52nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 71 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150373136 | Multimedia Redirection in a Virtualized Environment Using a Proxy Server - Methods and systems for multimedia redirection in a virtualized environment using a proxy server are described herein. The proxy server may store scripting code that may be injected into web content retrieved from a content resource server. The injected scripting code may cause an instantiated application in the virtualized environment to intercept/override at least some method calls in the web content. The proxy server may send the redirected multimedia content and other information to a client agent application executing on a user's computing device for rendering. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373137 | AD-HOC NETWORK SYSTEM USING SELECTIVE DATA COMPRESSION ALGORITHM, AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD IN AD-HOC NETWORK - A data transmission method in an ad-hoc network includes: a determining step in which a data sink node determines information of a route from a source node to the data sink node and a kind of data collected by the source node; a selecting step in which the data sink node selects a target node to compress data from the source node and a relay node with respect to the source node to minimize estimated total energy consumption of the network and a kind of a compression algorithm to be used by the target node using the information of the route and the kind of data; an informing step in which the data sink node informs the target node of data compression information including the kind of a compression algorithm depending on the information of the route and the kind of data; and a compressing and transmitting step in which the target node compresses collected or received data according to the data compression information and transmits the data. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373138 | Dynamic Caching During Travel - Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for modifying a cache value based on an upcoming reduction in connection. A determination be made that a user device is in a travel mode and intended travel data may be received accordingly. Data throughput information corresponding to the intended travel data may be received. A determination that there is an upcoming reduction in connection may be made based on the data throughput information. A cache value (e.g., amount of data received, provided, or cached) may be modified based on the upcoming reduction in connection. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373139 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICES FOR CONTENT CACHING AND DELIVERING IN IP NETWORKS - A content request is sent ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150373140 | CLIENT SIDE INITIATED CACHING CONTROL - A method, system and related apparatus are described, the system comprising a caching-capable element which is part of a data network, which receives a request from a downstream client device, the request including a content request, the content request including a Universal Resource Identifier (URI) and an explicit caching request, the caching request includes a unique content identifier which is independent of the URI, and optional expiration date information, a comparator included at the caching-capable element which compares the caching request against the existing cached content, and if the requested content is cached then the caching-capable element forwards the cached copy of the requested content to the client device, and if the requested content is not cached, then the caching-capable element forwards the request to a further upstream device, and, upon reception of the requested content from the further upstream device, returns the requested content to the requesting downstream device, and caches the requested content for further distribution to other clients. Related methods, systems and apparatus are also described. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373141 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND METHOD - An information processing terminal displays a confirmation screen for confirming whether to delete data relating to a web site, in a case where a movement from the web site on a web browser is detected, and if deleting is confirmed via the confirmation screen, the information processing terminal deletes data saved for the web site to release an area secured for the web site. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373142 | FACILITATING MULTIPLE INTERACTION MODES WITHIN A SOCIAL DISCOVERY SERVICE - Systems and methods for managing the interactions between users or members of a social discovery service, enabling users or members to control their social discovery environments, is described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods access a member type assigned to a member of a social discovery service, the member type based on an interaction interest (e.g., the member is female and looking to meet males, or vice versa) provided by the member, and provides an interaction mode of the social discovery service to the member based on the accessed member type. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373143 | SOCIAL NETWORK DEVICE MEMBERSHIPS AND APPLICATIONS - A social device including capabilities for participating in a social network group via a social infrastructure. Various functions and resources of the social device are accessible by members of the social network group. Likewise, the social device may be configured to access services and other resources of the social network group. The social device may participate in the social network group through an autonomous, automated or member-triggered process. In one embodiment, the social device functions as a social gateway to communicatively couple a child node and a social network group. The social gateway may comprise a set top box or mobile communication device, and the child node may be a human user that interacts with the social gateway through a user interface. In a further embodiment, the social gateway may concurrently operate as a child device that communicates with a social network group through another social device. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373144 | Personal Daemon Interaction through Escalating Disclosure - Systems and methods of a personal daemon, executing as a process on a mobile computing device, for providing personal assistant to an associated user is presented. While the personal daemon maintains personal information corresponding to the associated user, the personal daemon is configured to not share the personal information of the associated user with any other entity other than the associated user except under conditions of rules established by the associated user. One such condition is when encountering the presence of another personal daemon associated with another user. Upon encountering the other personal daemon, an iterative process of escalating discover and/or disclosure is commenced to determine whether the associated user of the personal daemon would be interested in engaging with the user associated with the other personal daemon. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373145 | METHOD FOR SELECTING THE REPRESENTATION OF THE SEGMENTS OF A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT TRANSMITTED OVER A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The invention relates to a method for managing the representation of the data segments (0.mp4v, 180180.mp4v) of a content received by a terminal from a server. Said method comprises a step (ET | 2015-12-24 |
20150373146 | Data Delivery Optimization - The various embodiments provide systems, devices, and methods which optimize the way in which data is delivered between devices a group of interconnected devices. In one embodiment a data set intended for multiple devices may be segmented and different portions of the data set may be provided to each device. The intended devices may then share their data set portions to recreate the complete data set on each device. In another embodiment, multiple devices each storing a complete data set may need to upload the complete data set to a single device. The multiple devices may assign upload responsibility for segments of the complete data set among each other, and the multiple devices may each upload their assigned segments to the single device. The single device may then combine the segments to recreate the complete data set. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373147 | Sampling for Content Selection - Sampling for content selection may be provided. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373148 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING ACCESS REQUESTS AND WEB BROWSER - A method for processing access requests and a web browser are disclosed. In one embodiment, the processing method may be applied by a gateway maintaining a database containing, for each from among a plurality of computer virtualization platforms, at least one service provided by this platform and connection information to this platform. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an access request to a computer virtualization service provided by a platform transmitted by a web browser of a terminal and, if the requested service is in the database, generating from associated connection information in the database with this service, a system application adapted to the service. The system application may be configured to connect to the platform to allow the terminal to negotiate the establishment and maintenance of a communication session with the latter. The method may also comprise sending the system application to the web browser. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373149 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USING SMART ENVIRONMENT DEVICES VIA APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACES - Systems and Methods disclosed herein relate to an application programming interface (API) server that receives, from an API client device connected to the system, one or more requests to perform an activity. The activity includes reading, editing by making additions, deletions, modifications or any combination thereof, or both reading and editing, to at least one portion of a data model comprising information related to one or more smart-devices, one or more smart-device environment structures comprising the smart-devices, or both; perform the activity based upon the one or more requests; log the activity, by storing a responsible party for the activity, based upon a vendor, user, or other party or entity associated with the API client device; and present at least a portion of the log. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373150 | SERVER, CLIENT, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRELOADING BROWSED PAGE IN BROWSER - The present invention relates to the technical field of network data communication, and discloses a server, a client, a system and a method for preloading a browsed page in a browser. The server includes: a link extraction module configured to extract, from a currently browsed page on a client, links included in the page; a page downloading module configured to download pages corresponding to the links from websites; a page compression module configured to compress the downloaded pages to generate page compression packages corresponding to the links and store the page compression packages into a storage module; the storage module configured to store the page compression packages corresponding to the links; a communication transceiving module configured to receive a request transmitted by the client for loading a page of a link in the page currently browsed and transmit the page compression package corresponding to the link to be loaded to the client. The present invention can solve the technical problems of resulting in a lot of useless download traffic in the client, wasting the network traffic and increasing the operation load of the client. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373151 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN INTERMEDIATE GRAPHICAL DESKTOP SHARING PROTOCOL - Generating a universal graphical desktop sharing protocol is disclosed. The universal graphical desktop sharing protocol is configured to communicate information (e.g., a sequence of one or more desktop sharing events) that has been translated from a first graphical desktop sharing protocol and is available to be translated into a final graphical desktop sharing protocol. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373152 | SERVER INCLUDING COMPONENTS FOR ACCESSING AND DISPLAYING INTERNET CONTENT AND FOR PROVIDING SAME TO A CLIENT - A server maintains and provides access to application media packages for accessing and displaying Internet content. These packages include a definition for rendering a graphical user interface within which Internet content may be presented outside of and without utilization of a web browser application. The packages also include a network reference, such as a URL, pointing to the Internet content such that the Internet Content may be downloaded and presented within said user interface. A representation of each package on the server available for downloading is provided. A user may select one or more desired packages for downloading. An application media viewer may also be made available for downloading. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373153 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO REDUCE BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENT FOR VISIBILITY EVENT PACKET STREAMING USING A PREDICTED MAXIMAL VIEW FRUSTUM AND PREDICTED MAXIMAL VIEWPOINT EXTENT, EACH COMPUTED AT RUNTIME - There is provided a method of predictive prefetching and transmitting from a server to a client device at least one partial visibility event packet and/or deferred visibility event packet including renderable graphics information occluded from a first viewcell and not occluded from a second viewcell, including otherwise renderable graphics information in a client view frustum not previously transmitted to the client device; determining an estimated maximal client view frustum; calculating a subset comprising renderable graphics information that is included in the estimated maximal client view frustum; determining whether the calculated subset has previously been transmitted to the client device by comparing the calculated subset to the stored renderable graphics information previously transmitted; and transmitting the at least one partial visibility event packet and/or deferred visibility event packet to the client device if said packet has not been previously transmitted to the client device. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373154 | ARINC 629 ETHERNET CONVERTER - In an onboard aircraft computing and network system, an Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated (ARINC) 629 Ethernet converter receives ARINC 629 data, transcodes the data, and inserts the data into Ethernet frames for transmission to other onboard devices. A secure communications session may be established for transmission of the transcoded data. ARINC 629 data may be received by an ARINC 629 Ethernet converter on several buses used by onboard devices. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373155 | METHOD OF MODIFYING PACKETS TO A GENERIC FORMAT FOR ENABLING PROGRAMMABLE MODIFICATIONS AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - Embodiments of the apparatus for modifying packet headers relate to a rewrite engine that represents each protocol header of packets in a generic format specific to that protocol to enable programmable modifications of packets, resulting in hardware and software flexibility in modifying packet headers. Software programs generic formats in a hardware table for various protocols. The rewrite engine is able to detect missing fields from a protocol header and is able to expand the protocol header to a maximum size such that the protocol header contains all possible fields of that protocol. Each of the fields has the same offset irrespective of which variation of the protocol the protocol header corresponds to. In a bit vector, all newly added fields are marked invalid (represented by 0), and all existing fields are marked valid (represented by 1). Software modification commands allow data to be replaced, removed and inserted. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373156 | METHOD OF USING A UNIQUE PACKET IDENTIFIER TO IDENTIFY STRUCTURE OF A PACKET AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - Embodiments of the apparatus for modifying packet headers relate to a packet generalization scheme that maintains information across protocol layers of packets. The packet generalization scheme uses a protocol table that includes layer information for all possible protocol layer combinations. The protocol layer combinations in the protocol table are manually configured through software. Each protocol layer combination in the protocol table is uniquely identified by a PktID. A rewrite engine of a network device receives the PktID for a packet and uses that unique identifier as key to the protocol table to access information for each protocol layer of the packet that the rewrite engine requires during modification of the packet. The packet generalization scheme eliminates the need for a parser engine of the network device to pass parsed data to the rewrite engine, which is resource intensive. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373157 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system includes a first server that performs processes in accordance with first operations included in a system of operations for the first server, a second server that performs processes in accordance with second operations included in a system of operations for the second server different from the system of operations for the first server, and a terminal apparatus that requires the first and second servers to perform the processes. The terminal apparatus includes a first requiring portion that requires the first server to perform a process in accordance with at least one of the first operations designated by a user and a converter that converts the at least one first operation into a command set and stores the command set in a storage, the command set including at least one command, which is a part of the process and is performed by the first and second servers. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373158 | NETWORK SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD OF HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNICATION CONTROLLERS IN THE SAME SYSTEM - A network system for a vehicle includes one or more first communication controllers and one or more second communication controllers. The one or more first communication controllers transmit a message in a first communication scheme. The one or more second communication controllers are connected to the one or more first communication controllers through a network and transmit a message in a second communication scheme different from the first communication scheme. When a transmission controller selected from the one or more first communication controllers and the one or more second communication controllers transmits a message, a communication controller using a communication scheme different from that of the selected transmission controller stops its own message transmission and resumes its own message transmission once the message transmission of the selected transmission controller is complete. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373159 | METHOD OF USING GENERIC MODIFICATION INSTRUCTIONS TO ENABLE FLEXIBLE MODIFICATIONS OF PACKETS AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - Embodiments of the apparatus for modifying packet headers relate to programmable modifications of packets by applying commands to generalized protocol headers. Each protocol header of incoming packets is represented in a generic format specific to that protocol to enable modifications to packet headers. Missing fields from a protocol header are detected, and the protocol header is expanded to a maximum size such that the protocol header contains all possible fields of that protocol, including the missing fields. Each of the fields has the same offset irrespective of which variation of the protocol the protocol header corresponds to. Modification uses a set of commands that is applied to expanded protocol headers. All of the commands are thus generic as these commands are independent of incoming headers (e.g., size and protocol). | 2015-12-24 |
20150373160 | METHOD OF USING BIT VECTORS TO ALLOW EXPANSION AND COLLAPSE OF HEADER LAYERS WITHIN PACKETS FOR ENABLING FLEXIBLE MODIFICATIONS AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - Embodiments of the apparatus for modifying packet headers relate to a use of bit vectors to allow expansion and collapse of protocol headers within packets for enabling flexible modification. A rewrite engine expands each protocol header into a generic format and applies various commands to modify the generalized protocol header. The rewrite engine maintains a bit vector for the generalized protocol header with each bit in the bit vector representing a byte of the generalized protocol header. A bit marked as 0 in the bit vector corresponds to an invalid byte, while a bit marked as 1 in the bit vector corresponds to a valid byte. The rewrite engine uses the bit vector to remove all the invalid bytes after all commands have been operated on the generalized protocol header to thereby form a new protocol header. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373161 | METHOD OF SPLITTING A PACKET INTO INDIVIDUAL LAYERS FOR MODIFICATION AND INTELLIGENTLY STITCHING LAYERS BACK TOGETHER AFTER MODIFICATION AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - Embodiments of the apparatus for modifying packet headers relate to pointer structure for splitting a packet into individual layers and for intelligently stitching them back together. The pointer structure includes N+1 layer pointers to N+1 protocol headers. The pointer structure also includes a total size of all headers. A rewrite engine uses the layer pointers to extract the first N corresponding protocol layers within the packet for modification. The rewrite engine uses the layer pointers to form an end point, which together with the total size of all headers is associated with a body of the headers. The body of the headers is a portion of headers that are not modified by the rewrite engine. After all the modifications are performed and modified headers are compressed, the modified layer pointers are used to stitch the modified headers back together with the body of the headers. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373162 | CUT-THROUGH FORWARDING OF CCNx MESSAGE FRAGMENTS WITH IP ENCAPSULATION - One embodiment provides a system that facilitates cut-through forwarding of message fragments over a network. During operation, the system receives a packet that corresponds to a fragment of a message and contains a fragment header. The system stores in a data structure a mapping relationship between the fragment header and a hierarchically structured variable-length identifier (HSVLI), wherein the HSVLI comprises contiguous name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level. The system makes a forwarding decision for the packet based on the fragment header prior to receiving all fragment packets associated with the message, thereby facilitating cut-through forwarding of the message fragments over a network. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373163 | METHOD OF EXTRACTING DATA FROM PACKETS AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - Embodiments of the apparatus for extracting data from packets relate to programmable layer commands that allow fields from packets to be extracted. A packet is split into individual layers. Each layer is given a unique layer type number that identifies the layer. Based on the layer type, each layer is expanded to a generic format. Each layer has a set of layer commands that is generic to that layer. Fields of each layer command are fieldOffset and fieldLen. These layer commands allow information in the packet to be extracted in a programmable manner. Extracted fields from each protocol layer are concatenated to form a token layer. All token layers are concatenated to form a final token, which is used for further processing of the packet. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373164 | METHOD OF FORMING A HASH INPUT FROM PACKET CONTENTS AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - Embodiments of the apparatus for forming a hash input from packet contents relate to a programmable flexible solution to form hash inputs, allowing for hardware changes and for adding support for newer protocols as and when they are defined in the future. A packet is split into individual layers. Each layer is given a unique layer type number that helps identify what that layer is. Based on the layer type, each layer is expanded to a generic format. Each layer has a set of hash commands that is generic to that layer. Fields of each hash command are fieldOffset, fieldLen, hashMask, and hashMaskMSB. These hash commands allow information in the packet to be extracted in a programmable manner. The fields extracted from each protocol layer of the packet are concatenated to form a hash layer. A bit vector indicates which hash layers are used to form the hash input. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373165 | METHOD OF HANDLING LARGE PROTOCOL LAYERS FOR CONFIGURABLE EXTRACTION OF LAYER INFORMATION AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - Embodiments of the apparatus for handling large protocol layers relate to an implementation that optimizes a field selection circuit. This implementation provides software like flexibility to a hardware parser engine in parsing packets. The implementation limits a size of each layer and splits any layer that exceeds that size into smaller layers. The parser engine extracts data from the split layers just as it would from a non-split layer and, then, concatenates the extracted data in a final result. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373166 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING INTERNAL DESTINATIONS OF NETWORK PACKETS AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - Embodiments of the apparatus of identifying internal destinations of network packets relate to a network chip that allows flexibility in handling packets. The handling of packets can be a function of what the packet contents are or where the packets are from. The handling of packets can also be a function of both what the packet contents are and where the packets are from. In some embodiments, where the packets are from refers to unique port numbers of chip ports that the packets arrived at. The packets can be distributed for processing within the network chip. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373167 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a network communication apparatus | 2015-12-24 |
20150373168 | WIRELESS SHARED RESOURCE COMPUTING - The formation of a wireless device group for use in a computing environment involves establishing a wireless communication connection between a host wireless interface device and each of one or more dependent wireless interface devices, in which each dependent wireless interface device is configured to not directly communicate with a computing device. Another wireless communication connection is established between the host wireless interface device and the computing device when the host wireless interface device is within a host connection distance of the computing device. A further wireless communication connection can be established between the host wireless interface device and a second, different computing device. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373169 | METHOD OF REPRESENTING A GENERIC FORMAT HEADER USING CONTINUOUS BYTES AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - Embodiments of the apparatus for modifying packet headers relate to a rewrite engine that represents each protocol header of packets in a generic format specific to that protocol to enable programmable modifications of packets, resulting in hardware and software flexibility in modifying packet headers. Software programs generic formats in a hardware table for various protocols. The rewrite engine is able to detect missing fields from a protocol header and is able to expand the protocol header to a maximum size such that the protocol header contains all possible fields of that protocol. Each of the fields has the same offset irrespective of which variation of the protocol the protocol header corresponds to. The expanded protocol header is represented by a data structure that is independent of a size of the protocol header. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373170 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING A TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE THEREIN - A mobile terminal having a touch screen and a method present a user interface in the mobile terminal having a touch screen. The method includes: detecting a touched area corresponding to a touch when the touch is sensed in the touch screen; and executing different functions according to whether the detected touched area is equal to or greater than a preset area threshold. Various touch inputs are sensed through a touch screen in the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal and method present user interfaces corresponding to the respective touch inputs. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373171 | Systems and Methods for Providing Access to Hosted Services by way of a User-Wearable Headset Computing Device - An exemplary system includes a user-wearable headset computing device, a service gateway device communicatively coupled to the user-wearable headset computing device by way of a wireless network, and a plurality of server devices communicatively coupled to the service gateway device and that provide a plurality of hosted services for access by the user-wearable headset computing device by way of the service gateway device. In certain examples, the plurality of hosted services comprises at least a multi-persona phone service. In certain examples, an interactive voice response user interface to the plurality of hosted services is provided. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373172 | Wireless Earphones with Short Range Transmission - A system may include a left ear piece having an ear piece housing, a short range transceiver disposed within the ear piece housing, and a speaker disposed within the ear piece housing. The system may further include a right ear piece having an ear piece housing, a short range transceiver disposed within the ear piece housing, a speaker disposed within the ear piece housing. The system is adapted to play stereophonic audio using the left ear piece and the right ear piece. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373173 | UNIFIED USER EXPERIENCE FOR SMART PHONE WITH DEFAULT INTEGRATED VOIP VOICE, VOIP MESSAGING, VOIP VIDEO, AND VOIP CONFERENCING CAPABILITIES - A smart phone includes VoIP circuitry that enables the smart phone to make and receive voice and video calls and text messages over a data network using VoIP. The smart phone also includes GSM circuitry that enables the smart phone to make and receive voice and text messages through a GSM network. A unified user experience is created for sending and receiving phone calls, video calls, text messages, and conferencing over VoIP, as well as for sending and receiving phone calls, enabling conferencing, and text messages over the GSM phone network. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373174 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal capable of displaying image data and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a camera configured to acquire an image to generate image data containing at least one face image; a microphone configured to receive audio data; and a controller configured to analyze a face image contained in the image data to determine contact information matched to the face image, and analyze the audio data to determine contact information matched to the audio data, and match the audio data to the image data based on the determined contact information. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373175 | System and Method of Arbitrating Audio Source Streamed by Mobile Applications - A system for attenuating vehicle audio for mobile application audible statements, the system comprising a vehicle computing system having one or more processors for playing audio in the vehicle from a plurality of different audio sources. The system also includes a wireless transceiver for communicating signals from a mobile computing device for processing by the vehicle computing system. The vehicle computing system is configured to receive a wireless signal from the mobile computing device representative of an audible statement to be played in the vehicle. If the vehicle computing system is playing audio in the vehicle at the time the wireless signal is received from the mobile computing device, determine an amount to attenuate the audio based on the source of the audio. Attenuate the audio and play the audible statement based on the determination. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373176 | Flexible Telematics System and Method for Providing Telematics to a Vehicle - With a telematics system comprising a telematics unit, a mobile device of the user, and an integrated communication device of a vehicle, a method for providing information to a user of a telematics system includes receiving an event call at the telematics unit and, in response to the event call, sending a first message from the telematics unit to at least one of the mobile device of the user and the integrated communication device of the vehicle and sending a second message from the telematics unit to a telematics provider over a communications channel, the second message causing the telematics provider to communicate with at least one of the mobile device of the user and a mobile device of a third party. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373177 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BUILT-IN MICROPHONE OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - An electronic device and method are provided. The electronic device includes a built-in microphone; a Bluetooth communication module configured to wirelessly connect to a first wireless external device including a speaker and a second wireless external device including a speaker; and a controller configured to detect a call establishment, if the call establishment is detected while one of the first and second wireless external devices is connected to the electronic device, operate the built-in microphone to receive sound based on information regarding the connected one of the first and second wireless external devices, and if the call establishment is detected while both of the first and second wireless external devices are connected to the electronic device, provide an incoming call audio signal received via the call establishment to one of the first and second wireless external devices. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373178 | VISUAL VOICE MAIL APPLICATION VARIATIONS - A voicemail application includes a first stage having a first voicemail and at a first position, a second stage having a second voicemail and at a second position adjacent to the first position, and a third stage having a third voicemail and at a third position adjacent to the second position. The voicemail application also includes a playback control configured to cause playback of any voicemail associated with any stage at the first position. The voicemail application increases the surface area of a stage as that stage is brought to the first position while the surface area of the stage previously at the first position decreases. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373179 | METHOD FOR SELECTING AND CONFIGURING WIRELESS CONNECTIONS IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and apparatus for selecting and configuring Bluetooth connections in an Electronic device. A graphical user interface is displayed upon an electronic device. A current network profile is selected from multiple available Bluetooth network profiles displayed by the graphical user interface. When a current network profile is selected, the associated connection profile for the current network is automatically displayed. The electronic device is then connected to the current network by communicatively coupling with a Bluetooth wireless device coupled with the current network. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373180 | Accessory Detection - An apparatus including a processor configured to cause detecting a second apparatus including a wireless charging unit being attached to the apparatus; determining a parameter concerning the second apparatus; and automatically adjusting at least one functionality of the apparatus in accordance with the parameter. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373181 | MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING SERVICE COMMUNICATION USING A TWO WAY PUSH CONNECTION - Systems and methods for generating and transmitting multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages are disclosed. In some implementations, a mobile device presents, at a touchscreen, a visual user interface. The visual user interface includes multiple thumbnails and multiple contact blocks. Each thumbnail identifies a file. Each contact block identifies a contact having a messaging address. The mobile device receives, via the touchscreen, a selection of a first thumbnail from the multiple thumbnails. The mobile device receives, via the touchscreen, an indication of dragging the first thumbnail across the visual user interface to a first contact block. The mobile device transmits, responsive to the dragging of the first thumbnail to the first contact block, the file identified in the thumbnail to the messaging address of the contact identified in the first contact block. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373182 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TELECOMMUNICATION SESSION OUTPUT INTEGRATION - A method and system for integrating telecommunication session output with one or more applications are provided herein. The method for integrating telecommunication session output with one or more applications includes communicating with one or more second devices in a telecommunication session using a first application disposed on a first device; tracking attributes associated with the telecommunication session; recording at least a portion of the telecommunication session on the first device to produce a session recording; and storing the attributes and at least one of the session recording, or a text transcription of the session recording in a second application on the first device. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373183 | USE OF A DIGITAL ASSISTANT IN COMMUNICATIONS - A digital assistant operating on a device is configured to be engaged as an active participant in communications between local and remote parties by listening to voice and video calls and participating in messaging sessions. The digital assistant typically can be initiated by voice using a key word or phrase and then be requested to perform tasks, provide information and services, etc. using voice or gestures. The digital assistant can respond to the request and take appropriate actions. In voice and video calls, the interactions with the digital assistant (i.e., the request, response, and actions) can be heard by both parties to the call as if the digital assistant was a third party on the call. In a messaging session, messages are generated and displayed to each participant so that they can see the interactions with the digital assistant as if it was a participant. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373184 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal comprises a display unit; a sensing unit being formed on one side of the mobile terminal and sensing other terminals located within a predetermined distance from the mobile terminal; a wireless communication unit for transmitting and receiving information to and from a terminal sensed by the sensing unit; and a controller transmitting screen information about a displayed image to other terminals through the wireless communication unit when the sensing unit senses other terminals so that other images related to an image displayed on the display unit can be displayed on the other terminals. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373185 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING SCREEN OF MOBILE DEVICE - In a method for unlocking a screen of a mobile device, at least one user-specific number is set and stored into a storage unit of the mobile device. The user-specific number is read from the storage unit and displayed on the screen for selection by a user, when the screen is locked because of input of a wrong password. An unlocking request is transmitted to a terminal providing the selected user-specific number. The mobile device communicates with the terminal, and receives a confirmation message from the terminal, and the screen is unlocked according to the confirmation message. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373186 | ENHANCED DATA CAPTURE, ANALYSIS, AND REPORTING FOR UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS - The present disclosure includes descriptions of various aspects of unified communication (UC) systems, including UC management and analysis systems and related tools and techniques. Described systems, tools, and techniques are adapted for enhanced UC data capture, analysis, and reporting; enhanced UC monitoring services; and a user survey service that can be used for conducting user surveys related to UC services. Embodiments disclosed herein include computer systems and methods that can be used for analyzing service level objectives for call quality, classifying calls into distinct categories, and real-time user notification of call quality and reliability issues. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373187 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ON OTHER DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for display, at a first electronic device, identification information about a second electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving a call or a message from the second electronic device, requesting identification information about the second electronic device to a server, receiving the requested identification information from the server, and displaying the received identification information on a screen. The identification information comprises relation information between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373188 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCORING PHONE NUMBERS - Certain implementations of the disclosed technology include systems and methods for determining a reachability score of a phone number. A method includes receiving personally identifiable information associated with the subject; querying one or more public or private databases with the personally identifiable information; receiving, in response to the querying, phone number information related to the personally identifiable information; extracting, from the phone number information, one or more phone numbers associated with the subject; determining, with one or more computer processors, based at least in part on the one or more phone numbers, a phone type corresponding to the respective one or more phone numbers; determining, with the one or more computer processors, a reachability score for at least one of the one or more phone numbers, wherein the reachability score is based, at least in part, on the phone type; and outputting an indication of the reachability score | 2015-12-24 |
20150373189 | IP-ENABLED INFORMATION DELIVERY - A method, system, and computer readable medium comprising instructions for providing Internet protocol enabled information delivery are provided. Information from a calling party is received at an Internet protocol enabled device. A lookup of information relating to the calling party is performed in a database via an Internet protocol connection. A message is received from the database comprising information relating to the calling party. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373190 | METHOD OF SETTING DETECTION PARAMETERS IN AN APPARATUS FOR ON HOLD MUSIC DETECTION - A method of setting detection parameters in an apparatus for on-hold music detection, includes comparing a telephone number dialed with telephone numbers in a database. If the telephone number dialed is found in the database, detection parameters and/or detection software associated with the telephone number are retrieved from the database, and the retrieved detection parameters and/or detection software are provided to an on-hold music detection unit. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373191 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA MANAGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY SERVICES - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising caching, by a server comprising a processor, a subscriber profile in a network repository to create a cached subscriber profile. The cached subscriber profile comprises a replica of stored subscriber data. The method also comprises updating the cached subscriber profile in accordance with subscriber use of a first application from a first application provider to produce a first updated version of the cached subscriber profile. The method further comprises updating the first updated version of the cached subscriber profile in accordance with subscriber use of a second application from a second application provider to produce a second updated version of the cached subscriber profile. The first and second updated versions of the cached subscriber profile are accessible by the first application provider and by the second application provider. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373192 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AVAILABILITY STATUSES FOR USERS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining availability statuses for users of a communication service provider system. One of the methods includes obtaining data identifying a plurality of availability status features for a user of a communication service provider system and a respective weight for each of the availability status features; determining a respective current value of each of the availability status features; and determining an aggregate user availability status based at least in part on the current values of the availability status features and on the weights for the availability status features. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373193 | Blocking Unsolicited Calls from CallerID-Spoofing Autodialing Devices - Novel tools and techniques for deterring unsolicited calls are described for deterring unsolicited telephone calls that include a service provider searching and determining that the originating telephone number is in a no-call list, and based on this determination, prohibiting the call from terminating (i.e., connecting with the destination telephone number). Penalties may also be imposed against callers (e.g., solicitors) for no-call violations. Various embodiments provide methods and systems that do not depend on the CallerID (which could be spoofed or might be unavailable) in order to identify the offending party of an unsolicited call or text message (i.e., originating entity), and to block the unsolicited call or text message. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373194 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NOTIFICATION OF MULTIPLE TELEPHONY DEVICES - The Internet Protocol telephony system comprises a registration unit; a signal handling interface; a rules engine; and a call processing interface. The registration unit is configured to store, in association with a customer record, a notification list of one or more telephony devices that that are to be notified upon receipt by the Internet Protocol telephony system of a communication addressed to a customer identifier corresponding to the customer record. The signal handling interface is configured to receive a signal originated by a telephony device. The rules engine is configured to consult the notification list and apply rules logic to determine in what order the one or more telephony devices on the notification list are to be notified. The call processing interface is configured to route notifications to the one or more telephony devices. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373195 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OBTAINING VOICE SERVICE - The present disclosure discloses a method and device for obtaining a voice service. The method includes: obtaining information on a service process corresponding to a service number of a call, wherein the information on the service process comprises input prompt information for each stage of the service process, and the input prompt information is used to prompt a user for input; displaying, after getting through the call, the input prompt information of the service process; receiving an input signal from the user in response to the input prompt information; and sending the input signal to an automatic voice service system to obtain a service therefrom. The method and device avoid the problems that the user does not know what kind of response signal should be input to continue the query until he or she hears the whole voice prompt information. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373196 | SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING INTERACTIONS AND REPORTING ANALYTIC RESULTS TO HUMAN OPERATED AND SYSTEM INTERFACES IN REAL TIME - A computerized system for advising one communicant in electronic communication between two or more communicants has apparatus monitoring and recording interaction between the communicants, software executing from a machine-readable medium and providing analytics, the software functions including rendering speech into text, and analyzing the rendered text for topics, performing communicant verification, and detecting changes in communicant emotion. Advice is offered to the one communicant during the interaction, based on results of the analytics. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373197 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS WITH TEXT MESSAGING - A messaging platform includes a text messaging subsystem that includes a suite of enhancements that facilitate implementation of a multi-channel communications strategy with high level and fine-grained control over outbound message creation or inbound message handling. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373198 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A second terminal sends a request to initiate a communication session with a first terminal to a server. The server signals the first terminal to initiate the communication session. The first terminal determines an offset amount based upon the redirection timer information. The offset amount is added to or subtracted from a redirection timer value to determine a modified redirection timer value that takes into account time that elapses between messaging exchanged between the server and the first terminal that affects the first terminal determination of an amount of time remaining in a redirection timer of the server such that the determined modified redirection timer value is equal in value or substantially equal in value to the amount of time remaining in the redirection timer of the server. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373199 | Non-IMS Rich Communication Suite - This invention relates to telecommunications, and in particular, to a Rich Communication Suite (RCS) and RCS-e (āeā for enhanced) messaging infrastructure within a network without the need to deploy an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) core within the network. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373200 | Non-IMS Rich Communication Suite - This invention relates to telecommunications, and in particular, to a Rich Communication Suite (RCS) and RCS-e (āeā for enhanced) messaging infrastructure within a network without the need to deploy an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) core within the network. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373201 | AUTOMATED COMMUNICATIONS RESPONSE SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a system provides for end-user control over the automatic recognition of communication situations by detection of unique telecommunication event characteristics and the consequential responses to those situations by invocation of related programmatic responses. The system allows an end user to specify various patterns of telecommunication event characteristics that describe various situational aspects of incoming communications, such as the timing and originator of voice calls, the content of, timing of, and author of chat messages, etc., as well as appropriate sets of programmatic response actions to be performed in response to those communications, such as initiating conference calls, sending chat messages, routing calls to other users, etc. The system monitors incoming communications, matches characteristic patterns to recognize the situations, and then invokes the matching response actions, thereby automating many functions of the communication system that previously would have had to be performed manually. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373202 | SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING WITH AN INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM NETWORK - A system for communicating with an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network is provided. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an intermediate node having a controller element to receive from a non IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) compliant node a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message having a calling party number and a called party number, and insert in the SIP message a request that instructs a receiving IMS-compliant node to bypass validation of the calling party number. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373203 | IMPROVING CHARGING INFORMATION ACCURACY IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method for improving charging information accuracy in a telecommunications network with respect to a target user equipment includes: in case of a handover or cell change procedure from a first base transceiver station to a second base transceiver station regarding the target user equipment, transmitting first non-delivered packet data volume information from the first base transceiver station to the second base transceiver station using at least one of the following: an X2 interface between the first base transceiver station and the second base transceiver station, an S1 interface between the first base transceiver station and the core network and the S1 interface between the core network and the second base transceiver station, and user equipment history information regarding the target user equipment; and determining, based on the first non-delivered packet data volume information, the second non-delivered packet data volume information. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373204 | BILLING RELATED INFORMATION REPORTING - Radio communications is performed within a mobile telecommunication network. Billing related information is obtained by radio-physical detection. Within a trusted execution environment, a challenge known by the mobile telecommunication network is obtained; billing related information is received; billing related information is attested; and the attested billing related information is caused to be sent to the mobile telecommunication network. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373205 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING CHARGING INFORMATION - The network element collects, within a time window, charging information of a plurality of user equipments belonging to a same group, aggregates the charging information to obtain a charging aggregation result, and sends the charging aggregation result to a corresponding device in said system. The charging system receives a plurality of pieces of aggregated charging information and time windows sent by a network element in the system, wherein each piece of charging information respectively corresponds to one of the time windows, and aggregates the plurality of pieces of aggregated charging information based on the time windows and the group(s) and/or sub-group(s) to which the user equipments belong, to generate charging data record(s), wherein the time windows and the user equipments correspond to the plurality of pieces of aggregated charging information. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373206 | METHOD FOR ENABLING A WIRELESS DEVICE FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY PREFERENTIAL SERVICES - Disclosed is system comprising: a server platform operative to communicate with a wireless communication network; and data storage coupled to the server platform to store a plurality of business rules, wherein the server platform is operative to: generate a first provision instruction to provision a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) with a first rule set associated with a first set of business rules for wireless usage incurred by a mobile terminal operating in the wireless communication network; generate a first billing instruction based on the first set of business rules and a first data type determined by a packet gateway that inspects packet data communicated to or from the mobile terminal. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373207 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESOURCES - Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, for obtaining information concerning a telecommunications network from various databases and/or informational spreadsheets, aggregating the information into a database, and displaying the information to aid in providing a telecommunication service to a customer. In one embodiment, the information in the database may be provided to an administrator of the telecommunications network through a user interface available to the administrator. With the information provided, the administrator may determine the network services available to a potential customer of the network and may generate a plan to provide the services to the customer's location. The information may include one or more connection locations to the telecommunications network and provide an estimated cost to the network and/or the customer for providing the service to the customer, including providing information to a field technician for installation of the service. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373208 | SECURE, SCALABLE AND FLEXIBLE INTERNET FAX ARCHITECTURE - Methods and systems for processing inbound fax messages in a secure, efficient and scalable manner are provided. According to one embodiment, an inbound fax call is received at a telecommunications system of an Internet fax system. The call is switched to a PBX within the system. The call is further switched to a fax server within the system. The fax signal is translated by the fax server into multiple digital representations. Each notification server within the system calculates a load score based on a processor load, a memory load and a number of currently active inbound notification processes. A notification server is selected by the fax server based on the load scores. A subset of the digital representations are delivered to users associated with a subscriber associated with the destination address by the fax server requesting the notification server to perform user notification processing. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373209 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD IN DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A document reading apparatus includes a conveying unit to convey a document, a reading unit to read an image of the conveyed document, a detecting unit to detect multi-feed of the conveyed document, a setting unit, a stopping unit, and a displaying unit. The setting unit makes a setting indicating whether, based on detecting multi-feed of the document, conveyance of the document is to stop. The stopping unit stops conveyance of the document where the made setting indicates that, in response to detecting multi-feed of the document, the conveyance of the document is to stop. Where the made setting indicates that, in response to detecting multi-feed of the document, the conveyance of the document is to stop, the displaying unit displays a screen for receiving, from a user, an instruction not to stop conveyance of the document, even in a case where the detecting unit detects multi-feed of the document. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373210 | Device Management System That Improves Accuracy of Alert Notification, Device Management Apparatus, and Device Management Method - A device management system includes an electronic device, a device management apparatus, a value acquiring circuit, a time calculation circuit, and an alert notification circuit. The alert notification circuit notifies an alert indicating that an adjustment-limit time calculated by the time calculation circuit is close. The time calculation circuit calculates a predicted value of the use amount value where the adjusting value reaches the limit based on a log of combinations of the use amount values and the adjusting values, the use amount value and the adjusting value being acquired by the value acquiring circuit, and the time calculation circuit calculates the time at which the use amount value reaches the calculated predicted value based on a log of the use amount values as the adjustment-limit time. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373211 | FUNCTION EXECUTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A function execution apparatus including a controller configured to receive an alert from a server, the alert indicating particular information about a function of the function execution apparatus, display a notification about the alert, receive the particular information from the server, in response to receiving a first operation to the notification, receive display information for displaying the particular information from the server, display the particular information in accordance with the display information, receive a second operation while the particular information is displayed, and in response to receiving the second operation, display a specific screen image, the specific screen image including a specific certain image for instructing the function execution apparatus to execute processing indicated by the particular information. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373212 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for locally connecting to a device and connecting to a first information processing apparatus through a network, registers identification information of the device controlled through the network, determines whether or not the connected device is registered in the registration unit, according to a request from the first information processing apparatus, and if it is determined that the connected device is registered in the registration unit, transmit a request to wake up from a sleep mode, to the first information processing apparatus. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373213 | SETTING METHOD AND SETTING APPARATUS OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In accordance with one embodiment, a setting method of an image forming apparatus including displaying character codes that the image forming apparatus supports in a case where the import of data to the image forming apparatus is instructed; receiving a selection of the character code of the data to be imported to the image forming apparatus from the displayed character codes; and importing, if the character code of the data to be imported is selected, the data to the image forming apparatus in the selected character code. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373214 | System, Method and Apparatus for an Interactive Virtual Fax Machine - A system, method, and apparatus for a virtual fax machine are provided. In one embodiment, a system for a virtual fax machine is provided including a computer configured to display a virtual fax machine based on a script, a server configured to receive at least one electronic document associated with a fax to be sent using the virtual fax machine, and a traditional facsimile machine configured to receive the fax to be sent. In another embodiment, an apparatus for a virtual fax machine is provided including a computer configured to locate and execute a script associated with a virtual fax machine, display the virtual fax machine, associate at least one electronic document with a fax to be sent, encode the at least one electronic document to a form suitable for communication over a network, and transmit the encoded electronic document over the network as the fax to be sent. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373215 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a first setting unit that sets a setting value of individual setting information for a login user, and a second setting unit that sets, in a case where a logout request is received, a setting value of common setting information, wherein the second setting unit omits, in a case where a login request of a new user is received while the user is logged in, a process for setting the setting value of the common setting information based on the common setting information, and the first setting unit sets a setting value of individual setting information for the new user based on individual setting information associated with user identification information for identifying the new user. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373216 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CUSTOMIZING OPERATION SCREEN BASED ON PERSONAL SETTING INFORMATION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an obtaining unit that obtains personal setting information about a user who logs into the image forming apparatus from a server apparatus and a display control unit that controls a display unit to display a customized operation screen customized for the user based on the obtained personal setting information. If the personal setting information has been obtained from the server apparatus within a predetermined time, the customized operation screen is displayed. If the personal setting information has been obtained from the server apparatus after the predetermined time elapses, the customized operation screen is not displayed. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373217 | PAPER FEEDING FOR AN IMAGING SYSTEM - A system and method for feeding pages in an ADF is disclosed. The system comprises an input tray, a paper picking system and a combined output tray/image platen. The paper picking system is coupled to the input tray and picks pages from a stack of pages loaded into the input tray. The paper picking system feeds the pages in sequence into the combined output tray/image platen. The pages are stacked into the combined output tray/image platen with the first page stacked on the bottom of the stack. An image of the top side of each page can be captured after the page has been stacked into the combined output tray/image platen before the next page is stacked on top. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373218 | Image-Reading Device Detecting Edge of Sheet by Setting Mask Region Including Part of Lines - In an image-reading device, a reading unit reads an object. An edge image generation generates a plurality of sets of edge image data respectively corresponding to a plurality of target lines. The plurality of sets of edge image data includes a first set of edge image data corresponding to a first target line. A mask setting unit determines whether an edge pixel is included in the first set of edge image data. When the edge pixel is included in the first set of edge image data, the mask setting unit sets a mask region on the image. The mask region includes a part of the plurality of lines based on the first target line. An edge detection unit detects the edge pixel detects a positional coordinate of the edge pixel from among pixels in the plurality of sets of edge image data outside the mask region. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373219 | Image-Reading Device Detecting Edge of Sheet by Dynamically Setting Mask Region - In an image-reading device, a reading unit optically reads an object. An edge image generation unit generates a plurality of sets of edge image data corresponding to a plurality of target lines. The plurality of sets of edge image data includes a first set of edge image corresponding to a first target line. The mask setting unit determines whether an edge pixel is included in the first set of edge image data. When the edge pixel is included in the first set of edge image data, the mask setting unit sets a mask region on the image. The edge detection unit detects a positional coordinate of the edge pixel from among pixels outside the mask region. The mask setting unit sets the mask region continuously and dynamically from the first target line to a target line on which detection of the edge pixel ends. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373220 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - In accordance with one embodiment, an image processing apparatus comprises a target data acquisition section, an identifier information acquisition section and an image forming section. The target data acquisition section acquires image data which is to be printed on a sheet. The identifier information acquisition section acquires identifier information indicating an identifier which is to be printed on the sheet together with the image data and is used for specifying the handling of scanning data acquired when scanning the sheet printed with the identifier. The image forming section forms, when forming an image based on the image data acquired by the target data acquisition section on a sheet, an image indicating the identifier information acquired by the identifier information acquisition section together with the image data on the sheet. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373221 | PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A processing apparatus capable of registering applications which periodically execute processes manages one of a plurality of applications registered with the processing apparatus, as a reference application. When registering a new application, the processing apparatus sets an execution cycle of the new application based on an execution cycle of the reference application if the execution cycle of the new application is modifiable, but changes the reference application to be managed to the new application if the execution cycle of the new application is not modifiable. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373222 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus including a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device interface further includes a detection unit, a first selection unit, and a control unit. The detection unit detects a factor for shifting the image forming apparatus to a power saving state. The first selection unit allows a user to select whether to maintain or stop power supply to the USB device interface in the power saving state. The control unit controls the power supply to the USB device interface according to the selection by the user using the first selection unit when the detection unit detects the factor. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373223 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THAT EXECUTE APPLICATION - Provided is the image forming apparatus, image formation method, and recording medium, which make unnecessary a change of the function in the side of a whole apparatus control platform, when the addition (extension) of the function of application is needed. Image processing service I/F, device operation service I/F, and network communication service I/F of a platform service I/F part are independent, without cooperating, respectively. Then, image processing service, device operation service, and network communication service of each part controlling service are called. That is calling a control service providing part of each part controlling service corresponding to the request from the standard application, directly, by each control service call part. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373224 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention acquires a file from a file generation apparatus and also acquires address book information including a facsimile number from an apparatus having a facsimile function. Then, the information processing apparatus extracts a character string from a predetermined position in a file name of the acquired file and collates the extracted character string with the acquired address book information to identify a facsimile number of a transmission destination of the acquired file. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373225 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image processing apparatus having a reconfigurable circuit in which a circuit configuration is partially performable, and a method for controlling the same are provided. Circuit configuration information for configuring the reconfigurable circuit is stored in advance, pieces of stored circuit configuration information that correspond to functions necessary for executing a job are specified, and the necessary functions are partially reconfigured in the reconfigurable circuit by configuring partial reconfiguration units of the reconfigurable circuit using the specified pieces of circuit configuration information. If the reconfiguring is successful, the job is executed using the reconfigurable circuit, whereas if the reconfiguring fails, reconfiguring is re-executed. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373226 | METHOD FOR PRINTING A COLOUR PIXEL MATRIX ON A PHYSICAL MEDIUM BY PRINTING OBLIQUE LINES AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL DEVICE - A method designed to allow the printing of a matrix (MPC) of pixels, in N colours defining a colour coding system, on a selected part of a physical medium (MP). That method comprises a stage in which colour pixels are printed in at least one pass along oblique lines in relation to the physical medium (MP), wherein the pixels of an oblique line are all in the same colour selected from the N colours and different from that used for the previous oblique line, in order to generate a matrix (MPC) of M horizontal lines comprising P pixels each in the N colours successively in a selected order, and wherein each horizontal line other than the first one comprises a first pixel that is identical to the second pixel of the previous horizontal line. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373227 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND MEDIUM - An image processing method includes reading a document on which a halftone-processed image is printed, performing smoothing processing on image data acquired by reading the document, setting a target region of a predetermined size to the smoothed image data and then calculating a degree of variation in signal values of a plurality of pixels included in the target region, determining a brightness correction amount for the target region based on the calculated degree of variation and the signal values of the plurality of pixels included in the target region, and performing brightness correction on the target region in the image data acquired by reading the document, based on the determined brightness correction amount. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373228 | SIGNAL CONVERSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND PRINT SYSTEM - Provided are a signal conversion method and apparatus, a recording medium storing non-transitory program, and a print system which can prevent a color reproduction gamut from being excessively narrowed while avoiding a print failure caused by excess color material. A signal conversion method for limiting the total amount of color materials used in a printing device that forms an image on a recording medium using a plurality of color materials includes determining a final output vector after the total amount of color materials used is limited for an input vector, on the basis of a plurality of input/output signal conversion processes based on different limit values of the total amount of color materials used and weight definition information in which weights applied to the conversion results of the plurality of input/output signal conversion processes are determined according to the input vector. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373229 | PRINTER APPARATUS AND METHOD - A printer apparatus comprises one or more ports ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150373230 | NETWORKED PROGRAMMABLE TIMECODE AND METADATA TRANSFER SYSTEM - A networked, multi-channel, and bi-directional programmable datalink timecode system including a generator apparatus that connects to and provides timecode, genlock, metadata, and streaming audio and video images to networked devices via wired and wireless networks. System includes software on a computer hardware device capable of connecting to and receiving streaming timecode, metadata, and streaming audio and video images from a generator apparatus. System also includes a datalink transceiver apparatus that connects to and receives timecode, genlock, metadata, and streaming audio from a generator apparatus. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373231 | VIDEO SYNCHRONIZATION BASED ON AN AUDIO CUE - Techniques are disclosed for manipulating a media player based on the environment in which content is consumed. For example, a user listening to a radio broadcast or some other ambient sound hears a song begin to play. Recognizing the song, the user wishes to watch an associated music video. A smartphone is used to record a portion of the ambient sound using an application configured according to certain disclosed embodiments. The observed audio is compared with one or more archived audio segments, each of which is associated with corresponding video content. If a match is found between the observed audio segment and an archived audio segment, video content corresponding to the matched archived audio segment is played back via a media player installed on the device. The playback is synchronized with the ambient sound. This allows the user to enjoy both the ambient audio and corresponding video content. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373232 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND ARTICLE FOR A DUAL-PROGRAM DISPLAY - A system for enabling two different users to independently view and listen to two completely different programs on the same display at the same time is provided. A user wears eyeglasses with filters to filter out light from the program which the user does not want to view, while allowing the light from the program the user does want to view to be seen by the user. Successive frames of a first program are displayed using light polarized in one direction in an alternating manner with frames of a second program using light polarized in another direction. A first user wears glasses with lenses configured to filter out the light from the second program while a second user wears glasses to filter out the light from the first program. Thus, while wearing the glasses, the first user can see the first program while watching the display, but not the second program. Simultaneously, while wearing the other glasses, the second user will see the second program, but not the first program. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373233 | DEVICE FOR RECEIVING VIDEO SIGNALS TRANSMITTED OVER A PACKET COMPUTER NETWORK - The presented invention enables the reception of video signals with variable channel synchronization. All logic elements are located on the receiver side that can work with any transmitter. The receiver comprises one or more sets of modules for image processing. These sets of modules adapt the speed of sending data to the frame generator to the speed of data creation on the transmitter side without the use of a precise time pulse source on both sides of the transfer and without feedback from the receiver to the transmitter. The receiver further includes a memory of channel synchronization configuration which determines the allocation of synchronized channels to groups and the detector of starts of frames. These, along with multiplexers of clock signals, ensure the synchronization of channels within groups and allows for modifying this channel distribution. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373234 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image is sharpened without generating, in frequency domain exceeding frequency component in horizontal and vertical direction, frequency component caused by sharpening carried out in horizontal and vertical direction in overlapping manner. An image processing apparatus includes: a vertical filter removing high frequency portion in vertical direction; a horizontal sharpening processing unit generating harmonic in horizontal direction containing frequency higher than frequency component in horizontal direction of the input signal; a horizontal filter removing high frequency portion in horizontal direction; and a vertical sharpening processing unit generating harmonic in vertical direction containing frequency higher than frequency component in vertical direction of the input signal, wherein a horizontal direction processing unit in which the vertical filter is disposed before the horizontal sharpening processing unit and a vertical direction processing unit in which the horizontal filter is disposed before the vertical sharpening processing unit are connected in series, or in parallel. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373235 | DE-NOISING METHOD AND IMAGE SYSTEM - A decryption engine includes an update circuit, a key generator, a decryption circuit and a detection circuit. The update circuit generates a first updating information based on a premise of that a currently received frame is encrypted, and generates a second updating information based on a premise of that the currently received frame is non-encrypted. The key generator produces a first key according to the first updating information, and produces a second key according to the second updating information. The decryption circuit generates a first decrypted frame according to the first key and the currently received frame, and generates a second decrypted frame according to the second key and the currently received frame. The detection circuit detects whether the currently received frame is decrypted according to the first decrypted frame and the second decrypted frame, to generate an encryption detection result. | 2015-12-24 |