07th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 63 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140047304 | ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD - An encoding method and encoder of a time-varying LDPC-CC with high error correction performance are provided. In an encoding method of performing low density parity check convolutional coding (LDPC-CC) of a time varying period of q using a parity check polynomial of a coding rate of (n−1)/n (where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2), the time varying period of q is a prime number greater than 3, the method receiving an information sequence as input and encoding the information sequence using Equation 1 as a g-th (g=0, 1, . . . , q−1) parity check polynomial to satisfy 0. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047305 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING ECC WITH FLAG BIT TO IDENTIFY MODIFIED DATA - A DRAM device includes an ECC generator/checker that generates ECC syndromes corresponding to items of data stored in the DRAM device. The DRAM device also includes an ECC controller that causes the ECC syndromes to be stored in the DRAM device. The ECC controller also causes a flag bit having a first value to be stored in the DRAM device when a corresponding ECC syndrome is stored. The ECC controller changes the flag bit to a second value whenever the corresponding data bits are modified, this indicating that the stored syndrome no longer corresponds to the stored data. In such case, the ECC controller causes a new ECC syndrome to be generated and stored, and the corresponding flag bit is reset to the first value. The flag bits may be checked in this manner during a reduced power refresh to ensure that the stored syndromes correspond to the stored data. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047306 | CONFIGURABLE, ERROR-TOLERANT MEMORY CONTROL - Configurable, error-tolerant communication of memory control information between components of a memory system. A controller component and memory component each have a variable-width command/address (CA) interface that operates in conjunction with an error detection/correction (EDC) channel to enable a variable level of error detection and correction with respect to command/address information conveyed between the two components as the widths of the CA interfaces are adjusted. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047307 | CHECKSUM CALCULATION, PREDICTION AND VALIDATION - A calculation, prediction and validation method can include receiving a portion of a data packet in a data buffer, computing, in a processor, information related to the checksum of the data packet based on the portion of the data packet and processing the data packet in the processor. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047308 | PROVIDING NOTE BASED ANNOTATION OF CONTENT IN E-READER - An e-reader application provides a note based annotation of content in an e-reader. A user action to annotate the content initiates a note pane to capture a note. The note includes variety of types including text, ink, snippet, audio recording, and photo. The note is captured in the note pane which is configured according to the note type. The note is stored in a platform-agnostic in a cloud storage. A local cache also maintains the note for offline usage. The note is anchored to the content using an anchor marker placed within proximity to a selection associated with the note in the content. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047309 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING CONTENT WITH DATA - Provided is an apparatus and method for synchronizing content with data that may extract content feature information of the content, and control synchronization by comparing the content feature information and data feature information described in the data. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047310 | MOBILE DRILLDOWN VIEWER FOR STANDARDIZED DATA - Retrieving and displaying data from a remote data storage system on mobile computing devices via a user interface for browsing data stored on the data storage system. In response to a user selection of a dataset stored on the data storage system, a top level report grouping and summarizing the data of the selected dataset is displayed in which the top level report includes links for drilling down into one of the groups of data of the selected dataset. In response to a user selection of a link in the top level report, a lower level report grouping and summarizing the data of the group(s) corresponding to the selected link is displayed. The lower level report includes links for drilling down into the groups of data within the group(s) corresponding to the selected link and may also include links for drilling back up into the higher level data. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047311 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION - A method for acquiring information includes: acquiring an access link primary address and an access link secondary address of a website; determining a layout page corresponding to the website through the access link primary address and the access link secondary address, and extracting summary information of each post included in the layout page from a source code file of the layout page; and acquiring a link address of each post from the summary information, determining a post page of each post according to the link address, and extracting content information of each post from a source code file of the post page. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047312 | Displaying Temporal Information in a Spreadsheet Application - Concepts and technologies are described herein for displaying temporal information in a spreadsheet application. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, spreadsheet data can be obtained at a computer system. The spreadsheet data can include data values, temporal information, and geographic information. The computer system can generate a visualization of the spreadsheet data based, at least partially, upon the data values, the temporal information, and the geographic location information. The computer system also can output the visualization. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047313 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANNOTATION FACING - Concepts and technologies are described herein for providing a three-dimensional (“3D”) annotation facing tool. In accordance with some concepts and technologies disclosed herein, the 3D annotation facing tool provides a way for a user to control the orientation of annotations associated with productivity data in a 3D environment. The 3D annotation facing tool can provide a user with the ability to lock the orientation of the annotation along one or more directional axes. The 3D annotation facing tool can also provide a user with the ability to maintain an orientation of the annotation in a camera facing view. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047314 | AUTOMATICALLY EVALUATING LIKELY ACCURACY OF EVENT ANNOTATIONS IN FIELD DATA - Embodiments operate in contexts where field data have been generated from a field event, and annotations have been generated from the field data, which purport to identify events within the field data, such as CPR compressions and ventilations. Metrics are generated from the annotations, which are used in training. In such contexts, a grade may be assigned that reflects how well the annotations meet one or more accuracy criteria. The grade may be used in a number of ways. Reviewers may opt to disregard field data and metrics that have a low grade. Expert annotators may be guided as to precisely which annotations to revise, saving time. A low grade may decide that the results are not emailed to reviewers, but to annotators. A learning medical device can use the grade internally to adjust its own internal parameters so as to improve its annotating algorithms. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047315 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL DEFECTS IN A BLOCK OF TEXT USING SOCIALLY CONTRIBUTED PATTERN/MESSAGE RULES - This invention provides a method and apparatus for identifying potential errors in a block of text using rules contributed by a plurality of users. Each rule consists of a pattern (which matches parts of a block of text) and a message (which provides helpful information). A group of rules is applied to a block of text to generate a report that binds messages with sites in the text where the corresponding rule patterns matched. Users can create, organise, edit, publish, rate, and combine rules and groups of rules. User ratings are used to generate better reports. The invention has many potential embodiments, with a web interface being an exemplary embodiment. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047316 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CREATE A PERSONAL PRIORITY GRAPH - A priority associated with a user and event data associated with the user are identified. An experience annotation for an event is obtained. The experience annotation includes an emotional measure of the event. A priority graph unit is created based on the event data associated with the user and the experience annotation for the event. A personal priority graph for the user is created based on the priority graph unit. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047317 | Method and System for Persisting Add-in Data in Documents - A method and system for storing data used by an add-in application in, or associated with, a document. Document-based applications, such as Microsoft® Word and Corel® WordPerfect®, can be functionally enhanced with third-party add-ins. Present methods of storing data in a document body can slow down the document-based application processing significantly as the document grows large and the data associated with the add-in or document application also grows. Other current methods use auxiliary files, which means that the auxiliary files must be kept with the document. The presented method and system enable efficient add-in storage in a document, without substantial slow-down in performance or interference with the user's ability to manipulate the document. Because data is stored within the document itself, the document can be shared without losing data used by the add-in application. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047318 | BROWSER-LEVEL BACKGROUND PAGE FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE VIEWS - A method for implementing web applications includes projecting, using a processor of a computing device, one element of a web page of a web application into a view of the web page, the view being a visual representation of a model of the web page, the model including application data and rules. A controller mediates input and converts input to commands for the view or the model. The controller transposes the one element projected in the view of the web page and another element using an insertion point that represents a defined location in a shadow document object model subtree, without affecting a document object model tree of the web page. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047319 | CONTEXT INJECTION AND EXTRACTION IN XML DOCUMENTS BASED ON COMMON SPARSE TEMPLATES - A computer-implemented method includes obtaining an XML document template object in which a subset of fields of the XML document is designated by placeholders. The XML document template object is prepared based on a prior instance of the XML document. The method further involves processing the subset of fields in an instance of the XML document that are designated by placeholders in XML document template object. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047320 | Layered Content Document Distribution in Multiscreen Systems - An educational digital publication platform coordinates distribution of multilayered content documents to multiple devices of a user. The platform ingests content and transforms it into a form suitable for web-based publication in the form of a multilayered document while preserving page fidelity. EReading browser applications executing on user devices render layers of the multilayered content into a form readable by end users. The publishing platform authenticates or denies requests to access content on each device and manages distribution of the content to the browser applications executing on authenticated devices, thereby effectively connecting multiple devices of the same user. As the end user interacts with the content, activities are logged by the platform and reported to all the user's connected devices in order to synchronize delivery of content and services. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047321 | Methods and Apparatus for In-line Editing of Web Page Content Stored in Multiple Data Stores - Methods and apparatus for in-line editing of web page content stored in multiple data stores are described. In one embodiment, a rendering of a web page is presented in a what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) editing environment. The presenting includes combining business transaction data from an inventory and accounting data store and web page presentation data from a page content data store. The presenting further includes rendering in the what-you-see-is-what-you-get environment the web page as viewable in a browser. Responsive to receiving an edit of an element of editable content from the what-you-see-is-what-you-get editing environment, the element of editable content of the electronic commerce web page is updated in both the inventory and accounting data store and the rendering. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047322 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROWSING THINGS OF INTERNET OF THINGS ON IP USING WEB PLATFORM - Provided is a method and system for browsing Internet of Things (IoT) so as to browse resource-limited things with rich UI. The method includes; at a user terminal, recognizing tag information attached to an intelligent thing and confirming an address of a things domain corresponding to the tag information via a dynamic domain name system (DDNS) server; accessing the intelligent thing based on the address of the things domain and acquiring a default web page; at the user terminal, accessing a fixed content provision server and receiving fixed content of the default web page; and, at the user terminal, acquiring dynamic content to be displayed on a web page via the intelligent thing. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047323 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALERT MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for alert management in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computing device includes a processor, an operating system configuring the processor to create a computing environment, an alert platform application, an alert pop up page file stored within the storage and containing instructions written in the rendering language to render a pop up page, and an alert history database containing alert data including an alert ID, display metadata, and application data, wherein the alert history database is configured to be queried to retrieve alert data, wherein the alert platform application is configured to query the alert history database to retrieve alert data, and wherein the alert platform application is configured to inject at least a portion of display metadata from alert data into the instructions from the alert pop up page file and render an alert pop up page. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047324 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, WEB PAGE OBTAINING METHOD AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH WEB PAGE OBTAINING PROGRAM - An image forming device includes a display portion to display an image, a request portion to transmit a page transmission request in order to request transmission of a page described in a markup language from a server, a rendering portion to interpret a page received from the server in response to the transmission of the page transmission request to generate a screen and to display the generated screen on the display portion, a state detection portion to detect a state of the device, and an agent selecting portion to select a type of user agent corresponding to the detected state from a first type of user agent and a second type of user agent, and the request portion includes a setting portion to set the selected user agent in the page transmission request. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047325 | CENTRALIZED FIELD RENDERING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention includes system for centralized rendering of user interface elements based on configurations as described in XML. A developer may create a definition for a field based on the nature of the information to be displayed to a user within a single file. Such definition will affect all future instances of the particular data type without a need to modify and/or compile code residing either within an HTML file or on a server. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047326 | Merging and Fragmenting Graphical Objects - Object merging in an electronic document may be provided. First, a selection of at least two objects within the electronic document may be received. Then, in response to the received selection of the at least two objects, a menu listing a plurality of merge operations configured to be performed on the selected at least two objects may be provided. A merge operation may then be selected, previewed, and applied to the selected at least two objects. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047327 | DOCUMENT CREATION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for document creation and management to facilitate creation of documents. An example document creation and management system is configured with an input component, a processing component, and a document creation component. A document creation and management systems can allow input of data in a customizable manner via talking (or recording), touching, typing, and/or clicking. A document creation and management system may use customizable templates, so that a user, for example a physician, may more efficiently enter and review data, such as data related to a patient encounter. A navigator may import information, such as formatting and structure information, from a template to guide a user as to the input to be provided to generate a document according to the template. Document entries may be automatically sent for processing, which may include editing, transcription, encryption, etc, in a parallel or serial fashion. For example, dictation information may be automatically transcribed and/or processed. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047328 | GENERATING SCENES AND TOURS IN A SPREADSHEET APPLICATION - Concepts and technologies are described herein for generating scenes and tours in a spreadsheet application. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computer system executes a visualization component. Selection of an option to create a tour can be detected by the computer system. In response to detecting selection of the option, the computer system can create a tour. The computer system also can detect selection of an option to add a scene to the tour. The tour can be saved. Playback of the tour can be started in response to detecting selection of a play option. If the playback is paused, changes made to the tour and/or the scenes can be tracked by the computer system, and an updated version of the tour can be saved. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047329 | Network Based Font Subset Management - A system includes a first computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The first computing device also includes a processor to execute the instructions to perform a method that includes receiving one or more environment characteristics of a communication connection between a user device and a font provider. The method also includes determining an appropriate amount of font information of a web asset to provide to the user device based upon the one or more environment characteristics, and, providing the appropriate amount of font information of the web asset to the user device for presenting the web asset. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047330 | COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING IN CONTRACT DOCUMENTS - A method implemented at least in part by a computing device for presenting a contract document for collaborative decision making comprises displaying a contract document, providing an interface adjacent the contract document for initiating a collaborative discussion activity, receiving a designation of at least one clause of the contract for collaboration and at least one recipient to be invited to participate in the collaborative discussion activity, receiving a call for a decision to be made relating to the at least one clause of the contract, sending the call for the decision to the at least one recipient in a communication, and updating a database to store at least the communication, an identity of a sender and the at least one recipient and any discussion or decision received in response to the communication. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047331 | DETECTING AND TRANSMITTING A REDEEMABLE DOCUMENT - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for detecting documents within content received by a computing device. A computing device can receive content through an application. The received content is scanned to determine if it includes a file type indicating that it includes a redeemable document. A notification is presented to the user when a document has been detected within the content including a button enabling rendering of the document on the computing device. The rendered document can include a button to transmit the document to secondary computing devices associated with the user. A user profile associated with the user can include data indicating secondary computing devices associated with the user. The user profile can be accessed to retrieve the data and, if the button is selected, the document can be transmitted to the secondary computing devices from which the user can render the document. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047332 | E-READER SYSTEMS - E-reader architecture with rich service infrastructure for identity, storage, protection, commercial exchange, and sharing of content is provided. The architecture may enable consumption of content through a set of compatible cross-platform consumption experiences that provide easy access to professional, institutional, collaborative or personal content with auxiliary capabilities such as search, commenting, posting, and similar ones. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047333 | FORCE FEEDBACK SYSTEM INCLUDING MULTI-TASKING GRAPHICAL HOST ENVIRONMENT AND INTERFACE DEVICE - A force feedback system provides components for use in a force feedback system including a host computer and a force feedback interface device. An architecture for a host computer allows multi-tasking application programs to interface with the force feedback device without conflicts, where a single active application may output forces. A background application also provides force effects to be output and allows a user to assign force effects to graphical objects in a graphical user interface. Force feedback effects and structures are further described, such as events and enclosures. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047334 | COMPUTER APPLICATION LEARNING SOLUTION - A computer-implemented method is performed by causing at least one processor to by execute instructions recorded on a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-implemented method includes interfacing an informative effects engine with a computer application, detecting an operation of a select feature or function of the computer application on a user-application interface, and in response to the detection, presenting a tutorial with one or more informative effects related to the select feature or function of the computer application on the user-application interface. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047335 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AND UPDATING LIVE-STREAMING ONLINE CONTENT IN AN INTERACTIVE WEB PLATFORM - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing live-streaming online content, including video segments married with related online information in a single online platform. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided that includes generating, using at least one processor, a series of videos having a sequential order to display in a web browser and publishing the videos in the web browser. The method further includes determining online data that relates to each video in the series and displaying the related data in the web browser. Further, the method includes playing the videos in the web browser in a sequential order and updating the data that relates to a video while the video is playing in real-time. The related data may include user comments, social media comments, pictures, videos, webpages, or hyperlinks. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047336 | Removable modular universal telematics services engine for an audio-visual control unit - Modular auxiliary processor circuitry, capable of performing telematics services, including wireless communications, diagnostic assessment and reporting, location based services, and internetworking, couples with a vehicle head unit through an auxiliary processing module interface. When so coupled, the auxiliary processing module circuitry can perform tasks, services, functions, and aspect that a lower-capability processor of the head unit cannot perform as quickly or as efficiently, if at all. When the auxiliary processor module is coupled and active, its display output can couple to a display device either permanently fixed in the vehicle, or portable and mobile with respect to the vehicle, through conductors or a wireless link. When the auxiliary processor circuitry's output couples to the display device software running on the head unit, or the auxiliary processor module, may decouple the head unit from the display device unless a user interface requests its services, such as tuning an AM/FM radio circuit. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047337 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING AUDIO FILES - A system and method for organizing one or more audio files. One or more original files are converted into the one or more audio files. The one or more original files are associated with the one or more audio files. The one or more audio files are accessed in response to a request to access the one or more audio files. The one or more audio files are communicated through an audio interface in response to a request to access the one or more audio files. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047338 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LISTENING TO AUDIO CONTENT - A method including selecting a presentation content group, displaying content identifiers corresponding to the presentation content group, selecting a content identifier, and instantly presenting a substantially live presentation content from a media provider corresponding to the selected content identifier to a user. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047339 | Control Apparatus and Method for Sharing Information in a Collaborative Workspace - A method and system of controlling display of information from a plurality of video sources on at least one presentation space, the method comprising the steps of providing at least first and second selectable control interfaces, each interface including a separately selectable control associated with the at least one common display screen presentation space and a selectable off control, uniquely associating video sources with the control interfaces, for each control interface (i) receiving an indication each time the selectable control is selected and receiving an indication each time the selectable off control is selected, (ii) upon receiving an indication that the selectable control has been selected, providing the video source associated with the control interface to the presentation space; and (iii) upon receiving an indication that the selectable off control has been selected, cutting off the video source from the presentation space. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047340 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A mobile terminal capable of outputting moving pictures and a control method therefor are provided. A mobile terminal includes a display unit, a user input unit and a control unit. The display unit reproduces a first image corresponding to moving picture data. The user input unit receives at least one of objectives included in the first image, which is selected by a user. The control unit extracts image data related to the selected objective from the moving picture data, and performs a function related to the extracted image data. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047341 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEMS - The present disclosure relates to a method, system, and apparatus for configuring a computing system, such as a cloud computing system. A method includes, based on user selections received via a user interface, configuring a cluster of nodes by selecting the cluster of nodes from a plurality of available nodes, selecting a workload container module from a plurality of available workload container modules for operation on each node of the selected cluster of nodes, and selecting a workload for execution with the workload container on the cluster of nodes. Each node of the cluster of nodes includes at least one processing device and memory, and the cluster of nodes is operative to share processing of a workload. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047342 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING A CLUSTER OF NODES FOR A CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM BASED ON HARDWARE CHARACTERISTICS - The present disclosure relates to a method and system for configuring a computing system, such as a cloud computing system. A method includes initiating a hardware performance assessment test on a group of available nodes to obtain actual hardware performance characteristics of the group of available nodes. The method further includes selecting a subset of nodes for the computing system from the group of available nodes based on a comparison of the actual hardware performance characteristics of the group of available nodes and desired hardware performance characteristics. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047343 | NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT - A network device includes a memory, a display, a user interface, and a network communication module configured to receive vehicle data, driver information, and driver communications, at pre-determined times, from a plurality of portable wireless data transfer and display devices via a long-range wireless network. The network communication module is further configured to send and receive network communications with one or more of the portable wireless data transfer and display devices via the long-range wireless network. The network device is configured to present the vehicle data, the driver information, the driver communication, and the network communications from the plurality of portable wireless data transfer and display devices via the display. The user interface is configured to allow for selection of the drivers presented and is configured to accept user inputs of network communications via the user interface. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047344 | Systems, Computer Implemented Methods, Geographic Weather-Data Selection Interface Display, and Computer Readable Medium Having Program Products to Generate User-Customized Virtual Weather Data and User-Customized Weather-Risk Products Responsive Thereto - Systems, computer implemented methods, and computer readable medium having program products are provided to customize by a user weather-risk products and to provide a customized weather-risk product to be purchased by user. Embodiments of a system include a tract-user computer having a display to display graphical user interfaces to a user and an input to receive user selections, the tract-user computer being connected to a communications network to receive graphical user interfaces and transmit user selections to a weather-risk product issuer computer. Embodiments of a system can also include a database to associate user selections with actuarial data, location data, and basis weather data and a weather-risk product issuer computer to transmit graphical user interfaces to the tract-user computer, receive user selections, and process user selections to generate virtual weather data and to generate weather-risk products. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047345 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING WORKSPACE ACTIVITY - A method, system and apparatus for tracking workspace activity are provided. At a device comprising a processor, a memory, a communication interface, and a display, it is determined when each of two different workspaces are active, the two different workspaces distinguished by one or more of stored data at the memory and applications being associated with one or another of the two different workspaces. Respective times that each of the two different workspaces are active are transmitted, via the communication interface, to a server. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047346 | USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS FOR TRANSPORTATION SHARING - In embodiments, a shared-transportation user interface element (“STE”) may facilitate sharing of transportation for a location described in a web page. Code for the STE may be generated based on location or other information for the location and may be included in, or otherwise referred to by, the web page. A user may later request the web page during which the web page and the STE may be rendered. In embodiment, the STE may take the form of a button. The user may then activate the STE, which may in turn cause the code for the STE to trigger a matching of shared transportation using a shared-transportation matching module. Other embodiments, may be described and claimed. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047347 | COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSPORTATION ROUTE MODIFICATIONS - A portable wireless data transfer and display device comprises a user interface, a communication module, a display, and a short-range wireless communication module configured to wirelessly receive vehicle data from a data acquisition device mounted inside a vehicle when in close proximity to the data acquisition device. The device is configured to accept inputs of driver information from a user, to send the vehicle data and the driver information through the communication module to a network device via a long-range wireless network, and to receive one or more work requests from the network device via the long-range wireless network. The device is configured to present the work request via the display, to accept an input from a driver responding to the work request, and to forward the input from the driver to the network device via the long-range wireless communication module and the long-range wireless network. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047348 | Identifying Communication Clients - A computer-implemented method for facilitating the identification of communication clients via a user interface is provided. The communication clients use a communication protocol capable of supporting a plurality of clients which are addressable using a common address of record. At least a first and a second communication client associated with a common address of record are identified. At least one parameter associated with messaging involving the first and second communication clients is selected. The messaging uses the communication protocol. First and second, different, client-specific identifiers for the first and second communication clients respectively are generated based at least partly on the selected at least one parameter. The first and second client-specific identifiers facilitate identification of and disambiguation between the first and second communication clients by a user. At least the first and second client-specific identifiers are transmitted for output to the user via the user interface. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047349 | Application Neutral Visual Sharing - A comprehensive visual sharing application, method and/or technique that combines all elements of sharing in a visual and seamless manner for data that resides either on a personal computer or on remote storage servers. A user has the ability to share data where almost every activity related to sharing data is done through visual representations of data and contacts to enhance ease of sharing. The visual sharing process may occur across several different application platforms, such as web interfaces, desktop application, and social networks. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047350 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING A CONTENT OF PORTABLE TERMINAL THAT USES A CLOUD SERVICE - A method of displaying a content of a portable terminal connectable with a cloud server. The method includes displaying a content list including a first object corresponding to a first content stored in the portable terminal and a second object corresponding to a second content stored in the cloud server, determining whether a condition for a display change of the content list has occurred, and changing the second object to a third object and displaying the third object if the condition occurs. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047351 | CROSS-DOMAIN BUSINESS MASHUP INTEGRATION - Techniques and configurations for establishing cross-domain communications between a business application, a third party website or service, and mashup components of a mashup user interface are generally described herein. In one example embodiment, a scripting library which establishes socket connections between domains and between components of a common mashup user interface is included or referenced in a mashup component and in a third party component that are displayed in the common browser-based mashup user interface. A scripting library executing in the browser may be used to establish and control the socket connections that communicate changes to the business application data, transmitted from the third party webpage to the mashup. The changes to the business application data, communicated and received in front-end objects, then may be processed or further communicated for persistence at the business application. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047352 | WEBSITE WITH ENHANCED BOOK MEMOS - A website is augmented to indicate the presence of saveable enhanced book memos. A user can save an enhanced book memo to their memobook database, then view their saved book memos, either at the website, or using a downloaded program when not at the website. The enhanced book memos can include text and/or multimedia files that are not present on the website. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047353 | EMAIL CONVERSATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - System and methods of searching conversations are provided. At a computing device having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors, and responsive to a search query a conversation having two or more messages is identified. Further, there is formatted for display to a user (A) information representing the identified conversation, and (B) a sorted sender list displayed as a single-line item, associated with the identified conversation. The sorted sender list includes (i) a first sender identifier identifying a first sender of a first message in the two or more messages, and (ii) a second sender identifier identifying a second sender of a second message in the two or more messages. The first sender list identifier and the second identifier are sorted. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047354 | TRANSPORTATION SHARING BASED ON MAP LOCATIONS - In embodiments, a map-based shared transportation location identification module (“MTSS”) may facilitate display of locations on a map for which shared transportation has been indicated as being offered or willing to be accepted. In embodiments, the MTSS may identify locations for which shared transportation has been indicated and display those on top of a map; the map may be displayed by the same logical entity as the MTSS or by a different entity. The MTSS may allow a user to select one or more of the locations, view information view information related to the location and elect to accept the offer (or to provide their own offer). The MTSS may then facilitate a matching of the user with the other relevant user for the purpose of sharing transportation. Other embodiments may be described. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047355 | SIMULTANEOUS EVALUATION OF ITEMS VIA ONLINE SERVICES - A method for simultaneous evaluation of items via online services and an online system hosting an online service therefore are described. The method comprises the steps of initiating an evaluation activity for a group of users of the online service, said evaluation activity directed at a plurality of items, establishing a communication channel connecting the users of the group with each other, said communication channel being coupled to the evaluation activity, providing to each user of the group a representation of the evaluation activity customized for the user and one or more further representations of the evaluation activity, each customized for another user of the group, detecting an interaction of a user of the group with a representation provided to the user, updating the representations in response to the interaction, and simultaneously providing updates of the representations to at least some of the users of the group. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047356 | REMOTE GEOBROWSER CONTROL FOR COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING - A system for collaborative decision-making and more efficient disaster management, in which multiple geobrowsers can communicate over local networks and/or the Internet to create a real collaborative experience when dealing with geospatial information, distributed using Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) compliant KML/KMZ formats, WMS (Web Mapping Service), or and geospatial data files. All manipulation functions (dataset loading, layer stacking, layer visibility changes, Point of View (POV) changes, map extent changes, looping and animation settings, geospatial file creation and annotation drawing, and other functions) are replicated across all connected geobrowsers to create a true collaborative geospatial Common Operating Picture (COP). The leadership role can be handed over to other users if desired to build upon all the datasets and annotations sent by previous leads. Additionally the designated lead user can record the current state of the map and reproduce this on demand or automatically on other geobrowsers. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047357 | COMMUNICATING FUTURE LOCATIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed which include receiving, from a user operating a user interface on a computing device, an indication of a first future date; identifying one or more friends of the user, for each of the one or more friends, gathering future trip information from the social network, determining based on the gathered trip information, whether each of the one or more friends are going to be physically present at the future locations on one of the second future dates that matches the first future date, displaying a geographic map on the user interface including displaying a friend representation corresponding to each of the respective future locations where one or more friends are going to be physically present on the first future date, and dynamically updating the friend representations respectively on the geographic map based on a third future date received. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047358 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING MESSAGE FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for editing a message in an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying transmitted and received messages in a chat window; detecting selection of a message to be edited among the displayed transmitted and received messages, and performing an editing operation according to an editing method for the selected message. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047359 | MECHANISM FOR ADDING NEW SEARCH MODES TO USER AGENT - An application programming interface (API) is provided in a user agent to allow an extension to supplement the user agent's search bar functionality with the extension's own search suggestion(s) and/or functionality. Accordingly, as the user types characters into the search bar, the extension can generate an item for display in a drop-down search menu based on keyword or regular expression (regex) matching. Such item may be a search suggestion which, upon activation, redirect the user agent to a network resource. The item may also simply display the result of a function or calculation carried out by the extension. Furthermore, the user may choose to enter a search mode, giving the extension exclusive control over the contents of the search menu. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047360 | BACKGROUND APPLICATION PAGE ARCHITECTURE FOR WEB APPLICATIONS - A runtime environment is provided, which is capable of executing a background application page that persists over a lifetime of a web application. The background application page does not have its own user interface, and the background application page is launched after a web browser is launched. Using a processor of a computing device, the background application page is notified upon receiving an event related to the web application. The background application page is employed to control at least one user interface for an activity page of the web application. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047361 | SCREEN DEVICE FOR INTERACTING WITH A MULTI-LEVEL HIERARCHY - A method, system, and computer program product for a human-computer graphical interface device for interacting with a multi-level hierarchy. The method commences by receiving a hierarchy data structure that describes a plurality of adjacent hierarchical levels, from which are selected three adjacent levels, which in turn are used in forming a graphical screen device having three or more three concentric annular areas, each one of the concentric areas corresponding to a respective level of the hierarchy. Each one of the concentric areas is populated with icons or other screen devices, and the icons are annotated with aspects of node information pertaining to a node at the respective level. The annular areas can be formed by circle shapes and/or by ring shapes. The organization of the rings corresponds to adjacent levels of the hierarchy such that each larger ring corresponds to a successively next lower level of the hierarchy. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047362 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE - An apparatus and method for displaying graphic user interface (GUI) in a variety of states includes combining effect images and chroma key layers to which color codes are applied in multi-layers. More specifically, the GUI display method includes: loading a chroma key image of a certain shape for a GUI; applying a color code corresponding to the GUI to the chroma key image; creating a GUI image by combining an effect image corresponding to the GUI with the chroma key image to which the color code is applied; and displaying the GUI image. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047363 | VIRTUALIZATION OF MOBILE DEVICE USER EXPERIENCE - A device virtualization service (DVS) is provided that uses a generalized thick client resident on a mobile device to provide user interface generation support to a myriad of services providing mobile device content. The DVS abstracts device specifics from services to provide device independent user experiences to be described by the service and then rendered on the device. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047364 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING REPRESENTATIONS OF ABBREVIATED TERMS FOR CONVEYING NAVIGATION INFORMATION - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to facilitate determining abbreviations of a term for conveying navigation information based on one or more other terms of the navigation information. In the context of a method, one or more terms for conveying navigation information are determined. The method may also determine at least one abbreviation for at least one term of the one or more terms so that the at least one abbreviation is unambiguous with respect to other one or more of the one or more terms. The method may also cause a presentation of at least one representation of the at least one abbreviation. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047365 | ASSOCIATING ANCILLARY INFORMATION WITH AN APPLICATION USER INTERFACE - Associating user interface elements with information ancillary to said user interface elements includes creating one or more items of user interface element ancillary information, receiving a request for user interface element ancillary information, the request identifying the context in which the information is to be used, searching, using a processor, said one or more items of user interface element ancillary information for items matching the context in which the information is to be used, and returning one or more items of user interface element ancillary information matching the context in which the information is to be used. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047366 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DECLUTTERING ICONS REPRESENTING POINTS OF INTEREST ON A MAP - Methods and systems are provided for decluttering icons on a map graphically presented on a display. In one implementation, a method is provided for decluttering icons representing points-of-interest on a map, wherein the method includes determining whether icons in a map view are overlapping and grouping the icons which are determined to overlap into at least one icon group. The method may also include repositioning the icons in each icon group into a decluttered icon patterns, wherein repositioning includes repositioning the icons at a predetermined distance from a common focal point. In addition, the method may include adjusting the repositioned icons to a different position in the map view when the repositioned icons overlap. Additionally, or alternatively, the method may include repositioning an icon in at least one decluttered icon pattern to a new position in the map view based on input from a user. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047367 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire positional information specified by a user on an input image for specifying area selection; and out of a calculation result of a transformation matrix between an object plane being a perspective projection plane formed by an object in the input image and an isothetic plane, a selected-area calculation section configured to calculate an area in the object plane as a selected area by the user using the transformation matrix of the object plane corresponding to the positional information specified by the user. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047368 | APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT TOOL - Systems and processes for displaying a graphical user interface control are described. API indicators may be displayed in response to a request for an API listing. A selection of an API indicator may be detected, the API indicator associated with one API of a plurality of APIs. A plurality of user interface control indicators may be displayed in response to the selection of the API indicator. The selection of a first user interface control indicator of the plurality of user interface control indicators may be detected, the first user interface control indicator associated with the graphical user interface control. The graphical user interface control may be compatible with the one API. An API call may be initiated using the one API. Response data may be received in response to the API call. The graphical user interface control may be displayed using at least a subset of the received response data. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047369 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING PHOTOS ON A WEBSITE - Method and system for presenting photos on a website are disclosed. The method includes selecting one or more thumbnail images in a browser window on a website in response to a select command from a user, dragging the one or more thumbnail images to a drop target in response to a drag command from the user, displaying the one or more thumbnail images in transit to the drop target as collapsible thumbnail images, and dropping the collapsible thumbnail images to the drop target in response to a drop command from the user. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COPY-AND-PASTE OF OBJECT - A method and an apparatus for copy-and-paste of a GUI object are provided. The method includes sensing a multi-touch gesture event and copying at least one GUI object. The multi-touch gesture event includes either a multi-tap and hold gesture event or a multi-tap gesture event. An electronic device for copy and paste of a GUI object comprises a touch screen, at least one or more processors, a memory, and at least one or more modules, each of the one or more modules being stored in the memory and being configured to be executed by the one or more processors, wherein the at least one or more modules is configured to sense a multi-touch gesture event on the touch screen and to copy at least one GUI object. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047371 | Vehicle Event Playback Apparatus and Methods - Vehicle event data playback systems have been devised and invented to provide authorized users means for advanced visual review. Detailed circumstances relating to vehicle operation are visually presented in these unique playback systems. In particular, a group of cooperating visual display devices operate in conjunction with each other to effect a detailed visual presentation of a vehicle's operational states. An interested party is afforded a high level of access to many data types in highly graphical and intuitive arrangements. Further, data replay access is enhanced by slow motion, fast forward, loop repeat, among others which have never before been associated with these data types nor with the compound visual presentations first taught in the accompanying disclosure. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047372 | Interface for Clustered Utility Nodes - Techniques for navigating a user interface and for selecting a utility node from within a cluster of utility nodes are described herein. The user interface may display an icon representing the cluster of utility nodes. A selection (e.g., made by a user) of the icon may be received and a list of the utility nodes that are represented by the icon may be displayed. Selection of a particular utility node from the list may be received, and an action may be performed on the selected utility node. The action may include displaying utility information associated with the utility node, zooming in on the utility node, and/or receiving information from an individual with which to configure the utility node. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047373 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING CALCULATIONS IN CHARACTER INPUT MODE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and apparatus for performing calculations in a character input mode of an electronic device. Character input is received in the character input mode, and input characters are displayed in a character input window. If determined that an arithmetic expression is present in the displayed input characters, the arithmetic expression is evaluated, and an evaluation result is displayed. A calculation enabling condition may be satisfied prior to, or after, the arithmetic expression identification. The method may be applied to character input modes of a text messaging or email application, or of a word processing application. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047374 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - Embodiments, relating to the field of virtual keyboard technologies, of the present invention provide a method for acquiring a virtual keyboard key. The method includes: receiving layout of a universal virtual keyboard and a mapping relationship between terminals and universal virtual keyboard key value mapping tables from a server; acquiring a corresponding universal virtual keyboard key value mapping table according to the identifier of the terminal and the mapping relationship between terminals and universal virtual keyboard key value mapping tables; and acquiring a universal virtual keyboard according to the layout of the universal virtual keyboard and the universal virtual keyboard key value mapping table of the terminal. According to the embodiments of the present invention, a universal virtual keyboard key value mapping table of a terminal is acquired according to the identifier of the terminal and a mapping relationship between terminals and universal virtual keyboard key value mapping tables, and a universal virtual keyboard is acquired according to layout of the universal virtual keyboard and the universal virtual keyboard key value mapping table of the terminal. In this way, virtual keyboards of different terminals have uniform user interface display, thereby reducing operation costs of users to adapt different virtual keyboards due to use of different terminals, and improving user experience. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047375 | Maintaining a Discrete Data Representation that Corresponds to Information Contained in Free-Form Text - A system includes a data record (such as an Electronic Medical Record (EMR)) and a user interface for modifying (e.g., storing data in) the data record. The data record includes both free-form text elements and discrete data elements. The user interface includes user interface elements for receiving free-form text data. In response to receiving free-form text data via the free-form text user interface elements, a suggested action is identified, such as a suggested action to take in connection with one of the discrete data elements of the data record. Output is generated representing the suggested action. A user provides input indicating acceptance or rejection of the suggested action. The suggested action may be performed in response to the user input. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047376 | Display System - A content control system is provided for displaying mixed media content. The content control system includes a display module, a content module and a control module. The display module includes a display device and a information appliance device connected to the display device. The information appliance devices includes a display processor to processes a signal into displayable content for the display device. The content module is connected to the information appliance device and includes a storage device storing data for the signal and a content processor that sends the signal to the information appliance device. The control module connects to the content module and includes a user interface to view and select the data to be displayed on the display device. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047377 | RETRIEVING DATA FROM AN EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE - According to an example implementation, a method may include receiving metadata from a first external data source, the metadata indicating types of fields stored by the first external data source, generating a signal configured to cause a display to generate a metadata graphical user interface (GUI) presenting the types of fields to a user, receiving a signal indicating a selection of at least a first type of field and a second type of field by the user via the metadata GUI, receiving data from the first external data source, and converting a type of at least a first field of the received data into the first type and a type of at least a second field of the received data into the second type. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047378 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM MEDIUM - According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes an obtaining unit, a specifying unit, a first setting unit, a second setting unit, and a processor. The obtaining unit is configured to obtain a three-dimensional image. The specifying unit is configured to, according to an inputting operation performed by a user, specify three-dimensional coordinate values in the three-dimensional image. The first setting unit is configured to set a designated area which indicates an area including the three-dimensional coordinate values. The second setting unit is configured to set a masking area indicating an area that masks the designated area when the three-dimensional image is displayed. The processor is configured to perform image processing with respect to the three-dimensional image in such a way that the masking area is displayed in a more transparent manner as compared to the display of the remaining area. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047379 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WHICH RECORDS PROGRAM - An information processing device ( | 2014-02-13 |
20140047380 | METHOD OF MOMENTUM BASED ZOOM OF CONTENT ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of interacting with a user interface displaying content on a display of an electronic device is provided. A zoom gesture is detected to modify a zoom level of the content displayed on the user interface. A momentum or kinetic value for the zoom gesture is determined and a final zoom level based on the determined momentum value of the zoom gesture is determined. The animation of the transition to the final zoom level can be adjusted to display the content on the user interface at the determined final zoom level. The content may be a webpage in a web browser where the zoom gesture is performed on regions within the content. The momentum of the zoom gesture is utilized to determine a desired region and adjust a final zoom level to align the content. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047381 | 3D DATA ENVIRONMENT NAVIGATION TOOL - Concepts and technologies are described herein for providing a 3D data environment navigation tool. In accordance with some concepts and technologies disclosed herein, the 3D data environment navigation tool provides a way for a user to manipulate a 3D data environment in which productivity data is rendered. The 3D data environment navigation tool may provide a user interacting with the 3D data environment the ability to manipulate the viewing angle of data rendered in a 3D data environment, thus allowing the user to “tour” or “move around” the data. The 3D data environment navigation tool may be configured to aggregate data at various zoom levels. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047382 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING BACKGROUND SCREEN IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for displaying a background screen in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes resizing at least one of a plurality of background screens according to a first input, displaying at least one of the at least one resized background screen, detecting a second input, and transitioning among the resized background screens based on the detected second input, wherein the background screens respectively include an icon. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047383 | SYSTEM FOR CONTEXT BASED USER REQUESTS FOR FUNCTIONALITY - Embodiments of the present invention may provide a method, machine readable storage medium, and system for context based user request for functionality. In one embodiment, software instructions may be executed by a computer processor to: provide a UI element for a software application to receive user request for functionality, initiate a context based functionality request responding to a user action on the UI element, provide UI input element(s) to receive user input for the context based functionality request, capture contextual information from the software application based on initiation of the context based functionality request, and receive submission of the context based functionality request and the captured contextual information. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047384 | INTEGRATED DATA CAPTURE WITH ITEM GROUP KEY - Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and graphical user interfaces for facilitating integrated data capture with an item group key are provided. Integrated data capture workflows are initiated from within an electronic medical record (EMR). Selections of groups of items from the EMR are received. Item group keys are assigned to at least one item for the groups of items. Available data associated with the item group keys is gathered from the EMR. Selections of available data to include in case report forms are received. The case report forms are populated with the selections of available data and the item group keys. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047385 | 3D Data Environment Disambiguation Tool - Concepts and technologies are described herein for providing a 3D data environment disambiguation tool. In accordance with some concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a 3D data environment disambiguation tool can be configured to resolve an ambiguity associated with one or more data points to be rendered in a 3D data environment. The 3D data environment disambiguation tool can present various user interfaces to receive inputs to resolve an ambiguity associated with a data point. The ambiguity can be resolved prior to, in conjunction with, or after the selected data is rendered in a 3D data environment, or various combinations thereof. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047386 | DIGITAL ASSET TAGGING - Technologies including devices, computer readable media, and processes are provided for application of meta tagging data (tags) to digital assets such as digital photos, videos, audio files, text files, etc. Disclosed technologies generate tagging suggestions according to a number of different approaches. The different approaches for generating tagging suggestions may be selectable by the user, providing for fast and powerful association of relevant tags with digital assets. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047387 | INFORMATION SUPPLY DEVICE - An online shopping server ( | 2014-02-13 |
20140047388 | SLIDE BAR DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND SLIDE BAR DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - The slide bar display control device according to the present invention includes, a display means which indicates a first slide bar including a first slider and a first bar, an input means which can select an arbitrary part of the first slide bar shown on the display means based on touch operation, and a control means which controls the display means and the input means, wherein, when the control means detects that a first operation has been performed in a state that the first slider shown on the display means is being touched in the input means, the display means indicates a second slide bar including a second slider and a second bar, and wherein the second slider is a slider different in a variation amount of a set value per unit moving distance from the first slider. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047389 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFICATION OF DIGITAL IMAGES THROUGH ROTATIONAL CASCADING-EFFECT INTERFACE - Provided is a method and system of modifying a digital image rendered on a display screen. The method comprises showing, at the display screen, a category menu shaped as a portion of an annular ring and including a plurality of category options, ones of the plurality of category options being cascadable onto the display screen via a rotational input action received at the processor of the computing device; receiving a first input selecting one of the plurality of category options; displaying, in the portion of the annular ring, a subcategory menu having a plurality of subcategory options associated with the selected category option, ones of the plurality of subcategory options being cascadable onto the display screen via the rotational input action, receiving a second input selecting one of the subcategory options, displaying, in an arched arrangement on the display screen, a plurality of product effect options associated with the selected subcategory option; receiving a third input selecting one of the product effect options; and automatically modifying the digital image by simulating application thereon of a visual effect associated with the selected product effect option. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047390 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE ON A DEVICE ENABLING SELECTION OF OPERATIONS TO BE PERFORMED IN RELATION TO CONTENT - A method comprising detecting, by an electronic device, a first input associated with a first selectable item of one or more selectable items displayed on a display, invoking, based on the first input, a menu for display adjacent an edge of the display, wherein the menu comprises one or more selectable icons and each icon represents a function, wherein when the first input is a continuous gesture extending to an icon displayed in the menu, performing the function associated with the icon. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047391 | System and Method for Communicating with Non-Verbal Persons - An improved method for controlling menu content on an electronic communication device. In one embodiment, the method for controlling menu content can comprise storing in a memory one or more selections and a context, associating each of the context with one or more of the selections, comparing the context to a condition, determining the condition is outside a parameter, and removing each selection associated with the context from a menu hierarchy. In this method, the condition is relating to an electronic device. The context can comprise the parameter. The menu hierarchy is displayable on a screen of the electronic device. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047392 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY - A display apparatus and a method of controlling a display apparatus which is controlled by an input are provided. A method of controlling a display apparatus which is controlled by an input displays a cursor and a selectable icon, moves the cursor according to a user manipulation input through the input; and removes the cursor and changes display status of the icon in response to the cursor moving into a preset region based on a location of the icon. As a result, the display apparatus can reduce the unnecessary load of the graphics processing and provide an intuitive GUI to the user. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047393 | METHOD AND PORTABLE APPARATUS WITH A GUI - A portable apparatus comprising a display screen, a processor, and an input device operable by a user of the portable apparatus. The processor is configured to control the display screen to display a graphical user interface comprising at least one object in a three dimensional (3D) space. The input device is configured to detect a user input and to provide an input signal to the processor. The processor is further configured to receive the input signal, to determine an input location within the display screen, to determine a direction of a rotation axis extending through a pivot point within the 3D space transverse to a line extending from the input location to the pivot point, and to cause the at least one object to rotate within the 3D space about the rotation axis. A graphical user interface suitable for being displayed by the portable apparatus and a method of operating a portable apparatus are also disclosed. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047394 | METHODS FOR FACILITATING TEXT ENTRY - A system and method controlling the location of a text insertion cursor that marks a location where content is to be added to a content accumulator. The system automatically maintains one or more active cursor locations that mark where content has been sequentially added at one or more different positions in the content accumulator. The system receives a command to move the insertion cursor to a location of a previously created active cursor location. In one embodiment, active cursor locations are stored in a list and the insertion cursor can be moved to each active cursor location in the list. Therefore, if the user enters content in the content accumulator non-sequentially, the method may maintain one active cursor following each sequentially entered text string. Upon receiving an active cursor recalling command from the user, the method recalls an active cursor by relocating the content insertion cursor to the active cursor. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047395 | GESTURE BASED CONTROL OF ELEMENT OR ITEM - Apparatuses ( | 2014-02-13 |
20140047396 | P AND N REGION DIFFERENTIATION FOR IMAGE-TO-CAD ALIGNMENT - In one embodiment, a method for aligning an image of a semiconductor device with a bitmap representation thereof includes receiving diffusion layer information of at least a portion of the semiconductor device, receiving implant layer information of the at least a portion of the semiconductor device, deriving distinct p- and n-doped region information from the received diffusion and implant layer information, generating the bitmap representation, including a differentiation between the distinct p- and n-doped regions, and performing an alignment operation of the image of the semiconductor device with generated bitmap representation. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047397 | LENS HEATING COMPENSATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods for calibrating a photolithographic system are disclosed. A cold lens contour for a reticle design and at least one hot lens contour for the reticle design are generated from which a process window is defined. Aberrations induced by a lens manipulator are characterized in a manipulator model and the process window is optimized using the manipulator model. Aberrations are characterized by identifying variations in critical dimensions caused by lens manipulation for a plurality of manipulator settings and by modeling behavior of the manipulator as a relationship between manipulator settings and aberrations. The process window may be optimized by minimizing a cost function for a set of critical locations. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047398 | MASKS FOR DOUBLE PATTERNING PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY - Improved masks for double patterning lithography are described. In one example, conflict spaces between features of a target design are identified. The conflict spaces are represented as nodes of a graph. Connections are inserted between nodes based on a local search. The connections are cut to determine double patterning mask assignment. The connections are extended to form a checkerboard that is then overlayed on the target mask design to split the features of the target mask design for double patterning. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047399 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFERRING HIGHER LEVEL DESCRIPTIONS FROM RTL TOPOLOGY BASED ON NAMING SIMILARITIES AND DEPENDENCY - A system and methods are disclosed for inferring higher level descriptions of circuit connectivity from register transfer level (RTL) netlists in order to provide more understandable and manageable design descriptions for complex System-on-Chip (SOC) designs. In particular, rule-based interface matching is automatically performed by analyzing actual port names on instances of functional elements and blocks to form signal groupings that comprise a higher-level abstracted description. An example syntax is provided for defining rules that are used to define how various analysis are performed. Data describing standard interfaces on common Intellectual Property (IP) blocks is optionally made available to facilitate interface matching. Also, a facility is included to allow user-guided mapping on instantiated interfaces with respect to actual port names in an RTL-level design. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047400 | LOGIC CIRCUIT DESIGN METHOD, LOGIC CIRCUIT DESIGN PROGRAM, AND LOGIC CIRCUIT DESIGN SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a logic circuit design method of an embodiment includes generating logical data corresponding to register transfer level description, based on design data containing the register transfer level description, and generating constraint conditions designating circuit data which satisfies a predetermined condition among plural gate level circuit data logically equivalent to the logical data, based on the design data, and generating gate level circuit data based on the logical data under the constraint conditions. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047401 | RECONFIGURABLE LOGIC BLOCK - A programmable logic device includes logic blocks such as a logic array blocks (LAB) that can be configured as a random access memory (RAM) or as a lookup table (LUT). A mode flag is provided to indicate the mode of operation of configuration logic such as a configuration RAM (CRAM) used during partial reconfiguration of a logic block. An enable read flag is provided to indicate if values stored in the configuration logic are to be read out or a known state is to be read out during a data verification process. Thus, exclusion and inclusion of portions of a region of configuration logic from data verification and correction processes allow a region of configuration logic to store both a design state and a user defined state. Moreover, the region of configuration logic may be dynamically reconfigured from one state to another without causing verification errors. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047402 | LSI DESIGN METHOD AND LSI DESIGN DEVICE - In an LSI design method of designing a clock tree that supplies a clock signal to a plurality of leaves from a clock supply point, when a high level clock tree is constituted by H-tree and a low level clock tree is formed by CTS, the number of stages of a high level clock tree is optimized without giving any constraint on the placement of a low level clock tree. The leaves are divided into a plurality of groups to form a low level local tree. A clock-supplied region including all leaves to be supplied with a clock is uniformly divided and for each divided region, a skew when a clock signal is supplied from an end of an H-tree to start points of a plurality of local trees included in that region is estimated. The clock-supplied region is more finely equally-divided to increase the number of stages of H-tree. | 2014-02-13 |
20140047403 | Statistical Corner Evaluation For Complex On-Chip Variation Model - The invention provides a method for performing statistical static timing analysis using a novel on-chip variation model, referred to as Sensitivity-based Complex Statistical On-Chip Variation (SCS-OCV). | 2014-02-13 |