47th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130311838 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA FORWARDING METHOD - An information processing apparatus connected to an inputting/outputting apparatus includes a storage apparatus configured to store data, a calculation processing apparatus configured to issue an order, and a data forwarding apparatus configured to generate, upon receiving a data forwarding order issued by the calculation processing apparatus, based on data stored by the storage apparatus, first error inspection data to detect an error of the data, forward the data and the first error inspection data to the inputting/outputting apparatus, generate, upon receiving an data inspection order issued by the calculating processing apparatus, based on data stored by the storage apparatus, second error inspection data to detect an error of the data, and report occurrence of an error to the calculation processing apparatus, when a result of comparison of the first error inspection data generated by another data forwarding apparatus and the second error inspection detail is a mismatch. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311839 | GENERATION OF ERROR MESSAGES AND PROGRESS INFORMATION MESSAGES VIA A COMMON INTERFACE - The present description refers to a technique for receiving a client instruction, performing an action in response to the client instruction, generating an instance of a progress information message by the business object calling a first method of an API and identifying the progress information message to be generated, determining if an error condition occurs during the performing the action, generating an instance of an error message, if the error condition occurs, by calling the first method of the API, sending the progress information message instance from a second software work process to the client application in response to a request for progress information received by the second software work process from the client application, and sending the error message instance, if generated, from the first software work process to the client application. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311840 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING INPUT BIT ERROR RATIO - An input bit error ratio estimating method executed by a communication control unit includes a computing, a condition determining, a first input BER estimating, a second input BER estimating, a third input BER estimating, and an input BER estimation result outputting. In the condition determining, the communication control unit determines which of a plurality of conditions set in advance to be narrowed down to one has been established, based on a post-internal decoding residual error detection ratio. Based on the condition that is determined in the condition determining as one that has been established, the communication control unit selects one out of a plurality of processing procedures for estimating the input BER, namely, selects one of the first input BER estimating to the third input BER estimating and executes the selected processing. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311841 | SCAN TOPOLOGY DISCOVERY IN TARGET SYSTEMS - Topology discovery of a target system having a plurality of components coupled with a scan topology may be performed by driving a low logic value on the data input signal and a data output signal of the scan topology. An input data value and an output data value for each of the plurality of components is sampled and recorded. A low logic value is then scanned through the scan path and recorded at each component. The scan topology may be determined based on the recorded data values and the recorded scan values. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311842 | TEST COMPRESSION IN A JTAG DAISY-CHAIN ENVIRONMENT - The disclosure describes novel methods and apparatuses for controlling a device's TCA circuit when the device exists in a JTAG daisy-chain arrangement with other devices. The methods and apparatuses allow the TCA test pattern set used during device manufacturing to be reused when the device is placed in a JTAG daisy-chain arrangement with other devices, such as in a customers system using the device. Additional embodiments are also provided and described in the disclosure. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311843 | SCAN CONTROLLER CONFIGURED TO CONTROL SIGNAL VALUES APPLIED TO SIGNAL LINES OF CIRCUIT CORE INPUT INTERFACE - An integrated circuit comprises a memory or other circuit core having an input interface and an output interface, scan circuitry comprising at least one scan chain having a plurality of scan cells, and additional circuitry associated with at least one of the input interface and the output interface and testable utilizing said at least one scan chain. The scan circuitry further comprises a scan controller configured to control signal values applied to one or more signal lines of the input interface in conjunction with testing of the additional circuitry utilizing said at least one scan chain. For example, the scan controller may control signal values applied to respective address input and write enable signal lines in a manner that ensures that data written to a memory in a write operation of a given memory cycle can be read from the memory in a read operation of a subsequent memory cycle. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311844 | Test Card for Testing One or More Devices Under Test and Tester - A test card for testing one or more devices under test includes a plurality of test resources configured to communicate with the one or more devices under test. The test card further includes a matching circuit configured to receive a test sequence of at least two matching instructions followed by one or more processing instructions. The matching instructions define a group of resources which are to operate in accordance with the processing instructions. The matching circuit is configured to determine based on the at least two matching instructions whether a given test resource out of a plurality of test resources belongs to the group or not and to forward the processing instructions to the given test resource if the given test resource belongs to the group and to not forward the processing instructions to the given test resource if the given test resource does not belong to the group. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311845 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-BINARY LDPC ENCODING - The present inventions are related to systems and methods for data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for data encoding. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311846 | Systems and Methods for Hardware Flexible Low Density Parity Check Conversion - The present inventions are related to systems and methods for data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for data encoding. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311847 | ERROR CORRECTION CODING DEVICE, ERROR CORRECTION DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is an error correction encoder that performs coding on both a transmission area and a redundancy area of the transmission frame by using a product code, and when excess or deficiency is arisen with respect to allocation of an information sequence area and/or a parity sequence area in a product code frame generated by the coding using the product code, non-uniformly allocate the information sequence area to the parity sequence area, and/or non-uniformly allocate the parity sequence area to the information sequence area, where each of the non-uniform allocations is performed in accordance with the arisen excess or deficiency. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311848 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-CHANNEL FEC ENCODING AND TRANSMISSION OF DATA - A mechanism for resilient transmission of a data stream D by associating sequential data stream portions with respective elements within an array of elements, defining and FEC encoding each of a plurality of element groups comprising non-sequential data stream portions, dividing the sequence of FEC blocks into a plurality of substreams, and associating each substream with a respective transmission channel. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311849 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A storage device holds data and error correcting codes. An LUT stores a relation between a memory address and an error correction level. An error detection level processing unit calculates, based on an access address included in an access instruction to the storage device and the LUT, the error correction level corresponding to the access address. The write controller calculates an error correcting code based on the error correction level that is calculated, and writes the error correcting code together with data in the storage device. A read controller performs error correction processing using the error correcting code based on the error correction level that is calculated, to supply data after error correction. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311850 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing device and a data processing method capable of improving resistance to errors. Code bits of an LDPC code with a code length N of 16200 bits is written to, for example, eight storage units. When the code bits are stored in the storage units, a process of changing the storage start position of the code bits for each storage unit is performed as a sorting process of sorting the bits of the LDPC code such that a plurality of code bits corresponding to 1s in an arbitrary row of the parity check matrix of the LDPC code are not included in a single symbol which is read from the storage units. The present technology can be applied to, for example, the transmission of the LDPC code. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311851 | ADJUSTING DATA DISPERSAL IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK - A method begins with a processing module determining that storage of data requires updating, wherein the data is stored as a plurality of sets of encoded data slices in DSN memory. For a first type of updating, the processing module increases the total number while maintaining the decode threshold number. The processing module then, for each set of encoded data slices, creates another encoded data slice in accordance with the dispersed storage error encoding function and the increased total number and sends the new encoded data slices to the DSN memory. For a second type of updating, the processing module increases the total number and the decode threshold number. The processing module then recovers the data and encodes it in accordance with the dispersed storage error encoding function using the increased total number and the increased decode threshold number to produce an updated plurality of sets of encoded data slices. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311852 | Systems and Methods for Parallel Dual-Mode Turbo Decoders - According to some embodiments, a turbo decoder configured for High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) is provided, comprising: a plurality of maximum a posteriori (MAP) engines; a plurality of extrinsic memory banks accessible by a MAP engine of the plurality of MAP engines; and wherein when the turbo decoder is operating in HSDPA mode the plurality of extrinsic memory banks is configured such that during a first half of a decoding iteration, the MAP engine is able to read a first dataset from and write second dataset to the plurality of extrinsic memory banks in natural row and column order, and during a second half of the decoding iteration, the MAP engine is able to read a third dataset from and write a fourth dataset to the plurality of extrinsic memory banks in a predetermined row and column order in accordance with an interleaver table using a read column buffer and a write column buffer. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311853 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY WITH EXTENDED ERROR CORRECTION PROTECTION - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses related to NVM devices with extended error correction protection. In some embodiments, a parity cache is used to store parity values of data values stored in a plurality of codewords of an NVM device. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311854 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF NONVOLATILE MEMORY - A memory controller adds the redundant information that is used to correct an error for each of data of a predetermined length and stores the data into the nonvolatile memory in the case in which data is written to the nonvolatile memory, the memory controller reads data and the redundant information that has been added to the data from the nonvolatile memory in the case in which data is read from the nonvolatile memory, and the memory controller corrects an error based on the redundant information in the case in which the data includes an error. The memory controller stores data that is in a basic unit that is a unit of an error correction configured by the data of a predetermined length and the redundant information that is added to the data of a predetermined length into a plurality of predetermined pages in a dispersed manner. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311855 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY, IN PARTICULAR A MEMORY OF THE EEPROM TYPE, FOR THE STORAGE THEN THE EXTRACTION OF INFORMATION, AND CORRESPONDING MEMORY DEVICE - Method for processing a non-volatile memory designed to store words containing data bits and control bits allowing an error correction with an error correction code, the method comprising the storage of information in the memory plane comprising an operation for writing in the memory plane at least one digital word modified with respect to at least one initial digital word not having any erroneous bit, said at least one modified digital word containing a bit having a modified value with respect to the value of this bit in said at least one initial digital word, the other bits of the modified digital word having values identical to those of these same bits in the initial digital word, the position of the modified bit in said at least one modified digital word defining the value of the digital information. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311856 | Applying Forward Error Correction in 66B Systems - A method and apparatus for applying Forward Error Correction (FEC) in 66b systems. For a user data, the apparatus uses a method comprising the steps of generating one or more data blocks using a 66b code format and the user data; generating one or more FEC parity blocks using the 66b code format, wherein the parity is calculated over the data blocks; and generating an FEC codeword using the data blocks and the FEC parity blocks. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311857 | ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD - An encoding method generates an encoded sequence by performing encoding of a given coding rate according to a predetermined parity check matrix. The predetermined parity check matrix is a first parity check matrix or a second parity check matrix. The first parity check matrix corresponds to a low-density parity check (LDPC) convolutional code using a plurality of parity check polynomials. The second parity check matrix is generated by performing at least one of row permutation and column permutation with respect to the first parity check matrix. An eth parity check polynomial that satisfies zero, of the LDPC convolutional code, is expressible by using a predetermined mathematical formula. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311858 | ITERATIVE DECODING OF BLOCKS WITH CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECKS - The iterative decoding of blocks may be continued or terminated based on CRC checks. In an example embodiment, one iteration of an iterative decoding process is performed on a block whose information bits are covered by a CRC. The iterative decoding process is stopped if the CRC checks for a predetermined number of consecutive iterations. In another example embodiment, a decoding iteration is performed on a particular sub-block of multiple sub-blocks of a transport block, which includes a single CRC over an entirety of the transport block. The CRC is checked using decoded bits obtained from the decoding iteration on the particular sub-block and decoded bits obtained from previous decoding iterations on other sub-blocks of the multiple sub-blocks. The decoding iteration is then performed on a different sub-block if the CRC does not check. Also, the decoding iterations for the sub-blocks may be terminated if the CRC checks. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311859 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING EXECUTION OF VIDEO FILES BY READERS OF ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS - A system and method for executing digital publications having video files embedded therein. In one embodiment all of the video segments in the electronic publication shares the same video characteristics, e.g., the video codec used to encode to video, the video codec profile used, the encoded resolution, and the encoded hit rate. When the first video in the electronic publication is encountered, the system instantiates a decoder node in memory. The decoder node is not released until the execution of the last video in the electronic publication. In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the various videos embedded in the document do not all share the same video characteristics. In this embodiment, the present invention creates a “map” of the video content describing the location, e.g., page, and the type of video, i.e., the characteristics. The device can then use the map to identify adjacent videos which share the same characteristics and obviate the need of setup and release of socket nodes for similar videos. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311860 | Identifying Referred Documents Based on a Search Result - Referred documents are identified, based on search results. When search results are obtained responsive to a search query, information corresponding to one or more documents that match the search query is displayed. A user may then perform a user gesture, such as a hover operation, in association with the displayed information corresponding to any particular one of the matching documents. Responsive to the user gesture, one or more other documents are determined, each of these other documents referring to the particular one of the matching documents, and information corresponding to each of the other documents is displayed for the user. Preferably, the referring comprises an embedded reference, within each other document, to the Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) at which the particular one of the matching documents is stored. The user can then select one of the other documents from the display. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311861 | Effect Editing Methods, Systems, Application Products and Electronic Devices for Electronic Books - An effect editing method for electronic books (e-books) is provided to edit an e-book page displayed on a touch-sensitive screen of an electronic device. The method includes following steps: (a) separating the e-book page into a plurality of sub-regions, each having a position parameter; (b) recording a first position parameter corresponding to a first sub-region, which is selected at beginning, and a second position parameter corresponding to a second sub-region, which is selected at ending; and (c) linking the first position parameter, the second position parameter, and position parameters between the first position parameter and the second position parameter to an effect, thus making the touch-sensitive screen of the electronic device to display the e-book page, and performing the effect when the selected sub-region is triggered. The efficacy of the present invention can automatically select several sub-regions, thereby reducing operational time, and improving the manufacturing efficiency of e-books. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311862 | INTELLIGENT BOOKMARKS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BASED ON THE SAME - An intelligent bookmark is a collection of information, including an address (e.g., a URL) for a document (e.g., web page) or other hyper-media enabled item bundled together with selected other information. The selected other information may be manually or automatically obtained from the document, the browser history leading up to the display of the document, user entered annotations, etc. A collection of intelligent bookmarks may be sorted and searched using the selected other information. Intelligent bookmarks may be exchanged between users, and users may edit the bookmark content or in layers above the bookmark. Users may rate the bookmarks. A complete system provides for creating, storing, accessing, editing, grouping, exchanging, and searching intelligent bookmarks locally and/or remotely via a server. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311863 | SYSTEM FOR RE-WRITING DYNAMICALLY GENERATED UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATORS IN PROXIED HYPER TEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE CONTENT - A system and method for facilitating changing a link generated by a script provided in proxied content. The example method includes identifying a link-producing script in proxied content; applying a wrapper function to the link-producing script; and employing the wrapper function to rewrite one or more links output by the link-producing script. In a specific embodiment, the proxied content includes Hypertext Transfer Protocol Language (HTML) markup. The link-producing script is implemented via JavaScript, and one or more links output via the link-producing script includes one or more Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). | 2013-11-21 |
20130311864 | Intelligent and robust context based XML data parsing from spreadsheets - This invention is for a method to make sense of XML (Extensible Markable Language) data when it is imported into spreadsheets without the use of a stylesheet and to accurately capture that data automatically into the appropriate fields. When it is imported into spreadsheets without a stylesheet, the rows and columns are unspecifiable, and even for similar XML files having different sets of data, the rows and columns may not always correspond exactly, as it would with form data where each data field always has a place holder. The method developed by this claim uniquely addresses the issue of absorbing this data by cross indexing all descendant elements and attributes pillared around a mandatory element and attribute for one direction, and keeping an open spring like data sensing mechanism in the vertical direction, with resulting data read being instantly captured accurately, associated with the proper data field and validated. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311865 | TABLE GRAPHICS MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a table graphics management method and apparatus. The table graphics management method includes: displaying a table on a display apparatus; detecting a control track for the table input by an input device; determining a moving direction of the control track according to the detected control track; and along the moving direction of the control track, transposing original information in the frames of the row that are sequentially arranged along the first dimension into the frames of the column that are sequentially arranged along the second dimension, and transposing original information in the frames of the column that are sequentially arranged along the second dimension into the frames of the row that are sequentially arranged along the first dimension, so as to acquire a transposed table; and displaying a transposed table on the display apparatus. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311866 | METHODS OF GRANTING PERMISSION TO ANNOTATE DIGITAL ITEMS - A user may make a digital item available to other users of a computer network, such as an instant messaging system, a chat environment, or a subscription-based computer network. Examples of digital items that may be shared with other users include digital representations of graphic images, photographs, audio segments, songs, video segments, movies, and text (such as lists of favorites (e.g., a list of favorite books, a list of favorite movies, and a list of favorite places to visit)). On-line presence information is provided to indicate the on-line presence of users with whom a digital item has been shared, may be shared or is being shared. For instance, an indication of the on-line or offline status of a user with whom an item has been shared or is being shared may be presented. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311867 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATING USER ANNOTATIONS IN ELECTRONIC BOOKS - An electronic book system provides interfaces particularly suited to students' use of textbooks. Annotations are displayed and hidden using specific gestures and through selective movement of the reader as sensed by its accelerometer. Motion of the electronic book reader below a threshold speed causes a change in display of user-selected content in a first manner and motion above the threshold speed causes a change of display in a second manner. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311868 | COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANNOTATING AT LEAST ONE FEATURE OF AN IMAGE OF A VIEW - A computerized method for annotating at least one feature of an image of a view, includes the steps of obtaining the image with an image sensor of a portable device, and retrieving at least one condition. Based on the at least one condition, the method automatically selects a feature identification method among a plurality of features identification methods. It then applies the feature identification method for identifying the at least one feature, and annotates some of the identified features. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311869 | GROUP BOOKMARKS - Group bookmarks are provided. A uniform resource locator (URL) is received and parsed to identify a URL domain, a parameter, and a first parameter value. Multiple bookmarks are examined to determine whether a pattern match is found for a bookmark including the URL domain and the parameter. The bookmark has a second parameter value. The first parameter value is stored with the bookmark as a group bookmark. The group bookmark includes: the URL domain, the parameter, and entries for the first parameter value and the second parameter value. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311870 | EXTENSIBLE FRAMEWORK FOR EREADER TOOLS, INCLUDING NAMED ENTITY INFORMATION - Information about named entities referenced in an electronic book (ebook) is provided to a client device. An ebook identifier identifying the ebook is received from the client device. A set of layers available for use with the ebook is determined. The layers in the set provide information associated with the ebook and a layer in the set provides information associated with named entities referenced in content of the ebook. A content range identifying a range of content of the ebook for which layer information is requested and an identification of one or more of the layers in the set for which layer information is requested is received from the client device. Layer information associated with the ebook content identified by the content range for the identified layers is transmitted to the client device. The transmitted layer information includes information associated with named entities referenced by ebook content. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311871 | UTILIZING A SECONDARY APPLICATION TO RENDER INVITATIONAL CONTENT - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for utilizing a secondary application to render invitational content. Primary content rendered by a web browser can be embedded with a command requesting that a secondary application be executed. The secondary application can be executed in a secured sand box environment and configured to render invitational content in a second window above the primary content. The secondary application can be known and trusted by the operating system to gather sensitive data used to select appropriate invitational content. Further, data can be included in the command requesting that the secondary application be executed. The invitational content can be associated with secondary views that can be rendered without affecting the primary content. The secondary application can collect data to render the secondary view, such as the exact point selected, which is used to render graphical transition effects leading to the secondary view. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311872 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AGGREGATING USER SELECTED CONTENT - Techniques are provided which aggregate user selected content using a browser extension. A user may select content displayed in a web browser. The selected content may be captured, and the corresponding bibliographic information may be extracted by the browser extension. The user may input notes relating to the selected content. The selected content, bibliographic information and notes may be transmitted by the browser extension to one or more servers for storage, and may be associated with a user project entry. A subset of the bibliographic information may be presented to the user in accordance with a user selected bibliographic format. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311873 | METHOD OF PROVIDING A WEBPAGE USING HOME DEVICE WEB BROWSER AND HOME DEVICE THEREFOR - A method of providing a webpage on a home device web browser based on web browsing information of an external device connected via a network and device for the same are disclosed. The present invention includes displaying the home device web browser including a back button interface configured to guide an access change to a previously accessed URL (uniform resource locator) of a web browser, changing a URL access of the home device web browser in response to a user input to the back button interface, and displaying a webpage based on the changed URL access on the home device web browser, wherein the URL access change is performed based on a web browsing information of at least one external device connected with a home device via network and wherein the web browsing information includes a URL history information on a URL accessed by the web browser. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311874 | Campaign Media Continuity - A computer-implemented method of providing specialized media on a website is disclosed. The method includes producing campaign media which is delivered to a user through a third-party provider. After the user has received the campaign media, and upon indication of a request from the user to access a website controlled by a content provider, specialized media on a website controlled by the content provider may be provided. Providing the specialized media may be done based on the campaign media previously delivered to the user through the third-party provider. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311875 | WEB BROWSER EMBEDDED BUTTON FOR STRUCTURED DATA EXTRACTION AND SHARING VIA A SOCIAL NETWORK - The present invention is directed to a system and method which users can use to identify data base elements in a web page, store the extraction template representing the location and type of elements on the page, extract and store the product record in their collection, use the extraction template to automatically extract all the data from the web site and constantly check the extraction templates for correctness and update the extraction templates if necessary. Additionally, the present invention system provides crowd sourced web page data record extraction template creation to build a database of web page extraction templates which could then be used by others to extract the information from the web pages at the site where the extraction template(s) were created, and to save the information to a social network. Moreover, crowd based web page data record extraction template creation and storage system can be used to create extraction templates for batch extraction of information from remote web sites. Also, the data record information extracted from the web page to find the same or similar products at other web sites can be sited in a central product record data base that is created with the previously mentioned batch extraction system. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311876 | CLIENT SYSTEM DISPLAYING IDENTIFICATION ELEMENTS FOR WEB PAGE - A computer client system configured to display a second web page associated with a second user, includes a computer hardware system associated with a first user. The computer hardware system is configured to perform forwarding, to a webpage implementation system, information used to generate a first web page associated with the first user; forwarding, to the webpage implementation system, a request for the second web page associated with the second user; receiving, from the webpage implementation system, the second web page; and displaying the second web page. The webpage implementation system establishes reciprocal agreement based upon both the first and second users opting to participate in the reciprocal arrangement. The first web page includes, based upon the reciprocal arrangement, a first functional identification element associated with the second user. The second web page includes, based upon the reciprocal arrangement, a second functional identification element associated with the first user. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311877 | Automatic Retrieval of Themes and Other Digital Assets from an Organizational Website - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for determining one or more themes for a portal site. One example process includes operations for identifying a reference to an organizational site that is to be used as a thematic basis for a new portal site. The reference is used to identify a representation of the organizational site. The representation is analyzed based on an analysis rule set. At least one potential theme associated with the organizational site is determined, based on the analysis, and the at least one potential theme is presented to a user. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311878 | Application Isolation System - A facility for managing a document conversion environment is described. In various embodiments, the facility includes a native application associated with a native document type and an isolation service. The isolation service determines whether a native application associated with the native document type has started and when it has not started, starts the native application and causes the started native application to load and convert a native document to a common document format, wherein the isolation service starts a single instance of the native application and monitors the single instance of the native application so that it complies with specified a parameter, condition, or setting of operation. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311879 | RICH TEXT HANDLING FOR A WEB APPLICATION - A method and apparatus for representing and controlling documents including rich text for Web based applications and browsers is provided so that editing of rich text can be facilitated within the browsers. The rich text is represented in a memory structure so that various formats may be flexible maintained. Text, images, tables, links and the like are represented in the memory structure, which may be maintained in databases for eventual editing. A controller class and subsidiary classes represent the rich text and provide methods to convert html to the memory structure and back, representing the rich text in a relational database, retrieving the rich text from a relational database, and presenting the rich text for editing. A spell checking facility for the rich text is included. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311880 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING CHARACTER STYLE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An electronic device receives manual input of strokes representing input text, and is used with an apparatus and method for automatically correcting the text which is input by a user into the electronic device. In a method of correcting a font of the text output by the electronic device, the method includes inputting a text, changing a font of the input text, and outputting the text whose font is changed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311881 | Systems and Methods for Haptically Enabled Metadata - Systems and methods for haptically enabled metadata are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment of a method comprises receiving, by an electronic device, an electronic list corresponding to a plurality of data items. The method further comprises analyzing, by the electronic device, metadata within the electronic list to determine a haptic effect associated with a first data item in the plurality of data items. The method further comprises generating a signal, the signal being generated when information corresponding to the first data item is initially displayed on a display associated with the electronic device, the signal configured to cause the haptic effect. The method further comprises outputting the signal. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311882 | CONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MENUS - Customizing menus for a consumer electronics device, including: preparing menu definitions for the menus to be customized on the consumer electronics device; generating menu configuration information using the prepared menu definitions; and transmitting the generated menu configuration information to the consumer electronics device. Keywords include customization of menus and consumer electronics device. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311883 | MENU USAGE STATISTICS COLLECTION AND REPORTING - Customizing menus for a consumer electronics device, including: preparing menu definitions for the menus to be customized on the consumer electronics device; generating menu configuration information using the prepared menu definitions; transmitting the generated menu configuration information to the consumer electronics device; and monitoring and tracking menu usage data of the consumer electronics device. Keywords include customization of menus and consumer electronics device. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311884 | AUDIO/VIDEO DEVICE, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUDIO/VIDEO DEVICE - Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling an AV device, comprising a web browser receiving a structured document to contain a script from the AV device, and providing the same to a user, and a first program module including a function called by the script and transmitting information on a device control command to the AV device through a protocol previously defined by use of the function, wherein the AV device comprises a web server module transmitting the structured document and a second program module receiving the device control command information from the first program module through the protocol and controlling the AV device in response to the command information. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311885 | System and Method for Displaying Annotated Capsule Images - A method and system for displaying images captured by an in vivo imaging device are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention display image sequence data in a first display area. When a first annotated image is displayed in the first display area, a first thumbnail image in a second display area corresponding to the first annotated image is replaced to indicate an occurring correspondence between the first annotated image and the first thumbnail image corresponding to the first annotated image being displayed. In one embodiment, the method further comprises displaying the first thumbnail image in the second display area when one other image of the image sequence data is displayed in the first display area after the first annotated image is displayed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311886 | INTERACTIVE MOBILE VIDEO VIEWING EXPERIENCE - A Social Media Video system provides for the interactive viewing of Social Media Videos. A social media video includes one or more media assets, which may be images, video clips, music clips, text verbiages, or the like. During the display of a Social Media Video, a user may interact with the display to control the visual appearance of the audio/visual content of the display. The visual appearance of a Social Media Video may be changed to include visual and/or aural effects that are pleasing to a social media video viewer. The visual appearance of a Social Media Video may also be changed for better theatrical effect. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311887 | THREE DIMENSIONAL NAVIGATION OF LISTING INFORMATION - Computerized methods and systems for three-dimensional (3-D) displaying and navigating of search results are provided. In embodiments, a criterion may be received from a user of a publication system. A database associated with the publication system may be searched based on the criterion. Search results retrieved from the database may be displayed on at least one side of a 3-D interface object. At least one control may be displayed proximate to the three 3-D interface object. The control may be used to navigate the 3-D interface object. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311888 | Arranging a Set of Panels in a First Application Environment Via Arrangement of the Set of Panels in a Second Application Environment for a Multi-Modal Device - A method for arranging a set of panels in a first application environment via arrangement of the set of panels in a second application environment includes receiving a request by a first application environment for configuration information for a set of panels of the first application environment from a second application environment, and receiving by the second application environment the configuration information. The method includes displaying the set of panels in a user interface of the second application environment based on the configuration information, and receiving, via the user interface, an input for changing one of the panels. The method includes receiving a request, by the first application environment, for changing the one panel in the first application environment from the second application environment, and changing the one panel in the first application environment to match the change of the one panel in the second application environment. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311889 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING IMAGES IN A MULTIPLE DISPLAY ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus, system, and method for presenting images in a multiple display environment. The present invention includes a computer-readable medium with instructions for receiving from a primary user a selected portion from a primary screen, where the selected portion is one of an image and a portion of a program. The selected portion is then displayed on one or more secondary screens. The primary user is presented with a tool to compose the secondary screen, and can also see the secondary user's input to the system. The invention also includes dynamically updating the secondary screen in response to changes in the program that result in a change in the display on the primary screen. Also disclosed is a multi-screen laptop computer ideally suited for multi-screen presentations, and a dual-monitor display device which can be easily connected to a computer to facilitate multi-screen presentations. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311890 | ENABLING TRANSFER OF WIDGETS ACROSS CONTAINERS AT RUNTIME - A method and system for enabling transfer of widgets across containers at runtime. According to embodiments of the present invention, a user is allowed to transfer a widget across containers at runtime, for example, moving a widget that has been deployed and operated in one widget container to another, even though the destination widget container originally does not support the widget. Specifically, the widget being transferred can keep consistency in terms of data and state before and after the transfer. Furthermore, the user can implement the cross-container transfer of widgets at runtime by, for example, convenient interaction means like a drag-and-drop operation. In this way, the user can operate and interact with Web applications in a more convenient and flexible way. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311891 | Network Analysis Tool - A method, apparatus, and computer program for network analysis are provided. The method comprises: outputting, in a network analysis tool, display content comprising a layout of the communication network comprising network elements in the form of a plurality of network nodes and a plurality of communication interfaces connecting the plurality of network nodes, the display content further comprising compressed application information associated with at least one of the network elements, wherein the compressed application information indicates what type of user application data traffic is currently transferred through said at least one of the network elements; receiving an input to select at least one of the displayed network elements; and outputting, as a response to the input, detailed application information of the selected at least one of the displayed network elements. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311892 | DIGITAL BUSINESS CARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A digital business card management system for mobile devices includes several mobile devices and a cloud server. A user can edit a digital business card in a mobile device and upload it to the cloud server. The cloud server allows users who know each other to download each other's digital business card. When the content of a digital business card is changed, the cloud server sends a notification to people with the privilege to view the business card. The invention makes it easier for the user to manage digital business cards and obtain the most up-to-date card information. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311893 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FOR COMMUNICATIONS USING DISTRIBUTION LISTS - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are described that determine a subset of users from a predefined distribution list based on a common characteristic of members of the subset. A common characteristic may be the fact that members of the subset have been determined to be proximate the source user's device. The source user may communicate (e.g., share content) with members of the identified subset through selection of the distribution list, while non-members of the subset would be excluded from the communication. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311894 | SECURITY ENHANCEMENT THROUGH APPLICATION ACCESS CONTROL - Security enhancement through application access control for cloud-based services and/or storage accounts is disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for providing, via the collaboration environment, applications for use by a user in the collaboration environment. The applications are selectable by a user, through the collaboration environment, for use in interaction and engagement with other users in the collaboration environment in collaboration sessions. The applications that are visible or available for use by the user is configurable by another user (e.g., administrator or IT specialist) with appropriate permissions, though a designated console. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311895 | Sharing Digital Items - A user may make a digital item available to other users of a computer network, such as an instant messaging system, a chat environment, or a subscription-based computer network. Examples of digital items that may be shared with other users include digital representations of graphic images, photographs, audio segments, songs, video segments, movies, and text (such as lists of favorites (e.g., a list of favorite books, a list of favorite movies, and a list of favorite places to visit)). On-line presence information is provided to indicate the on-line presence of users with whom a digital item has been shared, may be shared or is being shared. For instance, an indication of the on-line or offline status of a user with whom an item has been shared or is being shared may be presented. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311896 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROTECTING INFORMATION ON A USER INTERFACE BASED ON A VIEWABILITY OF THE INFORMATION - Methods, systems, and computer program products for protecting information on a user interface based on a viewability of the information are disclosed. According to one method, a viewing position of a person other than a user with respect to information on a user interface is identified. An information viewability threshold is determined based on the information on the user interface. Further, an action associated with the user interface is performed based on the identified viewing position and the determined information viewability threshold. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311897 | IMAGE EDITING METHOD, IMAGE EDITING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR STORING IMAGE EDITING PROGRAM - An image editing method comprises: a step of acquiring identification information on each of a plurality of operation instruction units for instructing editing of an image, a step of automatically selecting one or more images for editing from a group of images to classify the one or more images into a group of usable images based on the identification information, a step of determining a right to edit reaching contents of processing which each operation instruction unit is authorized to perform against each image in the group of usable images, and a step of performing editing processing on an image to be edited in the group of usable images based upon the determined right to edit according to an editing instruction supplied from each operation instruction unit. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311898 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATION USING MULTIPLE SYNCHRONIZED MOBILE DEVICES - An approach is provided for providing different views of an ongoing application across multiple devices in a synchronized manner. A synchronization platform determines that at least one device and at least one other device are executing at least one common application. The synchronization platform causes, at least in part, a synchronization of data for the at least one common application among the at least one device and the at least one other device. In addition, the synchronization platform determines one or more respective user interface views for presenting the data on the at least one device, the at least one other device, or a combination thereof, wherein the one or more respective user interface views are presented via the at least one common application. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311899 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING A TOPIC-ORIENTED ONLINE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT - Techniques to provide a topic-based social environment are disclosed. A topic-based social environment may generate a user account and a user profile. The topic-based social environment may allow a user to follow other users, discussions, content, and specific activities of interest. The environment may retrieve contributions of followed entities according to the user's profile and display the contributions in one user interface. The environment may generate a feed from the retrieved contributions to display to a user. The environment may allow a user to build a profile that is specific to the topic of the community. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311900 | DETERMINING AND MANAGING SOCIAL INTERACTION OPTIONS IN SOCIAL NETWORKING ENVIRONMENTS - Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for determining and managing social interaction options for social connections such as, for example, friendships in a social networking environment. In one embodiment, users of a social network are provided with more granularity in controlling the social interactions associated with individual social connections. The social connections can be a connection between two of more users of a social networking environment. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311901 | OBJECT INTERACTION RECORDATION SYSTEM - Methods and systems for recording interactions between a user and specific objects. An interaction recordation system first receives an indication from a user that an interaction is to be recorded. The system prompts the user for an identification of the object with which the user has interacted. After receiving this identification, the system can then prompt the user for more details regarding the object as well as details about the interaction, including the user's impressions, feedback, and opinions about the object. These various inputs are then uploaded to a server where they can be accessed by the user. At least some of these impressions and feedback can also be anonymously shared by the user with other users who might be interested in the same object. The object can be a location, a business, an item, an application, or anything which the user can use, purchase, visit, or interact with. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311902 | Thumbnail Image Previews - An instant message is received from an instant message sender and a determination is made that the instant message includes a link to a web page that was selected by the instant message sender. In response to determining that the instant message includes the link to the web page, an image corresponding to the web page is fetched and stored, and a thumbnail image preview of the fetched image is generated. In addition, the thumbnail image preview of the fetched portion of the web page is displayed while at least a portion of the instant message is displayed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A PERSONALIZED QUESTION FEED PLATFORM - Embodiments of the present invention further provide systems and methods for allowing users in an online consultation system to create, edit and follow information feeds related to a subject matter category, topic, person or a combination thereof. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311904 | Real Time Collaboration Using Embedded Data Visualizations - Scorecard data is received, processed, and visualizations provided by a performance metric application. Real time collaboration between users is facilitated through context based selections from the visualizations through one or more communication applications. Performance metric application may be embedded in the communication application or vice versa through local implementation or in a service based architecture. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311905 | INTERNET IDENTITY GRAPH AND SOCIAL GRAPH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A server computer provides to a client computer a web page permitting an internet user to enter an internet identity to be secured. The server receives an input indicating that an internet user has entered an identity and requested that the identity be secured on a plurality of web sites. The internet identity is registered on the plurality of web sites and the registration is verified to said internet user. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311906 | Methods of Sharing a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), and a URL Sharing Utility and Social Network Facilitating Group Chat about Shared Links - A URL sharing utility and social network facilitates group discussions about shared links. Unlike conventional applications, this service enables live discussions about specific URLs, so people who join the discussion already share an interest in a particular topic. The sharing mechanism preferably enables many people around the world to see the discussion topic and join if they are interested. Sharing a URL together with a second URL reserved for a live discussion of the first URL preferably enables users to promote the discussion in a less socially risky way. A one-to-one correspondence between one URL and a second, predictable network address for the discussion of the original URL allows everyone who shares an interest in a URL to be funneled into a single discussion about that URL. Users preferably specify explicit social and professional networking policies so that every discussion with others carries the promise of a beneficial, lasting connection. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311907 | SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORM - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a social networking platform. The social networking platform may provide hosted events where audience members can comment on the events. A rating system may select comments that are positively rated for display to all audience members. Audience members may have a Volume rating that affects whether their comments are seen. Hosts may spotlight comments, enabling all audience members to view the comment and also increasing the rating of the user posting the comment. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311908 | Indication of Delayed Content Output in a User Interface - Indication of delayed content output is described. In an implementation, content is output for display as a user interface having one or more selectable elements. When a cursor is positioned proximally to one of the selectable elements, a graphical symbol is output in the user interface that indicates a delay of a user-specified amount of time before additional content is displayed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311909 | USER INTERFACE FOR COMPARING ITEMS USING GESTURES - In an example embodiment, a method of presenting marketplace listings is provided. Search parameters are received from a user interface on an electronic device. A search on marketplace listings is then performed using the search parameters, returning marketplace results. The marketplace results are then organized into a plurality of web pages, each web page corresponding to a different marketplace result, with each page organized so that a row on any one of the web pages corresponds to the same type of product attribute as that row on any of the other of the plurality of web pages. Then one of the plurality of web pages is displayed on the electronic device. When a swipe left or swipe right gesture is received, another of the plurality of web pages is displayed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311910 | VIRTUAL SYSTEMS FOR SPATIAL ORGANIZATION, NAVIGATION, AND PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION - Organizing information around a specific spatial domain facilitates managing objects presented in visualization layers of the spatial domain. A first portion of a first program for organizing and mapping information around a specific spatial domain is executed by a first virtual system that is created in a program execution environment operable on a network server. In response to the first virtual system invoking a continuation, a second virtual system is created to execute a second portion of the first program. Invoking the continuation in the program execution environment facilitates each of the first and second virtual systems providing only the capabilities necessary to execute their respective portion of the first program. Optionally, executing the first program includes interpreting the first program with a second program. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311911 | CUSTOMIZATION OF MENUS - Customizing menus for a consumer electronics device, including: generating a predefined menu identifier; preparing menu definitions for the menus to be customized on the consumer electronics device; generating menu configuration information using the prepared menu definitions; transmitting the generated menu configuration information to the consumer electronics device; and identifying a specific menu and menu items using the predefined menu identifier. Keywords include customization of menus and consumer electronics device. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311912 | GUI GENERATOR, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, GUI GENERATING METHOD, AND GUI GENERATING PROGRAM - An information terminal includes: a device information management unit that obtains device information identifying a first device and a second device which are connected to a network; a device coordination service information management unit that obtains coordination information which identifies a coordination behavior achieved with a first function of the first device and a second function of the second device; and a GUI generating and drawing unit which draws first and second GUI components and a third GUI component in association with each other, the first and the second GUI components indicating the first and the second devices identified by the device information, and the third GUI component indicating the coordination behavior identified by the coordination information. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311913 | USER CUSTOMIZATION OF MENUS - Customizing menus for a consumer electronics device, including: preparing menu definitions for the menus to be customized on the consumer electronics device, wherein the menu customization is tailored to a consumer; generating menu configuration information using the prepared menu definitions; and transmitting the generated menu configuration information to the consumer electronics device. Keywords include user customization of menus and consumer electronics device. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311914 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE ANIMATED GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS - One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon program instructions to facilitate the computer aided design of human machine interface animated graphical elements is provided. The program instructions, when executed by a computing system, direct the computing system to at least display a graphical element having dimensions associated with a characteristic of an industrial element within an industrial automation environment. The program instructions further direct the computing system to at least identify a change in the characteristic of the industrial element, and to modify a dimension of the graphical element to visually represent the change in the characteristic of the industrial element. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311915 | UI CREATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, UI CREATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - A UI creation support system is provided which supports creation of a user interface (UI) screen and which includes an organization-effect correlation rule storage unit ( | 2013-11-21 |
20130311916 | System and Method for Autocompletion and Alignment of User Gestures - In accordance with one embodiment, a navigation system includes a display device configured to detect user gestures, a data storage device including program instructions stored therein, a map stored within the data storage device, and a controller operatively coupled to the data storage device and the display device and configured to execute the program instructions to receive first user gesture data associated with a first portion of a first user gesture from the display device, generate a first predicted user gesture data based upon the stored map and the first user gesture data, and control the display device to render the first predicted user gesture data as the user is continuing the first user gesture. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311917 | ADAPTIVE INTERACTIVE MEDIA SERVER AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE ENGINE - Presenting content to users in an interactive content presentation system. The content presented is dynamically selected at the time of presentation, in response to information available about those users at the time of presentation. Dynamic selection is in response to substantially all information available about those users at the time. Dynamic selection can include choices of particular content, the method or modality of presentation, the information included, as determined by rules for dynamic selection provided by an author. A method in which content is presented to users to encourage those users to modify their health-related behavior, such as related to improvement of dietary considerations, activity and exercise considerations, sleep considerations, and stress management considerations. In another example, the method includes a method in which content is presented to users to encourage those users to make other and further improvements, such as teaching users to manage their retirement accounts. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311918 | MANAGEMENT OF MENU CUSTOMIZATION ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES - Customizing menus for a consumer electronics device, including: preparing menu definitions for the menus to be customized on the consumer electronics device; generating menu configuration information using the prepared menu definitions; transmitting the generated menu configuration information to the consumer electronics device; and managing the menus on a plurality of consumer electronics devices customized with the menu configuration information. Keywords include customization of menus and consumer electronics device. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311919 | METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR VALIDATION OF A USER COMMAND FOR CONTROLLING AN APPLICATION - An electronic device includes a display screen; and a graphical user interface displayed on the screen and including: a graphical object automatically movable, in accordance with a predefined movement, along at least part of the screen, wherein the automatic movement of the graphical object is triggered in response to a user input; the predefined movement being such that the graphical object is translated in a first direction from a first region of the screen to a second region of the screen. Movement from the first region to the second region indicates a user command being validated. The device further includes a sensor configured to detect the movement of the graphical object from the first region to the second region; and an application processor configured to execute the user command in response to detection of the movement of the graphical object from the first region to the second region. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311920 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A mobile terminal capable of performing a touch input and a control method therefor are provided. A mobile terminal includes a display unit, a sensing unit and a controller. The display unit outputs an objective related to an application. The sensing unit senses a touch input to the objective. The controller executes the application related to the objective, in response to that a first touch input to the objective is sensed, and executes an edition mode for changing the size of the objective displayed on the display unit, in response to that a second touch input different from the first touch input to the objective is sensed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311921 | Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Accessibility Using a Touch-Sensitive Surface - An accessibility method is performed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying a plurality of user interface elements on the display; in response to detecting a first user interface navigation gesture by a finger on the touch-sensitive surface, navigating in the plurality of user interface elements in accordance with a current navigable unit type; in response to detecting a first user interface navigation setting gesture on the touch-sensitive surface: changing the current navigable unit type from the first navigable unit type to a second navigable unit type; and outputting accessibility information about the second navigable unit type; after changing the current navigable unit type, in response to detecting a second user interface navigation gesture by the finger on the touch-sensitive surface, navigating in the plurality of user interface elements in accordance with the current navigable unit type. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311922 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH MEMO FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DEVICE - A mobile device with a memo function and a method for controlling the device are provided. The mobile device and method allows a user to input a short note to a privacy memo screen, on which the short note is not displayed during the input process, or to a screen in a locked state. The method includes executing a memo application in the background, and if a user's input for creating a memo is detected through a touch screen, creating a memo in the background through the memo application on the basis of the detected user's input. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311923 | TAPE DRIVE UTILIZATION AND PERFORMANCE - A system includes a utilization calculation module, a performance calculation module, an input module and an output module. The input module to receive a user-selection of tape drives and time ranges over which to calculate utilization data and calculate performance data. The utilization module to calculate utilization data of the selected tape drives over the selected time ranges. The performance module to calculate performance data of the selected tape drives over the selected time ranges. The output module to generate single data points representing output of utilization data and performance data of the respective selected tape drives, and to analyze the data points to determine whether to highlight the data points in a first user-definable display region representing higher utilization and performance tape drives relative to data points in a second user-definable display region representing lower utilization and performance tape drives. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311924 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING PASSIVE AND ACTIVE USER INTERACTIONS WITH A COMPUTER SYSTEM - A method, apparatus, and system for modeling user interactions with a computer system associates semantic descriptions of passive and active user interactions, which are meaningful at a user level, with application events and user interaction data as a user interacts with one or multiple software applications with a computing device, and uses those associations to build and maintain a user-specific contextual model. In some embodiments, the contextual models of multiple users are leveraged to form one or more collective contextual user models. Such models are useful in many different applications. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311925 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING INTERACTIONS OF A GROUP OF USERS WITH A COMPUTING SYSTEM - A method, apparatus, and system for modeling interactions of a group of users with a computing system includes monitoring passive and active interaction data of multiple users and discovering common interests among the users based on the interaction data. Collective contextual user models may be dynamically formed based on the common interests. Such models have many useful applications that can benefit the group or the individual members of the group. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311926 | USER INSTALLED APPLICATIONS IN A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER DISPLAY DEVICE - A physiological parameter display device displays data representing the current values of one or more physiological parameters of a patient. The device has an operating system that does not allow multiple-program execution. A program runs on the operating system. The program provides functionality that gives a user of the device an ability to install virtual applications on the device. In addition, the program provides functionality that gives the user an ability to run the virtual applications on the device while the device continues to display data representing the current value of the physiological parameter of the patient. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311927 | TECHNIQUES FOR REPRESENTING AND COMPARING WORKFLOWS - An approach is provided for sending pre-defined workflows to a display device of a user device. In one example, the approach includes receiving a request for steps to complete a task associated with a software application. In response to receiving the request for steps, the system obtains at least a first workflow and a second workflow, each workflow including one or more steps that the user device can execute to complete the task. The system receives a request to format the first workflow and the second workflow into one or more view formats. The system generates a summary of the first workflow and a summary of the second workflow. Each summary includes one or more salient attributes of the each workflow. The system sends to the display device at least the first workflow and the second workflow in the one or more view formats. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311928 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI), AND MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - A method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to receive a user command on a touch screen, and a multimedia apparatus using the same. The method for providing a GUI includes determining whether an enlargement command for a GUI item is received, and enlarging the GUI item. Therefore, it is possible to enable a user to operate the GUI item more correctly, and to provide the superior visual effect when the GUI item is operated. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311929 | KEYBOARD BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE NAVIGATION - A computer-implemented method of navigating a GUI can include, responsive to a user input initiating a navigation mode, overlaying, atop of the GUI located within a first layer, a virtual keyboard within a second layer, wherein the virtual keyboard includes a plurality of virtual keys. The method can include, for each virtual key, associating the virtual key with a region of the first layer including an area of the GUI beneath the virtual key. The method can include mapping each virtual key with a physical key of a physical keyboard communicatively linked with a computer rendering the GUI and, responsive to a user input selecting a physical key of the physical keyboard, selecting a region corresponding to the selected physical key. A level of magnification for the selected region can be increased within the first layer while keeping the virtual keyboard sizing constant. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311930 | System and Method for Pinning Tabs in a Tabbed Browser - The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for pinning a tab in a tabbed browser. Briefly stated, browsing software is configured to recognize a “pin” event, such as a hot key, a menu selection, and the like. Upon recognizing the pin event, the browsing software splits a display screen into a pinned window and a tabbed window. The tabbed window displays one or more open tabs and the content of the currently in focus tab. The pinned window may display content that was previously displayed within one of the tabs in the tabbed window or may display new content. The browsing software may configure the navigation of the pinned window differently than the navigation for the tabs in the tabbed window. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311931 | Task Display Switching Method Portable Apparatus and Portable Communications Apparatus - A task display switching method, a portable apparatus and a portable communications apparatus which, when a plurality of software applications are activated and processed in parallel, make it possible to switch a display between each of the software applications with ease. According to the task display switching method, a portable apparatus capable of processing a plurality of tasks in parallel and of displaying a plurality of display regions for displaying data, an icon associated with a task displayed on a first display region is generated automatically or manually, and the generated icon is displayed in a second display region. When any icon thus generated is selected from a plurality of icons displayed on the second display region, the task associated with the selected icon is restored and displayed in the first display region. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311932 | SURFACING AND MANAGEMENT OF WINDOW-SPECIFIC CONTROLS - The functionality traditionally provided by an application program through a window presented as part of a window-based user interface can be accessed while the window remains hidden. A toolbar, or similar collection of user interface elements, can be presented when a user indicates an intention to interact with an application program whose window is hidden. The toolbar can comprise elements associated with functions specific to the hidden window. The user's selection can be communicated to the application program so that it can perform the requested function. If the user no longer indicates an intention to interact with the application program, the toolbar can be removed. In one embodiment, the toolbar can be presented together with a thumbnail of the relevant window in a floating display element. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311933 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE AND CAR NAVIGATION DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE - A character input device provides a function of deleting an unconfirmed inputted character which the user is currently inputting, and a function of changing a confirmed character string to an unconfirmed state to a single correction key. Therefore, the character input device enables the user to carry out a character input efficiently by using limited space without requiring an excessive operation and arrangement of a new key for reconversion. Further, because the character input device holds the information on confirmed character strings even after all the character strings have been confirmed, the character input device enables the user to arbitrarily select a character string which the user wants to correct at any time, and re-edit only the portion. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311934 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MULTI MENU PAGES IN ONE WINDOW OF MULTI-TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY UNIT OF COMPUTING DEVICE AND COMPUTING DEVICE APPLYING THE METHOD - A method for displaying multi menu pages in one window of a multi-touch-sensitive display unit of a computing device is disclosed. A menu is constituted by several menu pages and each of the menu pages comprises at s least one object. In the method, an image of one of the plurality of menu pages is displayed in the window of the multi-touch-sensitive display unit. A continuous squeezing signal is detected by a touch sensor of the multi-touch-sensitive display unit or an input unit of the computing device. The graphic module processes the continuous squeezing signal and displays the current squeezed menu page until at least two menu pages being displayed in the window of the multi-touch-sensitive display unit. Wherein, each of the displayed menu pages in the window comprises only a portion of the original content thereof. A computing device applying the method is also disclosed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311935 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING USER GROUPS - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are described that provide for the creation of user groups through a source user's selection of visual representations of users (e.g., predefined contacts of the source user) and movement of the selected visual representations from a first region (e.g., an area of a display in which the visual representations are displayed) to a location outside the first region that is previously undesignated. The designated area of the display that can accumulate multiple visual representations and create a group of users, which may then be moved or otherwise manipulated as a unit. The source user may be able to easily select those users with whom he wishes to communicate without opening a dedicated application or accessing a particular program configured to create user groups. The source user may be able to visually identify which of the users are co-located or share other common characteristics. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311936 | CONTEXTUAL RENDERING IN DISPLAYING OBJECTS - Methods, systems and computer-readable media for digital content creation by contextually rendering objects utilizing an object hierarchy for manipulation are disclosed. A Graphical User Interface (GUI) is presented in a window and includes a hierarchical representation of digital objects for potential placement in a rendering window. The user can select a first digital object that is present in the rendering window and select a rendering option for the first digital object. In response to the selection of the rendering option, all of the digital objects in the hierarchical representation that are present in the rendering window are de-emphasize in the rendering window except the first digital object. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311937 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING AND DISPLAYING EXECUTION SCREENS OF A PLURALITY OF APPLICATIONS EXECUTED IN DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for converting and displaying execution screens of a plurality of applications included a device in which the plurality of applications are provided. The method includes displaying an execution screen of a first application from among the plurality of applications, receiving an external input corresponding to the first application, generating a list of the plurality of applications according to the external input, selecting a second application from among the plurality of applications by using the list, and displaying an execution screen of the second application. | 2013-11-21 |