45th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 55 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110276828 | APPARATUS ANOMALY MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEM - There is provided a technique related to an apparatus anomaly monitoring method and capable of achieving a model which can detect an anomaly with high accuracy, monitoring with using the model, and others. In an apparatus anomaly monitoring system, a model creation module ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110276829 | CLIENT SERVER AND METHOD FOR MONITORING FUNCTION TESTS THEREOF - A client server and a test monitoring method for the client server include receiving a customization Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) from the monitor server and parsing the customization IPMI command to be a command suitable for the client server. The monitor method further includes obtaining a test result of the customization IPMI command and transmitting a determined IPMI return value corresponding to the test result to the monitor server, with the monitor server recording a test of the customization IPMI command. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276830 | TEST MODULE AND TEST METHOD - There is provided a test module comprising a random number generator that generates a pseudo random pattern and includes a controller that generates a register selection signal based on a control instruction stored on an instruction memory, a plurality of polynomial configuration registers one of which is selected by the register selection signal, each polynomial configuration register having polynomial data stored therein, a plurality of initial value configuration registers one of which is selected by the register selection signal, each initial value configuration register having an initial value stored therein, and a random number generation shift register that loads the initial value from the selected one of the plurality of initial value configuration registers and sequentially generates the pseudo random pattern based on the polynomial data stored in the selected one of the plurality of polynomial configuration registers. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276831 | Utilizing Input/Output Paths For Failure Detection And Analysis - Systems and methods for failure monitoring in a storage system. In some cases, a failed entity is detected based on an analysis of at least the indications obtained in return for input/output commands sent to multiple entities in the storage system. In some of these cases, it is also determined whether the failure is enduring or transient. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276832 | METHOD FOR RECOGNISING SEQUENTIAL PATTERNS FOR A METHOD FOR FAULT MESSAGE PROCESSING - A method for processing a sequence of fault messages occurring in a device including many systems, makes it possible to discriminate between fault messages most likely originating from a real system fault and fault messages without any real fault in the associated system (no fault found), characterized in that the method combines:
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20110276833 | STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF HEAP DYNAMICS FOR MEMORY LEAK INVESTIGATIONS - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for analyzing memory heap information for investigation into a memory leak caused by an application. According to one embodiment, a method of analyzing heap data can comprise obtaining the heap data from a memory. The heap data can represent a plurality of objects of one or more classes, each object identifying a referrer instance, a field in the referrer, and a referent instance. A statistical analysis can be performed on the heap data to identify objects within the heap that are contributing to a growth of the heap. The heap can be traversed based on the referrer instance of one or more objects identified as contributing to the growth of the heap to a root object identified as not contributing to the growth of the heap. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276834 | TECHNIQUES FOR TESTING COMPUTER READABLE CODE - The present invention is directed to methods and systems of testing computer-readable code. The method includes executing a first testing module in a computer browser; launching a second testing module in the computer browser under control of the first testing module; locating an executable portion of a web-based application with the first testing module and ascertaining operational characteristics of the executable portion with the second testing module; and producing test results from the operational characteristics. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276835 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING ABNORMAL ROM UPDATE IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for determining an abnormal ROM update in a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a ROM update unit for increasing a value of an update start counter when a ROM update process is performed, and increasing a value of an update finish counter when the ROM update process is finished. The ROM update unit loads the values of the update start counter and the update finish counter, and compares the values of the two counters to determine that the ROM update process has been normally performed before the portable terminal abnormally operates. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276836 | PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF APPLICATIONS - Embodiments of methods and systems for analyzing performance of an application are provided. In that regard, an embodiment of a method for analyzing performance, among others, comprises collecting performance metric data from the application over time; segmenting the performance metric data into time segments representing sets of contiguous time samples which exhibit similar performance metric behaviour; determining the presence of an anomaly in a time segment; and correlating the anomalous segment with other data available to the system to determine the cause of the anomaly. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276837 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING MEMORY DEVICE INTEGRITY - A method and system for verifying memory device integrity includes identifying at least one memory block corresponding to at least one memory location within a memory device. The memory block is associated with a portion of a file and a checksum representing data within the memory block at a first time. Based at least in part on determining that the memory block is mapped to the same portion of the same file at a second time, it is indicated that the checksum represents expected data within the memory block. A system for verifying memory device integrity is also disclosed. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276838 | Logged Drive Test Reporting - A network receives from a user equipment UE information about a measurement configuration used to log test measurements; and the network uses the received information to determine further signaling to send to the UE concerning further test measurements. The network can compare the received measurement configuration to a measurement configuration for the further test measurements; and if the same can merely indicate to the UE to continue using the same configuration else if different can indicate to the UE the new configuration to use for the further measurements. The UE logs the test measurements taken in the IDLE mode. After exiting the IDLE mode it sends to the network with which it connects information about the measurement configuration used to collect the measurements. The information can be sent in a RRC Connection Setup Complete message along with an availability indictor that the logged test measurements are available. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276839 | REMOTE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed is a remote communication system and method. A remote communication system includes a digital protection relay and a remote monitoring system. The digital protection relay stores and maintains fault indices for identifying a predetermined number of faults that have occurred, fault time tags corresponding to the fault indices and fault data corresponding to the fault indices. The remote monitoring system sets a fault index, a fault time tag, a fault data block size to be communicated at a time and a fault data block index for specifying a fault data block to be communicated, and requests the digital protection relay of a fault data block. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276840 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A COMPUTER SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for monitoring a computer system operable for alerting an operator to failures associated with critical resource consumption and comprises: a resource monitoring component for monitoring resource consumption; a threshold setting component for setting a threshold of resource consumption between an average resource consumption value and a critical resource consumption value; a diagnostic data collection component; and a threshold crossing detection component; wherein the diagnostic data collection component is operable, in response to the threshold crossing detection component detecting a threshold crossing, to start or stop diagnostic data collection. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276841 | Visually Marking Failed Components - Methods, apparatus, and products for visually marking computing components within a computing system are disclosed that include: detecting that a particular computing component has failed, wherein the particular computing component has a physical surface that may be altered with the application of some physical stimulus; and applying a requisite physical stimulus to the physical surface such that the appearance of the physical service is altered, thereby visually identifying that the component has failed. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276842 | MACHINE ABNORMALITY MONITORING DEVICE - A machine abnormality monitoring device has basic information and a priority level preset for each type of abnormality. When an abnormality occurs, snapshot data regarding the abnormality occurrence is stored while being associated with the basic information. In cases where a new abnormality occurs when the snapshot data storage unit has no free storage area, if snapshot data at a priority level lower than that of the new abnormality exists in prior snapshot data stored in the snapshot data storage unit, the storage control unit stores the snapshot data regarding the new abnormality in the snapshot data storage unit in place of the prior snapshot data at the lower priority level while associating the new snapshot data with the basic information. Thus, the administrator is able to acquire the snapshot data regarding an abnormality in question with high reliability. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276843 | INTELLIGENT ERROR-REPORTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method for intelligently reporting errors is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, such a method includes detecting an error and determining whether the error belongs to an error group. Such an error group may include errors that together are an indicator of a potentially more serious error or condition. The method may further determine whether all errors in the error group have occurred within a specified time period. If all errors in the error group have occurred within the specified time period, the method automatically sends a notification to an administrator or other hardware or software-based system so that the problem or error can be addressed. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed herein. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276844 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING MEMORY DEVICE INTEGRITY - A method for verifying memory device integrity includes identifying at least one memory block corresponding to at least one memory location within a memory device. The memory block is associated with a prior checksum. It is determined whether the first memory block is designated read-only. A current checksum is calculated based at least in part on data within the memory block. When the first memory block is designated read-only, and the prior checksum represents expected data within the first memory block, it is determined whether the current checksum is equal to the prior checksum. When the current checksum is not equal to the prior checksum, a verification failure for the first memory block is indicated via a notification interface. A system for verifying memory device integrity is also disclosed. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276845 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO DIAGNOSE TEMPERATURE-INDUCED MEMORY ERRORS - Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to diagnose temperature-induced memory errors are disclosed. A disclosed example method to diagnose a temperature-induced memory error includes detecting a memory error associated with a memory device, and writing a highest measured temperature of the memory device in the memory device when the memory error is detected, the highest temperature measured temporally near the detected memory error. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276846 | UNINITIALIZED MEMORY DETECTION USING ERROR CORRECTION CODES AND BUILT-IN SELF TEST - An apparatus having a memory module and an initialization module is disclosed. The initialization module may be configured to (i) mark a particular location in the memory module as an uninitialized location by writing a predetermined word into the particular location in response to an occurrence of an event, (ii) read a read word from an address in the memory module in response to a read cycle and (iii) generate an interrupt signal by analyzing the read word, the interrupt signal being asserted where the read word indicates that the address is the uninitialized location in the memory module. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276847 | SHADOW ACCESS PORT METHOD AND APPARATUS - The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for providing a shadow access port within a device. The shadow access port is accessed to perform operations in the device by reusing the TDI, TMS, TCK and TDO signals that are used to operate a test access port within the device. The presence and operation of the shadow access port is transparent to the presence and operation of the test access port. According to the disclosure, the shadow access port operates on the falling edge of the TCK signal while the test access port conventionally operates on the rising edge of the TCK signal. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276848 | Data processing apparatus and method for testing a circuit block using scan chains - A data processing apparatus comprises a circuit block to be tested, and a plurality of scan chains, each scan chain providing a mechanism for providing input test data to, and receiving output test data from, at least a portion of the circuit block during a test mode of operation. Configurable decompression circuitry is provided for supporting a plurality of decompression schemes associated with more than one test generation tool, and configuration circuitry is responsive to a configuration stimulus to configure the configurable decompression circuitry to implement a selected decompression scheme. Thereafter, on receipt of compressed input test data, the configurable decompression circuitry applies the selected decompression scheme to the compressed input test data to produce the input test data to be provided to the plurality of scan chains. Configurable compression circuitry can also be provided in a similar manner, with the configuration stimulus being used to configure the configurable compression circuitry to implement a selected compression scheme to be applied to the output test data in order to produce compressed output test data to be issued from an output interface. Such a mechanism provides a particularly flexible approach for supporting compression and decompression schemes in association with the data input to, and output from, the plurality of scan chains. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276849 | SYSTEM, CIRCUIT, AND DEVICE FOR ASYNCHRONOUSLY SCAN CAPTURING MULTI-CLOCK DOMAINS - A system, circuit, and device for asynchronously scan capturing multi-clock domains. A system includes a shift register configured to process select data for selecting a clock domain at a time in response to a scan capture pulse and a one-hot n-to-2 | 2011-11-10 |
20110276850 | Field Programmable Gate Arrays with Built-in Self Test Mechanisms - A system and method for designing a field programmable gate array (FPGA) with built-in test mechanism includes several enhancements to traditional circular self-test path (CSTP) BIST architecture. The FPGA BIST scheme isolates primary inputs and primary outputs to improve test coverage. Multiple signature output taps are inserted at CSTP registers throughout the test path to help improve signature aliasing probability. Enhanced CSTP register selection algorithms help prevent register adjacency problems and optimize overall resource utilization for implementation. Multiple clock domains are also handled by the FPGA BIST to allow full chip implementation of the FPGA BIST. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276851 | DATA TRANSMISSION WITH MULTI-LEVEL ACK/NACK FEEDBACK - Techniques for transmitting and receiving data with multi-level feedback of acknowledgement (ACK) and negative acknowledgement (NACK) are described. In an aspect, a receiver may send a NACK if high peak-to-average-power ratio (PAPR) is detected for a transmission of a packet. A transmitter may adjust at least one transmission parameter (e.g., increase back-off of a power amplifier) in response to receiving the NACK from the receiver. In another aspect, a receiver may send a NACK of a first type (NACK Type 1) if high PAPR is detected for a transmission of a packet and may send a NACK of a second type (NACK Type 2) if the packet is decoded in error. A transmitter may treat NACK Type 1 and NACK Type 2 in similar manner and may send another transmission of the packet. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276852 | Dynamic HARQ Buffer Management - A communication device ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110276853 | TERMINAL DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - It is possible to provide a terminal device, a terminal device control method, and a recording medium which enables an error correction without modifying hardware. The terminal device receives a data stream formed in the NAL Unit by a hard decoder based on the H.264 standard. The terminal device includes error correction means which analyzes data encoded in the data stream by software and performs an error correction before inputting the data to the hard decoder. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276854 | Methods and Systems for Rapid Error Correction by Forward and Reverse Determination of Coding States - An encoder creates an (p,k,n) n-state codeword with p n-state symbols of which k n-state symbols are data symbols, an n-state symbol being represented by a signal with n>2, p>2 and k>(p-k). Intermediate states of an encoder in forward and in reverse direction are provided in a comparative n-state expression and implemented on a processor. A plurality of signals representing a codeword with at least one n-state symbol in error is processed by the processor by evaluating the comparative n-state expression. A partial result of an expression is determined after a symbol has been received. An error location and an error magnitude are determined. The error is corrected by the processor. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276855 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL CODING AND DECODING IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING A LOW-DENSITY PARITY-CHECK CODE - A channel coding method in a communication system using a Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) code. The channel coding method includes determining a degree distribution for a plurality of column groups of an information part and a plurality of column groups of a parity part; determining degrees for the plurality of column groups of the information part based on the degree distribution; determining a shortening order based on the degrees for the plurality of column groups of the information part; generating a parity check matrix based on the shortening order; and performing coding using the generated parity check matrix. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276856 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MULTI PHASE ERROR-CORRECTION - Data bits to be encoded are split into a plurality of subgroups. Each subgroup is encoded separately to generate a corresponding codeword. Selected subsets are removed from the corresponding codewords, leaving behind shortened codewords, and are many-to-one transformed to condensed bits. The final codeword is a combination of the shortened codewords and the condensed bits. A representation of the final codeword is decoded by being partitioned to a selected subset and a plurality of remaining subsets. Each remaining subset is decoded separately. If one of the decodings fails, the remaining subset whose decoding failed is decoded at least in part according to the selected subset. If the encoding and decoding are systematic then the selected subsets are of parity bits. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276857 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND PROGRAM METHOD THEREOF - A data storage device includes a non-volatile memory device including a plurality of memory cells and a memory controller. The memory controller is configured to modify an arrangement of program data and to program the modified program data into the plurality of memory cells. The memory controller modifies the program data to eliminate a given data pattern causing physical interference between adjacent memory cells from the modified program data. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276858 | MEMORY SYSTEM - A memory system comprises an encoding processing circuit | 2011-11-10 |
20110276859 | STORAGE DEVICE ARRAY SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE DEVICE ARRAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A disk array apparatus, if a rebuild error occurs, stores information indicating an error occurrence place in a sector holding unit, and then stops rebuild processing. A host computer, if a rebuild error occurs in the disk array apparatus, acquires the information indicating the error occurrence place from the disk array apparatus. The host computer determines whether the rebuild error does not obstruct continuation of the rebuild processing based on the acquired information indicating the error occurrence place. If it is determined that the rebuild error does not obstruct continuation of the rebuild processing, the host computer instructs the disk array apparatus to resume the rebuild processing while skipping the error occurrence place. In response to the instruction from the host computer, the disk array apparatus resumes the rebuild processing while skipping the error occurrence place. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276860 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEMULTIPLEXER DESIGN FOR MULTI-EDGE TYPE LDPC CODED MODULATION - A method involves receiving an LDPC coded bitstream and demultiplexing the received LDPC coded bitstream using an optimized demultiplexer, the optimized demultiplexer being designed by:
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20110276861 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DECODING WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of turbo decoding. For example, a device may include a turbo decoder to decode a turbo-encoded input according to a turbo code, the turbo-encoded input including a plurality of soft-decision information-bit values and a plurality of soft-decision parity-bit values corresponding to the soft-decision information bit values, wherein the turbo decoder is to output a plurality of extrinsic soft-decision parity-bit values corresponding to the plurality soft-decision parity-bit values. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276862 | ERROR DETECTION MODULE, AND ERROR CORRECTION DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An error detection module includes a known-syndrome computing unit, an unknown-syndrome computing unit, and an error detection unit. The known-syndrome computing unit is operable to convert a received signal into a target signal, to obtain known syndromes based upon the target signal, and to generate an errata-locator polynomial based upon an erasure-locator polynomial and the known syndromes. The unknown-syndrome computing unit is operable to compute unknown syndromes based upon the errata-locator polynomial and the known syndromes. The error detection unit is operable to obtain a syndrome set that includes the known syndromes and the unknown syndromes, to obtain an error detection signal according to the syndrome set, and to provide an error correction module coupled thereto with the syndrome set and the error detection signal for enabling the error correction module to correct an error of the received signal. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276863 | Providing Text Content Embedded with Multimedia Content - Text content embedded with multimedia content is provided from a content provider to a client device. The multimedia content may be provided to the client device separate from the text content. In particular, multimedia content metadata indicating a storage location of the multimedia content may be provided to the client device after the text content. The client device may request the multimedia content from the content provider based on the multimedia content metadata. The content provider may send the requested multimedia content to the client device after receiving an authenticated version of the multimedia content metadata. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276864 | PROCESS FOR CREATING A MEDIA SEQUENCE BY COHERENT GROUPS OF MEDIA FILES - A process for creating a media sequence, for example video or audio, and an associated device includes the stages of:
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20110276865 | AUTHORING CONTENT IN CONTEXT LOCATION OF BROWSER - A method is provided and includes sending a set of instructions from a server to a web browser, causing the web browser to identify a set of one or more universal resource locators (URLs) in the set of instructions sent from the server and causing the web browser to add one or more of the identified set of the one or more URLs in a context location of the web browser. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276866 | Method of multi-document aggregation and presentation - Methods and systems for multi-document aggregation provide data representing a redundancy graph constructed from a document or document set and determine the longest acyclic path in the document redundancy graph. Nodes of the longest path are assigned to a column to be displayed. Each node is assigned to a corresponding position in the column according to the node position in the path. Methods and systems for ordering multi documents for presentation can determine the content of a node of the redundancy graph and order the content for display. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276867 | DATA MINING AND REPORTING - An integrated system is described that allows a user to easily mine and report data maintained by a customer relationship management (CRM) application. In general, the system automates the process of creating electronic reports, such as an electronic worksheet, in a format that can be directly manipulated and viewed from spreadsheet application. In one embodiment, the report is automatically generated to include a pivot table for displaying the data. The system includes a database adapted to store the CRM data. First and second reporting modules execute within the CRM software application and the worksheet software application, respectively. The reporting modules cooperate in order to integrate CRM application and spreadsheet application, thereby automating the process of generating a worksheet based on the CRM database. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276868 | Multi-Threaded Adjustment of Column Widths or Row Heights - A computing system performs a column adjustment process. The column adjustment process uses multiple threads to determine overall maximum column widths for each column in a set of target columns in a spreadsheet table. For each of the target columns, the overall maximum column width for the target column is based on the width of the widest textual representation of a value in any cell in the column. The set of target columns includes at least one column. The computing system then reflows the spreadsheet table such that each column in the set of target columns has a width based on the overall maximum column width for the column. A similar process is performed to adjust the height of rows. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276869 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC BINDING OF A SPREADSHEET WITH EXTERNAL PARAMETERS - In one aspect, the present invention relates to utilizing a spreadsheet by defining a parameter external to the spreadsheet and associating the parameter with the spreadsheet to define a parameterized workbook. In one embodiment, this utilization further comprises storing a location of the spreadsheet and storing the name of the parameter in the same storage module as the location. In another embodiment, it includes defining a result external to the spreadsheet, the result referencing one or more cells within the spreadsheet. in another embodiment, this utilization further comprises receiving a value for the parameter and generating the result based at least in part on the value and the spreadsheet. In another embodiment, it further comprises associating a type with the parameter. The type can define a range of values or attributes associated with the parameter. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276870 | CALCULATION OF SPREADSHEET DATA - A workbook includes a spreadsheet having cells arranged in columns and rows. The cells include input cells and output cells. The output cells include a formula to be calculated. Calculation of the spreadsheet is divided into multiple tasks. The tasks are assigned among computing nodes within a computing cluster for concurrent calculation of the spreadsheet. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276871 | Multilingual Forms Composer - Digital documents are pre-loaded with expressions of underlying data in a plurality of output languages. Expressions of the underlying data are alternatively presented to users to facilitate data collection and information transfer between people who do not share a common language. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276872 | DYNAMIC FONT REPLACEMENT - Automated font mapping is performed for one or more document fonts of a document to map the one or more document fonts to at least one replacement font. The font mapping is limited by at least one document-specific font mapping limitation. The document is rendered using the at least one replacement font. The automated font mapping may include performing a constrained optimization of an objective function measuring similarity of the one or more document fonts and the corresponding mapped at least one replacement font, the constrained optimization being constrained by at least one constraint embodying at least one document-specific font mapping limitation. The automated font mapping may include selecting a subset of the set of fonts available for the rendering based on the at least one document-specific font mapping limitation, and performing the optimization respective to the selected subset of the set of fonts available for the rendering. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276873 | System and Method for Re-Using XBRL-Tags Across Period Boundaries - An XBRL tag re-usable across period boundaries includes at least one definitional attribute and at least one transactional attribute, wherein the at least one transactional attribute is updated for each period. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNSUPERVISED GENERATION OF PAGE TEMPLATES - A computer-implemented method and system for generation of page templates are provided. The method includes providing a document in computer memory. Using a computer processor, page elements within the document are identified and labeled. For each page of the document, a set of geometric relations between pairs of page elements co-occurring on the page is computed, and the set of geometric relations is associated with the page. The method also includes generating a set of page template candidates based at least in part on the computed geometric relations, selecting page templates from the set of page template candidates, and outputting the selected page templates. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276875 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE DOCUMENTS INCLUDING VERSION CONTROL - Systems and methods for facilitating version control over an electronic document, the electronic document being subject to a distribution sequence among at least first and second reviewing parties over a network. The method includes receiving an instruction set from a source client. Based on the instruction set, at least one editable field populated with content is embedded in the electronic document. The progress of the electronic document through the distribution sequence is monitored over the network. The content of the editable field being edited by the first reviewing party is determined. In response to determining that the content has been edited by the first reviewing party, the edited electronic document is provided to the second reviewing party. The electronic document being electronically signed by the first and second reviewing parties is validated. The editable field is locked from further electronic editing. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276876 | Method and system for storing words and their context to a database - A method and system for conveniently storing words and their context to a database. This system and method is called Wordbees. A user uses Wordbees to store a selected word in an electronic document by running Wordbees extraction tool while the selection is in place. Wordbees detects the selected word and extracts the context of the word. Further Wordbees stores the word and its context in a database. Wordbees further provides an interface for the users to review the words they stored. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276877 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR EMBEDDING TEXTUAL FORENSIC INFORMATION - A method for automatically embedding information in a digital text, said method comprising: identifying a plurality of positions, in said digital text, that are suitable for introducing modifications into said digital text; identifying modifications suitable for introduction into at least some of said suitable positions in said digital text; selecting at least some of said identified modifications for introduction into said digital text, said selection of said modifications being operable to represent said information; and performing said selected modifications on said digital text, thereby to embed said information. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276878 | VIBRATION MECHANISM - An apparatus including: a user interface module, a vibration mechanism configured to move the user interface module to provide a tactile effect through the user interface module, and a counterbalancing element configured to provide a counterbalancing effect for movements of the user interface module. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276879 | USER INTERFACE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PROCESSING USER INTERFACE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM EMBODYING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING USER INTERFACE - A user interface processing apparatus is provided. A user interface element such as a virtual controller is displayed on a display screen. When an operation to the displayed user interface element is received from a player, the application is controlled in accordance with the received operation. A learning level of the player is determined in accordance with a control state of the application, such as utilization time of the application and the number of executions of a predetermined function in the application. The transparency is increased in accordance with the determined learning level. In a case where it is detected that an operation state of the user interface element continues for a certain period of time, transparency of the user interface element to increase is determined. The user interface element is displayed with the determined transparency. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276880 | Aggregating Time-Delayed Sessions In A Video Delivery System - In a video network context, video sessions can be aggregated and delivered to users, and smart replay can be provided responsive to user commands. Various and different commands are received from users at different times. Video sessions (e.g., program streams) are identified and/or created based on the commands. Video sessions are multicasted to the users. Joining multiple users to a video session reduces a need to create multiple identical or similar individual sessions, thereby increasing session capacity. Delivering a video session to users likely to be seeking a particular moment of interest in a video, based on an increased tolerance of received user commands, increases the user experience by delivering the moment of interest directly, without requiring multiple commands from users attempting to navigate towards the moment of interest. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276881 | Systems and Methods for Sharing Multimedia Editing Projects - Various embodiments for sharing multimedia editing projects are described. One embodiment is a method performed at a server for sharing video editing techniques by a user. The method comprises receiving a project description file at the server, wherein the project description file is generated during editing of multimedia content by a first editing system, the project description file comprising information relating to special effect objects applied to the edited multimedia content by the first editing system. The method further comprises providing all or a portion of a timeline-based template according to the project description file, wherein the timeline-based template comprises a timeline and object type designators corresponding to the special effect objects specified by the first editing system, wherein representations of the object type designators are displayed along the timeline. The method further comprises transmitting the timeline-based template from the server to a second editing system. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276882 | AUTOMATIC GROUPING FOR USERS EXPERIENCING A SPECIFIC BROADCAST MEDIA - According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a method for grouping chat users, the method comprising acts of receiving, via a first interface of a server, audio signals from a user over a communication network, receiving, via a second interface of the server, audio signals from a plurality of broadcast channels over the communication network; comparing, by a processor, the audio signals received from the user and the audio signals received from the plurality of broadcast channels, determining, by the processor, based on the act of comparing, that the audio signals from the user correspond to a program currently being broadcast on one of the plurality of broadcast channels, and grouping, by the processor, the user into a chat group based on at least one grouping criteria, the at least one grouping criteria including the program currently being broadcast. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276883 | Online Multiplayer Virtual Game and Virtual Social Environment Interaction Using Integrated Mobile Services Technologies - A system, method, and software allowing user interaction with virtual games/virtual social environments by using a mobile device and SMS/MMS messaging over a cellular telephone network. A communication device server sends to and accepts from a mobile aggregator, asynchronous SMS/MMS/text/email messages related to a virtual game running on a game server. The virtual game server integrates with a virtual social network utility such as Facebook®, and is accessible to the user through a dedicated web server. Multiple users may register with the social network utility to access the virtual game over the computer network (using the social network utility web server or a dedicated web server) or over the cellular telephone network (using the aggregator/communication device server). This system and method allows the user to interact with the virtual game/virtual social network while the user is offline. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276884 | SCALABLE AFFINITIZED STATE MANAGEMENT - A state affinitized system comprises worker computing devices uniquely affinitized with one or more states such that only those worker computing devices maintain local copies of the states with which they are affinitized. Requests and data relevant to a state are directed to the worker computing device affinitized with that state, such as by front-end computing devices. A centralized persistent storage can maintain a copy of each state and can modify the states in response to newly received information in the same manner as the worker computing devices. Such maintenance can be performed by coalescer computing devices, which can also derive second order data from the states in the centralized persistent storage, which can be further added to the state and also communicated to the worker computing device affinitized with that state. Crawler computing devices can obtain additional information for incorporation into states from network-based information repositories and services. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276885 | MULTI-CLIENT LOCAL NETWORK BASE STATION - Systems and methods are described for providing integrated, interactive communications services among multiple client devices in a local network. In one embodiment, a supersystem provides interactive communications services within a local network through a tablet, a handset, and a base station. The tablet includes a first client and a first user interface configured to provide interactivity with first communications services. The handset includes a second client and a second user interface configured to provide interactivity with second communications services. The first and second clients are in communication with the local network and with each other (e.g., either directly, or through the base station or other path). The base station includes interface subsystems configured to removably couple with the tablet and/or handset. The supersystem may allow multiple client devices to be used in an integrative fashion to provide home management, messaging, videoconferencing, cloud network interaction, media sharing, and/or other functionality. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276886 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING FACILITY CONTENT AND EQUIPMENT INFORMATION - A system and method that provides a unique building maintenance tool which leverages the information collected during the design and construction phase of the building lifecycle. User access BIMs, Revit schedules and other data sources within the unique construction process to provide clients with a post occupancy view previously unobtainable. The solution provides for simple integration with external data sources through data file import or direct integration. The intent of the data integration model is to reduce costs of ongoing implementations providing a scalable model. Mobile access to information is a central component of customer appeal and will be a focal point of the design process. With the present invention mobile users can use mobile devices to scan 2 dimensional barcodes or QR Codes or other georeferencing technologies including RFIDs, thereby using the mobile device as the primary navigation portal to room and equipment information and images. The present invention provides building management functionality by leveraging extracted building data of a database constructed from construction process data as a basis for data organization, which includes detailed equipment specifications. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276887 | ORGANIZING, DISPLAYING, AND/OR MANIPULATING NETWORK TRAFFIC DATA - A system and method for analyzing network traffic activity by displaying a collection of flow objects and receiving a user's selection of a traffic operation that is to be applied to a set of selected flow objects. Thereafter, the results of applying the traffic operation to the selected flow objects are displayed. The traffic operation may include a merge operation that provides statistics related to an aggregation of the flow objects. The traffic operation may also include a modification operation that modifies the selected flow objects, including, for example, a modification based on predicted traffic flow. Other traffic operations may also be provided, including providing access to plug-in traffic operation applications. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276888 | Method and Apparatus for Displaying Network Fabric Data - The invention relates to graphical user interfaces for managing electronic networks, such computer networks, storage area networks (SANs), and the like. Specifically, the invention provides a simplified means of managing large numbers of parameters associated with devices in such networks. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides a method of displaying devices forming a network. In a first step, a computer system associated with a graphical user interface queries the network to determine what devices are present in the network, and the interconnections of such devices. The results of this determination are stored, as is the time of this determination. Later, a second query is performed and the results are compared to the first query. Symbols representing elements of the network are displayed on the graphical user interface. When changes are detected between the first and second network query, the changes are indicated by altering the manner in which the symbols are displayed that represent the elements of the network that have changed. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276889 | ONLINE BOOKMARKING SYSTEM - An online bookmarking system enabling a logged-in user to assemble, organize and access personal web links from any online location through a user-specific uniform resource locator is disclosed. The system comprises a bookmark adding button enabling the Internet user to add a currently visited webpage to a user-specific database of server-stored bookmarks, a floating module displayed on the logged-in specific database for synchronizing with the bookmark adding button for adding bookmarks, a plurality of web link modules categorized by the user, and a private module for maintaining at least one confidential link of the user with a security identification means. Each of the web link modules can be titled relevant to a category and the web links may be repositioned within and between the web link modules using a drag-and-drop interface. The web link modules may also be dragged and dropped above or below other web link modules. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276890 | RESOLVING INFORMATION IN A MULTITENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed herein are techniques for identifying computing resources specified by a representation of a computing service. In some implementations, a request to analyze a computing service provided via a computing environment may be received. The computing service may have an activated state in which the computing service is available for use and a deactivated state in which the computing service is not available for use. The computing environment may comprise a plurality of computing resources each defining a variable unit of computing functionality within the computing environment. Each computing resource may be associated with a respective parameter corresponding with a respective parameter value that specifies a level of the variable unit of computing functionality defined by the computing resource. The computing service may be represented by a metadata model comprising a plurality of nodes, at least some of which specify a respective one or more of the parameter values. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276891 | VIRTUAL ART ENVIRONMENT - Computer-based methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting a first virtual art canvas at a graphical user interface; receiving instructions from a remote control unit to apply one or more markings to the virtual art canvas, where the one or more markings are applied according to the remote control unit's movements relative to a stationary sensor; and displaying one or more indicators on the virtual canvas to guide a user's movement of the remote control unit to create a virtual piece of art on the first virtual art canvas based, at least in part, on movements of the remote control unit. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276892 | RESOLVING INFORMATION IN A MULTITENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed herein are techniques for providing a user interface component. In some implementations, a request for the user interface component may be received at a computing device. The user interface component may have a default visual presentation. A branding override may be selected from a plurality of available branding overrides. The branding override may define a modification to the default visual presentation of the user interface component. The branding override may be selected based on one or more contextual variables associated with the request for the user interface component. The user interface component may be modified in accordance with the selected branding override. The user interface component may be displayed on a display device. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276893 | ACCESS CHANNEL DEFINITION TECHNOLOGY - Access channel definition technology, in which a user experience for a secondary access channel is defined using one or more pre-configured user experience components that enable mapping of a user experience defined for a primary access channel to the user experience for the secondary access channel and that adapt the user experience for the secondary access channel to characteristics of devices that access the secondary access channel. In addition, a portal for the secondary access channel is defined using one or more pre-configured portal components and content management for the secondary access channel is defined using one or more pre-configured content management components that leverage content developed for the primary access channel and that customize presentation of the content for the secondary access channel. The secondary access channel is configured based on the defined user experience, the defined portal, and the defined content management. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276894 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MULTI-USER FEEDBACK TO INFLUENCE AUDIOVISUAL QUALITY - System, method, and computer program product to collect user settings regarding the quality of audiovisual (AV) content, and to change the quality of the content based on the collected settings. Users may provide input regarding tradeoffs in AV quality, such as audio quality versus video quality, or audio quality versus delay. The inputs of the users may be averaged, to generate a single input that reflects the inputs of all the users. This single input may then be used to determine one or more parameters that may be applied in defining the tradeoff(s) implemented in AV content capture, processing, or delivery. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276895 | Conversation Capture - Solutions for capturing and displaying conversation history for providing conversation capture functionality. Some such solutions use a user supersystem as a communications hub to capture and/or generate relevant information for enhancing conversations with contacts, including address book information, contact notes, conversation history information, and/or conversation anchors. The information may then be processed for display to the user via a graphical interface. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276896 | Multi-User Integrated Task List - Solutions for providing integrated task list functionality. Some such solutions use a user supersystem as a communications hub to generate, display, and/or handle user-based tasks for a family group. For example, tasks may be assigned to one or more members of the family and associated with various types of dates, rewards, audits, etc. Family members may then interact with the tasks through the communications hub and/or through other devices (e.g., cell phones, etc.). | 2011-11-10 |
20110276897 | STREAMLINED COLLABORATION ON DOCUMENT - Collaborating on documents by e-mail may be streamlined into a unified process. In one example, a user creates a document in an online document service, and sends the document to collaborators by mailing a link to the document. The document may have permissions set so that the creator of the document, and any user on the e-mail distribution list, can read and edit the document. When a user receives the e-mail, that user may open and edit the document. Upon closing the editing application, the user may be presented with an appropriate interface to create a reply e-mail. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276898 | Integrated Messaging Interface - Solutions for providing an integrated, interactive graphical messaging interface, e.g., through a user supersystem as a communications hub. For example, interactions with the messaging interface may provide access to many different types of messaging functionality and multiple communications channels. Some solutions may intuitively list all the different types of messaging communications in a single integrated listing format with intuitive interaction design. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276899 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REALIZING MESSAGE INTERACTIONS IN A MULTI-TABS APPLICATION - A method is disclosed for performing message interactions in a multi-tab application program. The method includes creating one or more page windows corresponding to respective tabs in the multi-tab application program as one or more top-level windows and receiving an input message corresponding to a user operation with respect to a particular tab. The method also includes sending the input message to one of the page windows corresponding to the particular tab by a main frame window of the multi-tab application program in a non-blocking message sending mode, without sending any associated system message to the page windows. Further, the method includes continuing to handle messages for other page windows by the main frame window regardless whether the one of the page windows is hung. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276900 | USING DOUBLE BUFFERING FOR SCREEN SHARING - Remote desktop sharing allows a user to access applications and data on a remote computer over a network. An intermediary computer can communicate with a host computer and one or more client computers to facilitate remote desktop sharing. The host can send the intermediary computer an encoded key frame and encoded updates. The intermediary computer can decode the host screen data, and apply subsequent updates to the decoded image so that the intermediary computer has a near live host screen image in a first buffer. A second buffer on the intermediary computer can store an instance of a screen encoder for each client computer that has joined the session and the most current host image that the client computer has. The encoder compares the near live screen image and the stored client computer host image to create an encoded differential screen image update to pass to the client computer. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276901 | FAMILY CHAT - Systems and methods are described for handling graphical interfacing with a group conversation involving a communications hub and multiple member devices. Embodiments provide a “family chat” communications mode for facilitating a synchronous conversation among all the members of the designated family group. Typically, the conversation may involve a user supersystem (e.g., including one or more graphical communications devices) associated with the family and disposed with the family's local network, and member devices associated with each member of the family group (e.g., cell phones, etc). In some embodiments, the family chat conversation is displayed (e.g., rendered) as a substantially continuous feed graphically indicating the party contributing each message to the feed, the temporal relationship of the various contributions, and other useful information. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276902 | VIRTUAL CONVERSATION METHOD - A virtual conversation method for use with an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a virtual environment view, wherein the virtual environment view includes a plurality of images. The plurality of images includes at least a participant image, wherein the plurality of images is disposed in the virtual environment view in a customary manner. The spatial arrangements of the plurality of images in the virtual environment view are associated with each other, wherein the participant image is generated according to a participant data that corresponds to a participant. A conversation voice signal generated according to a participant voice signal sent by the participant is broadcasted. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276903 | Integrated Multi-Modal Chat - Solutions for providing context-driven communications mode determinations. Some such solutions use a communications hub located in a home (e.g., a user supersystem) to facilitate context-driven, multi-modal communications. For example, a tablet system may be used as a graphical communications hub in a family's home, used by the family to communicate to and from the home via multiple communications modes (e.g., family chat, family activities, user-based messaging, etc.) over one or more communications channels. Determination of an appropriate mode for communications may be driven by contextual (rather that channel-based) factors relating to the communications. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276904 | DOODLE-IN-CHAT-CONTEXT - Solutions for providing integrated media services, e.g., in the context of communications services offered through a user supersystem configured as an interactive graphical communications hub. For example, interactions with a messaging interface may provide access to media creation functionality, including doodle functionality, in the context of the messaging and/or in the context of other media. In one implementation, the communications interface allows a user to doodle in the context of an image file (e.g., a photo) while in the context of a chat application. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276905 | COLLABORATION SYSTEM - A method and controller are provided for use in a communication system including a plurality of user terminals in communication with each other and the controller via a plurality of communication channels. The method includes receiving, by the controller from a sender user terminal, a message designated to be communicated to a recipient associated with a recipient user terminal. Additionally, the method includes posting, by the controller via a dashboard interface, the message to a discussion to which it pertains. Finally, the method includes distributing, by the controller, the message to the recipient user terminal based on a preferred communication channel, availability, and workload for the recipient associated with the recipient user terminal. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276906 | NAVIGATIONAL INFORMATION USER INTERFACE - A navigational information display panel is provided for presenting information associated with a location and relationship of a particular web page in context of hierarchical nodes above the web page. The panel may be displayed at a fixed or movable location upon activation of a navigational information control on a browsing application user interface. The panel may include various display structures representing the web page's contextual location in an effective manner along with navigational links for quick navigation to nodes above the web page (and/or at the same level). | 2011-11-10 |
20110276907 | MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE STATE OF A TECHNICAL INSTALLATION - A method for monitoring a state of a technical installation includes the steps of transmitting, by using a web browser, via the Internet to web server software a user request to display a web page with first data relating to the technical installation, wherein the web server software has access to the first data, transmitting with the web server software the first data to first server software, transforming with the first server software the first data into first display data configured to be interpreted by the web server software, transmitting the first display data to the web server software for construction of the web page with the first data, and transmitting the constructed web page to the web browser for displaying the web page. A corresponding monitoring system using the method is also disclosed. Integration of a measuring device in the monitoring system is hereby facilitated. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276908 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF CONTROLS IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - Management of controls in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer system. In one aspect, a command is received to create and display a window in the GUI, the window including one or more controls, each control operative to perform a function of an application in response to selection. An associated scope for each control is determined and indicates an extent of shared use of the control within the GUI. It is determined if a different instance of the control already exists within the scope for the control. If so, resources of the different instance are referenced to be shared for use with the control and new resources are not created for the control. If no different instance exists within the scope, new resources for the control are created and stored. The window and the controls in the GUI are displayed. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276909 | NUMERICAL VALUE INPUT DEVICE, NUMERICAL VALUE INPUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A numerical value input device is provided that makes it possible to suitably input numerical values using a GUI. The device is equipped with: an image data storage unit ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110276910 | COMPUTER NAVIGATION METHOD - A computer navigation method includes the steps of:
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20110276911 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal includes a display, a communication unit receiving, from other electronic devices, information related to contents being executed at the other electronic devices, and a controller controlling displaying of widgets individually corresponding to a respective one of the electronic devices on the display. Each of the widgets displayed on the display of the mobile terminal represents information relating to contents that is being executed at a corresponding one of the other electronic devices. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276912 | AUTOMATING INTERNAL CONTROLS ASSESSMENTS FOR OUTSOURCED OPERATIONS - A system and method for facilitating assessing business controls. To facilitate ensuring that a client's control objectives are met by a particular provider, the client may wish to ensure that the control objectives and applicable controls are specified in an SLA defining the relationship between the client and the service provider. In certain large enterprise applications, where a given client may contract with many providers, and the client itself may act as a provider to other clients, effective mechanisms for ensuring the existence of adequate functioning controls may become very complex and susceptible to failed oversight. In an example embodiment, the method includes making one or more descriptions of one or more business controls accessible to a user via a user interface; enabling a user to ascertain a business function characterizing a business relationship between a client and service provider, wherein the business function is associated with the one or more business controls; and providing a user option to adjust the one or more business controls. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276913 | PROCESS MODELING RULE VALIDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A process modeling rule validation system includes a graphical user interface module and a rule creation module. The graphical user interface module includes a display and at least one user input mechanism. The graphical user interface module displays information representative of a plurality of rule creation elements via the display and receives user input via the user input mechanism in response thereto. At least one of the rule creation elements can be configured based on the user input and in accordance with best practices in process modeling. The rule creation module, which is operatively connected to the graphical user interface module, generates a process modeling rule in response to at least one of the rule creation elements being configured. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276914 | System for supporting collaborative activity - A system includes a processor which has access to a representation of model of activity, which includes workspaces. Each workspace includes domain hierarchies for representing an organizational structure of the collaborating users using the system, and initiatives hierarchies representing process structures for accomplishing goals. An interface permits users to view and modify the workspaces for which the user has access. Each user can have different access permissions in different workspaces. The domain and initiative hierarchies provide two views of the workspace objects without duplicating resources. A resource is a collection of shared elements defined by the users that give users associated with the workspace access to information sources. Users can define knowledge boards for creating reports based on information fields of the resources. The knowledge board is associated with a resource template from which the resource is created. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276915 | AUTOMATED DEVELOPMENT OF DATA PROCESSING RESULTS - A method of automatically completing a workflow is provided. An indicator of a partial workflow is received in a computing device. The partial workflow includes a module configured to process data. A workflow completion is determined for the partial workflow based on the partial workflow and a plurality of workflows stored in a computer-readable medium. The workflow completion is configured to further process the data. A workflow is presented in a display operably coupled to the computing device. The workflow includes the determined workflow completion and the partial workflow. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276916 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention enables a user to perform an operation of closing a software keyboard displayed on a display unit by an operation to a predetermined input item with use of a hardware keyboard. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus includes receiving an input to a predetermined input item via a software keyboard displayed on a display unit, receiving an input to the predetermined input item via a hardware keyboard connected to the information processing apparatus, inputting a character to the predetermined input item according to the key input received via the software keyboard or the hardware keyboard, and closing a display of the software keyboard displayed on the display unit if the input to the predetermined input item which is received via the hardware keyboard satisfies a predetermined condition during the display of the software keyboard. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276917 | User Interface Providing Summary Information or a Status Pane in a Web Analytics Tool - A system and method provide a summary comparison of data. The summary may compare filtered and unfiltered data or one set of filtered data to another. The system presents a status pane or window to a user in conjunction with filtered data that is dynamically updated to correspond to the data. A summary of the filtered data is available for display side by side with other filtered data or unfiltered data. The reports and summary are dynamically updated. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276918 | ONE STEP SELECTION OF DISABLED OPTIONS - Information associated with an unavailable option is provided to a user upon detecting the user's interest in that option in a configuration environment or user interface control environment. The provided information may explain why the option is unavailable, what alternative options may be available, and which actions may be needed to render the option available. The user may be further enabled to unselect conflicting options or re-select among a subset of relevant options to render the unavailable option available without losing the context of the current selection screen. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276919 | Systems and Methods for Providing Context Recognition - Systems and methods are disclosed for launching a child application to perform functions on a document created by a parent application without the need for integration of the child application within the parent application. In one implementation, a system detects a child application available for activation by a processor of a computer and determines what functions the child application can perform. The system then determines that the function can operate on an open file, and once the system receives a selection of the function, the system launches the child application and performs the function on the open file. In another implementation, the system determines that the function may operate on a plurality of open files, creates an interface that allows selection of one of the plurality of open files, and launches the child application and performs the function on a selected file. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276920 | Systems and methods for selecting data elements, such as population members, from a data source - Systems and methods for selecting data elements, such as population members, from a data source include translating the data source into a reverse schema. The reverse schema includes one or more data objects, each data object having a reverse access identifier and at least one unique identifier from the data source corresponding to the reverse access identifier. In some embodiments, access to data elements is provided using the reverse schema translation. A user may select a filter represented by a reverse access identifier in order to exclude those data elements associated with that reverse access identifier. In response, information associated with non-excluded data elements, such as population size, is provided for display. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276921 | SELECTING CONTENT BASED ON INTEREST TAGS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN AN INTEREST CLOUD - Techniques are described herein for selecting content based on interest tags that are included in an interest cloud. An interest cloud is a tag cloud that includes interest tags, which correspond to respective interests of a user. An interest of a user is subject matter that is deemed to have a greater importance than other subject matter to the user based on information that pertains to the user. For example, an interest of a user may be derived from information in the user's emails, vitality streams, Web browsing history, etc. In another example, a user may designate subject matter as being an interest of the user. For instance, if a user adds an interest tag to an interest cloud, subject matter that corresponds to the interest tag is said to be an interest of the user. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276922 | Method and System for Video Interaction Based on Motion Swarms - A system and method for generating a video display suitable for interaction with a public audience or group. The system comprises one or more video capture devices for capturing a scene, a module configured to extract one or parameters that describe a field of motion in the scene, and a module configured to generate a plurality of particles or a swarm of particles that are responsive or react to the motion field. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276923 | Photo Stack - Solutions for providing iconography to entice users to interact with multimedia services. Some such solutions use a user supersystem as an interactive media enticement system. Dynamic, interactive “photo stack” iconography can presented on the user supersystem for enticing users to interact with multimedia functionality of the user supersystem. For example, a “photo stack” icon dynamically displays a “most recent” photo as a top photo on a virtual photo stack. In certain cases, clicking on the “photo stack” icon brings the user to a photo booth application, through which the user may create, edit, post, etc. photos. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276924 | PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CONTEXT LINKS - An apparatus and method for managing information in a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes selecting a first object to be linked, selecting a second object for linking with the first object, and linking the first object with the second object. By linking two objects, a user is better able to determine the context in which one or both object are known, thus improving usability of the information. Moreover, a descriptive tag may be used to link the two objects, thus providing additional information by which to associate one object with another object. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276925 | Presentation of Information Describing User Activities with Regard to Resources - A resource reference is detected in a base resource, such as a web page or an email message. The resource reference refers to a target resource, such as another webpage or another email message. An appropriate activity-based resource type for the resource reference is then identified. The resource reference is then linked to an activity-based resource such that when the base resource is displayed and a user interacts with the resource reference, the activity-based resource is displayed to the user. The activity-based resource comprises a calculated field that has a value that indicates how one or more users have interacted with one or more resources. The value of the calculated field is calculated using activity data indicating how users interacted with the resources. The activity data is generated without receiving input of the activity data from the users. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276926 | METHOD FOR EXECUTING USER COMMAND ACCORDING TO SPATIAL MOVEMENT OF USER INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for executing a user command based on spatial movement of a user input device and an image apparatus having the same are provided. According to the method for executing a user command, a user command which is determined based on the spatial movement of the user input device is executed. Accordingly, a method for inputting a user command becomes more diverse and convenient to use, and a more compact user input device may be provided. | 2011-11-10 |
20110276927 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC LINKING BETWEEN GRAPHIC DOCUMENTS AND COMMENT DATA BASES - A method for dynamic linking between graphic documents and comment databases is described and includes entering a base graphic representation of a project in a computer system. The base graphic representation may be the conversion of a user supplied format graphic to a web support format graphic. A coordinate overlay grid of a coordinate overlay program may be linked to the base graphic representation for overlay positioning and display on the base graphic representation. The coordinate overlay program may have a notation subprogram linked to the coordinate overlay grid for a user to designate notation with an identifier relative to a distinct location of the base graphic representation on the coordinate overlay grid. A text or graphic comment data record may be entered in a comment data record referenced to an identifier and displayed using a computer cursor device and display to activate an identifier. | 2011-11-10 |