41st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110252329 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOPICAL BROWSER HISTORY - Disclosed is a method and system for displaying topical history of a user's browsing experience. A browser executing on a computing device navigates to a web page. A client-side module executing on the computing device obtains a set of topics associated with the web page. The client-side module determines other topics related to the set of topics associated with the web page. The client-side module determines web pages associated with the other topics that the browser has previously navigated to within a predetermined past period of time. The browser displays in a first content area the web page, and the browser displays in a second content area the set of topics associated with the web page, the other topics related to the set of topics, and links to the web pages associated with the other topics. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252330 | Using User Context to Select Content - In one example embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for content to be presented to a current user. The content has multiple elements that each have multiple possible element variations. The content has multiple possible instances that would result from different combinations of different ones of the possible element variations. The method includes accessing a current-user context of the current user that has data associated with or concerning the current user; predicting multiple responses of the current user to multiples ones of the possible instances of the content; selecting one of the possible instances of the content for the current user based on the predicted responses; and providing for presentation to the current user a current actual instance of the content based on the selected one of the possible instances of the content. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252331 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOCIALIZING EVENTS - An example of a method includes determining, electronically, a social network associated with a user in response to the user visiting a web page. Further, the method includes determining, electronically, a first buddy of the user on the social network. Furthermore, the method includes identifying, electronically, a first event from events associated with the first buddy which matches an event associated with the web page. In addition, the method includes displaying the first event and information associated with the first buddy on the web page. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252332 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BROWSING INTERNET CONTENT UTILIZED THEREBY - In a method of browsing internet content using an electronic device, an image of a user is captured, a facial region from the captured image is examined, and facial characteristics are extracted from the facial region. An age of the user is estimated according to the extracted facial characteristics, and a privilege level for browsing the internet content of the user is determined accordingly. Additionally, category information of internet content of a webpage is acquired when the user opens the webpage to determine whether the user is permitted to browse the internet content, and a notification is displayed on a display screen of the electronic device to inform the user that the internet content is forbidden if the user is not permitted to browse the internet content. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252333 | Method And System For Role-Based Access Control To A Collaborative Online Legal Workflow Tool - A computer system and method for distributed legal workflow security provides role-based access control to a collaborative online workflow tool. The system includes a computer network having one or more computers operably programmed and configured to receive input defining computer system access privileges for a plurality of distributed legal workflow participants. The system receives input associating one or more legal workflow role types defined by users with one or more of the distributed legal workflow participants to define the role-based access. Permission privileges are input and associated with a plurality of legal workflow graphical interface functions based on the one or more legal workflow role types. Based on the permission privileges associated with the role type of the participant, the system provides legal workflow graphical interface functionality to the one or more distributed legal workflow participants. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252334 | MULTI-CHANNEL USER INTERFACE ARCHITECTURE - A computer-readable medium, computer-implemented method, and multi-channel user interface system are provided. In one embodiment, a computer-readable medium has instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method. The instructions include providing source code and metadata for a base set of user interfaces, where the base set of user interfaces is capable of being executed on multiple channel. The metadata is capable of configuration for a specific channel. The configuration of metadata for a specific channel includes projecting one or more task flows from a task flow template and configuring one or more regions for each task flow. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252335 | Zooming in a Web Browser - A computer-implemented method for managing the display of information in a web browser involves identifying a web browser type of a web browser on a computing device, identifying a zoom level of the web browser, obtaining size-related information about one or more graphical elements displayed by the web browser, determining a matching size for an element to be provided on the browser, and adjusting the matching size to account for zooming-related measurement errors for the identified browser type and the identified zoom level. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252336 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT METHOD, MANAGEMENT INFORMATION VISUALIZATION DEVICE, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION VISUALIZATION METHOD - A management information visualization device (management provider server | 2011-10-13 |
20110252337 | Messaging and Presence Protocol as a Configuration and Management Bus for Embedded Devices - Techniques are provided herein for establishing at a network management server a presence on a network. A presence associated with one or more managed devices on the network is detected. An instant messaging (IM) session is established with the one or more managed devices. The IM session forms a virtual chat room for performing a management function on the one or more managed devices, and IM messages are sent that are configured to perform the management function on the one or more managed devices. Techniques are also provided herein for establishing on a network an enriched presence by a network management server that is configured to perform a management function via a presence function of a messaging and presence protocol. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252338 | INNOVATION PIPELINE - Unique content generated by a group of individual users is evaluated. First unique content provided by a first user via a social networking website interface is collected at a tangible host server. Second unique content provided by a second user via the social networking website interface is collected at the tangible host server. User input ratings from individual users of the social networking website interface are collected so as to rate the first unique content and second unique content. In a first evaluation stage, the first unique content and second unique content are evaluated based on user input from individual users of the social networking website interface so as to comparatively rank the first unique content and second unique content. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252339 | Collaborative Cursors in a Hosted Word Processor - A computer-implemented collaborative editing method includes receiving input from a user of a browser-based document editing application on a document displayed by the application; identifying a current location in the document for a cursor of a first user executing the application; receiving from a central server system data that reflects changes made to the document by one or more users other than the first user and current positions in the document of cursors for the one or more other user; updating a document model stored on a computing device that is executing the browser-based application and rendering at least a portion of the model to the browser; and rendering the current positions of the cursors for the one or more other users to the browser. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252340 | System and Method For Virtual Online Dating Services - A system and method for: providing virtual social networking and online dating services; providing collaborative capability between a plurality of members; and providing interactive live multi-point streaming video/audio to the members. The collaborative capability may include auditions. Further, the collaborative capability and interactive live multi-point streaming video/audios may be provided through a single site. The system and method may provide for direct referrals between members and online video dating including speed dating. Further, the social/dating service may also interact with other services. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252341 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING USERS TO INTERACT IN A VIRTUAL SPACE - The present invention provides a highly scalable architecture for a three-dimensional graphical, multi-user, interactive virtual world system. In a preferred embodiment a plurality of users interact in the three-dimensional, computer-generated graphical space where each user executes a client process to view a virtual world from the perspective of that user. The virtual world shows avatars representing the other users who are neighbors of the user viewing the virtual word. In order that the view can be updated to reflect the motion of the remote user's avatars, motion information is transmitted to a central server process which provides positions updates to client processes for neighbors of the user at that client process. The client process also uses an environment database to determine which background objects to render as well as to limit the movement of the user's avatar. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252342 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTION SUGGESTION USING BROWSER HISTORY - Disclosed is a method and system for displaying one or more actions associated with a domain. A server computer receives over a network from a client-side module executing on a computing device a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated with a web page to which a user has navigated via a browser executing on the computing device. The server computer determines that the web page is part of a domain that the user has navigated to more than a predetermined number of times within a given period of time. The server computer determines a category associated with the web page and determines one or more actions associated with the domain. The server computer transmits to the computing device for display in the browser a link, the link representing an action associated with the domain and with the category associated with the web page. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252343 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING BI-DIRECTIONAL SEARCH - When a user enters a primary search query into a primary search query input area to perform a first search of the primary search query, disclosed is a method and system for automatically entering the primary search query into a secondary search query input area to perform a second search of the primary search query. When the user enters a secondary search query into the secondary search query input area to perform a first search of the secondary search query, the method and system automatically enters the secondary search query into the primary search query input area to perform a second search of the secondary search query. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252344 | PERSONALIZING COLORS OF USER INTERFACES - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for creating customized color schemes for user interfaces are disclosed. An avatar editing environment associated with a user is provided and user input specifying colors for the avatar is received. A color profile of the avatar can be created based on the colors associated with the avatar. Customized color schemes associated with a software application can be created based on the color profile of the user's avatar. An application selection interface can present a respective user interface element for each application available for selection. The application selection interface and user interface element for each available application can be rendered in a respective color scheme selected based on the color profile of the user's avatar and one or more characteristic colors extracted from an icon of the application. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252345 | Automatically Generating a Graphical Data Flow Program Based on a Circuit Diagram - A method and system configured to: (a) display a first diagram including a first icon in response to input selecting the first icon; (b) associate the first icon with a first hardware device in response to input selecting the first hardware device from a set of hardware devices; (c) associate the first icon with a set of physical channels of the first hardware device in response to user input selecting the physical channels; and (d) perform the following operations one or more times: receive user input selecting a resource from a set of available resources including resources on the first hardware device; update the first diagram to include a graphical representation of the selected resource; receive user input to the first diagram specifying configuration information for the selected resource; and store the configuration information; (e) display a dataflow node indicating a transfer operation to be performed. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252346 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Folders - A multifunction device displays a plurality of selectable user interface objects on the display. In response to detecting the first input, the device moves a first object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects across the display to a location on the display that is proximate to a second object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects. In response to detecting that the first input meets predefined folder-creation criteria while the first object is proximate to the second object, the device creates a folder that contains the first object and the second object. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252347 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - This invention provides an information processing apparatus capable of, on an operation screen that can be customized in accordance with user's need, customizing the operation buttons of an application provided by an external apparatus, and a method of controlling the same. To accomplish this, the information processing apparatus displays a registration button to add, to a custom menu, custom buttons to be executed based on the current setting information of the currently running application during display of the operation screen of a Web application. When the registration button is pressed, the information processing apparatus manages button data and action data in association with each other as the information of custom buttons to be added to the custom menu. When the user instructs to display the custom menu, the information processing apparatus generates the custom menu including the custom buttons using the button data, and displays it. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252348 | FLORAL ARRANGEMENT CREATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method for providing a floral arrangement including providing, by using at least one processor, a plurality of flower choices to a user, receiving, by using at least one processor, from the user at least two flower inputs from the plurality of flower choices, where each of the at least two flower inputs comprise a flower type, each flower type comprising at least one of: a line flower, a focal flower, or a filler flower, generating, by using at least one processor, a floral arrangement based on the flower types of the flower inputs, and providing, by using at least one processor, the floral arrangement to the user. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252349 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Folders - A multifunction device displays a plurality of selectable user interface objects on the display. In response to detecting the first input, the device moves a first object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects across the display to a location on the display that is proximate to a second object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects. In response to detecting that the first input meets predefined folder-creation criteria while the first object is proximate to the second object, the device creates a folder that contains the first object and the second object. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252350 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Folders - A multifunction device displays a plurality of selectable user interface objects on the display. In response to detecting the first input, the device moves a first object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects across the display to a location on the display that is proximate to a second object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects. In response to detecting that the first input meets predefined folder-creation criteria while the first object is proximate to the second object, the device creates a folder that contains the first object and the second object. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252351 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSUMING, SHARING, AND SYNCHRONIZING TIME BASED INFORMATION - Methods, techniques, and systems for a calendar management system are provided. Some embodiments provide a calendar management system that is configured to receive calendar identification information from a user; access at least one disparate calendaring system, wherein the at least one disparate calendaring system is related to the received calendar identification information; and integrate calendar data from the accessed at least one disparate calendaring system in a calendar environment user interface. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252352 | Hemostatic Parameter Display - A system for displaying a plurality of hemostatic indexes is disclosed. The system includes a communication receiver configured to receive the hemostatic indexes and a graphical user interface (GUI) connected to the communication receiver and configured to simultaneously display the hemostatic indexes. The hemostatic indexes are derived from a plurality of independent measurements, such as the mechanical measurements determined using the sonorheometry systems and processes. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252353 | Visualization Tool for qPCR Genotyping Data - Systems and methods are used to display data obtained from a qPCR instrument. Each of two or more samples is probed with a first labeling probe and a second labeling probe. A first data set is received from a qPCR instrument at a first cycle number that includes for each sample a first labeling probe intensity, and a second labeling probe intensity. A second data set is received at a second cycle number that includes for each sample a first labeling probe intensity and a second labeling probe intensity. A first plot of first labeling probe intensity as a function of second labeling probe intensity is created using the first data set. A second plot of first labeling probe intensity as a function of second labeling probe intensity is created using the second data set. The first plot and the second plot are displayed in response to user defined input to provide dynamic and real-time analysis of genotyping data. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252354 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PLURALITY OF KINDS OF STORAGE DEVICES - A storage system including a memory unit having a disk management program, plural disk controllers each having a SAS port which can be attached to either a SAS disk drive or a SATA disk drive, and a LAN port which communicates with a user interface program in a management console. Upon receiving a request from the user interface program requesting what kinds of disk drives are attached to the disk controllers, the disk management program communicates with each disk controller to determine what kind of disk drive is attached to the disk controller, selects based on a result an appropriate protocol for the disk drive, sends a request to the disk controller to retrieve detailed information of the disk drive using the selected protocol, and sends the detailed information received from the disk controller back to the user interface program for display on a monitor of the management console. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252355 | GRAPHIC DISPLAY CONFIGURATION FRAMEWORK FOR UNIFIED CONTROL SYSTEM INTERFACE - A common process control graphical user interface plant operators, plant maintenance personnel, and management is disclosed which provides a real-time interface to both the process and the plant. The common interface is modular in design and is capable of supporting various specializations for each user type. Operator consoles are dedicated to each section of the plant and include additional functions such as maintenance, configuration, simulation and supervisory information. The unified for common graphical interface replaces control room displays filled with single case analog controllers, meters, and digital indicators. The common interface addresses the functions that previously were provided by the panel motor start/stop buttons and status indications, chart recorders, annunciator panels and subsystem interfaces. From a console, operators manage alarms, adjust the process by entering new setpoints or other parameters, “zoom in” on particular portions of the process for details, and utilize other specialized applications to work with their batch, advanced control, or business applications. The interface will run in both dedicated and non-dedicated modes, will run as a rich client or as part of a browser style interface utilizing web services and will run on workstations, laptops, tablet PC's, handhelds, and smart phones. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252356 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IDENTIFYING AN IDLE USER INTERFACE ELEMENT - Methods and systems are described for identifying an idle user interface element. In one aspect, a user interface element is identified that includes a user detectable representation of data processed by an application. An idle period is identified by determining the user interface element is not updated, by the application in response to a change in the data, during the idle period. A determination is made that a specified condition is met for the idle period. In response to the determination, idle information is sent to present a user detectable idle indication for the user interface element. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252357 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Concurrently Open Software Applications - A method includes displaying a first application view. A first input is detected, and an application view selection mode is entered for selecting one of concurrently open applications for display in a corresponding application view. An initial group of open application icons in a first predefined area and at least a portion of the first application view adjacent to the first predefined area are concurrently displayed. The initial group of open application icons corresponds to at least some of the concurrently open applications. A gesture is detected on a respective open application icon in the first predefined area, and a respective application view for a corresponding application is displayed without concurrently displaying an application view for any other application in the concurrently open applications. The open application icons in the first predefined area cease to be displayed, and the application view selection mode is exited. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252358 | MOTION CONTROL OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Methods and devices for using motion to control a portable electronic device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of using movement to control a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device having a housing containing a display and a sensor, the method comprising displaying a virtual viewing window on the display, wherein said virtual viewing window contains a portion of an electronic document rendered for display; detecting lateral movement of the portable electronic device using the sensor; and controlling the movement of said virtual viewing window over said electronic document by moving said virtual viewing window in a direction, distance or both consistent with the lateral movement of the portable electronic device. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252359 | USER INTERFACE MANIPULATION FOR COHERENT CONTENT PRESENTATION - Functionality is implemented to determine that a first content presented by a first graphical user interface container is related to a second content presented by a second graphical user interface container. The first graphical user interface container and the second graphical user interface container are merged to generate a merged container that presents a merged content. The merged content comprises a first constituent content of the merged container that corresponds to the first content and a second constituent content of the merged container that corresponds to the second content. It is determined that a first action associated with the first constituent content can operate upon the second constituent content. The first action operates on the first constituent content when invoked. Computer program code that implements the first action is reconfigured to operate upon the first and the second constituent content of the merged container. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252360 | BUSINESS SOFTWARE APPLICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH PRODUCTIVITY BAR AND EXPRESSION ENGINE - A business software application system and method are provided that have a productivity bar and an expression engine. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252361 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus that stores a plurality of programs, sequentially activates the programs in response to a user's instruction, and restricts the number of programs exceeding a predetermined number from being activated, in which the information processing apparatus displays the predetermined number of symbol images and displays the same number of symbol images as the number of programs that are already activated in a manner that is different from the other symbol images. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252362 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the operation of the mobile terminal are provided. The method of one embodiment includes displaying an electronic document on a display module; responsive to detecting a scroll command, scrolling the electronic document in a particular direction at a particular speed; and changing a speed of scrolling the electronic document upon encountering a scroll limit during the scrolling of the electronic document. Therefore, it is possible to set a scroll limit in an electronic document and thus to automatically slow down or stop the scrolling of the electronic document upon encountering the scroll limit. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252363 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus that displays on a screen at least a part of a display region, in which display elements are arranged; terminates the display of the display region when an operation of specifying a first direction with respect to a predetermined region in the screen is received from a user; and shifts into a state, in which the termination of the display of the display region, when an operation of specifying a second direction that is different from the first direction with respect to the predetermined region is received from the user. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252364 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigation of Multiple Applications - A method a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display includes: detecting a first user input on a first application icon on the display; in response to detecting the first user input: activating and displaying a first application associated with the first application icon in a first region of the display and displaying a partial view of a second application in a second region of the display without activating the second application; detecting a second user input on the partial view of the second application on the display; in response to detecting the second user input: suspending the first application and activating a full view of the second application on the display; detecting a third user input to deactivate the second application; and, in response to detecting the third user input: deactivating the second application and resuming the first application on the display. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252365 | Display system and method for zooming document file - A display system and method for zooming document file contents obtains the original data of a document file according to the file path of the document file. The display parameter of the original data of the document file is set according to a zoom ratio to obtained zoom data. The zoom data are then decoded into display contents using an appropriate decoding method. Thus, contents of different document files can be zoomed differently. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252366 | DISCRIMINATING AMONG RESOURCES TO SHARE - An activity tracker defines a context for a screen sharing session, wherein the context includes at least one term of metadata. The activity tracker establishes a shared link to a second computer, comprising authenticating the second computer. The activity tracker shares at least a first resource rendered by a first application, wherein the first application renders data of the first resource. The activity tracker receives a preliminary user input to access a second resource, wherein the preliminary user input to access is a command to render a resource. The activity tracker or sharing controller renders the second resource to form a rendered second resource, wherein a computer environment comprises the first resource and the second resource. The activity tracker determines that the second resource fails to satisfy the context. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252367 | GENERATING APPARATUS, GENERATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a generating apparatus including a display controller configured, on the basis of computer graphics description data for use in creating a computer graphics virtual space necessary for generating a computer graphics image, to display a plurality of element descriptors representative of a plurality of elements arranged in the computer graphics virtual space; and a specification information generator configured to generate specification information for specifying a parameter for defining an element corresponding to an element descriptor by a selecting operation by a user from among the displayed plurality of element descriptors as a parameter subject to adjustment that is adjusted by an adjusting operation by the user. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252368 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigation of Multiple Applications - A method a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display includes: detecting a first user input on a first application icon on the display; in response to detecting the first user input: activating and displaying a first application associated with the first application icon in a first region of the display and displaying a partial view of a second application in a second region of the display without activating the second application; detecting a second user input on the partial view of the second application on the display; in response to detecting the second user input: suspending the first application and activating a full view of the second application on the display; detecting a third user input to deactivate the second application; and, in response to detecting the third user input: deactivating the second application and resuming the first application on the display. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252369 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Concurrently Open Software Applications - A method includes displaying a first application view. A first input is detected, and an application view selection mode is entered for selecting one of concurrently open applications for display in a corresponding application view. An initial group of open application icons in a first predefined area and at least a portion of the first application view adjacent to the first predefined area are concurrently displayed. The initial group of open application icons corresponds to at least some of the concurrently open applications. A gesture is detected on a respective open application icon in the first predefined area, and a respective application view for a corresponding application is displayed without concurrently displaying an application view for any other application in the concurrently open applications. The open application icons in the first predefined area cease to be displayed, and the application view selection mode is exited. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252370 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Concurrently Open Software Applications - A method includes displaying a first application view. A first input is detected, and an application view selection mode is entered for selecting one of concurrently open applications for display in a corresponding application view. An initial group of open application icons in a first predefined area and at least a portion of the first application view adjacent to the first predefined area are concurrently displayed. The initial group of open application icons corresponds to at least some of the concurrently open applications. A gesture is detected on a respective open application icon in the first predefined area, and a respective application view for a corresponding application is displayed without concurrently displaying an application view for any other application in the concurrently open applications. The open application icons in the first predefined area cease to be displayed, and the application view selection mode is exited. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252371 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAST BOOT OF COMPUTER - A user can select an instant on power key to cause a computer to quickly boot an instant on O.S. with greater capability than previously afforded for fast boot. The instant on O.S. can access the “C” drive and the user can choose the image for a home icon of a UI. The UI can present icons of function categories in a sequence determined by the frequency with which the user selects the categories. One click file sharing is provided, as is secure login in the instant on mode, if the user so desires. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252372 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Folders - A multifunction device displays a plurality of selectable user interface objects on the display. In response to detecting the first input, the device moves a first object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects across the display to a location on the display that is proximate to a second object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects. In response to detecting that the first input meets predefined folder-creation criteria while the first object is proximate to the second object, the device creates a folder that contains the first object and the second object. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252373 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Folders - A multifunction device displays a plurality of selectable user interface objects on the display. In response to detecting the first input, the device moves a first object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects across the display to a location on the display that is proximate to a second object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects. In response to detecting that the first input meets predefined folder-creation criteria while the first object is proximate to the second object, the device creates a folder that contains the first object and the second object. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252374 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Folders - A multifunction device displays a plurality of selectable user interface objects on the display. In response to detecting the first input, the device moves a first object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects across the display to a location on the display that is proximate to a second object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects. In response to detecting that the first input meets predefined folder-creation criteria while the first object is proximate to the second object, the device creates a folder that contains the first object and the second object. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252375 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Folders - A multifunction device displays a plurality of selectable user interface objects on the display. In response to detecting the first input, the device moves a first object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects across the display to a location on the display that is proximate to a second object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects. In response to detecting that the first input meets predefined folder-creation criteria while the first object is proximate to the second object, the device creates a folder that contains the first object and the second object. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252376 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Concurrently Open Software Applications - A method includes displaying a first application view. A first input is detected, and an application view selection mode is entered for selecting one of concurrently open applications for display in a corresponding application view. An initial group of open application icons in a first predefined area and at least a portion of the first application view adjacent to the first predefined area are concurrently displayed. The initial group of open application icons corresponds to at least some of the concurrently open applications. A gesture is detected on a respective open application icon in the first predefined area, and a respective application view for a corresponding application is displayed without concurrently displaying an application view for any other application in the concurrently open applications. The open application icons in the first predefined area cease to be displayed, and the application view selection mode is exited. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252377 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigation of Multiple Applications - A method a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display includes: detecting a first user input on a first application icon on the display; in response to detecting the first user input: activating and displaying a first application associated with the first application icon in a first region of the display and displaying a partial view of a second application in a second region of the display without activating the second application; detecting a second user input on the partial view of the second application on the display; in response to detecting the second user input: suspending the first application and activating a full view of the second application on the display; detecting a third user input to deactivate the second application; and, in response to detecting the third user input: deactivating the second application and resuming the first application on the display. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252378 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigation of Multiple Applications - A method a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display includes: detecting a first user input on a first application icon on the display; in response to detecting the first user input: activating and displaying a first application associated with the first application icon in a first region of the display and displaying a partial view of a second application in a second region of the display without activating the second application; detecting a second user input on the partial view of the second application on the display; in response to detecting the second user input: suspending the first application and activating a full view of the second application on the display; detecting a third user input to deactivate the second application; and, in response to detecting the third user input: deactivating the second application and resuming the first application on the display. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252379 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE AND PROGRAM SELECTION METHOD - A portable terminal apparatus which can select terminal operations such as the activation of programs, the switching of the programs and the ending of the programs with a reduced number of times of operation of the operation buttons is provided. The portable terminal apparatus includes link information storage means | 2011-10-13 |
20110252380 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Concurrently Open Software Applications - A method includes displaying a first application view. A first input is detected, and an application view selection mode is entered for selecting one of concurrently open applications for display in a corresponding application view. An initial group of open application icons in a first predefined area and at least a portion of the first application view adjacent to the first predefined area are concurrently displayed. The initial group of open application icons corresponds to at least some of the concurrently open applications. A gesture is detected on a respective open application icon in the first predefined area, and a respective application view for a corresponding application is displayed without concurrently displaying an application view for any other application in the concurrently open applications. The open application icons in the first predefined area cease to be displayed, and the application view selection mode is exited. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252381 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Concurrently Open Software Applications - A method includes displaying a first application view. A first input is detected, and an application view selection mode is entered for selecting one of concurrently open applications for display in a corresponding application view. An initial group of open application icons in a first predefined area and at least a portion of the first application view adjacent to the first predefined area are concurrently displayed. The initial group of open application icons corresponds to at least some of the concurrently open applications. A gesture is detected on a respective open application icon in the first predefined area, and a respective application view for a corresponding application is displayed without concurrently displaying an application view for any other application in the concurrently open applications. The open application icons in the first predefined area cease to be displayed, and the application view selection mode is exited. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252382 | PROCESS PERFORMANCE USING A PEOPLE CLOUD - A method, data processing system, and computer program product are present for managing projects in a network data processing system. A computer system identifies a plurality of tasks for a project. The computer system creates a model for the project using the plurality of tasks. The model identifies people to perform the plurality of tasks. The computer system selects a group of people with knowledge about the plurality of tasks. The computer system sends a number of requests to the group of people to update the model of the project. The number of requests includes the model. The computer system updates the model of the project using a number of responses in response to receiving the number of responses to the number of requests. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252383 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display section which displays, as a first layout state, an object group including a plurality of objects arranged in a first direction, a detection section which detects an operation input that is input to the display section, and a control section which, when the detection section detects an operation input in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, changes the first layout state into a second layout state in which the respective objects constituting the object group which has been selected are spread and pieces of information associated with the plurality of objects, respectively, are displayed. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252384 | WIRELESS DISPLAY APPLICATION - Systems and methods are illustrated that relate to displaying an output screen from a mobile device on a monitor in communication with a computer through a wireless network. The systems and methods may include the steps of: connecting the mobile device to the computer via a network, converting an output screen from the mobile device into a transferrable command, sending the transferrable command to the computer via the network, receiving the transferrable command from the mobile device, translating the transferrable command into one of a plurality of monitor display screens, sending the one of the plurality of monitor display screens to a monitor in communication with the computer, and/or displaying the one of a plurality of monitor display screens on the monitor. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252385 | SELECTIVE SHIELDING FOR MULTIPLE EXPOSURE MASKS - A system for preparing mask data to create a desired layout pattern on a wafer with a multiple exposure photolithographic printing system. In one embodiment, boundaries of features are expanded to create shields for those features, or portions thereof, that are not oriented in a direction that are printed with greater fidelity by an illumination pattern used in the multiple exposure printing system. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252386 | Method for Optical Proximity Correction of a Reticle to be Manufactured Using Variable Shaped Beam Lithography - A method for optical proximity correction (OPC) of a desired pattern for a substrate is disclosed in which a plurality of variable shaped beam (VSB) shots are determined which can form on a surface an OPC-corrected version of the desired substrate pattern. Shots within the plurality of VSB shots are allowed to overlap each other. Dosages of the shots may also be allowed to vary with respect to each other. The union of the plurality of shots may deviate from the OPC-corrected version of the desired pattern for the substrate. In some embodiments, optimization may be used to minimize shot count. In other embodiments, the plurality of shots may be optionally selected from one or more pre-computed VSB shots or groups of VSB shots, that is, glyphs. A method for creating glyphs is also disclosed, in which patterns that would result on a surface from one or a group of VSB shots are pre-calculated. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252387 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING IMPLANT TOPOGRAPHY REFLECTION EFFECT - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for integrated circuits. An exemplary integrated circuit (IC) method includes providing an IC design layout that includes a design feature; determining a dimensional difference between the design feature and a corresponding developed photoresist feature of a photoresist layer; modifying the CD of the design feature to compensate for the difference, thereby generating a modified IC design layout; and making a mask using the modified IC design layout. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252388 | COMPARING TIMING CONSTRAINTS OF CIRCUITS - Timing behaviors associated with constraints of circuits are compared to identify mismatches between circuit configurations. Aggregate sets of timing constraints associated with timing nodes are determined for timing paths between start points and end points. Precedence rules are applied to aggregate sets of timing constraints by applying precedence rules to interacting timing constraints. Aggregate sets of constraints for corresponding timing nodes are matched to determine if timing constraint mismatches exist between circuits. If aggregate timing constraints associated with start point, end point pairs are found to match, reconvergent points between the start point and end points are analyzed to see if aggregate constraints of timing nodes connected to reconvergent/divergent points match if timing exception matches are involved. Graph traversal algorithms allow efficient computation of aggregate timing constraints for timing nodes. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252389 | REDUCING CRITICAL CYCLE DELAY IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN THROUGH USE OF SEQUENTIAL SLACK - A method is provided that includes: determining a minimum clock cycle that can be used to propagate a signal about the critical cycle in a circuit design; wherein the critical cycle is a cycle in the design that has a highest proportionality of delay to number of registers; determining for a circuit element in the circuit design, sequential slack associated with the circuit element; wherein the sequential slack represents a minimum delay from among respective maximum delays that can be added to respective structural cycles of which the circuit element is a constituent, based upon the determined limit upon clock cycle duration; using the sequential slack to as certain sequential optimization based design flexibility throughout multiple stages of a design flow. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252390 | AUTOMATIC VERIFICATION OF MERGED MODE CONSTRAINTS FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - Individual mode timing constraints associated with a set of netlists are combined into merged mode timing constraints. An initial merged mode constraint is generated by combining timing constraints from individual modes. The initial merged mode includes the union of all timing constraints from individual modes that add timing relationships and the intersection of all timing constraints from the individual modes that remove timing relationships. Extraneous timing relationships are identified in the merged mode and eliminated by introducing timing constraints in the merged mode. Equivalence between the merged mode and the individual modes is verified by comparing timing relationships in the merged mode with timing relationships in the individual modes. The merged mode is considered equivalent to the individual modes if every timing relationship present in an individual mode is present in the merged mode and every timing relationship present in the merged mode is present in any of individual modes. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252391 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURING METHOD, DESIGN METHOD AND PROGRAM - An integrated circuit manufacturing method comprising: calculating a threshold value from a value of a parameter which characterizes at least a part of a design pattern shape of a transistor on the target path; calculating a difference between the calculated threshold value and a target threshold value; calculating a change quantity of a gate length corresponding to the difference between the threshold value and the target threshold value according to the functional relation between the threshold value of the transistor and the gate length, which is determined based on the empirical value or the experimental value; reducing, by the change quantity, the gate length of the transistor on the target path; and manufacturing an integrated circuit on the basis of design information of the circuit including the transistor of which the gate length is changed. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252392 | STANDARD CELL LIBRARY AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A standard cell library is used in design of a semiconductor integrated circuit. A driving force sequence of cells for a single function is in the form of geometric progression with a geometric ratio of the “p | 2011-10-13 |
20110252393 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF MERGED MODE CONSTRAINTS FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - Individual mode timing constraints associated with a set of netlists are combined into merged mode timing constraints. An initial merged mode constraint is generated by combining timing constraints from individual modes. The initial merged mode includes the union of all timing constraints from individual modes that add timing relationships and the intersection of all timing constraints from the individual modes that remove timing relationships. Extraneous timing relationships are identified in the merged mode and eliminated by introducing timing constraints in the merged mode. Equivalence between the merged mode and the individual modes is verified by comparing timing relationships in the merged mode with timing relationships in the individual modes. The merged mode is considered equivalent to the individual modes if every timing relationship present in an individual mode is present in the merged mode and every timing relationship present in the merged mode is present in any of individual modes. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252394 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER GUIDANCE BASED ON ANALYZING PROJECT EVENTS - In systems and methods for providing assistance to software developers, a profile of a software developer is accessed. The profile contains a software development history of the software developer. Event data is developed comprising data related to at least one software code event associated with a software development project and with the software developer. Guidance is selected for use by the software developer in resolving a software development problem, based on an analysis of the event data, data related to the software development project, data related to an environment in which the at least one software code event occurred, and the profile. Feedback regarding progress of the software developer in the development project is also developed from the event data and the profile. The guidance and feedback are presented to the software developer via an interactive console unit. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252395 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCESSING DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING COMPONENTS THROUGH THE INTERNET - Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide an improved software development tool that can be tested via a webpage. The tool has access to a distributed computing component and, in response to an indication to deploy the distributed computing component, generates a web page. In some embodiments the web page contains a diagrammatic graphical representation of the distributed computing component. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252396 | GENERATING EXCEPTION-BASED COMPONENT MODELS FROM NON-EXCEPTION-BASED MODELS - Exception-based component models can be generated from non-exception-based models. For example, a non-exception-based interface contract (such as a non-exception-based interface contract in a header file) for a consumable software component can be parsed. Additionally, a wrapper for the consumable software component can be generated from the non-exception-based interface contract. The wrapper can have an exception-based interface contract implementation, and the exception-based interface contract implementation can be a mirror equivalent of the non-exception-based interface contract. If the non-exception-based interface contract hints at one or more arguments as being out argument(s) for a function in the consumable software component, then predefined heuristics can be used to select one of those argument(s) to be used by the exception-based interface contract implementation as a return value for the function. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252397 | METHOD OF PROVIDING AUTONOMIC MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME, AND SYSTEM HAVING FUNCTION OF AUTONOMIC SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT - Provided are a method of providing autonomic management of a software system, a recording medium storing a program for executing the method, and a system having a function of autonomic software management. When a request for a service is received from a user, all configurations of a system capable of providing the requested service are obtained from a dynamic feature model, a configuration corresponding to the requested service is obtained among all of the obtained configurations on the basis of a previously set policy to reconfigure resources of the system, and the requested service is provided on the basis of the reconfigured resources. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a service optimized for an environment that varies in real time without user intervention. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252398 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING VOCAL USER INTERFACE CODE FROM A DATA METAL-MODEL - A method, computer program and system for generating code of the vocal interface of a software application by reading the persistent data of an application designed by a data meta model using a design language such as UML (Unified Modeling Language) defining a hierarchical organization of classes, their attributes and the relations between classes. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252399 | CONFIGURABLE JAVA SERVER PAGES PROCESSING FRAMEWORK - A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for a configurable JavaServer pages processing framework to process JavaServer pages (JSP). A JSP document or page is translated into a document object model (DOM) object that encapsulates elements of the JSP. The syntax of the JSP is validated by a JSP translator with built-in classes and errors are returned if necessary. A JSP visitor configuration file, which defines user configured classes and sequence of execution, is used by the JSP translator to invoke methods of user-defined classes in the order specified by the user to process or visit elements of the DOM object. Result of user-defined class processing may be passed from one class to another within the set. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252400 | ADDING INHERITANCE SUPPORT TO A COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE - Methods, apparatus and computer program products for supporting inheritance in a programming language are provided. The method includes the steps of: 1) receiving a first programming object from a first file; 1) receiving inheritance information about the first programming object, the inheritance information being from second file; 2) analyzing the inheritance information; 3) creating a second programming object based on the first programming object and the inheritance information; 4) sending the second programming object to an editor for editing; 5) receiving a third programming object from the editor, wherein the third programming object was created by editing the second programming object; 6) creating a fourth programming object based on the first or second programming object, the third programming object and the inheritance information; and 7) storing the fourth programming object in a third file. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252401 | SUPPORTING AND DEPLOYING DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING COMPONENTS - Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide an improved software development tool that generates code corresponding to a distributed computing component, and verifies and corrects compliance of the code. In some embodiments, the improved software development tool verifies compliance of the code with a specification for the distributed computing component, and corrects any non-compliant portions of the code, using methods and systems consistent with the present invention. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252402 | ENHANCING SOFTWARE APPLICATION FEATURES AND CONTENT OBJECTS - A method of enhancing features in a computing environment wherein a software application comprising compiled source code is executed, the method comprising inserting at least one content object into a canvas page of the software application. Each content object comprises code defining functionality attributed to the content object. The content object code is executed in response to interaction with the content object thereby to supplement host software application functionality with the attributed functionality. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252403 | COMPONENT RELINKING IN MIGRATIONS - Component relinking in migrations may include discovering one or more dependencies in one or more components; planning one or more new locations where the one or more components are to be placed; determining relinking needs in the one or more components based on the discovering and the planning; and applying the relinking needs. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252404 | WEB-BASED SOFTWARE DEBUGGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOTE DEBUGGING - Provided is a web-based software debugging apparatus and method for remote debugging. The web-based software debugging apparatus may include: a web interface to provide a web browser that enables a user to make a request for a debugging service for software performed in a remote target system, and to verify a debugging result of the software; a debugger client to receive the debugging service request for the software via the web interface, and to provide the debugging result to the web interface; and a debugger server to receive the debugging service request from the debugger client, and to transmit the debugging result to the debugger client after debugging the software through a connection to the target system according to the debugging service request. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252405 | DETECTING USER INTERFACE DEFECTS IN A SOFTWARE APPLICATION - One embodiment is a method that displays an inspection tool and output generated by a software application being tested for defects. The method detects a defect in a user interface of the output of the software application and generates an annotation of the defect. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252406 | FACILITATING USE OF MODEL TRANSFORMATIONS - Techniques for facilitating use of a transformer are provided. The techniques include analyzing code of a transformer to compute one or more exception constraints and one or more output constraints, translating the one or more exception constraints and one or more output constraints to state them in terms of one or more input and output meta-model elements, wherein translating the one or more exception constraints and one or more output constraints comprises inferring one or more transformer rules in terms of vocabulary of a meta-model, wherein a transformer rule comprises one of a verification rule and a comprehension rule, and using the one or more inferred transformer rules to facilitate use of a transformer, wherein facilitating use of a transformer comprises supporting model verification and transform comprehension. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252407 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM WITHIN AN ACTIVE APPLICATION DURING EXECUTION - A system and method for providing detailed information about how a software application is running has a processor and memory including a shared memory. The method provides an automated way of extracting information from a first software application having a plurality of libraries as the application executes. A special library used to interrogate an execution application is placed in the execution path but does not use I/O resources while it is extracting information about an executing software application. An intercept causes the special library to execute, and information is seamless provided to an output device during execution of the interrogated application. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252408 | PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION BASED ON DATA ACCESSES DURING CRITICAL SECTIONS - Detecting optimization opportunities is enabled by utilizing a trace of a target concurrent computer program and determining a relation between data objects accessed during the tracked execution. The relation may be stored in a Temporal Relation Graph (TRG), in an extended-TRG or another data structure. The relation may be affected by temporally-adjacent accesses to data objects. The relation may further be affected by accesses to data objects performed during critical sections of the target program. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252409 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO IMPLEMENT NON-ABI CONFORMING FEATURES ACROSS UNSEEN INTERFACES - Methods and systems to compile a code module to permit a caller routine to pass a parameter to a callee routine of a separately compiled code module, and to permit a callee routine to receive a parameter from a caller routine of the separately compiled code module, through multiple interfaces. Interfaces may include an interface by convention and an alternate interface. A caller routine may be configured to pass a parameter through an alternate interface and call to an alternate entry point of a callee routine. An associated stub routine may be configured to pass the parameter through an interface by convention and to call to a conventional entry point of the callee routine. If the callee routine includes a corresponding alternate entry point, the caller routine may be linked to the alternate entry point. Otherwise, the callee routine may be linked to the callee routine through the stub routine. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252410 | PROGRAM CONVERTING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM CONVERSION METHOD - A compiler, which corresponds to a recent processor having a multithread function, that enables execution of efficient instruction scheduling and allows a programmer to control the instruction scheduling includes: an instruction scheduling directive receiving unit which receives, from a programmer, a directive for specifying an instruction scheduling method; and an instruction scheduling unit which executes, conforming to one of instruction scheduling methods, instruction scheduling of rearranging intermediate codes corresponding to the source program. The instruction scheduling unit selects one of instruction scheduling methods according to the directive received by the instruction scheduling directive receiving unit, and executes instruction scheduling conforming to the selected instruction scheduling method. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252411 | IDENTIFICATION AND TRANSLATION OF PROGRAM CODE EXECUTABLE BY A GRAPHICAL PROCESSING UNIT (GPU) - A device receives program code, and receives size/type information associated with inputs to the program code. The device determines, prior to execution of the program code and based on the input size/type information, a portion of the program code that is executable by a graphical processing unit (GPU), and determines, prior to execution of the program code and based on the input size/type information, a portion of the program code that is executable by a central processing unit (CPU). The device compiles the GPU-executable portion of the program code to create a compiled GPU-executable portion of the program code, and compiles the CPU-executable portion of the program code to create a compiled CPU-executable portion of the program code. The device provides, to the GPU for execution, the compiled GPU-executable portion of the program code, and provides, to the CPU for execution, the compiled CPU-executable portion of the program code. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252412 | MAINTENANCE SYSTEM, MAINTENANCE METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR MAINTENANCE - At the time of a maintenance work, a user computing machine does not give user data to a person (maintainer) who carries out maintenance and does not accept operations and data that are not relevant to the maintenance work so as to prevent the leakage of user data. Specifically, a user computing machine includes: a user data determination section determining whether a file of a VM of a computing machine used by a user is data created by the user, and a VM copy section, creating a copy of a VM which does not include data created by the user by calling the user data determination section. The maintenance is performed by supplying the VM which does not include data created by the user to a computing machine of the maintainer. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252413 | BUS CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR PATCHING INITIAL BOOT PROGRAM - A bus controller includes: a boot mode verification circuit which judges whether or not replacement of part of the initial boot program is needed; a patch code transfer sequencer which controls transfer of a patch code including a replacement program from a predetermined address of an external memory, when the boot mode verification circuit judges that the replacement is needed; a patch code buffer which stores the patch code transferred under control of the patch code transfer sequencer; and an access control circuit which detects an address of the part of the initial boot program judged as needing the replacement in the ROM, based on information included in the patch code, and performs the replacement by issuing access to the patch code buffer as replacement access for access to the address of the part of the initial boot program, when the processor issues the access to the address of the part of the initial boot program. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252414 | System using separate modules to update software and the method thereof - System and method using separate modules to update software separates an update program into a pre-update module and a core module. When the pre-update module determines the existence of an update file corresponding to the core module, the pre-update module first uses the update file to update the core module and then loads the updated core module. The core module thus updates the target file contained in the software. The update program can update itself. The user does not need to update the update program manually. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252415 | APPLICATION STORE - The present invention is directed to a software distribution architecture in which a software vendor provides a software store that is coordinated with the unique requirements of a software purchasing enterprise. Examples of the requirements include the enterprise infrastructure, information technology requirements and/or approval, account billing, and other attributes. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252416 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, DEVICE DRIVER SETTING DEVICE, INSTALL DEVICE, DEVICE DRIVER PACKAGE, METHOD FOR SETTING DEVICE DRIVER AND INSTALL METHOD - A device driver setting device includes an acquiring unit, an allowing unit, and a writing unit. The acquiring unit acquires, from a data group constituting a device driver, condition information for each of one or more items which the device driver refers to. The condition information for each of the one or more items indicates a condition which can be taken by a setting value to be set in each of the items. The allowing unit allows a user to select a setting value which is to be set in each of at least a part of the items acquired, in accordance with the condition information associated with each of the at least a part of the items acquired. The writing unit writes setting values which are to be set in the respective items acquired into the data group based on a result of the selecting. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252417 | Method, System, Terminal and Device Management Server for Installing Software Components - A method for installing software components includes: a terminal receives a software component package delivered by a Device Management (DM) server directly or a download address of the component package and a command instructing to download delivered by the DM server, where the software component package contains more than one software component; if the terminal receives the download address and the command instructing to download, the terminal downloads the software component package from the download address; the terminal installs the obtained software component package locally and generates management nodes and subnodes of the management nodes corresponding to the software components under a Deployed subtree of the Software Component Management Object (SCOMO) of the terminal. With the present invention, the process of installing software component is more reasonable. A system and apparatus for installing software components are also provided. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252418 | HOST CONTROLLER USING REDUCED NETWORK RESOURCES TO MONITOR HOSTS - A host controller sends a request for first status information to a host. The host controller receives first status information from the host along with a unique identifier that is associated with the first status information. After a time period, the host controller sends a new request for second status information to the host, the new request including the unique identifier. When second status information and the first status information are associated with the same unique identifier, the host controller receives a response from the host indicating that the second status information is the same as the first status information. When the second status information and first status information are not associated with the same unique identifier, the host controller receives the second status information and a new unique identifier from the host. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252419 | DYNAMIC NETWORK ADAPTER QUEUE PAIR ALLOCATION - A method of dynamically changing an allocation of queue pair resources to an operating system image running in virtualized environment receives a notification at the operating system image of a change in allocation of queue pair resources to the operating system image. The method queries a physical network adapter through a hypervisor to obtain a new queue pair resource count that will exist in the virtualized system after the change in allocation. The method performs a hashing operation in the operating system image using the new queue pair resource count to distribute transmit traffic among the queue pair resources that will exist in the virtualized system after the change in allocation. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252420 | CLOUD REFERENCE MODEL FRAMEWORK - A computing device implemented method, in one embodiment, can include a cloud transformation module transforming content for a compute platform. Additionally, the method can include a cloud control module receiving the content from the cloud transformation module. The method can also include the cloud control module provisioning a virtual machine appliance to form the compute platform. Furthermore, the method can include a cloud instantiation module executing the provisioning of the cloud control module. In addition, the method can include a cloud appliance module adding middleware to a virtual machine to create the virtual machine appliance. Moreover, the method can include a cloud virtualization module producing a virtualized representation of the compute platform. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252421 | Allocation of Processor Resources in an Emulated Computing Environment - In an emulated computing environment, a method is provided for allocating resources of the host computer system among multiple virtual machines resident on the host computer system. On the basis of the proportional weight of each virtual machine, a proportional share of resources is allocated for each virtual machine. If, for a particular virtual machine, the calculated share is less than a reserved minimum share, the virtual machine is allocated its reserved minimum share as its share of computing device resources. An emulation program modulates the access of each virtual machine to the resources of the host computer system. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252422 | Opportunistic Multitasking - Services for a personal electronic device are provided through which a form of background processing or multitasking is supported. The disclosed services permit user applications to take advantage of background processing without significant negative consequences to a user's experience of the foreground process or the personal electronic device's power resources. To effect the disclosed multitasking, one or more operational restrictions may be enforced. A consequence of such restrictions, a process may not be able to do in the background state, what it may be able to do if it were in the foreground state. In one embodiment, while a background task may be permitted to complete a first task, it may not be permitted start a new task—being suspended after completion of the first task. Implementation of the disclosed services may be substantially transparent to the executing user applications. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252423 | Opportunistic Multitasking - Services for a personal electronic device are provided through which a form of background processing or multitasking is supported. The disclosed services permit user applications to take advantage of background processing without significant negative consequences to a user's experience of the foreground process or the personal electronic device's power resources. To effect the disclosed multitasking, one or more of a number of operational restrictions may be enforced. A consequence of such restrictions may be that a process will not be able to do in the background state, what it may be able to do if it were in the foreground state. By way of example, network-based applications may be suspended until a message is received for them. At that time, the suspended application may be moved into the background state where it is permitted to respond to the message. In a similar fashion, audio application may be permitted to execute in background until suspended by user action. At that time, the application is suspended. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DEADLOCK IN A MULTITHREAD PROGRAM - A system and method for detecting deadlock in multithread program is provided. The method includes: selecting the thread to be detected; initiating a tracking program to track the thread running in a kernel; initiating a target multithread program; determining whether the selected thread is running; dynamically inserting a probe in the database in order to detect the selected thread through the instrument function. The instrument function records the detected data, and when the recorded data goes beyond the threshold value of the kernel, the data is transmitted to the user space which stores the data, and analyzing the data stored in the user space to judge whether deadlock has been generated. Accordingly, it is possible to detect deadlock efficiently, without the source code of the target program. This is beneficial to a debug task of the multithread and is beneficial to analysis of the usage of the source by the multithread program. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252425 | EXECUTING OPERATIONS VIA ASYNCHRONOUS PROGRAMMING MODEL - A method and a system execute operations, called jobs, via an APM model, in a MES system. The job execution is requested in an application defining an abstract Job class. The abstract Job class includes: an abstract method for job execution, called Execute, wherein a set of jobs to be executed is implemented, at engineering time, within the Execute method, when implementing a set of classes derived from the abstract Job class; a method for executing the job in asynchronous mode, called ExecuteAsync, the ExecuteAsync method runs the Execute method by following APM rules; and a method for executing the job in synchronous mode, called WaitForExecution, the WaitForExecution method runs the ExecuteAsync method waiting for its completion. At run time, by the application, requests the job execution in asynchronous mode by invoking directly the ExecuteAsync method or in synchronous mode by invoking the WaitForExecution method. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252426 | PROCESSING BATCH TRANSACTIONS - A batch data stream, which comprises inputs to a serial batch application program, is received. Batch code from the serial batch application program is translated into parallel code that is executable in parallel by multiple execution units. Checkpoints are applied to the batch data stream that has been received, and data between the checkpoints defines multiple threads. The multiple threads are stored in an input queue that feeds data inputs to multiple execution units. The parallel code is then executed in the multiple execution units by using the multiple threads as inputs. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252427 | MODELING AND SCHEDULING ASYNCHRONOUS INCREMENTAL WORKFLOWS - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for scheduling an asynchronous workflow having a plurality of processing paths. In one embodiment, one or more predefined constraint metrics that constrain temporal asynchrony for one or more portions of the workflow may be received or provided. Input data is periodically received or intermediate or output data is generated for one or more of the processing paths of the workflow, via one or more operators, based on a scheduler process. One or more of the processing paths for generating the intermediate or output data are dynamically selected based on received input data or generated intermediate or output data and the one or more constraint metrics. The selected one or more processing paths of the workflow are then executed so that each selected processing path generates intermediate or output data for the workflow. | 2011-10-13 |
20110252428 | Virtual Queue Processing Circuit and Task Processor - A queue control circuit controls the placement and retrieval of a plurality of tasks in a plurality of types of virtual queues. State registers are associated with respective tasks. Each of the state registers stores a task priority order, a queue ID of a virtual queue, and the order of placement in the virtual queue. Upon receipt of a normal placement command ENQ_TL, the queue control circuit establishes, in the state register for the placed task, QID of the virtual queue as the destination of placement and an order value indicating the end of the queue. When a reverse placement command ENQ_TP is received, QID of the destination virtual queue and an order value indicating the start of the queue are established. When a retrieval command DEQ is received, QID is cleared in the destination virtual queue. | 2011-10-13 |