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20110128246 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - An electrostatic capacitive coupling type touch panel in which a period before wiring formed outside an input region is chipped or wire-broken due to deterioration of a mask pattern can be prolonged. The touch panel has an input region and plural wirings formed around the input region. The input region has plural X electrodes and plural Y electrodes crossing the X electrodes. The plural wirings are connected to corresponding electrodes of the plural X electrodes and Y electrodes. The plural wirings respectively have a conductive layer and a metal layer formed on the conductive layer. The conductive layer is formed to be wider than the metal layer. The plural wirings have a corner. Among the plural wirings, in the wiring provided in the farthest position from the input region, the corner of the metal layer is chamfered. | 06-02-2011 |
20140192278 | Touch Panel and Display Device with Touch Panel - An electrostatic capacitive coupling type touch panel including an input region having four sides, a peripheral region around the input region, terminals formed in the peripheral region along a first side of the input region, wirings formed in the peripheral region along second, third and fourth sides of the input region, and the input region having X and Y electrodes crossing. The wirings are connected between corresponding X or Y electrodes and wiring terminals plurality of terminals. A dummy wiring, which is not connected to any of the X electrodes or Y electrodes, is provided outside the wiring formed in a farthest position from the input region, and the dummy wiring extends through the peripheral region along the second, third and fourth sides of the input region, and electrically connects to at least one dummy wiring terminal. | 07-10-2014 |
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20090104995 | NETWORK GAME SYSTEM, GAME MACHINE, GAME MACHINE CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide a network game system for enabling the player of a game to immediately find out, when a moving object, such as a bullet object or the like, contacts another object in a virtual space, from where the moving object came, by looking at the game screen image. Each of the game machines comprises a contact determination unit for determining whether or not the moving object contacts another object ( | 04-23-2009 |
20090118010 | NETWORK GAME SYSTEM, NETWORK GAME SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, GAME MACHINE, GAME MACHINE CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide a network game system for sharing, among a plurality of game machines, the positions and postures of objects associated with the game machines, while suppressing an increase in traffic in the communication network. Each of the game machines comprises a first base position selection unit for selecting one of the plurality of base positions; a first base position transmission unit for transmitting the base position selected by the first base position selection unit to another game machine; a first base position receiving unit for receiving the base position transmitted by the first base position transmission unit from another game machine ( | 05-07-2009 |
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20120079419 | GUI PROCESSING APPARATUS, GUI PROCESSING METHOD AND GUI PROCESSING PROGRAM - A GUI processing apparatus has an operational information receiver configured to receive first GUI operational information for operating a GUI window of a first GUI display apparatus, a synchronous controller configured to generate second GUI operational information for a second GUI display apparatus comprising a GUI window operated synchronously in a state of keeping consistency with display information on the GUI window of the first GUI display apparatus when the GUI window of the first GUI display apparatus is operated based on the first GUI operational information, and an operational information transmitter configured to transmit the second GUI operational information to the second GUI display apparatus. | 03-29-2012 |
20120137222 | PROGRAM SYNTHESIZING DEVICE AND PROGRAM SYNTHESIZING METHOD - The program synthesizing device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: a coupling unit configured to couple an information acquiring plug-in module, an information processing plug-in module, and a presentation plug-in module through their input interfaces and output interfaces based on a mashup scenario; a plug-in module driving unit configured to sequentially drive the coupled plug-in modules; an information acquiring unit configured to acquire information when the information acquiring plug-in module is driven; an information processing unit configured to perform a predetermined process on the information when the information processing plug-in module is driven; an object resolving unit configured to determine a value of object presented by a specified presentation scenario when the presentation plug-in module is driven; and a program output unit configured to output a program being a presentation scenario in which the object value is resolved. | 05-31-2012 |
20120158352 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, POSITIONING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display module, an operation module, a communication module, an obtaining module, and a calculator. The operation module obtains operation on the display screen of the display module. The communication module communicates with another electronic device. The obtaining module obtains trace information indicating a trace of operation moving from the electronic device to the other electronic device or a trace of operation moving from the other electronic device to the electronic device based on operation on the display screen of the electronic device and operation on the display screen of the other electronic device. The calculator calculates a positional relationship between the electronic device and the other electronic device based on the trace information. | 06-21-2012 |
20120166732 | CONTENT CACHING DEVICE, CONTENT CACHING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A first acquisition unit acquires each of the resources defined by the scenario, from locations depending on identifiers of the resources. A judging unit judge, when a resource having same identifier and structure as the resource acquired is existent in the cache storage, erases the resource, the identifier thereof, and the receipt time information from the cache storage, and when not existent, stores the acquired resource in association with the identifier thereof and the receipt time information of the bookmark instruction, in the cache storage. A second acquisition, when the identifiers of the resources specified by a first scenario are existent in the cache storage, acquires the resources from the cache storage according to the receipt time information corresponding to the first scenario and identifiers of the resources, and when not existent, acquires the resources from a location depending on the identifiers. | 06-28-2012 |
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20090064281 | AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND NETWORK AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING TERMINAL DEVICE AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - When an authentication identifier is contained in a first message required for receiving authentication with respect to IEEE 802.1X from a terminal device, the authentication is assumed to be successful and then a data link is established with the terminal device, and a filtering unit is set so as to pass a first packet which should be passed for receiving authentication with respect to a higher layer protocol from among packets sent from the terminal device through the data link and to block a second packet different from the first packet. If a second message required for receiving authentication with respect to the higher layer protocol from the terminal device is received through the filtering unit, the authentication with respect to the higher layer protocol is performed. When the authentication is successful, the filtering unit is set so as to pass the second packet. | 03-05-2009 |
20090300197 | Internet Protocol Communication System, Server Unit, Terminal Device, and Authentication Method - According to one embodiment, there is provided an Internet Protocol communication system provided with terminal devices configured to mutually communicate with one another via an IP network and a server unit which performs digest authentication in response to authentication requests transmitted from the terminal device. The server unit comprises an authentication processing module which transmits challenge values to terminal devices of authentication request sources, and verifies response values returned to the challenge values, and a determination module which determines results of the digest authentication on the basis of the results of the verification. At least one of the terminal devices comprises an authentication client module which generates the response values by using a defined algorithm in accordance with user passwords input by users, and with device passwords stored in advance, and returns the response values to the server unit. | 12-03-2009 |
20100082622 | METADATA COLLECTING DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A device of the invention includes a search inputting unit inputting a search object service and a search condition of content; a first search processing unit, when an accumulation method corresponding to an inputted search object service is a preliminary accumulation method, searching the metadata coincident with an inputted search condition in a first metadata storage; a second search processing unit, in case that the accumulation method corresponding to the inputted search object service is a search-based accumulation method, when the inputted search condition is registered in a second metadata storage in association with the inputted search object service, obtaining corresponding metadata from the second metadata storage, whereas when not registered, obtain and accumulate the metadata coincident with the inputted search condition in the second metadata storage in association with the inputted search condition; and a search-result displaying unit displaying the metadata acquired. | 04-01-2010 |
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20120154685 | Video Display Apparatus, Video Display Method and Computer Readable Storage Medium - According to one embodiment, a video display apparatus includes a display screen generator, a waiting time determination module, and a display. The display screen generator generates a first screen and a second screen from predetermined information. The waiting time determination module determines an estimated waiting time. The display compares the estimated waiting time with a reference time, displays the first screen when the estimated waiting time is shorter than the reference time, and displays the second screen when the estimated waiting time is longer than the reference time. | 06-21-2012 |
20120219270 | Content Playback Apparatus and Content Playback Method - According to one embodiment, a content playback apparatus includes a playback module, a decision module, and a management module. The playback module is configured to play back a content includes components selected from moving picture data, image data, sound data and text data, thereby to produce video data and audio data. The decision module is configured to determine, based on a state of the content playback apparatus, whether the components of the content can be viewed and listened to. The management module is configured to manage video-audio management data includes data items based on a decision result of the decision module, each data item representing whether a video or audio data item has been viewed or listened to. | 08-30-2012 |
20120278697 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a display including a first display screen, a reception module configured to receive first Web page data, a selection module configured to select a first region which is a part of a first Web page displayed on the first display screen based on the first Web page data, a display module configured to display the first region on the first display screen, and a transmission module configured to transmit first Web page display region data to a second electronic apparatus, the first Web page display region data including an address of the first Web page, position data showing a position of the first region in the first Web page, and a resolution of the first display screen. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278718 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS, VIDEO DISPLAY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD AND VIDEO DISPLAY MANAGEMENT METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video display apparatus includes a selection module, a Web information analysis module, a screen generation module, a transmission module, a reception module, and an alteration module. The selection module is configured to select a partial area of a Web page. The Web information analysis module is configured to analyze first Web information which specifies the partial area. The screen generation module is configured to generate a screen for displaying page information of the partial area, based on the first Web information. The transmission module is configured to transmit the first Web information to an external apparatus. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278836 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a generator configured to generate key information items associated with the information integration screen information items, a selection module configured to select one information integration screen information item from information integration screen information items based on in-device information and key information items the in-device information includes the electronic program table data acquired from the electronic device, and the key information items associated with the respective information integration screen information items, and a display data generator configured to generate display data to display, on a display screen, an information integration screen includes one or more Web page and/or the specified area of Web page, the information integration screen corresponding to the one information integration screen information selected by the selection module. | 11-01-2012 |
20130176244 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a touch-screen display, a display controller and an operation detector. The display controller displays a first screen including a content area and plural areas. The content area includes objects indicative of video contents. In the areas, an operation of changing an object in the content area is input. The operation detector detects a first operation in a first area of the areas, and a second operation in a second area of the areas. The display controller displays, when the first operation has been detected, a second screen which is different from the first screen, and to change, when the second operation has been detected, the objects in the content area, and display the content area including the changed object. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179920 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTENT DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM GUIDE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus receives electric program guide information from an external server via a network. The apparatus receives, from a video device, channel information indicating a currently tuned channel in the video device. The apparatus displays an electric program guide on a program guide area on a display screen of the apparatus based on the electric program guide information. In response to reception of the channel information, the apparatus changes the displayed contents of the program guide area based on the received channel information and a current time, such that a guide corresponding to a currently on-air program in the currently tuned channel is displayed on the program guide area. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179922 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, PROGRAM INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a touchpanel display and a program information display module. The program information display module is configured to display, while a first screen is displayed, a second screen if a first touch operation is recognized. The first screen presents an electronic program guide. The second screen presents first information on a television broadcast program. The program information display module is further configured to display, while the first screen is displayed, a third screen if a second touch operation is performed. The third screen presents second information on the television broadcast program. | 07-11-2013 |
20140065947 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a broadcast receiver acquires first position data from information relating (ZIP code) of the receiver by referring to information managed in a server, and acquires second position second position data of a neighboring area, and finally acquires broadcasting service lists from these position data by referring to information managed in the server. | 03-06-2014 |
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20100228768 | Information Providing Server, Information Providing System, Information Providing Method and Program - An information providing server of present invention including a state information acquiring unit for acquiring state information related to a state of a user using a client terminal detected at the client terminal connected through a communication network, a database for accumulating data of a content to be used by the user, a selection unit for selecting a part of the data accumulated in the database based on the state information, and a transmission unit for transmitting the data selected by the selection unit to the client terminal. | 09-09-2010 |
20110138079 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, DATA MANAGEMENT SERVER AND DATA SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM - There is provided an information processing apparatus that is connected to a server for managing data, the information processing apparatus including a data storage configured to store the data obtained from the server, a check unit configured to check a cumulative state of change history information indicating a change type of the data in the server stored in the server, and a data obtaining unit configured to use a check result of the check unit as a basis to determine an obtaining method by selecting either a first obtaining method of synchronizing the data stored in the data storage with the data managed by the server in accordance with the change history information or a second obtaining method of obtaining, from the server, data presence information indicating the data existing in the server to synchronize the data stored in the data storage and to obtain the data from the server. | 06-09-2011 |
20120011197 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Some embodiments of the invention provide a server apparatus, comprising: a control block comprising at least one processor; at least one data reception unit operable to receive a request to share a picture; at least one storage facility, storing programmed instructions for execution by the control block, the programmed instructions defining an image analysis engine operable to determine that the picture comprises an image of a person; and at least one data transmission unit operable to issue a request to the person, or someone associated with the person, to consent to sharing the image. Other embodiments provide a method, performed by at least one computer. The method comprises: (A) receiving a request to share a picture; (B) determining that the picture comprises an image of a person; and (C) requesting that the person, or someone associated with the person, consent to sharing the image. | 01-12-2012 |
20120163603 | SERVER AND METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MOBILE CLIENT TERMINAL AND METHOD - Systems and methods for operating in connection with mobile devices are described. The mobile devices may move between online and offline areas. In some instances, a prediction may be made as to when a mobile device will enter an offline area. The prediction may be based on sensor information. Data or a key may be transferred to the mobile device prior to entering the offline area. | 06-28-2012 |
20120190339 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - To reduce power consumption for communication operation wherein a client terminal at the time of offline searches a base station or access point. | 07-26-2012 |
20130332534 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Some embodiments of the invention provide a server apparatus, comprising: a control block comprising at least one processor; at least one data reception unit operable to receive a request to share a picture; at least one storage facility, storing programmed instructions for execution by the control block, the programmed instructions defining an image analysis engine operable to determine that the picture comprises an image of a person; and at least one data transmission unit operable to issue a request to the person, or someone associated with the person, to consent to sharing the image. Other embodiments provide a method, performed by at least one computer. The method comprises: (A) receiving a request to share a picture; (B) determining that the picture comprises an image of a person; and (C) requesting that the person, or someone associated with the person, consent to sharing the image. | 12-12-2013 |
20140351324 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Some embodiments of the invention provide a server apparatus, comprising: a control block comprising at least one processor; at least one data reception unit operable to receive a request to share a picture; at least one storage facility, storing programmed instructions for execution by the control block, the programmed instructions defining an image analysis engine operable to determine that the picture comprises an image of a person; and at least one data transmission unit operable to issue a request to the person, or someone associated with the person, to consent to sharing the image. Other embodiments provide a method, performed by at least one computer. The method comprises: (A) receiving a request to share a picture; (B) determining that the picture comprises an image of a person; and (C) requesting that the person, or someone associated with the person, consent to sharing the image. | 11-27-2014 |
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20130191350 | Single Instantiation Method Using File Clone and File Storage System Utilizing the Same - In file de-duplication using hash value comparison, hash values of all target files must be calculated and actual data of all files must be read for hash value calculation, so that the processing time was long. The present invention provides a file storage system comprising a controller and a volume storing a plurality of files, the volume including a first directory storing a first file and a second file and a second directory storing a third file being created, wherein the controller migrates actual data of the second file to the third file, sets up a management information of the second file so that the third file is referred to when the second file is read, and if the sizes of actual data of the first file and the actual data of the third file are identical and the binaries of the actual data of the first file and the actual data of the third file are identical, sets up a management information of the first file to refer to the third file when reading the first file. | 07-25-2013 |
20140095440 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, SERVER AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - It is provided a computer system, comprising a server and first and second storage systems. The first storage system stores deduplicated data sharing at least a part of data with other data, shared data shared by a plurality of pieces of the deduplicated data, and first type data representing a type of the stored data including the deduplicated data and the shared data. The deduplicated data is associated with the shared data by a pointer to the shared data, and includes differential data indicating a difference from the shared data. The server creates second type data representing a type of the data stored in the second storage system from the first type data. The second storage system stores the shared data associated with the deduplicate data at a reading position before a position at which the deduplicated data is read in sequential reading and stores the second type data. | 04-03-2014 |
20140379672 | SINGLE INSTANTIATION METHOD USING FILE CLONE AND FILE STORAGE SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME - The file storage system includes a controller and a volume storing a plurality of files, the volume including a first directory storing a first file and a second file and a second directory storing a third file being created. The controller migrates actual data of the second file to the third file, sets up a management information of the second file so that the third file is referred to when the second file is read, and if the sizes of actual data of the first file and the actual data of the third file are identical and the binaries of the actual data of the first file and the actual data of the third file are identical, sets up a management information of the first file to refer to the third file when reading the first file. | 12-25-2014 |