| 07th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
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| 20120042215 | REQUEST PROCESSING SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR - One processor core of a plurality of processor cores that are included in a multi-core processor that processes a request from an external device detects a prescribed event, specifies a sub resource that is assigned to the one processor core based on the resource management information that indicates a sub resource of a plurality of sub resources that are included in a physical resource and a processor core that is assigned to the sub resource, and executes a reboot based on the specified sub resource. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042216 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION AUTHENTICATION BETWEEN CLOUD APPLICATIONS AND ON-PREMISE APPLICATIONS - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided methods and systems for providing communication authentication between cloud applications and on-premise applications. A method of embodiments includes receiving, from a cloud application at a cloud computing device, a first message at an application server of a server computing system, and parsing, at the application server, the first message to determine first identification information contained within the first message. The method further includes authenticating, at the application server, the first message by verifying the first identification information, and forwarding the first authenticated message to an on-premise application at a remote computing device. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042217 | STATE FEEDBACK CONTROL APPARATUS, STATE FEEDBACK CONTROLLER, AND STATE FEEDBACK CONTROL METHOD - A corrected state space model obtained by correcting a state space model to represent a controllable system by adding an error matrix Δ to a state space model representing an uncontrollable system is designed. A control object is controlled based on a control input of the system represented by this corrected state space model. The control input is calculated by a state feedback controller. By correcting the state space model representing the uncontrollable system by the error matrix Δ, the system can be made controllable. Since the error matrix Δ is added to a state matrix, an influence of an error on an output of the system can be reduced. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042218 | DEBUGGING SITE ERRORS BY AN ADMIN AS A GUEST USER IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - An approach for debugging site errors in a multi-tenant database system is disclosed. An example method can include receiving a request from a site administrator to access an enhanced error message and determining if the site administrator is approved for viewing the enhanced error message by evaluating exceptions associated with the enhanced error message, the request, and the site administrator. The example method further includes modifying a detailed error message related to the request for generating the enhanced error message, and providing the enhanced error message to the site administrator based on the approval determination. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042219 | States Encoding in Multi-Bit Flash Cells for Optimizing Error Rate - Memory cells are programmed and read, at least M=3 data bits per cell, according to a valid nonserial physical bit ordering with reference to a logical bit ordering. The logical bit ordering is chosen to give a more even distribution of error probabilities of the bits, relative to the probability distributions of the data error and the cell state transition error, than would be provided by the physical bit ordering alone. Preferably, both bit orderings have 2 | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042220 | LOW-COST DESIGN FOR REGISTER FILE TESTABILITY - A self-test module for use in an electronic device includes a test controller and a memory. The memory is configured to receive test vectors from the test controller. A comparator is configured to receive the test data from the memory via an output data path. A strobing buffer is located in the output data path between an output from the memory and an input to the comparator. The strobing buffer is configured to selectively enable the test vectors to propagate from the memory output to the comparator input. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042221 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING A HARQ IN A MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM - Provided are a method and apparatus for implementing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ). A terminal receives a plurality of transmission blocks through a plurality of downlink component carrier waves, and determines a plurality of ACK/NACK resources for the plurality of transmission blocks. If the plurality of ACK/NACK resources overlaps, the terminal uses the overlapping ACK/NACK resources to transmit one bundled ACK/NACK signal for the plurality of transmission blocks through an uplink component carrier wave. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042222 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND RETRANSMITTING METHOD - In a retransmitting method, at least one ARQ block included in a first PDU is fragmented into a plurality of ARQ sub-blocks, and at least one second PDU is generated from the plurality of ARQ sub-blocks. The second PDU includes a payload including an extended header and at least some of a plurality of ARQ sub-blocks. The extended header includes a field representing a sequence number of the first ARQ sub-block belonging to the payload. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042223 | FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION SCHEME FOR HIGH RATE DATA EXCHANGE IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM - A transmitter/receiver system for high data transfer in a wireless communication system includes a physical layer processor that comprises an FEC coder, a demultiplexer and a plurality of modem processors. The FEC coder applies error correction codes to the high data rate signal. Thereafter, the demultiplexer distributes portions of the coded high data rate signal to the modem processors. Each modem processor processes its respective portion of the coded signal for transmission in an independent channel. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042224 | System and Method for Correcting Errors in Non-Volatile Memory Using Product Codes - A product code encoder for non-volatile (NV) memory includes a first encoder that encodes data in codewords in a first dimension that is stored in the NV memory. The product code encoder also includes a second encoder that encodes data in codewords in a second dimension that is stored in the NV memory. A product code codeword is based on the codewords in the first dimension and the codewords in the second dimension. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042225 | DATA STORAGE WITH AN OUTER BLOCK CODE AND A STREAM-BASED INNER CODE - Apparatus and methods store stream-based error recovery data for a memory array, such as a NAND flash array. Conventionally, data is block coded per industry specification and stored in the memory array. Within the limits of the block code, this technique provides for correction of errors. By applying a stream-based inner code, that is, concatenating the outer block code with an outer code, the error correction can be further enhanced, enhancing the reliability of the device. This can also permit a relatively small-geometry device to be used in a legacy application. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042226 | ITERATIVE DECODING OF BLOCKS WITH CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECKS - The iterative decoding of blocks may be continued or terminated based on CRC checks. In an example embodiment, one iteration of an iterative decoding process is performed on a block whose information bits are covered by a CRC. The iterative decoding process is stopped if the CRC checks for a predetermined number of consecutive iterations. In another example embodiment, a decoding iteration is performed on a particular sub-block of multiple sub-blocks of a transport block, which includes a single CRC over an entirety of the transport block. The CRC is checked using decoded bits obtained from the decoding iteration on the particular sub-block and decoded bits obtained from previous decoding iterations on other sub-blocks of the multiple sub-blocks. The decoding iteration is then performed on a different sub-block if the CRC does not check. Also, the decoding iterations for the sub-blocks may be terminated if the CRC checks. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042227 | FEC STREAMING WITH AGGREGATION OF CONCURRENT STREAMS FOR FEC COMPUTATION - Transmitters and receivers deal with streams of data, wherein the receiver is expected to begin using received data before receiving all of the data. Concurrent streams are sent and FEC coding is used with the streams and done as an aggregate. The transmitter performs FEC operations over the plurality of streams, wherein source blocks from at least two streams logically associated into a jumbo source block and FEC processing is performed to generate one or more jumbo repair block from the jumbo source block. Each of the source blocks comprises one or more source symbols from their respective stream. The jumbo source symbols can be of constant size and are suitably aligned along size boundaries that make processing efficient. Each source symbol need not be the same size, and the number of source symbols from each stream in a jumbo source block need not be the same value across streams. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042228 | BITWISE RELIABILITY INDICATORS FROM SURVIVOR BITS IN VITERBI DECODERS - Various embodiments relate to the production of erasure flags to indicate errors resulting from decoding of convolutional codes. A Viterbi decoder may use a register exchange method to produce a plurality of survivor codes. At a defined index, a majority vote may take place comparing values of bits in each of the survivor codes. This majority vote may involve obtaining both the quantity of high-order bits and the quantity of low-order bits and obtaining the difference of the two quantities. The absolute value of the difference of high-order bits to low-order bits may be compared to a defined threshold. When the absolute value difference is below the defined quantity, an erasure flag may be produced and associated with the bits of the defined index, indicating that they are eligible for erasure. In some embodiments, a Reed-Solomon decoder may use the erasure flag to target specific survivor bits or survivor bytes for error-correction through erasure. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042229 | MULTI-STANDARD VITERBI PROCESSOR - Various embodiments relate to a multi-standard Viterbi decoder. Based on programmable values for constraint length, generator polynomials, and code rate, the multi-standard Viterbi decoder may adhere to a specific convolutional code standard. At a given time, the multi-standard Viterbi decoder may receive a variety of convolutional codes through a channel and may process them using various forms of the trace back method. Various embodiments include a branch metric unit and path metric unit that include a variety of sub-units that may or may not be active based on the value of the programmable value. Various embodiments also enable the multi-standard Viterbi decoder to handle different forms of convolutional codes, such as tail-biting codes. In some embodiments, the multi-standard Viterbi decoder may also process at least two convolutional codes concurrently. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042230 | METHOD OF CREATING GRAPH STRUCTURE FROM TIME-SERIES OF ATTENTION DATA - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer program products for generating search results comprising web documents with associated expert information. One embodiment of a method for generating such search results includes receiving one or more search queries, selecting one of the one or more search queries, determining one or more categories of web documents responsive to the selected search query and crawling a web graph of linked web documents to identify one or more web documents tagged as within the one or more categories responsive to the selected search query. The method further includes generating a result set of the one or more web documents identified as within the one or more categories responsive to the selected search query, ranking the result set and generating a list of ranked search results responsive to the selected search. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042231 | EXPANDED TEXT EXCERPTS - A system provides a list of search results, where one of the search results in the list of search results includes a snippet from a corresponding search result document. The system receives selection of the snippet and provides an expanded snippet based on the selection of the snippet. The expanded snippet includes the snippet and other text from a subset of the search result document. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042232 | Placement of Hyperlinks in Documents - Methods, systems, and apparatus relate to technologies generally relating to the placement of hyperlinks within the body of text of a document. The placement of hyperlinks can be on specified words or phrases, according to a specified link distribution function across the body of the text content of a document. Some techniques involve a method for determining a placement of links on a document that involves selecting a document comprising words of text for placing links in the document, selecting a link distribution function, and using the link distribution function in determining locations for the placement of the links in the document. The placement of hyperlinks in the document may be automatically performed on a server side. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042233 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a vector data acquiring unit, a partial vector data generating unit, and a partial image data generating unit. The vector data acquiring unit acquires vector data contained in image data representing a document image. The partial vector data generating unit generates plural pieces of partial vector data for drawing respective parts into which a drawing target based on the vector data is divided. The partial image data generating unit generates plural pieces of partial image data which include the plural pieces of partial vector data and which constitute the document image. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042234 | XSLT/XPATH Focus Inference For Optimized XSLT Implementation - Techniques are provided for performing focus inference when compiling an Extensible Markup Language Transforms (XSLT) stylesheet into a compiled XSLT processor. In XPath/XSLT, expression evaluation occurs with respect to the dynamic context. In XPath, the part of the dynamic context, related to the context node-set, is called the “focus” of the expression. Conceptually, the focus would need to be systematically computed and propagated along the recursive execution of XSLT templates. This is costly. Focus inference enables the more efficient execution of XSLT programs since the inferred focus information can be used directly by a code generator in an XSLT compilation architecture. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042235 | DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS, DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING DESIGN SUPPORT PROGRAM - A design support apparatus includes a search unit configured to refer to a first database including annotation information pieces added to a first product model and site identification information pieces associated with the annotation information pieces, respectively, and to search, in a second product model, a second site corresponding to a first site identified by the site identification information piece. Each of the site identification information pieces is for identifying the first site to which the associated annotation information piece is added in the first product model. The apparatus further includes a placement unit configured to place the annotation information piece associated with the corresponding site identification information piece at the second site when the search unit determines that the second site exists in the second product model. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042236 | INTEGRATED DOCUMENT VIEWER - In various embodiments of the present invention, documents (eg, PDFs) are converted into HTML 5 (and CSS 3) formats and integrated into existing HTML 5 web pages to preserve the original embedded fonts. The fonts can also be integrated or embedded (e.g., via the standard HTML “iframe” tag) into other web pages. The original appearance of the source document is maintained, the text is preserved as searchable text, and the document is integrated into a web page that can be searched, zoomed, scrolled, and printed utilizing standard web browser controls. A significantly increased “ad inventory” is thereby enabled, wherein advertisements can be integrated between pages, or even within a page. Moreover, the resulting document can be passively shared with members of a user's external social networks (including those within the host website), along with other activities and behaviors performed by the user on the hosting website. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042237 | Method and Apparatus for Detecting Changes in Websites and Reporting Results to Web Developers for Navigation Template - A computerized appliance includes a non-transitory physical memory medium couple to the computerized appliance, and software executing on the computerized appliance from the non-transitory physical memory medium. The computerized appliance performs a method comprising steps of accessing an electronic information page on a network by proxy on behalf of a client, following a navigation template assembled from a plurality of functional logic blocks, determining failed execution of the navigation template, determining the logic block involved at the point of failure, determining information necessary to repair the logic block determined at the point of failure, creating a new modular logic block according to the information, and installing the newly-created modular logic block into the navigation template that failed, and automatically replacing the failed logic block in all stored navigation templates that depend on the failed logic block. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042238 | EMBEDDED DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL USER INTERFACE REALIZATION METHOD - A three-dimensional (3D) user interface in an embedded device supports programming languages which are supported by the X3D standard, and may embed an extensible 3D (X3D) file into a hypertext mark-up language (HTML) file using one of the programming language. Then the X3D file in the HTML file is parsed by a browser plug-in of the 3D user interface, and an open graphics library (Open GL) is converted to an open graphics library for embedded systems (Open GL ES). Furthermore, corresponding functions in the Open GL ES are executed according to the parsing results, to render a 3D scene defined by the X3D file in the HTML file. In addition, the HTML file and the 3D scene is output on a display of the embedded device. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042239 | Document Templates - A method of creating a template for presenting content within a document. The method includes defining a plurality of components, each including at least one content region and at least one of a frame, a template perimeter and an object. A number of links are then defined between the components, each link representing a respective spatial relationship. A processing system is then responsive to the template to populate the content region with content, generate a representation of each component and position the representation of each component in the document using the defined links to control the relative spatial positioning of the components. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042240 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PAGE LAYOUT - The present disclosure includes a system and method for automatic page layout. One automatic page layout method includes dividing a plurality of ordered graphical items into groups, and bisecting a space into regions having a reading order corresponding to an order of the ordered graphical items, each region corresponding to one of the groups and being sized according to a first layout characteristic of the ordered graphical items of the region's corresponding group in proportion to a second layout characteristic of the plurality of ordered graphical items. An output is caused in which each region has been filled with that region's associated group of ordered graphical items. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042241 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBJECT SIMULATION IN AN INTERMITTENTLY CONNECTED MOBILE APPLICATION - The generation and comparison of a first time stamp and a second time stamp allows for the active operation of a mobile device that is intermittently connected to a middleware system. A document is created with a first time stamp, where this document relates to a particular activity associated with one or more objects. Affected object fields are also created to include a second time stamp. The first time stamp is updated to reflect a data request object and the second time stamp reflects when the affected object is adjusted on the back-end system. Until the second time stamp is later in time than the first time stamp, indicating successful processing of the data request object, the mobile device simulates the successful processing of the data request object to reflect the adjustment in a data object value. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042242 | MULTIPLE SYNCHRONIZED VIEWS FOR CREATING, ANALYZING, EDITING, AND USING MATHEMATICAL FORMULAS - A computerized method and system for creating, analyzing, and editing complex formulas so as to facilitate their use in software applications such as spreadsheets and database applications. The method and system employ multiple synchronized views for formulas, one view presenting the linear text required by the software application and the other views presenting clear indications of the meaning of that text. Examples of such views include mathematically typeset formulas and hierarchical diagrams that reveal the formula's structure. The method and system parse formulas to determine their structure, display that structure in multiple views, and provide a variety of controls and aids to assist in analyzing, debugging, and editing the formula so that it has the intended meaning and result. Additionally, it synchronizes the multiple views so that changes to the formula or to the presentation of the formula in one view are automatically reflected in the other views. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042243 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic system comprises an electronic processing device and a reading device having a display screen. When the electronic processing device is connected to the reading device through a data-transmitting interface, the electronic processing device transmits an electronic file in the electronic processing device to the reading device by a predetermined mode, such that the reading device displays images of the electronic file on the display screen according to a predetermined specification. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042244 | Software application for the method of creating, engaging in and completing (or failing to complete) allowances on pre-programmed activities or newly created activities - The software application for creating, engaging in and completing (or failing to complete) allowances on pre-programmed activities or newly created activities are disclosed. A user creates an allowance for a selected activity and inputs allowance details (i.e. time period from “start date” to “end date,” specific number of uses, per week/month/year.) The user then engages in the selected activity in real life and tracks the engagement of the activity online. Tracking engagement in the activity will cause the user's displayed allowance to adjust according to the number of engagements. At the end of the time period of the allowance (i.e. “end date”), the user's allowance will display the number of uses the user actually engaged in alongside the original number of uses specified in the first step of the allowance creation. The user may create, engage in and complete (or fail to complete) in numerous allowances, and repeat the process. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042245 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SORTING MEDIA ITEMS IN A PLAYLIST ON A MEDIA DEVICE - A computer-implemented method and system are provided for sorting media items in a playlist on a media device that are ranked by score. One embodiment includes changing a user preference associated with a sort criteria selected by the user, wherein each of the media items includes a profile score that is calculated based on user preferences, and a replay score that affects replay of the corresponding media item; recalculating the profile score and the replay score of each of the media items; sorting the media items by the replay scores; and sorting the media items by the sort criteria indicated by a user. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042246 | CONTENT GESTURES - Content gestures are described. In implementations, one or more controls are output to control output of content and for display in a user interface by a computing device. An input is recognized, by the computing device, which was detected using a camera as a gesture to interact with a particular one of the controls to control the output of the content. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042247 | USER-SELECTED MEDIA CONTENT BLOCKING - Presented herein is a method of blocking user-selected media content, such as, for example, audio and/or video content. In the method, at least one media content stream is presented to a user, wherein the at least one media content stream includes multiple showings of an identifiable contiguous segment of media content. One example of such a segment may be a commercial or advertisement. While presenting a current showing of the segment of media content to the user, a command is received from a user to block the segment of media content from presentation to the user. In response to receiving the command, information identifying the segment of media content is generated. The at least one media content stream is analyzed using the information to detect subsequent showings of the segment of media content. Presentation of at least one of the subsequent showings of the segment of media content is prevented when detected in the at least one media content stream. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042248 | GRADUAL VISUAL FADING OF SUBSEQUENT SONGS TO REPRESENT A STREAMING PLAYLIST - In one embodiment, a system includes a database module to store a seed data and a collection of songs. A music server is configured to generate a playlist based on a preference of a user to hear one of a plurality of songs that are known to the user and a plurality of songs that are unknown to the user. The system also includes a music device, comprising a user interface and a client module. The user device is configured to input a seed data and allow a user to control the playlist. The client module is configured to manage a dynamic change in the playlist and apply a visual effect change to the playlist. Communication between the music server and the music device is enabled through a network. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042249 | AUDIO SIGNAL OUTPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD - An audio signal output apparatus is provided. The audio signal output apparatus includes an audio receiver, an audio processor, an audio output unit, and a controller. The audio receiver receives an audio data which is transmitted from outside and has a plurality of combined sounds. The audio processor signal-processes the audio data with the combined sounds to enable output. The audio output unit outputs the signal-processed audio data. The controller performs control to discretely set output levels of the respective sounds in the audio data and output the audio data with combined sounds by applying the discretely set output levels. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042250 | EMBEDDED VIDEO PLAYER - A system, method and various user interfaces provide an embedded web-based video player for navigating video playlists and playing video content. A website publisher can create and store a video player with customized parameters (e.g., player type, appearance, advertising options, etc.) and can associate the player with a playlist of selected videos. The stored video player is associated with a player ID in a player database and can be embedded in a website using an embed code referencing the player ID. A user interface for the embedded player provides controls for controlling video playback and for controlling the selection of a video from the playlist. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042251 | TOOL FOR PRESENTING AND EDITING A STORYBOARD REPRESENTATION OF A COMPOSITE PRESENTATION - Some embodiments provide a storyboard tool for displaying and editing a storyboard representation of a set of clips that forms a composite presentation in a media-editing application. For the set of clips in a composite display area, the tool displays a set of thumbnails corresponding to the clips in a storyboard display area. Each thumbnail in the storyboard display area respectively represents a particular clip of the composite presentation and is respectively associated with the particular clip in the composite display area. The tool allows a user to visualize the entire context of the composite presentation as a storyboard representation of the clips in the composite display area. Some embodiments provide for non-destructive editing that modify the order of the thumbnails in the storyboard display area without affecting the clips in the composite display area. The storyboard tool can synchronize the edited order of clips to the composite display area. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042252 | Cloning Or Extending A Computer Desktop On A Wireless Display Surface - Techniques are provided for cloning a computer desktop to a wireless display surface. A source computer and a display in communication with a destination computer establish a wireless connection. A user console session of the source computer has a virtual display driver that corresponds to the wireless display. An application of the console session instructs the virtual display driver to render graphics to a display surface. The source computer takes this graphical information that, when executed on a processor generate an image, text, sound or input—encodes it with a remote presentation protocol. Through encoding and decoding image data, text, sound, and input of the user console session transmitted to a wireless display with a remote presentation protocol, fidelity and interactivity are improved. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042253 | POPULATION SEGMENTATION - Segments used to select content to be targeted to a user are recursively refined based on continuously derived user characteristics. Based on information gathered from new requests for targeted content and/or user interaction with previously delivered content the user is assigned to one or additional candidate segments. The candidate segments can be used to select content to be delivered to the user based on the user's assignment to the targeted segments. Accordingly, each user is grouped into one or more targeted segments and based on the user's inclusion in those segments, requests for targeted content can be served to the user. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042254 | SYSTEM FOR INITIATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A USER INTERFACE AND A VISION PROCESSOR - A method is disclosed for instructing a user interface (UI) in communication with a first of vision processor (VP) to establish communication with a second (VP). The invention is useful in a machine vision system having a plurality of VPs and at least one UI. The method includes the steps of providing each VP with a link function for establishing communication between a VP and a UI; and activating the link function so as to issue instructions to the UI to establish communication with another VP. The link function enables local dynamic display of a remote VP on the UI, and a dynamic connection that provides a continually updated display representing a current state of the VP connected to the UI. An operator may observe results and alter parameters on any of the VPs in the system without having to first understand the architecture of the machine vision system. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042255 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANOMALY DETECTION AND PRESENTATION - A system and method for anomaly detection and presentation. The method of anomaly detection and presentation comprises receiving information for a plurality of traits from a plurality of servers. A first server has fewer of the plurality of traits than a second server. A first trait is on fewer of the plurality of servers than a second trait. The plurality of servers is rendered in a graphical display wherein the first server is positioned to one side of the second server based on respective numbers of traits had by the first and second servers. The first trait is rendered in the graphical display to one side of the second trait based on respective numbers of systems having the first and second traits. A table may be displayed in a cell in response to a user request. Anomalous traits may be displayed in an anomaly table. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042256 | HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AS A SERVICE - A scheduling system and method for high-performance computing (HPC) applications includes a network management component stored in physical memory and executed by a processor. The management component is configured to transform HPC resources into a schedulable resource catalog by transforming multi-dimensional HPC resources into a one dimension versus time resource catalog with a dependent graph structure between resources such that HPC resources are enabled to be provisioned into a service environment with predictable provisioning using the resource catalog. A graphical user interface component is coupled to the network management component and configured to provide scheduling visibility to entities and to enable a plurality of different communication modes for scheduling and communication between entities. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042257 | UPDATING APPLICATION DATA AFTER ANTICIPATING IMMINENT USE - Obtaining application data for applications executing on a computing device in anticipation of imminent use of the computing device. The computing device detects an occurrence of a pre-defined event on the first computing device and obtains the application data in response thereto. The application data updates applications executing on the computing device such as mail, calendar, contacts, etc. The pre-defined event includes a defined movement of the computing device (e.g., pulling the device out of pocket), the user unlocking the screen, etc. The application data may be obtained and provided to the user in several iterations in some embodiments to enhance the user experience. By waiting to obtain the application data until there is a likelihood of a possible demand for the data, the frequency of updates is reduced thus extending battery life of the computing device. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042258 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING, MAINTAINING, AND GROWING AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - An on-line community/social network system and method for provide a novel technique that enables an on-line community system to obtain information necessary to provide additional and more robust features to its users, solely from the user's participation in the community, and without requiring the users to do anything else (i.e., to explicitly provide the needed information). From this core approach, a number of advantageous novel techniques are provided by the inventive system to greatly enhance the quality and usefulness of various features and services that can be offered to community users as well as to provide them with entirely new and unique features as a result of user-specific data generated by the system's novel infrastructure. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042259 | WebConnect: Website for increasing ease of website and media accessiblity on the world wide web - WebConnect is a collection of methods combined onto one website. These methods include: an advanced bookmarking method, a social network, time-management tools, a personal media, and simple mail transfer protocol tool. WebConnect allows easy access to websites, specifically those that require accounts with passwords. When a user has bookmarked a website, websites over an https require you to log in; even when the user has exercised the option of having the browser remember the username and password. The application provided by WebConnect gives the user the option of saving the website in memory even while logged in. So the next time the user wants to visit that specific web page, they can simply navigate to the website without signing in. This application is referred to as trapping, and it is the central part of WebConnect that eliminates having to memorize various logins. In the context of a website, to trap means to save any page on an open account, or any page in general, for later access to avoid having to sign in later. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042260 | BACKDOOR ADOPTION PROCESS AND TOOL - A customer service tool which is used to locally adopt a virtual item in a virtual world. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042261 | SUB-COMPONENT INSTANTIATION AND SYNCHRONIZATION USING A SHARED WORKER - The techniques of this disclosure are directed to a shared worker application configured to create one or more instantiations and/or to locally synchronize status of one or more sub-component instantiations for one or more web applications. In one example, a shared worker of a browser facilitates creation of sub-component instantiations, by acquiring software defining the sub-component from a memory of a computing device on which the browser is operating, or via a network, and providing the software local to the computing device for execution to create the instantiation of the sub-component. In another example, a shared worker of a browser as described herein facilitates status updates for multiple sub-component instantiations local to a computing device upon which a browser is operating. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042262 | POPULATION SEGMENTATION BASED ON BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS - The present technology analyzes a user's behavior to assign a user to targeted segments. The segments to which the user is assigned can be a reflection of a user's context with respect to potential targeted content. While a user can be assigned to many different segments, the user is likely to be most interested in content that she is presently interested in. Accordingly, the system can also prioritize or rank or order segments based on the user's present context. Content is then provided to the user on the basis of the segments to which the user belongs and the priority of segments. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042263 | SOCIAL-TOPICAL ADAPTIVE NETWORKING (STAN) SYSTEM ALLOWING FOR COOPERATIVE INTER-COUPLING WITH EXTERNAL SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEMS AND OTHER CONTENT SOURCES - A cross-pollination subsystem is provided within a Social-Topical Adaptive Networking (STAN) system. The cross-pollination subsystem cooperatively interacts with external platforms to bring fresh cross-pollination data to topic nodes or on-topic Notes Exchange rings (TCONE's) of the STAN system. Users are provided with an interface that allows them to browse through the cross-pollinated topic space to thereby connect with online content sources that are likely to correspond to topics of interest currently on the minds of the STAN system users. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042264 | CONFIGURING A POLICY FOR SHARING BROWSER HISTORY - A browser history is shared with peers in a social network by configuring a policy. What websites and what members are to be shared are defined in the policy. A history of the usage of the links to the defined websites by the defined members is gathered. The browser histories are published to a social networking service. The links are displayed to the user with a representation identifying the usage by the members. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042265 | Information Processing Device, Information Processing Method, Computer Program, and Content Display System - A method is provided for initiating display of information relating to content having a plurality of portions. The method comprises acquiring a capability of a first user device in a first location and a capability of a second user device in a second location. The method further comprises respectively acquiring, from the first and second user devices, information identifying first and second ones of the content portions. The method still further comprises generating signals for respectively displaying representations of the first and second user devices as indications of the first and second content portions. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042266 | Method for providing a private and confidential web-based discussion forum where participants can develop ideas and solutions to various problems in a controlled and managed environment - We present a method to provide a private and confidential web-based discussion forum where participants can develop ideas and solutions to various problems in a controlled and managed environment. The primary user of the method posts a challenge, inquiry for solutions to problems, or ideas on a website accessible only upon permission by the primary user. The primary user invites a targeted group of people, hereinafter referred as participants, of her choice to post comments, ideas, and feedback towards finding a solution to the primary user's challenge, inquiry or idea. Upon access to the website the participants post their comments, ideas, feedback to the original challenge and to the subsequent ideas, comments and suggestions. The resulting discussion and exchange of ideas and opinions between participants leads to understanding of the issues and problems associated to the challenge, creations of ideas and maturing of ideas towards finding the best solution to the original challenge. Consequently the invention provides the user with a means to tap into the collective brain power of groups of people such as organizations, customers, and institutions in a crowd-sourcing way. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042267 | INFERRING THAT A MESSAGE HAS BEEN READ - A technique for inferring whether a message has been read includes the following: identifying at least part of a message that is in a viewport of a computing device, determining a value that is based on the at least part of the message, comparing the value to a threshold, tracking an amount of time that the at least part of the message is in the viewport if the value meets or exceeds the threshold, and inferring whether the message has been read based on the amount of time. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042268 | PROCESSING USER INTERFACES - The present invention discloses automatic and manual processing systems for a versatile graphical user interface comprising one or more N-dimensional background elements each of which is divided into one or more arbitrarily-shaped N-dimensional partitions, wherein each partition may contain one or more user interface elements and is associated with one or more sets of rules that define rendering, positioning, element placement and other relevant attributes and behaviors, wherein said rules can be specified in such a way as to enable said N-dimensional background to assume any desired arbitrary shape and to facilitate expansion to any desired arbitrary size without distortion or loss in quality. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042269 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NESTING TIMELINES - A system and method for creating, editing, and displaying nested timelines. Using the disclosed system, a user can create linked timelines within a timeline and represent the linked (or “nested”) timelines as single elements in the timeline. Nested timelines allow a user to remove elements from a timeline to avoid cluttering the timeline or to group certain events together. Nested timelines also allow a user to alter the timescale for displaying events. The system allows the viewer to easily switch between the parent timeline and the nested timeline as necessary to view the events associated with each timeline. In some embodiments, the system allows various graphical elements representing a span of time, events, nested timelines, and annotations to be added to a timeline. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042270 | USER INTERFACE VISUALIZATIONS - Aspects of the invention pertain to user interface visualizations, enabling efficient display of content on a display device. At least some content is presented having diagonal views to emphasize certain portions of the content while deemphasizing other portions of the content. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042271 | ENABLING USER INTERACTIONS BETWEEN USER INTERFACE COMPONENTS - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed for enabling user interactions between user interface components. An initial event module detects an initial user input event to a graphical user interface. The initial user input event is associated with a user interaction between a source user interface component and a target user interface component that occupy separate event domains. A transparent component module places a transparent user interface component over the target user interface component in response to the initial user input event. The transparent user interface component occupies the same event domain as the source user interface component. An interaction event module detects an interaction user input event to the transparent user interface component that continues the user interaction. An interaction communication module communicates information of the user interaction to the target user interface component using a communications channel supported by the target user interface component. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042272 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of controlling a mobile terminal includes displaying, on a display module of the mobile terminal, an operation screen on which a plurality of icons including a first icon and a second icon are arranged, displaying at least one pocket area on one side of the operation screen, receiving, on the display module, a dragging input for dragging the first icon into the at least one pocket area, wherein the first icon disappears into the pocket area as a result of the dragging input, and displaying the second icon at a location where the disappeared first icon was originally displayed. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042273 | Machines, Program Products, and Computer-Implemented Methods for Interactive Aircraft Performance Substantiation - An interactive aircraft performance substantiation is provided by determining maneuvers for a user-selected aircraft, determining operation and performance variables for a user-selected maneuver, displaying a scale graphic representation of the user-selected aircraft according to aircraft dimensions, displaying load selection fields according to aircraft dimensions and load-sites dimensions, interactively updating the scale graphic representation of the user-selected aircraft to include an oriented graphic representation of a user-selected load according to the aircraft dimensions, load dimensions, and load-site dimensions, interactively determining mass properties of the user-selected aircraft according to the aircraft dimensions, the load dimensions, and the load-site dimensions; receiving operation properties for the user-selected maneuver corresponding to the operation variables; and displaying an aircraft performance substantiation responsive to determining performance properties of the user-selected aircraft according to the mass properties thereof and the operation properties thereof, the performance properties corresponding to the performance variables. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042274 | Method and System for Evaluating Live or Prerecorded Activities - Method of and system for evaluating and annotating live or prerecorded activities, such as live or prerecorded public speaking. Evaluations and annotations may be generated in real-time while the activity is taking place or afterwards without the need for a video or audio recording, or may be generated while recording or watching a recording. The technique comprises a hierarchical multi-level menu of canned and/or custom comments, canned and/or custom detailed descriptions of comments, custom notes, supplemental informational content, and community-contributed content. The technique also comprises selecting, in response to user input, canned and/or custom comments from the menu, generating timestamped, color-coded annotations corresponding to the comments, and storing the annotations in a database without modifying the prerecorded activity file if any was played while evaluating. Annotations are displayed in real-time during the evaluation and can also be displayed during playback at a later time. An evaluation report may be generated from annotations of an activity, whereby the evaluation report can be organized in chronological order of annotations or by comment category. Evaluations and annotations of live speeches are saved and may later be synchronized with recordings of the speeches. Statistical and trend analysis may be performed comparing a particular evaluation with other evaluations by the same evaluator or by other evaluators. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042275 | CLONING SPECIFIC WINDOWS ON A WIRELESS DISPLAY SURFACE - Techniques are provided for cloning specific windows of a computer desktop to a wireless display surface. The user console session of a source computer and a destination computer establish a wireless communications channel. The user console session determines a specific window or windows to share with the destination computer, such that the destination computer will display the window(s) on a wireless display. The user console session extracts these window(s) and encodes them with a remote presentation protocol, then transmits the encoded window to the destination computer, such that the encoded windows are not transferred through a second user session of the source computer before being transferred to the destination computer. Upon receiving the encoded window, the destination computer decodes the encoded windows and displays them on the wireless display. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042276 | MONITORING APPLICATION FOR AUTOMATICALLY REQUESTING CONTENT - Embodiments of the instant invention are directed to a system, apparatus and method for monitoring a user's activities and displaying and presenting unsolicited content to users over a wide area network. Embodiments of the instant invention include a monitoring system comprising an activity monitor and a content transfer and display means, wherein the activity monitor comprises an event identifier and a timer. The monitoring system monitors user activities, identifies trigger events, measures the elapsed time of inactivity of the user and initiates the presentation of unsolicited data, or content, to the user computer. In general, the monitoring system identifies trigger events and measures the elapsed time between trigger events. If the elapsed time between the trigger events exceeds a predefined time period the monitoring system causes unsolicited data to be presented on the user computer. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042277 | DYNAMIC ARRAY PRESENTATION AND MULTIPLE SELECTION OF DIGITALLY STORED OBJECTS AND CORRESPONDING LINK TOKENS FOR SIMULTANEOUS PRESENTATION - A system and method for the multiple selection of digitally stored objects and the link-tokens of each selected object for simultaneous presentation and examination of the selected objects with their associated linked objects and information, including organized array presentation for graphical thumbnails that represent the selected objects, as well as sub-framing, which allows intelligent partitioning of information associated with an object. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042278 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A USER WITH SELECTIVE CONTROL OVER SCROLLING FUNCTIONS - A method for providing a scrolling mechanism may include receiving an indication of a stroke event at a display generating a content view of at least a portion of a content page, classifying the stroke event based on characteristics of the stroke event, and determining whether to generate a scroll enhancement on the display based on a classification of the stroke event. The stroke event may initiate scrolling over the content page to alter the content view. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042279 | ACCESSING MULTI-PAGE DATA - In one embodiment, a method of accessing multi-page data via a user interface can include: displaying a scrollbar on the user interface, where the scrollbar includes a page index and a scroll indicator; receiving a selection of a page of the data using the page index in the scrollbar on the user interface, where the data is arranged as a plurality of pages; indicating the selected page in the scrollbar with a predetermined indicator, such as a highlight indicator; receiving a selection of a portion of the selected page using the scroll indicator in the scrollbar on the user interface; and displaying the selected portion of the selected page in a main window on the user interface. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042280 | Intelligent Display of Information in a User Interface - User interfaces such as web pages may be customized in terms of appearance and content based on user interests. For example, information items may be arranged such that items corresponding to strong user interests are displayed in more visually identifiable locations while items corresponding to weaker user interests are displayed in less visually valuable positions. The size of and space allocated to the information items may also be customized based on the relative strengths of the corresponding interests. For example, information associated with a strong user interest may be allotted 50% of the user interface. Other visual characteristics of the user interface and the information items such as font size/style, color, transparency and the like may also be customized to reflect the importance or strength of corresponding user interfaces. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042281 | SAME-DISPLAY COMPARISON OF CONTENT FOR DIFFERENT RENDITIONS OF A SINGLE COMPUTER PROGRAM - An method for use in a computer system for determining correspondence between at least two renditions of a single computer program includes enabling the identification of a selected screenshot related to navigation within the computer program and, as a response to the identification, accessing a reference screenshot captured during navigation within a first rendition and a corresponding screenshot captured during navigation within a second rendition. The reference screenshot and the corresponding screenshot are presented on a display, thereby enabling a same-display comparison of content of the reference and corresponding screenshots. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042282 | Presenting Suggested Items for Use in Navigating within a Virtual Space - An exploration system is described for assisting the user in navigating within a virtual space that can be represented using a tiled multi-resolution image. The exploration system receives various selection factors that have a bearing on the selection of suggested items from a collection of candidate items. The selection factors can include focus-of-interest information that pertains to a user's presumed current focus of interest within the virtual space, semantic association information that describes semantic relationships among different features pertaining to the virtual space, and history information which describes prior expressed interest in items, e.g., as manifested in prior selections of items. The exploration system uses these selection factors to determine a set of suggested items. The suggested items provide recommendations to the user regarding items that may be germane to the user's current interests in his or her navigation within the virtual space. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042283 | Graphical User Interface With A Concentric Arrangement And Method For Accessing Data Objects Via A Graphical User Interface - A graphical user interface ( | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042284 | 3D TAG CLOUDS FOR VISUALIZING FEDERATED CROSS-SYSTEM TAGS - A sphere is displayed on an interactive graphical user interface with a central circular disk that represents a current computer system, and a second circular disk that represents a second computer system as part of the sphere positioned parallel above or below the central circular disk. A current tag representing a first resource stored in a current storage of the current computer system is displayed on the interactive graphical user interface on a surface of the central circular disk. A second tag representing a second resource stored in a second storage of the second computer system is displayed on the interactive graphical user interface on a surface of the second circular disk. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042285 | Item Switching Method, Man-Machine Interface and Cordless Phone Handset - An item switching method for a man-machine interface having a plurality of objects includes generating a stack list for recording selecting information related to the plurality of objects, receiving a command for selecting an object from the plurality of objects, and determining a procedure to select the object according to the command and the selecting information recorded in the stack list. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042286 | Graphical Computer Application Recall System and Method - A method for recalling application programs in a computer having a memory includes accepting a first user input for indicating a program configuration of application programs running on the computer and storing the program configuration in the memory in association an icon to provide a stored program configuration. The icon is displayed and a second user input for indicating the icon is accepted. The application programs of the stored program configuration are launched in response to the second user input. A further program configuration of application programs running on the computer in the memory is stored in association with a further icon to provide a further stored program configuration, and a further user input for selecting either the icon or the further icon is accepted. The application programs of either the stored program configuration or the further stored program configuration are selectively launched in response to the second user input. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042287 | EMPHASIS-ADDING SYSTEM AND EMPHASIS-ADDING METHOD - A display part is provided with a display screen with a horizontal axis representing a time and a vertical axis representing an amount of modulation and a pre-emphasis waveform image is displayed on the display screen. In the pre-emphasis waveform image, a cursor can be arranged on a tap which corresponds to a portion in which a bit can be emphasized. An emphasis waveform addition part generates an emphasis waveform corresponding to the pre-emphasis waveform image on the display screen, based on an amount of amplitude changed according to movement of the cursor, and adds the emphasis waveform to the test signal. Thus, a user is allowed to make a setting with intuitive operation. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042288 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIONS WITH DOCUMENTS ACROSS PAPER AND COMPUTERS - Systems and methods provide for mixed use of physical documents and a computer, and more specifically provide for detailed interactions with fine-grained content of physical documents that are integrated with operations on a computer to provide for improved user interactions between the physical documents and the computer. The system includes a camera which processes the physical documents and detects gestures made by a user with respect to the physical documents, a projector which provides visual feedback on the physical document, and a computer with a display to coordinate the interactions of the user with the computer and the interactions of the user with the physical document. The system, which can be portable, is capable of detecting interactions with fine-grained content of the physical document and translating interactions at the physical document with the computer display, and vice versa. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042289 | AVOIDING DISPLAY OF BROWSER CONTENT THAT MAY INDUCE A SEIZURE IN VIEWERS WITH PHOTO-SENSITIVITY - Embodiments of the invention provide a browser safe for use by individuals with epilepsy. Embodiments of the invention include retrieving content in response to a request from a user, identifying one or more unsafe portions of the retrieved content, modifying the one or more unsafe portions to be epileptic safe portions, and displaying the modified content to the user. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042290 | Method of Selecting a Set of Illumination Conditions of a Lithographic Apparatus for Optimizing an Integrated Circuit Physical Layout - The invention relates to a method of selecting a set of illumination conditions of a lithographic apparatus, in a process for transferring an integrated circuit layout to a target substrate. The layout is comprised of a number of polygon patterns having a predetermined geometrical relation relative to each other. An initial set of illumination conditions is provided and a plurality of polygon patterns requiring illumination conditions critical for circuit functionality. For the initial set of illumination conditions a local cost number is calculated, defining a difference measure of at least one critical dimension, between the polygon pattern and a transferred polygon pattern as a function of illumination condition. For each polygon pattern the cost numbers are aggregated; and the illumination conditions are varied so as to select an optimal set of illumination conditions having an optimized aggregated cost number. Polygon patterns are identified as predefined complex circuit elements and wherein the cost numbers are expressed as circuit element cost number functions that are individually associated with said identified complex circuit elements, so as to express circuit design intent. The cost number functions can further have interdependencies in multiple critical dimensions of the polygon patterns so as to take the two dimensional nature into account. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042291 | Inverse Mask Design and Correction for Electronic Design - Various implementations of the invention provide for the generation of “smooth” mask contours by inverse mask transmission derivation and by subsequently “smoothing” the derived mask contours by proximity correction. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042292 | METHOD OF SYNTHESIS OF AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - A method of synthesis of at least one logic device coupled between first and second supply voltages and having a plurality of inputs and an output, the logic device including a plurality of transistors having a standard gate length, the method including: identifying, in the at least one logic device, one or more transistors connected between the first or second supply voltage and the output node; and increasing the gate length of each of the identified one or more transistors. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042293 | SYNCHRONIZING TAP CONTROLLER AFTER POWER IS RESTORED - A system includes multiple TAP controllers that can be independently powered up and down. When a first TAP controller is powered up from a powered-down state while a second TAP controller is already in a powered-up state, the first TAP controller is reset causing the first TAP controller to enter a reset state in response to the power-up of a module on which the first TAP controller is disposed. The first TAP controller enters an idle state and its control signal is gated to hold the first TAP controller in the idle state until the second TAP controller enters the idle state. Subsequently, the first TAP controller is released such that the control signal supplied to the first and second TAP controllers are equal, thereby synchronizing the first TAP controller and the second TAP controller. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042294 | APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF FOR HYBRID TIMING EXCEPTION VERIFICATION OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN - Timing Constraints are crucial to meet timing requirements of an Integrated Circuit (IC). Timing exceptions are specified so that certain paths of the design of the IC are not timed as they are not relevant for the speed of the IC. If a path is specified as an exception but it is indeed a timing-relevant path then the design may functionally fail due to timing violations ignored by the timing analysis tools. It is therefore extremely important to ensure that all timing exceptions are correctly specified. The Hybrid Timing Exceptions Verification uses static verification as well as dynamic verification to effectively verify correctness of such timing exceptions. The solution pin-points the errors in the exceptions specification with very low number of false errors that would require significant designer inputs and time to manually waive them. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042295 | AUTOMATED PLANNING IN PHYSICAL SYNTHESIS - A method, system, and computer usable program product for automated planning in physical synthesis are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A state of an integrated circuit design is identified where the state is a representation of a particular configuration of circuit components having a particular electrical characteristic. A first operation applicable to the first state is selected and applied to reach a second state of the design. A consequence of reaching the second state is analyzed. If the consequence indicates an improvement in the design, a solution is presented to achieve the improvement. The solution includes manipulations of design components using a set of operations to reach the second state from the first state. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042296 | Asymmetric Segmented Channel Transistors - Structures, layouts and methods of forming integrated circuits are described. In various embodiments, the current invention includes an asymmetric segmented transistor. The asymmetric segmented transistor includes a source region and a drain region disposed within an active region, a floating source/drain region disposed within the active region, a first channel region disposed in the active region between the source region and the floating source/drain region, the first channel having a first length and a first width. A second channel region is disposed in the active region between the drain region and the floating source/drain region, the second channel having a second length and a second width. A first gate dielectric overlies the first channel region and a second gate dielectric overlies the second channel region. A gate line overlies the first gate dielectric and the second gate dielectric. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042297 | COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer aided design system comprises an interface creating module, a selecting module, a filling module and a measuring module. The interface module creates a user interface to display the design on the screen of the device with a plurality of to-be-checked patterns. The selecting module selects a pattern. The interface module further creates a parameter setting interface. The parameters comprises a predetermined width, the space value between the adjacent parallel filled lines and the rotation degree of the selected pattern. The filling module draws filled lines in the selected pattern according to the parameters. The measuring module detects whether the length of each filled line is at least the predetermined width value, if the length of the filled line is less than the predetermined width value, the dimension of the selected pattern is unqualified and the measuring module highlights the filled lines. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042298 | STRUCTURE HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RESISTOR MATERIAL LENGTHS - A design structure including a pair of substantially parallel resistor material lengths separated by a first dielectric are disclosed. The resistor material lengths have a sub-lithographic dimension and may be spacer shaped. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042299 | MODEL TRANSFORMATION UNIT - The invention concerns a model transformation unit adapted to transform a first source model in a source domain into a target model in a target domain, the first source model being a tree of source elements and the target model being a tree of target elements representing a project to be implemented in computer code, the model transformation unit including at least one memory adapted to store the first source model ( | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042300 | PARTITIONING FOR MODEL-BASED DESIGN - A method includes characterizing portions of a model as being either critical to a real-time execution of the model or non-critical to a real-time execution of the model, and generating code that is capable of real-time execution based on the critical portions of the model while maintaining the full functionality of the non-real-time critical sections, e.g., graphics, logging, other offline calculations, via a communication link and parallel host processing. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042301 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING DATABASE DEADLOCKS INDUCED BY DATABASE-CENTRIC APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods are provided for handling database deadlocks induced by database-centric applications (DCAs). SQL statements and transactions associated with the DCAs are analyzed and parsed to generate Petri net models. A supervisory modeler generates augmented Petri net models based on the Petri net models, which are used in generating supervisory control. The supervisory control is used in handling database deadlocks. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042302 | SELECTIVE REGRESSION TESTING - The present disclosure includes systems and methods for a selective regression testing. One method for selective regression testing includes grouping a number of test cases into a number of groups, analyzing a modification that is to be accomplished on a computing system to determine a level of risk of the modification to the computing system, applying one or more rules to determine which groups of test cases to apply to test the modification based upon the determined level of risk, and selecting one or more of the groups of test cases based upon the application of the one or more rules. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042303 | Systems and Methods for Debugging an Application Running on a Parallel-Processing Computer System - A runtime system implemented in accordance with the present invention provides an application platform for parallel-processing computer systems. Such a runtime system enables users to leverage the computational power of parallel-processing computer systems to accelerate/optimize numeric and array-intensive computations in their application programs. This enables greatly increased performance of high-performance computing (HPC) applications. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042304 | PROGRAM CONVERSION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, as to a first program code including a plurality of variables, an access pattern of each variable by a processor is decided. The first program code is converted to a second program code including a plurality of threads. Each thread is executed by one of a plurality of cores of the processor. The second program code includes, (a) a first member structure including variables decided as a first access pattern, (b) a first route-pointer indicating the first member structure, the first route-pointer having a first access property representing accessibility by a core to execute a first thread, (c) a second member structure including variables decided as a second access pattern, (d) a second route-pointer indicating the second member structure, the second route-pointer having a second access property representing accessibility by the core to execute the first thread and a core to execute a second thread. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042305 | TRANSLATING DECLARATIVE MODELS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for translating declarative models. Embodiments of the present invention facilitate processing declarative models to perform various operations on applications, such as, for example, application deployment, application updates, application control such as start and stop, application monitoring by instrumenting the applications to emit events, and so on. Declarative models of applications are processed and realized onto a target environment, after which they can be executed, controlled, and monitored. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042306 | COMPILING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING BINARY CODE - A compiling system and method for optimizing binary code. The method includes the step of replacing a memory access on a stack area in order to save a value of a register with local variable access. The method further includes: giving a call number to a call instruction and an inlined code in response to an inline expansion of a code to be called by the call instruction; creating a parent-child relationship information for at least one of the call number; processing the memory accesses with an escaped stack pointer as a base address if a stack pointer has escaped; prohibiting a replacement of a prohibited memory access if the stack pointer has escaped; and replacing unprohibited memory access with the local variable access if the stack pointer has escaped. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042307 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING MEMORY INTERFACE OF COMPUTING DEVICE - In a system and method for creating a memory interface of a computing device, the computing device includes a basic input output system (BIOS), a system management unit, a memory, a baseboard management controller (BMC), and a storage system. When the computing device boots up normally, the system specifies a memory mapping space in the memory by mapping a physical address of the BMC to a physical address of the memory using the BIOS. The method sets an interface specification of the memory according to a firmware standard of the BMC, and creates a memory interface in the memory mapping space according to the interface specification. The system controls the system management unit to read upgrade data from the storage system, and writes the upgrade data into the BMC to update a firmware of the BMC through the memory interface. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042308 | METHOD, SYSTEM, TERMINAL AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT SERVER FOR INSTALLING SOFTWARE COMPONENTS - A method for installing software components includes: a terminal receives a software component package delivered by a Device Management (DM) server directly or a download address of the component package and a command instructing to download delivered by the DM server, where the software component package contains more than one software component; if the terminal receives the download address and the command instructing to download, the terminal downloads the software component package from the download address; the terminal installs the obtained software component package locally and generates management nodes and subnodes of the management nodes corresponding to the software components under a Deployed subtree of the Software Component Management Object (SCOMO) of the terminal. With the present invention, the process of installing software component is more reasonable. A system and apparatus for installing software components are also provided. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042309 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY EXECUTING AN OPERATION AFTER A MEDIA EVENT - A method for automatically executing an operation after a media event. The present method receives a media change notification (MCN) from a non-defeatable autorun. Next, a file corresponding to a media event responsible for the MCN is accessed. The file corresponding to the media event is then authenticated and an instruction contained on the file is executed. Additionally, the accessing, authenticating, and executing of the content contained in the file cannot be defeated by a user. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042310 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PLATFORM INDEPENDENT FRAMEWORK - In accordance with an example embodiment a method and apparatus is provided. The method comprises providing a plurality of plug-ins associated with a platform in a framework, the plurality of plug-ins comprising a set of source plug-ins, a set of target plug-ins and a set of filter plug-ins, the set of filter plug-ins comprising in-built plug-ins and a user-defined plug-ins. A selection of a source plug-in from the set of source plug-ins, at least one filter plug-in from the set of filter plug-ins, and a target plug-in from the set of target plug-ins may be facilitated and the selected source plug-in, the at least one filter plug-in and the target plug-in may be linked for configuring at least one application in the framework. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042311 | OPTIMIZED PLACEMENT PLANNING FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES IN A NETWORK - Methods and systems for generating a placement plan for one or more virtual machines (VMs) in a computing environment are provided. The method comprises providing, to a computing system, input parameters comprising a current placement for the one or more VMs on one or more hosts in a computing network; a target placement that assigns at least one of the one or more VMs to at least another host in said one or more hosts; and a set of constraints with which both the current placement and the target placement comply. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042312 | PROCESS DEMAND PREDICTION FOR DISTRIBUTED POWER AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for allocating resources in a virtual desktop resource environment are provided. A method includes making a prediction on the future demand for processes running on a distributed environment with several hosts. The prediction is based on the process demand history and includes the removal of historic process demand glitches. Further, the prediction is used to perform a cost and benefit analysis for moving a candidate process from one host to another, and the candidate process is moved to a different host when the cost and benefit analysis recommends such move. In another embodiment, the predictions on future process demand are used for distributed power management by putting hosts in stand-by mode when the overall demand decreases or by adding hosts to the distributed environment when the load increases. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042313 | SYSTEM HAVING TUNABLE PERFORMANCE, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A system having tunable performance includes: a plurality of units, wherein at least one unit includes a hardware circuit; at least one global/local busy level detector including at least one global busy level detector and/or at least one local busy level detector, wherein each global/local busy level detector is arranged to detect a global/local busy level of at least one portion of the units; and a global/local system performance manger arranged to tune the performance of the system according to at least one global/local busy level detected by the at least one global/local busy level detector, wherein based upon the at least one global/local busy level and at least one policy associated with the performance of the system, the global/local system performance manger adjusts at least one parameter of the system when needed, and the parameter corresponds to the performance of the system. An associated method is also provided. | 2012-02-16 |
| 20120042314 | METHOD AND DEVICE ENABLING THE EXECUTION OF HETEROGENEOUS TRANSACTION COMPONENTS - The invention especially relates to the execution of at least one transaction in a transaction processing system comprising a transaction-oriented monitor ( | 2012-02-16 |
