43rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120272060 | ELECTRONIC FILE DELIVERING SYSTEM, RELEVANT MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND RELEVANT COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A mobile communication device is disclosed, having a wireless communication interface, a challenge-response module, and a decryption module. The wireless communication interface is used to receive an encrypted electronic file and a challenge value. The challenge-response module is used to generate a response value according to the challenge value and a challenge-response generating algorithm. The decryption module is used to decrypt the encrypted electronic file with the response value. The decryption module may decrypt the encrypted electronic file when the response value generated according to the challenge value and the challenge-response generating algorithm matches the one used to encrypt the electronic file. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272061 | Method and Device for Accessing Files of a Secure File Server - A method and a device are provided for accessing data files of a secure file server, wherein a user or a process is authenticated; wherein access to the data files of the secure file server takes place by way of an encryption module of the secure file server; wherein the encryption module comprises an encryption agreement of a centralized security application; and wherein the access of the authenticated user or process to the secure file server takes place by way of an encrypted protocol taking into consideration the encryption agreement. Such a device may be included in a corresponding computer network. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272062 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES USING PORTABLE TERMINAL IN DEVICE AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A method is provided for controlling a device by a portable terminal in a device automation system. Upon detecting an execution request for a single remote control mode for remotely controlling a device, the portable terminal sends a single remote control mode execution request message for requesting to execute the single remote control mode, to the device. Upon receiving from the device a single remote control mode execution response message being responsive to the single remote control mode execution request message, the portable terminal switches an operation mode thereof to the single remote control mode. Upon receiving from the device a device data message including device data output by the device, the portable terminal outputs the device data. Upon detecting a remote control command to remotely control the device while outputting the device data, the portable terminal sends a remote control message including the remote control command to the device. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272063 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT OF DOCUMENTS - A method and system for transmission of digital content via e-mail with point of use digital rights management is disclosed. The secured access rights to the digital content may be customized for individual recipients by the sender, and may evolve over time. The access rights are enforced according to a time-dependent scheme. A key server is used to arbitrate session keys for the encrypted content, eliminating the requirement to exchange public keys prior to transmission of the digital content. During the entire process of transmitting and receiving e-mail messages and documents, the exchange of cryptographic keys remains totally transparent to the users of the system. Additionally, electronic documents may be digitally signed with authentication of the signature. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272064 | DISCOVERY OF SECURITY ASSOCIATIONS - Techniques are disclosed for discovering security associations formed in communication environments. For example, a method for forming a discoverable security association between a first computing device (e.g., a first client) and a second computing device (e.g., a second client) comprises the following steps. The first computing device is provided with a seed that is used by the first computing device to generate a secret that is used by the first computing device to compute a key for use in securing communications with the second computing device. The secret is re-computable based on knowledge of the seed and the key is re-computable based on knowledge of the secret such that a third computing device (e.g., an intercepting server) can use the re-computed key to intercept communications between the first computing device and the second computing device unbeknownst to the first computing device and the second computing device. By way of example, the key may be a result of an identity based authenticated key exchange. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272065 | Authentication Method, Host Computer and Recording Medium - According to one embodiment, a host computer updates the media key block MKB in a first updatable memory device in the case where the version number of the media key block MKB read from a recording medium is newer than that of the media key block MKB in the first updatable memory device. The host computer generates a medium unique key Kmu based on a media key Km calculated from the media key block MKB read from the recording medium and a media ID read from the recording medium. The host computer executes the authentication and key exchange AKE process with the recording medium based on the medium unique key Kmu. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272066 | System, Apparatus, Method, And Program Product For Authenticating Communication Partner Using Electronic Certificate Containing Personal Information - Object To provide a technique for authenticating a communication partner using an electronic certificate containing personal information. Solving Means When a client apparatus receives a request for an electronic certificate from a server apparatus, the server apparatus reads a client certificate containing personal information and a server public key of the server apparatus from a storage unit and encrypts the client certificate using the server public key. The client apparatus also creates a temporary electronic certificate by setting, in a basic field of an electronic certificate, a predetermined item indicating that the electronic certificate is a temporary electronic certificate and by setting the client certificate having been encrypted in an extension field of the electronic certificate. Then, the client apparatus sends the temporary electronic certificate to the server apparatus. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272067 | AUTHENTICATION METHOD - Method enabling a user to verify the operation of a personal cryptographic device, comprising the following steps: a) a user ( | 2012-10-25 |
20120272068 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION WITH RENEWABLE CONTENT PROTECTION - A method of renewing encryption applied to a content file in a playback device comprising determining a specified variant of at least one microcode function to be used in playing back the content file, determining if variants are stored in internal memory on the playback device to determine if the specified variant is included in the stored variants, retrieving the specified variant from a variant storage in a memory located in a media device in communication with the playback device, if the specified variant is not included in the stored variants, and using the specified variant to access the content file. A playback device has at least one memory having a variant storage, the variant storage including at least one variant of a microcode function, and a processor configured to execute instructions to determine at least one specified variant, access the variant storage of at least one memory to acquire the specified variant, and use the specified variant to decrypt a content file downloaded to a media device in communication with the playback device. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272069 | Sound definition language method with inline modifiers - A method and apparatus is shown to allow the creation of sound programmers and complementary sound decoders that may be securely downloaded with sound and IPL data and that will operate in power limited environments with resistance to power drop outs and are significant improvements beyond prior art devices. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272070 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and method configured to identify the type of a content to be copied and perform a copying process in a sequence according to the result of identification is provided. In an information processing apparatus configured to perform the copying process for copying recorded data in an information recording medium to other media or the like, the type of the data recorded in the recording medium of a copy source is identified. More specifically, whether the type of the content to be copied is either a reproduction-pass-specific content which sets a reproduction pass corresponding to the information processing apparatus and causes the information processing apparatus to execute the reproduction according to the reproduction pass, or a content-code-applied content which verifies the reproduction sequence to be executed in the reproducing apparatus and verifies whether the reproduction process is executed according to the correct reproduction sequence is discriminated, and an optimal sequence is applied on the basis of the result of discrimination, whereby the copying process is executed. In this configuration, a reliable copying process on the basis of the optimal process according to various data types is realized. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272071 | Gaming Security System - Verification of software to be run in a secure environment is performed by comparing a critical portion of the executable boot program code in an EPROM with code stored in a logic circuit. The comparison may be performed before the code to be verified is run or while it is running. in the event that the validation fails certain critical functions of the platform are inhibited to prevent fraudulent operation of the platform. The system is particularly applicable to gaming machines to avoid cheating. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272072 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING APPLICATION PACKAGE IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for improving the security of an application package from a user abnormally acquiring a system supreme authority in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes an application manager for, at application package generation, collecting data for package generation, performing a compiling process for the collected data, encrypting an execution file of the application package among the compiled data, and packaging the compiled data comprising the encrypted execution file. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272073 | ENCRYPTING DATA IN VOLATILE MEMORY - Provided are a computer program product, system, and method to allocate blocks of memory in a memory device having a plurality of blocks. An unencrypted memory allocation function requests allocation of unencrypted blocks in the memory device. An encrypted memory allocation function requests allocation of encrypted blocks in the memory device. An unencrypted Input/Output (I/O) request performs an I/O operation against the unencrypted blocks in the memory device. An encrypted I/O request function performs an I/O operation against the encrypted blocks in the memory device. An operating system uses an encryption key associated with the encrypted blocks to encrypt or decrypt data in the encrypted blocks to perform the encrypted I/O operation in response to processing the encrypted I/O request functions, wherein the unencrypted and encrypted memory allocation functions and unencrypted and encrypted I/O request functions comprise different functions in a library of functions available to the application. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272074 | I/O Module with Power-Uninterruptible USB Port - An I/O module such as a card reader module for connecting a computer having a first and second USB port is disclosed. The I/O module includes an I/O controller connecting the first USB port, a charging controller connecting the second USB port and a third USB port connecting the charging controller. The I/O controller determines what a power state of the computer is according to communication between the first USB port and the I/O controller and then sends a control signal depending upon the power state to the charging controller. The charging controller changes the third USB port into a pure charger mode without data transfer or a normal mode with both charging and data transfer capabilities according to the control signal. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272075 | ENERGY-EFFICIENT SERVER LOCATION DETERMINATION - A heat potential value for each of a set of available server locations is calculated via a data center controller based upon at least one active server in a data center. A minimal calculated heat potential value for the set of available server locations is identified. An available server location associated with the identified minimal calculated heat potential value is selected from the set of available server locations. A maximal calculated heat potential value is identified for the set of available server locations. An available server location associated with the identified maximal calculated heat potential value is selected from the set of available server locations. A server located at the selected available server location associated with the identified maximal calculated heat potential value is automatically de-energized. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272076 | INDUCTION TYPE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFICATION CONTROL FOR DATA TRANSMISSION - An induction type power supply system with synchronous rectification control for data transmission is disclosed to include a supplying-end module with a supplying-end coil and a receiving-end module with a receiving-end coil for receiving power supply from the supplying-end coil and providing a feedback data signal to the supplying-end coil during power supply transmission subject to the operation of a rectifier and signal feedback circuit of the receiving-end module that breaks off electric current transiently to change the load characteristics of the receiving-end coil, assuring a high level of data signal transmission stability and a high level of power transmission efficiency. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272077 | GPS INPUT FOR POWER CONSUMPTION POLICY - A portable computing device is provided. The portable computing device includes a power source for providing a power supply in accordance with a power consumption policy, a processing unit operably coupled to the power source and a storage unit. The storage unit is operably coupled to the power source and the processing unit and configured to cause the processing unit to access geo-location data and to adjust the power consumption policy based on the geo-location data. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272078 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF BATTERY CHARGING CONCURRENCIES IN A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A method and system for reducing thermal load by monitoring temperatures within a portable computing device and, based on those temperatures, controlling a battery charge function are disclosed. The method includes monitoring a power management integrated circuit (“PMIC”) to determine if it is generating excess thermal energy that is contributory to an elevated temperature in a physically proximate application specific integrated circuit (“ASIC”). If so, and if the excess thermal energy is attributable to an ongoing battery recharge operation executed by the PMIC, a thermal policy manager module may execute a thermal mitigation technique algorithm to override the PMIC battery recharge function. One exemplary thermal mitigation technique may include a reduction of current sent to the battery, thus slowing the charge cycle and reducing the generation of excess thermal energy. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272079 | POWER SAVING OPERATION OF ALWAYS-CONNECTED WIRELESS ROAMING - Methods and apparatuses enable maintaining wireless connectivity while the wireless client device is in a power save mode. The system includes a host operating system (OS) that handles wireless connections while the device is executing in normal operation, and an embedded agent that handles the wireless connections when the device switches to power saving operation and the host OS switches to a sleep or standby state. The system detects a change in the power save mode and triggers an exchange of session context information between the host OS and the embedded agent (from the host OS to the embedded agent when the system enters the power save mode, and from the embedded agent to the host OS when the system returns to normal operation from the power save mode). The system also triggers the switching of management consistent with the passing of session context information. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272080 | Multi-Core Electronic System and Associated Rate Adjustment Device - A multi-core electronic system for accessing a data storage device includes a plurality of processors, a data transmission interface and a rate adjustment module. The processors respectively provide a bandwidth requirement, and communicate with the data storage device via the shared data transmission interface. The rate adjustment module receives the bandwidth requirements, and determines a transmission rate of the data transmission interface according to the bandwidth requirements. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272081 | ENERGY EFFICIENT MULTIFUNCTION PRINTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXITING LOW POWER MODE - Multifunction document processing systems and operating methods are presented for energy efficient transitions from low power mode to a partially functional mode in which only certain document processing components are initialized and powered in order to support document processing tasks selected by a user. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272082 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS COMMUNICATING WITH IPSEC, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A communication apparatus that is capable of enabling communication even when IPsec life time information is taken over. The communication apparatus is connected to a network via a network interface device and operates in a first power mode or a second power mode with less power consumption. A notification unit notifies the network interface device of IPsec life time information when shifting to the second power mode from the first power mode. A storage unit stores first time information showing time of shifting to the second power mode from the first power mode. An acquisition unit acquires the life time information from the network interface device when shifting to the first power mode from the second power mode. A correction unit corrects the life time information based on second time information showing time of shifting to the first power mode from the second power mode and the first time information. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272083 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus and a control method therefor are provided, which realize security communication in a power saving mode while suitably maintaining the power saving mode, even if a control unit operating in the power saving mode has fewer resources than a control unit operating in a normal power mode. To accomplish this, the image processing apparatus stores a plurality of security information pieces regarding a security communication, selects a security information piece to be notified to the network interface apparatus from among the security information pieces, and notifies the network interface apparatus of the selected security information piece. The network interface apparatus executes security communication using the notified security information piece, when the image processing apparatus operates in the power saving mode. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272084 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF UPDATING FIRMWARE THEREOF AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus capable updating firmware thereof, while reducing power consumption. In a case where an image forming apparatus as an information processing apparatus is in a power switch off mode in which a power switch operable by a user is kept turned off and where a setting to permit execution of firmware update has been set by the user, the image forming apparatus stops power supply for execution of processing other than processing performed by a network I/F. When a firmware update request is received by the network I/F, the image forming apparatus restores power supply for execution of firmware update. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272085 | SERVER SYSTEM WITH UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY - A server system includes a rack, a power interface, an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), a number of first servers, and a second server. The power interface is configured to connect the server system to an input power source. The UPS is configured to provide emergency power to the server system on a condition that the input power source fails. Each first server is configured to process data when the server system is powered by the input power source and shut down properly immediately on a condition that the input power source fails. The second server is configured to back up the data in process of the first servers in real time when the server system is powered by the input power source and configured to back up its data in process and then shut down on a condition that the input power source fails. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272086 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING THERMAL LOAD BY MONITORING AND CONTROLLING CURRENT FLOW IN A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A method and system for reducing thermal load by monitoring and controlling current flow in a portable computing device (“PCD”) are disclosed. The method includes monitoring a temperature of the PCD and determining if the temperature has reached a temperature threshold condition. This temperature threshold condition may be comprised within any one or more of a plurality of thermal policy states, in which each thermal policy state may dictate various thermal mitigation techniques. The thermal policy states may be associated with values that may indicate thermal loading of a PCD. If the temperature has reached the first threshold condition, then electrical current exiting a power supply device may be monitored. If it is determined that the electrical current has exceeded a current threshold condition, such as a maximum current, a hardware device corresponding to the electrical current may be selected for application of a thermal mitigation technique. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272087 | Method For Ensuring Synchronous Presentation of Additional Data With Audio Data - A recording medium, method and apparatus for managing data are discussed. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method of reproducing main data and additional data. The method includes receiving the additional data associated with the main data, the additional data being divided into a plurality of segment units; and reproducing the additional data in a synchronous manner with the main data using time information if indication information indicates a presence of the time information. The time information indicates a presentation time of the additional data with respect to the main data. The main data and the additional data are reproduced according to management data, the management data including link information for linking the main data and the additional data. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272088 | DYNAMIC BUS CLOCK RATE ADJUSTING METHOD AND DEVICE - A dynamic bus clock rate adjusting method is to be executed by a bus controller and a CPU. The bus controller is coupled with a bus that is coupled with a plurality of slave devices. The method comprises the steps of: configuring the bus controller to generate, upon receipt of a request signal from one of the slave devices, an access instruction including an address from which the request signal is sent; and configuring the CPU to determine which of the slave devices the address of the access instruction corresponds so as to obtain a working clock rate thereof, and to set the bus controller to adjust an operating clock rate of the bus according to the working clock rate, and to perform the access instruction on the slave device via the bus. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272089 | INTERFACE - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for data transfer. A data interface is described with at least a first data terminal for either outputting or receiving a data signal. In bi-directional embodiments there may be one terminal for receiving data and one terminal for outputting data. A bit clock terminal outputs or receives a bit clock signal; and a frame clock terminal for outputs or receives a frame clock signal. Interface control circuitry is configurable to associate data outputted or received in each frame with time slots (1-8) of a predetermined number of bits (x, y, z) wherein the control circuitry is adapted such that the frequency of the bit clock signal can be changed at any time so as to vary the number of time slots in a frame. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272090 | SYSTEM RECOVERY USING EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method for computer system recovery is presented. In one embodiment, the method includes establishing a connection, via an interface, to a computer system to support the system recovery of the computer system. The method includes executing an emulation application as a recovery agent. The method includes retrieving, based on identifiers associated with the computer system, remote data via another interface. The method further includes performing the system recovery by using at least a part of the remote data. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272091 | PARTIAL FAULT PROCESSING METHOD IN COMPUTER SYSTEM - As regards a hardware fault which has occurred in a computer, a hypervisor notifies an LPAR which can continue execution, of a fault occurrence as a hardware fault for which execution can be continued. Upon receiving the notice, the LPAR notifies the hypervisor that it has executed processing to cope with a fault. The hypervisor provides an interface for acquiring a situation of a notice situation. It is made possible to register and acquire a situation of coping with a hardware fault allowing continuation of execution through the interface, and it is made possible to make a decision as to the situation of coping with a fault in the computers as a whole. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272092 | FAULT-TOLERANT COMMUNICATIONS IN ROUTED NETWORKS - A method for providing fault-tolerant network communications between a plurality of nodes for an application, including providing a plurality of initial communications pathways over a plurality of networks coupled between the plurality of nodes, receiving a data packet on a sending node from the application, the sending node being one of the plurality of nodes, the data packet being addressed by the application to an address on one of the plurality of nodes, and selecting a first selected pathway for the data packet from among the plurality of initial communications pathways where the first selected pathway is a preferred pathway. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272093 | FAULT-TOLERANT COMMUNICATIONS IN ROUTED NETWORKS - A method for providing fault-tolerant network communications between a plurality of nodes for an application, including providing a plurality of initial communications pathways over a plurality of networks coupled between the plurality of nodes, receiving a data packet on a sending node from the application, the sending node being one of the plurality of nodes, the data packet being addressed by the application to an address on one of the plurality of nodes, and selecting a first selected pathway for the data packet from among the plurality of initial communications pathways where the first selected pathway is a preferred pathway. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272094 | REDUCED POWER FAILOVER - Embodiments include a power-efficient failover method. The method includes operating a primary server at a normal operating state in which program code is executed, and dynamically generating a backup of the results of the executed program code while in the normal operating state. The method further includes operating a redundant server at a reduced power state in which less power is consumed than in the normal operating state of the primary server. The workload of the primary server may be assumed according to the backup in response to a failure of the primary server. The power state of the redundant server is managed, including maintaining the redundant server in the reduced power state prior to detecting a failure of the primary server and increasing the power state of the redundant server and assuming the workload of the primary server in response to the failure of the primary server. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272095 | COMPUTER BOOTING METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - A computer booting method is provided for a computer system. The method comprises performing a power-on-self test. When the test result shows no error on the BIOS, a booting procedure is executed. When the test result shows the BIOS is damaged, whether the computer system stores a backup file of the BIOS is determined. When the computer system stores the backup file, the central processing unit reads the data of backup file and write it into a BIOS system memory and a reboot process is performed. When there is no backup file in the computer system, the computer system is connected to an internet server and downloads a BIOS backup file to the system main memory from the internet server. The central processing unit reads the BIOS backup file and write it into the BIOS system memory and a reboot process is formed. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272096 | ISOLATING AND CORRECTING VPD DATA MISMATCH AND/OR CORRUPTION - Disclosed is a method of detecting a product data error in a storage system. First and second vital product data (VPD) EEPROMs are read. Indicators of whether wither or both reads failed are received. Based on these indicators, the contents of the VPD EEPROMs may be compared. Based on a result of the comparing indicating a match, an arbitrary one of the VPD EEPROMS is used. Based on an indicator indicating an error with the first VPD EEPROM, the second VPD EEPROM is used. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272097 | TESTING DEVICE FOR REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT DISKS - An exemplary testing device includes a RAID unit including under test disk drives, a replacing unit including a reserve disk drive, a switching unit, a state recognition unit and a control unit. The switching unit includes buttons corresponding to the under test disk drives, respectively. Each of the buttons is switched between a first position in which a corresponding under test disk drive is in connection with the RAID unit and a second position in which the corresponding under test disk drive is disconnected from the RAID unit. The state recognition unit outputs status signals corresponding to the under test disk drives, respectively. The control unit receives the status signals from the state recognition unit and controls the reserve disk drive to successfully begin to work in replacement of the disconnected under test disk drive for rebuilding the RAID unit. The display unit displays a testing result thereon. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272098 | COMPUTER WITH POWER-OFF SYSTEM - A computer includes a central processing unit (CPU), a power supply, a control unit, a switch unit connected to the CPU and the control unit, a north bridge chip connected between the switch unit and the power supply. The CPU includes a temperature detection unit to detect temperature of the CPU. When the temperature of the CPU is greater than a predetermined value, the CPU outputs a first low level signal to the switch unit. When the button is pressed, the control unit outputs a second low level signal to the switch unit. When the switch unit receives at least one of the first and second low level signals, the switch unit outputs a control signal to the north bridge chip to disable the power supply, thereby turning off the computer. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272099 | COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE DIAGNOSTIC AND REPORT SYSTEM - The present invention tests computer systems for defects that are able to cause performance and functional problems. An agent application is first installed on a user's system. The agent application then retrieves problem data from the expert system library pertinent to the user's operating environment. The agent application tests the user's system for each problem description within a downloaded data structure from the expert system library. If a problem is discovered, a script attempts to remediate the problem and/or notifies the user, describing the issue. If an unknown problem arises, a feedback mechanism expands the expert system library by sending a notification that a problem was discovered. The feedback is then utilized to increase the total knowledge in the expert system library. Then when another user with a similar or the same setup is tested, the agent application will recognize the issue and will take the appropriate remedial actions. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272100 | PROGRAMMABLE ACTIVE THERMAL CONTROL - Test equipment provides interrupt capability to automatic testing as a means of actively controlling temperature of the device under test. A processor coupled to memory is responsive to computer-executable instructions contained in the memory. A test socket is coupled to a device under test and coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to interrupt an application pattern running on the device under test. In response to interrupting the application pattern, the processor is configured to cause a control pattern to run on the device under test and then cause the application pattern to restart running from the point of interruption on the device under test. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272101 | SERVER TESTING SYSTEM - A server testing system is used for testing servers of a server system and includes a power source, switches, a connection device, a controlling device, and a display device. Each switch is connected to the power source and the controlling device. The controlling device is connected to the connection device and the display device. The controlling device controls each switch to connect a corresponding server to the power source. When receiving a feedback signal from a server, the connection device sends a status signal to the controlling device. The status signal triggers the controlling device to control a corresponding switch to disconnect and then connect the server to the power source. The controlling module controls the switches to turn each server on and off for a predetermined number of times and controls the display device to display a warning when a server is not working normally. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272102 | Redirecting Data Generated by Network Devices - A system and method for efficiently and easily capturing data dumps generated by a network device is disclosed. In one embodiment, a storage management device is disposed between a network device and a storage device. The network device is programmed with a virtual address that is associated with the storage management device. Upon generating a data dump, the network device writes the data dump to the virtual address where the storage management device receives the data dump and redirects it to a long-term storage location. Additionally, the storage management device can generate a record of each data dump that indicates the network device that generated the data dump and where the data dump was stored. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272103 | SOFTWARE OPERABILITY SERVICE - In embodiments of a software operability service, activities of software can be monitored to collect software activity data. A software operability signature for the software can then be generated from the software activity data, and the software operability signature indicates an operability of the software. The software operability signature and associated contextual data can then be communicated to a network service that analyzes the software operability signature. In an embodiment, the network service compares the software operability signature to a baseline operability signature to determine whether the software is operating consistent or inconsistent with the baseline operability signature. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272104 | MONITORING COMPUTER IN A CONTROL DEVICE - A monitoring computer for monitoring a processor, on which processor a computing element is executed. The computing element essentially includes three program modules by which the performance of the motor vehicle is influenced. The processor includes a functional computer and a monitoring computer that is physically independent of the functional computer, wherein the monitoring computer includes two monitoring units that are independent of each other. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272105 | HOME NETWORK ENCRYPTION TECHNIQUES - A premises based multimedia communication system includes a source device that produces multimedia content, a rendering device that presents the multimedia content, and a premises communication network coupling the source device to the rendering device. The system determines a bit error rate of the premises communication network, transfers the multimedia content from the source device to the rendering device, and when the bit error rate exceeds a bit error rate threshold, the system at least partially disables link layer encryption of video frames of the multimedia content transfer. With the link layer operations at least partially disabled, the system can enable, at least partially, content layer encryption operations for the transfer of the multimedia content from the source device to the rendering device. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272106 | MLC Self-RAID Flash Data Protection Scheme - A two-dimensional self-RAID method of protecting page-based storage data in a MLC multiple-level-cell flash memory device. The protection scheme includes reserving one parity sector across each data page, reserving one parity page as the column parity, selecting a specific number of pages to form a parity group, writing into the parity page a group parity value for data stored in the pages of the parity group. The parity sector represents applying a RAID technique in a first dimension. The group parity represents applying a RAID technique in a second dimension. Data protection is achieved because a corrupted data sector can likely be recovered by the two dimensional RAID data. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272107 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PRELOADED NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CONTENT - An embodiment providing one or more improvements includes a memory loading system and method for at least managing testing of a memory unit using a memory test system and responsive to at least completion of testing and passing the testing, loading non-testing content into the memory unit for delivery to a customer. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272108 | MEMORY AND TEST METHOD FOR MEMORY - A test method for a memory having first and second cell arrays, first compressed data obtained by compressing output data of the first cell array and output data of the second cell array is outputted. When the first compressed data represents that a fail exists, output data of one of the first and second cell arrays is locked as normal data, and second compressed data obtained by compressing the normal data and output data of the other of the first and second cell arrays is outputted. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272109 | VOTER TESTER FOR REDUNDANT SYSTEMS - A tester is configured to access and test each redundant channel of a voter. The tester is disposed between the voter and a multitude of redundant circuits supplying redundant channel signals to the voter. The tester includes a number of input ports receiving the redundant channel signals as well as the test signals. In response to a number of logic combinations of the test signals, the voter generates output signals each corresponding to one of the redundant channel signals. In response to other logic combinations of the test signals, the voter generates a voted output signal. The voter is optionally a majority voter. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272110 | Test Generator For Low Power Built-In Self-Test - Aspects of the invention relate to low power BIST-based testing. A low power test generator may comprise a pseudo-random pattern generator unit, a toggle control unit configured to generate toggle control data based on bit sequence data generated by the pseudo-random pattern generator unit, and a hold register unit configured to generate low power test pattern data by replacing, based on the toggle control data received from the toggle control unit, data from some or all of outputs of the pseudo-random pattern generator unit with constant values during various time periods. The low power test generator may further comprise a phase shifter configured to combine bits of the low power test pattern data for driving scan chains. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272111 | JTAG Apparatus and Method for Implementing JTAG Data Transmission - A Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) apparatus and a method for implementing JTAG data transmission are disclosed, wherein the JTAG apparatus includes: a processor and a JTAG programmable logic device; and further includes an isolation circuit connected with the processor and pins of the JTAG programmable logic device, wherein the isolation circuit has a register/registers corresponding to the pins of the JTAG programmable logic device; based on a high or low level signal written into the register/registers of the isolation circuit by the processor, the isolation circuit drives the pins of the JTAG programmable logic device, and transmits the JTAG data corresponding to the high or low level signal from the processor to the JTAG programmable logic device. In the scheme of the present invention, the isolation circuit is used to implement protection of a JTAG interface or a serial port of a personal computer connected with the JTAG apparatus. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272112 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES - Semiconductor devices configured to test connectivity of micro bumps including one or more micro bumps and a boundary scan test block for testing connectivity of the micro bumps by scanning data input to the micro bumps and outputting the scanned data. The semiconductor device may include a first chip including solder balls and at least one or more switches electrically coupled with the respective solder balls, and a second chip stacked on top of the first chip and electrically coupled with the switches in direct access mode, including micro bumps that input/output signals transmitted from/to the solder balls. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272113 | ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION IN TRANSMITTED DIGITAL SIGNALS - A wireless communications receiver for receiving data blocks, the receiver comprising: a reception unit arranged to receive a wireless signal, to recover from the wireless signal a data frame containing packets; and an LDPC decoder arranged to recover a data block by LDPC decoding one of the packets. A wireless communications receiver for receiving data blocks, the receiver comprising: a reception unit arranged to receive a wireless signal, to recover a data frame from the wireless signal and to recover an encoded block from the data frame; and an LDPC decoder arranged to recover a data block by LDPC decoding the encoded block. A wireless communications transmitter for transmitting data blocks, the transmitter comprising: an encoder arranged to create an encoded block by LDPC encoding a data block; and a transmit unit arranged to load the encoded block into a data frame as a, or as part of a, packet and transmit the data frame wirelessly. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272114 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND OPERATING METHOD - A memory controller and method of operating same are described. The memory controller includes a central processing unit providing re-transmission control signal, an error check block determining whether an error exists in data received from a host and generating a corresponding error check signal, and a re-transmission request unit receiving the control signal and the error check signal, communicating a request to the host for an error-correcting re-transmission operation when an error exists in the received data, and communicating a request for an extending re-transmission operation when error does not exist in the received data. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272115 | BULK DATA TRANSFER - This disclosure relates to network data communication. Some embodiments include initiating a network connection between an original source and an ultimate destination, transmitting a block of data from the original source to the ultimate destination on the network, requesting retransmission of lost blocks from the ultimate destination to the source and retransmitting the lost blocks from source to the ultimate destination. These embodiments further include measuring round-trip time of a retransmit request, the round-trip time measured from a time of transmission of a retransmit request from the ultimate destination to a time of reception at the ultimate destination after retransmission from the original source and setting the round-trip time as a minimum retransmission request time for the network connection, wherein the round-trip time includes latencies of the network connection and in data processes at the original source and at the ultimate destination. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272116 | Method and device for bandwidth self-adapting data ranking protection - The present disclosure discloses a method and a device for bandwidth self-adapting data ranking protection. The method comprises: performing redundancy protection computation on a data block to be transmitted so as to generate a redundant code of the data block, and setting a priority for the redundant code; determining whether bandwidth occupied by a redundant code with a highest priority is greater than current residual bandwidth; if the bandwidth occupied by the redundant code with the highest priority is not greater than the current residual bandwidth, carrying the redundant code with the highest priority in the current residual bandwidth; otherwise, according to a descending order of the priority, searching in residual redundant codes for a redundant code whose data amount is less than or equal to the current residual bandwidth, and carrying a found redundant code in the current residual bandwidth. The present disclosure improves the error tolerance of a system. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272117 | TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER FOR BROADCASTING DATA AND PROVIDING INCREMENTAL REDUNDANCY - A transmitter for broadcasting data in a broadcasting system that improves the decoding quality, if needed, comprises a data input, and an encoder for error correction code encoding the input data words into codewords, a codeword comprising a basic codeword portion and an auxiliary codeword portion, wherein said encoder is adapted for generating said basic codeword portion from an input data word according to a first code and for generating said auxiliary codeword portion from an input data word according to a second code, said basic codeword portion being provided for regular decoding and said auxiliary codeword portion being provided as incremental redundancy if regular decoding of the codeword by use of the basic codeword portion is erroneous. Further, the transmitter comprises a data mapper for mapping the codewords onto frames of a transmitter output data stream, and a transmitter unit for transmitting said transmitter output data stream. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272118 | Variable modulation with LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) coding - Variable modulation within combined LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) coding and modulation coding systems. Variable modulation encoding of LDPC coded symbols is presented. In addition, LDPC encoding, that generates an LDPC variable code rate signal, may also be performed as well. The encoding can generate an LDPC variable code rate and/or modulation signal whose code rate and/or modulation may vary as frequently as on a symbol by symbol basis. Some embodiments employ a common constellation shape for all of the symbols of the signal sequence, yet individual symbols may be mapped according different mappings of the commonly shaped constellation; such an embodiment may be viewed as generating a LDPC variable mapped signal. In general, any one or more of the code rate, constellation shape, or mapping of the individual symbols of a signal sequence may vary as frequently as on a symbol by symbol basis. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272119 | ERROR CORRECTING CODE PROTECTED QUASI-STATIC BIT COMMUNICATION ON A HIGH-SPEED BUS - A communication interface device, system, method, and design structure for error correcting code (ECC) protected quasi-static bit communication (SBC) on a high-speed bus are provided. The communication interface device includes high-speed sampling logic to capture high-speed data from the high-speed bus using a high-speed sampling clock and SBC sampling logic to capture SBC samples from the high-speed bus using an SBC sampling clock. The SBC sampling clock is slower than the high-speed sampling clock. The communication interface device also includes an SBC finite state machine (FSM) to detect a received SBC command in response to a static pattern persisting for a predetermined number of the SBC samples and command decoding logic to decode the received SBC command. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272120 | Non-Volatile Memory and Method with Post-Write Read and Adaptive Re-Write to Manage Errors - Data errors in non-volatile memory inevitably increase with usage and with higher density of bits stored per cell. For acceptable quality assurance, conventional error correction codes (“ECC”) have to correct a maximum number of error bits up to the far tail end of a statistical population. The present memory is configured to have a first portion operating with less error but of lower density storage, and a second portion operating with a higher density but less robust storage. If excessive error bits (at the far tail-end) occur after writing a group of data to the second portion, the data is adaptively rewritten to the first portion which will produce less error bits. Preferably, the data is initially written to a cache also in the first portion to provide source data for any rewrites. Thus, a more efficient ECC not requiring to correcting for the far tail end can be used. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272121 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image processing apparatus and a method for controlling an image processing apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: primarily processing a first thread from among a plurality of threads for a preset process; generating and storing a first error correction code for data recorded in a stack area of a random access memory (RAM) corresponding to the first thread when a primary process terminates; processing a second thread which is different from the first thread from among the plurality of threads; determining whether the data of the stack area is valid on the basis of the stored first error correction code at a point of time when the process for the second thread terminates and a secondary process for the first thread begins; and secondarily processing the first thread by restoring the data having an error in the stack area in response to a determination that the data of the stack area is invalid. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272122 | EFFICIENT RE-READ OPERATIONS IN ANALOG MEMORY CELL ARRAYS - A method for data storage includes storing data, which is encoded with an Error Correction Code (ECC), in a group of analog memory cells by writing respective first storage values to the memory cells in the group. After storing the data, respective second storage values are read from the memory cells in the group, and the read second storage values are processed so as to decode the ECC. Responsively to a failure in decoding the ECC, one or more of the second storage values that potentially caused the failure are identified as suspect storage values. Respective third storage values are re-read from a subset of the memory cells that includes the memory cells holding the suspect storage values. The ECC is re-decoded using the third storage values so as to reconstruct the stored data. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272123 | DATA WRITING METHOD, MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY STORAGE APPARATUS - A data writing method for writing page data into a rewritable non-volatile memory module is provided, the rewritable non-volatile memory module has a plurality of physical blocks, and each of the physical blocks has a plurality of physical pages. The data writing method includes grouping the physical pages into a plurality of physical page groups according to write speed of each physical page. The data writing method also includes compressing the page data to generate compressed data and calculating a data compression ratio corresponding to the compressed data. The data writing method further includes writing the compressed data into one of the physical pages in a corresponding physical page group among the physical page groups according to the data compression ratio. Accordingly, the data writing method can effectively ensure the accuracy of data stored in the rewritable non-volatile memory module. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272124 | Method and System for Recovering Lost Media Data Packets - The present invention discloses a method for recovering lost media data packets, and the method includes: a stream media server sending and buffering a media data stream; a client receiving and buffering the media data stream, and sending a negative-acknowledge (NACK) message to the stream media server when the client detects that the buffered media data stream has lost media data packets, the stream media server setting forward error correction (FEC) coding redundancy and acquiring the media data packets needing to be recovered from the media data stream buffered in itself, encoding the media data packets needing to be recovered into FEC data according to the FEC coding redundancy, and sending the FEC data to the client; with combination of the received FEC data and the media data stream buffered in the client itself, the client recovering the lost media data packets in the media data stream. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272125 | Stopping Methods for Iterative Signal Processing - A stopping method for an iterative signal processing includes a first step of receiving the state signatures generated by the iterative signal processing. A next step includes accumulating the state signatures into a stopping index variable. A next step includes stopping iterative decoding when the stopping index variable is less than a predetermined threshold. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272126 | System And Method For Producing A Media Compilation - A system and method for producing a media compilation is described. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272127 | System and Method for Structured News Release Generation and Distribution - A method of providing a news release to a user is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises: providing access to the user, over a network, to data stored in a computer-readable digital storage medium; and structuring the data provided to the user over the network so that the user experiences a news release having a plurality of sections, the sections including a headline, a summary, key points, and a network address. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272128 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - A mobile terminal apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a first display section, a second display section aligned with the first display section, and a control section configured to control display of the first and second display sections. The control section is configured to display, on at least one of the first and second display sections, a key object to switch a display mode of the first and second display sections. The control section is configured to switch the display mode between a first mode where an execution screen for one application is displayed on the first and second display sections and a second mode where an execution screen for one of two applications is displayed on the first display section and an execution screen for the other of the two applications is displayed on the second display section, based on an operation to the key object. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272129 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A NEW EVENT DIRECTLY FROM A DOCUMENT - An event providing apparatus includes a storage device in communicating with a date/time detector module. The detector module detects a condition that at least a portion of information stored on the storage device could be mapped to an event, identifies date and time entries in the information, and generates a hyperlink to open an application for creating an event for each entry, the date and time being provided to the application to generate the event directly from the information. The apparatus also includes a display for displaying the time and date in the form of the hyperlink; and a prompter module communicating with the detector module for automatically providing a prompt related to the event in response to selection of the hyperlink. In response to user interaction with the user prompt, the application is started and the event based on the hyperlinked date and time is created. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272130 | OBJECT CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAYING OBJECTS IN FRONT OF LINK ELEMENTS - The system for the object control method according to an embodiment is a client/server system with a Web server ( | 2012-10-25 |
20120272131 | HANDLING UNEXPECTED RESPONSES TO SCRIPT EXECUTING IN CLIENT-SIDE APPLICATION - Handling unexpected response messages at a client-side application such as a web browser, where those responses require the client-side application to issue an unexpected prompt and are triggered by request messages sent from script executing in the client-side application. A widget is dynamically constructed to provide the prompt to a user. Display and processing of the widgets and prompts is handled in a non-disruptive manner in an environment where a gateway function requesting the prompt may be interposed between a browser and a server in a network, and where the browser script may adhere to the Ajax methodology. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272132 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED BROWSING PERFORMANCE BY PRECOMPILATION OF HIGH-PRIORITY JAVASCRIPTS IN A WEBPAGE AND DELAYING THE REMOVAL OF CORRESPONDING COMPILED CODE - Methods and apparatus for processing scripting-language code in webpages are disclosed. The method includes obtaining scripting-language code that is utilized by a higher-priority webpage, compiling the scripting-language code to generate higher-priority compiled code objects, storing the higher-priority compiled code objects on a communication device, distinguishing the higher-priority compiled code objects from other compiled code objects that are stored on the communication device to delay the higher-priority compiled code objects from being removed from the communication device, and executing the higher-priority compiled code objects when the webpage is requested by the user. In many variations, this approach is not applied to all webpages visited, but only on certain webpages and scripts that are considered high priority, either implicitly or explicitly, based on a priority function that computes a multi-level priority from the history and past browser activity. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272133 | HANDLING UNEXPECTED RESPONSES TO SCRIPT EXECUTING IN CLIENT-SIDE APPLICATION - Handling unexpected response messages at a client-side application such as a web browser, where those responses require the client-side application to issue an unexpected prompt and are triggered by request messages sent from script executing in the client-side application. A widget is dynamically constructed to provide the prompt to a user. Display and processing of the widgets and prompts is handled in a non-disruptive manner in an environment where a gateway function requesting the prompt may be interposed between a browser and a server in a network, and where the browser script may adhere to the Ajax methodology. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272134 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MEDIA ENHANCEMENT WIDGET - The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272135 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING OF LARGE NUMBER OF WEBSITES FOR COMMUNICATION, MEDIA SHARING, AND MANAGEMENT WITHIN GROUPS - A computer-implemented method is disclosed for creating a plurality of group websites for a plurality of groups in a club or a league. The method includes receiving, by a computer network system, group data for a plurality of groups in a club or a league, wherein the group data include names for the groups, names and email addresses for managers of the groups, and at least one member's name for each of the plurality of teams; creating, by the computer network system, data structures for a plurality of group websites using the group data; automatically assigning web addresses to the group websites by the computer network system, wherein the plurality of group websites are activated for the plurality of groups in the club or the league; and allowing the managers of the groups to edit the plurality of group websites for their respective groups. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272136 | SERVER APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR INSERTING INFORMATION INTO WEB PAGE, INFORMATION INSERTION PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - A server apparatus transmits a web page to a terminal apparatus through a network, and monitors user operation information for the web page displayed on the terminal apparatus. The server apparatus determines whether or not the monitored user operation information satisfies a predetermined condition, and when determining that the condition is satisfied, inserts the insertion information into a predetermined display position on the web page displayed on the terminal apparatus. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272137 | EFFICIENT VALIDATION OF BINARY XML DATA - Data used and generated by the process of validating XML documents is divided into two categories: compile-time static data and runtime data. Runtime data may be specific to a particular XML document and changes when validating the XML document, while compile-time data does not change in this way. For example, compile-time data may be data that defines, according to a schema, the descendant elements and ordering between them. Runtime data is information generated to track which descendants occurred in a particular XML document being validated. Compile-time static data, once generated to validate a particular XML document, is cached within a shared volatile memory. Once the compile-time data is cached, the compile-time static data may be used to validate other XML documents without the need to regenerate the compile-time static data. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272138 | PROCESSING A WEB PAGE - A method and computer system for processing a web page. A first web page is parsed. The first web page includes at least one Universal Resource Locator (URL). During the parsing, as each URL of the at least one URL on the first web page is encountered, the first web page is transformed by appending to a link statement of each URL on the first web page an associated two-key code that associates the two-key code with each URL on the first web page. The first web page is displayed on a display screen of the computer system. The display of the web page is initiated after the parsing has been performed. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272139 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING ENHANCED SCREENSHOTS - Systems and methods for generating and providing enhanced screenshots may include executing instructions stored in memory to evaluate at least a portion of a viewing frustum generated by the instructions to determine one or more objects included therein, obtain metadata associated with the one or more objects, and generate at least one enhanced screenshot indicative of the at least a portion of the viewing frustum by associating the metadata of each of the one or more objects with a location of each of the one or more objects within the at least one enhanced screenshot to create hotspots indicative of each of the one or more objects such that selection at least one hotspot by a computing system causes at least a portion of the metadata associated with the at least one hotspot to be displayed on a display device of a computing system. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272140 | FLEXIBLE WEB PAGE TEMPLATE BUILDING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A flexible web page template and template building tool which generates templates that grow and shrink according to an amount of user content. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272141 | FLEXIBLE WEB PAGE TEMPLATE BUILDING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An auto-expanding navigation area for a web page is presented which allows a user to select a number of buttons to be displayed in the navigation area and which automatically identically sizes and displays the selected number of buttons in the navigation area and automatically expands or reduces the navigation area based on the number of buttons. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272142 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDING TARGETED CONTENT IN A WEB PAGE - A network ( | 2012-10-25 |
20120272143 | System and Method for Audience-Vote-Based Copyediting - A system and method for audience participation in vote-based copyediting. Online content readers may indicate certain content errors to the online publisher, such as highlighting an identified typographical error. These errors may be sent to an administrator who can take corrective action. Reports may include a prioritized list (e.g., prioritized by the number of votes each particular error received), or the reports may be contingent on a threshold number of votes. Users may enter suggestions, which may also be provided in the reports, and/or suggestions by be automatically integrated, if allowed by the online publisher (e.g., after a certain number of votes is reached). | 2012-10-25 |
20120272144 | COMPACT CONTROL MENU FOR TOUCH-ENABLED COMMAND EXECUTION - A compact control menu is provided over an interactive touch interface where a user may interact with a touch-enabled device to execute commands. The compact control menu may be provided after a user makes a touch selection in a document to aid in the user's ability to execute common control commands quickly and in the context of the selection. The compact control menu may initially appear in a collapsed state displaying a limited number of commands, and may allow the user to swipe in a direction for executing a command. The compact control menu may be expanded to display more command options upon a trigger to expand initiated by a particular user touch motion on the touch interface. The user may execute a command from the expanded command menu, and after command execution the compact control menu may disappear until a further user selection within a document. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272145 | METHOD FOR USING RADIO PRESETS AS APPLICATION SHORTCUTS - A control arrangement for a vehicle includes an infotainment console having a user interface with a plurality of pushbuttons. A communication device is communicatively coupled to the infotainment console and relays signals between the infotainment console and a portable computing device. The infotainment console reconfigures the user interface to enable the user to control the portable computing device via the user interface. Each of the pushbuttons is actuatable to cause operation of the portable computing device to proceed to a respective application within the portable computing device. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272146 | AUTOMATIC APPLICATION WIZARD - A system to automate creation of a configuration wizard from, for example, an underlying control application. In one instance, a complex application may be represented with a simple configuration view such as that of a configuration wizard. When an application is being created, a user may be provided with a feature that defines the configuration wizard. Some aspects of the present approach are that a wizard user interface may be automatically generated, a standard approach may be provided to define the wizard, and, for changes which are performed in the application, the wizard may easily be edited and regenerated. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272147 | PLAY CONTROL OF CONTENT ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A system for presenting and controlling content on a display device includes a network, a server system coupled to the network and comprising one or more servers, a display device coupled to the network and having a display, and a personal computing device operable to transmit a first message according to a specified format over the network to the server system. The server system stores an association between the personal computing device and the display device. The first message identifies user-selected content and a media player to play the content. The server system is operable, in response to receiving the first message from the personal computing device, to provide to the display device a second message identifying the user-selected content and the media player to play the content. In response to receiving the second message, the display device is operable to obtain a first media player needed to play the content, to load the media player and to present the content on the display. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272148 | PLAY CONTROL OF CONTENT ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A system for presenting and controlling content on a display device includes a network, a server system coupled to the network and comprising one or more servers, a display device coupled to the network and having a display, and a personal computing device operable to transmit a first message according to a specified format over the network to the server system. The server system stores an association between the personal computing device and the display device. The first message identifies user-selected content and a media player to play the content. The server system is operable, in response to receiving the first message from the personal computing device, to provide to the display device a second message identifying the user-selected content and the media player to play the content. In response to receiving the second message, the display device is operable to obtain a first media player needed to play the content, to load the media player and to present the content on the display. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272149 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING STREAMING OF MEDIA DATA - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of controlling streaming media data using a streaming control device includes accessing, via the streaming control device, a plurality of media data stored in a media server, displaying, via a touchscreen of the streaming control device, a first object including the plurality of media data, receiving a first command selecting a particular media data among the plurality of media data from the first object, searching for media playback devices to reproduce the particular media data based on a position of the streaming control device, displaying, via the touchscreen, a third object for representing the searched media playback devices, receiving a second command selecting a particular media playback device among the searched media playback devices from the third object, and controlling the particular media playback device to reproduce the particular media data. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272150 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING VIDEO PLAYBACK AND NOTATION RECORDING - A system and method for associating notations with multimedia elements is disclosed. In one example, the method comprises acts of displaying a multimedia element on a display of a computer device, receiving a notation element from a user of the computer device, determining, by a processor, at the time of receiving the notation element, a related portion of the multimedia element, and storing, on a storage medium, the notation element in association with a reference to the related portion of the multimedia event. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272151 | HIERARCHICAL DISPLAY AND NAVIGATION OF DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORIES - A system and technique for displaying a document's workflow history are disclosed. The system includes a graphical user interface for displaying one or more graphical representations of events generated by an application configured to edit a document. Each of the events generated by the application may be stored in a data structure that is associated with one or more portions of the document. The data structure may also be associated with a digital image that reflects the state of the document at the time the event was generated and one or more frames of digital video captured substantially simultaneously with the generation of the event. The system may display the stored events via graphical representations in the graphical user interface that represent a portion of the total document workflow history. A user may navigate through the graphical events based on a hierarchical algorithm for clustering events. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272152 | METHOD FOR ADDING A VOICE CONTENT TO A VIDEO CONTENT AND DEVICE IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - The invention relates to a method for adding a voice content to an audiovisual document. Initially, a video document is received in a device for reproducing and recording sound signals. The video content received possesses degraded areas and at least one non-degraded area perfectly visible to a user during the reproduction of said document. Said user reads a text which is recorded in the device. The text is read at determined moments of the reproduction of the video content received by using visual elements appearing in the non-degraded areas. A complete video document is generated by assembling the audiovisual document and at least one newly created sound content. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272153 | HIERARCHICAL DISPLAY AND NAVIGATION OF DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORIES - A system and technique for displaying a document's workflow history are disclosed. The system includes a graphical user interface for displaying one or more graphical representations of events generated by an application configured to edit a document. Each of the events generated by the application may be stored in a data structure that is associated with one or more portions of the document. The data structure may also be associated with a digital image that reflects the state of the document at the time the event was generated and one or more frames of digital video captured substantially simultaneously with the generation of the event. The system may display the stored events via graphical representations in the graphical user interface that represent a portion of the total document workflow history. A user may navigate through the graphical events based on a hierarchical algorithm for clustering events. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272154 | SERVICE DISTRIBUTION DEVICE AND SERVICE DISPLAY DEVICE - A service distribution device is provided that, when acquiring services to be used in an information terminal mounted in a vehicle or used in its passenger compartment, recognizes service availability beforehand, thereby improving usability of the services. A service distribution device includes an information correlation unit for correlating information that denotes service utilization conditions in relation to travel condition of the vehicle with the services. The service distribution device distributes to an information terminal the information that denotes the service utilization conditions correlated by the information correlation unit along with contents of the relevant service so that the information and the contents can be visibly displayed on a display unit in the information terminal. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272155 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING NETWORK RESOURCES - A method is disclosed for presenting network resources on a computer having a browser. The method includes determining at least one network resource to be independently presented and obtaining network attribute information of the at least one network resource. The method also includes obtaining a resource list window for listing network resources that need to be presented independently using network resource as unit and displaying identification information of the at least one network resource in the resource list window. Further, the method includes, when a network resource corresponding to an entry of identification information in the resource list window needs to be independently presented, presenting the network resource independently using the network attribute information of the network resource. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272156 | LEVERAGING CONTEXT TO PRESENT CONTENT ON A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device or handset presents a contextual catalog of content items to enhance mobile shopping user experience, mitigating display limitations for generally large content catalogs. Contextual information available on the handset, such as Global Positioning System (GPS) location or other readable parameters, can be used to determine unique, relevant categories, content or offers, for displaying through a user interface. Categories such as ‘local’ can be generated on-the-fly using GPS for a personalized content browsing experience. Additional context such as knowing that the user and device are rarely in a location (e.g., specific neighborhood, particular city, or country) can be used to generate unique price plans (such as day passes) that the user can use when travelling. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272157 | FILE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A workflow file includes body data and information defining a user who can process the file. In a file processing system including a plurality of file processing devices each having a touch panel, when a first file processing device to which a first user who can process the workflow file logs in detects that a first gesture of identifying the workflow file and a second gesture of indicating a second user who will perform processing subsequently have been performed on the touch panel, the second user is identified based on the second gesture and the defining information, and a second file processing device corresponding to the second user is reported to that effect. When the second file processing device detects that a third gesture for making a request for processing of the workflow file has been performed, the second file processing device acquires the body data of the workflow file. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272158 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING DEVICES WHICH CAN BE TARGETED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A COMMUNICATION SESSION - Computer-based methods and devices for identifying devices and objects that can be targeted for the purpose of establishing a communication session are described. In an example embodiment, a mobile handset displays a visual indication of the location of devices in proximity relative to the location and orientation of the mobile handset. A mobile handset includes object recognition logic for determining when the mobile handset is targeting another device with which the mobile handset is authorized to communicate. In some cases, the targeted device may be a non-computing object serving as a proxy for another computing device. | 2012-10-25 |
20120272159 | COLLABORATIVE ELECTRONIC BOOKS - The present invention provides techniques relating to collaboratively authored stories and electronic books, and the writing thereof. Techniques are provided in which a template relating to a story, and a set of rules governing collaborative writing of the story by multiple user authors, are obtained. Writing contributions, for integration into the story, may be obtained from each of the user authors. A completed story is obtained, in which forming the completed story includes integrating the writing contributions. Access to the story, such as in the form of an electronic book, is provided to users, such as for a fee. | 2012-10-25 |