26th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 83 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160191659 | TECHNIQUES TO TRANSFER LARGE COLLECTION CONTAINERS - Techniques to transfer large collection containers in a large payload support system comprising one or more components configured to request a support server device for delivery location information, receive from the support server device delivery location information, aggregate at least one performance container stored in a performance datastore into a performance collection container based at least partially on the associated start time parameter and end time parameter, and transfer the performance collection container to a payload server device based at least partially on the delivery location information. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191660 | TECHNIQUES TO TRANSFER LARGE COLLECTION CONTAINERS - Techniques to transfer large collection containers in a large payload support system comprising one or more components configured to receive a collection container delivery request to deliver a first collection container, determine whether the first collection container is a large container based at least partially on the collection container delivery request, segment, logically, the first collection container into at least one container segment, each container segment of the at least one container segment having an associated container segment offset information, and deliver the at least one container segment to a payload server device, wherein each container segment of the at least one container segments is associated with a transfer segment header information. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191661 | LAYERED ABSTRACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSISTENT CONTENT IDENTITY - This disclosure generally relates to methods and systems for associating and identifying content, including both physical and electronic objects, with metadata through networks. The disclosure also generally relates to routing systems for handling requests including content identifiers. One combination includes a system comprising: an external interface including: i) a content interface for receiving a content signal and a request to provide metadata associated with the content signal, and ii) a metadata interface for providing metadata associated with the content signal, in which the metadata interface includes a variable metadata interface allowing variable types of metadata to be communicated to a requesting application through the metadata interface; and an internal interface including an identity provider interface for integrating an identity provider driver into the metadata client, the identity provider driver operable to compute a content identifier from the content signal and operable to provide the content identifier to the metadata client; means for invoking the identity provider driver through the internal interface to request the content identifier, in which metadata associated with the content signal is identified with the content identifier and provided through the metadata interface. Of course, other combinations are provided as well. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191662 | AUTOMATIC DATA REQUEST RECOVERY AFTER SESSION FAILURE - Techniques for recovering from session failures between clients and database servers are described herein. A session may be established between a client and a first database server to handle a database query for the client. A command of the session may be received by the first database server from the client. Data requested by the command may be retrieved. Prior to responding to the command, the data is spooled to a session state stored in a repository of the first database server, and the session state is replicated to one or more additional database servers. The session state stored in the repository of the first database server enables the first database server and client to recover from a failure of the session. The replicated session state enables the additional database server(s) to reestablish the session and respond to the command, instead of the first database server, if the session fails. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191663 | PRIORITIZATION OF PROTOCOL MESSAGES AT A SERVER - System(s) and method(s) are provided for prioritizing protocol messages received at a server. A client generates a request message and incorporates a data unit therein in order to indicate type of service application that triggered generation of the request message. The client conveys the request message to a server configured to respond to the request message. To supply data in response to the message request, the server prioritizes the request message based at least on the data unit that conveys the type of service application. The server can assign a set of request messages to a group of scheduling queues based at least on ranking of the type of service associated with at least one request message in the set of request messages. Based on performance conditions, the server also can reject one or more request messages according to the ranking. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191664 | Distributed server architecture for supporting a predictive content pre-fetching service for mobile device users - A content delivery network (CDN) is enhanced to enable mobile network operators (MNOs) to provide their mobile device users with a content prediction and pre-fetching service. Preferably, the CDN enables the service by providing infrastructure support comprising a client application, and a distributed predictive pre-fetching function. The client application executes in the user's mobile device and enables the device user to subscribe to content (e.g., video) from different websites, and to input viewing preferences for such content (e.g.: “Sports: MLB: Boston Red Sox”). This user subscription and preference information is sent to the predictive pre-fetching support function that is preferably implemented within or across CDN server clusters. A preferred implementation uses a centralized back-end infrastructure, together with front-end servers positioned in association with the edge server regions located nearby the mobile core network. The predictive pre-fetch service operates on the user's behalf in accordance with the user preference information. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191665 | COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED COMPUTE-ENABLED STORAGE GROUP AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A computing system includes: a storage device configured to perform in-storage processing with formatted data based on application data from an application; and return an in-storage processing output to the application for continued execution. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191666 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY DELIVERING CONTENT - A system and method for dynamically delivering content includes a user device having a processor in communication with a capture device and a terminal having a data processor in communication with a display, memory device, and user interface, wherein the terminal is configured to dynamically generate a signal. The user device is configured to interact with the terminal and the capture device is configured to capture the signal and translate the signal to an action. The action includes generating content at the user device and/or downloading or accessing content to the user device. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191667 | COMMUNICATION PREFERENCES - Communication preferences are disclosed. Communication preferences allow a user to be contacted according to specified communication preferences related to one or more communication channels. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191668 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A CLIENT AGENT FOR DELIVERY OF REMOTE SERVICES - The solution of the present application provides many types and forms of resources, such as products or services, to an environment of heterogeneous devices. An agent and centralized service may communicate to deliver an optimum package of resources to a device. Each device may include an agent that collects information important to determining the appropriate resources for the device and understanding the environment the devices are contributing to. The information may be stored and analyzed in a cross device knowledge base, and the knowledge base may be consulted to determine resources appropriate for devices. The agent and centralized service may engage in pro-active alerting and provisioning of services, based on any collected information, to minimize the burden of resource procurement on the customer. After delivery of resources, the agent and centralized service may also perform updating, repairing, and healing functions for the resources. Resources may be aggregated into a cohesive platform to be combined and delivered in an optimum manner, and resources may also be maintained and monitored to ensure their quality via escalation or remedial action. Devices may be connected to the resources through intelligent routing. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191669 | CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A control system comprising: a server and a plurality of communication devices, wherein the server stores first mode information for each user, the first mode information being associated with a mode of an application and selected from among a plurality pieces of mode information of the mode, and transmits the first mode information of a first user to the plurality of communication devices operated by the first user, and the plurality of communication devices receive the first mode information, obtain second mode information set to the mode of the application installed to the communication device, record an operation content related to mode information change performed on the communication device, and determine whether the second mode information set to the mode of the application is switched to the first mode information, based on the operation content, the first mode information, and the second mode information. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191670 | PERIPHERAL DEVICE DETECTION WITH SHORT-RANGE COMMUNICATION - In general, embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to techniques for configuring a mobile device according to detection of one or more peripheral devices in an environment using short-range wireless communication. In one example, a method includes, receiving, by a computing device that communicates with a peripheral device using short-range wireless communication, a unique identifier of the peripheral device. If the computing device recognizes the unique identifier of the peripheral device, the computing device may determine a configuration operation based on the unique identifier that changes a current operating state of at least one application executing on the computing device to a different operating state. If the computing device does not recognize the unique identifier of the peripheral device, the computing device may send a lookup request to a network resource external to the computing device that requests data specifying the configuration operation for the computing device. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191671 | DEVELOPING USER PROFILES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS - Methods and arrangements of developing user profiles in virtual worlds are discussed. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to receive data from a software agent in a virtual world, directly or indirectly. The data may be based upon information automatically gathered from data stores outside the virtual world, including account data and user profile data. The embodiment may also involve developing a user profile of the user in the virtual world, based upon the data received from the software agent. An embodiment may also involve automatically gathering information from data stores external to the virtual world. The information may include user account data and user profile information. The embodiment may also include aggregating data for generating the user profile in the virtual world, based upon the information; and transmitting the data directly or indirectly to the virtual world. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191672 | MULTIPLEXING MANY CLIENT STREAMS OVER A SINGLE CONNECTION - Methods and apparatus for multiplexing many client streams over a single connection. A proxy server establishes multiple TCP connections with respective clients that desire to access a web server connected to the proxy server via a multiplexed TCP connection. TCP packets received from the clients via the TCP connections are separated out based on their TCP connections, a packet payload data is extracted and added to client data streams. Data segments comprising sequential runs of bits from the client data streams and embedded in multiplexed (MUX) TCP packets that are sent over the multiplexed TCP connection. Upon receipt, the web server de-encapsulates the data segments and buffers them in queues allocated for each TCP connection in re-assembled client data streams. This enables the packet flows transported over the multiplexed connection for the TCP connections to be individually controlled. The multiplexed TCP connection may also be used for forwarding packet payload data generated at the web server to the clients via the proxy server and the client's TCP connections. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191673 | APPLICATION SERVICE DELIVERY THROUGH AN APPLICATION SERVICE AVATAR - Some embodiments include a method of operating an avatar server. The method can include implementing an application service avatar in an avatar server that has at least an intermittent network access to an application service server for providing an application service to client applications. The avatar server can establish a service group by maintaining profiles of one or more end-user devices connected to the avatar server to access the application service. The avatar server can provide a localized application service by emulating at least a subset of functionalities provided by the application service to the end-user devices, for example, by locally processing, at least partially, a service request from at least one of the end-user devices at the avatar server. The avatar server can asynchronously communicate with the application service server to complete the service request. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191674 | GENERATION OF A MEDIA PROFILE - One aspect of the invention includes a computer device. The computer device includes a network interface component configured to download media from an external source through a secure network connection. The computer device also includes a memory configured to store the downloaded content. The computer device further includes a media profiling engine configured to query the memory for the downloaded content based on the connection of the network interface component to the external source through the secure network connection and to generate a media profile log comprising information relevant to the downloaded content. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191675 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TELEPHONY AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES WITH MESSAGE-BASED API - A communication application server is provided with a unified framework for call control and media control. The framework supports a unified API having class objects and functions conforming to a telephony object model. The class objects are invoked and manipulated by a finite set of commands and an application program essentially issues a series of such commands to operate the communication application server. More particularly, an API server on the communication application server defining a messaging API protocol enables an application script to pass commands remotely to the communication application server to operate it. This allows application scripts to be processed remotely by appropriate scripting engines. In this way, application scripting is decoupled from the operation of the communication application server, which only needs to focus on providing basic communication services. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191676 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an information processing system includes a client apparatus and three or more server apparatuses that each store data. The server apparatus includes a first storage, a receiver, a generator, a selector, a transmitter, and a changer. When the number of requests indicating identical changes among the requests of the data candidates is larger than a first threshold, the selector selects one of the requests indicating identical changes, and sets the state of the selected request to a second state. The transmitter transmits the data candidate including the selected request to one or more server apparatuses. When the number of requests in the second state among the requests of the data candidates is larger than a second threshold, the changer updates the history data and changes the data by using one of the data candidates including the requests in the second state. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191677 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DETERMINE A WORK DISTRIBUTION MODEL FOR AN APPLICATION DEPLOYED ON A CLOUD - A system is described to determine a work distribution model for a computing application deployed on a cloud. In one embodiment, the system comprises a launch request detector, a provisioning module, and a work distribution module. The launch request detector may be configured to detect a request from a client device to launch a computing application. The provisioning module may be configured to provision an application container on a virtual instance of a machine for executing the computing application. The work distribution module may be configured to generate a work distribution model for the computing application, the work distribution model indicating a first portion of the computing application to be executed on the client device and a second portion of the computing application to be executed on the virtual instance of a machine. The client device may be a desktop device or a client device. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191678 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR DATA INTEGRITY OF MULTI-NETWORK PACKET OPERATIONS - Technologies for ensuring data integrity for multi-packet operations include a computing device and a remote computing device communicatively coupled via a network. The computing device is configured to perform a segmentation offload operation on an original network packet, compute a hash value on the payload of each segmented payload of the original network packet, and store the hash value and an indication into the segmented network packet that indicates the hash value is stored in the segmented network packet. The remote computing device is configured to extract the indication and the hash value from a received network packet in response to determining the indication indicates the hash value is stored in the segmented network packet, compute a hash value on the payload of received network packet, and determine an integrity of the payload based on a comparison of the extracted hash value and the computed hash value. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191679 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING BROADCAST SIGNALS, APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BROADCAST SIGNALS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS - A method and an apparatus for receiving broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises a receiver to receive the broadcast signals, a demodulator to demodulate the received broadcast signals by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme, a frame parser to parse a signal frame from the demodulated broadcast signals, a decoder to decode data in the parsed signal frame and an output-processor to output-process the decoded data. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191680 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal allowing at least part of a display unit to be bent or flexed. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display unit configured to operate in either a first configuration or a second configuration having different radii of curvature, and a controller configured to switch the display unit from the first configuration to the second configuration based on a call being connected in the first configuration. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191681 | Wireless Communication Device with an Antenna Adjacent to an Edge of the Device - A wireless communication device comprising a housing comprising a plurality of edges and configured to serve as an external surface for the wireless communication device, and an antenna adjacent to at least a first edge of the housing, wherein the antenna comprises at least a conductive strip and at least one slot and wherein the antenna is configured to receive and transmit wireless signals, wherein the first edge of the housing is one of an edge of the housing nearest an ear piece and an edge of the housing that is opposite the edge of the housing nearest the ear piece, and wherein the conductive strip and the slot are adjacent to at least the first edge of the housing. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191682 | Adaptor enabling an electronic communication device with additional functions - The invention relates to an adaptor for an electronic communication device. The adaptor enables the electronic communication device to perform additional functions based on the needs of users. The adaptor has a frame for coupling to the electronic communication device and various packages with different functions. The packages are exchangeable/replaceable with other packages of different functions. Useful data can be captured by the packages and the data can be used for subsequent analysis or distribution. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191683 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING CURRENT ALONG A HOUSING OF A MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing including at least one electrically conductive housing portion configured to function as an antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB and including at least one circuit element carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may also include at least one current shunt component coupled between the at least one electrically conductive housing portion and the at least one circuit element. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191684 | TAG MOUNTED DISTRIBUTED HEADSET WITH ELECTRONICS MODULE - A device has a communication link, a headset, and an electronics module. The headset is connected to the communication link and has a speaker, and a microphone. The electronics module is connected to the communication link and has a housing with an information conveying tag positioned on a surface, a processor communicatively coupled to the headset through the communication link, a battery, and a wireless transceiver communicatively coupled with a remote terminal. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191685 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A communication apparatus includes: a first determination unit configured to determine whether a first voltage identified under conditions where a telephone connection terminal is connected to a modem unit is greater than or equal to a first threshold value; a second determination unit configured to, if the first determination unit determines that the first voltage is greater than or equal to the first threshold value, determine whether a second voltage identified under conditions where the telephone connection terminal is disconnected from the modem unit tends to decrease; and a third determination unit configured to determine connection states of the telephone connection terminal and a line connection terminal based on determination results of the first determination unit and the second determination unit. If the second determination unit determines that the identified second voltage has decreased more than once, the third determination unit determines that a wrong connection has been made. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191686 | Phone Call Amplification Assembly - A phone call amplification assembly includes a cellular phone with a sound emitter to emit a sound when the cellular phone receives a phone call. A housing has a perimeter wall that has a well extending therein. The well has a size to receive the cellular phone. An amplifier is mounted in the housing. A microphone is mounted in the housing and is electrically coupled to the amplifier. A speaker is mounted in the housing and is electrically coupled to the amplifier. The microphone captures audible sounds such that the audible sounds are amplified and emitted by the speaker. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191687 | MOBILE PHONE DOCKING DEVICE OF INSIDE MIRROR - A mobile phone docking device of an inside mirror
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20160191688 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TETHERING DEVICES - Systems and methods are described herein for controlling mobile devices with user equipment devices. A user equipment device may detect a mobile device is within a predetermined proximity to the user equipment device by establishing a bi-directional communication. The user equipment device may determine an input/output option of the mobile device. The input/output option may be a microphone, a cellular Internet connection, a camera, or any other sensor and/or actuator of the mobile device. The user equipment device may generate for display an icon corresponding to the input/output option of the mobile device. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191689 | IN-VEHICLE MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM CONNECTED TO EXTERNAL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method for efficiently setting an external device to execute an interworking function in an in-vehicle multimedia system and a method for performing the same are provided. The method includes connecting at least one external device to the in-vehicle multimedia system and then detecting a number of connected external devices. Upon detecting that the number of connected external devices is one, the one external device is set as a default device to execute the interworking function. Upon detecting judging that the number of connected external devices is multiple, a pop-up window is displayed to select one of the plurality of external devices on a display, and the external device selected through the pop-up window is set as the default device. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191690 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A terminal device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed herein. The terminal device includes a communication unit configured to perform communication with an external target, a rollable display unit configured to be stored in the housing and to be exposed from the housing, a sub display unit configured to be positioned on a portion of the housing, a grip unit configured to be positioned on a lower portion of the housing and to detect whether or not a contact is being made, a sensor unit configured to detect a movement of the terminal device, an input unit configured to receive commands from an external source, and a controller, wherein the controller may be configured to set up a first mode, in case the rollable display unit is exposed from the housing, wherein at least one key of the input unit is mapped to a key configured to perform a function respective to the first mode, and to set up a second mode, in case the rollable display unit is stored in the housing, and in case a contact state detected by the grip unit matches with a predetermined contact state, wherein at least one key of the input unit is mapped to a key configured to perform a function respective to the second mode. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191691 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A data processor is configured to perform first processing to acquire data that is included in reception signals received by an antenna and is transmitted in accordance with a first wireless communication scheme and second processing to acquire data that is included in the reception signals and is transmitted in accordance with a second wireless communication scheme. The data processor has, as an operating mode, a first operating mode and a second operating mode. The first operating mode is a mode in which, when the first processing is performed, the second processing is intermittently performed in place of the first processing. The second operating mode is a mode in which, when the first processing is performed, the second processing is intermittently performed in place of the first processing at intervals longer than intervals in the first operating mode. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191692 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for controlling an electronic device comprises performing a first function and displaying a screen of the electronic device corresponding to the first function, receiving an incoming call, displaying a window on a portion of the screen in response to the reception of the incoming call, the window displaying predetermined information relating to the incoming call, receiving a control signal from a user of the electronic device, and performing a second function in response to the reception of the control signal. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191693 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A WIRELESS ROUTER HIGH GAIN DUAL POLARIZED ANTENNA - Systems and methods for providing an antenna device for employment with conventional wireless routers and more particularly, wireless routers which perform as what is known as mobile hotspots providing network access to a plurality of wirelessly communication computing devices such as portable computers and smartphones. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191694 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION-RELATED INFORMATION - An electronic device is provided including: a display unit that displays an indication of a communication counterpart; a processor configured to: select a first application from a plurality of applications that are associated with the communication counterpart based on a preset condition; and display a first indication of the first application on the display unit, wherein the first application is used for communication with the communication counterpart. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191695 | CONTROL AND OPERATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The present invention relates to apparatuses and methods to permit control and operation of an electronic device while participating in another activity, including a variety of sports and recreational activities. A control device, breakaway connector, and one or more speakers and microphones are provided and configured to enhance the ability of users to answer or end telephone calls or start, stop, or resume audio output to the speakers while a user is in motion or wearing gloves that would render the use of conventional call answer buttons difficult or impossible. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191696 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONFIGURING A MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON AN ORIENTATION-BASED USAGE CONTEXT - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for automatically configuring a mobile device. A mobile device can include a touch sensitive display, a processor, and a plurality of sensors to collect sensor data associated with the mobile device. The mobile device may establish an orientation of the mobile device relative to a user of the mobile device based on the sensor data. The mobile device may then determine a usage context for the mobile device based at least on the established orientation of the mobile device relative to the user. Furthermore, the mobile device may configure one or more components of the mobile device based on the determined usage context. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191697 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING UNLOCKING MODES - A method for switching unlocking modes of a mobile terminal includes controlling a locating device of the mobile terminal to determine a current position of the mobile terminal, and determining a location ranges that the current position falls into. According to the determined location ranges and a pre-stored relation list which defines a relationship between multiple location ranges and multiple unlocking modes for the mobile terminal, a new unlocking mode corresponding to the determined location range is determined. A current unlocking mode of the mobile terminal is switched to the new unlocking mode. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191698 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVISIONING AND USING IP CLIENTS WHICH CAN BE ARRANGED ACCORDING TO GROUPS AND SHARE A COMMON TELEPHONE NUMBER - Methods and apparatus for allowing users in a group, e.g., family members, to share a telephone number while using different devices, e.g., IP devices, are described. The methods and apparatus allow for users in a group to obtain individual presence information for members of the group by making a single request for presence information corresponding to members of the group. In some embodiments, in response to the single request, the requesting device will be supplied with individual presence information for each member of the group to which the request corresponds. The presence information may be received in individual communications, e.g., one individual message providing presence information on a user of the group. Alternatively presence information for the individual members of the group may be included in a single message that is sent to the requesting device. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191699 | Dynamic Telephone Number Assignment - Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium for dynamic telephone number assignment. A method includes: providing a content item to a user device, the content item including a control for initiating a call to a content sponsor associated with the content item; assigning a telephone number from a pool to the content item; receiving a control interaction indication; facilitating a connection between the user and the content sponsor based on the interaction; storing an association between a user identifier, the telephone number, and a content sponsor identifier such that future calls from the user to the telephone number can be routed to the content sponsor, even after the telephone number has been returned to the pool; and linking a content item impression with the connection such that a report can be generated that shows an effectiveness of the content item impression. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191700 | MONITORING VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VoIP) QUALITY DURING AN ONGOING CALL - A method for calculating a mean opinion score (MOS) during an ongoing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call is provided. The method may include determining a time delay between a VoIP source and a VoIP destination connected by a communications network. A start recording message is sent from the VoIP source to the VoIP destination. A first recorded call sample from the VoIP source and a second recorded call sample from the VoIP destination are generated, whereby the first and the second recorded call sample are generated with a recording delay value corresponding the determined time delay for synchronizing the first and the second recorded call sample. Using an intrusive call quality measurement, a first MOS value is calculated based on the first and the second recorded call sample. Using a non-intrusive call quality measurement, a second MOS value is calculated based on the first MOS value. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191701 | Smart Telephony Systems and Methods - A telephonic system and method alert a called phone of an importance level of a call. The system includes a caller module including a caller user interface configured to allow a caller to assign an importance level to a call and instructions when executed cause a processor to initiate transmission of a data message to the dialed number phone that, when received by the called phone, advises the called phone of the importance level of the call incoming, and then initiates the call to the called phone. The system includes a called phone module including a called phone user interface and instructions when executed cause a processor to determine the importance level of the call based on the data message and provide a signal to the called phone user interface concerning the importance level of the call. A proximity feature system and a reverse proximity feature system are also described. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191702 | CALL HOLDING MANAGEMENT - A system or a method may be provided that automatically distinguishes between a hold status and when someone live is talking on the phone. For example, the caller's phone may detect when the call holding has ended and a customer service representative is now actually on the line. The phone may alert the user to pick up the call at that time, such as utilizing a call-back mechanism. In an embodiment, the system may analyze and learn the various call holding music or recordings of call centers. The system may detect when the call holding music or recording ends in a telephone call and may alert the user. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191703 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CALL CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A management system includes a management unit and a transmitting unit. The management unit manages identification information of a communication terminal waiting for starting of communication out of one or more communication terminals capable of transmitting a response to a starting request of communication without receiving operated input. The transmitting unit transmits, to a communication terminal of a source of the starting request of communication, destination information indicative of an address of the communication terminal identified by the identification information managed by the management unit. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191704 | Method and System to Manage Personalized Vehicle User Information - Implementations of the present invention contemplate utilizing the communicative connections between a telematics service provider (TSP), a communication device, and a telematics unit in a vehicle to manage personalized information of a subscriber. Implementations contemplate the removal of personalized information of a subscriber from data stores located at a vehicle, the uploading of personalized information of a subscriber to a database of an operations control center of the TSP, and the downloading of personalized information of a subscriber by a telematics unit of a vehicle from an operations control center of the TSP. Implementations enable personalized information of a subscriber to be removed from a vehicle remotely in order to prevent a user of the vehicle from accessing personalized information of the subscriber. Furthermore, implementations enable personalized information of a subscriber to be accessed by a vehicle in order to provide a subscriber with a customized experience in the vehicle. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191705 | CALL CENTER BUILDER PLATFORM - Instructions are transmitted from a contact center builder system to a content provider system that, when executed, provide an interface for configuring a contact center for the content provider that includes a contact center telephone number, an agent pool, and an interaction site. Data associated with one or more contact center configuration parameters are received from the content provider. A contact center telephone number is assigned to the contact center based on the data. One or more agents are assigned to the agent pool of the contact center based on the data. The data includes a task to be handled by the communications system without using an agent of the agent pool is determined. In response to determining that the data includes the task to be handled by the communications system without using an agent of the agent pool, multiple interaction pages for the interaction site are generated. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191706 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SPECIAL CALL HANDLING FOR VALUED CUSTOMERS OF RETAILERS - The present invention enables users of a network service to register with the network as valued shoppers, thereby allowing them to receive specialized treatment when calling registered retailers. The present invention enables retailers to register with the network, thereby allowing them to set preferred service logic for handling valued customer calls by the network. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191707 | METHOD, DEVICE, TERMINAL AND SERVER FOR REPLYING CALL - The present disclosure relates to a method, device, terminal and server for replying a call. The method includes during the course of receiving an incoming call, sending a caller number to a yellow pages server when a number consistent with the caller number is not stored in a local address book, which determines a caller name corresponding to the caller number, receiving the caller name returned by the yellow pages server, determining whether a call reply operation is performed by a user, when the call replying operation is performed by the user, determining a designated grouping type corresponding to the caller number according to the caller name, determining a designated reply content matched with the designated grouping type according to a corresponding relationship between the grouping type and the reply content, and sending the designated reply content to the caller number. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191708 | Phone Number Identification Systems and Methods - A system for initiating phone calls includes a database including records related to one or more second users, each of the second users being associated with an identifier and a phone number, a phone including a controller in communication with the database, and a memory in communication with the controller. The memory including program instructions executable by the controller that, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to provide a user interface that receives a phone call request from a first user, wherein the phone call request includes the identifier associated with a one of the second users and does not include the phone number associated with the one of the second users, and, in response to receiving the phone call request, initiating the phone call over a telephone network from the phone to the phone number associated with the one of the second users. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191709 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME ASSISTANCE TO CALL CENTER AGENTS - A device may capture call data corresponding to call between an agent of a call center and a caller. The device may identify a guidance template based on the call data. The guidance template may include one or more rules and/or information for assisting the agent during the call. The device may generate an agent prompt based on the guidance template and/or provide the guidance prompt to an agent device of the agent. The agent device may receive the guidance prompt and display the guidance prompt to the agent. The agent device may capture additional call data from the call and update the guidance prompt based on the call inputs. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191710 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETERMINE QUALITY OF SERVICES PROVIDED OVER REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS - A computing apparatus configured in the communication system to store data about advisers, including availability status of the advisers for real time communications with customers, ratings of the advisers by prior customers, compensate rates of the advisers, probability of being connected within a period of time for real time communication with customers, etc. The computing apparatus presents the advisers to customers based on the stored information and provide real time communication connections in response to selections of the presented advisers. Based on monitoring customer interaction with the system, the computing apparatus is configured to detect dissatisfactions, determine authenticity of the dissatisfactions based on user history and usage patterns of the system, and automatically provide a refund to the user without a refund request from the user and/or an explicitly user confirmation of the detected dissatisfaction. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191711 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AVOID COLLISIONS IN ESTABLISHING REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS - A computing apparatus configured in the communication system to store data about advisers, including availability status of the advisers for real time communications with customers, ratings of the advisers by prior customers, compensate rates of the advisers, probability of being connected within a period of time for real time communication with customers, etc. The computing apparatus customizes the selection of lists of advisers for presentation to customers and/or the sequences of the lists to reduce collisions in concurrent requests for connections to same advisers for real time communication connections. The customization may include randomizing top portions of the lists, selecting and/or ranking the advisers in real time based on probability of advisers being connected within a period of time for real time communication with customers, etc. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191712 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CUSTOMER INTERACTIONS FOR CONTACT CENTER BASED ON AGENT PROXIMITY - In a method for managing customer interactions for a customer contact center, the method includes: receiving, by a processor, information on an interaction to be routed; identifying, by the processor, a context associated with the interaction; receiving, by the processor, first proximity information relating to a proximity between an electronic device and a first proximity device; adjusting, by the processor, a proficiency level of an agent corresponding to the context associated with the interaction to a first value in response to the receiving of the first proximity information; determining, by the processor, whether or not the agent is qualified to handle the interaction based on the proficiency level; and transmitting, by the processor, a message for routing the interaction to the agent in response to determining the agent is qualified to handle the interaction based on the proficiency level. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191713 | VOIP Analog Telephone System - A multi-port VoIP telecommunications system that allows the user to gain access to telephone connectivity through the Internet by connecting directly to the Internet or by connecting to the Internet through the existing Internet connection of a computer or cell phone device. The present system includes an Ethernet port, a Wi-Fi receiver to facilitate the transmission and receipt of Internet protocol signals wirelessly, a USB plug connectable to the ATA, connectivity to a home monitoring network and connectivity to Bluetooth devices. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191714 | IMPROVEMENTS IN CENTRAL STATION CONNECTIVITY - Data switching means ( | 2016-06-30 |
20160191715 | METHOD FOR ENABLING A WIRELESS DEVICE FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY PREFERENTIAL SERVICES - Disclosed is system comprising: a server platform operative to communicate with a wireless communication network; and data storage coupled to the server platform to store a plurality of business rules, wherein the server platform is operative to: generate a first provision instruction to provision a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) with a first rule set associated with a first set of business rules for wireless usage incurred by a mobile terminal operating in the wireless communication network; generate a first billing instruction based on the first set of business rules and a first data type determined by a packet gateway that inspects packet data communicated to or from the mobile terminal. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191716 | NATIVE MOBILE DEVICE IDENTIFICATION FOR TOLL-FREE SERVICE USAGE - A mobile device including a unique toll-free ID (TFID) present in the mobile device operable to facilitate toll-free communication between the mobile device and a manufacturer. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191717 | Hybrid Network Based Metering Server For A Shared Service And Tracking Client For Wireless Services - A process of modifying a usage allotment of a shared subscription in a third party wireless network includes implementing a metering system in a network separate from the third party wireless network and activating a plurality of wireless devices associated with the shared subscription in response to identification of each of the plurality of wireless devices and confirmation of use of a respective tracking system that tracks a respective usage allotment for each of the plurality of wireless devices on the metering system. In addition, the process includes receiving a change request to reallocate the respective usage allotment for at least two of the plurality of wireless devices and forwarding modification instructions to the at least two wireless devices. Furthermore, the process includes requesting confirmations from the at least two wireless devices that the modification instructions have been received and modifying the respective usage allotments for the at least two wireless devices in response to receiving confirmation from the at least two wireless devices. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191718 | REVERSE-POWERED TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A transmission device includes a first connecting module for connecting a DC/DC power converter to a telephone wire line or to a CPE wire line, and a second connecting module between the telephone and CPE wire lines, a detection module configured to detect a power feeding request signal on the CPE wire line, and a switching module configured to controls the second connecting module in its open state, and send a power ready signal on the CPE wire line, and a not control the second connecting module and not send a signal on the CPE wire line in a standby-by state, so that a total power consumption of the detection and switching modules is lower than a threshold in a stand-by state and higher in the active state, and the detection module is configured to control the switching module in response to a detection of the power feeding request signal. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191719 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An operation panel is integrated into a conveying unit, and the operation panel and a conveying roller are displaced with respect to each other in a sheet width direction crossing a sheet conveying direction. The operation panel and the conveying roller are located in a manner at least partly overlapping each other in the sheet conveying direction and a height direction in the conveying unit. Further, the operation panel and the conveying roller are at least partly located within a range of a width of a sheet conveying area by the conveying unit. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191720 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL PROGRAM - A control apparatus controls a sheet feeding apparatus, an image forming apparatus and a sheet delivering apparatus so as to perform image formation based on image data while conveying a long sheet at a constant speed, and at the time of executing image formation of another image based on another image data other than the image data in the middle of image formation based on the image data, the control apparatus controls to stop conveying of the long sheet temporarily, and controls to cut out a region where the another image is formed in the state of stopping conveying of the long sheet temporarily. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191721 | MECHANISM FOR FIXING TRANSMISSION CABLES AND APPARATUS FOR READING IMAGES PROVIDED WITH THE MECHANISM - A mechanism for fixing a transmission cable enables a wiring shape of a flat cable to be held relatively reliably when the cable is acted upon by torsion force, tensile force and the like from the outside without the cable skin sustaining damage. A foldable insulation sheet is joined in folding surfaces, and a position of the flat cable is regulated by at least the fold portion thereof and joint portion. The mechanism is includes a flat cable, a foldable insulation sheet, and joint portions for joining folding surfaces of the insulation sheet. At least one of the fold portion of the insulation sheet and the joint portions is disposed in a position for regulating the flat cable. Thus, the flat cable is nipped by the folding surfaces of the insulation sheet, and its wiring shape is held by the fold portion or the joint portion. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191722 | Methods and Systems for Communicating Sensor Data on a Mobile Device - Methods and systems for communicating sensor data on a mobile device are described. An example method involves receiving, by a processor and from an inertial measurement unit (IMU), sensor data corresponding to a first timeframe, and storing the sensor data using a data buffer. The processor may also receive image data and sensor data corresponding to a second timeframe. The processor may then generate a digital image that includes at least the image data corresponding to the second timeframe and the sensor data corresponding to the first timeframe and the second timeframe. The processor may embed the stored sensor data corresponding to the first timeframe and the second timeframe in pixels of the digital image. And the processor may provide the digital image to an application processor of the mobile device. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191723 | Image Forming Apparatus with Direct Wireless Communication - The present disclosure is directed to an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus may connect to a local area network via at least one network interface. The image forming apparatus may also provide a network access point through which devices can wirelessly communicate. The image forming apparatus may further establish a wireless connection between the network access point and a terminal apparatus. Additionally, the image forming apparatus may receive, at the network access point, instructions to execute an operation of the image forming apparatus from the terminal apparatus. Upon disconnecting from the local area network, the image forming apparatus may maintain the established connection between the network access point and the terminal apparatus. The image forming apparatus may perform the operation specified by the received instructions upon determining that execution of the operation is permitted. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191724 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A high-compression file format can be designated even in a case where an external device and an image communication apparatus communicate with each other according to a set communication protocol. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191725 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication mode in an address book to be imported is replaced with a communication mode supporting an own apparatus and registered therein. A control method for controlling a communication apparatus that performs IP fax communication via an IP network, includes importing a destination of G3 fax communication, storing in a storage unit the destination imported as a destination of the IP fax communication to be performed via the IP network, and allowing a user to select a communication mode of the IP fax communication to be performed using the destination stored in the storage unit. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191726 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus that is capable of being remotely operated by a remote operation terminal via a network, an execution unit that executes a job in accordance with operation, a first operation receiving unit that receives operation of the remote operation terminal for the execution unit, a second operation receiving unit that receives operation for the execution unit, a determining unit that determines whether operation is received by the first operation receiving unit or the second operation receiving unit, a charging determining unit that determines whether the job executed by the execution unit is an object for charging in accordance with the result determined by the determining unit, and a storing unit that stores therein the result determined by the determining unit. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191727 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a first selection unit configured to select a workflow for executing at least one process with respect to data; an acquisition unit configured to acquire from a terminal, which includes an access function for accessing a storage service, authentication information used by the terminal upon using the storage service; and an instruction unit configured to instruct an execution of a communication process of exchanging the data with the storage service using the authentication information acquired by the acquisition unit in a case where the workflow selected by the first selection unit includes the communication process. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191728 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND RECORDING MEDIUM THAT HANDLES TARGET IMAGE DATA AND SCANNED IMAGE DATA AS SINGLE DATA - A portable terminal includes a storage circuit, a communication circuit, a reading instruction circuit, a target-selection accepting circuit, a scanned-image data acquiring circuit, and a combined image data generating circuit. The reading instruction circuit instructs the scanner to read the document image. The target-selection accepting circuit accepts selection of target image data from the image data inside the storage circuit. The scanned-image data acquiring circuit acquires the scanned-image data from the scanner. The scanned-image data is generated by the reading of the document image by the scanner. The combined image data generating circuit generates single combined image data with a plurality of pages by combining the scanned image data with the target image data, and acquires the combined image data instead of the scanned image data. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191729 | REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH REMOTE CONTROL PROGRAM - A remote control apparatus includes a communication unit that communicates with a remote operation device and an apparatus-side controller. The apparatus-side controller includes an operation screen determining portion configured to determine an operation screen transmitted to the remote operation device, a page display information producing portion configured to produce page display information including a description to describe a display of an operation screen with a display mode of contents being capable of changing when the operation screen includes the contents of which the display mode is capable of changing in a predetermined variable region, a first transmitting portion configured to transmit the image of the operation screen to the remote operation device when the operation screen does not include the variable region, and a second transmitting portion configured to transmit the produced page display information to the remote operation device when the determined operation screen includes the variable region. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191730 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus is provided that is capable of conducting short-range wireless communication with a terminal having a first display unit. The image processing apparatus includes an operation panel including a second display unit, and a sensor configured to sense a radio wave from the terminal for short-range wireless communication. The operation panel is capable of changing a position thereof relative to a main body of the image processing apparatus. The operation panel includes a touch area arranged on the operation panel, wherein the touch area is an area where the terminal is sensed by the sensor. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191731 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A control unit in an MFP determines whether a connection request from a communication device carried by a user has been received. If the control unit determines that the connection request has been received, then the control unit issues network identification information and transmits it to the communication device. When a connection is established, the control unit automatically alters the operation screen to an operation screen related to image processing based on the information transmitted/received to/from the communication device, and accepts an operation to execute image processing. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191732 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A display apparatus includes a display and an acceptance controller. The display displays on a display unit a list of processing images, each of which is an image representing a unit of processing. The acceptance controller restricts acceptance of an operation for a different processing image whose display position moves in accordance with an action of one processing image. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191733 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONVEYING STOP METHOD OF RECORDING MATERIAL, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH CONVEYING STOP PROGRAM OF RECORDING MATERIAL - An image forming system determines whether there is any recording material that is being conveyed in an image forming apparatus and that cannot be stopped at a predetermined position defined so as to avoid a location that causes a deformation of the recording material, when the conveying abnormality of the recording material is detected. Also, the image forming system determines whether there is any post processing apparatus in which the recording material can be stopped at an upstream side with respect to the post processing apparatus where the conveying abnormality occurs. Further, the image forming system discharges the recording material that cannot be stopped at the predetermined position in the image forming apparatus to a post processing apparatus at a downstream side with respect to the image forming apparatus and stops the recording material in the post processing apparatus. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191734 | Scanner and Scanning Method - A scanner is configured to scan an original sheet to generate image data, an image on the original sheet being subject to scanning, obtaining a first side of the original sheet area within one of a leading end side part and a trailing end side part of the image, the first end side part being a part where two edges having a common end do not exist, an outer side edge in the first end side part being obtained as the first side, obtaining a second side of the original sheet area within a second side part, the second end side part being a part where a pair of edges having a common end exists, one of the pair of edges closer to the first end side part being obtained as the second side, and determining the original sheet area based on the first and the second sides. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191735 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system includes a printing apparatus that prints an image on a sheet, a sheet processer that executes sheet processing, and a sheet detection sensor that detects a sheet on which the sheet processing is performed not in association with the printing of an image, where the printing of an image is restricted in response to detection of a sheet by the sheet detection sensor. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191736 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus includes an image sensor that has a plurality of sensor chips having photoelectric conversion elements and that outputs pixel signals from a plurality of output channels; identifying means that identifies a width of a document to be read by the image sensor; and signal control means that controls signals to be output from the image sensor. In the image sensor, different sensor chips at an interval of the number of channels of the output channels are connected to each output channel, and the signal control means controls output of a pixel signal of each sensor chip based on the identified document width. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191737 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In one embodiment, a control method for an image processing apparatus including a reading unit configured to read a document image and a printing unit configured to print the document image read by the reading unit is provided. The control method includes detecting an error in process of reading by the reading unit, causing the reading unit to perform reread processing for rereading the document image based on the error being detected, and refraining, in a case where the image processing apparatus operates in a mode in which the printing unit starts printing without waiting for the reading unit to complete reading a document image, from causing the reading unit to perform the reread processing based on the error being detected. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191738 | IMAGE READING DEVICE SELECTING READING POSITION ON THE BASIS OF DEFECTIVE FACTORS - In an image reading device, a reading unit reads information at a reading position. The reading position is selected from lines arranged in a prescribed range in a sub-scanning direction. A processor detects whether there is a defective pixel in one line worth of pixels and stores a position of the detected defective pixel as a defective position in a storing unit. The processor calculates defective factors for normal positions. Each of the normal positions indicates one of the plurality of lines having no defective pixel. The closer a distance between the normal position and a defective position positioned within a specific range from the normal position is, the larger a defective factor of the normal position is set. The processor sets a position having a smallest defective factor from among the normal positions. The reading unit reads the original conveyed by the sheet conveying unit at the set position. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191739 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, POWER-SAVING STATE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes: a sensing unit configured to sense a user and an obstacle blocking the user's passage, and measure positions of the sensed user and the sensed obstacle; a power-saving state canceling unit configured to cancel a power saving state when the sensing unit senses entrance of a user into a power-saving state canceling area, the power-saving state canceling area causing cancellation of the power saving state when a user enters the power-saving state canceling area; a first determining unit configured to determine whether a power-saving state cancellation avoiding area not causing cancellation of the power saving state is necessary in the power-saving state canceling area when the obstacle is sensed by the sensing unit; and a creating unit configured to create the power-saving state cancellation avoiding area when the first determining unit determines that the power-saving state cancellation avoiding area is necessary. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191740 | APPARATUS FOR READING IMAGES - A blast mechanism in an image reading apparatus reliably cools heat generated in boards by a blast path with high cooling action among a plurality of boards disposed inside a casing. A partition plate is disposed between a plurality of boards disposed at a distance away in a layered shape, a first blast path is formed between a top of the casing and a first board, a second blast path is formed between the first board and the partition plate, a third blast path is formed between the partition plate and a second board, and a flow of cooling air is formed in each blast path with a blast fan. A blast mechanism for sending cooling air includes the casing, first and second boards disposed vertically inside the casing, the partition plate disposed between the first board and the second board, and fans for sending cooling air. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191741 | SCANNER - Provided is an image reading apparatus capable of preventing the increase of the number of components in order to detect whether a document is left behind on a document table. The image reading apparatus includes: a reading unit configured to read a medium; a control unit configured to generate a first image based on a result of a first reading which reads the medium and generate a second image based on a result of a second reading which is performed at a different timing from the first reading; and a first determination unit configured to determine presence or absence of the medium based on a comparison result of a common area between the first image and the second image. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191742 | IMAGE FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - An image file management method is applied to an image storage device. A plurality of image files is stored in the image storage device. The image file management method includes setting a first score of each image file according to a file size of each image file, setting a second score of each image file according to a storage time of each image file, and performing selective deletion of each image file according to the first score and the second score of each image file. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191743 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LINKING, ATTACHING AND RETRIEVING VIDEO CLIPS ON POSTCARDS - A process and system for linking, attaching and retrieving video clips on postcards. The process utilizes Quick Response (QR®) codes, computers, smart phones and smart tablets to link, attach and retrieve video clips on a postcard. The system and method will allow senders of a postcard to easily attach a video clip to the postcard. Likewise, the recipients of a postcard will be able to retrieve the attached video clip from the postcard by simply scanning the QR® code on the card. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191744 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a geometric correction unit to generate a plurality of pieces of pixel value corrected image data having different pixel values based on object information of input image data, a synthesizer to select a pixel value to be applied to each pixel from the plurality of pieces of pixel value corrected image data to generate corrected image synthesized data, and a pseudo grayscale processor to perform a pseudo grayscale process on the corrected image synthesized data. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191745 | PRINT DATA GENERATING APPARATUS AND GENERATING METHOD FOR GENERATING COLOR CONVERSION PROFILE - A print data generating apparatus executes color conversion on image data using a color conversion profile to generate print data. In the color conversion profile, each of a plurality of sets of specific color data defined in a specific color space are associated with a set of first ink color data defined in an ink color space. A part of the plurality of sets of specific color data are further associated with a set of second ink color data defined in the ink color space. In bi-directional printing, a print executing unit uses the first ink color data to execute one of forward print and backward print, and uses both the first ink color data and the second ink color data to execute another of forward print and backward print. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191746 | APPARATUS THAT PRODUCES GUIDANCE DISPLAY FOR LOGIN, CONTROL METHOD OF THE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In the case where a user in the login state exists, the control unit: controls, on a condition that the multi-login is set to be ineffective, the guidance display unit to turn its light off regardless of whether or not a person is detected by the human sensor; and controls, on a condition that the multi-login is set to be effective, the guidance display unit to turn its light on when a person is detected by the human sensor and controls the guidance display unit to turn its light off when that no person is detected by the human sensor. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191747 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - A image processing device includes a nozzle ejection rate determination unit that determines a first nozzle ejection rate for each nozzle, a nozzle pattern determination unit that determines a nozzle pattern indicating by which of the plurality of nozzles individual pixels are to be recorded, a conversion unit that converts gradation values reflecting the first nozzle ejection rate on the gradation values of the individual pixels, and a halftone processing unit that performs halftone processing to an image converted by the conversion unit. The halftone processing unit performs the halftone processing using a second dither mask generated by threshold conversion reflecting a second nozzle ejection rate on a threshold of a first dither mask. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191748 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit configured to print a chart in which patterns, each including an image object in a first process color and an image object in a second process color, are arranged at each of at least three positions in a main scanning direction, a receiving unit configured to receive, from a user, a plurality of pieces of information relating to correction of a color shift between the first process color and the second process color, the plurality of pieces of information being based on the patterns arranged in the printed chart and each corresponding to a different one of the at least three positions, and a correction unit configured to correct the color shift between the first process color and the second process color based on the received plurality of information. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191749 | SCAN CALIBRATION METHOD THAT ELIMINATES THE COLOR INACCURACY OF PRINTED COLOR CHARTS USED ON SCAN CALIBRATIONS - A method is disclosed of executing a scan calibration program on multi-function peripherals, the method includes: receiving a request for initiation of a scan calibration program on a multi-function peripheral; determining whether or not a print calibration should be performed on the multi-function peripheral before printing a calibration chart on the multi-function peripheral, wherein the determination of whether or not to execute the print calibration is based on a predetermined condition of the multi-function peripheral; executing the print calibration on the multi-function peripheral, if the predetermined condition exists on the multi-function peripheral; and printing the calibration chart on the multi-function peripheral after the determination of whether or not the print calibration should be performed. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191750 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REVISING COLOR - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a storage configured to store a color conversion table; an image former configured to print a compensation chart corresponding to the color conversion table; a scanner configured to scan the printed compensation chart; and a changer configured to understand a range of brightness that the image former is able to represent using the scanned compensation chart, generate a gamma curve corresponding to the understood range of brightness, and change the color conversion table based on the generated gamma curve. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191751 | MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF REDUCING BATTERY EXHAUSTION RISK AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a mobile terminal including a battery residual quantity detecting part that is configured to detect a battery residual quantity of the battery, and a remote control operation processing part that is configured to cause the data conversion part to create monochrome print data by converting the color print data into the monochrome data when it is determined that transmission of the color print data cannot successfully be completed based on the battery residual quantity detected by the battery residual quantity detecting part and data volume of the color print data, and to transmit the created monochrome print data to the image forming apparatus. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191752 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE MODULE AND NETWORK SYSTEM - A semiconductor device includes an adjusting circuit that transmits a control signal to a device to be controlled according to a transmission cycle synchronized with a reference clock. The device to be controlled has a first period during which the control signal is allowed to be supplied to the device to be controlled and a second period during which the supplying of the control signal to the device to be controlled is not preferable compared to that in the first period. The adjusting circuit is configured to, when a transmission timing of the control signal determined according to the transmission cycle is within the second period, adjust the transmission timing of the control signal so that the control signal will be transmitted in the first period. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191753 | Video Denoising using Optical Flow - In techniques for video denoising using optical flow, image frames of video content include noise that corrupts the video content. A reference frame is selected, and matching patches to an image patch in the reference frame are determined from within the reference frame. A noise estimate is computed for previous and subsequent image frames relative to the reference frame. The noise estimate for an image frame is computed based on optical flow, and is usable to determine a contribution of similar motion patches to denoise the image patch in the reference frame. The similar motion patches from the previous and subsequent image frames that correspond to the image patch in the reference frame are determined based on the optical flow computations. The image patch is denoised based on an average of the matching patches from reference frame and the similar motion patches determined from the previous and subsequent image frames. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191754 | Camera Module - The exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a camera module including a bobbin, a housing positioned at an outside of the bobbin, an elastic member coupled to the bobbin and the housing, a foreign object exhaust passage concavely formed at an upper surface of the housing, and an opening formed at the housing to open at least a part of the foreign object exhaust passage to an inside of the housing, wherein the foreign object exhaust passage is overlapped on at least a part of the housing-coupled elastic member to a vertical direction, whereby it is easy to wash foreign objects positioned between an elastic member and a housing to reduce an auto focus tilt defects generated after assembly. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191755 | HOLDING ASSEMBLY FOR A PICTURE TAKING DEVICE - A holding assembly for a picture taking device such as a smartphone or camera, which holding assembly may be hung from various surfaces to position the picture taking device at eye level, the holding assembly including variable length rigid support having first and second ends, which variable length rigid support may be readily locked in various positions of length adjustment, the one end of the variable length rigid support being provided with a griping surface which may act as a handle, a C-shaped hook which extends upwardly from the first end of the variable length rigid support, and a removable ball joint assembly carried by the second end of the variable length rigid support, which ball joint assembly may receive the picture taking device. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191756 | Camera Module - A camera module is described that incorporates a rear portion, a front portion, a camera, a wireless antenna, and a wireless transceiver. The rear portion has a substantially circular cross section with a first diameter and includes a front surface and a rear surface. The front portion has a substantially cylindrical body with a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter and extends from the front surface of the rear portion of the camera module. The front portion also includes a front surface that is arranged opposite the rear surface of the rear portion of the camera module. The camera is configured to capture video data and is exposed at the front surface of the front portion of the camera module. The wireless antenna is arranged within the camera module. The wireless transceiver is coupled to the wireless antenna and the camera and is configured to communicate video data captured by the camera to a wireless network. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191757 | Integrated Video Camera Module - This application discloses a camera module that incorporates a camera portion, a wireless antenna, a wireless transceiver and one or more infrared light emitting diodes (IR LEDs). The camera portion is configured to capture video data. The wireless transceiver is coupled to the wireless antenna and configured to communicate in a local wireless network. The wireless transceiver is configured to communicate the video data captured by the camera portion to a client device via a remote server. The client device is remote from the camera module, and the remote server is remote from the camera module and the client device. The IR LEDs are configured to illuminate a field of view with infrared light. In some implementations, the wireless transceiver is further configured to communicate the video data captured by the camera portion while the one or more IR LEDs illuminate the field of view with infrared light. | 2016-06-30 |
20160191758 | IC IMAGE SENSOR DEVICE WITH TWISTED PIXEL LINES AND RELATED METHODS - An IC image sensor device may include image sensing IC pixels arranged in an array, and pixel line pairs coupled to the image sensing IC pixels. The IC image sensor device may include circuitry coupled to the pixel line pairs and configured to operate the array in a global shutter mode. Each pair of the pixel line pairs may include a pair of spaced electrical conductors having a twist. | 2016-06-30 |