19th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090119608 | FACE AND SUBJECT TAGGING WITH RELATIONSHIP INDEXING IN FILES TO ENHANCE ORGANIZATION AND USABILITY - A machine includes a file database, a tag database, and a relationship database. The file database stores files. The tag database stores tags that can be associated with the files in the file database. The relationship database stores relationships between the tags stored in the tag database, including family relationships (both direct and indirect), positional relationships, and peer relationships. The machine can also include a portrait database to store portraits of tags in the tag database. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119609 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided a medical image processing apparatus for creating an image according to a parameter and displaying the image on a rendering window. The medical image processing apparatus includes: a cursor control section for detecting whether or not a cursor exists in the rendering window; a icon control section for displaying an icon group near a cursor position in response to a specification operation if the cursor exists in the rendering window, wherein the icon group includes at least two icons and each of the icons represents one- or more-dimensional successive parameters of the image displayed on the rendering window; and a parameter control section for changing the parameters in response to a drag operation when the drag operation is performed with one of the icons as a start point. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119610 | AGENT TO OFFER IN-CONTEXT HELP - User assistance functionality is associated with an application. The application is executed, including receiving input from a user to dynamically define a configuration of modules which may then be interpreted or compiled for execution. The configuration of modules may be, for example, a pipe, which is a configuration of constituent pipes, each constituent pipe having an input and an output for inputting and outputting, respectively, a syndication data feed, and the constituent pipes connected by wires for transmission of the syndication data feeds among the pipes. As the configuration of modules is being dynamically defined based on user input, which includes sequentially configuring a plurality of intermediate arrangements of constituent modules, an application assistance interface is dynamically determined to be displayed based on a context of a current one of the plurality of intermediate arrangements of constituent modules. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119611 | USER INTERFACE FOR A TABBED PANE - The present invention provides a user interface for a tabbed pane. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: displaying a plurality of ordered tabs in a tab folder; selecting one of the tabs; scrolling through the plurality of tabs; and docking the selected tab within the tab folder if the scrolling will cause the selected tab to disappear from the tab folder. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119612 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELATED INFORMATION SEARCH AND PRESENTATION FROM USER INTERFACE CONTENT - A method of providing information related to content presented within a first window, the method comprising extracting primary information from the content in response to activation of an interactive mechanism, the primary information including entities mentioned in the content, obtaining related information from content sources based on the primary information, wherein related information includes connection paths between a user and the entities, and generating a summary page including items of primary information in association with the related information. At least some of the items from the primary information and items from the related information can be provided as user selectable links to corresponding detailed information. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119613 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention solves such a problem that a scroll parameter did not fit in with an operator intuition. A scroll controlling program is stored in the HDD | 2009-05-07 |
20090119614 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Heirarchical Navigation with Respect to Content Items of a Media Collection - An apparatus for providing hierarchical navigation with respect to content items of a media collection may include a processing element. The processing element may be configured to provide a hierarchical organization of content items in which each of the content items is organized according to type and, within each type, the content items are further organized according to categories. Each of the categories may represent a different basis upon which to organize the content items. The processing element may be further configured to enable a user to view content items within a particular category using a first scrolling function oriented with respect to a first axis, and enable the user to switch categories using a second scrolling function oriented with respect to a second axis. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119615 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING SCROLLING OF PAGES ON TOUCH SCREEN OF HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method and device for controlling the scrolling of pages on a touch screen of a hand-held electronic apparatus. A liquid crystal display and a touch panel having a larger area than that of the liquid crystal display are overlapped and combined with each other. The overlapped region is defined as a first touch zone, while the non-overlapped region is defined as second touch zones and a third touch zone. Next, a user determines whether a scroll is shown in the picture of the display. If the user determines that a scroll is shown in the picture, a sliding path is sensed by the second touch zone, and the user controls the page to scroll upwards or downwards in the picture based on the sliding path. The first touch zone is pressed to thereby perform the function of the selected page. If the user determines that a scroll is not shown in the picture, a sliding path is sensed by the third touch zone, and the user controls the page to slide rightwards or leftwards in the picture based on the sliding path. The first touch zone is pressed again to thereby perform the function of the selected page. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119616 | SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MANIPULATING WINDOWS ON PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICES THROUGH MOTION - A method by which a user may move windows from one location to another on a screen of a portable computing device is provided. In accordance with the method, when the device is in window manipulation mode, the user needs only tilt the device toward a destination location and the windows are moved toward that location Tilt detectors in the device sense an angle of tilt and provide the tilt angle as feedback to a processor. The processor, under proper software instructions, moves the windows toward the destination location on the screen based on the tilt angle. The greater the tilt angle, the faster the windows are moved toward the destination location. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119617 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE ARRANGEMENTS OF WINDOWS ON A DISPLAY - One aspect of the present invention includes management of the presentation of information on a display. In one embodiment, this includes defining a delimited area on the display for a predetermined activity, and identifying a new application, which when active, comprises an active location on the display that covers some or all of the delimited area. When the new application covers some or all of the delimited area, the active location of the new application is automatically changed so that the new application will not cover any of the delimited area. Accordingly, the delimited area of the display can be preserved for uninterrupted use by a user. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119618 | User-specified configuration of prediction services - Methods and systems for facilitating user-specified configuration of prediction services in a manufacturing facility. In one embodiment, a workflow user interface is presented to allow a user to specify a workflow for providing predictions pertaining to a future of a manufacturing facility. The workflow identifies a sequence of operations to be performed for providing the predictions. In addition, the user can specify properties for each operation in the workflow user interface. The workflow with the properties are then stored in a repository for subsequent execution in response to a workflow trigger. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119619 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SOFTWARE FOR PROVIDING PATH USAGE DATA FOR LINKS BETWEEN DATA PAGES IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM - A method, apparatus and software is disclosed in which links in web pages are provided with an indication of the most frequently used path from a given link. The most frequently used path is selectable by a user so as to enable the user to directly view the web page at the end of the path or at any point along that path. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119620 | Method and Apparatus for Hardware Controlled Intelligent Web Content Navigation System - A navigational plug-in (NP) for the web browser identifies a web page by uniform resource locator address and parses the web page for a navigational control. The NP then maps a new and additional controller to the navigational control so that the user has the option of a single operation to activate the navigational control. Examples of a single operation are an exclusive key on the mouse or a specific key combination on the keyboard. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119621 | Variability-Aware Asynchronous Scheme for Optimal-Performance Delay Matching - A system for automatically transforming a given synchronous circuit description into an equivalent and provably correct desynchronized circuit description. Included in the automated transformation are techniques for synthesizing a variability-aware controller using a two-phase protocol, techniques for synthesizing a variability-aware controller using gated clocks and testability circuits, techniques for synthesizing a variability-aware controller optimized for performance, techniques for initializing the synthesized controller, techniques for dynamically minimizing power requirements, and techniques for interfacing the desynchronized circuit with external synchronous circuits. Also disclosed are techniques for implementing a system for automatically transforming a synchronous circuit description into an equivalent and provably correct desynchronized circuit description within the context of an electronic design automation design flow. Exemplary circuits used in the application of the aforementioned techniques are provided. Application of mathematical models and techniques used for proving equivalence between the input description and the resulting desynchronized circuit are presented and explained. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119622 | Variability-Aware Asynchronous Scheme Based on Two-Phase Protocols - A system for automatically transforming a given synchronous circuit description into an equivalent and provably correct desynchronized circuit description. Included in the automated transformation are techniques for synthesizing a variability-aware controller using a two-phase protocol, techniques for synthesizing a variability-aware controller using gated clocks and testability circuits, techniques for synthesizing a variability-aware controller optimized for performance, techniques for initializing the synthesized controller, techniques for dynamically minimizing power requirements, and techniques for interfacing the desynchronized circuit with external synchronous circuits. Also disclosed are techniques for implementing a system for automatically transforming a synchronous circuit description into an equivalent and provably correct desynchronized circuit description within the context of an electronic design automation design flow. Exemplary circuits used in the application of the aforementioned techniques are provided. Application of mathematical models and techniques used for proving equivalence between the input description and the resulting desynchronized circuit are presented and explained. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119623 | Method of labelling swappable pins for integrated circuit pattern matching - The present invention seeks to provide a simple, but novel regime, for re-labelling swappable pins that permits swappability information to be maintained without significantly increasing computational complexity and is conducive to inexact pattern matching for the purposes of developing more complex logical processing blocks from elementary components in design analysis. The method comprises a recursive application of a simple labelling procedure. This method is repeated recursively until all gate instances in the circuit fragment have been assigned a swappability number. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119624 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING SOURCE CODE USING PATH ANALYSIS AND BOOLEAN SATISFIABILITY - A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to identify a path in target source code. Constraints associated with the path are extracted. The constraints are converted to a Boolean expression. The Boolean expression is processed with a Boolean satisfiability engine to identify either a feasible path or an infeasible path. A feasible path is statically analyzed, while an infeasible path is not statically analyzed. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119625 | Structure for System Architectures for and Methods of Scheduling On-Chip and Across-Chip Noise Events in an Integrated Circuit - A design structure integrated circuit (IC) system architectures that allow for the reduction of on-chip or across-chip transient noise budgets by providing a means to avoid simultaneous high current demand events from at least two functional logic blocks, i.e., noise contributors, are disclosed. Embodiments of the IC system architectures include at least one noise event arbiter and at least two noise contributor blocks. A method of scheduling on-chip noise events to avoid simultaneous active transient noise events may include, but is not limited to: the noise event arbiter receiving simultaneously multiple requests-to-operate from multiple noise contributors; the noise event arbiter determining when each noise contributor may execute operations based on a pre-established dI/dt budget; and the noise event arbiter notifying each noise contributor as to when permission is granted to execute its operations. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119626 | DESIGN STRUCTURE INCLUDING TRANSISTOR HAVING GATE AND BODY IN DIRECT SELF-ALIGNED CONTACT - A design structure including a transistor having a directly contacting gate and body is disclosed. In one embodiment, the transistor includes a gate; a body; and a dielectric layer extending over the body to insulate the gate from the body along an entire surface of the body except along a portion of at least a sidewall of the body, wherein the gate is in direct contact with the body at the portion. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119627 | PATTERN DATA GENERATION METHOD, DESIGN LAYOUT GENERATING METHOD, AND PATTERN DATA VERIFYING PROGRAM - A pattern data generation method according to an example of the present invention includes based on design pattern data of a circuit including a plurality of MIS transistors having the same gate size, identifying types of the plurality of MIS transistors, setting size specs for gate patterns of the plurality of MIS transistors, the size specs being different for different types of the MIS transistors, and verifying whether gate patterns of the MIS transistors predicted by simulation using mask pattern data for forming the MIS transistors satisfy the size specs. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119628 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND USER INTERFACE FOR EVALUATING PRODUCT DESIGNS IN LIGHT OF PROMULGATED STANDARDS - Systems, methods, and interfaces for evaluating proposed product designs having interconnected devices in light of promulgated industry standards via a graphical interface. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119629 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AT-SPEED STRUCTURAL TESTS TO IMPROVE PROCESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER SPACE COVERAGE - A system for enhancing the practicability of at-speed structural testing (ASST). In one embodiment, the system includes first means for performing statistical timing analysis on a design of logic circuitry. A second means performs a criticality analysis on the logic circuitry as a function of the statistical timing analysis so as to determine a criticality probability for each node of the logic circuitry. A third means selects nodes of the logic circuitry as a function of the criticality analysis. A fourth means selects timing paths as a function of the criticality probabilities of the selected nodes. A fifth means generates an ASST pattern for each of the selected timing paths. A sixth mean is provided to perform ASST on a fabricated instantiation of the design at functional speed using the generated ASST pattern. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119630 | Arrangements for Developing Integrated Circuit Designs - In some embodiments, a method is disclosed for converging on an acceptable integrated circuit design for an integrated circuit. The method can include selecting a path, determining if the path has a timing deficiency, segmenting the path into path segments and allocating the timing deficiency across the segments according to attributes of the path segments. Segments can have attributes such as a design freeze when the design is mature or “optimum.” Allocating can include allocating the timing deficiency across path segments according to attributes such as the proportion of the length of a segmented path to the overall path length. Allocating can include allocating the timing deficiency to path segments based on attributes provided as user input. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119631 | Variability-Aware Asynchronous Scheme for High-Performance Delay Matching - A system for automatically transforming a given synchronous circuit description into an equivalent and provably correct desynchronized circuit description. Included in the automated transformation are techniques for synthesizing a variability-aware controller using a two-phase protocol, techniques for synthesizing a variability-aware controller using gated clocks and testability circuits, techniques for synthesizing a variability-aware controller optimized for performance, techniques for initializing the synthesized controller, techniques for dynamically minimizing power requirements, and techniques for interfacing the desynchronized circuit with external synchronous circuits. Also disclosed are techniques for implementing a system for automatically transforming a synchronous circuit description into an equivalent and provably correct desynchronized circuit description within the context of an electronic design automation design flow. Exemplary circuits used in the application of the aforementioned techniques are provided. Application of mathematical models and techniques used for proving equivalence between the input description and the resulting desynchronized circuit are presented and explained. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119632 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING DETERMINATION OF DESIGN PROCESS ORDER - A system and method which support determination of a design process order. The system includes: a storage device that stores constraint data indicating a strength of a constraint that is given to a respective design process from a respective of the other design processes; a detection unit that accesses the storage device to detect, from the constraint data, a loop of relationships concerning a design process receiving a constraint from another design process; a selection unit that accesses the storage device to select, from the detected loop, a pair capable of canceling the loop when the pair is deleted and having a minimum total constraint strength; and an output unit that deletes the selected constraint pair from the constraint data and outputs data indicating a constraint that is to be satisfied by each design process. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119633 | CAD APPARATUS AND PROGRAM USED IN THE SAME - A CAD apparatus is comprised of: input unit | 2009-05-07 |
20090119634 | Method and System for Implementing Controlled Breaks Between Features Using Sub-Resolution Assist Features - Disclosed is a method, system, and computer program product for implementing controlled breaks using sub-resolution assist features. Sub-resolution bridging features are added to implement controlled breaks between features on the layout. The bridging features may also be used to facilitate or optimize multiple mask/exposure techniques that split a layout or features on a layout to address pitch problems. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119635 | MASK PATTERN CORRECTION METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - Mask data is generated from a design layout by executing a mask data process including optical proximity correction. A pattern is formed on the major surface of a test semiconductor substrate by using a mask prepared from the mask data. The dimensional difference between the design layout and the pattern is measured. The design layout is corrected, at a portion with the dimensional difference of the design layout, by the magnitude of the dimensional difference in a direction in which the dimensions of the pattern equal those of the design layout, thereby generating a corrected design layout. Corrected mask data is generated from the corrected design layout by executing the mask data process including the optical proximity correction. A pattern is formed on the major surface of a semiconductor substrate by using a corrected mask prepared from the corrected mask data. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119636 | INSTRUMENTING A COMPILED SOFTWARE ROUTINE FOR AUGMENTATION - A method for instrumenting a compiled software routine including a sequence of compiled software instructions. An embodiment of the invention includes a method for selecting one of the compiled software instructions as a point in the software routine for augmentation; and supplementing the selected instruction so that, in execution, an event is generated at the selected instruction. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119637 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING A SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPLEMENTING SERVICE INTEGRATION - A method and system for selecting a technology to implement a service integration. Functional and non-functional service requirements are received. Technology preference relative weights for a pre-defined set of technologies and requirement relative weights for the requirements are received. Responses are received. The responses are associated with the requirements and with the requirement relative weights in a one-to-one correspondence. The responses are associated with the technology relative weights in a many-to-one correspondence. Each response indicates a characteristic that satisfies a requirement. A technology for implementing the service integration is selected from the pre-defined set of technologies based on the technology preference relative weights and the requirement relative weights. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119638 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM - A method for providing project development environment for a developer, an apparatus for providing project development environment for a developer, and a project development system. The method determines an artifact which can be accessed by the developer and an artifact which cannot be accessed by the developer and is depended by the artifact which can be accessed by the developer based on a request of the developer, project assignment information and project artifact dependencies, and generates a logic artifact for the artifact which cannot be accessed by the developer and is depended by the artifact which can be accessed by the developer. The invention improves the security of the project development by generating the surrogate to make sure that every developer can not touch the whole content of the project, and the developer can freely invoke the depended artifacts. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119639 | SYSTEM AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR INTEGRATION OF DATA MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS INTO A WORKFLOW SYSTEM - Techniques are provided for processing a workflow. A workflow including one or more data management activities is received. A workflow description is generated from the workflow that includes a description of the one or more data management activities. One or more data management operations are generated from the workflow description. The one or more data management operations are executed against one or more data management systems. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119640 | GRAPHICAL APPLICATION FOR BUILDING DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS - A graphical application development tool for developing parallel computation applications. The tool facilitates insertion of computational elements by a drag-and-drop operation onto a canvas area for creating a computational graph. The graphical application tool reduces the barriers to the development of parallel computation applications by entry-level developers, for example, by allowing these users to write applications by using a graphical tool, thereby avoiding complexities of having to write well-formed code and learning a new language. The tool includes built-in functionality that allows the developer to write arbitrary code (e.g., C#) to perform various functions on massive amounts of data. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119641 | PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE EXTENSIONS IN STRUCTURED QUERIES - The insertion and processing of programming language code (e.g., C#) in SQL statements, and the dynamic compiling of the code to detect errors prior to statement execution. The SQL statement with arbitrary programming language code can then be executed concurrently as a query on a computer cluster. External libraries can be imported and the associated functionality leveraged from within a SQL statement. The programming language compiler performs checking at build time, rather than retuning an error during the statement execution against the cluster, a potentially costly proposition in both computing time and human resources. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119642 | System and Method of Executing a Dynamic Program in a Structured Environment - In one embodiment the present invention includes a first virtual machine that executes a non-dynamic program, that implements a second virtual machine that executes a dynamic program. The dynamic program operates in the structured environment of the non-dynamic programming language via various allowed interaction pathways. In this manner, dynamic programs may be executed in a robust business applications environment. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119643 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-USABLE MEDIUM FOR TRACKING AND RECORDING MODIFICATIONS TO A SOFTWARE SOLUTION - A method, system and computer-usable medium for automatically tracking changes in an application such as, for example, a software solution. A particular definition can be created, which is indicative of an application artifact to be tracked during the development of the application, which includes the application artifact. The particular definition can be qualified by specifying a user authorized to modify the application artifact. The user can be identified by the particular role that the user plays during the development of the application. Thereafter, modifications to the application can be automatically tracked based on the particular role that the user plays during the development of the application with respect to the application artifact, thereby permitting modifications to the application to be tracked and recorded in a comprehensive manner. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119644 | DERIVING COMPONENT STATISTICS FOR A STREAM ENABLED APPLICATION - A technique for generating component usage statistics involves associating components with blocks of a stream-enabled application. When the streaming application is executed, block requests may be logged by Block ID in a log. The frequency of component use may be estimated by analyzing the block request log with the block associations. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119645 | SYSTEM FOR BOUNDARY TRACE WITH REPRODUCTION FACILITY - Disclosed herein is a data processing system-implemented method, a data processing system, and an article of manufacture for investigating computer software. The data processing system-implemented method includes capturing tracing information at one or more boundary points of the computer software, and reproducing a behavior of the computer software at the boundary points based on the captured tracing information. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119646 | Detection of a Fault by Long Disturbance - A method for detecting faults by perturbations during execution of a computerized code in an electronic device. The computer code includes a sensitive process. The method includes a step of executing a redundant procedure of the sensitive process and a step of inserting a delay between the sensitive process and the redundant procedure. A trapping procedure is executed during the delay. The trapping procedure is sensitive to perturbations and supplies, in the absence of perturbation, a predictable result. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119647 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING SOFTWARE FOR VULNERABILITIES - Provided is a device and method for inspecting software for vulnerabilities which fuzzes the software by function. The device for inspecting software for vulnerabilities includes a target function selecting module for selecting a function of the software for vulnerabilities to be inspected, a comparison file generating module for generating a first file including the selected function and a second file not including the selected function, a binary pattern comparing module for detecting a changed or added binary pattern by comparing binary values of the first file and the second file, a test case generating module for generating at least one test case based on the detected binary pattern, and a vulnerability verifying module for inspecting vulnerabilities based on the at least one test case and generating a vulnerability inspection result. Accordingly, by intensively fuzzing a part of the software which is changed or added according to the function of the software, software vulnerabilities can be found by each function and fuzzing efficiency can be improved. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119648 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING SOURCE CODE USING MEMORY OPERATION EVALUATION AND BOOLEAN SATISFIABILITY - A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to identify a memory operation in target source code. A set of constraints associated with the memory operation are developed. The constraints are converted into a Boolean expression. The Boolean expression is processed with a Boolean satisfiability engine to determine whether the memory operation is potentially unsafe. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119649 | STATIC ANALYSIS DEFECT DETECTION IN THE PRESENCE OF VIRTUAL FUNCTION CALLS - A computer-implemented error detection mechanism for detecting programming errors in a computer program. The computer-implemented error detection method described herein can make use of a Function Behaviour Knowledge Base (FBKB) to approximate how a virtual function changes state of the program execution for all methods that can be called at each specific invocation point. The FBKB is used to select what implementation of a virtual function should be called in order to give rise to a programming defect. By dropping implementations that do not lead to a programming defect, the set of possible object runtime types is reduced. If this set is empty by the end of the analysis, then a defect is not possible, otherwise the set of object runtime types will contain types that may cause a defect. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119650 | GENERATING SEQUENCE DIAGRAMS USING CALL TREES - A software tool is provided to analyze static source code. Source Code files are selected to define the project work space. A class and a method in the class are selected from said selected source code files. The tool generates a Call Tree as an ordered recursive sequence of all method calls in different classes or their instances that are invoked by said selected method in said selected class. A Sequence Diagram is generated from said Call Tree. The tool remembers all updates to the Call Tree used to generate the Sequence Diagram. This information is used when a generated Sequence Diagram is impacted due to changes made to any source code file included in the project. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119651 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECTING RECOMPILATION OF A CLASS WITH A JAVA STATIC VARIABLE - A system and associated method for directing to recompile a class with a static variable of the class in a Java platform are disclosed. The class is defined with at least two implementations that are selectively compiled and executed a value of the static variable. The value of the static variable of the class is modified to a new value depending on characteristics of a runtime environment in which the method is executed. The class is recompiled and the new value is set for the static variable of the class. A debugger performs a hot code replacement of the class with the recompiled class. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119652 | Computer Program Functional Partitioning System for Heterogeneous Multi-processing Systems - The present invention provides for a system for computer program functional partitioning for heterogeneous multi-processing systems. At least one system parameter of a computer system comprising one or more disparate processing nodes is identified. Computer program code comprising a program to be run on the computer system is received. A whole program representation is generated based on received computer program code. At least one single-entry-single-exit (SESE) region is identified based on the whole program representation. At least one node-specific SESE region is identified based on identified SESE regions and the at least one system parameter. Each node-specific SESE region is grouped into a node-specific subroutine. Each node-specific subroutine is compiled based on a specified node characteristic. The computer program code is modified based on the node-specific subroutines and the modified computer program code is compiled. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119653 | INSTRUMENTING A COMPILED SOFTWARE ROUTINE FOR AUGMENTATION - A method for augmenting a compiled software routine in execution, the compiled software routine being instrumented to generate an event at an augmentation point defined therein, the method including receiving the event at a second software routine, the second software routine including software instructions for augmenting the compiled software routine. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119654 | COMPILER FOR OPTIMIZING PROGRAM - A compiler system and method for calculating a value to be assigned to a variable for optimizing a program. The apparatus includes a subrange analysis unit for analyzing, for an instruction to assign a value to a variable in the program, a range of the value being assignable to the variable by the instruction, as a subrange of the variable in a case where instruction is executed; a determination unit for determining if the execution result of the program changes if the instruction assigns any value in the subrange of the variable to the variable on the basis of the analyzed subrange of the variable; and a replacement unit for replacing the instruction to assign the value to the variable with an instruction to assign a constant value in the subrange of the variable to the variable. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119655 | UPGRADING SOFTWARE IN RADIO BASE STATION NODES - A cluster-based, delegated software upgrade scheme facilitates software upgrade for radio base station nodes comprising a cluster of a flat radio access telecommunications network. The plural radio base stations are grouped into clusters ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090119656 | Method and system for policy enabled programming - A system and method for allowing external execution-time adaptation of application behavior of an application in a telecommunication system without modification to the application code comprises an application having at least one break point and residing on an application server, at least one identifiable decision engine, and a listing of break points that has for each break point at least one identifier of the decision engine, such that at one of the break points, the application accesses the listing of break points, invokes the listed instances of the decision engine corresponding to the break point, and adapts application behavior based on the decision engine. In addition, each entry in the listing of break points can have a sequence number so that if two entries for the same break point have equal sequence numbers, the decision engines identified in these entries can be invoked in parallel. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119657 | Methods and systems for software upgrades - Before delivery, a manufacturer records module information identifying hardware modules, and corresponding software modules, installed in a vehicle. The module information includes a part number and a unique identifier for each hardware module, and name and version identifier of software loaded for each hardware module. The manufacturer, or a telematics operator, may broadcast files with upgraded software to vehicles over a wireless network. Or, upgraded software may be delivered to a vehicle via a connection between the vehicle and a computer, or a wired network. A vehicle's computer system authenticates a software file before upgrading from it by performing steps of an authentication sequence as a server in a client-server relationship with a computer device that broadcasted the file to the vehicle. A telematics system onboard the vehicle may collect and store vehicle usage information for use in determining when to upgrade from the authenticated software file. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119658 | Systems And Methods For Downloading Boot Code Associated With Base Stations - Systems and methods for maintaining base stations are provided. In this regard, a representative system, among others, includes at least one base station that is electrically coupled to a server. The base station includes memory and a first boot code that is stored in the memory. The first boot code has a first set of instructions, which is configured to initialize a control module and a network device. The first set of instructions is further configured to instruct the initialized control module and network device to establish a connection between the server and the base station and download a second boot code from the server into the memory of the base station. The second boot code has a second set of instructions, which is different than the first set of instructions. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119659 | Method of Computer Based Data Card Software Downloading and Updating - The present invention relates to a method of computer based data card software downloading and updating, in which, the data card connects with computer via data communication interface and acts the power on initial process at same time, the data card downloads software kit from computer to RAM memory, and the data card operates the software kit downloaded to the RAM memory. With this method of computer based data card software downloading and updating, no any more expensive Flash memory to be used in the data card, a lower cost is thus resulted, the data card failure resulted from Flash memory damage could be avoided and hence the data card reliability is increased; In course of data card downloading the update program and software from computer, it just needs re-update again only even though in fault, the complete operation is convenient and rapid with a wide suitable field, this lays the foundation of the advancing and development for the data communication peripheral equipment technology of portable equipment. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119660 | MICRO INSTALLATION PROCESS FOR SOFTWARE PACKAGING AND DISTRIBUTION - The present invention discloses a software program that includes a first set of one or more compressed files and an executable file. The executable file can include a second set of one or more compressed files. The software program can be a self-executing program stored in a machine readable medium. Executing the software program can result in an automatic extraction of files contained within the first set and the second set of compressed files. In one embodiment, the software program can be an installation program, which includes a configuration file specifying settings to be applied during an installation process. The installation program can be dynamically constructed at a time an installation file is requested. The installation program can be a network lean file containing only those necessary components for a customized installation, which minimizes an amount of time and bandwidth expended when transferring the installation program over a network. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119661 | Method and System for Providing a Filter for a Router - A method and system for providing a standardized set of filters for a router. A set of pre-written filters are provided in a file, and a program is run on a computer to identify one of these pre-written filters as a substitute for a filter that was specifically written for the router. The standardized filter file is then loaded onto the router and the identified substitute filters are used instead of the filter that has been specifically written for the router. Preferably, the computer program is used to identify which one of the pre-written filters of the pre-written filter files most closely matches, according to a predefined test, the filter file written specifically for the router. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119662 | Deployment and Management Framework - A system and method for deploying and managing software components to a plurality of network devices of an extended data communications network. In one embodiment of the invention, a client type defining software components required for at least one network device of the plurality of network devices may be determined. At least one network device of the plurality of network devices corresponding to the client type may be determined. The software components may be provided to the at least one network device based in part on the client type. The software components may be installed on the at least one network device such that functional capabilities of the software components may be employed by the network device. In another embodiment, a record of the software components installed on the at least one network device on a hub server associated with the extended data communications network may be stored. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119663 | IOMMU WITH TRANSLATION REQUEST MANAGEMENT AND METHODS FOR MANAGING TRANSLATION REQUESTS - Example embodiments of an IOMMU with translation request management and methods for managing translation requests are generally described herein. Other example embodiments may be described and claimed. In some example embodiments, the IOMMU comprises one or more reorder buffers. Each reorder buffer may be associated with one I/O device and may be used to queue pending translation requests for the associated I/O device. A translation request received from a requesting I/O device may be stored in a reorder buffer associated with the requesting I/O device when the translation request is unable to be serviced or when there are one or more pending translation requests in the reorder buffer. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119664 | Multiple virtual machine configurations in the scalable enterprise - A system and method are disclosed for using directory services to manage resources in a virtual execution environment. A directory repository is populated with resource, administration, roles, policy, and service level agreement (SLA) objects. A service request is received by a virtual machine manager (VMM) administrator, which determines its requirements. The directory repository is queried with a directory service to identify available resources to fulfill the service request. The service request is routed to the VMM of the virtual machine (VM) host comprising the available resources. If an active VM comprises the available resources, then its roles, policy, and SLA objects are retrieved from the directory repository. The objects are then used to respectively determine if the service request has sufficient authentication and authorizations, if the VM's configuration meets the service request's resource requirements, and if service levels requirements can be maintained. If so, then the service request is fulfilled by the target VM. If the resources are available, but not on a currently executing VM, then an administration object is created to execute a new VM and roles, policy, and SLA objects are created that match the requirements of the service request. The newly created objects are then stored in the directory repository and the service request is fulfilled by the new VM. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119665 | TRANSITIONING OF VIRTUAL MACHINE FROM REPLAY MODE TO LIVE MODE - A backup VM is allowed to enter live execution mode at instruction boundaries but not in the middle of emulation of a single instruction. This is accomplished by having the last log entry of multiple entries generated during emulation of an instruction to have an indication of a “go-live” point and by having the backup VM not replay log entries provided by the primary VM beyond the log entry that indicates the “go-live” point. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119666 | APPARATUS FOR COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTED TASK MANAGEMENT IN A STORAGE SUBSYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE CONTROLLERS USING CACHE LOCKING - The present invention provides an apparatus for cooperative distributed task management in a storage subsystem with multiple controllers using cache locking. The present invention distributes a task across a set of controllers acting in a cooperative rather than a master/slave nature to perform discrete components of the subject task on an as-available basis. This minimizes the amount of time required to perform incidental data manipulation tasks, thus reducing the duration of instances of degraded system performance. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119667 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING TRANSACTION MEMORY - A method and apparatus for implementing transactional memory (TM). The method includes: allocating a hardware-based transaction footprint recorder to the transaction, for recording footprints of the transaction when a transaction is begun; determining that the transaction is to be switched out; and switching out the transaction, where the footprints of the switched-out transaction are still kept in the hardware-based transaction footprint recorder. According to the present invention, transaction switching is supported by TM, and the cost of conflict detection between an active transaction and a switched-out transaction is greatly reduced since the footprints of the switched-out transaction are still kept in the hardware-based transaction footprint recorder. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119668 | DYNAMIC FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS FOR EVENT BASED PROGRAMMING - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for dynamic feasibility analysis of event-driven program code. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for a dynamic feasibility analysis of event-driven program code can be provided. The method can include loading multiple different tasks associated with different registered events in event-driven program code of an event-driven application, reducing overlapping ones of the registered events for different ones of the tasks to a single task of the overlapping events to produce a reduced set of tasks and corresponding events, ordering the corresponding events of the reduced set of tasks and grouping the corresponding events by time slice for the event-driven application, and reporting whether or not adding a new event to a particular time slice for the event-driven application results in a depth of events in the particular time slice exceeding a capacity of the particular time slice rendering the event-driven application infeasible. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119669 | User-specified configuration of scheduling services - Methods and systems for facilitating user-specified configuration of scheduling services in a manufacturing facility. In one embodiment, a workflow user interface is presented to allow a user to specify a workflow for providing a scheduling for a manufacturing facility. The workflow identifies a sequence of operations to be performed for providing the schedule. In addition, the user can specify properties for each operation in the workflow user interface. The workflow with the properties are then stored in a repository for subsequent execution in response to a workflow trigger. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119670 | METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING AND EXECUTING PROCESS - Disclosed is a method of constructing and executing a process. A conventional process is minutely divided into minimum unit subprocesses, and the minutely divided subprocesses are classified into a decision subprocesses and a routine subprocess by whether they require decision-making. Any subprocess which is executable using the setup condition in a specific decision subprocess is classified into the routine subprocess in such a manner that the classified routine subprocess follows on the specific decision subprocess. One or a series of decision subprocesses are combined with one or a series of routine subprocesses which are executable on the condition of the completion of the decision subprocesses to form one unit process, and a job-support computer program is created to allow the plurality of subprocesses included in the one unit process to be successively executed. A plurality of subprocesses which are executable in accordance with common input data are detected from the minutely divided minimum unit subprocesses, and a job flow is constructed to allow the respective jobs in the plurality of subprocesses to be simultaneously initiated and executed in parallel. The present invention can drastically reduce the lead-time of a process while facilitating execution of the entire process with high efficiency. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119671 | REGISTERS FOR DATA TRANSFERS - A system and method for employing registers for data transfer in multiple hardware contexts and programming engines to facilitate high performance data processing. The system and method includes a processor that includes programming engines with registers for transferring data from one of the registers residing in an executing programming engine to a subsequent one of the registers residing in an adjacent programming engine. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119672 | Delegation Metasystem for Composite Services - A delegation metasystem for composite services is described, where a composite service is a service which calls other services during its operation. In an embodiment, the composite service is defined using generic descriptions for any services (and their access control models) which may be called by the composite service during operation. At run time, these generic descriptions and potentially other factors, such as the user of the composite service, are used to select actual available services which may be called by the composite service and access rights for the selected services are delegated to the composite service. These access rights may subsequently be revoked when the composite service terminates. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119673 | Predicting and managing resource allocation according to service level agreements - Allocating computing resources comprises allocating an amount of a resource to an application program based on an established service level requirement for utilization of the resource by the application program, determining whether the application program's utilization of the resource exceeds a utilization threshold, and changing the allocated amount of the resource in response to a determination that the application program's utilization of the resource exceeds the utilization threshold. The utilization threshold is based on the established service level requirement and is different than the established service level requirement. Changing the allocation of the resource based on the utilization threshold allows allocating sufficient resources to the application program prior to a breach of a service level agreement for the application program. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119674 | COMMON HANDLER FRAMEWORK - A common handler framework can allow handlers for multiple different types of web services programming models to be used in a single handler chain. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119675 | Extensible Framework for Managing UI State in a Composite AJAX Application - A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for managing the user interface (UI) state of an AJAX application by automatically binding a uniform resource locator (URL) to an application code component. The metadata for controller functions contained in an AJAX Web page are read as it is loaded. Once loaded, the URL of the page is monitored for changes in its value. If the URL's value changes, then the value of the ‘action’ property of the changed URL is compared to the application metadata for validation. If the ‘action’ property of the changed URL does not exist in the application metadata, then the changed URL is considered invalid and its associated actions are ignored. If the ‘action’ property is valid, the function specified by the ‘action’ request parameter is called. A single object parameter is sent, with the properties of the single object parameter derived from the request parameters other than ‘action’. The function is executed and the page is updated to display the value of the object property. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119676 | Virtual heterogeneous channel for message passing - A technique includes using a virtual channel between a first process and a second process to communicate messages between the processes. Each message contains protocol data and user data. All of the protocol data is communicated over a first channel associated with the virtual channel, and the user data is selectively communicated over at least one other channel associated with the virtual channel. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119677 | BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION IN A PARALLEL PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT - A system receives an instruction from a technical computing environment, and commences parallel processing on behalf of the technical computing environment based on the received instruction. The system also sends a query, related to the parallel processing, to the technical computing environment, receives an answer associated with the query from the technical computing environment, and generates a result based on the parallel processing. The system further sends the result to the technical computing environment, where the result is used by the technical computing environment to perform an operation. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119678 | Systems and methods for supporting downloadable applications on a portable client device - Systems and methods for downloading customized applications from a server are described. In some embodiments, a server receives a request from a client device to download an application. The server identifies a type of the client device and a user characteristic. In response to the request, the server obtains a customized environment file associated with the user characteristic for the application, where the customized environment file defines an interface appearance of the application. The server sends to the client device, the customized environment file and the application appropriate for the type of the client device, such that the customized environment file gives the application running on the client device an appearance associated with the user characteristics. Other embodiments are also described. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119679 | PRESENTATION LAYER APPLICATION INTEGRATION - A system for interfacing data between at least a first and a second software program, the system hosting the execution of the software programs and each software program respectively executing computer instruction code, the system including: a computing device operable by a user and with which the user submits authentication data, the computing device indicating the grant of access to the user of the first and second software programs upon independent verification of the user's credentials by the first and second software programs where verification is required; a first selection means operable by the user to select data available to the first software program; a second selection means operable by the user to initiate a first browser and causing the first browser to post the selected data; a receiving means enabling the second software program to receive and process the posted selected data; and transmitting means enabling the second software program to return the processed data to a second browser in a form readily receivable by the second browser. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119680 | SYSTEM AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR DUPLICATE MESSAGE ELIMINATION DURING RECOVERY WHEN MULTIPLE THREADS ARE DELIVERING MESSAGES FROM A MESSAGE STORE TO A DESTINATION QUEUE - Provided are a system and article of manufacture for duplicate message elimination during recovery when multiple threads are delivering messages from a message store to a destination queue. A plurality of message threads process operations to deliver messages from a message store to a destination queue, wherein one message thread processes one message. An in-doubt list is generated identifying messages that are in-progress of being delivered form the message store to the destination queue by the message threads. One message thread processing one message adds an entry including the message identifier and the thread identifier to a monitor queue. The message thread further adds the message to the destination queue. A recovery thread is generated in response to detecting a failure in the processing by the threads to deliver the messages from the message store to the destination queue. The recovery thread processes the messages indicated in the in-doubt list and compares with message identifiers in the monitor queue to prevent duplicate delivery of messages to the destination queue. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119681 | System and Method for Virus Notification Based on Social Groups - Virus notifications based on social groups are provided. When an anti-virus program is updated, the anti-virus program informs its peers within the social group of the update. When a particular peer computing device is infected, it notifies the other anti-virus programs in the social group. The notification to the other anti-virus programs may identify which particular patches/updates are required for that particular peer computing device's anti-virus program based on the data structure that maintains the update status of the anti-virus software on each of the peer computing devices. The anti-virus programs in the social group, based on the notification of the infection from the infected computing device, may automatically perform operations for downloading any required patches and performing a scan of the peer computing device in order to isolate and remove the virus if the peer computing device has become infected. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119682 | RECOVERING RESOURCE CONNECTIONS - Illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for recovering resource connections using persistent subscriptions. In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises subscribing to an event of a predefined resource to create a persistent subscription, wherein upon receiving notification of the event indicating the predefined resource is unavailable, and responsive to receiving the notification, reconnecting to the predefined resource. The method further comprises creating a new listener for receiving event notifications from the predefined resource, obtaining subscription information related to the predefined resource from the persistent subscription, and re-subscribing to the event of the predefined resource. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119683 | SYSTEM AND INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES - A group of IT devices is divided into zones according to a predetermined condition. An IT managing server that manages the group of IT devices sends a control request for changing the state of IT devices included in one of the zones according to the state of those IT devices under its management. The control request specifies the zone as a control target. A facility managing server that manages a group of facility devices receives the control request and controls a facility device that exerts effect on the zone, which is specified as the control target in the control request. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119684 | Selecting Between Pass-Through and Emulation in a Virtual Machine Environment - According to one or more embodiments a logical virtual device may provide the desired functionality using either a virtual device or a physical device connected to a virtual machine. When the physical device is available, a guest operating system executing on a virtual machine (VM) can be instructed to utilize the physical device. When the VM is migrated between hosts of different underlying hardware, or when the physical device becomes unavailable, e.g., through dynamic reconfiguration or reallocation of physical resources, the guest operating system can be instructed to utilize the virtual device instead. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119685 | Multiple Multipathing Software Modules on a Computer System - One embodiment of the present invention is a method for enabling a computer system to run multiple multipathing software modules which includes: (a) scanning for physical devices; (b) scanning for paths to each of the physical devices; (c) presenting the paths to one or more multipathing software modules of a plurality of multipathing software modules operating within the computer system; (d) the multipathing software modules claiming or rejecting one or more of the one or more paths; and (e) creating and exposing one or more logical devices, wherein each logical device is associated with a multipathing software module. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119686 | Method and Apparatus for Interconnectivity Between Legacy Security Systems and Networked Multimedia Security Surveillance Systems - Legacy devices are interfaced into a comprehensive multi-media surveillance system without requiring any modification to the legacy system. This allows a facility equipped with such systems to upgrade overall surveillance capability by overlaying the multi-function networked system over the legacy system and incorporating the legacy system directly into the more comprehensive networked system. This both enhances the functionality of the legacy system and preserves the investment made in prior art technology, while at the same time providing the user with state of the art capability for the overall system. The system provides an interface between legacy devices and a comprehensive, multi-media surveillance system. Data generated by the legacy device or legacy system is “picked-off” and transmitted to the multi-media, networked system. Any legacy device meeting minimum requirements can be interfaced to the networked system. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119687 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ENCODING OBJECT STATES - A method, computer program and system, which, given a set of Boolean state variables, a set of state transitions described as truth tables for the the state variables, a set of initial states (that is states that objects happen to be in when they are brand new or when they are introduced into the system), all established by a natural modeling of the application domain, can derive an encoding that is provably isomorphic to the initial one but smaller, and transitions that match exactly the initial transitions but operating upon the new encoding, without incurring a significant time penalty. This effect is obtained by generating the extensive set of significant states, renumbering those states, then modifying the transitions implementation so as to use the renumbered states in place of the original ones. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119688 | Switching of Media Presentation - A system and method for switching presentation of media between two or more processes without interruption is described. This system and method can enable a user to enjoy media presented in a process and then switch the presentation of that media to another process without interruption in the media. Further, this system and method can enable a user to switch back and forth between media presentation within one application and another application without interruption. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119689 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive suitable for reading a data in an optical disc is provided. The optical disc drive includes a housing, a tray suitable for carrying the optical disc, and a panel. The housing has a first opening, and the panel is disposed at the first opening. The tray is disposed in the housing. The tray has a blocking plate. The blocking plate is disposed on a front edge of the tray, and multiple protrusions are disposed on an upper edge of the blocking plate. Furthermore, the panel has a second opening, and the second opening has multiple notches corresponding to the protrusions. The tray is suitable for exiting out of the housing through the second opening, and the protrusions are suitable for passing through the notches. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119690 | Disk chucking device and disk driving device having the same - A disk chucking device and a disk driving device having the same are disclosed. The disk chucking device may include: a chuck base, on which a boss is formed; chuck chips inserted in the chuck base in a manner such that the chuck chips protrude out from the chuck base; an elastic member, which elastically supports a pair of adjacent chuck chips towards an outer side of the chuck base; and a protrusion portion, which is formed on a bottom of the boss, and which supports the elastic member. The disk chucking device can improve the environment of the elastic members that support the chuck chips, to improve the alignment between the rotation centers of the disk and the chuck base. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119691 | DISC CHANGER - The invention provides a disc changer including a plurality of trays which can be moved respectively in a horizontal direction, a tray driving gear unit capable of shuttling the trays between a standby position and a disc exchange position, a gear driving mechanism for driving the tray driving gear unit, a tray triggering unit capable of locking/unlocking the trays in the standby position, pushing all trays to engage with the tray driving gear unit after unlocking the trays, and driving the trays toward the disc exchange position, wherein all trays in the standby position can be unlocked and pushed to engage with the tray driving gear unit, and ejected outward from a mechanical chassis by a predetermined tray stroke, thereafter the trays are driven back to the standby position one by one, and when the last tray reaches the standby position all trays are locked. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119692 | Optical Pickup Device and Optical Disc Apparatus Using the Same - An optical pickup device includes an optical system unit, a circuit board to control the optical system unit, and send and receive signals, a housing to place the optical system unit and the circuit board, and a flexible printed circuit board to connect electrically with the circuit board, extend to an outside from the housing, and fold back an extended portion, an extended direction of which is changed, in which the flexible printed circuit board is folded back so as to be faced to a side surface of the housing positioned at an extended proximal portion of the flexible printed circuit board, and a dead space of an optical disc apparatus to be mounted with the optical pickup device can be effectively used without making the apparatus large and thick, taking an inner space widely. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119693 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING POLLING AND USER GENERATED CONTENT TO DISPARATE COMMUNICATION - Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for providing user generated content relating to a subject, and collecting polling data relating to the subject, on multiple disparate communication devices. User generated content is received from one or more disparate communication devices and provided for presentation on at least one of the communication devices. Polling data is also received from at least one of the end-users of the communication devices viewing the user generated content, and tabulated to generate poll results displayable on the communication devices. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119694 | Audience Monitoring of IP Multicast Stream - The invention concerns a method for measuring a multicast stream audience, said multicast stream being capable of being replicated by collecting equipment towards user terminals subscribing to said multicast stream. Said method includes a step of transmitting, via at least one collecting equipment to a counting platform, and in accordance with a counting protocol, at least one counting message comprising at least one audience information concerning the replications of the multicast stream by said at least one collecting equipment to at least one user terminal. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119695 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COLLECT MEDIA EXPOSURE INFORMATION - Methods and apparatus to collect media exposure information are described. An example apparatus includes an identifier card including a plurality of machine readable codes corresponding to one or more media stations and a metering device including a scanner to read a first one of the codes and a memory to record media exposure information identifying exposure of a user to a media station associated with the first one of the codes, the media information being stored in association with a timestamp corresponding to a time at which the first one of the codes was read. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119696 | System and Method of Restricting Access to Media Content - A method of restricting access to content delivered via a video distribution network is disclosed and includes receiving a control stream at a service delivery platform. The control stream is related to media content delivered via a video distribution network. The method also includes parsing the control stream and determining, from the parsed control stream, at least one geographical area in which access to programming associated with the video content channel is to be restricted. The method also includes automatically scheduling a conditional access event associated with the media content at least one video head-end of the video distribution network, the at least one video head-end serving the at least one geographical area. In a particular embodiment, the video distribution network can be an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119697 | DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND DISTRIBUTION METHOD - A video distribution device that has a distribution judgment reference input function and a distribution judgment function, and can set different viewing limitations for different motion picture titles. Viewing limitations set viewable scenes and unviewable scenes in one motion picture title. Since the range of viewing limitations can be dynamically generated from access history, the motion pictures can be used for promotion, such as automatically extracting popular scenes for limited release. A viewing limitation range is reasonably decided based on more information by an interface for acquiring information such as access history from the outside. Furthermore, by embedding information of a link to another site in motion picture fragments limitedly released, viewers of the motion picture fragments can be guided to another site in which the whole motion picture can be viewed. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119698 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTROLLED ACCESS - A method for operating a signal receiver which authorizes controlled access, comprising providing an authentication token device having a predetermined usage limit stored therein, providing a reading device for reading the authentication token device, and for implementing the predetermined usage limit while deauthorizing the authentication token device for use with other reading devices, comprising a signal generator for communicating with a signal receiver through a wireless transmission, receiving the wireless transmission at the signal receiver, to permit access based on the received transmission, and upon exceeding the predetermined usage limit, deauthorizing further access. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119699 | SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING A TELEVISION OVER IP SERVICE IN AN IMS ARCHITECTURE NETWORK - The invention relates to a system for activating a television over IP (IPTV) service in an IMS architecture network ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090119700 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND METHOD OF OPERATING A SERVER - There is provided a television receiver which comprises a browser for accessing a web site via the internet. The television receiver is arranged to download data represented by the Wireless Markup Language (WML). The television receiver processes the data to output a signal representative of an interactive television image allowing user interaction with the web site via a remote control. The television receiver supports an extended WML Document Type Definition (DTD) which provides for the representation of additional layout and functional attributes pertaining to the interactive image. The layout of the interactive images determined by metalevel information contained in broadcast television signals. Services from the interactive image can be selected by entering a set of numbers via the numeric keyboard on the remote control, wherein each of the numeric keys of the numeric keys is associated with a number of letters such that the set of numbers to be entered corresponds to a keyword descriptive of the service to be selected. There is also provided an on-line server for connecting the television receiver with the web site. The server is arranged to perform authentication, authorization, compilation, pre-processing and decryption/encryption as part of the connection process. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119701 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING INFORMATION AND COMMANDS REGARDING A MEDIA PROGRAM - A method, a computer program product, and apparatus are provided for delivering information and commands regarding a media program. An advertisement is provided that allows a user to request more information about the media program by clicking on or otherwise selecting the advertisement. The information may be based on the identity of the user. The information may include programming guide information regarding the media program that is available to an associated set top box of the user. The user may also be able to send commands, such as record the media program or set up a reminder about the media program, through a DVR scheduling facility to the set top box. The set top box may be able to send an acceptance of the command or a notice of conflict to the user through the DVR scheduling facility. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119702 | ADVERTISEMENT AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION - A method, a computer readable medium and a system for advertisement and content distribution, comprises a splicer, and a set top box (STB), wherein the splicer is communicably coupled to the STB, wherein the splicer receives content, wherein the splicer receives at least one advertisement, wherein the splicer synchronizes the at least one advertisement on a first address with a slot in the content on a second address to produce an output, wherein the splicer sends the output to the STB, and wherein the STB displays the output. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119703 | Mosaic of Alternate Programming During a Blackout - In response to a user requesting content that has been blacked out, a mosaic is presented having images or data indicative of alternate programming. The mosaic may contain a plurality of viewports that each includes streaming video of currently available content. In conjunction with or in addition to the viewports, the mosaic may present metadata having statistics, cast information, program duration, time remaining, or other data associated with the alternate programming. In some embodiments, a set-top box employs a web-based template to present a mosaic that accesses multimedia content for display using at least one uniform resource locator. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119704 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CATCH UP WITH A RUNNING BROADCAST OR STORED CONTENT | 2009-05-07 |
20090119705 | DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURABLE VIDEO INPUT LIST FOR TV - A video input list is presented on a TV with the viewer's most recent or most selected source moved at or near the top of the list. Also, specific and thus informative labels such as “DVD player” and “PVR” can be used in place of generic “HDMI | 2009-05-07 |
20090119706 | Generation and Delivery of Stepped-Frame Content Via MPEG Transport Streams - Systems and methods are disclosed for processing a video data streams having an input adapted for receiving and processing the video signal and rendering an output signal in a digital format, detecting a particular code within an individual frame of the processed signal that identifies the type of frame that contains the code, and storing the identified frame in a retrievable memory location of the system. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 2009-05-07 |
20090119707 | AUTOMATIC CHANNEL SEARCH METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - An automatic channel search system for use with a video display apparatus that has multiple video interfaces, in which all the channels of the multiple video interfaces are searched for a signaling channel carrying thereon a signal, and the signaling status and/or non-signaling status the respective channels is recorded. Utilizing this method, a channel search operation can be achieved in a significantly reduced time. Particularly, when there is one only one signaling channel found in the search, straightforward image processing is performed on the signal carried on that signaling channel to display the image of the signal. Further, when more than one signaling channel is found, the signaling channels are shown for the user to select one, and the signal of the selected channel is processed and displayed. | 2009-05-07 |