24th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 72 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100153789 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DIAGNOSIS RESULT NOTIFYING METHOD - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a display unit; an information generating module configured to generate, based on a first error code that represents an internal state of the information processing apparatus, a second error code that is more acknowledgeable to a user as compared with the first error code; and a display controller configured to control the display unit to display the second error code so as to allow the user to dictate the internal state of the information processing apparatus by use of the second error code. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153790 | PERFORMANCE TROUBLE ISOLATION SUPPORT APPARATUS - Operation information about a component of an information system is acquired by a CMDB (configuration management database). An investigation information DB stores assumption narrowing information including a plurality of inquiry items to be issued to a user to narrow a cause of a fault of an information system to a specific assumption, and assumption verification information including information necessary for verification of an assumption for each of a plurality of assumptions included in the assumption narrowing information. An inquiry item optimizing function unit refers to the assumption verification information stored in the investigation information DB and operation information stored in the CMDB, generates priority assignment information necessary in assigning a priority to the inquiry item, and assigns the priority to the inquiry item included in the assumption narrowing information on the basis of the priority assignment information. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153791 | MANAGING BY ONE PROCESS STATE OF ANOTHER PROCESS TO FACILITATE HANDLING OF ERROR CONDITIONS - One process of a processing environment maintains state on behalf of another process of the processing environment, and uses that state to determine if a problem exists with the another process. The one process is a non-volatile process, while the another process is a volatile process. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153792 | Circuit and method for correcting skew in a plurality of communication channels for communicating with a memory device, memory controller, system and method using the same, and memory test system and method using the same - In a circuit and method for correcting skew among a plurality of communication channels used in communicating with a memory circuit, and in a memory controller and memory controlling method, and in a memory system and method, the circuit for correcting skew includes a transmitting circuit for transmitting a reference signal to input ends of the plurality of channels and through the plurality of channels, and a plurality of receiving circuits for receiving at the input ends of the plurality of channels a respective plurality of reflected signals, the reflected signals being reflected from respective output ends of the plurality of channels. A detection circuit receives the reflected signals and detects relative signal propagation time differences between the plurality of channels. A delay circuit coupled to at least one of the channels sets a signal propagation delay in the at least one of the channels based on the detected relative signal propagation time differences. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153793 | APPARATUS, METHODS, AND SYSTEM OF NAND DEFECT MANAGEMENT - Various embodiments comprise apparatus, methods, and systems including method comprising searching for a group address among a plurality of group addresses in a mapping table, and if a match is found, performing a memory operation on a first plurality of memory blocks indicated by the mapping table, and if a match is not found, performing a memory operation on a second plurality of memory blocks, the second plurality of memory blocks having the group address. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153794 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ON-BOARD TIMING MARGIN TESTING OF MEMORY MODULES - A memory module includes several memory devices coupled to a memory hub. The memory hub includes several link interfaces coupled to respective processors, several memory controller coupled to respective memory devices, a cross-bar switch coupling any of the link interfaces to any of the memory controllers, a write buffer and read cache for each memory device and a self-test module. The self-test module includes a pattern generator producing write data having a predetermined pattern, and a flip-flop having a data input receiving the write data. A clock input of the flip-flop receives an internal clock signal from a delay line that receives a variable frequency clock generator. Read data are coupled from the memory devices and their pattern compared to the write data pattern. The delay of the delay line and frequency of the clock signal can be varied to test the speed margins of the memory devices. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153795 | METHOD FOR GENERATING TEST PATTERNS FOR SMALL DELAY DEFECTS - A method for generating a test pattern set for detecting small delay defects of an IC is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) generating a traditional delay fault pattern, (2) fault grading the traditional delay fault pattern for small delay defect coverage, (3) reporting faults detected by the fault grading and delay information associated with the detected faults, (4) determining which of the detected faults are timing-aware target faults employing the delay information and (5) generating timing-aware delay fault patterns for the timing-aware target faults. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153796 | Scan Chain Circuit and Method - A scan chain circuit is disclosed. The scan chain circuit includes a chain of serially coupled clocked circuits. In a first mode of operation, each of the clocked circuits toggles in response to a rising edge of a clock signal. In a second mode of operation, a first set of the clocked circuits in the chain of serially coupled clocked circuits toggle in response to the rising edge of the clock signal and a second set of the clocked circuits in the chain of serially coupled clocked circuits toggle in response to a falling edge of the clock signal. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153797 | Apparatus and method of authenticating Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) - In an apparatus including a joint test action group (JTAG) authentication device, and a JTAG authentication method using the apparatus, the apparatus includes a joint test action group (JTAG) authentication device, the apparatus comprising a JTAG access circuit that determines whether to access a JTAG-compliant device according to a predetermined protocol that governs the JTAG-compliant device and the apparatus, wherein the JTAG access circuit at least one of inactivates at least one of inner bus lines and inner units and activates the at least one of the inner bus lines and the inner units according to whether the JTAG-compliant device is accessed. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153798 | SERIAL I/O USING JTAG TCK AND TMS SIGNALS - The present disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus of using the JTAG TAP's TMS and TCK terminals as a general purpose serial Input/Output (I/O) bus. According to the present disclosure, the TAP's TMS terminal is used as a clock signal and the TCK terminal is used as a bidirectional data signal to allow serial communication to occur between; (1) an IC and an external controller, (2) between a first and second IC, or (3) between a first and second core circuit within an IC. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153799 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOOPBACK SELF TESTING - A system and method for loopback self testing. A system includes a host device and an endpoint device. The host device transmits unencoded test symbols. The endpoint device loops back the unencoded test symbols to the host device. The host device drives at least some bits of each unencoded test symbol onto host device data signals and drives at least some bits of each unencoded test symbol onto host device control signals. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153800 | LOGIC TESTER AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY MEASURING DELAY PERIODS OF MULTIPLE TESTED DEVICES - The invention provides a logic tester. In one embodiment, the logic tester is coupled to a plurality of tested devices, and includes a function generator and a pattern comparator. The function generator generates an initial code sequence as an input signal of the tested devices to fix output signals of the tested devices to a first value, and then generates a functional code sequence as the input signal of the tested devices to trigger the output signals of the tested devices to change from the first value to a second value. The pattern comparator converts the output signals of the tested devices to a plurality of bitstreams after the functional code sequence is generated, calculates numbers of bits corresponding to the first value in the bitstreams, estimates delay periods of the tested devices according to the numbers of bits, and outputs the delay periods of the tested devices. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153801 | METHOD FOR AT SPEED TESTING OF DEVICES - A semiconductor device that includes a module under test that is integrated with the semiconductor device, that receives an input signal from a test module, and that provides an output signal to at least one output terminal based on the input signal. An error detecting module is integrated with the semiconductor device, samples values of the output signal, and outputs the sampled values to the test module. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153802 | System and Method for Anycast Transport Optimization - A system includes first, second, and third content servers, and an edge server. The first, second, and third content servers each are configured to cache content. The edge server is in communication with the first, second, and third content servers. The edge server is configured to receive a content request, and to request different portions of the content from each of the first, second, and third content servers based on a network cost of each of the first, second, and third content servers. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153803 | RETRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD AND RECEIVING SIDE APPARATUS - A retransmission control method has a physical control channel transmission step wherein a transmission side apparatus ( | 2010-06-17 |
20100153804 | Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Round Trip Time And Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement Repetition In Discontinuous Reception - A method is provided for detecting a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) message. The method comprising setting a round trip time (RTT) based on a time delay associated with acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) repetitions, and receiving a retransmitted HARQ message when the RTT expires. Also provided is a user equipment (UE) comprising a processor configured to set an RTT based on a time delay associated with ACK/NACK repetitions, and receive a retransmitted HARQ message when the RTT expires. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153805 | ERROR DETECTION IN PHYSICAL INTERFACES FOR POINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - An apparatus, system and method for detecting errors in a physical interface during the transmission and/or receipt of data communications between integrated circuits (“ICs”) are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus for generating error-detection codes in a physical interface for the transmission of data communications between integrated circuits (“ICs”) includes an N bit-to-N+2 (“N bit/N+2”) bit physical layer (“PHY”) encoder configured to insert a physical interface error detection bit with N application data bits to form N+1 unencoded data bits, and encode said N+1 unencoded data bits to yield N+2 encoded data bits. The apparatus further includes an error-detection code generator configured to generate a number of bits constituting an error-detection code that includes said physical interface error detection bit, wherein N represents any integer number of data bits. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153806 | System and Method for Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Functionality in a Relay Node - A relay node. The relay node includes a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) entity providing a first HARQ functionality. The relay node further includes a second HARQ entity providing a second HARQ functionality. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153807 | Establishment of Reliable Multicast/Broadcast in a Wireless Network - Various example embodiments are disclosed relating to the establishment of reliable multicast/broadcast sessions in a wireless network. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus may be configured to receive, from a wireless recipient station, a request to establish a reliable multicast/broadcast session with the recipient station. The apparatus may be further configured to transmit, to the recipient station, a response to the request to establish the reliable multicast/broadcast session. The response may include one or more retransmission fields describing a retransmission of data for the requested reliable multicast/broadcast session. For example, the request may include a retransmission multicast address to be used for retransmission of data for the multicast/broadcast session. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153808 | METHOD OF TRANSMISSION OF LARGE DATA AMOUNTS IN SENSOR NETWORK BASED ON MAC - A large data transmission method in a sensor network based on a media access control (MAC) is provided. The method includes dividing data to be transferred into a plurality of data segments; generating a plurality of media access control (MAC) segmented data frames by including in each data segment an indication that the data is generated by segmentation and assigning a sequence number to the data segment; transmitting the generated MAC segmented data frames sequentially; receiving a MAC reception failure frame indicating reception failure for a predetermined period of time from a receiving sensor node after completing the transmitting of all the MAC segmented data frames; and retransmitting the MAC segmented data frames which correspond to at least one sequence number included in the received MAC reception failure frame. Accordingly, large data transmission times can be reduced in a MAC for a sensor network. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153809 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING WINDOW START UPDATE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION HARQ CONNECTION - Embodiments of the present disclosure allow a HARQ transmitter to provide a receiver an indication of the protocol data units (PDUs) that should not be expected because they are part of a data burst that has been retransmitted a maximum allowable number of times. The indication message may contain a maximum serial number contained in the data burst that has reached the maximum number of retransmissions, or the serial number of a first PDU in the next data burst. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153810 | DECODING DEVICE AND RECEIVING DEVICE - A decoding apparatus for low density parity check codes includes a variable-to-check message generator and a check-to-variable message generator. The variable-to-check message generator includes a variable-to-check processing unit block, provided with an adder, and which is arranged between registers corresponding to locations of ‘1’s in a check matrix. The check-to-variable message generator includes a check-to-variable processing unit block, provided with a comparator, between registers corresponding to locations of ‘1’s in the check matrix. The decoding apparatus for low density parity check codes is simple in configuration and is able to perform high speed processing without using RAMs without the necessity of performing complex control operations. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153811 | METHOD FOR DECODING USING DYNAMIC SCHEDULING SCHEME FOR LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODES AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Disclosed is a decoding method and device for low density parity check codes using dynamic scheduling. The low density parity check codes are sequentially decoded, and the messages are scheduled in the descending order of the difference between values before and after updating the message transmitted from the variable node to the check node. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153812 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING LDPC CODES - Methods and apparatus for encoding codewords which are particularly well suited for use with low density parity check (LDPC) codes and long codewords are described. The described methods allow encoding graph structures which are largely comprised of multiple identical copies of a much smaller graph. Copies of the smaller graph are subject to a controlled permutation operation to create the larger graph structure. The same controlled permutations are directly implemented to support bit passing between the replicated copies of the small graph. Bits corresponding to individual copies of the graph are stored in a memory and accessed in sets, one from each copy of the graph, using a SIMD read or write instruction. The graph permutation operation may be implemented by simply reordering bits, e.g., using a cyclic permutation operation, in each set of bits read out of a bit memory so that the bits are passed to processing circuits corresponding to different copies of the small graph. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153813 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING LDPC CODE - An encoding method using a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) matrix having a codeword length of N and an information word length K is provided to improve coding efficiency, and includes generating a first parity bit vector ( | 2010-06-17 |
20100153814 | METHOD BASED ON ERROR CORRECTOR CODES, APPLICABLE TO A VARIABLE RATE MULTIMEDIA DATASTREAM - A method and apparatus are provided for creating a matrix for correcting errors of transmission of multimedia data packets at a non-constant rate between a sender terminal and at least one receiver terminal. The multimedia data packets constitute elements of the correction matrix. The correction matrix has dimensions that are determined as a function of a maximum rate of the multimedia data packets at the input of the sender terminal, and the multimedia data packets are placed in the correction matrix at regular time slots. A noted absence of any multimedia data packets for a given time slot is represented in the correction matrix by an empty location. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153815 | Systems and Methods for Decreasing Latency in a Digital Transmission System - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of methods, systems, and apparatus for encoding OFDM packets in a digital communication system. In one exemplary method embodiment, LDPC codewords in an IEEE 802.11 wireless transmission are shortened, decreasing the iterations necessary to insure accurate communications. The codewords are shortened by adding known bits in predetermined locations in the last data symbol of a packet. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153816 | Methods and apparatus to identify the accessibility of femto-base stations in communication systems - A system and method for identifying the accessibility of femto base stations in a communication system. The system and method includes a plurality of macro base stations, open-access femto base stations and femto base stations with different subscriber groups. At least one of the base stations includes a transmitter configured to apply a base station identifier, such as a closed subscription group identifier, as a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) mask to XOR (exclusive OR) the CRC of a broadcast channel communication or an input to generate a scrambling sequence to the broadcast channel communication. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153817 | DATA CORRECTION APPARATUS, DATA CORRECTION METHOD AND TANGIBLE MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A data correction apparatus, a data correction method and a tangible machine-readable medium thereof are provided. The data correction method comprises the following steps: receiving a plurality of packets; determining that all of the packets are erroneous packets according to cyclic redundancy check (CRC) information thereof; retrieving any number of pairs among the packets to proceed an exclusive-OR (XOR) logical calculation to generate a plurality of error patterns; obtaining an overall error pattern according to an OR logical calculation of the error patterns; and calculating a correct packet according to one or more of the packets and the overall error pattern. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153818 | MULTILEVEL ENCODING WITH ERROR CORRECTION - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, and apparatuses related to multilevel encoding with error correction. In some embodiments, a plurality of bits may be encoded into a plurality of multilevel memory cells by level-shifting a subset of the plurality of multilevel memory cells for a bit of the plurality of bits. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153819 | Decoding Method and System for Low-Density Parity Check Code - A decoding method for LDPC code includes steps of obtaining a set of parity-check matrices of a set of block codes; obtaining an identical parity-check matrix from the set of parity-check matrices; dividing the identical parity-check matrix into an odd identical parity-check matrix and an even identical parity-check matrix, wherein the odd identical parity-check matrix being composed of odd rows of the identical parity-check matrix, and the even identical parity-check matrix being composed of even rows of the identical parity-check matrix; and decoding the set of block codes basing on the odd identical parity-check matrix and the even identical parity-check matrix. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153820 | MEMORY WITH GUARD VALUE DEPENDENT ERROR CORRECTION - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, and apparatuses related to calculating an error correction code for a program page dependent on guard values that correspond to words of the program page. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153821 | Solid-state memory with error correction coding - In a particular embodiment, a storage device is disclosed that includes a solid-state storage media. The storage device further includes a read/write circuit including an error correction coding (ECC) encoder/decoder adapted to write data and associated ECC information to the solid-state storage media without performing a read-verify operation. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153822 | Constructing Forward Error Correction Codes - Construction and use of forward error correction codes is provided. A systematic MDS FEC code is obtained having a property wherein any set of contiguous or non-contiguous r packets can be lost during a data transmission of k data packets and r encoded packets and the original k packets can be recovered unambiguously. The systematic MDS FEC code is transformed into a (k+r, k) systematic MDS FEC code that guarantees at least one of the encoded packets is a parity packet. The starting systematic MDS FEC code may be Cauchy-based, and the transformation code derived from the starting Cauchy-based MDS FEC code allows for very efficient initialization, encoding and decoding operations. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153823 | CODING METHOD AND CODING DEVICE - The present invention relates to coding method and coding device that allow Rate-Compatible LDPC (low-density parity-check) codes to have favorable BER performance both with a low code rate and with a high code rate. In coding of LDPC codes that have plural code rates and whose all parity check matrices are composed of plural cyclic matrices, a coder | 2010-06-17 |
20100153824 | SOFT-ERROR DETECTION FOR ELECTRONIC-CIRCUIT REGISTERS - In one embodiment, a circuit has multiple flip-flops with gated clock inputs controlled by an enable signal, where the clock signal is gated in order to reduce power consumption by the circuit. The circuit has an error detection and correction (EDC) module that is active when the enable signal is low in order to detect and correct soft errors of the flip-flops. The EDC module generates and stores an error-correction code based on the data outputs of the flip-flops. The EDC module then compares the stored error-correction code to a presently generated error-correction code, where if they are not identical, then the EDC (a) determines (i) that a soft error has occurred and (ii) which flip-flop suffered the soft error and (b) flips a corresponding error-correction signal to provide a correct corresponding output signal while the enable signal is low. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153825 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A digital broadcasting system and method, where the digital broadcasting system includes: a transmission stream generator multiplexing a normal stream and a turbo stream to generate a dual transmission stream; a transmitter inserting an supplementary reference signal (SRS) into the dual transmission stream, processing the turbo stream to reconstitute the dual transmission stream, and outputting the reconstituted dual transmission stream; and a receiver receiving the reconstituted dual transmission stream, separately turbo decoding the turbo stream, inserting the turbo decode turbo stream into the dual transmission stream, and decoding the dual transmission stream into which the turbo decoded turbo stream has been inserted, to restore normal stream data and turbo stream data. Thus, reception sensitivity of a digital broadcasting signal can be efficiently improved. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153826 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TAIL BITING CONVOLUTIONAL ENCODING - Provided are an apparatus and a method for tail biting convolutional encoding. The apparatus includes a plurality of shift registers and at least one operator. The plurality of shift registers sequentially performs a shift operation on input bit-stream. The operator outputs an encoded bit-stream by performing convolutional encoding on an output of the shift register using a generator polynomial corresponding to a predetermined code rate. A transmission encoded bit-stream is created by replacing encoded data for a certain initial bit-stream of the encoded bit-stream with a bit-stream obtained by subsequently performing convolutional encoding on the initial bit-stream. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153827 | Multicast With UDP Using Packet Identifier in MPEG Payload - Content information is multicast via a data network to a plurality of receivers, using data packets in a transport stream. The content information is encapsulated according to a container format standard that allows an optional field in a packet header. Each data packet forms a payload of a datagram in a connectionless communication protocol. The optional field in each data packet is used to carry an identifier for identifying the data packet in a pre-determined sequence of the data packets. The use of the optional field enables packet loss detection at the receiver. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153828 | Method and apparatus for error detection in a communication system - A method processes a data packet in a first sequence of disjoint original segments of the same length. The method includes modifying a first of the original segments of the first sequence by modifying one or more symbols therein. A start of the data packet is located in the first of the original segments and is positioned after a first digital data symbol therein. The method also includes modifying a last of the original segments of the first sequence by modifying one or more digital data symbols therein. An end of the data packet is located in the last of the original segments and is located before the last digital data symbol therein. The method also includes determining a remainder sequence by effectively performing a polynomial division on a second sequence of disjoint segments that are derived from the first sequence. Each segment of the second sequence corresponds to and is derived from one of the original segments of the first sequence. The segments of the second sequence have the length of the original segments of the first sequence. A first of the derived segments of the second sequence is the modified first of the original segments. A last of the derived segments of the second sequence is derived from the modified last of the original segments. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153829 | RESIDUE GENERATION - In one embodiment, circuitry is provided to generate a residue based at least in part upon operations and a data stream generated based at least in part upon a packet. The operations may include at least one iteration of at least one reduction operation including (a) multiplying a first value with at least one portion of the data stream, and (b) producing a reduction by adding at least one other portion of the data stream to a result of the multiplying. The operations may include at least one other reduction operation including (c) producing another result by multiplying with a second value at least one portion of another stream based at least in part upon the reduction, (d) producing a third value by adding at least one other portion of the another stream to the another result, and (e) producing the residue by performing a Barrett reduction based at least in part upon the third value. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153830 | CARRY BUCKET-AWARE MULTIPLICATION - An apparatus comprising an integrated circuit configured to accept a plurality of operands; multiply the operands producing an result in a first binary format; and distribute the result in the first binary format over a plurality of data units in a second binary format, each unit having W bits with k>0 most significant bits set to zero. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153831 | System and method for overlay advertising and purchasing utilizing on-line video or streaming media - A system and method for overlay advertising and purchasing utilizing on-line and streaming media. In at least one embodiment, a viewer user receiving on-line video or streaming media is able to pause content and be directed, on the same media player, to a product panel to select product(s) to be purchased, customized, or to receive additional static or dynamic information. The method and system also provides for network connectivity to other web-based and physical services and tracking systems to determine traffic to and from the on-line video or streaming media content. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153832 | Collections of Linked Databases - Methods and systems relating to inferential networks are provided herein. This technology is further directed to methods and systems for making and using inferential networks. Still further, this technology is generally directed to making one or more inferential networks by using data generated from directed searches of collections of linked databases. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153833 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING QUOTATIONS FROM A REFERENCE DOCUMENT ON A TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention is a system and method for generating quotations from a reference document on a touch sensitive display device or other handheld device, including the following steps: (a) providing a reference document; (b) displaying the reference document; (c) capturing an image of a portion of the reference document; (d) editing the captured portion of the reference document; and (e) generating a quotation comprising an image quotation and a bibliographical reference to a referenced portion of the reference document. The present invention may be used in Apple iPhones®, hand-held devices that inspectors may use to quote reference documents to substantiate statements of problems found during industrial inspections, and in other purposes. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153834 | BUSINESS FORM CREATING SYSTEM, NETWORK SYSTEM USING THE SAME, AND BUSINESS FORM CREATING METHOD - Disclosed are a business form creating system that can easily create a business form with an attractive visual form (that is, viewable), a business form creating method, and a program. A business form creating system that creates a business form from information described or created in an electronic format includes: a business form output managing unit that calculates business form output information, which includes layout information of a business form to be output, on the basis of printing control data, which defines an output representation of at least one of data to be described in fields and records of the business form to be output, and print data having data to be described in the fields of the business form to be output; and a form file creating unit that creates a form file of the business form on the basis of the calculated business form output information. The business form is created using the form file. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153835 | LINKING ANNOTATIONS TO DOCUMENT OBJECTS - In an example embodiment, a method is provided for linking an annotation to a document object of a document. Here, a structured document format associated with the document is accessed and this structured document format defines document objects and object identifiers identifying the document objects. The annotation assigned to the document object is received and an object identifier that identifies the document object is identified. This object identifier comprises at least one other document object that is related to the document object. The object identifier is then associated with the annotation and this association links the annotation to the document object. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153836 | Content rendering control system and method - A system and method for controlling of rendering of content via electronic networks, whereby content is rendered at a content page only when and to the extent that a pre-defined area of the content page is within the viewer's browser window dimensions and scrolling position, or within a pre-defined distance outside of said browser window dimensions and scrolling position. When a viewer accesses a content page and as the viewer scrolls up or down or left or right on the page, or increases or decreases the dimensions of the viewer's browser window, content that has been designated to render in the content page area corresponding to the viewer's then current browser window dimensions and scrolling position is rendered. Content relating to areas of the content page that are not within (or within such pre-defined distance from) the viewer's browser window dimensions and scrolling position unless or until such area is within such browser window dimensions and scrolling position or said pre-defined distance outside of same. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153837 | PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING AN EXI PROCESSOR - The present invention concerns a processing method and system for configuring a processor for coding/decoding structured documents of XML type. The method includes generating at least one unified model representative of the structure of an element type on the basis of at least one structured configuration document, said unified model including statistical information on transitions between items made in the occurrences of said element type within the configuration documents, and optimizing said unified model, using the statistical information on transitions, by deletion of at least one transition of the unified model and/or grouping together of at least two transitions within the unified model. Thus, the transition information makes it possible to configure the processor with a number of productions that is limited and adapted for the coding or the decoding of the structured documents. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153838 | ADAPTIVE CONTENT DELIVERY - A method and apparatus that provides adaptation in the content delivered to a palmtop computer. Connections between a palmtop computer and the Internet can vary from low speed dial-up to very high speed. Also, a palmtop computer's display, memory and processing power can vary considerably. Communication with the Internet is generally through a proxy server that can deduce these considerations from the palmtop computer's serial number and/or other information specified by user. The proxy server can then adapt the content based upon these considerations (e.g. only send two bit gray scale images to non-color palmtop computer, only send first frame of animated gif to low processing power palmtop computer, etc.). | 2010-06-17 |
20100153839 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING WEB-BASED APPLICATION TEMPLATES - A method, system and software program on a computer readable medium are provided, for generating a template compatible with Microsoft Silverlight. An authoring application can be used that provides access to a Microsoft PowerPoint slide, permitting objects to be added to the slide. The authoring application also permits properties of the objects to be defined and then converts the objects to a format associated with Silverlight (XAML) to generate a template, and generates metadata defining the properties for application of the properties to said template. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153840 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA RECORD VISUALIZATION ON A COMPUTER USER INTERFACE - Data records with one or more data objects are displayed according to layout rules on a computer user interface. The data objects associated with the record are identified, layout rules for the one or more data objects of the record are accessed and a layout is calculated based at least in part a uniqueness coefficient of the one or more data objects. The data objects are then displayed on the computer interface according to the determined layout. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153841 | CONSTRAINT-BASED CORRECTION OF SHAPE POSITIONS IN A DIAGRAM - Technologies are described herein for correcting the layout of shapes in a diagram, and specifically for diagrams having constraint-based layouts, such as with lists of regions and shapes directly connected without connecting lines. A request is received to correct the diagram layout. Shape layouts are predicted for each region, followed by minimal region corrections corresponding to the corrected shape layouts. Corrected layouts are provided sequentially through the lists of regions while resolving conflicts. Virtual nodes may be utilized to preserve region layouts when flipping or rotating diagrams. A connection classification and prioritization system is used to layout shapes and regions within a diagram having one or more direct connections between shapes and/or regions. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153842 | RENDERING SOURCE CONTENT FOR DISPLAY - A method for rendering source content for display in a destination figure is provided. The method may include receiving the source content of the file, replicating the source content in a region surrounding the source content, such that replicated source content is aligned with the source content, extracting an axis-aligned rectangular tile containing the source content from the region, and rendering the axis-aligned rectangular tile onto the destination figure. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153843 | Processing of Printed Documents - A document processing method comprises adding document markers to predetermined locations of an electronically stored document. These are printed with the document. The document is scanned and the scanned document markers are used to process the scanned image. This processing comprises at least pixel threshold setting, and determination of the locations of the scanned image which are to be processed to derive the pixels of a digital version of the document. This enables local deformations in the paper document to be corrected, and enables correct thresholds for the printing and scanning operations to be applied. The electronically stored document can be processed to derive a set of document properties which can be used when constructing the digital version. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153844 | THREE DIMENSIONAL ICON STACKS - A method performed by a user device includes displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) on a touch screen, where the GUI includes a stack having a plurality of items. Each of the plurality of items is at least partially exposed to permit selection by a user, and each of the plurality of items includes content or provides access to content. The method further includes detecting an area of the touch screen that is touched by an instrument, and determining whether the touched area corresponds to an area of the stack or an area of one of the plurality of items. The method also includes determining a gesture corresponding to the touched area, performing an operation, corresponding to the gesture, on the stack or on the one of the plurality of items, and displaying, on the touch screen, content associated with the operation. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153845 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK GENERATION BASED ON RESONANT FREQUENCY - A system that generates a haptic effect generates a drive cycle signal that includes a drive period and a monitoring period. The drive period includes a plurality of drive pulses that are based on the haptic effect. The system applies the drive pulses to a resonant actuator during the drive period and receives a signal from the resonant actuator that corresponds to the position of a mass in the actuator during the monitoring period. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153846 | PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system is disclosed that includes a media player that plays media files, memory storing a plurality of media files, and a media manager. The media manager generates a new playlist of media files based on one or more characteristics associated with a currently playing media file and provides the new playlist to the media player for playback. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153847 | USER DEFORMATION OF MOVIE CHARACTER IMAGES - A method or apparatus permits a user to input anatomical feature deformations of character images of a video or movie for display during the video or movie. The user views a video and may select particular anatomical features of the video. In response to the input, the method or apparatus generates a deformed anatomical feature corresponding to the selected anatomical feature. The deformed anatomical feature is displayed in place of the selected anatomical feature during the video. The method or apparatus may then automatically generate modifications of the deformed anatomical feature for display with additional frames of the video so that the modifications correspond to orientation and position changes of the selected anatomical feature in additional frames of the video. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153848 | INTEGRATED BRANDING, SOCIAL BOOKMARKING, AND AGGREGATION SYSTEM FOR MEDIA CONTENT - A system enables user generated content (UGC) and data (collectively metadata) to be associated with playable media content in a GUI. A skin (metadata and GUI) overlays the media content and includes a set of markers associated with the selected media content, the markers with at least one of an elapsed time and a frame of the selected playable media content and including metatags relevant to the content of the media at the elapsed time or frame. The system includes a social networking and sharing platform and provides layers of meta-information that can be added, deleted, or edited without altering the original content. The system enables the tagging of objects within content and allows these objects to be matched to any category of interest, and allows sharing of such tags. The system enables ‘search & discovery’ by sorting and matching labels (e.g., title & description) and works with still image media, audio, or video. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153849 | DYNAMIC IMAGE SLIDESHOW DISPLAY SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS - In one example, a slideshow is presented, wherein the images to be viewed are presented in a first slideshow area, and a video or animation is presented in a second slideshow area that at least partially surrounds the first slideshow area. Thus, as user images are presented in the first area, the video or animation in the second area may be used to entertain the viewer or to give context to the slideshow. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153850 | DISTRIBUTED SCRIPTING FOR PRESENTATIONS WITH TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS - A live presentation may be prepared and displayed by providing a primary scripting room for preparing a presentation script and a control computer in the primary scripting computer for use by a control operator to view and/or edit possible contributions to the presentation script and for saving the presentation script being preparing. At least one remote scripting room may be connected to the primary scripting room by network to form a virtual scripting room therewith. A remote computer may provided in the remote scripting room for operation by a contributor to provide possible contributions to the presentation script viewable by the remote operator. At least portions of the saved scripted presentation may be presented on a display computer as the live presentation. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153851 | RENDERING RSS SUBSCRIPTIONS ON A CALENDAR - Rendering RSS subscriptions on a calendar may be provided. First, an RSS feed may be received by an RSS client. The RSS feed may contain a data item associated with an event date. A recipient computer running an electronic calendar program may display the received data item on the surface of an electronic calendar. The data item may be displayed in the location on the electronic calendar representing the event date. Periodically, new content may be downloaded from the RSS feed and used to update the displayed data items. The RSS client may also handle data related to the scheduling functions of the electronic calendar. Displaying the received data item may comprise displaying a graphical icon contained within the received data item wherein the graphical icon is a visual representation of an event represented by the data item. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153852 | Method and System for Providing Interactive Flow Chart Elements - Exemplary embodiments include methods and systems for diagnosing and/or analyzing one or more service problems including an acquire module configured to acquire one or more interactive flow chart methods to diagnose one or more service problems, wherein each of the one or more interactive flow chart methods comprises one or more method steps. Also, the system may include an analytical module configured to provide a first method step of the one or more interactive flow chart methods to a user and provide a second method step of the one or more interactive flow chart methods based at least in part on a user feedback to the first method step; and a presentation module configured to display a diagnostic report of the one or more service problems. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153853 | Networked Touchscreen With Integrated Interfaces - An integrated security system integrates broadband and mobile access and control with conventional security systems and premise devices to provide a tri-mode security network that with remote connectivity and access. The integrated security system includes a touchscreen providing security keypad functionality as well as content management and presentation, and is used as a security system interface and an interface for interacting with a network. The integrated security system delivers remote premise monitoring and control functionality to conventional monitored premise protection and complements existing premise protection equipment. The integrated security system integrates into the premise network and couples wirelessly with the conventional security panel, enabling broadband access to premise security systems. Automation devices can be added, enabling users to remotely see live video or pictures and control home devices via a personal web portal, mobile phone, or other client device. Users can receive notifications of detected events via electronic message. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153854 | PRESENCE INDICATION CONFIGURATION METHODOLOGY - A presence model is maintained for a messaging system to message among a plurality of computing device users. A permission is maintained for providing to a first computing device a presence indication for a user of a second computing device. Based on an indication of a user of the first computing device not being in a messaging list for the user of the second computing device, the permission is maintained to provide only a basic presence indication to the first computing device for the user of the second computing device. From the first computing device, a message is caused to be sent to the second computing device. Based on the maintained permission, the basic presence indication for the user of the second computing device is provided to the first computing device and a user interface element is provided via which the user of the first computing device can be added to a messaging list for the user of the second computing device. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153855 | Communication Management - A method may include receiving a communication thread and identifying at least some items of interest in the communication thread. The method may also include displaying the communication thread with the identified items of interest being highlighted or displayed in a different manner than other portions of the communication thread. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153856 | PERSONALISED MEDIA PRESENTATION - Apparatus for dynamically generating a personalised version of a presentation for a user, the presentation comprising a first assembled selection of more than one of a plurality of media components, each of the plurality of media components being associated with metadata specific to it, the apparatus including—selection means for selection of at least one of the plurality of media components, wherein the selection is performed in dependence on the metadata associated with the selected media component or components,—assembly means for assembly of the selection of the at least one of the plurality of media components, where more than one of the plurality of media components is selected, and—user interface means for activating the selection means and assembly means, wherein in use the user can activate the selection means and assembly means using the user interface means after commencement of the presentation, to dynamically generate the personalised version of the presentation comprising a second assembled selection of at least one of the plurality of media components. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153857 | SHARED SPACE FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION - Embodiments provide a shared space for communicating information. In an embodiment a number of users associated with a computing environment can use a shared space to communicate information with one another. Each computing device of the computing environment can include a shared space application. The shared space application includes a number of interactive tools that can be used to persist various communications between associated computing devices of a computing environment. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153858 | Uniform virtual environments - A methodology is disclosed for creating a uniform virtual environment across disparate devices utilizing a plurality of delivery services. A communication system including at least two graphical display devices and a communication service platform for providing communication, a method of providing communications services comprising the steps of: receiving at the first user device a message sent by the communications service, the message including an avatar of the second user; displaying the avatar of the second user on the display of the first user; receiving at the second user device a message sent by the communication service, an avatar of a first user; and displaying the avatar of the first user on the display of the second user. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153859 | USE OF INFORMATION CHANNELS TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - The invention generally relates to virtual environments, and more particularly to systems and methods for communicating in virtual environments. A method of providing communication in a virtual universe (VU) includes instantiating and assigning an information channel to a first client of the VU, associating at least one additional client of the VU to the information channel, and conveying data placed on the information channel to the first client and the at least one additional client. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153860 | DYNAMIC LOCATION GENERATION WITHIN A VIRTUAL WORLD - An approach is provided for dynamic loading and rendering of avatar's initial login environment. The approach consists of a method and a system for dynamically rendering locations from a preference list of locations most likely to be visited by an avatar. In one embodiment the method consists of creating a preference list of locations most likely to be visited by the avatar, rendering a dynamically built continuous environment populated from such preference list of locations most likely to be visited by the avatar, and caching and thereafter rendering at least one of the locations from the preference list of locations most likely to be visited by said avatar. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153861 | INTERACTIVE EVENTS - An interactive event allows clients to provide feedback to the performing artist and/or producers relative to the event being observed. Feedback options include shout outs, emotapplause, and voting. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153862 | General Object Graph for Web Users - A General Object Graph is described arranged for sharing structured data between users and between applications and for social networking between the users, an associated graphical user interface and application to a virtual file system with an associated authorization scheme. A distributed version of the General Object Graph is also presented known as a General Object Graph. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153863 | System and Method For Collecting And Providing Resource Rate Information Using Resource Profiling - A computer system and method is disclosed for collecting resource rate information associated with a plurality of resource profiles and providing resource rate statistical data for a specific resource profile via a web-based interface. Each resource profile is defined from hierarchical profile selections to identify a job category, and each job category has one or more skills associated therewith. A database maintains the resource profiles and associated resource rate information. The resource rate information is collected from a variety of sources, including business entities that interface with the database to upload actual resource rate information (e.g., actual salaries, wage rates and other compensation information) for one or more resource profiles associated with the business entity. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153864 | ADAPTABLE TRANSFER AND PUBLICATION OF DIGITAL MEDIA - An adaptable method for facilitating user interaction with digital media objects. Representations of substantially-reduced data size of each of the digital media objects are transferred before the transfer of copies of the original data size of each of the digital media objects so as to enable earlier user interaction. The user interaction includes, for example, requesting modifications to the object. The method provides feedback of any requested action from the user interaction with the substantially-reduced data size representations and in response thereto, determines as a function of the requested action whether to reprioritize transfer of untransferred original data size copies of the corresponding digital media object. The method provides for modification of copies that are to be transferred according to modifications requested by the user with respect to the transferred substantially-reduced data size representations. The method can be used for audio, video, image, and other digital media objects. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153865 | Platform for Generating Composite Applications - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to composite applications that can be created and implemented using components of a platform disclosed herein. Widgets associated with one or more products available in a mashup container can be implemented based on a selection by a user of the widgets from a widget catalog. A behavior of, and an interaction between, the widgets can be defined using metadata data associated with the widgets without requiring assistance from the user. A skin can be applied to the composite application that controls a visual presentation of the application on a display. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153866 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING THE EXECUTION OF A NATIVE APPLICATION RUNNING ON A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and system for modifying the execution of a native application running on a portable electronic device are disclosed. A module may be downloaded and executed by a portable electronic device to modify the execution of a native enterprise application running on the portable electronic device, where the native enterprise application enables user interaction with remotely-executed enterprise applications which are used to generate data for display on the portable electronic device. The module may enable modification of the appearance and/or behavior of a graphical user interface generated by the native enterprise application. The module may enable alteration of the data sharing between the enterprise applications running on the remote system. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153867 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING, ADVERTISEMENT, DISTRIBUTING CONSUMER BEHAVIOR TRACKING DEVICES, AND HARVESTING CONSUMER BEHAVIOR DATA - A method and system of social networking is provided. A computer-readable medium including instructions for the social network is also provided. The method or system can include mutable widgets. A user decorates a room web page with the mutable widgets and can change the look and content of the widget. The widget can include tracking features and advertisements. A user can visit other rooms and copy widgets and the content of the widgets to the user's room. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153868 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MODIFY AVATAR CHARACTERISTICS BASED ON INFERRED CONDITIONS - A system and method to modify avatar characteristics and, in particular, to modify avatar characteristics based on inferred conditions. The system comprises a collection engine configured to collect one or more inputs and at least one rule set. The system also comprises an emotion engine configured to accept the one or more inputs and operate on the at least one rule set by comparing the one or more inputs to the at least one rule set, the emotion engine configured to modify at least one characteristic of a user participating in a virtual universe when the comparing produces a match. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153869 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO VISUALIZE ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE USE OF AVATARS - A system and method to visualize activities through the use of avatars. The system includes a display engine configured to display at least one automated activity as an avatar. The system also includes a management system configured to monitor the progress of the at least one automated activity and alter at least one of an appearance and a movement of the avatar in relation to the progress of the at least one automated activity. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153870 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN EVENT VISUALIZATION - According to some embodiments, an event query to an item supply chain event database is processed such that a trace extraction algorithm will be executed to determine extracted trace data. A plurality of location nodes may then be graphically represented on an interactive user display based on the extracted trace data. Similarly, a plurality of item flow edges connecting location nodes may be graphically represented on the interactive user display based on the extracted trace data. According to some embodiments, a selection from a user is received via the interactive user display, the selection being associated with at least some of the graphically represented information. Responsive to the received selection, the graphical representation may be adjusted in accordance with the extracted trace data. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153871 | DETERMINING REQUEST DESTINATION - [Object] To provide a technique for determining a layer that is to receive a request accurately when displaying a multilayer image. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153872 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) and an electronic device using the method are provided. The method includes forming one or more groups of GUI items other than a GUI item selected by a user, moving the GUI items in the one or more groups, and enlarging and displaying the selected item on an area formed by movement of the GUI items. Therefore, it is possible to provide a GUI which enables easy manipulation and which is displayed with superior visual effect on a screen that is relatively small in size. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153873 | Process for implementing a method for the on-line sale of software product use licenses through a data network, and software component which allows carrying out said process - Online sale of software product use licenses through a data network by offering software products (SOFT) through vendor sites, purchasing a license on-line on one of said vendor sites, and activating said license on-line by a different licensing site. A specific component (COMP) is provided with the software product (SOFT) and identifying data (IDV) of the vendor site are transmitted during the download of the software product (SOFT). When the component (COMP) is executed in an equipment, the component (COMP) locally accesses said data (IDV) and identifying data (IDL) of the licensing site and activates the license by setting up an on-line communication with the licensing site. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153874 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE FILES IN A COMPOUND FILE - A method for managing and displaying related information in a graphical user interface includes storing each of a plurality of related datasets in a discrete file. A compound file is stored linking the discrete data files to each other. A common window for the combined file is displayed in the graphical user interface. A discrete window for each discrete file is displayed within the common window. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153875 | Air traffic control apparatus and air traffic control information processing method - An air traffic control apparatus comprises a display device for graphically displaying air traffic control information and items of anticipated event information about air traffic; a memory device for storing data and instructions for operating the apparatus; and a processor coupled to the display device and the memory device. The processor causes the display device to display the items of anticipated event information, a time-line and an indication of current time on said time-line in an agenda window. The items of anticipated event information include anticipated time information. The items of anticipated event information are arranged against the time-line in accordance with the anticipated time information of the items of anticipated event information. A section of said time-line includes the current time and a specific period of time in future in relation to the current time. The items of anticipated event information corresponding to the section of the time-line are displayed in the agenda window. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153876 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING USER INTERFACES - An electronic device and a user interface implementing method therein are disclosed. The method includes displaying at least one content, displaying a shortcut key corresponding to the at least one content if close contact is detected, and executing a function corresponding to the at least one content if the shortcut key is selected. The shortcut key can invoke a function corresponding to the at least one content if an input tool closely approaches the at least one content in an area on the touch screen and is located within a distance from the surface of the touch screen. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153877 | Task Switching - A user interface for switching between applications is provided. The user interface comprises control means for executing a first and a second application, for displaying the first application as a main application, for receiving a first input and in response thereto displaying the second application as a main application. The user interface also comprises control means for executing a plurality of applications, and control means for displaying one of said applications, for receiving a second input and for marking the displayed application as an alternate application. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153878 | Controlling data transfer between devices - An apparatus including: a display; a processor configured to control the display to display: a first ordered list of graphical icons in a first portion of the display wherein each graphical icon represents and indicates a different data type and wherein graphical icons are user configurable to have either a first visual configuration that indicates enabled transfer from a first storage device to a second storage device of the data type indicated by the icon or a second visual configuration that indicates disabled transfer from the first storage device of the data type indicated by the icon; a second ordered list of graphical icons in a second portion of the display wherein each graphical icon represents and indicates a different data type and wherein graphical icons are user configurable to have either a first visual configuration that indicates enabled transfer from the second storage device to the first storage device of the data type indicated by the icon or a second visual configuration that indicates disabled transfer from the second storage device of the data type indicated by the icon; and a user input configured to control transfer of a data type from the first device by changing the visual configuration of the graphical icon in the first ordered list of graphical icons that represents and indicates that data type and configured to control transfer of a data type by the second device by changing the visual configuration of the graphical icon in the second ordered list of graphical icons that represents and indicates that data type. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153879 | PRESSURE BASED SELECTION - The use of pressure-sensitive selection tools in a graphical user interface is disclosed in which the amount of pressure during a selection operation may modify selection behavior. Upon receiving a selection input, the pressure applied is determined and the selection behavior modified. In some embodiments, the number of objects selected is increased when more pressure is applied and decreased when less pressure is applied. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153880 | METHOD SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ENTERING TEXT ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - A system, method and apparatus for entering information. A display is generated which includes one or more parts of the information. Selection of the one or more parts of the information may be made and results in the generation of a display of further one or more parts for selection. The further one or more parts may be selected in order to add to the selected one or more parts to build a larger part or whole of words, sentences, messages, text, symbols and/or graphics. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153881 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING AN ITEM FROM A DATABASE - A method and apparatus for selecting items from a collection of items are indexed by a list of item identifiers. The item identifiers may be in the form of text, symbols, graphics, etc. An initial display is generated which includes on or more parts of the item identifiers. Selection of the one or more parts may be made and results in the generation of a display of further one or more parts for selection. The further one or more parts may be selected in order to the selected on or more parts to build a larger part or whole of an item identifier. Accordingly, selection from a large list of item identifiers may be carried out in a relatively short time period. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153882 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY - A display control apparatus includes a first display control unit for controlling displaying a first representative image in a first folder on a first area of a display screen with first content recorded on a recording medium thereof belonging to the first folder, a second display control unit for controlling displaying a second representative image in a second folder on a second area of the display screen with second content supplied from a partner apparatus connected thereto via a network and belonging to the second folder, and a third display control unit for controlling displaying, on a third area of the display screen, a thumbnail image of one of the first content and the second content corresponding to one of the first folder and the second folder selected using one of the first representative image and the second representative image. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153883 | Translating Events in a User Interface - Systems and methods for translating events in a high definition video playback system are disclosed. A disc viewer is configured to read at least one user interactive program on a high definition optical disc defining an original menu of a user interface. The user interface defines a plurality of event handlers for user interaction with the user interface. An express menu renderer is configured to generate a menu populated with a plurality of selectable elements that are responsive to interaction with a mouse and/or pointing device. The selectable elements correspond to user interactive features of the user interface and have a corresponding visual identifier. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153884 | ENHANCED WEB TOOLBAR - An enhanced toolbar is disclosed. The enhanced toolbar is not static but is rather updated dynamically. In one aspect, the enhanced toolbar has a bounded perimeter and comprises a plurality of icons visibly displayed on a display of a computing device. Each icon occupies a first space within the bounded perimeter of the toolbar. Upon a selection of a first icon in the plurality of icons by a user, the first space associated with the first icon expands horizontally along a longitudinal axis of the toolbar to display information in a second bounded space within the perimeter. The information is not visible absent the expansion. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153885 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTING WITH ADVANCED DISPLAYS PROVIDED BY AN INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - An interactive television application is used to provide search results to a user. The user is provided with an opportunity to indicate a desire to search for programs. In response, the interactive television application generates search criteria and searches for programs. The search results that are displayed to the user include mosaic listings associated with programs that match the search criteria. In some embodiments, the interactive television application displays the mosaic listings in a manner that accentuates the different levels of relevance of the search results to the search criteria. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153886 | Access to Contacts - A user interface comprises a display and a controller, said controller being arranged to display an arrangement of at least one contact icon associated with a contact and to display a control icon, said control icon associated with a function. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153887 | PRESENTATION SYSTEM, DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A presentation system comprises a data management apparatus for storing document data for presentation therein, a display device for displaying a plurality of pages contained in the document data, and a terminal device capable of performing communication with the data management apparatus. The terminal device sends request data for requesting attachment of an electronic sticky note to the document data to the data management apparatus via network communication according to an input from a listening user of the presentation. The data management apparatus determines a sticky-note attachment object page out of the plurality of pages, to which the electronic sticky note is to be attached, on the basis of page specifying data included in the request data. Then, the data management apparatus generates a file in which the electronic sticky note is attached to the determined sticky-note attachment object page. | 2010-06-17 |
20100153888 | Method and System for Implementing a User Interface with Ghosting - An approach is described for implementing a GUI that an account for illegal operations by the user. Visual ghosting is implemented that includes separation support. If an object is manipulated into an impermissible/unacceptable configuration, ghosting separation is performed to display multiple ghost images, where a first ghost image shows a legal configuration of the object and a second ghost image shows the current configuration of the object. The second ghost continues to track the user's manipulation of the object until a legal configuration is achieved. The improved approach provides a visual representation that corresponds to the expected end result, but is also be useful to track the user's actions if there is a violation. | 2010-06-17 |