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| 20100131384 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING USER GENERATION OF CONTENT - Systems and methods for promoting user generation of content are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments of systems and methods to facilitate the generation of content by users are disclosed. Specifically, in one embodiment, in order to drive generation of desired content, the generation of content by a user may be linked to an opportunity to generate additional content (where the two types of content may be the same or different). In particular, in certain embodiments when a user has generated a first type of content the opportunity to generate a second type of content may be presented to that user | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100205549 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENT GENERATION CAPABILITIES - Systems and methods for providing a manufacturer portal are disclosed. More specifically, in one embodiment a content distribution system, as a central location for user generated content may also provide manufacturers with a portal to monitor, and participate in, the process of content generation and distribution. This portal may provide the manufacturers with the ability to: view generated content related to that manufacturer and to filter this user generated content utilizing a wide variety of criteria and to generate content which may be responsive to presented generated content. Content generated by a manufacturer through their portal may subsequently be incorporated into one or more retailer's site utilizing the content distribution system. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100205550 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PERFORMANCE METRICS - Systems and methods to facilitate the collection and processing of content generated by users are disclosed. Specifically, in one embodiment, user generated content may be aggregated from multiple retailers. This user generated content may be processed to obtain a variety of statistical data associated with the user generated content, including an importance metric. This importance metric may be utilized to rank the products of the manufacturer such that statistical, or other, data related to the manufacturer's products may be presented to a user in the order of product importance. | 08-12-2010 |
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| 20090271448 | System, Method, and Computer Readable Media for Identifying a User-Initiated Log File Record in a Log File - A system, a method, and a computer readable media for identifying a user-initiated log file record in a log file are provided. The log file has a user-initiated log file record and a repeating pattern of log file records automatically generated by a software program. The system allows a user to identify first and second timestamp values corresponding to first and second times which identify a time interval of interest in the log file. The system further analyzes the log file to identify the user-initiated log file record having a timestamp value between the first and second timestamp values. The system further identifies the repeating pattern of log file records in the log file. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090292742 | System, Method, and Computer Readable Media for Identifying a Log File Record in a Log File - A system, a method, and a computer readable media for identifying a log file record in a log file are provided. The log file has a plurality of log file records therein. The plurality of log file records has a repeating pattern of log file records. The method includes displaying a first graphical user interface on a display device. The method further includes selecting the log file utilizing the first graphical user interface. The method further includes analyzing the log file to determine the repeating pattern of log file records. The method further includes selecting a first command button on the first graphical user interface that executes an algorithm to analyze additional log file records that were automatically added to the log file by a software program. The additional log file records are associated with the repeating pattern of log file records. The method further includes storing the first log file record in a memory device if a first log file record in the additional log file records has at least one command-related attribute that does not correspond to command-related attributes in the repeating pattern of log file records. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090307267 | REAL-TIME DYNAMIC AND SYNCHRONIZED CAPTIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN THE STREAMING OF MULTIMEDIA DATA - A dynamic and synchronized real-time captioning system and method for streaming media. A streaming encoder module can provide a code injection to marry textual data and audio/video (AV) data in order to form a text and/or audio stream. A streaming control module can allow an end-user to specify font format utilized to embed into an AV stream. A delay enhancement tool can be adapted to adjust speed of the text and/or audio stream, which allows the end-user to receive the text and/or audio stream at a proper speed. A customized graphical user interface (CGUI) can be adapted to assist with streaming administration to provide an encoding option, caption source location, delay control and slide control. Therefore, the captioning system can be able to synchronize and deliver the textual data and the AV data for live media streaming at an end-user's system. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100070584 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC E-MAIL VIEW CONVERSION - A method and system for dynamic e-mail view conversion. An e-mail inbox capable of displaying one or more e-mail messages associated with a particular thread can be dynamically consolidated. Next, the e-mail messages associated with the particular thread can be converted into a forum-like list. Thereafter, varying viewing options are provided with respect to the e-mail inbox in order to optimize user interaction with the e-mail inbox through the use of the forum-like list. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100250478 | Demo Verification Provisioning - A method, system, and computer program product for issuing an alert when a method of a live demonstration deviates from demonstration simulation actions. A computer receives a command to commence a demonstration simulation. During the demonstration simulation, capture logic of a computer is initialized. The capture logic records events of the demonstration simulation. When a live demonstration subsequently initiated, demonstration verification logic of the computer continually monitors, in real-time, events of the live demonstration and compares the events to the previously recorded events captured during the demonstration simulation. In response to detecting that a live demonstration has deviated from the recorded demonstration simulation method, the demonstration verification logic issues a non-invasive alert. The non-invasive alert may be issued using visual, audible, or vibration feedback cues in such manner that an audience observing the live demonstration is un-aware of the non-invasive alert. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110066687 | IMAGE RESCALE BASED ON DEFINED CHARACTERISTICS - A system and method automatically rescales an electronic message having one or more associated content. When the electronic message is generated and the associated content connected to the message, an agent of the electronic message application checks predefined settings/configurations of the message client. The sender's e-mail client checks a plurality of conditions, such as, the condition of the network, the type of network, the status or capacity of the receiving inbox of an intended recipient client, and the geographic destination of the message. Based on these dynamic content rescale settings, the sender's client dynamically and optimally rescales the associated content before forwarding the electronic message with the rescaled content to the recipient client. Rescaling of the associated content may be performed by the message exchange server or the recipient client. The recipient client may later request and receive a copy of the associated content without rescaling. | 03-17-2011 |
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| 20090103809 | INPUT METHOD TRANSFORM - Illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, a data processing system and a computer program product for transforming character data input between a first writing system and a second writing system. The computer implemented method comprises receiving character data input of a first writing system and ensuring the character data input contains normalized characters. A predefined transform is selected based on the character data input of the first writing system and output to a second writing system to transform the normalized characters of the first writing system to character data output of the second writing system, and providing the character data output to a display process. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090125874 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING PROJECTS IN A RATIONAL APPLICATION DEVELOPER WORKSPACE - System for automatically creating a current project in an application developer workspace. In response to reading a project file for the current project, it is automatically determined whether the current project has one or more dependent projects based on data contained within the project file. In response to determining that the current project does have one or more dependent projects, a build file is automatically generated for each of the one or more dependent projects. The build file calls importing targets within each of the one or more dependent projects. Then, the current project and the one or more dependent projects are automatically imported into the application developer workspace to form a created current project. The created current project is created without launching an application developer application. In addition, the created current project is stored in a source code control repository. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20110072442 | EVENT-HANDLER FOR SELECTING RESPONSIVE ACTIONS - Disclosed is a computer implemented method, computer program product, and apparatus to handle events based on historic actions. An event-handler receives an event, wherein the event has an associated event-type. The event-handler records the event to an event-action history table. The event-handler determines a history associated with the event by reading the event-action history table. The event-handler looks up a row entry in an action table based at least in part on the event-type, wherein the row entry comprises an action. The event-handler executes at least one instruction of the action. The event-handler records the event and action data to the event-action history table. | 03-24-2011 |
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| 20090327397 | MANAGING USER PERSONAL INFORMATION ACROSS WEB SITES - A method of managing user personal information across a set of service provider sites is implemented, preferably as a web browser plug-in function. As a user navigates to a service provider web site and performs an interaction involving user identity attribute data, the interaction is recorded for later replay. Typically, the interaction is a graphical user interface (GUI) interaction. At a later time, previously-recorded interactions at service provider sites are replayed automatically, i.e., without requiring the user to navigate back to the individual sites and perform the interactions, and (during the replay operation) the user's previously-entered identity attribute data is located and retrieved. A display of the identity attribute data collected from the service provider sites then can be examined, e.g., for any inconsistency among the data. If the user then updates identity attribute data for a given service provider site, the identity attribute data for the site is automatically updated, once again without requiring the user to navigate to the site and re-enter the update directly. The method enables the user to ensure that his or her personal data stored at the service provider sites is up-to-date and synchronized. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100281061 | Semantic Data Validation of Disjoint Data - A method, system, and computer usable program product for semantic data validation of disjoint data are provided in the illustrative embodiments. | 11-04-2010 |
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| 20100205399 | PERFORMANCE COUNTER FOR MICROCODE INSTRUCTION EXECUTION - An apparatus for counting microcode instruction execution in a microprocessor includes a first register, a second register, a comparator, and a counter. The first register stores an address of a microcode instruction. The microcode instruction is stored in a microcode memory of the microprocessor. The second register stores an address of the next microcode instruction to be retired by a retire unit of the microprocessor. The comparator compares the addresses stored in the first and second registers to indicate a match between them. The counter counts the number of times the comparator indicates a match between the addresses stored in the first register and the second register. The first register is user-programmable and the counter is user-readable. A mask register may be included to create a range of microcode memory addresses so that executions of microcode instructions within the range are counted. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110010530 | MICROPROCESSOR WITH INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN SERVICE PROCESSOR AND MICROCODE-BASED DEBUGGER - A microprocessor integrated circuit includes first and second processors, an internal memory accessible by the first and second processors, and a bus interface unit configured to interface to a bus external to the microprocessor for providing access to a memory external to the microprocessor. The bus interface unit, external bus, and external memory are accessible by the second processor but are inaccessible by the first processor. The first processor writes debug information to the internal memory. The first processor detects an event and provides a notification of the event to the second processor. The second processor, coupled to the bus interface unit, executes microcode in response to the event notification received from the first processor. The microcode reads the debug information from the internal memory and writes the debug information to the external memory via the bus interface unit and external bus for use in debugging the second processor. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010531 | DEBUGGABLE MICROPROCESSOR - A microprocessor integrated circuit includes first and second processors. The first processor is configured to detect that the second processor has not retired an instruction for a predetermined amount of clock cycles and to responsively reset the second processor. The microprocessor integrated circuit also includes microcode. The second processor is configured to execute the microcode in response to a reset of the second processor. The microcode is configured to read debug information within the microprocessor integrated circuit and to output the debug information external to the microprocessor integrated circuit in response to determining that the reset was performed by the first processor. | 01-13-2011 |
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| 20090024568 | DATA SKEW INSENSITIVE PARALLEL JOIN SCHEME - A method for creating a joined data set from a join input data set is disclosed. The method starts by categorizing the join input data set into a high-skew data set and a low-skew data set. The low-skew data set is distributed to the plurality of CPUs using a first distribution method. The high-skew data set is distributed to the plurality of CPUs using a second distribution method. The plurality of CPUs process the high-skew data set and the low-skew data set to create the joined data set. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20110029508 | SELECTIVITY-BASED OPTIMIZED-QUERY-PLAN CACHING - Embodiments of the present invention partition optimized query plans into equivalence groups, each comprising one or more equivalence classes. Each equivalence group corresponds to a particular compiled, normalized, and parameterized query plan prior to optimization. Each equivalence class within an equivalence group corresponds to a different query plan corresponding to the particular compiled, normalized, and parameterized query plan represented by the equivalence group that has been optimized with respect to the selectivity of one or more predicate clauses of the query that is compiled to produce the particular compiled, normalized, and parameterized query plan. Optimized query plans are cached according to their respective equivalence groups and equivalence classes. When a query, similar to a query already compiled, optimized, and cached, is subsequently received and compiled, a selectivity for a predicate of the compiled query is computed, allowing the database management system to retrieve a cached query plan optimized for a similar query with similar selectivity. | 02-03-2011 |
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| 20080273830 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED ELECTRICAL-TO-OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS DISPOSED WITHIN PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS - The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for improved electrical-to-optical transmitters ( | 11-06-2008 |
| 20100226608 | MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLER FOR USE WITH SLOT PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDES - The present invention provides an optical apparatus having a multimode interference coupler configured to optically couple a strip waveguide to a slot photonic crystal waveguide. The multimode interference coupler has a coupling efficiency to the slot photonic crystal waveguide greater than or equal to 90%, a width that is approximately equal to a defect width of the slot photonic crystal waveguide, a length that is equal to or less than 1.5 μm, and interfaces with the slot photonic crystal waveguide at an edge of a period that gives a termination parameter of approximately zero. The optical apparatus may also include an insulation gap disposed between the multimode interference coupler and the slot photonic crystal waveguide, wherein the length of the multimode interference coupler is reduced by approximately one half of a width of the insulation gap. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100310208 | Photonic crystal band-shifting device for dynamic control of light transmission - An active device for dynamic control of lightwave transmission properties has at least one photonic crystal waveguide that has anti-reflection photonic crystal waveguides with gradually changed group refractive indices at both input and output side. An alternating voltage or current signal applied to two electrically conductive regions changes the refractive indices of the photonic crystal materials, introducing a certain degree of blue-shift or red-shift of the transmission spectrum of the photonic crystal waveguide. The output lightwave with frequency close to the band-edge of the photonic crystal waveguide is controlled by the input electric signal. Devices having one or more such active photonic crystal waveguides may be utilized as an electro-optic modulator, an optical switch, or a tunable optical filter. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110028346 | Photonic crystal microarray device for label-free multiple analyte sensing, biosensing and diagnostic assay chips - Methods and systems for label-free multiple analyte sensing, biosensing and diagnostic assay chips consisting of an array of photonic crystal microcavities along a single photonic crystal waveguide are disclosed. The invention comprises an on-chip integrated microarray device that enables detection and identification of multiple species to be performed simultaneously using optical techniques leading to a high throughput device for chemical sensing, biosensing and medical diagnostics. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-03-2011 |
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| 20100168587 | CATHETER IMAGING PROBE AND METHOD - A catheter imaging probe for a patient. The probe includes a conduit through with energy is transmitted. The probe includes a first portion through which the conduit extends. The probe includes a second portion which rotates relative to the conduit to redirect the energy from the conduit. A method for imaging a patient. The method includes the steps of inserting a catheter into the patient. There is the step of rotating a second portion of the catheter relative to a conduit extending through a first portion of the catheter, which redirects the energy transmitted through the conduit to the patient and receives the energy reflected back to the second portion from the patient and redirects the reflected energy to the conduit. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110009701 | OCT USING SPECTRALLY RESOLVED BANDWIDTH - The embodiments disclosed herein is related to a system for optical coherence tomographic imaging of turbid (i.e., scattering) materials utilizing multiple channels of information. The multiple channels of information may be comprised and encompass spatial, angle, spectral and polarization domains. More specifically, the embodiments disclosed herein is related to methods and apparatus for utilizing optical sources, systems or receivers capable of providing (source), processing (system) or recording (receiver) a multiplicity of channels of spectral information for optical coherence tomographic imaging of turbid materials. In these methods and apparatus the multiplicity of channels of spectral information that can be provided by the source, processed by the system, or recorded by the receiver are used to convey simultaneously spatial, spectral or polarimetric information relating to the turbid material being imaged tomographically. The multichannel optical coherence tomographic methods can be incorporated into an endoscopic probe for imaging a patient. The endoscope comprises an optical fiber array and can comprise a plurality of optical fibers adapted to be disposed in the patient. The optical fiber array transmits the light from the light source into the patient, and transmits the light reflected by the patient out of the patient. The plurality of optical fibers in the array is in optical communication with the light source. The multichannel optical coherence tomography system comprises a detector for receiving the light from the array and analyzing the light. The methods and apparatus may be applied for imaging a vessel, biliary, GU and/or GI tract of a patient. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110152771 | ROTATING OPTICAL CATHETER TIP FOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - The present invention relates to a rotating catheter tip for optical coherence tomography based on the use of an optical fiber that does not rotate, that is enclosed in a catheter, which has a tip rotates under the influence of a fluid drive system to redirect light from the fiber to a surrounding vessel and the light reflected or backscattered from the vessel back to the optical fiber. | 06-23-2011 |
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| 20080216068 | Method And System For Migrating Information Between Information Handling Systems - A system for migrating information includes a first information handling system (“IHS”). The first IHS is for, in response to a first boot event, booting from a computer readable medium, bypassing the first IHS' user authentication requirement, and establishing a connection between the first IHS and a second IHS. The system for migrating information also includes the second IHS, coupled to the first IHS. The second IHS is for, in response to a second boot event, booting from a storage device of the second IHS, establishing the connection between the first IHS and the second IHS, and migrating information from the first IHS to the second IHS. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090013169 | Method And System For Migrating Information Between Information Handling Systems - A system for migrating information includes a first information handling system (IHS). The first IHS is for, in response to a first boot event, booting from a computer readable medium, bypassing the first IHS user authentication requirement, and establishing a connection between the first IHS and a second IHS. The system for migrating information also includes the second IHS, coupled to the first IHS. The second IHS is for, in response to a second boot event, booting from a storage device of the second IHS, establishing the connection between the first IHS and the second IHS, and migrating information from the first IHS to the second IHS. | 01-08-2009 |
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| 20090302885 | TWO TRANSISTOR TIE CIRCUIT WITH BODY BIASING - A circuit for body biasing is provided. The circuit includes: (1) a p-type transistor having a first current terminal, which is coupled to a first voltage supply, a second current terminal, a control terminal, and a bulk terminal; and (2) an n-type transistor having a first current terminal, which is coupled to a second voltage supply different from the first voltage supply, a second current terminal, a control terminal, and a bulk terminal, wherein the bulk terminal of the p-type transistor, the second current terminal of the p-type transistor, and the control terminal of the n-type transistor is coupled to a first node, wherein the control terminal of the p-type transistor, the bulk terminal of the n-type transistor, and the second current terminal of the second transistor is coupled to a second node different from the first node. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100026343 | CLOCKED SINGLE POWER SUPPLY LEVEL SHIFTER - First circuitry is powered by a first power supply domain and provides a data signal referenced to the first power supply domain. Second circuitry is powered by a second power supply domain that differs from the first power supply domain. The data signal becomes referenced to the second power supply domain by a clocked level shifter that couples the first circuitry to the second circuitry and buffers the data signal from the first power supply domain to the second power supply domain by only using a single supply voltage. The clocked level shifter is clocked by a signal that is used to precharge a first node and a second node of the clocked level shifter until the data signal is valid for at least a setup time period. The first and second nodes are precharged to establish a known state in the clocked level shifter. | 02-04-2010 |
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| 20080232439 | Adaptive equalizer for communication channels - Adaptive equalizers for a communication channel and corresponding methods of equalizing are described. The adaptive equalizer includes: a fixed pre-filter configured to be coupled to a received signal and provide a pre-filter signal; an adaptive filter coupled to and configured to compensate the pre-filter signal for changes in phase and amplitude; and an interference remover coupled to the adaptive filter and configured to reduce interference in the received signal. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080260072 | APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND RECOVERING FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYED SYMBOLS - A receiver architecture for receiving an FSK signal having a predetermined number of modulation levels includes a selectivity filter ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090052516 | Per-survivor based adaptive equalizer - A method used in an adaptive survivor based channel equalizer, the method comprises selecting at a decision time a survivor in a Viterbi trellis and a corresponding equalizer, adaptively updating at the decision time the corresponding equalizer to define a new corresponding equalizer for use at a next decision time, retrieving the new corresponding equalizer as defined at an earlier decision time, and using the new corresponding equalizer as defined at an earlier decision time as an equalizer for other survivors in the Viterbi trellis at the next decision time. A corresponding adaptive survivor based channel equalizer includes a fixed pre-filter configured to provide a pre-filtered signal to a reduced state sequence estimator (RSSE) which is configured for providing recovered symbols. A coefficient adaptor is coupled to the RSSE and configured to essentially perform the method. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090052517 | Diversity GMSK-receiver with interference cancellation and methods therein - Method in a diversity antenna GMSK receiver of determining interference canceling equalizers and corresponding equalizers are described. The method includes providing a plurality of GMSK received signals; de-rotating and splitting each of the plurality of received signals into in phase and quadrature parts to provide a multiplicity of real valued branches; calculating linear equalizers for each of a multiplicity of subsets of the multiplicity of real valued branches; and providing an interference canceling equalizer for each of the multiplicity of real valued branches, each interference canceling equalizer corresponding to a weighted combination of the linear equalizers. A corresponding equalizer includes eight linear equalizers processing four branch signals corresponding to real (I) and quadrature (Q) parts of a GMSK diversity signal from two antennas, the linear equalizers calculated from four pairs of the four branch signals, with each pair having an associated timing parameter determined during calculation of two linear equalizers corresponding to the pair; and a weighting function for weighting the outputs from linear equalizers as adjusted by the associated timing parameter for each pair of the four branch signals to provide four weighted soft symbols; and a combiner for combining the four weighted soft symbols to provide soft symbols for the diversity signal. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090052591 | GMSK-receiver with interference cancellation - A GMSK receiver with interference cancellation includes a linear equalizer configured to be coupled to a received signal from a first antenna and to provide first soft bits, an adaptive estimator, e.g., adaptive MLSE coupled to the first soft bits and configured to provide second soft bits; a quality assessor coupled to the first soft bits and configured to provide a quality indication; and a switching function coupled to the linear equalizer and the adaptive MLSE and controlled in accordance with the quality indication to provide output soft bits corresponding to at least one of the first soft bits and the second soft bits. The GMSK receiver can be extended to multiple antennas and corresponding methods for interference cancellation in a GMSK signal are discussed. | 02-26-2009 |
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| 20080291920 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATIONS - A system and method for managing communications is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller element to transmit a packet along a logical tunnel established through an internet service provider, wherein the route of the packet is managed according to a MPLS label of the packet and a VRF routing table. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090016361 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PACKET-SWITCHED NETWORKS - A system and method for establishing communications between packet-switched networks is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller element to transmit a packet along a logical tunnel established through an Internet Service Provider (ISP) network. The packet is encoded with a Virtual Circuit (VC) label by a local Ethernet network operating independent from the ISP network. The VC-label of the encoded packet is substantially undetectable by one or more network elements of the ISP network while in route through the logical tunnel. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090055241 | System and Method for Estimating a Qualiifed Impression Count for Advertising Data in a Communication System - A method and system for estimating a qualified impression count in a communication network, the method comprising receiving at a server, impression quality factors data comprising subscriber device state data indicative of a degree of active advertising data viewing, subscriber device type data indicative of a type of subscriber device receiving the advertising data and subscriber type data indicative of a type of subscriber viewing the advertising data; sorting the impression quality factors data into impression quality factors categories data; applying weights to the sorted impression quality factors categories data; accumulating the weighted impression quality factors categories data into the impression quality factors categories; applying unique curves to at least two of the accumulated impression quality factors categories data to generate curve adjusted impression quality factors categories data; correlating the curve adjusted impression quality factors categories data with advertising quality criteria data; and estimating the qualified impression count from the correlation. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090320068 | Communicating Video Content - A method is disclosed that includes receiving a selection of a channel at a set-top box device. In response to the selection of the channel, a still image associated with a program being transmitted via the selected channel is displayed at a display device. The method further includes receiving a multicast stream of video content associated with the selected channel at the set-top box device. At least a portion of the multicast stream is received while the still image is displayed at the display device. The method also includes transmitting the video content to the display device. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100146534 | System and Method to Authenticate a Set-Top Box Device - A method includes receiving, at a residential gateway, an authentication request from a set-top box device. The method includes accessing authentication data stored at a memory of the residential gateway. The authentication data is associated with the set-top box device. The method also includes authenticating the set-top box device at the residential gateway based at least partially on the authentication data. | 06-10-2010 |
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| 20080294881 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTRUCTION COMPLETION STALL IDENTIFICATION IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM - An information handling system includes a processor that executes multiple instructions or instruction threads within a software application program. The information handling system includes operating system software that manages processor system hardware and software in a multi-tasking environment. In one embodiment, the operating system manages instruction completion stall analysis software to determine the cause or causes of instruction stalls. In another embodiment, the stall analysis software cooperates with the operating system software to store instruction completion stall event data on a per instruction basis while the application program executes. The operating system software may cooperate with the stall analysis software to store instruction completion stall data in memory for later manipulation by system users or other software. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090055153 | Augmenting of Automated Clustering-Based Trace Sampling Methods by User-Directed Phase Detection - Computer implemented method, system, and computer usable program code for simulating processor operation in a data processing system. An instruction trace is generated, wherein the instruction trace includes markers specified by a user for identifying interval boundaries for at least one interval of the instruction trace. The instruction trace is divided into a plurality of intervals in consideration of the markers, and the plurality of intervals are formed into a plurality of interval clusters, wherein each interval cluster represents one phase of execution of the instruction trace. At least one interval from each of the plurality of interval clusters is selected as a trace sample to provide a plurality of trace samples, wherein each selected interval is of at least a minimum size, a simulation is performed using the plurality of trace samples, and a result of the simulation is provided to the user. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090276191 | Method And Apparatus For Integrated Circuit Design Model Performance Evaluation Using Basic Block Vector Clustering And Fly-By Vector Clustering - A test system or simulator includes an enhanced IC test application sampling software program that executes test application software on a semiconductor die IC design model. The enhanced test application sampling software may include trace, simulation point, CPI error, clustering, instruction budgeting, and other programs. The enhanced test application sampling software generates basic block vectors (BBVs) and fly-by vectors (FBVs) from instruction trace analysis of test application software workloads. The enhanced test application sampling software utilizes the microarchitecture dependent information to generate the FBVs to select representative instruction intervals from the test application software. The enhanced test application sampling software generates a reduced representative test application software program from the BBV and FBV data utilizing a global instruction budgeting analysis method. Designers use the test system with enhanced test application sampling software to evaluate IC design models by using the representative test application software program. | 11-05-2009 |
