11th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 66 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140075339 | Interactions for Sharing Content Items in a Digital Magazine - A digital magazine server user may identify a content item presented by the digital magazine server to save or present to other digital magazine server users by interacting with a client device presenting the content item. For example, providing a gesture to the client device identifies a content item for presentation to other digital magazine server users. The gesture may begin by the user interacting with a portion of a display device that displays a portion of the content item and continue as the user interacts with the display device along a path from the portion to an additional portion. When the gesture is completed, the user may be presented with options to present the content item to additional digital magazine server users, or the content item may be presented to other digital magazine server users. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075340 | VISUALLY INDICATING A CALENDAR EVENT AMONG DIFFERENT TIME ZONES - A calendared event may be visually indicated. A proposed time for the calendared event can be identified and each of a plurality of event participants can be associated with the calendared event. For each of the participants, a local time of the participant that corresponds to the proposed time for the calendared event can be identified and displayed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075341 | Providing Feedback for Screen Sharing - A data processing system and computer program product for sharing displayed content. A content displayed on a source computer system is shared with a set of target computer systems, wherein the content is displayed on a target display on each target computer system in the set of target computer systems. In response to a change in the content displayed on the source computer system, a progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems is identified. An indication of the progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems is generated at the source computer system. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075342 | COLLABORATIVE ON-LINE DESIGN LANDSCAPE DESIGN TOOL - An online design system and method are provided. In a preferred embodiment, a landscape design system and method are provided. The system may provide interactive collaboration of one or more plans associated with a design project. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075343 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING VIEWING INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for sharing viewing information is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an designation of a second user from the first user; and transmitting the first user viewing information to the designated second user. The shared viewing information may comprise the identity of a currently viewed media program, a list of scheduled media program viewings, or the media program itself. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075344 | VISUAL STATE COMPARATOR - In various example embodiments, systems and methods for providing visual state comparisons is provided. In example embodiments, parameters are received from a user device of a user. The parameters indicate different browser/operating system combinations for a visual comparison of screenshots of a state for the different browser/operating system combinations. Based on the different browser/operating system combinations indicated by the parameters, the screenshots along with corresponding metadata for each indicated browser/operating system combination are retrieved. A user interface that visually compares at least two retrieved screenshots is provided to the user device. The user interface includes a display of the corresponding metadata for the at least two retrieved screenshots. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075345 | DEVELOPMENT OF PROCESS INTEGRATION SCENARIOS ON MOBILE DEVICES - The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, devices and systems for developing a process integration scenario on a mobile device. In one aspect, a method comprises: running a mobile application on a mobile device; editing a graphical element of the process integration scenario by a scenario editor of the mobile application based on input from a graphical user interface of the mobile device; translating the graphical element into an industry standard language by a renderer of the mobile application; generating an object version identifier that is associated with the process integration scenario by a versioning module of the mobile application; storing the process integration scenario in the industry standard language and the object version identifier in a local database. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075346 | DATA VISUALIZATION CONFIGURATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - In a data visualisation configuration system, a method of creating one or more modifiable data interface objects that are used to represent data values for visualization in a graphical representation, the method comprising the steps of: detecting an instruction to create a new modifiable data interface object from a list of parent modifiable data interface objects, creating a proxy modifiable data interface object as the new modifiable data interface object for each parent modifiable data interface object associated with the instruction, and enabling the proxy modifiable data interface object to be available for modification, where the proxy modifiable data interface object refers to its associated parent modifiable data interface object. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075347 | SIMPLIFYING DEVELOPMENT OF USER INTERFACES OF APPLICATIONS - An aspect of the present invention simplifies development of user interfaces of applications. In one embodiment, specifications of user interfaces provided by applications are maintained, each specification containing interface definitions of UI elements in the corresponding user interface. A first user interface of a first application and a second user interface of a second application are displayed on a display unit. In response to receiving from a developer, an indication that a first UI element from the first user interface and a second UI element from the second user interface elements are to be included in a new user interface of a new application, a new specification for the new user interface incorporating the interface definitions of the first and second UI elements is created. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075348 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING EVENT TYPES WITH PLACE TYPES - An approach for identifying and subscribing to events of varying types/contexts based on a user selected place type is described. A place based event platform determines a user input for specifying at least one place type to associate with a user selection of a map, a portion of the map, or a combination thereof. The place based event platform further processes the at least one place type to determine one or more context types, one or more event types, or a combination thereof associated with the map, the portion of the map, or a combination thereof. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075349 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OBJECT SELECTION METHOD USING THE SAME - A transparent display apparatus and an object selection method thereof for selecting objects disposed on one side of the transparent display apparatus opposite to a user on another side of the transparent display apparatus. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075350 | VISUALIZATION AND INTEGRATION WITH ANALYTICS OF BUSINESS OBJECTS - A system and method are described herein that provide for visualizing business objects stored in a backend system for display in a user interface. Business objects are retrieved from the backend system. Metadata from the business objects are customized and sorted into a plurality of categories. The business objects are changed into a necessary data format for transmittal and transmitted to the application displayed on the user interface. During runtime, custom actions pertaining to each business object are dynamically rendered and assigned based on the backend customization of the metadata. Custom actions include the creation or updating of entries in the application. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075351 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING USER EXPERIENCE - A data processing system includes components for providing a pleasant user experience. Those components may include a family interaction engine that provides a family channel. The family interaction engine may provide for creation of a user group. The family channel may present content of interest to multiple users in the user group. When a user is detected near the data processing system, the family interaction engine may automatically present content of interest to that user. When used for presenting media content, the data processing system may also cause supplemental data to automatically be presented, wherein the supplemental data is relevant to the media content and to a predetermined interest of the user. The data processing system may also provide a ranked list of applications for potential activation by the user. The applications may be ordered based on the current context. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075352 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING USER EXPERIENCE - A data processing system includes components for providing a pleasant user experience. Those components may include a family interaction engine that provides a family channel. The family interaction engine may provide for creation of a user group. The family channel may present content of interest to multiple users in the user group. When a user is detected near the data processing system, the family interaction engine may automatically present content of interest to that user. When used for presenting media content, the data processing system may also cause supplemental data to automatically be presented, wherein the supplemental data is relevant to the media content and to a predetermined interest of the user. The data processing system may also provide a ranked list of applications for potential activation by the user. The applications may be ordered based on the current context. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075353 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for uploading documents to a document database by using an efficient drag and drop interface is provided. The drag and drop interface may include a persistent and movable drop box rendered on an operating system. The drop box may be preconfigured to interface with or access a document database to upload one or more documents. Furthermore, the drop box may be persistently available on a desktop of the operating system. For example, the drop box may be visible and accessible through any other interface, such as a web browser or email client, that may be rendered in the same pixel locations as the drop box. Accordingly, one or more objects may be dragged and dropped for upload to the document database from any other interface or from the desktop. Once the one or more objects have been dragged and dropped over the persistent doe drop element | 2014-03-13 |
20140075354 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE FOR DATA MANAGEMENT - Provided is an apparatus and method for providing a user interface for data management that may simplify editing of data files and folders in a mobile terminal through a touch-based operation. The method for providing a user interface for data management, including: displaying an application screen including a first area and a second area on a touch screen display, the first area being configured to display a folder object list including a folder object; displaying a user interface object in the second area; receiving a touch input to relocate the user interface object to the first area; in response to a determination that the touch input corresponds to a touch event for relocating the user interface object to the folder object in the folder object list, changing path information of the user interface object to associate with the folder object. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075355 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a display and a controller configured to display a first screen corresponding to a first application on the display and to automatically display at least one second application on the display when at least one object included in the first screen is copied. Accordingly, the second application can be automatically displayed on the display when an object included in the first screen corresponding to the first application is copied. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075356 | Diagnostic Hub - A graphical user interface that is capable of being used on a computing device, such as a vehicle diagnostic tool. The graphical user interface includes various buttons that when actuated causes the vehicle diagnostic tool to perform a corresponding functionality such as read diagnostic trouble codes and collect and display a data stream of diagnostic data of a vehicle. The graphical user interface also displays buffered data in a data window and the data may be moved using various input buttons. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075357 | ENABLING REAL-TIME OPERTIONAL ENVIRONMENT CONFORMITY TO AN ENTERPRISE MODEL - An enterprise model associated with an operational environment within an operational dashboard can be identified. The model can include an entity which can be an operational node, an architecture component node, a resource, a goal, or a constraint of an enterprise organization. The environment can include element which can be a computing resource and a computing resource state associated with the organization. An operational state change within the operational environment can be performed. A result of the change can be presented within an architectural view of the model within the dashboard. The result can include a context, a policy, a function, or a relationship affecting the model. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075358 | GRAPHIC-INFORMATION FLOW METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUALLY ANALYZING PATTERNS AND RELATIONSHIPS - A novel display control and information management system seamlessly integrates layered and slotted formatted data from local and remote sources to provide a highly versatile information display. The system permits selective control of display and display features so that complex data and data flows can be seamlessly accessed with enhanced cognition of salient information by a user. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075359 | Systems and Methods for Monitoring Operations Data for Multiple Wells in Real-Time - Systems and methods for simultaneously monitoring operations data for multiple wells in real-time using a graphical user interface. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075360 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING STORAGE DEVICE PARTITION - The present invention relates to the field of information technologies, discloses a method and an apparatus for displaying a storage device partition, which facilitate user operations among storage devices. The method includes: acquiring a partition storage capacity of a storage partition and a total area of a display interface of a storage device, where display interface is used to display storage partition of storage device and name information of storage partition; determining a storage capacity percentage of the partition storage capacity in a total storage capacity of the storage device, dividing display interface into different sub-display areas according to determined storage capacity percentage and a total area of display interface, where different sub-display areas correspond to different storage partitions and are used to display name information of corresponding storage partitions; generating and displaying, a spacing line between adjacent sub-display areas, where all sub-display areas share a same vertex. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075361 | Automated Color Selection Method and Apparatus With Compact Funtionality - A computer generated webpage having a plurality of selectable links comprising a column of color family chips disposed along a left edge of the webpage display, a column of miniature color chip sub-family arrays display adjacent the column of color chips, and a centrally located enlarged display of one of the miniature color chip sub-families, the webpage further comprising an enlarged color chip appearing in an upper right corner thereof, a room display beneath the color chip, and a color palette display positioned beneath the centrally located enlarged display. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075362 | Data Display with Continuous Buffer - A graphical user interface that is capable of being used on a computing device, such as a vehicle diagnostic tool. The graphical user interface includes various buttons that when actuated causes the vehicle diagnostic tool to perform a corresponding functionality such as read diagnostic trouble codes and collect and display a data stream of diagnostic data of a vehicle. The graphical user interface also displays buffered data in a data window and the data may be moved using various input buttons. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075363 | Context Aware Non-Linear Task Bar Orientation - A contextually sensitive visual display for active applications and open files. Active applications and open files are semantically analyzed, ranked and presented in a hierarchical orientation responsive to the ranking. A primary interface is divided into primary sections, with each active application assigned a primary section corresponding to its rank. Open files are similarly hierarchically oriented in a secondary interface divided into secondary sections and in communication with a primary section containing an active application associated with the open files. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075364 | Capturing Activity History Stream - A code stream provides a historical view of changes to program code and related actions. The code stream is displayed concurrently with the code for reference, navigation, editing, sharing, and to aid in interruption recovery. The code stream automatically constructs a list of visited code segments based on user changes to the code or navigation within the code. The code stream is an activity history that is constructed based on analysis of user navigation behavior, such as specific edits to the code or dwelling in a section of the code. The user has the ability to undo changes in the code in a non-linear fashion by individually reversing changes from the history listed in the code stream. The user may manually add other non-code items to the code stream. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075365 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUALLY MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF A SECURITY OPERATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Security is enhanced for a user of an electronic device by providing a method for visually monitoring the progress of a security operation on an electronic device that provides a plurality of objects including at least one of an application, a document, a file, an image, and a record. When a security operation is launched for at least some of the plurality of objects, an operation window is displayed on the electronic device's display screen. The operation window includes a first operation icon corresponding to a first object on which the security operation is currently being performed. The first operation icon includes a thumbnail icon representing the first object and an operation completion indicator that visually indicates a completion level of the security operation currently being performed on the first object. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075366 | TECHNIQUES FOR USE WITH A CALENDAR AND MESSAGING COMPONENT - Techniques are provided for displaying electronic calendar information. A calendar entry corresponding to a date is selected. In response to selecting the calendar entry, the calendar entry is expanded by increasing a portion of a display area associated with the calendar entry. Other calendar entries are compressed by decreasing a portion of the display area associated with the other calendar entries. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075367 | Supplementing a Virtual Input Keyboard - Supplementing a virtual input keyboard is provided. A form and a virtual input keyboard are displayed in a display of a data processing system. An input is received selecting a particular field within the form. One or more character key sets are retrieved corresponding to previous data entries of the particular field selected. A delta set of character keys is determined based on character keys in the one or more character key sets that do not match displayed character keys on the virtual input keyboard. A set of delta character supplemental virtual input keyboards is generated based on the delta set of character keys. Then, the set of delta character supplemental virtual input keyboards are displayed in the display. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075368 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONTENT AND DIGITAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for controlling display of content, the content including a plurality of display pages of a sequence, the method comprising: displaying a first display page on the display screen, receiving a first user input for changing from the first display page to a second display page of the content, the second display page being a neighboring display page of the first display page in the sequence, detecting the second user input when the second display page is a locked display page, extracting the fingerprint information from the second user input when the second user input is detected, and displaying the second display page when the second display page is accessible based on the fingerprint information or a third display page when the second display page is not accessible based on the fingerprint information. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075369 | Displaying Side-Tabbed Panels for an Application Operating on a Computing Device - A method for displaying panels in a user interface of a computing device includes displaying, via the computing device, tabs vertically along sides of the panels on the user interface. The tabs correspond to the panels, and the panels provide control options for an application operating on the computing device. The method further includes displaying, via the computing device, a first one of the panels for a first one of the tabs selected for display on the user interface, and suppressing, via the computing device, display of a portion of the panels on the user interface. The portion of the panels does not include the first one of the panels. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075370 | Dockable Tool Framework for Interaction with Large Scale Wall Displays - In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a device and a method allows for body-based interaction with 3D applications on wall displays. The interface consists of virtual dockable tools which can be unholstered, used to manipulate geometry, and holstered on the user's body. The system also utilizes proprioceptive cues to allow the user to manipulate and holster tools without visual feedback. A 3D depth camera maps 3D user position to 3D coordinates in the virtual scene. Partitioning the physical work space into a region for interaction with geometry, and a region for tool management allows for intuitive mapping between the physical and virtual work space. The system can support multiple users, including simultaneous interaction with the environment, and tool exchange between users. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075371 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODEL BASED SESSION MANAGEMENT - System and method for model based session management. A session including a set of interactions with an application and screens produced by the application may be recorded. A model of an application may be obtained, the model including a plurality of screenshots related to screens and related transition information. A set of screenshots and events related to a set of screens included in the session may be received. A difference between a received screenshot and a screenshot included in the model may be determined and the session may be recorded by recording the difference. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075372 | POINTER UNIFICATION - Embodiments relate to a computing device having storage, a processor, a display, a first human input device, and a second human input device, where the first human input device is in a first category of human input devices and the second human input device is in a second category of human input devices. The computing device may perform a process involving executing a windowing environment that manages windows of applications executing on the computing device. The windowing environment may receive raw inputs from the first and second human input devices and in turn generate input pointers for the raw inputs, respectively. The input pointers may be or include instances of an input pointer class implemented by the windowing environment, the pointer class used by the windowing environment for arbitrary different types of human input pointer devices including the first human input device and the second human input device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075373 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING STACKABLE WORKSPACES - Systems and methods for navigating stackable workspaces on an electronic device are provided. A system includes a navigation module configured to display a first workspace of a plurality of workspaces stacked along a stacking axis. The plurality of workspaces includes a second workspace stacked on the first workspace. At least one application is open in the first workspace or in the second workspace. The system also includes a detection module configured to detect at least one of a first inter-workspace swipe gesture and an intra-workspace swipe gesture. The navigation module is configured to display the second workspace in response to the first inter-workspace swipe gesture. The navigation module is configured to switch between features or applications of the at least one application in response to the intra-workspace swipe gesture. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075374 | STACKABLE WORKSPACES ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Systems and methods for providing stackable workspaces on an electronic device are provided. A system includes a navigation module configured to display a first workspace of workspaces stacked along a stacking axis, and to display a navigation menu when the first workspace is displayed. The navigation menu comprises access points, each of which is associated with an application. The system includes a workspace module configured to open at least one of the applications in a second workspace stacked on the first workspace. The system includes a detection module configured to detect a second workspace scrolling command. The navigation module is configured to display the second workspace in response to the second workspace scrolling command. Displaying the second workspace comprises traversing the stack from the first workspace to the second workspace along the stacking axis. The navigation module is configured to display the navigation menu when the second workspace is displayed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075375 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING UNREAD MESSAGE CONTENTS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method and an apparatus for processing unread message unread contents in an electronic device includes displaying a plurality of unread message contents for a particular application, and if all of the unread message contents is not displayable on a single screen, automatically displaying the unread message content is a scroll motion is performed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075376 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY METHOD - An example display control apparatus includes: a first display controller that displays a portion of content in a predetermined area in a display area; a position detector that detects a position of the portion of content being displayed in the predetermined area; and a second display controller that, if the display area includes a blank area in which the portion of content is not being displayed, displays a scroll indicator indicative of the detected position in the blank area, and if the display area does not include the blank area, prevents display of the scroll indicator. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075377 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING MOBILE TERMINAL AND EXTERNAL DISPLAY AND APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A method and apparatus for controlling desktop virtualization function, per-display device window layout provision function, and user input-based external display device utilization function are provided. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075378 | STATE-SPECIFIC MOUSE-OVER GUIDANCE IN USER INTERFACES - State-specific mouse-over guidance can be provided to a user of a user interface such that a field in the user interface can include more than one mouse-over guidance content item, and a specific mouse-over guidance content item provided to the user is determined based on a current state of the field and at least one underlying factors identified as resulting in the current state. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075379 | DIRECT CHARACTER DISPLAY CONTROL - A display device may be, operable to display one or more characters. Each of the characters may comprise an upper portion and a lower portion. The display device may detect a touch from a user on one of two areas associated with a character. A first area of the two areas may be associated with the upper portion of the character and a second area of the two areas may be associated with the lower portion of the character. The display device may change the character based on the detected touch on the one of the two areas. When the touch is detected on the first area associated with the upper portion of a digit, the display device may increase the digit by one. When the touch is detected on the second area associated with the lower portion of the digit, the display device may decrease the digit by one. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075380 | HIERARCHICAL LIVE GRAPHS FOR PERFORMANCE DATA DISPLAY - A system performance analysis user interface includes a thumbnail portion and an analysis view portion. One or more performance indicator thumbnails and/or data source thumbnails are displayed in the thumbnail portion. Each performance indicator thumbnail displays a live graph identifying performance data of an associated one of multiple performance indicators, and each data source thumbnail displays a live graph of performance of an associated data source. Additional data regarding one or more data sources, such as contribution to usage of the data source by each of multiple contributors, is displayed in the analysis view portion. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075381 | DATA TRANSMITTING DEVICE, DATA RECEIVING DEVICE, AND DATA EXCHANGING METHOD - A data exchanging method is provided. A data transmitting device determines a first start position and a first end position of a first touch track according to sensing signals from a first touch display of the data transmitting device. If one icon is displayed on the first start position, and the first end position is on the edge of a first user interface, the data transmitting device transmits data corresponding to the icon to a server. A data receiving device determines a second start position of a second touch track according to sensing signals from a second touch display of the data receiving device. If the second start position is on the edge of a second user interface, the data receiving device transmits a download command to the server to request the server to transmit the data received from the data transmitting device to the data receiving device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075382 | IMAGE VIEWING METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PORTION OF SELECTED IMAGE BASED ON USER INTERACTION INPUT AND RELATED IMAGE VIEWING SYSTEM AND MACHINE READABLE MEDIUM - An image viewing method includes: determining at least a first partial image corresponding to a portion of a first image directly selected from a plurality of images, and driving a display apparatus according to the first partial image; in accordance with a user interaction input, determining a second partial image corresponding to a portion of a second image directly selected from the images; and driving the display apparatus according to at least the second partial image. In one implementation, the first image and the second image are spatially correlated, and a field of view (FOV) of each of the first image and the second image is larger than an FOV of the display apparatus. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075383 | DISPLAYING AN APPLICATION SET IDENTIFIER - Displaying an application set identifier is disclosed, including: displaying an application set identifier in a designated area of a display screen, wherein the application set identifier is associated with an application set; receiving a notification; determining that the notification is associated with an application related to the application set; and in response to the determination, changing a display of the application set identifier in the designated area to a display of an application identifier associated with the application related to the notification. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075384 | Context Aware Non-Linear Task Bar Orientation - A contextually sensitive visual display for active applications and open files. Active applications and open files are semantically analyzed, ranked and presented in a hierarchical orientation responsive to the ranking. A primary interface is divided into primary sections, with each active application assigned a primary section corresponding to its rank. Open files are similarly hierarchically oriented in a secondary interface divided into secondary sections and in communication with a primary section containing an active application associated with the open files. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075385 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING USER EXPERIENCE - A data processing system includes components for providing a pleasant user experience. Those components may include a family interaction engine that provides a family channel. The family interaction engine may provide for creation of a user group. The family channel may present content of interest to multiple users in the user group. When a user is detected near the data processing system, the family interaction engine may automatically present content of interest to that user. When used for presenting media content, the data processing system may also cause supplemental data to automatically be presented, wherein the supplemental data is relevant to the media content and to a predetermined interest of the user. The data processing system may also provide a ranked list of applications for potential activation by the user. The applications may be ordered based on the current context. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075386 | KEYBOARD-BASED NAVIGATION OF A USER INTERFACE - Various embodiments of systems and methods for keyboard-based navigation of a user interface are described herein. An area around a first object displayed on a user interface is divided into quadrants and one or more segments for at least one of the quadrants. The user interface includes a plurality of objects and the quadrants represent directions with respect to the first object. In response to a key stroke indicating a first direction, a first one of the quadrants corresponding to the first direction is identified. The segments of the first quadrant are scanned to identify a second object that is closest to the first object in the first quadrant. The second object is then selected. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075387 | 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. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075388 | PROVIDING RADIAL MENUS WITH TOUCHSCREENS - The subject technology discloses configurations for providing a radial menu on one or more computing devices with a touch-sensitive screen. In one example, a user activates the radial menu after touching a first finger at a first or anchor point on a touchscreen that serves as a center of the radial menu. While the first finger is disposed, the user then touches a second finger at a second point some distance from the anchor point corresponding to the first finger on the touchscreen. The radial menu is generated based on a distance calculated between the anchor point and the second finger at the second point. The radial menu is not a complete circle and instead displayed as a partial circle, and the radial menu is generated so that the display area is bisected from the anchor point to the second point in some configurations. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075389 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ICONS ON MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for displaying icons on a mobile terminal are provided. The method of displaying icons in a mobile terminal includes displaying an application execution screen, receiving a display termination command with respect to an application, generating a thumbnail image with respect to an execution screen of the application when the display termination command is received, converting the thumbnail image to display a quick icon, and displaying the quick icon. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075390 | DYNAMIC CHART CONTROL THAT TRIGGERS DYNAMIC CONTEXTUAL ACTIONS - A system and method are described herein that provide for dynamically controlling a chart visualized in a user interface by turning business objects visualized in the chart into clickable action buttons to trigger corresponding business actions. Business objects are retrieved from a backend server and displayed as visual representations in a chart rendered in a calendar application user interface. A user clicking or tapping a visual representation in the chart triggers a corresponding predefined action that has been customized in the connected system or backend server and is dynamically assigned to the chart control based on the business context of the calendar application. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075391 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, STORING MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY METHOD - An example information-processing device includes: a display control unit that causes a display unit to display a button image assigned to a function, the button image being selectable by a user, and an object superimposed on the button image; a processing unit that performs a processing corresponding to the function when the button image displayed by the display unit is selected by a user; and a notification control unit that notifies a status of at least the processing performed by the processing unit by changing an appearance of the object displayed by the display unit. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075392 | Dynamic Faceplates For Multiple Objects - A method in a UI of a process control system is disclosed. The UI is configured to be displayed on an electronic visual display unit connectable to the process control system. The UI is adapted to visually indicate a plurality of components included in at least a part of a process controlled by the process control system. At least one sub-UI, such as a faceplate, is generated, each sub-UI corresponding to a respective component of the plurality of components. The at least one sub-UI is displayed on the display unit. Each of the at least one sub-UI is adapted such that a number of operation information and/or control elements visually indicated in each sub-UI when the at least one sub-UI is displayed on the display unit depends on the number of sub-UIs that are displayed on the display unit at the same time. Furthermore, such a UI is disclosed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075393 | Gesture-Based Search Queries - An image-based text extraction and searching system extracts an image be selected by gesture input by a user and the associated image data and proximate textual data in response to the image selection. Extracted image data and textual data can be utilized to perform or enhance a computerized search. The system can determine one or more database search terms based on the textual data and generate at least a first search query proposal related to the image data and the textual data. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075394 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE INTEROPERABILITY OF APPLICATIONS IN A DEVICE - A method and an apparatus to facilitate interoperability of applications in a device are provided. The method includes linking at least one application with at least one running application, storing at least one content of the linked applications in a stack, and accessing the stack using a gesture on the device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075395 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to an embodiment, in a semiconductor integrated circuit design apparatus for assigning a plurality of wires placed at one wiring layer to a plurality of photomasks, an operation-timing-critical wire is identified from among the plurality of wires placed at a same wiring layer, an adjacent wire which is placed adjacent to the critical wire is extracted, the critical wire and the adjacent wire are laid out such that an interval between the critical wire and the adjacent wire is at least a predetermined distance, and layout patterns of the critical wire and the adjacent wire is assigned to the same photomask. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075396 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PREDICT LITHOGRAPHY FOCUS ERROR USING SIMULATED OR MEASURED TOPOGRAPHY - A method and system to predict lithography focus error using chip topography data is disclosed. The chip topography data may be measured or simulated topography data. A plane is best fitted to the topography data, and residuals are computed. The residuals are then used to make a prediction regarding the focus error. The density ratio of metal to dielectric may also be used as a factor in determining the predicted focus error. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075397 | PITCH-AWARE MULTI-PATTERNING LITHOGRAPHY - A method, system, and computer program product for improving printability of a design of an integrated circuit (IC) using pitch-aware coloring for multi-patterning lithography (MPL) are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A first shape is identified in a layout of the IC corresponding to the design as being apart by a first distance from a second shape. The first distance is a forbidden distance and at least equal to a minimum distance requirement of a lithography system. A determination is made that the first shape and the second shape are colored using a first color. The first shape is changed to a second color, such that even though the first distance is at least equal to the minimum distance requirement of the lithography system, the first and the second shapes are placed on different masks to print the design, thereby improving the printability of the design. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075398 | Method and Apparatus for Process Window Modeling - A photolithographic modeling process is disclosed. Optical and non-optical parts of a model of the photolithographic process are calibrated. With the non-optical part of the model one or more model corrections are determined between (i) modeled critical dimension data from an aerial image generated by the optical part of the model, and (ii) empirical critical dimension data from tangible structures made at only a first process combination of a first dose and a first defocus in the photolithographic process. Critical dimension data of the photolithographic process are predicted at a second process combination of a second dose and a second defocus in the photolithographic process. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075399 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PREDICT LITHOGRAPHY FOCUS ERROR USING SIMULATED OR MEASURED TOPOGRAPHY - A method and system to predict lithography focus error using chip topography data is disclosed. The chip topography data may be measured or simulated topography data. A plane is best fitted to the topography data, and residuals are computed. The residuals are then used to make a prediction regarding the focus error. The density ratio of metal to dielectric may also be used as a factor in determining the predicted focus error. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075400 | READ-CHANNEL DESIGN AND SIMULATION TOOL HAVING A CODEWORD-CLASSIFICATION MODULE - A computer-aided design method for developing, simulating, and testing a read-channel architecture to be implemented in a VLSI circuit. The method uses codeword/waveform classification to accelerate simulation of the read-channel's error-rate characteristics, with said classification being generated using a first read-channel simulator having a limited functionality. A second read-channel simulator having an extended functionality is then run only for some of the codewords, with the latter having been identified based on said codeword/waveform classification. The acceleration is achieved, at least in part, because the relatively highly time-consuming processing steps implemented in the second read-channel simulator are applied to fewer codewords than otherwise required by conventional simulation methods. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075401 | BIT SLICE ELEMENTS UTILIZING THROUGH DEVICE ROUTING - A method for the identification and implementation of a logic function includes determining logic gates connected to a control signal that is common among the logic gates of the identified logic function. Standard cells may be created and characterized in order to implement the identified logic function. Creating the standard cell includes aligning respective portions of the logic devices included in the logic gates that are coupled to the control signal. In addition, creating the standard cell may also include routing the control signal using a single layer conductive material uni-directionally to interconnect the logic devices. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075402 | Method of Fast Analog Layout Migration - A computer implemented method for forming an integrated circuit (IC) layout is presented. The method includes forming a constraint tree when a computer is invoked to receive a first layout of the IC and generating a second layout of the IC in accordance with the constraint tree. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075403 | REDUNDANCY FOR ON-CHIP INTERCONNECT - One embodiment sets forth a technique for on-chip satisfying timing requirements of on-chip source-synchronous, CMOS-repeater-based interconnect. Each channel of the on-chip interconnect may include one or more redundant wires. Calibration logic is configured to apply transition patterns to wires comprising each channel and calibration patterns that are generated in response to the transition patterns are captured. Based on the calibration patterns, wires that best satisfy the timing requirements of the on-chip interconnect are selected for use to transmit data. The calibration logic also trims the delays of the clock and selected data wires based on captured calibration patterns to improve the timing margin of the on-chip interconnect. Improving the timing margin of the on-chip interconnect improves chip yields. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075404 | GROUP BOUNDING BOX REGION-CONSTRAINED PLACEMENT FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN - Among other things, one or more systems and techniques for defining a group bounding box for related cells of an integrated circuit, and generating a new layout for the integrated circuit comprising the group bounding box are provided herein. That is, one or more group bounding boxes are defined based upon positional values of related cells. Such group bounding boxes are placed within the new layout based upon a placement technique, such as an objective function that takes into account wire length, timing, and cell density, for example. The one or more group bounding boxes are sized or reshaped to reduce cell overlap within the new layout. In this way, the new layout comprises related cells, bound by one or more group bounding boxes, that are placed within the new layout according to a configuration that mitigates wire length and timing delay of the integrated circuit. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075405 | METHOD OF ANALYZING INTERCONNECT FOR GLOBAL CIRCUIT WIRES - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with analyzing interconnects for global wires of a circuit are described. In one embodiment, for a target wire in a circuit design, a method includes determining an inductance value and a capacitance value for parallel wires to the target wire. The method then calculates a second capacitance value for non-parallel wires to the target wire and calculates an estimated inductance value for the non-parallel wires based on the second capacitance value. A circuit model for the target wire may then be generated using the inductance and capacitance values. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075406 | ADAPTIVE PLATFORM - An adaptive content platform includes one or more content-enabled, dependent applications, each of which includes a user interface and business logic. A services layer, which is interfaced with the dependent applications and a software infrastructure, provides one or more services that are usable by the dependent applications. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075407 | GENERATING APPLICATION MODEL BUILD ARTIFACTS - An application model build processor generates one or more application model build artifacts based on an application model. In one example, a method includes receiving inputs identifying application model subsets and audiences, and associating application model subsets with the audiences. The method further includes receiving inputs identifying semantic constructs of the application model with the application model subsets. The method further includes generating application model build artifacts based on the application model and defined subsets. The method further includes generating documentation topics for semantic constructs in the application model based on the semantic construct, the subsets to which it belongs, the audiences associated with those subsets, and other semantic constructs in those subsets. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075408 | System and Method for Generating High Performance Calculators for Calculation Graphs - Systems and methods for generating customized calculation execution graphs for producing analysis and reports from large stores of data are disclosed. The customized calculation execution graphs are instantiated from user supplied calculation definition tables and calculation input definition tables. The calculation definition tables and the calculation input definition tables are instantiated to produce a calculation graph model. The calculation definitions of the calculation graph model can be sorted based on the number of intermediate calculations required as input for each one of the defined calculation. The sorting calculation graph model can then be instantiated to generate the calculation execution graph. Such calculation execution graphs include a number of ordered calculation nodes with pairwise connections indicating the order of operations and data flow. The calculation execution graph can then be instantiated into a platform specific application programming language to run on a variety of server and client computers. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075409 | METHOD FOR THE COMPUTER-AIDED GENERATION OF AT LEAST ONE PART OF AN EXECUTABLE CONTROL PROGRAM - A method for the computer-aided generation of at least one part of an executable control program, particularly a measuring, control, regulating, and/or calibration program, for controlling a control system having at least one electronic processor unit is provided. The functionality of the control program is described at least partially in at least one graphical model and the graphical model is divided in hierarchical levels into submodels. A submodel can be divided nested into submodels of a lower hierarchical level, whereby values for options for the compiling of the graphical model to program code are preset and program code is generated from the model co-compiled to the executable control program. Values for options for the compiling of the graphical model to program code and to the executable control program can be preset thereby granularly with the automatic avoidance of conflicting presettings of values for these options. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075410 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A FORMULA - In a method to help a user determine a formula, (e.g., a fact, rule, or principle expressed in scientific, mathematical, technical, etc. symbols), a user may input an indication of the formula in an imprecise syntax. The inputted indication may be in ASCII text, for example, and may include technical shorthand, technical abbreviations, pseudocode, etc. In response, one or more formulas corresponding to the user's input are determined. Optionally, other outputs related to the determined formula (s) may be generated. In one implementation, software programming code corresponding to the formula is generated. Then, the formula (s) and the output(s) are presented to the user. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075411 | Meta-Languages For Creating Integrated Business Applications - The present inventive subject matter is drawn to apparatus, systems, configurations, and methods of automatically creating an enterprise software application that accesses at least one database system. In one aspect of this invention, a system for creating an enterprise software application is automatically configured to present a plurality of user interface (UI) selectable items, and receive manipulations of the plurality of UI selectable items; and configured to generate a meta-application that accesses a database but that is both database systems agnostic and platform agnostic, based on the received manipulations of the plurality of UI selectable items, and translate the meta-application to compilable code that is database systems specific. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075412 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELASTICITY MANAGEMENT OF SERVICES WITH A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for elasticity management of services for use with a cloud computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, a cloud platform enables provisioning of enterprise software applications within a cloud environment, including packaging enterprise applications as service definition packages (SDP), and instantiating the services using service management engines (SME). In an embodiment, an elasticity manager can be used to determine the health of the services, and to take appropriate actions, including detecting events, issuing alerts and/or notifying the orchestration engine to manage the service lifecycle, e.g., to respond to an increased demand for particular services. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075413 | WORKFLOW-BASED APPLICATION GENERATOR - A workflow-based application generator to generate a workflow application based upon at least one received workflow process. The application generator is to generate, based on the received workflow process, workflow configuration rules that include a list of determined workflow pages based on a required functionality, and configuration routing rules that include an order of the workflow pages and dependency information pertaining to the workflow pages. The workflow-based application generator is to generate a workflow context according to the workflow configuration rules, the configuration routing rules, and the retrieved workflow pages. Based upon the generated workflow context, the workflow-based application generator is to build a workflow application. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075414 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING SOFTWARE ARTIFACTS - A method for recommending at least one artifact to an artifact user is described. The method includes obtaining user characteristic information reflecting preferences, particular to the artifact user, as to a desired artifact. The method also includes obtaining first metadata about each of one or more candidate artifacts, and scoring, as one or more scored artifacts, each of the one or more candidate artifacts by evaluating one or more criteria, not particular to the artifact user, applied to the first metadata. The method further includes scaling, as one or more scaled artifacts, a score of each of the one or more scored artifacts, by evaluating the suitability of each of the one or more scored artifacts in view of the user characteristic information. The method lastly includes recommending to the artifact user at least one artifact from among the one or more scaled artifacts based on its scaled score. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075415 | AUTOMATIC USE CASE GENERATION FROM A PARSED CONFIGURATION FILE - A method and system for automatic use case generation. A computer system receives a configuration file that defines multiple categories and one or more filters. Each of the categories includes one or more options and each of the filters defines a condition for combining the options across the categories. The computer system builds a data hierarchy based on the configuration file. The data hierarchy includes a root and multiple levels. Each of the levels corresponds to one of the categories and includes nodes that represent the options of the corresponding categories. The computer system parses the data hierarchy from the root, while skipping the nodes and their descendants that do not satisfy the filters, to identify combinations of the options across the categories that satisfy the filters. The computer system then generates use cases that use the identified combinations as settings. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075416 | GRAPHICAL CONVERSION BETWEEN TEST PROGRAM LANGUAGES - A parser may be graphically modified without needing to directly alter the parser software and may be graphically modified to adjust for extensibility of the source test program language. The parser may be graphically modify to adjust for extensibility of the destination test program language and to translate a new text based test program language not inherently built into the parser. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075417 | Method and Arrangement for Enabling Analysis of a Computer Program Execution - Method and arrangement in a computer ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140075418 | REPLACING CONTIGUOUS BREAKPOINTS WITH CONTROL WORDS - In an embodiment, a first execution path in a program is determined that has been executed a largest number of times, as compared to at least one other path in the program. Swapped instructions are replaced in the program with breakpoints, wherein the swapped instructions are not on the first execution path. The breakpoints that are not on the first execution path and that are contiguous to each other are replaced in the program with a control word. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075419 | Sequentially Constructive Model of Computation - System and method for validating a program under a specified model of computation. The model of computation may be related to the synchronous statechart model of computation. A program may be received that specifies a plurality of operations using a variable within a logical tick such that the variable has multiple values within the logical tick. The program may be statically analyzed according to a specified model of computation that specifies program execution based on logical ticks, which may include determining that the program has deterministic semantics that specify deterministic results for each logical tick during execution of the program, including specifying deterministic results of the plurality of operations performed within the logical tick. The program may be validated in accordance with the specified model of computation in response to the determining. Such techniques may allow validation of a larger set of programs than conventional models while maintaining deterministic results. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075420 | GENERATING HARDWARE PROFILES BY A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating hardware profiles by a software development environment. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a set of hardware features that are accessed by an application that is under development, generating one or more hardware profiles for one or more corresponding virtual devices based on the identified set of hardware features that are accessed by the application that is under development, invoking one or more of the virtual devices using the corresponding one or more hardware profiles, and installing the application on the one or more of the virtual devices. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075421 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ASSERTION BASED ON USER PROGRAM CODE, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING PROCESSOR USING ASSERTION - Exemplary embodiments disclose a method for generating an assertion based on a user program code. The method may include receiving a user program comprising at least one assertion directive, a compiled result of the user program, and architecture information of a processor, and generating, based on the compiled result of the user program and the architecture information of the processor, an assertion which states an operation that the processor needs to perform in accordance with a code of the user program indicated by each of the at least one assertion directive. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075422 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY TRANSFORMING THE BYTECODE OF JAVA VIRTUAL MACHINE BOOTSTRAP CLASSES - Under the present invention, a method for dynamically transforming the bytecode of Java Virtual Machine (JVM) bootstrap classes during program startup is provided. A JVM agent is used to intercept the execution flow before the execution of the special program startup-method of a JVM compliant computer program. The said JVM Agent executes code to transform the bytecode of the already loaded JVM bootstrap classes, storing the new set of modified bootstrap classes onto data storage. Subsequently, the JVM Agent intercepts all class loading events transforming the bytecode of classes declaring a special program statrup-method. In those classes the bytecode within the method body of the special class-initialize method, as defined in the present JVM class file format as “”, is removed to avoid any side-effects in the program. The special program startup-method in the said classes is transformed to insert bytecode at the beginning of the method to invoke a special callback method, as declared within the said JVM Agent, passing as parameters to the callback method the main arguments as passed to the JVM upon program startup. Subsequently, when the said callback method intercepts the execution flow it starts a second JVM instance passing to it the obtained input parameters, the main method arguments as well as a JVM input argument to use the stored set of modified bootstrap classes. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075423 | EFFICIENTLY SOLVING THE "USE-DEF" PROBLEM INVOLVING LABEL VARIABLES - A method for efficiently solving the “use-def” problem involving label variables performs a data-flow analysis on a control flow graph that includes calculating an inset for each node as follows: if a predecessor node directly branches to the node, the method includes an outset of the predecessor node in the inset of the node; if a predecessor node indirectly branches to the node via a label variable and the node is in definitions of the label variable in the outset of the predecessor node, the method includes the outset of the predecessor node in the inset of the node; if a predecessor node indirectly branches to the node via a label variable and the node is not in definitions of the label variable in the outset of the predecessor node, the method does not include the outset of the predecessor node in the inset of the node. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075424 | EFFICIENTLY SOLVING THE "USE-DEF" PROBLEM INVOLVING LABEL VARIABLES - A method for efficiently solving the “use-def” problem involving label variables performs a data-flow analysis on a control flow graph that includes calculating an inset for each node as follows: if a predecessor node directly branches to the node, the method includes an outset of the predecessor node in the inset of the node; if a predecessor node indirectly branches to the node via a label variable and the node is in definitions of the label variable in the outset of the predecessor node, the method includes the outset of the predecessor node in the inset of the node; if a predecessor node indirectly branches to the node via a label variable and the node is not in definitions of the label variable in the outset of the predecessor node, the method does not include the outset of the predecessor node in the inset of the node. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075425 | HANDSHAKING METHODOLOGY AND REDUNDANT DATA CHANNEL BETWEEN SERVERS DURING SOFTWARE UPGRADE - A method for upgrading software having steps (A) to (D) is disclosed. Step (A) may deny a first server access to read from and write to a database controlled by a second server while second software in the second server is being upgraded. The second software as upgraded may be incompatible with first software running in the first server. Step (B) may generate data in the first server in response to a current operation of the first software while the second software is being upgraded. Step (C) may update the database by transferring the data from the first server to the database through the second server after the upgrade of the second software has finished. The first server generally remains denied to read from the database. Step (D) may upgrade the first software to be compatible with the second software in response to finishing the current operation. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075426 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MODIFICATION OF SERVICE DEFINITION PACKAGES WITH A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for dynamic modification of service definition packages for use with a cloud computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, a cloud platform enables provisioning of enterprise software applications (e.g., Fusion Middleware applications) within a cloud environment. In an embodiment, enterprise applications can be packaged as service definition packages (SDP). To support maintenance of services (e.g., bug fixes, security updates, and configuration changes), a service's characteristics and requirements can be modified dynamically, by reconfiguring the cloud platform itself and/or by mounting a disk volume that corresponds to the service's SDP, and modifying its contents directly. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATCHING JAVA CLOUD SERVICES FOR USE WITH A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for patching Java cloud services for use with a cloud computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, a cloud environment, such as Oracle Public Cloud (OPC), includes a Java cloud services (JCS) infrastructure, which allows a suite of software applications, middleware, and database offerings to be delivered to customers in a self-service, elastically scalable manner. Over time, it may become necessary to update one or more of the deployed services. In accordance with an embodiment, services can be patched using a two phase approach. During an offline phase, patches are used to update shared components, such as middleware volumes, without disrupting any currently running Java services. Subsequently, during an online phase, patched components are enabled on all Java service hosts, and any necessary domain update/upgrade operations are invoked. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075428 | APPLICATION DETECTION SYSTEM - A method of operating an application detection system is disclosed. One embodiment of the method includes: determining an application list with a detection application on an electronic device, the application list being a list of installed and running applications on the electronic device; generating a launch command to confirm installation of a first application in the application list; receiving a notification of whether the launch command succeeded upon execution; and confirming the first application to be in the application list when the launch command succeeds in launching the first application on the electronic device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075429 | Methods and Articles of Manufacture for Hosting a Safety Critical Application on an Uncontrolled Data Processing Device - Methods and articles of manufacture for hosting a safety critical application on an uncontrolled data processing device are provided. Various combinations of installation, functional, host integrity, coexistence, interoperability, power management, and environment checks are performed at various times to determine if the safety critical application operates properly on the device. The operation of the SCA on the UDPD may be controlled accordingly. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075430 | INFORMATION BACKUP METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention discloses an information backup method in the field of computer technologies. A log file is monitored at an electronic device that comprises a local memory. A first part of the log file is determined to be associated with a first subset of operations that comprise a first action of uninstalling a specific application. In accordance with the determination, user information that is associated with the specific application is stored in the local memory, and the user information may comprise a user database, a configuration file and a private file generated and updated when a user uses the specific application. A second part of the log file is further determined to be associated with a second subset of operations that comprise a second action of reinstalling the specific application. The user information is extracted from the local memory for use in the second action of reinstalling the specific application. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075431 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVICE DEFINITION PACKAGES FOR USE WITH A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for providing service definition packages for use with a cloud computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, a cloud platform enables provisioning of enterprise software applications (e.g., Fusion Middleware applications) within a cloud environment. In an embodiment, enterprise applications can be packaged as service definition packages (SDP). Each SDP can include an application binary component, a metadata defining the application's service characteristics and requirements, and a plugin that enables the SDP to be installed into the cloud platform. The SDP can also include a virtual assembly that defines a topology and configuration for a set of virtual appliances. The application, as defined by its SDP, can be instantiated as one or more services that are then accessible by other (e.g., customer) applications within the cloud environment. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075432 | Mechanism for Application Partitioning in a Multi-Tenant Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Environment in a Cloud Computing System - A mechanism for application partitioning in a multi-tenant PaaS environment in a cloud computing system is disclosed. A method of embodiments includes receiving, by a virtual machine (VM), a request to initialize a container on the VM, the container comprising a resource-constrained space of the VM to execute functionality of an application of a multi-tenant PaaS system. The method also includes assigning a user identification (UID) and non-volatile resources to the container, wherein the UID and non-volatile resources are part of a subset of UIDs and a subset of non-volatile resources allotted to the VM from a range of UIDs and a range of non-volatile resources associated with a district of the VM, and wherein other VMs in the district are not allotted the same subset of UIDs from the range of UIDs or the same subset of non-volatile resources from the range of non-volatile resources. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075433 | LOCATION-BASED COMPONENT DEPLOYMENT FOR COMPOSITE APPLICATIONS - A method and system for deploying a component of a composite application in a data center. An example method includes receiving access data from a traffic manager implementing global load balancing, where the access data is related to client accesses to a composite web application including multiple components hosted by virtual machines in a virtualization infrastructure. The method further includes determining, based on the access data, determining that one of the components of the composite web application receives client accesses that exceed a threshold, identifying a new geographic location for the client accesses that exceed the threshold, instructing the virtualization infrastructure to deploy a new virtual machine at the new geographic location, the deployed virtual machine implementing the determined component of the composite web application, and providing information pertaining to the deployed virtual machine to the traffic manager. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075434 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COST-AWARE SELECTION OF STORED VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGES FOR SUBSEQUENT USE - A system, method and computer program product for allocating shared resources. Upon receiving requests for resources, the cost of bundling software in a virtual machine (VM) image is automatically generated. Software is selected by the cost for each bundle according to the time required to install it where required, offset by the time to uninstall it where not required. A number of VM images having the highest software bundle value (i.e., highest cost bundled) is selected and stored, e.g., in a machine image store. With subsequent requests for resources, VMs may be instantiated from one or more stored VM images and, further, stored images may be updated selectively updated with new images. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075435 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COST-AWARE SELECTION OF STORED VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGES FOR SUBSEQUENT USE - A system, method and computer program product for allocating shared resources. Upon receiving requests for resources, the cost of bundling software in a virtual machine (VM) image is automatically generated. Software is selected by the cost for each bundle according to the time required to install it where required, offset by the time to uninstall it where not required. A number of VM images having the highest software bundle value (i.e., highest cost bundled) is selected and stored, e.g., in a machine image store. With subsequent requests for resources, VMs may be instantiated from one or more stored VM images and, further, stored images may be updated selectively updated with new images. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075436 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATING INPUT/OUTPUT ACCESS OPERATION ON A VIRTUAL MACHINE - A system and method for accelerating input/output (IO) access operation on a virtual machine, The method comprises providing a smart IO device that includes an unrestricted command queue (CQ) and a plurality of restricted CQs and allowing a guest domain to directly configure and control IO resources through a respective restricted CQ, the IO resources allocated to the guest domain. In preferred embodiments, the allocation of IO resources to each guest domain is performed by a privileged virtual switching element. In some embodiments, the smart IO device is a HCA and the privileged virtual switching element is a Hypervisor. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075437 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL ASSEMBLY BUILDER FOR USE WITH A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for providing a virtual assembly builder for use with a cloud computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, the system can include a virtual assembly builder component which maintains a repository of virtual assembly archives, wherein each virtual assembly can include a metadata and one or more virtual machine templates that can be used to instantiate an instance of the assembly; and a virtual assembly builder deployer provided as a web service or other interface, which enables operations for uploading virtual assemblies to the repository, registering virtual assemblies with cloud components, and/or managing deployment instances defined by an assembly. | 2014-03-13 |
20140075438 | METHOD, SERVER, AND SYSTEM FOR STARTING AN APPLICATION - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a server, and a system for starting an application. The method includes: receiving identifier information sent by a terminal, where the identifier information includes information about a user identifier, an application identifier, and a terminal identifier; and selecting an appropriate virtual machine for the terminal from idle virtual machines according to the identifier information, so that after starting an application program corresponding to the application identifier, the virtual machine sets up a connection with the terminal. A unified virtual experience server is set in the embodiments of the present disclosure, so that all applications run in a virtual machine, and a client only needs to receive audio and video data in a process of running an application in a virtual machine at a remote end, thereby allowing the client to receive a result of an application program run on different operating systems. | 2014-03-13 |