50th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120317462 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MESSAGE-PASSING ALGORITHM BASED DECODING OPERATION BY REFERRING TO STATISTICS DATA OF SYNDROMES OF EXECUTED ITERATIONS AND RELATED CONTROL APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for controlling a message-passing algorithm (MPA) based decoding operation includes: gathering statistics data of syndromes obtained from executed iterations; and selectively adjusting a decoding operation in a next iteration to be executed according to the statistics data. A control apparatus for controlling an MPA based decoder includes an adjusting circuit and a detecting circuit. The detecting circuit is coupled to the adjusting circuit, and used for gathering statistics data of syndromes obtained from executed iterations, and selectively controlling the adjusting circuit to adjust a decoding operation in a next iteration to be executed according to the statistics data. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317463 | MEMORY CONTROLLER - An ECC circuit can operate in a plurality of error correction modes with different correcting capabilities for data stored in a memory. The ECC circuit calculates a syndrome with respect to information data in accordance with an error correction mode set by a control part and adds a syndrome of a fixed length in which dummy bits are added to the calculated syndrome, to the information data. When code data is read out, the ECC circuit performs a correction process on the code data by using the syndrome included in the code data. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317464 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD THAT DETECT RECEPTION OF SERIAL DATA HAVING A PLURALITY OF BLOCKS - Exemplary receiving apparatus receives serial data that includes contiguous blocks each having M-bit known pattern. The apparatus includes a serial-parallel conversion circuit that arranges bits in the serial data to generates N-bit wide (N2012-12-13 | |
20120317465 | OFDM SYMBOL DIVERSITY COMBINER FOR BURST INTERFERENCE MITIGATION - The invention disclosed in this application describes a diversity combiner that operates as a maximal ratio combiner (MRC) when no interference is detected and as a selection combiner when OFDM symbol errors are detected with high probability. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317466 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA CHECK PROCESSING - The invention discloses a method and an apparatus for data check processing, the method comprises: acquiring data to be checked; acquiring a first polynomial matrix F according to a generator polynomial; acquiring a second generator polynomial matrix F | 2012-12-13 |
20120317467 | IDENTIFYING URL TARGET HOSTNAMES - Techniques are provided for displaying a uniform resource locator (URL) to assist a user in determining whether a URL destination is what the user expects. A link is presented for selection to a user, and a URL corresponding to the link is accessed. A portion of the URL that corresponds to a hostname component of the URL may be identified, and the URL may be displayed. The hostname component of the URL is visually distinguished from other components of the URL. In addition to or as an alternative to displaying the URL and visually distinguishing the hostname component, a warning message relating to the hostname portion of the URL may be displayed. The techniques may be implemented as a software plug-in or in any type of software application that is capable of recognizing URLs. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317468 | NAVIGATING THROUGH CROSS-REFERENCED DOCUMENTS - An instruction is received to display a section of a referencing document on a screen. The section has at least one referencing link referencing a different section. The section of the referencing document is displayed on the screen. A selection of a referencing link is received. The different section referenced by the referencing link is displayed on the screen, at least partially at a same time of the displaying of the section of the referencing document. A visual indicator that associates the referencing link with the different section is displayed. Also in response to receiving the selection and in response to determining that the section of the referencing document includes multiple reference links of the at least one reference link to different section, other visual indicators that associate the multiple referencing links with the different section are displayed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317469 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING FORMS - There is provided a form providing device comprising: a template storage unit that stores a template of a form; an edited information storage unit that stores information about edit processing on the template selected by a user in condition where it is correlated with the selected template; and a form providing unit that provides an edited form to the user based on the information about the edit processing stored in the edited information storage unit and the template correlated with this information. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317470 | GENERATE-AND-TEST METHOD FOR COLUMN SEGMENTATION - A system, method, and computer program product for segmenting a document are disclosed. The method considers a zone of a document, such as a page frame or other zone which is a predetermined ratio thereof, and while there are remaining elements in the zone, iteratively tests different segmentations of the zone into n candidate columns, and computes a width of a gutter for each n-candidate. Assuming that the gutter width computed meets a threshold test, which may be based on the arrangement of the elements in the columns, and the candidate columns for the n-candidate each contain at least a threshold number of elements, elements are assigned to respective ones of n segmented columns within which they are located. For example, line elements are arranged in blocks of text within the columns, enabling a reading order for sequences of text, such as complete sentences and paragraphs, to be computed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317471 | Method for making mark in electronic book and mobile terminal - The disclosure provides a method for making a mark in an electronic book and a mobile terminal. In the method, coordinates of a starting point and an ending point that a user has intended to mark are obtained; the coordinates of the starting point and the ending point are transformed to a starting character offset and an ending character offset respectively; characters from a character corresponding to the starting character offset to a character corresponding to the ending character offset are marked in a preset marking manner, the marks are displayed, and the starting character offset and the ending character offset are stored. The method for making a mark in an electronic book and the mobile terminal provided by the disclosure implement the marking function of an electronic book by obtaining and storing a starting character offset and an ending character offset, thereby meeting the marking requirement of a user in using an electronic book and improving the user's experience of usage. Moreover, the disclosure is simple to design and easy to implement. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317472 | Creation of data extraction rules to facilitate web scraping of unstructured data from web pages - The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program to help a user without any programming knowledge create data extraction rules for collecting data from websites at scale. A user only needs to provide a web page Universal Resource Locator (URL), then mark and assign the needed data to its type. For example, on an e-commerce website, this data can be the product name, price, description, and so forth. Marking is done by highlighting the correct part of the web page. This creates a data extraction rule that describes the web template of full website and can be used thereafter for automated web scraping from all pages on a particular website. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317473 | MEDIA PLAYER WEB SERVICE - Methods for configuring playback for local or remote rendering in an HTML5 UI. The methods include determining a client type, transmitting a request to a content management server (CMS) for Get media metadata, receiving Get media metadata from the CMS, determining video format for a client, constructing a media URL, and constructing the HTML 5 page. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317474 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REAL-TIME WEB CONTENT PUBLISHING - At least one embodiment of this invention pertains to a method for publishing real-time content on a website hosted by a web server. The method comprises inserting a real-time markup language tag in an HTML web page hosted by the web server; connecting, by an Open Real-Time Connectivity (ORTC) interface of the web server, a web client to the web server; monitoring, by the web client, an ORTC channel, wherein the ORTC channel is determined by the real-time markup language tag; receiving, at the web client, from the ORTC channel, a broadcasted message; and publishing in real-time at least a portion of the broadcasted message inside an HTML tag on the HTML web page without refreshing the HTML web page, wherein the HTML tag is determined by the real-time markup language tag. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317475 | Concurrent Parsing and Processing of Serial Languages - The aspects enable a processor to concurrently execute a first serial language code (e.g., HTML) embedding a second serial language code (e.g., JavaScript®) during a page load operation by a browser. A parser parses the first serial language code until a segment of the embedded second serial language code is encountered. The segment of embedded second serial language code is extracted for execution by an execution engine, which proceeds concurrently with speculative parsing of the first serial language code. Code generated by execution of second serial language code is evaluated to determine if it is well formed, and a partial rollback and re-parsing of the first serial language code is performed if the code is not well formed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317476 | Digital Content Enhancement Platform - A computer-based system provides a user interface for displaying hyperlinked content (such as web content) and for enabling users to navigate the hyperlinks contained within such content. One benefit of various embodiments of the present invention is that they enable primary hyperlinked content to be rendered, and for associated content (i.e., content located at the destinations of hyperlinks within the primary content) to be rendered without replacing, overwriting, or otherwise obscuring the rendering of the primary content. As a result, the rendering of the primary content remains fully visible after the associated content is rendered and while the rendering of the associated content is visible. For example, the associated content may be rendered in an existing display area that does not overlap with the display area containing the rendering of the primary content. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317477 | DISPLAY PROCESSOR, METHOD OF DISPLAY PROCESSING, AND NONTRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A display processor for controlling a display to display thereon an operation screen on which a plurality of icons are arranged, the display processor including: a classifier configured to classify a plurality of image files stored in a storage medium accessible by the display processor, into a plurality of categories whose number is equal to or less than a reference number that is the number of icons arrangeable on the operation screen and that is determined based on a size of the operation screen; and a display controller configured to control the display to display thereon the operation screen on which are arranged a plurality of icons respectively representing the plurality of categories whose number is equal to or less than the reference number. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317478 | PROSPECT ASSESSMENT AND PLAY CHANCE MAPPING TOOLS - Prospect assessment and play chance mapping tools are provided. For assessing potential resources, example systems provide dynamically linked chance maps, transformed in real time from geological properties. Input geological maps or other data are dynamically linked to resulting chance maps, so that changes in the input maps automatically update the chance map in real time. Users can generate a custom risk matrix dynamically linking geological maps with chance maps via interface tools, dropping maps directly into the matrix. A transform may programmatically convert the geologic domain to the chance domain. The user can navigate input maps, select areas of interest, and drag-and-drop geologic properties into an uncertainty engine and distribution builder for uncertainty assessment based on geologic reality. A merge tool can programmatically unify multiple geological interpretations of a prospect. The merge tool outputs a single chance of success value for multiple geologic property values at each grid node. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317479 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARED DOCUMENT EDITING ON A MOBILE DEVICE - This invention discloses a novel system and method for displaying electronic documents that have been edited by multiple authors. The invention presents edits of each author as a separate overlay on the original document. The display is more convenient and readable for users using mobile devices or tablets to view or modify the electronic document using a touch screen. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317480 | INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - An image forming apparatus specifies, if a trouble occurs, a corresponding trouble code, generates a command including area specifying information corresponding to the trouble code, and transmits the command. A portable terminal receives the command and obtains the area specifying information therefrom, and displays a range of a manual specified by the area specifying information as an image. The range specified by the area specifying information is the range describing a method of fixing the trouble, and the area specifying information includes a text related to the trouble and a tag designating an attribute related to document configuration of the manual with respect to the text. Thus, a range describing the method of fixing the trouble is automatically displayed on the portable terminal, enabling a highly efficient trouble-shooting by a serviceman. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317481 | APPLICATION DOCUMENTATION EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING AND FEEDBACK - A user access to help content of an application executed by a computing device is detected. The help content includes at least one configured projected user interaction with the application. At least one subsequent detected user interaction with the application is recorded. A key pair that correlates the accessed help content with the at least one subsequent detected user interaction with the application is created. Effectiveness of the help content is determined based upon the key pair and the at least one configured projected user interaction with the application. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317482 | MEDIA CONTENT DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD - Access is provided for different types of media content provided by disparate publishers, and in formats corresponding to operating characteristics of respective user devices. As consistent with one or more example embodiments herein, media content access is filtered for users requesting access via different user devices, based upon characteristics of the device to which the access is provided, user subscription data and publisher-specific criteria. A user-specific storefront interface is generated for each of a multitude of users, based upon the filtering. Each storefront interface indicates media content that can be displayed at the device to which access is requested, and identifies media content to which the user does and does not have subscription access. The user-specific storefront interfaces are presented at respective user devices, and media content is delivered to each device in response to selections made via the user-specific storefront interfaces. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317483 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED INTERACTIVE CONTENT SHARING IN VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for interactively sharing and annotating visual information over a communication network between at least a first and a second endpoint are disclosed. The system includes a display coupled to the first endpoint and a user interaction device coupled to the first endpoint and associated with the display, wherein the first endpoint is configured to: receive visual information from, and transmit visual information to, at least the second endpoint over the communication network; show visual information received from at least the second endpoint on the display; obtain a copy of the visual information shown on the display when instructed by the user interaction device; add an annotation, if any, as indicated by the user interaction device; and transmit the annotated copy to the second endpoint. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317484 | Multimode Input Field for a Head-Mounted Display - Exemplary methods and systems relate to a multimode input field for a head-mountable display (HMD). An exemplary multimode input field is operable to display content based on a number of modalities of input data, which may be received from a number of different input sources. Further, the input sources and/or content for the multimode input field may be selected based on implicit information in input data from the input sources, explicit instructions, and/or context information. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317485 | VIRTUAL MEETING VIDEO SHARING - A method is provided in one particular example that includes identifying an attempt by a first communications device to play video data within a virtual meeting session using a first media player. The first communications device can be sharing at least a portion of a desktop presented on the first communications device with one or more other remote communications devices participating in the virtual meeting session. The method can also include identifying a copy of the video data, and launching one or more media players to present at least a portion of the copy of the video data on the one or more other remote communications devices. The one or more media players are launched to correspond to a location of the first media player on the shared portion of the desktop. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317486 | EMBEDDED WEB VIEWER FOR PRESENTATION APPLICATIONS - Presentation content is embedded within a Web page utilizing a presentation Web Part. The presentation Web Part is configured to create a Web element, such as an inline frame (“iFrame”) within which the presentation content can be displayed. The presentation Web Part is configured with an outer application programming interface (“API”) that functions as a message wrapper, such as a postMessage wrapper, for an inner API to call functions of a presentation Web application to manipulate the presentation content such as by advancing through various slides of the presentation content. For example, the presentation Web Part and a map Web Part may be displayed on the same Web page such that when a user selects a city or other location via the map Web Part, the presentation Web Part displays presentation content associated with the selected location. Other use cases are provided herein. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317487 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROWSER-BASED CONTROL OF A REMOTE COMPUTER - A method and system for remote control of a presenter's computer screen using only web browsers is described. Viewers are able to view representation of a presenter's screen on a screen of the viewer's device and remotely control the presenter's screen directly from a web browser, without any downloads, plugins, or dialog boxes. Viewer control events are captured by the browser, sent to a server, and transmitted to the presenter's computer. A program running on the presenter's computer executes the control events, updates the presenter's screen, and transmits images of the updated screen back to the viewers. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317488 | TECHNIQUES FOR ADAPTING AN INTERPRETIVE RUN TIME APPLICATION TO MULTIPLE CLIENTS - Techniques to adapt an interpretive runtime engine to multiple clients are described. An apparatus may comprise a logic device arranged to execute a web client. The web client may comprise, among other elements, a client adapter operative to detect a user event for a client user interface, send changes to user event properties associated with the user event to a server application, receive a graphical user interface (GUI) independent object and updated user event properties from the server application, and update a rendered image in the client user interface using the GUI independent object and updated user event properties received from the server application. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317489 | Method and Apparatus Providing for Transmission of a Content Package - An apparatus for providing for improved transmission of a content package may include a gesture recognizer configured to recognize gesture inputs on a touch screen which select content for transmission. A communication interface may search for signals from accessible devices, and a received signal strength meter may determine corresponding received signal strengths. A target device selector may select a target device from the accessible devices based at least in part on the received signal strengths. The communication interface may then provide for transmission of a content package including the content and configured for reception by the target device in instances in which the target device is selected. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317490 | Central System Based User Interface Resource Management - A processing device includes a user interface module, the user interface module to connect the processing device with a user interface. A communication module connects the processing device with a mobile device. A communication link is established between the processing device and the mobile device. The communication module receives a request from the mobile device to display information. The user interface module sends the information for display on the user interface. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317491 | NETWORK CONNECTIVITY AND SECURITY VISUALIZATION - A method for displaying a graphical user interface for a computing environment including computing resources that are provided to a plurality of organizations over one or more external networks includes displaying representations of the one or more external networks. The method further includes displaying a first node in the graphical user interface that is connected to the representations of at least one of the one or more external networks, where the first node is associated with a first organization; displaying an aggregate node in the graphical user interface that is associated with a plurality of other organizations besides the first organization; receiving a selection to view details of the first organization; and displaying an expanded view of the first organization in the graphical user interface in response to the selection. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317492 | Providing Interactive and Personalized Multimedia Content from Remote Servers - An interactive media platform enables users to access a range of media experiences on demand. Each experience is interactive and tailored to the user while the presentation is under way. A client device has a dialog manager that receives input from the user, evaluates the input according to a configuration file, selects media resources according to set criteria from the configuration script, and obtains the selected resources from a remote media server. The system presents the resources in a sequence determined at least in part from user interaction with the presentation. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317493 | Methods and System for Locally Generated Gesture and Transition Graphics Interaction with Terminal Control Services - Methods and system for enabling locally generated transition graphics interaction with virtualized host computer service includes receiving a control command issued by a user to control screen data currently being rendered at the display device, at a display device of a client device. The control command is transmitted to the host computer service for processing. The host computer service processes the control command and returns updated screen data to the client device. In response to the receipt of the updated screen data, the client device identifies a desired screen effect associated with the control command. The updated screen data received from the host computer service is packaged at the client device with data associated with the desired screen effect to generate a visual response at the client device. The packaged screen effect is returned to the display device for rendering, in response to the control command. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317494 | USER INTERFACE (UI) CONTROL FOR ATTESTATION PROCESS - Methods and apparatus involve attestation of items, such as user profiles, roles, assets, etc. In a computing environment, a compliance administrator initiates an attestation process, including specifying particular attributes of a user that require attestation. A workflow is launched to present the user with a workflow form in a browser page of his computing device. As part of the launch, a UI control makes calls to an attestation service to determine which attributes of the user were specified by the compliance administrator and to query an association between each of the specified attributes and a particular UI control and field value therefor. Upon obtaining the results, the particular UI control for the specified attributes are presented to the user in the workflow form, along with an attestation question UI control, and an option for the user to update at least one of their field values. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317495 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING A USER INTERFACE TO AN ON-DEMAND DATABASE SERVICE - In embodiments, methods and systems for customizing a user interface to an on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for customizing a user interface to an on-demand database service can enable embodiments to provide a user interface designed by a tenant of the on-demand database service. The customization can include including third party content into the customized user interface, overriding a standard object, and providing content inline at a specified location. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317496 | WEBSITE OBJECT-REQUEST METHOD AND SYSTEM - A mobile computing device adapted to request to receive a plurality of objects comprising a website in a new order, the new order being different than an original order, wherein, at least a portion of the original order comprises an order provided from a base level website object. The new order for requesting to receive the plurality of objects is based on at least one of a plurality of metrics. The metrics comprise a depth of each of the plurality of objects, one or more children of the plurality of objects, an object type for each of the plurality of objects, whether a connection has been established with a domain servicing each of the plurality of objects, and when the connection was last established to the domain servicing each of the plurality of objects. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317497 | COLLABORATIVE CAx APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method for collaborative editing an electronic model of a CAx object may include providing access to an electronic model that is spatially decomposed into a plurality of editing regions, enabling a user to make changes to an editable feature corresponding to a particular editing region and blocking the user from making changes to an editable feature corresponding to an editing region assigned to another user. A corresponding apparatus may comprise one or more software modules and associated hardware that are configured to execute the described method. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317498 | ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ICONS - An electronic communication device includes an input interface for receiving input, a display for displaying output, and a processor. The processor is in communication with the input interface and the display. When the processor determines that a new notification event for an application has occurred, the processor causes an icon for activating the application to be displayed on the display. When the processor determines that the new notification event has not occurred, the processor does not display the icon. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317499 | INSTANT MESSAGING SYSTEM THAT FACILITATES BETTER KNOWLEDGE AND TASK MANAGEMENT - This invention discloses a novel system that is tuned for people to exchange information effectively and manage the domain knowledge and tasks productively. With a WYSIWYG-like user interface, message encapsulation into individual objects, and multithreading message flow handling, this new system is able to bring forth revolutionary features that break the limitations of traditional IM systems by knitting traditionally separated functions into an integrated business information and management platform, and hence enable new ways in building knowledge base, reading industrial specific news, and assigning and managing tasks. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317500 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA VISUALIZATION AND USER COLLABORATION - A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores a program for visualizing data. The program includes code for visualizing data, and code for enabling communication between users of the program. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317501 | Communication & Collaboration Method for Multiple Simultaneous Users - The invention is a computerized process for online communication and collaboration between multiple remotely located users. All input by users is handled within a Spatial Environment containing multiple real-time applications. All users are able to visualize and identify the exact nature of each other's input actions (e.g. tapping, clicking, dragging or scrolling actions) so they are able to quickly judge the nature and potential for their own input in relation to all the observable activity. Every act of communication, adjustments to interface controls, settings and any other data input made by any single user can be interfaced with or observable by all of the users who are present. The nature of the communication and collaboration therefore offered by the invention provides a degree of immediacy, scale and adaptability which is not achievable with currently available methods. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CHANGING THE CONTENT OF AN INTERNET WEB PAGE - A host Web page includes an evolving interactive dialog box wherein an Internet user may enter user data to be processed. When the user completes entering user data in a first revolution of the interactive dialog box, the first revolution is replaced with a second revolution of the evolving interactive dialog box without disturbing or affecting any other part of the host Web page being displayed. Beneficially, the first and second revolutions may be communicated to a user computer together with and at a same time as the host Web page. Also, the second revolution may include a variety of data which is selected or customized to match the user data submitted in the first revolution. Each revolution of the evolving interactive dialog box may be comprised of any combination of general textual data entry fields, category (pull-down) menus, contact information data entry fields, and opt-in/opt-out buttons. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317503 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WEB BROWSER INTERFACE USING GESTURE IN DEVICE - An apparatus and method provide a web browser interface in a device. A method for providing a web browser interface in a device includes recognizing a gesture motion on an address window region of a web browser, determining a page switch-related function mapped to the recognized gesture motion, and performing the determined page switch-related function. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317504 | AUTOMATED USER INTERFACE OBJECT TRANSFORMATION AND CODE GENERATION - Techniques for automated user interface object transformation and code generation are described. An apparatus may comprise a logic device arranged to execute a server application. The server application may comprise, among other elements, an interpretive runtime engine to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) independent object from a set of received user event properties. The GUI independent object is subjected to template processing to create a new GUI dependent object that may be returned to a client application for rendering. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317505 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PUBLISHING RECIPES ON AN ONLINE MEDIUM - Embodiments described herein enable recipe authors to create enhanced and functional recipe content which can be published in an online medium or environment of their specification. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317506 | Method and System for Executing a Graphics Application - A system, program product and method of executing a predefined graphics application on objects belonging to a rendered image. The method comprises receiving an array of properties representing properties of the image objects and a mapping data structure. The mapping data structure maps pixel locations in the rendered image to indices in the array of properties. In response to the reception of a user input identifying the location of a given object in the rendered image the method comprises the following steps: (i) determining from the mapping data structure an object index for the designated object using the location of the given object; (ii) retrieving the properties of the designated object from the array of properties at the object index; and (iii) executing the predefined graphics application using the properties determined in step ii for the designated object. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317507 | METHOD AND DATABASE TO PROVIDE A SECURITY TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT PORTAL - A method and database are provided to facilitate management of surveillance devices that are distributed over a monitored region, through a geographic information (GI) portal, having GI storage to store map data defining a geographic map of the monitored region. The method and database record, in the GI storage, asset position information with regarding locations for assets of interest within the monitored region. The method obtains, from a remote surveillance device (SD) database, device-related records. The method obtains, from a remote network (NW) database, network-related records. The SD and NW databases are maintained and managed separately from the GI database by one or more independent management units. The method presents, on a graphical user interface, a geographic map of the monitored region with device markers and network links illustrated thereon. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317508 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION OF STATUS AND PROGRESS OF A PROCESS - A method of tracking status and progress of a process is presented and described herein. The method provides a plurality of markers that can be visualized in three dimensions, where each of the plurality of markers represents a respective trackable event. The markers are arranged in a three-dimensional configuration that visually indicates current status of a plurality of trackable events corresponding to the plurality of markers, and the three-dimensional configuration is updated over time to visually indicate an updated status of the plurality of trackable events. The markers and the three-dimensional configuration may be realized using a tangible model or a virtual model that is generated and rendered on a display element. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317509 | INTERACTIVE WYSIWYG CONTROL OF MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL PLOTS AND REPRESENTATIONAL GRAPHICS FOR ANALYSIS AND DATA VISUALIZATION - The invention provides interactive adjustment of plot and data visualization through clicks, rollovers, menus, and other familiar types of rapid user-machine interaction. In an implementation, such interactive adjustments also modify associated software code used to generate the underlying plot or data visualization. In some implementations this feature may be always active. In other embodiments, this feature can be enabled, disabled, overridden, precluded, etc. The invention supports simple mice and their equivalents, advanced mice, gesture-based touch interfaces advanced High-Dimensional Touch Pads and associated touch screens, game controllers, 6D-mice, and extended hyperlink objects. The invention can be implemented in the context of web browsers and spreadsheets, and can be used for Business intelligence, simple plots, and a wide range of data visualization applications. The invention also provides related features to more general programming languages not involved in plots or visualization, allowing programmers on software code and invoke various options via interactive GUIs. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317510 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detecting unit that detects a pinch operation of a user, and a control unit that determines a stereoscopic object as an object to be selected, when a pinch position by the detected pinch operation corresponds to a perceived position of the stereoscopic object by the user. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317511 | DISPLAY WITH BUILT IN 3D SENSING CAPABILITY AND GESTURE CONTROL OF TV - Information from execution of a vision processing module may be used to control a 3D vision system. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317512 | Custom Ordering of an Article - A manufacturer or other retailer provides a consumer with a graphical user interface for customizing an article. The graphical user interface includes an analog-style selection control that allows a user to select at least one characteristic of a feature of the article. With this type of selection control, a consumer need not select a particular control value or designate a combination of control values to choose a characteristic for a feature of an article to be custom-manufactured. Instead, the consumer need only select a position or value relative to a range of positions or values provided by the analog-style selection control. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317513 | LIST DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a list display apparatus configured to: arrange, from a list including a plurality of item images arranged in order, item images included in a partial range of the list in a predetermined scroll direction, and display the item images in the partial range on a screen; and move the item images in the scroll direction at a speed corresponding to a user's scroll instruction, and move item images that have not been displayed on the screen in the scroll direction from outside of the screen into the screen so as to newly display the item images on the screen. When the item image that is newly displayed is moved in the scroll direction into the screen, at least a part of the item image is moved in a cross direction crossing the scroll direction from the outside of the screen into the screen at a predetermined speed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317514 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL IMAGES UTILIZING AN INFINITE CYLINDER USER INTERFACE - Systems and methods presenting digital images utilizing an infinite cylinder user interface that includes a plurality of modes of movement to variously display the digital images in an efficient and convenient manner. An image viewing system utilizing an infinite cylinder user interface includes a data store storing a plurality of images in a local visual dictionary, each of the plurality of images configured to convey a message to at least one additional user as a replacement for words; a network interface communicatively coupled to a network; a processor communicatively coupled to the data store and the network interface; and instructions executable by the processor, and in response to such execution causes the processor to: present a set of the plurality of images in an infinite cylinder user interface; and manipulate the infinite cylinder user interface in a plurality of movement modes based on user input. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317515 | USER INTERFACE - An apparatus, a method, a computer program and a graphical user interface is provided. The apparatus comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer program instructions, the at least one processor being configured to execute the computer program instructions to cause the apparatus at least to perform: controlling a display to display one or more graphical items from a first layer of a hierarchical menu system; in response to user selection of a first graphical item from the first layer of the hierarchical menu system, entering a second layer of the hierarchical menu system, wherein entering the second layer of the hierarchical menu system comprises displaying one or more further graphical items, from the second layer of the hierarchical menu system, associated with the first graphical item; detecting a change in inclination of the apparatus, while the one or more graphical items from the first layer of the hierarchical menu system are displayed on the display; and controlling, after detecting the change in inclination of the apparatus, the display to display a preview comprising the one or more further graphical items, associated with the first graphical item, from the second layer of the hierarchical menu system. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317516 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device includes an input operation acceptance unit, distance specification unit, and control unit. The input operation acceptance unit accepts movement of a body substantially parallel to a display surface (two-dimensional plane) of a display unit in which touch panels are laminated, as a touch operation to the touch panel. The distance specification unit detects a distance of the body when a touch operation is made from the display surface (two-dimensional plane) of the display unit. The control unit variably controls the execution of processing related to an object displayed, based on the type of touch operation accepted by the input operation acceptance unit (types differ depending on the trajectory of movement of the body), and the distance detected by the distance specification unit. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317517 | VIRTUAL UNIVERSE AVATAR ACTIVITIES REVIEW - A proximity threshold of an avatar is defined with respect to proximity to an artifact located within a virtual universe domain. Activity by the avatar within the virtual universe domain is tracked, with activity data generated from the tracking. The activity data is analyzed to determine proximity of the avatar to the artifact within the proximity threshold, and a report is generated from the analyzing, the report noting a determined proximity of the avatar to the artifact within the proximity threshold. In one aspect, the report is provided to a supervisory entity. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317518 | GENERATING TREEMAPS BASED ON GRAPHICAL SELECTIONS - Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to an example embodiment, non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon. When executed by at least one processor, the instructions may be configured to cause the at least one processor to provide a treemap module and a tile module. The treemap module may be configured to generate treemaps within or in association with a first treemap within a first treemap graphical user interface (GUI). The treemaps may include sets of tiles, the tiles in the each set representing subsets of records in a database, based on filtered results obtained from application of groups of filters to the records. The tile module may be configured configured to process the selections of the sets of tiles in the first treemap. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317519 | HIERARCHY TREE MOVEMENT USING MULTIPLE DISPLAY AREAS - Systems and methods for display of hierarchy tree movement using multiple display areas are presented. In an example method, nodes in one or more levels of a first hierarchy tree are displayed in a first area on a display. User input is received of a selected node of the nodes in the one or more levels of the first hierarchy tree to display a level below the one or more levels of the first hierarchy tree. In response to receiving the user input, a parent node of the selected node is displayed in a second area on the display. Nodes in a level of the one or more levels of the first hierarchy tree above the level that includes the selected node are removed from the first area, and nodes in the level below the one or more levels of the first hierarchy tree are displayed in the first area. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317520 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE IN CONSIDERATION OF PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A USER - Provided are an apparatus and method for providing a user interface and a terminal employing the same. The apparatus is capable of dynamically changing a graphical object according to the physical characteristics of a user or in an effort to prevent muscle stress to the user. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317521 | General User Interface Gesture Lexicon and Grammar Frameworks for Multi-Touch, High Dimensional Touch Pad (HDTP), Free-Space Camera, and Other User Interfaces - A method for a multi-touch gesture-based user interface wherein a plurality of gestemes are defined as functions of abstract space and time and further being primitive gesture segments that can be concatenated over time and space to construct gestures. Various distinct subset of the gestemes can be concatenated in space and time to construct a distinct gestures. Real-time multi-touch gesture-based information provided by user interface is processed to at least a recognized sequence of specific gestemes and that the sequence of gestemes that the user's execution a gesture has been completed. The specific gesture rendered by the user is recognized according to the sequence of gestemes. Many additional features are then provided from this foundation, including gesture grammars, structured-meaning gesture-lexicon, context, and the use of gesture prosody. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317522 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELECTING DISPLAY REGIONS RESPONSIVE TO NON-DISCRETE DIRECTIONAL INPUT ACTIONS AND INTELLIGENT CONTENT ANALYSIS - A computing device includes a display surface, a human interface feature, and processing resources. The human interface features enables a user of the computing device to enter a non-discrete directional input action. The processing resources execute to: (i) provide content on the display surface; (ii) detect the user performing the input action; (ii) determine a vector from the input action; and (iv) select a region of the display surface based on the vector. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317523 | Reducing Through Process Delay Variation in Metal Wires - A mechanism is provided for reducing through process delay variation in metal wires by layout retargeting. The mechanism performs initial retargeting, decomposition, and resolution enhancement techniques. For example, the mechanism may perform optical proximity correction. The mechanism then performs lithographic simulation and optical rules checking. The mechanism provides retargeting rules developed based on coupling lithography simulation and resistance/capacitance (RC) extraction. The mechanism performs RC extraction to capture non-linear dependency of RC on design shape dimensions. If the electrical properties in the lithographic simulation are within predefined specifications, the mechanism accepts the retargeting rules; however, if the electrical properties from RC extraction are outside the predefined specifications, the mechanism modifies the retargeting rules and repeats resolution enhancement techniques. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317524 | MASK DATA VERIFICATION APPARATUS, DESIGN LAYOUT VERIFICATION APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREOF - A mask data verification apparatus compares a design layout with design layout patterns stored in an existing-type library and extracts a design layout pattern found to be neither equal nor similar as a new-type design layout pattern. The mask data verification apparatus generates mask data using OPC/RET with reference to a new design layout pattern stored in a new-type library and performs post-verification. The mask data verification apparatus can previously verify a new design layout pattern, shorten a semiconductor device manufacturing period, ensure efficient development, and improve a manufacturing yield. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317525 | IDENTIFYING HIERARCHICAL CHIP DESIGN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THROUGH DIGESTS - One method implementation disclosed includes detecting matching leaf cells that are functionally identical (optionally, functionally similar) and assigning matching names for the matching leaf cells to replace original, non-matching names. Optionally, digests can be calculated for the leaf cells and used to detect similarities and/or differences. The matching names are propagated to at least some higher-level cells in the hierarchical design, in place of the original names. The method can further include calculating digests for at least some of the higher level cells after the propagating of the matching names into the higher level cells. Various design matching technologies can be used in combination with cell renaming and new name propagation, not limited to use of digests. Dependency chains can be calculated to improve propagation of names through the hierarchy. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317526 | VERIFICATION METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DESIGN VERIFICATION APPARATUS - A design verification method is disclosed. A computer searches for a path in accordance with a connection relationship between blocks by referring to a netlist stored in a storage part based on terminal information concerning a verification of a circuit which is formed by the blocks. Then, the computer changes an abstraction level of an operation of an out-of-path block which is a block outside the path and is searched for from the blocks described in the netlist. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317527 | PARTITIONING FOR HARDWARE-ACCELERATED FUNCTIONAL VERIFICATION - A circuit design is partitioned for hardware-accelerated functional verification using a directed hypergraph with edge weights that are a function of slack. Slack may be computed as the difference between the early and late ranks for the source of an edge. The weight may further be computed as the difference between the edge's slack and a maximum slack value. In a preferred implementation each vertex also has multiple weights associated with resource requirements of different node types, and the partitioning is constrained to prevent vertex movement that would result in vertex weights for a given partition exceeding a partition resource capacity based on the accelerator architecture. Edge and vertex weights can be recomputed for the next level of partitioning. The partitioning process can be repeatedly iteratively until a termination criterion is met, the termination criterion being based in part on the number of directed cuts in each of the partitions. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317528 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF 3D INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - Methods and systems for generating and verifying circuit layouts from computer-aided design tools for vertically integrated, three-dimensional integrated circuits are disclosed. In one instance, a 3-D technology file of these teachings is obtained by providing an identifier for two or more circuit levels, providing for each one of the two or more circuit levels an identifier for a 2-D technology file corresponding to each of the one or more circuit levels and providing a file structure including the two or more circuit levels and each identifier, corresponding to each one of the one or more circuit levels, for the 2-D technology file corresponding to each one of the two or more circuit levels. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317529 | Rapid Estimation of Temperature Rise in Wires Due to Joule Heating - A mechanism is provided for rapid estimation of temperature rise in wires due to Joule heating. The mechanism provides fast and accurate estimation of temperature rise in wires due to self heating. Fast estimation is important to handle millions of nets at the full-chip level. The mechanism models lateral heat flow by considering longitudinal heat flow along the wire and lateral thermal coupling to the other wires in the same level. Lateral heat flow can have a significant effect on the temperature rise. The mechanism also models vertical heat flow to the substrate and the heat sink by considering thermal conductivities of vias and inter-layer dielectric (ILD). The mechanism efficiently solves the thermal system to enable physical design optimizations (e.g., wire sizing, etc.) for fixing electromigration violations. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317530 | SOLUTIONS FOR ON-CHIP MODELING OF OPEN TERMINATION OF FRINGE CAPACITANCE - A computer-implemented method of generating a library object for an integrated circuit design is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes: analyzing a pair of integrated circuit design objects for fringe capacitance effects between the pair of integrated circuit design objects; and generating the library object accounting for the fringe capacitance effects prior to completion of a layout design for the integrated circuit design. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING VIA ARRAY MERGING AND PARASITIC EXTRACTION - Systems and techniques for performing parasitic extraction on a via array are described. If the via array is a single row or column via array, the system identifies a first via and a last via in the via array, and merges a set of vias between the first via and the last via into a center via. If the via array is a M×N (M≧2, N≧2) via array, the system merges the vias as follows: the first row and the last row of vias in the via array into a first row via and a last row via, respectively; the first column and the last column of vias in the via array into a first column via and a last column via, respectively; and a set of vias between the first and last rows and the first and last columns into a center via. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317532 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN TOOL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DESIGNING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit design tool apparatus including a processing resource arranged to support a circuit simulator, a circuit simulator interrogator, and a well distance calculator is provided. The circuit simulator interrogator communicates first and second well distance values separately to the circuit simulator and receives first and second performance parameter value back from the circuit simulator interrogator in response. The well distance calculator determines a performance parameter limit value, and projects, substantially linearly, a well distance change value in respect of the performance parameter limit value using the first and second performance parameter values, the performance parameter limit value and a trial well distance change value. Also, a well distance change characterising equation using the well distance change value projected is used in order to obtain the minimum well distance value associated with the performance parameter limit value. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317533 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY INJECTING ERRORS TO A USER DESIGN - A method and system for dynamically injecting errors to a user design is disclosed. In one embodiment, the user design having internal states and parameters is run in a design verification system. A reconfigurable design monitor monitors a plurality of error conditions based on the internal states and parameters of the user design and generates a trigger event when a predefined error condition is met. The reconfigurable design monitor transmits a trigger event to an error injector. The error injector injects dynamic errors associated with the triggering event to the user design via a control path to test the user design under the predefined error condition. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317534 | Merging Line and Condition Coverage Data - An approach is provided that receives a correlation data structure from a memory. The correlation data structure indicates a number of expected test event triggers that correspond to a test case that includes a number of test events. The test case is executed by a computer processor, the execution resulting in one or more resultant data structures stored in the memory. The resultant data structures indicate one or more actual test event triggers that occurred during the execution. A base key value is generated corresponding to each of the resultant data structures. A scalar array is searched for the base key values. In response to finding base key values, a counter corresponding to the base key values is incremented. However, if base key values are not found in the scalar array, then the base key values are added to the scalar array and the added entries are initialized. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317535 | Process Module Library And Programming Environment For Programming A Manipulator Process - A process module library according to the invention for programming a manipulator process, in particular an assembly process, comprises a plurality of parametrisable process modules (“search( )”, “peg_in_hole( )”, “gear( )”, “screw( )”) for carrying out a sub-process which in particular is common to different manipulator processes. Each of the process modules comprises a plurality of basic commands of a common set of basic commands for carrying out a basic operation, in particular an atomic or molecular operation, and a process module can be linked, in particular mathematically, to a further process module and/or a basic command. During programming, a manipulator can be controlled by means of a functional module of a graphic programming environment ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120317536 | PREDICTING PERFORMANCE OF A SOFTWARE PROJECT - In one aspect, a method to predict performance of a software project includes determining, using a computer, performance estimates associated with at least one design count, the design count comprising at least one function point count, collecting actual performance data, comparing the performance estimates with the actual performance data, determining, using the computer, new performance estimates for a remainder of the software project in response to the actual performance data collected and refining a design of the software project based on the new performance estimates. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317537 | TASK MANAGEMENT FOR CHANGES TO SHARED ARTIFACTS - A method of task management for shared artifacts can include detecting a change tag associated with a software artifact and determining, via a processor, each software artifact that is dependent upon the software artifact. A task associated with each dependent software artifact can be generated. Each task can specify a need for a modification to the associated software artifact. A responsible party for each dependent software artifact can be determined. Each task can be automatically assigned to the responsible party for the software artifact associated with the task. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317538 | Apparatus for Intermediating Network Operators and Developers - An apparatus for intermediating a plurality of network operators and one or more developers is provided. The apparatus includes an obtaining unit for obtaining a requirement about a computer program required by each network operator; an integration unit for integrating mutually-related requirements among the obtained requirements into one requirement; a generation unit for generating information about the necessity for development of a computer program implementing the integrated requirement; and a presentation unit for presenting the one or more developers with the integrated requirement and the information about the necessity. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317539 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING WORKING INFORMATION IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING - A method for obtaining working information in software engineering is provided. The method includes generating a sensor for a software tool used in software engineering according to data storage manner of the software tool, where the sensor detects artifact change events associated with the software tool; and collecting the artifact change events from the sensor and analyzing at least one attribute of the artifact change events to obtain the working information. Also provided is an article of manufacture for carrying out the method for obtaining working information in software engineering as described in this application. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317540 | COMPLEXITY REDUCTION OF USER TASKS - An exemplary method for reducing complexity of at least one user task includes steps of calculating a complexity metric for the at least one user task; identifying one or more usability issues having a measurable impact on the complexity metric for the at least one user task; determining one or more recommendations for addressing at least one of the one or more usability issues; and displaying a representation of at least one of the one or more usability issues and of at least one of the one or more recommendations. In an illustrative embodiment, implementing any one of the one or more recommendations reduces the impact of the usability issue on the complexity metric of the at least one user task and thereby reduces a complexity of the at least one user task. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317541 | RULE MERGING IN SYSTEM FOR MONITORING ADHERENCE BY DEVELOPERS TO A SOFTWARE CODE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS - In a rule-based system for monitoring process adherence, first and second processing patterns are received and merged to provide a merged processing pattern. Each processing pattern, which may be expressed in a state graph representation, embodies at least a portion of a desired software code development process. Optionally, the merged processing pattern may be presented to a subject-matter expert to obtain feedback thereon. The merged processing pattern may then be converted into an executable process verification rule for use in monitoring process adherence. In an embodiment, development process event data is compared to the executable process verification rules. Violations of the rules result in the generation of failure indications that may be stored and subsequently reported as needed. In this manner, efficiency of automated process adherence monitoring systems may be improved when determining the level of compliance by developers with one or more software code development processes. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317542 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND UPDATING A DATA MODEL FROM DISPARATE EVENTS RECEIVED ON ARBITRARY APPLICATION THREADS - An abstract component model can be used to drive an editor by providing an underlying stateful model for component implementation without the need to re-implement details. The abstract component model can represent one or more artifacts, wherein the abstract component model contains a plurality of model objects. A lightweight structure model contains a plurality of structure objects, wherein each structure object is a data structure that represents how the abstract component model should look like at the end of an update cycle. Additionally, a model updater can match one or more structure objects in the lightweight structure model to one or more model objects in the abstract component model, and update each said model object in the one or more structure objects based on said one or more structure objects in a top-down, depth-first fashion. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317543 | COMPUTER AIDED VISUALIZATION OF A BUSINESS OBJECT MODEL LIFECYCLE - A method, system and apparatus for visualization of versions of a BOM. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, at least two different versions of a BOM can be loaded into a versioning data processing system of a modeling tool executing in memory of a computer. The data from both versions of the BOM can be loaded into a single table in which each row of the table can include columns for a class name of a corresponding class specified by one of the versions of the BOM, a version of the corresponding class and at least one characteristic of the corresponding class such as a member name, type, date, argument, or other annotations such as vocabulary, comments, date. Subsequently, the single table can be visualized in at least two different treemaps for at least two different attributes of the versions of the BOM set forth in the single table. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317544 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a comparison unit for comparing intermediate code converted from a source code of the program being developed with an intermediate code of the program stored in a database in the system development. The information processing apparatus also includes a similarity calculation unit for calculating a similarity between the programs based on a comparison result obtained by the comparison unit. A narrowing-down process is performed for a candidate to be recommended using additional information as occasion demands. The present disclosure can apply to the information processing method. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317545 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK FOR SOFTWARE COMPONENTS - Systems and methods for transforming applications to provide uniform mechanisms for commenting on application objects, and mechanisms for collecting and processing feedback are described herein. An aspect provides for analyzing application code for at least one user action event handler associated with at least one object; and for modifying each at least one user action event handler located within the application code to contain at least one action configured to handle feedback for the associated at least one object; wherein invoking the at least one user action event handler triggers the at least one action configured to handle feedback. Other embodiments and aspects are also described herein. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317546 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHECKING THE CONSISTENCY OF APPLICATION JAR FILES - A computer method and system dynamically provide consistency of Java application files. A processor executed routine is configured (e.g., instrumented as an agent) to intercept each class that is loaded into a subject Java application or JVM. The system computes a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the respective JAR file surrounding the loaded class. The system compares the computed CRC value to a CRC value of at least one other copy of the respective JAR file. Based on the comparison, the system determines consistency (e.g., same version) of the multiple copies of the respective JAR file used by the subject Java application. If the multiple copies of the respective JAR file are determined to be inconsistent, the system alerts the user and/or enables the application to abort. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317547 | AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF SUBROUTINES FROM TEST SCRIPTS - A method for automatic identification of subroutines from test scripts is disclosed. An instruction class may be coded as a subroutine vector in a vector space model. A test script action may be coded as a test script vector in a vector space model. The test script vector may be compared to the subroutine vector. The test script vector may be identified and labeled. The test script vector may be labeled as a new test script action if the result of comparing is below a threshold value. An identifier may be associated with a new test script action. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317548 | USER-SPACE PROBE BASED DEBUGGING - Methods and systems for user-space probe debugging are described. In one embodiment, a computing system receives a request from a user interface to debug a target application. In response to the request, the computing system runs the target application in a debug mode with an attached debugger. The debugger and the target application appear as a single application in a user-space of the computing system. The debugger has access to application memory of the target application. The computing system receives a command to perform a debug operation on the target application, such as setting a breakpoint, reading the application memory, or the like. The debugger performs the debug operation on the target application without communicating with a kernel of the computing system, and outputs debug information after performing the debug operation. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317549 | Automatic Rules Based Capturing of Graphical Objects for Specified Applications - Graphical objects presented by a computer system are captured by monitoring execution of an application on the computer system, and capturing one or more graphical objects of a graphical user image presented by the computer system and associated with the application. The one or more graphical objects are captured automatically in accordance with a pre-defined set of rules for the application. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317550 | Forward post-execution software debugger - A method and system debug a computer program by using trace data, which is a recording of the sequence of machine instructions executed by a program during a time period along with the addresses and values of memory locations accessed and modified by each machine instruction. After the time period, the method and system use the trace data to simulate the execution of the program during the time period under the control of a debugger. In addition, the method and system use the trace data to simulate the execution of the program during the time period backwards in time under the control of the debugger. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317551 | Post-compile instrumentation of object code for generating execution trace data - The invention is directed to instrumenting object code of an application and/or an operating system on a target machine so that execution trace data can be generated, collected, and subsequently analyzed for various purposes, such as debugging and performance. Automatic instrumentation may be performed on an application's object code before, during or after linking. A target machine's operating system's object code can be manually or automatically instrumented. By identifying address space switches and thread switches in the operating system's object code, instrumented code can be inserted at locations that enable the execution trace data to be generated. The instrumentation of the operating system and application can enable visibility of total system behavior by enabling generation of trace information sufficient to reconstruct address space switches and context switches. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317552 | User-Specific Software Debugging - User-specific software debugging with user-specific step commands that includes: receiving a command to step execution to a source code module associated with a user; identifying routines in a call stack associated with the user; inserting, for each identified routine, a breakpoint at each source code line of the routine; inserting, for each source code module associated with the user and not in the call stack, a breakpoint at an entry point of the source code module; and executing the debuggee until the debuggee encounters one of the inserted breakpoints thereby halting execution of the debuggee. User-specific debugging with user-specific DLL load processing modes including: receiving a selection of a user-specific DLL processing mode; upon loading a DLL, retrieving a user identification; determining whether the DLL is associated with the user; and processing the DLL in accordance with user-specific DLL processing mode only if the DLL is associated with the user. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317553 | Obtaining Profile Data for Use in Optimizing Computer Programming Code - Program execution profile data is collected by direct measurement of some code paths, and by inferring data for unmeasured paths. The data collection process may cause errors, which are propagated by the inferencing process. The profile data thus constructed is further enhanced by detecting certain data mismatches, and adjusting inferred data to reduce the scope of errors propagated during the inferencing process. Preferably, a control flow graph of the program being measured is constructed. Mismatches in the total weights of input arcs versus output arcs are detected. For certain specific types of mismatches, it can be known or guessed which count is incorrect, and this count is accordingly corrected. Correction of arc counts proceeds recursively until it is no longer possible to correct mismatches. Additionally, certain other conditions are adjusted as presumed inaccuracies. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317554 | IDENTIFYING AND TRIAGING SOFTWARE BUGS THROUGH BACKWARD PROPAGATION OF UNDER-APPROXIMATED VALUES AND EMPIRIC TECHNIQUES - A software testing tool may use static verification analysis techniques to locate points (lines/events) in computer code at which an error may be present and points (lines/events) in the computer code that may be the underlying cause of the located error points. In one implementation, a device may perform a static verification analysis of computer code to locate a point in the code that causes an error in the execution of the computer code. The static analysis may be performed by analyzing a first set of possible execution paths of the computer code based on an over-approximation of states. The device may back-propagate, from the located point, through a second set of possible execution paths, where the second set of possible execution paths is obtained based on an under-approximation of the states that were over-approximated. Based on the back-propagation, the device may determine potential causes of the error. Additionally, in some implementations, empiric analysis techniques, based on semantic information for the computer code, may also be performed. The empiric analysis techniques may be used to assist in classifying the potential causes of the error. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317555 | APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ENVIROMENT FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A method for developing and testing an application for a device with one or more sensors using a sensor emulation environment that may allow testing of the application in a programmatic manner. The sensor emulation environment may emulate actual physical sensors. The sensor emulation environment may receive sensor simulation data from multiple types of sources of sensor data. A sensor data engine may receive sensor simulation data from a selected data source via an API. The data engine may provide data values at times that represent operation of a sensor. The sensor emulation environment may further include a sensor interface component that emulates a hardware interface to the emulated sensor in a physical target device such that application components, such as a driver, may interact with the sensor emulation environment. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317556 | OPTIMIZING EXECUTION OF KERNELS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for optimizing execution of kernels. Embodiments of the invention include an optimization framework for optimizing runtime execution of kernels. During compilation, information about the execution properties of a kernel are identified and stored alongside the executable code for the kernel. At runtime, calling contexts access the information. The calling contexts interpret the information and optimize kernel execution based on the interpretation. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317557 | Pattern Extraction from Executable Code in Message Passing Environments - Processes in a message passing system may be launched when messages having data patterns match a function on a receiving process. The function may be identified by an execution pointer within the process. When the match occurs, the process may be added to a runnable queue, and in some embodiments, may be raised to the top of a runnable queue. When a match does not occur, the process may remain in a blocked or non-executing state. In some embodiments, a blocked process may be placed in an idle queue and may not be executed until a process scheduler determines that a message has been received that fulfills a function waiting for input. When the message fulfills the function, the process may be moved to a runnable queue. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317558 | BINDING EXECUTABLE CODE AT RUNTIME - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for binding executable code at runtime. Embodiments of the invention include late binding of specified aspects of code to improve execution performance. A runtime dynamically binds lower level code based on runtime information to optimize execution of a higher level algorithm. Aspects of a higher level algorithm having a requisite (e.g., higher) impact on execution performance can be targeted for late binding. Improved performance can be achieved with minimal runtime costs using late binding for aspects having the requisite execution performance impact. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317559 | Thin-Client and Distributed Development Using Data Programming - A system and method of data programming includes declarative rule-based programming in which a distributed program for computers on a network is defined through tabular structures. The tabular structures can store logic, including data (e.g., primitive variables and dynamic data structures) and code (e.g., arguments and functions) that govern operation of the distributed program. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317560 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING BINARY CODES IN LANGUAGE HAVING ACCESS TO ZONED DECIMAL TYPE VARIABLE, OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - An optimization technique for optimizing binary codes in a language having access to a zoned decimal type variable and applicable to binary codes including instructions which can cause side effects. The optimization technique includes: detecting, for each variable, an area including access to a zoned decimal type variable and not including an instruction that can cause a side effect, from the binary codes read into a memory; and performing, in the detected area, a process for converting a zoned decimal type variable to a binary type variable, a process for deleting such a pack/unpack code that a converted result does not change even in case the pack/unpack code is deleted, from the binary codes, or a process for performing combination of the processes. | 2012-12-13 |
20120317561 | AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION OF WEB APPLICATION - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided that enable web applications to be identified, and that enable the identified web applications to be published to remote servers. Objects are accessed in storage for a developed web application. A feed is received that includes a plurality of signatures that correspond to a plurality of webapp development applications. A webapp development application used to develop the web application is identified by comparing the signatures to the objects. A web deployment package is downloaded for the identified webapp development application. The downloaded web deployment package is applied to enable the web application to be published to a server, such as by modifying settings and/or applying transformations to the objects that defined by the downloaded web deployment package. | 2012-12-13 |