17th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120102320 | DEPLOYABLE SECURE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A secure Voice-Over-IP (VOIP), video and data network functionality in a single, small size deployable case, for a remote user. While capable of secure communications, the disclosed system also provides communication capability (VOIP, video and/or data) in a non-secure manner if desired. Most importantly, bulk encrypted (i.e., secure) data may be routed over a public network, e.g., the Internet. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102321 | SECRET INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, SECRET INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - Secret information is encoded/distributed into distributed information according to access structure, a random number sequence corresponding to number of pieces into which the secret information is distributed is generated by randomly selecting polynomial coefficients, the coefficients are encoded/distributed into random number information according to access structure, a hash function whose hash values correspond to the random number sequence is generated, keys for which the hash function applies are selected so as to individually set data for checking whether restored secret information is being manipulated as number of pieces of check data corresponding to number of pieces into which the secret information is distributed, the distributed information is read, the secret information is restored; the random number information is read, the random number sequence is restored, the check data is read, and the restored secret information is judged as not being manipulated when the read check data satisfies the hash function. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102322 | PROCESSING OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE SIGNATURES FOR USE IN SECURING NOMADIC ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS - A method for execution in a communication device, which comprises receiving a first data set and a second data set over a first communication path; receiving a series of requests over local communication path different from the first communication path; responding to a first one of the requests by releasing a first response including the first data set over the local communication path; and responding to a second one of the requests by releasing a second response including the second data set over the second communication path. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102323 | DATA SECURITY PROTECTION METHOD - A data security protection method generates dynamic encryption keys and dynamic decryption keys for a host and a client during data transmission between the host and the client. The host stores a host initial key K | 2012-04-26 |
20120102324 | REMOTE VERIFICATION OF USER PRESENCE AND IDENTITY - A system for verifying presence and identity of a user on a remote computer comprises a server connected to a networked communication system; a remote computer including an interface for a digital key, wherein the remote computer is connected to the networked communication system; a digital key that connects to the remote computer via the interface, wherein the digital key contains an encrypted key; a processor on the remote computer for reading digital key from the digital key and transmitting the encrypted key to the server over the networked communications system; and a computer program executing on the remote computer that captures behavioral data of the user and transmits the behavioral data to the server over the networked communications system. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102325 | Methods And Apparatus For Protecting Digital Content - A processing system to serve as a source device for protected digital content comprises a processor and control logic. When used by the processor, the control logic causes the processing system to receive a digital certificate from a presentation device. The processing system then uses public key infrastructure (PKI) to determine whether the presentation device has been authorized by a certificate authority (CA) to receive protected content. The processing system may also generate a session key and use the session key to encrypt data. The processing system may transmit the encrypted data to the presentation device only if the presentation device has been authorized by the CA to receive protected content. Presentation devices and repeaters may perform corresponding operations, thereby allowing content to be transmitted and presented in a protected manner. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102326 | Facilitating Secure Communications - The claimed subject matter provides systems and methods for facilitating secure communications. The disclosed systems and methods can include components for receiving and processing user authentication information from users or other systems to selectively provide access to stored information. The stored information may be displayed on or accessed via interfaces that interact with components of the system. An embodiment provides for generating a message request based at least in part on at least one received user input, transmitting the message request to a server device, and receiving a message representation associated with the at least one user input that contains at least one resource identifier. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102327 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTHENTICATING COMPONENTS WITHIN AN AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE - The invention relates to a device and a method for authenticating components of an self-service automatic teller machine, wherein the components comprise unambiguous identification information that can be exchanged among the components, wherein an authentication of the components and/or the information exchanged between the components is carried out by the encryption and/or signature of the information on basis of identity based encryption (IBE) that uses the identification information of the components. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102328 | Method for implementing the real time data service and real time data service system - The present invention discloses a method for implement real time data service and a real time data service system. After starting to forward data messages to an accessed user terminal, an access point (AP) of the real time data service system verifies the user terminal, and continues forwarding the data messages to the user terminal after the verification is successful. Therefore, with the method and system of the present invention, when accessing the real time data service system by adopting the way of authentication and key management based on pre-shared key, it is able to authenticate a user before the user obtains a big amount of service data, thereby the accessing security is effectively improved; furthermore, with the method and system of the present invention, it is able to provide free preview service data to the user at first, and after the preview, obtain and verify the WLAN authentication and privacy infrastructure (WAPI) certificate and signature of the user by initiating a signature authentication request to the user, and then start to charge, which is convenient for the user and is favourable for the operators to popularize the real time data service. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102329 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION AND AGGREGATION - In an example, a method for secure publication of content is described. The method may include encrypting content with a media key. The method may also include providing the encrypted content to a client device associated with a private key and a public key. The private key may be stored at the client device. The method may also include encrypting the media key with the public key. The method may also include providing the encrypted media key to the client device. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102330 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK AND SECURE ROUTER IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD - This invention pertains to a method for protecting a telecommunication network comprising at least one secure router ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120102331 | Method, System And Device For Securing A Digital Storage Device - Method of securing a digital storage device, wherein a host is connected to the storage device, the host digitally locks the storage device so that unauthorized data access to the storage device is denied, the host sets the encryption conditions of the storage device in one of a condition wherein encryption of data on the storage device is enabled, and a condition wherein encryption of data on the storage device is disabled. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102332 | MOBILE, WIRELESS HAND-HELD BIOMETRIC CAPTURE, PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION - A mobile, wireless biometric identification system includes a biometric capture device, associated software and processes which enable a commercially available wireless communication device, such as a smartphone, using a commercially established wireless communication networks, to capture a digital image of a human biometric (iris, fingerprint, etc.) for transmission via a secure connection to a central server. The capture device is designed to focus on the difficult task of capturing the highest possible quality image for encoding and comparison, while the overall system is designed to leverage the existing cellular communication network. At the server level, the server system receives the image, encodes the image to a biometric template, and compares the encoded template to a plurality of reference templates stored in a database to identify the individual. Identification data is then transmitted back to the smartphone device and displayed. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102333 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCLUDING ARCHITECTURE FOR PROTECTING MULTI-USER SENSITIVE CODE AND DATA - A secure execution environment for execution of sensitive code and data including a secure asset management unit (SAMU) is described. The SAMU provides a secure execution environment to run multiple instances of separate program code or data code associated with copy protection schemes established for content consumption. The SAMU architecture allows for hardware-based secure boot and memory protection and provides on-demand code execution for multiple instances of separate program code or data provided by a host processor. The SAMU may boot from an encrypted and signed kernel code, and execute encrypted, signed code. The hardware-based security configuration facilitates the prevention of vertical or horizontal privilege violations. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102334 | System and Method for Hardware Based Security - An asset management system is provided, which includes a hardware module operating as an asset control core. The asset control core generally includes a small hardware core embedded in a target system on chip that establishes a hardware-based point of trust on the silicon die. The asset control core can be used as a root of trust on a consumer device by having features that make it difficult to tamper with. The asset control core is able to generate a unique identifier for one device and participate in the tracking and provisioning of the device through a secure communication channel with an appliance. The appliance generally includes a secure module that caches and distributes provisioning data to one of many agents that connect to the asset control core, e.g. on a manufacturing line or in an after-market programming session. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102335 | REKEYING ENCRYPTION KEYS FOR REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA - Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for rekeying encryption keys for removable storage media. A rekey request is received for a coupled removable storage media, wherein encryption on the coupled removable storage media uses a first key and wherein the rekey request indicates a second key. The first key and the second key are accessed in response to the rekey request. The first key is used to perform decryption for the coupled removable storage media and the second key is used to perform encryption for the coupled removable storage media. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102336 | Security of Program Executables and Microprocessors Based on Compiler-Architecture Interaction - A method, for use in a processor context, wherein instructions in a program executable are encoded with plural instruction set encodings. A method wherein a control instruction encoded with an instruction set encoding contains information about decoding of an instruction that is encoded with another instruction set encoding scheme. A method wherein instruction set encodings are randomly generated at compile time. A processor framework wherein an instruction is decoded during execution with the help of information provided by a previously decoded control instruction. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102337 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING AN ENCRYPTING DEVICE - A storage medium having an encrypting device, including an electronic memory area, a read-in device, a read-out device, a key memory, in which a secret key is or can be stored, an encrypting device, and a decrypting device. The read-in device is designed to encrypt any data input at the interface for storage in the memory area using the key stored in the key memory and to store said encrypted data in the memory area. The read-out device has a direct read-out channel, by means of which stored encrypted data can be output to the interface in encrypted form by circumventing the decrypting device, and a decrypting read-out channel, by means of which stored encrypted data in the memory area can be decrypted by means of the decrypting device using the key stored in the key memory or a decryption key stored in the key memory and corresponding to the key and can be output to the interface in decrypted form. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102338 | System for Combined Input Output Module and Zero Power Optical Disk Drive with Advanced Integration and Power - An information handling system includes a module bay, a voltage control switch, and a controller. The module bay configured to receive a module, and to connect the module to the information handling system. The voltage control switch is in communication with the module bay, and is configured to provide power to the module bay. The controller is in communication with the module bay and with the voltage control switch. The controller is configured to detect a type of the module connected to the module bay, and to send a power control override signal to the voltage control switch when the type is a specific type, wherein the power control override signal causes the voltage control switch to disregard a power down signal received for the module bay and continue to provide power to the module bay. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102339 | Interface Device for Communication Between a Medical Device and a Computer - The present invention relates to an interface device and a method for communication between a medical device and a computer system. In some embodiments, the interface device comprises a conversion device and/or a processor-transceiver and a memory in electrical communication with the conversion device, wherein the memory contains data to instruct the conversion device and/or the processor transceiver how to communicate with the medical device. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102340 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USE THEREWITH - A communication device includes a memory module that stores a plurality of applications corresponding to a plurality of uses of the communication device. A processing module executes a selected one of the plurality of applications and selects one of a plurality of power modes based on a current one of the plurality of uses of the communication device corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of applications. The processing module generates a power mode signal based on the selected one of the plurality of power modes. A power management circuit receives the power mode signal and that generates a plurality of power supply signals based on the power mode signal. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102341 | Powered Device Analysis and Power Control in a Power-Over-Ethernet System - A system and method of analyzing a powered device (PD) in a Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) system are presented. The system includes an Ethernet interface having a physical layer (PRY) chip capable of providing a signal pulse in addition to physical layer | 2012-04-26 |
20120102342 | ACTIVE DISPLAY PROCESSOR SLEEP STATE - Power consumption and dissipation is reduced during active display of content from an internal display buffer using a power supply topology that powers a display subsystem separately from the other components of a CPU. The power supply topology enables a processor to enter a sleep state without disabling the active display of content. The processor enters a processor sleep state when the display buffer is full and the processor components are no longer needed. The processor exits the processor sleep state when the display buffer is empty and operates in conjunction with the display subsystem to fill the buffer with more content. The processor continues to enter and exit the processor sleep states as appropriate until active display ends. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102343 | MOUNTING-LINE POWER CONTROL DEVICE AND MOUNTING-LINE POWER CONTROL METHOD - A mounting-line power control device ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120102344 | FUNCTION BASED DYNAMIC POWER CONTROL - A system and method for dynamic function based power control is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a bridge unit having a memory controller and a communication hub coupled to the memory controller. The system further includes a power management unit, wherein the power management unit is configured to clock-gate the communication hub responsive to determining that each of a plurality of processor cores are in an idle state and that an I/O interface unit has been idle for an amount of time exceeding a first threshold. The power management unit is further configured to clock-gate the memory controller responsive to clock-gating the communication hub and determining that a memory coupled to the memory controller is in a first low power state. The power management unit may also perform power-gating of functional units subsequent to clock-gating the same. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102345 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE FREQUENCY SCALING IN DIGITAL SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for adaptively changing clock frequencies of a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and a bus in a digital system are provided. The system includes an Adaptive Frequency Scaling (AFS) controller and a clock controller. The AFS controller determines whether to change a clock frequency of the CPU according to operation information of the CPU, and determines whether to change a clock frequency of the bus according to operation information of the bus. The clock controller generates a clock frequency of the CPU and a clock frequency of the bus according to the determination of the AFS controller. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102346 | CONNECTED STANDBY SLEEP STATE - Power consumption and dissipation during sleep states of processors is reduced using a novel connected standby sleep state. In the connected standby sleep state a dedicated power plane is used to maintain processor context. To conserve power, unnecessary components on the processor are powered down, including all of the clock components, and wakeup sources previously directed to the processor are directed to a platform control hub. The platform control hub sustains certain architectural functions for the processor during connected standby sleep state, and manages the wakeup logic for returning the processor to the preceding sleep state. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102347 | Process State of a Computing Machine - A computing machine to power a memory to retain a process state of the computing machine if the computing machine is in a sleep state and transfer the process state from the memory to a non-volatile storage device, where the computing machine remains in the sleep state as the process state is transferred from the memory to the non-volatile storage device. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102348 | FINE GRAINED POWER MANAGEMENT IN VIRTUALIZED MOBILE PLATFORMS - A system and method of managing power may include determining a power state based on a first power management request from a first operating system executing on a mobile platform and a second power management request from a second operating system executing on the mobile platform. The first operating system and one or more components of the mobile platform can define a first virtual machine, and the second operating system and one or more components of the mobile platform can define a second virtual machine. In addition, the power state may be applied to the mobile platform. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102349 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PROCESSOR LOW POWER STATES - A next idle state for a processor in a system may be determined based on a previous idle period and a previous idle state. The next idle state for the processor may also be determined based on times when interrupts are generated by devices in the system. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102350 | Reducing Energy Consumption and Optimizing Workload and Performance in Multi-tier Storage Systems Using Extent-level Dynamic Tiering - Embodiments of the invention relate to reducing energy consumption and optimizing workload and performance in multi-tier storage systems using extent-level dynamic tiering. An aspect of the invention includes a receiving data access information of a storage extent stored in a storage system and utilization information of storage devices in the storage system. The storage system includes a plurality of storage tiers and each of the plurality of storage tiers is made up of a plurality of storage devices. Storage resources required for each of the plurality of the storage tiers to satisfy the storage extent's performance and capacity requirements are estimated based on the data access information. One storage tier that would incur the lowest power consumption to the storage system for satisfying the storage extent's performance and capacity requirements is determined. The one storage tier is determined by calculating the amount of power that would be consumed by the storage extent in each of the plurality of storage tiers based on the estimated storage resources. At least one storage device in the one storage tier that has available storage resources that would satisfy the storage extent's performance and capacity requirements is determined based on the data access information and utilization information. The storage extent is allocated to the one storage tier and to one storage device (among the at least one storage device) that has the least amount of available storage capacity. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102351 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POWER CONSUMPTION AMOUNT MANAGEMENT METHOD - A data processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a job to be executed by the data processing apparatus, a processing unit configured to process the job input by the input unit, a power measurement unit configured to make power measurement of the data processing apparatus, and a storage unit configured to store a measurement time of the power consumption by the power measurement unit. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102352 | POWER SHARING BETWEEN PORTABLE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND PERIPHERAL DEVICES - A peripheral device and a method for operating a peripheral device is disclosed. The peripheral device includes one or more connection mechanisms for coupling to a computing device, a power supply, and a controller. The controller is configured to enable the peripheral device to communicate with the computing device. When the peripheral device is coupled to the computing device, the controller is configured to determine the amount of power remaining in the power supply of the peripheral device, and based at least in part on the amount of power remaining in the power supply of the peripheral device, enable the peripheral device to charge a power supply of the computing device, and enable the peripheral device to receive power from the power supply of the computing device. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102353 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, MEASUREMENT METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a data processing system that processes input data, comprising a data generating apparatus that generates the input data and a data processing apparatus that processes the input data generated by the data generating apparatus. The data processing apparatus includes a time interpolation section that generates time interpolated data, in which level differences between pieces of data adjacent in time are a constant value, based on the input data. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102354 | TIMER UNIT CIRCUIT HAVING PLURALITY OF OUTPUT MODES AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A timer unit includes a first selector that receives a fixed value and a first enable signal, a second selector that receives the fixed value and a count cycle signal, a third selector that receives an output of the second selector, the count cycle signal, and a second enable signal, a first counter circuit that starts counting in response to an output of the first selector, and that generates the count cycle signal and a first counter circuit output signal indicating that a count value approaches a predetermined value, a second counter circuit that starts counting in response to an output of the third selector, and that generates a second counter circuit output signal, a first output signal generator that receives the first counter circuit output signal and the second counter circuit output signal to generate a first output signal, and a second output signal generator. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102355 | CONSISTENT MESSAGING WITH REPLICATION - A messaging entity configured in a memory of first node of a plurality communicatively coupled nodes is disclosed. The nodes are included in a distributed computing system. The messaging entity is configured to operate as a secondary messaging entity in a messaging server for the plurality communicatively coupled nodes. The messaging entity is communicatively couple to a primary messaging entity configured in a memory of a second node of the plurality of nodes. The primary messaging entity is configured to store a message; store a copy of the message. Also, the messaging entity is configured to be promoted to a new primary messaging entity in the event of failure of the primary messaging entity. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102356 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a controller, a plurality of electric power supply units and a backup electric power supply unit that supply electric power to the controller. The controller detects a malfunction occurring in the plurality of electric power supply units, stops electric power supply from the plurality of electric power supply units, starts electric power supply from the backup electric power supply unit when a malfunction is detected, identifies an electric power supply unit having a malfunction from the plurality of electric power supply units, disconnects the identified electric power supply unit, resumes electric power supply from an electric power supply unit determined to function normally and stops the electric power supply from the backup electric power supply unit when the electric power supply unit having the malfunction is disconnected. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102357 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING LOAD INSTRUCTIONS IN A MICROPROCESSOR HAVING AN ENHANCED INSTRUCTION DECODER AND AN ENHANCED LOAD STORE UNIT - A method and microprocessor are described for efficiently executing load instructions out-of-order (speculatively). The microprocessor includes an enhanced load store unit (LSU) and an enhanced instruction decoder. The enhanced LSU receives a plurality of out-of-order value addresses, and sends a resync signal to the enhanced instruction decoder when an execution error associated with a particular load instruction occurs. The enhanced instruction decoder stores a specific address associated with the particular load instruction, and increments a counter value that indicates how many times the resync signal was sent by the resync predictor. When the counter value reaches a predetermined threshold, subsequent load instructions from the specific address are executed in order (non-speculatively). When a future execution of the particular load instruction indicates that the probability of an execution error has been reduced, the counter value is decremented, facilitating newer load instructions associated with the same address to again be executed speculatively. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102358 | SERVER HAVING MEMORY DUMP FUNCTION AND MEMORY DUMP ACQUISITION METHOD - A server having a plurality of system boards, comprising: a panic processing unit configured to stop (panic) the server; a system board information storage unit configured to store information to identify a system board having a memory used by a kernel; a system board detaching processing unit configured to detach the system board having the memory used by the kernel before server stoppage; and a reboot processing unit configured to reboot the server using system boards other than the separated system board among the plurality of system boards, after detaching the system board having the memory used by the kernel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102359 | System for Automated Computer Support - Systems and methods for providing automated computer support are described herein. One described method comprises receiving a plurality of snapshots from a plurality of computers, storing the plurality of snapshots in a data store, and creating an adaptive reference model based at least in part on the plurality of snapshots. The described method further comprises comparing at least one of the plurality of snapshots to the adaptive reference model, and identifying at least one anomaly based on the comparison. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUSINESS FUNCTION REVERSIBILITY - The invention may provide “undo” (e.g., rollback) features, along with data management simplification features, to an update package model of software suite development/evolution. New functions, which may have disruption effects for customers, may be installed into the core configuration data with inactive switches. Upon activation, a switch status may change, and a query filter may use the activated function (e.g., as associated with the switch ID). Original functions may be maintained, giving the user the ability to deactivate an activated function, and thereby reverting the system back to the prior configuration status. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102361 | HEURISTIC POLICY ANALYSIS - A system and method using statistical analysis for the process of analyzing and generating organizational policies is presented. This inventive method comprises, for one or more tests, using a test to calculate a test result for the policy based on current violator entities and potential violator entities, and determining a policy ranking for the policy based on the test result of the test, and evaluating the policy based on the policy rankings determined from the tests. The method can also comprise creating a repository comprising the policy rankings for the plurality of policies. The repository can be used to trend, benchmark, alert and improve the policies. The method can also comprise creating a rule profile for the one policy comprising the one policy, the current violator entities of the policy, the potential violator entities of the policy, the test results and the policy rankings from the tests. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102362 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD - The present invention realizes root cause analysis processing with a high certainty factor while holding down management cost. In the present invention, besides one or more condition events which could occur in a node apparatus, an additional event different from the condition events is introduced into an analysis rule for a root cause analysis. This analysis rule indicates a relation between the condition events and additional event and a conclusion event recognized as a failure factor according to satisfaction of the condition events and additional event. The additional event is a command for instructing execution of an action for acquiring additional information from the node apparatus according to a satisfaction state of the one or more condition events. A detected state is applied to the analysis rule, a certainty factor as information indicating possibility of occurrence of a failure in the node apparatus is calculated on the basis of satisfaction or non-satisfaction of the condition events and an execution result of the action, and a root cause analysis result is generated. The obtained root cause analysis result is output according to necessity. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102363 | AUTOMATING DIAGNOSES OF COMPUTER-RELATED INCIDENTS - A technique includes using a computer agent to observe diagnoses of computer-related incidents. Based on the observation, patterns are identified in the diagnoses, and based at least in part on the patterns, the diagnoses are selectively automated. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUSINESS FUNCTION REVERSIBILITY - Embodiments of the present invention may provide “undo” (e.g., rollback) features, along with data management simplification features, to an update package model of software suite development/evolution. New functions, which may have disruption effects for customers, may be installed into the core configuration data with inactive switches. Upon activation, a switch status may change, and a query filter may use the activated function (e.g., as associated with the switch ID). Original functions may be maintained, giving the user the ability to deactivate an activated function, and thereby reverting the system back to the prior configuration status. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102365 | GENERATING A FUNCTIONAL COVERAGE MODEL FROM A TRACE - A functional coverage model may be generated based on a trace. The functional coverage model may comprise values of attributes. The values may be extracted from one or more entries comprised by the trace. Based upon a selection of a field of an exemplary entry, content of the corresponding fields in other entries may be extracted and utilized. In some exemplary embodiments, names of attributes may be extracted from the trace. In some exemplary embodiments, a reference trace may be utilized as a comparative baseline coverage by generating a functional coverage model based upon the reference trace and comparing coverage of a second trace in respect to the functional coverage model with the coverage of the reference trace. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102366 | META ATTRIBUTES IN FUNCTIONAL COVERAGE MODELS - A meta attribute useful for functional coverage is computed based on values comprised by two or more matching fields in a trace. The two or more matching fields may be comprised by a single entry of the trace or by a plurality of entries of the trace. A definition of the meta attribute may define which fields of the entries comprise values useful for computation of the meta attributes. The matching entries may be identified based on identifying values within the entries. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102367 | Scalable Prediction Failure Analysis For Memory Used In Modern Computers - One embodiment provides a method for scalable predictive failure analysis. Embodiments of the method may include gathering memory information for memory on a user computer system having at least one processor. Further, the method includes selecting one or more memory-related parameters. Further still, the method includes calculating based on the gathering and the selecting, a single bit error value for the scalable predictive failure analysis through calculations for each of the one or more memory-related parameters that utilize the memory information. Yet further, the method includes setting, based on the calculating, the single bit error value for the user computer system. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102368 | COMMUNICATING ERRORS BETWEEN AN OPERATING SYSTEM AND INTERFACE LAYER - Error information may be made quickly and easily accessible to an administrator by logging communications attempts in the operating system of a server. When the interface processor resides outside of the operating system, the interface processor may provide indications to the operating system of communications attempts. Specifically, the interface processor may provide message packets to the pass-through communications processor of the operating system when SSL/TLS communications attempts fail to establish secure communications sessions. The message packets may include information useful for diagnosing errors in SSL/TLS communication failures such as errors in the creation and management of certificates, certificate trust, private and public keys, and/or cipher suites. The communications logs in the operating system may be reviewed and/or analyzed by an administrator with a log trace analysis application. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102369 | Dynamically Allocating Multitier Applications Based Upon Application Requirements and Performance and Reliability of Resources - The present disclosure relates to dynamically allocating multitier applications based upon performance and reliability of resources. A controller analyzes resources and applications hosted by the resources, and collects operational data relating to the applications and resources. The controller is configured to determine an allocation scheme for allocating or reallocating the applications upon failure of a resource and/or upon rollout or distribution of a new application. The controller generates configuration data that describes steps for implementing the allocation scheme. The resources are monitored, in some embodiments, by monitoring devices. The monitoring devices collect and report the operational information and generate alarms if resources fail. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102370 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEMORY DUMP COLLECTION - A data processing device for memory dump collection, the data processing device includes: a processor to issue a first interrupt upon instructions to collect a memory dump being entered, to issue a second interrupt for running a program put in an address indicated by a reset vector upon the first interrupt being issued, and to record the memory dump in a storage unit in a process of running the program upon the second interrupt being issued. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102371 | FAULT CAUSE ESTIMATING SYSTEM, FAULT CAUSE ESTIMATING METHOD, AND FAULT CAUSE ESTIMATING PROGRAM - A fault cause estimating system includes: an initial model generating section which creates an initial fault derivation model indicating a derivation among faults and an initial event derivation model indicating a derivation among the faults and events, based on a basic model definition; an extended Baum-Welch calculating section which creates a fault derivation model which is a transition of a combination of device classes and faults and an event derivation model which is a transition of a combination of device classes and events, based on a instance definition, a class definition, the initial fault derivation model, the initial event derivation model and an event sequence for learning; an instance derivation probability calculating section which creates an instance deviation model of a derivation of an occurrence device based on the event sequence for learning; and an extended Viterbi calculating section which estimates an event cause fault based on the instance definition, the fault occurrence location class definition, the fault derivation model, the event derivation model, the instance derivation model, and the fault cause estimation event sequence. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102372 | UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS HUB WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TO REMOTE PERIPHERAL DEVICES - A wireless USB hub for connecting a plurality of remote peripheral devices to a computer for communication therewith without the need to physically connect the peripheral devices to the hub via a cable connection. The wireless USB hub includes a receiver for receiving wireless data transmissions from one or more remote peripheral devices. The wireless USB hub further includes a hub controller for passing appropriate peripheral device information to a USB upstream port and then to a computer. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102373 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ERROR VIDEO CREATION, PLAYBACK AND REPORTING - A computer system records screenshots associated with a user session. In response to an error in a user application that has occurred during the user session, the computer system terminates the recording and creates a video file from the recorded screenshots. While notifying the user about the error, the computer system allows the user to select an option to play back the created video. In response to a user selection, the computer system plays back the video from a local store. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102374 | STORAGE DEVICE TESTING - A storage device testing system ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120102375 | AT-SPEED TEST ACCESS PORT OPERATIONS - This disclosure describes different ways to improve the operation of a device's 1149.1 TAP to where the TAP can perform at-speed Update & Capture, Shift & Capture and Back to Back Capture & Shift operations. In a first embodiment of the disclosure the at-speed operations are achieved by time division multiplexing CMD signals onto the TMS input to the TAP. The CMD signals are input to a CMD circuit that operates in conjunction with a Dual Port Router to execute the at-speed operations of a circuit. In a second embodiment of the disclosure the at-speed operations are achieved by detecting the TAP's Exit1DR state as a CMD signal that is input to the CMD circuit that operates in conjunction with a Dual Port Router to execute the at-speed operations of a circuit. In a third embodiment of the disclosure the at-speed operations are achieved by detecting the TAP's Exit1DR and PauseDR states and in response producing Capture and Update signals that are input to a Programmable Switch that operates in conjunction with a Dual Port Router to execute the at-speed operations of a circuit. In a fourth embodiment of the disclosure the at-speed operations are achieved by detecting the TAP's Exit1DR and PauseDR states and inputting these states to a Dual Port Router to control the at-speed operations of a circuit. Each of the embodiments may be augmented to include externally accessible Update and Capture input signals that can be selected to allow a tester to directly control the at-speed operations of a circuit. The improvements of the disclosure are achieved without requiring any additional IC pins beyond the 4 required TAP pins, except for examples showing use of additional data input pins (TDI or WPI signals), additional data output pins (TDO or WPO signals) or examples showing use of additional control input pins (Capture and Update signals). Devices including the TAP improvements can be operated compliantly in a daisy-chain arrangement with devices that don't include the TAP improvements. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102376 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO TEST MULTI CLOCK DOMAIN DATA PATHS WITH A SHARED CAPTURE CLOCK SIGNAL - Methods, circuits and systems are provided to test data paths that traverse multiple clock domains using a common capture clock that is applied to multiple domains. Test data is launched to a first clock domain, and each of the clock domains is selected to receive the common capture clock signal while the test data propagates through the selected clock domain. The test data is capture after it has propagated through each of the multiple domains in response to the shared domains. Applying a common capture clock to each of the different domains eliminates hold time errors that might otherwise occur as the data transitions from one clock domain to another. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102377 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A HISTOGRAM - A method for constructing a histogram can include sampling attributes in a column of a database on a server and determining a bucket set for the histogram based on a number of buckets that represents a distribution of the attributes with minimum error. A bucket in the bucket set includes boundaries and an approximation of a count of attributes falling within the boundaries. The method further includes determining a precision for encoding the approximation, such that the histogram having the bucket set fits within a storage limit on a tangible computer-readable medium. The histogram can then be stored for the database on a tangible computer-readable medium by encoding the approximation with the precision. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102378 | WIRELESS RELAY APPARATUS, WIRELESS RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND DECODING METHOD - In one embodiment, a wireless relay apparatus for replaying a signal processed by first encoding from a transmitting apparatus to a receiving apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a demodulation unit, a decoding unit, a detection unit, an extraction unit, and an encoding unit. The demodulation unit demodulates a received signal. The decoding unit performs error correction decoding corresponding to the first encoding on the demodulated signal. The detection unit detects an error in a decoded signal. The extraction unit extracts a portion pertaining to information data from the demodulated signal by hard decision, if the detection unit detects an error. The encoding unit performs error correcting coding on the extracted portion pertaining to the information data with an error. The information data encoded by the encoding unit is transmitted. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102379 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTERLEAVING DATA ACCORDING TO AN ADJUSTABLE PARAMETER - A method in a data storage device with a memory includes receiving bit values to be stored at a set of cells of the memory and interleaving the received bit values to form multiple interleaved groups of data bits according to an adjustable parameter. The method also includes writing the multiple interleaved groups of data bits to the set of cells. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102380 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SYSTEM, AND ERASURE CORRECTION METHOD - A memory card according to an embodiment includes: a memory section having a binary storage area (SLC area) and a multi-value storage area (MLC area); an error correction section configured to correct an error of data stored in the MLC area; and an erasure correction section configured to store, in the SLC area, the position information on the multi-value memory cell storing the data having the error detected by the error correction section and configured to perform erasure correction on the basis of the position information. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102381 | SIMPLIFIED PARALLEL ADDRESS-GENERATION FOR INTERLEAVER - An apparatus including a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to store a block of data values arranged in a first order. The first circuit may be further configured to present a plurality of the data values in parallel in response to a plurality of address signals, where the data values are presented in a second order. The second circuit may be configured to generate the plurality of address signals in response to a first signal, a second signal and a third signal. The second circuit generally includes an even number of address generators configured to generate the plurality of address signals in parallel. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102382 | Method and Device for Fast Cyclic Redundancy Check Coding - The present invention discloses a method for fast cyclic redundancy check (CRC) encoding, and includes: mapping a CRC encoding generator polynomial to generate an (r+1)-order transfer matrix J; deleting a first row and a first column of said (r+1)-order transfer matrix J to obtain an r-order transfer matrix; forming a r×1 column matrix by first columns of 2 | 2012-04-26 |
20120102383 | Creating, Sharing and Modifying Documents That Include Content and an Integrated Software Application - An interactive user interface is operable to present screens to a user to facilitate creating or modifying an electronic document that comprises one or more content pages and an application page that includes an integrated software application related to content of the content page. The interactive user interface includes a content screen through which the user enters content for each content page of the document, and an application screen through which the user enters information related to the application page. The application screen is operable to provide a first view for the user to enter information specifying one or more of layout, input control, report control or plot control for a graphical user interface, and a second view for the user to enter core programming code for the software application. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102384 | PRODUCT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION - A series of UIs is presented on a computer display to allow a user to select one or more sources of help for various aspects of the computer. The user can select to have presented hyperlinks to obtain help information from the manufacturer of the computer, from the O.S. provider, and from third party providers of applications executable by the computer. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102385 | DETERMINING HEIGHTS OF TABLE CELLS - A method for managing tables, including: obtaining a document including a table having a bottom row and a first stacked row; identifying, within the first stacked row, a first plurality of neutral cells having an initial height value; calculating, using a layout engine, a plurality of overall vertical dimensions for the first plurality of neutral cells based on a plurality of data items in the first plurality of neutral cells; identifying a maximum overall vertical dimension (MOVD) of the plurality of overall vertical dimensions; setting, in response to the MOVD exceeding the initial height value, a plurality of height attributes of the first plurality of neutral cells to the MOVD; shifting down the bottom row by a first difference between the MOVD and the initial height value; and rendering a page of the document including the table after shifting down the bottom row. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102386 | Customization of Display Templates - A server system enables users to configure user interfaces. A generic presentation string is stored at a data storage system. The generic presentation string is renderable to present an unfilled template that may include one or more slots. A template module is generated from the generic presentation string. The generic presentation string specifies a transformation operation. A template execution operation generates presentation strings renderable to present filled templates. In the filled templates, data based on objects belonging to a given type replace the slots of the unfilled template. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102387 | Annotating Video Intervals - A system and method is provided for managing and displaying annotations in online hosted videos. To determine related annotations associated with a video, a plurality of annotations for one or more intervals of the video are collected and organized into a plurality of groups. Each group includes annotations for intervals of the video that are similar to each other. A group having related annotations is identified, and an annotated clip of the video is formed based upon the intervals in the group. This process can be used to determine any number of groups in a given video having related annotations, forming the respective annotated intervals within a single video, and can also identify and organize annotated intervals within a large number of different videos. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102388 | TEXT SEGMENTATION OF A DOCUMENT - A system and method are provided for segmenting text from a portable document format (PDF) document. The system includes a memory for storing computer executable instructions and a processing unit for accessing the memory and executing the computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions include an engine to group line segments into text blocks using a homogeneity measure based on relative line space difference between line segments and a homogeneity measure based on difference in font size between line segments, where the line segments comprise text elements extracted from the PDF document. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102389 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING WEB CONTENT - A method and system for rendering web content on an end device is disclosed. An encoding server parses the web content to determine a plurality of markup tags in a native markup language associated with the web content. On determining the plurality of markup tags in the native markup language, the encoding server encodes the plurality of markup tags using a rendering markup language to form one or more packages. The rendering markup language defines a set of markup tags in the rendering markup language for each package based on the capabilities and configurations of the end device. The one or more packages are then decoded by a thin client by interpreting the set of markup tags in the rendering markup language. Since the thin client only decodes the set of tags in the rendering markup language, processing power required at the thin client is significantly reduced. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102390 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING WIDGET - A method and an apparatus for generating a widget are provided. This technical solution belongs to the field of network application technology. The method includes the following steps: the attribute information of the data to be obtained is created according to the web page specified by a user and the page fragment marked by the user on the web page ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120102391 | IDENTIFIERS FOR WEB FONT TEMPLATES - A computer-implemented method includes producing a unique identifier, and, assigning the unique identifier to a style sheet for web asset production. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102392 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A DATA SET - Embodiments of the invention are concerned with displaying a data set within a display area of a display device, where the data set includes a plurality of groups of elements, each of the groups including a higher-level element and one or more lower-level elements. Each element may for example form part of a Document Object Model for an HTML document. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102393 | DOCUMENT GENERATING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT GENERATING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A ruby character is displayed in an appropriate display form corresponding to characteristics of a layout of a document intended for giving of ruby characters. In a document generating apparatus, a storage portion stores information on a layout of a document as document layout data, a unification judging portion reads the document layout data stored in the storage portion, and a ruby character setting portion judges unification of a layout of the whole document based on the read document layout data to set a display form of a ruby character based on a judgment result by the unification judging portion. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102394 | APPLICATION OF PATH-FILL ALGORITHM TO TEXT LAYOUT AROUND OBJECTS - A method including: obtaining an electronic document (ED) including a text line for placement on a page having an exclusion region (ER); obtaining a path for the page having a first subpath corresponding to a margin of the page and a second subpath corresponding to the ER on the page; calculating, using a path-fill algorithm inputting the path, a region on the page excluding the margin and the ER; selecting, on the page and after calculating the region, a line band crossing the ER on the page and having a dimension of the text line; identifying, based on an intersection of the region and the line band, a plurality of segments; and rendering the page by placing a first portion of the text line in a first segment of the plurality of segments and a second portion of the text line in a second segment of the plurality of segments. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102395 | METHODS FOR SEQUENCING ELECTRONIC MEDIA CONTENT - A method for use with an electronic reading device comprising automatically fetching electronic media content and automatically and dynamically sequencing portions of the electronic media content for display on an electronic reading device. Optionally, the electronic media content can be automatically and dynamically divided into the portions that are then sequenced. Optionally, the electronic media content can be re-sequenced to reflect user preferences and needs. Various methods for recognizing and altering the display of the electronic reading device quickly and efficiently are disclosed. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102396 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION OF HIERARCHICAL TIME SERIES DATA - A method for presenting detailed information for an item within overview information on a display screen, comprising: displaying a first presentation of the overview information on the display screen, the overview information being presented on one or more lines of a grid; receiving a signal selecting the item from the first presentation; generating a second presentation by displacing the overview information at least partially away from a region in the first presentation and inserting the detailed information for the item into the region, wherein the overview information remains at least partially visible in the second presentation to provide context for the detailed information in the region, wherein the displacing displaces the one or more lines of the grid away from the region without distorting the lines, and wherein the inserting inserts one or more additional lines into the grid in the region upon which the detailed information is presented; and, displaying the second presentation on the display screen. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102397 | SAFETY METHODS FOR NON-PROGRAMMATIC INTEGRATION SYSTEMS - Integration applications and methods non-programmatically collect application data from a mapped source reference of an application. The integration application retrieves at least one of a document and a list of documents associated with the first collected application data for display on a user interface and monitors the collected application data from the mapped location for a difference with a subsequently collected application data. Upon detecting a difference, the integration application removes at least one of a document and the list of documents from the user interface. The integration application may automatically notify a user of the difference using a visual indicator or an audio signal. The integration application may modify the appearance of at least one of a document and the list of documents on a user interface. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102398 | AUTOMATED IMAGE TEMPLATE LAYOUT METHOD - A method of making an image product comprising displaying digital images and a template with one or more template openings for display in a GUI. A digital image to be placed in the template opening has an image size that is checked for compatibility with the template opening size. A maximum print or display size is calculated based on a viewing distance for the digital image and on the image size. If the maximum print or display size is different than the selected template opening size, the template opening is modified and centered at the template opening center point. The digital image is then composited into the modified template opening, and the composited template is communicated. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102399 | Navigation of Electronic Device Menu Without Requiring Visual Contact - Methods, systems, and computer programs for controlling a device without requiring visual contact with the device are presented. One method includes an operation for identifying available options for presentation to a user according to a state of a computer program executing on a portable device, where the available options belong to a plurality of possible menu items. Further, the method provides an audible output of the available options to the user and detection of a touch-based input by the portable device, where the input is received at the portable device without providing an identifiable visual cue to the user. Further yet, the method includes operations for determining the selected option from the available options based on the timing of the input relative to the audible output, and for performing the selected option by the computer program. In another method, the options are presented to the user via different vibration patterns of an electronic device or via vibrations of a second device connected to the electronic device. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102400 | Touch Gesture Notification Dismissal Techniques - In an exemplary embodiment, touch input received by a computing device can be used to dismiss notifications. For example, a notification, e.g., a window including information about an event, can be displayed by a touch-screen. A user can touch touch-screen and dismiss the notification by performing a gesture. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the detailed description, claims, and figures. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102401 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TEXT SELECTION - A method for providing selection of a portion of text for touch screen devices may include receiving an indication of a touch gesture in association with a primary word among text being displayed at a touch screen display, causing provision of a selected word indication to indicate inclusion of the primary word as a selected word, causing provision of a pre-selected word indication in relation to at least one secondary word adjacent to the primary word, and enabling expansion of the selected word indication to include the at least one secondary word in response to a touch event selecting the at least one secondary word. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102402 | Framework for Custom Actions on an Information Feed - Systems and methods for providing a custom action for an information post are described. In one embodiment, data for generating a user interface component for display at a client machine may be transmitted from a server to the client machine. The user interface component displaying one or more information posts may be capable of being generated in accordance with first computing programming language instructions provided by a first entity. Each information post may include information relating to a record stored on a storage medium accessible to the server. Selected ones of the information posts may have associated therewith a custom action activation mechanism for activating a custom action relating to the associated information post. The custom action activation mechanism may be capable of being generated in accordance with second computer programming language instructions provided by a second entity. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102403 | VIDEO INTEGRATION - According to one aspect, a web optimized user device is provided. The web optimized device reduces complexity and facilitates interaction with web-based services and content. The web optimized device can be configured without a hard drive, facilitating integration of web-based services into a computing experience. The web optimized device presents a user interface that integrates video chat functionality into every aspect of the computer content accessed. In particular, a display manager manages the user interface presented and integrates video chat displays and features into the content displays in a content and/or context aware manner. These displays permit a user to intuitively interact with the video chat content and features while the user changes content, for example, web-based services, web-based applications, and other media content, without interruption of or interference from the video chat content. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102404 | Multimedia Aggregation in an Online Social Network - Multimedia content is featured on user pages of an online social network using embed codes that are generated using a configuration file associated with the source ID for the multimedia content and a content ID for the multimedia content. The configuration file, the source ID and the content ID are stored locally by the online social network so that any changes to the embed codes can be made by changing the configuration file associated with the source and regenerating the embed codes. By managing multimedia content in this manner, greater control can be exercised by the online social network over the multimedia content that are featured on its user pages. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102405 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING PERSON-SPECIFIC DATA WITH EVIDENCE RESULTING IN RECOMMENDED ACTIONS - There is provided a method that includes (a) receiving first information about a patient via a first user interface that is communicatively coupled to a communication network, (b) receiving second information about the patient via a second user interface that is communicatively coupled to the communication network, where the first information and the second information, together, comprise answered questions, (c) evaluating the answered questions, to yield a suggested diagnosis and a follow-up question, and (d) transmitting the suggested diagnosis and the follow-up question to the second user interface via the communication network. There is also provided a system that employs the method, and a storage device that contains instructions that cause a processor to perform the method. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102406 | COMPOSITION MODEL FOR COMPONENTS OF A USER INTERFACE FRAMEWORK FOR WEB APPLICATIONS - Various embodiments of systems and methods for a composition model for components of a user interface framework for Web applications are described. The methods include a loosely coupled method and a tightly coupled method for composing components in a UI framework. The loosely coupled method includes triggering a navigation pipe from an out-port of a first component to an in-port of a second component and defining a context mapping between a first set of parameters of the out-port of the first component and a second set of parameters of the in-port of the second component. The tightly coupled method includes exposing a binding reference from the first component to the second component and specifying a first data model entity from the first component to be bound to a second data model entity of the second component via a binding contract. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102407 | DISPLAYING BATTERY LIFE RESULTING FROM SETTING CHANGES - An indication of a remaining battery life currently available based on a current resource setting for a resource of a computing device is displayed. A user input to change the resource to a new resource setting is received, and in response to the user input an indication of the remaining battery life currently available based on the new resource setting is identified and an indication of the remaining battery life currently available based on the new resource setting is displayed. In situations where the resource is a screen of the computing device, the new resource setting can be a new screen brightness setting, and the screen brightness can be changed concurrently with displaying the remaining battery life currently available based on the new screen brightness setting. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102408 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVICE PROVISION BASED ON EVENTS - A computer implemented method for providing an events based user interface over a network is provided. The method includes receiving by the computer, event information comprising an event date and at least one of an event category and an event location related to an event, generating a subset of one or more services related to the event from a computerized database, the computerized database comprising a list of available services, receiving by the computer, a selection from the subset, and providing via the network, user interface data causing display of a user interface comprising at least a portion of the event information and an access element linked to the one or more services based on the selection, the access element enabling interaction with the selected one or more services. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102409 | PROVIDING INTERACTIVE SERVICES TO ENHANCE INFORMATION PRESENTATION EXPERIENCES USING WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES - Systems, methods, and devices that provide interactive services relating to an information presentation to user equipment (UE) are presented. A presentation management component (PMC) provides at least a portion of the information presentation to one or more UEs, which can be integrated with the PMC, to facilitate enabling one or more UE users to use interactive services in relation to a tour of a point(s) of interest associated with the PMC. The interactive services comprise, for example, broadcast communications to desired UEs in a tour group, UE clustering, customized tour recommendations, whiteboard feature, note-taking functions, “slow down” option, and “raise hand” option. Respective UEs in a group are configured to be a master UE, sub-master UE, or slave UE, wherein the master UE at least partially controls communications of the other UEs in the group, and the sub-master UE at least partially controls communications of UEs in a sub-group. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102410 | MEDIA MANAGEMENT FOR MULTI-USER GROUP - Media management for multi-user groups includes methods for determining a numeric score for recorded content being one of a popularity score or a relevance score, and for displaying a content library as an array of images each sized in accordance with its popularity score. The methods may also include social group features whereby a user may compare her content library with other libraries in her social group, and view relative popularity of content titles in the other libraries. The system includes numerous other features for content exploration, acquisition and management. An apparatus for performing the method comprises a processor coupled to a memory, the memory holding instructions for performing steps of the method as summarized above. Various aspects of the system may be implemented as a server or a client. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102411 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING USER INTERACTIONS WITH SELECTABLE SEGMENTS OF A CONTENT PACKAGE - An apparatus may include a content package selector configured to provide for selection of a content package including one or more selectable segments. A monitoring module may be configured to insert a script into the content package. Further, the monitoring module may monitor one or more user interactions with the selectable segments as directed by the script. The apparatus may further determine one or more contextual characteristics relating to the user interactions. Thereby, the user interactions, the contextual characteristics, and/or the selectable segments may be stored and/or transmitted so as to build a data model based thereon. The data model may be used to make content recommendations based on the monitored user interactions and determined contextual characteristics as they related to the user interaction events with the selectable segments of the content package. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102412 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF FORM FIELDS IN A CLIENT-SERVER ENVIRONMENT - A database tier maintains and provides access to a database. An application tier receives and responds to requests for a form. The form includes data defining a first UI control for displaying a first value from the database and a second UI control for displaying a second value from the database that is dependent upon the first value. A client tier renders the form to show the first value in the first UI control and to show the second value in the second UI control. The client tier also detects a modification to the first value and causes an updated second value to be generated in response to detecting the modification to the first value. The updated second value is displayed by way of the second UI control. The updated second value is generated at the client tier, the application tier, the database tier, or at a combined application/database tier. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102413 | CONTENT PRODUCTION - A method includes causing a display by a first device of a user interface containing a visual representation of content accessed from a source remote from the first device. Responsive to a user's selection of a first control associated with the user interface, a hard copy representation of the content is caused to be generated. Responsive to a user's selection of a second control associated with the user interface, an electronic file representation of the content is caused to be communicated to a second device remote from the first device. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102414 | DISTRIBUTED CONTROLLER OF A USER INTERFACE FRAMEWORK FOR WEB APPLICATIONS - Various embodiments of systems and methods for improved user interface framework for Web applications are described herein. The UI framework is based on the MVC architectural pattern. An additional controller, a server controller, is included in the server part of the user interface framework runtime. A client controller is running at the client side of the user interface framework runtime. The client controller and the server controller form one logical synchronized controller. The server controller ensures that all needed controller calculations, which would lead to additional roundtrips between the client side and the server side, can be done on the server side. Thus, exact one roundtrip between client side and backend for every user interaction and transporting only the bare minimum of data needed to render the current UI state is achieved. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102415 | Communicating Plans For Users of a Social Networking System - Exemplary systems and methods for calendaring are provided. Exemplary systems include a natural language receiving component configured to receive a natural language entry corresponding to a future status, a calendar generation engine configured to create a calendar entry based on the natural language entry, a social network database configured for accessing and querying by the calendar generation engine, a privacy component configured to receive a privacy setting indicating a person who is approved to view the calendar entry, and a display module configured to display the calendar entry on a calendar. Exemplary methods include receiving a natural language entry corresponding to a future status, creating a calendar entry, and displaying the calendar entry. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102416 | INTERACTIVE ELEMENT MANAGEMENT IN A WEB PAGE - An illustrative embodiment of a computer-implemented method for plug-in re-use in a web page for simulated simultaneous interactive elements, determines whether an interactive element is a plug-in instance on a web page and responsive to a determination that the interactive element is not a plug-in instance on a web page, requests current state information of the interactive element from the web page. The computer-implemented method loads the current state information into an available plug-in instance on the web page, positions and sizes the available plug-in instance on top of the interactive element on the web page and enables interaction with the interactive element. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102417 | Context-Aware User Input Prediction - Predicted input data is obtained by initially acquiring a set of operations that are performed on non-editable user interface elements of a user interface prior to a subsequent data input into an editable user interface of the user interface. The set of operations is then classified into a pattern class based on the operations in the set and the subsequent data input that corresponds to the set. Subsequently, a pattern type for the pattern class is generated that describes a relationship between the set of operations and the subsequent data input. Accordingly, when a new set of operations is received, input data is predicted for the new set by applying the pattern type to the new set. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102418 | Sharing Rich Interactive Narratives on a Hosting Platform - This patent relates to techniques associated with rich interactive narratives (RINs) and other RIN-related content, including techniques for sharing and monetizing such content. For example, a RIN-related content item (e.g., a themed RIN book) might be obtained from a hosting platform, edited, and re-published on the hosting platform. In some circumstances, the edit might include or serve as one or more annotations. One or more sharing restrictions associated with the published content item can be enforced. This enforcement can then be utilized to monetize the published content item by virtue of one or more sharing arrangements. | 2012-04-26 |
20120102419 | REPRESENTING DATA THROUGH A GRAPHICAL OBJECT - Aspects discussed relate to creating a presentation of data through an arbitrary graphical object that has the capacity to visually represent data. Based on parameters of the visual characteristics and/or the data set, dimensions of data may be bound to appropriate visual characteristics of the graphical object to render a data visual of the dimensions of data through the graphical object. Visual characteristics and/or dimensions of data may additionally be subject to applied filters and/or constraints. When filters and/or constraints are applied resulting in any modification of the graphical object and/or dimensions of data, a subsequent data visual may be rendered. For some cases, a user interface may enable renderings of data visuals to occur dynamically upon modification of visual characteristics and/or dimensions of data. | 2012-04-26 |