40th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 95 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150281392 | IOT DEVICE ENVIRONMENT DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION AND CACHING - A method and apparatus for controlling latency within a wireless system, and more specifically sharing, updating and storing status information between devices in a wireless network, is disclosed. An example method includes receiving, at a computing device, a communication including an indication that a mobile device is associated with a device on a network; transmitting stored status data, wherein the stored status data includes a status corresponding to the device, and wherein when the stored status data is received, the stored status data is used to display the status corresponding to the device; detecting updated status data corresponding to the device; updating the stored status data corresponding to the device using the updated status data corresponding to the device; and transmitting the updated status data, wherein the updated status data includes the updated status corresponding to the device, and wherein when the updated status data is received, the updated status data is used to display the updated status corresponding to the device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281393 | System and Method for Device Management using a Social Network - A method is provided for managing a social network of devices. The method provides a non-transitory memory, a network interface, and a social network application. Network-connected local devices create user accounts in the social network and populate a user profile listing device characteristics. Some examples of device characteristics include model and serial number. A central server is then able to access the user profiles in the social network, and cross-reference user profiles to a first device characteristic. The central server sends queries via the social network to selected local devices matching the first device characteristic and receives responses to the queries via the social network from the selected local devices. Further, the central server may maintain a database, stored in a central non-transitory memory, of queries and responses cross-referenced to the local devices. A system is also provided for managing devices using a social networking application. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281394 | DATA SHARING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A data sharing method and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes communicating with a second electronic device and determining common interest information between a first user of the first electronic device and a second user of the second electronic device, and retrieving and sharing application data associated with the common interest information, with the second electronic device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281395 | PROVIDING CONTENT BASED ON USER BANDWIDTH - A system may be configured to store different versions of a particular item of content, according to a group of content templates; and select a particular content template, of the group of content templates, to use in providing content in response to a request received from a user device. The particular content template may be selected based on bandwidth information regarding the user device. The bandwidth information may indicate a level of service to which a subscriber, associated with the user device, has subscribed. The bandwidth information may be based on a signal strength to a user device in a particular location. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281396 | MULTIPLE ON-DIE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method for communication among multiple on-die functional blocks using multiple communication networks is disclosed. The method may include sending a request from a first functional block via a first network. In response to receiving the request, a second functional block may respond to the first functional block via a second network. The second functional block may also send any requested data to the first functional block via a third network. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281397 | SERVER, CLIENT, AND METHOD OF RECONFIGURING NETWORK PARAMETERS - A server determines whether network parameters corresponding to a client have been updated, and sends a first check package and a second check package to the client. The client determines whether the server is safe according to the first check package and the second check package, and sends a reconfiguration request to the server upon condition that the server is safe. The server sends the updated network parameters to the client for reconfiguration after receiving the reconfiguration request. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281398 | Automated Cloud Set Up - Automated cloud set up may include collecting compute resources available for setting up a cloud, identifying packages available to apply to the compute resources, and determining which subsets of the packages to apply to which compute resource. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281399 | CROSS-CLIENT INTEGRATION OF GROUPS - A user interface provides mechanisms for a user to select resources from a plurality of different groups, across clients. Updates from all of the selected resources are aggregated and displayed to the user, across clients, in an integrated view. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281400 | ON-DEMAND CODE VERSION SWITCHING - Receiving, by a first computer, a request from a second computer for a web page that contains embedded code. The first computer includes a plurality of versions of the embedded code. In response to determining, by the first computer, that the web page request includes a request for a specific version of the embedded code, the first computer modifies a default version of the web page to embed the requested specific code version and transmits the modified web page to the second computer. In another aspect, in response to determining, by the first computer, that the web page request does not include a request for a specific version of the embedded code, transmitting, by the first computer, the default version of the web page that contains a default version of the embedded code to the second computer. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281401 | Hybrid Client/Server Architecture for Parallel Processing - The present disclosure describes an exemplary hybrid client/server architecture that may be utilized leverage the unique capabilities of both remote and local services. Data may be processed in parallel by remote and local processes. Results generated during the parallel processing may be exchanged between remote and local services and used to update results generated by the separate services. The hybrid client/server architecture may be utilized to generate enhanced inferences, hybrid subscriptions base upon local and remote subscriptions, and enhance natural language expression evaluation services. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281402 | Electronic Business/Personal Card and Method of Use Thereof - The present invention includes a wireless communication method and device comprising a one-to-one exchange of wireless electronic device identifications or unique profile IDs between a sending and a receiving party who are both registered users of the electronic business/personal card service and further comprising upload of the wireless electronic identifications to a data server computer system wherein said system matches said identifications with those of registered users and said computer system displays information about the user associated with each identification. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281403 | ESTABLISHING A VIRTUAL TUNNEL BETWEEN TWO COMPUTERS - A system transfers data via a communication session between a client application and a server application, where the client application runs on a first network and the server application runs on a second network. The system includes a proxy having a socket to the client application. The proxy converts data between a local protocol run on the first network to a non-local protocol. An agent creates a socket to the server application. The agent converts data between a local protocol run on the second network and the non-local protocol. A server is in communication with the proxy and the agent. The server contains a message queue dedicated to the communication session. The message queue stores data transmitted during the communication session. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281404 | DATA COMMUNICATION COORDINATION WITH SEQUENCE NUMBERS - Described are sequence numbers for client-server communication, to control a client's use of server resources. A server grants the client credits, and the client consumes a credit for sending each command to the server. Each credit corresponds to a sequence number, with the set of sequence numbers forming a valid command window. The server enforces that for each received command, the command includes a sequence number that is within the valid command window and that the sequence number has not been used with another command. The server may also maintain a maximum window size, such that clients with credits cannot send a command with a sequence number that beyond a maximum sequence number. When incorporated into a data communication protocol, quality of service, combating denial of service, detection of message loss, division of server resources, secure message signing, and other numerous benefits result. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281405 | SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL - The invention provides a method and apparatus for managing operation of a spanning tree protocol process in a network bridge. This comprises setting the network bridge to either an active mode or a defer mode in which a spanning tree protocol process is not run in response to a triggering event. The system remains in the defer mode for a period of time in which no further operations of the state machines will take place, before reverting to the active mode and normal processing of triggering events is carried out. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281406 | Fulcrum Network Codes - Fulcrum network codes, which are a network coding framework, achieve three objectives: (i) to reduce the overhead per coded packet to almost 1 bit per source packet; (ii) to operate the network using only low field size operations at intermediate nodes, dramatically reducing complexity in the network; and (iii) to deliver an end-to-end performance that is close to that of a high field size network coding system for high-end receivers while simultaneously catering to low-end ones that can only decode in a lower field size. Sources may encode using a high field size expansion to increase the number of dimensions seen by the network using a linear mapping. Receivers can tradeoff computational effort with network delay, decoding in the high field size, the low field size, or a combination thereof. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281407 | USING DIFFERENT TCP/IP STACKS FOR DIFFERENT TENANTS ON A MULTI-TENANT HOST - Multiple TCP/IP stack processors on a host. The multiple TCP/IP stack processors are provided independently of TCP/IP stack processors implemented by virtual machines on the host. The TCP/IP stack processors provide multiple different default gateway addresses for use with multiple processes. The default gateway addresses allow a service to communicate across an L3 network. Processes outside of virtual machines that utilize the TCP/IP stack processor on a first host can benefit from using their own gateway, and communicate with their peer process on a second host, regardless of whether the second host is located within the same subnet or a different subnet. The multiple TCP/IP stack processors can use separately allocated resources. Separate TCP/IP stack processors can be provided for each of multiple tenants on the host. Separate loopback interfaces of multiple TCP/IP stack processors can be used to create separate containment for separate sets of processes on a host. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281408 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING DATA SESSIONS AT A VPN GATEWAY - Methods and systems for identifying Internet Protocol (IP) data sessions at a VPN gateway. The VPN gateway receives encapsulating packets, wherein the encapsulating packets encapsulate IP packets. A corresponding VPN connection through which the encapsulating packets are received is identified. The VPN gateway decapsulates the encapsulating packets to retrieve the IP packets and performs deep packet inspection (DPI) on the IP packets in order to identify one or more data sessions that the IP packets belong to. A DPI database is updated accordingly, based on, at least in part, the one or more data sessions. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281409 | USING USB OVER IP TO SHARE A NON-USB SENSOR WITH ANOTHER DEVICE - Technologies for communicating sensor data from a mobile computing device to a client computing device include a Universal Serial Bus over Internet Protocol (“UoIP”) architecture. The UoIP architecture virtualizes a non-USB sensor device on the mobile computing device as a virtual sensor, and allows the client computing device to recognize the virtual sensor as a USB device. As a result, sensor data obtained by the non-USB sensor device of the mobile computing device can be accessed and used by an application running on the client computing device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281410 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device according to the present invention is provided with a casing formed by joining two cabinets together. A housing chamber for an electric component is recessed on at least either one cabinet and is open toward an inner face of the other cabinet. Mating surfaces located on both the cabinets overlap each other around the housing chamber. A water entry portion leading to a clearance between the mating surfaces is located on an exposed surface exposed to the outside of the casing in an upper part of the casing. A groove extending in a right-left direction along the hosing chamber is recessed on the mating surface of at least either one cabinet of the two cabinets at a position away upward from the housing chamber. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281411 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTACT LENS WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - The present invention will provide a vision correction device which makes use of wireless transmissions and/or wireless charging to transfer data between the vision correction device and an external device. More specifically, the present invention will incorporate radio frequency technology onto a contact lens, including passive and active embodiments, and may further include wireless charging capability. This is accomplished by positioning an extremely small RF device onto a contact lens, along with an antenna and/or battery, and using a fluid medium to enhance the signal to and from an external device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281412 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A mobile terminal device in which a speaker sound hole is arranged sufficiently apart from a receiver sound hole is provided. A mobile terminal device according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a housing; a first display means that is arranged on a side of a first principal surface in the housing; a second display means that is arranged on a side of a second principal surface opposite to the first principal surface in the housing; a receiver sound hole that is formed on the first principal surface of the housing; a receiver that is fixed in the housing; and a speaker sound hole that is formed on a side surface of the housing opposite to the receiver sound hole with the first display means interposed therebetween; and a speaker that is fixed in the housing. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281413 | Input Device Attachment - Input device attachment techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes an input portion configured to generate signals to be processed by a computing device and a mid-spine that is physically attached to the input portion and configured to form a removable physical coupling to be secured to a first side of the computing device that includes a display device. The input device also includes a connection portion that is physically attached the mid-spine and is configured to form a removable physical coupling to be secured to a second side of the computing device that is different than the first side and form a communicative coupling to the computing device to communicate the generated signals from the input portion. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281414 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A mobile terminal device ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150281415 | METAL PROTECTOR FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR MOBILE PHONE - The frame assembly includes a first frame and a second frame, which correspond to each other. The first frame has a first peripheral wall. The second frame is attached with the first peripheral wall and has a second peripheral wall and a contact surface facing the first frame. The contact surface is provided with a magnetic element for attaching the first frame and a positioning element for alignment. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281416 | DEVICE ARRANGEMENT - A device arrangement may include an electronic device having a display. A cover may be secured on the display. The cover may include a first transparent cover element and a second transparent cover element. A transparent liquid may be disposed in a sandwich-like manner between the first cover element and the second cover element. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281417 | Auxiliary Device for Mobile Terminal and Mobile Terminal Product - The present invention relates to the field of telecommunication technology, in particular to an auxiliary device for a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal product. The auxiliary device includes a housing for receiving and securing the mobile terminal, and a peripheral controlling member for controlling the mobile terminal. The peripheral controlling member makes identification and exchanges information with the mobile terminal, and the peripheral controlling member is mounted on the housing. According to the present invention, the auxiliary device for a mobile terminal is able to connect the peripheral controlling member to the mobile terminal conveniently, and to solve the problem that the mobile terminal cannot be operated conveniently. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281418 | PORTABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD FOR A PROJECTOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A portable information processing device, including a main body comprising a projector configured to project an image; a state detection unit configured to detect a state of the main body; and an output control unit configured to control an output of the projector based on the state of the main body detected by the state detection unit. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281419 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS THAT DETECTS IMPROPER CONNECTION OF CABLE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus which is capable of preventing occurrence of events arising from improper connection. A voltage being applied to an interface for connecting a phone is detected, and it is determined whether or not a value of the detected voltage is equal to or greater than a value determined in advance. When it is determined that the value of the detected voltage is equal to or greater than the value determined in advance, a user is notified that there is a possibility of improper connection. When it is determined that the value of the detected voltage is not equal to or greater than the value determined in advance, a power feeding unit starts feeding power to the interface. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281420 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE CAPABLE OF RAPIDLY MAKING PHONE CALL IN LOCK STATE AND METHOD THEREOF - A mobile communication device includes a storage unit for storing an unlock password, M speed dial codes and N phone numbers, each of the M speed dial codes being corresponding to one of the N phone numbers; an input unit; a communication unit; and a processing unit; wherein when the input unit is operated to sequentially input a user input password and a user input code in a lock state, the processing unit determines whether the user input password is identical to the unlock password and determines whether the user input code is identical to one of the M speed dial codes, when the user input password is identical to the unlock password and the user input code is identical to an i-th speed dial code, the processing unit dials the phone number corresponding to the i-th speed dial code through the communication unit. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281421 | Method of Using Light Sensor Earphone to Control Electronic Device and Light Sensor Earphone - Provided is a method of using a light sensor earphone to control an electronic device. The method includes: a light sensor earphone detecting light intensity of an ear close side and light intensity of an ear outer side according to a received light signal; comparing the light intensity of the close ear side with the light intensity of the ear outer side, and generating an electric signal corresponding to a current mode of an electronic device according to a comparison result; and sending the electric signal to the electronic device, for the electronic device to control a corresponding function in the current mode according to the electric signal. A light sensor earphone is also provided. By means of the technical solutions, the light sensor earphone is utilized to intelligently control corresponding functions of the electronic device so as to simplify operation. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281422 | Handheld Apparatus For Communicating Control Signals To An Information Processing Device - Provided is a game pad ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150281423 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system includes a portable device transmitting to a proximity control signal controlling locking/unlocking of an opening/closing body of the vehicle from near the vehicle, and a remote control signal controlling an engine remotely, intensity of the remote control signal higher than the proximity control signal, and a control device receiving a signal transmitted by the portable device. The portable device transmits by a same transmission antenna the whole of the proximity control signal at a single center frequency, and all of divided signals obtained by dividing the whole of the remote control signal into plural pieces at plural center frequencies. The control device receives by a same reception antenna the whole of the proximity control signal at the single center frequency, and all of the divided signals at center frequencies corresponding to frequencies used upon transmission of the divided signals by the portable device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281424 | PERSONAL ITEMS NETWORK, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A personal items network, comprising a plurality of items, each item having a wireless communications port for coupling in network with every other item, each item having a processor for determining if any other item in the network is no longer linked to the item, each item having an indicator for informing a user that an item has left the network, wherein a user may locate lost items. A method for locating lost personal items, comprising: linking at least two personal items together on a network; and depositing one or both of time and location information in an unlost item when one of the items is lost out of network. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281425 | Method of Displaying Image on a Cellular to an Extension Display - The method of displaying an image on an extension display of a mobile phone is disclosed. The method comprises steps of providing a mobile phone having a main display and a first wireless communication module, providing a second wireless communication module for the extension display, wherein a display area of the extension display is greater than a display area of the main display on the mobile phone. The extension display is connected with the second wireless communication module, and the mobile phone and the extension display are connected by the first and the second wireless communication modules. The video or images received from a remote terminal are transmitted to the extension display via the mobile phone. The video or images are displayed on the extension display. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281426 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DOOR - A system for managing a vehicle door includes an authenticator configured to perform authentication based on information received from a smart key. A communicator is configured to receive information of a smart phone. A controller is configured to receive information on whether or not the vehicle door is opened from the authenticator and the communicator. An outputting unit is configured to manage driving history information of a driver by receiving an operation signal and the information of the smart phone from the communicator and display the driving history information on a screen. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281427 | Internet-Enabled Standby Energy Management System - A smart power outlet and/or power strip can be comprised of any number of active receptacles and deliver any voltage/power rating. The power outlet and power strip relays standby power loss data to a base station via power line communication or another means of wired or wireless communication that minimizes the cost of electrical components. The base station connects to a local area network as a means to communicate power loss data to mobile electronic devices, such as smartphones, and also connects to a Software as a Service (SaaS) based web application. The base station allows a user to access the standby power loss data from a mobile application or an Internet-based SaaS application, to monitor and control energy usage and standby power loss. The base station also allows the user to receive recommended management steps to minimize standby power loss in a home or business. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281428 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DUAL, DIAGONAL PROXIMITY SENSORS AND MODE SWITCHING FUNCTIONALITY - An electronic device ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150281429 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A portable terminal device includes a display section, a display control section, an operation detection section, and an execution processing section. The display section detects an operation position and displays various objects. The display control function arranges the various objects on the screen of the display section and outputs information of an operation performed on a predetermined region. The operation detection section detects the operation performed on the predetermined region. The execution processing section executes predetermined processing according to the result of detection by the operation detection section. Accordingly, privacy of information containing a password can be enhanced. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281430 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION BASED ON MOVEMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Various embodiments relate to processing of a function based on a movement state of an electronic device. A method according to an embodiment may include receiving information related to movement of an electronic device or an external device outside the electronic device. The method also includes differently controlling, on the basis of the information, a function of an input device or output device of the electronic device or the external device, an application to be executed in the electronic device or the external device, or at least a part of a function of the application, with respect to a message received by the electronic device, by using at least one process. Other embodiments are possible. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281431 | MULTI-PARTY CONVERSATION ANALYZER & LOGGER - In one aspect, the present invention facilitates the investigation of networks of criminals, by gathering associations between phone numbers, the names of persons reached at those phone numbers, and voice print data. In another aspect the invention automatically detects phone calls from a prison where the voiceprint of the person called matches the voiceprint of a past inmate. In another aspect the invention detects identity scams in prisons, by monitoring for known voice characteristics of likely imposters on phone calls made by prisoners. In another aspect, the invention automatically does speech-to-text conversion of phone numbers spoken within a predetermined time of detecting data indicative of a three-way call event while monitoring a phone call from a prison inmate. In another aspect, the invention automatically thwarts attempts of prison inmates to use re-dialing services. In another aspect, the invention automatically tags audio data retrieved from a database, by steganographically encoding into the audio data the identity of the official retrieving the audio data. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281432 | MULTI-PARTY CONVERSATION ANALYZER & LOGGER - In one aspect, the present invention facilitates the investigation of networks of criminals, by gathering associations between phone numbers, the names of persons reached at those phone numbers, and voice print data. In another aspect the invention automatically detects phone calls from a prison where the voiceprint of the person called matches the voiceprint of a past inmate. In another aspect the invention detects identity scams in prisons, by monitoring for known voice characteristics of likely imposters on phone calls made by prisoners. In another aspect, the invention automatically does speech-to-text conversion of phone numbers spoken within a predetermined time of detecting data indicative of a three-way call event while monitoring a phone call from a prison inmate. In another aspect, the invention automatically thwarts attempts of prison inmates to use re-dialing services. In another aspect, the invention automatically tags audio data retrieved from a database, by steganographically encoding into the audio data the identity of the official retrieving the audio data. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281433 | IDENTICAL CONVERSATION DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - An automated system is disclosed for detecting situations in which identical segments of conversation appear within two different recordings. The system automatically detects where within each of two audio recordings an identical conversation segment begins and ends, thus enabling detection of conversations where multiple prison inmates participated in a conference call. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281434 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF OPTIMIZING AN XDSL TRANSCEIVER CONFIGURATION USING SINGLE ENDED LINE TEST (SELT) MEASUREMENT - The present invention relates to a method by which an xDSL modem can be properly connected and/or optimally tuned to achieve a desired performance goal based on knowledge obtained by first performing a SELT test and then post-processing the results of that test. In embodiments, the processed SELT results are used to detect bad connections or other anomalies such as split pairs. In embodiments, the processed SELT results are used to configure programmable components and filters in the analog front end in a manner that achieves the performance goal. In these and other embodiments, the performance goal is to maximize the attainable data rate. As such, through various hardware design options and configurations according to the invention, the performance of the modem can be tuned such that even in the presence of undesirable loop characteristics, adequate, or even good performance, can be achieved. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281435 | System and Method for Call Distribution - A computer-implemented method for distributing phone calls includes the steps of receiving or initiating a telephone call from or with a caller associated with caller identification information, generating masked caller identification information by masking a portion of the caller identification information, transmitting the masked caller identification information to a plurality of potential call-buyers, determining a call-buyer of the plurality of potential call-buyers to receive the incoming phone call, and storing the caller identification information with the masked caller identification information. A system and computer-readable medium are also disclosed. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281436 | RECORDING USER COMMUNICATIONS - A call handling platform receives a call placed by a caller. The call handling platform collects data points based on an interaction of the caller with an interactive voice response module during the call, and computes an experience score for the caller. The call handling platform accesses a predetermined first threshold that indicates a first level of caller satisfaction and compares the experience score to the first threshold. Based on the comparing, the call handling platform determines that the caller has a lower level of satisfaction than the first level of satisfaction, and routes the call to a human agent. The call handling platform determines whether an option for recording a call is enabled. Based on determining that the option for recording a call is enabled, the call handling platform initiates recording of the interaction between the caller and the human agent. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281437 | CALL STATUS SHARING - In general, techniques are described for sharing information about a client device phone call to enhance other services. In one example, a method includes receiving, at a server device, voice call parameters that describe at least one characteristic of a voice call in which a user of a first device is participating wherein the first device is physically separate from the server device, and responsive to receiving the voice call parameters, determining, by the server device, a status of the user based on the received voice call parameters. The method further includes storing an account for the user on the server device, wherein the account includes a user profile for the user and identifies contacts of the user, and modifying, by the server device, the user profile to reflect the status of the user, and sending the modified user profile to a device associated with a contact of the user. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281438 | SELECTIVE CALL BLOCKING AND CALL RE-DIRECTION - A selective call blocking function (SCBF) device, included in an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS), processes a request to establish an IP call on an LTE network, such as a voice over long term evolution (VoLTE) call. The SCBF device identifies a user equipment (UE) associated with the IP call and an associated eNode B (eNB). For example, the SCBF may access a subscriber location memory to determine a location of the UE and an eNB associated with the location. The SCBF determines whether the eNB supports the IP call, and permits the IP call to be established via the IMS when the eNB supports the IP call. When the eNB does not support the IP call, the SCBF blocks the IP call and initiates a non-IP call, such as a 1× call, to the UE to prevent communications interruptions. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281439 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR RECALLING COMMUNICATION INFORMATION - Methods and systems for recalling communication information are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for recalling communication information may include receiving, from a first device, a first recall request to recall at least one of a communication originated from the first device sent to a second device, or a notification associated with the communication originated from the first device sent to the second device, wherein the communication is one of a voice call, a video call, a voicemail message, a video message, a Short Message Service (SMS) message, or a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, sending a second recall request to the second device, wherein the second recall request includes recall information identifying the at least one communication or notification to be recalled, and receiving a confirmation message from the second device including information regarding the status of the at least one communication or notification. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281440 | INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM LINKED TO A CALENDARING AND AVAILABILITY SYSTEM - An Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system is provided that is integrated with a calendaring and availability system. A telephone caller calls to book a future appointment with the entity or organization that was originally called but is unavailable at the time of the call. This invention can be used to provide call center-like capabilities in the context of appointment scheduling but without the overhead cost of staffing a call center with human operatives. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281441 | VOICEMAIL INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE FOR INSTANT APPOINTMENT BOOKING - A system and method are provided that transforms the typical voicemail interaction into one in which the client does not feel that their voice messages could be easily ignored. Instead of being prompted in the traditional manner to simply leave a message, the client is asked to choose from a list of available times, each representing a potential time for the service provider to call the client back. The system is aware of both the service provider's calendar appointments and the times that they have made available for client appointments. Once the client chooses a time slot, the service provider's calendar will be updated with the new appointment details. When that time arrives, the provider's calendar system will alert them of their impending appointment and they will be reminded to telephone back their client at the scheduled time. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281442 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO A VISUAL PHONE MENU - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing access to a visual phone menu is disclosed. One of the methods includes receiving a call request transmitted from a calling device to initiate a call to a recipient; saving state information associated with the caller's navigation through a voice response system; providing an option for the caller to select between receiving a visual phone menu (VPM) or continuing to listen to the voice response system menu; receiving a selection of the option to receive the VPM; providing the VPM to a client device including providing state information associated with the caller's navigation through the voice response system prior to the selection; and using the state information when the caller navigates back in the response tree using the VPM. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281443 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed is a communication device including a first communication part, a calling processing part, and a second communication part. The first communication part generates a response by a virtual communication party to a user's input and outputs the response from an output unit to realize first communication. The calling processing part controls a communication unit and performs calling processing on a communication device of a real communication party to call the real communication party when the first communication is realized by the first communication part. The second communication part controls the communication unit to supply the user's input accepted by the input unit to the communication device of the real communication party, acquires a response to the user's input from the communication device of the real communication party, and outputs the response to the output unit to realize second communication. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281444 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN INTERACTION PAGE - A system and method that includes receiving a call from a customer; determining, in response to receiving the call, interactions with the customer and relevant business objects relating to the interactions; and presenting, simultaneously in a user interface display pane, representations of the interactions and the relevant business objects relating to the interactions. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281445 | RECORDING USER COMMUNICATIONS - A call handling platform receives a call placed by a caller, collects data points based on the caller's interaction with an interactive voice response module, and computes an experience score for the caller using the data points. The call handling platform compares the experience score to a predetermined first threshold that indicates a first level of caller satisfaction. The call handling platform determines whether an option is enabled for recording screen captures of a display screen coupled to a machine used by a human agent. Upon determining that the caller has a lower level of satisfaction than the first level of satisfaction, the call handling platform routes the call to a human agent. Based on determining that the option for recording screen captures is enabled, the call handling platform initiates recording of screen captures of a display screen coupled to a machine used by the human agent. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281446 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Protecting Sensitive Information Within A Call Center In Real Time - A computer-implemented system and method for protecting sensitive information within a call center in real time is provided. A call from a caller is received within a call center. The call is assigned to an agent and a determination is made as to when the caller is to provide sensitive information. The user is transferred to an automated voice response system to which the sensitive information is provided, while maintaining the call with the agent. The caller is returned to the agent upon providing the sensitive information. A notification regarding a status of the sensitive information is sent and the call is terminated. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281447 | AUTOMATED ASSISTANCE FOR CUSTOMER CARE CHATS - A system for providing automated assistance to an agent includes a database that stores an automated assistance session in association with a client terminal. The automated assistance session comprises communications between the client terminal and an agent terminal during a communication session. The automated assistance session is restored in response to a connection being reestablished with the client terminal after the client terminal disconnects during the communication session. A client communication is received from the client terminal, and a plurality of statements is determined based on the client communication and the communications of the automated assistance session stored in the database. The statements are configured to be manually selected by an agent or automatically selected by an automated agent. The automated agent is engaged for automatically selecting one of the statements in response to a predetermined condition. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281448 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING CONTACT CENTER BEHAVIOR - A system and method are presented for predicting contact center behavior. In one embodiment, closed form simulation modeling may be used to simulate behavior from input distributions. Models may be created through staging and analysis of historical Automatic Call Distribution data. Service level, average speed of answer, abandon rate, and other data may be predicted to generate forecasts and analysis of contact center behavior. Examples of behavior may include staffing levels, workload, and the Key Performance Index of metrics such as service level percentage, average speed of answer, and abandonment rate percentage. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281449 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Detecting Events For Use In An Automated Call Center Environment - A computer-implemented system and method for detecting events for use in an automated call center environment are provided. A plurality of messages is monitored by a call center. Those messages sharing one or more keywords representative of one or more potential events are identified. The one or more potential events are detected based on the shared keywords. At least one of the potential events is identified as an event based on the number of messages that share the keywords representative of that potential event. Metadata regarding the event is extracted from the messages sharing the keywords representative of the event. A message regarding the event that includes the extracted metadata is generated. The generated message from the call center is provided to at least one user related to the event. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281450 | SYSTEMS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CROSS-CHANNEL CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT WITH DYNAMICALLY INSERTED VOICE CALL NUMBERS - Disclosed embodiments relate generally to Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and more particularly to a system, methods, and computer program products providing or supporting a cross-channel CRM support system for serving contact phone numbers for display at a web site and using such numbers to track, analyze and utilize prospective customer behavior on the Internet prior to the prospective customer calling the served contact phone number. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281451 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT AND CORRECT IP PHONE MISMATCH IN A CONTACT CENTER - System and method to detect misconfiguration in a contact center, the method including: assigning, by a processor coupled to a memory, a workstation IP address to an agent workstation in the contact center; receiving a workstation login request from an agent; associating the workstation IP address to the agent; receiving an application program login request from an agent; extracting a source IP address for the application program login request; comparing the workstation IP address to the source IP address for the application program login request; and allowing agent access if the workstation IP address matches the source IP address for the application program login request. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281452 | Rules-based compliance system - A rules-based compliance system enables a permitted user to define one or more contact attempt suppression rules, wherein each contact attempt suppression rule is adapted to be triggered when a configurable number of past contact attempts as defined in the contact attempt suppression rule have been attempted. A set of contacts are then received by the system. During a communications campaign, and before being issued, a contact in the set of contacts is compared against each of the one or more contact attempt suppression rules. The compliance system is then operative to suppress at least one contact based on a result of the comparison that indicates that a given one of the one or more contact attempt suppression rules is satisfied for the contact. A user may also provision one or more contact location rules that suppress contacts based on location information. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281453 | CLOUD-BASED GLOBAL ALARM ANNUNCIATION SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS - A cloud-based global alarm annunciation broker assist in locating and contacting suitable technical support personnel in response to detected alarm events at a plant facility. The system comprises a cloud-based framework that dynamically matches on-site alarm events to domain experts capable of addressing the alarm events. The framework uses an agent-based architecture to gather industrial data from data sources within the industrial environment, including time-series alarm data. The data is received at a cloud platform, where broker services perform a global search for suitable technical support resources in response to alarm events identified by the collected data. The brokering system can automatically generate service tickets and send notifications to both end users and system managers/supervisors, and can notify application-level experts about events and anomalies that emerge from the on-premise processes being monitored by the cloud-based broker system. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281454 | Computer-Implemented Call Center Architecture And Method For Optimizing Customer Experience Through In-Band Expert Intervention - A computer-implemented call center architecture and method for optimizing customer experience through in-band expert intervention is provided. Calls conducted between an agent and a caller are monitored. A need for assistance by an expert agent in one such call based on an inquiry by the caller is identified. Expert selection criteria to a predetermined group of expert agents with expertise in subject matter relating to the caller's inquiry is applied. One of the expert agents that matches with the expert selection criteria is selected and a notification to the agent that the selected expert agent will assist with the call is transmitted. The expert agent is then patched into the call. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281455 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATED ORDER STATUS RETRIEVAL - A computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising receiving an indication of availability of status information and transferring a communication to a particular destination based on a reason for the communication corresponding to a query of the status information, where the communication is transferred to the particular destination in response to receiving the indication of availability of the status information. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281456 | METHOD OF PROVIDING VOICEMAILS TO A WIRELESS INFORMATION DEVICE - Voicemail is received at a voicemail server and converted to an audio file format; it is then sent or streamed over a wide area network to a voice to text transcription system comprising a network of computers. One of the networked computers plays back the voice message to an operator and the operator intelligently transcribes the actual message from the original voice message by entering the corresponding text message (actually a succinct version of the original voice message, not a verbose word-for-word conversion) into the computer to generate a transcribed text message. The transcribed text message is then sent to the wireless information device from the computer. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281457 | Method and Apparatus for Managing Voicemail in a Communication Session - A system, method and apparatus for managing voicemail in a communication session between a sending communication device and a receiving communication device are provided. It is determined at the receiving communication device that a voicemail is to be created. The voicemail based on content received via the sending communication device. The voicemail is recorded. The voicemail is caused to be stored at resources associated with the sending communication device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281458 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VOICEMAIL OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for managing voicemail operations are provided here. In some embodiments a method for managing voicemail operations may include establishing a first call over a first telecommunication session with a voicemail system, transmitting message data over the first telecommunication session to be recorded in a voicemail message on the voicemail system, receiving a second call over a second telecommunication session while the first telecommunication session is active, and sending a first notification to the voicemail system to manage the recording of the voicemail message prior to establishing the second call over the second telecommunication session. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281459 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VOICEMAIL OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for managing voicemail operations are provided here. In some embodiments a method for managing voicemail operations may include establishing a voicemail session with a voicemail system, transmitting message data over the voicemail session to be recorded in a voicemail message for a second user on the voicemail system, receiving an incoming call from a device associated with the second user while the voicemail session is active, and sending a first notification to the voicemail system to manage the voicemail message prior to establishing the incoming call with the device associated with the second user. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281460 | AUTOMATIC CONFERENCE INITIATION - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with automatically connecting a participant to a conference are described. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a code that is provided to the participant of a conference. Generating the code includes storing metadata associated with both the conference and the participant based, at least in part, on a mapping between the code and the metadata. The example method may also include initiating access to the conference for the participant in response to receiving the code from the participant. Initiating access includes initiating a connection to the conference with a device associated with the participant. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281461 | DYNAMIC NOTIFICATION DURING A TELECONFERENCE - In a method for sending a teleconference notification to one or more client devices connected to a teleconference an indication is received to send a teleconference notification to one or more client devices connected to a teleconference. One or more processors determine that a first client device of the one or more client devices is not an audio only device. In response to determining that the first client device of the one or more client devices is not an audio only device, one or more processors cause a non-audio notification of the teleconference notification to be sent to the first client device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281462 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING REGIONAL SURVIVABLE CALLING OVER A PACKET NETWORK - A method is disclosed of providing survivable communications in a communications network, the method comprising: determining a loss of communications with a communications server, wherein the communications server provides calling features to an endpoint connected to the access node; and after determining a loss of communications with the communications server, forming a cluster of a plurality of access nodes to provide communication service to endpoints served by the plurality of access nodes, wherein the plurality of access nodes comprises the access node, and wherein the access node and a second access node in the plurality of access nodes use different access technology. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281463 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSOCIATING AND TRANSFERRING FINANCIALLY VALUABLE INFORMATION RECORDED AGAINST AN UNREGISTERED MOBILE PHONE NUMBER TO A NEW MOBILE PHONE NUMBER - A system and method of associating and transferring financially valuable information recorded against an unregistered mobile phone number with an external identifier comprising the external identifier; an application program; at least one originating communications device having an unregistered mobile phone number assigned thereto; and at least one replacement communications device having a separate mobile phone number assigned thereto, the application program automatically obtains the external identifier and operates to direct at least one third party who holds financially valuable information recorded against at least one of the unregistered mobile phone numbers allocated to the at least one originating communications device to associate such financially valuable information with the external identifier; and where the application program directs the at least one third party to transfer the financially valuable information associated with the unregistered mobile phone number to the separate mobile phone number. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281464 | Distributed Collaborative Offline Charging System - A distributed collaborative offline charging system and method is provided. Charging is determined by receiving a reduced charging record at a charging control function. The reduced charging record includes a charging data subset and an index for charging parameters that are not included in reduced charging record. The charging control function retrieves the charging parameters that are not included in reduced charging record utilizing the index. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281465 | QOS CONTROL IN PCRF BASED ON USAGE AND TIME OF DAY - Embodiments of the invention provide a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) node and a method for authorizing a Quality of Service (QoS) for a wireless subscriber based on subscriber usage and time-of-day for a 3GPP-compliant packet data network | 2015-10-01 |
20150281466 | METHOD, SYSTEM, GATEWAY, AND SERVER FOR CANCELING REDIRECTION - The present invention relates to a method, a system, a gateway, and a server for canceling redirection. When balances of a user are insufficient, a gateway (GW) receives a redirection policy delivered by a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) and redirects the user to a recharging page of a server; after recharging is finished, the server sends a recharging success packet to the GW, and the GW instructs the PCRF to cancel the redirection policy. In this way, after the recharging succeeds, the server directly sends the recharging success packet to the GW, and the GW can immediately instruct the PCRF to cancel the redirection policy after receiving the packet. Therefore, no delay problem of a billing system exists, thereby avoiding that the user is repeatedly redirected to the recharging page of the server during a delay time and enhancing user experience. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281467 | POLICY DECISION METHOD, CHARGING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A policy decision method is provided, including: receiving, by a policy and charging rules function PCRF device, a policy request of a first user sent by a gateway device; determining, according to the policy request, that the first user needs to use a counter of a second user; acquiring, a current status of the counter of the second user by using a session that is of the second user and established between the PCRF device and a charging system; and generating, a control policy of the first user according to the current status of the counter of the second user, and sending the control policy to the gateway device. The present invention can implement sharing of accumulated data among users, reduces processing pressure of the charging system, and decreases a performance loss of the charging system. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281468 | Method for Financing Purchases for Others Using a Sender's Charge Account - A method allows a sender to buy goods or services for a third party immediately on an established account of the sender even before the sender pays for the expense occurred. The system works particularly well for purchases of mobile telephone airtime for others. In addition, the method works equally well for purchases of small amounts. The method utilizes SMS protocol to send purchase orders in the form of text messages. The method takes advantage of existing technologies and contractual relationships that SMS aggregators have with carriers. The method allows brokers to buy large quantities of goods and services such as mobile telephone airtime at discounted wholesale prices and then resell them in smaller quantities at higher retail prices. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281469 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a main body storage portion that stores control information which defines a control condition of an option device; and a main body control portion that makes a printing portion perform operation in accordance with the control condition of the option device, and based on the control condition of the option device, gives an operation instruction to an option control portion, wherein in a case where an unsuitableness error, the option control portion transmits the control information stored in the option storage portion to the main body control portion, and the main body control portion updates the control information such that the control information stored in the main body storage portion becomes the control information suitable for specifications of the option device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281470 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING TEST PARAMETERS OF AN IMAGE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND IMAGE INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method for automatically selecting test parameters for an image inspection system using a computer, includes digitizing a reference image or a scanned printed image to determine target values, categorizing the image elements that are present, determining tolerances for the target values based on the categorization, calculating the inspection sensitivity based on target values and the respective tolerances thereof, setting the parameters of the image inspection system based on the inspection sensitivity, and configuring the image inspection using these parameters. An image inspection system for implementing the method is also provided. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281471 | METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC PARAMETERIZATION OF THE ERROR DETECTION OF AN IMAGE INSPECTION SYSTEM - A method automatically parameterizes error detection of an image inspection system by a computer. The method includes digitizing a reference image in order to determine desired values and subdividing the reference image into homogeneous image regions with few edges, and inhomogeneous image regions with strongly structured image areas and many edges. Lower tolerance values for the homogeneous image regions, and higher tolerance values for the inhomogeneous image regions of the digitized reference image are determined by statistical image analyses. The determined tolerances are assigned to their respective desired values in dependence on a position of the desired values in homogeneous or inhomogeneous image regions. An inspection sensitivity is calculated from desired values and their respective tolerances. The parameters of the image inspection system are set with the aid of the inspection sensitivity configuration of the image inspection system using the parameters. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281472 | TRANSFER-SIDE FACSIMILE MACHINE, FACSIMILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RECEPTION-SIDE FACSIMILE MACHINE - A multifunctional machine includes a facsimile communication portion and a control portion that makes the facsimile communication portion transfer facsimile data to a reception-side facsimile machine. When the facsimile communication portion starts to perform communication for data transfer with the reception-side facsimile machine, the facsimile communication portion receives, from the reception-side facsimile machine, a reception allowance/rejection signal in conformity with a facsimile communication protocol. When the control portion indicates the reception allowance of the transfer of the reception allowance/rejection signal, the facsimile communication portion is made to transfer the facsimile data to the reception-side facsimile machine. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281473 | Scanner and Non-Transitory Storage Medium Storing Instructions Executable by the Scanner - A scanner includes: a communication device communicable with an information processing device; and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the scanner to execute: a determination processing in which the scanner determines whether a reading request which is a request for reading a pseudo image file is received from the information processing device; a scan executing processing in which the scanner executes a scan processing when the reading request for reading the pseudo image file is received in the determination processing; and a scan-data writing processing in which the scanner writes scan data created in the scan executing processing, into the pseudo image file. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281474 | Cloud Multi-Function Printer and Cloud Multi-Function Printer Service System - A cloud multi-function printer and a cloud multi-function printer service system. The cloud multi-function printer service system includes an electronic apparatus and a cloud multi-function printer. The electronic apparatus includes a first electronic document and displays a printing interface to be applied to input a cloud path for the first electronic document to be stored on a cloud server. The first electronic document can be uploaded to the cloud server via the cloud path by the first electronic apparatus. A printing command containing the cloud path and the first electronic document is also output by the first electronic apparatus. The cloud multi-function printer comprises a first transmitting unit configured for receiving the printing command and a printer unit for printing a paper document and an identification code corresponding to the cloud path on the paper document. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281475 | OPERATION PERFORMING SYSTEM, RELAY SERVER, AND DEVICE - An operation performing system, comprising: a device; a service providing server for providing a service that causes the device to perform an operation; and a relay server for relaying between the service providing server and the device, wherein the device and the relay server are connected in a server-push enabled state, wherein the service providing server executes a first command-transmission processing for transmitting performance command for commanding performance of the operation, wherein the relay server executes a second command-transmission processing for transmitting, in the server-push enabled state, the performance command to the device, wherein the device executes a first status-transmission processing for transmitting, to the relay server, status information indicative of a status of the operation under performance, and wherein the relay server executes a second storage processing for storing in, the first storage, the status information in association with the service identifying information. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281476 | Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium Storing Program, Terminal Device and Method - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores instructions including first generating processing, first determination processing, second determination processing, second generating processing, and third determination processing for a terminal device with a camera. The first generating processing generates extracted image data from captured image data acquired by the camera. The first determination processing determines representative luminance values respectively representing luminances of the extracted image data. The second determination processing determines luminance correction values with respect to each of the plurality of extracted image data, based on a reference luminance value and the representative luminance values. The second generating processing generates composite image data from the extracted image data. The luminance of each extracted image data has been corrected using the luminance correction values. The third determination processing determines, based on the luminance correction values, an exposure correction value to correct an exposure of the camera. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281477 | NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A non-transitory storage medium stores control programs. The programs cause an information processing apparatus to: acquire an instruction for the information processing apparatus, based on a reception of the operation by the receiver; determine, based on the acquired instruction, whether a content to be transmitted to a web server is determined to be one of a first content which is created by an external reading apparatus and which is not stored at the acquisition of the instruction and a second content which is stored at the acquisition of the instruction; when the content to be transmitted to the web server is determined to be the first content, output a request for the first content and acquire the first content; and output first content location information indicating a location of the acquired first content. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281478 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMS FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A medium stores computer-executable programs. The programs cause an information processing apparatus to perform: displaying images based on scan data and a first icon which is draggable, on a display unit; acquiring a drag destination of the first icon; judging whether the drag destination of the first icon is one of a position overlapping with one image included in the images displayed on the display unit and a position adjacent to the one image; in a case that the drag destination of the first icon overlaps with the one image, determining an alignment sequence so that the one image is replaced with an image based on to-be-acquired scan data; and in a case that the drag destination of the first icon is adjacent to the one image, determining the alignment sequence so that the image based on the to-be-acquired scan data is arranged adjacent to the one image. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281479 | OPERATION CONSOLE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATION CONSOLE, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON THE OPERATION CONSOLE - On a touch-panel display of an image forming apparatus, which is divided to five areas, that is, a system area, a function selection area, a preview area, an action panel area and a task trigger area, pieces of information are displayed. Even if an operational mode is switched, the same or similar information is always displayed in the area arranged at the same position. In addition, when an input of a numerical value is requested, a group of keys of the same arrangement is displayed at the same position on the touch-panel display, regardless of the operational mode. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281480 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMS FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-executable programs. The programs cause an information processing apparatus provided with a display unit having a display surface and an operation unit configured to output a signal depending on user operations to perform: displaying a target image which is an image to be selected in a first area of the display surface; specifying a selected area corresponding to a part of the target image or a whole of the target image, based on the signal outputted from the operation unit depending on the user operation with respect to the target image; and displaying a selected-area image which is an image corresponding to the selected area that has been specified, in a second area which is different from the first area, with a size same as a size of the selected area that has been specified. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281481 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMS FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A medium stores computer-executable programs. The programs cause an information processing apparatus including a communication unit communicable with a scanner to perform: displaying a first window including a first icon which causes the scanner to execute a scanning process; judging whether a selection operation to the first icon is performed; transmitting a scan command to the scanner in a case that the information processing apparatus judges that the selection operation to the first icon is performed; receiving scan data from the scanner via the communication unit as a response to the scan instruction; and displaying a second window, on a display unit, which displays an image based on the scan data received from the scanner. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281482 | Image Forming Apparatus Displaying Information That Is Received from an External Device and Is Directed to a User - An image forming apparatus includes a display device, an operation device, an information-for-display reception unit, and a display control unit. The display device displays information for display. The operation device is receives input of an operation by a user. The information-for-display reception unit receives the information for display from an external device. The display control unit controls the display device, and causes the display device to display the information for display when the information for display received by the information-for-display reception unit is directed to the user. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281483 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a base, a supporter supporting a reading object, a reader provided on a mover and disposed between the base and the supporter. The image reading apparatus further includes a flexible flat cable. A first holder provided on the mover and holds a portion of the flat cable in a state in which the first holder is held in contact with a surface of the flat cable. A second holder holds the portion of the flat cable together with the first holder in a state in which the second holder is held in contact with a surface of the flat cable. The flat cable is interposed between the first holder and the second holder and held by the first holder and the second holder. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281484 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a moving body, a housing, a support portion, and a first contact portion. The moving body is composed of a resin member and has a surface on which a holding plate which holds an electric component used for image processing is mounted. The housing includes a pair of side walls between which the moving body is housed therein. The support portion is provided to the housing and configured to support the moving body such that the moving body is movable in a predetermined moving direction. The first contact portion is provided to the moving body, and is configured to be contactable with a contacted portion within the housing prior to the holding plate when the moving body reaches a contact position where it is possible to contact with the contacted portion. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281485 | IMAGE READER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image reader including a substrate that includes a photoelectric conversion element which is disposed to face an imaging lens, a folded wire that has one end connected to the substrate, and a conductive inclination section that is inclined with respect to an up-down direction of the substrate and grounds a folded portion of the wire. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281486 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming apparatus body including an image forming section that forms an image, an image reading device disposed on an upper side of the image forming apparatus body to read an image, a first wall provided in the image forming apparatus body, a second wall provided in the image reading device to overlap with the first wall in an up-down direction, and at least one support member provided in the image forming apparatus body or the image reading device to overlap with the first wall and the second wall in the up-down direction, the at least one support member supporting the image reading device relative to the image forming apparatus body. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281487 | Image Scanning Apparatus - An image scanning apparatus has a conveyer, a first scanning device configured to scan an image on one surface of an original sheet at a first scanning position, a second scanning device configured to scan an image on an other surface of the original sheet at a second scanning position. A controller is configured to execute a first adjustment process to adjust light amount adjustment of the first scanning device before scanning the original sheet subject to the received scanning instruction, start scanning after the first adjustment process, execute a determination process to determine, after starting conveying the original sheet, whether a light adjustment of the second scanning device is to be executed, execute a second adjustment process, when it is determined to start the light adjustment of the second scanning device, and stop conveying the original sheet when no original sheet is located at the first scanning position. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281488 | Image Reader and Computer-Readable Medium for the Same - An image reader including a conveyor, a first detector, a plurality of second detectors, a reading unit, and a controller configured to perform a control process that includes determining whether second detection information output from the second detectors satisfies a predetermined state, executing a first sequence when determining that the second detection information satisfies the predetermined state, the first sequence including determining whether a conveyed object is in a multi-feed condition based on first detection information output from the first detector, and halting at least one of a conveying operation by the conveyor and a reading operation by the reading unit when determining that the conveyed object is in the multi-feed condition, executing a second sequence when determining that the second detection information does not satisfy the predetermined state, the second sequence including continuing the conveying operation and the reading operation regardless of the first detection information. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281489 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a mechanism for setting whether to enable a shift function for shifting the sheet on which the image is printed in accordance with detection of the original. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281490 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - The image reading apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read the image of the original placed on the platen glass. The image reading apparatus determines whether the original is on the platen glass or not. If it is determined that the original is on the platen glass, the image reading apparatus determines whether the original is blank or not based on the image read by the reading unit. If it is determined that the original is not on the platen glass, or if it is determined that the original is blank, the image reading apparatus notifies the user that the original is not on the platen glass or the original is blank. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281491 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image reading apparatus includes a document feeder, a platen, an image reader, a drive unit, a memory, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the image reader to read a document fed by the document feeder over the platen at a reading position, control the image reader to read a reference plate over the platen at the reading position, to generate read data, determine whether the read data has an abnormality, store a value of the reading position of the image reader in the sub-scanning direction in the memory in response to determining that the read data has an abnormality, set a value of a position of the image reader in the sub-scanning direction to a value being different from the stored value within the predetermined range in response to determining that the read data has an abnormality and in response to receiving a reading instruction of another document, control the drive unit to move the image reader to the position of the set value, and control the image reader to read the other document fed by the document feeder over the platen after the image reader is moved to the position of the set value. | 2015-10-01 |