12th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 70 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140082550 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATED QUERY AND NAVIGATION OF AN INFORMATION RESOURCE - Systems and methods are provided to enable an integrated query and navigation system. A graphical user interface is provided that simultaneously displays a query entry frame and a resource display frame. The query navigator includes a query input mechanism that receives input and displays suggested query terms and representative images for articles for matching content. The resource display frame enables a user to view query information and content information in the same interface as to be informed and make decisions on that information. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082551 | INTEGRATED, CONTEXT PASSING USER DISPLAY - Systems and methods are provided to facilitate an integrated display of information to a user. According to some embodiments, a first service and a second service may be registered with a registry. The information stored in the registry might include, for example, indications that the first and/or second services are to receive data from disparate remote sources. According to some embodiments, placement information is received from a user to lay out the first and second services within a pane of an application. Moreover, information from the remote sources may be displayed to the user within the pane. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082552 | Presenting an Application Change through a Tile - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for presenting an application change through a tile. These techniques enable a user to see content associated with content changes to an application or other information about the application, such as a new article, new email, or a software update having become available since a user last visited the application. By so doing, the techniques enable a user to forgo visiting the application or permit the user to quickly and easily decide whether or not to visit the application. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082553 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a touchscreen configured to display a keypad including a plurality of key buttons having assigned first alphabet characters, respectively; and a controller configured to receive a first key input of a first key button of the plurality of key buttons, to display a first alphabet character corresponding to the first key input on a display portion of the mobile terminal, to predict a word that starts with the first alphabet character, to receive a second key input of the first key button after the first key input, and to display a second alphabet character included in the predicted word on the display portion based on the second key input. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082554 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING CATEGORIES - A method in an electronic device includes: displaying, on a display screen, a plurality of categories, the plurality of categories being displayed in a first direction; detecting, by a processor, a selection of a category from the plurality of categories; modifying an arrangement in which the plurality of categories are displayed, the modifying including displaying the category in a selection region, such that the category is at least partially superimposed over other ones of the plurality of categories, and displaying, on the display screen, a plurality of elements of the category, the plurality of elements being displayed in a second direction that is different from the first direction. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082555 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING A TRACKBALL TO SELECT ITEMS FROM A DISPLAY - Embodiments of the invention include a selection device for use with a user computer and method for using the device. The selection device performs a process of providing a user with a plurality of menu icons for a plurality of computer applications on the selection device and a process of allowing a user to select a menu icon corresponding to a particular application for viewing on the user computer display. To do this, the device and method may implement the steps of displaying the plurality of menu icons representing applications available to the user on the user computer on the selection device display; enabling the user to scroll through the plurality of menu icons to select the menu icon corresponding to the particular application, and responsive to the user selecting the menu icon, transmitting an identifier for the particular application to the user computer. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082556 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING ACTIVATION CONTROL PROGRAM STORED THEREIN AND ACTIVATION CONTROL APPARATUS - A system is disclosed including a first display control section | 2014-03-20 |
20140082557 | RADIAL MENUS - Some embodiments of the invention provide several novel techniques for manipulating radial menus in graphical user interfaces of an application. In some embodiments, radial menus include multiple selectable items arranged about an internal location (e.g., a center of the radial menu). The novel radial menu techniques of some embodiments include (i) non-uniform spacing of menu items, (ii) the use of shading or highlighting within a region associated with an item to indicate the present selectability of the item, and (iii) the use of radial gestures for opening sub-menus and the subsequent display of the sub-menu. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082558 | Method and Apparatus For Providing a User Interface For a File System - A method and apparatus provides a user an interface for a file system. In one example, the method and apparatus displays the file as a visualized object, e.g., a graphical representation of the file as a real life object, receives selection of visualized objects and activates data elements represented by the visualized objects. The visualization of the file may be determined based on visualizer identification information associated with the file. For the activated data elements, the method and apparatus displays tool interfaces, in combination with the visualized objects. The tool interfaces may be selectively displayed for the activated data element base on tool identification information associated with a data type of the data element. Furthermore, the method and apparatus can process the activated data elements using the selected tool actions from different programs. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082559 | CONTROL AREA FOR FACILITATING USER INPUT - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a magnified control area for facilitating user input. According to one embodiment, a gesture input from a user operating the computing system is detected and an on-screen location of the gesture input is determined. Furthermore, a positional indicator corresponding to the determined on-screen location of the gesture input is displayed to the user, while a control area is presented around the positional indicator. Moreover, movement of the positional indicator along a boundary of the control area causes the control area to move correspondingly so as to keep the positional indicator within the boundary of the control area. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082560 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A setting screen displayed on a display unit of an image forming apparatus includes an icon display area displaying a plurality of icons that are arranged in a predetermined direction and correspond to a plurality of function buttons for setting each function, and a function button display area displaying one or more of the plurality of function buttons. An input control unit of the image forming apparatus receives input of a group display instruction to display function buttons that belong to one of a plurality of groups in the function button display area. A display control unit of the image forming apparatus displays, in response to the input of the group display instruction, function buttons that belong to a specific group specified by the input of the group display instruction in the function button display area. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082561 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS FOR PATH SEARCH AND METHOD THEREOF - A user interface apparatus for path search and a method thereof are disclosed. The interface apparatus for path search includes an interface unit configured to provide a first user interface comprising a plurality of image objects, the first user interface configured to implement sweeping transition between the image objects in at least one direction, wherein the interface unit displays an image associated with at least one place which is an object for path search on the image objects. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082562 | Computer Readable Medium, Information Processing Apparatus, and Method of Displaying Images - There is provided a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus including a displaying device, cause the processor to execute processes of receiving a designation of the group of images to be displayed on the displaying device, judging whether arrangement information representing an arranging direction of a group of images when displayed on the displaying device is associated with the designated group of images, displaying the designated group of images on the displaying device such that: (1) when the designated group of images is associated with the arrangement information, the designated group of images are displayed with the arranging direction represented by the arrangement information, and (2) when the designated group of images is not associated with the arrangement information, the designated group of images are displayed with a predetermined default arranging direction. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082563 | USER TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A user terminal device including a screen processor which creates home screen divided into a plurality of spaces provided with different features from each other, a storage which stores data and programs that can be matched with at least one space, a display which displays one space from among the plurality of spaces, and a controller which controls the display to convert the space displayed on the display to another space according to a user's manipulation is provided. The controller controls the screen processor to constitute the plurality of spaces by using data and programs matched with the plurality of spaces, respectively. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082564 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082565 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus includes a display device and an input device. The display device displays a first hierarchy icon, a second hierarchy icon, which is in a state where setting options corresponding to characteristics of the first hierarchy icon are displayed to be arranged in an annular shape, and a pointer. The input device integrally includes a rotation device, a joystick device, and a determination device. The display device moves the pointer in a direction corresponding to an operation direction and changes the first hierarchy icon to the second hierarchy icon, | 2014-03-20 |
20140082566 | Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium, Information Processing Apparatus and Method - Dividing or splitting data (e.g., images) of a file may be performed by allowing a user to preview or otherwise view the intended division prior to the splitting of the images in the file into separate files. The division may be shown in a display by visually distinguishing between the designated groups. Visual distinctions may include color filtering, use of a division mark, use of grouping frames, labeling and the like and/or combinations thereof. By allowing a user to view the intended groupings, a user may further cancel designated groupings prior to splitting the images into the separate files. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082567 | COMPUTING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACE FOR APPLICATIONS - A computing device includes a display screen, where the computing device is configured to display on the screen a menu listing one or more applications, and to display on the screen an application summary that can be reached directly from the menu, where the application summary displays a limited list of data offered within the one or more applications, each of the data in the list being selectable to launch the respective application and enable the selected data to be seen within the respective application, and where the application summary is displayed while the one or more applications are in an un-launched state. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082568 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A FAMILY TREE DATA STRUCTURE - A tree building system that accesses data from a social networking site and, in some embodiments, other data sites having information that may pertain to the relationships between users of the social networking site. A rules engine within the system implements logic for analyzing the data from the social networking site. The system provides a candidate list of possible relatives for selection by a user and solicits information from the user through the use of guided questions. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082569 | Security System and Methods For Portable Devices - A portable communications or computing device includes one or more sensors for detecting motion in the x, y, and z axes, and/or pitch, yaw, and roll, and/or magnetic direction, and includes hardware and software programmed to allow a user to use one or more motions of the portable device as a security feature such that such motions are needed in order to gain access to the functionality of the device or data stored in memory of the device. A display provides prompts allowing the user to choose to include one or motions of the device as security, and allows the user to include such one or more motions of the device alone or in combination with one or more alphanumeric characters as a password to restrict access to the functionality of the device and/or data stored in memory on the device. Such motions can be selected from preset motions. Such motions can be used to provide varying levels of security for selected data or other files or functionality of the device. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082570 | WEIGHTED N-FINGER SCALING AND SCROLLING - In one example, a method includes receiving an indication of an input gesture detected at a presence-sensitive input device, where the input gesture includes one or more input points and each input point is detected at a respective location of the presence-sensitive input device. The method may also include determining a focal point of the input gesture, and determining a radius length. The method may also include determining a shape centered at the focal point and having a size determined based on the radius length. The method may also include responding to a change in a geometric property of the shape by scaling information included in a graphical user interface, where the scaling of the information being centered at the focal point. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082571 | INTERACTION METHOD AND DEVICE IN TOUCH TERMINAL, AND INTERACTION METHOD, SERVER AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM IN NETWORK APPLICATION - The invention relates to an interaction method and a device in a touch terminal, and an interaction method, a server and a computer storage medium in network application. The Interaction method in the touch terminal comprises steps of: acquiring touch event from a user; acquiring a slide track based on the continuous slide occurred by the touch event, and obtaining a selected interaction object based on the slide track; triggering the selected interaction object to response the touch event based on the slide track. By means of obtaining selected interaction object and slide track based on touch event inputted by user, and then realizing response of touch event by the slide track, the interaction method and the device in the touch terminal, and the interaction method, the server and the storage medium can achieve interaction operations without operations like click selection, twice confirmation, etc., the complexity of operation is reduced effectively and the convenience of operation is improved. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082572 | METHOD OF GENERATING ASSISTANT FEATURE - A method of generating an assistant feature is provided. A plurality of main features is provided. A first main feature is selected from the main features. A plurality of rule-based features is disposed around the first main feature. A model-based feature is generated around the first main feature. An overlap Boolean feature is extracted from the rule-based features, wherein the overlap Boolean feature overlaps with the model-based feature in an overlap ratio up to a target value. The overlap Boolean feature serves as an assistant feature, and the assistant feature and the first main feature constitute a transfer feature. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082573 | CIRCUIT DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS, CIRCUIT DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A circuit design support apparatus includes a processor configured to calculate a time period necessary for a transition of a logical state, based on circuit configuration information indicating connection relations of elements of an integrated circuit and input information indicating a logical value input into an input terminal of the integrated circuit; calculate capacitance between power source wires in each logical state based on the circuit configuration information and the input information; and calculate temporal variation of the capacitance based on the capacitance and the time period. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082574 | Token-Based Current Control to Mitigate Current Delivery Limitations in Integrated Circuits - A dynamic system coupled with “pre-Silicon” design methodologies and “post-Silicon” current optimizing programming methodologies to improve and optimize current delivery into a chip, which is limited by the physical properties of the connections (e.g., Controlled Collapse Chip Connection or C4s). The mechanism consists of measuring or estimating power consumption at a certain granularity within a chip, converting the power information into C4 current information using a method, and triggering throttling mechanisms (including token based throttling) where applicable to limit the current delivery per C4 beyond pre-established limits or periods. Design aids are used to allocate C4s throughout the chip based on the current delivery requirements. The system coupled with design and programming methodologies improve and optimize current delivery is extendable to connections across layers in a multilayer 3D chip stack. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082575 | METHOD FOR PLACING DECOUPLING CAPACITORS - A method comprises selecting a region from a layout pattern of an integrated circuit, wherein the region comprises a plurality of functional units, and wherein the functional units are not coupled to each other through a variety of connection components, identifying hot spots in the region using a first threshold and inserting a plurality of decoupling capacitors adjacent to the hot spots. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082576 | GRADIENT AOCV METHODOLOGY ENABLING GRAPH-BASED TIMING CLOSURE WITH AOCV TIMING MODELS - A method of manufacturing semiconductor circuits seeks timing closure on a preliminarily select, placed and routed set of cells using a delay for each cell as derated by a derate value obtained from a timing model table having a derate value corresponding to a circuit path depth in the netlist. The derate value for a predetermined number of circuit path depths below k are identical. The derate values are monotonically decreasing for increasing circuit depths in a range between 1.0 and 1.5. Separate timing model tables with differing identical values can be employed for standard and clock tree cells. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082577 | Uniform-Footprint Programmable-Skew Multi-Stage Delay Cell - Described embodiments provide a delay cell for a complementary metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit. The delay cell includes a delay stage to provide an output signal having a programmable delay through the delay cell. The delay cell has a selectable delay value from a plurality of delay values and a selectable output skew value from a plurality of output skew values, where the cell size and terminal layout of the delay cell are relatively uniform for the plurality of delay values and the plurality of output skew values. The delay stage includes M parallel-coupled inverter stages of stacked PMOS transistors and stacked NMOS transistors. The stacked transistors have configurable source-drain connections between a drain and a source of each transistor, wherein the selectable delay value corresponds to a configuration of the configurable source-drain connections to adjust a delay value of each of the M inverter stages and an output skew value of the delay cell. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082578 | RC EXTRACTION METHODOLOGY FOR FLOATING SILICON SUBSTRATE WITH TSV - The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for generating a through-silicon via (TSV) model for RC extraction that accurately models an interposer substrate comprising one or more TSVs. In some embodiments, a method is performed by generating an interposer wafer model having a sub-circuit that models a TSV. The sub-circuit can compensate for limitations in resistive and capacitive extraction of traditional TSV models performed by EDA tools. In some embodiments, the sub-circuit is coupled to a floating common node of the model. The floating common node enables the interposer wafer model to take into consideration capacitive coupling within the interposer. The improved interposer wafer model enables accurate RC extraction of an interposer with one or more TSVs, thereby providing for an interposer wafer model that is consistent between GDS and APR flows. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082579 | ARCHITECTURAL PHYSICAL SYNTHESIS - Methods and apparatuses to design an integrated circuit are discussed. In one embodiment, the method of designing an integrated circuit comprises partitioning a chip resource into a plurality of sections, and calculating the rank of the sections based on a quality metric. The method further comprises removing the sections with the lowest ranks from consideration by a placement transform. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082580 | CURRENT-AWARE FLOORPLANNING TO OVERCOME CURRENT DELIVERY LIMITATIONS IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - A dynamic system coupled with “pre-Silicon” design methodologies and “post-Silicon” current optimizing programming methodologies to improve and optimize current delivery into a chip, which is limited by the physical properties of the connections (e.g., Controlled Collapse Chip Connection or C4s). The mechanism consists of measuring or estimating power consumption at a certain granularity within a chip, converting the power information into C4 current information using a method, and triggering throttling mechanisms (including token based throttling) where applicable to limit the current delivery per C4 beyond pre-established limits or periods. Design aids are used to allocate C4s throughout the chip based on the current delivery requirements. The system coupled with design and programming methodologies improve and optimize current delivery is extendable to connections across layers in a multilayer 3D chip stack. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082581 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing apparatus includes a first program that causes the data processing apparatus to perform a display of a first screen relating to a process using hardware specific to the data processing apparatus, and to perform the process in accordance with setting data input via the first screen, includes an interface that receives setting data relating to the process from a second program, and causes the data processing apparatus to perform the process in accordance with the setting data received from the second program. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082582 | Resource Tracker - Resource tracker techniques are described in which resource trackers may be generated, assigned to resources, and used to track resources throughout a development environment. The resource trackers may be configured in a designated format that is suitable to distinguish different resources one from one another. In one approach, resource trackers are derived as a combination of a user-supplied project identifier and defined resource identifiers. Resource trackers may be embedded into code defining corresponding resources and exposed to identify resources in connection with various development operations. In an embodiment, the resources trackers may be employed to provide visual indications of resources that appear within a user-interface for a project that is output for testing. A developer may identify resources based on resource trackers exposed via the user-interface and navigate back to underlying code in various ways to address any issues identified through the testing. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082583 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SCOPE AND EFFORT OF SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT - A plan to modify a software system is analyzed to identify objects of a first entity that are affected by the plan. An impact on a first part of the system is determined. Software modifications of a second entity in a second part of the system that are associated with the affected objects of the first entity are identified. Usage statistics of the first entity relating to the affected objects and usage statistics of the second entity relating to the software modifications are identified. An impact of the modifications to the affected objects on the software modifications of the second entity is determined. A first estimate of an effort to implement the modifications to the system is developed. A business blueprint is developed for the second entity. A trace of the affected objects and a trace of software executables are generated. A test plan is generated using the traces. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082584 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF APPLICATION PROGRAM - Provided is a method and system for developing an application program efficiently. The method may include modeling an application program based on a development goal of the application program, and decomposing the modeled application program into sub-application programs, and modeling the sub-application programs. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082585 | METHOD OF CREATING A SOFTWARE APPLICATION, THE METHOD BEING PERFORMED BY AN ENGINE - This disclosure includes a method performed by a generic engine for dynamically creating a software application suitable for satisfying an initial objective. The engine may interrogate a knowledge base including a computer object including an interpretable module together with a description of a result obtained on interpreting said module. Various implementations include sending a request to the knowledge base that includes a “current” objective; obtaining results, which may be partial, by interpreting a module of a computer object received in response to the request; compiling the obtained partial results to determine whether they enable a “final” result to be formed that satisfies the initial objective; if so, sending the final result in response to the initial objective; if not, defining a new current objective from at least one of said results, said complied partial result and possibly current objectives defined during preceding iterations, and executing another iteration. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082586 | APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT MODELS AND DATAGRAPHS IN CLIENT-SIDE AND SERVER-SIDE APPLICATIONS - An application development system and method are provided for object models and datagraphs in client-side and server-side applications of a web-based or cloud-based application deployment platform. The system and method are used for representing, persisting, permitting, traversing, querying, manipulating and extending object models and their imputed datagraphs, in applications spanning the client-side and server-side of the web-based or the cloud-based application deployment platform. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082587 | Method And System For Generating A Source Code For A Computer Program For Execution And Simulation Of A Process - The invention relates to a method and a system for the generation of a source code for a computer program for the execution and simulation of a process, comprising the following steps:
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20140082588 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR TRANSLATING PROTOCOLS - The disclosed subject matter presents a method for translating between protocols using an extended scripting language. In one embodiment ECMA-262 scripting language is extended to enable one with ordinary skill in the art to create scripts which may be used to perform diverse data manipulation including, but not limited to: file input/output, database manipulation, data identification, data translation, XML functionality, SMB functionality, email, etc. Additionally provided for is running the extended scripting language along side a binary to manipulate data such that changes can be implemented without requiring the recoding and/or recompiling of the binary. In other embodiments, the disclosed subject matter enables the transmission of information via a webservice, with information able to be viewed and/or manipulated on a variety of GUI's. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082589 | MODULE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MODULE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MODULE MANAGEMENT METHOD - There is provided a module management apparatus, that coordinates, in a time of start of a module management infrastructure carrying out integrated management of: a bundle having a module formed by a program described by an object oriented language and definition information including an attribute of the module; and a module group including a plurality of pieces of the bundle, when the bundle is loaded from a folder, and, if the definition information collides between different bundles, a reference relationship of the bundle by changing the definition information dynamically. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082590 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECONSTRUCTING COMPLEX CUSTOM OBJECTS - A system and method is provided for reconstructing one or more collections of objects across platforms. More particularly, Java Annotations are used to assist a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) wizard in reconstructing a collection of objects. In implementation, the system and method parses the object types such that a wizard can recreate or reconstruct the collection of objects for use by a receiving service. The method includes reconstructing a collection using one or more annotations that document a base object of the collection. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082591 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEST OUTPUT EVALUATION OF A JAVA COMPONENT - A method and a system for test output evaluation of a JAVA component. The java component and reference classes are received and non-private members of the Java component are identified using JAVA reflection API and the reference classes. An API structure comprising public members is extracted from the non-private members. Behavior checking expressions are received and selected corresponding to the public members. A Java source code comprising wrapper methods wherein the wrapper method corresponds to the one or more public members and a test output evaluation method comprising the behavior checking expressions is generated. The test output evaluation of the JAVA component is performed using the test output evaluation method over the generated Java source code. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082592 | MARKER CORRELATION OF APPLICATION CONSTRUCTS WITH VISUALIZATIONS - The visual display of the timing of execution of a marker. During a time frame, a first application program interface, which is configured to represent a first marker, is executed on a first thread of execution of an application. The first application program interface generates a first event for visualization on the display, when executed. During the time frame, a second application program interface, which is configured to represent a second marker, is also executed on the first thread of execution of the application. The second application program interface generates a second event for visualization on the display, when executed. A visualization of the first marker and the second marker is displayed on a timeline visualization of activity of the first thread of execution of the application in the context of the time frame. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082593 | TESTING FRAMEWORK FOR DYNAMIC WEB PAGES - A system and method for bucket testing includes: retrieving a user's information from a user in a bucket testing group when a request to serve a web page is received; determining from the user's information if the user has an active bucket identifier associated with the user's account in a persistent store; retrieving bucket parameters from the user's information when it is determined that the user has an active bucket identifier; determining if the bucket parameters are within a range assigned to the bucket testing group; passing the bucket parameters to the server; and loading configuration and files associated with the active bucket identifier. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082594 | ABSTRACT SYMBOLIC EXECUTION FOR SCALING SYMBOLIC EXECUTION GENERATION AND AUTOMATIC TEST GENERATION - A method includes, by one or more computing devices, determining code-under-test configured for execution on a computing device to be evaluated, creating a plurality of test cases based on the symbolic execution and including a plurality of constraints, selectively conducting abstract interpretation on the constraints, selectively conducting Satisfiability Modulo Theory (“SMT”) solving on the constraints, and validating or invalidating the code-under-test based on at least the SMT solving and the abstract interpretation. The abstract interpretation includes using a plurality of abstract interpretation models based on the constraints of the test case and over-approximating the constraints of the test case. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082595 | CONTEXT BASED CODE ANALYSIS - Embodiments provided a formalized set of intermediate analysis contexts that are relevant for analysis checks of target code. Such intermediate analysis context may include, but are not limited to, the development phase of targeted code, the type or state of the targeted code, a source manipulating the targeted code, a purpose for the targeted code, or other development or runtime requirements. Accordingly, embodiments dynamically identify a current analysis context under which targeted code is being developed and can then execute rules based on knowledge of what contexts the rule(s) may apply. More specifically, analysis rules can describe (e.g., via metadata) those context conditions under which a rule can run. Based on such description and the current context, those rules that have been configured to apply to such context conditions can be executed. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082596 | ESTIMATING INDIRECT INTERFACE IMPLEMENTATION BEFORE LOAD TIME BASED ON DIRECTLY IMPLEMENTED METHODS - According to an example implementation, a computer-readable storage medium, computer-implemented method and a system are provided to receive a first class, the first class indirectly implementing a first interface, wherein the first class extends a second class that directly implements the first interface, identify one or more directly implemented methods within the first class, determine a method signature for one or more of the directly implemented methods, estimate that the first class indirectly implements the first interface based on the method signatures for the one or more directly implemented methods, and instrument the first class based on the estimating that the first class indirectly implements the first interface. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082597 | UNIFYING STATIC AND DYNAMIC COMPILER OPTIMIZATIONS IN SOURCE-CODE BASES - Techniques are described for unifying static and dynamic compiler optimizations in source code bases. In an embodiment, a first compiler compiles source code of a target function to generate ahead-of-time (AOT) compiled machine code. A second compiler compiles the source code to generate an intermediate representation (IR) of the target function. In response to determining that the target function should be just-in-time (JIT) compiled, the AOT-compiled machine code for the target function is linked to the IR of the target function. During runtime, a physical processor executes AOT-compiled machine code of an executable program. When the target function is encountered for the first time, a JIT compiler is invoked. The JIT compiler generates JIT-compiled machine code for the target function. The physical processor executes the JIT-compiled machine code in place of the AOT-compiled machine code for the target function. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082598 | CODE CONVERSION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SYSTEM FOR GARBAGE COLLECTION - An improved technique for inserting reference count code in a garbage collection technique. When there are two or more successor basic blocks to a basic block, a given variable is live at the entry of one or more of the successor basic blocks, and the variable is dead in another basic block S, a new basic block is inserted between the original basic block and a successor basic block in which the variable is dead, and RC− related to the variable is generated in the new basic block. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082599 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT IN SYSTEM BASED ON AUTOMOTIVE OPEN SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE - Disclosed are an ECU update method and apparatus of an AUTOSAR-based system. In the ECU update method, an MCAL driver layer receives ECU update data, and an ECAL driver layer receives the ECU update data from the MCAL driver layer and directly transfers the ECU update data to ECU update software. Therefore, the ECU update method minimizes unnecessary operations in updating an ECU while performing an operation conforming to the AUTOSAR standard, thus quickly updating the ECU. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082600 | Method for Operating a Control Device for Controlling a Technical Installation - A method for operating first or second control devices for controlling a technical installation with control data stored on a data medium in a predetermined format, wherein the control data is stored on the data medium in a first format such that this data can be processed directly for read/write operations by the first control device, during operation of the second control device first control data is converted into a second format such that the converted first control data can be processed directly for read/write operations by the second control device, and where second control data is converted during each access at runtime from the first format into a format that can be processed by the second control device, or the first control data is converted during each access at runtime from the second format into a format that can be processed by the first control device. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082601 | COPY MANAGEMENT OF PROCESS VERSIONS OVER LIFECYCLE - Structural information of a process is stored as an instance hierarchy (e.g. parent-child relation) between occurrence nodes comprising occurrence identifications (IDs) and links to objects of an object pool. Efficient management of process versions (e.g. design, build, test, productive, archive) is accomplished by handling occurrences and corresponding linked objects so that a minimum set of data is physically copied. An algorithm governing the physical copying of process data, is described. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082602 | DEPLOYMENT AND UPDATING OF APPLICATIONS AND DRIVERS ON A CLIENT DEVICE USING AN EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE (XML) CONFIGURATION FILE - The deployment and updating of applications and drivers on a client device having a write-filter is described. A first deployment extensible markup language (XML) configuration file is obtained for deploying a first application or driver at the client device. A first application or driver is deployed on the client device based on the first deployment XML configuration file, while the write-filter of the client device is disabled. The write-filter is enablable to prohibit a file stored on the client device with the write-filter enabled from persisting across a reboot of the device. Following the deployment, automatic updating is performed by determining whether an autoupdate is available, obtaining a second deployment XML configuration file for updating the first application or driver, and updating the first application or driver based on the second deployment XML configuration file, while the write-filter is disabled. The automatic updating may be repeated. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082603 | Cluster Update System - A locking system may place a persistent object on each of the devices in a computer cluster. The objects may indicate that an update is being performed on the devices so that other systems may not also update the devices. When an update has completed, the objects may be removed. The objects may include an identifier for the system owning the objects, as well as other information regarding the update. In some cases, the objects may include executable code and perform some of the update functions on the various devices. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082604 | MEMORY CONTROLLER THAT INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR AUTORUN OF SOFTWARE OR DATA - Autorun functionality is incorporated into an integrated circuit memory device such as any USB peripheral, which has a memory component interfaced to a USB microcontroller. This provides autorun of one or more executables or application installers from a memory component with a USB interface without an intermediate hardware-based autorun feature. USB peripheral devices internally include a USB microcontroller that performs the functionality associated with identifying the device to a host computing device, such as a personal computer. Autorun firmware is embedded into the USB microcontroller. The autorun firmware enables autorun of an installable or executable application stored on the memory component of the USB device. The firmware acts as bridge component translating all commands and interactions between a host PC and the memory component. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082605 | Method for adjusting of binary files built under one initial operating system environment in a way to load on multiple other operating system environments which include customizing information, and software programs based on the method - A method for adjusting of a binary file built under one initial operating system environment in a way to load on multiple other target operating system (os) environments which include customizing information, where both the said file and the files of the target os-es are analyzed and data within the said file is replaced with data obtained from the binaries of the target os-es. One or more software programs implemented based on the method. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082606 | 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. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082607 | 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. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082608 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PREINSTALLING APPLICATION, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus, which is configured to install application software that runs on an operation environment, comprises: a storage unit which stores a data file of system software, a data file of application software required to extend a function of the image forming apparatus, a license file required to install the application software, and a control file which defines a state after preinstall with respect to the application software; a preinstall unit which preinstalls application software stored in the storage unit using the license file upon activation of the image forming apparatus; and a changing unit which changes the preinstalled application software to a state defined by the control file. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082609 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A system, where a device and at least one information processing apparatus are connected via a network to each other, includes a configuration unit that, when receiving a request to use a service together with a device identifier of the device, stores configuration information in a relationship information storage, wherein the configuration information associates the device identifier with at least one program identifier that is stored in a service information storage in association with the service; and a transmitting unit that sends an installation request to install a program corresponding to the program identifier to the device corresponding to the device identifier that is associated by the configuration information with the program identifier. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082610 | MESH NETWORK AND MESH NETWORK NODE APPLICATION - A method for sharing an application includes generating, by a first mobile electronic device, an invitation to be sent to a second mobile electronic device to install the application in the second mobile electronic device, where the invitation contains a downloading address of a server on which an installation key is stored and a service set identifier (SSID) of the first mobile electronic device. The method further includes sending the invitation. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082611 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING APPLICATION PERMISSIONS - An apparatus and a method for monitoring an application to be installed on a mobile device are provided. The apparatus includes a display unit, a monitoring unit for determining whether a user has selected an application for installation in the mobile device, the application requiring at least one permission predetermined by the user, and a controller for controlling the mobile device to present an alert to the user when the user selects the application, wherein each of the at least one permission represents an action performed by an application. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082612 | Dynamic Virtual Machine Resizing in a Cloud Computing Infrastructure - A method for providing dynamic resizing of at least one virtual machine in a cloud infrastructure includes steps of: obtaining a measure of resource usage for the virtual machine and/or application performance of an application running on the virtual machine; determining, as a function of prescribed rules relating to resource usage and the measure of resource usage and/or application performance, whether the virtual machine requires resizing; and resizing the virtual machine to dynamically change resource availability for the virtual machine so as to maintain resource usage and/or application performance within prescribed limits defined by the prescribed rules. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082613 | PROVISIONING A VIRTUAL MACHINE FROM ONE OR MORE VM IMAGES - An embodiment of the invention directed to a method for provisioning a specified virtual machine from one or more selected images, sent over the network, includes the step of decomposing each of the selected VM images to provide a group of components, each component having specified information associated with it. The method further includes using a predetermined selection criterion to select components from the group for assembly into a specified VM image, and using the selected components of the specified VM image to provision the specified virtual machine at one or more locations. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082614 | AUTOMATED PROFILING OF RESOURCE USAGE - Operating profiles for consumers of computing resources may be automatically determined based on an analysis of actual resource usage measurements and other operating metrics. Measurements may be taken while a consumer, such as a virtual machine instance, uses computing resources, such as those provided by a host. A profile may be dynamically determined based on those measurements. Profiles may be generalized such that groups of consumers with similar usage profiles are associated with a single profile. Assignment decisions may be made based on the profiles, and computing resources may be reallocated or oversubscribed if the profiles indicate that the consumers are unlikely to fully utilize the resources reserved for them. Oversubscribed resources may be monitored, and consumers may be transferred to different resource providers if contention for resources is too high. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082615 | PROVISIONING A VIRTUAL MACHINE FROM ONE OR MORE VM IMAGES - An embodiment of the invention directed to a method for provisioning a specified virtual machine from one or more selected images, sent over the network, includes the step of decomposing each of the selected VM images to provide a group of components, each component having specified information associated with it. The method further includes using a predetermined selection criterion to select components from the group for assembly into a specified VM image, and using the selected components of the specified VM image to provision the specified virtual machine at one or more locations. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082616 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SYSTEM - An information processing method including calculating, for migration of a first virtual machine between a migration-source computer coupled to a network and a migration-destination computer coupled to the network, a difference between a first resource allocated to the first virtual machine in the migration-source computer and a second resource to be allocated to a second virtual machine to be executed based on the virtual machine in the migration-destination computer, estimating a bandwidth for the network to be used by the second virtual machine based on the difference and a bandwidth for the network used by the first virtual machine in the migration-source computer. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082617 | FAULT TOLERANT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FAULT TOLERANT - A fault tolerant system includes a primary virtual machine that is formed on a primary machine in which a primary hypervisor runs, and is adapted to input virtual interrupt based on an external interrupt from the primary hypervisor to a primary guest OS, and a secondary virtual machine that is formed on a secondary machine in which a secondary hypervisor runs, and is adapted to input the virtual interrupt to a secondary guest OS on the basis of timing information on the virtual interrupt transmitted from the primary virtual machine. The primary virtual machine is adapted to collect operation performance information from the secondary virtual machine, and to configure an operation performance of the primary virtual machine and an operation performance of the secondary virtual machine so that the operation performance of the primary virtual machine becomes equal to the operation performance of the secondary virtual machine. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082618 | FAULT TOLERANT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FAULT TOLERANT - A fault tolerant system includes a primary virtual machine formed on a primary machine in which a primary hypervisor runs, and configured to input virtual interrupt based on an external interrupt from the primary hypervisor to a primary guest OS, and a secondary virtual machine formed on a secondary machine in which a secondary hypervisor runs, and configured to input virtual interrupt to a secondary guest OS on the basis of timing information on the virtual interrupt transmitted from the primary virtual machine. The primary virtual machine is configured to determine whether the virtual interrupt is generated, or not, upon receiving the external interrupt from the primary hypervisor, and only if it is determined that the virtual interrupt is generated, the primary virtual machine is configured to input the virtual interrupt to the primary guest OS, and to transmit timing information on the virtual interrupt to the secondary virtual machine. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082619 | FAULT TOLERANT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FAULT TOLERANT - A fault tolerant system includes a primary virtual machine that is formed on a primary machine in which a primary hypervisor runs, and is configured to input virtual interrupt based on an external interrupt from the primary hypervisor to a primary guest OS, and a secondary virtual machine that is formed on a secondary machine in which a secondary hypervisor runs, and is configured to input the virtual interrupt to a secondary guest OS on the basis of timing information on the virtual interrupt transmitted from the primary virtual machine. The primary virtual machine is configured to transmit the timing information on the virtual interrupt including the number of branch instructions executed by the primary guest OS before inputting the virtual interrupt, and including an execution suspension position when inputting the virtual interrupt to the secondary virtual machine. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082620 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRIGGERING SCRIPTS BASED UPON AN ALERT WITHIN A VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and systems for triggering scripts based upon an alert within a virtual infrastructure. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082621 | AUTOMATIC OPTIMIZATION FOR VIRTUAL SYSTEMS - Techniques are disclosed for controlling and managing virtual machines and other such virtual systems. VM execution approval is based on compliance with policies controlling various aspects of VM. The techniques can be employed to benefit all virtual environments, such as virtual machines, virtual appliances, and virtual applications. For ease of discussion herein, assume that a virtual machine (VM) represents each of these environments. In one particular embodiment, a systems management partition (SMP) is created inside the VM to provide a persistent and resilient storage for management information (e.g., logical and physical VM metadata). The SMP can also be used as a staging area for installing additional content or agentry on the VM when the VM is executed. Remote storage of management information can also be used. The VM management information can then be made available for pre-execution processing, including policy-based compliance testing. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082622 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION, AND DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - Provided are a method and system for executing an application installed in a device, the device and a recording medium thereof. The method includes: receiving a mapping request signal for requesting a mapping between application execution information and a short run indicator, acquiring the application execution information from an execution starting point of the application up to the receiving of the mapping request signal; generating mapping information comprising a mapping of the acquired application execution information with the short run indicator; and storing the mapping information in at least one of the device and an external device. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082623 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OVERRIDING A SCHEDULED TASK IN AN INTRUSION SYSTEM TO REDUCE FALSE ALARMS - Systems and methods of overriding a scheduled task in an intrusion system are provided. A method can include identifying a task scheduled to be executed at a scheduled time, identifying a recipient of an alert message for the task, identifying a transmission medium for the alert message for the task, identifying a predetermined period of time prior to the scheduled time, transmitting the alert message to the recipient via the transmission medium when the predetermined period of time prior to the scheduled time occurs, receiving a response message from the recipient, and, based on contents of the response message, executing the task at the scheduled time, canceling the task at the scheduled time, or rescheduling the task for a new scheduled time. The method can confirm receipt of a valid user password before executing, canceling, or rescheduling the task. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082624 | EXECUTION CONTROL METHOD AND MULTI-PROCESSOR SYSTEM - An execution control method is executed by a first processor of a multi-processor system controlled by plural operating systems (OSs). The execution control method includes determining by referring to first information that is stored in a storage unit and identifies a synchronization process for threads executed by OSs that are different from one another and among the OSs, whether a synchronization process for which an execution request is issued by a thread that is executed by a first OS that is among the OSs and controls the first processor, is the synchronization process for threads executed by OSs that are different from one another; and upon determining so, causing the first OS to execute the synchronization process for which the execution request is issued, using a storage area accessible by the first OS and specific to the first processor. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082625 | MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES WITHIN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Resources in a computing environment are managed, for example, by a hardware controller controlling dispatching of resources from one or more pools of resources to be used in execution of threads. The controlling includes conditionally dispatching resources from the pool(s) to one or more low-priority threads of the computing environment based on current usage of resources in the pool(s) relative to an associated resource usage threshold. The management further includes monitoring resource dispatching from the pool(s) to one or more high-priority threads of the computing environment, and based on the monitoring, dynamically adjusting the resource usage threshold used in the conditionally dispatching of resources from the pool(s) to the low-priority thread(s). | 2014-03-20 |
20140082626 | MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES WITHIN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Resources in a computing environment are managed, for example, by a hardware controller controlling dispatching of resources from one or more pools of resources to be used in execution of threads. The controlling includes conditionally dispatching resources from the pool(s) to one or more low-priority threads of the computing environment based on current usage of resources in the pool(s) relative to an associated resource usage threshold. The management further includes monitoring resource dispatching from the pool(s) to one or more high-priority threads of the computing environment, and based on the monitoring, dynamically adjusting the resource usage threshold used in the conditionally dispatching of resources from the pool(s) to the low-priority thread(s). | 2014-03-20 |
20140082627 | PARALLEL COMPUTE FRAMEWORK - A computerized system, method and program product for executing tasks in parallel, including but not limited to executing tasks in combination on multiple processors of multiple computers and/or multiple cores of a processor on a single computer and/or combinations thereof. The framework utilizes parallel computing design principles, but hides the complexities of multi-threading and multi-core programming from the programmer. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082628 | SHARED VERSIONED WORKLOAD PARTITIONS - According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method and technique for shared versioned workload partitions is disclosed. The method includes: creating, in a host machine running an instance of a first version of an operating system, a first workload partition associated with a second version of the operating system, the second version of the operating system comprising a different version of the operating system than the first version of the operating system; creating, in the logical partition, a second workload partition associated with the second version of the operating system; and hierarchically linking the second workload partition to the first workload partition to enable sharing of resources of the first workload partition by the second workload partition. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082629 | PREFERENTIAL CPU UTILIZATION FOR TASKS - A set of like tasks to be performed is organized into a first group. Upon a determined imbalance between dispatch queue depths greater than a predetermined threshold, the set of like tasks is reassigned to an additional group. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082630 | PROVIDING AN ASYMMETRIC MULTICORE PROCESSOR SYSTEM TRANSPARENTLY TO AN OPERATING SYSTEM - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a multicore processor with first and second groups of cores. The second group can be of a different instruction set architecture (ISA) than the first group or of the same ISA set but having different power and performance support level, and is transparent to an operating system (OS). The processor further includes a migration unit that handles migration requests for a number of different scenarios and causes a context switch to dynamically migrate a process from the second core to a first core of the first group. This dynamic hardware-based context switch can be transparent to the OS. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082631 | PREFERENTIAL CPU UTILIZATION FOR TASKS - A set of like tasks to be performed is organized into a first group. Upon a determined imbalance between dispatch queue depths greater than a predetermined threshold, the set of like tasks is reassigned to an additional group. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082632 | COOPERATIVE PREEMPTION - Preempting the execution of a thread is disclosed. Preempting includes receiving an indication that a preemption of the thread is desired and context switching the thread out at a thread safe point in the event that a thread safe point is reached. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082633 | Take and share indicator - A request to share visual data from a requester is received. The request is stored on a device configured to share visual data. It is determined whether a communication event indicating that the device is about to communicate with the requester has occurred. The communication event includes an indication that contact information associated with the requester is displayed on the device. In the event that it is determined that a communication event has occurred, a reminder to share visual data associated with the request is indicated. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082634 | Determining Relationship Data Associated with Application Programs - A method for determining relationship data associated with application programs in a messaging system, comprising the steps of: responsive to at least one first message event sending a message from a first application to a first destination and at least one second message event retrieving, by a second application, the message from a second destination, intercepting message data associated with the message; analysing the intercepted message data in accordance with one or more rules in order to find one or more message parameters; and in response to finding the one or more message parameters, identifying the first message event and identifying the second message event, determining a relationship associated with the first application and the second application. An apparatus and computer program element for determining such relationship data are also provided. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082635 | SYSTEMS AND METHODOLOGIES FOR EVENT PROCESSING FOR A PLURALITY OF USERS - A system and method provide for a display to a user as a part of editing by that user relative to the display. From one, up to a plurality of event subsystems, each are comprised of event storage and a communications interface. Event storage stores event content for a plurality of events. The plurality of events is comprised of event content comprising and edit reference, an event-ID, and change data. The system can further comprise a plurality of computing subsystems, each comprised of a user input apparatus, a display apparatus, and a communications interface coupling of data there-between. At least one user input apparatus provides an output of a plurality of events responsive to a respective user input. At least one of the plurality of the events is selected as a “selected set” of events that are assembled into an ordered format to generate a display output on a display apparatus. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082636 | Event-Driven Component Integration Framework for Implementing Distributed Systems - An event driven component, in a distributed system of software components, utilizes a buffered port. Within the distributed system of software components are the event-driven component; accepting means for accepting input events arriving at an input gateway; a coarse-grained component for providing a coarse-grained function that provides a set of services; decision means, in the input port, for creating a buffered port that provides a queue for each of the services according to a configurable policy; an event registry in which the event driven component registers its interest in accepting a subset of the events and its interest in generating output when executing the set of services, wherein each service in the set of services is associated with one or more events; distributing means for distributing the events to the input port; and an output gateway for dispatching a generated output event to an output port. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082637 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A data processing method executed by a first data processing apparatus and includes acquiring process information concerning a first process, in response to a process request for the first process; setting a first process flag included in the process information concerning the first process to indicate “true”; setting a first end flag of the process information concerning the first process to indicate “true” after executing the first process; acquiring process information concerning a second process that is to be executed before a third process that is to be executed subsequent the first process; and determining a process to be executed, based on a second process flag and a second end flag included in the process information concerning the second process. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082638 | MULTI-USER COMPUTER SYSTEM - The present invention provides a multi-user computer system, comprising a master computer with a first wireless module, a virtual graphic driver, a virtual audio driver and a user mode application. At least one virtual computer is included, wherein the at least one virtual comprises a second wireless module for communicating with the first wireless module, a USB connector and a video processing device. The first wireless module and the USB connector are coupled to the video processing device. The virtual graphic driver and the virtual audio driver are coupled to the user mode application for driving USB devices and to enable virtual image/audio data to transmit to the at least one virtual computer. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082639 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INTER-APPLICATION COMMUNICATIONS - A method of operating an operating system for providing inter-application communications between a publisher application and a subscriber application. The method includes receiving a publication request from the publisher application at an operating system, receiving a subscriber application from the subscriber application at the operating system, performing an operating system based event brokering procedure based on the publication request and the subscription request, and publishing an event based on the procedure. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082640 | System, Method and Apparatus for Controlling Multiple Applications and Services on a Digital Electronic Device - A services and application controller (“SAC”) is provided for digital electronic devices. The SAC includes four interfaces which respectively interact with four different environments, namely an application interface that interacts with application environments and applications, an extension interface that interacts with engines and enablers, a platform interface that interacts with device platform environments, and a service and network interface that interacts with services and service infrastructures and with networks. The SAC provides a set of core functions and abstracts the environments from each other, which enable interactions between these environments without requiring that the environments be aware of specific aspects of the other environments for the interactions. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082641 | Enhanced Hook Function for Use with Different Versions of a Dynamically Loaded Library - A hooking system for hooking predetermined references to predetermined dynamically loaded library (DLL) functions includes a DLL version identifier provided by a hook entry code to an enhanced hook. The hook entry code is dynamically generated during runtime of an affected software application. The version identifier enables unambiguous communication of a single enhanced hook with functions of multiple versions of identically named DLLs loaded into the same isolated process memory area. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082642 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVING DEVICE - There is provided an optical disc driving device including: a sleeve holder fixed to a base member; a sleeve fixed to the sleeve holder; a shaft rotating while being inserted into the sleeve; a rotor hub fixed to the shaft and rotating together with the shaft; a chucking mechanism fixed to the rotor hub and having a disc mounted thereon; and an upper case forming an internal space, together with the base member, wherein the shaft is protruded upwardly from the chucking mechanism. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082643 | Targeted Video Advertising - A computer-implemented method of providing targeted video promotional material includes transmitting a promotional item for display on a video terminal, determining whether the promotional item was skipped, and updating a profile corresponding to the promotional item or a viewer of the promotional item based on whether or not the promotional item was skipped. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082644 | System and Method for Selling or Licensing Image Files - According to one embodiment, a method for selling or licensing digital video clips includes receiving a first catalog image file representing first digital video in a raw image format and receiving a second catalog image file representing second digital video in a raw image format. The method further includes receiving a selection of the first catalog image file, a selection of one or more first parameters, and payment information for a purchase or a license of a first image file that is a version of the first catalog image file. At least one of the first parameters specifies a second format, and the first image file has the second format. The method further includes generating the first image file, where generating the first image file includes processing the first catalog image file based on the first parameters. The method further includes transmitting the first image file. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082645 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED OR INTERACTIVE FEATURES - Apparatus and methods for providing enhanced or interactive features over a network. In one embodiment, the exemplary apparatus and methods leverage extant high-bandwidth capabilities of a managed network, and enable a user to create a playlist of content, clips, advertisements, from among currently broadcast content, stored content, user generated content, web or other network content. The user can upload user-generated or other content to the network such as for selection into a playlist at higher rates using a network operator-provided wireless (e.g., WMAN) dongle. Additional interactive features include, among other, enhancements which enable user participation individually or with other subscribers in live or recorded content-based group activities (such as e.g., cooking, exercising, group viewing, dating, and learning/teaching). Further interactive gaming and couponing options are also provided. Still further, the present apparatus and methods may be used to provide general public use wireless access from existing private user devices. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082646 | Using OCR to Detect Currently Playing Television Programs - Features of various implementations are used to enable determining what a particular consumer is watching on television in order to deliver matched functionality, content and/or services, as a part of an interactive television suite of technologies. In some implementations, the process of determining what a particular consumer is watching is enabled so that communication between the primary set-top box and a supplemental set-top box and/or television integrated device is reduced, thereby avoiding the need for one or more provider specific APIs. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a computer-implemented method of identifying a media program by capturing display data from the media program, and extracting text from the display data in response to determining that the display data includes the text overlay, wherein the extracted text is associated with the media program. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082647 | Identification and Presentation of Internet-Accessible Content Associated with Currently Playing Television Programs - Features of various implementations are used to enable identifying and presenting, in real time, Internet-accessible and/or Internet-based functionality, content and/or services associated with a particular television program concurrently playing on a television or display, as a part of an interactive television suite of technologies. In some implementations, the process of identifying Internet-accessible and/or Internet-based functionality, content and/or services associated with a particular television program is enabled to reduce communication between a primary set-top box and a supplemental set-top box and/or television integrated device, thereby reducing the need for one or more provider specific APIs. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a computer-implemented method of identifying a media program by capturing display data from the media program, and extracting text from the display data in response to determining that the display data includes the text overlay, wherein the extracted text is associated with the media program. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082648 | DETERMINATION OF ADVERTISEMENT IMPACT - Media content may include one or more advertisements for a product or a company, and such an advertisement may display a visual object (e.g., a logo) of an advertiser. An advertisement impact machine accesses media content, where the media content includes a frame within which the visual object is depicted. The advertisement impact machine accesses a viewer count that represents a number of viewers of the media content. The advertisement impact machine determines a duration during which the visual object is presented within the media content. The advertisement impact machine determines an impact factor based on the duration and on the viewer count. The impact factor may then be provided by the advertisement impact machine as a numerical score indicating a degree of effectiveness of an advertisement that includes the visual object within the media content. | 2014-03-20 |
20140082649 | ESTIMATION APPARATUS, ESTIMATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An object is to provide an apparatus that accurately estimates an association between content and a user who performed an operation on the content. The apparatus includes: a first association information generation unit that generates first association information in which content information subjected to an operation and a user who performed the operation are associated; a learning unit that generates learnt information for associating a given user with content likely to be operated by the given user by using the first association information; an estimation unit that estimates a user by using unidentified content information for which the user cannot be identified and the learnt information; and a second association information generation unit that generates second association information in which the unidentified content information and the estimated user are associated. The learning unit updates the learnt information by preferentially using the first association information over the second association information. | 2014-03-20 |