29th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
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20140201697 | DETERMINING OVERALL OPTIMAL YIELD POINT FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER - A computer determines a component optimal yield point for each component of the plurality of components, where the component optimal yield point represents the process parameter values where maximum yield is achieved for a component. The computer determines a weight factor for each component of the plurality of components, where the weight factor represents an importance of a component to the semiconductor device. The computer then determines an overall optimal yield point based on the component yield point and weight factor determined for each component of the plurality of components, the overall optimal yield point representing the process parameter values where maximum yield is achieved for the semiconductor device. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201698 | AREA EFFICIENT POWER SWITCH - A method of generating an area efficient power switch cell includes receiving, by a cell library design tool, a specification of a power switch circuit to be established as a power switch cell in a cell library. The cell library design tool also receives one or more attributes of the power switch cell including a height of the cell boundary and receiving, by the cell library design tool, a layout placement constraint requiring the power switch cell to be placed in a semiconductor layout so as to bridge two parallel rows of doped wells. The parallel rows of doped wells are interleaved with doped substrate and the doping of the wells is of a different type than that of the substrate. Based on the specification of the power switch circuit, the one or more attributes, and the layout placement constraint, the cell library design tool generates the power switch cell. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201699 | METHODS FOR MODELING OF FINFET WIDTH QUANTIZATION - A method for modeling FinFET width quantization is described. The method includes fitting a FinFET model of a FinFET device to single fin current/voltage characteristics. The FinFET device comprises a plurality of fins. The method includes obtaining statistical data of at least one sample FinFET device. The statistical data includes DIBL data and SS data. The method also includes fitting the FinFET model to a variation in a current to turn off the finFETs device (I | 2014-07-17 |
20140201700 | APPARATUS FOR MODELING OF FINFET WIDTH QUANTIZATION - A method for modeling FinFET width quantization is described. The method includes fitting a FinFET model of a FinFET device to single fin current/voltage characteristics. The FinFET device comprises a plurality of fins. The method includes obtaining statistical data of at least one sample FinFET device. The statistical data includes DIBL data and SS data. The method also includes fitting the FinFET model to a variation in a current to turn off the finFETs device (I | 2014-07-17 |
20140201701 | CONTENT SPACE ENVIRONMENT REPRESENTATION - Embodiments of the invention relate to content space environment representation. An aspect of the invention includes selecting one or more platform attributes for a software content space. The software content space includes one or more noun spaces. A platform space is created for each noun space in the software content space. The platform space is compatible with the noun space. A set of user stories is generated on a computer using the software content space and platform specification compatible with existing content space system specifications. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201702 | Automatic Identification of Affected Product Assets with Work Items - A work description for a computing system or environment is automatically associated with the affected source components, such as source code modules, web pages, icons, etc., by analyzing the textual description for a change to produce keywords, concepts, and metadata from the textual description; analyzing the source components in a component repository against the keywords, the concepts, and the metadata; identifying source code areas within the source components for changing according to the keywords, concepts, and metadata; and producing a report indicating the source areas for changing. The analysis may employ pattern matching, deep semantic relationship detection, shallow semantic relationship detection, scoring, weighting, logic matching, and other natural language processing techniques. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201703 | AUTOMATED CODE COVERAGE MEASUREMENT AND TRACKING PER USERSTORY AND REQUIREMENT - Embodiments of the invention relate to automated code coverage measurement and tracking per user story and requirement. An aspect of the invention includes receiving one or more software development requirements. One or more tasks are generated from the one or more software development requirements. A task identifier (ID) is assigned to each of the one or more tasks, and each of the task IDs is assigned to at least one code component. An application is released that includes at least one code components. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201704 | INTEGRATION AND USER STORY GENERATION AND REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT - A computer-implemented method for managing user story requirements includes collecting, by a processor, a plurality of requirements, creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of requirements, processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate a plurality of content space-based testable units, and managing, by the processor, the plurality of requirements to reduce gaps and overlap between individual content space testable units in the plurality of content space-based testable units. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201705 | EXTENDED FRAMEWORK FOR NO-CODING DYNAMIC CONTROL WORKFLOW DEVELOPMENT ON SPATIAL ENTERPRISE SYSTEM - Disclosed is the extended framework which enables the business analysts to develop the enterprise solutions at the runtime without coding. The workflow framework has been developed on Spatial Enterprise System (SES). To develop this framework, the role model and the workflow model have been developed first to address the basic concepts involved in the development of the enterprise solutions. With the concepts clearly defined, the components and the data structures have been developed. Furthermore, the processing engine (DC engine) has been developed to process these components and data structures at the runtime. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201706 | CREATING PLUGGABLE ANALYSIS VIEWPOINTS FOR AN OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM MODEL - A method of creating a system having pluggable analysis viewpoints over a design space model based on templates for analytical representation of different system aspects, comprising:
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20140201707 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING CUSTOMIZED APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for creating customized applications are provided. In particular, various embodiments of the present invention provide for systems and methods to create customized applications with user developed educational content (e.g., questions or games) around imported content. Once created, the customized applications can be distributed to end-users. Interactions with the customized application (e.g., responses to questions) can be tracked for both individual users and groups to allow for the generation of analytics. The analytics can be used measure and benchmark performance of the individual and group. For example, in the context of education, a customized application can be easily developed by a teacher around imported content such as that presented during a class lecture. The analytics can be used to track understanding of individuals and/or the group to gauge student understanding. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201708 | Integrated Development Environment support for JavaScript.TM. software code that uses an object literal to define meta data and system code. - This invention is a method to provide Integrated Development Environment (IDE) support where a JavaScript object literal is used to define meta data and system code and where the meta data identifies external resources and their functions. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201709 | JavaScript.TM. Deployment Build Tool for software code that uses an object literal to define meta data and system code. - This invention is a method to provide deployment support of development software that uses an object literal to define meta data and system code. It supports creating versioned code and merging multiple source files to be downloaded as a single unit. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201710 | SOFTWARE PRODUCT LICENSING BASED ON A CONTENT SPACE - A computer-implemented method for generating software license types, includes collecting, by a processor, a plurality of software product functions, creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of software product functions, processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate a plurality of software license types and outputting, by the processor, the plurality of software license types. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201711 | LOGGING AND PROFILING CONTENT SPACE DATA AND COVERAGE METRIC SELF-REPORTING - A computer-implemented method for generating user stories for a software product, includes collecting, by a processor, a plurality of requirements, creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of requirements, processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate the user stories that are related to real time data of the software product, defining, by the processor, a content space, mapping, by the processor, the user stories to the content space and embedding, by the processor, the content space with the software product, wherein user stories include at least one of real time log data, profile statistics data, and coverage metric self-reporting data. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201712 | INTEGRATION OF A SOFTWARE CONTENT SPACE WITH TEST PLANNING AND TEST CASE GENERATION - A computer-implemented method for test planning and test case generation, includes collecting, by a processor, a plurality of requirements, creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of requirements, processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate a plurality of user stories, outputting, by the processor, the plurality of user stories and integrating, by the processor, the user stories into test planning and test case generation. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201713 | AUTOMATED DATA COLLECTION, COMPUTATION AND REPORTING OF CONTENT SPACE COVERAGE METRICS FOR SOFTWARE PRODUCTS - One or more test results and one or more user stories are received. For each test result in the one or more test results a set of content space coordinates of the one or more test results is compared to a set of content space coordinates of the one or more user stories. Based on the comparison it is determined if one or more user stories have been tested. One or more results of the comparison are then stored. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201714 | EVALUATING PERFORMANCE MATURITY LEVEL OF AN APPLICATION - Systems and methods for evaluating a performance maturity level of a software application are described herein. In an implementation, the method includes obtaining at least one assessment parameter and at least one sub-parameter of the at least one assessment parameter, based on at least one of a key performance area and a key competency area. Further, a weightage is assigned to the at least one sub-parameter, the weightage being based on significance of the at least one sub-parameter to the assessment parameter. In addition, a performance questionnaire is configured, based on the at least one assessment parameter and the at least one sub-parameter. Subsequently, a maturity score is determined for the software application, in response to inputs to the performance questionnaire, the maturity score being indicative of the performance maturity level of the software application. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201715 | TESTING INTERNATIONALIZED SOFTWARE USING TEST RESOURCE FILE AND TEST FONT - A storage medium containing computer code, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform the steps of creating a second file of messages to be outputted by the software from a first file of messages, the messages in the first file being written in a first language and executing the software using the second file. The creating of the second file includes for each message in the first file, applying specified rules to form a second message by changing the character length of the second message, filling in any blank characters in the second message with a dummy character, inserting characters from the target language into prescribed places in the second message to form a second message having both characters of the first language and characters of the target language, and copying the second message into the second file. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201716 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER MIGRATION SYNCHRONIZATION - A system and method for managing the migration of software components among test servers that form a distributed software test environment to ensure that the software components in each of the test servers represent a production environment except for software components being tested. The system further ensures that component changes rolled out into production are not overridden when multiple update requests are made for the same component. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201717 | SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT FOR DISTRIBUTED PROGRAMS - A dataflow of a distributed application is visualized in a locally simulated execution environment. A scheduler receives a job graph which includes a graph of computational vertices that are designed to be executed on multiple distributed computer systems. The scheduler queries a graph manager to determine which computational vertices of the job graph are ready for execution in a local execution environment. The scheduler queries a cluster manager to determine the organizational topology of the distributed computer systems to simulate the determined topology in the local execution environment. The scheduler queries a data manager to determine data storage locations for each of the computational vertices indicated as being ready for execution in the local execution environment. The scheduler also indicates an instance of each computational vertex to be spawned and executed in the local execution environment based on the organizational topology and indicated data storage locations. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201718 | ANALYZING CONCURRENT DEBUGGING SESSIONS - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for analyzing concurrent debugging sessions are provided. Embodiments include a first debugger initiating a conditional breakpoint in a first debug session of a first application. The conditional breakpoint stops execution of the first application based on a condition of a value of a variable of a second application. Embodiments also include the first debugger requesting and receiving the value of the variable from a second debugger. Embodiments also include the first debugger evaluating the condition of the conditional breakpoint based on the received value of the variable. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201719 | ANALYZING CONCURRENT DEBUGGING SESSIONS - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for analyzing concurrent debugging sessions are provided. Embodiments include a first debugger initiating a conditional breakpoint in a first debug session of a first application. The conditional breakpoint stops execution of the first application based on a condition of a value of a variable of a second application. Embodiments also include the first debugger requesting and receiving the value of the variable from a second debugger. Embodiments also include the first debugger evaluating the condition of the conditional breakpoint based on the received value of the variable. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201720 | BRANCH AUDITING IN A COMPUTER PROGRAM - A branch auditing system can be automatically injected into a computer program, in one embodiment, in response to a programming call provided in source code by a programmer who has selected a particular branch, in a set of possible branches, for auditing. The branch auditing system can record, in an obfuscated data structure, a path taken at the particular branch and the parameters associated with the branch and later an auditor can determine whether the path taken was valid, and if the path taken was invalid, operations can be performed to protect the program, system and/or user. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201721 | FRAMEWORK AND REPOSITORY FOR ANALYSIS OF SOFTWARE PRODUCTS - Tacit knowledge associated with software development problems may be shared by providing a framework configured to pre-process raw service data of a software product for identification of data elements. Pre-processing operations may be applied to the raw service data to extract data elements. An identified operating problem in the service data may be efficiently analyzed by referring to a repository of stored records that include previously performed user actions when facing the identified operating problem. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201722 | IDENTIFICATION OF PERFORMANCE BOTTLENECKS - Embodiments are directed to identifying, by an apparatus comprising a processing device, a pattern in a graph that has a support value greater than a threshold, wherein: the graph comprises a plurality of weighted nodes coupled to one another by one or more weighted edges, and each of the plurality of nodes is associated with at least one weighted attribute. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201723 | Systems and Methods for Evaluating Stability of Software Code for Control Systems - In one embodiment, a method of evaluating stability of software code for a control system includes receiving a set of initial trajectories by a semidefinite programming solver module, and determining one or more candidate Lyapunov functions based on the set of initial trajectories. The method further includes performing a plurality of simulations using a model of the control system to create a set of discovered trajectories, and evaluating the set of discovered trajectories to determine one or more counterexample trajectories that violate one or more Lyapunov conditions. If one or more counterexample trajectories are discovered, then the method includes inputting the set of discovered trajectories including the one or more counterexample trajectories into the semidefinite programming solver module, and determining, by the semidefinite programming solver module, one or more additional candidate Lyapunov functions from the set of initial trajectories and the set of discovered trajectories. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201724 | PLATFORM SENSITIVE APPLICATION CHARACTERISTICS - Systems and methods which provide platform sensitive application characteristics with respect to multi-platform applications are shown. As application aspects are developed in the application, embodiments include platform sensitivity characteristics for the application aspects in the application to provide for adaptation of application characteristics for multiple platforms. Embodiments provide an application runtime environment which, although independently defining its own user interface rendering attributes, operates to adjust application characteristics in accordance with a host platform. As application aspects of a multi-platform application are to be executed, if there are relevant cross platform differences, application aspect characteristics are adjusted so as to be appropriate to the host platform. The appropriately adjusted aspects are executed to thereby provide platform sensitive application characteristics with respect to the multi-platform application. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201725 | TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING VIRTUAL MACHINE SOFTWARE UPGRADES USING VIRTUAL DISK SWAPPING - In one embodiment, a computer system creates a first template VM that includes a first OS VMDK and a first software binary VMDK, and clones the first template VM to create a linked clone VM. The linked clone VM executes a guest OS by accessing the first OS VMDK and a software application by accessing the first software binary VMDK. The computer system further creates a second template VM that includes a second software binary VMDK, where the second software binary VMDK includes one or more upgrades to the software application that are not included in the first software binary VMDK. The computer system then detaches the first software binary VMDK from the linked clone VM and attaches the second software binary VMDK to the linked clone VM. The linked clone VM thereafter executes the software application by accessing the second software binary VMDK. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201726 | UPDATING FIRMWARE COMPATIBILITY DATA - A method of determining the compatibility of a firmware version, includes downloading a candidate version of a firmware image for a particular product, updating incomplete firmware compatibility metadata by downloading additional firmware compatibility metadata for the particular product, and using the updated firmware compatibility metadata to determining whether the candidate version of the firmware image is compatibility with a current version of a firmware image that is installed within the particular product. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201727 | UPDATING FIRMWARE COMPATIBILITY DATA - A method of determining the compatibility of a firmware version, includes downloading a candidate version of a firmware image for a particular product, updating incomplete firmware compatibility metadata by downloading additional firmware compatibility metadata for the particular product, and using the updated firmware compatibility metadata to determining whether the candidate version of the firmware image is compatibility with a current version of a firmware image that is installed within the particular product. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201728 | SOFTWARE UPDATE METHODOLOGY - Software update information is communicated to a network appliance either across a network or from a local memory device. The software update information includes kernel data, application data, or indicator data. The network appliance includes a first storage device, a second storage device, an operating memory, a central processing unit (CPU), and a network adapter. First and second storage devices are persistent storage devices. In a first example, both kernel data and application data are updated in the network appliance in response to receiving the software update information. In a second example, only the kernel data is updated in the network appliance in response to receiving the software update information. In a third example, only the application data is updated in the network appliance in response to receiving the software update information. Indicator data included in the software update information determines the data to be updated in the network appliance. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201729 | Method and Apparatus for Supporting Multi-Modal Dialog Applications - An embodiment of the present invention includes a method for creating a dialog system that provides a framework for creating a multi-modal dialog application and includes a runtime application package (RAP) enabling runtime media grammars, prompts, classifiers, and so forth, to be separate from a multi-modal dialog application that utilizes the RAP. Embodiments disclosed herein enable newly trained runtime media supporting the multi-modal dialog application to be deployed with ease, and to do so while a dialog service is in operation. Embodiments disclosed herein enable the multi-modal dialog application to be created, deployed, and maintained in an easy and flexible manner, saving an end-user that may be providing the multi-modal dialog application to customers both time and cost. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201730 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE PURCHASE, INSTALLATION, AND LICENSING OF SOFTWARE - A method and apparatus for remote purchase, installation, and licensing of software is disclosed. The method comprising receiving, from a mobile device, a request for a software application; determining compatibility between at least one registered device and the software application; providing, to the mobile device, a list comprising compatible registered devices; placing the software application on an installation queue for the selected registered device in response to an input; and downloading the queued software application to the registered device. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201731 | Distributing and Executing Software Code - Systems and methods for distributing and executing software code. In some embodiments, a method may include storing program instructions configured to invoke interactions with one or more of a plurality of automation devices, the plurality of automation devices divided into sets of one or more automation devices, each set of one or more automation devices associated with a respective Distributed Execution System (DES) node. The method may also include distributing the program instructions to each DES node, each DES node configured to operate in a discovery mode to evaluate the program instructions and identify one or more semantic statements that are applicable to its associated set of one or more automation devices, each DES node configured to operate in an execution mode subsequently to the discovery mode to execute the identified one or more semantic statements with respect to that DES node's associated set of one or more automation devices. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201732 | Detection of Unauthorized Use of Virtual Resources - In one implementation, an original physical profile file and a configuration baseline are stored for a virtual machine. The physical profile file includes physical characteristics of a physical device running the virtual machine. The configuration baseline includes configuration settings or attributes of the instance of the virtual machine. A network device detects current value for at least one physical characteristic and compares the current value to the original physical profile file. When the current values deviate enough from the original physical profile file to exceed a threshold amount of deviation that is permissible, the network device determines that the virtual machine has been moved to another physical device. In response, the network device monitors current configuration settings or attributes with respect to the configuration baseline in order to detect an unauthorized usage of the virtual machine. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201733 | SCALABLE NETWORK OVERLAY VIRTUALIZATION USING CONVENTIONAL VIRTUAL SWITCHES - In one embodiment, a system includes a server running a virtualization platform, the virtualization platform including logic adapted for creating one or more virtual machines (VMs) and logic adapted for managing a virtual switch (vSwitch), a controller in communication with the server, the controller including logic adapted for assigning a media access control (MAC) address and a virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier (ID) to each of the one or more VMs, wherein a specific tenant to which the one or more VMs belongs is indicated using a tenant ID derived from the VLAN ID, the MAC address, or a combination thereof. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are also described according to more embodiments. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201734 | COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF THE USER NETWORK INTERFACE TO A DEVICE - A device has physical network interface port through which a user can monitor and configure the device. A backend process and a virtual machine (VM) execute on a host operating system (OS). A front end user interface process executes on the VM, and is therefore compartmentalized in the VM. There is no front end user interface executing on the host OS outside the VM. The only management access channel into the device is via a first communication path through the physical network interface port, to the VM, up the VM's stack, and to the front end process. If the backend process is to be instructed to take an action, then the front end process forwards an application layer instruction to the backend process via a second communication path. The instruction passes down the VM stack, across a virtual secure network link, up the host stack, and to the backend process. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201735 | MASTER AUTOMATION SERVICE - A method and system is provided for managing virtual machine instances (VMs) and other computing and network infrastructure within a data center. A user designates a computing device or resource (whether physical or virtual) as a master automation object (e.g., a virtual machine instance may be designated as a virtual template for command replication). The user then establishes an association between the master object and a set of physical and/or virtual computing resources that should replicate a set of designated commands sent to the master object. An automation service then intercepts/observes commands sent to the master object and sends the intercepted/observed commands to each computing device linked to the master object. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201736 | Mechanism For Managing Storage Connections In A Distributed Virtualization Environment - A host machine executing a connection agent receives a configuration identifying a set of connections to a plurality of storage servers. The host machine later receives a command to run a virtual machine. The host machine determines, based on the configuration, a particular connection of the set of connections to a particular storage server of the plurality of storage servers, the particular connection enabling access to data associated with the virtual machine that is stored by the particular storage server. The host machine then establishes the particular connection to the particular storage server without first receiving a command to establish the particular connection. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201737 | SEAMLESS VIRTUAL MACHINE RECALL IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM - The data storage system according to certain aspects can manage the archiving of virtual machines to (and restoring of virtual machines from) secondary storage. The system may archive virtual machines (VMs) that are determined to have a low level of utilization. The system may create a virtual machine placeholder for an archived VM, which may be a “light” or minimal version of the VM that acts like the actual VM. By using a VM placeholder, a VM may appear to be active and selectable by the user. When the user selects the VM, the VM placeholder can interact with the user in similar manner as the VM. Accessing the VM placeholder may trigger restore of the archived VM from secondary storage. The restore of the archived VM may be “seamless” to the user since the VM remains available while it is being restored. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201738 | SWITCH AND METHOD FOR GUARANTEEING QUALITY OF SERVICE OF MULTI-TENANT CLOUD SERVICE AND SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME SWITCH - Provided are a method, apparatus, and system for providing a multi-tenant cloud service, which can guarantee quality of service (QOS) in units of flows and virtual machines (VMs). A dynamic virtual flow switch includes a switch flow agent configured to receive and store virtual machine QOS information about each of a plurality of virtual machines operating in a plurality of computer servers and flow QOS information about a flow generated by the virtual machine from a virtual flow controller and a flow processing unit configured to receive the flow generated by the virtual machine and determine a QOS priority of the flow based on the stored virtual machine QOS information of the virtual machine and flow QOS information of the flow. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201739 | VIRTUAL MACHINE BRANCHING AND PARALLEL EXECUTION - A state branching system is described herein that allows parallel execution of complex state transitions while leveraging time invested to setup a starting state. By allowing branching at the virtual machine level, the state branching system allows setup of a particular condition or state in a virtual machine, then copying and branching to parallel instances of the virtual machine to explore different possible subsequent states. Upon detecting a large state change with unknown outcome, the state branching system instructs the hypervisor to copy the executing virtual machine into one or more separate virtual machines. The system then allows divergent branching between the two or more virtual machines to explore different states from a similar starting point. Once the executions have reached the next state, the system coordinates to determine which copies will continue execution. Thus, the state branching system allows faster exploration of complex state changes. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201740 | SOFTWARE DELIVERY FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES - One embodiment entails delivering a software payload to guest software in a virtual machine so that the software payload is part of a file system accessible by the guest software, wherein the delivery is such that the software payload is part of a file system accessible by the guest software. The delivering utilizes a virtual device of the virtual machine, but does not involve either a virtual network interface card (NIC) or any virtual host bus adapter (VHBA) of the virtual machine. The delivering further includes establishing a data path from the software payload to the virtual machine and a guest agent of the virtual machine. During processing of the software payload, status from the guest agent is monitored. After reception of the status indicating completion of the processing of the software payload, the data path is deactivated. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201741 | WORKLOAD INTERFERENCE ESTIMATION AND PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION - Architecture that facilitates the estimation of interference among workloads (e.g., virtual machines) due to sharing of a shared resource (e.g., a shared cache of a computer processor), and optimization of a desired performance objective such as power or energy use in the presence of the interference. Estimation is to the extent of interference by characterizing the nature of shared resource usage and its effect on performance. Performance optimization is accomplished using metrics based on the above estimation, or alternatively, an explicit measurement of the interference effects. Methods are employed to estimate interference on the workload's performance with changes in availability of the shared resource or with combinations of other workloads sharing the same resource and allocating workloads to one or more physical computers or resources to workloads such that a desired performance objective is optimized. The methods can include allocating workloads on demand. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201742 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUNDANT ARRAY COPY REMOVAL IN A POINTER-FREE LANGUAGE - A system and method for redundant array copy removal in a virtual machine (VM), or other runtime environment, and particularly for use in a system that includes a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). In pointer free languages array copy operations are common and time consuming. Embodiments of the present invention enable the compiler to detect situations where the compiled code can safely use the source array as the destination array without performing any copy operation. By avoiding array copy operations, the performance of the application is improved. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201743 | VIRTUALIZED DEVICE CONTROL IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS - Virtual device control in a computer system is described. Examples include: obtaining a device configuration policy from firmware in the computer system, the device configuration policy defining global access permissions to at least one embedded device in the computer system applied at boot time. Obtaining a virtual device configuration policy established for at least one of a selected user or a selected virtual machine (VM), the virtual device configuration policy defining additional access permissions to the at least one embedded device. Establishing a virtual hardware definition for an instance of the selected VM executing on the computer system based on the global access permissions and the additional access permissions. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201744 | COMPUTING REGRESSION MODELS - Provided are techniques for computing a task result. A processing data set of records is created, wherein each of the records contains data specific to a sub-task from a set of actual sub-tasks and contains a reference to data shared by the set of actual sub-tasks, and wherein a number of the records is equivalent to a number of the actual sub-tasks in the set of actual sub-tasks. With each mapper in a set of mappers, one of the records of the processing data set is received and an assigned sub-task is executed using the received one of the records to generate output. With a single reducer, the output from each mapper in the set of mappers is reduced to determine a task result. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201745 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION PROGRAM IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus and a method for displaying application program information in an electronic device are provided. The method for displaying the application program information includes executing a first application program, determining at least one application program capable of being executed after the first application program, and displaying, on a display unit, information on the at least one application program. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201746 | PARALLEL RUNTIME EXECUTION ON MULTIPLE PROCESSORS - A method and an apparatus that schedule a plurality of executables in a schedule queue for execution in one or more physical compute devices such as CPUs or GPUs concurrently are described. One or more executables are compiled online from a source having an existing executable for a type of physical compute devices different from the one or more physical compute devices. Dependency relations among elements corresponding to scheduled executables are determined to select an executable to be executed by a plurality of threads concurrently in more than one of the physical compute devices. A thread initialized for executing an executable in a GPU of the physical compute devices arc initialized for execution in another CPU of the physical compute devices if the GPU is busy with graphics processing threads. Sources and existing executables for an API function are stored in an API library to execute a plurality of executables in a plurality of physical compute devices, including the existing executables and online compiled executables from the sources. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201747 | CROSS PLATFORM WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT - A method and system for real-time monitoring of processes to obtain job data of jobs running on different non-compatible platforms with a Java monitoring agent, then saving, reporting and making the job data available at any time for viewing by a system administrator on a single display monitor. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201748 | TELEMATICS CONTROL UTILIZING RELATIONAL FORMULAS - A telematics unit is provided. The telematics unit includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium and a processor, configured to execute a telematics task manager application according to processor-executable instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium. The telematics task manager application comprises a plurality of tasks. Each task includes one or more subtasks. Each subtask including subtask-specific triggering logic for execution of one or more actions based on the triggering logic. The triggering logic is based on modular condition blocks. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201749 | USING CROWDSOURCING TO IMPROVE SENTIMENT ANALYTICS - A method and computer for managing analysis of sentiment is disclosed. A computer retrieves data used to perform the analysis of sentiment. The computer analyzes the data and the analysis of sentiment to determine if a gap exists requiring further processing to improve the analysis of sentiment. Responsive to a determination that the gap exists requiring further processing to improve the analysis of sentiment, the computer generates a task to address the gap. The computer then uses crowdsourcing to submit the generated task for processing. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201750 | SERVICE PROVIDER CLASS APPLICATION SCALABILITY AND HIGH AVAILABILITY AND PROCESSING PRIORITIZATION USING A WEIGHTED LOAD DISTRIBUTOR AND THROTTLE MIDDLEWARE - Processing of tickets received by a ticket processing system is performed by allowing processes running on one or more hosts to access a ticket processing table to retrieve and process the tickets. A weighted load distributor (WLD) grants weighted round robin turn access to the processes running on the hosts. The WLDs running on different hosts coordinate so that a primary WLD is selected that is responsible for distributing turn access to the ticket processing table to various requesting processes. The hosts use a throttle to determine the real-time availability of resources for the hosts. The throttle determines whether a process should be allowed to proceed with processing tasks associated with a particular ticket based on resource costs associated with the required processing, as well as resources available to the respective host and ticket priority. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201751 | PROCESSOR PROVISIONING BY A MIDDLEWARE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A middleware processor provisioning process provisions a plurality of processors in a multi-processor environment. The processors themselves may be subdivided in to one or more partitions or processing instances for which a single processing queue is created and a single kernel thread is started. User processing requests are portioned and dispatched across the plurality of processing queues and are serviced by the corresponding kernel process, thereby efficiently using available processing resources while servicing the user processing requests in a desired manner. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201752 | MULTI-TENANT LICENSE ENFORCEMENT ACROSS JOB REQUESTS - Scheduling job request submitted by multiple tenants in a manner that honors multiple software license agreements for the multiple tenants. A queue persistently stores job requests that await scheduling. A job state tracking component persistently tracks a state of the job requests, and perhaps provides job requests into the queue. A software license agreement enforcer reviews the job requests in the queue, selects one or more job requests should be scheduled next based on the license agreements, and provide the selected job requests to a resource manager. A subscriber/publisher pool may be used to the various components to communicate. This decouples the communication from being a simple one-to-one correspondence, but instead allows communication from a component of one type to a component of the other type, whichever instance of those components happens to be operating. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201753 | SCHEDULING MAPREDUCE JOBS IN A CLUSTER OF DYNAMICALLY AVAILABLE SERVERS - There is provided a method, a system and a computer program product for improving performance and fairness in sharing a cluster of dynamically available computing resources among multiple jobs. The system collects at least one parameter associated with availability of a plurality of computing resources. The system calculates, based on the collected parameter, an effective processing time each computing resource can provide to each job. The system allocates, based on the calculated effective processing time, the computing resources to the multiple jobs, whereby the multiple jobs are completed at a same time or an approximate time. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201754 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BASE STATION AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - To prevent the switching time influences power saving performance and packet loss prevention performance, it is provided a wireless communication base station for communicating with a terminal, comprising: a plurality of baseband signal processing units for performing baseband signal processing; a baseband allocation unit for allocating the baseband signal processing to the plurality of baseband signal processing units; and a linear processing unit for composing signals processed by the plurality of baseband signal processing units. The baseband allocation unit selects, for each data block, a baseband signal processing unit to which the baseband signal processing for the each data block is to be allocated out of the plurality of baseband signal processing units. Each of the plurality of baseband signal processing units performs the allocated baseband signal processing. The linear processing unit composes, by means of linear calculation, the signals processed by the plurality of baseband signal processing units. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201755 | DATA PARALLEL COMPUTING ON MULTIPLE PROCESSORS - A method and an apparatus that allocate one or more physical compute devices such as CPUs or GPUs attached to a host processing unit running an application for executing one or more threads of the application are described. The allocation may be based on data representing a processing capability requirement from the application for executing an executable in the one or more threads. A compute device identifier may be associated with the allocated physical compute devices to schedule and execute the executable in the one or more threads concurrently in one or more of the allocated physical compute devices concurrently. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201756 | ADAPTIVE RESOURCE USAGE LIMITS FOR WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system assigns at least one workload a hard share quantity and at least one other workload a soft share quantity or a hard share quantity. The system allocates a resource to the workloads based on the hard share quantity and the soft share quantity of active workloads in a predefined interval. A hard share quantity indicates a maximum resource allocation and a soft share quantity enables allocation of additional available processor time. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for allocating a resource to workloads in substantially the same manner as described above. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201757 | PROCESSOR PROVISIONING BY A MIDDLEWARE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR A PLURALITY OF LOGICAL PROCESSOR PARTITIONS - A middleware processor provisioning process provisions a plurality of processors in a multi-processor environment. The processing capability of the multiprocessor environment is subdivided and multiple instances of service applications start protected processes to service a plurality of user processing requests, where the number of protected processes may exceed the number of processors. A single processing queue is created for each processor. User processing requests are portioned and dispatched across the plurality of processing queues and are serviced by protected processes from corresponding service applications, thereby efficiently using available processing resources while servicing the user processing requests in a desired manner. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201758 | COMPUTING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DISTRIBUTING COMPUTATIONAL LOAD - Embodiments of the present invention provide a computing device configured to operate as a particular computing device among a plurality of interconnected computing devices, comprising: a load information obtaining unit configured to obtain, from the particular computing device and from the or each of a group of one or more other computing devices from among the plurality of interconnected computing devices, load information representing the current computational load of the computing device from which the information is obtained; and a load redistribution determination unit configured, in dependence upon the obtained load information, to determine whether or not to redistribute computational load among the particular computing device and the group, and if it is determined to redistribute computational load, to determine the redistribution and to instruct the determined redistribution. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201759 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS EXECUTION METHOD - An information processing system includes a managing unit that sorts a process execution request based on a type of process of the process execution request; a storing unit that stores the sorted process execution request according to the type of process of the process execution request; and a plurality of executing units that are configured to execute a process corresponding to the process execution request stored in the storing unit. At least one executing unit of the plurality of executing units is configured to split the process corresponding to the process execution request stored in the storing unit into a plurality of processes to be executed by at least two other executing units of the plurality of executing units and store in the storing unit a split process execution request including the split processes for prompting the other executing units to cooperatively execute the split processes. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201760 | Application Context Intercommunication for Mobile Devices - A method and system include a backend mobile development framework. The framework includes a library having a plurality of apps for mobile devices, the apps divided into groups of related apps. A communications module is operable to communicate with multiple mobile devices. A data store provides interconnectivity between apps in each group such that a first app has content information shared with a second app. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201761 | Context Switching with Offload Processors - A method for context switching of multiple offload processors is disclosed. The method can include receiving network packets for processing through a memory bus connected socket, organizing the network packets into multiple sessions for processing, suspending processing of at least one session by reading a cache state of at least one of the offload processor into a context memory by operation of a scheduling circuit, with virtual memory locations and physical cache locations being aligned, and subsequently directing transfer of the cache state to at least one of the offload processors for processing by operation of the scheduling circuit. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201762 | EVENT HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An event handling system includes a standard operating procedure (SOP) engine configured to process an SOP defined for an event and transmit the event, and an event publisher configured to transmit the event transmitted from the SOP engine to a target according to a type and a connection state of the target. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201763 | COMMAND PRESENTATION AND GENERATION SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS USING LOGICAL TREES - Command methods for command driven computer systems present a list of command driven computer program products in response to activation of the command method, and present a logical tree including commands and related operands and sub-operands for a command driven computer program product in response to receiving a selection of the command driven computer program product from the list of command driven computer program products. The logical tree is presented in the same format for each of the command driven computer program products. The logical tree may be generated by obtaining a text file of a reference guide for the computer program product, identifying commands for the computer program product from the text file and creating lists of dependencies of the related operands and sub-operands for the computer program product. Related computer systems, methods and computer program products are disclosed. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201764 | CONTROLLING THE PROCESSING OF A MULTIMEDIA OBJECT BY A SOFTWARE APPLICATION - To control the processing of a multimedia object (OM) by a software application (AppL) implemented within a communication device (DC), a control application (AC) implemented in the communication device intercepts a call from the software application to an execution environment (EE) to carry out a basic operation on the multimedia object, the multimedia object being divided into segments each associated with control data (DonC) comprising at least some data from among semantic data (DonSm), sensitivity data (DonSb), and functionality data (DonF), associates transformation parameters (ParT) comprising at least one functionality parameter (ParF) and at least one semantic parameter (ParSm) and one sensitivity parameter (ParSb) with the call, depending upon the context in which the call is executed. The control application transforms the multimedia object into a transformed multimedia object (OMt) based on the control data (DonC) associated with the multimedia object and the transformation parameters (ParT) associated with the call, the transformed multimedia object comprising at least one transformed segment such that the transformed multimedia object presents less information than the multimedia object and is capable of undergoing a basic operation carried out by the execution environment. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201765 | APPLICATION INTERFACE ON MULTIPLE PROCESSORS - A method and an apparatus that execute a parallel computing program in a programming language for a parallel computing architecture are described. The parallel computing program is stored in memory in a system with parallel processors. The system includes a host processor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) coupled to the host processor and a memory coupled to at least one of the host processor and the GPU. The parallel computing program is stored in the memory to allocate threads between the host processor and the GPU. The programming language includes an API to allow an application to make calls using the API to allocate execution of the threads between the host processor and the GPU. The programming language includes host function data tokens for host functions performed in the host processor and kernel function data tokens for compute kernel functions performed in one or more compute processors, e.g GPUs or CPUs, separate from the host processor. Standard data tokens in the programming language schedule a plurality of threads for execution on a plurality of processors, such as CPUs or GPUs in parallel. Extended data tokens in the programming language implement executables for the plurality of threads according to the schedules from the standard data tokens. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201766 | PLAY USAGE STATISTICAL SYSTEM - Viewing history regarding one or more instances of media content is generated for subsequent analysis. The viewing history is developed based on recording timestamps associated with one or more instances that viewing of the media content is interrupted, paused, terminated, etc. The timestamps can be supplemented with metadata associated with the media content (e.g., media title, genre, duration, actor, actress, etc.) along with information collected from the communication system conveying the media content. By data mining the timestamps in conjunction with other pertinent data it is possible to determine why a viewer may not have viewed the media content in its entirety, as well as recommend future content. Analysis of the viewing history can be performed in conjunction with previously stored viewing histories, along with other viewers viewing histories, etc., to gain a broader understanding of a viewing history for a given media content. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201767 | Tracking and Responding to Distracting Events - A distraction monitoring system may monitor a user's consumption of content, such as video content, and identify times at which the user is distracted from the content. The identified times may then be presented with a timeline for the video program, and the user may be permitted to view the distractions that occurred during the viewing of the video program. The user may select a distraction, and the video content may be played back from a corresponding playback point. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201768 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING AND ANALYZING AUDIENCE INFORMATION OF AUDIO/VIDEO PROGRAM - A method for recording and analyzing audience information of an audio/video program is provided. The method includes receiving at least one user information from at least one online social service, at least one audio/video capture information from at least one terminal device associated with the at least one user information, and at least one social behavior information related to the at least one audio/video capture information from the at least one online social service. The method includes establishing a relationship between the at least one user information, the at least one audio/video capture information, and the at least one social behavior information, and recording the relationship and the foregoing information into an audience information database. The method includes when receiving a querying command, generating a querying result of qualitative rating according to at least one reference information acquired from the audience information database in accordance with the querying command. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201769 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING VIDEO SEGMENTS FOR DISPLAYING CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT CONTENT - A system and method for the identification of specific video segments in a video program, such as certain TV commercials, is presented. A means is described for an accelerated identification of the video segment of interest in conjunction with a means to communicate said information to a process in a remote television system such that the remote television system can anticipate the future start of said video segment of interest and display contextually related material in close proximity to the start of said video segment. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201770 | METHODS FOR ANALYZING AND COMPRESSING MULTIPLE IMAGES - Systems, methods, and media for providing an advertisement in correspondence with a radio broadcast are provided. A radio broadcast receiver receives the radio broadcast. An audio output outputs the radio broadcast as an audio signal. A display controller determines an advertisement for display in correspondence with the audio signal. A display is configured to display the advertisement, and a processor controls a movement within the advertisement during the display of the advertisement on the display. The movement is controlled in accordance with a speed of motion determined by the processor. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201771 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GROUPING BROADCASTING SIGNALS BASED ON MULTIMEDIA DNA INFORMATION - A system of grouping broadcasting signals based on a multimedia DNA of corresponding broadcast, which groups users viewing the same broadcast through the multimedia DNA of each broadcasting signal output from a TV in real time. A DNA information receiver receives DNA information on broadcasting signals, which are broadcasted through each TV. A DNA information grouping unit calculates similarity of the DNA information received through the DNA information receiver, and when the calculated similarity satisfies a predetermined similar condition, determines the similar DNA information as the DNA information of the same broadcasting signal to group the DNA information into the same group. A group information transmitter transmits group related information of each group grouped by the DNA information grouping unit to each TV. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201772 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDRESSING A MEDIA DATABASE USING DISTANCE ASSOCIATIVE HASHING - A system, method and computer program utilize a distance associative hashing algorithmic means to provide a highly efficient means to rapidly address a large database. The indexing means can be readily subdivided into a plurality of independently-addressable segments where each such segment can address a portion of related data of the database where the sub-divided indexes of said portions reside entirely in the main memory of each of a multiplicity of server means. The resulting cluster of server means, each hosting an addressable sector of a larger database of searchable audio or video information, provides a significant improvement in the latency and scalability of an Automatic Content Recognition system, among other uses. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201773 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON-SCREEN GRAPHICS DETECTION - A system and method is disclosed for detecting locally-generated or other unknown graphics that are superimposed on a video program displayed on a television receiver or other like device. Devices external to a television receiver, such as a cable or satellite set-top box, can generate logos, electronic program guides, or other images that are then graphically overlaid on the television signal emanating from the device to the television's display. The system and method described herein provides a means to detect the presence of such on-screen graphics both to detect and identify graphical information and to also enable automated resolution of any interference among or between a plurality of video graphic sub-systems. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201774 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-BROADCAST DIFFERENTIATION - A system and method is disclosed for resolving false positives in a centralized, real-time automatic content recognition system that is ingesting, fingerprinting, and attempting to match for recognition purposes, multiple streams of broadcast content that are simultaneously arriving from a plurality of sources. In particular, the problem of identifying which specific broadcast of certain programming has been matched, including the episode of a series, as well as the channel, time zone and time of broadcast and whether the programing is being watched “live” as broadcast or from a DVR time-shifted source, is addressed. This system and method enables the processing means of any connected TV viewing means to synchronize with a regional automated content recognition (ACR) center with regard to displaying at the correct time certain supplemental information or other media that may be associated with certain programing. It also reduces the probability of a false positive “recognition” of pre-recorded media or broadcasts from other time zones being displayed on the connected TV viewing means, and confusing such programing with the actual media with which the TV viewing device's processing means is intended to count, synchronize, interact with, or supplement. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201775 | AUDIOVISUAL REPRODUCTION SYSTEM - Audiovisual reproduction system including a central unit managing a sound control circuit, and a telecommunications modem connected to a distribution network controlled by a host server, through a multitask operating system created around a tools and services library, in which the operating system includes a function that adjusts the sound control circuit to couple volumes in the various areas in which the loudspeakers in the audiovisual reproduction system are used, this function being accessible through a management mode of the multitask operating system, the coupling maintaining the ratios between the various volumes in each area when the volume in one area is modified. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201776 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTENT TRANSMISSION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a first input module, a second input module, a converter and an output module. The first input module receives a first packet group of first content applied to a first copyright protection method. The second input module receives a second packet group of second content applied to a second copyright protection method. The converter re-packetizes the first content packetized into the first packet group and the second content packetized into the second packet group, into a third packet group for outputting to a transmission path by applying a third copyright protection method. The output module outputs the third packet group of the first content and the second content. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201777 | USER AND DEVICE AUTHENTICATION FOR MEDIA SERVICES - A user obtains access to particular services levels associated with media content. A user and devices associated with the user may be authenticated to access content at a particular service level such as a particular quality level, content level, resolution, limited viewing, unlimited simultaneous viewing, etc. When the user is authenticated at a device, content at an appropriate service level is selected and provided to the device. Authenticating the user at a device such as a set top box may involve receiving a manually entered login and password, a passcode transmitted from a mobile device, face detection, a mobile device authorization code sent using infrared or radio frequency transmission, or other mechanisms identifying that the user or the mobile device is in the vicinity or is periodically in the vicinity of the set top box. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201778 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF INTERACTIVE ADVERTISEMENT - A method and system of associating assets with motion pictures are disclosed. A plurality of asset identifiers may be caused to be displayed on a device. Each asset identifier may identify a distinct asset available for use in a motion picture. A user may be enabled to associate one of the asset identifiers with a motion picture identifier, forming an association between the one of the asset identifiers and the motion picture identifier. The motion picture identifier may identify the motion picture. The association between the one of the asset identifiers and the motion picture identifier may be stored on a storage device. The motion picture may be a feature film or a television episode. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201779 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN INTERACTIVE SERVICE - A method of processing an interactive service and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes generating an application parameter table which includes information about at least one of applications, wherein the application parameter table includes a first identifier and a second identifier, wherein the first identifier identifies a interactive programming segment which application parameter table pertains to, and wherein the second identifier identifies an application within the scope of application parameter table; generating an activation message file that indicates at least one of activation times of the applications, wherein the activation message file includes a third identifier and activation messages, wherein the third identifier matches the first identifier of application parameter table which contains the applications, wherein the activation message includes a fourth identifier and a start time information, wherein the fourth identifier matches the second identifier of the application in the application parameter table, and wherein the start time information indicates the start time for an event targeted to the application relative to segment time; generating a multi-part message with the application parameter table as the first part and the activation message file as the second part; and transmitting the multi-part message to receiver via HTTP. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201780 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A USER PROFILE BASED CUSTOMIZED MEDIA GUIDE THAT INCLUDES AN INTERNET SOURCE - Systems and methods for presenting user-generated content in as easily accessible manner using an interactive media guide are provided. In particular, a user may be able to peruse user-generated content through an interactive media guide which is also used to access non-user-generated media content such as linear programming (e.g., over-the-air broadcast, cable, and satellite scheduled programming) and on-demand media. The interactive media guide may include a provider of user-generated content populated with user-generated content according to the user's interests or most recently added to the provider. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201781 | Enhanced TV News Delivery of an Amber Alert, Code Adam, Silver Alert, or Armed Robbery - Showing a picture of the make, model, year, and color of a vehicle that has been involved in a Silver Alert, or Code Adam, Amber Alert, or robbery will enable more citizens to recognize the vehicle than just announcing or printing a reporting a description of the car. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201782 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Log information includes items of information that identify one or more of program titles and performers that are selected by a user as being preferred. Identifiers are displayed, where each of the identifiers identifies an item of information included in the log information. An input to select one of the identifiers is received, and broadcast information for the program title or performer corresponding to the selected identifier is acquired. The broadcast information includes one or more broadcast times of contents that have the program title or that include the performer. The broadcast information is displayed to include the one or more broadcast times and an input is received to select a broadcast time of a content. Detailed information for the content and the broadcast time are displayed when the input to select the broadcast time of the content is received. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201783 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Tailored Content - Methods, systems, and products tailor content to users. Clickstream data is merged with content information and compared to advertising attributes of advertisements. If a match is found, an associated advertisement is targeted. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201784 | METHOD FOR SIGNAL RECEIVING - A method of reproducing dedicated information, promotions and advertising in a device for receiving radio and/or video signals having one unit for receiving a digital signal, one tuner allowing selection of at least one channel, one unit for sending a processed signal to a broadcasting apparatus; the device further including a database with a prefixed number of modules, each module containing data identifying a selection of preferred information, promotions and advertising typologies, and a plurality of personal electronic devices, each having a memory storing an ID code and each being configured to communicate with the device for receiving radio and/or video signals; each module of the database is associated to an ID code stored in one of the personal electronic devices; the device for receiving radio and/or video signals receives one ID code of one of the personal electronic devices placed in proximity to the device for receiving radio and/or video signals, retrieves from the database a module associated to the received ID code and reproduces at specific time intervals dedicated information, promotions and advertising on the broadcasting apparatus, the dedicated information, promotions and advertising are selected based on the data identifying a selection of preferred advertising typologies of the retrieved module. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201785 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALTERNATE CONTENT SCHEDULING ON MOBILE DEVICES - Alternate digital content is inserted into mobile devices with a method and apparatus that comprises an alternate content scheduler, an alternate content reporter, and a micro-splicer. The alternate content scheduler further comprises a mobile network interface for interaction with a mobile data and broadcast network, a micro-splicer interface for interfacing with a micro-splicer, a rulebook that is shared with the network which provides the rules for alternate content scheduling, a preference provisioning module comprising an alternate content scheduler library for storing user or network preferences, a scheduler for providing tight synchronization between original program content and alternate content, and a metric recording interface to an alternate content reporter. The micro-splicer works in tandem with the alternate content scheduler to render synchronized display of alternate multimedia content on the mobile device. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201786 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDIA PACKAGING - The invention relates to a method for packaging media and data for transmission over a broadband communications network link for display at a terminal destination. Features of the method included creating desired media segments for transmission to the terminal destination and for creating targeting information, for example in whole or in part in the form of metadata, for transmission to the terminal destination. Other features include packaging the created media segments and the created targeting information in a single package and unpacking the single package for display of the targeted media at the terminal destination. In another aspect, the invention can provide a method for unpacking media and data for display at a terminal destination implementing, at the terminal destination, receiving a single package containing media segments and instructions regarding handling of the media segments, quickly unpacking the media segments and the instructions from the single package and, based on the unpacked instructions, assembling one or more of the media segments for display at the terminal destination. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201787 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING SERVER AND CLIENT PERFORMANCE IN FINGERPRINT ACR SYSTEMS - A system and method are disclosed that improve the efficiency and performance of an Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) system. Several approaches are described that may be used alone or in combination to reduce total system computational costs related to the manner in which such an ACR means takes samples, called “fingerprints,” of digital content being played by a television display device and transmits said fingerprints to a remote server to be compared to a database of fingerprints from known programming. Methods are described for implementing such system performance enhancement including varying sampling rates and other resolution metrics during the process of creating such fingerprints and transmitting them to the database server. The system and method disclosed also describes how to reduce the probability that, when compared to samples from already-identified programming, such fingerprints are incorrectly identified as being of programming other than that which they are in fact derived from. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201788 | GROUPING ADVERTISEMENT SUBAVAILS - Method and system for creating one or more advertising avail sections (subavails) and thereupon aggregating the subavails to form one or more groups of subavails. The advertisement opportunities (avails) may be divided into sections (subavails) with each section being directed at a particular target audience (group). The subavails are then aggregated into one or more groups of subavails so that the groups of subavails can be sold to the advertisers. The grouping of subavails is generally based on a correlation wherein the subavails are characterized based on one or more characteristics. The groups of subavails are formed based on one or more shared characteristics. The advertiser has an option to buy a group of subavails (rather than an avail in prior art), whereby the advertiser may reach a targeted group of an audience. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201789 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD OF RECEIVING DATA - A method of receiving data of a digital broadcast receiving device is provided. The method includes receiving a predetermined section of a data file including a plurality of sections, through a broadcast signal network, and receiving the remaining sections of the plurality of sections of the data file through an Internet network. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201790 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING AN ELECTRONIC POINTING DEVICE INTO DIGITAL IMAGE DATA - A method and system is provided that manipulates content displayed on a viewing device. The disclosed system includes a receiver that receives position data from a wireless pointing device and a processor that calculates a current position for the electronic pointer relative to the viewing device and renders the electronic pointer in a video feed received from a video source. Thereafter, the processor identifies a current location in the video feed that corresponds to a calculated current position for the electronic pointer, identifies content in the video feed positioned at the current location, dynamically manipulates additional content in response to a manipulation request from the wireless pointing device, and delivers the manipulated content to the viewing device for display thereon. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201791 | ON-SCREEN PROGRAM GUIDE WITH INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING RECOMMENDATIONS - A subscriber to a video service generally has available to them an on-screen program guide. The program guide lists programming (e.g., TV shows) that are available to the subscriber for a certain upcoming time period. The programming guide may sort the listings by channel and time, areas of interest, age appropriateness and/or MPAA or TV rating, free or additional cost, etc. In an embodiment, the programming guide includes an ability to make a selection to see which TV shows are recommended by reviewers. Such reviewers may be individuals or panels or institutions to which some credibility may be attached—a trusted source. After selecting a reviewer, the subscriber is made aware of the programs recommended by the selected reviewer. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201792 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CHANNEL-ASSOCIATED OPTIONAL SERVICE - A method and apparatus for providing a channel-associated optional service. The method for providing a channel-associated optional service includes transmitting, in response to a service request from a user terminal, the service request to a broadcast receiving device that is mapped with the user terminal using an identifier mapping table; receiving channel information of a currently received program from the broadcast receiving device that has received the service request, and searching for program information of a relevant channel using the received channel information; searching for optional service information related to a program scheduled to be currently broadcast using the found program information; and providing the found optional service information to the user terminal. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201793 | CUSTOMIZABLE FLIP AND BROWSE OVERLAYS IN AN INTERACTIVE TELEVISION SYSTEM - Systems and methods are provided for customizing the display of interactive television overlays. A condition related to the display of an overlay on top of video for a television channel may be defined for each of a plurality of television channels. A default set of information types for an interactive television overlay (e.g., a FLIP overlay, a BROWSE overlay, etc.) may be defined for the plurality of television channels. When the overlay is displayed on top of video for a given television channel of the plurality of television channels, the overlay may include information of the default set of information types. One or more television channels of the plurality of television channels may be identified as channels for which the default set of information types does not apply (e.g., channels for which the overlay is not displayed or for which a custom set of information types is defined). | 2014-07-17 |
20140201794 | APPLICATION EXECUTION ON A SERVER FOR A TELEVISION DEVICE - In at least one example embodiment, a system may include a television device configured to: transmit a request to execute an application; and a server configured to: execute the application that uses at least one function of the television device to generate an image; transmit the generated image to the television device; and transmit a request to execute the at least one function of the television device, and wherein the television device is further configured to: execute the requested function of the television device and transmit a result of the execution to the server. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201795 | Methods, a Client and a Server for Handling an MPEG Transport Stream - A method for re-transmitting missing packets in an improved manner in association with transmitting an MPEG transport stream between a client and a server of a communication network is provided. New type of customized control packets are introduced which are periodically embedded into the transport stream at the server from which the MPEG transport stream is distributed, wherein each of the embedded control packets is provided with package identification data. A client receiving the MPEG transport stream, including the embedded customized control packets, will, on the basis of the package identification data obtained from a customized control packet be able to identify each of n packets which were inserted by the server into the transport stream subsequent to the respective customized control packet. | 2014-07-17 |
20140201796 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BROADCAST SERVICE, METHOD FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST SERVICE, AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST SERVICE - Provided is a method of a receiver to receive a broadcast service. The method includes: receiving a content; obtaining information on an adjunct service of the broadcast service from the content; transmitting a trigger request according to the information on the adjunct service; receiving at least one trigger in response to the request; and performing a trigger action on a trigger target object at a trigger time on the basis of the received at least one trigger, wherein the received at least one trigger is located in a specific time segment. | 2014-07-17 |