01st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 77 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130007611 | ELECTRONIC READER AND PAGE FLIPPING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic reader includes a display unit, and a processing unit. The processing unit includes a file retrieving module, a refreshing mode control module, a block setting module, and a display control module. The file retrieving module retrieves one or more shapes or figures, to be displayed for effect, and the content of a new target page when a content updating signal is received. The refreshing mode control module controls the electronic reader to operate in a refreshing mode. The block setting module determines the blocks to be refreshed and the order in which the blocks are to be refreshed. The display control module controls the display unit to firstly update the content of a block with the one or more shapes or figures, and then update with retrieved new content by refreshing the blocks one after another in a predetermined procedural order. A related method is also provided. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007612 | Manipulating Display Of Document Pages On A Touchscreen Computing Device - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for manipulating display of document pages on a touchscreen computing device are provided. Embodiments include recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, finger motion selection gestures on a touchscreen of the touchscreen computing device; selecting, by the touchscreen computing device for each recognized finger motion selection gesture, a document page displayed on the touchscreen; recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion combination gesture on the touchscreen; combining, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion combination gesture, the selected document pages into a single concatenated document page; and displaying, by the touchscreen computing device, the single concatenated document page. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007613 | SYSTEM TO OVERLAY APPLICATION HELP ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A method, system, and computer program product for displaying help information on a mobile device is provided. The method can include receiving from a mobile device an image of a GUI for a computing application displayed in a separate computer. The method additionally can include determining from the image a subject portion of the computing application and retrieving help information from the computing application corresponding to the subject portion of the computing application. Finally, the method can include returning the help information to the mobile device for display in the mobile device. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007614 | GUIDE MODE FOR GESTURE SPACES - A gesture system executes actions or commands based on gesture inputs. The system includes a detection subsystem and a gesture processing device. The detection subsystem monitor a plurality of gesture spheres, including a participant gesture sphere and a guide gesture sphere. The participant gesture sphere corresponds to a first user and a participant domain on a display device. The guide gesture sphere corresponds to a second user. The gesture processing device implements a guide mode to execute an action within the participant domain based on a gesture from the guide gesture sphere. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007615 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED MEAL PREPARATION GUIDE - A computer-implemented meal planning guide is provided to facilitate users in preparing meals in which multiple food items (e.g., dishes) or courses are to be provided. The meal planning guide may be implemented in a variety of computing environments, such as on a computing device of the user (e.g., tablet, mobile device, laptop or personal computer), web-environment or combination thereof. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007616 | GUIDE MODE FOR GESTURE SPACES - A gesture system executes actions or commands based on gesture inputs. The system includes a detection subsystem and a gesture processing device. The detection subsystem monitor a plurality of gesture spheres, including a participant gesture sphere and a guide gesture sphere. The participant gesture sphere corresponds to a first user and a participant domain on a display device. The guide gesture sphere corresponds to a second user. The gesture processing device implements a guide mode to execute an action within the participant domain based on a gesture from the guide gesture sphere. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007617 | Media Player Navigation - A method and apparatus of media player navigation is provided. A media selection context for each of a plurality of media items selected for playback by the media player is stored. A selection context display input is received by the media player and the selection context of the currently playing media item is determined and displayed in the media player. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007618 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIXED-MEDIA CONTENT GUIDANCE - Systems and methods for mixed-media content guidance are provided. One or more interactive tools are provided for searching and/or filtering media content (e.g., music content, movie content, etc.). In some embodiments, these interactive tools may include a two-dimensional selection region, where the two-dimensional selection region is divided into a plurality of sub-regions and defines an intersection between a first criterion and a second criterion. In response to receiving a user selection of a sub-region from the two-dimensional selection region, a subset of a plurality of media identifiers may be determined. At least a portion of the subset of media identifiers may be selected for presentation to the user. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007619 | CHAPTER CREATING DEVICE, CHAPTER CREATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - A chapter creating device creates chapter data which indicates a reproduction point of content including at least one of screen image and sound and includes time information indicating a reproduction start position and a header indicating the outline of the content at the reproduction point. The chapter creating device includes: a live data receiving unit that receives live data including character string data which is input to a terminal; a chapter candidate selecting unit that displays the live data received by the live data receiving unit on a display unit so as to prompt a user to select the displayed live data using an input unit; and a chapter creating unit that creates the chapter data including the character string data of the selected live data as the header and the data registration date and time of the selected live data as the time information. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007620 | System and Method for Visual Search in a Video Media Player - There is provided a system and method for visual search in a video media player. There is provided a computing device for performing a visual search in video files comprising a display, a memory, a video media player application in the memory, and a processor configured to store into the memory search terms by allowing a user to visually select objects as search terms using a user interface on the display, initiate a search using the search terms, obtain search results comprising time offsets and play durations within the video files, each play duration containing at least one frame corresponding to the search terms, and display navigational controls in the user interface for presenting the search results, including selectable graphical thumbnail images or preview videos. A user can select objects via outlined, highlighted, or otherwise visually identified objects in a video frame, the selecting enabled by associated search metadata. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007621 | SYSTEM FOR LEARNING NAMES OF MEMBERS OF AN ORGANIZATION - A system for learning the names and information about individual members of a group includes a server. A database is in communication with the server and stores the names and likenesses of a first group of individuals. Names and job types of a second group of individuals is stored in the database and the server associates respective members of the first group of individuals with respective individuals of the second group of individuals as a function of the job type of the second group of individuals. A remote computer is in communication with the server. The server causes the display of the associated member of the first group to the respective member of the second group at the remote computer. The remote computer has a graphical user interface. The server causes the name and the likeness of two or more individuals of the first group to be displayed at the remote computer. The remote computer enables the user to graphically match a name of at least one individual in the first group to a likeness of any one of the displayed individuals. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007622 | DEMONSTRATING A SOFTWARE PRODUCT - A method for demonstrating a software product that includes providing by a server, in response to a software product selected by a user via a terminal device, graphical user interface (GUI) shadow data created using predetermined event information and actions for downloading by the terminal device. The GUI shadow data enables the terminal device to demonstrate the software product. Additionally, a system and computer program product for demonstating software are described. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007623 | Display Generating Device, Display Generating Method, Program, and Wireless Communication System - A display generating device includes a display screen generator generating a display screen showing connection status between each wireless communication device in a wireless network in which a plurality of the wireless communication devices operate in an autonomous and distributed manner, and a detector detecting an operation of changing connection status performed by a user via the display screen generated by the display screen generator, wherein, when the operation of changing connection status is detected by the detector, the display generating device performs a change process of reflecting the content of the operation of changing connection status. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007624 | LAUNCHING SERVICE APPLICATIONS USING A VIRTUAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A network service administration system including a plurality of service objects, a plurality of address objects; and a service configuration application for a multifunction appliance running on a client computer coupled to the appliance via a network. The service configuration application includes an interface allowing subscribers to configure at least a subset of application content services provided by the appliance and including a rule set implementing rules in ones of said application content services in said subset based on changes to configurations of any other of said application content services. Each of said service objects may comprise an individual network service definition. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007625 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING MOBILE DEVICES TO A BACKEND SERVER IN AN ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT AND INITIATING A BUSINESS PROCESS - An apparatus, system, and computer-implemented method are disclosed for connecting a mobile device to a backend server. The backend server includes a processor, a memory, and an input/output interface for receiving and transmitting information to and from the processor. The method comprising capturing information using a mobile device; providing the captured information to the backend server; creating a document in the backend server that includes the captured information; associating the document with a business object; and initiating a business process in accordance with the business object and the recorded information. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007626 | HISTORY TIMELINE DISPLAY FOR VEHICLE FLEET MANAGEMENT - A vehicle management system can generate a vehicle management user interface that depicts vehicle history information in timelines or graphical timelines. These history timelines can include information regarding vehicle location, speed, and idling, among other useful information. The graphical nature of the history timelines can quickly convey vehicle tracking details and potential problems, such as idling and congregation, to an administrator. Further, history timelines for multiple vehicles can be displayed in parallel, allowing comparison between histories for different vehicles. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007627 | PRESENTING ENTITY PROFILE INFORMATION TO A USER OF A COMPUTING DEVICE - Entity profile information is presented to a user of a computing device. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a communication associated with a first entity; in response to receiving the communication, creating or updating, by at least one processor, a first entity profile, wherein the first entity profile is for display to the user on the computing device; and storing a plurality of entity profiles for entities, the entity profiles including the first entity profile. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007628 | USER INTERFACE FOR A HANDHELD DEVICE - A user interface and method for composing a message to be sent over a wireless network environment using a handheld device is disclosed. According to the method, upon receipt of a user request to compose a message, a screen is displayed with a recipient field for a recipient address, an associated label to indicate that the recipient field is for a recipient address, and a message body field for holding message content. The method further includes, upon each keystroke entry of text to the recipient field, looking up entries from an address book which match the text, and displaying a selection menu representing addresses from at least a portion of the entries as well as cached entries previously looked up from a global address book. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007629 | Adapting Data Quality Rules Based Upon User Application Requirements - During application of data quality rules to a data set obtained from a data source, data is retrieved from the data source along with a common set of rules configured to format the retrieved data in a manner in accordance with one or more predefined data quality rules of the common set of rules. At least one predefined data quality rule is adjusted utilizing at least one editable widget to form a modified set of data quality rules adapted for use with a specified application. The modified set of data quality rules is applied to the retrieved data. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007630 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTANTANEOUSLY DEPLOYING PACKETIZED ALERT DATA - One or more embodiments of the invention are directed to a system and method for instantaneously deploying packetized alert data in a one to many configuration or a many to many configuration where the data to be received by each recipient can be customized in a way that leaves a publisher with optimum control over the content or revenue generated from each deployment. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007631 | METHOD AND SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO ASSESS A FEE FOR COMMUNICATION FACILITATION REGARDING PUBLICATION INFORMATION - A method and system are configured to assess a fee for communication facilitation. An electronic publication system includes a publication module configured to generate a user interface. The user interface includes search result information associated with a first entity and communication initiation information associated with the first entity. The communication initiation information includes identification information configured to identify a contact module of the first entity. The communication initiation information may be selectable to facilitate communication with the first entity. The publication system also includes a receiving module configured to receive a lead data record from a communication system for communication between the first entity and a second entity via the contact module. The publication system also includes a fee assessment module configured to receive the lead data record and to assess a fee to the first entity. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007632 | IM Contact List Entry as a Game in Progress Designate - A method and apparatus for using a contact-list entry of an IM contact-list interface to designate an IM game in progress to facilitate switching between an IM conversation and an IM game. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007633 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING MESSAGE LIST FUNCTIONALITY - Systems, methods, computer program products, and networks for enhancing message list functionality. In some embodiments, a method includes: after a message in a message list has been indicated by a user performing a gesture on an input module manipulating a graphical user interface whose content included the message list so as to enable data, which relates to content of the message, and which was not visible when the user performed the gesture, to be displayed to the user. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007634 | SOCIAL ARTIFACT PRIORITIZATION BASED ON A GLOBAL VIEW OF USER COLLABORATION - A method, system, and computer program product for social artifact prioritization in view to a social networking service is provided. The method can include the initial receipt of a characterization of a collaboration between a particular end user and a different end user in a first social networking service. The method additionally can include the selection of information in a second social networking service and the association of the selected information with the different end user. Finally, the method can include the prioritization of a display of the selected information in the second social networking service for the particular end user based upon the association of the selected information with the different end user and the characterization | 2013-01-03 |
20130007635 | TELECONFERENCING ADJUNCT AND USER INTERFACE TO SUPPORT TEMPORARY TOPIC-BASED EXCLUSIONS OF SPECIFIC PARTICIPANTS - An aspect associates people participating in a conference with one or more specific topics. This association can limit a particular participant's participation to specific topic(s) they are associated with, the one or more media streams for the other topics excluded from viewing and/or listening. For example, if a participant is to provide a presentation for Item 4, and that is the only item the participant should be participating in, that participant could be allowed to join the conference with a status message being provided to the participant as the conference progresses through Items 1-3. An “on-deck” message can be provided to the meeting participant indicating their agenda item is almost ready for discussion, and when Item-4 is selected to be discussed, the participant is provided with one or more appropriate media streams for the conference. The media for the other media streams blocked from the participant for the other items. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007636 | Security Enhancements for Immersive Environments - In some example embodiments, a method includes defining a tracking area for a first avatar in an online immersive environment, wherein the tracking area encompasses the first avatar and some defined area beyond the first avatar. The first avatar represents a first person who is a guardian of a second person in the real world and external to the online immersive environment. A second avatar represents the second person in the online immersive environment. The method includes tracking a path through the online immersive environment of the tracking area for the first avatar. The method includes marking a region in the online immersive environment as a safe zone for the second avatar, after the path of the tracking area for the first avatar has traversed the region. The method includes authorizing access to the region marked as the safe zone for the second avatar in the online immersive environment. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007637 | Electronic Space And Method For Providing Resources To Facilitate Ideation - A method and system are provided for organizing and assembling information and resources for display as part of an electronic space supported on a network. The electronic space preferably resembles a room. The room is decorated with selected images that may be iconic representations that activate links to specific resources such as databases, technical information, word processing applications, etc., that are user selected to support idea conception and evaluation to promote creativity, innovation and improved problem solving. The electronic space enables a user to customize an on-line workplace with decorations as well as active links to selected resources which may include human resources such as colleagues, co-workers or expert. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007638 | System and Method for Creating and Manipulating Synthetic Environments - Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable media for synthesizing a virtual window. The method includes receiving an environment feed, selecting video elements of the environment feed, displaying the selected video elements on a virtual window in a window casing, selecting non-video elements of the environment feed, and outputting the selected non-video elements coordinated with the displayed video elements. Environment feeds can include synthetic and natural elements. The method can further toggle the virtual window between displaying the selected elements and being transparent. The method can track user motion and adapt the displayed selected elements on the virtual window based on the tracked user motion. The method can further detect a user in close proximity to the virtual window, receive an interaction from the detected user, and adapt the displayed selected elements on the virtual window based on the received interaction. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007639 | INSTANT MESSAGING ASSOCIATION TO REMOTE DESKTOPS - A remote desktop capability includes a message area on the agent's remote desktop display. Incoming instant messages on an instant messaging application on the agent's primary desktop are passed through to the message area on the remote desktop display. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007640 | TRACKING INTERACTIVE TEXT-MESSAGE COMMUNICATIONS - Internet or networked communication message items are selectively synchronized and tracked. An interactive communication application presents a message entry interface enabling a user to select a discrete question for tracking, creating tracking thread. The message is presented by visually distinguishing the tracked question from a remainder of message items, and the thread is updated in response to a reply message comprising a linked answer. A secondary tracking display interface presents thread pluralities and enables a user to select and resend an unanswered question or an unacknowledged answer. An answer may be automatically or explicitly linked to a question. Selecting or linking a question or answer may be effected through a cursor routine or special text string inputs, and the special text string inputs may be user defined. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007641 | IM Contact List Entry as a Game in Progress Designate - A method and apparatus for using a contact-list entry of an IM contact-list interface to designate an IM game in progress to facilitate switching between an IM conversation and an IM game. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007642 | CONTAINING AND ACCESSING MULTIPLE WEB BROWSERS - A method and system for displaying a web page. Each record in a container browser includes a web site locator of a web site and a web browser identifier of a web browser associated with the web site. A first web browser retrieves and displays a particular web page from a first web site. A user desires to replace a web browser identifier of a first web browser in a first record in the container browser with a web browser identifier of a second web browser. The web browser identifier of the second web browser is received from the user. The web browser identifier of the first web browser is replaced by the web browser identifier of the second web browser in the first record. The second web browser retrieves and displays the particular web page from the first web site. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007643 | SYSTEM TO OVERLAY APPLICATION HELP ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A method, system, and computer program product for displaying help information on a mobile device is provided. The method can include receiving from a mobile device an image of a GUI for a computing application displayed in a separate computer. The method additionally can include determining from the image a subject portion of the computing application and retrieving help information from the computing application corresponding to the subject portion of the computing application. Finally, the method can include returning the help information to the mobile device for display in the mobile device. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007644 | PROFILING SYSTEM, PROFILING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A GUI part selector | 2013-01-03 |
20130007645 | VISUAL TIME FILTER CONTROL TOOL FOR DATA ANALYSIS APPLICATIONS - A visual time filter control (“VTFC”) tool enables a user to select one or more time periods for which the user desires to time filter data via a graphical user interface (“GUI”). According to one aspect, a computer-implemented method for filtering data by time includes displaying a GUI of a VTFC tool. The GUI includes a plurality of selectable time periods. The method further includes associating the VTFC tool with data, receiving a selection of one or more of the plurality of selectable time periods via the GUI of the VTFC tool, filtering the data in accordance with the selection to create a filtered dataset of the data, and displaying the filtered dataset. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007646 | USER INTERFACE FOR BUILDING A SEARCH QUERY - This description herein relates to a computer, a user interface, and a method for providing a user interface for a computer, wherein the user interface is for building a search query. The user interface allows a user to build a search query with visual manipulations of cells. Accordingly, complex search query may be easily and quickly built and at the same time reduce the errors commonly associated with text string search queries. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007647 | DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY METHOD - Moving a drag object on a screen in accordance with an operation of a pointer includes moving, using a processor, the drag object by a movement amount larger than a movement amount of a pointer, wherein a display position of the pointer is moved in accordance with an operation performed by a user, and displaying the drag object. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007648 | Automatic Task Extraction and Calendar Entry - Automatically detected and identified tasks and calendar items from electronic communications may be populated into one or more tasks applications and calendaring applications. Text content retrieved from one or more electronic communications may be extracted and parsed for determining whether keywords or terms contained in the parsed text may lead to a classification of the text content or part of the text content as a task. Identified tasks may be automatically populated into a tasks application. Similarly, text content from such sources may be parsed for keywords and terms that may be identified as indicating calendar items, for example, meeting requests. Identified calendar items may be automatically populated into a calendar application as a calendar entry. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007649 | Control Elements of Graphical User Interfaces - Various aspects of this disclosure are directed to displaying, by a computing device, a plurality of components of a graphical user interface. Each of the plurality of components may display one or more members of at least one dimensional level of a database having a plurality of dimensions. Each dimension of the plurality of dimensions may include one or more dimensional levels. The computing device may determine a first dimensional level of a first dimension of the plurality of dimensions having one or more members displayed in two or more of the plurality of components, and may display a control element including an indication of the dimensional level having the one or more members displayed in each of the two or more components. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007650 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT REFUELING TRUCKS - According to various embodiments, apparatuses and methods for providing a control system for aircraft refueling trucks is provided. The control system is configured for facilitating remote troubleshooting of one or more safety mechanisms associated with a flow of liquid fuel from a refueling vehicle to an aircraft, and analyzes data to determine whether one or more parameters associated with the one or more safety mechanisms have been satisfied. Once determined, the control system may generate a status for one or more selectable status indicators associated with the one or more safety mechanisms and display a visual representation of a particular safety mechanism associated with the selected status indicator The visual representation may include an image representing at least a physical location of the particular safety mechanism relative to the refueling truck so as to facilitate remote troubleshooting of the particular safety mechanism. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007651 | Control Elements of Graphical User Interfaces - Various aspects of this disclosure are directed to displaying, by a computing device, a plurality of components of a graphical user interface. Each of the plurality of components may display one or more members of at least one dimensional level of a database having a plurality of dimensions. Each dimension of the plurality of dimensions may include one or more dimensional levels. The computing device may determine a first dimensional level of a first dimension of the plurality of dimensions having one or more members displayed in two or more of the plurality of components, and may display a control element including an indication of the dimensional level having the one or more members displayed in each of the two or more components. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007652 | Partial Updating of Diagram Display - A creation, editing, and display tool for complex diagrams may enable portions of the diagram to be updated without having to update the entire diagram. The tool may use a set of rules that define the positioning and layout of various elements and relationships between elements in the diagram. The update mechanism may enable the rules to be applied to a subset of the diagram and may not update some portions of the diagram, such as those elements outside the viewing area. In some embodiments, a background or low priority process may apply the rules to those portions not updated. The tool may be used for various diagrams, including sequence diagrams and other complex, highly restrained diagram types. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007653 | Electronic Device and Method with Dual Mode Rear TouchPad - A method is provided in a user interface of an electronic device with a touch screen display with a first touch-sensitive surface on a first side and a second touch-sensitive surface on a second side. The method includes operating the device in a default mode; receiving a predetermined first touch input while in the default mode; enabling a navigation mode on the second touch-sensitive surface based on the receiving the predetermined first touch input; navigating through an image on the a touch screen display based on a further touch input on the second touch-sensitive surface while in the navigation mode; and disabling the navigation mode on the second touch-sensitive surface and operating the electronic device in the default mode based on a predetermined second touch input. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007654 | Accelerated Panning User Interface Interactions - A computer-implemented user interface method includes displaying on a touch screen a potion of a large scale graphical space that is at least multiples larger than the device display, receiving from a user of the device an input to pan within the graphical space, automatically generating a pop up graphical panning control in response to receiving the user input, and receiving a user input to the panning control and providing panning in the graphical space, wherein movement of the panning control in a single selection is able to pan the display across a substantial portion of the large scale graphical space. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007655 | FLATTENING A SUBSET OF CONFIGURATION USER INTERFACE (UI) PANELS IN A HIERARCHY OF UI PANELS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for flattening a subset of configuration UI panels in a hierarchy of UI panels. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for flattening a subset of configuration UI panels in a hierarchy of UI panels has been provided. The method includes executing a query against an index of artifacts for which configuration parameter values are receivable in a corresponding panel disposed within a hierarchy of panels of an application. The method additionally includes receiving a result set of artifacts from the index for the query and identifying panels in the hierarchy corresponding to artifacts in the result set. Finally, the method includes displaying a single window in the application with an arrangement of the identified panels. Of note, the method also can include receiving configuration parameter values for the artifacts of the result set through the identified panels in the single window and applying the received configuration parameter values for the artifacts of the result set. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007656 | CONTENT AND WINDOW OVERLAY AND CONFIGURATION - Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter are directed to selecting an area of a first window, which contains first content, in response to user input, generating a second window that contains second content that is substantially similar to a portion of the first content contained within the area of the first window, and superimposing the second window over a target window. The target window can be the first window or a third window. Some embodiments are further directed to affixing the second window to remain stationary and above the target window when the target window is active or in focus. Some embodiments are further directed to modifying target content in the target window in response to the activation of the second content (e.g., sorting target content based on activation of a sorting control within the second window, modifying number values in the target window based on number values of the second content, etc.). | 2013-01-03 |
20130007657 | METHOD FOR QUICK RESPONSE ICONIC TAGS ON OFFLINE SIGNAGE, DOCUMENTS AND VISUAL MEDIA - This invention discloses an improved method for tagging ( | 2013-01-03 |
20130007658 | GROUPING EXPANDED AND COLLAPSED ROWS IN A TREE STRUCTURE - A method for viewing a tree structure can include retrieving, by a computer, the tree structure having a plurality of nodes for viewing on a display, receiving, by the computer, a user selection of a first node for expansion, receiving, by the computer, a user selection of a second node for expansion and grouping the first node and the second node. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007659 | REPRESENTING AN INTEREST PRIORITY OF AN OBJECT TO A USER BASED ON PERSONAL HISTORIES OR SOCIAL CONTEXT - A method and apparatus assigns a quantative variable to each object (or set of objects) in a collection available to a user. The quantative variable is referred to as the Interest Priority Value (IPV). The IPV defines a range of states of the object, between ‘accessed’ and ‘unaccessed’, and is calculated based on one or more attributes of the object. A object with the highest IPV is the most ‘unaccessed,’ and the object with the lowest IPV is the least ‘unaccessed.’ The IPV may be used in a visual representation of the collection of objects, thereby permitting a user to readily identify and obtain those objects of greatest interest to the particular user. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007660 | TOUCH GESTURE FOR DETAILED DISPLAY - In general, the present disclosure is directed to techniques for displaying, e.g., events of multiple calendars or annotations in a word processor in a single view. In one example, a method includes, providing a first calendar and a second calendar, wherein the first calendar includes a first group of calendar events at least some of which have corresponding textual event details, and wherein the second calendar includes a second group of calendar events at least some of which have corresponding textual event details; receiving a user input to select one of the first calendar or the second calendar; displaying the one or more corresponding textual event details of the first group of calendar events for the first calendar; and displaying visual representations of the second group of calendar events for the second calendar without displaying the corresponding textual event details. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007661 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING USER PREFERENCE TAG CLOUDS - Systems and methods for generating and displaying user preferences in a tag cloud are provided in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention. A user preference tag cloud may be of any shape and size and may be generated using a stencil selected by a user. A user preference tag cloud may thus present a user's media preferences in an attractive and compelling visual arrangement that, in some embodiments, also functions as an intuitive interface which allows users to indicate and/or modify their preferences. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007662 | PRIORITIZATION OF URGENT TASKS ON MOBILE DEVICES - Application launching icons are prioritized and displayed on a mobile electronic device having a limited display area. How much time is available to a user for use of the device is determined, and any tasks that correspond to defined priorities are identified. The application launching icons are prioritized for display order in accordance with time and priorities to provide the user with a prioritized arrangement of the applications as represented by the icons in order to accomplish priority tasks. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007663 | Displaying Content - A method comprises causing at least one of a set of content items to be displayed in a first region of a display; causing at least one of the set of content items to be displayed in a second region of the display; in response to an input in relation to the second region, causing at least one other of the set of content items to be displayed in the second region; and, in response to determining that a selected one of the set of content items is not being displayed in the second region, causing an element associated with the selected content item to be displayed. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007664 | USER INTERFACE FOR SELECTING A PHOTO TAG - There is disclosed a user interface for selecting a photo tag. In an embodiment, the user interface embodies a method of selecting a photo tag for a tagged photo, comprising: providing a tag entry field for entering a photo tag; in dependence upon a string entered by a user, displaying in a matching tag list any tags from one or more selected tag sources matching the entered string. The method may further comprise displaying a tag type for each tag appearing in the matching tag list. The method may further comprise allowing user selection of a tag in the matching tag list to complete the tag entry field. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007665 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED FROM MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying notifications received from multiple applications. In some embodiments, an electronic device can monitor notifications that are received from the multiple applications. Responsive to receiving the notifications, the electronic device can control the manner in which the notifications are displayed while the device is operating in a locked or an unlocked state. In some embodiments, the electronic device can allow users to customize how notifications are to be displayed while the device is in the locked and/or unlocked states. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007666 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE, METHOD OF MOVING FUNCTION ICON AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIA COMPRISING COMPUTER EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTIONS - An electronic device with a touch screen device selectively displaying one of a plurality of desktop screens is disclosed. Each desktop screen includes function icons and page icons associated with desktop screens. The electronic device further includes a function icon sensing module, a function icon moving module, a page icon sensing module and a page flipping module. The function icon sensing module senses touch on the function icons. The function icon moving module moves the function icon when an icon move operation has been performed. The page icon sensing module senses the touch on a page icon. The page flipping module controls the touch screen device to display a desired desktop screen associated with the selected page icon and add the selected function icon to the desired desktop screen. A method of moving function icon and one or more computer readable storage media comprising computer executable instructions are also disclosed. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007667 | PEOPLE CENTRIC, CROSS SERVICE, CONTENT DISCOVERY SYSTEM - A menu structure is provided which allows a user of a computing device to more easily consolidate and navigate images and/or albums regardless of their location. Moreover, the menu structure is dynamically tailored to individual users based on their previous interactions with the people appearing in the images/albums. The menu includes icons representing images (e.g., photos) or collections of images that have been categorized based in part on metadata respectively associated with the images. The metadata may have been provided by tagging the images or posting the images on one or more social networking sites. The order in which the icons are presented on the menu or interface may be based on their relative relevance or importance to the user. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007668 | MULTI-VISOR: MANAGING APPLICATIONS IN HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS - A system and method are provided that enhances a user's experience when using a see-through near eye display device. A user interface is provided for a user to manage single or simultaneous applications in a head mounted device. Applications for the head mounted device may be activated or deactivated by the user via the user-interface. The user's total field of view (TFOV) which accounts for a complete range of rotation and translation of the user's head may be determined by tracking the user's head position and rotation relative to the user's body and an environment associated with the user. One region of the user's TFOV (e.g., the right-hand side) may display an “application menu” including a list of applications that can be launched, and another region of the user's TFOV (e.g., the left-hand side) may display an “active menu” including a list of applications currently running. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007669 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EDITING INTERACTIVE THREE-DIMENSION MULTIMEDIA, AND ONLINE EDITING AND EXCHANGING ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD THEREOF - A system and method are provided to edit interactive three-dimensional multimedia. A user interface of the system is provided with an event level template that includes event series levels with multiple event developing points. Through the user interface, multiple interactive events related to a first character of the event developing point are edited. Through a three-dimensional engine, interactive relevances are built up between interactive events and multiple materials inside one or more database. When the interactive three-dimensional multimedia with multiple materials is output, the interactive events corresponding to the event developing points are performed according to a user command. An online editing and exchanging method integrated with the system and method is also provided to share pre-edited templates on an exchange server; each of the pre-edited templates is extracted from an interactive three-dimensional multimedia pre-edited by the system and method. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007670 | AUDIO-VISUAL NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION DYNAMIC MEMORY ARCHITECTURES - According to one embodiment, a plurality of spatial publishing objects (SPOs) is provided in a multidimensional space in a user interface. Each of the plurality of spatial publishing objects is associated with digital media data from at least one digital media source. The user interface has a field for the digital media data. A user is provided via the user interface with a user presence that is optionally capable of being represented in the user interface relative to the plurality of spatial publishing objects. The digital media data associated with the at least one spatial publishing object are combined to generate a media output corresponding to the combined digital media data. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007671 | MULTI-FACETED RELATIONSHIP HUBS - Multi-faceted relationship hubs can support browsing an extensible set of relationship types from within a single tool window. A user can switch between relationship types within a single tool window without disrupting user flow by having to change context in a plurality of tool windows. Multiple instances of relationship hubs can be created. Browsing navigation history can be stored, allowing a user to maintain and reacquire relationship contexts. A user can preview the content of one or more files without opening the file. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007672 | Methods and Systems for Correlating Head Movement with Items Displayed on a User Interface - The present description discloses systems and methods for moving and selecting items in a row on a user interface in correlation with a user's head movements. One embodiment may include measuring an orientation of a user's head and communicating the measurement to a device. Next, the device can be configured to execute instructions to correlate the measurement with a shift of a row of items displayed in a user interface, and execute instructions to cause the items to move in accordance with the correlation. The device may also receive a measurement of an acceleration of the user's head movement, and can be configured to execute instructions to cause the items to move at an acceleration comparable to the measured acceleration. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007673 | REPOSITION PHYSICAL MEDIA - A device including a touch component to detect a directional hand gesture, a media compartment to receive physical media, and a mechanism to reposition the physical media from the media compartment if the directional hand gesture is detected and if the media compartment includes the physical media. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007674 | RESOLVING DOUBLE PATTERNING CONFLICTS - A mechanism is provided for resolving patterning conflicts. The mechanism performs decomposition with stitches at all candidate locations to find the solution with the minimum number of conflicts. The mechanism then defines interactions between a layout of a first mask and a layout of a second mask through design rules, as well as interactions of mask | 2013-01-03 |
20130007675 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STENCIL DESIGN FOR PARTICLE BEAM WRITING - Various embodiments of the present invention relate to particle beam writing to fabricate an integrated circuit on a wafer. In various embodiments, cell projection (CP) cell library information is stored in the form of a data structure. Subsequently, the CP cell library information is referenced by a writing system. The patterns are written on the wafer depending on the referenced CP cell library. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007676 | METHOD FOR THE DEFINITION OF A LIBRARY OF APPLICATION-DOMAIN-SPECIFIC LOGIC CELLS - The present invention provides in one aspect a method of defining a logic cell library composed of complex functions and simple functions, with some of the complex functions obtained from identifying logic function patterns. In another aspect the present invention provides a method of designing a representation of an integrated circuit that uses complex functions and simple functions, with the complex functions including a plurality of non-standard complex Boolean logic functions that are determined to collectively provide for logic pattern minimization. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007677 | Method of implementing IEC 61131-3 control specification through verilog HDL description for modeling, simulation and synthesis of control logic configuration for integrated circuit implementation - The present invention relates to a method of implementing an IEC 61131-3 control specification through Verilog HDL description comprising the steps of (a) creating user interface for the control specification including languages covered under the IEC 61131-3, particularly ladder diagram, functional block diagram, sequential flow charts, structured text or instruction set listing; (b) generating a list of network interconnections with reference to the above referred languages; (c) generating logic equations using the aforesaid list of network interconnections generated at step (b) above; (d) generating Verilog HDL code snippets in accordance with the IEC 61131-3; (e) generating Verilog HDL code representing hardware with PLC functionality through said control specification by using the Verilog HDL code snippets generated at step (d), the logic equations at step (c) and the network interconnections at step (b). | 2013-01-03 |
20130007678 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHODS AND APPLICATION THEREOF - An exemplary integrated circuit module includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor has a first channel length and a first threshold voltage. The second transistor is electrically coupled to the first transistor and has a second channel length and a second threshold voltage. The second channel length is greater than the first channel length, the absolute value of the second threshold voltage is smaller than the absolute value of the first threshold voltage, and the first transistor and the second transistor have a same threshold voltage implant concentration. Moreover, a manufacturing method of such integrated circuit module, and an application of such integrated circuit module to computer aided design of logic circuit also are provided. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007679 | RECONFIGURABLE LOGIC BLOCK - A programmable logic device includes logic blocks such as a logic array blocks (LAB) that can be configured as a random access memory (RAM) or as a lookup table (LUT). A mode flag is provided to indicate the mode of operation of configuration logic such as a configuration RAM (CRAM) used during partial reconfiguration of a logic block. An enable read flag is provided to indicate if values stored in the configuration logic are to be read out or a known state is to be read out during a data verification process. Thus, exclusion and inclusion of portions of a region of configuration logic from data verification and correction processes allow a region of configuration logic to store both a design state and a user defined state. Moreover, the region of configuration logic may be dynamically reconfigured from one state to another without causing verification errors. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007680 | Coverage Based Pairwise Test Set Generation for Verification of Electronic Designs - With various implementations of the invention, test sequences are generated using a pairwise methodology. The generated test sequences are checked using a constraint solver to determine if the test sequences satisfy a set of constraints. In some implementations, the uncovered pairs for a particular input are checked using the constraint solver to determine if any pairs violate the constraints. Any pairs found to violate the constraints can be excluded from the test set. With some implementations, the uncovered pairs are sorted such that the sum of every three consecutive elements is odd. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007681 | YIELD BASED FLOP HOLD TIME AND SETUP TIME DEFINITION - Systems and method for defining a timing parameter for a circuit element based on process variation, including, determining a point of failure parameter associated with the timing parameter, the point of failure parameter correlated with a specific value of the process variation. A standard deviation associated with the point of failure parameter is determined. The process variation per the standard deviation is calculated and the timing parameter for the circuit element is defined as a function of the failure parameter, the standard deviation, and the process variation per the standard deviation. A margin factor, which varies with the standard deviation, is optionally applied to the timing parameter. The timing parameter may be one of a setup time or hold time. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007682 | MATCHING SYSTEMS WITH POWER AND THERMAL DOMAINS - A system, and computer program product for matching systems with power and thermal domains are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A subset of the set of systems is sorted according to size to form a sorted list of systems. The smallest remaining system in the sorted list of systems is selected. The smallest remaining system is allocated to a domain responsive to a determination that the domain can service the smallest remaining system. A system from a second subset is allocated to a plurality of domains such that the plurality of domains includes a smallest number of domains from the set of domains. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007683 | REDUCING OBSERVABILITY OF MEMORY ELEMENTS IN CIRCUITS - A method, apparatus and computer program product for modifying a circuit design. The method comprising: obtaining a design of a circuit, the design comprising at least a first memory element and a second memory element. The method further comprising selecting the second memory element to be a dominant memory element over the first memory element. The method further comprising modifying the design of the circuit by replacing usage of an output signal of the first memory element with usage of an output signal of the dominant memory element in one or more cycles in which values of the output signals of the first memory element and the dominant memory element are equal. Whereby a reduction in observabiltiy of the first memory element in the design is achieved. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007684 | AUTOMATED INLINE DEFECT CHARACTERIZATION - Defect characterization is a useful tool for analyzing and improving fabrication for semiconductor chips. By using layout and netlist in combination with images of semiconductors, defects can be identified and analyzed. Electrical simulation can be performed on the netlist, based on the presence of the defect that was detected. Layout geometries where the defect was detected can be binned and a search can be performed of the remainder of the layout for similar groupings of layout geometries. Various representations of the semiconductor can be cross mapped, including layout, schematic, and netlist. The presence of certain defects can be correlated to yield, performance, and other characteristics. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007685 | AUTOMATED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CLOCK INSERTION - A user device receives a request to perform an automatic clock insertion operation for an integrated circuit; retrieves location information regarding a group of components, of the integrated circuit, that use a clock signal; deploys a clock mesh based on the location information regarding the group of components; and inserts drop points into the clock mesh; deploys a particular buffer for a particular drop point; maps a component, of the group of components, to the particular buffer; generates a clock box for the particular buffer, where dimensions of the clock box are based on a location of the component; deploys an H-tree for the clock box, where dimensions of the H-tree are proportional to the clock box dimensions; connects the H-tree to the component; and displays or stores clock mesh information, information regarding the group of buffers, information regarding the H-tree, and the location information regarding the group of components. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007686 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM STORAGE DEVICE FOR MODELING THE CAPACITANCE ASSOCIATED WITH A DIFFUSION REGION OF A SILICON-ON-INSULATOR DEVICE - Disclosed are embodiments of a method, system and program storage device for accurately modeling parasitic capacitance(s) associated with a diffusion region of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) device and doing so based, at least in part, on proximity to adjacent conductive structures. In these embodiments, the layout of an integrated circuit design can be analyzed to determine, for the diffusion region, shape, dimension and proximity information. Then, a formula can be developed and used for determining the parasitic capacitance between the diffusion region and the substrate below (C | 2013-01-03 |
20130007687 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARTIAL RECONFIGURATION SIMULATION - Disclosed is a method of simulating partial reconfiguration of a programmable logic device (PLD). A wrapper module is incorporated into a logic description that may be implemented in a PLD. The wrapper module represents a first logic design. In response to receiving a parameter, the wrapper module changes to represent a second logic design. According to various embodiments, the logic description is a simulatable source file. The simulatable source file is a source file that is used by a simulation program to simulate partial reconfiguration of the logic design. The wrapper module of the simulatable source file receives a run-time parameter. In various embodiments, the logic description is a synthesizable source file. The synthesizable source file is a source file that is used by a synthesis tool to compile the source file into hardware. The wrapper module of the synthesizable source receives a compile-time parameter. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007688 | GENERATING A CONVERGENT CIRCUIT DESIGN FROM A FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION USING ENTITIES HAVING ACCESS TO THE FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION AND TO PHYSICAL DESIGN INFORMATION - A method of designing a circuit is described. In an embodiment, a physical design implementation for the circuit is created using a plurality of entities. These entities are named “genomes”. Each entity includes a portion of a functional description of the circuit that has been synthesized into a gate-level implementation. An entity is selected to facilitate the physical design implementation meeting a plurality of design constraints. Several steps (e.g., beginning with selection of an entity) of this method are repeated several times to meet the design constraints. As a consequence, the physical design implementation provides more accurate information for use in a final physical design implementation. Moreover, the physical design implementation can be created faster than prior techniques while still allowing a global view of the physical design implementation in meeting design constraints. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007689 | Method and Apparatus For Performing Parallel Routing Using A Multi-Threaded Routing Procedure - A method for designing a system to be implemented on a target device includes generating bounding boxes on the target device for nets in the system where a bounding box identifies routing resources available for routing its corresponding net. The nets in the system are assigned to a plurality of threads to be routed. The threads are executed so that a plurality of the nets are routed in parallel within their corresponding bounding box. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007690 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SIMULATION METHOD FOR CHECKING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD POWER LOSS - An electronic device reads a layout file of a printed circuit board (PCB) to be manufactured from a storage device, obtains length information and section area information of copper cladding distributed on power source areas and ground trace areas in each of one or more layers of the PCB to be manufactured by analyzing the layout file, and calculates power loss in each of the one or more layers according to the length information, the section area information, a resistance value of the copper cladding, and preset parameters of a power supply module and an integrated circuit (IC) load to be located on the PCB. In response to a determination that the power loss in the layer exceeds a preset range, the electronic device indicates the locations of the power source areas and the ground trace areas of a layer in the PCB layout file which need to be redesigned. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007691 | MATCHING SYSTEMS WITH POWER AND THERMAL DOMAINS - A method for matching systems with power and thermal domains is provided in the illustrative embodiments. A subset of the set of systems is sorted according to size to form a sorted list of systems. The smallest remaining system in the sorted list of systems is selected. The smallest remaining system is allocated to a domain responsive to a determination that the domain can service the smallest remaining system. A system from a second subset is allocated to a plurality of domains such that the plurality of domains includes a smallest number of domains from the set of domains. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007692 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR MODELING INTERPOSER RC COUPLINGS - A method comprises analyzing front side conductive patterns and back side conductive patterns on a semiconductor interposer using a machine implemented RC extraction tool, and outputting data representing a plurality of respective RC nodes from the RC extraction tool to a tangible persistent machine readable storage medium. A substrate mesh model of the semiconductor interposer is generated, having a plurality of substrate mesh nodes. Each substrate mesh node is connected to adjacent ones of the plurality of substrate mesh nodes by respective substrate impedance elements. A set of inputs to a timing analysis tool is formed. The plurality of RC nodes are connected to ones of the plurality of substrate mesh nodes of the substrate mesh model. The set of inputs is stored in a tangible machine readable storage medium. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007693 | MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENT OF APPLICATIONS WITH MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS IN AN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are provided to implement a design apparatus for applications in an industrial automation environment. The design apparatus is configured to maintain multiple configuration settings in connection with an application project. At deployment-time, a particular configuration can be selected and utilized when building an application for installation on a target device. The same application project can be utilized to deploy the application to multiple systems through selection of different configurations. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007694 | PROJECT STORY BOARD TO BOARD COMMUNICATION TOOLS - Systems and methods provide for hosting one or more server computers comprising a project management software. The project management software may comprise a first story board comprising one or more stories for a first team. The first story board may be controlled by one or more first story board control panels. The project management software may also comprise a second story board comprising one or more stories for a second team. A sub-story may be created using the one or more first story board control panels. In one embodiment, this sub-story may be inserted into a backlog list for the second story board and an alert may be displayed on the second story board requesting the second team to implement the sub-story from the backlog list into the second story board. In another embodiment, the stories on the second story board may be about, but not used by, a second team. The first team may be responsible for updating the one or more stories to move the one or more stories, including the sub-story, through the second story board. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007695 | MODELLING SERIALIZED OBJECT STREAMS - Modelling a serialized object stream can include receiving a stream of bytes corresponding to the serialized form of a first object, creating an empty initial model for containing a generic object and a generic class, and, upon detection of a class from the stream, constructing a corresponding generic class object in the model using a processor. Upon detection of a new object from the stream, a corresponding generic object in the model can be constructed. Further objects and classes in the model that are associated with the generic objects and classes can be referenced. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007696 | PRESCRIBING A SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPLEMENTING SERVICE INTEGRATION - An approach is provided for prescribing a first software architecture to implement service integration. To determine first products, a first weight of a first software architecture is multiplied by weights of first requirements of a service. To determine second products, a second weight of a second software architecture is multiplied by weights of second requirements of the service. The first and second requirements are satisfied, respectively, by first and second sets of responses respectively associated with the first and second software architectures. The first products are summed and the second products are summed to determine first and second summations, respectively. The first summation is determined to be greater than the second summation. Based on the first summation being greater than the second summation, the first software architecture instead of the second software architecture is selected and prescribed to realize the service in a service integration implementation. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007697 | PROGRAM CREATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION SYSTEM - A program creation support apparatus ( | 2013-01-03 |
20130007698 | Methods and Systems for Enabling the Creation and Management of a Platform-Independent Application - A method for enabling the creation and management of a platform-independent application whose appearance and functionality is consistently propagated across heterogeneous device types includes receiving, by a device, a platform-independent data superstructure defining application appearance and behavior, the platform-independent data superstructure storing an application state, program code and internal logic of the application. A superstructure-dedicated operating system instantiates the application in the device according to the platform-independent data superstructure. The platform-independent data superstructure receives, from a device-native operating system via communication with the superstructure-dedicated operating system, at least one application event generated by an execution of the instantiated application and representative of an update to the application state. The platform-independent data superstructure updates information in a first segment of the platform-independent data superstructure associated with the at least one application event and updates, in accordance with the superstructure segment update, the application state in the device. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007699 | POPULATION OF DYNAMIC OBJECTS REPRESENTING STATIC NAMESPACE HIERARCHIES - A namespace-based static metadata model is projected into a dynamic programming environment. A dynamic object is created for each static namespace. The host environment populates the dynamic object with a top-level namespace of the static namespace. The dynamic objects are defined such that a request for a member a member of the namespace lazily populates the static metadata into a projected sub-namespace object or a projected type object. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007700 | CODE SUGGESTIONS - Code suggestion technique embodiments are presented that improve the productivity of a programmer by assisting in both the writing of code and in debugging the code as it is being written. In general, this is accomplished by automating a search of a database of the past work and problem solving activities of programmers to make suggestion to a programmer currently writing code. For example, as a programmer enters code, suggested ways of finishing a line or code section are presented based on how previous programmers finished a similar line or code section. Another example involves a programmer who encounters an error message while writing code. In such a case, the programmer is provided with a suggested fix or fixes, based on the actions taken by previous developers when encountering a similar problem. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007701 | CODE REMEDIATION - Various technologies related to code remediation are presented. Code to be remediated can be annotated with language-independent annotations. From the annotations, remediated code in a particular language can be generated. A wide variety of change types can be supported. Automatic or custom remediation can be achieved. Custom remediation can provide a user with control over the remediation process via helpful user interfaces. Considerable efficiency improvements can be realized without surrendering control of the remediation process. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007702 | STATIC METADATA IN DYNAMIC PROGRAMS - A dynamic programming environment includes a dynamic runtime infrastructure configured to receive static metadata as source text in a source code written in a dynamic programming language. The dynamic runtime infrastructure determines an object representation based on the static metadata from the source text in the source code. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007703 | EXTRACTION OF FUNCTIONAL SEMANTICS AND ISOLATED DATAFLOW FROM IMPERATIVE OBJECT ORIENTED LANGUAGES - Extraction of functional semantics and isolated dataflow from imperative object oriented languages, in one aspect, may include identifying one or more methods and/or classes associated with one or more of a plurality of property labels in a computer code written in object oriented language to extract functional and isolation characteristics in the computer code. The plurality of property labels supported by one or more checking rules, are used to verify that the one or more methods and/or classes identified with the plurality of property labels have isolation characteristics. An object oriented language compiler is provided for supplying the plurality of property labels and checking rules. The object oriented language compiler further may include capability to transform methods into compute tasks and connect the compute tasks so as to create a dataflow graph. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007704 | CODE REVIEWER SELECTION IN A DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the present provide a method, system and computer program product for reviewer selection during distributed software development. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for reviewer selection during distributed software development can include receiving a request to review a module of source code stored in a source code repository and managed by an IDE executing in memory of a computer. The method also can include retrieving meta-data for the module of source code referencing different collaborators previously accessing the module of source code in the IDE. The method yet further can include ranking the collaborators according to at least one user centric characteristic of the module of source code. Finally, the method can include selecting a highest ranked one of the collaborators to review the module of source code. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007705 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PREDICTING ITEM PREFERENCE USING REVENUE-WEIGHTED COLLABORATIVE FILTER - Embodiments disclosed provide a system, method, and computer program product for identifying consumer items more likely to be bought by an individual user. In some embodiments, a collaborative filter may be used to rank items based on the degree to which they match user preferences. The collaborative filter may be hierarchical and may take various factors into consideration. Example factors may include the similarity among items based on observable features, a summary of aggregate online search behavior across multiple users, the item features determined to be most important to the individual user, and a baseline item against which a conditional probability of another item being selected is measured. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007706 | BUILDING OPTIMIZED DOWNLOAD MODULES LEVERAGING MODULARIZED DEPENDENCIES - Embodiments relate to building a downloadable application. In response to a request to build a downloadable application, a build system determines a set of resources used by the downloadable application. The build system reads this initial set of resources to discover other resources used by the downloadable application. The build system determines resource dependencies for the set of resources and the discovered set of resources, and creates a dependency data structure according to the resource dependencies. Using the dependency data structure, the build system determines a subset of the set of resources and the discovered set of resources to include in a module associated with the downloadable application. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007707 | Using the Z/OS Load Module System Status Index to Distinguish Product Tag Files - A method, system, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for managing software product information in a z/OS environment. Product information associated with a software product is determined and then processed to generate product tag information. A System Status Index (SSI) attribute is generated with a unique identifier signifying that the SSI attribute comprises SSI product tag information. The SSI product tag information is then associated with the SSI attribute with the unique identifier. The z/OS environment is then scanned for SSI attributes. Those SSI attributes comprising a unique identifier are processed to read their associated SSI product tag information. The product tag information is then processed to generate software product information, which is then stored in a repository of software product information. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007708 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An objective of the disclosed invention is to derive a more apt similarity by taking into account all components up to and including lower order components that are included in a model. The disclosed invention also allows carrying out more efficient information system building. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007709 | SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT - Dependency information corresponding to an artifact can be generated. In response to the generation of the dependency information, information version information is generated for the dependency corresponding to that of the artifact. In response to the update of the artifact, the dependency information corresponding to the artifact is updated. In response to the update of the dependency information, new version information is assigned to the updated dependency information, such that the new version information corresponds to the version information of the updated artifact. | 2013-01-03 |
20130007710 | Deploying Environments For Testing By Providing Instantaneous Availability Of Prebuilt Environments - Environments for testing are deployed. A library of different topology groupings is provided. An interface is presented to a user for receiving environment definitions. Elements from the library of different topology groupings are automatically provided to the user for creating a test environment according to the received environment definitions. The platform delivers fully configured instantaneous topology deployments of all flavors for product development and testing efforts. The topology deployment service platform is used to create reliable topologies of varying layers of complexity, varying machine providers, different roles, different product builds, integration with partners and varying product configurations. The ability to launch and create multiple test and development environments trivially in an automated reliable fashion allows complicated customer scenarios and configurations to be deployed. | 2013-01-03 |