25th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 77 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120159261 | DEBUGGER PRESENTATION OF PARALLEL APPLICATION THREADS - User interface technologies for viewing the state of threads of a target parallel application, such as a massively parallel application intended to run on a GPGPU system, during debugging of the target parallel application are disclosed. The target parallel application includes a kernel, and the kernel includes a set of threads. Coalesced thread information of the threads is presented with the user interface technologies based on user-controllable criteria. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159262 | EXTENDED PAGE PATCHING - The embodiments described herein generally relate to methods and systems for using an extended patching procedure for correction or repair of logical data portions, pages, or sectors of a computer data storage device. The extended patching procedure targets for repair not only the page(s) appearing to be defective or unusable based on a failed read operation for a data transfer request, but also additional pages. Determining the additional pages to include for automatic patching is based on: statistical distribution analyses to include pages within the physical or logical vicinity of the original page, information about the underlying storage device technology or Input/Output (I/O) subsystem, and/or historical data about error conditions for areas related to the original page. Preemptively patching pages based on extended page lists improves system performance by reducing the total number of costly repair processes and by avoiding situations involving correction actions that fail to resolve. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159263 | TEMPORAL RULE-BASED FEATURE DEFINITION AND EXTRACTION - A temporal rule-based feature extraction system and method for extracting features from temporal-based rules satisfied by a trace. Once a temporal-based rule is found that is satisfied by the trace, then embodiments of the temporal rule-based feature extraction system and method leverage that rule to either use as a feature or to extract additional features. The extracted feature then is used to characterize the trace. Embodiments of the system include a feature definition module, which defines features based on the temporal-based rules satisfied by a trace, and a similarity measure module, which defines a similarity measure for the defined features. The defined features include both extrinsic features, which are based on extrinsic properties of the rule, and intrinsic features, which are based on intrinsic properties of the rule. The similarity module generates similarity measures that indicate the similarity of two traces. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159264 | DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURABLE DEVICE HOST CONTROLLER - Embodiments of the invention are directed towards scalable and dynamically configurable (and reconfigurable) device host controller solutions for system platform controller hubs (PCH). Embodiments of the invention may include logic or modules to detect a device coupled to a common I/O port (alternatively referred to as a converged I/O port) of a host system and determine its device type. Said logic or modules may further load host controller firmware for the device type from a memory to a processing core, such that the processing core will execute the host controller firmware to enable data transfer between the device and the host system. Said processing core may be configured and reconfigured based on the device type connected to the associated common I/O port. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159265 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR STORAGE APPARATUS - A first controller stores externally input data to a memory of the first controller, reads data stored in the memory of the first controller and transmits the data to a second controller through a first controller bridge, detects a failure at the first controller bridge in transmission of the data. The second controller receives the data through a second controller bridge, writes the received data into a memory of the second controller, and determines whether the failure is caused by the first controller if a failure occurs in the memory controller and the second controller bridge. If a failure is detected in the first controller and the second controller and the failure is caused by the first controller, the first controller transmits the data causing the failure during transmission through the first controller bridge and the second controller receives the data through the second controller bridge. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159266 | METHOD, APPARATUS OR SOFTWARE FOR PROCESSING EXCEPTIONS PRODUCED BY AN APPLICATION PROGRAM - A method, apparatus and software is disclosed in which original exceptions issued by an application program are encoded as substitute exceptions with associated metadata identifying the original exception so as to enable to enable a first application program receiving the exception but not arranged to process the original exception to process the substitute exception and to enable a second application program receiving the exception and arranged to process the original exception to extract and process that original exception. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159267 | DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEM THAT MONITORS CLIENT DEVICE REQUEST TIME AND SERVER SERVICING TIME IN ORDER TO DETECT PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS AND AUTOMATICALLY ISSUE ALTERTS - A client device in a distributed system may include a timer for timing a request time duration substantially including a period of time that the client device is waiting for results to be received via a network from a server in response to a request sent by the client device. A network interface may receive a value of a service time duration from the server. The service time duration may correspond to time that the server spent servicing the request. A processor may subtract the service time duration from the request time duration to thereby calculate a difference time duration, and automatically control the network interface to issue one or more alert messages to a network operation center (NOC) via the network when the difference time duration is greater than a difference time threshold. The difference time threshold may be determined according to a type of the request. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159268 | Alerting Recipients to Errors Occurring when Accessing External Services - A hosting provider operates a server system that provides a service to one or more tenants. The server system receives configuration data from the tenants. As part of providing the service to a given tenant, the server system attempts to access an external service due to the configuration data received from the given tenant identifying the external service. Service access errors can occur when attempting to access the external service. In response to determining that an error has occurred when attempting to access the external service, the server system sends a service access alert to a recipient associated with the given tenant. The service access alert notifies the recipient that the error has occurred. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159269 | Measurement Device and Measurement Method - Disclosed is means for quantifying resistance to soft errors in a logic circuit. A logic block group | 2012-06-21 |
20120159270 | MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ERROR REGIONS - Memory devices and methods are described that include a stack of memory dies and a logic die. Method and devices described include those that provide for repartitioning the stack of memory dies and storing the new partitions in a memory map. Repartitioning in selected configurations allows portions of memory to be removed from use without affecting the rest of the memory device. Additional devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159271 | MEMORY DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH HARDWARE-BASED READ/WRITE PATTERNS - A memory loopback system and method including an address/command transmit source configured to transmit a command and associated address through an address/command path. A transmit data source is configured to transmit write data associated with the command through a write path. Test control logic is configured to generate gaps between successive commands. A loopback connection is configured to route the write data from the write path to a read path. A data comparator is configured to compare the data received via the read path to a receive data source and generate a data loopback status output. Pattern generation logic can be configured to generate a loopback strobe, the loopback strobe being coupled to the read path. The pattern generation logic may be configured to synthesize a read strobe based on the test control logic and to use the synthesized read strobe as the loopback strobe. The loopback connection may be configured to route the address/command data from the address/command path to an address/command comparator, the address/command comparator being configured to compare the address/command data to an address/command receive source and generate an address/command loopback status output. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159272 | METHODS OF INCREASING FIDELITY OF QUANTUM OPERATIONS - Systems and methods are provided for improving fidelity of a quantum operation on a quantum bit of interest. A controlled quantum gate operation, controlled by the quantum bit of interest, id performed on an ancillary quantum bit. An energy state of the ancillary quantum bit is measured to facilitate the improvement of the fidelity of the quantum operation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159273 | Dynamic Scan - In a test data access system, a shift register is coupled the test data in pin. A first multiplexer is in data communication with the TDI pin and is configured to receive data from the TDI pin and to transmit data to each of the instruments. The first multiplexer is also configured to receive data from a data recirculation bit and to transmit data from the TDI pin to a plurality of instruments when the recirculation bit has a first value and to transmit data to the plurality of instruments from a recirculation line when the recirculation bit has a second value, different from the first value. A second multiplexer is configured to receive data from each of the plurality of instruments and is configured to transmit data from a selected one of the plurality of instruments, selected based on a value of data in the shift register. A first AND gate is configured to generate a gates clock to the shift register. A second AND gate is responsive to the first AND gate, configured to lock the shift register. A third AND gate, responsive to the first AND gate, is configured to control clocking to the plurality of instruments. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159274 | APPARATUS TO FACILITATE BUILT-IN SELF-TEST DATA COLLECTION - Techniques are disclosed relating to testing logic in integrated circuits using an external test tool. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a logic unit and a self-test unit. The self-test unit is configured to receive an expected signature value that corresponds to an expected output value of the logic unit, and to compare the expected signature value and an actual signature value generated from an actual output value from the logic unit. In some embodiments, the integrated circuit further includes a pseudo-random pattern generator configured to provide an input value to the logic unit, and the logic unit is configured to generate the actual output value based on the provided input value. In some embodiments, the integrated circuit further includes a multiple-input signature register (MISR) configured to generate the actual signature value based on the actual output value and a seed value. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159275 | IEEE 1149.1 AND P1500 TEST INTERFACES COMBINED CIRCUITS AND PROCESSES - In a first embodiment a TAP of IEEE standard 1149.1 is allowed to commandeer control from a WSP of IEEE standard P1500 such that the P1500 architecture, normally controlled by the WSP, is rendered controllable by the TAP. In a second embodiment (1) the TAP and WSP based architectures are merged together such that the sharing of the previously described architectural elements are possible, and (2) the TAP and WSP test interfaces are merged into a single optimized test interface that is operable to perform all operations of each separate test interface. One approach provides for the TAP to maintain access and control of the TAP instruction register, but provides for a selected data register to be accessed and controlled by either the TAP+ATC or by the discrete CaptureDR, UpdateDR, TransferDR, ShiftDR, and ClockDR WSP data register control signals. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159276 | AUTOMATED DETECTION OF AND COMPENSATION FOR GUARDBAND DEGRADATION DURING OPERATION OF CLOCKED DATA PROCESSING CIRCUIT - An automated guardband compensation system may automatically compensate for degradation in the guardband of a clocked data processing circuit while that circuit is connected within a data processing system. A control circuit may automatically and repeatedly request: a switching circuit to switch a critical path within the clocked data processing circuit out of a data processing pathway within the data processing system while the clocked data processing circuit is connected within the data processing system; a guardband test circuit to test the guardband of the critical path while the critical path is switched out of the data processing pathway; a guardband compensation circuit to increase the guardband when the results of the test indicate a material degradation in the guardband; and a switching circuit to switch the critical path back into the data processing pathway after the test. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159277 | METHODS FOR SEGMENTED PROGRAMMING AND MEMORY DEVICES - Methods for segmented programming, program verify, and memory devices are disclosed. One such method for programming includes biasing memory cells with a programming voltage and program verifying the memory cells with a plurality of ramped voltage signal segments, wherein each ramped voltage signal segment has a different start voltage and a different end voltage than the other ramped voltage signal segments. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159278 | Method of Handling a Damage Information-Assisted Hybrid ARQ Scheme and Related Communication Device - A method of handling a retransmission of a hybrid automatic repeat request scheme for a receiver in a communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a first payload from a transmitter in the communication system, and feeding back a resource index to the transmitter, to indicate a size for a second payload in the next reception, when the receiver is unsuccessful to decode the first payload into a plurality of information bits, wherein the transmitter encodes the plurality of information bits into the first payload by using an error correction code. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159279 | DATA THROUGHPUT FOR CELL-EDGE USERS IN A LTE NETWORK USING DOWN-LINK REPEATERS AND UP-LINK HARQ RELAYS - A combination of repeaters and relays is used to improve the data throughput for user equipment (“UE”) near the cell edge in a LTE network. Amplify-and-forward repeaters and decode-and-forward relays enhance the down-link and up-link, respectively. Relay assistance on the up-link occurs when the evolved Node B (“eNB”) requests a retransmission (HARQ) from the UE at which point the UE and relay transmit simultaneously in a cooperative fashion. The quality of the up-link signal received by the eNB is improved due to a favorable channel through the relay. An analysis shows that relay assistance improves the throughput for a cell-edge user when the average delay per data transport block is allowed to increase. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159280 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE MEMORY APPARATUS - There is provided a method for controlling a nonvolatile memory apparatus in a nonvolatile memory system including a host interface, a memory controller, and a memory area. The method includes: checking a number of ECC fail bits, determining whether or not to replace a corresponding block, and replacing the block, while a read command provided from the host interface is performed; and replacing a block, which was not replaced during the read operation, with a block to be used as a replacement target during a write operation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159281 | AUTOMATIC DEFECT MANAGEMENT IN MEMORY DEVICES - A method for data storage in a memory including multiple memory cells arranged in blocks, includes storing first and second pages in respective first and second groups of the memory cells within a given block of the memory. A pattern of respective positions of one or more defective memory cells is identified in the first group. The second page is recovered by applying the pattern identified in the first group to the second group of the memory cells. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159282 | TRANSMITTER, ENCODING APPARATUS, RECEIVER, AND DECODING APPARATUS - An encoding apparatus includes a dividing unit that divides an input signal bit sequence into data blocks and an encoding unit that applies error correction encoding to the data blocks to generate code blocks decodable by repetitive decoding calculations for estimating the reliability of signal bits for a plurality of times and a generation unit that generates redundant bits by performing bit calculations between data blocks of each set combining the divided data blocks; and an output unit that outputs the generated code blocks and redundant bits. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159283 | LOW OVERHEAD ERROR CORRECTING CODE PROTECTION FOR STORED INFORMATION - Embodiments of an invention for low overhead error-correcting-code protection for stored information are described are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a data storage structure, a first check value storage structure, a second check value storage structure, and check value generation hardware. The data storage structure is to store a plurality of first data values. The first check value storage structure is to store a plurality of first check values. The second check value storage structure is to store a plurality of second check values. The check value generation hardware is to generate the first check values and the second check values. The first check values provide a first level of error protection for the first data values and the second check values provide a second level of error protection for a plurality of second data values. Each of the plurality of first data value has a first data width, and each of the plurality of second data values has a second data width, the second data width being greater than the first data width. Each of the second data values is a concatenation of one of the first data values and at least another of the first data values. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159284 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE CAPABLE OF TRANSFERRING VARIOUS TYPES OF DATA - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a buffer unit, an error correction unit, a data transfer unit, a memory unit, a data input/output unit, a data bus, and a control unit. The control unit controls a first operating mode in which the memory unit is used and a second operating mode in which the memory unit is not used. In the second operating mode, the data transfer unit transfers the data supplied to the input/output unit through the data bus, to the data buffer unit, transfers the data transferred to the data buffer, to the error correction unit and transfers parity data generated in the error correction unit, to the buffer unit. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159285 | STORAGE DRIVE WITH LDPC CODING - For storage drives with LDPC encoded data, read techniques are provided whereby an errantly read memory unit (e.g., faulty LDPC codeword) may be recovered. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159286 | DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, MEMORY CONTROL DEVICE, AND MEMORY SYSTEM - There is provided a data transmission device including a data information storage area including a plurality of areas for storing a first memory address of the first memory device of a data transmission source, a second memory address of the second memory device of a data transmission destination, an error signal indicating whether or not an error is detected in transmission data, and an validity signal indicating whether or not data stored in the second memory device are valid after completing the error correction; and a control unit that outputs a second memory validity address which is a memory address in which data are valid out of data stored in the second memory device, reads data from the second memory validity address of the second memory device, and transmits an address of the first memory device corresponding to the second memory validity address along with the read data. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159287 | Off-Line Delivery Of Content Through An Active Screen Display - A computer-implemented system and method for off-line delivery of content through an active screen display are provided. A processor includes an encoding application to assemble and encode digitally-stored content into encoded content, and to interleave the encoded content with a signal conveying a live screen representation. The live screen representation includes output of a user interface for applications executing on the processor. An active screen display is coupled to the processor over a physical display interface connection. The active screen display includes a runtime application to identify the encoded content within the signal on the active screen display and to decode the encoded content into decoded content. The active screen display further includes an offline application to unilaterally display the decoded content on the active screen display without use of the processor and in an absence of the live screen presentation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159288 | Soft Output Viterbi Algorithm Method and Decoder - A method of decoding a block with a Soft Output Viterbi Algorithm (SOVA) using a trellis representation and a sliding window wherein each position of the sliding window has a path determination stage at one end of the sliding window and a symbol decision stage at another end of the sliding window is disclosed. The method comprises determining, for each path determination stage and for each node of the path determination stage, a surviving path (including a surviving path input symbol and a surviving decision stage node) and a concurrent path (including a concurrent path input symbol and a concurrent decision stage node) based on path metrics. A path metric disparity value is calculated and stored for each node. Based on decision criteria, a soft output value of the surviving decision stage node is determined as either of the path metric disparity value of the node of the path determination stage, a function of the path metric disparity value of the node of the path determination stage and the stored path metric disparity value of the concurrent decision stage node, and the stored path metric disparity value of the surviving decision stage node. Corresponding computer program product, decoder and communication apparatus are also disclosed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159289 | DATA SIGNATURES TO DETERMINE SUCESSFUL COMPLETION OF MEMORY BACKUP - Disclosed is a power isolation and backup system. When a power fail condition is detected, temporary storage is flushed to an SDRAM. After the flush, interfaces are halted, and power is removed from most of the chip except the SDRAM subsystem. The SDRAM subsystem copies data from an SDRAM to a flash memory. On the way, the data may be encrypted, and/or a data integrity signature calculated. If an error is detected, a data integrity signature may be corrupted. A completion signature may be written. To restore data, the SDRAM subsystem copies data from the flash memory to the SDRAM. On the way, the data being restored may be decrypted, and/or a data integrity signature and completion signature checked. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159290 | VALIDATION ANALYSIS OF HUMAN TARGET - Technology for testing a target recognition, analysis, and tracking system is provided. A searchable repository of recorded and synthesized depth clips and associated ground truth tracking data is provided. Data in the repository is used by one or more processing devices each including at least one instance of a target recognition, analysis, and tracking pipeline to analyze performance of the tracking pipeline. An analysis engine provides at least a subset of the searchable set responsive to a request to test the pipeline and receives tracking data output from the pipeline on the at least subset of the searchable set. A report generator outputs an analysis of the tracking data relative to the ground truth in the at least subset to provide an output of the error relative to the ground truth. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159291 | METHOD FOR DETECTING RETURN LINK PACKET ERROR IN HUB WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH SATELLITE TERMINAL AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A technology in which it is detected whether errors occur in a packet received from a satellite terminal device, a modulation and coding (MODCOD) value is calculated according to a result of the detection and the calculated MODCOD value is transmitted to the satellite terminal device, so that pack loss is reduced based on the yield of actual traffic when the satellite terminal device transmits a return link packet. A plurality of return link packets are received from the satellite terminal device. An occurrence of a packet error is detected by generating a first return link packet by sequentially assembling the plurality of return link packets and performing a comparison analysis by comparing the first return link packet with a second return link packet that is newly received. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159292 | METHOD OF PROCESSING AN OBJECT-BASED IMAGE FILE WITH CONTENT TYPE DEPENDENT IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHMS - 1. A method of processing an object-based image file with content type dependent image processing algorithms, comprising the steps of:
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20120159293 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is configured to generate second document data described in a markup language and represents at least a sentence, from first document data described in the markup language and represents a sentence and a plurality of images. The information processing apparatus includes a list screen creating unit configured to create a list screen that includes the plurality of images which can be represented and allows a user to select each of the plurality of images and is configured to display the list screen on a display unit; and a document data creating unit configured to use the first document data to create the second document data in which at least one of the plurality of images included in the list screen is not represented, in response to an instruction input from the user through the list screen. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159294 | Navigation Bars - A web site user interface for an e-commerce retail company allows a user to easily browse or purchase products or services offered by the company. The web site user interface can include a dual horizontal navigation bar including a main navigation bar and subordinate navigation bar. The subordinate navigation bar can be actively and passively customized. Further, the subordinate navigation bar can include product shipment information in a user specific notification pane. The web site user interface can also include a drop-down logo from the dual parent navigation bar where the web page continues to include the drop-down logo as the user scrolls down to focus on web page content. Alternatively, the web site user interface can include a main navigation bar and secondary navigation bar where the main navigation bar includes fewer subcategories of products than the secondary navigation bar. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159295 | METHOD FOR SINGLE PAGE BROWSER MULTI-TASKING - A web page provides multiple section containers, each having independently operating close control and history, without affecting the remainder of the web page. A menu on the page may permit the creation of the containers. An optional mode may be provided in which links within containers do or do not generate new containers within the web page. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159296 | Redaction with Classification and Archiving for Format Independence - A method including creating a universal view of a document in an archive, where the universal view comprises individual portions of information from the document as individual elements of the universal view; applying classifications to at least some of the individual elements; and supplying the individual elements with their respectively applied classifications from the archive. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159297 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PIVOT TABLE - Embodiments of the present invention may provide a method for generating a meaningful pivot table. In one embodiment, the method may comprise receiving a command to generate a pivot table for a plurality of related data fields. The data fields may be related to each other in a hierarchy or other relationships. The method may further comprise generating a plurality of pivot table layouts based on a variety of combinations of the related data fields. The combinations may keep an order to maintain the hierarchy of the data fields. The method may further comprising displaying the plurality of pivot table layouts to a user, receiving a user input selecting one particular pivot table layout from the plurality of layouts, and displaying a pivot table according to the selected pivot table layout. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159298 | GENERATING CUSTOMIZED DATA BOUND VISUALIZATIONS - Descried herein are various technologies to visualizing data in a spreadsheet application. Customized visualizations are generated by binding a user-defined equation with a parameter of a primitive visual shape that has been selected by the user to visualized a dataset. The user-defined equation takes as input a value of data in a cell of the spreadsheet application, and the primitive visual shape is displayed to the user as a function of the output of the user-defined equation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159299 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORM AUTOMATIC LAYOUT - A method and apparatus are provided for determining the layout of a form automatically to accommodate text in the form. Under the method and apparatus, a set of parameters define the sizing and alignment of elements of the form. Sizing and positioning instructions that are separate from the sizing and alignment parameters set the sizing and positioning of elements of the form based on the sizing and alignment parameters. The instructions determine the minimum size for the form, based in part on text in the form. The difference between the minimum size for the form and a desired size for the form is then distributed across the form to size and position the elements in the form. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159300 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING AND EDITING MARK UP LANGUAGE FORMS AND DOCUMENTS - A system for creating and editing mark up language forms and documents in a manner that is user friendly. The system dynamically generates a user interface that is customized to the particular form or document selected by the user. The user then enters information into the plurality of fields in the user interface for the form or document. Once the form or document is completed, the user can save the form or document in a document repository. The user can also transmit the form or document as an electronic filing document. Additionally, the data entry fields of the form or document can automatically expand or contract to accommodate data of varying length. Moreover, the user can create templates that include frequently used data. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159301 | SEMANTICALLY ENABLED, DATA SENSITIVE NEGOTIATION AND COLLABORATION ENGINE - A computer implemented method, system and/or computer program product presents data on a user interface. Tabular data for a particular type of data is converted into faceted data. The tabular data is stored according to headings in a table storing the particular type of data, and the faceted data is stored according to facets of the particular type of data. A set of facet names from the faceted data is mapped to a coordinate system on a user interface in order to assign each of the facet names to a predetermined area of a user interface. Facet values are associated with and mapped to the facet names in order to proximately display the facet values to their corresponding facet names according to the coordinate system. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159302 | CELL CONTENT SCROLLING - Disclosed are methods and systems for cell content alignment. The methods and systems involve retrieving one or more table parameters, the one or more table parameters including size of currently invisible cells in a display window, size of merged cells, the display window size and text size in the merged cells, calculating a position of a text in a visible portion of merged cells based on the table parameters and displaying the text in the merged cells based on the calculated position of the text. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159303 | CREATING, UPDATING, SAVING, AND PROPAGATING CUSTOMIZED VIEWS OF TABLE AND GRID INFORMATION - Systems, methods, and computer products that create, update, save, and propagate customized views of table and grid information, including spreadsheets. The embodiment of the invention comprises associating at least one column as a first view of the table, associating at least one column as a second view of the table; and combining the first view with the second view, thereby efficiently creating a third view. Further, the combining includes dragging the second view; and dropping the dragged second view into the first view. The combining also includes creating a thumbnail image representing the first view or the second view. It also comprises updating columns that are shared between views. Additionally, the views may be stored, and new views may be propagated from the stored views. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159304 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXTUAL DATA MODELING UTILIZING TAGS - Sorting and displaying data objects is facilitated by displaying a collection of tags, each representing a respective data object, and each including identifying information for its respective data object. The organization of the tags with respect to one another is correlated with the organization of the data objects. Responsive to user input, the tags are displayed in a specified arrangement, and a new tag and an associated new data object associated with the new tag are created. A user is permitted to specify parameter values for the new data object, which is added to the existing data objects at a location that corresponds to a location of the new tag within the organization of the tags. The new data table thus includes the new data object arranged in order with the previous data objects as determined by the organization of the tags and the new tag. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159305 | PERSISTING ANNOTATIONS WITHIN A COBROWSING SESSION - A request to navigate to a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) can be received within a cobrowsing session. The cobrowsing session can be associated with a unique session identifier of a cobrowsing application. The cobrowsing application can be part of a collaboration software. An annotation previously associated with the URI from a historic cobrowsing session can be retrieved. Content associated with the URI can be obtained and presented within an interface associated with the cobrowsing session. The annotation can be presented within the content associated with the URI of the interface. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159306 | System And Method For Processing XML Documents - An improved system and method for processing XML documents combines a pull-based streaming parser such as StAX with an XML object binding framework such as XMLBeans. In this manner, XML documents of arbitrary size can be processed without being subject to memory limitations. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159307 | RENDERING SOURCE REGIONS INTO TARGET REGIONS OF WEB PAGES - A target web page may embed resources hosted by a source server. However, this embedding may result in compatibility and/or security issues; e.g., the dimensions of the embedded resource may skew the layout of the target web page. Instead, a source web page may be rendered separately from a target web page, and a source region of the source web page (e.g., a region defined by a set of coordinates) may be extracted from the source web page and may be presented in a target region of the target web page. The elements of the source region may be displayed and executed in isolation within the source web page, and may operate within a source domain (e.g., communicating with the source server and accessing cookies stored by the source server), yet may not interact with the elements of the target web page, thereby alleviating many compatibility and security problems. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159308 | Customization of Mobile Applications Using Web-Based Technology - In one embodiment, receiving, at a first computing device from a second computing device, a request for a view of a user interface of a native application executing on the second computing device, wherein the view includes one or more first user interface components; determining, by the first computing device, a user agent type of the second computing device; selecting, by the first computing device, one or more second user-interface components to be included in the view based on the user agent type of the second computing device; generating, by the first computing device, code implementing a structured document that represents the view, wherein the structured document comprises the one or more first user-interface components and the one or more second user-interface components; and transmitting, from the first computing device to the second computing device, the code. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159309 | PICTURE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND PICTURE DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a picture display apparatus includes: a web page acquiring section configured to acquire a web page; a focus-display section configured to split the web page into a plurality of areas and configured to focus-display one of the split areas on a picture display section; and a navigation display section configured to display a navigation on the picture display section indicating where the focus-displayed split-area is located on the web page. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159310 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING MOBILE WEB APPLICATION INTO NATIVE APPLICATION AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for converting a mobile web application into a native application (the term “app” has the same meaning as the native application) and an apparatus using the method are disclosed. The method for converting a mobile web application into a native application may include: the steps of receiving at least one of a web implementation document that implements the mobile web application and a uniform resource locator (URL) for a local file; separating and analyzing a user interface element of the mobile web application based on the at least one of the web implementation document and the local file; and converting the mobile web application into the native application by mapping the analyzed user interface element to a native control that implements the native application. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159311 | Method and Apparatus for Receiving Display Limited Web Page Content - One embodiment comprises a non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium, encoded with processor readable instructions to perform a method of displaying content in a web page. One method optimizes the order of HTTP requests made during the downloading of a web page or web application comprising a plurality of objects, and receiving a first portion of the plurality of objects in a first order. Additionally, (i) a viewable section of the web page, (ii) centers of the viewable section of the web page and each of the plurality of objects, and (iii) a distance from the center of the viewable section of the web page to the center of each of the plurality of objects may be determined. Furthermore, the objects may then be prioritized based on their distance from the center of the viewable section. A request to receive at least one additional portion of the objects in a second order based on the prioritization of the objects may then be sent. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159312 | REPRESENTATION OF AN INTERACTIVE DOCUMENT AS A GRAPH OF ENTITIES - Techniques for representing and publishing an interactive document useful for analyzing data. The document may be represented as a directed acyclic graph of entities interconnected by edges. The entities may be of multiple types. Yet, a broad range of interactive documents may be represented by a limited number of types of entities and the capabilities to interconnect entities of different types and to share a data schema across entities of different types. A tool may enable a user to author such documents. The tool may also facilitate publishing of the document. For publishing, the document may be converted to an executable form. Prior to such a conversion, the graph may be modified for more efficient processing. The graph may also be partitioned such that portions of the graph, when distributed across tiers of a computing system, such as a cloud-based platform, execute on computing devices that provide efficient operation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159313 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOGICAL STRUCTURING OF DOCUMENTS BASED ON TRAILING AND LEADING PAGES - A system, method, and computer program product for determining the structure of a document are provided. The method includes receiving a set of document pages for a document and linking one page frame to each of a plurality of document pages in the set. For each document page linked to a page frame, a content bounding box surrounding the content on the document page is identified, and the document page categorized, based at least in part on the geometrical relationship between the page frame and the content bounding box of the document page. The document page can then be identified as a logical cut based at least in part on the categorization of the document page. Information, such as a table of contents or updated table of contents, can then be output, based on the determined logical unit(s) of the document. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159314 | ADAPTIVE CONTENT LAYOUT - Various embodiments provide techniques for adaptive content layout. In at least some embodiments, templates are provided that can be utilized to adapt content for a particular device and/or display configuration. A template can be embodied in a variety of different ways, such as XML code (or other markup code), script code, a component object model (COM) object, and so on. Examples of content that can be adapted using a template include video content, images, web pages, and so on. According to some embodiments, each template can include one or multiple elements that can be populated with content. An element can have a particular size layout, such as a width and height (e.g., in pixels) and content can be reformatted and/or resized based on attributes (e.g., size and/or shape) of the element. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159315 | ASSISTING USERS TO GENERATE DESIRED MEME IN DOCUMENT - A method, system and computer program product for assisting users to generate the desired meme in a document. A document is scanned to identify parts of speech, numerical text or numbers and images (collectively the “terms”) that provide positive/negative memes. A score for each of these terms is assigned. A score may then be assigned to each designated primary object (e.g., individual, company) discussed in the document using the scores assigned to the identified terms. Options may then be provided to modify the document to provide the type of meme (e.g., positive or negative meme) desired by the author to be associated with the particular designated primary object. Upon receiving a selection of one or more of these options, the document is modified accordingly to generate the desired meme in the document. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159316 | MULTI-MODAL ENTRY FOR ELECTRONIC CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION - Methods, computer-readable media, and systems for populating an electronic clinical document capable of receiving multiple types of data are provided. In one embodiment, dictation audio input is embedded directly into one or more sections of an electronic clinical document along with other data types, such as structured user input, free-text input, or system-generated input. An electronic clinical document having embedded dictation audio and other data types can receive transcribed text corresponding to the embedded dictation audio. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159317 | AUTOCOMPLETION METHOD AND SYSTEM - An implementation of an auto-completion or auto-correction mechanism where a dictionary of entry list look-up is triggered by the expiry of a time limit between data entry events such as key-press events, where the value of the time limit is dynamically determined as a function of the entry rate. The time limit may be calculated for example on the basis of an average entry rate, and may include an extra margin value. The occurrence of look up triggering will therefore tend to be optimised to the present user's data entry rate. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159318 | FULL SCREEN VIEW READING AND EDITING USER INTERFACE - An improved full screen view user interface is provided that presents a user interface-light reading mode for reading a document, and a user interface-light editing mode for editing or authoring a document. A full screen view reading mode provides a full page reading environment that simulates real world effects, such as page curls, to enhance a reading experience that is intended to be focused on the task of reading a document. A full screen editing mode provides a full page editing environment that, upon demand, reveals selectable controls that are relevant to editing or authoring a document to provide a simplified, non-distracting writing environment. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159319 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING A PAGE TURN IN AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - A method is disclosed for simulating a page turn in an electronic document comprising a plurality of pages having a given width, the method comprising displaying a first page; detecting a signal indicative of a page turn of the first page in a given direction; displaying a first image having a first portion having a first width and comprising the first page and a second portion having a second width substantially smaller than the first width and comprising a selected visible portion of a third page located behind the first page wherein the width of the first portion decreases while the width of the second portion increases such that the sum of the first width and the second width remains constant and further wherein the selected visible portion of the third page is a portion of the third page unmasked by a projection of the first portion of the first page; when said first width is equal to zero, displaying a second image adjacent to said first image, said second image comprising a corresponding second image portion having a width substantially smaller than the width of the second portion, said second image for displaying a second page, said width of said corresponding second image portion increasing until reaching said given width to thereby simulate a page turn. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159320 | METHOD OF MANAGING ATTRIBUTES AND SYSTEM OF MANAGING SAME - A method of associating attributes with an information element adapted to be individually or collectively retrievable on a basis of at least one of the attributes is presented. Attributes adapted to have a direct attribute configuration, when associated with the information element for characterizing the information element, and a bridge attribute configuration, when associated with the information element for providing a link between the information element and another information element without characterizing the information element it is associated therewith; and associating an attribute from the plurality of attributes with an information element, the associated attribute being in one of the direct attribute configuration and the bridge attribute configuration is also hereby provided. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159321 | VISUAL INDICATION OF DOCUMENT SIZE IN A VIRTUAL RENDERING - Methods and a system for an electronic device to allow for indicating a size or scale of a rendering in a three dimensional view. A virtual scene is displayed on a display with a work product that is rendered, such as a document or packaging request having a job ticket. The rendering is provided with a common object that is a three dimensional virtual object that relates size to the document or packaging for approval in the proofing process. A quick visual cue is therefore provided to visually convey a realistic scale in proportion to the product rendered three dimensionally. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159322 | GUI EVALUATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A GUI evaluation system for evaluating GUI usability includes an operation load calculation unit which calculate a load value indicating a level of load of an operation based on attributes of UI components used for a GUI to be evaluated, and a confirmation suitability determination unit which determines suitability of a confirmation method related to the operation based on a load value calculated by the operation load calculation unit. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159323 | User Interface Systems And Methods For Input And Display Of Secure And Insecure Message Oriented Communications - Given the rise in popularity of communicating personal, private, sensitive, or vital peer-to-peer or peer-to-group information over potentially insecure text messaging infrastructure, it would be highly desirable to provide a solution that would enable the initiator and/or the consumer of these communiqués to determine the state of the privacy associated with the messages. The non-limiting technology herein provides systems and methods for enabling a consumer to graphically, linguistically, verbally, or programmatically, determine the privacy and security state of a communiqué and/or the privacy/security association with the at least one plurality of peers. Methods and systems provided by a computer application can enable a consumer to input message oriented data that will be subsequently communicated to at least one of a plurality of peers. Upon reception of the data, systems and methods are also describe to display the message oriented communiqué to the at least one peer consumer or other user. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159324 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOFTWARE STATE CAPTURE AND PLAYBACK - Example systems, methods, and apparatus for application state capture and playback are provided. An example system includes a user interface to display an application and associated data to a user for interaction by the user. The user interface includes a player to facilitate playback of one or more saved states from the application; each of the saved state(s) includes an application setting and associated data. The player is to include a plurality of controls to facilitate selection, playback, and modification of each of the saved state(s). The player is to provide a list of saved state(s) for selection and playback by the user. The playback of a selected state is to automatically take the user to a point in the application execution associated with the application setting and associate data and to allow the user to dynamically execute the application from that point. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159325 | Delayed Progress Meter for Long Running Tasks in Web Applications - In a user interface for editing electronic documents, the display of a progress meter may be delayed for long running tasks (such as the loading of an electronic document into a web browser). The user interface may include a control surface and a browser window for displaying electronic documents. A request to load an electronic document may be received in the browser window. The electronic document may then begin loading for display in the browser window. During the initial loading of the electronic document, a loading indicator may be displayed in the browser window. After a predetermined delay and while the document is still being loaded, the loading indicator may be replaced with a progress meter indicating a current loading percentage of the electronic document. The progress meter may be periodically updated during the remainder of the loading process until the entire electronic document has finished loading into the browser window. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159326 | RICH INTERACTIVE SAGA CREATION - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for creating a saga from signal-rich digital memories. User-related content, such as media elements and/or other signals, are captured and used to generate a digital memory graph, comprising the captured user-related content and associated metadata. An interactive saga of digital media elements is created using the digital memory graph by combining at least a portion of a plurality of digital media elements, from the captured user-related content, based on one or more user interactions. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159327 | REAL-TIME INTERACTION WITH ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT - A system allows users to interact with traditionally one-way entertainment content. The system is aware of the interaction and will behave appropriately using event data associated with the entertainment content. The event data includes information for a plurality of events. Information for an event includes references to software instructions and audio/visual content items used by the software instructions. When an event occurs, the software instructions are invoked. This system may be enabled over both recorded content and live content, as well as interpreted and compiled applications. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159328 | HANDLEBAR AUDIO CONTROLS - A vehicle audio system having handlebar mounted controls that permit an operator to control the audio system utilizing finger controls mounted on the handlebars. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159329 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING ANCHORS FOR MEDIA CONTENT - Disclosed is a method and system for providing intuitive and efficient representations of positions of interest to a user within encoded media. Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a heatmap representation that indicates the interestingness of content at different locations within the media. These locations of interest are presented to a user to allow quick jumps to the interesting parts of the content. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159330 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RESPONSE OF USER INTERFACE - A method and an apparatus for providing a user interface in response to a user's motion. The response providing apparatus captures the user in an image frame and stores data corresponding to a predefined user gesture. The response providing apparatus provides the user interface in response to the user's motion using the data with respect to the identified user. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159331 | Audience Response System - An audience response system comprising: at least one audience means for communicating with the system and displaying information to audience members; a presenter means for communicating with the system and displaying information to the presenter; a central server storing and analyzing data associated with the system and adapted to allow at least one audience means and the presenter means to communicate with the system using at least one common communication network and protocol; at least one communications network facilitating transmission of data among the server, audience means and presenter means; and a display means for showing an output of the system to the audience. The system may be adapted to use at least one selected from a cellular telephone, a wired computer network, and a wireless computer network, and the audience and presenter may use cellular telephones, personal computers, personal digital assistants, and digital web-enabled music devices to communicate with the system. Communication protocols may include hypertext transfer protocol (“HTTP”), multimedia message service (“MMS”), and short message service (“SMS”). Communication in the system may be facilitated on at least one device by a browser including, but not limited to Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159332 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC PRESENTATIONS MANAGEMENT - A method for dynamic presentations management of electronic presentations including multiple slides, wherein each slide has at least one presentation constraint parameter assigned thereto, and wherein a presentation software is used for generating and displaying the presentation can include gathering metadata regarding the presentation by the presentation software, evaluating the metadata regarding the presentation and determining at least one presentation constraint parameter by the presentation software, and automatically arranging and/or selecting slides and/or modifying a content of slides according to the determined at least one presentation constraint parameter to be presented by use of the presentation software. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159333 | REPRESENTATION OF AN INTERACTIVE DOCUMENT AS A GRAPH OF ENTITIES - Techniques for representing and publishing an interactive document useful for analyzing data. The document may be represented as a directed acyclic graph of entities interconnected by edges. The entities may be of multiple types. Yet, a broad range of interactive documents may be represented by a limited number of types of entities and the capabilities to interconnect entities of different types and to share a data schema across entities of different types. A tool may enable a user to author such documents. The tool may also facilitate publishing of the document. For publishing, the document may be converted to an executable form. Prior to such a conversion, the graph may be modified for more efficient processing. The graph may also be partitioned such that portions of the graph, when distributed across tiers of a computing system, such as a cloud-based platform, execute on computing devices that provide efficient operation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159334 | EXTENSIBLE SYSTEM ACTION FOR SHARING WHILE REMAINING IN CONTEXT - An operating system provides an extensible share action to broker content sharing between applications executing on a computing platform such as a personal computer, tablet computer, or smartphone. The share action enables a consistent user experience for content sharing to be implemented across all applications and eliminates users having to switch from the current application they are using to some other functionality in order to share content. Applications can participate with the operating system share action as source applications and/or target applications. Source applications may describe what content is shareable given the current state of their application when the user chooses to invoke the share action. Target applications can be configured to receive the shared content from the source application according to content type, and will expose a companion view of their application to the user that is specifically tailored to facilitate sharing. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159335 | Integrated System and Method for Implementing Messaging, Planning, and Search Functions in a Mobile Device - An integrated system and method for implementing messaging, planning, and search functions in a mobile device. The system includes a messaging suite, a planner suite, a search suite, and a user interface configured to permit a user to interact with at least one of the messaging suite, the planner suite, and the search suite. An active resource directory is provided to store properties of objects associated with the messaging suite, the planner suite, the search suite, and to track one or more of the user's activities while accessing functions of the messenger suite, the planner suite, or the search suite. The system also includes a controller coupled to the messaging suite, planner suite, search suite, user interface, and active resources directory, where the controller is configured to provide integration of functions from each of the messaging suite, planner suite, search suite, and user interface. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159336 | ELECTRONIC LIST PRIORITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME - An electronic list prioritization system for the improved management, sorting and prioritizing of list items is described. The system comprises a computer program that a user may interface on any suitable electronic device. The user may prioritize list items with a number of advance prioritization features describe. The list may be a task list having a task field and in some embodiments a primary and secondary priority field allowing the user the ability to prioritize a list by a secondary priority field without adjusting the priorities in the primary priority field. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159337 | System and method for recommending media content - A system and a method recommend media content. A recommending user may use a media-capable device to access, discover, identify and/or create the media content. The recommending user may use the media-capable device to generate, create and/or submit a recommendation based on the media content. The recommendation may identify media content to be consumed by one or more viewing users specified by the recommendation. A media experience engine may select, may obtain, may arrange and/or may organize the media content for a media experience session to be viewed by a group of viewing users. The media experience session may be based on the recommendation and the identities of the viewing users available to participate in the media experience session. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159338 | MEDIA NAVIGATION VIA PORTABLE NETWORKED DEVICE - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to navigation in a media consumption environment. One embodiment provides, on a portable networked device, a method comprising receiving media metadata from a server via a network, wherein the media metadata corresponds to media content available for viewing. The method further comprises displaying on a display of the portable networked device a user interface presenting the media metadata, receiving a user input via the user interface selecting a media item, and in response, sending a request for the media item to a media rendering device. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159339 | METHOD FOR FACILITATING SELECTION OF OBJECTS APPEARING IN A USER INTERFACE OF A WIRELESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A method for facilitating selection of objects appearing in a window of a user interface of a wireless control system comprises the steps of: displaying a plurality of client objects in a first connection layer of a first interface; moving the displayed client objects in the first connection layer; selecting a client object from the plurality of client objects in the first connection layer; displaying a plurality of client objects in a second connection layer if the selected client object in the first connection layer connects to client objects in a second connection layer; and establishing the network connection with the selected client object in the first connection layer. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159340 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a display; a radio communication unit for communicating with at least one another electronic device; and a controller for controlling to divide information about at least one another electronic device that communicates through the radio communication unit into a first object corresponding to a first electronic device having a managing attribute of contents and a second object corresponding to a second electronic device having an attribute of rendering the contents and the display to display the first object and the second object. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159341 | INTERACTIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL AND TASK-BASED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS - Concepts and technologies are described herein for interacting with contextual and task-focused computing environments. Tasks associated with applications are described by task data. Tasks and/or batches of tasks relevant to activities occurring at a client are identified, and a UI for presenting the tasks is generated. The UIs can include tasks and workflows corresponding to batches of tasks. Workflows can be executed, interrupted, and resumed on demand. Interrupted workflows are stored with data indicating progress, contextual information, UI information, and other information. The workflow is stored and/or shared. When execution of the workflow is resumed, the same or a different UI can be provided, based upon the device used to resume execution of the workflow. Thus, multiple devices and users can access workflows in parallel to provide collaborative task execution. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159342 | ASSIGNMENT OF A LOCAL FUNCTION TO A REMOTE USER CONTROL IN A MEDIA PRODUCTION SYSTEM - A state of an application program can be stored and transferred to a remote system. The remote system attempts to recreate the original state of the application program. If the remote system is unable to do so, an image of the state of the application program is obtained, instead. Assignment of control to various functions of an application program is achieved by associating a function (i.e., modifying a parameter) with a user control at a remote location. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159343 | REMOTE CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM USING CONTROL USER INTERFACE - The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for remote control, and a remote control method using a control user interface of a remote user interface (UI) client according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes receiving, by the remote UI client, a message requesting a service from a remote device; transmitting a message requesting a control UI related to the requested service to a remote UI server when the remote UI client receives the message requesting the service from the remote device; receiving, by the remote UI client, a control UI corresponding to the message requesting the control UI from the remote UI server; and transmitting, by the remote UI client, the received control UI to the remote device. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a user may easily control a corresponding remote user interface through a control user interface specified for a screen on which the remote user interface is being reproduced. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159344 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING REMOTE USER INTERFACE CLIENT THROUGH THE THIRD REMOTE USER INTERFACE CLIENT - A method and apparatus are provided for controlling a Remote User Interface Client (RUIC), on which a remote user interface is displayed, through another RUIC. A message including control information that indicates a control action corresponding to a user input at the other RUIC is received at the RUIC from the other RUIC. The RUIC determines whether the control information is predefined information or undefined information. When the control information is predefined information, the control information is delivered from a web server of the RUIC to an application of the RUIC, and a control operation corresponding to the control information is executed by the application. When the control information is undefined information, the received control information is delivered from the web server to the application through a remote control plug-in in the RUIC to execute the control operation corresponding to the control information by the application. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159345 | Automatically Personalizing Application User Interface - A computer-implemented method for automatically personalizing applications includes: receiving, in a computer system, user behavior data for multiple users of at least one application program, the application program having a user interface with multiple input controls displayed on multiple different panes, and the user behavior data reflecting actions performed using the input controls on the panes; identifying, using the computer system, at least one usage pattern in the user behavior data as meeting a usage pattern criterion; storing a personalization record based on identifying the usage pattern, the personalization record specifying the usage pattern as a sequence of activating at least some of the input controls on at least some of the panes; and automatically generating, using the computer system and based on the personalization record, a modified user interface according to the identified usage pattern. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159346 | Method and System Enabling Co-operating of Web Apparatus and Flash Apparatus - Embodiments of the present invention relate to network communications, and provide a method and a system enabling co-operating of a web apparatus and a flash apparatus. The method includes: a web apparatus sends an instruction of calling a flash apparatus to a client, where the instruction includes information of the flash apparatus to be called; after receiving the instruction, the client makes a flash control perform an operation based on information of the flash apparatus to be called in the instruction. The system includes a web apparatus, a flash apparatus and a client. The flash apparatus and the web apparatus are capable of calling each other and are at the same status in the client, thus respective functions can be fully utilized. The flash apparatus and the web apparatus are capable of accessing resources of the client directly, which improves the access efficiency. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159347 | MEETING-SPECIFIC STATE INDICATORS - A state client is configured to allow a user to specify a meeting-specific state, such as that the user is running late for a meeting, checked in to the meeting, or unable to attend the meeting. A state service stores data identifying the user's meeting-specific state. The state service also responds to requests for the state of the user. In one implementation, when such a request is received, the state service determines whether the user is an invitee to the same meeting as the user requesting the state. If not, the state service returns a general-purpose state indicator for the user. If both users are invitees to the same meeting, the state service returns the meeting-specific state indicator, which may then be displayed by a state client. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159348 | MOSAIC GENERATION FROM USER-CREATED CONTENT - Techniques for creating a mosaic using user-created content on a content sharing site. Embodiments of the invention may provide an interface on the content sharing site to allow users to create content. Embodiments may then determine a suitability value between the user-created content and portions of a mosaic, and insert the user-created content into a particular portion of the mosaic based on the determined suitability value for the particular portion. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159349 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING AND MONITORING SESSIONS WITH CLIENTS OVER A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Systems and methods provide real-time communication between website operators and website visitors including monitoring, gathering, managing and sharing of information. The features include: simultaneous chatting with system's website visitor while responding/submitting tickets/emails and searching through company knowledge base; operator communicating message to another operator directly in active chat session, while message remains hidden to visitors/customers; displaying advertising messages to visitors/customers within chat window during active chat sessions; growing knowledge base by adding information into knowledge base during chat session; providing real-time access to system's website visitor information by seeing the content of visitor's shopping cart or by passing information from system's server into visitor's information located in operator's panel; creating and branding multiple chat windows and selectively linking all or some to the account; tagging and grouping each chat sessions; parent-child ticketing for project management; lead scoring; and mobile live chatting. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159350 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING VIRTUAL SOCIAL PROFILES - A system and methods that enable virtual social profiles for digital representations of users. Comment/voting opportunities are provided so that users may vote or comment on profile contributions for a digital representation in a social online service. Such opportunities may also be managed by users. The act of voting on a comment/voting opportunity may increase a number of points associated with the comment. Once a comment opportunity is voted on by other users, it becomes a comment and contributes to a social profile of a targeted user. Consequentially, users may also be ranked and classified based on the perceptions of others. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159351 | MULTIPLE REVIEWS OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES - Embodiments includes a method comprising generating a User Interface (UI) application, based on instructions from a developer using a software development tool. The UI application includes an edit layer configured to enable multiple reviewers of the UI application to graphically overlay multiple reviews of the UI application over a display of the UI application, wherein the multiple reviews comprise a markup of at least one of a design, a layout and a wording of text of the UI application. The method also includes receiving the multiple reviews of the UI application from the multiple reviewers. The method includes displaying, for review by the developer, the UI application and the multiple reviews graphically overlaid on the UI application. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159352 | System and Method for Item-Based Economy in a Virtual World - There is provided a system and method for an item-based economy in a virtual world. There is provided a server for providing an item exchange for a virtual world lacking a common currency for item valuation, comprising a processor configured to receive a request from a client having an inventory to initiate the item exchange, present a user interface on a display of the client for the item exchange, receive a selection of either a second quantity of second items or a third quantity of third items for the item exchange from the client, remove from the inventory of the client a first quantity of tradable items defined by a first exchange value or a second exchange value based on the selection, and add the second quantity of second items or the third quantity of the third items to the inventory of the client based on the selection. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159353 | INVITING TEMPORARY PARTICIPANTS TO A VIRTUAL MEETING OR OTHER COMMUNICATION SESSION FOR A FIXED DURATION - A session invitation can be received from a first communicator for a first communication session. The session invitation can be for a temporary participant to join a sub-session of the first communication session for a sub-session duration specified by the first communicator. The sub-session duration can be less than a duration of the first communication session. The session information can be conveyed to the temporary participant within a session invitation so that the sub-session duration is able to be presented to the temporary participant. Thus, the temporary participant is able to accept or deny the session invitation with full knowledge of the sub-session duration. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159354 | Automated Real-Time Data Stream Switching in a Shared Virtual Area Communication Environment - Switching real-time data stream connections between network nodes sharing a virtual area is described. In one aspect, the switching involves storing a virtual area specification. The virtual area specification includes a description of one or more switching rules each defining a respective connection between sources of a respective real-time data stream type and sinks of the real-time data stream type in terms of positions in the virtual area. Real-time data stream connections are established between network nodes associated with respective objects each of which is associated with at least one of a source and a sink of one or more of the real-time data stream types. The real-time data stream connections are established based on the one or more switching rules, the respective sources and sinks associated with the objects, and respective positions of the objects in the virtual area. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159355 | OPTIMIZED JOINT DOCUMENT REVIEW - A UI for presenting and reviewing a document is optimized based upon the type of computing device being utilized to present the document. One such UI includes a first pane showing a view of the document under review that is sized and formatted for display on a large-format display device. The first pane can also be utilized to emphasize a portion of the document. The UI also includes a second pane that includes indicators for each of the reviewers of the document. The selection of an indicator will cause a portion of the document being reviewed by the corresponding reviewer to be displayed in the first pane. The UI also includes a third pane that includes a scaled image of the document shown in the first pane. Selection of a portion of the scaled image causes the selected portion of the document to be displayed in the first pane. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159356 | Enhanced World Wide Web-Based Communications - A system and method for providing a browsing widget, comprising a javascript component that obtains at least one permission regarding the primary content and that receives browsing content produced remotely from a second one of the javascript component as forwarded over at least one network to said javascript component. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159357 | MOBILE WEB MAP SERVICE SYSTEM AND TERMINAL PROVIDING MOBILE WEB MAP SERVICE - The mobile web map service system includes a map server configured to provide map data to a terminal in response to a request from the terminal, a multimedia point of interest (mPOI) content provision server configured to provide multimedia information based on a geographic location represented by the map data in response to the request from the terminal, and a terminal configured to request and receive the map data and the multimedia information based on the geographic location represented by the map data, and output the received map data and multimedia information to a user. To overcome limitations of a conventional mobile web map service, a service can be configured using a service application programming interface (API) including hypertext markup language 5 (HTML5)-based geo-location, map-control, offline browsing, and mPOI functions. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159358 | DEVICE INDEPENDENT METHOD FOR DEFINING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - The invention relates to a client independent method for defining a graphical user interface (GUI) for a client device, the method comprising the steps of determining a dedicated display area of a display screen of the client device where the GUI is to be provided, defining a plurality of sub-regions of the display area, the size and location of each sub-region being allocated according to a predetermined pattern, assigning an application service for each of the sub-regions, providing each of the application services to its respective sub-region; and rendering the GUI within the dedicated display area of the display screen, thereby allowing a user of the client device to interact with the application services. The invention also relates to a client device adapted provide an interactive GUI to a user of the client device. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159359 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING GRAPHICAL DASHBOARDS WITH DRILL DOWN NAVIGATION - A system, machine-readable medium and a method that may provide a dashboard that may be created with menu controls that allow a user to navigate to the underlying data, manipulate the data, and present the manipulated data in the dashboard upon navigation back to the dashboard. The menu controls may include a data link to an address of a data location containing the data presented in the dashboard. | 2012-06-21 |
20120159360 | STAGGERED ANIMATION SCHEDULING - A timing function that distributes progressive start times of a series of target animations, or staggers animations, is disclosed. The timing function includes a set of selectable parameters that are used to create a customized staggering animation in the user interface. The set of selectable parameters includes a user interface geometry for each of the target animations. | 2012-06-21 |