| 44th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
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| 20110271134 | Apparatus and Methods Employing Variable Clock Gating Hysteresis for a Communications Port - An apparatus includes a communications port configured to communicate over a bus responsive to a clock signal and a clock signal generation circuit configured to generate the clock signal and to vary a gating hysteresis of the clock signal responsive to a control input, such as a communications transaction of the port. The clock signal generation circuit may be configured to vary the gating hysteresis of the clock signal based on an attribute of the transaction, such as an address of the transaction and/or a payload communicated in the transaction. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271135 | DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND NODE APPARATUS - When receiving a predetermined command regarding an assigned key to a node apparatus, a history element is registered, which includes a first Logical Clock Value (LCV) at a first time the predetermined command was received, and a data value at a second time represented by the first LCV. When receiving a reference request to reference a data value at a third time represented by a specific LCV, a first marker is registered, which includes, as the specific LCV, a second LCV at a time when the reference request was received or a third LCV designated by the reference request, and further includes information concerning the reference request. When a fixed LCV in a system becomes not less than the specific LCV, a data value corresponding to the assigned key at the third time is identified from the history elements including first LCVs that are not greater than the specific LCV. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271136 | PREDICTIVELY MANAGING FAILOVER IN HIGH AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS - A method, system, and computer usable program product for predictively managing failover in a high availability system are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A disruptive activity occurring on the HA data processing system is detected. The disruptive activity has a potential to cause an operation of the HA data processing system to perform outside a specified parameter. A determination is made of a desired response in the HA data processing system should the disruptive activity disrupting the operation. A precautionary action is initiated with respect to the HA data processing system. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271137 | UNIFIED FRAMEWORK FOR CONFIGURATION VALIDATION - A modular framework may be provided for configuration checks that enable a developer to classify and describe each check and then subsequently search for checks and integrate them with other checks. Each check may include a dependency on other checks to create a hierarchy. Additionally, multiple checks may be combined. The combination of checks may be used to check configuration of specific processes or systems. Each check unit and business configuration check may contain keywords, descriptions, and documentation to enable the checks to be subsequently searched and reused in different applications. Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture may be provided. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271138 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING SYSTEM FAILURE - A system and a method for handling a system failure are disclosed. The method is adapted for an information handling system having a basic input and output system and a micro-controller. The method includes the following steps: sending, via the micro-controller, a signal; checking, via the micro-controller, whether an acknowledgement is received from the basic input and output system responsive to the signal; and scanning, via the micro-controller, a type of a system failure in response to the acknowledgement being not received. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271139 | CLUSTER-FREE TECHNIQUES FOR ENABLING A DIRECTORY PROTOCOL-BASED DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (DNS) SERVICE FOR HIGH AVAILABILITY - Cluster-free techniques for enabling a directory protocol-based Domain Name System (DNS) service for high availability are presented. A DNS service monitors a node for wild-carded IP address that migrate to the node when a primary node fails to service DNS requests for a directory of the network. The DNS service forwards the wild-carded IP address to a distributed directory service for resolution and uses the distributed directory service to dynamically configure the DNS service for directly handling subsequent DNS requests made to the directory over the network while the primary node remains inoperable over the network. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271140 | METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR FAILOVER - In a computer system wherein plural servers are connected with an external disk device via a network, each server incorporates therein a logic partition module for configuring at least one logic partition in the server, and the operating system stored in the logic partition is booted by the boot disk of an external disk device, the failover operation is performed only for the logic partition affected by a failure when the task being executed by a working server is taken over by another server at the time of the failure occurring in the working server. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271141 | Non-Volatile Memory Based Reliability and Availability Mechanisms for a Computing Device - Mechanisms are provided for use with a microprocessor chip, for storing selected reliability information in an on-chip non-volatile storage device. An on-chip reliability controller coupled to one or more on-chip resources of the microprocessor chip, collects raw reliability information from the one or more on-chip resources of the microprocessor chip. The on-chip reliability controller analyzes the raw reliability information to identify selected reliability information for the one or more resources of the microprocessor chip. The on-chip reliability controller stores the selected reliability information in the on-chip non-volatile storage device. The on-chip non-volatile storage device stores the selected reliability information even in the event of an overall failure of the microprocessor chip in which the microprocessor chip loses power. The on-chip non-volatile storage device has an interface through which the selected reliability information is accessible by an off-chip device even in the event of an overall failure of the microprocessor chip. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271142 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING A MANAGEMENT INTERRUPT EVENT IN A MULTI-PROCESSOR COMPUTING DEVICE - A method and system for handling a management interrupt, such as a system management interrupt (SMI) and/or a platform management interrupt (PMI), includes allocating two or more processor cores from a plurality of processor cores to form a group of management interrupt handling processor cores. Generated management interrupts are directed to this first group of processor cores and not to remaining processor cores, which forma second group. At least one of the processor cores in the first group handles the management interrupt without disrupting the current operation of the processor cores in the second group. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271143 | BACKUP AND RESTORATION FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - Provided is a RAID controlled storage device of a PCI-Express (PCI-e) type, which provides data storage/reading services through a PCI-Express interface. The RAID controller typically includes a disk mount coupled to a set of PCI-Express SSD memory disk units, the set of PCI-Express SSD memory disk units comprising a set of volatile semiconductor memories; a disk monitoring unit coupled to the disk mount for monitoring the set of PCI-Express memory disk units; a disk plug and play controller coupled to the disk monitoring unit and the disk mount for controlling the disk mount; a high speed host interface coupled to the disk monitoring unit and the disk mount for providing high-speed host interface capabilities; a disk controller coupled to the high speed host interface and the disk monitoring unit; and a host interface coupled to the disk controller. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271144 | APPROACH FOR DATA INTEGRITY IN AN EMBEDDED DEVICE ENVIRONMENT - A system for providing data integrity in an embedded device environment. One approach is operating an embedded control engine with non-battery backup power and providing data backup with inexpensive memory. Just data having changes may be provided to a volatile memory such as an SRAM module. After an accumulation of a certain amount of data, the data may be moved onto a relatively larger non-volatile memory, such as an NVRAM module or other type of flash memory. Non-battery backup power may maintain the SRAM module for a period after a power loss, so as to retain data. After restoration of power, data from NVRAM and SRAM modules may be read by the backup service to recreate the last known state of the control engine before the power loss. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271145 | EFFICIENT FAILURE DETECTION FOR LONG RUNNING DATA TRANSFER JOBS - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for error handling within jobs that utilize a plurality of tasks for data transfer of individual data records to a storage destination. For each task, one or more failed records may be logged to a file for later insertion. If a high percentage of a task's output (e.g., writes to another data storage system) is determined to be failing, the task short-circuits itself. Each task is also configured to perform checkpoint logging as the task completes work. If the entire job later short-circuits and is to be restarted, the restarted job only repeats a minimal amount of previously completed work for the tasks which have not already completed their data insertions. Together, these techniques can ensure that in the face of periodic failures, the job completes long-running job in a minimal time with minimal effects. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271146 | Anomaly Detecting for Database Systems - Methods, systems and computer program products for detecting anomalies for a database system are provided. A method may include extracting workload features from a query optimizer based on a query workload and generating feature models for the extracted workload features. The method may also include extracting instance features from the query optimizer based on a query instance. Instance feature values may be obtained. The method may further include applying a query instance to the workload feature models to produce a prediction value for each workload feature. Anomalies may be reported based on a comparison of each instance feature value with a corresponding prediction value. A system for detecting anomalies for a database system may include a query optimizer, a feature modeler and an anomaly detector. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271147 | LOGICAL ENTITY FAULT ISOLATION IN NETWORK SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT - Various embodiments include one or more of systems, methods, and software to provide a status of a logical entity between entity models in network management systems, such as for fault isolation, in an efficient manner. Some embodiments, when receiving requests for a status of a logical entity while already in the process of determining the status in response to a previously received request, include adding an identifier of the subsequent requestor to a status requestor list and not responding to or taking any further action with regard to the request from the subsequent requestor until the status in response to the first received status request is determined. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271148 | PRELOADING UNWIND DATA FOR NON-INTRUSIVE BACKTRACING - An unwind data system stores unwind data for a target module in memory pages in main memory prior to an introspection tool making an attempt to generate a backtrace for the target module. The unwind data system detects a trigger in a user script, which includes instructions to generate a backtrace for the target module using the introspection tool. The trigger corresponds to a section of software code of the target module. The unwind data system locates the unwind data in the memory pages in the main memory for the section of software code of the target module and unwinds the section of software code to generate a backtrace using the unwind data located in the memory pages in the main memory. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271149 | DIAGNOSTIC DASHBOARD FOR WEB PAGES - A diagnostic dashboard for web applications is provided. The dashboard is presented in a portion of a web page in response to activation of a control in form of a frame along with partially displayed web page contents. Designers and administrators are provided informative data to assist them in discovering root causes for page malfunctioning or slowness, and are enabled to access call stack and exception information in error messages. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271150 | Appliance for Storing, Managing and Analyzing Problem Determination Artifacts - Systems and methods of managing problem determination (PD) data provide for obtaining PD data from a plurality of data sources via an input/output (I/O) interface of a data management device and storing the PD data to a memory of the data management device. In addition, an automated diagnostic analysis of the PD data may be conducted on the data management device. An automated discovery manager may provide the ability to find new sources of PD data and to either reconfigure remote systems to send data to the data management device or to automatically retrieve data from remote systems on a configurable schedule. Dynamically updateable database of symptom information can also be used, wherein the data management device may include a dynamically updateable set of analysis modules with which to conduct analysis on the PD data. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271151 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING ASYNCHRONOUS EVENT NOTIFICATION IN SYSTEMS - A method is provided for asynchronous notifications from a device to a host in systems without requiring hardware provision for asynchronous operations. In an embodiment of the invention, a system supports command queuing and a command is sent from a host to a device. The device receives the command and an associated tag, and accepts the command as valid. After accepting the command, the device begins monitoring for asynchronous events. If an asynchronous event is detected, the device provides notification of the event by sending a response and the associated tag to the host. In another embodiment of the invention, a method of asynchronous notification enables use of invalid tags. In a further embodiment of the invention, asynchronous notifications may be enabled by a host and operate without additional host commands. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271152 | FAILURE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER - A failure management method for a computer including a processor, and a memory connected to the processor, and in which the processor containing a memory protection function, executes a first software program and a second software program monitoring the operation of the first software program, and the second software program retains error information including address information and access-related information; and the method implemented by the by the second software program includes a step for detecting the occurrence of errors in the memory; and a step for prohibiting access to the address of the memory where the error occurred, and monitoring the access state; and a step for executing the failure processing when accessing by the first software program of the address of the memory where the error occurred was detected. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271153 | Aggregation System Error Handling - Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to digital aspects of a computerized aggregation system. The system can include a user computer system interposed between a segment of a network allowing communication between the user computer system and at least one server system, and other segments allowing communication between the user computer system and a plurality of third party server systems. The one server system enables the user computer system to access the plurality of other servers. The access permits forming an aggregation of information obtained from the third party server systems. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271154 | Method of Recording/Reproducing Digital Data and Apparatus for Same - A digital data recording/reproducing method includes the steps of: interleaving data on a PI code for each PI code of a 208-row ECC block; and converting a short burst error into random errors by dispersing errors on the PI codes. Moreover, the digital data recording/reproducing method increases correction capability against several bytes to several tens bytes of errors generated at random without changing burst error correction length by performing this processing for respective PI codes by using interleave rules that are different as much as possible from one another. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271155 | Method and Apparatus for Measuring Symbol and Bit Error Rates Independent of Disparity Errors - A test and measurement instrument includes a pattern detector for detecting a beginning sequence in a signal under test (SUT), and generates a synchronization signal. In response to the synchronization signal, a memory outputs a reference test pattern. A symbol comparator compares the reference test pattern with the SUT. The symbol comparator can produce a symbol error rate. One or more 8b to 10b converters receives the SUT from the input and the digitized data from the memory, and converts the data from an 8b coded format to a 10b coded format. A bit comparator compares the 10b coded reference test pattern with the 10b coded SUT in response to the symbol comparator. The bit comparator is coupled to a bit error counter, which produces a bit error rate independent of any disparity errors that may be present in the incoming digitized data received by the test and measurement instrument. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271156 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING SHADOW LOGIC - A system for testing faults in shadow logic includes a sequential block coupled to a shadow logic block and a delaying block to receive test patterns for testing the shadow logic block. The delaying block delays the test patterns by an access time of the sequential block to generate delayed test patterns. The delayed test patterns are passed to the shadow logic block for testing faults. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271157 | TEST CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A test circuit of a semiconductor memory apparatus includes: a first fail detection unit configured to detect a fail of a memory cell group of a first memory block by combining a plurality of first test data signals outputted from the memory cell group of the first memory block; a second fail detection unit configured to detect a fail of a memory cell group of a second memory block by combining a plurality of second test data signals outputted from the memory cell group of the second memory block; a common fail detection unit configured to detect a fail of the memory cell groups of the first and second memory blocks by combining the plurality of first test data signals and the plurality of second test data signals; and a fail determination unit configured to output detection results of the first and second fail detection units or a detection result of the common is fail detection unit according to the detection results of the first and second fail detection units. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING HIGH CAPACITY/HIGH BANDWIDTH MEMORY DEVICES - A plurality of stacked memory device die and a logic circuit are connected to each other through a plurality of conductors. The stacked memory device die are arranged in a plurality of vaults. The logic circuit die serves as a memory interface device to a memory access device, such as a processor. The logic circuit die includes a plurality of link interfaces and downstream targets for transmitting received data to the vaults. The logic circuit die includes a packet builder and broadcaster configured to receive command, address and data signals over separate interfaces from a conventional tester, format the signals into a packet and broadcast the signals to a plurality of vaults. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271159 | TARGET DEVICE PROVIDING DEBUGGING FUNCTION AND TEST SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME - A test system for debugging a target device includes a switch unit configured to transfer a test signal to the target device, the target device including a first intellectual property (IP) block supporting a debugging operation at a normal mode and a second IP block supporting a debugging operation at a power saving mode. The switch unit is configured to form a first signal transfer path for transferring the test signal to the first IP block at the normal mode and to form a second signal transfer path for transferring the test signal to the second IP block at the power saving mode. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271160 | ACCELERATING SCAN TEST BY RE-USING RESPONSE DATA AS STIMULUS DATA ABSTRACT - Scan testing of plural target electrical circuits, such as circuits | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271161 | On-Chip Non-Volatile Storage of a Test-Time Profile for Efficiency and Performance Control - Mechanisms for controlling an operation of one or more cores on an integrated circuit chip are provided. The mechanisms retrieve, from an on-chip non-volatile memory of the integrated circuit chip, baseline chip characteristics data representing operational characteristics of the one or more cores prior to the integrated circuit chip being operational in the data processing system. Current operational characteristics data of the one or more cores are compared with the baseline chip characteristics data. Deviations of the current operational characteristics data from the baseline chip characteristics data are determined and used to determine modifications to an operation of the one or more cores. Control signals are sent to one or more on-chip management units based on the determined modifications to cause the operation of the one or more cores to be modified. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271162 | TRANSMITTER DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - In a communication system, a transmitter device transmits data to a receiver device for performing error-correcting decoding processing by combining received data and retransmitted data. The transmitter device selects one of a first set of schemes of an M number of modulation and coding schemes as a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of first data according to communication quality information obtained from the receiver device when the first data is initially transmitted, and selects one of a second set of schemes of an N number of MCSs (N| 2011-11-03 | |
| 20110271163 | Method and a device for adapting error protection in a communication network, and a method and device for detecting between two states of a communication network corresponding to different losses of data - A method for adapting error protection in a communication network includes: a step of determining periods of time that are homogeneous as regards the distribution law of losses over the network, a step of classifying the homogeneous periods of time into at least two classes, on the basis of information representing losses over the network and/or representing a corresponding level of protection, during these periods of time, a step of determining a probability of alternation between two of said classes, and a step of selecting a protection strategy on the basis of said probability of alternation. A method of detecting transition between two states of a communication network corresponding to different loss rates of sent data includes: a step of determining a probability of transition, and a step of determining the existence of a transition on the basis of said probability. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271164 | MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD - Provided is a memory controller that generates Error Correction Code (ECC) information for data based on a required reliability level predetermined based on a type of the data, that computes an ECC code for the data based on the ECC information, and that records the ECC code in a memory based on the ECC information. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271165 | SIGNAL LINE TO INDICATE PROGRAM-FAIL IN MEMORY - Subject matter disclosed herein relates to a memory device and a method of operating same. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271166 | PIPELINE ARCHITECTURE FOR MAXIMUM A POSTERIORI (MAP) DECODERS - The sliding window approach to pipeline maximum a posteriori (MAP) decoder architecture is modified to decrease processing time. Once the forward metrics have been calculated for he first sliding window of the decoder, the reverse metrics for each window are calculated while the forward metrics for the next window are calculated. As each new forward metric is calculated and stored into memory, the forward metric from the previous window is read from memory for use with reverse metric being calculated in calculating extrinsic value. Each forward metric for use in calculating an extrinsic value is written to the same memory location. The calculations can be reversed, reverse metrics being calculated first, followed by reverse metric calculations. Although this architecture was developed for a turbo decoder, all convolution codes can use the MAP algorithm of the present invention. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271167 | Parallel Associative Memory - A parallel CAM that can perform a parity check fast at the search time. The CAM searches all addresses at the same time and determines whether or not the same data as input data is stored. The CAM includes a write search parity generator for generating parities of n-bit write and search data, a plurality of memory locations corresponding to a plurality of addresses, and a NAND circuit for activating a parity error signal if at least one of valid parity match signals outputted from the memory locations is inactive. Each memory location includes n data memory cells, a parity memory cell, an exclusive OR circuit for judging whether or not the parities match, and activating a parity match signal, if they are matched, and a NAND circuit for validating the parity match signal using a data match signal. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271168 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION IN MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for transmitting and receiving control information in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system are provided. A method of a base station for transmitting control information to a terminal in the MIMO system includes transmitting first control information for every transmission mode except for a Multiple-User (MU)-MIMO mode, to the terminal over a control channel of a subframe, and transmitting second control information for the MU-MIMO mode to the terminal over a data channel of the subframe. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271169 | TECHNIQUES FOR CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK ENCODING IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for generating a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoded message in a communication system are provided. The method includes generating the message, generating a first CRC for the message, generating a second CRC for the message, scrambling the first CRC by a first bit sequence of the message, and scrambling the second CRC by a second bit sequence of the message. The apparatus includes a message generator, a first CRC encoder, and a second CRC encoder. The message generator generates a message. The first CRC encoder generates a first CRC for the message, and scrambles the first CRC by a first bit sequence of the message. The second CRC encoder generates a second CRC for the message, and scrambles the second CRC by a second bit sequence of the message. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271170 | DETERMINING PAGE FAULTING BEHAVIOR OF A MEMORY OPERATION - Embodiments of the invention relate to page faulting of memory operations in a subject code block. An aspect of the invention concerns an apparatus comprising a component for identifying a first object node having a first dependency path and second object node having a second dependency path, and a component for calculating a numerical difference between a first addressing value and a second addressing value, where the first and second addressing values are respectively associated with the first and second dependency paths. The apparatus may include a dependency generator for ordering a subject order list of the subject code block in an object dependency non-page-faulting order when the numerical difference is equal to or less than an assigned memory page size. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271171 | Creating and Managing Reference Elements of Deployable Web Archive Files - In some embodiments a mechanism creates a bookmark of a deployable web archives. In some embodiments, the bookmark includes deployment and runtime information of current and prior invocations of the deployable web archive, at least one user- and/or author-defined external specified tag describing the deployable web archive, and/or reference/link/access information to the deployable web archives. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271172 | TEMPORARY FORMATTING AND CHARTING OF SELECTED DATA - Selected data is temporarily formatted and charted to assist a user in visualizing the selected data without the user having to manually create the display of the charted data. Once the temporary formatting and charting is automatically applied to the selected data, a user may interact with the visual formatting and charts to gain additional information. For example, the chart may be formatted differently, reference lines may be added, the chart may be sorted, the type of chart(s) displayed may be changed, the user may graphically navigate over the chart to obtain more detailed information, and the like. Once the user has completed interacting with the temporarily formatted and created chart(s) the visualizations are removed from the display. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271173 | Method and apparatus for automatic filling of forms with data - A system and a method for filling a form are provided which take as input a user's data file, which is configured for use in filling in forms, and an image of an original form to be filled in using the user's personal data. Form filling rules encoded in the image are decoded and used to determine values of a plurality of fields of the form by applying the decoded rules to the user's data. The plurality of fields of the form are filled with the determined values to generate an at least partially filled form, which is then output, e.g., to a printer or a display. The exemplary system and method are able to operate independently of the language used in the text of the form, have the capability of filling in previously unseen forms, and are particularly suited to filling in paper forms. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271174 | Automatic Visual Preview of Non-Visual Data - Methods and systems are provided for automatic visual preview of non-visual data. A visual preview of non-visual data is generated by obtaining the non-visual data; obtaining metadata describing one or more semantic data types in the obtained non-visual data; selecting one or more visual metaphors for the obtained non-visual data based on the metadata; and generating the visual preview of the non-visual data using the one or more selected visual metaphors. As used herein, non-visual data does not have an established automatic method for generating a preview of the non-visual data. A user can optionally interact with the visual preview. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271175 | System and Method for Dynamically Enabling Customized Web Content and Applications - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for dynamically enabling customized web content and applications. One or more rules are stored in a database. Default tag code is transmitted to a browser in response to a request from the browser, the default tag code including data that causes the browser to generate a tag module. An update is received from the tag module comprising data indicative of a visitor's interaction with web page content displayed through the browser. A condition associated with a rule from the one or more rules is determined to be satisfied based on the update. An action associated with the rule is performed, comprising transmitting custom targeted tag code to the tag module, wherein the custom targeted tag code includes data that causes the browser, upon execution of the custom targeted tag code by the tag module, to perform an action. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271176 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING AN ONTOLOGY DOCUMENT - A computer-implemented method is provided for generating an ontology document, the method comprising inputting a domain description including information about items in the domain and relationships between the items; accessing a data structure and an operation structure, wherein the data structure is a domain-independent model of items and relationships between items, the data structure comprising at least progenitor items each able to contain only progeny items created by the progenitor item as a consequence of the progenitor item accepting an operation from the operation structure invoked against it, the operation structure also being domain-independent; and applying the data structure and the operation structure to the domain description to generate an ontology document for use in producing a software artefact. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271177 | AUTOMATIC FORMS PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods analyze the physical structure of text rows in a document image, including the positions of one or more alignments of one or more character blocks in one or more text rows of the document image. The systems and methods determine one or more groups of text rows that are placed into a class based on the structures of the text rows, such as the positions of the one or more alignments of the one or more character blocks in each text row. A pattern matching system then determines if one or more classes should be further combined into a combined class. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271178 | CLIPBOARD TRANSFER OF FORMATTED NATIVE TEXTUAL CONTENT FROM ONE COMPUTER SYSTEM TO ANOTHER DIFFERENT COMPUTER SYSTEM - A user at a first computer system with a defined block of native text/graphics on a clipboard supported by the first computer system is enabled to provide this same block of marshalled native text in its precise format on a clipboard supported by a second computer system that has a different platform or operating system, wherein the marshalled native text on the clipboard of the second system is ready to be unmarshalled and pasted into a text document stored in the second computer transparently, without losing the format or any of the other attributes of the cut native text and graphics, as if it were a simple cut and paste routine on the same computer system. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271179 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GRAPHICALLY VISUALIZING TEXT DOCUMENTS - The present invention generally relates to methods and systems for processing and visualization management of text documents. More particularly, the present invention pertains to design and implementation of a method with enhanced qualitative and quantitative parameters for processing and automated visualization management of text documents and systems thereof. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271180 | Initiating Font Subsets - A computer-implemented method includes analyzing content of a received electronic document in an autonomous manner to identify each unique character of one or more fonts included in the content of the electronic document. The method also includes initiating a request for a subset of one or more of the fonts included in the content of the electronic document, wherein the request includes each identified unique character of the respective one or more fonts. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271181 | SCREEN UNLOCKING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREOF - The present invention discloses an electronic apparatus and a screen unlocking method thereof, the electronic apparatus comprises a touch-controlled screen and a control module, and the screen unlocking method comprises the steps of displaying a first frame having a movable icon which shows a part of a second frame over the second frame on the touch-controlled screen; touching the icon and dragging the icon with a random direction and a random dragging path, and the part of the second frame shown by the icon being enlarged or reduced according to the direction and the dragging path; determining if a dragging-condition of the icon is matched with any one of the unlocking-conditions; and displaying the whole second frame when the dragging-condition of the dragged icon is matched with one of the unlocking-conditions. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271182 | ELETRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an electronic apparatus and a control method thereof. The electronic apparatus comprises a touch-controlled panel and a control module, and the control method comprises the steps of: touching and dragging at least one icon shown on the touch-controlled panel to a page-indexing row, the page-indexing row comprising a plurality of number indexes, and each number index representing a page; determining whether the icon is dragged to the site of one of the number index shown in the page-indexing row by the control module; focusing the number index when the icon is dragged to the site of one of the number index; determining whether the icon is touched at the site of the focused number index by the control module; moving the icon to a page represented by the focused number index when the icon is not touched at the site of the focused number index. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271183 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN DEVICES - Methods and apparatus are provided to promote interoperability between devices having different user input devices by correlating user input that is provided via one or more input mechanisms of a client device to touch events on the server device. The method may maintain a terminal session between a server device and a client device in which the client device simulates at least a portion of a display generated at the server device. The method may access a mapping between touch events on the server device and actuation of respective input mechanisms of the client device. The method may also interpret one or more control signals provided in response to actuation of an input mechanism based upon the mapping and may then cause a user interface state of the server device to updated based on the actuation of the input mechanism of the client device. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271184 | CLIENT APPLICATION AND WEB PAGE INTEGRATION - Application integration may be provided. A first application may be executed on a client computer. The first application may connect to a second application, such as a browser-based application. The first application may identify at least one functionality associated with the second application and display a user interface element associated with the at least one functionality within the first application. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271185 | PROVIDING A CONTEXT-AWARE HELP CONTENT USING A TRANSPARENT OVERLAY ON A TOUCH SENSITIVE SCREEN - Objects shown on a display interface can be collected for a running application. Identifications (IDs) representing the objects can also be collected. A determination can be made concerning whether there are object identifications of objects with help contents associated. A transparent layer can be displayed on the display interface. All the objects associated with help contents of the layer can be visually indicated in the transparent layer. The visual indicators can indicate that help is available for a corresponding object. When no help is available, no visual indicator is shown in the transparent layer proximate to corresponding object. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271186 | Visual audio mixing system and method thereof - A visual audio mixing system which includes an audio input engine configured to input one or more audio files each associated with a channel. A shape engine is responsive to the audio input engine and is configured to create a unique visual image of a definable shape and/or color for each of the one or more of audio files. A visual display engine is responsive to the shape engine and is configured to display each visual image. A shape select engine is responsive to the visual display engine and is configured to provide selection of one or more visual images. The system includes a two-dimensional workspace. A coordinate engine is responsive to the shape select engine and is configured to instantiate selected visual images in the two-dimensional workspace. A mix engine is responsive to coordinate engine and is configured to mix the visual images instantiated in the two-dimensional workspace such that user provided movement of one or more of the visual images in one direction represents volume and user provided movement in another direction represents pan to provide a visual and audio representation of each audio file and its associated channel. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271187 | Musical Composition System - The invention herein concerns a system for permitting those with little or no musical training the ability to compose unique musical compositions from a variety of prerecorded loops. The loops can include sounds, musical phrases and the like and exist in various groupings designed to be compatible with one another in terms of key, beats per minute and musical style, such as, rock, blues or country. Where a loop is of a different grouping it can be easily and automatically modified in terms of pitch and tempo to be compatible with loops of another grouping. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271188 | Recording Medium and Playback Device - To provide user-friendly information recording and playback, embodiments of the invention provide a recording medium having recorded therein audiovisual information; content identification information for identifying the audiovisual information; and locator information. In one embodiment, a playback device comprises a recording medium control module configured to read content identification information from a recording medium for identifying content of audiovisual information and locator information relating to the audiovisual information in the recording medium. The locator information relates to the audiovisual information for locating a provider of service information. A network control module is configured to connect with the provider of service information based on the locator information. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271189 | System and Method for Providing Broadcast Listener Participation - A method of allowing listeners to participate in broadcast programming is provided, the method generally comprising one or more of providing a library of media elements accessible by a plurality of listeners; receiving from each of at least two of the listeners a playlist of media elements, wherein at least one of the media elements in each playlist is from the library of media elements; editing the playlists using broadcast scheduling software; providing the edited playlists to the plurality of listeners for playback, and for feedback regarding the playlists; and receiving feedback from at least one of the listeners regarding the playlists. A system and apparatus are similarly provided. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271190 | FIGHT ENGINE - System and Method for uploading, managing, incorporating user feedback and user expressed preferences, computing and assigning rating and match-ups, and delivering digital video content, including streaming video, related to competitive Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) matches. All users who are logged into a database as members have varying degrees of access and authority to up-load, access, view, rate, comment on, match-up, track and obtain information on video content and information related to individual competitors, events, and other reference information related to MMA. The system allows user content to be uploaded, categorized, sorted, data-based, and available for search, comment, rating, and interactive video title selection and presentation. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271191 | Providing An Indication Of Change At A User Interface Device Over A Network Between Computers - A first computer receives data of a user interface device over a network from a second computer, wherein the data of the user interface device is received in response to a change occurring at the user interface device. In response to a request from a requesting entity in the first computer, a module in the first computer determines whether the data of the user interface device has been received by the first computer. In response to determining that the data of the user interface device has been received, the module provides the received data to the requesting entity in response to the request, and in response to determining that the data of the user interface device has not been received, the module provides an indication to the requesting entity that no change has occurred at the user interface device. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271192 | MANAGING CONFERENCE SESSIONS VIA A CONFERENCE USER INTERFACE - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for managing conference sessions via a graphical user interface. One such method comprises: a conferencing system establishing a conference session between a plurality of participants accessing the conferencing system via a communication network; presenting a conference interface via a graphical user interface to a client device operated by one of the participants; displaying in the conference interface a participant object identifying each of the plurality of participants in the conference session; selecting one of the participant objects via the graphical user interface; moving the selected participant object via the graphical user interface to a drop target associated with a breakout session; removing the participant from the conference session; and adding the participant to the breakout session. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271193 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM - A playback apparatus is provided that includes an operation plane, a detection unit to detect which of contact relationship including first contact relationship, second contact relationship with a higher degree of contact than the first contact relationship and third contact relationship with a higher degree of contact than the second contact relationship the operation plane and an operation object have, a creation unit to create a list screen of content data for selecting content data based on movement of the operation object with respect to the operation plane in the first contact relationship, a playback unit to play back content data, and a playback control unit to cause the playback unit to play back content data selected on the list screen when becoming the second contact relationship from the first contact relationship if contact relationship becomes the third contact relationship from the second contact relationship. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271194 | VOICE AD INTERACTIONS AS AD CONVERSIONS - This specification describes technologies relating to content presentation. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of presenting a content item to a user; receiving a user input indicating a voice interaction; receiving a voice input from the user; transmitting the voice input to a content system; receiving a command responsive to the voice input; and executing, using one or more processors, the command including modifying the content item. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271195 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING CONTENT COMPONENTS TO DIFFERENT HARDWARD INTERFACES - A method and apparatus are described that facilitate mobile device interoperability with a remote environment. A method may be provided that may determine, for each of a plurality of content components of a user interface, a respective hardware interface via which to transmit the content component. The method may also generate meta-information associated with at least one of the content components to facilitate recomposition of the content component and may cause the plurality of content components and the meta-information to be transmitted via the respective hardware interfaces with at least two of the content components being transmitted via different hardware interfaces. A method may also be provided that receives a plurality of streams of content components and meta-information via different respective hardware interfaces, recomposes the content components in accordance with the meta-information to form a unified user interface and causes a display to be presented of the unified user interface. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271196 | System and Method for Assisting in Remote Message Server Configuration - When a user enters an email address associated with a remote message server account in a configuration area on a display, one or more suggestions for other field inputs are made based on canonical data or historical data from a variety of users. If the user cannot find a desired entry in the suggestions, the user may enter new information. The newly entered information (once validated) improves the prediction capability for subsequent users. A database stores information associated with each email address domain name including one or more remote message server names, one or more username patterns and ranking values. When more than one suggestion for a field is presented to a user, the suggestions are ranked in accordance with the respective ranking values such as by the popularity of a particular configuration. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271197 | Distributing Information Between Participants in a Conference via a Conference User Interface - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for distributing information between participants in an online conference via a graphical user interface. One such method comprises: a conferencing system establishing a conference between a plurality of participants accessing the conferencing system via a communication network; presenting a conference interface via a graphical user interface to a client device operated by one of the participants; displaying in the conference interface a participant object identifying each of the plurality of participants in the conference, each participant object having corresponding profile information; selecting one of the participant objects via the graphical user interface; moving the selected participant object via the graphical user interface to a contact capture location in the conference interface; and creating a new contact containing at least a portion of the profile information associated with the selected participant object. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271198 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COOPERATIVE USER INTERFACE LAYER MANAGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO INTER-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS - An apparatus for providing cooperative user interface layer management may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least maintaining a terminal session between a server device and a client device in which the client device emulates at least a portion of a display presented at the server device, receiving, at the server device, an indication identifying a user interface layer for which display of information related to the user interface layer is not supported at the client device, and determining a response to a user input provided at the client device based on whether the user input relates to the user interface layer identified by the indication. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271199 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus connected to an image processing apparatus via a predetermined data transmission line includes a data analyzing part accessing a predetermined memory area which hold definition data in the information processing apparatus and analyzing the definition data for a display content of screens to be integrated when the information processing apparatus receives an instruction to integrate a plurality of the screens from a user, a data specifying part specifying data to be used for generating customizing screen definition data in which an integration display content of an integration screen is defined among the definition data based on an analysis result obtained by the data analyzing part, a generation part generating the customizing screen definition data based on data specified by the data specifying part, and a communicating part transmitting the customizing screen definition data generated by the generation part to the image processing apparatus. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271200 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for controlling presentation of a menu over a network are disclosed. In one embodiment, an information processing apparatus has a communication unit configured to communicate with an information-providing apparatus over the network, an input unit configured to receive input from a user of the information-processing apparatus, a storage unit storing one or more menus, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to receive, via the input unit, a selection of information for processing, to retrieve, from the storage unit, a first menu associated with the selected information, to receive, via the communication unit, a second menu associated with the selected information from the information-providing apparatus over the network, and to generate a third menu associated with the selected information based on the first menu and on the second menu. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271201 | Decentralized Contextual Collaboration Across Heterogeneous Environments - Methods and systems are described for enhancing applications, such as browser applications, to include contextual collaboration functionality within the application's user interface by providing a collaboration interface. The collaboration interface provides access to a group of collaboration data sets associated with a URL of the page displayed through the application according to user defined organization. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271202 | NOTIFICATIONS FOR MULTIPLE POINTS OF PRESENCE - A server application for an instant messaging service opens a first connection with a first client application executing on a device, after receiving a login from the first client application. Next the server application opens a second connection with a second client application, after receiving the same login from the second client application. Then the server application receives an instant message associated with the login and determines whether the first client application is in a network idle state following a period of idle time. If the first client application is in the network idle state, the server application causes a notification as to the receipt of the instant message to be displayed on a user interface for the second client application. The displayed notification might also be accompanied by an aural notification or a haptic alert. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271203 | COLLEGE ADMISSIONS MESSAGING - A college admission messaging system and method are provided. Students and counselors can enter information and receive custom messages related to a particular student's college application process. Students can receive incentives as they complete critical steps in the application process. Students can invite a school counselor (e.g., one or more mentors) to monitor their application progress. School counselors can have access to a computer user interface (e.g., dashboard) to track student participation and progress in the college admission process. Counselors can have the ability to customize the dashboard and messages sent to the students. The counselors can utilize the dashboard to assist students in completing their college admissions tasks. Colleges can used the messaging system to assist newly enrolled students succeed by providing orientation information and performance based updates. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271204 | Location-Aware Conferencing With Graphical Interface for Participant Survey - A method for providing a virtual conference includes obtaining participant location information associated with participant identifiers, establishing an audio conference using the participant identifiers, and executing logic that receives information from a client device coupled to a conferencing system via a network, the conferencing system further executing logic that communicates the information to one or more client devices. A distributed system includes client devices with respective graphical interfaces and a conferencing system coupled to the client devices via a network. The conferencing system includes a first interface, an audio conferencing application, and a survey application. The first interface obtains location information associated with respective participant identifiers. The audio conference application establishes an audio conference using the participant identifiers. The survey application receives information from a client device coupled to the conferencing system via the network and communicates the information to one or more respective client devices, during the audio conference. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271205 | Location-Aware Conferencing With Graphical Representations That Enable Licensing and Advertising - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for providing a virtual conference. One embodiment is a method for providing a virtual conference that includes a conferencing system obtaining participant location information associated with a plurality of participant identifiers, the conferencing system establishing an audio conference with participants associated with the plurality of participant identifiers, and executing logic that selects a stored representation and communicates the stored representation to a rendering device that displays, during the audio conference, a graphical view responsive to the stored representation on a display device. A distributed system includes a conferencing system that establishes an audio conference among participants and a licensing application that communicates a representation to a rendering device that displays, during the audio conference, a graphical view responsive to the representation on the display device. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271206 | Location-Aware Conferencing With Calendar Functions - A method for providing a virtual conference is described. The method includes: a conferencing system receiving a request to schedule a meeting; the conferencing system displaying a calendar associated with a first conference participant identifier of the virtual conference; and the conferencing system receiving a request to retrieve calendar data associated with one or more second conference participant identifiers of the virtual conference. The conferencing system then receives calendar data through one or more communication channels associated with one or more second conference participant identifiers. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271207 | Location-Aware Conferencing - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for providing an online conference. One method comprises: a conferencing system obtaining location information from a plurality of participants; the conferencing system associating the unique location information with a corresponding participant identifier; the conferencing system establishing an audio conference with the plurality of participants; the conferencing system presenting a conference interface to the plurality of participants; and the conference interface selectively displaying a map view of the audio conference which identifies a location of each of the plurality of participants. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271208 | Location-Aware Conferencing With Entertainment Options - A method for providing a virtual conference is described. The method includes a conferencing system that configures a virtual conference location; the conferencing system playing a personalized sound effect corresponding to generating a graphical representation of a conference participant; and the conferencing system displaying the graphical representation of the conference participant in the virtual conference location. The method further includes the conferencing system displaying a graphical user interface that lists one or more entertainment options and the conferencing system receiving one or more selections from the graphical user interface. The method further includes displaying visuals corresponding to one or more of the selections. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271209 | Systems, Methods, and Computer Programs for Providing a Conference User Interface - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for providing a conference user interface. One embodiment is a method for providing a conference. One such method comprises: a conferencing system establishing an audio conference between a plurality of participants via a communication network; the conferencing system presenting a conference interface to the participants via a graphical user interface and a corresponding client device in communication with the conferencing system via the communication network; and the conference interface displaying a unique participant object identifying each of the plurality of participants in the audio conference according to a graphical representation specified by the corresponding participant. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271210 | Conferencing Application Store - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for providing a conferencing application store. One embodiment is a method for providing an online conference. One such method comprises: a server establishing an audio conference, via a communication network, with a participant; the server presenting a conference user interface to a computing device associated with the participant, the conference user interface displaying a conferencing application store component for enabling the participant to access a plurality of conferencing applications during the audio conference; the server receiving a selection from the participant of one of the plurality of conferencing applications; and the server providing the selected conferencing application to the participant during the audio conference. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271211 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR CONTROLLING PRESENTATION VIEWS IN AN ONLINE CONFERENCE - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for controlling presentation views in an online conference. One embodiment is a method for controlling presentation views in an online conference. One such method comprises: a conferencing system establishing an audio conference, via a communication network, between a plurality of participants; the conferencing system configuring a conference user interface to be presented to the plurality of participants via a corresponding client device in communication with the conference system via the communication network, the conference user interface having a participant view in which each of the plurality of participants are identified with a unique participant object having a graphical representation specified by the corresponding participant and a screen sharing view in which content presented in a first screen of a first client device associated with a first participant may be simultaneously presented in a second screen of a second client device associated with a second participant during a screen sharing session; and the conference user interface enabling the participants to selectively display one or more of the participant view and the screen sharing view during the screen sharing session. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271212 | MANAGING MULTIPLE CONFERENCES VIA A CONFERENCE USER INTERFACE - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for managing multiple conferences via a conference user interface. One such method comprises: a conferencing system establishing a current conference, via a communication network, between a host and a first set of participants, the current audio conference having a first scheduled timeslot; during the current conference, the conferencing system: receiving, via the communication network, a request from one or more of a second set of participants to join a next conference between the host and the second set of participants, the next audio conference having a second scheduled timeslot; establishing the next conference between the second set of participants; and notifying the host that the second set of participants have joined the next conference; the conferencing system terminating the current conference; and in response to terminating the current conference, the conferencing system automatically adding the host to the next conference. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271213 | EVENT BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATION - A method and apparatus are provided for event-based sharing of audio/video in real-time along with chat text by anyone capturing or viewing the shared video. An IMS-based server acts as a hub for the shared audio/video and chat text, which is then distributed to all participants. The chat text is conveyed in the data stream associated with the ISO transport stream carrying the audio and video streams. The audio and video streams and the chat text are recorded using a Network Digital Video Recorder, and can be viewed later by a user. During playback of a recorded event, the user can also switch between different recordings of the same event if available, as the IMS server maintains synchronization information for different recorded streams of the event. The method and apparatus provide improved social networking. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271214 | TIERED CONFIGURATION OF LEGACY APPLICATION TASKS - Methods, systems, and techniques for configuring customizations to legacy tasks as part of modernizing such tasks are provided. Example embodiments of an RBMS provide tiered configuration so that end users can be provided with tools with which they can further modernize legacy tasks in ways that do not tamper with the integrity of the system. For example, in one embodiment at least two configuration levels are available: (1) an administrator level that can control and configure aspects of the RBMS such as the legacy and non-legacy tasks associated with a particular role and defining what tools will be provided to the end user level and (2) an end user level. Example embodiments provide a Role-Based Modernization System (“RBMS”), which uses these enhanced modernization techniques to provide role-based modernization of menu-based legacy applications. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271215 | Systems and Methods for Generating a Contour for a Medical Image - In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for generating a contour for a medical image. The system may include a contour synthesis engine that is configured to receive a plurality of contours for a medical image, the plurality of contours identifying at least one object within the medical image. The contour synthesis engine may be further configured to synthesize a combined contour from the plurality of contours by selecting portions of the plurality of contours based on one or more pre-defined contour combination criterion, the one or more pre-defined contour combination criterion including a designated number of contour overlaps such that any region where at least the designated number of contours are overlapping is included in the combined contour. The system may also include a graphical user interface configured to display an overlay of the plurality of contours and the combined contour on the medical image, and to receive user input to modify the combined contour by adding an additional region from the plurality of contours. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271216 | Computer With Graphical User Interface For Interaction - Different techniques of processing user interactions with a computing system are described. In one implementation, an interactive display is configured to depict a graphical user interface which includes a plurality of different types of user interface elements (e.g., button-type element, scroll bar-type element). A user may use one or more user input object (e.g., finger, hand, stylus) to simultaneously interact with the interactive display. A plurality of different user input processing methods are used to process user inputs received by the graphical user interface differently and in accordance with the types of the user interface elements which are displayed. The processing of the user inputs is implemented to determine whether the user inputs control the respective user interface elements. The processing may determine whether the user inputs activate and/or manipulate the displayed user interface elements in but one example. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271217 | CONFIGURABLE PRESETS FOR TAB GROUPS - A multi-document application that includes a multi-document interface that includes a view area that displays one document at a time and includes a tab group element that displays tabs, each tab having a control that permits a corresponding document to be visualized in the view area. When a new document is opened in the multi-document application, the multi-document interface adds a new tab to the tab group element to represent the newly opened document. The multi-document application has a configuration interface that allows a user to designate customization settings for the multi-document interface. The configuration interface also provides a configuration preset interface that allows a user to select a preset option that automatically sets customization settings offered by the configuration interface rather than require the user set each customization setting individually. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271218 | ASSOCIATING AN OBJECT WITH A RELEVANT DATA SOURCE - Associating an object with a relevant data source is disclosed. In some embodiments, an object pasted into a destination document is associated with a data source included in the destination document. In various embodiments, the data source associated with the object may comprise a data source concurrently pasted with the object into the destination document, a data source already existing in the destination document prior to the object being pasted into the destination document, or a data source generated in the destination document using data extracted from the pasted object. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271219 | Adaptive Imaging System Workflow & User Interface System - A system configures a medical imaging system using utilization information. The system includes at least one repository storing records indicating usage and an associated time of usage, of particular features of a medical imaging system. A processor coupled to the at least one repository analyzes the records to determine, (a) frequency of usage of particular features of the medical imaging system and (b) a sequence of usage of the particular features of the medical imaging system and provide utilization data, by identifying in the records particular text strings using predetermined information associating predetermined text strings with corresponding features. An adaptation processor uses the utilization data to modify, delete or add a task to a task sequence employing the particular features. A display processor generates data representing at least one display image enabling a user to perform an adapted task sequence. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271220 | PROJECT PROGESS DISPLAY AND MONITORING - A project-schedule diagramming application enables generation of a diagram of a project schedule including a plurality of tasks. A data set defining each task is received from a user. The data set includes a start time and finish time for each task, an indication of at least one functional relationship between one or more tasks, and a type of each task. A user interface including an illustrated timeline is displayed, as well as a plurality of graphical elements respectively representing the plurality of tasks. Each graphical element illustrates the task start and finish times with reference to the timeline. The size of each graphical element is proportional to a duration of the represented task. Each graphical element is displayed in a format corresponding to the respective type of task represented by the graphical element. Connective elements between the graphical elements illustrating the functional relationships are displayed. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271221 | HOTKEY ACCESS TO LEGACY APPLICATION TASKS - Methods, systems, and techniques for assigning hotkeys to legacy tasks as part of modernizing such tasks are provided. A user can assign a hotkey to an individual task so that the user can have instant access to a legacy or a non-legacy task without needing to navigate to “sub-” tasks of the legacy task. Hotkey access may be used with role-based modernization of legacy tasks to provide navigation to and from legacy tasks without starting and stopping sessions. Example embodiments provide a Role-Based Modernization System (“RBMS”), which uses these enhanced modernization techniques to provide role-based modernization of menu-based legacy applications. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271222 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING TRANSLUCENT POP-UP INCLUDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CORRESPONDING TO INFORMATION SELECTED ON TOUCH SCREEN - A method of displaying a translucent pop-up including additional information corresponding to information selected on a touch screen includes receiving a first touch input for selecting first information on the touch screen; displaying a first translucent pop-up including first additional information corresponding to the first information; receiving a second touch input for selecting second information located in a region of the first translucent pop-up, on the touch screen; and displaying a second translucent pop-up including second additional information corresponding to the second information. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271223 | CUSTOM TAB ORDERING AND REPLACEMENT - A multi-document application that includes a multi-document interface that includes a view area that displays one document at a time and includes a tab group element that displays tabs, each tab having a control that permits a corresponding document to be visualized in the view area. When a new document is opened in the multi-document application, the multi-document interface adds a new tab to the tab group element to represent the newly opened document. The user may configure the hiding criteria that is used to determine which tabs are hidden when there are too many tabs to be visualized in the tab group element, the sorting criteria for ordering the tabs that are visualized and/or the type of navigation control that may be used to change the subset of the tabs that are visualized in the tab group element. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271224 | PINNING OF TABS IN TAB GROUPS - A multi-document application that includes a multi-document interface that includes a view area that displays one document at a time and includes a tab group element that displays tabs, each tab having a control that permits a corresponding document to be visualized in the view area. A user may then designate that one or more of the tabs are to be pinned to thereby have the multi-document application assign a pinned status to the tab. The pinned status may be persisted such that when the multi-document application is closed and reloaded, the pinned status remains. Further, when a tab receives a pinned status, the tab does not display less information regarding the corresponding document as compared to before the tab was pinned. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271225 | System and Method for Configuring Identification Codes - A system and method for configuring identification codes associated with electronic records is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a user interface enables a user to create or edit an identification code configuration by displaying identification code characteristics and receiving corresponding identification code characteristic selections. The identification code characteristics include information segments, separators, and identification code types. The identification code characteristic selections are stored in a database or other data storage structure so as to define the identification code configuration. Preferably, the identification code configuration is used to generate a plurality of identification codes each of which is associated with and provides information about an electronic record. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271226 | Integrated Icon View in a Server-Based Computing Environment - In a networked computing environment, a method for providing, by a server, access to graphical data associated with at least an application configured to run on a client computer includes receiving, at the server, information on a first icon associated with the application configured to run on the client computer and providing, by the server, to the client computer, a screen displaying a plurality of icons, the plurality of icons including at least the first icon and a second icon associated with an application configured to run on the server. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271227 | ZOOM DISPLAY NAVIGATION - Zoom display navigation is described. In embodiments, a client device renders media content with a rendering system. A focus window is generated to display a section of the media content in the focus window that maintains a display resolution quality of the media content when the media content is displayed at a zoomed magnification level. Responsive to a navigation input, the focus window can be repositioned to a different section of the media content and/or the focus window can be zoomed to a different magnification level. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271228 | Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products Providing an Article Selection Structure - A computer program product having a computer readable medium tangibly recording computer program logic, the computer program product including code to provide a web access program different from a general-purpose web browser, with the web access program including code to render upon a display screen a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that has a first side for viewing content, code to render a second side in the GUI, the second side including a list of articles, the second side further including a plurality of selectable features allowing user input to access one or more of the articles, and code to place accessed articles in the first side. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271229 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING POP-UP MENU IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for touch input in a portable terminal, more specifically, an apparatus and a method for determining a pop-up menu set in a particular menu using a short touch. The apparatus preferably includes a controller for detecting a menu touch input for executing a function; and a pop-up menu guide unit for determining whether or not a pop-up menu is set in the menu detected by the controller and processing information to be output regarding whether or the pop-up menu is set, according to the determination. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271230 | Visualization and navigation system for complex data and discussion platform - A visualization and navigation technology for complex data sets supports interactive engagement which can result in changes of data in the data sets is suitable for applications providing discussion platforms. A sequence of representations of the node-link structure is presented on a display. Each representation in the sequence includes an upper-level node feature such as a wheel-like construct, intermediate-level node features, and lower-level node features. The upper-level node feature includes a rim. The intermediate-level node features and lower-level node features are positioned on the display along the rim. The lower-level node features and intermediate-level node features are positioned in groups along the rim according to a source parameter. Pointer activated functions are included which cause changes in the representations. A pane for presenting content can be included and linked with the wheel-like construct. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271231 | DYNAMIC EXTENSIONS TO LEGACY APPLICATION TASKS - Methods, systems, and techniques for adding extensions to legacy tasks as part of modernizing such tasks are provided. A user can add dynamically add task extensions to an individual legacy task by configuring them, even while a task is running. Role extensions can be added to a home desktop of a role through configuration parameters. Task extensions can be made accessible to users through UI controls added as part of the modernization procedure when a legacy task data stream is received from a host computing system. Example embodiments provide a Role-Based Modernization System (“RBMS”), which uses these enhanced modernization techniques to provide role-based modernization of menu-based legacy applications. | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271232 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEMANTIC SEARCH, CONTENT CORRELATION AND VISUALIZATION - Methods and systems for searching over large (i.e., Internet scale) data to discover relevant information artifacts based on similar content and/or relationships are disclosed. Improvements over simple keyword and phrase based searching over internet scale data are shown. Search engines providing accurate and contextually relevant search results are disclosed. Users are enabled to identify related documents and information artifacts and quickly, ascertain, via visualization, which of these documents are original, which are derived (or copied) from a source document or information artifact, and which subset is independently generated (i.e., an original document or information artifact). | 2011-11-03 |
| 20110271233 | SPIN CONTROL USER INTERFACE FOR SELECTING OPTIONS - A spin control graphical user interface is used to display a currently applied option and to receive options from a user. The spin control is a circular graphical user interface that is positioned near a displayed document to which it applies. For example, the spin control may be positioned on or near a corner of the displayed document. The spin control comprises options that are presented to a user upon rotation of the spin control. An option may be manually selected or automatically selected and applied to the displayed document upon rotating the spin control clockwise or counterclockwise. More than one spin control may be associated with the displayed document. The spin control may be automatically shown and removed from a display in response to whether the document to which the spin control is attached is currently being displayed. | 2011-11-03 |
