46th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100293387 | Method and system for digital watermarking - A method for applying a digital watermark to a content signal is disclosed. In accordance with such a method, a watermarking key is identified. The watermarking key includes a binary sequence and information describing application of that binary sequence to the content signal. The digital watermark is then encoded within the content signal at one or more locations determined by the watermarking key. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293388 | PROTECTING SECRET INFORMATION IN A PROGRAMMED ELECTRONIC DEVICE - This disclosure provides a way for securely protecting secret information—for example, a secret key—in a programmed electronic device. A technique is disclosed for protecting secret information in a programmed electronic device that includes a non-trusted memory containing software, a data memory containing the secret information, and an access restriction logic unit that is adapted to allow or block access to the secret information wherein the secret information is adapted to be used for verifying the integrity of the software. In one embodiment, when starting up the programmed electronic device, the access restriction logic unit allows access to the secret information. Then the secret information is accessed for use in verifying the integrity of the software, and subsequently the access restriction logic unit blocks further access to the secret information. Embodiments of a semiconductor device and a programmed electronic device comprising similar features are also disclosed. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293389 | Playback of Information Content using Keys - Media, e.g., video, is played on a player that can store multiple items of video. Some video can be played using a stored key; other video needs to have an external key present. The key can decrypt the video or it can supplement the content of the video. If a request is made to play a video, that video can be automatically downloaded. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293390 | Secure movie download - A movie playing system which utilizes a system for the playing of movies (sound and video). The movie is encrypted and stored on a computer in an ordered sequence of segments. The computer decrypts each segment in series and plays that decrypted segment on the movie playing system. When the segment is nearly, or fully, complete, the computer decrypts the next segment and deletes the prior decrypted segment. The newly decrypted segment is then played and the process continues until the entire movie has been played. Security is provided through the use of a physical identifying key which the computer uses in the decrypting process and the system monitors for recording mechanisms. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293391 | MULTIPOINT GENERAL-PURPOSE INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL INTERFACE DEVICE - A multipoint general-purpose input/output control interface device is provided, which is a control interface device that is applicable to, but not limited to, PCI transmission interface, and can be installed in or removed from a computer system or a game machine as desired to use the computer system or the game machine to control a timer and access or encrypt static random access memory and general purpose input/output (GPIO). | 2010-11-18 |
20100293392 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING SECURE MEMORY CONTROLLER - A secure memory controller includes a memory unit and a controller. The memory unit stores the information of the predetermined scenario in accordance with an application to be executed. The controller gives the right to access the memory area based on the set scenario. The controller judges whether the bus master which is requesting an access to the memory area has the right to access. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293393 | Memory Controller, Memory System Including the Same, and Method for Operating the Same - A memory controller includes a first interface unit, a processor, a randomization unit, a state conversion unit, and a second interface unit. The first interface unit exchanges data with an external device, and the processor determines whether to randomize or state-convert the received data. The randomization unit randomizes data received through the first interface unit in response to the processor and generates randomization information in response to the randomization operation. The state conversion unit state-converts data received through the first interface unit in response to the processor and generates conversion information in response to the state conversion operation. The second interface unit receives the randomized data and the randomization information from the randomization unit, receives the state-converted data and the conversion information from the state conversion unit, and exchanges at least one of the randomized data, the randomization information, the state-converted data and the conversion information with a memory. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293394 | MOTHERBOARD AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL CIRCUIT THEREOF - A motherboard of a computer includes a platform controller hub (PCH), a central processing unit (CPU) including a display processing module and a transmission module, a power supply generating module, and a control circuit. The PCH is connected to a display and the display processing module. The display processing module is also connected to the power supply generating module and the control circuit. The transmission module is connected to a graphic card when the graphic card being present in the motherboard. When installed, the graphic card is also connected to the display and the control circuit. The control circuit is also connected to the power supply circuit. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293395 | CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT START-UP CIRCUIT OF PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A central processing unit (CPU) start-up circuit for controlling a CPU of a portable electronic device includes a power management unit (PMU) connected to the CPU, an awaking circuit connected to the CPU, and a main power supply connected to the CPU, the PMU and the awaking circuit. The main power supply provides working electric power to the CPU, the PMU detects the status of the main power supply and generates a status signal (SS) according to the detecting result, the awaking circuit detects the status of the main power supply and generates a waking signal (WS) according to the detecting result, and the SS and the WS are both transmitted to the CPU to cooperatively control the CPU to be switched on and switched off. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293396 | POWER CONTROL CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF COMPUTER SYSTEM - A power control circuit and a power control method applied to a computer system are disclosed. A regulator receives a first voltage, the regulator converting the first voltage to an embedded controller voltage when the regulator is enabled. A detecting and controlling circuit receives the first voltage and the button signal, and the regulator is enabled when the detecting and controlling circuit detects the button signal. An embedded controller connects to the regulator for receiving the embedded controller voltage and outputting the plurality of power control signals. The embedded controller sends a power on signal to the detecting and controlling circuit to keep the regulator enabled. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293397 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM - A compressor is provided and may include a shell, a compression mechanism, a motor, and a diagnostic system that determines a system condition. The diagnostic system may include a processor and a memory and may predict a severity level of the system condition based on at least one of a sequence of historical-fault events and a combination of the types of the historical-fault events. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293398 | System and Method for Preventing Disconnect of a Powered Device by a Power Source Equipment - A system and method for preventing disconnect of a powered device by a power source equipment. Powered devices can have unstable power profiles. These unstable power profile can make it difficult for power source equipment (PSE) in a power over Ethernet (PoE) system to effectively manage powering of those devices. In one embodiment, a reservoir of charge having a stable power profile is provided as a charge buffer such that a PSE need not match the swings in power demands by electronic circuitry in the powered device. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293399 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CLASSIFICATION IN POWER OVER ETHERNET SYSTEMS - A method is disclosed that includes receiving a classification voltage at a powered device from a network. The classification voltage includes a baseline voltage level that is below an operating voltage range of the powered device and includes a sequence of distinct signal elements derived from the classification voltage. The method further includes detecting a number of signal elements of the sequence of distinct signal elements. A current is drawn until the number of signal elements exceeds a predetermined number. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293400 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives, from an external device via a communication line, a signal requesting provision of various types of services; a processing unit that when the receiving unit receives the signal in a setting period of a power saving state where power consumption is lower than in a running state, returns to the running state to process the signal and provide a service corresponding to the signal; and a memory that stores a content of the service provided by the processing unit and a content of a request requested by the signal, the content of the service and the content of the request being correlated respectively, wherein when the request received by the receiving unit in the setting period of the power saving state matches the content of the request stored in the memory, the processing unit reads the content of the service correlated with the content of the request from the memory and provides the service corresponding to the content of the service to the external device. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293401 | Power Managed Lock Optimization - In an embodiment, a timer unit may be provided that may be programmed to a selected time interval, or wakeup interval. A processor may execute a wait for event instruction, and enter a low power state for the thread that includes the instruction. The timer unit may signal a timer event at the expiration of the wakeup interval, and the processor may exit the low power state in response to the timer event. The thread may continue executing with the instruction following the wait for event instruction. In an embodiment, the processor/timer unit may be used to implement a power-managed lock acquisition mechanism, in which the processor is awakened a number of times to check the lock and execute the wait for event instruction if the lock is not free, after which the thread may block until the lock is free. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293402 | DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE GRAPHICS SUBSYSTEMS AND REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION MODE, SOFTWARE AND METHODS - Many computing device may now include two or more graphics subsystems. The multiple graphics subsystems may have different abilities, and may, for example, consume differing amount of electrical power, with one subsystem consuming more average power than the others. The higher power consuming graphics subsystem may be coupled to the device and used instead of, or in addition to, the lower power consuming graphics subsystem, resulting in higher performance or additional capabilities, but increased overall power consumption. By transitioning from the use of the higher power consuming graphics subsystem to the lower power consuming graphics subsystem, while placing the higher power consuming graphics subsystem in a lower power consumption mode, overall power consumption is reduced. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293403 | Data processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, and method of processing data - A data processing apparatus is switchable between a power saving mode and a normal operating mode. A transition triggering event determining section determines an event (e.g., detection of a document or operation of a power saving key) that causes the data processing apparatus to shift from the power saving mode to the normal operating mode, and a transition triggering event holding section stores the event. Then, a mode switching section causes the data processing apparatus to shift from the power saving mode to the normal operating mode in accordance with the event. An execution priority determining section determines based on the event, an execution priority level and/or an order of precedence in which a plurality of programs are executed during the normal operating mode. A program controlling section executes the plurality of programs in accordance with the execution priority level and/or an order of precedence. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293404 | System and Method for Dynamic Energy Efficient Ethernet Control Policy Based on User or Device Profiles and Usage Parameters - A system and method for dynamic energy efficient Ethernet (EEE) control policy based on user or device profiles and usage parameters. The analysis by an EEE control policy can consider user or device related EEE profile information that is either network propagated or retrieved from a network database. This EEE profile information can be used in combination with static settings established by an IT manager and the properties of the traffic on the link itself. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293405 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH REDUCED ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE INDUCED BY MEMORY ACCESS AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - The invention provides an integrated circuit with reduced electromagnetic interference induced by memory access. The integrated circuit includes a random code generator, a request receiver and a memory unit. The random code generator generates a plurality of random codes according to a predetermined delay parameter. The request receiver obtains an input clock signal according to a plurality of data requests and spreads the spectrum of the input clock signal based on the random codes to derive a non-periodic output clock signal. The memory unit accesses image data to be displayed in response to the data requests and the output clock signal. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293406 | METHOD TO CALIBRATE START VALUES FOR WRITE LEVELING IN A MEMORY SYSTEM - A memory controller performs a read test for each of a plurality of memory devices to generate a read delay time of each memory device. There is a prime memory device and a subset of memory devices. For each memory device of the subset, the read delay time for the prime memory device is compared with the read delay time of each memory device of the subset of memory devices to generate a differential delay for each memory device of the subset. For each subset memory device, a write test start time of the prime memory device is combined with a differential delay of each memory device to generate a write test start time for the each memory device. A write test for each memory device uses the write test start time for each subset memory device to generate a write launch time for each subset memory device. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293407 | Systems, Methods, and Media for Recovering an Application from a Fault or Attack - Systems, methods, and media for recovering an application from a fault or an attack are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method is provided for enabling a software application to recover from a fault condition. The method includes specifying constrained data items and assigning a set of repair procedures to the constrained data items. The method further includes detecting a fault condition on the constrained data items during execution of the software application, which triggers at least one repair procedure. The triggered repair procedures are executed and the execution of the software application is restored. In some embodiments, the restoring comprises providing memory rollback to a point of execution of the software application before the fault condition was detected. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293408 | LINK AGGREGATION PROTECTION - A method includes detecting, by a first network device, a configuration problem at a second network device, where the first and second network devices are associated with a link aggregation group (LAG) coupling the first and second network devices. The method also includes de-activating, by the first network device, one or more links in the LAG in response to detecting the configuration problem. The method further comprises maintaining at least one of the links in the LAG as an active link and allowing traffic to be forwarded on the active link in the LAG. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293409 | REDUNDANT CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Upon receipt of an availability requirement of a computer system under management, a redundant configuration management system determines placement of processing programs in physical servers equipped in the computer system to satisfy the availability requirement with reference to system configuration information indicative of the configuration of the computer system and restriction information for limiting the number of processing programs which can be run by the physical servers. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293410 | Memory Downsizing In A Computer Memory Subsystem - Memory downsizing in a computer memory subsystem, the subsystem including one or more channels of computer memory with each channel including several Dual In-line Memory Modules (‘DIMMs’) and each DIMM capable of on-die termination (‘ODT’). Memory downsizing according to embodiments of the present invention includes identifying, during a memory initialization test in a Power On Self Test (‘POST’) by a firmware module, a defective DIMM of a particular channel in the computer memory subsystem and disabling, by the firmware module, the defective DIMM, including enabling ODT for the defective DIMM without disabling any non-defective DIMMs. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293411 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that can be used even when an access error occurs due to replacement of component elements. When replacement of a component element of the image forming apparatus is detected, it is determined whether or not a predetermined process has been normally carried out on the component element. When it is determined that the predetermined process has not been normally carried out, another process different from the predetermined process is carried out. When the other process has been normally carried out, the predetermined process for the component element is changed to the other process. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293412 | DATA MIGRATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a data migration management apparatus that can easily create a re-execution task for re-executing an error-terminated data migration task, and also can increase the possibility of the re-execution task being successful. In a case where a data migration from a migration-source volume to a migration-destination volume fails, the management apparatus uses the information of the failed task to create a re-execution task. The management apparatus changes the configuration of a volume pair as necessary. The management apparatus manages the failed task in association with the re-execution task. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293413 | PROCESS-WINDOW AWARE DETECTION AND CORRECTION OF LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING ISSUES AT MASK LEVEL - In one aspect of the invention, a method provides a calibrated critical-failure model for a printing process of a critical feature by virtue of a classification of an optical parameter space according to at least two print-criticality levels. Print failure of a respective critical feature is judged on the basis of a print-failure criterion for the critical feature. The respective print-criticality level is ascertained from test-print-simulation data at a sampling point of a process window for a given point in an optical-parameter space, and from a failure rule. An advantage achieved with the method is that it comprises ascertaining the predefined optical-parameter set from the test-print-simulation data at only one sampling point of the process window, which sampling point is identical for all test patterns. This saves processing time and processing complexity by reducing the number of ascertained optical-parameter sets and their processing in the subsequent scanning and classifying steps. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293414 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING SAME - An information processing apparatus having a first subsystem and a second subsystem, is provided. The first subsystem includes a first updating unit configured to update a first counter at a priority higher than that of a processing task executed by the first subsystem, and a second updating unit configured to update a second counter at a priority lower than that of the processing task. The second subsystem includes a check unit configured to check whether the first and second counters have been updated, and a determination unit configured to determine that failure has occurred in the first subsystem if at least one of the first and second counters has not been updated. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293415 | META-INSTRUMENTATION FOR SECURITY ANALYSIS - A system and method for analyzing and/or testing member devices in a multi-device system. The multi-device system includes a device-under-analysis (DUA) and a device-under-observation (DUO). An analyzer that is external to the multi-device system generates and sends test messages to the DUA. The analyzer monitors the health of the multi-device system through the DUO and detects a system-wide impact of the DUA caused by the test messages. The analyzer analyzes the DUA based on the test messages and the system-wide impact. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293416 | DYNAMIC DEBUGGING OF PLATFORM TRANSACTIONS VIA CONTEXT AWARE TRANSACTIONAL DEBUG MARKING - A system includes a platform domain implementing address-indexed operations and an application domain implementing application context-oriented operations. The platform domain includes a platform interconnect to process address-indexed platform transactions and a trace monitor to generate a debug trace stream from platform transactions based on their platform context information. The application domain includes a processing component and a queue manager to queue descriptors for data frames to be processed by the application domain, each descriptor having application context information including application-specific debug information for the corresponding data frame. The processing component processes a selected data frame by accessing, from the queue manager, a descriptor associated with the selected data frame, translating an application-specific debug information of the descriptor to a corresponding platform attribute value, and providing a platform transaction to the platform interconnect for processing in the platform domain, the platform transaction having the platform attribute value in an attribute field. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293417 | Device for centrally monitoring the operation of automated banking machines - The invention relates to an invention for the central monitoring of the operation of automated banking machines (ATM). The operating signals from actuators ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100293418 | MEMORY DEVICE, DATA TRANSFER CONTROL DEVICE, DATA TRANSFER METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a memory device includes: a driving module configured to store therein data on a sector-by-sector basis; a first verifying module configured to verify, during a reading operation, sector data from the driving module; a partitioning module configured to partition the sector data into sets of subsector data, a size of each set of subsector data being smaller than a size of the sector data; an appending module configured to append an error detecting code to each set of subsector data; a second verifying module configured to store, in a predetermined memory, the sets of subsector data retrieved from a buffer, and to verify the sets of subsector data using respective error detecting codes; and a sending module configured to send, from the memory, the verified sets of subsector data to the host with a transfer size. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293419 | AUTHORING TOOLS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - The present principles provide new tools (i.e., applications) for use in authoring Blu-Ray Discs and other media which, when used in conjunction with BD-Jive Player, the author can provide any required additional information using a user interface (UI) that does not require XML or Java coding. The user interface (UI) allows the author to express the information more generally (i.e., without having knowledge of Java coding or XML) and then the authoring tools produces the relevant XML file and Java code, as needed. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293420 | CACHE COHERENT SUPPORT FOR FLASH IN A MEMORY HIERARCHY - System and method for using flash memory in a memory hierarchy. A computer system includes a processor coupled to a memory hierarchy via a memory controller. The memory hierarchy includes a cache memory, a first memory region of random access memory coupled to the memory controller via a first buffer, and an auxiliary memory region of flash memory coupled to the memory controller via a flash controller. The first buffer and the flash controller are coupled to the memory controller via a single interface. The memory controller receives a request to access a particular page in the first memory region. The processor detects a page fault corresponding to the request and in response, invalidates cache lines in the cache memory that correspond to the particular page, flushes the invalid cache lines, and swaps a page from the auxiliary memory region to the first memory region. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293421 | LOW DEPTH PROGRAMMABLE PRIORITY ENCODERS - An apparatus having a plurality of first circuits, second circuits, third circuits and fourth circuits is disclosed. The first circuits may be configured to generate a plurality of first signals in response to (i) a priority signal and (ii) a request signal. The second circuits may be configured to generate a plurality of second signals in response to the first signals. The third circuits may be configured to generate a plurality of enable signals in response to the second signals. The fourth circuits may be configured to generate collectively an output signal in response to (i) the enable signals and (ii) the request signal. A combination of the first circuits, the second circuits, the third circuits and the fourth circuits generally establishes a programmable priority encoder. The second signals may be generated independent of the enable signals. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293422 | Method And System For Scan Chain Diagnosis - Scan chain diagnosis techniques are disclosed. Faulty scan chains are modeled and scan patterns are masked to filter out loading-caused failures. By simulating the masked scan patterns, failing probabilities are determined for cells on a faulty scan chain. One or more defective cells are identified based upon the failing probability information. A noise filtering system such as the one based upon adaptive feedback may be adopted for the identification process. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293423 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIRTUAL IN-CIRCUIT EMULATION - A virtual In-Circuit Emulation (ICE) capability is provided herein for supporting testing of Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) hardware. A Virtual ICE Driver is configured for enabling any debug software to interface with target hardware in a flexible and scalable manner. The Virtual ICE Driver is configured such that the test instruction set used with the Virtual ICE Driver is not required to compute vectors, as the JTAG operations are expressed as local native instructions on scan segments, thereby enabling ICE resources to be accessed directly. The Virtual ICE Driver is configured such that ICE may be combined with instrument-based JTAG approaches (e.g., the IEEE P1687 standard and other suitable approaches). The Virtual ICE Driver is configured for receiving a plurality of scan segment operations generated by a plurality of target ICE controllers of at least one ICE host, scheduling the received scan segment operations, based at least in part on a scan chain of the target hardware, to form thereby a scheduled set of scan segment operations, and providing the scheduled set of scan segment operations to a processor configured for executing the scheduled set of scan segment operations for testing the target hardware. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293424 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a plurality of flip-flops connected to a scan chain set as a test path of an integrated circuit; and a data-collection section inputting setting values of the plurality of flip-flops connected to the scan chain through the scan chain or an independent connection path, wherein the data-collection section inputs the setting values of the flip-flops at the time the power has been turned on to the plurality of flip-flops, and performs generation processing of random numbers, or random-number generation data, or fixed data on the basis of the input values. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293425 | PARAMETRIC SCAN REGISTER, DIGITAL CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR TESTING A DIGITAL CIRCUIT USING SUCH REGISTER - The present invention relates to a parametric scan register and a method of testing a digital circuit with the aid of such a register. The parametric scan register includes a memory cell having at least one data input, able to receive a test datum, and transferring to its output a representative signal indicative of the test datum by use of a synchronization signal. It furthermore includes a parametric test block one input of which is linked to the output (s) of the cell, the output signal of the cell being transferred at the output of the parametric test block through an internal module, this internal module operating according to modes able to modify the output signal of the cell. Embodiments of the invention apply to the testing of integrated circuits with high integration density, for example in the field of nanotechnologies. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293426 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PHASE LOCKED LOOP BUILT IN SELF TEST - An apparatus configured for a phase locked loop (PLL) built in self test (BIST) jitter measurement is described. The apparatus includes a phase detector. The phase detector produces a digital signal that describes a comparison between a reference signal and a feedback signal. The apparatus also includes a BIST controller. The BIST controller accumulates the digital signal with successive digital signals. The apparatus also includes a communication pin. The communication pin sends the accumulated signal to automatic test equipment (ATE) that determines whether the PLL is operating correctly based on the accumulated signal. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293427 | RADIO COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHOD USED IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A radio communications apparatus having a retransmission function that has a determination portion configured to receive an error detection result obtained for a first packet transmitted to a destination apparatus and determine in a first sub-layer whether the error detection result is a positive acknowledgement; a transmission portion configured to transmit a second packet following the first packet to the destination apparatus; a timer portion configured to measure a predetermined period of time after the second packet is transmitted; and a report portion configured to report to a second sub-layer that is an upper sub-layer of the first sub-layer that the error detection result is the positive acknowledgement when no message is received from the destination apparatus during the predetermined period of time, the message indicating that the error detection result is falsely determined to be the positive acknowledgement. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293428 | Method for Transmitting Data to User Equipments, Communication System, Base Station and User Equipment - A method is provided for transmitting data to user equipments, a communication system, a base station and a mobile station. Data is transmitted to user equipments from a first base station (BBS) and from second base stations (CBS) in a time division multiplexed manner in frames (F). Each frame (F) has a first sub-frame and a second sub-frame. The user equipments are located in cells, each cell comprising a second base station (CBS). Data is transmitted wirelessly, during a first sub-frame of a frame, data from the first base station (BBS) to user equipments in a plurality of cells. Data is transmitted wirelessly, during the second sub-frame of the frame (F), from second base station (CBS) to at least one the plurality of user equipments. The data being transmitted from the first base station (BBS) is also transmitted by the second base station (CBS) to at least one of the plurality of cells. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293429 | PACKET INTERLEAVING METHOD - The packet interleaving method includes selecting successive input sets of consecutive input packets (X | 2010-11-18 |
20100293430 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING READING OPERATION OF OPTICAL DRIVE AND METHOD FOR READING INFORMATION FROM OPTICAL DATA STORAGE MEDIUM - The invention provides a method for reading information of an optical data storage medium. First, one sector of the optical data storage medium is obtained. The sector is then decoded to check if the sector is reliable. When the sector is not reliable, a data rescue process referring to spec-defined or pre-defined information of the physical specification of the sector is performed in order to obtain disc fundamental information of the optical data storage medium. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293431 | ERROR CORRECTION METHOD AND ERROR CORRECTION APPARATUS UTLIZING THE METHOD - An error correction method for correcting an first ECC code from a storage unit, comprising: (a) marking at least a first part of the first ECC code according to a correction result generated by correcting error of the first ECC code, to generate a first error correction reference information; and (b) marking at least a second part of the first ECC code according to the first error correction reference information to generate a second error correction reference information. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293432 | ERROR-CORRECTION CODING METHOD, ERROR-CORRECTION DECODING METHOD, ERROR-CORRECTION CODING APPARATUS, AND ERROR-CORRECTION DECODING APPARATUS - An error-correction coding method that includes outer coding of performing a coding process for an outer code; and inner coding of performing a coding process for an inner code that has an error correction capability adjusted based on an error correction capability of the outer code. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293433 | Burst-error correction methods and apparatuses for wireless digital communications systems - Frames of data that have transverse Reed-Solomon (TRS) coding and subsequent cyclical-redundancy-check (CRC) coding are subjected to de-interleaving before concatenated convolutional coding (CCC). The de-interleaving is related to the symbol interleaving of the outer convolutional coding prior to the inner convolutional coding so as to result in implied interleaving of data bits in the CCC on which wireless digital transmissions are based. The CCC is turbo decoded in a receiver for the wireless digital transmissions and re-interleaved to reproduce soft data, hard data bits of which data are TRS coded. CRC coding is decoded during the turbo decoding procedures and used to influence the confidence levels of the soft data. The confidence levels of the soft data are used for locating byte errors when the TRS coded hard data bits of the soft data are decoded. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293434 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY WITH BI-DIRECTIONAL ERROR CORRECTION PROTECTION - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses related to NVM devices with bi-directional error correction protection. In some embodiments, multiple multi-level parity cells are used to represent parity values stored in codewords of an NVM device. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293435 | Method for increasing efficiency of transferring packet of isochronous transfer type and device thereof - A method for increasing the efficiency of transferring packets of isochronous transfer type in USB 3.0 includes ignoring a packet of isochronous transfer type with an incorrect header. When the receiving end receives a packet of isochronous transfer type with an incorrect header, the receiving end does not send a retry signal to the transmitting end. Therefore, the transmitting end can more quickly transmit the following packets of isochronous transfer type. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293436 | System for Error Control Coding for Memories of Different Types and Associated Methods - A system to improve error control coding may include memory chips of at least two different kinds. The system may also include error control encoder circuitry to substantially encode data for storage in any memory rank. The system may further include error control decoder circuitry to substantially decode encoded data received from any memory rank. The error decoder circuitry is comprised of a slow decoder and a fast decoder. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293437 | System to Improve Memory Failure Management and Associated Methods - A system to improve memory failure management may include memory, and an error control decoder to determine failures in the memory. The system may also include an agent that may monitor failures in the memory. The system may further include a table where the error control decoder may record the failures, and where the agent can read and write to. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293438 | System to Improve Error Correction Using Variable Latency and Associated Methods - A system to improve error correction may include a fast decoder to process data packets until the fast decoder finds an uncorrectable error in a data packet at which point a request for at least two data packets is generated. The system may also include a slow decoder to possibly correct the uncorrectable error in a data packet based upon the at least two data packets. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293439 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR RECONFIGURING AN ARRAY TO OPERATE WITH LESS STORAGE ELEMENTS - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for reconfiguring an array of solid-state storage elements protected using parity data. The storage element error module determines that one or more storage elements are unavailable to store data (“unavailable storage elements”). The storage element resides in an array with N number of storage elements storing a first ECC chunk and P number of storage elements storing first parity data. The reconfigure data read module reads data from storage elements other than the unavailable storage elements. The data regeneration module uses the first parity data to regenerate missing data from the first ECC chunk. The data reconfiguration module creates a second ECC chunk. The new configuration storage module stores a portion of the second ECC chunk and associated second parity data on (N+P)−Z number of storage elements, wherein 1≦Z≦P. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293440 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD TO INCREASE DATA INTEGRITY IN A REDUNDANT STORAGE SYSTEM - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed to increase data integrity in a redundant storage system. The receive module receives a read request to read data from a logical page spanning an array of N+P number of storage elements. The array of storage elements includes N number of the storage elements each storing a portion of an ECC chunk and P number of the storage elements storing parity data. The data read module reads data from at least a portion of a physical page on each of X number of storage elements of the N+P number of storage elements where X equals N. The regeneration module regenerates missing data. The ECC module determines if the read data and any regenerated missing data includes an error. The read data combined with any regenerated missing data includes the ECC chunk. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293441 | System and Method for Accelerated Forward Error Correction (FEC) Synchronization - A system and method are provided for accelerating forward error correction (FEC) synchronization in a communicating receiver. On the transmitter side, the method accepts an energy waveform representing a packet of data symbols, encodes the packet, and creates an FEC block. Prior to transmitting the FEC block, an electromagnetic waveform is transmitted representing an FEC flag character. Then, an electromagnetic waveform representing the FEC block is transmitted a predetermined first period of time after the transmission of the FEC flag character. For example, the first time period may be immediately following the FEC flag character transmission or a predetermined number of idle characters following the transmission of the FEC flag character. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293442 | MULTI-TAP FREQUENCY DOMAIN EQUALIZATION WITH DECISION FEEDBACK AND TRELLIS DECODING - An input estimator is based on a combined MFDQ-DF and trellis for use in, for example, an ADSL environment. In particular, for an ADSL implementation, the system will have one feedback tap for the decision feedback. However, it should be appreciated that the idea and basic concept of using the structure of a trellis to aid in determining the feedback point can be extended to any system using a feedback equalizer to estimate input to a trellis decoder. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293443 | Method for transmitting a data transfer block and method and system for transferring a data transfer block - A method for transmitting a data transfer block, the data transfer block comprising at least one data segment having a predetermined number of one or more data units, to be identified using validity information, and a header segment, the method including the following steps: a) writing a data unit into a first area of an output register predetermined for the data segment, from which the buffered data transfer block is transmitted via a bus system at a predetermined transmission instant with the aid of a time multiplexing method; b) writing a validity datum, implemented as a toggle bit or as an N-bit counter, into a second area of the output register predetermined for the header segment, the particular validity datum specifying the validity of the corresponding written data unit; c) enabling the data transfer block buffered in the output register for transmission, after the particular data unit and the corresponding validity datum are written into the output register; d) repeating steps (a) through (c) until the predetermined number of the data units and the corresponding validity data are written or the predetermined transmission instant is reached; and e) transmitting the enabled data transfer block buffered in the output register at the transmission instant. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293444 | CRC Counter Normalization - The ability to accurately and efficiently calculate and report communication errors is becoming more important than ever in today's communications environment. More specifically calculating and reporting CRC anomalies in a consistent manner across a plurality of communications connections in a network is crucial to accurate error reporting. Through a normalization technique applied to a CRC computation period (e.g., the PERp value), accurate error identification and reporting for each individual connection can be achieved. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293445 | Method and Apparatus for Establishing a Streamed Media Session - A method and an arrangement for enabling a communication session for streamed media between a client terminal and a server. A request-to-establish message is sent ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100293446 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING A VISUAL BROWSER TO A VOICE BROWSER - A method and apparatus for concurrently accessing network-based electronic content in a Voice Browser and a Visual Browser can include the steps of retrieving a network-based document formatted for display in the Visual Browser; identifying in the retrieved document a reference to the Voice Browser, the reference specifying electronic content formatted for audible presentation in the Voice Browser; and, transmitting the reference to the Voice Browser. The Voice Browser can retrieve the specified electronic content and audibly present the electronic content. Concurrently, the Visual Browser can visually present the network-based document formatted for visual presentation in the Visual Browser. Likewise, the method of the invention can include the steps of retrieving a network-based document formatted for audible presentation in the Voice Browser; identifying in the retrieved document a reference to the Visual Browser, the reference specifying electronic content formatted for visual presentation in the Visual Browser; and, transmitting the reference to the Visual Browser. The Visual Browser can retrieve the specified electronic content and visually present the specified electronic content. Concurrently, the Voice Browser can audibly present the network-based document formatted for audible presentation in the Voice Browser. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293447 | ASSISTING DOCUMENT CREATION - Assistance for document creation in a computer system which allows at least one agent to be registered therein is provided. The computer system causes the at least one agent to monitor input by a user during the document creation, acquire information on the input obtained by the monitoring, retrieve at least one content from multiple contents accumulated in a storage unit based on the acquired information, and transmit the retrieved at least one content to a display unit to display the retrieved content on a screen. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293448 | CENTRALIZED WEBSITE LOCAL CONTENT CUSTOMIZATION - A plurality of geographic locations can be individually associated with separate web pages by identifying and placing in a database geographic specific content. By linking geographic location to specific content housed within the database and then using that content to populate a hypertext markup language (HTML) web page template, a plurality of individual customized web pages can be created that are both indexable and extractable. Each level of data within the database comprises geographic specific data common to a region or location that is the focus of the web page. The structured nature of the database data enables web crawlers or indexers which are associated with various search engines to identify each specific level by way of the particular file much like that of a link within an existing web page. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293449 | METHOD FOR EXPANDING AND COLLAPSING DATA CELLS IN A SPREADSHEET REPORT - Data cells in a spreadsheet report are collapsed and expanded without disrupting other spreadsheet data. A user may want to drill down on data corresponding to a parent member of the report to display more detailed information about the parent member. Likewise, a user may want to drill up the displayed information corresponding to the parent member to hide detailed information associated with the parent member. Before expanding or collapsing a report, the spreadsheet is scanned for information to determine whether the display of other data in the spreadsheet would be disrupted by the expansion/collapse. The information may include cross-join information associated with the parent member, the number of child members associated with the parent member, the dimension of the report created by the parent member and the associated child members, and other reports that may be linked to the report that includes the parent member. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293450 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING DISCRETE FINANCIAL FORECAST CALCULATIONS - A method is provided for creating a simulated spreadsheet. The method includes receiving information from a simulated spreadsheet template, separating the simulated spreadsheet template from information within the simulated spreadsheet template, storing the simulated spreadsheet template and the corresponding information separately, calculating any calculable information within the information by using spreadsheet formula syntax, and presenting a simulated spreadsheet that includes the calculated information. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293451 | AN APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING TOOLS TO PROCESS NATURAL LANGUAGE TEXT - The disclosed invention includes an apparatus, system and method for developing tools to explore, organize, structure, extract, and mine natural language text. The system contains three sub-systems: a run-time engine, a development environment, and a feedback system. The invention also includes a system and method for improving the quality of information extraction applications consisting of an ensemble of per-user, adaptive, on-line machine-learning classifiers that adapt to document content and judgments of users by continuously incorporating feedback from information extraction results and corrections that users apply to these results. At least one of the machine-learning classifier also provides explanations or justifications for classification decisions in the form of rules; other machine-learning classifiers may provide feedback in the form of supporting instances or patterns. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293452 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A structured document including a first element which includes an attribute that handles values as character strings, and a second element which defines a change of the values of the attribute is acquired. The attribute is extracted from the first element, and the extracted attribute is converted into a child element of the first element. The second element is converted into a third element which defines a change of the values of the attribute converted into the child element. The structured document updated by the conversions is output as a structured document. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293453 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND USING ELECTRONIC MEDIA SCHEDULES - An electronic media organizer is provided to aid administrators to produce, for a user, a weekly electronic media schedule that prescribes a balance of electronic media from various categories of electronic media for an appropriate amount of time per week, based on the user's age and developmental needs. The electronic media organizer automatically creates a daily media schedule based on the weekly media schedule. The electronic media organizer may also automatically schedule daily supervised time for a user based, at least in part, on schedule information provided by an administrator associated with the user. Information about the user's electronic media consumption, and behavior in conjunction with such consumption, may be recorded and provided as feedback to an administrator. A video game is also described, which utilizes information in a user's weekly media schedule to present a game to the user that is informed by the media schedule. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293454 | STYLE GUIDE AND FORMATTING METHODS FOR PILOT QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOKS - A method is disclosed for generating a quick reference handbook for use on a mobile platform. The method may involve providing a machine-readable medium for use with a processor having a memory. The machine-readable medium may provide instructions for causing the processor to generate a quick reference handbook (QRH). The QRH may be created through the use of checklists organized in accordance with a plurality of grouping schemes that include at least a plurality of: Immediate Action; Systems; and Engine Indication and Crew Alerting System (EICAS) messages. Differentiating criteria may also be used for decisions steps, action steps, and navigation steps within the checklists to thereby enable a user to discriminate between the steps. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293455 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A RECORDED COMPOSITION - A system and method for assembling segments of recorded music or video from among various versions or variations of a recording, into a new version or composition, such that a first segment of a first version of a recorded work is attached to a segment of a second segment of a second version of the recorded work, to create a new version of the recorded work. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293456 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISAMBIGUATION OF TEXT INPUT AND PROVIDING SPELLING SUBSTITUTION - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate text input. The device is structured to identify and output representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a text input. The device is additionally structured to identify and output representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a known spelling substitution particular to a language active on the handheld electronic device. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293457 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALPHANUMERIC NAVIGATION AND INPUT - Systems and methods for supporting user input in a media guidance application is provided. A visual keypad including a non-alphanumeric pane with at least one non-alphanumeric or function button may rotate, or orbit, around some or all of the core alphabet block. The non-alphanumeric pane may be redisplayed or repositioned closer or adjacent to the current cursor position within the visual keypad. Enhanced user input features, such as automatic string completion, automatic next character selection, automatic cursor movement, and automatic character removal, may be combined with the non-alphanumeric pane. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293458 | COLOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING NATURAL LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION OF COLOR DIFFERENCES - Disclosed are embodiments of a color management system and an associated method that display a visual representation of a digital version of a document and further annotate selected object(s) in the visual representation with corresponding statement(s) containing a natural language description of any color differences between the selected object and the same object in a different digital version of the same document. For example, a visual representation of the print-preview version of a document can be displayed and a selected object within the visual representation can be annotated with a statement containing a natural language description of any color differences between the selected object and the same object in the selected-for-print-preview version of the document. By annotating selected object(s) on the display in this manner, the embodiments provide an accurate indication of color variations between the two versions even in a non-calibrated and/or non-optimal viewing environment. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293459 | Methods and Systems for Providing a Theme to a Graphical User Interface - A method for providing a theme to a graphical user interface (GUI) executed on an information handling system (IHS) is disclosed, the method including receiving data associated with a first base color and generating data associated with a first gradient color from the first base color. The method further includes automatically applying a first color theme to the GUI using the data associated with the first gradient color and the data associated with the first base color. An information handling system (IHS) including a processor and memory in communication with the processor is further disclosed. The memory is operable to store a graphical user interface (GUI) and a theme managing program, wherein the theme managing program is configured to receive data associated with a base color and automatically apply a color theme to the GUI based on the base color. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293460 | TEXT SELECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON GESTURES - Tapping gestures for selecting text on a device having a touch-sensitive screen are disclosed. A single tap gesture causes a portion of a character string to be selected. A double tap gesture causes the entire character string to be selected. A tap and hold gesture causes the device to enter a cursor mode wherein the placement of a cursor relative to the characters in the character string can be adjusted. In text selection mode, a finger can be used to move the cursor from a cursor start position to a cursor end position to select text therebetween. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293461 | HELP INFORMATION FOR LINKS IN A MASHUP PAGE - A mashup page presents link help information for logical links that pass context between widgets on the mashup page. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293462 | PUSHING A USER INTERFACE TO A REMOTE DEVICE - A graphical user interface (“GUI”) can be presented on a remote control accessory device that has user input and display devices. The GUI can be defined and managed by a portable media device that is controlled using the GUI. The portable media device can provide the accessory with a GUI image to be displayed. The accessory can send information to the portable media device indicative of a user operation of an input device in response to the displayed image. The portable media device can process this input to identify the action requested by the user and take the appropriate action, which can include updating the GUI image provided to the accessory. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293463 | System for Creation and Playback of a Multi-media Enhanced Narrative - This invention is a system which may allow the creation, synchronization, and delivery of a digital video and digital audio recording in combination with books, articles, stories or other narrative in digital format such that they appear to be a synchronized and coordinated playback. It may allow users to create, and view said playback. A client-server system may be utilized for creation, storage, and delivery of said narrative, said recording, and software instructions for recording and playback. Said playback may be created when a narrative is selected from said server for integration with said recording. Said recording may be created in conjunction with said narrative while narrative actions with timestamp data may chosen. Said narrative actions may move said narrative forward, backward, and otherwise direct and control said playback. Said recording, said narrative action data, and said timestamp data may also be stored in a data repository via said server. Said client machine may have the ability to load said playback for the purpose of viewing said playback. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293464 | PORTABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTENT REPLAYING METHOD - A portable information processing apparatus includes a replay processing unit that replays content data, a synchronous display unit that selects a piece of associated information corresponding to a replayed portion of the content data, and instructs to display the associated information thus selected, and an output controlling unit that displays the associated information that is selected by the synchronous display unit in an associated information display area arranged in a display unit. The synchronous display unit selects the associated information other than the one corresponding to the replayed portion and instructs the output controlling unit to display the information, upon accepting an operation requesting to display associated information other than the one corresponding to the replayed portion. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293465 | Teleprompter System, Method, And Device - A system used for teleprompter service includes a server including a processor operationally coupled to a database, a memory, and a communications interface. The memory stores instructions that cause the server to receive video captured by a web camera and audio captured by a microphone. The video and audio are the recordings of a user's oral presentation. The server contemporaneously transmits, via the communication interface, data representative of text stored in the database, wherein the text is scrolled across a video monitor at a speed selected in real time by a user. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293466 | OPERATIONAL SYSTEM AND ARCHTECTURAL MODEL FOR IMPROVED MANIPULATION OF VIDEO AND TIME MEDIA DATA FROM NETWORKED TIME-BASED MEDIA - The present invention provides a novel operational system and electronic architectural model for organizing and improving viewing and editing of time-based video media and for overcoming the detriments required by the previous film and video industry based editing technologies. The present system enables an operator to manipulate the visual and audio perception of underlying video and audio data without changing the same. A series of metadata modules enable real-time operation and editing of video data and control of a play back module as well as an improved sharing, viewing, searching, and showing of underlying video and audio data. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293467 | METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING INFORMATION ON ASSOCIATE MEANINGS BETWEEN SEGMENTS OF MULTIMEDIA STREAM AND METHOD OF BROWSING VIDEO USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a method of constructing information on associate meanings between segments of a multimedia stream, which can describe the cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship between segments of the video streams to efficiently browse the video stream and a method of browsing a video using the same. The present invention defines the cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship between the segments, event intervals, scenes, shots, etc. existing within one video stream or between the video streams, and provides a method of describing the relationship in a data region based on the content of a video stream as well as a method of browsing a video by using the information on the cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship obtained by the aforementioned method. Accordingly, a video browsing on associate meanings is available with easy manipulation and easy access to a desired part, thereby providing an effective video browsing interface for easy browsing of desired segments in a short period of time. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293468 | AUDIO CONTROL BASED ON WINDOW SETTINGS - A method includes displaying a window associated with an application, providing audio content associated with the application, receiving a user input, determining whether the user input corresponds to a window manipulation of the window, where the window manipulation is other than a closing of the window, determining an audio setting that corresponds to a window setting associated with the window manipulation, when it is determined that the user input corresponds to the window manipulation, and outputting the audio content in correspondence to the audio setting. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293469 | Providing Portions of a Presentation During a Videoconference - Providing or storing portions of a presentation during a videoconference. One or more portions (e.g., captured images) of a presentation may be stored during a presentation, e.g., in a periodic fashion. The presentation may be provided during a videoconference. The portions may be usable by a user (locally or if, provided over a network, remotely) to view the presentation independently of other participants of the videoconference. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293470 | Hierarchically-Organized Control Galleries - A computing system provides a graphical user interface having hierarchically-organized control galleries. The computing system displays the graphical user interface on a display device. The graphical user interface contains a document area and a control ribbon. The document area contains at least a portion of a document that a user is editing. The control ribbon includes a class control gallery. The class control gallery includes a plurality of class controls associated with different classes of related commands. The computing system displays a variation control gallery containing variation controls in a class associated with a selected one of the class controls. In response to a selection of a variation control in the variation control gallery, the computing system applies a command associated with the variation control to a document in the document area. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293471 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DIAGRAMMATICALLY PRESENTING DIVERSE DATA USING A MULTIPLE LAYER APPROACH - An approach for compiling and diagrammatically presenting diverse data in a unified manner is provided. A method is provided that includes gathering information regarding assets used to provide a service to a customer over a network, and gathering information regarding services provided to the customer using the assets via the network. The method further includes generating a diagram having multiple layers including a first layer representative of the assets, a second layer containing information regarding connections of the assets to the network, and a third layer containing information regarding provisioning of the assets to provide the services to the customer. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293472 | Information processing apparatus and method, and program - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program which ensure that content can be played back. In a case where content and metadata necessary to play back the content are received from a content server via the Internet, a module dtSilk | 2010-11-18 |
20100293473 | UNLOCKING EMOTICONS USING FEATURE CODES - Provided is a method of making a graphic available to be transmitted over a communication network. Access is granted to a graphic that a sender of a first communication can select for inclusion in the first communication to be transmitted over the communication network. Selection by the sender of a restricted graphic for inclusion in the first communication is prevented. Using a computer operatively connected to the communication network, the content of the first communication entered by the sender is received, and includes the graphic available for selection by the sender. The first communication including the graphic is transmitted over the communication network. A code associated with a product is received, and the product is registered based at least in part on the code. In response to successful registration of the product, the sender is granted access to the restricted graphic, allowing the sender to select the restricted graphic for inclusion in a second communication. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293474 | AUTOMATED DISCOVERY OF ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH A CONTEXT BASED ON MONITORED ACTIONS OF USERS - Computer processes are disclosed for automatically refining the order and/or content of context-specific lists of items (e.g., products) based on monitored actions of users. One such process involves outputting context-specific lists of items to users together with selectable controls for initiating displays of similar items. When users opt to view similar items, the users' actions performed in connection with the similar items are recorded. If the resulting level of user activity recorded for a particular similar item is sufficiently high, the item is automatically added to the associated context-specific list. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293475 | NOTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL RECIPIENTS OF EMAIL MESSAGES - An email client software application can include a sending component, a receiving component, a notifier, and a reply-all option. The sending component can be for sending email messages to a set of recipients. The receiving component can be for receiving email messages. The notifier can be for receiving notifications from recipients to whom email messages have been previously sent. The received notifications can indicate that previously sent email messages have been forwarded to others. The reply-all option can be provided such that when triggered it automatically sends a reply message to a subset of recipients associated with an initial one of the email messages and to the others that have been sent the initial one of the email messages. The others included in the subset can be determined from the notifications received and processed by the notifier. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293476 | PEER BASED SOCIAL NETWORK DATING ENVIRONMENT - A method and information processing system for operating a matching service is disclosed. One method includes displaying a first social network and a second social network associated with a user of an interactive environment. The first and second social networks include one or more members of the interactive environment that are linked to the user. A selection of at least a first member in the first social network and at least a second member in the second social network is received from the user. The first member and the second member are free from association with each other. A connection request to the first member and the second member are sent for linking the first member and the second member together in response to receiving the selection of the first member and the second member. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293477 | METHOD FOR MANAGING THE DISPLAY OR DELETION OF A USER REPRESENTATION IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided for displaying a representation of a user in a virtual environment in which a plurality of user representations evolves. The method includes the following steps for a given user: determination of a destination zone in the virtual environment in which the representation of the user is to be rendered; determination of an appearance zone in the virtual environment; displaying of the representation in the appearance zone; and automatic movement of the representation from the appearance zone to the destination zone. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293478 | Interactive learning software - Disclosed is a fully interactive, Web-based, distance learning software application which helps professionals to prepare for the oral examinations necessary to attain board certification or to achieve other advancement in fields such as medical specialties including anesthesiology, emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, general surgery, radiology, psychiatry and others. The browser-based technology requires no software installation on subscribers' computers, mobile platforms, televisions or set-top boxes; and, gives site-users, by the foregoing means, access from distant and remote locations, to several interactive functions including, but not restricted to, subscriber-to-subscriber (peer-to-peer) live and interactive practice examinations with video-chat capability; subscriber-to-examiner (peer-to-examiner) live and interactive mock examinations with video-chat capability, that can be recorded, stored and downloaded to computers, mobile devices, televisions and set-top boxes at remote and distant locations for later review; subscriber self-test examinations, which allow the subscriber to interactively self-test against a pre-recorded examiner; videos of successful oral exam performances in a mock examination setting, with an onscreen notepad and video controls that allow the subscriber to type in notes and store them; and instructional videos that provide guidelines and insight into various aspects of personal preparation and behavior for oral examinations. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293479 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN INFORMATION COMPARATOR INTERFACE - A system for engaging in the comparison of information and/or advertising that is attractive, easy to navigate and straightforward The comparator interface allows users to compare and/or navigate through related and/or competing information and/or advertisements side-by-side In one embodiment, the information comparator interface displays several ads for a user to compare, in such an embodiment a single user selection will generate a side-by-side companson and result in several ad placements simultaneously As such, the information comparator interface may be employed by search engines, product companson engines, advertising, research and other venues The information comparator may act both as an application and as a flexible application program interface (API) that includes advances such as multi-pane viewing, multi-pane information placement, multi-pane click-thrus, comparative information navigations, and/or the like In one embodiment a single selection (e g, click) will present a user with a plurality of related information items (e g, ads) | 2010-11-18 |
20100293480 | Automatically Generating Documentation for a Diagram Including a Plurality of States and Transitions - System and method for generating documentation for a diagram including states and transitions. The diagram may be received or otherwise stored and may specify a plurality of states and a plurality of transitions between the states. The first diagram also specifies first functionality. User documentation may be automatically generated for the first diagram based on the first diagram. The user documentation may describe the first diagram, e.g., the plurality of states and the plurality of transitions of the first diagram. Automatic generation of the user documentation may be performed without manual user input specifying the user documentation. The user documentation may be displayed on a display and/or stored in a memory medium. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293481 | Executing a Graphical Data Flow Program in a Browser - System and method for performing program-related operations over a network via a web browser. A network connection is established between a server computer and a client computer over a network. A universal resource identifier (URI) is sent from the client computer to the server computer over the network, where the URI indicates a program, e.g., a graphical program (GP), or at least a portion of a graphical program interactive development environment (GPIDE), e.g., a graphical program editor, an execution engine, a static or dynamic analyzer, and/or compiler. The at least a portion of the GPIDE is received from the server computer over the network in response to the URI, and executed in a web browser of the client computer to perform some specified functionality with respect to the GP. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293482 | Static Analysis of a Graphical Program in a Browser - System and method for performing program-related operations over a network via a web browser. A network connection is established between a server computer and a client computer over a network. A universal resource identifier (URI) is sent from the client computer to the server computer over the network, where the URI indicates a program, e.g., a graphical program (GP), or at least a portion of a graphical program interactive development environment (GPIDE), e.g., a graphical program editor, an execution engine, a static or dynamic analyzer, and/or compiler. The at least a portion of the GPIDE is received from the server computer over the network in response to the URI, and executed in a web browser of the client computer to perform some specified functionality with respect to the GP. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293483 | Collecting and Analyzing Graphical Data Flow Web Application Results from Multiple Users - System and method for performing program-related operations over a network via a web browser. A network connection is established between a server computer and a client computer over a network. A universal resource identifier (URI) is sent from the client computer to the server computer over the network, where the URI indicates a program, e.g., a graphical program (GP), or at least a portion of a graphical program interactive development environment (GPIDE), e.g., a graphical program editor, an execution engine, a static or dynamic analyzer, and/or compiler. The at least a portion of the GPIDE is received from the server computer over the network in response to the URI, and executed in a web browser of the client computer to perform some specified functionality with respect to the GP. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293484 | Executing a Physical Model with Multiple Physical Domains in a Web Browser - System and method for performing program-related operations over a network via a web browser. A network connection is established between a server computer and a client computer over a network. A universal resource identifier (URI) is sent from the client computer to the server computer over the network, where the URI indicates a program, e.g., a graphical program (GP), or at least a portion of a graphical program interactive development environment (GPIDE), e.g., a graphical program editor, an execution engine, a static or dynamic analyzer, and/or compiler. The at least a portion of the GPIDE is received from the server computer over the network in response to the URI, and executed in a web browser of the client computer to perform some specified functionality with respect to the GP. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293485 | IDENTIFICATION, STORAGE AND DISPLAY OF LAND DATA ON A WEBSITE - Disclosed is a land website that provides a personalized database on which data can be stored, retrieved, customized and communicated (e.g., by e-mail) relating to a particular piece of property. The database can be accessible via a password and a security code over the Internet and may be encrypted for transmission. Land websites can be established that contain image data, map libraries, virtual tours, legal descriptions, title information, e-documents, actual pictures of property and various other information. Unique 3-D imaging of composite images can be provided on the land website as well as fly-around composite 3-D images. The land website provides a unique way of packaging information relating to a piece of land in a single, accessible location. A boundary applet tool is provided on the land website portal that allows a user to simply and easily draw boundaries around the property of interest and then submit an order for more detailed information about the property of interest. Various map data and image data are provided to assist the user in drawing the boundaries. Acreage amounts are automatically calculated based upon the size and area drawn by the user. Properties of interest can be easily accessed by a global coordinate system or by searching on map data that is provided on a wide range of scales. | 2010-11-18 |
20100293486 | Website Optimisation System - A method for producing self-dunnaged cathode bundles, comprising the steps of forming at least one deformed cathode by bending opposed ends of at least one cathode to form a pair of supports disposed at an angle to a central portion of the at least one deformed cathode, and stacking one or more further cathodes above or below the at least one deformed cathode. | 2010-11-18 |