37th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100235684 | STORAGE SYSTEM, ADAPTER, AND DIAGNOSIS PROCESSING METHOD - A storage system for controlling a storage device to store data from a host system, the storage system includes a storage controller for controlling to write to or read data from the storage device, a memory for temporally storing data during performing a data relay processing between the host system and the storage device, and a relay device for performing the data relay processing using the memory. The relay device includes a plurality of processing circuits for performing the data relay processing cooperatively and a self-diagnosis controller for controlling each of the processing circuits to start independently a self-diagnosis processing upon completion of the processing by each of the processing circuit. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235685 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TEST CASE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - When the system state transition diagram creator sequentially generates transition events based on a system operation specification to create a system state transition diagram, the creator restricts the transition event to be next executed by a scenario state transition diagram restricting the order of execution of the transition events, and test case generator generates a test case based on thus created system state transition diagram. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235686 | EXECUTION HISTORY TRACING METHOD - An execution history tracing method includes tracing an execution history of a CPU upon executing, in a semiconductor device including the CPU, a program by using the CPU, for one or a tracing target, from outside the semiconductor device via software. The execution history tracing method includes recording, in a buffer, target information as trace information about an execution of the one or the tracing target, for each instruction cycle in which the target information is produced as the execution history; and performing data sorting by using the software to group the trace information about the execution of the one or the tracing target, the trace information being recorded for the each instruction execution cycle, for each of the one or the tracing target. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235687 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING DISCONNECTION BETWEEN A MEDIA GATEWAY AND A MEDIA GATEWAY CONTROLLER - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus in a Media Gateway (MG) for handling disconnection between the MG and a Media Gateway Controller (MGC). Multilevel requirements are fulfilled by setting different timeout periods for a disconnection timer. On the one hand, if the timeout period of the disconnection timer is not equal to zero, new events that occur during the disconnection are stored. Then, after the connection is recovered, the stored new events are reported to the MGC, so that the data and states in the MG can match those in the MGC after the connection recovery. On the other hand, if the timeout period of the disconnection timer is equal to zero, all active calls are immediately released. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235688 | Reporting And Processing Computer Operation Failure Alerts - Reporting and processing computer operation failure alerts, including deploying on a computer in a computing environment a plurality of alert reporting agents, the computing environment including a plurality of computers including a system management server that monitors the operating conditions of the other computers in the computing environment, the computer also including an alert generator configured to accept registrations of alert reporting agents, to generate alerts of present or pending failure, and to provide the generated alerts to registered alert reporting agents; registering the alert reporting agents with the alert generator; designating a primary alert reporting agent among registered alert reporting agents that communicate alerts to a same system management server; communicating a computer operation failure alert to all registered agents; and communicating, by the primary alert reporting agent only, the alert to the system management server. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235689 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EMPLOYING CODES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS - A transmitting apparatus generates a first bit stream from a second bit stream by encoding at least a portion of the bits from the second bit stream, generates a code for the second bit stream, and attaches the code to the first bit stream for transmission to a receiving apparatus. A receiving apparatus receive from a transmitting apparatus a first bit stream with a code, generates a second bit stream from the first bit stream by decoding at least a portion of the bits from the first bit stream, computes the code for the second bit stream, and compares the computed code with the code from the first bit stream. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235690 | BITMAP CLUSTER ANALYSIS OF DEFECTS IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - A system and method for defect analysis are disclosed wherein a defect data set is input into the system. A radius value is selected by a user, which is the maximum number of bits that bit failures can be separated from one another to be considered a bit cluster. When a defect data set is received, the system and method start with a fail bit and search for neighboring fail bits. The specified radius is used to qualify the found fail bits to be part of the bit cluster or not. If a minimum count of fail bits is not met, the system and method will stop searching and move to the next fail bit. If a minimum count of fail bits is met, the search continues for the next fail bit until the maximum fail bit count specified by the user is reached. Aggregation is provided such that once bit clusters have been classified, the number of clusters that have the exact match or partial match to each other is counted. The user may set the partial match as a threshold count to establish a match. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235691 | MEMORY MODULE AND ON-LINE BUILD-IN SELF-TEST METHOD THEREOF FOR ENHANCING MEMORY SYSTEM RELIABILITY - A memory module including a plurality of memory banks, a memory control unit, and a built-in self-test (BIST) control unit is provided. The memory banks store data. The memory control unit accesses the data in accordance with a system command. The BIST control unit generates a BIST command to the memory control unit when a BIST function is enabled in the memory module. While the system command accessing the data in a specific memory bank exists, the memory command control unit has the priority to execute the system command instead of the BIST command testing the specific memory bank. Memory reliability of a system including the memory module is enhanced without reducing the system effectiveness. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235692 | MEMORY TEST CIRCUIT AND PROCESSOR - A memory test circuit for testing a memory including a first circuit for performing a logic operation of a test signal, which determines whether the memory is operated in a test mode or in an ordinary operation mode, and an expected value representing a value which is expected to be set to data read from the memory, and a second circuit for outputting an exclusive OR of an output signal from the first circuit and the data read from the memory. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235693 | SOLID STATE DRIVE TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided are apparatus and method of testing solid state drives. The method includes accommodating solid state drives to be tested in a magazine with one or more cassettes, sorting the solid state drives into operable solid state drives or defective solid state drives by testing electrical characteristics, and loading the sorted solid state drives. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235694 | TEST APPARATUS AND TEST METHOD - A test apparatus includes a fail memory (AFM) for storing therein fail information in association with each of the addresses of a memory under test and a mark memory (CMM) for storing therein, in association with each of the addresses of the memory under test, validity information indicating whether the fail information stored in the AFM is valid. When the validity information read from the CMM in association with an address under test indicates that the fail information that has been stored in the AFM is invalid, the test apparatus overwrites the fail information stored in the AFM with the fail information that is newly generated by a current test. On the other hand, when the validity information read from the CMM indicates that the fail information is valid, the test apparatus updates the fail information stored in the AFM with the new fail information and writes the updated fail information back into the AFM. When overwriting the fail information that has been stored in the AFM with the new fail information, the test apparatus writes into the CMM the validity information that indicates that the new fail information is valid. Initialization of the AFM is performed in such a manner that, before and after the initialization, different validity information indicates validity of the fail information. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235695 | MEMORY APPARATUS AND TESTING METHOD THEREOF - A memory apparatus and a related testing method are provided in the present invention. The memory apparatus includes a memory and a testing module. The testing module includes an error recording unit for recording corresponding addresses of bit errors occurred in the memory. The testing module determines whether the memory has multi-bit error according to the addresses recorded in the error recording unit. The memory is an ECC memory. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235696 | EMBEDDED TEST SYSTEM AND METHOD - An embedded test system is provided where asynchronous communications links are used to pass the boundary scan information by the use of a network router to a boundary scan adapter ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100235697 | Error detection in precharged logic - An integrated circuit | 2010-09-16 |
20100235698 | JTAG Mailbox - An electronic device comprises a processing stage, a JTAG port including a test data input pin (TDI), a test data output pin (TDO), a test mode select pin (TMS), a test clock pin (TCK), and a test access port (TAP) controller having a data register (DR) shift state and an instruction register shift (IR) state. The electronic device operates in a scan event mode automatically mapped an incoming event to the TDO pin. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235699 | FAULT DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD OF MULTI-CHANNEL ANALOG INPUT/OUTPUT CIRCUIT - A fault diagnosis apparatus and method capable of simultaneously detecting the fault of a multiplexer and the fault of an A/D converter and isolating and identifying causes of these faults, the multiplexer and the A/D converter being used in a multi-channel analog input/output circuit. Test-voltage values are inputted from a diagnosis-voltage input unit into the multiplexer and the A/D converter constituting an analog-signal conversion unit, the multiplexer having plural channels, the A/D converter converting outputs from the multiplexer into digital signals, the test-voltage values being different from each other for each channel of the multiplexer. Comparisons are made between the digital voltage values and the test-voltage values inputted, the digital voltage values being outputted for each channel of the multiplexer. From this comparison result, it is judged whether the multiplexer is at fault or the A/D converter is at fault. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235700 | TEST BOARD HAVING A PLURALITY OF TEST MODULES AND A TEST SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A test board includes a plurality of test modules. Each test module stores a first control signal, a data signal, and a second control signal in response to a clock signal, and tests a corresponding device under test (DUT) using the first control signal and the stored data signal in response to the second control signal to generate an error signal indicating whether the DUT is defective. Each test module outputs the first control signal, the data signal, and the second control signal to a test module in a next stage, and each test module of a subsequent stage receives the error signal stored generated by a test module in a previous stage in response to the clock signal. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235701 | TRANSPORT LAYER CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING PACKET, AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING PACKET - A transport layer control device includes a controller to establish or release a transmission control protocol (TCP) connection and to process retransmission of a lost packet using TCP, and a packet processor to number packets and to process transmission of the numbered packets using a user datagram protocol (UDP). A method for transmitting a packet includes establishing the TCP connection with a receiving device, numbering packets and transmitting the numbered packets to the receiving device using UDP, and retransmitting a lost packet to the receiving device using TCP in response to a retransmission request for the lost packet. A method for receiving a plurality of packets includes establishing the TCP connection, receiving numbered packets using UDP, requesting retransmission of a lost packet using TCP, and receiving the lost packet through TCP. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235702 | TRANSMITTER, FILE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, FILE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL METHOD AND FILE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL PROGRAM IN SYSTEM - Intended is to avoid retransmission requests from congesting and data retransmission from being disabled. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235703 | COMMUNICATION METHOD USING CODE PACKET IN WIRELESS NETWORK - The present invention, in preferred aspects, provides a communication method using a network coding packet in a wireless network, with reduced occurrence of negative acknowledgements, between a access point and plural mobile terminals. In preferred embodiments of the present invention, a communication method using a network coding packet in a wireless network comprises: (a) transmitting plural downlink multicast packets, each containing serial numbers of packets, to the first and second mobile terminals sequentially; (b) receiving a first negative acknowledgement from the first mobile terminal; (c) receiving a second negative acknowledgement from the first mobile terminal or the second negative acknowledgement skipping the first negative acknowledgement on occurrence of the first packet error at the second mobile terminal; and (d) transmitting a restoration packet containing exclusive OR packet of all errored packets in the restoration period defined in reference to the second negative acknowledgement from the first and second mobile terminals. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235704 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to methods and arrangements in a wireless communication system, and in particular to uplink outer loop power control. A Node B identifies if a UE from which the Node B receives data is in a predetermined set of power challenged situations. The Node B transmits to the RNC an indication to hold the SIR target of the UE if the UE has been identified to be in a power challenged situation. As a consequence, the uplink outer loop power control (OLPC) procedure in the RNC will not change the SIR target of the UE. This implies that the output power level of the UE remains unchanged as long as the UE remains in the power challenged situation. Thus, user and network performance are improved in the wireless communication system. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235705 | METHOD FOR RETRANSMITTING DATA IN THE MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM - A method for modifying a synchronous non-adaptive retransmission scheme to solve the limitation of the synchronous non-adaptive retransmission scheme is disclosed. A method for indicating not only the new data transmission but also the retransmission using a data scheduling message is disclosed. A method for determining whether there is an error in the ACK signal transmitted from a data reception end using another message to be received later is disclosed. The retransmission method for a multi-carrier system includes: receiving a grant message including scheduling information for transmitting uplink data wherein a retransmission scheme for the uplink data is predetermined by a first retransmission scheduling, transmitting the uplink data according to the scheduling information and retransmitting the uplink data according to second retransmission scheduling by receiving the second retransmission scheduling information associated with the uplink data with retransmission request. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235706 | INTERLEAVER APPARATUS AND RECEIVER FOR A SIGNAL GENERATED BY THE INTERLEAVER APPARATUS - A convolution interleaver for processing a codeword derived from an input block of symbols using a redundancy-adding coding, and having more symbols than the input block, wherein the codeword has a sequence of interleaving units, wherein each interleaving unit has at least two symbols, includes an interleaver. The interleaver changes the sequence of interleaving units to obtain an interleaved codeword having a changed sequence of interleaving units. In particular, the order of the symbols within an interleaving unit is not changed by the interleaver. The order of the interleaving units in the codeword among each other or with respect to a previous or subsequent codeword is changed, however. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235707 | Wireless receiver system and method with automatic gain control - A wireless receiver system with automatic gain control, which includes a receiving path, an analog to digital converter, an automatic gain control (AGC) device and a controller. The controller has an adjacent channel interference off mode, an adjacent channel interference acquisition mode and an adjacent channel interference tracking mode to accordingly set the AGC device for adjusting the gains of a plurality of modules of the receiving path. Namely, the strengths of different adjacent channel interferences are appropriately adjusted to thereby obtain the best received signal quality. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235708 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, INFORMATION ACCESS METHOD, AND VIRTUAL ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERN FORMING METHOD - A wireless communication method for transmitting information to the designated region with the boundary defined by the sharp cutoff is provided. Receivers outside the designated region are excluded from retrieving the encoded information. The boundary of designated region is adjustable. The wireless communication method can be applied to clearly defining the accepted region and rejection region in satellite communications. The wireless communication method includes steps of providing an information; encoding the information into an encoded data regarding a designated bit-energy-to-noise-ratio; transmitting the encoded data to form a virtual antenna radiation pattern covering a designated region with boundary defined by the sharp cutoff based on the designated bit-energy-to-noise-ratio; receiving the encoded data; and decoding the encoded data into the original information only when receivers within the designated region with bit-energy-to-noise-ratio no less than the designated bit-energy-to-noise-ratio. The critical feature of the method is clarified by experiments on the communication satellite ST-1. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235709 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING UNEQUAL ERROR PROTECTION CODE DESIGN FROM PROBABILISTICALLY FIXED COMPOSITION CODES - A method of encoding that uses standard codecs such as linear encoders and decoders for encoding and decoding data with different levels of robustness to errors is described. In one configuration, multiple encoders may be utilized, and one of the encoders may use a standard encoder such as a turbo code followed by a nonlinearity that creates an unequal distribution of ones and zeros in a binary representation of the code. In another configuration, a coder may be utilized that represents message outputs as “channels” that create state transitions (or symbol errors) in a data forward error correction coder. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235710 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND TRANSMITTER IN RADIO MULTIPLEX TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A disclosed signal transmission method in a radio multiplex transmission system comprises the steps of: serial-to-parallel converting serial data to be transmitted into N (N: two or more) parallel data series; independently performing an error-correcting encoding process on the parallel signals of the N data series serial-to-parallel converted; parallel-to-serial converting the parallel signals encoded with error-correcting codes; performing an interleaving process on the parallel-to-serial converted signals; serial-to-parallel converting the interleaved signals into L (L: two or more) parallel data series and transmitting each of the L data series using L antennas; receiving the transmitted signals; separating the received signals into M (M: two or more) data series and parallel-to-serial converting the M data series; performing a deinterleaving process on the parallel-to-serial converted signals; serial-to-parallel converting the deinterleaved signals into N data series; independently performing an error-correcting decoding process on the parallel signals of the N data series serial-to-parallel converted; and parallel-to-serial converting the signals in which the error-correcting codes are decoded, thereby recovering the transmitted data. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235711 | Data Processing System with Concatenated Encoding and Decoding Structure - A data processing system includes a memory configured to receive data and an encoder configured to encode data being transferred to the memory. The encoder includes an outer encoder configured to generate an outer codeword by encoding the data being transferred to the memory, and an inner encoder configured to generate a plurality of inner codewords by encoding the outer codeword. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235712 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL INTERLEAVING IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for interleaving systematic bits and parity bits to generate an output sequence that can be transmitted in multi-slot packets from a base station to a remote station in a wireless communication system. The apparatus comprises a memory element and a control element coupled to the memory element, wherein the control element is configured to demultiplex the systematic bits and parity bits into sequences, wherein the systematic bits and parity bits are sequentially distributed among the sequences. The control element is further configured to reorder the sequences based on an index set, to group the sequences into segments and to interleave each of the segments forming matrices having elements. The control element is also configured to modulate the elements of the matrices, and to truncate the modulated elements of each matrix, so as to produce the output sequence which comprises truncated modulating elements from each matrix of the matrices. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235713 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY GENERATING READ RECLAIM SIGNAL AND MEMORY SYSTEM - A non-volatile memory device includes a memory cell array including memory blocks, an ECC circuit receiving read data from the memory cell array and detecting error bits, wherein the ECC circuit is capable of detecting and correcting a maximum number of error bits, a counter counting detected error bits and generating an error-possible data indication when the counted error bits exceed a minimum error threshold, wherein the minimum error threshold is less than the maximum number of error bits, and a read reclaim indicator receiving the error-possible data indication and generating read reclaim indication for the memory block storing the read data. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235714 | RESISTANCE CHANGE MEMORY DEVICE - A resistance change memory device including a cell array, in which memory cells are arranged, the memory cell being reversibly set in one of a first data state and a second data state defined in accordance with the difference of the resistance value, wherein the memory device has a data write mode including: a first write procedure for writing the first data in the cell array; and a second write procedure for writing the second data in the cell array. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235715 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR USING MULTI-LEVEL CELL SOLID-STATE STORAGE AS SINGLE-LEVEL CELL SOLID-STATE STORAGE - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for storing information in a storage device that includes multi-level memory cells. The method involves storing data that is written to the storage device in the LSBs of the multi-level memory cells, and storing audit data in the MSBs of the multi-level memory cells. The audit data can be read separately from the data and used to determine whether or not there has been any unintended drift between states in the multi-level cells. The audit data may be used to correct data when the errors in the data are too numerous to be corrected using error correction code (ECC). The audit data may also be used to monitor the general health of the storage device. The monitoring process may run as a background process on the storage device. The storage device may transition the multi-level memory cells to operate as single-level memory cells. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235716 | DUAL PORTED REPLICATED DATA CACHE - A dual ported replicated data cache. The cache is configured for storing input data blocks. The cache includes an augmenter for producing an augmented data block with parity information from the input data block, a first memory array for storing the augmented data block, and a second memory array for storing the augmented data block. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235717 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING LINEAR ERASURE CODES - Methods and apparatus for providing linear erasure codes. In one aspect, a method is provided for encoding a set of data values into a code symbol. The method includes determining an index sequence that defines selected data values to be used to generate the code symbol, and determining a value sequence that defines factors to be multiplied by the selected data values to generate the code symbol. The method also includes generating a packet header that describes the index sequence and the value sequence. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235718 | Decoding Techniques for Correcting Errors Using Soft Information - Two levels of error correction decoding are performed using first and second level decoders. A composite code formed by combining an inner component code and an outer component code can be used to decode the data and correct any errors. Performing two level decoding using a composite code allows the size of the inner parity block to be reduced to a single Reed-Solomon symbol while keeping a good code rate. The first level decoder generates soft information. The soft information can indicate a most likely error event for each possible syndrome value of the inner component code. The soft information can also include error metric values for each of the most likely error events. The second level decoder generates corrected syndrome values based on the soft information using the outer component code. The most likely trellis path that corresponds to the corrected syndrome values is then selected. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235719 | ENCODER AND OPTICAL DISK RECORDING APPARATUS - An encoder includes an information holding section which stores flag bytes and an initial address, a data generation section which generates sets of first parity symbols from the initial address and the flag bytes, a parity generation section which generates and outputs sets of second parity symbols, for each column of data units included in the block, from the columns of data units included in the block and input user control data. The data generation section generates the addresses and the sets of first parity symbols, required to generate the columns of data units included in the block, based on the initial address and the flag bytes, selects necessary portions from the flag bytes and the addresses and the sets of first parity symbols generated, and outputs the portions to the parity generation section, as the columns of data units included in the block. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235720 | CHANNEL ENCODING AND DECODING APPARATUSES AND METHODS - An encoding apparatus for use in a radio transmitter has a unit for turbo-SPC encoding a plurality of information bits which bits constitute a transmit signal, and deriving at least one set of redundant bits from one set of the information bits; and a redundancy-adjusting unit for decreasing or increasing the redundant bits according to a channel-encoding rate designated by a control signal, and adjusting the ratio of the number of the information bits to the number of the redundant bits. At least some of the redundant bits decreased or increased by the redundancy-adjusting unit are derived from an identical set of the information bits. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235721 | Rate Matching and De-Rate Matching for an LTE Transport Channel - Described embodiments provide for rate matching with an encoded sequence of data bits. The encoded sequence of data bits is divided into two or more sub-blocks, with each sub-block having at least one column of bits, each including a set of valid bits. A set of dummy bits is generated and appended to each column of each sub-block. A starting point index for the set of valid bits within each sub-block is generated and the number of bits supported by the physical layer is determined. Only the valid bits of each sub-block are interleaved, based on each starting point index, until either i) there are no valid bits remaining, or ii) the number of interleaved bits reaches the number of bits supported by the physical layer. All dummy bits and any valid bits exceeding the number of bits supported by the physical layer are omitted. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235722 | HS-PDSCH DECODER AND MOBILE RADIO-SIGNAL COMMUNCATION DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - The second rate de-matching unit carries out a second rate de-matching step in parallel to each of two data defining the received data Rx for removing bits having been repeated in a second rate matching step having been carried out in a base station, or de-removing bits having been punctured in the second rate matching step having been carried out in a base station. The adders carry out a combining step in parallel in which data stored in the IR buffer is added to associated data among the two data. The first rate de-matching/turbo-decoding unit carries out a first rate de-matching step in which bits having been punctured in a first rate matching step having been carried out in a base station are repeated to data having been output from the input buffers, and simultaneously, repeatedly carries out a turbo-decoding step to the data. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235723 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY FUNCTION - An electronic apparatus includes: a display device; an input unit; a dictionary storage; and a link destination display section configured to control the display device to display explanatory information being correlated with a passage being displayed on the display device based on link information that correlates the explanatory information as a link destination and the passage as a link source when the passage is selected in accordance with the user operation. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235724 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus changes at least one of a size of variable graphics, a position of the variable graphics, and a size of a print area in such a way as to eliminate an overlap between the variable graphics and other graphics. To reduce the size of the variable graphics, the apparatus can reduce a thickness of an outer frame line of the variable graphics or reduce a height of a heading row of the variable graphics. Further, the apparatus can replace data, if the row height of the variable graphics is increased when the data is combined with the variable graphics, with another data. The apparatus can display original data in another area. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235725 | SELECTIVE DISPLAY OF ELEMENTS OF A SCHEMA SET - A schema browsing system is described herein that allows a user to quickly consume information about one or more XML schema elements of a schema set that the user is interested in and to visualize relationships of other elements to the elements of interest, irrespective of how the elements are physically stored and subdivided in XSD or other schema files. The system displays elements selected by the user and excludes portions of the schema set that are not related to the displayed elements. The system displays the selected elements along with a visual indication of the relationships between the selected elements. By repeating the process of selecting elements, the user can use the system to build up a display that includes only those elements and relationships in which the user is interested. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235726 | Methods and Graphical User Interfaces for Editing on a Multifunction Device with a Touch Screen Display - In some embodiments, a device displays content on a touch screen display and detects input by finger gestures. In response to the finger gestures, the device selects content, visually distinguishes the selected content, and/or updates the selected content based on detected input. In some embodiments, the device displays a command display area that includes one or more command icons; detects activation of a command icon in the command display area; and, in response to detecting activation of the command icon in the command display area, performs a corresponding action with respect to the selected content. Exemplary actions include cutting, copying, and pasting content. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235727 | Systems and Methods for Dynamic Electronic Signature Placement - Systems and methods for ensuring proper placement of electronic signatures in dynamic electronically-signed documents where the signature location of the documents may change based on changes of terms within the documents are described. The documents are dynamic or variable documents in that the text and signature line or lines of the documents move based on the document terms, number of signatories, etc. Computers and computer programs are used to scan through a dynamic document and determine where to print signatures when signatories log into an electronic signing room and elect to sign a given document. Information about a document is gathered from an electronic version of the document to locate signature lines and initials lines. Information regarding the locations of all signature and initials lines is then passed with the document for electronic signature. When the document is electronically signed, the electronic signature images are therefore placed in correct locations. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235728 | DOCUMENT EDITING DEVICE, DOCUMENT EDITING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A document editing device includes: a storage section that stores document information partitioned in plural pages and page designating information which designates a page to be used of the plural pages of the document information so as to be correlated with the document information and a purpose; a page designating information selecting section that selects the page to be used from the page designating information according to the document information and purpose designated; and a document editing section that extracts document information of the page to be used from the document information designated according to the page to be used selected. Further, the document editing section edits the document information as edited document information. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235729 | Methods and Graphical User Interfaces for Editing on a Multifunction Device with a Touch Screen Display - In some embodiments, a device displays content on a touch screen display and detects input by finger gestures. In response to the finger gestures, the device selects content, visually distinguishes the selected content, and/or updates the selected content based on detected input. In some embodiments, the device displays a command display area that includes one or more command icons; detects activation of a command icon in the command display area; and, in response to detecting activation of the command icon in the command display area, performs a corresponding action with respect to the selected content. Exemplary actions include cutting, copying, and pasting content. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235730 | CONSUME-FIRST MODE TEXT INSERTION - A consume-first mode for an editor is automatically entered if one or more predefined heuristic conditions are met. Some examples of heuristic conditions include conditions indicating that a user will be entering computer program source code during test-driven development, user action to undo autocompletion, and expected entry of a dynamically typed item identifier. In addition to heuristic consume-first mode, some editors recognize an explicit command to enter or exit the consume-first mode. A list of completion suggestions may be displayed in the consume-first mode, but autocompletion is turned off. An identifier may also be preemptively included on a suggested completions list for use before a user has entered that identifier using the editor. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235731 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION SERVER - A portable communication table comprising a user interface for inputting an operating signal for character input, a dictionary database for storing a conversion dictionary for associating an input character with a converted character, an FED processing section for executing a character conversion program to acquire the operating signal inputted through the interface as an input character, reference the conversion dictionary, and the operation setting data of the character conversion program and controlling the operation of the character conversion program, and a communication interface for transferring the conversion dictionary, the character conversion program and operation setting data to the outside of the communication terminal. The may allow a communication terminal to be replaced with a new model that includes the character input environment of the old model. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235732 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH STATUS INFORMATION ON A TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A method for interacting with a computing device, involving presenting a first mode of a touch interface, where the touch interface is configured as a user interface of the computing device, where the touch interface comprises at least one status icon, and where in the first mode, the status icon is not selectable by touch input. The method further includes receiving, from a user using the computing device, a first input indicating a desire to switch from the first mode to a second mode of the touch interface; and in response to receiving the first input, presenting the user with the second mode of the touch interface, where in the second mode, the status icon is selectable by touch input, and where the status icon displays a corresponding status of the computing device. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235733 | DIRECT MANIPULATION OF CONTENT - Various embodiments provide techniques for direct manipulation of content. The direct manipulation of content can provide an intuitive way for a user to access and interact with content. In at least some embodiments, content manipulation is “direct” in that content displayed in a user interface (e.g., one or more Web pages in a Web browser interface) can be moved in and/or out of the user interface in a direction that corresponds to user-initiated physical movements, such as the user dragging or flicking the content with the user's finger or some other type of input device. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235734 | Methods and Graphical User Interfaces for Editing on a Multifunction Device with a Touch Screen Display - In some embodiments, a device displays content on a touch screen display and detects input by finger gestures. In response to the finger gestures, the device selects content, visually distinguishes the selected content, and/or updates the selected content based on detected input. In some embodiments, the device displays a command display area that includes one or more command icons; detects activation of a command icon in the command display area; and, in response to detecting activation of the command icon in the command display area, performs a corresponding action with respect to the selected content. Exemplary actions include cutting, copying, and pasting content. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235735 | Methods and Graphical User Interfaces for Editing on a Multifunction Device with a Touch Screen Display - In some embodiments, a device displays content on a touch screen display and detects input by finger gestures. In response to the finger gestures, the device selects content, visually distinguishes the selected content, and/or updates the selected content based on detected input. In some embodiments, the device displays a command display area that includes one or more command icons; detects activation of a command icon in the command display area; and, in response to detecting activation of the command icon in the command display area, performs a corresponding action with respect to the selected content. Exemplary actions include cutting, copying, and pasting content. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235736 | Virtual Magnifying Glass with on-the Fly Control Functionalities - A display screen magnifier is controllable by a user to magnify selected portions of a desktop including windows open on the screen. A moveable magnifier frame is provided, within which a magnified image is presented. The magnified image corresponds to screen content located within a magnification region underlying the magnifier frame, magnified to a set level of magnification. The magnifier is controllable through use of a user input device. At least one operational parameter of the magnifier can be adjusted, without interaction with on-screen objects and without taking focus away from the desktop or any windows open on the screen. In a particular embodiment of the invention, on-the-fly controllability of the magnifier includes its activation and deactivation, adjustment of the magnification level, and adjustment of the size of the magnifier frame. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235737 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING WEB PAGE AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - The present disclosure is related to a mobile terminal comprising: a display unit configured to display a web-page; a memory configured to store a first internet driving program and a second internet driving program for executing the web-page; a wireless communication module configured to access an internet server; a user input unit configured to receive a user input signal; and a controller configured to display an internet program sort option menu on the display unit by means of the user input signal from the user input unit during an attempt to display the web-page by accessing the internet server through the wireless communication module through the first internet driving program stored in the memory, to terminate the first internet driving program, and to execute the second internet driving program, by means of the internet program sort option menu, and a method using the same. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235738 | PRODUCT LIMITATIONS ADVISORY SYSTEM - A system that automatically prompts a computer user about a known limitation of a product component, such as a software component. Generally, there is contemplated herein a method including providing a physical computing device, running software in the physical computing device, detecting whether the software has a known limitation, and automatically providing an advisory responsive to detecting a known software limitation. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235739 | REMOTE ACCESS TO ADVANCED PLAYLIST FEATURES OF A MEDIA PLAYER - A media player can have advanced-playlist creation capabilities such as the ability to automatically generate a playlist around a “seed” song selected by a user. In some embodiments, the accessory can determine whether the media player can use a particular song as a seed song for an advanced playlist and can so inform the user. The user can then operate the accessory's user interface to create an advanced playlist based on a particular song, rather than having to interact directly with the media player. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235740 | Interactive Access to Media or Other Content Related to a Currently Viewed Program - A method for providing content related to a multimedia program on a display device, including: monitoring a currently viewed multimedia program by a user on a display device; retrieving content related to the currently viewed multimedia program from a content source based on information obtained from said currently viewed multimedia program; and displaying at least a portion of the content on a flexible user interface on the display device upon request by the user; in which the user is able to adjust a size and position of the flexible user interface on the display device. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235741 | Media Player Framework - Systems and methods for managing media playback are described. In one embodiment, a third party media request is received from a third party application. A native media request is sent to a native media player in response to the third party media request. The native media request causes the native media player to access content or metadata. Metadata is returned to the third party application if the third party media request requested data. The native media player performs a content operation on the content if the third party media request requested a content operation. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235742 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF MULTIMEDIA DOCUMENTS - The invention relates to a device for displaying multimedia documents. According to the invention, such a device includes: organization means adapted to organize said multimedia documents into at least first and second sets of multimedia documents disposed in a first direction; and browsing means adapted to respond to at least one first predetermined movement of a user to browse between said first and second sets of multimedia documents in said first direction. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235743 | Incorporating Interactive Media Into a Playlist - An exemplary system includes a media control operable to begin playing a media segment automatically after buffering the media segment, and a host application operable to receive a reference to the media segment, initialize the media control with the media segment, and cause the media control to postpone playing of the media segment after the media segment is buffered. An exemplary method includes receiving a playlist referencing a first media segment and a second media segment, the second media segment operable to play automatically without a prompt after being loaded, presenting the first media segment, and prerolling the second media segment. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235744 | SOURCE CONTENT PREVIEW IN A MEDIA SYSTEM - Systems and/or methods are provided that facilitate surveying media sources in a media entertainment system. An index component can provide an index of a set of available media sources in the media entertainment system. In addition, a selection component can displays the set of available media sources and receive selection requests for a subset of the available media sources. Further, a preview component can display a sample of media generated by the selected subset of media sources prior to active engagement thereof. Moreover, one or more aspects can be implemented in a vehicle entertainment system. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235745 | ACCESSIBILITY SYSTEM FOR CONSUMER DEVICES - An electronic device includes a number of features for which settings can be adjusted by a user. The device includes a user interface through which the user can adjust the settings; a standard operating mode in which settings for all of the features are available through the user interface, when activated; and an increased accessibility operating mode in which settings for the features are presented differently in the user interface, when activated, than in the standard operating mode. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235746 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Editing an Audio or Video Attachment in an Electronic Message - A method is performed at a multifunction device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. User selection of an audio or video file to be sent in an electronic message is detected. In response to detecting a first input by the user, an audio or video file editing interface is displayed. The editing interface comprises: a time bar, a user-adjustable begin-edit icon, and a user-adjustable end-edit icon. The distance between the user-adjustable begin-edit icon and the user-adjustable end-edit icon is constrained to be equal to or less than a distance that corresponds to a predefined maximum allowable size for the file. In response to detecting a second input by the user on the touch-sensitive surface, at least one of the begin-edit icon and the end-edit icon is adjusted in the audio or video file editing interface. The audio or video file is edited to a shorter. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235747 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PARAMETERS OF AUDIO DEVICE - A method for adjusting parameters of an audio device is provided and applied to an adjusting system operated by a user to adjust the audio device. The method includes steps of: executing an application program with the adjusting system; the application program providing a graphical user interface for receiving data wherein the graphical user interface at least includes a plurality of options to be selected; and adjusting a plurality of parameters of the audio device associated with a first option when the first option of the plurality options is selected and outputting a sound by the audio device. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235748 | System and method for automated content presentation objects - Provided is a system and method for centralizing common messaging (i.e. conveying or presenting information to a recipient/observer) functionality across a plurality of heterogeneous Mobile data processing System (MS) applications, and for synergistically bringing new messaging functionality to those applications. New synergistic presentation/messaging capability is brought to MS applications with distributable presentation objects in areas of Out-Going Messages (OGMs), Out-going Caller Messages (OCMs), Confirmation Of delivery Messages (COMs) and ADvertising messages (ADs). OGMs include messages which are played to callers in a phone call recording system. OCMs include messages that can be left automatically to a phone call recording system by a caller. COMs include messages that are automatically sent based on a delivery. ADs include messages for conveying advertising information. Different message types are automatically presented for a variety of triggering events, and in accordance with reconciled configurations between an originator's intent and an observer's preferences. In a preferred embodiment, the Location Based eXchange (LBX) method and system is leveraged, for example in configuring a triggered event for automatically processing an Out-Going Message (OGM), Out-going Caller Message (OCM), Confirmation Of delivery Messages (COM), or ADvertising message (AD). | 2010-09-16 |
20100235749 | WEB TO PHONE CONTACT INFORMATION MESSAGING SYSTEM - A method of transmitting contact information to an approved mobile communication device includes receiving an input representative of desired contact information located on a first web page and an input representative of the identity of a desired mobile communication device. The method also includes saving information representative of the desired contact information in a contact information database. The method also includes determining whether the desired mobile communication device is an approved device and transmitting to the desired mobile communication device information representative of a notification to send the information representative of the desired contact information. The method also includes receiving an input from the desired mobile communication device information representative of an acceptance to receive the information representative of the desired contact information, and transmitting to the desired mobile communication device information representative of the desired contact information. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235750 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR A GRAPHICAL INTERFACE - A system for a graphical user interface for network applications and network resources includes a workspace application unit for presenting to a user, the network applications and network resources within a workspace area where the user can interact with the network applications and network resources to perform tasks. A configuration unit organizes the network applications and network resources within the workspace area according to stored preferences, maintains network links to the network applications and network resources, maintains current states of the network applications and configures devices according to stored preferences for the user to interact with the network applications and network resources. At least one rendering unit renders the network applications and network resources for display in the workspace area. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235751 | PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE AND CUSTOMIZABLE ORGANIZATION TREE HAVING COMMUNICATION OPTIONS - A highly interactive directory tree can be provided through a client user interface. A user can access an organization's records through, for example, a web-based user interface on the client computer system. The user interface can be configured to display a directory tree of related member records in the organization, and can be further configured with a number of option controls. The option controls can be configured to allow a user to differentiate how some or all of the records in the directory tree are displayed at any given time, to define how many member records the directory tree displays, as well as how to view at-a-glance information for each member record. The option controls can further be configured to provide selective communications to specific members, or groups of filtered members in the directory tree. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235752 | BUSINESS SUPPORT SYSTEM AND BUSINESS SUPPORT APPARATUS - A business support system includes: a portable terminal used by a user; and a business support apparatus connected with the portable terminal, the portable terminal including: an input device; a device for accepting an input into the input device; a device for transmitting a signal indicating that the input is accepted to the business support apparatus; a device for receiving a page transmitted from the business support apparatus; a display device; and a device for causing the display device to display the received page, and the business support apparatus including: a device for receiving a transmitted signal; a database for storing information about the user or information about a customer of the user; a device for generating a page suitable for the user based on the information in the database when receiving the signal; and a device for transmitting the generated page to the portable terminal. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235753 | Method for Requesting and Viewing an Attachment Image on a Portable Electronic Device - A method for viewing a full image of a server stored original attachment on a portable electronic device including: building a graph structure within the server representing a map of the original image, downloading and displaying a re-sized image from the server to the portable electronic device, the original image exceeding an image size limit of the portable electronic device indicative of screen size of the portable electronic device, calculating width and height parameters of the full image, sending a request from the portable electronic device to the server to enlarge the image displayed on the device based on the width and height parameters, the request including the image size limit, retrieving and traversing the graph structure within the server to locate a separate image component constructed for the image size limit, collecting image binary data from the separate image component and modifying the image binary data based on the width and height parameters to create the full image of the original image and downloading the full image of the original image to the portable electronic device. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235754 | USER INFORMATION WIDGETS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING AND RETRIEVING USER INFORMATION - User information is provided to web applications by embedding a widget in a web page served to a user's client from a web application server. The widget is a software component that is configured to retrieve user information from a user information web server repository in response to a request by a web application for user information. The widget is also configured to request user permission to retrieve user information from the repository and to request user verification of retrieved information prior to providing the retrieved information to the requesting web application. The user information widget is configured to authenticate a user prior to retrieving user information from the repository. The user information widget authenticates a user by requesting credentials from the user and verifying that the received credentials are valid for the user. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235755 | DRIVER INTERFACE AND METHODS - Disclosed are methods of methods of propagating a customized user interface, and corresponding apparatus and computer-readable medium. The methods include displaying a user interface on a first computer, the user interface presenting options to a user to customize the user interface, receiving selections of the options to customize the user interface from the user, displaying the customized user interface to the user, presenting on the user interface an option to propagate the customized user interface to a second computer, receiving from the user a selection of the option to propagate the customized user interface to a second computer, and propagating the customized user interface to the second computer. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235756 | TRANSACTION SYSTEM, TRANSACTION PROCESSING DEVICE, SCREEN INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, AND SCREEN INFORMATION GENERATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - Provided are a transaction system, a transaction processing device, a screen information generating method and a screen information generation processing program capable of setting link information simply, giving a reward when an act relating to a transaction via the link information is committed, and also giving the reward without any work such as web site management, web page creation or the like. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235757 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH INTERNET CONTENT - The invention includes a method of presenting distributable computer readable media to a user in response to a user request. The method comprises the steps of identifying a definition of a Networked Information Monitor (NIM). A NIM frame is defined for the NIM using the definition. Content is then retrieved for the NIM. Then, the content is placed in NIM viewer defined by the frame. The invention also includes a method of altering a Networked Information Monitor (NIM). The method includes the step of receiving a message at a NIM. The message specifies a configurable feature of the NIM. The NIM is altered in accordance with the configurable feature of the message. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235758 | Method, System and Apparatus for Sorting Topics within a Group - A method for sorting topics in a user group of instant messaging is disclosed. An instant messaging server receives a user request for creating a topic within a user group, and thereupon creates a corresponding topic group. Upon subsequently receiving from a request for joining the topic, the server adds the requesting user into the corresponding topic group. Upon receiving a message sent from a user of the topic group, the server transmits the message to other users of the same topic group. Using the topic sorting technology in group chatting, the method allows messages to be conveniently categorized for better use by the user, thus reducing the interference from unrelated topics while allowing group discussions. The method helps to improve user experience and maximize the benefit of group chatting, and may also reduce the volume of unnecessary messages sent by the server. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235759 | UNIFIED MANAGEMENT METHOD OF VARIOUS TYPES OF MESSAGES OF A PERSONAL INFORMATION TERMINAL - The present invention relates to a method of displaying several types of messages all together through a single window and of enabling a user to write and transmit a message with no consideration of message type. This unified message management method displays various types of messages all together along with their respective message types through a single window, converts the type of a written message, if needed, to match it to a protocol determined based on information written in its field distinguishing a message type, and transmits the type-converted message, whereby a user can confirm all types of received messages at a time and user's inconvenience that a message type to write should be distinguished in advance prior to choosing a message input screen can be removed. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235760 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING RELATIVE TIME IN CONTENT OF MESSAGE - A method for calibrating a relative time in content of a message is provided. A relative time word is identified in various kinds of transmission information, and the relative time is calibrated to an absolute time according to a sending time of the message. Even a date, a time zone received by the receiver receiving the message is different from that of the sender, the receiver wound not misunderstand due to misinterpretation. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235761 | CONTACT SIDEBAR TILE - Methods, systems, and computer program products for tracking real-time communication data within a single contact tracking application for diverse communication providers and applications. A global data store is synchronized with real-time communication data, such as presence, status, unread messages, and unread notifications, from each application/provider. Real-time communication data for contacts dynamically determined to be recent contacts is retrieved from the data store, based on properties such as a most recent communication time, a communication count, and the like. Real-time communication data corresponding to contacts identified as pinned contacts for which display of real-time communication data is preferred, also may be retrieved. A user interface is generated for displaying the one or more recent and/or pinned contacts, which may vary in size based on the number of contacts identified as pinned contacts, from which a contact may be selected for real-time conversation or e-mail. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235762 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROVIDING A WIDGET SERVICE FOR CONTENT SHARING - An approach is provided for sharing rendered content that includes receiving initial data that indicates a content sharing service and a subscriber to the service. An initialization message is sent to the content sharing service based on the initial data. In response, a subscriber data message that comprises a playlist that indicates content rendered by the subscriber is received. In response to receiving the subscriber data message, a device of a user is caused to indicate that content sharing with the subscriber is permitted. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235763 | COLLABORATIVE HIERARCHICAL DOCUMENT DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW SYSTEM - A computer software product for allowing simultaneous multi-level collaboration, including in real time between an author and a group of reviewers invited by the author to comment on a document stored in a computer file. The computer software enables each reviewer to view the document and make changes thereto which are stored in a secondary data file without modifying the contents of the original document. The author receives and views the secondary data files from the reviewers and selectively incorporates the changes into the document. Each reviewer may invite an unlimited number of sub-reviewers to review the document, the comments of each sub-reviewer similarly being stored in a secondary data file wherein only the author may edit the document directly. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235764 | DISCUSSION SUPPORT APPARATUS, DISCUSSION SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A discussion support apparatus includes a holding unit, a first accepting unit and a generating unit. The holding unit holds pieces of discussion state information each indicating a state of a discussion at a corresponding one of points in time included in a period of time during which discussions are performed. The first accepting unit accepts a discussion end operation indicating an end of discussion on a topic for which discussion has been completed. The generating unit generates, based on one or more of the discussion state information indicating states of discussions at points in time before a point in time when the first accepting unit accepts a discussion end operation for a certain topic, topic-related information indicating at least one piece of discussion state information which is related to the certain topic and which is specified from among the one or more of the discussion state information. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235765 | DOM Based Media Viewer - A system by which a computer user can view or listen to selected media objects, such as videos or podcasts or Internet radio, located in the Document Object Model (“DOM”) of a web page. The system is able to isolate the media objects selected by a user or the media objects stipulated in a database containing a description of the location of the objects. The system has the ability to display the specified media objects in a toolbar or console. The system is able to play multiple media objects concurrently and to independently control the sound produced by multiple media objects and also has the capability of performing a pre-recorded set of instructions to cause an object in the DOM to execute, such as playing a video or opening a file. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235766 | Device and method for creating, distributing, managing and monetizing widgets - The present invention relates to a widget, and to exemplary methods of creating, maintaining, monetizing and reporting the widget and its underlying architecture. The present invention provides for the creation of a widget and may allow for the incorporation of content which may be further transported or distributed using the created widget. A widget may also be tracked and may have attributes sounding its movement, usage and content merged into analytics associated with that widget. The associates analytics may further be used to monetize the interactions associated with the widget to generate revenue. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235767 | Scaling Composite Shapes for a Graphical Human-Machine Interface - Parameters associated with sub-elements of a composite shape may determine how the sub-element is scaled during resizing of the composite shape. A graphical display editor may use the scaling parameters to calculate various scaling factors that are then applied to the sub-elements of each composite shape during resizing. The editor may apply the scaling parameters to the sub-elements for resizing in one or more axes (e.g., the length, width, and height or X, Y, and Z axes, etc.) to adjust the composite shape for a particular graphical display. The editor may apply the scaling parameters directly to each sub-element to prevent any distortion of those sub-elements. The configured scaling parameters may then be linked to the composite shape so that, at runtime, the parameters are applied to the composite shape and its sub-elements. The scaling parameters may be applied to both composite shapes and animations associated with the composite shapes. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235768 | PERSONALIZED USER INTERFACE BASED ON PICTURE ANALYSIS - The user interface of an electronic device may be personalized based on one or more images selected by the user. The images are analyzed to create a theme that is applied to the user interface of the electronic device. The theme may be transferred to and applied to the user interface of an accessory. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235769 | SMOOTH LAYOUT ANIMATION OF CONTINUOUS AND NON-CONTINUOUS PROPERTIES - A layout animation system is described herein that performs smooth transitions for properties of a layout, regardless of whether the layout properties are discrete or automatically calculated. Before a transition is executed, the layout animation system extracts and stores the positioning, sizing, and visibility of participating elements across the layout hierarchy. The system places the affected elements in the same position, size, and visibility as the outgoing state requests and animates the elements to an incoming state. For each element, the system calculates a smooth animation that transforms the element from the outgoing position, size, and visibility to the incoming position, size, and visibility. The system then animates the elements over a desired transition time. Thus, the layout animation system provides the ability to create smooth layout transitions in the presence of automatic layout management for properties of various types. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235770 | Methods and Graphical User Interfaces for Editing on a Multifunction Device with a Touch Screen Display - In some embodiments, a device displays content on a touch screen display and detects input by finger gestures. In response to the finger gestures, the device selects content, visually distinguishes the selected content, and/or updates the selected content based on detected input. In some embodiments, the device displays a command display area that includes one or more command icons; detects activation of a command icon in the command display area; and, in response to detecting activation of the command icon in the command display area, performs a corresponding action with respect to the selected content. Exemplary actions include cutting, copying, and pasting content. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235771 | System And Method For Drag-And-Drop Graph Building With Live Feedback - Computer-implemented systems and methods provide near real-time graph data feedback to a user during a drag-and-drop graph display creation process. A graph creation display region is displayed, where a graph display data structure contains associations between graph display components and variables, the associations in the graph display data structure defining what graph components are to be displayed on the graph creation display region. The display device contains a plurality of graph hotspot regions that are associated with a graph display component, where using the user manipulation device to drag a variable from the variable selection region to the graph hotspot results in an association between the graph display component and the dragged variable. While the variable is being dragged over a hotspot, the graph creation display region is modified to provide near real-time feedback to the user of a temporary association between the graph display component and the dragged variable. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235772 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus including a receiving unit configured to receive an application information item that corresponds to an application or a job that is executed by the application, and to record the application information item in a storing unit, wherein the application information item includes a function identification item used for identifying a function for which an execution request is given to the image forming apparatus from the application included in an information processing apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus via a network; a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display a list including the application information item that corresponds to the application or the job, based on the application information item recorded in the storing unit; and a function control unit configured to execute a process corresponding to the function identification item included the application information item that is selected from the list. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235773 | Gene expression browser for web-based search and visualization of characteristics of gene expression - Gene Expression Browser is developed for scientists to easily search and visualize the gene expression profiles from large amount of microarray expression data. Web 2.0 technology, full-text searching and server caching are applied to the software application so that large amount data are retrieved very fast from server and are displayed in both clear and comprehensive web user interface. Statistic analysis is hidden from users in the software application. Therefore, the software application is simple to operate and the results are easy to explain. Scientists can easily use the software application without having deep understanding on statistics and data analysis. Gene Expression Browser is the first search and visualization tool for mining large scale and complex microarray data. It might be an alternative to existing complex, slow and expensive microarray data analysis tools. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235774 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING TRAFFIC-RELATED INFORMATION - Presenting of real-world situational data on a dynamically updateable user interface is provided for by providing a dynamically updateable user interface that includes dynamic objects having variable characteristics and that correspond to real-world objects, receiving situational data that corresponds to a status of the one or more real-world objects, and conforming the one or more variable characteristics to be consistent with the situational data such that an observer of the one or more dynamic objects is informed of a current status of a corresponding real-world situation. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235775 | Operation Display Device and Image Forming Apparatus Equipped Therewith - When displaying in the energy saving mode, an operation screen having operation buttons related to functions that can be used in the energy saving mode, control is carried out so that the operation buttons related to the functions that can be used in the energy saving mode are displayed in a form that is different from that of the operation buttons related to the functions that can be used only during the normal mode. For example, the operation buttons that can only be used in the normal mode are not displayed in the operation screen of the energy saving mode, or else, the operation buttons that can only be used in the normal mode and the operation buttons that can be used in the energy saving mode are displayed in different colors. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235776 | Social network for affecting personal behavior - A social network for affecting personal behavior is provided. The psychological and behavioral progress of a registered user of the social network is maintained. The social network provides the registered user with friends who can track the user's progress and encourage the user by communications with the user. The friends of the user can be anybody, including people who are not registered with the social network. A dynamic mechanism for grouping different users into support groups is also provided. The grouping is based on the user's progress, satisfaction with the user's supporters, and the user's traits and preferences. User-customized profiles are used to elucidate user traits instead of standard direct forms to to avoid incorrect or misleading responses to the forms. In addition, a wireless portable device in communication with the social network of friends and supporters is provided for constant access to sources of motivation. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235777 | PROVIDING A PROXY VIEW FOR AN APPLICATION IN A WINDOW MANAGER - A window manager process hosts proxy window objects created by an application in a window manager display structure. A process in a device creates a local proxy view object within a window manager display structure for the window manager process. The process registers an identifier for a remote proxy window object which corresponds to an application display structure. The application controls processing of data used by the application. The process assigns the identifier for the remote proxy window object to the local proxy view object in the window manager display structure to create a composite display structure and renders the composite display structure to display an image on a display device. The image corresponds to the objects of the application display structure represented by the remote proxy window object. The window manager process controls rendering of the composite display structure. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235778 | Methods and Graphical User Interfaces for Editing on a Multifunction Device with a Touch Screen Display - In some embodiments, a device displays content on a touch screen display and detects input by finger gestures. In response to the finger gestures, the device selects content, visually distinguishes the selected content, and/or updates the selected content based on detected input. In some embodiments, the device displays a command display area that includes one or more command icons; detects activation of a command icon in the command display area; and, in response to detecting activation of the command icon in the command display area, performs a corresponding action with respect to the selected content. Exemplary actions include cutting, copying, and pasting content. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235779 | ELECTRONIC MAP APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC MAP DISPLAY METHOD - In an electronic map apparatus, an electronic map is displayed in accordance with map data read out from a DVD-ROM. Then, distance display circles which have a common center located at a point on the electronic map and each interconnect points on the electronic map at equal geographical distances from the point are drawn. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235780 | System and Method for Identifying Words Based on a Sequence of Keyboard Events - A system, a computer readable storage medium including instructions, and computer-implemented method for displaying at least one word based on a sequence of keyboard events. A sequence of keyboard events representing keystrokes is received. The sequence of keyboard events is processed by: accessing and traversing nodes of a trie data structure in accordance with the sequence of keyboard events and upon arriving at a word node of the trie data structure, identifying one or more corresponding words to be displayed, and displaying at least one word of the one or more corresponding words to be displayed. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235781 | Method and apparatus for automatically updating a primary display area - Receiving commands from a remote controller and automatically activating display areas for cursor navigation. Content display areas within a display frame respectively correspond to a variety of content items and include a primary display area wherein cursor navigation is activated and secondary display areas wherein cursor navigation is prevented. Remote controller navigational commands, for example, then allow cursor based navigation for the content item currently displayed in the primary display area. A content selection command such as a number key input of the remote controller allows immediate and automatic updating of the primary display area to include a desired content item that is associated to the command (e.g., the particular number). | 2010-09-16 |
20100235782 | Systems and Methods For Viewing Patient Data - Implementations of the present invention include methods of providing and managing patient data. In some implementations, methods include providing patient data to a data management system that is in communication with an information system located at a facility, providing the patient data to a remote device that is in communication with the data management system, receiving, in the remote device, ancillary information that is input based on the patient data, providing the ancillary information to the data management system, and providing the ancillary information to the information system from the data management system. | 2010-09-16 |
20100235783 | Methods and Graphical User Interfaces for Editing on a Multifunction Device with a Touch Screen Display - In some embodiments, a device displays content on a touch screen display and detects input by finger gestures. In response to the finger gestures, the device selects content, visually distinguishes the selected content, and/or updates the selected content based on detected input. In some embodiments, the device displays a command display area that includes one or more command icons; detects activation of a command icon in the command display area; and, in response to detecting activation of the command icon in the command display area, performs a corresponding action with respect to the selected content. Exemplary actions include cutting, copying, and pasting content. | 2010-09-16 |