The method includes providing, for a page-screen, a configurable toolbar which is a configurable graphic control, wherein the configurable toolbar contains a set of command controls, and provides the possibility to add, to the set of command controls, a custom command control which, if activated at run-time, is executing a custom functionality. A graphic configuration tool is provided for enabling the configuration of the configurable toolbar. The page-screen is explored so that the configurable toolbar is presented with the set of command controls. Through the configuration tool, one can add to the set of command controls, a custom command control implementing the custom functionality. The information required for the execution of the least one custom command control is then specified. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167051 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING A GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE OF A MANFUACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM SCREEN - A method and a system are used to customize a user-interface of a screen of a MES application taking into account a customer requirement. The method includes providing within the MES application a page-screen containing a configurable graphic control, and providing a graphic configuration tool for enabling the configuration of the configurable graphic control of the page-screen. The method explores the page-screen so that a tree is presented in which each node represents a configurable graphic control. Further, a given node is selected and represents a given configurable graphic control and an associated custom area to be customized according to a given specific customer requirement. An ASP.net control is developed to meet the given specific customer requirement. The information of the ASP.net control is specified for linking it to the custom area of the configurable graphic control. Finally, the information for linking the custom area is stored. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167052 | Drug Delivery Devices and Related Systems and Methods - In some aspects, a method includes displaying multiple different screens on a user interface during a treatment, administering a first drug during the treatment; and while administering the first drug, displaying an identifier of the first drug in a drug identification region of the user interface. The drug identification region is present on the user interface with each of the different screens, and the identifier of the first drug is displayed in the drug identification region of the user interface regardless of which of the different screens is displayed. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167053 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR RELEASING LOCK STATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus including a display unit for displaying a lock view including an affordance object which represents a changeable natural phenomenon and a control unit for, when the affordance object is touched on the lock view, controlling the display unit to switch to an unlock view while changing the affordance object to display a change of the natural phenomenon in response to the touch. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167054 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR RELEASING LOCKED STATE AND METHOD THEREOF - A method and apparatus are provided for releasing a locked state. A display unit displays a locked view including a plurality of affordance objects. When a user touches the display unit in a direction of the affordance objects in the locked view, a control unit controls the display unit to switch to an unlocked view while dispersing the affordance objects. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167055 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING A USER INTERFACE OBJECT - A method of selecting at least one user interface (UI) object from a plurality of UI objects, is disclosed. Each UI object represents an image and is associated with metadata values. A set of the UI objects is displayed on the display screen ( | 2013-06-27 |
20130167056 | SPACE AND TIME COGNITIVE MOBILITY SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED AND COOPERATIVE INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES - A system enables the user to customize the temporal and/or spatial behaviour aspects of desired things with respect to one or more target platforms. The desired things include objects, actions, and media files and can be associated with a time (T-thing), a location (L-thing), a time and location (LT-thing), a platform (P-thing), and combinations thereof. The user can pick and assemble multiple things into meta-things and create meta things of various types. The target platforms include any devices or systems that can be programmed to perform behaviors. The user programs a set of rules, which are then used to specify the behavioral aspects exercised by the system on the target platforms. The user interacts with the system through a portal and/or a mobile application. The portal is an intuitive GUI that enables the user to program the system in a simple pick-drag-and-drop fashion. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167057 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR RELEASING LOCKED STATE AND METHOD THEREOF - Methods and apparatus are provided for releasing a locked state of a display apparatus. A display unit displays a locked view having an affordance object. When the affordance object is touched at a touch point, the control unit controls the display unit to switch to an unlocked view while tilting the affordance object in a direction corresponding to the touch point. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167058 | CLOSING APPLICATIONS - Application closing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a computing device recognizes an input as involving selection of an application displayed in a display environment by the computing device and subsequent movement of a point of the selection toward an edge of the display environment. Responsive to the recognizing of the input, the selected application is closed by the computing device. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167059 | USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING AND REFINING SEARCH RESULTS - The present document describes a graphical user interface (GUI) for displaying and refining search results. The search results are received and stored in a queue along with a coefficient of relevance associated with each search result. The search results with the highest coefficients are displayed within the edge. A function indicating a user preference (like, dislike, etc.) is associated with the edge of the GUI, whereby when the user drags a search result toward the edge, the coefficients of the related search results are modified in accordance with a similarity factor between the dragged search result and the related search results. For example, if the user preference associated with the edge indicates that the user likes the dragged search result, the interface would increase the coefficient of the related search results and refine the search results displayed within the edge of the interface based on the modified coefficients. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167060 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND FILE MANIPULATION METHOD - An exemplary file manipulation method determines whether the user manipulation on the file or file folder is a moving manipulation. The method then reads a directory structure of each drive from a storage unit when detecting that the user manipulation on the file or file folder is the moving manipulation, determines a maximum folder depth of the directory structure of the one or more drives, and further controls to display a user interface showing the directory structure with the maximum folder depth. Next, the method detects the user manipulation in the user interface, and determines a position where the icon is dragged to is a target position when detecting that the user manipulation is dragging the icon to the position in the ring portion of the sector. The method then moves the manipulated file or file folder to a target drive or file folder corresponding to the target position. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167061 | Automated Color Selection Method and Apparatus - An automated method and apparatus for providing color selection capability to a user wherein a first display is generated on a display apparatus of an array of color family groups disposed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. Upon selection of a particular color family group, a second display is generated comprising an enlarged display of a particular selected color family group and a reduced size miniature version of the array of color family groups. A third display may further be generated in response to selection of a color chip on the second display during which generation a color chip selected on the second display is caused to appear in an enlarged form in the third display. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167062 | TOUCHSCREEN GESTURES FOR SELECTING A GRAPHICAL OBJECT - A two-finger selection method is implemented on a touchscreen of an electronic device. One embodiment involves sensing the touch positions of two fingers on the touchscreen. In response to sensing the two simultaneous touch positions, a selection graphic is displayed and dynamically positioned on the touchscreen as a function of the two touch positions. A specific graphical object, such as a command button having an associated function, is selected in response to a separate selection input received while the selection graphic is positioned on the specific graphical object. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167063 | Systems and Methods of Using Input Events on Electronic Devices - A method and system are provided for using input events on an electronic device. The method includes detecting a first input event compatible with a first platform and determining a second input event representing the first input event, which is compatible with a second platform. The method may include determining a third input event representing the first input event, which is compatible with the second platform, and calling an input event handler compatible with the second platform to generate the second input event using the third input event. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167064 | SELF-ADAPTING KEYPAD - A method, apparatus and computer-usable medium for implementing a virtual keyboard for use with small input devices. A circular keyboard can be graphically displayed, in response to a user input by a user via a small input device. A circular and centrally located key can be graphically located and displayed within the center of the circular keyboard, wherein character keys radiate outward from the centrally located key (i.e., the “central key”). Character keys that are most commonly utilized by the user are preferably located closed to the circular and centrally located key within the circular keyboard. Character keys least commonly utilized by the user are preferably located at the edges of the keyboard, thereby permitting the circular keyboard to function as a self-adapting virtual keyboard for use with small input devices based on the usage of the keyboard by the user. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167065 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ICONS OF HOME SCREEN OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for managing icons of a home screen using an electronic device displays a tab widget to switch among panels of the home screen on a touchscreen of the electronic device. The tab widget including customized icons that represent the plurality of panels correspondingly. The tab widget is displayed on each of the panels of the home screen. A dragging operation on a target icon of a current panel of the home screen is detected. A target panel is determined if the target icon has been dragged to one of the customized icons in the tab widget, and the target panel corresponds to the customized icon. The target icon is moved from the current panel to the target panel if the target panel is not the current panel and the target panel has enough display space to position the target icon. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167066 | DYNAMIC BAR ORIENTED USER INTERFACE - Method and user interface for controlling an apparatus are provided. At least one dynamic bar is provided for displaying on a main screen of a graphical user interface for controlling the apparatus. Each dynamic bar is associated with respective one or more interfaces for applications and/or functions provided by the apparatus and each dynamic bar has a pop-up interface for providing at least one of preview information determined from information managed by the applications and/or functions and links to invoke said respective interfaces. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167067 | Multi-Horizon Time Wheel - A computer-implemented method includes storing a plurality of scheduled elements in a memory area, displaying a time horizon via a display device, and displaying a first portion of the plurality of scheduled elements within the time horizon. In response to a user input, the time horizon is adjusted and a second portion of the plurality of scheduled elements is displayed within the adjusted time horizon. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167068 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A DYNAMIC DISPLAY DIVISION IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for providing a dynamic screen division in a mobile terminal screen is provided where a division boundary line of an arbitrary shape for screen division defined by a user is detected, and at least one application program to be displayed in respective layer is selected so that one or more application programs are allocated to the respective layers are merged using the division boundary line defined by the user as a reference for a simultaneous display. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167069 | SCROLL CONTROL METHOD, SCROLL CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A scroll control method for aiding works including displaying a partial area of an image of an observation object on a display apparatus and moving a display area within the image to observe the image includes, by a computer, a first calculation step, a second calculation step, and a display control step. The first calculation step calculates a first direction of movement and first movement speed based on information on time and coordinates on a movement selected with a pointing device and instructed to operate. The second calculation step calculates a second direction of movement and a second movement speed from the first direction of movement and first movement speed. The display control step performs scroll control over the display area based on the second direction of movement and movement speed. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167070 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - An example information-processing device includes a display controller that, when a scaling operation for changing a scale of an image to be displayed is not performed, displays in a display the image with a first magnification, and when the operation is performed, displays in the display the image with a second magnification that is greater than the first magnification. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167071 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An embodiment provides an information processing apparatus having software running thereon, the software having a window as a user interface for displaying a plurality of objects on a display apparatus, the information processing apparatus performing: in response to a user selecting a desired region in a display region of the display apparatus, putting a mark on the region and an object which is present in the region; when the object of the marked region is not displayed in the window, displaying the object in the marked region in a periphery of the window as a sub-window; and closing the sub-window in response to the object in the marked region being displayed in the window. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167072 | Smart and Flexible Layout Context Manager - The present disclosure involves computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for intuitive widget ordering in a workspace. A computer-implemented method includes receiving, using at least one computer, a message associated with a first widget of a plurality of widgets within a container widget, gathering information associated with the plurality of widgets, determining whether the first widget of the plurality of widgets is overlapping at least a second widget of the plurality of widgets, determining overlapped widgets of the plurality of widgets to reposition, and recalculating positions of the plurality of widgets. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167073 | SMART AND FLEXIBLE LAYOUT CONTEXT MANAGER - The present disclosure involves computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for intuitive widget ordering in a workspace. A computer-implemented method includes loading a container widget, rendering, using at least one computer, a layout grid associated with the loaded container widget, and receiving an action associated with the container widget. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167074 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a first screen. The first screen is a lock screen including an object arranged thereon. The controller changes a direction of the object according to an operation to the object. The controller is configured to turn the first screen to a second screen depending on a content of the operation made to the object. The second screen being a screen other than the lock screen | 2013-06-27 |
20130167075 | Managing Display Areas - A computer-implemented method includes displaying a pane in a device, the pane having first and second content areas. The method further includes, in response to a command to add additional content to the first content area, selecting at least one action of a pan of the displayed pane and a zoom of the displayed pane, the action selected based on a size of the additional content. The method further includes performing the selected action to display a modified pane having the additional content in the first content area. Examples of a computer program product and a device are described. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167076 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESIZING BUFFERED WINDOWS - Methods and apparatuses for resizing buffered windows. In one aspect of the invention, a method to resize a buffered window on a data processing system includes: determining an estimated size for a window which has a first pixel image of a first size buffered in a first window buffer; allocating a second window buffer which is large enough to buffer the window in the estimated size; and buffering a second pixel image of the window in a second size in the second window buffer. In one example according to this aspect, a portion of a frame buffer is updated to the second pixel image to display the window in the second size. A portion of the second window buffer, storing the data that represents the second pixel image, is clipped to update the corresponding portion of the frame buffer. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167077 | Display System, Display Apparatus, Manipulation Apparatus And Function Selection Apparatus - A display system includes a screen panel, an input unit, a switch section, and a resizing section. The screen panel switches a display mode between a window selection mode and a function selection mode. The input unit includes an input panel arranged apart from the screen panel, and defines an arrangement of input regions corresponding to an arrangement of display windows displayed in the window selection mode of the screen panel. When a target input region is manipulated, the switch section sets the target input region as a selected input region, and the resizing section enlarges a size of the selected input region and rearranges an enlarged selected input region on the input panel. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167078 | SCREEN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A screen management system may receive a user input to divide a screen area and divide the screen area into a plurality of divided screen areas. A different application may be displayed in each of the divided screen areas. User input comprised of dragging a resizing bar in a direction is received and the plurality of divided screen areas are resized in response to the user input. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167079 | SMART AND FLEXIBLE LAYOUT CONTEXT MANAGER - The present disclosure involves computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for intuitive widget ordering in a workspace. A computer-implemented method includes selecting a widget to add to a container widget, determining, using at least one computer, whether the selected widget has dimensional data, prefetching the selected widget, and retrieving content for the prefetched selected widget. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167080 | SMART AND FLEXIBLE LAYOUT CONTEXT MANAGER - The present disclosure involves computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for intuitive widget ordering in a workspace. A computer-implemented method includes resizing a container widget, loading the configuration of a layout grid associated with the resized container widget, determining a number of cells in a layout grid row, calculating, using at least one computer, a new cell dimension for each cell in the layout grid row, and rendering the layout grid based upon the calculated new cell dimension. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167081 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and control method for displaying screen data is provided. The mobile terminal and control method may include a display unit for displaying first screen data and a controller for controlling the display unit to display at least a first popup window containing information related to the first screen data or a second popup window containing information related to the second screen data when the first screen data is changed to second screen data in response to a touch input. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167082 | CATEGORY SEARCH METHOD AND MOBILE DEVICE ADAPTED THERETO - A category search method and a mobile device adapted thereto are provided. The mobile device includes a display unit for displaying screens according to a search function, and a controller. The controller controls the display unit to output a first search bar of higher category items, according to a first touch event that occurs on a certain area of the display unit, and a second search bar including lower category items of an item on the first search bar where a second touch event occurs. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167083 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EDITTING SCREEN IN WIRELESS TERMINAL - A screen editing apparatus and method capable of editing a background screen in a wireless terminal, the apparatus including: a display unit for displaying a fixed area selected by a user on a background screen; and a controller for controlling the display unit to display the fixed area selected by the user on the background screen. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167084 | INFORMATION TERMINAL, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION TERMINAL - An information terminal includes: a display unit which displays one or more objects; a sensor unit which obtains a position of a first point and a position of a second point designated by a user on the display unit; and a control unit which selects, from among the one or more objects, at least one object displayed on a straight line determined by the first point and second point, and when the first point or the second point is moved along the straight line, moves the selected object in a direction corresponding to a direction of the movement of the first point or the second point. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167085 | CONSUMER SELF-PROFILING GUI, ANALYSIS AND RAPID INFORMATION PRESENTATION TOOLS - An input and processing system allows user input information such as user affinity to efficiently determine user characteristics from content as well as novel input of commands such as copy/paste on a small mobile device screen among other computing devices. A client/server is also made more efficient due to the enhanced gathering of information. Also disclosed is a system for rapid presentation of information such as barcodes at barcode scanners. A system can request multiple barcodes, coupons or the like by detecting a signal from a scanner that information presented has been read. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167086 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital image processing apparatus and a method of controlling the digital image processing apparatus, the digital image processing apparatus including: a display unit to display an image; a tool generation unit to generate an editing tool that applies an image editing effect to a displayed image; an effect generation unit to generate the image editing effect depending on a movement of the editing tool; and a contents generation units to generate a moving image including a generation process of the image editing effect and the movement of the editing tool. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167087 | MODE-BASED GRAPHICAL EDITING - Among other disclosures, a method includes associating an initial work area corresponding to a portion of graphical data with a graphical editing tool, receiving a request indicating a change in editing mode to use of the graphical editing tool, determining an active work area based on the initial work area associated with the graphical editing tool, and selecting the active work area, at least initially, for editing using the graphical editing tool. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167088 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING PEDIGREE CHARTS ON A TOUCH DEVICE - The present invention discloses an air fan turbine positioned horizontally or vertically in close proximity to the exhaust fan system of air handler systems. These turbine units catch the exhausted air flow from the exhaust ports of these air handler units to drive the turbine blades which are attached to a generator. As the propellor blades spin, they generate electricity. Thus, the man made air flow known as exhaust from the air handler systems is used to produce electricity. This invention not only uses man made air flow, but also repositions the air turbine 90° from a horizontal position to a vertical position to receive wind air from the atmosphere. When the air handler unit is turned off, a signal is sent to mechanically move the air turbine to the vertical position to redirect itself to then catch natural wind airflow on both roof top and ground mounted units. | 2013-06-27 |
20130167089 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The touch panel superposed over a display component outputs a operation signal upon receiving an input operation. A controller displays icons on the display component. The controller also detects the selection of the icons based on the operation signal. The controller displays menu category icons indicating menu categories, on the display component. The controller displays setting icons indicating setting categories included in the selected menu category, on the display component according to the detection of the selection of the menu category icon. The controller displays first information related to the selected menu category, on the display component according to the detection of the selection of the menu category icon. The controller displays second information related to the selected setting category, on the display component according to the detection of the selection of the setting icon. | 2013-06-27 |