05th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 68 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140032991 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STORING AND DECODING HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST TRANSMISSION BLOCK - A method and a device for storing and decoding a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission block are provided. The method includes obtaining an HARQ transmission block including at least one block during a downlink signal transmission, and storing the code block that cannot be correctly decoded to a divided storage space of a buffer. The storage space of the buffer is dynamically divided in a unit of code blocks. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032992 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SYSTEM, AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory that includes memory cells each storing 3 bits, a control unit that writes data to the non-volatile semiconductor memory, and an encoding unit that generates a first parity for user data stored in the first page, a second parity for user data stored in the second page, and a third parity for user data stored in the third page. The user data, the first parity, the third parity, and a portion of the second parity are written to the non-volatile semiconductor memory by a first data coding and a portion of the second parity and a portion of the third parity are written to the non-volatile semiconductor memory by second data coding in which the first page is 0 bit, the second page is 2 bits, and the third page is 1 bit. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032993 | METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA STORED IN FLASH MEMORY AND ASSOCIATED MEMORY DEVICE AND CONTROLLER - A method for managing data stored in a flash memory is provided, where the flash memory includes a plurality of blocks. The method includes: providing a program list, where the program list records information about programmed blocks of the plurality of blocks and sequence of write times of the programmed blocks; detecting quality of a first block of the plurality of blocks to generate a detecting result, where the first block is the programmed block that has an earliest write time; and determining whether to move contents of the first block to a blank block, and to delete the contents of the first block according to the detecting result. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032994 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - An transmission apparatus includes: a switching signal generation circuit configured to generate a switching signal in accordance with an error of a received signal; a switching circuit configured to perform reception switching in which a line through which the transmission apparatus receives a signal is switched from a working line to a protection line in accordance with the switching signal; an error correction circuit configured to correct the error of the received signal; and a switching signal control circuit configured to control input of the switching signal to the switching circuit in accordance with whether or not the error correction circuit corrects the error of the received signal. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032995 | TRANSMITTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DIGITAL BROADCAST SIGNAL IN TRANSMITTING SYSTEM, RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECEIVING DIGITAL BROADCAST SIGNAL IN RECEIVING SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus for transmitting and receiving broadcast signals are provided. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal includes encoding mobile data for forward error correction (FEC), encoding signaling data, forming data groups including the encoded mobile data and the encoded signaling data and transmitting a signal frame that includes the data groups. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032996 | DECODING APPARATUS, STORAGE APPARATUS, AND DECODING METHOD - According to at least one embodiment, a decoding apparatus includes an error correcting module and a change module. The error correcting module decodes for correcting error of encoded data using a low-density party check code and likelihood information. The change module changes a value of the likelihood information if the value of the likelihood information is continuously smaller than a predetermined value. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032997 | QPP INTERLEAVER/DE-INTERLEAVER FOR TURBO CODES - A quadratic permutation polynomial (QPP) interleaver is described for turbo coding and decoding. The QPP interleaver has the form: | 2014-01-30 |
20140032998 | Systems and Methods for Improved Short Media Defect Detection - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for media defect detection. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032999 | Systems and Methods for Information Divergence Based Data Processing - The present inventions are related to systems and methods for information divergence based data processing. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033000 | FLAW SCAN CIRCUIT FOR REPEATABLE RUN OUT (RRO) DATA - Improved flaw scan circuits are provided for repeatable run out data. RRO (repeatable run out) data is processed by counting a number of RRO data bits detected in a servo sector; and setting an RRO flaw flag if at least a specified number of RRO data bits is not detected in the server sector. The RRO flaw flag can also optionally be set by detecting an RRO address mark in the servo sector; counting a number of samples in the servo sector after the RRO address mark that do not satisfy a quality threshold; and setting the RRO flaw flag when the counted number of samples that that do not satisfy the quality threshold exceeds a specified flaw threshold. If the RRO flaw flag is set, the RRO data can be discarded, and/or an error recovery mechanism can be implemented to obtain the RRO data. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033001 | Quality Based Priority Data Processing With Soft Guaranteed Iteration - The present inventions are related to systems and methods for data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for priority based data processing with soft guaranteed global processing iterations. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033002 | Method and System for Updating a Medical Device - The present disclosure includes methods, devices and systems for establishing a connection between a medical device and a remote computing device, receiving an upgrade command at the medical device, storing a current version of persistent data and a current version of executable code in a first storage area of the medical device, transmitting at least the current version of the persistent data to the remote computing device, receiving a second format of the current version of the persistent data and an upgraded version of executable code at the medical device, storing the second format of the current version of the persistent data and the upgraded version of the executable code in a second storage area of the medical device, and executing the upgraded version of the executable code with the second format of the current version of the persistent data. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033003 | PROVISION OF ALTERNATIVE TEXT FOR USE IN ASSOCIATION WITH IMAGE DATA - A method, system and computer program product are provided for providing alternative text for use in association with image data specified by a uniform resource identifier (URI). The method includes identifying a URI specifying image data, processing the URI to identify data representing alternative text encoded within the URI, and extracting any identified alternative text data for use in association with the image data. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033004 | VISUALIZATION OF A PACKAGED FILE - Various embodiments herein provide at least one of systems, methods, and software for visualization of content files within a package file. A package file is a data file that includes other files stored therein. Some embodiments include authoring a package file by adding a content file to the package file and associating the added content file with a data visualizer. When the content file is selected for viewing from the package file, the data visualizer associated with the content file is used to provide a view of data within the content file. Other embodiments are directed to viewing a content file of a package file utilizing an associated data visualizer. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033005 | PLACING MULTIPLE FILES AS A CONTACT SHEET - Various embodiments include one or more of systems, methods, and software for placing multiple files as a contact sheet, such as image files within an electronic document. A selection of electronic files is received along with a an area input. The area input defines an area to place a graphical representation of at least one of the selected electronic files within an electronic file being authored. Graphical representations of the selected electronic files may then be placed in the defined area. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033006 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTION PREVIEW - Systems and methods to preview only selected items from a document are provided. In example embodiments, a selection of one or more selected items from within a document is received. One or more selected items may have an interactive function (e.g., animation, hyperlink, video display, trigger) applied to or associated with it. The selected one or more items are then displayed within a preview display performing the interactive function, whereby no non-selected items from the document are displayed in the preview display. Preview may also allow preview of the selected items without any interactive function being performed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033007 | MODIFYING THE PRESENTATION OF A CONTENT ITEM - Methods, systems, and apparatus for modifying the presentation of content item are described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for supplemental content to be presented with a publication requested by a user of a client system, wherein the supplemental content comprises a body of text having a plurality of terms; in response to receiving the request, identifying one or more terms of the plurality of terms that are likely to be of interest to the user of the client system; and modifying the supplemental content to cause the one or more identified terms to appear in a presentation style that differs in appearance from other terms of the plurality of terms in the supplemental content. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033008 | Alternates of assets - Embodiments of methods to designate alternates of assets, methods to display representations of alternates, user interfaces, computer products, and digital assets are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033009 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDITIONALLY TRANSMITTING CHANGES TO INFORMATION IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT - Method and system for conditionally transmitting changes to information in a collaborative environment are provided. A system comprises a display, a change tracking module, and a rendering module. The change tracking module is configured to detect changes by a modifying user to information as a propagating or a non-propagating change. The rendering module transmits first view data to enable altering a first view based on the modification as part of a graphical user interface on the display presented to the modifying user and transmits second view data to enable altering a second view presented to a group of users, not including the modifying user, based on the modification if the modification comprises the propagating change. The second view data is not transmitted if the modification comprises the non-propagating change. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033010 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC ASSEMBLY OF FORM FRAGMENTS - A system for dynamic assembly of form fragments is provided. The system may reside on a computer system hosting a computing application and may include a request processor be configured to receive a request to generate an electronic form based on a host template and a document description, an insertion points processor, a stitching module, and an output module. The insertion points processor may be configured to parse the host template to determine an insertion point and determine a form fragment to be referenced in the host template at a location designated by the insertion point, based on information present in the document description. The stitching module may be configured to insert a reference to the form fragment into the host template at the location indicated by the insertion point. The output module may be configured to generate a result electronic form, utilizing the host template and the form fragment. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033011 | Defining Hints for Dynamic Selection of Default Render/Submit/Runtime Configuration - The present embodiments are directed to systems and methods of creating and deploying electronic forms for collecting information from a user using a browser or other application. Various embodiments herein include features for automatically selecting and configuring services for rendering and submitting intelligent forms or other data structures in an automated process environment. The automated process environment may include features which permit an enterprise to blend electronic forms, process management, document security, and document generation capabilities to deliver applications which may reduce paperwork, accelerate decision-making processes, and help ensure regulatory compliance. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033012 | Time-based optional portion in electronic content - A method comprising creating association data that associates a content element and active time period data, the content element being associated with an electronic content, and the active time period data specifying a time period during which the electronic content includes the content element, and storing the association data. A second method comprising accessing electronic content, the electronic content being associated with a content element and active time period data, the active time period data specifying a time period during which the association between the electronic content and the content element is active, receiving current time period data, using the current time period data and the active time period data, determining whether the association between the electronic content and the content element is active, and selectively rendering the content element, based on the determination. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033013 | DOCUMENT COMMENT MANAGEMENT - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to detect a position of an insertion point in an electronic document being presented in a graphical user interface and dynamically positioning a graphical user interface control to correspond to the position of the insertion point. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033014 | LAUNCHING WORKFLOW PROCESSES BASED ON ANNOTATIONS IN A DOCUMENT - Methods for launching a process based on annotations made to a document in an enterprise content management system. It is determined whether an annotation has been added to a document in the enterprise content management system, wherein the annotation is stored as a separate element and the separate element is associated with the document. It is determined whether the annotation is of a type indicating that a subsequent workflow process is to be performed. In response to determining that the annotation is of a type indicating that a subsequent workflow process is to be performed, the annotation is parsed to obtain information to be used in the subsequent workflow process. The subsequent workflow process is launched. The launch uses at least some of the information obtained from parsing the annotation as parameters in the subsequent workflow process. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033015 | COMMENT PRESENTATION IN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to present a comment object in an electronic document, receive an indication that the comment object is selected, determine content in the electronic document that corresponds with the selected comment object, and apply a mask to obscure portions of the content that do not correspond to the comment object. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033016 | Method and system to maintain the integrity of a certified document while persisting state in a dynamic form - A system, to persist state in a dynamic electronic form, may include a communications module to receive a request to certify a template associated with an electronic form, an attribute detector to determine that the template is associated with a restore state attribute and a certification module. The certification module may be configured to selectively grant the request to certify the template based on the restore state attribute. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033017 | PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE PACKAGE FILE PREVIEW - Various embodiments described herein provide systems, methods, and software to preview files packaged, or otherwise embedded, within page description language documents. Such previews may be viewed without opening a larger application typically used to view such files. Some embodiments include presenting, in a page description language document reader application, a representation of a file packaged within a page description language document and receiving a selection of the packaged file to preview the file within the page description language document reader application. Some embodiments further include selecting a utility to open the packaged file as a function of a file type of the packaged file and calling the selected utility to open the packaged file with a reference to a location where packaged file is located. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033018 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING SOCIAL NETWORK SITE PAGE BASED ON ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT CONTENT - Customized social media page generation methods and tools for automated generation and coordination of a social media page with existing user customized products. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033019 | Caching Pagelets of Structured Documents - Method includes receiving a request for a web page, identifying one or more resource portions stored in a cache, each resource portion corresponding to a portion of a structured document for use to render the requested web page, determining whether the web page was requested within a predetermined time threshold since a previous request for the web page, if requested within the predetermined time threshold, instructing the requested web page to be rendered using the one or more resource portions stored in the cache and refreshing the one or more resource portions, if not requested within the predetermined time threshold, regenerating the one or more resource portions and instructing the requested web page to be rendered using the regenerated one or more resource portions and cache the regenerated one or more resource portions. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033020 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTENTS MANAGING - An information processing apparatus includes a contents storage unit that stores contents, the contents being data for conducting a display on a web site, a registration receiving unit that receives registration contents, a determining unit that determines whether the registration contents received by the registration receiving unit matches storing contents previously stored in the contents storage unit, and a registration processing unit that, when the registration contents received by the registration receiving unit match the storing contents previously stored in the contents storage unit, stores either one of the registration contents or the storing contents and erases another contents. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033021 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DYNAMIC UPDATING WEB PORTALS - Content management on web portals has become complex and sometime tedious. There are needs for efficient and cost-effective methods to manage large volumes of contents for web portals. Posting and withdrawing contents on a web portal, if carried out in parallel, can improve the efficiency of updating and managing the web portal. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033022 | METHODS FOR EXTENDING A DOCUMENT TRANSFORMATION SERVER TO PROCESS MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS FROM MULTIPLE SITES AND DEVICES THEREOF - A method, computer readable medium and device that extends a document transformation server to process multiple documents from multiple websites includes obtaining with a document transformation server a document to process based on at least a URL of the document to process in an HTTP request URL. An XML source representing the document to process is generated with the document transformation server. One or more XML processors associated with at least a portion of the HTTP request URL from a plurality of stored associations are identified with the document transformation server. The XML source is transformed by the document transformation server with each of the identified one identified XML processors. The generated document is provided in an HTTP response to the HTTP request URL by the document transformation server. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033023 | Method and device for webpage browsing, and mobile terminal - The present disclosure provides a webpage browsing method, which comprises: downloading page information of a requested webpage a webpage request from a user is received; analyzing the page information to obtain the page core content of the requested webpage; and typesetting the page core content and displaying the requested webpage that has been typeset. The present disclosure also provides a webpage browsing device and a mobile terminal. With the present disclosure, transmission bandwidth is saved, response to a webpage request is quickened, and meanwhile the webpage browsing effect and browsing experience of a user are improved. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033024 | MULTI-ITEM PAGE LAYOUT MODIFICATIONS BY GAP EDITING - A method includes executing instructions on a computer system to determine position information of one or more page items on a page. The method further includes executing instructions on the computer system to determine position information of one or more gaps associated with the one or more page items on the page. A gap of the one or more gaps may be adjusted by repositioning one or more of its boundaries using a gap tool. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033025 | DISPLAYING A TEXT-BASED DESCRIPTION OF DIGITAL CONTENT IN A SUB-FRAME - In some example embodiments, a system and method is shown that includes receiving a text request that includes an identifier value that identifies a text-based description associated with a portion of digital content that is part of a larger portion of digital content. Further, the method includes responsive to the text request, retrieving the text-based description associated with the portion of digital content from a data store, the retrieving using the identifier value to identify the text-based description. Additionally, the method includes communicating the text-based description to a user. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033026 | MASTER PAGE OVERLAY - In an example embodiment, a system and method to provide a master page overlay is provided. The example method may comprise receiving a transformation of a master page where the transformation is associated with a page layout, applying the transformation to the master page, and outputting the page layout, where the page layout incorporates graphical elements from the transformed master page. The system and method may further include providing an interface to receive instructions from a user to display a master page overlay, display the master page overlay, and receive the transformation of the master page associated with the page layout. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033027 | E-Book Application with Multi-Document Display - A processor operating an e-book application may receive a first message at a user device representing a first electronic document to be displayed in a first portion of a viewable display area of the user device. The processor may automatically size the first document to fill the first portion of the viewable display area, where the first portion of the viewable display area is less than all of the viewable display area of the user device. A second user message may be received by the processor representing a second electronic document to be displayed in a second portion of the viewable display area. The processor may automatically size the second electronic document to fill the second portion of the viewable display area being a difference between the viewable display area and the first portion of the viewable display area. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033028 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ORDER SET PROCESSING AND VALIDATION - Methods and systems for validating order sets that are to be exported are described. Such order set validation may optionally be performed in substantially real-time. A content editor user interface configured to enable a user to create or edit an order set is provided for display. A user selection of a target format to which the order set is to be exported is received. A user edit with respect to the order set is detected and a validation rule is accessed. The rule is applied to the edited order set to obtain a validation evaluation, optionally in substantially real-time, indicating whether the edited order set is ready for export to the target format, and a corresponding validation notification is provided for display via the content editor. The order set may be exported to the user selected target format. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033029 | Methods and apparatus for redacting related content in a document - A method for redacting related content in a document by executing a redaction manager process that searches for related content in at least one document and then provides a means for selecting instances of the content for redaction. The related content may include properties such as, for example, identical instances of a text string, instances of related graphics, instances of numeric values and/or numeric patterns, proper names, phone numbers, addresses and similar searchable data properties. Upon searching and retrieving the desired data, the redaction manager process displays a listing of the instances of content which affords a user the ability to select which particular instances of content to redact within the document. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033030 | INDEXING AND PROVIDING ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for indexing and providing electronic publications (e.g., books) in a networked computing environment. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a publication application in which course instructors (e.g., in an educational embodiment) may designate books available for their students, and students may view and obtain such available publications. In a typical embodiment, a student/user will log into the application (e.g., from an electronic device such as a computer, a tablet, a smart phone, etc.) and view a list of courses in which the student is enrolled and/or publications available thereto. A student may select a publication from the list upon which the publication application may: obtain the selected publication, detect a format thereof, launch an appropriate electronic reading application (e.g., based on the detected format of the electronic publication), and display the publication using the electronic reading application. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033031 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTINUOUS PREFLIGHT - A preflight engine configured to preflight multiple portions of a document substantially in parallel by using multi-threadings or time slicing. A controller manages the portions and interacts with the preflight engine to determine which of the portions is to be preflighted next. An observer is coupled to the preflight engine to notify the preflight engine when there is a document to preflight or when a change occurs to a document being preflighted. A database is used to store results of the preflight and the corresponding portions. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033032 | MULTI-ACTION ROWS WITH INCREMENTAL GESTURES - Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for initiating clinical actions associated with a clinical object on a touch screen interface using incremental gestures. A clinical object is presented in an object row on the touch screen interface, and clinical actions associated with the clinical object are determined. A user gesture comprising an incremental gesture of the object row in a first direction is detected; the incremental gesture reveals an indicator associated with one of the clinical actions. The indicator is revealed after the incremental gesture has traveled a first distance. The action is initiated upon release of the incremental gesture. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033033 | MANUAL BROWSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided a manual browsing device comprising: a manual storage section that stores manual information; a collection section that collects device information of the manual browsing device or device information of a peripheral, which is an external device communicating information with the manual browsing device; an information selection section that selects a display menu which indicates some of the manual information based on the device information collected by the collection section; and an updating section that updates a display screen on which the manual information is displayed, by using the display menu selected by the information selection section. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033034 | APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING BRUSHING HABITS - An interactive toothbrush is provided. The toothbrush may include memory including a set of instructions and at least one processor. The set of instructions, with the at least one processor, may be configured to cause the toothbrush to display a list of option to a user via a display panel when a switch to power on the apparatus is pressed. The set of instructions, with the at least one processor, may further be configured to cause the toothbrush to perform an action when a selection from the list of options is received from a user via the display panel. In some embodiments, the set of instructions, with the at least one processor, may further be configured to cause the toothbrush to detect the brushing habits of the user and transmit the brushing habits to another device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033035 | USER INTERFACE FOR PRESENTING MEDIA INFORMATION - A user interface and methods for using a user interface for controlling processing of time-based media files. In one exemplary method, a graphical representation of a time line for a time-based media is displayed along with a graphical representation of a current time along the graphical representation of the time line. A start graphical indicator and a stop graphical indicator is also displayed along the graphical representation of the time line. A portion of the time-based media may be selected for presentation by dragging or positioning at least one of the start graphical indicator and the stop graphical indicator along the graphical representation of the time line. In another aspect of the invention, an exemplary method allows for the adaptive control of a portion of the interface which indicates time relating to a time-based media. An input speed is determined where this input is to change the portion and the rate at which the change to this portion occurs is dependent upon the input speed. Other aspects of the present invention relating to the interface for controlling the processing of time-based media files are also described. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033036 | Video highlights for streaming media - In one embodiment, a computer system is described as including a receiver to receive selection data, the selection data relating to a number of times a particular portion of digital content has been accessed, and an updating module to update selection data contained in a database record relating to digital content, the database record containing a sum of selection data. Further, a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is described as including a display and a selection device, a method of providing and selecting from a pane on the display, the method comprising retrieving a set of data to be displayed in the pane, displaying the data in the pane, receiving a selection input signal indicative of the selection device pointing at a selected position within the pane, and in response to the input signal, playing a portion of a data file. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033037 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING MULTI-TASK INTERFACE - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for displaying a multi-task interface. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, a request submitted by a user for displaying a multi-task interface; acquiring tasks started by the user and setting, according to the number of tasks started by the user and a start sequence, an arrangement manner of the multi-task interface; classifying the tasks started by the user into a video playing task and a non-video playing task; and separately drawing the video playing task and the non-video playing task according to the arrangement manner of the multi-task interface to obtain the multi-task interface, and displaying the multi-task interface to the user. In addition, embodiments of the present invention provide a corresponding terminal and a remote control. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033038 | ONLINE VIDEO DISTRIBUTION - A video player for tagged online video includes a means for receiving a stream of video data and tag data. The tag data includes tag details including for each tag a link to display during video playback and a location at which to display the link. A video display output displays the video data, a user-selectable tag display GUI option, and selectively, the tag data. The video player is adapted to detect a selection of one of at least a first and a second option via the user-selectable tag display GUI option. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033039 | System And Method For Playback Positioning Of Distributed Media Co-Viewers - Systems and methods are disclosed for obtaining and presenting information to a user playing a media item identifying playback positions of a number of other users also playing the media item. In one embodiment, playback information is maintained for each of a plurality of users, the playback information identifying a media item being played by the user and information identifying a playback position of the user in playback of the media item. The playback information is filtered automatically in response to one or more user provided criteria thereby resulting in playback information for each of a subset of users from the plurality of users. Playback information is provided to a user device, the playback information for one or more second users of the subset of users playing a select media item such that the playback information for the one or more second users is presented to the first user. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033040 | PORTABLE DEVICE WITH CAPABILITY FOR NOTE TAKING WHILE OUTPUTTING CONTENT - A portable device includes a touch-screen display configured to allow a user to interface with the portable device, and a user input mechanism configured to enable a note-taking mode. Upon entering the note-taking mode, an electronic keypad is displayed in a first area of the touch-screen display, a note-taking window is provided in a second area of the touch-screen display, and a multimedia window for outputting multimedia information is provided in a third area of the touch-screen display. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033041 | Media Editing Application with Candidate Clip Management - A computer readable medium storing a media editing application for creating media presentations is described. The application includes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI has (1) a presentation display area for displaying a composite presentation that the application creates by compositing several media clips, (2) a composite display area for displaying a set of graphical representations that represent a set of committed media clips that are committed to be a part of the composite presentation, (3) several selectable location markers that are associated with several locations in the composite display area, and (4) an audition display area associated with each location marker for receiving and displaying one or more candidate media clips for adding to the composite presentation at the location of the associated location marker. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033042 | RENDERING IN A MULTI-USER VIDEO EDITING SYSTEM - Methods and systems for remotely editing a video file involve: receiving, at a server, a video editing command from a remote client; modifying, at the server, a virtual representation of a media file in accordance with the received command, the virtual representation including a reference to a source media file stored on a storage device, the storage device being connected to the server over a high-speed link; and generating and transmitting, from the server to the remote client, a proxy representation of the source media file modified by the editing commands, wherein the various regions of the proxy representation are rendered either in the background or in real-time according to their complexity. Rendered frames, whether generated in the background or in real time, are stored for reuse. Individual frames of the edited video file may be transmitted upon request from a client. Simultaneous editing of independent projects by multiple users connected to the server via multiple thin clients is supported. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033043 | IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS, IMAGE EDITING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Method and information processing apparatus for generating an edited work including a subset of a plurality of scenes in an image material. The information processing apparatus includes a memory configured to store the image material including the plurality of scenes. The information processing apparatus further includes a processor configured to select, for an n-th scene of the edited work, a plurality of first candidate scenes from the plurality of scenes based on at least one feature of a preceding (n−1-th) scene of the edited work and features of the plurality of scenes. The processor is also configured to generate a graphical user interface including a scene selection area and a preview area. The scene selection area includes one or more first candidate images corresponding to at least one of the plurality of first candidate scenes, and the preview area includes a preview of the preceding (n−1-th) scene. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033044 | PERSONALIZED 3D AVATARS IN A VIRTUAL SOCIAL VENUE - A social media platform is provided for interacting in a three-dimensional platform. The platform leverages a social graph from a user's social network to enable the user to invite social networking friends to interact within a three-dimensional virtual social venue. The platform also provides avatars to the user and friends who enter the virtual social venue. The platform also leverages the social graph to import user profile pictures from the social network, superimpose them onto the avatars, and display the avatars with the superimposed profile pictures within the context of the virtual three-dimensional space. Alternatively, the platform imports streaming images of the users from cameras, superimpose them onto the avatars, and display the avatars with their superimposed streaming images within the context of the virtual three-dimensional space. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033045 | GESTURES COUPLED WITH VOICE AS INPUT METHOD - A user interface is provided for one or more users to interact with a computer using gestures coupled with voice to navigate a network that is displayed on the computer screen by the computer application software. The combination of a gesture with a voice command is used improve the reliability of the interpretation of the intent of the user. In addition, the active user who is allowed to control the software is identified through the combined input and the movements of other users are discarded. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033046 | PACKAGE FILE PRESENTATION - Various embodiments illustrated and described herein include one or more of systems, methods, software, and data structures for package file presentation. Some embodiments include receiving a package file including a presentation specification, one or more content files, and metadata defining display elements within the presentation specification and associating each display element with one of the content files. The package file may then be presented by instantiating the presentation specification as a function of executable code embedded within the presentation specification. Some embodiments further include instantiating each display element, each display element including a link to an associated content file within the package file and to generate and distribute display elements within a graphical user interface. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033047 | PACKAGE FILE PRESENTATION - Various embodiments illustrated and described herein include one or more of systems, methods, software, and data structures for package file presentation. Some embodiments generate visual representations of package files by extracting a list of display elements of a package file, each display element representative of a content file or a content folder including one or more content files included in the package file; extracting a presentation specification from the package file; and presenting a view of the package file as a function of the presentation specification and the list of display elements. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033048 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a system for creating interactive electronic documents and a control method thereof. Recording information such as texts and images may be recorded in an electronic medium to make it easy and convenient to create electronic documents available like books. A preview may be performed quickly and easily during an electronic document creating operation. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033049 | CONTEXT RECOGNITION THROUGH SCREENSHARING - A method and a system for contextual recognition through screen-sharing are provided. Example embodiments may include receiving a data stream related to a presenter screen in a network-based collaboration session from a first user; extracting characteristic data from the data stream; associating added data with the data stream, based on the data; and presenting, in real time, to a second user, a viewer screen including the data stream and the added data. The method may also include recognizing the characteristic data before the extracting of the data. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033050 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING INQUIRY MESSAGE, DISPLAY DEVICE FOR THE METHOD, METHOD OF SHARING INFORMATION, AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of transmitting an inquiry message, performed by a display device, includes operations of reproducing content in the display device; receiving an input from a user, wherein the input from the user is related to the content; generating an inquiry message about the content, based on the input from the user; extracting information, which is related to the input from the user, from the content; and transmitting the extracted information and the inquiry message to an external device that is connected with the display device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033051 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS AND VISITATIONS - Processor based systems and methods for providing a communication between a first and a second user are disclosed, one example method comprising receiving a first service request from the second user interface, authorizing a first communication type to the second user interface and the first user interface based on a profiles of a service provider profile, the first user and the second user profile, and providing the first communication type as the communication. In some embodiments, the systems and methods further comprise providing a notification to at least one of the first user interface or the second user interface of a service event based on the service provider profile. In some embodiments, the step of authorizing the communication service based on a service provider profile comprises comparing the service request to at least one service provider profile attribute. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033052 | MAN MACHINE INTERFACE FOR A 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM - Disclosed are methods and systems for displaying images, and for implementing volumetric user interfaces. One exemplary embodiment provides a system comprising: a light source; an image producing unit, which produces an image upon interaction with light approaching the image producing unit from the light source; an eyepiece; and a mirror, directing light from the image to a surface of the eyepiece, wherein the surface has a shape of a solid of revolution formed by revolving a planar curve at least 180° around an axis of revolution. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033053 | METHOD FOR EXECUTING WIDGETS IN A PROCESSING DEVICE - Comprises providing several widgets and linking them to exchange data there between for performing the execution of an application or functionality, the method further comprising providing a widget suite grouping said several widgets and having an external entry point associated to one of said several widgets. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033054 | USER-CONFIGURABLE NETWORK PERFORMANCE MONITORS - A network analysis system provides for a user-definable display of information related to messages communicated on the network. The network analysis system includes one or more display formats that provide a display of message exchanges between nodes of a network, and a display augmenter that provides additional information on the display based on a user-defined visualization. The user defined visualization includes augmenting the display based on user-defined coloring characteristics and/or augmenting the display with user-defined labels. To further facilitate user control of the augmentation of the display, the system accepts user-defined programs for discriminating among messages, for controlling the labeling of messages, and for controlling the coloring of messages and labels. Commonly used user-defined characteristics and labels are stored in a library, for use via a selection from among the library entries. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033055 | Animated Globe Showing Real-Time Web User Performance Measurements - A method includes providing a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays a view of the globe as from outer space. The view including a geographic distribution of beacons having one or more visual attributes. Each beacon corresponds to one or more real users who are accessing a website, web application or mobile app from a geographic location. The visual attributes include an indicator of a performance metric representative of an experience of the one or more real users of the website, web application, or mobile app. Each beacon is generated in real-time from aggregated data obtained in real-time from one or more corresponding real user sessions on the website, web application or mobile app. The beacons are periodically refreshed with the visual attributes changing in response to measured changes in the geographic distribution, a total number of real users at the location, or the performance indicator at the location. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033056 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A MEMO FUNCTION BASED ON A CLOUD SERVICE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method and system perform a memo function based on a cloud service and an electronic device supports the memo function. A user may enter and edit a memo on a thumbnail view screen and share the memo with other users. The method includes displaying a thumbnail view screen representing content items stored in a cloud server providing cloud services as thumbnails; detecting memo input on the thumbnail view screen; and storing an input memo in association with the thumbnail view screen. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033057 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INFORMATION IN A MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention discloses a method, an apparatus, and a system for managing information in a mobile device having one or more processors and memory for storing program modules to be executed by the processors. The mobile device is connected to a computer through a wireless local area network (WLAN). The method includes: sending, by the mobile device, local device management information to the computer through the WLAN, wherein the local device management information is used by the computer for generating a graphical user interface to a user of the computer; receiving, by the mobile device, information management instructions, wherein the information management instructions are generated by the computer based on user inputs through the graphical user interface; and managing, by the mobile device, information in the mobile device according to the information management instructions. The apparatus and the system include modules and programs to implement the method. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033058 | USE OF MULTIPLE MOBILE DEVICES TO CONTROL AN APPLICATION - Disclosed herein are computer-implemented methods and computer-readable media embodying instructions executable by a first computer to perform functions comprising: receiving a first user input from a user of the first computer, wherein the first user input represents a command to take control of an application executing on a second computer; responsive to receiving the first user input, taking the control of the application executing on the second computer; receiving a second user input from the user of the first computer while keeping the control of the application executing on the second computer, wherein the second user input represents a command to pass the control of the application to a third computer; and responsive to receiving the second user input, passing the control of the application to the third computer. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033059 | PUSHING A USER INTERFACE TO A REMOTE DEVICE - An electronic device can receive a request from an accessory to provide a user interface to be displayed by the accessory. The electronic device can determine whether an accessory has a first set of one or more user input devices or a second set of one or more user input devices. In accordance with a determination that the accessory has a first set of one or more user input devices, the electronic device can provide to the accessory a first user interface configured to be controlled with the first set of user input devices. In accordance with a determination that the accessory has a second set of one or more user input devices, the electronic device can provide to the accessory a second user interface, different from the first user interface, the second user interface configured to be controlled with the second set of user input devices. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033060 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERACTIVE EVALUATION USING DYNAMICALLY GENERATED, INTERACTIVE RESULTANT SETS OF POLICIES - A method for interactive policy evaluation using dynamically generated, interactive resultant sets of policies includes the step of receiving, by a graphical user interface, at least one of: a description of a client requesting access to a resource, a description of the resource, and a description of a method of access requested by the client. The graphical user interface displays at least one policy applicable to the client request for access to the resource. The graphical user interface displays a decision made by applying the at least one policy to the received description. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033061 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE DISPLAY UTILITY - Methods for controlling complementary dual displays for use with an electronic device are presented including: receiving an input for display on a non-native display, where the input includes a native user interface (UI) input and a non-native UI input, and where the non-native display is a bistable, low frame rate display; if the input is the native UI input, sending the first native UI input to a corresponding application, processing the native UI input by the corresponding application, calling a non-native API for forwarding the processed native UI input to a non-native display driver, and sending a non-native display signal to the non-native display; receiving another native UI input for display on a native display, where the native display is a refresh-based, high frame rate display; and sending the other native UI input to the corresponding application. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033062 | Dynamic Execution Environment in Network Communications - A computer-implemented system and method for providing a dynamic execution environment. In an embodiment, the system and method comprises receiving a base user interface from a server, creating and storing one or more intermediate representations (IRs) which represent a mapping between the base user interface and a modified user interface, executing the one or more IRs to intercept network communication from the server, map between the base user interface and the modified user interface, and send the modified user interface to one or more clients, and executing the one or more IRs to intercept network communication from the one or more clients to the server with user data, map between the modified user interface and the base user interface, and send the base user interface and the user data to the server. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033063 | CONTENT VISUALIZATION - Displaying a preference by a user of a content contribution is disclosed. A preference event by the user is detected. A plurality of detected events is stored. In response to a query from a client, at least a portion of the stored detected events is stored. At least a portion of the received events is displayed in an interface. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033064 | INTER-SERVICE APPLICATIONS - Methods and apparatus for providing an inter-service application, wherein connections of a network service are accessed to facilitate the transfer of an article to a list of participants. The article is transferred to and displayed on the desktop environment of a participant. In some embodiments, a timer is initiated on the first transfer, whereupon expiration of the timer, a termination sequence is performed. The termination sequence terminates transfer of the article to the participant list and further displays a graphical presentation to the current participant. Additional methods and apparatus are described. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033065 | Methods and Apparatus for User-Customizable Application Software - An application's users are divided into two groups: administrative users and end-users. Each type of region, produced on an application's screen, is assigned a class. Each actual occurrence, of a region type, is called an instance. An end-user invokes a user-added feature by indicating a screen location and inputting a unique signal. The classes, of the screen-region instances present at the indicated location, determine whether one or more rules are activated. The rules are written by an administrative user. If activated, a rule produces a URL in accordance with an administrative-user-defined template. A value stored in the instances present, at the location indicated when the unique signal occurred, are accessed in a template by including the name of the value as a parameter. Each parameter is substituted by the text-equivalent of its current value. The URL produced can be used to provide the information desired by the end-user. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033066 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UPLOADING AND DOWNLOADING FILE - Disclosed in the present invention are a method and a device for uploading and downloading files, which belongs to the technical field of computers. The method for uploading files includes, judging whether a local file which is dragged and stopped by a user is entering an activation area of a network file folder, prompting the user to choose whether the user confirms uploading the local file to the network file folder or not if it is, uploading the local file to the network file folder if a confirming uploading information chosen by the user according to the prompt is received. The method for downloading files includes, judging whether a network file dragged and stopped by the user is entering an activation area of a local file folder, prompting the user to choose whether the user confirms downloading the network file to the local file folder or not if it is, downloading the network file to the local file folder if a confirmation of downloading chosen by the user is received according to the prompt. The invention makes the user achieve the uploading or downloading tasks by using only one drag action, which leads to fewer response steps by user and more efficient. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033067 | RIGHTS APPLICATION WITHIN DOCUMENT-BASED CONFERENCING - Although current conferencing applications provide many abilities, some of these abilities are limited. Various embodiments described herein provide one or more of systems, methods, software, and data structures that allow a document, or other file type, to be used to connect to a network-based conference, such as over the Internet, where a view of a local copy of the document is synchronized between participants. Participation abilities of certain network-based conference participants may be limited in such embodiments. Such limits may be enforced locally for each participant, on a server by preventing data representative of certain actions from being broadcast to other participants, or in other ways as described and would be readily apparent herein. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033068 | COLLABORATIVE REVIEW APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to within the context of a shared document review process to receive an updated comment associated with an original comment by a comment series identifier. Further actions may include generating a comment differentiation identifier that serves to differentiate the updated comment from the original comment, and storing at least a portion of the updated comment and the comment differentiation identifier in a collaboration comment repository. Using stored document version history and a timeline, the state of the document at a particular point in time, and a history of the comment series can be rendered as a result. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033069 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT AND PROCESSING OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - Systems and methods for managing and processing building plan documents. An electronic building plan document including a plurality of plan sheets is received. A first plan sheet is provided for display. A user interface is provided via which a user can select or enter a first comment associated with the first plan sheet. A user interface is provided via which the user can associate metadata, including a project type or discipline, with the first comment. A first plurality of comments, including the first comment, is stored in association with respective metadata. A user interface via which the user can select, by category and/or subcategory a plurality of comments to be included in a plan correction list, and a correction list is generated including a plurality of comments specified by a plurality of users. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033070 | Graphical User Interface for Recipient Communication - A graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed. The GUI includes a recipient area having one or more recipient fields to enter one or more recipient electronic mail (email) addresses and a first icon located next to a recipient email address designating a note component associated with a recipient email address. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033071 | Actionable Reminder Entries - Techniques for processing task items are provided. A task item is electronic data that represents a task to be performed, whether manually or automatically. A task item includes one or more details about its corresponding task, such as a description of the task and a location of the task. Specifically, techniques for generating task items, organizing task items, triggering notifications of task items, and consuming task items are described. In one approach, a task item is generated based on input from a user and context of the input. In another approach, different attributes of task items are used to organize the task items intelligently into multiple lists. In another approach, actions other than the generation of notification are enabled or automatically performed, actions such as entailing, calling, texting, and searching. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033072 | Method And Apparatus For Notifying Friend - A method for notifying a friend includes configuring a friend notifying input box in a text editing interface; initiating a friend association based on a keyword input by a user and a friend list of the user, according to the keyword input in the friend notifying input box by the user; determining at least one friend to be selected from the friend list of the user according to the keyword; determining at least one friend selected by the user from the at least one friend as at least one target friend; sending a friend notification to the at least one target friend after the user finishes editing a text and posts the text. An apparatus for notifying a friend is provided. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033073 | TIME-SHIFTED COLLABORATION PLAYBACK - Various embodiments include one or more of systems, methods, software, and data structures for time-shifted playback of collaboration sessions, such as web conferences, recorded in real-time. Some embodiments include collaboration modules forming part of collaboration participant computing devices operable to request and receive collaboration data from a collaboration server that caches or stores the data. The collaboration modules include at least one time-shifting playback control to receive input to modify viewing properties of the collaboration session. Such properties may include a viewing position within the collaboration session and a playback speed of the collaboration session. Further systems, methods, software, and data structures are disclosed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033074 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING OF USER INTERACTIONS WITH CONTENT IN SOCIAL NETWORKS - Techniques to track interactions with content on a social network. In one embodiment, references are embedded within content to be presented to a user. At least one identifying reference from among the references is received in response to an interaction by the user with the content. The identifying reference is stored in a memory caching system as a record of the interaction. The references may comprise a key and a type. The key may be associated with the content and the type may be associated with components in the content. The interaction may involve selection by the user of a component within a story. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033075 | Managing User Endorsements in Online Social Networking Systems - A computer system facilitates the process of enabling users of an online social networking system to endorse online content. A user of the online social networking system provides input representing an address (e.g., URL) of the content. In response, the system generates code implementing a mechanism for endorsing the content (such as a Facebook “like” button) and provides the code as output to the user. The user may then insert the code into a page (e.g., a Facebook page or a web page external to Facebook) containing the content, thereby producing a modified page. The modified page may be rendered to display a Facebook “like” button or other means for endorsing the content. Furthermore, the user may use the system to control the appearance of messages (such as Facebook news feed stories) that are generated in response to an endorsement of the content, and to track content endorsements. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033076 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMPOSING AND BATCH PUBLISHING FEED ITEMS IN A FEED-BASED INTERACTION CONTEXT - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for composing and batch publishing feed items in a user interface in a feed-based interaction context. In some implementations, a computing device provides a first prompt for display in a first user interface component, which is configured to display unpublished feed items. The computing device receives, at the first prompt, first feed item data for a first feed item. Responsive to a request to compose a second feed item, the computing device displays in the first user interface component a second prompt for second feed item data without publishing the first feed item. The computing device receives, at the second prompt, second feed item data for a second feed item of a first record, the first and second feed items being related to the first record. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033077 | Spreading User Activities to Interested Users of a Community - Map curators perform activities related to digital maps provided. These activities include adding and/or modifying information about map features displayed on the digital maps. Edits to these map features are included in a pulse stream which is formatted so as to be visually appealing to other curators who view the edits in the pulse stream. The pulse stream is distributed to other curators or to users have yet to provide edits to the digital maps. The pulse stream of edits informs these users of the activities that have transpired with respect to the digital maps in hopes to inspire them to further contribute additional edits to the digital maps. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033078 | INSTANTIATING MEDIA INTO A VIRTUAL SOCIAL VENUE TO SHARE WITH FRIENDS - A method and system are provided for instantiating videos and webpages into a 3D virtual social venue to share with friends. A platform connects the 3D virtual social venue, comprising a virtual three-dimensional gathering space, with a user's social network. The social network provides a social graph with a list of the user's friends. The platform leverages the social graph to enable the user to invite friends to participate in a media-viewing experience within the virtual three-dimensional space. A browser plug-in enables a user to instantiate a web page or streaming media content within the web page onto a virtual viewing surface within the 3D virtual social venue. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033079 | QUICK FILTER PATTERN - A method for adaptive data visualization includes accessing business intelligence data stored in a database, providing an interactive web browser having a filter pane and a result display pane, the filter pane containing a list of characteristics and/or key figures, receiving a user's selection of a parameter associated with the characteristics or the key figures, adaptively filtering the accessed data the selection, where the first selection triggers the adaptive filter to filter the data, displaying results of the adaptive filtering in the result display pane, receiving a second selection from among the parameters, adaptively filtering the accessed data based on the first selection and the second selection, the second selection triggering the adaptive filter, and modifying the displayed results based on the adaptive filtering results of the first and the second selections. A system to implement adaptive data visualization and a computer readable medium containing executable instructions are also described. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033080 | WEB BROWSER HAVING USER-CONFIGURABLE ADDRESS BAR BUTTON - A web browser has a user interface that includes a content rendering area within the web browser user interface and a control layout area adjacent the content rendering area. The control layout area includes a user-selectable icon that is always available to the user in the control layout area and which is user-configurable. For example, the user-configurable icon may be configured with one of two pre-defined functions. In one illustrative implementation the two pre-defined functions may be a tabs function and a favorites function. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033081 | CONTENT PERSONALIZATION SYSTEM - A sports content personalization system is described. A method may comprise receiving sports content at a server computing device, the sports content associated with content data related to subject matter of the sports content; generating a user profile comprising user data, the user data indicating one or more sports content interests; and presenting personalized sports content on a user interface comprising sports content selected based on the user data and the content data, the user interface presented on a display of a client computing device. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033082 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA-DRIVEN WEB PAGE NAVIGATION CONTROL - A system and method for web application navigation control includes updating navigation data models used in navigation constraints with received data from an end-user or system. Without needing a centralized application-specific controller, from a collection of extensible navigation rules associated with each page of a plurality of pages, the extensible navigation rules are automatically selected which depend on changed data values and need re-evaluation. The navigation constraints associated only with the pages potentially changing their ready state to execute from among the plurality of pages in an entire application are evaluated to determine which pages are ready to run based on updated data from the navigation data models. A preferred page to be actually navigated to next is selected from among a set of all available and ready pages by execution of a set of second and separate navigation constraints using results of the navigation constraints of the evaluating step. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033083 | PANEL CONFIGURATOR ENGINE - A method including receiving input identifying a panel associated with a software application, the software application including a Graphical User Interface (GUI) and the panel comprising a discrete area of the GUI within which to group software objects to control the software application. Additionally, the method includes processing the input to identify an object of the software objects to be included in the panel. Further, the method includes generating a panel definition including the object and dimensions of the panel, the panel definition to be processed to render the GUI. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILTERING OBJECT-RELATED FEATURES - A method and apparatus for filtering the set of object features of a user interface and presenting the filtered set of object features for display on a display device associated with a computer system. In one example, the system generates transition timeline data for state transitions in the user interface and filters the transition timeline data as a function of a state of the user interface to generate a filtered list of transitions for display of a transition timeline. The filtering is a function of a state of the user interface. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033085 | GOAL-ORIENTED USER INTERFACE - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for user interfaces. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving a first goal information representative of at least a first goal of a user; receiving a second goal information representative of at least another goal of at least one other user; storing the first goal information and the second goal information; generating, by a page generator, a page including a graphical element representative of a bloom, wherein the bloom corresponds to the first goal of the user; and providing the page to a user interface for presentation. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033086 | SECURE CONTENT-SPECIFIC APPLICATION USER INTERFACE COMPONENTS - A method includes retrieving content information and associated user interface configuration information. The user interface configuration information relates to user interface elements (e.g., the “chrome” for a “skin”) of a presentation application to present the content information. The user interface configuration information is verifying using a security component of the presentation application. The content information is presented using the presentation application, and the interface elements (e.g., the “chrome”) for the presentation application is presented using the user interface information associated with the content information, during the presentation of the content information. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033087 | DEFAULT TRANSITIONS - A method is illustrated that comprises receiving at least two states, each state including at least one object with an associated property. Further, the method includes comparing each object of each state to produce a set of differences between states. Additionally, the method includes defining a transition based upon the set of differences. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033088 | ELECTRONIC CONTENT CHANGE TRACKING - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to transmit and receive information, such as between a client and a server, that enables the display of a plurality of version indicators corresponding to a plurality of versions of electronic content, the plurality of versions comprising a first version newer than a second version. Further activities may include detecting selection of, and then displaying, a first selection indicator to indicate selection of the first version and a second selection indicator to indicate selection of the second version. Further activity may include communicate information to enable displaying, at substantially the same time as the first and second selection indicators, at least a portion of a plurality of changes between the first version and the second version. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033089 | INTEGRATION OF TRANSACTIONAL ACTIONS INTO ANALYTICAL REPORTS - During an online analytical processing session, actions can be presented for performance on transactional data underlying the session. Actions can be filtered to those valid for a particular context. Other features, such as acquisition of parameters for the actions can be supported. | 2014-01-30 |
20140033090 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM EXECUTABLE ON INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processer executes image processing. An interface unit provides a user interface which receives an operation relating to the image processing from users. A receiver receives user information by an input method selected by the user among a plurality of input methods that are different from each other. A controller executes, when the receiver receives an input of the user information, making at least one of a first determination of whether the user interface is to be provided and a second determination of which one of a plurality of user interfaces is to be provided, depending on the input method when the receiver receives the user information. The controller executes controlling the interface unit according to one of a result of the first determination and a result of the second determination. | 2014-01-30 |