41st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130268856 | Distributed Realization of Digital Content - Techniques are disclosed that can obtain a description of intended digital content data in a producer computer, create a task graph of the intended digital content data, send the task graph to a consumer computer over a bus, execute the task graph locally in the consumer computer to realize an approximation of the intended digital content data, and render the approximation of the intended digital content data on a local display or other appropriate output device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268857 | MULTIMEDIA CONTENT PROVIDING DEVICE, MULTIMEDIA CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD, AND RELEVANT COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A multimedia providing device includes a communication device, an access link generating device, a play control device, and an information display control device. The communication device receives a multimedia content, a multimedia information, a display time code, and an identification number of a recipient. The access link generating device generates the access link of the multimedia content and transmits it to the recipient. The play control device receives a play instruction corresponding to the multimedia content and configures the multimedia content to be transmitted to a multimedia content display device. The information display control device configures a multimedia information providing device to transmit the multimedia information to a portable information display device according to the display time code and the identification number of the recipient. Therefore, the portable information display device displays the multimedia information when the multimedia content display device displays a predetermined image frame of the multimedia content. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268858 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK ASSOCIATED WITH E-BOOK IN MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method that provides various types of feedback associated with an e-book in a mobile device with an e-book reader function are provided. The method includes displaying a page of an e-book on a touch screen of the mobile device, detecting a touch on the page, detecting a movement of the touch, beginning a page turning operation in response to the movement of the touch, and providing audio feedback based on a history corresponding to the page, according to the page turning operation. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268859 | CONTEXTUAL WEB PAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for controlling a media generation system where a media event may be selected via a stateless software module, the system receiving a media event protocol file corresponding to the selected media event. The media generation system generates the media event based on the received media event protocol file. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268860 | NETWORK-MANAGEMENT DEVICE, NETWORK-MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A network-management device includes a map storing unit and a map state storing unit. The map storing unit stores therein a map created based on information on network devices. The map state storing unit stores therein a creation state indicating that creation of the map is in process or completed in association with the map. When creation of the map is in process, disclosure of the map is prohibited, and all the network devices are notified that creation of the map is in process. When creation of the map is completed, it is checked whether all the network devices are laid out on the map. When all the network devices are laid out on the map, disclosure of the map is permitted. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268861 | DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF A WORKLOAD ACROSS A PLURALITY OF CLOUDS - A method of allocating cloud resources. A user interface can be presented to a user. The user interface can be configured to receive a user selection of a change of context for at least one of a plurality of workloads allocated to at least one cloud. Responsive to receiving the user selection of the change of context for the workload, via a processor, a service level agreement applicable to the workload can be dynamically changed from a first service level agreement to a second service level agreement, while the workload remains in an available state. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268862 | POINT CLOUD DATA HIERARCHY - One embodiment is directed to a system for presenting views of a very large point data set, comprising: a storage system comprising data representing a point cloud comprising a very large number of associated points; a controller operatively coupled to the storage cluster and configured to automatically and deterministically organize the point data into an octree hierarchy of data sectors, each of which is representative of one or more of the points at a given octree mesh resolution; and a user interface through which a user may select a viewing perspective origin and vector, which may be utilized to command the controller to assemble an image based at least in part upon the selected origin and vector, the image comprising a plurality of data sectors pulled from the octree hierarchy. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268863 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION THROUGH NETWORK - Provided is a method and apparatus for providing information through a network. The method of providing information through a network includes: setting correspondence relations between first information, that is provided in a network site and a user wants to acquire through the network, and the appearance of an application; requesting a server for the first information and receiving a response; analyzing second information included in the response; and displaying the second information by manipulating the appearance of the application, according to the correspondence relations without visiting the network site or activating another application. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268864 | DIRECT FILE TRANSFER WITHOUT SENDING REQUESTED FILE THROUGH REQUESTING DEVICE - A requesting device can browse global file repositories and select a file in a source to be copied to a target directly without having to pass the file through the requesting device. A servlet-established controller can manage and monitor the process. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268865 | INTELLEGENT EVENT INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD AND TERMINAL - An intelligent event information presentation method and terminal is provided for facilitating information utilization by processing various event information, intelligently generated in association with a function of the terminal. The event information presentation method of the present invention includes collecting event information; and presenting at least one of the collected event information, according to a current operation mode. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268866 | System and Method for Providing Single Click Enterprise Communication - Systems and methods for providing single click enterprise communication are provided. In exemplary embodiments, a profile is associated with each individual of an enterprise. A single click selection of a communication type from a plurality of communication types for a particular individual may then be received. The profile associated with the individual is then reviewed to determine one or more contact identifiers associated with the selected communication type. Using the determined contact identifiers a communication may be established with the individual. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268867 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO SIMPLIFY MESSAGE COMPOSITION - A method and device to simplify message reply composition on a communications device, using a partially transparent overlay to allow a user to freely scroll and move around to other sections of a message or message chain while still being able to see and edit the reply being composed. When the reply is scrolled such that the composition field is not visible on the display screen, the device displays the overlay when the user enters text or on user request. The user may then type text into the overlay while viewing the underlying portion of the reply message, such as previous messages in the string. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268868 | Embedded Communication Facility for Collaborative Business Networks - A communication facility embedded in a personalized workspace of collaborative platform for business network participants, facilitates communication, information exchange, and coordination in both human and automated interactions. The embedded facility may comprise one or more of the following. An event handler initiates information exchange between business partners, manually by user input or automatically by event(s) triggered in connected business systems. An artifact generator creates messages to be exchanged, either by instantiating a pre-defined message type or by analysis of event(s) and creation of a respective message. A transfer element is configured to transfer the generated communication artifact via one or more communication channels supported by sending and receiving participants. A notification element updates a party receiving the communication artifact, by updating the graphical workspace of the human end-users, by updating integrated business systems with respect to the received communication artifact, or by doing both. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268869 | VIRTUAL MESSAGING - Disclosed is a system and method for reserving a specific geographical location in a virtual environment corresponding to the real world. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268870 | Deferred Teleportation or Relocation in Virtual Worlds - A user of a virtual universe system is provided with the option of deferring a response to an invitation for an avatar to be relocated (including relocation by performing a teleportation operation) by providing for selective storage of received invitations in a queue with a priority determined based on one or more rules which can preferably be developed by conversion from an invitation. Status of issuers of invitations can be monitored or the issuers polled and the current status can be displayed to a user to determine actions to be taken in manipulating priority in the queue. The user is also provided with the capability of editing priority of stored invitations including the ability to accept, reject or forward the invitation or convert the invitation to a landmark. Invitations having similarities may be grouped in accordance with any desired metadata contained in the invitation. Rules can also be set from the virtual universe system independently of a user in regard to priority and thus provides a new form of advertising. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268871 | Color Shop Website - A color selection and coordination website wherein selection of one of various different “room type” links generates a display comprising a scene of the room and a display beneath the scene of a row of color chips, each providing a “quick view” link, which when selected causes generation of (a) a display of an enlarged color chip having the color selected, (b) an adjacent room scene, and (c) a “view in a room” link located beneath the adjacent room scene. Selection of the “view in a room” link generates a display comprising an interior room scene and an exterior home scene, each painted with the color of the color chip and a row of five interior thumb images and five exterior thumb images, any one of which, when selected, will replace the originally displayed interior and exterior scenes. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268872 | SITUATIONAL WEB-BASED DASHBOARD - A method of assembling situational Web-based dashboard from a wide array of web pages, digital media and components with just a few clicks and no programming, so a user can view scattered information from disparate sources on a single web-based screen. The components that can be included into dashboard pages are: live-area components created on- demand from any sub-region of any web page or web application; any rich media component such as rich text, video, picture, widget; and any office document (Microsoft Office documents and PDF etc.). Each dashboard page can contain any number of components. The size, position, location and layout of the components in the dashboard can be easily configured using a computer mouse, or through a touch screen interface. Each component in the dashboard can do auto-refresh from the source with a specified time interval, which also prevents user session timeout for secured web sites. The resulting dashboard can also be shared with others for collaboration. A set of dashboard pages can also be bundle together, and automatically display in a slideshow mode on-screen to auto display and monitor large number of information. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268873 | ASSOCIATING CONTENT WITH A GRAPHICAL INTERFACE WINDOW USING A FLING GESTURE - Computer-implemented methods for associating, based on a fling gesture, content with a graphical interface window, are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, via a computing device, a fling gesture associated with an access point, wherein the fling gesture is a movement of the access point along a path from a first location on a display screen of the computing device to a second location on the display screen of the computing device, and wherein the access point is a reference to content. In response to the fling gesture, a graphical interface window is generated. The graphical interface window is then associated with the content referenced by the access point. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268874 | DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY UPDATING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A display system provides a graphical user interface having a dynamic display field, which is contained within a useable display area. The dynamic display field can have an expanded state and collapsed state, and the current state of the dynamic display field can depend on properties of the useable display area. When collapsed, the dynamic display area has a shared content area and two or more content tags. Each content tag can be active or inactive, and the shared content area shows displayable contents corresponding to active content tags. Tags are activated and deactivated based on user selections. When expanded, the dynamic display field includes dedicated content areas, where each dedicated content area shows a displayable content. Accordingly, when the useable display space allows, the dynamic display field can automatically transition to the expanded state, thereby enabling a greater amount of content to be displayed at a time. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268875 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTING OBJECT ON DISPLAY - A method and device for executing an object on a display. The method of executing an object includes receiving a user input to an object displayed on a display; gradually enlarging and displaying the object; and executing the application corresponding to the object as the object is enlarged. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268876 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MENUS IN MEDIA DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for controlling a menu in a media device are provided. If a first icon in a first icon group including at least one icon is pressed, the media device changes display status of remaining icons in the first icon group except for the first icon, and displays, in a set display area, a second icon group including at least one icon related to a function corresponding to the first icon. If a second icon in the second icon group is selected due to a drag of the first icon, which is performed while the first icon is pressed, the media device performs a function corresponding to the second icon, making it possible to easily control menus of the media device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268877 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTING OBJECT ON DISPLAY - A method and device for executing an object on a display. The method of executing an object includes receiving a user input to an object displayed on a display; gradually enlarging and displaying the object; and executing the application corresponding to the object as the object is enlarged. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268878 | METHOD FOR THE TEMPORAL DISPLAY OF THE MISSION OF AN AIRCRAFT - The general field of the invention is that of methods for displaying the steps of a mission or of a flight plan of an aircraft on a screen of a display device. The different steps of the method are displayed in a first graphical window comprising a time scale or “timeline”, the different steps being displayed opposite the schedule corresponding to their accomplishment. This window can be associated with a cartographic view of the flight plan. It can comprise a “magnifier” function. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268879 | SMART USER-CUSTOMIZED GRAPHICAL KEYBOARD - A computing device automatically customizes attributes of a graphical keyboard based on user inputs to the graphical keyboard. For example, the computing device can display a first graphical keyboard arrangement that includes a first representation of a key associated with a target region of an input-sensitive display. The computing device receives a plurality of user inputs, each associated with a respective touch region of the input-sensitive display. Subsequent to determining that one or more of the touch regions is not substantially aligned with the target region, the computing device displays a second graphical keyboard arrangement that includes a second representation of the key, wherein at least one attribute of the second representation of the key is graphically modified relative to the first representation of the key so as to substantially align one or more of the touch regions with a target region associated with the second representation of the key. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268880 | ELECTRONIC BOOK WITH CHANGEABLE PATHS - An e-book ( | 2013-10-10 |
20130268881 | Letter Generation, Communication, And Management - A computer implemented method and system for generating, communicating, and managing letters in different formats provide a letter management database (LMD) and a letter communication application (LCA) communicating with the LMD via a network. The LMD uploads, stores, aggregates, archives, curates, organizes, searches, and provides access to the letters. The LCA is accessible via a sender device and recipient devices and generates, communicates, manages, and provides access to the letters. The LCA generates a personalized letter based on a selection of displayed themes and writing style options, and media content and tags acquired from the sender device. The LCA acquires a selection of one or more delivery options and at least one recipient identifier from the sender device for delivering the generated personalized letter to one or more recipients and/or recipient devices. The LCA facilitates access to the generated personalized letter through one or more access modes via the LMD. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268882 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image display apparatus and method of controlling the same are disclosed, by which a more convenient 3D (3-dimensional) user interface can be provided to a mobile terminal including a display unit capable of displaying a stereoscopic 3D image. The method includes displaying a first object on a display unit of the image display apparatus, partitioning the first object into a first plurality of layers, determining an inclination of the image display apparatus with respect to a reference and providing a prescribed 3D depth to each layer of the first plurality layers in response to the determined inclination. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268883 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal for enabling a touch input and a control method thereof may include a display unit configured to receive a drag touch input and display a screen image, and a controller configured to detect the drag touch input received via the display unit, detect a speed of the drag touch input, and scroll the screen image during the drag touch input based on a distance of the drag touch input and the detected speed of the drag touch input. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268884 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - Embodiments relate to a method, system and computer program product for operating a data processing system. The data processing system includes a display device, a processing device connected to the display device, and one or more user input devices connected to the processing device. The display device is configured to display a Gantt chart comprising a plurality of tasks and a plurality of constraints. Each constraint connects two tasks. A method comprises highlighting a task in the Gantt chart. In response to receiving a forward user input, the method further comprises highlighting a constraint exiting a previously highlighted task in the Gantt chart, or in response to receiving a back user input, highlighting a constraint entering the previously highlighted task in the Gantt chart. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268885 | TERMINAL FOR SUPPORTING ICON OPERATION AND ICON OPERATION METHOD - Methods and apparatus are provided for an icon operation. A signal for designating a preset non-use period is received. An icon is output in a display format according to a non-use history of the icon and based on the preset non-use period. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268886 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRIP PLANNING AND MARKETING TRIP ITEMS - In some embodiments, systems and methods for assisting in trip planning are provided. A calendar interface is presented to a traveler. In some embodiments, trip items may be added by the traveler to the calendar interface via import, entry, or selection from a trip item tray. In some embodiments, trip items may be presented in a trip item tray based on a match rank value representing a correspondence between preferences associated with the trip and attributes of the trip items. In some embodiments, interfaces may be presented to a supplier of trip items that allow the supplier to push relevant trip items to selected travelers during their travel upon detection of a push event. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268887 | DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR AUGMENTING AN ELECTRONIC MENU USING SOCIAL CONTEXT DATA - A process to augment a restaurant menu displayed electronically to a user is disclosed. The process may be implemented over a network. The user belongs to a social media environment and has friends or other data pertaining to that environment. The process uses this data to select or highlight content given by those contacts for a menu item on the electronic menu presented to the user. An algorithm selects those reviews to provide the best information to the user. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268888 | DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE FOR PREVIEWING LIVE CONTENT - A dynamic user interface for previewing live content includes multiple tiles. A selection can be received from a user to define a tiled user interface layout that includes the multiple tiles each configured to display content from an associated content gallery. The content can be displayed on the multiple tiles in the tiled user interface layout, and one or more of the tiles change over time to display different pieces of the content from the associated content gallery of a tile. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268889 | Suggesting Contextually-Relevant Content Objects - Techniques for providing contextually-relevant content include monitoring interaction with content objects accessed through a portal by a user, at least a portion of the content objects presented to the user in a list through a graphical user interface (GUI); determining that the interaction with a particular content object of the content objects by the user exceeds a threshold interaction criteria; and updating the list of content objects presented to the user through the GUI with the particular content object based, at least in part, on the interaction with the particular content object exceeding the threshold interaction criteria. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268890 | Medical Device Maintenance System - A system for maintaining medical devices includes: a computing device including memory and a processor that, when executing instructions stored on the memory, creates a user interface including: a health module providing a summary of a maintenance status of the medical devices; a location module providing a summary of a location of the medical devices; and a maintenance alert module providing a list of the medical devices needing maintenance, the list including a type of maintenance needed for each of the medical devices in the list. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268891 | RAPID RESPONSE DECISION DEVICE - Methods and systems that facilitate rapid response to critical changes in a patient's condition. The disclosed techniques and structures may facilitate rapid input of data (e.g., observed conditions) by a nurse or other clinician, and may provide clinical decision support information based on the input data. In some cases, a user interface that dynamically updates a list of possible causes (e.g., medical conditions) in response to each received input may be provided. In some cases, a user interface presents input selection controls in a check list-type format, and allows a nurse to answer all, or only a subset, of the input selections, in any order. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268892 | MAP SCROLLING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY DISPLAYING ICONS - A map scrolling method and apparatus for a navigation system prevents from displaying certain icons while displaying other icons based on conditions and settings of the navigation system during a transition period of a map scrolling operation. The map scrolling method includes the steps of: detecting activation of a map scrolling operation; checking whether there is any limit condition attached to icons as to remove them from a map image; scrolling the map image while removing the icons to which the limit condition is attached from the map image during a transition period of the map scrolling operation; and displaying all of the icons when the map scrolling operation is completed. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268893 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - This invention relates to a display control apparatus and method capable of appropriately, easily selecting a display item the user wants on a display of a plurality of display items. In one embodiment of the invention, a plurality of display items are arranged on a display screen to cause the display screen having a touch panel to display the plurality of display items as selectable candidates. A first display item is selected among the plurality of display items displayed on the display screen. In a case where the first display item is selected and a touch area in the touch panel is designated by a user, a second display item which is closer to the first display item than the touch area in the display screen is selected. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268894 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A portable device and a method for controlling a display device include receiving first display information of a first arrangement of icons displayed on a screen of the display device, displaying the first arrangement of icons on a display of a portable device based on the first display information, modifying the first arrangement of icons displayed on the display of the portable device to generate a second arrangement of icons, generating second display information based on the second arrangement of icons, and transmitting to the display device a request to display the second arrangement of icons on the display of the display device, the request comprising the second display information. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268895 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND ICON MANAGEMENT METHOD - A terminal device includes an operating unit which accepts an operation by a user, a display unit which classifies one or a plurality of icons into one or a plurality of groups and displays the classified icons, and a control unit which controls the display unit so as to display a new group when an icon displayed on the display unit is set to a move mode by an operation accepted by the operating unit. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268896 | METHOD FOR PRESENTING MENU BUTTONS - Optical storage media often contain data structures for a menu suitable for selection of a title, a chapter, a parameter or others. Such menus usually comprise a number of buttons to be displayed, with each button having a state. Possible states of buttons are; e.g., “unselected”, “selected” or “activated”. According to the invention, the menu may contain buttons that can be selected through the keys on the remote control, but that don't have any images or text associated. This allows creating “invisible buttons” that automatically execute commands upon selection. Further, a sound or sound sequence; e.g., melody or click, may be associated to a buttons state, and may be played back when the button enters this state. Such menu data may be stored; e.g., on a Blu-ray disc. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268897 | INTERACTION METHOD AND INTERACTION DEVICE - The present invention provides an interaction device including an interaction interface, where a display area is formed of multiple display boundaries among which a corner area is formed between every two adjacent display boundaries; an interface interaction unit, for generating two first boundaries at a position that is corresponding to at least one corner area in the display area, where the two first boundaries and corner sides display boundaries form a main menu selection area which includes a selectable object; a processing unit, configured to, when the selectable object in the main menu selection area is selected and moves towards a position where any one of the two first boundaries is located and the selected selectable object crosses over a predetermined position, replace the selected selectable object in the main menu selection area with predetermined upper level selectable objects or lower level selectable objects correlated to the selected selectable object. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268898 | Image Folder Transmission/Playing Device and Image Folder Transmission/Playing Program - Provided is an image folder transmission/playing device which can transmit an image folder regardless of whether or not a name of the image folder complies with DCF standard and further can display an image file included in the image folder on a monitor. A CPU determines whether or not there is an album setting folder file in the image folder. When there is no album setting folder file, the CPU creates the album setting folder file in the image folder included in the album setting folder file. The CPU transmits the image folder and displays an electronic album on the monitor in accordance with information included in the album setting folder file. Accordingly, a user can view the electronic album with a user's favorite layout. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268899 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING 3D SEATING MAPS - Embodiments of systems and methods are described for allowing a user to purchase a ticket. In some implementations, a system comprises a data store and a processor. The data store stores one or more program instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform several functions. For example, the processor constructs first data configured to cause an application executing on a computing device to generate a three-dimensional graphical representation of a venue in a first view, receives a selection of a section of seats in the venue from the application, and constructs second data configured to cause the application to generate a graphical representation of the selected section in the first view. The graphical representation of the selected section comprises a graphical representation of rows of seats in the selected section and an image representative of a view from a selected row. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268900 | TOUCH SENSOR GESTURE RECOGNITION FOR OPERATION OF MOBILE DEVICES - Touch sensor gesture recognition for operation of mobile devices. An embodiment of a mobile device includes a touch sensor for the detection of gestures, the touch sensor including multiple sensor elements, and a processor, the processor to interpret the gestures detected by the touch sensor, where the mobile device divides the plurality of sensor elements into multiple zones, and the mobile device interprets the gestures based at least in part on which of the zones detects the gesture. An embodiment of a mobile device includes a touch sensor for the detection of gestures, the touch sensor including multiple sensor elements, and a processor, the processor to interpret the gestures detected by the touch sensor, where the processor is to identify one or more dominant actions for an active application or a function of the active application and is to choose a gesture identification algorithm from a plurality of gesture recognition algorithms based at least in part on identified one or more dominant actions, and is to determine a first intended action of a user based on an interpretation of a first gesture using the chosen gesture identification algorithm. An embodiment of a mobile device includes a touch sensor for the detection of gestures, the touch sensor including multiple sensor elements, and a processor, the processor to interpret the gestures detected by the touch sensor, and a mapping between touch sensor data and actual positions of user gestures, the mapping of data being generated by an artificial neural network, where the processor utilizes the mapping at least in part to interpret the gestures. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268901 | Structure and Method for E-Beam Writing - The present disclosure provides one embodiment of an integrated circuit (IC) method. The method includes receiving an IC design layout having a main feature; performing an optical proximity correction (OPC) process to the design layout; and thereafter, performing a jog reduction process to the design layout such that jog features of the design layout are reduced. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268902 | DECISION METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a decision method which decides a mask pattern used in an exposure apparatus comprising a projection optical system that projects a mask pattern including a main pattern and an auxiliary pattern onto a substrate, and an exposure condition in the exposure apparatus, the method including a step of calculating an image of a mask pattern formed on the substrate by the projection optical system while changing settings of the mask pattern and the exposure condition, and deciding the mask pattern and the exposure condition based on the image of the mask pattern, wherein the step includes determining whether or not to generate a new auxiliary pattern after the settings are changed. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268903 | Display and automatic improvement of timing and area in a network-on-chip - A method and NoC design tool is disclosed that automatically maps the paths listed in a timing report and the unit size in an area report to the topology of a NoC and displays the paths and unit sizes in a GUI. The tool can also automatically add pipeline stages, separated by the maximum delay allowed in the timing budget, in order to achieve timing closure in an automated way. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268904 | LAYOUT LIBRARY OF FLIP-FLOP CIRCUIT - Provided is a layout library having a plurality of unit layouts in which the same flip-flop circuit is implemented. In the layout library, at least two unit layouts have mutually different arrangement structures. Therefore, coupling capacitances seen at an equal node with respect to the two flip-flop circuits appear to be different from each other. A semiconductor designer can select a layout in which a desired coupling capacitance is set through wiring, and through this, can adopt a required flip-flop circuit. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268905 | Circuit Partitioning and Trace Assignment in Circuit Design - Methods and apparatuses for circuit design are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining a distribution of nets of a circuit, the distribution of the nets comprising numbers of blocks that each of the nets has in each of a plurality of partitions of the circuit in a partitioning solution, moving a first block of the circuit from a source partition to a destination partition to modify the partitioning solution, and updating the distribution of the nets after the moving. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268906 | AUTOMATIC PARITY CHECKING IDENTIFICATION - A method, apparatus and computer program product for automatic parity check identification. The method comprising: automatically identifying a parity signal in a circuit design, wherein the parity signal is defined as a parity function of a set of support signals, wherein the automatic identification comprises: obtaining a candidate parity signal and a corresponding set of candidate support signals; and verifying that a bit flip in exactly one of any of the corresponding candidate set of support signals induces a bit flip on a value of the candidate parity signal; wherein said method further comprises reporting the automatically identified parity signal. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268907 | BEST CLOCK FREQUENCY SEARCH FOR FPGA-BASED DESIGN - Searching for desired clock frequency for integrated circuit-based design may receive timing result of a hardware synthesis job executed based on a code specifying hardware design. One or more different timing constraints specifying respective one or more different clock frequencies than used in the hardware synthesis job may be automatically generated without modifying the code. One or more instances of the hardware synthesis job to run with the respective one or more different timing constraints may be automatically spawned. The automatic generation and spawning may repeat until a termination criterion is met, and/or a desired successful timing constraint is identified for the hardware design from the different timing constraints based on whether the one or more instances of the hardware synthesis job met their respective timing constraints. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268908 | VIA SELECTION IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN - Solutions for efficiently implementing a via into a multi-level integrated circuit layout are disclosed. In various embodiments, a method of creating a multi-level integrated circuit layout with at least one via is disclosed, the method including: providing at least two layers of the multi-level integrated circuit layout; and selecting a via for connecting the at least two layers, wherein the selecting includes retrieving the via from a via library including a plurality of via types, the plurality of via types prioritized in the via library according to a predicted manufacturing yield for each of the plurality of vias. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268909 | IMPEDANCE OPTIMIZED CHIP SYSTEM - A high bandwidth circuit is segmented into a plurality of portions, each portion for implementation on a corresponding semiconductor chip, an arrangement of one or more die bond pads for each corresponding chip is generated, and a chip location for each corresponding chip is generated, given package and given package I/O arrangement is generated, the generation of the die bond arrangements and the chip position being relative to given chip package parameters, and being generated to establish bond wire lengths meeting given characteristic impedance parameters. Boundary parameters for generating the segmenting are provided, including a bound on the number of portions and optionally a including bound on the area parameters of the corresponding semiconductor chips. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268910 | SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT METHOD, PROGRAM AND DEVICE - Supporting communications between developers of interdependent tasks of software parallel development can include inserting metadata, which expresses the existence of dependent code on which a first source code depends, into the first source code, at a time a first owner creates the first source code. A task to create the dependent code is created in response to detection of the metadata. Metadata expressing a second owner who owns the task of creating the dependent code and a status of the task is inserted into the first source code. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268911 | Generic Method and System for Lifecycle Management - Implementations include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving a lifecycle model, the lifecycle model including a representation of a lifecycle of an entity, the lifecycle including a plurality of states and transitions between states, receiving one or more artifacts, the entity including the one or more artifacts, each artifact of the one or more artifacts being associated with at least one state of the plurality of states, receiving a generic lifecycle management toolset, processing the lifecycle model and the one or more artifacts to configure the generic lifecycle management toolset and to define an adapted lifecycle management toolset that is specific to the entity, the adapted lifecycle management toolset including a lifecycle management interface, and providing the lifecycle management interface for display on a display device, the lifecycle management interface displaying representations of states of the plurality of states and a status of each state. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268912 | CODE VALIDATION USING CONTENT ASSIST - A process and associated system for code validation using content assist. A first list of items is presented to a code developer. Each item of the first list of items is enabled for validation and is a function or code method which generates a result upon being executed. An item selected by the developer from the first list of items is received. An input object associated with the selected item is identified. At least one input value for execution of the selected item is received from the developer. A result for the selected item is generated via execution of the selected item using the received at least one value as input for execution of the selected item. The result is displayed to the developer. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268913 | MANAGING APPLICATION TEMPLATE ARTIFACTS IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for managing application template artifacts throughout an application's lifecycle in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment). In a typical embodiment, a workload template is assigned to each phase of a set of successive phases of the application's lifecycle. Each template typically refers to a template in a preceding phase of the lifecycle. Moreover, the templates may contain pointers to artifacts used in the phases assigned thereto. Any changes occurring in the artifacts/phases are propagated to the corresponding templates so as to automatically manage application lifecycle operations. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268914 | SERVICE LEVEL OBJECTIVE FOR CLOUD HOSTED APPLICATIONS - Embodiments are directed to declaratively managing software applications, dynamically applying configuration changes to a specified software application based on a service level objective (SLO) and to efficiently performing an impact analysis for a specified service level agreement SLO. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268915 | DISTRIBUTED PARALLEL BUILD SYSTEM - This document describes, among other things, systems and methods for managing distributed parallel builds. A computer-implemented method to manage parallel builds, comprises identifying one or more software components in a software project, wherein each software component includes an executable binary file; determining a build configuration for each software component, wherein the build configuration includes a mapping from each software component to one or more build servers; and building each software component using the mapped one or more build servers in the corresponding build configuration, wherein the building includes compiling one or more source files associated with each software component to one or more object files, by distributing the one or more source files to one or more compilation machines. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268916 | COMPONENT DISCOVERY FROM SOURCE CODE - A method for component discovery from source code may include receiving source code, and determining business classes by excluding packages and classes in the source code identified as belonging to a presentation layer, as belonging to a data access layer, as models and/or as utilities. The method may further include extracting multi-dimensional features from the business classes, estimating similarity for business class pairs based on the extracted multi-dimensional features, clustering the business classes based on the similarity and mapping functional concepts to the clusters. The clusters generated by the clustering may represent components of the source code. The method may also include determining interfaces for the components based on the clustering. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268917 | CONFIGURABLE AUTO CONTENT TESTING FRAMEWORK FOR TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION - A system including a processor, a memory store, and a script generation engine. The script generation engine is configured to generate a test script comprising a test command instruction obtained from the technical documentation file, and submit a first query to the command configuration database using the test command instruction. The script generation engine is further configured to submit a second query to the command configuration database using the input parameter argument and the input parameter state, receive a second command entry comprising a prerequisite command instruction, an output parameter argument, and an output parameter state, where the output parameter argument matches the input parameter argument and the output parameter state matches the input parameter state, modify the test script to obtain an updated test script, and execute the updated test script on a target operating system. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268918 | ABSTRACTION-GUIDED SYNTHESIS - Given a program P, a specification S, and an abstraction function α, verification determines whether P satisfies the specification S under the abstraction α. If not, a trace T that violate the specification is selected, and either the abstraction α is refined or a constraint that avoids the trace T is computed and added to a set of constraints. The set of constraints are used to modify the program P. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268919 | METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMING PRODUCT FOR DETECTING MEMORY LEAKS - The invention relates to a method for detecting memory leaks produced by a program running on a computer, wherein during a program run, for each allocation of a memory region at least one information item concerning the performed allocation is entered in an allocation list and a check is made as to whether the allocation list contains a stored reference pattern of information that is typical for one or more memory leaks, and after a stored reference pattern is found the program run is paused, or a memory leak thus detected is associated with the region of the running program whose processing resulted in the most recent entry in the allocation list. The invention further relates to a computer programming product which carries out the method when the computer program is executed on a computer. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268920 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOVING ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE APPLICATION COMPONENTS ACROSS ENVIRONMENTS - A system and method for application lifecycle management, including moving enterprise software application components, such as Oracle Fusion Application components, across different environments. In accordance with an embodiment, the task of moving the application components from a first/source environment to another second/target environment is simplified by movement tools, including a user interface for use by an administrator in moving component binaries and configuration information. The system can be used to minimize the amount of work that would otherwise be required to reapply customization and configuration changes that were made in the source environment, to the target environment. Various types of movement scenarios are also described. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268921 | OPTIMIZATION OF AN APPLICATION TO REDUCE LOCAL MEMORY USAGE - Optimizing an application to reduce local memory usage. At least one executable class file of the application can be instrumented with analysis code, the executable class file including bytecode. The class file can be executed on a virtual machine, wherein during execution the analysis code generates data related to the application's use of local memory. The data related to the application's use of the local memory can be analyzed to generate a memory profile analysis. Based on the memory profile analysis, at least one portion of the bytecode can be automatically revised to reduce an amount of the local memory used by the application. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268922 | SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING FIRMWARE UPDATES ON A NUMBER OF DRIVES IN AN ARRAY WITH MINIMUM INTERRUPTION TO DRIVE I/O OPERATIONS - The present invention concerns an apparatus comprising a management utility and a processing utility. The management utility may be implemented on a host computer and be configured to initiate a request to apply a firmware update to a plurality of drives in an array. The processing utility may be implemented on a drive controller and may be configured to (i) determine which of the plurality of drives are in an idle state, (ii) send the firmware update to the drives determined to be in the idle state and (iii) repeat (i) and (ii) until all of the drives have been updated. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268923 | MULTIPLE DOMAIN EMBEDDED SYSTEM - A system for updating a multiple domain embedded system may include a processor that can identify a device associated with the embedded system and a driver that supports the device. The processor can determine a domain associated with the driver and a first configuration label of a first configuration of the multiple domain embedded system. The processor can also determine a second configuration label of a second configuration of the multiple domain embedded system, based on the first configuration label, an identification of the driver, and an identification of the device. Further, the processor can update the driver based on the second configuration label. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268924 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM UPDATE METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that executes a first program and a second program that cooperates with the first program to perform data processing includes a storage unit configured to store information after executing initialization processing based on the first program, a specification unit, a determination unit, an acquisition unit, an update unit, and a control unit configured to cause, when the information is stored in the storage unit at a restart time after the update unit updates the program, the first program to shift to an executable state without executing initialization processing and to cause, when the information is not stored in the storage unit, the first program to shift to the executable state after information to be associated with the updated program to be generated by the initialization processing is stored in the storage unit. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268925 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus, in which an operating system operates, includes a setting unit and a control unit. The setting unit sets, in a case that an application is installed and if an installation target application is installed by updating or if the operating system is not a predetermined version, to activate the installation target application in a hardware rendering mode. The control unit install, if software necessary for installing the installation target application is not installed, the necessary software, wherein the control unit installs the installation target application after installation of the necessary software, and wherein the installed application is activated according to a setting by the setting unit. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268926 | Tools And Methods For Customizing Multi-Function Devices - Apparatus are provided that includes a multi-function device that is configured to perform a plurality of functions relating to manipulating a document. The multi-function device can have a display configured to display interface tool for facilitating the customization of a function of the multi-function device. The interface tools allow a user to communicate with the multi-function device to enter information relating to the customized function. The custom application can be configured to be installed on the multi-function device, and the custom application is used to customize the multi-function device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268927 | PROCESS FOR COMPRESSING APPLICATION DEPLOYMENTS - A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to compress an application deployment. A master application to be deployed that has two or more files is obtained. The files in the master application are inventoried and two file instances that are identical are identified. An application deployment, based on the master application, is written by writing the first file instance and replacing additional identical file instances with links to the first file instance. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268928 | SOFTWARE INSTALLING METHOD BASED ON ACQUIRED EQUIPMENT INFORMATION AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - Disclosed a software installing method to a computer including the steps of: installing a software program to the computer, the software program corresponding to an equipment connected to the computer; acquiring equipment information of the equipment from the equipment connected to the computer; and displaying the acquired equipment information of the equipment on the display section prior to the installing step. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268929 | METHOD FOR SHARING AN INTERNAL STORAGE OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE ON A HOST ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR SAME - The present disclosure provides a method for sharing an internal storage of a portable electronic device on a host electronic device and an electronic device configured for same. The internal storage is automatically mounted and dismounted as a network drive on the host electronic device in response to connection events and disconnection events. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268930 | PERFORMANCE ISOLATION WITHIN DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS SUPPORTING DISTRIBUTED MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS - A data processing system | 2013-10-10 |
20130268931 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURING AND RESTORING VIRTUAL MACHINES - Systems and methods are provided for securing a virtual machine by causing a plurality of shares of virtual machine files to be separately stored in response to a stop command. Systems and methods are also provided for restoring a data set with a cryptographic restoration application in response to a series of user inputs received when no visual indicator of the cryptographic restoration algorithm is displayed, and for restoring a data set with data shares received from another computer device in response to detecting a communication link with the device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268932 | MANAGING PROCESS MIGRATION FROM SOURCE VIRTUAL MACHINE TO TARGET VIRTUAL MACHINE WHICH ARE ON THE SAME OPERATING SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for managing process migration are provided. When a process of a source virtual machine is to be migrated to a target virtual machine based on a process migration request, and the source virtual machine and the target virtual machine are on the same operating system (OS), logical migration is performed by updating information included in a virtual machine information database and a namespace router table. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268933 | HYPERVISOR SCHEDULER - Techniques for configuring a hypervisor scheduler to make use of cache topology of processors and physical memory distances between NUMA nodes when making scheduling decisions. In the same or other embodiments the hypervisor scheduler can be configured to optimize the scheduling of latency sensitive workloads. In the same or other embodiments a hypervisor can be configured to expose a virtual cache topology to a guest operating system running in a virtual machine. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268934 | DYNAMIC METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE INTEGRITY OF THE EXECUTION OF AN EXECUTABLE CODE - The present invention describes a method for securing the execution of a computer program in a multitask device. This method is based on the execution, in parallel with the program to be made secure, of a security thread, able to modify the parameters of the scheduler. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268935 | ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURE FOR A MOBILE APPLICATION BASED ON RICH APPLICATION, PROCESS, AND RESOURCE CONTEXTS AND DEPLOYED IN RESOURCE CONSTRAINED ENVIRONMENTS - A method for adapting execution of an application on a mobile device may be performed by a mobile device including a processor and a memory. The method may include receiving an application context, a process context, and one other context. The method also includes analyzing at least one of the application context or the process context together with the one other context. The method also includes dynamically adapting execution of the application on the mobile device based on the analysis. Adapting execution of the application may include transferring processing related to the application to a backend server for processing. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268936 | WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A workflow management system and a method for managing a procedure of delivery of a workflow object within an organizational framework are introduced. The workflow management system includes a metadata database, an input module and an authorizing module. Given definition of route points in a workflow template, configuration of nodes of each of the route points, and configuration of group data within a workflow template, it is feasible to effectuate a pre-built model whereby conventional workflows can be flexibly corrected and assembled anew, thereby dispensing with the hassles of redefining a workflow or performing a time-consuming process of amending the workflow route points one by one, thereby achieving advantages of smart workflow automated design, such as centralized control, dynamic interception, and quick extension of a secondary workflow route. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268937 | DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM, SCHEDULER NODE AND SCHEDULING METHOD OF DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM GENERATION APPARATUS THEREOF - A distributed processing system includes a plurality of task nodes each configured to have a capability of processing a task using a reconfigurable processor, and having a capability of processing the task using a non-reconfigurable processor if the task is not processed using the reconfigurable processor, and a scheduler node configured to select a task node that is to process the task from the plurality of task nodes. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268938 | TRANSPARENT USER MODE SCHEDULING ON TRADITIONAL THREADING SYSTEMS - Embodiments for performing cooperative user mode scheduling between user mode schedulable (UMS) threads and primary threads are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, an asynchronous procedure call (APC) is received on a kernel portion of a user mode schedulable (UMS) thread. The status of the UMS thread as it is being processed in a multi-processor environment is determined. Based on the determined status, the APC is processed on the UMS thread. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268939 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TASK EXECUTION ON A MANAGED NODE - Systems and methods for executing tasks on a managed node remotely coupled to a management node are provided. A management controller of the management node may be configured to determine at least one execution policy for a task, schedule the task for execution, receive system information data from the managed node, based at least on the received system information, determine if the received system information complies with the at least one execution policy, and if the received information complies with the at least one execution policy, forward the task from the management controller to the managed node for execution. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268940 | AUTOMATING WORKLOAD VIRTUALIZATION - A system, and a corresponding method enabled by and implemented on that system, automatically calculates and compares costs for hosting workloads in virtualized or non-virtualized platforms. The system allows a service user (i.e., a customer) to decide how best to have workloads hosted by apportioning costs that are least sensitive to workload placement decisions and by providing robust and repeatable cost estimates. The system compares the costs of hosting a workload in virtualized and non-virtualized environments; separates workloads into categories including those that should be virtualized and those that should not, and determines the amount of physical resources to cost-effectively host a set of workloads. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268941 | DETERMINING AN ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TO ASSIGN TO JOBS OF A PROGRAM - A performance model is used to calculate a performance parameter based on characteristics of a collection of jobs that make up a program, a number of map tasks in the jobs, a number of reduce tasks in the jobs, and an allocation of resources, where the jobs include the map tasks and the reduce tasks, the map tasks producing intermediate results based on segments of input data, and the reduce tasks producing an output based on the intermediate results. Using a value of the performance parameter calculated by the performance model, a particular allocation of resources is determined to assign to the jobs of the program to meet a performance goal of the program. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268942 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTO-THROTTLING ENCAPSULATED COMPUTE TASKS - Systems and methods for auto-throttling encapsulated compute tasks. A device driver may configure a parallel processor to execute compute tasks in a number of discrete throttled modes. The device driver may also allocate memory to a plurality of different processing units in a non-throttled mode. The device driver may also allocate memory to a subset of the plurality of processing units in each of the throttling modes. Data structures defined for each task include a flag that instructs the processing unit whether the task may be executed in the non-throttled mode or in the throttled mode. A work distribution unit monitors each of the tasks scheduled to run on the plurality of processing units and determines whether the processor should be configured to run in the throttled mode or in the non-throttled mode. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268943 | BALANCED PROCESSING USING HETEROGENEOUS CORES - Technologies are generally described for a multi-processor core and a method for transferring threads in a multi-processor core. In an example, a multi-core processor may include a first group including a first core and a second core. A first sum of the operating frequencies of the cores in the first group corresponds to a first total operating frequency. The multi-core processor may further include a second group including a third core. A second sum of the operating frequencies of the cores in the second group may correspond to a second total operating frequency that is substantially the same as the first total operating frequency. A hardware controller may be configured in communication with the first, second and third core. A memory may be configured in communication with the hardware controller and may include an indication of at least the first group and the second group. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268944 | Dynamically Building Application Environments in a Computational Grid - Computing environments within a grid computing system are dynamically built in response to specific job resource requirements from a grid resource allocator, including activating needed hardware, provisioning operating systems, application programs, and software drivers. Optimally, prior to building a computing environment for a particular job, cost/revenue analysis is performed, and if operational objectives would not be met by building the environment and executing the job, a job sell-off process is initiated. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268945 | IDENTIFYING GLOBALLY CONSISTENT STATES IN A MULTITHREADED PROGRAM - In a method of identifying a globally consistent state in a multithreaded program, a plurality of locally consistent states is identified, in which a locally consistent state of a thread comprises a set of memory locations and their corresponding data values accessed between points in the multithreaded program where no locks are held. Globally consistent states are identified based at least in part on the locally consistent states. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268946 | COMPUTER LANGUAGE TRANSLATION FILTER - Provided herein are devices, systems, methods and various means, including those related to translating command and other types of computer instructions being transmitted to a destination processor from a language that is non-native to the destination processor to a language that is native to the destination processor. Some embodiments discussed herein can include a processing filter that is configured to identify whether incoming instructions are formatted in a translatable non-native language of the destination processor and, if so, process the non-native commands into native commands. The processed, native commands can then be relayed to the destination processor by some embodiments discussed herein. The processing filter can be implemented in a manner that is portable and independent of any specific framework and/or programming language. For example, the processing functionality (including the identification and translation features discussed herein) can be implemented in the same device as the destination processor and/or at a system remote from the destination device (e.g., at a remote host system). | 2013-10-10 |
20130268947 | Automatically Deriving a Command for Starting a Program in an Operating System of a Computer - A method, apparatus and program product for automatically deriving a command for starting a program in an operating system of a computer, the method comprising the steps of: identifying an address space provided by an operating system; identifying a program in the address space; searching data logged by the operating system as a result of processing the identified program to identify a start command for initiating processing of the identified program; and outputting the identified start command. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268948 | System and Method for Event Driven Browser Launch - Systems and methods for providing event driven browser launch are provided. In exemplary embodiments one or more communication data variables associated with a communication are received. Browser launch settings for an individual associated with the communication are reviewed to determine a time to launch a browser. The browser may then be launched at the predetermined time. In exemplary embodiments, the browser provides data retrieved from a URL associated with at least one of the communication data variables. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268949 | AUTOMATIC PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL DATA - Methods for agricultural data management include automatically monitoring for events associated with receipt of agricultural data through use of a service executing on a computing device, notifying at least one component of a software system executing on the computing device of the receipt of the agricultural data, processing the agricultural data by the at least one component and storing the agricultural data in a data repository, and automatically distributing the agricultural data from the data repository in a predetermined format. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268950 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING COMPUTING FUNCTIONS TO ACCOMPLISH A TASK - Systems and Methods are provided for coordinating computing functions to accomplish a task. The system includes a plurality of standardized executable application modules (SEAMs), each of which is configured to execute on a processor to provide a unique function and to generate an event associated with its unique function. The system includes a configuration file that comprises a dynamic data store (DDS) and a static data store (SDS). The DDS includes an event queue and one or more response queues. The SDS includes a persistent software object that is configured to map a specific event from the event queue to a predefined response record and to indicate a response queue into which the predefined response record is to be placed. The system further includes a workflow service module, the work flow service module being configured to direct communication between the SDS, the DDS and each of the plurality of SEAMs. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268951 | Participating in Television Programs - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for enabling viewers to participate in a television program. In one aspect, a method includes transmitting a linear television program that includes a request for viewer responses to be submitted using a user device and receiving, through a communication network, an electronic message including a viewer response to the request from a user. Consideration is received from the user, and the consideration is associated with the viewer response. Credits are allocated to the user in response to receiving the viewer response and consideration. A record of the one or more credits is stored in association with an identifier of the user, and in response to a request from the user, credits associated with the identifier of the user are redeemed in exchange for virtual goods or services associated with delivery of content over a network. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268952 | DETACHABLE SEAT MOUNTED AUDIO-VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM WITH LOCALLY STORABLE, SELECTABLE, AND UPDATABLE CONTENT - A detachable seat mounted audio-visual entertainment system. The system has locally storable, selectable, and updatable content. The passenger in-flight entertainment device terminal has passenger selectable controls, a video display, an audio output, storage media such as a magnetic or “hard disk”, and a payment interface device such as a card swipe, all located in a seat which has been wired with power, local network, and audio wiring. A local, transport vehicle mounted local host computer provides supports the local network, and may be used to collect revenue slips resulting from passenger input to the payment interface device. Revenue slips may be posted to a remote server during a trip segment via satellite or direct radio frequency communication to receiving facilities providing connection to the internet, or alternately collected and posted batch-wise. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268953 | USE OF SCORING IN A SERVICE - Systems, methods, and apparatus for dynamically providing an incentive to a customer of a service based on a detected unexpected behavior of the customer are presented herein. A model component can create a model associated with a service based on information associated with a use of the service. Further, a prediction component can predict, based on the model, a behavior of a user associated with the use of the service. Furthermore, a scoring component can identify a deviation from the behavior and determine an action associated with the user based on the deviation from the behavior. In an aspect, the action can be communication of an incentive directed to a network-enabled device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268954 | CONTROLLING A MEDIA PROGRAM BASED ON A MEDIA REACTION - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for controlling a media program based on a media reaction. In some embodiments, the techniques pause, mute, or stop a media program when a user leaves the room, when a user in the room is talking or is otherwise not paying attention to the program, or when a child walks into the room. | 2013-10-10 |
20130268955 | HIGHLIGHTING OR AUGMENTING A MEDIA PROGRAM - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for highlighting or augmenting a media program. The techniques and apparatuses can build a media program highlighting another media program based on media reactions to portions of that other media program. The techniques and apparatuses may also or instead augment a media program based on media reactions to portions of that media program. | 2013-10-10 |