Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080235767 | Method of Controlling Access to a Communication Network - A method of controlling access to infrastructure ( | 09-25-2008 |
20080263110 | Apparatus and Method for Storing Data - The present application provides a storage apparatus for storing data. The storage apparatus comprises storage means for storing data, committing means for committing the availability of a certain storage space to a source device, detecting means for detecting the availability of the certain storage space to produce a detection result, and communication means for informing the source device the detection result, whereby the source device takes corresponding action(s) according to the detection result. In this way, each storage device of a group is bound by its commitment, if it violates its commitment, it risks the loss of its file(s) stored on other members' storage space. | 10-23-2008 |
20080282353 | Securely Linked Media Carrying Different Versions of the Same Computer Code - A means of delivering software comprises at least two storage media comprising at least two different versions of a software program. A first version of the software program comprises a full version of the program and a second version comprises a limited version of the program. Due to the presence of identification means, such as a security tag, the first version of the software program can only be executed in the presence of to second storage medium, or vice versa. The security tag may be an RF-ID dongle. Also, a system and a method is provided, for executing data stored on a data carrier, and wherein related data are stored on two separate data carriers. At least one of the data carriers comprises identification means, and the presence of this identification means authorizes the use of one of the data carriers in one of the devices. | 11-13-2008 |
20090040884 | ACCESSING PRE-RECORDED CONTENT ON A RECORD CARRIER - A system includes a first manufacturing apparatus ( | 02-12-2009 |
20090112936 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY SYNCHRONIZING DATA - There is provided a system operable to execute automatic synchronization therein. The system comprises a first data memory ( | 04-30-2009 |
20090140699 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A BATTERY - Portable, battery powered audio playback apparatuses are abundantly available. More and more of these apparatuses have built-in rechargeable batteries. It takes a long time to recharge these batteries. A user may not always need the full amount of power that can be provided by a fully charged battery, but only the amount enough for rendering and reproduction of a limited amount of multimedia data objects. With current art devices, it is difficult to determine when—after which amount of charging time—the battery has enough energy to render a selection of multimedia data objects. Therefore, the invention provides an indicator that indicates during and/or after charging that the battery comprises enough energy to render selected multimedia data objects. | 06-04-2009 |
20090157605 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING FILES - This invention relates to a method and apparatus for managing files, in particular to a method and apparatus for managing file by using metadata. The invention provides a method of estimating the user's possible interest level in a file, and comprises the steps of: monitoring the user's actions on the file; obtaining the user's possible interest level according to the user's actions; and associating the possible interest level with the file in the form of metadata. According to the metadata, the user could quickly search for the file. | 06-18-2009 |
20090187421 | MOBILE HEALTHCARE DATA - The present invention provides an apparatus for configuring a mobile healthcare network of monitoring a being. The apparatus comprises a sender for sending the composition of the mobile healthcare network to a home healthcare network of monitoring the being, a receiver for receiving a configuration recommendation, the configuration recommendation corresponds to the composition of the mobile healthcare monitoring network and a history database of the home healthcare monitoring network, and an arranger for arranging parameters of the mobile healthcare network according to the configuration recommendation. | 07-23-2009 |
20090210280 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A SCHEDULE BASED ON PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA - The invention provides a method and apparatus for creating a schedule, wherein the schedule is used for a user's schedule arrangement, the apparatus for creating a schedule comprises: acquiring means for acquiring at least one physiological health condition data of the user; analyzing means for generating suggestion on the schedule arrangement based on said at least one physiological health condition data; and generating means for adding the schedule arrangement to the schedule according to a predetermined rule. The invention is used to dynamically create a schedule arrangement adaptive to the physiological health condition of a user under the premise that there is a change in the physiological health condition of the user, so that the scheduled exercises of the user are arranged more efficiently, securely and reasonably. | 08-20-2009 |
20090231976 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXTENDING INTERACTIVITY TO MULTIPLE STORAGE MEDIA - A method of providing interactivity over a set of multiple optical storage media ( | 09-17-2009 |
20090235072 | SYSTEM, TERMINAL, METHOD, AND SOFTWARE FOR COMMUNICATING MESSAGES - A system for secure communication of a message from a first terminal to a second terminal being operatively coupled by means of a communication network comprising an authenticating station for obtaining a random seed and for obtaining a masked seed by applying a masking function to the seed by encrypting the message using the masked seed for transmitting the seed and the encrypted message to the authenticating station; the authenticating station comprising further means for obtaining a further random seed for receiving the seed and the encrypted message for recovering the further masked seed by applying the masking function to the seed by decrypting the encrypted message using the recovered masked seed and by applying a masking function to the further seed by encrypting the recovered message using the further masked seed for transmitting the further seed and the further encrypted message to the second terminal; the second terminal comprising receiving means for receiving the further seed and the further encrypted message for recovering the further masked seed by applying the masking function to the further seed by decrypting the further encrypted message using the recovered further masked seed. | 09-17-2009 |
20090285063 | DEFECT AREA MANAGEMENT - A multi-layer optical writable disc (D) comprises at least two layers (L | 11-19-2009 |
20100104268 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING AN OPTICAL DISC - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for playing an optical disc, and an optical disc recording apparatus. According to the method provided by the present invention, the description information of the program content and the description information of the enhancement content are first acquired, and then compared with each other; then it is judged whether the program corresponds to the enhancement content according to the result of the comparison; and finally, the program content is played independently of the enhancement content if the program content does not correspond to the enhancement content. With the present invention, the playback problem causing from the non-match of the program content and the enhancement content in an optical disc with the enhancement format resulting from the revision of the optical disc by a conventional optical disc recording apparatus that does not support the enhancement format can be avoided. | 04-29-2010 |
20100223070 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MORNITORING HEALTHCARE DATA - The present invention provides an interface for monitoring healthcare data at the caregivers' side, the interface comprises receiving means for receiving a part of the healthcare data and an indication(s) of the blocking status of the rest of the healthcare data, presenting means for presenting the healthcare data, and indicating means for indicating the blocking status of the rest of the healthcare data according to the indication. In this way, a better balance between the benefits of the monitored person and that of the caregivers could be reached. | 09-02-2010 |
20100268750 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR MANAGING CONTENT - The invention provides a method and an electronic device. The electronic device ( | 10-21-2010 |
20110112855 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN MAKING A TREATMENT PLAN - The present invention provides a method and device for assisting in making a patient treatment plan. The method comprises: a step of acquiring first data reflecting the self-training condition of a patient in the recent past stage, and a medical record of the patient; a step of analyzing said first data based on said medical record and a first professional knowledge; and a step of generating a training guide based on the result of said step of analyzing and a second professional knowledge, said training guide serving to guide said patient in performing the next stage of training. | 05-12-2011 |
20110234489 | GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS - There is provided a controller for a display device, the controller comprising a processor configured to receive an indication of the orientation of a user of the display device; receive an indication of the orientation of the display device; and generate a graphical representation of a user of the display device using the received indications, such that the orientation of the graphical representation of the user is adapted based on the orientation of the display device. | 09-29-2011 |
20110235997 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CREATING A MODIFIED VIDEO FROM AN INPUT VIDEO - The present invention provides a method of and a device for creating a modified video from an input video, the method comprising the steps of: generating at least one sub-video corresponding to a sub-view of the input video; and integrating the generated sub-video into the original input video along the time axis for creating a modified video, the modified video therefore including some close-ups content coming from the input video, the modified video being more attractive than the original input video. | 09-29-2011 |
20120121234 | PLAYBACK DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FUNCTIONALITY BASED ON EVENT INFORMATION RETRIEVED FROM A PLAYLIST - Instead of using events stored in the datastream itself applications can retrieve event information from the playlist on a record carrier such as DVD and blu-disc. By retrieving the event information from the playlist changes in the event information do not require reprocessing of the data stream. In addition the application knows before the start of the playback of the data stream where the events are located and what functionality in terms of resources is required. A better scheduling of resources is thus possible. | 05-17-2012 |
20120281964 | CONTENT WITH NAVIGATION SUPPORT - The invention is for player/recording systems for AN content such as DVD+RW, HDD, Blu-ray RE that record content from broadcast. To navigate through the content the player provides menus allowing the user can select content to watch. Passive content is replaced with active agents so that each piece of content will also contain a program part. The action by a user selecting a piece of content to play results in the program part being executed instead of the content being played. This program part displays menus that allow the user to navigate this particular piece of content, or alternatively, the program part may just start playing the AN content. Playing the ctual content is under the control of the application. At the end of the content, the application decides the next action, such as displaying another menu. The application chooses when to exit the content (based on user action or end of content) and returns to the player menus. The invention provides more control for the content provider to control the appearance of their content. | 11-08-2012 |
20130278177 | METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR BREWING INGREDIENTS IN A SOLVENT - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for brewing ingredients in a solvent, said apparatus comprising: a container for containing said ingredients; a sensor for measuring a characteristic of said solvent; a lighting system ( | 10-24-2013 |
20140161418 | APPARATUS AND A RECORD CARRIER FOR, AND A METHOD OF RECORDING A SEQUENCE OF VIDEO DATA SIGNALS - An apparatus for recording a sequence of video data signals on a record carrier has been proposed. The apparatus comprises input means ( | 06-12-2014 |
20140220199 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DECAFFEINATING A LIQUID - The invention proposes a device for decaffeinating a liquid. The device comprises at least one cathode electrode and at least one anode electrode which are spaced apart and which are immersed in the liquid; a power supply coupled to the at least one cathode electrode and the at least one anode electrode and configured to apply power thereto, wherein the at least one cathode electrode and the at least one anode electrode are configured to generate an electric field in the liquid upon application of the power to attract caffeine molecules in the liquid to the at least one cathode electrode; wherein the at least one cathode electrode is made of or coated with an absorbing material configured to absorb at least part of the caffeine molecules that are attracted to the at least one cathode electrode. | 08-07-2014 |
20140307756 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING CALORIE IN A BEVERAGE - The invention relates to an apparatus and method for measuring calorie in a beverage. The apparatus comprises a chamber, an information obtaining unit, a concentration measuring unit, a processing unit and a display screen. The chamber is configured to contain the beverage. The information obtaining unit is configured to obtain beverage information indicating the volume or the weight of the beverage. The concentration measuring unit configured to measure the concentration of a predetermined substance in the beverage. The processing unit is configured to calculate the overall calorie according to the volume or the weight of the beverage and the measured concentration of the predetermined substance. The display screen is configured to display the overall calorie. | 10-16-2014 |