| 29th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
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| 20100185857 | REMOVABLE SECURITY MODULES AND RELATED METHODS - Example removable security modules for use with process control devices and related methods are disclosed. An example removable security module includes a body configured to be removably coupled to the process control device and a memory disposed in the body with a shared secret stored in the memory. The example removable security module also includes a processing unit disposed in the body, coupled to the memory and configured to read information from the process control device, compare the information to the shared secret and authenticate the process control device based on the comparison. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185858 | Image Forming System - A Multi-Function peripheral (MFP), a server apparatus, and a client apparatus for generating image output data from document data and transmitting the image output data to the server apparatus are each connected to a network. In the server apparatus, an output data management unit stores the received image output data in an output data storage unit. Upon receiving user authentication information that is input with a user operation on the MFP, the server apparatus determines whether the user authentication information is valid. When the user authentication information is determined to be valid, the server apparatus transmits to the MFP one or more among the stored image output data associated with the user authentication information. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185859 | SOFTWARE UPDATE SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An update server | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185860 | METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING A COMMUNICATION CHANNEL BETWEEN A CLIENT AND A SERVER - A method for authenticating a communication channel between a client and server has been disclosed. The method employs a mutual authentication payload (MAP) protocol that enables mutual authentication between a client and server system in a convenient user-friendly manner while providing seamless and automated portability to the clients, In the process of mutual authentication, the client verifies that the server entity is indeed the intended entity and is trusted. Likewise, the server verifies if the client entity initiating the exchange is indeed the intended entity and is trusted. Accordingly, this verification process involves multi-factor authentication factors contained within the MAP protocol. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185861 | ANONYMOUS KEY ISSUING FOR ATTRIBUTE-BASED ENCRYPTION - The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that establish a decryption key for use with an attribute authority. The system can include components that identify a pseudonym based a global identifier (GID) associated with a user, initiates communication with the attribute authority, and selects a first random value utilized to determine a first value. The system also includes components that select a second random value, employs the first value and the second random value to generate a second value and a third value, receives the second value and the third value, identifies a third random value, and employs the second value, the third value, the first random value, and the third random value to determine a fourth value which is employed to determine a fifth value. The fifth value is employed to derive the decryption key for use with the attribute authority. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185862 | Method and System for Encrypting JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Messages - The confidentiality of JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) message data is secured using an encryption scheme. The encryption scheme implements a JSON encryption syntax, together with a set of processing rules for creating encrypting arbitrary data in JSON messages in a platform/language independent manner. A method for encrypting a data item in a JSON message begins by applying an encryption method and a key to the data item to generate a cipher value. A data object is then constructed that represents an encryption of the data item. The data item in the JSON message is then replaced with the data object, and the resulting modified JSON message is then output from a sending entity. At a receiving entity, information in the data object is used to re-generate the data item, which is then placed back in the original message. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185863 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIME-LAPSE CRYPTOGRAPHY - According to one aspect, provided is a construction and specification for an implementation of a new cryptographic primitive, “Time-Lapse Cryptography”, with which a sender can encrypt a message so that it is guaranteed to be revealed at an exact moment in the future, even if this revelation turns out to be undesirable to the sender. In one embodiment, a Time-Lapse Cryptography Service is provided (“the Service”) based on a network of parties. Senders encrypt their messages with this public key whose secret key is not known to anyone—not even a trusted third party—until a predefined and specific future time T+δ, at which point the secret key is constructed and published. In one example, the secret key can only be known after it is constructed. At or after that time, anyone can decrypt the cipher text using this secret key. Other embodiments describe other applications of such a service, for example, one embodiment is used in sealed bid auctions, others in insider stock sales, clinical trials, and electronic voting, among a variety of possible implementations. In one embodiment, a method for cryptographic encoding is provided, including generation of cryptographic key components by a plurality of parties, where participation of the parties is verified. A public key is constructed from a plurality of key components, | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185864 | Multi-Dimensional Credentialing Using Veiled Certificates - In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for creating a veiled certificate is provided. The method comprises requesting a certificate from a regulator by sending a message with a digital signature of the message signed by the owner. The message comprises an owner's veiled certificate token, the veiled certificate token comprising an encrypted version of the owner's identification data and the owner's identification public key for the certificate. The message further comprises the identification public key, the whole message being encrypted using the regulator's external public key. The certificate request is validated by verifying the sender's identity through validation of the digital signature using the owner's external public key and verifying the veiled certificate token using the individual' external public key. A veiled certificate is created by combining the veiled certificate token, identification public key and digitally signing the veiled certificate with the regulator's private key, wherein the owner's identification information is inaccessible from the veiled certificate, except to the certificate owner. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185865 | GENERATION OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE SIGNATURES FOR USE IN SECURING NOMADIC ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS - A method for execution in a communication device, which comprises accessing an identifier stored in a memory; receiving a first data set and a second data set over a first communication path; generating a first signature from the identifier and the first data set; generating a second signature from the identifier and the second data set; responding to a first request by releasing a first response including the first signature over a local communication path different from the first communication path; and responding to a subsequent request by releasing a second response including the second signature over the local communication path. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185866 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CATEGORIZING CONTENTS - The present invention discloses a method and system for categorizing contents and relates to network and communication technologies. The content categorizing method includes: categorizing a content for which a category is requested and determining the content category; generating a digital signature according to the content and the content category; and returning the content category and the digital signature. The content screening method includes: receiving a pre-categorized content that carries a content, a content category and a digital signature; performing trust verification on the pre-categorized content according to the digital signature and when the trust verification is successful, screening the content according to the content category carried in the pre-categorized content. The present invention also discloses a content categorizing apparatus, a content screening apparatus, and a system for implementing a trust model. With the present invention, when a pre-categorized content is consumed, the correct mapping between the content and content category carried in the pre-categorized content is verified and the identity of the content categorizer is authenticated to guarantee the legal source of data. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185867 | DIGITAL SIGNATURE METHOD, PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS - A method for generating a digital signature with respect to an electronic document, the method including: inputting a target electronic document and a corresponding digital signature σ; dividing the target electronic document into a plurality of partial documents mi; and when a revision of the partial documents is to be performed, in a case where deletion of the one partial document is to be performed, when sanitization is not prohibited, exponentiating the digital signature σ twice with a hash value Gi, when sanitization is prohibited, exponentiating σ with the Gi; in a case where sanitization is to be performed, replacing a partial document by Gi; in a case where deletion is to be prohibited, exponentiating σ with a hash value Hi; in a case where the sanitization is to be prohibited, exponentiating σ with Gi; and updating σ. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185868 | PERSONILIZED DIGITAL MEDIA ACCESS SYSTEM - The invention is an apparatus that facilitates access to encrypted digital media to accept verification and authentication from an excelsior enabler using at least one token and at least one electronic identification. The at least one electronic identification could be a device serial number, a networking MAC address, or a membership ID reference from a web service. Access to the product is also managed with a plurality of secondary enablers using the at least one electronic identification reference. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185869 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNING JAVASCRIPT OBJECT NOTATION (JSON) MESSAGES - JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) message integrity is provided using a digital signature scheme. The digital signature scheme implements a set of processing rules for creating and representing digital signatures using a JSON signature syntax. The syntax preferably comprises a set of named elements, including a reference element, a signature information element, and a signature element. In one embodiment, a machine-implemented method for signing a JSON message begins by constructing a reference element for each data object in the JSON message to be signed. The data object is identified by a reference identifier. The reference element includes the reference identifier, a pointer (such as a URI) to a digest method, and a digest generated by applying the digest method to the data object or a given function of the data object. Then, a signature information element is constructed for one or more of the reference elements corresponding to the one or more data objects in the message that are being signed. The signature information element includes a pointer to a signature method, as well as one or more reference elements, or a canonical form of the one or more reference elements. Then, a signature element is constructed. The signature element includes the signature information element, and a signature value generated by applying the signature method (identified in the signature information element) to the signature information element. The signature element is the JSON message signature. The signature enables a sending entity (such as a Web browser or Web server) to generate a digest on all or parts of a JSON message and then to secure the digests using a signing key. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185870 | Method and System for Managing a Hierarchy of Passwords - A method and system manage a hierarchy of passwords for users accessing a hierarchy of access control devices. First, a codeword is acquired and a syndrome of the codeword is determined. Next, the codeword is randomly modified with a probability p to produce a modified codeword. The modified codeword is selected and assigned to a user as a password, if the modified codeword is recoverable. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185871 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE SECURE ACCESS TO PERSONAL INFORMATION - A personal information system allowing users to securely collect, store, and transfer personal information is disclosed. The personal information system provides a central location for users to store information, and allows third parties to securely access the information in accordance with user-defined access rules. By providing a central storage area that may be electronically accessed by third parties, the personal information system facilitates the transfer of user information to these third parties. In order to control access to a user's stored personal information, user-defined access rules define the conditions under which third parties may access the stored information. The system also provides user authentication devices that include biometric recognition components and a touch screen display. The user authentication devices may be installed at third party locations to enable a user to authorize the transfer of personal information to third parties. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185872 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR READING CONTENT OF EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE - A system for enabling the reading on a reader of content stored in an external storage device is disclosed. The reader is a read-only device and has a display, a processor for controlling the operation of the reader, and a port for operative connection of the external storage device. The external storage device has a non-volatile storage and a central processor. The central processor is able to download to the reader the content stored in the non-volatile storage upon a pre-condition being established. The pre-condition is at least one of receipt of a correct encryption key from the reader, and arrival at a start date and time as determined by a real-time clock. The reader, external storage device, and a corresponding method are also disclosed. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185873 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILE PROCESSING AND FILE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A cipher processing system is provided for allowing file access while maintaining the integrity without a user being conscious of the difference between files when the user accesses a file in a folder containing both a ciphertext file and a plaintext file. Thus, according to the present invention, if a folder stores both a ciphertext file and a plaintext file, the ciphertext file is attached with identification information (preferably, footer information) indicating that the file is a ciphertext file, so that the plaintext file and the ciphertext file can be differentiated from each other when the files are read. A deciphered file gained by removing identification information from a ciphertext file and deciphering the file is delivered to an upper-level application. If the read file is a plaintext file, decipher processing is not executed on the plaintext file but the plaintext file is passed to the upper-level application program. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185874 | Method of Mass Storage Memory Management for Large Capacity Universal Integrated Circuit Cards - A method for managing information in a large capacity UICC, comprising:
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| 20100185875 | BACKGROUND SERVICE PROCESS FOR LOCAL COLLECTION OF DATA IN AN ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for a local collection tool that is configured to run as an authorized background service process. As such, the local collection tool of the present invention is capable of being executed in the absence of the device user's credentials. As a result, local collection can be accomplished without the user being present or covertly without the user's knowledge of collection process. Moreover, the back-up file generated by the collection tool may include encrypted data, which can automatically be decrypted by the collection entity through application of a master key. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185876 | KEYBOARD-INPUT INFORMATION-SECURITY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A keyboard-input information-security apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes an interrupt-descriptor table for storing a list of addresses of functions for handling interrupts, and storing an address of a secure input interrupt-service routine at a specific location in an address area for an operating-system input interrupt-service routine supported by an operating system; a secure input-device driver for changing keyboard-interrupt-vector information to invoke the address of the secure input interrupt-service routine when a keyboard interrupt is generated by a keyboard, and receiving and encoding data input via the keyboard based on the address of the secure input interrupt-service routine; and a secure input unit for delivering the encoded data from the secure input-device driver to an application program, thereby providing higher-level security than a conventional keyboard-security scheme, and particularly, effectively blocking a port-polling attack or an action trying to change a setting in a debug register. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185877 | System and Method for Information Handling System Power Management by Variable Direct Current Input - A power manager of an information handling system selectively commands a first or second source voltage from an AC-to-DC adapter based upon power consumption of the information handling system. A lower direct current voltage is provided during reduced power consumption so that DC-to-DC conversion in a power supply is more efficient. A higher direct current voltage is provided during increased power consumption so that the current required to provide the increased power remains below a threshold current, thus allowing the power system to have components that operate at lower current levels under high power consumption operations yet with increased efficiency during low power consumption operations. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185878 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER CONSUMPTION AND A DEVICE HAVING POWER CONSUMPTION CAPABILITIES - A method for controlling power consumption of a processor, the method includes: receiving an indicator that indicates that the processor is expected to change its activity; determining, in response to the indicator and to a current power consumption of the processor, whether to change a frequency of a clock signal that is provided to the processor; and changing, if determining to change the frequency of the clock signal, the frequency of the clock signal by a reduction of the frequency of the clock signal that is followed by an increment of the frequency of the clock signal; wherein the changing of the frequency of the clock signal is responsive to an expected change of a supply voltage that is supplied to the processor as a result of a possible change in a power consumption of the processor due to an expected change of activity of the processor. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185879 | LOAD BALANCING POWER SUPPLIES - In one embodiment, a computer system comprises an enclosure, at least one power supply module in the enclosure, the power supply comprising at least a first power output and a second power output, at least one compute node, comprising an input/output module and logic to generate a power input signal to indicate a power input, and at least one administrative module coupled to the at least one power supply module and the at least one compute node. The administrative module comprises an input/output module, a power supply selector circuit module comprising logic to detect the power input signal generated by the at least one compute node and couple the compute node to one of the first power output or the second power output based at least in part on the power input signal. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185880 | TEST APPARATUS - A test apparatus for supporting compatibility testing between a motherboard and a number of power supply units includes a plug, a number of sockets, and a microprocessor. The plug is configured for connecting to the motherboard. The number of sockets is configured for connecting to the number of power supply units. The microprocessor is connected to the plug and the number of sockets, and is capable of turning on or turning off the number of power supply units, according to a power supply on signal received from the motherboard. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185881 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCORPORATING REGULATOR AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A semiconductor device includes a processing unit which generates a main signal, a first output terminal which outputs the main signal, a regulator which supplies power to the processing unit, a first input terminal which receives the input of a first control signal, a unit which generates a second control signal having a first level when the power is supplying to the processing unit and the first control signal has the first level and otherwise having a second level, a second output terminal which outputs the second control signal, a second input terminal which receives the input of a third control signal, and an gating unit which causes the first output terminal to output the main signal when the third control signal has the first level and stop the output of the main signal from the first output terminal when the third control signal has the second level. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185882 | Computer System Power Management Based on Task Criticality - A method, apparatus, and program product are provided for managing power consumption in a computer system based on the degree with which performance of tasks can be degraded in order to save power. A criticality value controls the degree with which performance of a task may be degraded is associated with tasks within a computer system. Power consumption of the computer system is then managed based on the criticality values associated with tasks executing within the computer system. A reduction in computer system power consumption can be realized by degrading the performance of non-critical tasks, which is accomplished by reducing the power consumed by at least a portion of the computer system. Power can also be reduced by scheduling non-critical tasks to portions of the computer system and reducing power consumption of other portions of the computer system. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185883 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR LARGE MEMORY SUBSYSTEMS - A power management system is provided. The system includes a permanent storage medium that has a plurality of storage segments that are individually controllable. A power manager analyzes requirements of programs that access the permanent storage medium and selectively enables or disables a subset of the storage segments in order to mitigate power consumption of the storage medium. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185884 | STANDBY POWER SAVING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER POWER-ON AND POWER-OFF METHOD THEREOF - A standby power saving system includes a standby power control module connected to or disposed on a motherboard of a computer for bidirectional signal transmission and transmitting a control signal; and at least one receiving module disposed on at least one AC power line of the computer and/or at least one peripheral apparatus, and connected to the standby power control module for receiving the control signal to switch on or off AC powers of the computer and/or the peripheral apparatus. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185885 | Method and Apparatus for Adjusting a Performance State of a Processor Resource - A method, apparatus or stored program for adjusting the clock throttle rate of a central processing unit (CPU) included in a computer, in which the usage of the CPU is measured, so that the clock throttle rate of the CPU can be automatically adjusted on the measured usage of the CPU, thereby reducing the consumption of electric power without any influence on the performance of the computer. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185886 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device of the present invention comprises a main CPU capable of taking at least two states which are an operating state and a sleeping state, a sub-CPU having power consumption lower than that of the main CPU and capable of taking at least two states which are an operating state and a sleeping state, and a process request determining section for determining which of the main CPU and the sub-CPU is caused to execute a process related to a request from a peripheral device. The process request determining section determines whether the main CPU is in the sleeping state or the operating state, and when the main CPU is in the sleeping state, determines whether or not the sub-CPU can be caused to execute the process, and when the main CPU is in the operating state, determines whether or not the main CPU can be caused to execute the process, and depending on a result of the determination, causes the main CPU or the sub-CPU to execute the process. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185887 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SAVING POWER IN PORTABLE TERMINAL USING ETHERNET - A method for saving power in a portable terminal includes determining whether an Ethernet cable is communicatively connected to an Ethernet modem; and when the Ethernet cable is not in communication with the Ethernet modem, intermittently supplying power to the Ethernet modem. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185888 | MICROCHIP FOR MONITORING AN ELECTRICAL SUBASSEMBLY - The invention relates to a microchip ( | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185889 | CHANNEL SUBSYSTEM SERVER TIME PROTOCOL COMMANDS - A protocol for communicating with the timing facility used in a data processing network to provide synchronization is provided via the execution of a machine instruction that accepts a plurality of commands. The interaction is provided through the use of message request blocks and their associated message response blocks. In this way timing parameters may be determined, modified and communicated. This makes it much easier for multiple servers or nodes in a data processing network to exist as a coordinated timing network and to thus more cooperatively operate on the larger yet identical data files. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185890 | SYNCHRONOUS GLOBAL CONTROLLER FOR ENHANCED PIPELINING - The present invention relates to a system and method for processing the read and write operations in a memory architecture. The system processing the read and write operations includes at least one local memory block and a synchronously controlled global controller coupled to the local memory block and adapted to extend the high portion of a clock pulse. The method for processing the read and write operations includes skewing a clock pulse using at least one word line interfacing with the global controller. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185891 | Environment Delivery Network - A method for environmental delivery network prioritizes groups of data for transmission based on a various factors such as synchronization requirements, endpoint configuration, and the fidelity of sensory stimuli reproduction. A device detects data missing from a group of data received from a server and replaces the missing data with replacement data based on a predetermined value. The predetermined value may be based on a default value specific to the sensory stimulus missing data, data received prior to the missing data, or data received prior to and after the missing data. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185892 | TIME-GAP DEFECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A programmatic time-gap defect correction apparatus and method corrects errors which may go undetected by a computer system. Buffer underruns or overruns, which may incur errors in data transfers, yet remain undetected and uncorrected in a computer system, are corrected by an error avoidance module in accordance with the invention. Bytes transferred to and from buffers, used by an I/O controllers to temporarily store data while being transferred between synchronous and asynchronous devices, are counted and an error condition is forced based on the count. If the count exceeds the capacity of the buffer, an error condition is forced, thereby reducing chances that errors are incurred into the data transfer. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185893 | Topology Collection Method and Dual Control Board Device For A Stacking System - The invention provides a topology collection method and dual control board device applicable to a stacking system comprising dual control board devices. A master control board of a dual control board device advertises through a stack port the topology information of the member device in which the master control board resides, including information about the master control board and, if a slave control board is present, information about the slave control board; and stores the topology information or updates the existing topology information upon receiving the topology information of the stacking system through the stack port, and backs up the stored topology information of the stacking system to the slave control board after the slave control board is inserted. This invention is applicable for collecting the topology information of a stacking system comprising distributed dual control board devices. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185894 | SOFTWARE APPLICATION CLUSTER LAYOUT PATTERN - In forming a cluster of processors and applications among a plurality of processors connected in a network the embodiment of a pair of cluster nodes, as applications, in each server/system and arranging for communication between them in a ring or tiered ring configuration of servers/systems provides network status monitoring and failure recovery in a highly redundant and flexible manner at increased speed without the requirement of separate communication links for monitoring and control or redundant hardware such as a so-called “hot standby” processor in each server/system. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185895 | FAILURE-SPECIFIC DATA COLLECTION AND RECOVERY FOR ENTERPRISE STORAGE CONTROLLERS - A method, apparatus, and computer program product for handling a failure condition in a storage controller is disclosed. In certain embodiments, a method may include initially detecting a failure condition in a storage controller. The failure condition may be associated with a specific host and a specific storage device connected to the storage controller. The method may further include determining a failure ID associated with the failure condition. Using the failure ID, en entry may be located in a data collection and recovery table. This entry may indicate one or more data collection and/or recovery processes to execute in response to the failure condition. The method may then execute the data collection and/or recovery processes indicated in the entry. While executing the data collection and/or recovery processes, connectivity may be maintained between hosts and storage devices not associated with the failure condition. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185896 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FULLY REDUNDANT CONTROL OF LOW-SPEED PERIPHERALS - The invention, in an embodiment, allows the control of several hardware ports via two redundant I2C paths. Switching between the two I2C paths is achieved by using a redundant control device, which performs the switch by tracking if incoming data transfers were completed with I2C stop condition. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185897 | FAULT TOLERANT MEMORY APPARATUS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS - Various embodiments include fault tolerant memory apparatus, methods, and systems, including an apparatus comprising a memory device including a plurality of addressable memory locations, and a memory manager coupled to the memory device, the memory manager including a scheduling unit operable to detect a multi-bit error in data read from the memory device, and to retry the read operation in order to distinguish between an intermittent error and a persistent error. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185898 | INPUT/OUTPUT PROCESSOR (IOP) BASED ZSERIES EMULATION - The emulation of a data processing I/O protocol employs a process which obviates the need to consider hardware specific functionality for which emulation is not an optimal solution. The particular protocol described in exemplary fashion herein is the OSA protocol as defined by Open System Adapter standards. The use of this emulation is also seen to leave in place all of the software tools otherwise employed. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185899 | RAID TESTING METHOD AND TESTING SYSTEM - A RAID testing method and a RAID testing system including a reading unit, an option-ROM, a recording unit and several RAID configuration data are provided. These data are either contained in several binary files or stored in a memory. In the method, first, these data are read by the reading unit under a first mode to simulate connecting to several physical disk drives in a first manner. Then, a global RAID configuration information is generated according to these RAID configuration data. Further, these data are read by the reading unit under a second mode to simulate connecting to these physical disk drives in a second manner. Afterwards the global RAID configuration information is updated by the option-ROM in accordance with the second mode. Moreover, the global RAID configuration information is recorded by the recording unit. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185900 | VIDEO RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Achieving improvement in protection of recorded data and reproduction performance and editing performance of video data and audio data, in addition to minimizing the number of disk devices, an inexpensive and high-performance video recording and reproducing apparatus ( | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185901 | SELF MONITORING OF MANAGED ENTITIES IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - It is described a method for monitoring the operational state of a telecommunication network ( | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185902 | METHOD AND APPROACH TO HOSTING VERSIONED WEB SERVICES - A method for hosting versioned web services includes steps of: receiving a request from a service requestor, the request comprising version metadata; parsing the request; extracting the version metadata from the parsing step; and locating a target implementation version using the version metadata. If the target implementation version is located, the method proceeds by dynamically routing the versioned request to the target implementation version. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185903 | Failure Repetition Avoidance - Avoiding failure repetition in data processing includes storing a sequence of circumstances leading up to a previous failure, monitoring circumstances in a current process, matching a sequence of circumstances in the current process to a stored sequence of circumstances, and applying rules to determine if the current process should proceed. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185904 | System and Method for Fast Cache-Hit Detection - A system and method for fast detection of cache memory hits in memory systems with error correction/detection capability is provided. A circuit for determining an in-cache status of a memory address comprises an error detect unit coupled to a cache memory, a comparison unit coupled to the cache memory, a results unit coupled to the comparison unit, and a selection unit coupled to the results unit and to the error detect unit. The error detect unit computes an indicator of errors present in data stored in the cache memory, wherein the data is related to the memory address. The comparison unit compares the data with a portion of the memory address, the results unit computes a set of possible in-cache statuses based on the comparison, and the selection unit selects the in-cache status from the set of possible in-cache statuses based on the indicator. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185905 | CONTEXTUAL AND INLINE ERROR RESOLUTION AND USER COMMUNITY - An event log system for capturing event information associated with error events occurring within a computer system. The event log system includes an event log displaying error messages associated with the error events captured within the computer system, and displaying inline error resolution information within each error message corresponding to each respective error event. User community information such as links to wiki topics and forum threads are contextually provided for and inline with individual error log entries. Also, action buttons to help the user resolve errors and problems are also contextually provided, as are surfaced links to domain experts within the user community, such as online chat buttons to them. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185906 | ERROR CORRECTION CAPABILITY ADJUSTMENT OF LDPC CODES FOR STORAGE DEVICE TESTING - Methods and structure described herein provide for adjusting an error correction capability of an LDPC error correction code. For example, the system of one embodiment includes a decoder adapted to decode data that has been encoded with a LDPC error correction code. The system also includes a detector communicatively coupled to the decoder and adapted to estimate bit values in the data prior to decoding by the decoder. The detector is further adapted to change bit values based on bit value estimations to reduce the error correction capability of the LDPC error correction code. The reduction in error correction capability is adjustable such that sector failure rates of storage devices may be incrementally analyzed. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185907 | METHOD FOR BOUNDS TESTING IN SOFTWARE - A method for a bounds test includes receiving a base value, a size value, and a test value; subtracting the base value from the test value to generate a result value in a signed format; comparing the result value and the size value, and passing the bounds test when the size value exceeds the result value interpreted as an unsigned value. A computer readable medium stores instructions for a bounds test, the instructions for causing a computer to perform: receiving a base value, a size value, and a test value; subtracting the base value from the test value to generate a result value in a signed format; comparing the result value and the size value; and passing the bounds test when the size value exceeds the result value interpreted as an unsigned value. A bounds test system includes a processor, wherein the processor supports two's-compliment notation; and a memory, operatively connected to the processor. The memory comprises instructions for causing the processor to perform: receiving a base value, a size value, and a test value; subtracting the base value from the test value to generate a result value in a signed format; comparing the result value and the size value; and passing the bounds test when the size value exceeds the result value interpreted as an unsigned value. The comparing uses an unsigned result value and two's-compliment notation is used for subtracting and comparing. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185908 | Speed-Path Debug Using At-Speed Scan Test Patterns - Speed-path debug techniques based on at-speed scan test patterns. Potential speed paths are identified based upon detected at-speed scan pattern failures and unknown X-value simulation. When the number of identified speed paths is large, the suspect speed paths are ranked. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185909 | Asynchronous Scan Chain Circuit - Disclosed is a dual-rail asynchronous insensitive scan chain circuit designed for test. This scan chain does not require any clock even in scan mode, so it is truly an asynchronous design for testability. The normal function of the asynchronous scan chain can not be affected when removing any clock controls. The handshake protocols between two sequential elements used in the asynchronous scan chain become the scan chain transmission structure, rather than the timing control used in synchronous scan chain in the prior arts. Therefore, both in the function mode and scan mode, the scan chain always operates under the asynchronous condition. It not only can reach a complete test scanning, achieve high fault detection coverage and consume lower power, but also avoid the clock skew problem. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185910 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SETTING CID MASK LENGTH OF A HARQ-MAP/SUB-MAP POINTER IE IN WIMAX SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus for setting the connection identifier (CID) mask length of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat-Request (HARQ)-MAP or a SUB-MAP pointer information element (IE) in a compressed downlink map (DL-MAP) of an orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) frame are provided in an effort to reduce the number of false indications in the CID mask, while also striving, as a secondary concern, to reduce the CID mask length. In this manner, an individual mobile station (MS) may not waste processing, battery power, or time interpreting a HARQ-MAP message or a sub downlink/uplink map (SUB-DL-UL-MAP) message that was not intended for this particular MS. For some embodiments where the CID mask length is set to be small, the control overhead (i.e., the size of the HARQ-MAP or the SUB-MAP pointer IE) may be decreased, and more of the OFDMA frame may be available for data traffic. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185911 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING THRESHOLD SWITCHES FOR PROTOCOL ACCELERATORS - Certain embodiments of the present disclosure control whether or not certain protocol stack operation are performed in a hardware (HW) protocol stack accelerator based on ARQ/HARQ re-transmission rate. Latency penalties associated with using the HW accelerator are typically higher than the data movement overhead when this data does not need to be processed by the HW accelerator, such as when a re-transmission error occurs. According to certain embodiments, the HW accelerator is activated if the ARQ/HARQ re-transmission rate is below a threshold value. Otherwise, if the ARQ/HARQ re-transmission rate is above a threshold, at least a portion of the HW accelerator may be de-activated, which may reduce overhead associated with moving data between the protocol stack and the HW accelerator. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185912 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING OPTICAL INFORMATION USING LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODE - An apparatus and method for processing optical information using a low density parity check code are suggested. An optical information recording method includes the steps of encoding data to record into a low density parity check code; representing the data, which is encoded into the low density parity check code, to a spatial light modulator in the unit of a data page; and modulating a recording beam into the data page representing the spatial light modulator to be recorded in the form of hologram in a recording medium. By blocking inexact probability information from being concentrated in the LDPC code block, by achieving exact probability information through effective allocation of a mark, and by improving average accuracy of the pixel, which corresponds to the LDPC code, failure rate of decoding can be minimized so that decoding performance can be improved. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185913 | METHOD FOR DECODING LDPC CODE AND THE CIRCUIT THEREOF - A method for decoding LDPC code comprises the steps of: marking non-zero sub-matrices of a parity-check matrix of an LDPC code as 1 and zero sub-matrices of the parity-check matrix as 0 to form a simplified matrix; rearranging the sequence of rows of the simplified matrix according to the dependency between these rows; and updating the LDPC code in accordance with the sequence of the rows. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185914 | Systems and Methods for Reduced Complexity Data Processing - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for processing information. For example, a decoding system is disclosed that includes a de-interleaver. The de-interleaver is operable to receive an interleaved codeword that includes two or more reduced codewords interleaved together. Further, the de-interleaver is operable to provide a representation of the two or more reduced codewords. The systems also include a decoder that is operable to decode the two or more reduced codewords. In some instances of the aforementioned embodiments, the decoder is an LDPC decoder that is tailored to the size of one or both of the two or more reduced codewords. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185915 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING THE LOW DENSITY GENERATOR MATRIX CODE - A method and system for encoding the low density generator matrix code are disclosed. The encoding method includes the following steps: S | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185916 | AUDIO REPRODUCTION DEVICE, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, AUDIO REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An audio reproduction device includes a decoding processor to decode input voice data, a discontinuousness determination unit to determine whether or not a packet is discontinuous with a preceding packet, a reset processing unit to reset decode information, a frequency analysis unit to perform frequency analysis on the decoded data, an envelope calculation unit to calculate an envelope of the decoded data, a level difference calculation unit to calculate a level difference of the decoded data, a correction processing unit to apply a specific correction process to the decoded data if the correction process is necessary, and a processing determination unit to determine whether or not the correction process is to be performed, to determine whether or not the packet data is discontinuous, to determine which correction process is to be applied, and to output an instruction to perform the correction process. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185917 | Feedback-based management of variable-rate communication links - A method for communication includes transmitting data from a transmitter to a receiver using Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM). The data rate is set by selecting, based on feedback, an ACM profile defining a Forward Error Correction code and a modulation scheme. Upon detecting that the feedback is unusable, an operation of the transmitter is changed independently of the feedback. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185918 | Message-based management of variable-rate communication links - A method for communication includes transmitting data from a transmitter to a receiver using Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM). The data rate is set by selecting, based on feedback, an ACM profile defining a Forward Error Correction code and a modulation scheme. Upon detecting that the feedback is unusable, an operation of the transmitter is changed independently of the feedback. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185919 | Enhanced Error Detection in Multilink Serdes Channels - A method for receiving packet data at a communication channel and transmitting the packet data over serial links of the communication channel. The packet data is sliced into n-bit data portions which are concatenated with a header prior to transmitting an n-bit portion across one of the serial links of the communication channel. The header includes a CRC to provide improved error detection. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185920 | DIGITAL BROADCAST SYSTEM, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A digital broadcast system having storing resistance to errors generated during the transmission of mobile service data, and a data processing method are disclosed. The digital broadcast system additionally encodes mobile service data. As a result, the mobile service data has strong resistance to a channel variation and noise, and at the same time the system can quickly cope with the channel variation. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185921 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IN-PLACE UPDATING CONTENT STORED IN A STORAGE DEVICE - Methods and systems for in-place updating original content stored in a non-volatile storage device and for yielding updated content. Some of the described embodiments illustrate the possibilities for reduction in storage operations, storage blocks, and/or update package size. Some of the described embodiments include the writing of error recovery result(s) such as XOR result(s) which enable the recovery of data in case of an interruption of the update process. In some of the described embodiments, there is re-usage of a protection buffer containing content which is required in the update process. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185922 | HAMMING RADIUS SEPARATED DEDUPLICATION LINKS - A method of de-duplicating duplicate data in a data storage system that includes identifying a plurality of portions of data, comparing each portion of the data to identify duplicate data and identifying a link associated with each duplicate data, determining whether a Hamming link-separation-distance between the identified link and all other existing links is greater than twice the Hamming radius of an error correction code in the data storage system, and then replacing the duplicate data with the identified link. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185923 | DECODING OF RECURSIVE CONVOLUTIONAL CODES BY MEANS OF A DECODER FOR NON-RECURSIVE CONVOLUTIONAL CODES - Embodiments of the invention provide a decoder arrangement ( | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185924 | Method and Apparatus for Evaluating Performance of a Read Channel - Methods and apparatus are provided for measuring the performance of a read channel. A number of detection techniques, such as SOVA and maximum-a-posteriori (MAP) detectors, produce a bit decision and a corresponding reliability value associated with the bit decision. The reliability value associated with the bit decision may be expressed, for example, in the form of log likelihood ratios (LLRs). The reliability value can be monitored and used as a performance measure. The present invention provides a channel performance measure that generally correlates directly to the BER but can be collected in less time. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185925 | Differential Locally Updating Viterbi Decoder - The present invention relates to differential, locally updating Viterbi decoder characterized in that it contains connection management block ( | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185926 | Enhanced Error Detection in Multilink Serdes Channels - A method for receiving packet data at a communication channel and transmitting the packet data over serial links of the communication channel. The packet data is sliced into n-bit data portions which are concatenated with a header prior to transmitting an n-bit portion across one of the serial links of the communication channel. The header includes a CRC to provide improved error detection. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185927 | Microprocessor System for Controlling at Least Partly Safety-Critical Processes - The invention relates to a microprocessor system ( | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185928 | EXTENSIBILITY FOR WEB BASED DIAGRAM VISUALIZATION - Extensible architecture and data flow in a web based diagram visualization service is accomplished by enabling a diagram update engine to launch custom data modules. Data modules for data sources that are not inherently supported are created by third parties through a specially defined interface (e.g. .NET® assemblies) and made visible for the web based diagram services and callable from a diagram update engine. Thus, a number of data sources from which diagram data can be retrieved and the way incoming data is manipulated and aggregated is extensible through code. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185929 | SOFTWARE USER INTERFACE USING H-GRID NAVIGATION - A hierarchical grid (H-Grid) is used to select a customer name after preliminary navigation has been performed. The preliminary navigation serves to identify an action, category or type of page to process or display data associated with the selected customer name. The H-Grid can be used in various ways as a replacement for, enhancement or addition to, key or query-based searching to retrieve a page or perform an action. In a particular example, the H-Grid includes customer names that have data available for display according to a form associated with a selected action or category. When the user clicks a customer name in the H-Grid a current form is populated with the customer's data. Subsequent navigation to other pages of data are populated with the currently selected customer name. This approach can replace the requirement of having the user to perform a search or query to identify the customer name or record. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185930 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCORPORATING APPLICATION FUNCTIONALITY INTO A WEB PAGE - A method and system incorporate server-side application functionality into client-side web pages. A web page includes a script tag that identifies a location on a server from which to acquire script code when a browser processes the script tag. An application running on the server receives a request for a data entry form when the browser executes script associated with the script tag. In response to this request, the application generates the data entry form, in one embodiment configuring attributes of the data entry form in accordance with user-supplied information. The application transmits the data entry form to the browser and maintains a state of user interaction with the data entry form. The application can subsequently capture and save user-supplied data submitted through the data entry form, and, based on the captured user-supplied data, state of user interaction, or both, determine a next screen presentation for the browser to render. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185931 | SHIPPING SYSTEM FOR A CONSIGNMENT, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING THE CONSIGNMENT - There is provided a shipping system for at least one consignment. An exemplary shipping system comprises a first terminal for entering first data about the consignment, a detector that is adapted to acquire further data about the consignment and a consolidation server that stores, administers, processes and/or evaluates the first data, as desired. The exemplary shipping system also comprises a transmitter that is adapted to transmit the first data and the additional data to the consolidation server and a checker that is adapted to determine whether the additional data about the consignment was received. The exemplary shipping system additionally comprises a transmitter that is adapted to transmit the first data to a data recipient, the transmitter that is adapted to transmit the first data to the data recipient being configured so that it ascertains whether the additional data about the consignment was received so that the transmission of the first data only takes place once the additional data has been received. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185932 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR MAPPING AND VIEWING AN EVENT - A tool for mapping an event includes a map generator for generating an event map, a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of the event map, and a display device for displaying the zoomable and pannable view of the event map, and in another aspect, a tool for annotating an event map includes a map generator for generating an event map, an annotating unit for annotating the event map based on a user input, a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of the annotated event map, and a display device for displaying the zoomable and pannable view of the annotated event map. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185933 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR ANNOTATING AN EVENT MAP, AND COLLABORATING USING THE ANNOTATED EVENT MAP - A tool for mapping an event includes a map generator for generating an event map, a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of the event map, and a display device for displaying the zoomable and pannable view of the event map, and in another aspect, a tool for annotating an event map includes a map generator for generating an event map, an annotating unit for annotating the event map based on a user input, a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of the annotated event map, and a display device for displaying the zoomable and pannable view of the annotated event map. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185934 | ADDING NEW ATTRIBUTES TO A STRUCTURED PRESENTATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for retrieval and display of information from an electronic document collection. One aspect can be embodied in machine-implemented methods that include the actions of receiving description data describing a preexisting structured presentation, comparing characteristics of the preexisting structured presentation with content of electronic documents in an unstructured collection of electronic documents to locate electronic documents that identify a new attribute that is relevant to the preexisting structured presentation, adding an identifier of the new attribute to the preexisting structured presentation to form an expanded structured presentation, and outputting instructions for presenting the expanded structured presentation. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185935 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNITY DETECTION - Systems and methods are disclosed to detect communities of a social network by receiving linked documents from the social network; generating one or more conditional link models and one or more discriminative content models from the linked documents; creating a discriminative model by combining the one or more conditional link models and discriminative content models; and applying the discriminative model to the social networks. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185936 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing method, including the steps of: obtaining a first format document described using a mark-up language; and generating, based on definition data defining a hierarchical relationship of at least two types of tags of the mark-up language in a document structure, a second format document representing a tree structure having at least a node thereof corresponding to the tag or to a text related to the tag from the first format document. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185937 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING MARKUP LANGUAGE DOCUMENTS - A method for generating markup language documents, e.g., XML documents, uses a code generator that creates programs configured to create dynamic XML documents at run time, avoiding many of the complexities arising from the use of conventional “XML GENERATE” statements. In one embodiment, this process involves (1) creating a template document using a markup language, wherein the template document includes a set of tags associated with the markup language documents; (2) parsing the template document to determine a working storage structure corresponding to the tags in the template document; and (3) generating an application program in the programming language (e.g., COBOL), wherein the application program includes a definition of the working storage structure, and is configured to generate, during run-time, a markup language document corresponding to the original template document. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185938 | MULITPLE UPDATES TO CONTENT DESCRIPTIONS USING A SINGLE COMMAND - Updates to a content description represented as a tree are contained in a series of fragment update units. Each fragment update unit includes an update command and a navigation path, and may include a fragment payload depending on the update command. The update command is applied to a set of nodes in the tree that are selected using the navigation path. The fragment payload may contain a fragment, a fragment reference, or an attribute. The update command may be an add, delete or replace command. More than one fragment payload may be present in the fragment update unit, with each fragment payload applied to a different one of the nodes from the set selected by the navigation path. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185939 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MARK-UP STYLE SHEET PROVISION FOR VIRTUAL WORLDS - A method and system for changing three-dimensional virtual world style. The method includes creating a three-dimensional style sheet by adding a plurality of mark-up tags to a body of data describing a virtual world environment, the mark-up tags including a plurality of modifiers, and modifying the plurality of modifiers to change the style of the virtual world environment according to at least one mark-up instruction. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185940 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OBJECT-ORIENTED WORLD WIDE WEB PAGES - In the present invention, HTML elements are mapped to objects in an object-oriented environment. Classes of objects are defined for each HTML element as well as the HTML document (or page). By providing a one-to-one mapping between each HTML element and object classes, HTML documents can be manipulated programmatically. The properties of each element are stored in instance variables of the associated object. Each object class can include methods to manipulate the HTML element within an HTML document. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185941 | SUPPORTING VARIABLE DATA STRUCTURES AND CONSTANT DATA STRUCTURES IN A HARDWARE-BASED EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE (XML) POST PROCESSING ENGINE (PPE) - A method, computer program product, and system are disclosed for supporting variable data structures and constant data structures in a hardware-based XML PPE. The method may include inserting one or more constant Type-Length-Attributes (TLAs) into an output stream. The constant TLAs are inserted from one or more constant node-sets referenced from a constant table. The method may also include creating one or more variable node-sets. Each variable node-set includes one or more variable TLAs (TLAs saved from a base XML document) and is mapped to a variable table. The method may also include inserting one or more variable TLAs into the output stream inserted from one or more variable node-sets referenced from the variable table. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185942 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF EXECUTING A WORKFLOW, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which is capable of transmitting document data in a proper document format to an external system. An original input section inputs document data. A document data transmission section transmits the input document data to the system. A workflow execution section executes a workflow defined as a series of processes that can include a process for inputting the document data, and a process for transmitting the document data to the external system. A document format acquisition section acquires a document format of the document data required by the system, from the system. When the workflow execution section executes the workflow including the process for transmitting the document data to the external system, a document format check section judges whether or not the document data to be transmitted satisfies the acquired document format. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185943 | COMPARATIVE DOCUMENT SUMMARIZATION WITH DISCRIMINATIVE SENTENCE SELECTION - Systems and methods are disclosed for summarizing a plurality of documents, by extracting sentence candidates from the documents; dividing the documents into one or more groups; selecting one or more discriminant sentences for each group using a discriminant criterion; and generating one or more summaries for the one or more groups based on the selected sentences. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185944 | LAYOUT APPARATUS, LAYOUT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An object deleting unit deletes one or more objects from document data containing a plurality of objects disposed on a document. An object holding unit holds each object deleted by the object deleting unit. A document data editing unit edits the document data. An area detection unit determines whether an extra area is present in the document data having been subjected to the editing processing by the document data editing unit. An object detection unit detects, among the objects held by the object holding unit, any object that can be located in the extra area of the document data detected by the area detection unit. An object layout unit relocates the object detected by the object detection unit. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185945 | OPERATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEVICE THROUGH WIND RECOGNITION - An operation control apparatus can control a device through wind recognition. The apparatus includes a sensor unit to sense inputted wind and to generate waveform data with respect to the wind, a waveform comparison unit to determine strength and/or direction of the wind based on the waveform data, and a processing unit to perform an operation using the strength or direction of the wind. The processing unit may generate interactive data using the strength or direction of the wind, and transmits the interactive data to another mobile terminal during a voice call or video call. The interactive data may be displayed on a mobile terminal, and may change according to a change in the detected characteristics of the wind. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185946 | MULTI-TOUCH DEVICE HAVING A BOT WITH LOCAL AND REMOTE CAPABILITIES - A system, method, and program product for instantiating and executing a bot on an interface system are disclosed. A bot is an agent for the user and includes an animated visual personification. The system includes an interface system including a graphical user interface, a system for instantiating a bot and displaying the bot on the graphical user interface, and a command processing system for causing the bot to execute one of a plurality of actions in response to a user command. The plurality of actions includes at least one local capability and at least one remote capability. The at least one remote capability also includes a system for transferring the bot to a second interface at a remote location. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185947 | SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION PRESENTATION AND INTERACTION - A system for distributed information processing and interaction includes a plurality of output devices arranged to produce a respective output portion of a system output, a plurality of application processors and a state server in data communication with the plurality of application processors. Each respective output portion is defined by context information. Each application processor is configured to process one or more respective application programs and is responsive to the context information. Each application processor is coupled with an associated respective output device for controlling the output device in producing the respective output portion. The state server provides the context information to the plurality of application processors. The architecture is extended to a more general system in which output devices produce a variety of outputs including device actuations, as well as video displays, and receive a variety of inputs. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185948 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATING AND VIEWING DIGITAL DOCUMENTS - Systems, including handheld computing devices that include system code stored within the memory and adapted to be executed by the processor. The system code can process an input byte stream that is representative of contents to be displayed on the touch sensitive display and can generate a content document file representative of an internal representation of the content. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185949 | Method for using gesture objects for computer control - A computer control environment introduces the Gesture environment, in which a computer user may enter or recall graphic objects on a computer display screen, and draw arrows and gesture objects to control the computer and produce desired results. The elements that make up the gesture computing environment, include a gesture input by a user that is recognized by software and interpreted to command that some action is to be performed by the computer. The gesture environment includes gesture action objects, which convey an action to some recipient object, gesture context objects which set conditions for the invocation of an action from a gesture object, and gesture programming lines that are drawn to or between the gesture action objects and gesture context objects to establish interactions therebetween. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185950 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A SLIDE SHOW, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING A SLIDE SHOW - Provided is a method of providing a slide show. The method includes determining whether a first image to be displayed is an image photographed in a continuous photographing mode, when the first image is an image photographed in the continuous photographing mode, displaying the first image for a first time interval, and when the first image is not an image photographed in the continuous photographing mode, displaying the first image for a second time interval, wherein the first time interval and the second time interval are different from each other. The first time interval may be shorter than the second time interval. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185951 | HYBRID SYNCHRONOUS/ASYNCHRONOUS MEANS FOR SHARING USER INTERACTIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES - In an aspect of the invention, a method of communication comprises: establishing an asynchronous communication stream between a first user and a second user; and sending clipped dynamic content from the second user to the first user via the asynchronous communication stream, the clipped dynamic content selected and extracted from a web page by the second user. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185952 | PORTLET PALETTE WITH AUTOMATIC REMOTE PORTLET INTEGRATION - A method for integrating remote portlets into a consumer portal that includes providing a list of remote portlet producers to a portlet palette within the consumer portal, automatically obtaining available remote portlets, via the portlet palette, using the provided list, storing information corresponding to the available remote portlets, in the portlet palette, merging information regarding local portlets and the available remote portlets to form an available portlet list on the portlet palette, allowing a user to view the available portlet list, receiving a selected available remote portlet from the available portlet list as selected by the user and performing a drag and drop operation of the selected remote portlet to a portal page on the consumer portal, and automatically creating a producer reference corresponding to a respective remote portlet producer associated with the selected remote portlet and a remote portlet reference corresponding to the selected remote portlet on the consumer portal. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185953 | METHOD FOR SECURING AN INTERFACE BETWEEN A USER AND AN APPLICATION, CORRESPONDING SYSTEM, TERMINAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An interface securing method between a user and a non certified application running on an electronic device and providing at least one view to be rendered on a screen, and a view comprising or associated to at least one interface control component. The method implements, prior to rendering a view: analysis of the interface control components of the view, so as to detect at least one interface control component that could pose a security problem, called a suspicious component; and if at least one suspicious component is detected, restriction or invalidation of the functions of at least one input control component, distinct from the at least one suspicious component and able to allow the information to be provided by the user to the application. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185954 | Collaborative Environment Project Extensibility with Composition Containers - Dynamic collaborative project extensibility is provided via composition containers in a managed extensibility framework within an integrated development environment. A browser-based collaborative environment project is extended, using an extension artifact factory to obtain extension artifacts within composition containers. A class library project can be configured with a custom action, a browser-based collaborative environment project extension artifact can be created representing the custom action, and a factory class for the project extension artifact can then be created with an export attribute for discovery within a composition container. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185955 | Image Display Device and Image Display System - Included are a receiving unit and a screen resolution mediation means. The receiving unit receives window image data as image data of windows on virtual screens and screen resolution signals of the virtual screens from a plurality of computer devices. When it is determined, based on the screen resolution signals received by the receiving unit, that virtual screens of the plurality of computer devices have different resolutions, the screen resolution mediation means sends screen resolution mediation signals for mediating between the screen resolutions of the virtual screens to a plurality of computer devices. | 2010-07-22 |
| 20100185956 | SIGNALING SUPPORT FOR SHARER SWITCHING IN APPLICATION SHARING - Architecture for seamless role switching in application sharing. A multipoint control unit (MCU) can be used for connecting multiple clients over a network. An application sharing component establishes an application sharing session over the MCU, and application content is exchanged from a sharer client to one or more viewer clients. Each client can communicate a media connection preference to the session. Client sharer and viewer roles are defined during creation of the application sharing session. A client can seamlessly switch roles during the session from a viewer to a sharer, and vice-versa, so that different application content can be shared to the session viewers. The session can be restricted to only one sharer so that the viewing clients view one sharer client at a time. | 2010-07-22 |
