| 31st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
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| 20090193315 | System for a Combined Error Correction Code and Cyclic Redundancy Check Code for a Memory Channel - A memory system is provided that performs error correction at a memory device level. The memory system comprises a memory hub device integrated in the memory module and a link interface integrated in the memory hub device that provides a communication pathway between the memory hub device and an external memory controller. The link interface comprises first error correction logic integrated in the link interface that performs error correction operations on first data that is received from the external memory controller via a first memory channel to be transmitted to a set of memory devices. The first error correction logic generates a first error signal to the external memory controller in response to the first error correction logic detecting a first error in the first data. Link interface control logic integrated in the link interface controls the transmission of the first data to the set of memory devices. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193316 | MEMORY SUBSYSTEMS WITH FAULT ISOLATION - An exemplary memory subsystem with fault isolation comprises a first data bus routing data groupings in a lower 72 bits to a first memory expander, and a second data bus routing data groupings in an upper 72 bits to a second memory expander. A first memory module receives all of the data groupings in the lower 72 bits of each memory expander. A second memory module receives all of the data groupings in the upper 72 bits of each memory expander. A failure in any one or more bytes in an ECC word indicate failures in the computer memory system. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193317 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNAL ERROR DETERMINATION AND CORRECTION IN A FLEXRAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A signal error determination and correction system is provided which comprises an error correction value calculation means which processes a predetermined segment of a signal to calculate an error correction value, and a signal correction means and prediction which applies the error correction value to at least part of the signal to correct the part of the signal. The invention further provides a method of signal error determination and correction. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193318 | FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION AND INTERLEAVING OF NETWORK FRAMES - A network stream transmitter receives a transport stream having content packets and packets to be filtered out and is adapted to selectively encapsulate content packets into network frames. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193319 | DATA BUS SYSTEM, ITS ENCODER/DECODER AND ENCODING/DECODING METHOD - The present application relates to a data bus system, its encoder/decoder and encoding/decoding method. The data bus encoder comprises: a bus-invert encoder for generating encoded data and invert-indication information by performing bus-invert encoding on data according to a predetermined bus-invert encoding scheme; a virtual bit-group generator for converting the invert-indication information into a virtual bit-group according to a predetermined code mapping; and an error-checking-and-correction encoder for generating an error-checking-and-correction code for a virtual word according to a predetermined error-checking-and-correction encoding scheme, wherein the number of error-checking bits is more than the number of error-correction bits at least by one in the predetermined error-checking-and-correction encoding scheme, the mapping is such that the Hamming distance between any possible value of the virtual bit-group and a reference virtual bit-group which cannot be converted into under the mapping is a fixed value, and not greater than the number of error-correction bits of the error-checking-and-correction encoding scheme, and the virtual word includes the data to be output, the virtual bit-group corresponding to the data, and at least one padding bit of a fixed value, which is configured as required by the error-checking-and-correction encoding scheme. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193320 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR DECODING CONVOLUTIONALLY ENCODED DATA - An apparatus, and an associated method, for correcting errors in decoded data, decoded by a convolutional decoder, such as an SOVA (Soft Output Viterbi Algorithm). A CRC check is performed upon the decoded data. If the CRC check fails, a conclusion is made that the decoded data contains errors. Portions of the decoded data indicated to exhibit low levels of reliability are toggled with values of most-likely error events. A corrected sequence of the decoded data is formed that corrects for the errors in the decoded data. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193321 | VITERBI DECODER AND VITERBI DECODING METHOD - A Viterbi decoder and a Viterbi decoding method are provided for simplifying hardware and increasing an operation speed by using a decision feedback unit selecting one of at least two levels based on at least one survivor symbol fed back from a path memory unit. The Viterbi decoder includes a path memory unit (PMU) storing a survivor path, a decision feedback unit (DFU) selecting one of at least two levels based on at least one survivor symbol fed back from the PMU, a branch metric calculation unit (BMCU) calculating a branch metric by using the level selected by the DFU and the received symbol, and an add-compare-selection unit (ACSU) deciding the survivor path by using the branch metric calculated by the BMCU and a previously stored state metric and transmitting the decided survivor path to the PMU. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193322 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING TRANSFER DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING DATA - According to an aspect of an embodiment, an apparatus has a first storage, a read write unit for reading and writing data from/into the first storage, a first error detector for detecting an error of data read out from the first storage, an address storage for storing an address of the first storage, a determining unit for determining whether an address of the first storage in which data to be written is matched with the error detected address, a second storage for storing data to be written into the first storage when the address of the first storage in which the data to be written is matched with the error detected address, a second error detector for detecting an error of data read out from the second storage and a selector for outputting one of the data stored in the first storage or the second storage. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193323 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECODING IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are an apparatus and a method for improving the performance of a decoder by improving a decoding speed when correcting an error of a control signal in Long Term Evolution (LTE). The apparatus includes an error determination unit for performing a traceback operation on a received signal, and simultaneously determining if an error has been generated to the received signal. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193324 | IMAGE DATA TEST UNIT, IMAGE APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF TESTING IMAGE DATA USING THE SAME - An image data test unit includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire image data having individual frames, an image data temporary storage unit configured to receive the acquired image data from the data acquisition unit to store a certain amount of the image data, and a test calculation unit configured to sequentially receive the image data from the image data temporary storage unit to store a certain amount of the image data, and compare the stored image data with pre-set test elements. In addition, an image apparatus having the image data test unit and a method of testing image data using the image data test unit are also provided. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193325 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENTS - A document processing apparatus includes an extracting unit that extracts text document information from a document data; an analyzing unit that analyzes a modification relation of a character string included in the text document information; an attribute unit that assigns an attribute indicating details of the modification relation to the character string, and embeds the attribute in the text document information; a document specifying unit that specifies a document-specifying character string that specifies other text document information, using the text document information in which the attribute is embedded by the attribute unit; and a document-identification unit that assigns document identification information to the document-specifying character string, and embeds the document identification information in the text document information. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193326 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING MARKETING SERVICES ON NETWORKS COMMUNICATING WITH HYPERTEXT TAGGING CONVENTIONS - The present server based communications system provides dynamic customization of hypertext tagged documents presented to clients accessing the system. The customization, which pertains to the content of the documents, is based on the specific requirements of a class to which the client belongs to. The class may be defined by the identity of the source which refers the client to the system. The system utilizes a database which dynamically retrieves stored data in response to a server software tool which configures the data into hypertext tagged documents. The system utilizes a dynamic token scheme to pass the identity of the referring network site from document to document to eventual purchase document accessed by the client through the hypertext tags. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193327 | HIGH-FIDELITY SCALABLE ANNOTATIONS - Technologies are described herein for providing high-fidelity scalable annotations. Annotations made to meeting content during a hosted online meeting are recorded separately from the meeting content itself. At playback time, the annotations are rendered separately from the meeting content. Because the annotations are rendered separately from the meeting content at playback time, the annotations can be scaled without loss of clarity and visual effects can be applied to the annotations independently of the meeting content. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193328 | Aspect-Based Sentiment Summarization - Reviews express sentiment about one or more entities. Phrases in the reviews that express sentiment about a particular aspect are identified. Reviewable aspects of the entity are also identified. The reviewable aspects include static aspects that are specific to particular types of entities and dynamic aspects that are extracted from the reviews of a specific entity instance. The sentiment phrases are associated with the reviewable aspects to which the phrases pertain. The sentiment expressed by the phrases associated with each aspect is summarized, thereby producing a summary of sentiment associated with each reviewable aspect of the entity. The summarized sentiment and associated phrases can be stored and displayed to a user as a summary description of the entity. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193329 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING USER PREFERENCE PROFILE - Disclosed is a system and method for managing a user preference profile, and the system includes a plurality of application clients, a plurality of application servers corresponding to the plurality of application clients, and a shared server for storing and managing user preference profiles for respective applications. The application clients selectively activate the user preference profiles stored in the shared server and provide the selectively activated user preference profiles to the application servers. By storing user preference profiles for respective applications in one location in this way, the user preferences can be efficiently managed. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193330 | Method of accessing files with XML documents of windows format under Linux - This present invention is a method of accessing files with XML documents of Windows format under Linux, converting the XML documents of Windows format into the XML documents of Linux format, thus a web browser of Linux is able to download driver programs or to install programs from a data CD by the XML document of Linux format. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193331 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPARING DOCUMENTS CONTAINING GRAPHIC ELEMENTS - A system and methods for comparing two documents comprising graphic elements is described. Attributes of graphic elements amongst the two documents are examined to identify sufficiently similar graphic elements. A merged document can be automatically produced based on the comparison. The merged document advantageously preserves the investment made in modifying a first document during a production phase. A means for viewing the comparison results and overriding the automatically generated merge actions is provided. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193332 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDITING LETTERS - A method and apparatus for editing letters in which letters are conveniently edited through use of an autocomplete operation after input of a backspace operation, the method including: deleting at least one letter by a backspace operation that moves a cursor one position backwards and deletes a preceding letter; storing the at least one deleted letter; displaying, when a letter is re-input at the position where the at least one letter was deleted, a stored phrase that includes the re-input letter; and replacing the re-input letter with the displayed phrase when the displayed phrase is selected. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193333 | INSTANTANEOUS SYMBOL LOOKUP - A computer program assists in the completion of text input provided by a user. For example, the computer program may maintain a list of n-tuples (where n>1), each of which includes n text strings. For example, each n-tuple may include a stock ticker symbol and the name of a company having that stock ticker symbol. As the user types each character, the program determines whether the text typed by the user so far matches any of the text strings in the n-tuples. The program provides the user with an indication of whether any matches have been found, such as by displaying a list of the n-tuples having text matching the text typed by the user so far. The program then allows the user to select one of the matching n-tuples. The program uses text (such as a stock ticker symbol) from the user's selection to complete the text input. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193334 | PREDICTIVE TEXT INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD INVOLVING TWO CONCURRENT RANKING MEANS - The present invention relates to a text input device and a method for inputting text. The method comprises the step of predicting a ranked list of candidate words for text input, based on textual context. In a next step, the method displays the list of candidate words in alphabetical order, i.e. not according to the ranking determined by the prediction algorithm. Instead of indicating the ranking of a candidate word by its relative position within the list of candidate words, the method indicates the ranking of the candidate words by visual prominence. In response to the displayed list of candidate words, the method proceeds in receiving a user input regarding the intended word. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193335 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND DATA SIGNAL - A document management device, which includes: a document receptor that receives a document; a pattern information generator that generates first information on which a first background pattern image is based; an addition section that adds the first information to the document; a setter that sets, to the document, a prohibition on editing the first information; a document storage that stores the document having the first information added thereto; a printing request receptor that receives a printing request; an prohibition lifting section that lifts the prohibition; an edition section that edits the first information to make second information on which a second background pattern image is based; a printing image generator that generates a printing image having the second background pattern image incorporated thereinto; and a sender that sends, to an image formation device, the printing image having the second background pattern image incorporated thereinto. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193336 | METHOD FOR PRINTING WEB PAGES INCLUDED ADVERTISEMENT - A method for printing a web page with an advertisement is provided. When a web user wants to print a specific web page of a web site, a web printing exclusive viewer operates and then the specific web page is automatically adjusted to be fit into a printing area of a web browser. Then, the web page with an advertisement related to the contents of a current web page, provided from the web server, is printed, and the web server automatically counts a page view while printing the web page, such that an accurate total page view count value can be obtained. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193337 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING DOCUMENT NAVIGATION ON MOBILE DEVICES USING SEGMENTATION AND KEYPHRASE SUMMARIZATION - Described is a system that characterizes segments of a document with one or more keyphrases and then uses the keyphrases to help users find interesting parts of a document. The keyphrases are displayed with information about the location of the phrase in the document and are used as pointers to quickly move to from an overview to a section of potential interest. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193338 | Reducing network and battery consumption during content delivery and playback - Methods and systems for content delivery are provided. A user of a media device may select one or more media content files, which may be located locally or remotely. The content selected by the user is located. If selected content is located at a remote source, that file is downloaded to the media device using maximum available radio bandwidth and stored in local storage. That data is provided as a stream to a media player from the local storage. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193339 | SOCIALLY-AUTHORED CONTEXT-INITIATED PROCESSES - Embodiments herein provide a method that maintains computerized scripts. The scripts provide assistance to users with respect to using at least one computer software application that is operating on a computerized device. The method receives, from the user, at least one trigger. This process creates or “authors” the trigger. This “trigger” is an item that automatically initiates at least one of the scripts for the user. In addition, the method adds the trigger to the computer software application (not automatically, but instead based on user input). Thus, when initiated by the trigger, the script automatically outputs assistance (text, sounds, illustrations, educational videos, etc.) to the user through the computerized interface of the computerized device, so as to provide the needed assistance to the user. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193340 | Enabling a Graphical Window Modification Command to be Applied to a Remotely Generated Graphical Window - Techniques relating to enabling a graphical window modification command to be applied to a remotely generated graphical window are described. In one instance, a process detects a user command to modify a remotely generated application graphical window in a remote terminal session. The process determines whether to initiate the user command at a local machine upon which the remotely generated application graphical window is displayed or at a remote machine which generated the remotely generated application graphical window. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193341 | VISUALIZATION OF MEETING INVITEE STATUS AS A METHOD OF COLLABORATION - A system, method, and computer program product provide visualization of anonymous information about overall meeting invitation status. An attribute is generated for display at an invitee device and the attribute in a displayed image represents a person's decision: accept, decline, or tentative. Each decision is displayed by different color, attribute shape and/or display orientation. For example, an individual acceptance will be displayed as a small red square in the display image. An individual decline will be displayed as a small green square in the display image. An individual tentative decision will be displayed as a small yellow square in the display image. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193342 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT MARKUP - The system and method as described herein can be advantageously used in a plurality of scenarios, two of which include field markup and data collection and collaborative review. The system and method handles the allocation of digital paper pattern background and the creation of required page definition files embedded into digital paper enabled PDFs. Optionally, action palettes can be automatically overlaid on the drawings as legend boxes to enable field personnel to select the operations they want to perform on the digital paper as they would on a computer interface. For instance letting users select the types of callouts and clouds to add to their markup. These drawings can be printed or plotted onto paper and sent to a work site for markup. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193343 | METHOD FOR AVOIDING VIRTUAL WORLD FATIGUE BY MAINTAINING AVATAR CHARACTERISTICS IN AN AVATAR WALLET - A method of avoiding virtual world fatigue by generating an active avatar in an avatar wallet. The method includes creating and storing an active avatar in the avatar wallet, selecting target worlds for the active avatar to visit, modifying the initial appearance, the user information, the contact map and the characteristic sharing information of the active avatar in accordance with user preferences with respect to each of the target worlds so as to generate a version of the active avatar for each of the target worlds, and initiating a submission of a version of the active avatar to the corresponding target world such that the version is automatically tailored to allowable avatar properties of the corresponding target world. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193344 | COMMUNITY MOOD REPRESENTATION - In one embodiment, a method for determining a community mood can include: receiving a plurality of user inputs for determining individual user moods within a community; aggregating the individual user moods to form an aggregated community mood; selecting a community mood representation corresponding to the aggregated community mood; and displaying the selected community mood representation to the community. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193345 | COLLABORATIVE INTERFACE - A communications network, coupled to a first and a second port, for communicating a media resource; and a first and second real-time communication client, coupled respectively to the first and second ports, each of the clients including: a communications subsystem for receiving the media resource; a renderizer subsystem, responsive to a control signal, for rendering the media resource; an interface for generating the control signal; and a synchronization subsystem for communicating the control signal; wherein a first one of the communications clients generates the control signal and communicates the control signal to the second one communications client to render the media resource in substantial synchronization on the communications clients. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193346 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO IMPROVE A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A method to improve a graphical user interface, wherein the method displays a GUI on a user computing device, and maintains a keystroke log on that user computing device, wherein the GUI comprises a first plurality of interactable graphical objects. The method activates one or more of the first interactable graphical objects, and encodes in the keystroke log each interactable graphical object activation. The method further performs a keystroke log analysis, and, based upon the keystroke log analysis, creates an improved GUI encoding a second plurality of interactable graphical objects. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193347 | SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM CONTROL APPARATUS - A control system comprises a plurality of peripheral devices represented as objects, and a controller connectable to the plurality of peripheral devices via a common communication line for unitarily controlling the plurality of peripheral devices. The controller is arranged to be connected to an arbitrary number of peripheral devices selected from among the plurality of peripheral devices, read control information stored in the arbitrary number of peripheral devices via the communication line into a predetermined memory area of the controller in a predetermined format so that the controller can control the arbitrary number of peripheral devices. The controller is also arranged to issue a command and transmit the command to each of the arbitrary number of peripheral devices via the communication line. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193348 | Controlling an Integrated Messaging System Using Gestures - Methods and apparatus for displaying and interacting with messages are described. Messages are displayed using one of a number of different visualization schemes provided. A user can interact with messages or change the selected visualization scheme using gestures and the mapping of gestures to particular actions is different for different visualization schemes. In an embodiment the messages are received via integrated messaging channels and messages are classified using a number of properties. Each of the visualization schemes has a different way of graphically representing messages and each scheme is adapted to emphasize a different combination of message properties. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193349 | HYPERLINK WITH GRAPHICAL CUE - A computer program provides a first set of representations (e.g., textual representations) of a first set of hyperlinks. In response to selection by a user of one of the first set of hyperlink representations (such as by clicking on or hovering a cursor over the representation), the program displays a second set of representations (e.g., graphical representations) of a second set of hyperlinks. The user may select one of the second set of representations, in response to which the program navigates to the destination of the hyperlink. The second set of representations may, for example, be logos of companies, and the second set of hyperlinks may be hyperlinks to the companies' web sites. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193350 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING DOCUMENT NAVIGATION ON MOBILE DEVICES USING SEGMENTATION AND KEYPHRASE SUMMARIZATION - Described is system that characterizes segments of document with one or more keyphrases and then uses keyphrases to help users find interesting parts of document. Keyphrases are displayed with information about the location of the phrase in the document and are used as pointers to quickly move to from overview to section of potential interest. In another implementation, when there are many documents in a collection, inventive multi-document view can be used to reduce number of documents presented, helping user to more efficiently find documents of interest. In this view, a user (possibly repeatedly) filters documents displayed based on metadata values. In one implementation, icons corresponding to documents are displayed on a display device together with metadata corresponding to the documents. When the value of the metadata is selected by the user, display state of the icons corresponding to document is varied based on selected value of metadata. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193351 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) USING DIVIDED SCREEN AND MULTIMEDIA DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method of providing a graphical user interface (GUI) using divided screens, and a multimedia device using the same, the method including: displaying a plurality of items on a first screen on a display of the device; displaying a plurality of lists on a second screen on the display; and adding an item selected by a user from among the plurality of items on the first screen to a list selected by the user from among the plurality of lists on the second screen. Accordingly, the user can manage items and lists more intuitively and conveniently. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193352 | INTERFACE FOR ASSISTING IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEARCH QUERIES - A method of assisting a user in their search of the internet or other network. The user selects content from a set of search results at which time a graphical interface is presented to the user. By interacting with the presented interface the user relays their intent regarding the selected content, which is then appended to their current search allowing a new set of results to be returned. The user may repeat this process as many times as may be necessary. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193353 | GANTT CHART MAP DISPLAY AND METHOD - A graphical user interface for a Gantt chart map display ( | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193354 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING USER DATA THEREIN - A portable terminal and method of displaying user data therein are provided. The method of displaying user data in a portable terminal includes displaying, in a user data display mode, a first area for displaying pre-stored anniversaries and a second area for displaying user data associated with each pre-stored anniversary, and displaying, if an anniversary is selected from the first area, user data associated with the selected anniversary in the second area. Therefore, user data can be displayed efficiently in a portable terminal, thereby enabling a user of a portable terminal to easily search for desired user data through various methods. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193355 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a storage unit which stores a first program for playing back video data and a second program different from the first program, an execution unit which executes the first program and the second program, a display unit which displays, on a display device, a window generated by the first program and a window generated by the second program, and a change unit which, upon detecting a predetermined scene in a video picture played back by the first program, causes the display unit to display the window of the first program with higher priority over the window of the second program. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193356 | Systems and methods for providing a zoomable user interface - Systems and methods for providing a zoomable user interface are provided. Objects associated with content may be graphically presented to a user. The graphical presentation may be initially based on a first browsing mode of a plurality of browsing modes. A selection of a portion of the objects of the graphical presentation may be received. In addition, a second or successive browsing mode may be determined. The selected portion may then be mapped based on the second browsing mode. Subsequently, the selected portion may be graphically presented based on the second browsing mode to the user. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193357 | Method and System to Prevent Unintended Graphical Cursor Input - This is a system (as an example) to prevent an undesirable condition of a second application GUI interface window blocking the first application GUI interface window, while the user's focus is on the first window, and causes an unintended input into a wrong application. This is accomplished (as an example) by temporarily discarding the inputs while the Graphical cursor is located on the 2nd application's GUI interface for a predetermined amount of time and gives the user enough time to refocus on this new application GUI interface. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193358 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING INFORMATION ACCESS DURING A MODAL OPERATION - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates accessing information during a modal operation. The system operates by presenting an initial window for an application to a user in a display. The system then presents a subsequent window in the display for another function related to the application. During this process, the system presents these two windows in proximity to each other, and ensures that this proximity is maintained, even across user changes to one or both windows. At a later point, during operation, the system receives an input from the user that results in a modal operation for the application that restricts user changes to and/or user control of the initial window during the modal operation. Despite this modal operation, the system remains able to receive a subsequent input for the subsequent window from the user and, in response, update information displayed in the subsequent window during the modal operation. This allows the user to continue to access application information despite the modal operation. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193359 | PHOTO BROWSE AND ZOOM - Groups of photo thumbnails are presented to the user, and where a user selects one of the thumbnails, a transition is provided replacing the group of thumbnails with the photo represented by the selected thumbnail. The photo may be displayed without cropping or stretching. In addition, a zoom/enlargement animation of the selected thumbnail is provided, and also possibly of the remaining thumbnails in the group, which then transitions into the represented photo. In addition, after or during the zooming animation, a cross-fading may occur such that the thumbnails fade out and the represented photo fades in. These types of transitions and user inputs both while the user is manually browsing thumbnails and when the user is viewing an automated slideshow of the thumbnails. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING COMPUTER USAGE - The present invention provides a system and method of monitoring a person's use of a computer. The method includes the steps of providing a website for monitoring the person's use of the computer, identifying an application or site the person is using, detecting when the person begins use of the application or site, and detecting when the person stops use of the application or site. The difference between when the person stops use of the application or the site and when the person begins use of the application or the site is used to determine an amount of time the person used the application or the site. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193361 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An electronic device includes a display device for displaying a graphical user interface including a plurality of user-selectable features. A touch-sensitive input device includes an overlay disposed on the display device and a controller connected to the overlay, the touch-sensitive input device for providing a touch-sensitive area on the overlay, on the plurality of user-selectable features and for detecting an object proximal the user-selectable features on the display device. Functional components are provided including a processor connected to the display device and touch-sensitive input device, and a memory device for storage of computer-readable program code executable by the processor for changing the graphical user interface in response to detecting the object proximal one of the user-selectable features, prior to selection of any of the user-selectable features. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193362 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING AMONGST A PLURALITY OF SYMBOLS ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided for selecting a plurality of selectable symbols on an electronic display. The display device comprises an electronic display that displays a plurality of selectable symbols, a user input control device, and a processor coupled to the electronic display and the user input control device. The processor is configured to select one of the plurality of selectable symbols based on a comparison of at least two of the plurality of selectable symbols according to a predetermined priority scheme in response to a single activation of the user input control device. In addition, the processor is further configured to select an additional selectable symbol from the plurality of selectable symbols in accordance with a predetermined sequence upon further activation of the input control device. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193363 | Representing Multiple Computing Resources Within A Predefined Region Of A Graphical User Interface For Displaying A Single Icon - Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for representing multiple computing resources within a predefined region of a graphical user interface (‘GUI’) for displaying a single icon that include: identifying a plurality of computing resources for representation on the GUI in a predefined region for displaying a single icon, each computing resource associated with a portion of the predefined region; rendering a display icon in the predefined region; identifying a location of an input device pointer within the predefined region; and activating the computing resource associated with the portion of the predefined region in which the input device pointer is located when a user operates the display icon. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193364 | DISPLAYING THUMBNAIL COPIES OF RUNNING ITEMS - Methods, user interfaces, and computer-readable media for displaying thumbnail copies of running items for a particular running application on a display are provided. The displayed thumbnail copies are interactive, and provide the user with an easy and efficient way to identify and manage multiple items, such as windows, that are concurrently running. The thumbnail copies are either snapshots or real-time displays of the corresponding running items, depending on whether the running item is minimized or maximized at the time the thumbnail copies are displayed. The user interacts with the thumbnail copies by choosing to either close a particular running item by selecting the closing icon on the corresponding thumbnail copy, or view a particular running item on the display by selecting the corresponding thumbnail in any location other than the closing icon. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193365 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method and Information Recording Medium - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus capable of improving the operability of an installation screen. The information processing apparatus of the present invention starts up an application on an operating system to perform information processing. This information processing apparatus includes: installation means for installing the application; display means for displaying, when the application is installed, an installation screen on which a plurality of buttons, each associated with each of a plurality of setting items and operated by a user, are arranged; detection means for detecting a use environment of the information processing apparatus; and display control means for allowing, among the buttons arranged on the installation screen, the button relevant to the use environment detected by the detection means to be displayed on the display means so as to be relatively increased in display level with respect to the other buttons. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193366 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR LARGE-SCALE, MULTI-USER, MULTI-TOUCH SYSTEMS - A method implemented on the graphical user interface device to invoke an independent, user-localized menu in an application environment, by making a predetermined gesture with a pointing device on an arbitrary part of a display screen or surface, especially when applied in a multi-touch, multi-user environment, and in environments where multiple concurrent pointing devices are present. As an example, the user may trace out a closed loop of a specific size that invokes a default system menu at any location on the surface, even when a second user may be operating a different portion of the system elsewhere on the same surface. As an additional aspect of the invention, the method allows the user to smoothly transition between the menu-invocation and menu control. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193367 | Standard cell including measuring structure - Implementations are presented herein that relate to a standard cell including a measuring structure. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193368 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES AND METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DESIGNING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES - Methods and apparatuses to design an Integrated Circuit (IC) with a shielding of wires. In at least one embodiment, a shielding mesh of at least two reference voltages (e.g., power and ground) is used to reduce both the capacitive coupling and the inductive coupling in routed signal wires in IC chips. In some embodiments, a type of shielding mesh (e.g., a shielding mesh with a window surrounded by a power ring, or a window with a parser set of shielding wires) is selected to make more routing area available in locally congested areas. In other embodiments, the shielding mesh is used to create or add bypass capacitance. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193369 | PROCESS FOR DESIGN OF SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUITS - The present invention generates model scenarios of semiconductor chip design and uses interpolation and Monte Carlo, with random number generation inputs, techniques to iteratively assess the models for a more comprehensive and accurate assessment of design space, and evaluation under projected manufacturing conditions. This evaluation information is then incorporated into design rules in order to improve yield. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193370 | Bondwire Design - A system and method of designing the physical shape of and determining the electromagnetic characteristics of a bondwire in an electrical circuit, comprising the steps of enabling a user to define the position of the bondwire in the electrical circuit layout, defining the position and loop shape of the bondwire in a 3D representation of the electrical circuit, segmenting the bondwire into discrete segments, determining the electromagnetic characteristics of each of the bondwire segments thereby to determine the overall electromagnetic characteristics of the bondwire. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193371 | METHOD AND DEVICES TO ASSIST IN DETERMINING THE FEASIBILITY OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM - The invention concerns a method and devices for analyzing the feasibility of a computer system composed of subsystems, each having functions. After having determined the functional architecture of the computer system comprising at least one subsystem and at least one function, the characteristics of the functions implemented are imported from a database. The user determines the number of subsystems and the number of connectors per subsystem. He then distributes the functions to the subsystems and enters the characteristics of the connectors and the characteristics of the subsystems. The computer system is analyzed in light of the information provided by the user and the characteristics of the functions implemented in order to determine the feasibility of the computer system. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193372 | Design Structure for Improvement of Matching FET Currents Using a Digital to Analog Converter - A design structure comprising apparatus to equalize currents on a matching pair of FETs having sources connected together on a silicon on insulator semiconductor chip, or other chip wherein FET bodies can be individually biased. During a determination period, functional inputs coupled to the gates of the matching pair of FETs are short circuited, and a DAC adjusts a first body voltage of a first FET in the matching pair of FETs relative to a second body voltage of a second FET in the matching pair of FETs until a currents in the first FET and the second FET are equal, within resolution of the DAC's voltage granularity. A proper DAC control value is stored and applied to the DAC following the determination period when the short circuit is removed from the functional inputs. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193373 | MULTIPLE VOLTAGE THRESHOLD TIMING ANALYSIS FOR A DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An approach for performing multiple voltage threshold timing analysis for a digital integrated circuit is described. In one embodiment, there is a multiple voltage threshold timing analysis tool for performing a multiple voltage threshold timing analysis of a digital integrated circuit having at least one logic gate loaded by an interconnect circuit. In this embodiment, a characterization data retrieving component is configured to obtain characterization data describing driving behavior of the at least one logic gate. An interconnect circuit model retrieving component is configured to obtain a model of the interconnect circuit. A multiple voltage threshold timing analysis component is configured to derive a sequence of crossing times for the driving point voltage waveform to advance between successive voltage thresholds. The multiple voltage threshold timing analysis component also generates a voltage waveform from the derived sequence of crossing times. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193374 | METHOD OF DESIGNING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, DESIGNING APPARATUS, AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - As a method for considering the adverse influence of the stresses caused form the pad, two sorts of methods are provided. As one method, while delay variation values of cells caused by an adverse influence of stresses are calculated, the calculated delay variation values are applied to the cells so as to perform a timing analysis, and the like by considering the adverse influence of the stresses. Then, in order that a flip chip type LSI is designed by employing a result of the above-described analysis in such a manner that the adverse influence of the stresses applied from the pad is not given to vias, wiring lines, and cells located under the pad, such a physical structure that no via is arranged under the pad is employed. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193375 | MANUFACTURING METHOD, MANUFACTURING PROGRAM AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present of the invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including the steps of: acquiring information on a graphic composing a physical layout of a semiconductor integrated circuit; carrying out calculation for a transferred image in the physical layout; carrying out calculation for a signal delay based on the physical layout, and obtaining a wiring not meeting a specification having the signal delay previously set therein; and setting a portion into which a repeater is to be inserted based on at least one result of results obtained from the information on the graphic and calculation for the transferred image, respectively, with respect to the wiring not meeting the specification. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193376 | CLOCK POWER MINIMIZATION WITH REGULAR PHYSICAL PLACEMENT OF CLOCK REPEATER COMPONENTS - Power, routability and electromigration have become crucial issues in modem microprocessor designs. In high performance designs, clocks are the highest consumer of power. Arranging clocking components with regularity so as to minimize the capacitance on the clock nets can help reduce clock power, however, it may hurt performance due to some loss of flexibility in physically placing those components. The present invention provides techniques to optimally place clock components in a regular fashion so as to minimize clock power within a performance constraint. A rectangular grid is created and clock distribution structures are assigned to the grid intersection points. Latches are then located around the clock distribution structures to minimize an overall distance for connections between the latches and respective clock distribution structures. The horizontal and vertical pitches of the grid may be independently adjusted to achieve a more uniform spread of the clock distribution structures. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193377 | REGULAR LOCAL CLOCK BUFFER PLACEMENT AND LATCH CLUSTERING BY ITERATIVE OPTIMIZATION - Power, routability and electromigration have become crucial issues in modem microprocessor designs. In high performance designs, clocks are the highest consumer of power. Arranging clocking components with regularity so as to minimize the capacitance of the clock nets can help reduce clock power, however, it may hurt performance due to some loss of flexibility in physically placing those components. The present invention provides techniques to optimally design a clock network by logically assigning clusters of the latches to respective clock distribution structures, placing clock pins at favored pin locations, and placing clock distribution structures directly underneath the clock pins. The clock distribution structures may be moved to favored distribution locations along the clock stripes, and new optimal clustering generated between the latches and the clock distribution structures. These three optimizations are preferably repeated iteratively to derive a local optimal solution for the clock network. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193378 | MODIFYING LAYOUT OF IC BASED ON FUNCTION OF INTERCONNECT AND RELATED CIRCUIT AND DESIGN STRUCTURE - Modifying a layout of an integrated circuit (IC) based on a function of an interconnect therein and a related circuit and design structure are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a function of an interconnect in the layout from data of the layout embodied in a computer readable medium; and modifying the layout to form another layout that accommodates the function of the interconnect. A design structure embodied in a machine readable medium used in a design process, according to one embodiment, may include a circuit including a high voltage interconnect positioned in a dielectric layer, the high voltage interconnect positioned such that no fill is above or below the high voltage interconnect. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193379 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES AND METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DESIGNING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES - Methods and apparatuses to design an Integrated Circuit (IC) with a shielding of wires. In at least one embodiment, a shielding mesh of at least two reference voltages (e.g., power and ground) is used to reduce both the capacitive coupling and the inductive coupling in routed signal wires in IC chips. In some embodiments, a type of shielding mesh (e.g., a shielding mesh with a window surrounded by a power ring, or a window with a parser set of shielding wires) is selected to make more routing area available in locally congested areas. In other embodiments, the shielding mesh is used to create or add bypass capacitance. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193380 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES AND METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DESIGNING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES - Methods and apparatuses to design an Integrated Circuit (IC) with a shielding of wires. In at least one embodiment, a shielding mesh of at least two reference voltages (e.g., power and ground) is used to reduce both the capacitive coupling and the inductive coupling in routed signal wires in IC chips. In some embodiments, a type of shielding mesh (e.g., a shielding mesh with a window surrounded by a power ring, or a window with a parser set of shielding wires) is selected to make more routing area available in locally congested areas. In other embodiments, the shielding mesh is used to create or add bypass capacitance. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193381 | POWER MESH MANAGEMENT METHOD - The invention discloses a power mesh management method utilized in an integrated IC. The integrated circuit includes a macro block including at least a macro block power supplying line growing along a first direction. The management method includes: defining a plurality of first power supplying lines located in a metal layer above the macro block, wherein each of the first supplying lines grows along the first direction; defining a plurality of second power supplying lines located in another metal layer above the macro block, wherein each of the second supplying lines grows along a second direction; defining a partial power supplying line from the plurality of first power supplying lines where the partial power supplying line overlaps the macro block power supplying line; and removing the partial power supplying line from the plurality of first power supplying lines. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193382 | METHOD OF MAKING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING SIMPLIFYING METAL SHAPES - A method for simplifying metal shapes in an integrated circuit including receiving an incoming wire layout for at least one metal layer of an integrated circuit, the incoming wire layout for the at least one layer including a plurality of wires running in a preferred direction and a plurality of vias connected thereto. The method further includes segmenting each of the wires into a plurality of bricks according to a set of equally spaced parallel grid lines extending in direction which is perpendicular to the preferred direction such that each wire comprises a series of consecutive bricks with brick boundaries between consecutive bricks occurring at a grid line, defining each brick as a regular or complex brick based on at least one brick criteria, and defining brick groups based on one or more grouping criteria, wherein each group contains one or more consecutive bricks of a same wire and each brick belongs to only one group so that each wire comprises a series of one or more consecutive groups, and wherein groups containing at least one complex brick are defined as complex groups. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193383 | Auto-Router Performing Simultaneous Placement of Signal and Return Paths - An auto routing method and system provides optimized circuit routing while maintaining proper reference return paths for critical signals. Critical signal paths are auto-routed simultaneously with corresponding reference return paths, and the reference return paths can be merged into reference planes if they are adjacent to regions connected to the same reference net. The reference return paths may be in a plane adjacent to the signal path plane in the same channel, or the reference returns may be routed in adjacent channels in the same plane as the signal path. A check may be performed on endpoints of each critical signal path to determine whether a reference return via is present within a proximity tolerance of the signal path endpoints, and a reference return via placed if not. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193384 | SHIFT-ENABLED RECONFIGURABLE DEVICE - A coarse-grain reconfigurable array that implements shift operations within its interconnection network is disclosed. The interconnection network of such a coarse-grain reconfigurable array contains partially or fully populated matrices of switches, where each such matrix of switches is obtained by merging a standard diagonal switch matrix with an array shift unit. The disclosed device provides better performance when the standard routing and shift functions are both required. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193385 | Method of checking and correcting mask pattern - The present invention provides a method of checking and correcting a mask pattern. The method includes inputting a mask pattern, wherein the mask pattern includes at least a segment; inputting a process rule; selecting an edge, which fits in with an orientation model, as a target edge, wherein two ends of the target edge are an ahead direction and a behind direction, and the ahead direction and the behind direction each further comprise at least a checking point; identifying an interacting edge from the mask pattern along the checking directions; performing a process rule check to provide a correcting value; performing a first correction to provide a first bias to the target edge; and performing a second correction to provide a second bias to the interacting edge, wherein a sum of the first bias and the second bias equals the correcting value. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193386 | SEMICONDUCTOR CELL FOR PHOTOMASK DATA VERIFICATION AND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP - A semiconductor cell for photomask data verification is disclosed that is provided in a semiconductor chip having a semiconductor integrated circuit and used for verifying photomask data of the semiconductor chip obtained by performing arithmetic processing on layout data of the semiconductor integrated circuit. The semiconductor cell for photomask data verification has the photomask data obtained by performing the arithmetic processing on the layout data of the semiconductor integrated circuit and is electrically separated from the semiconductor integrated circuit. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193387 | METHODOLOGY AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING NUMERICAL ERRORS IN PIXEL-BASED IMAGING SIMULATION IN DESIGNING LITHOGRAPHIC MASKS - A method is provided for designing a mask that includes the use of a pixel-based simulation of a lithographic process model, in which test structures are designed for determining numerical and discretization errors associated with the pixel grid as opposed to other model inaccuracies. The test structure has a plurality of rows of the same sequence of features, but each row is offset from other rows along an x-direction by a multiple of a minimum step size, such as used in modifying masks during optical proximity correction. The images for each row are simulated with a lithographic model that uses the selected pixel-grid size and the differences between row images are compared. If the differences between rows exceed or violate a predetermined criterion, the pixel grid size may be modified to minimize discretization and/or numerical errors due to the choice of pixel grid size. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193388 | SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND METHOD - Before design information is published, a consistency state of reference design information referred to by the design information is revealed. By this, it is possible to reduce waste caused by redesign or the like of the design information. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193389 | REALTIME CREATION OF DATASETS IN MODEL BASED TESTING - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that tests a software program. During operation, the system creates a behavioral model of the software program using branches, decisions, and options. Next, the system applies a weight assignment technique to the behavioral model to create a set of global identifiers (IDs), which correspond to test cases of the behavioral model. The system then generates a test case from the behavioral model and executes the test case on the software program. Finally, the system analyzes an output of the executed test case to determine a validity of the software program. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193390 | TECHNIQUES FOR MODELING VARIABLES IN SUBPROGRAMS OF HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE PROGRAMS - A method, system and computer program product for modeling variables in subprograms of a HDL program. A subprogram is provided with an initial value of a variable of an element being modeled and the subprogram is stored in memory of a data processing system. In response to a subprogram call, a copy of the stored subprogram is provided to the requesting HDL program. During execution, the initial value of the variable in the provided copy of the subprogram may be modified by the HDL program, but the value retains unchanged in the stored subprogram. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193391 | MODEL-BASED TESTING USING BRANCHES, DECISIONS , AND OPTIONS - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that tests a software program. During operation, the system creates a behavioral model of the software program using branches, decisions, and options. Next, the system generates a test case from the behavioral model and executes the test case on the software program. Finally, the system analyzes an output of the executed test case to determine a validity of the software program. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193392 | DYNAMIC INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE MODIFICATION AND REPLACEMENT - Embodiments are directed to providing intermediate language (IL) code on a per-method basis for at least one method of a binary. In one embodiment, a computer system selects a method from among various methods included in a binary file, where the methods are configured to perform various intended functions for an application. The computer system appends a descriptive marker to the selected method indicating how to obtain IL code that is to be included in the body of the selected method, receives a command to execute the selected method, and refers to the appended descriptive marker to generate an IL code request based on the indication in the descriptive marker. The computer system submits the generated IL code request to one or more IL code providers to request IL code for the selected method, receives the requested IL code for the selected method and inserts the IL code into the body of the selected method. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193393 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING REST CLIENTS FROM REST RESOURCES - The present invention discloses a method and system for creating REST clients using existing REST export information. The invention can provide a wizard able to dynamically generate REST client code. The REST client code can include source code, such as HTML and JAVA SCRIPT starting points that can be further configured by the REST client code recipient. In one embodiment, the automatically created REST client can be a GUI client able to be rendered within a browser. The REST client can include one or more sections, each associated with a particular REST resource. Each resource specific section can include fields for specifying values of each resource parameter. Suitable GUI controls can be associated with each of the fields such as using a checkbox for a Boolean field and a drop down list for an enumerated field. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193394 | Subsystem architecture for providing support services for software applications - A subsystem architecture is described that provides support services for software applications of a system. The subsystem architecture includes local infrastructure components, which provide infrastructure services to the software applications. Each local infrastructure component corresponds to a single software application and is independent from another of the local infrastructure components. The subsystem architecture may further include a central service component providing central services to at least one of the local infrastructure components. The central service component is independent and unaware of the local infrastructure components. Still further, the subsystem architecture may include an administrative component for monitoring and maintaining the local infrastructure components providing infrastructure services to the software applications. The administrative component is independent and unaware of the plurality of local infrastructure components. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193395 | SOFTWARE TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY USING MATURITY LEVELS - A software development methodology is to develop a software product including a plurality of units. Unit tests are generated according to a unit test framework. The unit test framework comprises a plurality of subsequently narrowing maturity levels, each maturity level outlining how a unit test at that level should be defined based on what functionality of the plurality of units should be tested and how that functionality should be tested. Each subsequent maturity level tests functionality at a more detailed level than functionality at a previous maturity level. The plurality of units are developed, and the unit tests are executed. A top maturity level includes testing whether each unit performs a function based on existence of strictly expected conditions. Maturity levels below the top maturity level include testing dependencies among the plurality of units, testing for exceptions of object functions and function dependencies, and testing for functionality to be later included in the software product. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193396 | Debugging a Statechart for a Real Time Target - System and method for debugging a statechart on a target device. The statechart may be created or displayed on a display and may include a plurality of state icons connected by wires. One or more debugging operations may be specified for the statechart. The statechart may be executed on the target device. The target device may provide debugging information to a computer during execution of the statechart. The debugging information may be displayed on the computer and may be usable to aid in debugging the statechart. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193397 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING DIAGNOSTIC LOGGING FOR SOFTWARE COMPONENTS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates diagnostic logging for software components. During operation, the system receives program code for a software component that was generated from an object model, where a key attribute has been specified for the object model. During execution of the program code, the system detects when an instance of the key attribute for the object model is accessed, and attaches state associated with the instance to a thread context in the runtime environment. The system then appends this state to a log during a logging operation to facilitate discovering and analyzing program faults. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193398 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED ARTIFACT MANAGEMENT - A system and associated method for availing literate programming in a software development environment. An integrated artifact manager processes a retrieval request and a storage request pursuant to a user group associated with respective interface. A developer user uses an integrated development environment interface. A commentator user uses a wiki interface. An integrated artifact has a source code fragment and a design code fragment that is associated with the source code fragment by tag describes the source code fragment. The source code fragment is stored in a source code management system. The design comment fragment is stored in a wiki repository. The developer user modifies both source code fragments and design comment fragments, and the commentator user modifies only design comment fragments. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193399 | PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS FOR NESTED VIRTUAL MACHINES - Nested virtual machines cooperate with one another to improve system performance. In particular, an outer virtual machine performs tasks on behalf of an inner virtual machine to improve system performance. One such task includes translation of instructions for the inner virtual machine. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193400 | Interprocedural register allocation for global variables - A method of compiling a computer program with interprocedural register allocation for global variables. The method of compiling includes a front-end phase, an interprocedural analysis phase, and a back-end phase. The interprocedural analysis phase receives intermediate representations from the front-end phase, processes the intermediate representations together to compute interprocedural information, and outputs optimized intermediate representations. During the interprocedural analysis phase, a set of eligible global variables are selected for promotion, wherein promotion of the selected eligible global variables comprises replacing memory references to said variables with references to global registers assigned to said variables. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193401 | PATH-SENSITIVE ANALYSIS THROUGH INFEASIBLE-PATH DETECTION AND SYNTACTIC LANGUAGE REFINEMENT - A system and method for infeasible path detection includes performing a static analysis on a program to prove a property of the program. If the property is not proved, infeasible paths in the program are determined by performing a path-insensitive abstract interpretation. Information about such infeasible paths is used to achieve the effects of path-sensitivity in path-insensitive program analysis. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193402 | Iterative Compilation Supporting Entity Instance-Specific Compiler Option Variations - Optimizing a computer program by setting a first compiler optimization configuration for a first entity of a computer program, setting a second compiler optimization configuration for a second entity of the computer program, where the first and second entities are of the same type and where the first and second compiler optimization configurations differ, and compiling the computer program in accordance with the compiler optimization configurations, thereby creating a compiled program. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193403 | DYNAMIC CREATION OF CLIENT-SIDE ENVIRONMENT FOR PROBLEM ANALYSIS - The dynamic creation of a client-side environment for problem analysis includes the delivery and installation of a cohesive file structure to a client-side machine, the cohesive file structure including a data structure containing data files and an analyzer tool. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193404 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INLINING NATIVE FUNCTIONS INTO COMPILED JAVA CODE - A method, apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for inlining native functions into compiled Java code. A conversion engine is provided by the present invention for converting the intermediate representation of native functions to the just-in-time (JIT) compiler's intermediate representation. With the converted intermediate representation, an inliner recursively inlines the converted JIT compiler's intermediate representation into the native callsite to remove the need of invoking the native function and subsequent native calls made by the function. The inlining process continues until either a call to an opaque function is encountered or until a JIT compiler intermediate representation growth limits are reached. The inliner also replaces calls to most native functions that are non-inlineable or opaque with calls to synthesized native functions that provide access to native libraries containing implementations of the original non-inlineable calls. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193405 | Method and apparatus for partitioning programs to balance memory latency - A method of compiling code that includes partitioning instructions in the code among a plurality of processors based on memory access latency associated with the instructions is disclosed. According to one aspect of the invention, partitioning instructions includes partitioning memory access dependence chains. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193406 | Bulk Search Index Updates - Embodiments of the present invention perform bulk updates of a search index for an information repository. In embodiments, a batched set of update requests is run and a set of documents to be updated based on the set of requests is identified. In embodiments, a bulk update method to use is selected based on an estimate of the cost of performing the bulk update. In embodiments, a bulk update method based on updating only the indexes of the documents to be updated may be used instead of a bulk update method that involves re-indexing the full set of documents in the repository. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193407 | Methods and Systems for Automatic Patch Creation for Client Updates - The present invention relates to systems, apparatus, and methods of implementing software version management for automatically updating a client system. The method includes establishing a server system and one or more client systems within a network and installing binaries on the server system and the one or more client systems. The method further includes maintaining the installed binaries on the server system, and updating the server system with new binaries. Further, the method includes storing, on the server system, the previous binaries, receiving a connection request to connect to the server system from at least one of the one or more client systems, and determining that the client system's binaries are out-of-date. The method then automatically transmits the new binaries to the client system to replace the out-of-date binaries. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193408 | INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING ELEMENT MANAGEMENT SERVER IN WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is an interface for interfacing an element management server in a wireless telecommunication system and a method for the same. The element management server for managing an ACR and an RAS, which are elements of the wireless telecommunication system, are adapted to interwork with the ACR and the RAS, respectively, so that the server can directly manage the ACR and the RAS and, particularly, the RAS can be operated more efficiently and maintained/repaired more quickly. The element management server manages the version of a package regarding all processors of lower elements and software to be loaded, and respective processors of the lower elements store nothing but their setup information (e.g. software, version) so that, if necessary, the element management server can transmit specific software only to the lower elements. This guarantees fast software download and provides users with stable services. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193409 | Per User Updates - An update system may receive and apply updates to a client device on a per user basis, where an update may be applied to one user but not another. The user specific updates may make changes to user specific areas of the client device, such as user registries or areas of a file system that may be specific to a the user receiving an update. A download agent may communicate with an update distribution server to receive a description of available updates and may download those updates applicable to individual users. An installing agent may process the updates for each user individually when the user is logged on, and in some cases, when the user is not logged on. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193410 | NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM - Generally described, the present invention is directed to a network operating system that provides more effective ways of leveraging the connectivity of computer networks. In one embodiment, an XML virtual machine is implemented that accepts high-level application code written in an XML programming language as input. Functionality is provided to interpret or translate the application code written in an XML programming language into code that is suitable for execution across computer platforms. Moreover, the XML virtual machine supports the Model View Controller (MVC) design paradigm that facilitates true data abstraction from applications to a common data model. Multi-instance applications, with each instance potentially supporting multiple views, may be created and executed. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193411 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING DEPLOYMENT AND UN-DEPLOYMENT OF SOFTWARE INSTALLATIONS - A method and system for assessing deployment and un-deployment of a software application installation are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving as an input a software application installation. Native code is extracted from the software application installation and executed. Information regarding the execution of the native code is provided to a user. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193412 | Computer-Readable Medium, Information Processing Apparatus, Display Control Method - A computer-readable medium causes an information processing apparatus capable of performing a plurality of setting processing for making a setting in accordance with a predetermined sequence to perform processing including a first display control process including displaying a corresponding setting image for each of the plurality of setting processing, an information acceptance process including accepting information required to perform the setting processing through the displayed setting image, a shift command acceptance process including accepting a shift command for making a shift toward another setting processing from setting processing corresponding to the setting image displayed in the first display control process, and a second display control process including displaying an input completion image showing information accepted in the information acceptance process in addition to the setting image corresponding to the setting processing to be shifted by the shift command when the shift command is accepted in the shift command acceptance process. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193413 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVISIONING A VIRTUAL DISK TO DISKLESS VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL MAHCINES - Methods and systems are described for provisioning a common virtual disk to both a physical and a virtual computing machine. These methods and systems can include creating a virtual disk that has binding information for both a paravirtual network interface card and a physical network interface card so that, either a virtual machine having a paravirtual network interface card, or a physical machine having a physical network interface card, may boot from the created virtual disk. Creation of the virtual disk can include exposing the paravirtual network interface card to a physical machine so that an installer program may bind to both the paravirtual network interface card and the physical network interface card. | 2009-07-30 |
| 20090193414 | Method and System for a Grid-Enabled Virtual Machine with Movable Objects - A method, an apparatus, a computer program product, and a data processing system provide for operation of a virtual machine with embedded functionality for interoperating with other virtual machines in a computational grid. A plurality of virtual machines are run on one or more devices within a data processing system; each virtual machine in the plurality of virtual machines incorporates functionality for interoperating and associating with other virtual machines in a virtual machine cluster in a grid-like manner. Each virtual machine in the virtual machine cluster acts as a node within the virtual machine cluster. A virtual machine manages its objects in association with an object group, and each virtual machine may manage multiple object groups. The virtual machines share information such that the object groups can be moved between virtual machines in the virtual machine cluster, thereby allowing the virtual machine cluster to act as one logical virtual machine. | 2009-07-30 |
