05th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 70 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120030545 | ERROR RECOVERY STORAGE ALONG A NAND-FLASH STRING - Apparatus and methods store error recovery data in different dimensions of a memory array. For example, in one dimension, block error correction codes (ECC) are used, and in another dimension, supplemental error correction codes, such as convolutional codes, are used. By using separate dimensions, the likelihood that a defect affects both error recovery techniques is lessened, thereby increasing the probability that error recovery can be performed successfully. In one example, block error correction codes are used for data stored along rows, and this data is stored in one level of multiple-level cells of the array. Supplemental error correction codes are used for data stored along columns, such as along the cells of a string, and the supplemental error correction codes are stored in a different level than the error correction codes. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030546 | WATERMARKING ELECTRONIC TEXT DOCUMENTS - A text watermarking method embeds an auxiliary message in an original electronic text document to form a watermarked text document. The method applies a spreading function to message symbols to spread the symbols over a carrier, which forms a modulated carrier. It maps elements of the modulated carrier to corresponding inter-word spaces in the electronic text document, and applies an embedding function to modify the corresponding inter-word spaces according to elements of the modulated carrier signal such that the modified inter-word spaces hide the modulated carrier signal in the watermarked text document. The message symbols are automatically decodable from the watermarked document without the original electronic text document. A compatible decoder extracts the auxiliary message from a printed or electronic watermarked text document. The decoder automatically measures inter-word spaces in the watermarked text document. It estimates elements of a modulated carrier signal embedded in the inter-word spaces to form an estimated modulated carrier signal, and applies a de-spreading function to the estimated modulated carrier signal to extract message symbols. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030547 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAVING BATTERY POWER IN A VITAL-SIGNS MONITOR - A vital-signs device in a patient monitoring system is disclosed. The patch includes a housing configured to be attached to the skin of a patient. The housing contain monitoring circuitry configured to acquire and store measurements of vital signs of the patient, a wireless transmitter configured to transmit signals to another device, a wireless receiver configured to receive signals from the other device; and a processor operably connected to the monitoring circuitry, transmitter, and receiver. Upon receipt of an upload signal from the other device, the processor is configured to send a message to the other device via the transmitter. The message packet structure includes a data payload of variable size, a header containing transmit and route information and data payload length, and a data integrity check value. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030548 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK CODES - The present invention relates to an error control technology in the communication system and discloses a method and an apparatus for implementing Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) codes to improve the operation performance of the system significantly and satisfy operation requirements when processing high-rate CRC data. The method includes: performing at least one XOR operation for information bits input in parallel to obtain a first result, where at least one pipeline is added during the XOR operation; performing an XOR operation for a previously obtained CRC code to obtain a second result; and performing an XOR operation for the second result and the first result to obtain a current CRC code. The present invention is applicable to any field that needs to implement CRC codes by means of hardware. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030549 | DATA TRANSMISSION DETECTING DEVICE, DATA TRANSMISSION DETECTING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A data transmission detecting device including a detecting module and a detection value calculating module is provided. The detecting module has a plurality of receiving terminals and receives a first data and a second data during a first period. The detecting module calculates a total detection value according to the first data and the second data, and performs an error check comparison by comparing the total detection value with an error check code. When the detecting module again receives the first data during a second period, the detection value calculating module transmits an auxiliary detection value to the detecting module, so that the detecting module calculates a corresponding total detection value according to the auxiliary detection value, and performs the error check comparison by comparing the total detection value with the error check code. The first period and the second period are two successive periods adjacent to each other. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030550 | METHOD FOR EDITING MULTIMEDIA - A method for editing multimedia includes the following steps. First, use a client-side device to establish communication with a serve-side device, wherein the client-side device includes a plug-in and shows a user interface with a plurality of layers and a timeline. Next, send a plurality of multimedia files from the client-side device to the serve-side device, wherein the serve-side device includes a database, a media framework, and at least a storefront unit. Next, use the media framework to split the multimedia files respectively into the layers. Next, use the media framework to make the multimedia files synchronized on the timeline to form a digital multimedia creation. Then, save the digital multimedia creation in the database. After saving the digital multimedia creation, use the storefront unit to publish the digital multimedia creation to a consumer-side device. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030551 | REPOSITIONING OF HYPERLINKS FOR COMMON FUNCTIONS - In one embodiment, common functions of hyperlinks are listed and associated with alternative terms, which may be words and phrases that are commonly used to identify hyperlinks in web pages and other documents. A common icon is associated with each common function, and a predetermined position on a display screen is assigned to each common icon. The alternative terms for each common function are compared to each of the hyperlinks in a source document. If a hyperlink matches an alternative term of a common function, the target resource locator from that hyperlink, which points to a target document, is associated with that common function. The corresponding common icon is displayed at its predetermined position on a display screen in the form of a common function hyperlink, which includes the target resource locator. Activating the common function hyperlink redirects the application to the target document. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030552 | ATTACHING LINKS TO EMAIL - The subject matter discloses a computerized apparatus for linking to an attached file from a text, the apparatus having a processor, the apparatus comprising a receiving module configured to receive an object comprising the text, wherein the object further comprises the attached file, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a file identification associated with the attached file, wherein the receiver is further configured to determine a representation of the file in the text; a storage device for retaining the object received by the receiving module; a linking module configured to determine a link object, wherein the link object refers to the file, wherein the link object is displayable using the representation of the file; and an applying module configured to modify the object retained in the memory, wherein the applying module is configured to insert in the text the link object determined by the linking module. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030553 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANNOTATING WEB PAGES AND MANAGING ANNOTATIONS AND ANNOTATED WEB PAGES - Methods and systems are provided for annotating content and managing annotated content, one or more annotations, and one or more web pages with the one or more annotations. The present invention provides a method that may include embedding a user interface in a web site. The user interface may include at least one annotation tool. Further, the method may include presenting the user interface with one or more web pages provided by the web site. The method may include allowing annotating content of the one or more web pages with one or more annotations. Further, the annotating may be allowed using the at least one annotation tool through the user interface. The method may also include managing at least one of the annotated content, the one or more annotations, and the one or more web pages with the one or more annotations. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030554 | BOOKMARK USING DEVICE, BOOKMARK CREATION DEVICE, BOOKMARK SHARING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A bookmark using device of the present invention includes: a feature information extracting section ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120030555 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC NORMALIZATION OF TERMINAL SOURCE EXCEL FILES - A system and method are disclosed for providing dynamic normalization of terminal source Excel files. Embodiments of the system and method automatically, continually and non-destructively transform terminal source Excel files from formats that are simple to use by end users into a format that is optimized for automated analysis. Embodiments of the system and method enable businesses to efficiently and effectively analyze corporate data stored and/or managed in Microsoft Excel. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030556 | METHOD FOR ENABLING INTERACTIVE CONTENT WITHIN MESSAGING APPLICATION - Systems, methods and/or computer program products for presenting data to a user. In some cases, there is an additional processing of data for presentation, as some or all of the data received via a communication channel is replaced by data derived inter-alia by execution of instructions which were not executed during the original processing for presentation. Additionally or alternatively, in some cases at least some of the data transferred via a communication channel is in a form which excludes instruction(s) that could possibly be unacceptable to security module(s) and/or excludes instruction(s) that may be unsupported by a potential receiving system. In these cases, excluded instruction(s) are recovered and executed during the processing for presentation to a user. Additionally or alternatively, in some cases instead of presenting to a user received data such as content of a previously attached file, the data is stored and a reference to the stored data is presented. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030557 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ACCESSING AND MODIFYING THE CONTENT OF AN ELECTRONIC DATA FORM - Example embodiments of the present invention may include a method that includes receiving values entered corresponding to a data form and providing interactive text boxes to a transparent layer that overlays the data form. The method may also include automatically entering the received values as data input entries into the text boxes of the transparent layer and transmitting the received values to a database. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030558 | Electronic Book and Method for Displaying Annotation Thereof - This disclosure provides an electronic book and a method for displaying an annotation used for displaying an annotation image at an electronic book. The annotation image is located at an annotation position of an electronic book document and is capable of being displayed on a screen of the electronic book when the electronic book document is displayed in a pre-set font size. The method includes the following steps. When the electronic book document is displayed in another font size and the annotation position is within a current displaying range of the screen, an annotation reminder is displayed; the electronic book document is displayed in the pre-set font size and the annotation image is displayed at the annotation position as well according to an annotation activating signal. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030559 | Enhanced Delivery of Content and Program Instructions - A tag/content management system delivers customized content and/or program instructions to a user terminal. The system may deliver several groups of program executable instructions, including instructions that are global to all web domains controlled by a client server and those that are specific to a web page/group of web pages. In addition, this system may allow for the creation of testing environments for websites that include modified content and/or program instructions. Various techniques employed by the system may result in a reduction in the errors and latencies that commonly plague conventional implementations. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030560 | WEBSITE BROWSING SYSTEM, SERVER, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND WEBSITE BROWSE ASSISTING METHOD - A website browse assisting method according to an aspect of the presently disclosed subject matter includes the steps of: receiving a request for desired page content from a client terminal; acquiring the requested page content; converting the acquired page content into an image; extracting UI information from the acquired page content; determining whether or not the extracted UI information is needed for the client terminal for each item of the UI information; generating UI metadata on the UI information determined to be needed for the client terminal; and transmitting the converted image and the generated UI metadata to the client terminal. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030561 | Computer-Readable Non-Transitory Recording Medium Storing Program for Electronic Device, Electronic Device System, and Control Method for Electronic Device System - A non-transitory recording medium stores a program including program codes for causing a computer (a) to read information necessary for a display from a base file, (b) to display information according to base file contents, (c) to read machine type dependent information that (i) is necessary for the display on an output apparatus, (ii) depends on an output apparatus machine type, and (iii) cannot be commonly used in multiple machine types, (d) to create a transaction file composed of function information and an argument necessary for the function without including a control code based on the machine type dependent information, and (e) to instruct the output apparatus to output the information according to the base file contents by using the transaction file and a fixed file that (i) does not depend on the machine type, (ii) can be commonly used in multiple machine types, and (iii) is composed of machine type independent information including the control code. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030562 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CUSTOMIZED WEBPAGES - A device and method for generating a customized webpage creates a root folder that includes a base folder and language folders. The method creates a symbolic link between each of the language folders and the base folder, and analyzes the web address sent from a terminal device to determine which language is required to display a webpage. The method further locates a language folder from the root folder according to the required language, obtains common webpage files from the root folder through the symbolic link, and translates content of the common webpage files into data in the required language. Additionally, the method obtains a customized file from the language folder and storing the customized file and the translated data into a JavaScript file, generates an HTML file according to the JavaScript file, and displays the customized webpage on a browser of the terminal device according to the HTML file. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030563 | Real-Time Collaboration in a Hosted Word Processor - A computer-implemented method for coordinating documents between computer systems includes identifying, on a computing device, changes made by a user to a document having a model stored on the computing device, with corresponding models stored on a remote client and a server system; generating from the identified changes, one or more mutations that describe the changes and a one or more locations that correspond to positions in the model where the changes are to be provided; receiving one or more mutations from the server system and transforming the generated mutations using the received mutations; and updating the model stored on the computing device using the transformed mutations. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030564 | Domain-Specific Spell Check Overlays - The present invention provides a method, system, and program product for using a domain-specific spell check overlay. An overlay application determines a domain. The overlay application retrieving a domain-specific overlay for the domain, the domain-specific overlay comprising domain-specific modifications for a spell check word list. Then, the overlay application modifies the spell check word list according to the domain-specific overlay. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030565 | TEXT CREATING AND EDITING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM WITH DYNAMIC DATA LOADING - Embodiments consistent with the invention include a method of creating a document on a computing device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving input text in the computing device to initiate the document creation process, the computing device including a first portion of font data for a particular language, the first portion including less than all of the font data for the particular language; based on the input text, determining whether the first portion of the font data is sufficient to create the document on the computing device; and loading a second portion of the font data to the computing device from a data storage location if the computing device cannot create the document with the first portion of the font data, wherein the second portion of the font data alone or in combination with the first portion of the font data are used to create the document. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030566 | SYSTEM WITH TOUCH-BASED SELECTION OF DATA ITEMS - Computing equipment may display data items in a list on a touch screen display. The computing equipment may use the touch screen display to detect touch gestures. A user may select a data item using a touch gesture such as a tap gesture. In response, the computing equipment may display a selectable option. When the option is displayed, movable markers may be placed in the list. The markers can be dragged to new locations to adjust how many of the data items are selected and highlighted in the list. Ranges of selected items may be merged by moving the markers to unify separate groups of selected items. A region that contains multiple selectable options may be displayed adjacent to a selected item. The selectable options may correspond to different ways to select and deselect items. Multifinger swipe gestures may be used to select and deselect data items. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030567 | SYSTEM WITH CONTEXTUAL DASHBOARD AND DROPBOARD FEATURES - A user may select content that has been displayed. The selected content may be provided to multiple applications as input in response to detection of a user command such as a touch gesture. The applications may be widgets that are displayed in respective application regions surrounding a focus region. The selected text may be presented in the focus region. Each widget may produce output in its application region that is based on the selected input. A user can launch a desired widget using a swipe gesture towards the desired widget. A user may transfer the selected content using a swipe from the focus region to an application region. A user can select which widgets are included in the application regions. Displayed data items may be related to selected content. A data item may be dragged onto a widget icon to transfer the data item to an associated widget. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030568 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Copying User Interface Objects Between Content Regions - An electronic device displays a user interface object in a first content region on a touch-sensitive display. The device detects a first finger input on the user interface object. While detecting the first finger input, the device detects a second finger input on the touch-sensitive display. When the first finger input is an M-finger contact, wherein M is an integer, in response to detecting the second finger input, the device selects a second content region and displays a copy of the user interface object in the second content region. After detecting the second finger input, the device detects termination of the first finger input while the copy of the user interface object is displayed in the second content region. In response to detecting termination of the first finger input, the device maintains display of the copy of the user interface object in the second content region. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030569 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Reordering the Front-to-Back Positions of Objects - At a multifunction device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, a plurality of objects are displayed on the display. The plurality of objects have a first layer order. A first contact is detected at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location of a respective object of the plurality of objects. While detecting the first contact, a gesture that includes a second contact is detected on the touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the gesture, the plurality of objects are reordered in accordance with the gesture to create a second layer order that is different from the first layer order. In some embodiments, the position of the respective object within the first order is different from the position of the respective object within the second order. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030570 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Copying Formatting Attributes - An electronic device simultaneously displays on a touch-sensitive display a first user interface object and a second user interface object. The second user interface object has formatting attributes, one or more of which are distinct from corresponding formatting attributes in the first user interface object. The device detects a first contact on the first user interface object and a second contact on the second user interface object. While continuing to detect the first contact and the second contact, the device detects movement of the second contact across the touch-sensitive display, and moves the second user interface object in accordance with the movement of the second contact. The device changes one or more formatting attributes for the second user interface object to match corresponding formatting attributes for the first user interface object if the second user interface object contacts the first user interface object while moving. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030571 | System and Method for Controlling Local Computer Applications Using a Web Interface - A system for a user to control one or more Local Applications of a Computing Device via a Web Browser, said system comprising: the Computing Device and one or more Local Applications located thereon, wherein said Local Applications are capable of accessing resources located on said Computing Device; an Interpreter Module in communication with said one or more Local Applications; and a Web Browser in communication with said Interpreter Module and capable of interpreting and displaying information; wherein said Web Browser is used to operate said one or more Local Applications via said Interpreter Module; said Interpreter Module interpreting and relaying data packets between said Web Browser and said one or more Local Applications; | 2012-02-02 |
20120030572 | NETWORK VISUALIZATION SYSTEM - A system to visually represent a network may include a publisher, a subscriber, and a communication network linking the publisher and the subscriber. The system may also include a broker to visually represent on the communications network a relationship between the publisher and the subscriber based upon a topic associated with at least one of the publisher, the subscriber, a path flow that the topic travels, and the communications links between the publisher and subscriber. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030573 | FRAMEWORK FOR AD-HOC PROCESS FLEXIBILITY - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing a unified runtime framework and graphical, process-centric user interface for ad-hoc business process flexibility. One process includes operations for providing process instances of one or more business processes in a process visualization user interface. A request to initiate an ad-hoc change of a selected process instance is received from the client, and client user interaction options for implementing the ad-hoc change are provided to the client. A selection of a particular user interaction option for implementing the ad-hoc change is received from the client, and the ad-hoc change is implemented. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030574 | KEY-CONFIGURED TOPOLOGY WITH CONNECTION MANAGEMENT - Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with key-configured topology connection management are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes a logic for mapping a resource to a port through which it can be accessed and a logic for determining whether a requestor will be granted a connection to the machine on which the resource resides based, at least in part, on membership in a key-configured topology. Membership in the key-configured topology may be determined by a connection management logic analyzing a key provided by the requestor in a request related to accessing the resource. The key may be internally generated by a key maintenance logic. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030575 | AUTOMATED IMAGE-SELECTION SYSTEM - A computer system comprising storage for storing a plurality of digital image files, each digital image file including a digital image and metadata defining the included digital image. An input system of the computer system enables a user to select first and second dates to define a date range and to select a theme. The processor is programmed to identify digital images having both capture dates that are within the date range and image elements satisfying the theme. The digital images are sorted into distinct event groups, each distinct event group including one or more different digital images, wherein the event group can be a season of the year. The processor selects at least one digital image from each of at least two different distinct event groups which are then incorporated into a multi-image multi-event image product. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030576 | REDUCING THE VALUE OF A BROWSER FINGERPRINT - A method, operable on a processing device, for reducing the value of a browser fingerprint may include receiving, by the processing device, a request to provide a list of plugins installed on a browser. The method may also include generating, by the processing device, a fake list of plugins installed on the browser. The method may additionally include communicating, by the processing device, the fake list of plugins installed on the browser in response to the received request to provide a list of plugins installed on the browser. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030577 | 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. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030578 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT ENHANCED MAPPING WITHIN A USER INTERFACE - A system and method for Context Enhanced Mapping. A request is received from a user over a network for a map comprising an identification of a physical location, and at least one criteria. The physical location is mapped. Spatial, temporal, topical, and social data available to the network relating to the physical location and criteria is retrieved using a global index of data available to the network and prioritized for inclusion based upon the user and context of the request. The map of the physical location and at least some of the retrieved spatial, temporal, topical, and social data is displayed on a user interface. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030579 | METHOD FOR THE REMOTE SHARING OF COMPUTER DESKTOP(S) - A method for the remote sharing of a computer office generated by an application executed in a server in response to commands issued by client terminals accessing this server via a telecommunication network, the commands of a client terminal being entered by means of an entry area termed the focus. The client terminals transmit, to the server, commands dedicated to office sharing, and entered by means of various focuses, in accordance with a graphics interface transmission protocol of the RUI type, standing for “Remote User Interface”, so that the server matches up, by means of the focuses, the commands received and the offices shared so as to transmit, in response to the commands from the terminals, a graphics interface representative of this office of the server by means of indications of the state of the pixels in this graphics interface in accordance with the RUI protocol. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030580 | Stable Anchors In User Interface to Support Life Cycle Extensions - According to some embodiments, a business service provider may define a stable user interface anchor entity associated with a business object data structure. A reference field may be associated with the stable user interface anchor, the reference field representing a path to a persistent node of the business object data structure. An end user adaptation to a user interface may then be applied in connection with the business object data structure, the adaptation referencing the stable user interface anchor entity. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030581 | Mashup Component Framework for Business Enterprise User Interfaces - According to some embodiments, a business user interface page associated with a business service provider may be established. The user interface page may have, for example, at least one in-port to receive data from components and at least one out-port to provide data to components. A mashup component may be embedded within the business user interface page, and may also have at least one out-port to provide data to components. A display of the user interface page to a client may then be facilitated, including the embedded mashup component, wherein the mashup component combines and displays data received from a plurality of external data sources. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030582 | INFORMATION DELIVERY SYSTEM, INFORMATION DELIVERY SERVER, INFORMATON PRESENTATION TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION DELIVERY METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information delivery server of the present invention delivers information to information presentation terminals, and includes a control unit and a storage unit. The storage unit includes: a user attribute information storage unit that stores user attribute information; and a presentation information object storage unit that stores a presentation information object including user presentation information, feature information related to a context and an attribute of the user presentation information, and information indicating a relevancy of the user presentation information to a user of a delivery target. The control unit includes: a relevancy calculation unit which calculates a relevancy of the user presentation information to the user based on user attribute information of the user of the delivery target of the user presentation information and feature information of the user presentation information, and stores the calculated relevancy in the presentation information object storage unit; a delivery management unit that determines an information presentation terminal of a delivery target and a presentation information object to be delivered to the information presentation terminal based on the calculated relevancy at a delivery time of the user presentation information; and a delivery unit that delivers the determined presentation information object to the information presentation terminal of the delivery target. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030583 | PERSONALIZED KIOSK - A method is provided for personalized touch-based computing devices for individual users. A user would provide identification data to a touch-based computing device. The touch-based computing device, or ordering system that supports the touch-based computing device, identifies the user from the identification data and retrieves user interface format data from a database. User interface data is retrieved and transmitted to the touch-based computing device. A user interface is displayed to the user in a format based on the user interface format data. The format of the user interface and the order of items displayed in the user interface are controlled by the user interface format data. Transaction data from the user is stored in a database and the transaction data may also be used to improve how the data is displayed for future visits. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030584 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY SWITCHING BETWEEN SCALABLE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A method, apparatus and system enable mobile platforms to dynamically switch between scalable graphical user interfaces. Mobile device users may couple their mobile devices to computing platforms with larger display devices. Upon detection of the larger display device, the mobile platform may select an appropriate user interface scheme to display the content on the larger display device. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030585 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - This invention provides an information processing apparatus capable of, on an operation screen that can be customized in accordance with user's need, customizing the operation buttons of an application provided by an external apparatus, and a method of controlling the same. To accomplish this, an information processing system displays, on the operation screen of a Web application displayed on the information processing apparatus, a registration button to add, to a custom menu, custom buttons to be executed based on the current setting information of the currently running application. When the registration button is pressed, the information processing system manages button data and action data in association with each other as the information of custom buttons to be added to the custom menu. When the user instructs to display the custom menu, the information processing apparatus generates the custom menu including the custom buttons using the button data, and displays it. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030586 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING MEDIA USING SOCIAL MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for social media guidance applications are provided. A social media guidance application may be integrated with one or more social networks associated with a user. In some embodiments, the application may receive input from a user to publish a media recommendation to the user's social network profile. The application may locate media to include in the media recommendation, and publish the media recommendation to the user's profile. The application may locate media within a social media content source accessible from a user equipment device. The application may prompt the user for comments and ratings before sending the media recommendation. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030587 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING MEDIA USING SOCIAL MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for social media guidance applications are provided. A social media guidance application may be integrated with one or more social networks associated with a user. In some embodiments, the application may receive input from a user to publish a media recommendation to the user's social network profile. The application may locate media to include in the media recommendation, and publish the media recommendation to the user's profile. The application may locate media within a social media content source accessible from a user equipment device. The application may prompt the user for comments and ratings before sending the media recommendation. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030588 | PROVIDING SOCIAL LIKENESS WITHIN A MESSAGING CONTEXT - Embodiments are directed towards providing a likeness application that may be integrated into one or more different messaging applications to provide a user with an indication of how much the user may be liked by their messaging contacts. Such application is directed towards providing a level of fun to a first user through a dynamically calculated social networking indicator. In one embodiment, the first user may communicate with one or more other users over a network using the messaging application modified with the likeness application. The other users may also communicate with each other over the network using the modified messaging application. Then, at various times or conditions, the likeness application may display to the first user a relative percentage indicating how much the first user is being ‘liked’ by one or more other users. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030589 | Electronic shipment planner - An electronic shipment planner is adapted for electronically presenting shipment and scheduling information to a user. The shipment and scheduling information includes at least one shipment event date. The shipment planner is linked to a shipment data repository containing shipment and scheduling information. A system interface communicates with the shipment data repository. An interactive shipment data link is electronically associated with the shipment and scheduling information, and cooperates with the system interface as commanded by the user to access and retrieve the associated shipment and scheduling information contained in the shipment data repository. A calendar display interface displays the shipment planner to the user in a calendar format, such that the interactive shipment data link is provided on the shipment event date associated with the shipment and scheduling information. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030590 | System and Method for Selecting and Displaying Webpages - A computer-implemented method of dynamically selecting and presenting a webpage includes: receiving a request, at a server, from a client device to display a webpage; determining, at the server, a homepage defined by a user of the client device; accessing, at the server, a list of one or more webpages associated with the user; selecting a chosen webpage from the homepage and the list of one or more webpages; and facilitating the display of the chosen webpage on the client device. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030591 | LOGICAL DATA MODEL ABSTRACTION IN A PHYSICALLY DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT - A component object binds business driven services to a graphical user interface (GUI). The object includes a data model, view model and controller. The view model graphically presents, and the controller manipulates data used by the object. The controller includes an event handler that respond to events generated within the GUI and binds data used by the object to a data source which can be another component object or a remotely located source. The event handler can call a local script to calculate the value of a data element within the object. The component object can be instantiated on a client, and can be configured to communicate with a corresponding component object on a server. The client and server component objects can exchange only that data that needs to be exchanged to maintain the current state of a user interface in the client computer. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030592 | Mashup Component Authoring Tool For Business Enterprise User Interfaces - According to some embodiments, input may be received from a designer via a runtime authoring tool associated with a business service provider user interface page. The designer input defining at least one in-port to receive data from components and at least one out-port to provide data to components. A mashup component may then be embedded within the business user interface page in accordance with the input received from the designer. Moreover, a display of the user interface page to a client may be facilitated, including the embedded mashup component. Further, according to some embodiments the mashup component consumes business context data and combines and displays data received from a plurality of external data sources. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030593 | Method and apparatus for enabling real-time bi-directional transactions on a network - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing real-time, two-way transactional capabilities on the Web. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for enabling object routing, the method comprising the steps of creating a virtual information store containing information entries and attributes associating each of the information entries and the attributes with an object identity, and assigning a unique network address to each of the object identities. A method is also disclosed for enabling service management of the value-added network service, to perform OAM&P functions on the services network | 2012-02-02 |
20120030594 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, TERMINAL DEVICE, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - A terminal device includes: an image generating unit generates a configuration change image used for changing a configuration of an entire image displayed by a display device which includes an individual image on the basis of image information supplied from one or more terminal devices; and an input unit to which operation information representing an operation relating to a change in the configuration is input. The configuration change image represents an arrangement of the individual image in the entire image and includes an individual-image arranging area divided into a plurality of display target areas and an icon arranging area including the icon of each of the terminal devices. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030595 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - In an information storage medium in which a program readable by a computer is stored, the program allows the computer to execute generating a configuration change image containing an individual image based on image information from one or more terminal apparatuses and containing an individual image arrangement area showing arrangement of the individual image in an overall image displayed by a display apparatus and an icon arrangement area containing an icon with respect to each terminal apparatus for changing a configuration of the overall image, changing a display condition of the individual image arrangement area based on operation information representing operation relating to a configuration change of the overall image, and changing an icon background image on a background of the icon or a form of the icon in response to the display condition. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030596 | USER INTERFACE - A method for rendering a user interface including selecting a user profile to be loaded as the user interface in response to a user accessing a digital display device, identifying and loading one or more content associated with the user profile, and rendering the user interface to include the content associated with the selected user profile for display on the digital display device. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030597 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A WORKFLOW - The disclosure identifies a system and method for defining variable parameters to control a workflow. The control of the workflow is achieved in part through presentation and control of a user interface to a processor-based system that identifies variable parameters to the workflow and provides a mechanism by which such variable parameters may be input to the processing system. In some examples, only inputs of a subset of the variable parameters may be input at a single time. Similarly, in some examples, the system may control which variable parameters may be input at a given time in reference to prior inputs of other variable parameters. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030598 | DECISION AIDING USER INTERFACES - Various embodiments include at least one of a system, method, and software providing at least one user interface allowing a user to rapidly choose an optimal item, as represented by multi-attribute data objects, among a set of comparable items. One example method embodiment includes receiving a dataset having a plurality of data objects with a plurality of data object attributes. The method further includes generating a view of the data objects within a user interface on a display device. Such a view may include a representation of at least a subset of the plurality of data objects along a first axis with data objects positioned in proximity to a first pole of the first axis relative to importance of the data objects according to data object attribute criterion. The view may also include a representation of data object attributes including at least two designated as data object attribute criterion. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030599 | ENHANCED ZONING USER INTERFACE FOR COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS - Exemplary method, system, and computer program embodiments for managing a computing environment are provided. In one embodiment, a plurality of information, including each of an available plurality of devices, an interconnected plurality of communication paths, and quality of service (QoS) information, is gathered for at least one of the available plurality of devices and the interconnected plurality of communication paths. The plurality of information is organized into a plurality of zones according to a zoning methodology. One of an available plurality of checking operations is performed to verify consistency of the plurality of information, including performing a real-time zone checking operation to determine that at least one of the plurality of zones is functional. The plurality of information, including the at least one of the plurality of zones, is displayed to the user via a graphical user interface (GUI). | 2012-02-02 |
20120030600 | Isochronous Data Transfer in a Graphical Program - System and method for transferring data. A system diagram is displayed, where the system diagram includes multiple device icons corresponding to respective devices, each device icon having associated executable function nodes specified for deployment on the corresponding device. The function nodes are interconnected to form a distributed graphical program that is deployable and executable in a distributed manner on the devices. User input is received to the system diagram specifying isochronous data transfer among the function nodes. Invocation timing relationships among the function nodes are automatically determined based on the specified isochronous data transfer, including phase relationships between execution of the function nodes. The determined invocation timing relationships are displayed among the function nodes. The graphical program is deployable and executable in a distributed manner on the devices according to the determined invocation timing relationships, where during execution of the graphical program, data are transferred isochronously between the function nodes. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030601 | INFORMATION DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An information display control apparatus that is capable of displaying a plurality of filenames on a display unit so that the filenames are easily distinguished and original filenames are easily recognized. A first determination unit determines whether the number of characters of each filename is larger than the predetermined number of characters. A second determination unit determines whether the filenames have a common part. A display control unit displays a part of the filename onto the display unit within the predetermined number of characters and to display the full filename by rolling characters when the first determination unit determines that the number of characters of the filename is larger than the predetermined number of characters. The display control unit changes character rolling speed according to a determination result by the second determination unit when the filename is displayed by rolling characters. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030602 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR VIEWING GENOMIC DATA - A computer-implemented method for viewing experimental data is provided. In certain embodiments the method comprises: a) inputting genomic array data and cytogenetic data into a computer memory; and b) producing a graphical user interface comprising: i) a chromosomal map of the genomic array data comprising a first positional indicator that indicates a position on the chromosomal map; and ii) a cytogenetic map of the cytogenetic data comprising a second positional indicator that indicates a position on the cytogenetic map. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030603 | Displaying Current Task Lists on Graphical User Interfaces of Processing Machine Control - Methods, computer program products and devices for displaying a current task list on a graphical user interface of a control computer of a processing machine. In implementations, a running task list is provided, each task of the running task list including a task that is running on the control computer, a release task list is defined, each task of the release task list being selectively provided in the release task list based on predetermined, dynamically monitored selection criteria, the current task list is defined, each task of the current task list being provided in the running task list and in the release task list, and the current task list is displayed on the graphical user interface. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030604 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL KEY PAD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method for controlling a virtual key pad thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal identifies a touch pattern of a touch action of each of a plurality of virtual keys, and changes at least one of an area and position of a sensing zone corresponding to each of the plurality of virtual keys to correspond to the identified touch pattern. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030605 | OPERATION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND OPERATION METHOD - Provided is an operation apparatus including: a touch panel which selectably displays a plurality of function item keys, and selection item keys corresponding to each of the plurality of function item keys; a shortcut acceptance unit which generates an icon-attached function item key by pasting to a pasting target function item key which is a function item key, an icon indicating a shortcut of a function item key which is different from the pasting target function item key, and selectably displays the icon-attached function item key, and accepts a selection of the icon-attached function item key; and a integrated screen selection acceptance unit which displays a integrated selection screen which selectably displays in a same screen a selection item key which corresponds to the pasting target function item key, and a selection item key which corresponds to a function item key identified by an icon in the touch screen. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030606 | SELECTING ALTERNATE KEYBOARD CHARACTERS VIA MOTION INPUT - In general, this disclosure describes techniques for selecting alternate keyboard characters via motion input provided by a user. One example method comprises displaying a graphical keyboard via a user interface and receiving, via the user interface, initial user input specifying a selection of a key on the graphical keyboard, wherein the initial user input comprises an initiation of a contact with the user interface. The method further includes displaying alternate characters via the user interface, wherein each alternate character is displayed to indicate at least one corresponding selection direction that is associated with that alternate character, and receiving, via the user interface, additional user input specifying a selection of at least one of the alternate characters, wherein the additional user input comprises motion in the at least one selection direction corresponding to the at least one selected alternate character, and a release of the contact from the user interface. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030607 | CONTROLLING A KEYBOARD - Devices, systems, methods, and other embodiments are associated with controlling a keyboard. In one embodiment, a remote control comprises an initiation button configured to cause a keyboard with keys to be displayed upon a remote display device. The remote control includes a keypad with a button set, where the button set maps with keys of a highlighted sector of the remote display device. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030608 | METHOD, FUNCTIONAL ARRANGEMENT AND SOFTWARE MEANS FOR SEARCHING AND PROCESSING INFORMATION WITH USER INTERFACE OF A TERMINAL IN WHICH AN ADDRESS FIELD AND VIRTUAL FUNCTION KEYS ARE MODIFIED TO CORRESPOND TO AN INVOKED SERVICE THROUGH DATA INPUT TO A BROWSER ADDRESS FIELD, AND CELLULAR NETWORK TERMINAL EMPLOYING THE METHOD - The invention relates to a method for making it easier to carry out information search and processing with a communications device. Furthermore, the invention relates to a network browser employing the method and a www service at a server in a communications network as well as a cellular network terminal. In the method according to the invention, information entered in the address field of the network browser is utilized so that the address field with its virtual function keys is modified in accordance with the service used on the basis of information entered in the address field. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030609 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD TEXT REPLICATION - Text that is selected at a virtual keyboard is submitted to and displayed at an application data field and is echoed at a keyboard data field that is in relatively close proximity to virtual keys used to select the text. Thus, a user does not have to alter their field of view to the application data field to determine what was submitted to the application data field. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030610 | INFUSION PUMP SYSTEM WITH DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGE HAVING PRESSURE VENTING AND PRESSURE FEEDBACK - Embodiments are directed to portable infusion devices, systems, and methods of using the same for dispensing materials. In some cases, the devices, systems and methods may be used for infusing a material such as medicament, e.g., insulin, into a body in need thereof. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030611 | Display Of Respiratory Data Graphs On A Ventilator Graphical User Interface - The disclosure describes improved systems and methods for configuring the layout of a graphical display in a ventilatory system. Specifically, the present methods provide a user interface for configuring one or more layout categories associated with data on the graphical display. Upon selection of a layout category, a clinician is provided with a preview of the layout of the layout category. The preview consists of one or more parameter positions. Each parameter position is associated with a parameter. The clinician is also provided with a listing of possible parameters. The parameter positions in the preview and the possible parameters in the listing are selectable elements. Once a parameter position is selected, a possible parameter can be chosen to replace the parameter associated with the selected parameter position. If this replacement is acceptable to the clinician, the clinician can access an accept button to implement the replacement in the graphical display. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030612 | DYNAMIC PROPERTY ATTRIBUTES - A non-transitory recordable storage medium having recorded and stored thereon instructions that, when executed, may perform the actions of assigning an object as a selected object in a property window in response to a selection of the object, the object including a driven property and a driving property, reading one or more properties of the selected object, determining an instance value of the driving property using a custom property descriptor and returning a value of the driven property based on the instance value of the driving property using the custom property descriptor. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030613 | Zooming and Panning Widget for Internet Browsers - In one aspect, a widget mechanism for zooming and panning a content item is provided. The widget mechanism includes a first region including a miniaturized and complete version the content item. The widget mechanism further includes a second region including a displayed version of the content item. The displayed version represents a portion of the content item currently displayed on a display. The widget mechanism further includes a third region including a to be displayed version of the content item. The to be displayed version represents a portion of the content item to be displayed on the display upon actuation. The second region is smaller than and within the first region when the content item is zoomed and the second region is coextensive or substantially coextensive with the first region when the content item is fully not zoomed. The third region is adjustable within the first region. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030614 | DISPLAYING INFORMATION - A method comprising causing to be displayed in a display window at least one of a defined plurality of information items, causing to be displayed in a scrolling region a moveable element, in response to a scrolling input, moving the moveable element within the scrolling region and causing others of the plurality of information items to be displayed in the display window, causing to be displayed in the scrolling region a marker associated with one of the plurality of information items, the position of the marker relative to the moveable element indicating a direction of a scrolling input that would be needed to cause the one of the information items to be displayed in the display window, and causing the marker to be updated in response to an event associated with the one of the information items. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030615 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - In order to efficiently determine a screen to be displayed when the operation mode is changed, an information processing apparatus is provided that is configured to display a user interface (UI) screen on a display unit, and includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire data that includes a plurality of groups to which a priority level corresponding to each of a plurality of modes is set and at least one UI screen is classified into each of the plurality of groups, a storage unit configured to store the at least one UI screen classified into at least one group among the plurality of groups, an identification unit configured to identify a mode, and a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display a UI screen that is representative of a group having a highest priority level for the mode identified. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030616 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING WINDOW DISPLAY - A system and method for efficiently displaying multiple windows is disclosed. The system displays two adjacent windows such that adjusting a first window also adjusts a second window adjacent to the first window. For example, the system determines whether to resize or move the first window in response to receiving a window adjustment input. Based on this determination, the system determines a new location for the second window and displays the second window in the new location. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030617 | Methods of Manipulating a Screen Space of a Display Device - Methods to manipulate a screen space of a display device are disclosed. A plurality of application windows of a plurality of applications are displayed on a screen space. At least a first application and a second application are executing to display a plurality of windows. A user interface of system level applications may be displayed. A selection of a single application mode is received. In response to the receiving of the selection of the single application mode, all the windows are removed automatically from the screen space, except for a first application window. At least the first and second applications continue being executed. The user interface of the system level applications may continue to be displayed. Next, a request to display a second application window is received. The second application window is displayed while the first application window is removed from the screen space. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030618 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSIGNING ATTRIBUTES TO A PLURALITY OF SAMPLES - Systems and methods for assigning attributes to a plurality of samples are provided. An exemplary system includes an instrument configured to perform an experiment on a plurality of samples in a multi-sample support device and to produce a plurality of measured values. The system further includes a computer system in communication with the instrument. The computer system is configured to receive the plurality of measured values from the instrument, store the plurality of measured values in a memory configured as a grid of cells representing the grid of the multi-sample support device, display the grid of cells in a graphical user interface, receive a selected cell from the graphical user interface, receive two or more attribute values for the selected cell from the graphical user interface, and store the two or more assigned attribute values along with a measured value of the selected cell in the memory configured as a grid of cells. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030619 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - A method for providing a user interface and a display apparatus applying the same are provided. According to the method for providing the user interface, if a flick touch manipulation of a first axis direction is sensed, a category of a displayed content list is changed, so that a user can change the category of the content list. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030620 | Temporally Sequenced Recommendations in Subscription-Based Systems - A system and method for temporally sequenced recommendations in subscription-based systems delivers to users of a subscription-based system multiple recommended objects that are arranged in a temporal sequence. The delivered recommended objects are in accordance with user subscriptions and/or inferences of preferences that are based, at least in part, on usage behaviors. Variations of the system and method include delivering recommended objects in accordance with the contents of the objects and user direct feedback with regard to the objects. Information as to why objects were delivered to users may be provided to the users. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030621 | Temporally Sequenced Adaptive Recommendations of Activities - A system and method for temporally sequenced recommendations of activities delivers to users temporally sequenced objects comprising user activities, wherein the delivered objects are selected based, at least in part, on inferences of preferences from usage behaviors. The delivered objects may include activities associated with processor-based devices in addition to human activities. Variations of the system and method include delivering the temporally sequenced objects in accordance with the contents of the objects and user feedback with regard to the objects. Information as to why objects were delivered to users may be provided to the users. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030622 | Display apparatus - A display apparatus includes a display and a controller. The controller displays a plurality of menus in a hierarchy order on the display. One of the menus contains a plurality of selectable items. When one of the plurality of selectable items is selected more than a predetermined number of times, the controller displays said one of the plurality of selectable items in a menu on a higher hierarchy. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030623 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Activating an Item in a Folder - A portable electronic device displays a plurality of icons on a touch-sensitive display. The plurality of icons includes a folder icon that corresponds to a folder that contains a plurality of items. The folder icon includes respective selectable item indicators for at least some of the items in the folder. The device detects a finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display at a location that corresponds to the folder icon. In response to detecting the finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display at the location that corresponds to the folder icon, the device determines a respective item in the plurality of items in the folder that corresponds to the detected finger gesture and activates the respective item. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030624 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Displaying Menus - An electronic device displays one or more user interface objects on a touch-sensitive display. The device detects a finger contact on the touch-sensitive display at a first location away from any of the displayed user interface objects, and determines whether a predefined condition is satisfied. The predefined condition includes that the finger contact continues to be detected on the touch-sensitive display. While the predefined condition is satisfied: the device displays a first menu of a plurality of menus; detects a rotation of the finger contact; and replaces display of the first menu with display of a second menu of the plurality of menus in accordance with the rotation of the finger contact. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030625 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: an operation section; and a control section adapted to cause, when dragging is carried out through the operation section, a cursor interconnecting a start point and an end point of the dragging to be displayed on a display section in response to the dragging and execute, where a direction from one end portion of the cursor which is a start point side of the dragging to the other end portion of the cursor which is an end point side of the dragging is determined as a direction of the cursor, a process corresponding to the direction of the cursor for information displayed on the display section; the control section changing the information to be displayed on the display section when the other end portion of the cursor enters a predetermined region set on the screen by the dragging. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030626 | Hybrid Knob/Slider Control - A control object including a knob element is displayed in a GUI. A first user input can be detected that indicates selection of the knob element. In response to the first user input, the knob element can be visually augmented. The visual augmentation can include displaying text labels of range limit values and a slider element with the knob element. The slider element can include a fill bar to indicate the current value of the knob element. A second input can be a linear motion on or near the slider control. In response to the second user input, both the fill bar of the slider element and a fill portion of the knob element can be visually augmented to indicate the change in the value. A cursor image of a pointing device providing the second input can be hidden at least during the receiving of the second input. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030627 | EXECUTION AND DISPLAY OF APPLICATIONS - Apparatus comprises at least one processor, at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to store an identifier associated with a first application-type data item that is caused to be displayed during execution and display of a first application, and subsequent to removing the first application from the display, when executing a second application, automatically to cause a second application-type data item associated with the stored identifier to be displayed or automatically to cause to be displayed a selectable option, the selectable option being for causing a second application-type data item associated with the stored identifier to be displayed. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030628 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND TOUCH-BASED FOLDER CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A touch-sensitive device has a touch-based input interface and includes a touch-based folder control for creating, moving or arranging folders in response to an input of a touch-based user interaction. The touch-sensitive device receives an input from a touch-based user interaction on a home screen of the touch sensitive device and creates a new folder in response to at least one object selected by the user interaction. The touch based folder control visually disposes the new folder at a specific place on the home screen. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030629 | VISUAL BROWSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A visual browsing method allows a user to look at an item closely by hovering over, instead of clicking on, an icon representing the item. The method also enables the user to browse items in different levels of a multiple level category without waiting for web pages to be loaded, to know where he/she has been in the multiple level category, and to back up if he/she likes. The method makes the browsing process faster and easier. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030630 | MULTISCALE THREE-DIMENSIONAL ORIENTATION - A multiscale data engine is configured to generate a three-dimensional (3D) environment based on a multiscale 3D dataset. The multiscale data engine is also configured to generate a spatial hierarchy within the 3D environment by selectively grouping 3D objects within the 3D environment. The multiscale data engine is further configured to identify specific 3D objects within the 3D environment in response to input received from an end-user and based on spatial properties associated with the 3D objects. The multiscale data engine is also configured to generate various navigation graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that allow the end-user to navigate the 3D environment. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030631 | TREE CONTROL WITH ENHANCED HIERARCHY VISIBILITY - A hierarchical display system is described herein that provides an indication of a node's hierarchical position in a tree of nodes regardless of a user's present viewing position within a tree control or similar user interface control. Rather than displaying only the currently visible nodes closest to a particular active node, the system may display one or more parent/ancestor nodes in place of the farthest visible nodes. This allows the user to visually recognize a hierarchical path of the active node without scrolling to find the parent or other ancestor nodes. As the user scrolls, the system updates the display to keep one or more ancestor nodes displayed in addition to the nodes coming into view due to the scrolling. Thus, the hierarchical display system provides a more informative and less confusing control for viewing large amounts of hierarchically complex data. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030632 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PRESENTATION OF CONTENT - An application for a system that enables cooperating devices to transfer presentation of content from one device to the other by sending either the content or an identification of content from a source device to a destination device. In some embodiments, the actual content is transferred while in other embodiments, an identification of the content and a position within the content is transferred from the source device to the destination device. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030633 | DISPLAY SCENE CREATION SYSTEM - Provided is a display scene creation system that can cause a display scene to make a transition when a gesture is input to a touch panel, without a processing program that relates the touch panel to the gesture. A design of a display scene is set. One or more display components to be displayed in the set design of the display scene are set. A gesture with which the display scene makes a transition when the gesture is input to the set display components is set. A transition display scene table is provided that stores the set gesture and a post-transition display scene where the gesture and the post-transition display scene are associated with each other. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030634 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing device includes an operating unit, and a control unit for switching, when dragging is performed which is an operation to change a predetermined value via the operating unit, between changing the value by an amount equivalent to the amount of dragging, and setting a change speed of the value according to the dragging and continue to change the value at the change speed, according to the position of an ending point as to a starting point of the dragging. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030635 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: an operation section; and a control section adapted to execute a process in response to dragging through the operation section; the control section changing, when dragging is carried out continuously after a particular operation by the operation section, a process to be executed in response to the dragging based on the particular operation. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030636 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: an operation unit; and a control unit performing a process corresponding to dragging and displaying, on a display unit, a cursor which elongates from a start point of the dragging to an end point of the dragging and of which at least one of a size and a shape is different at one end portion, which is on a side of the start point of the dragging, and at the other end portion, which is on a side of the end point of the dragging, when the dragging is executed through the operation unit. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030637 | QUALIFIED COMMAND - A method for executing a qualified command including detecting a hand gesture input for identifying a command, detecting one or more non-hand gesture inputs to qualify the command, and configuring a processor to execute the qualified command on a machine in response to the hand gesture input and one or more non-hand gesture inputs. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030638 | METHODS FOR DEFINING EVALUATION POINTS FOR OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION AND OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION METHODS INCLUDING SAME - Methods are disclosed for defining evaluation points for use in optical proximity correction of a rectangular target geometry. A method for defining evaluation points for use in optical proximity correction of a rectangular target geometry may comprise predicting a contour of an image to be produced in an optical proximity correction simulation of a target geometry. The target geometry may comprise a plurality of line segments, each line segment of the plurality having one evaluation point defined thereon. The method may further comprise shifting at least one evaluation point to an associated point on the predicted contour of the image. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030639 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHECKING SIGNAL TRANSMISSION LINES - A computing device and a method selects a signal transmission line from a circuit board, computes an actual length of each line segment of the selected signal transmission line, and computes an actual distance between each line segment of the selected signal transmission line and a corresponding line segment of each neighboring signal transmission line. If each actual length is less than or equal to a corresponding reference length and each actual distance is more than or equal to a corresponding reference distance, the device and method determines a design of the selected signal transmission line satisfies the design standards. Otherwise, if any actual length is more than a corresponding reference length, or if any actual distance is less than a corresponding reference distance, the device and method determines the design of the signal transmission line does not satisfy the design standards. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030640 | DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A design support apparatus that supports designing of a circuit and is connected to a display unit, the design support apparatus includes a storage unit that stores logical connection information of the circuit and cell information of a plurality of cells included in the circuit, a selection unit that selects target cell information of a cell to be placed out of the cell information stored in the storage unit, a placement unit that provisionally places the cell corresponding to the selected target cell information based on inputted positional information, a determination unit that determines whether a wiring mode is set, a wiring unit that provisionally arranges wiring connected to the provisionally placed cell when the determination unit determines that the wiring mode is set, and a finalization unit that finalizes a position of the wiring provisionally arranged based on finalization of a position of the cell provisionally placed. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030641 | PERFORMING SCENARIO REDUCTION USING A DOMINANCE RELATION ON A SET OF CORNERS - Some embodiments of the present invention provide techniques and systems for performing scenario reduction using a dominance relation on a set of corners. During operation, the system can receive a design library which specifies gate characteristics at each corner in a set of corners. Next, the system can use the design library to determine a dominance relation on the set of corners for each gate type. The dominance relations can be stored with the design library. The system can then receive a set of scenarios over which a circuit design is to be optimized. Next, the system can determine a subset of the set of scenarios using one or more dominance relations on the set of corners. The system can then optimize the circuit design over the subset of the set of scenarios. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030642 | HYPER-CONCURRENT MULTI-SCENARIO OPTIMIZATION - Some embodiments of the present invention provide techniques and systems for performing aggressive and dynamic scenario reduction during different phases of optimization, e.g., during delay, area, leakage and DRC (design rule check) optimization. Specifically, essential scenarios at gates and timing end-points can be identified and then used during the dynamic scenario reduction process. In some embodiments, margin values associated with various constraints can be used to determine the set of essential scenarios to account for constrained objects that are near critical in addition to the constrained objects that are the worst violators. In some embodiments, at any point during the optimization process, only the set of essential scenarios are kept active, thereby substantially reducing runtime and memory requirements without compromising on the quality of results. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030643 | ASSESSING PRINTABILITY OF A VERY-LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATION DESIGN - Printability of a very-large-scale integration design is assessed by: during a training phase, generating a training set of very-large-scale integration design shapes representative of a population of very-large-scale integration design shapes, obtaining a set of mathematical representations of respective shapes in the training set, identifying at least two classes of physical events causally linked to the printability for the very-large-scale integration design shapes, each of the classes being associated to a respective level of printability, labeling each mathematical representation of the set according to one of the identified classes, based on a lithography model, and selecting a probabilistic model function maximizing a probability of a class, given the set of mathematical representations; and during a testing phase, providing a very-large-scale integration design shape to be tested, testing the provided very-large-scale integration design shape, and labeling the provided very-large-scale integration design shape according to the identified class. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030644 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING STACKED VIAS - The invention is directed to a method, computer program product and apparatus for a body of code to specify how database elements are combined to create a complex element, a database grouping is created that receives the content of the evaluation without introducing a level of hierarchy, and provides graphical user interface (GUI) to interactively manipulate the element. | 2012-02-02 |