Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100325490 | System and method to view crash dump information using a 2-d barcode - In some embodiments, the invention involves a system and method for the generation and use of a compact crash dump that can be viewed and/or captured as a two-dimensional (2-D) high contrast graphical barcode. When an error is detected, machine context and other relevant information is formatted for entry to a barcode generator unit. The a barcode generator unit received formatted text or codes, and outputs a 2-D barcode for visible capture. The barcode image is ultimately transformed into an electronic image which may be sent to an error reporting site, or individual. The error reporting site uses a decoding unit to decode the high contrast graphical image of the 2-D barcode. The resulting decoded information provides an analyst, or automated system with information relevant to debugging the error. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-23-2010 |
20110150266 | AUTOMATED SECURITY CONTROL USING ENCODED SECURITY INFORMATION - Embodiments of techniques and systems for automated security setup are described. A camera associated with a computing device may be used to capture an image of a multi-dimensional code, such as a QR code. The multi-dimensional code may contain information used to set up security or networking on the computing device. For example, the code may contain information used to connect the computing device to a wireless network, or a security certificate to facilitate secure internetworking After the image is captured, a security setup application may decode the information contained in the code and use it to control security and networking on the computing device by manipulating APIs on the computing device. This prevents improper connections and/or mistakes in entering long, difficult pieces of security information. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 06-23-2011 |
20130339884 | AUGMENTING USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS WITH INFORMATION - Embodiments of methods, systems, and storage medium associated with a user interface with information augmented elements are disclosed herein. In one instance, the method may include a computing device determining additional information related to a user interface (UI) control element of a user interface of an application or an operating system component, and augmenting a display of the control element with the additional information. In embodiments, he UI control element may be adjusted so as to accommodate the augmenting a display of the UI control element with the additional information. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 12-19-2013 |
20140006335 | APPLICATION-PROVIDED CONTEXT FOR POTENTIAL ACTION PREDICTION | 01-02-2014 |
20140006599 | PROBABILITIES OF POTENTIAL ACTIONS BASED ON SYSTEM OBSERVATIONS | 01-02-2014 |
20140006623 | PERFORMANCE OF PREDICTED ACTIONS | 01-02-2014 |
20140059567 | AUGMENTING USER INTERFACE WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - Embodiments of methods, systems, and storage medium for enhancing a user interface of an application with additional information are disclosed herein. In one instance, the method may include a computing device detecting an event associated with an application executing on the computing device, a container of a user interface of the application, or at least one object of the container; determining additional information to augment basic information associated with the at least one object of the container of the user interface of the application; and augmenting the basic information of the at least one object in a display of the container with the additional information or one or more indicators corresponding to the additional information. The additional information is associated with the object. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 02-27-2014 |
20140082094 | PROVIDING NOTIFICATIONS OF MESSAGES FOR CONSUMPTION - Embodiments of apparatus, packages, computer-implemented methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media (transitory and non-transitory) are described herein for providing a notification of a message to a recipient for consumption using a computing device. In various embodiments, provision of the notification may be in a timing or manner that is based on a characteristic of the message, an operational context of the system, and/or empirical data about preferred timing or manner of notification of at least another message to the same or different recipient. In various embodiments, the at least another message may share the same characteristic, or may have a related characteristic. | 03-20-2014 |
20140092805 | MIXED OFF-SITE/ON-SITE PREDICTION COMPUTATION FOR REDUCING WIRELESS RECONNECTION TIME OF A COMPUTING DEVICE - A method, system, and device for reducing connection time to a wireless access point includes recording wireless connection information in a log, remotely computing parameters as a function of past wireless connection information in the log, generating an ordered list of wireless access points most likely to be available for reconnection at a desired time as a function of recent wireless connection information in the log, and directly probing a wireless access point instead of initiating a wireless access point scan. In some embodiments, remotely computing parameters as a function of past wireless connection information in the log comprises performing genetic programming operations to generate prediction programs for later prediction of wireless access points most likely to be available for reconnection at a desired time. | 04-03-2014 |
20140184519 | ADAPTING USER INTERFACE BASED ON HANDEDNESS OF USE OF MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - Technologies for adapting a user interface of a mobile computing device includes determining the handedness of use of the mobile computing device by the user and adapting the operation of the user interface based on the determined handedness of use. The handedness of use of the mobile computing device may be determined based on sensor signals and/or user interaction models. For example, the operation of the user interface may be adapted or modified based on whether the user is holding or operating the mobile computing device in his/her left hand or right hand, placement of the user's fingers on the mobile computing device, and/or the like. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187159 | PAIRING THROUGH DEVICE INTERACTION - Improved pairing through device interaction is generally disclosed. For example, a first device to pair with a second device using a wireless technology standard may include a transmitter to transmit wirelessly using a technology different from the wireless technology standard, and an announce engine, responsive to a user input, to selectively communicate an identification using the transmitter to indicate a request to initiate a pairing process using the wireless technology standard. In another example, a first device to pair with a second device using a wireless technology standard may include a receiver to receive wirelessly using a technology different from the wireless technology standard, and a listen engine, responsive to a user input, to listen for an identification, using the receiver, and to initiate a pairing process using the wireless technology standard with the second device indicated by the identification. In this way, one skilled in the art would appreciate that a wireless technology standard pairing algorithm would be alleviated of the potentially difficult step of identifying with which device to pair. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188831 | GENERATING AND DISPLAYING MEDIA CONTENT SEARCH RESULTS ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - Technologies for generating and displaying media search results on a computing device include determining search criteria based on media stored and/or accessed on the computing device. One or more search queries are generated based on the search criteria and submitted to one or more search engines. Any search results are analyzed for relevancy to the media and/or user, and relevant search results are displayed on a display of the computing device. The user may select one or more of the displayed search results to access additional information, websites, and/or perform other functions related to the displayed search result. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188907 | DISPLAYING SORT RESULTS ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - Technologies for displaying sort results on a computing device includes determining a plurality of sort criteria of the set of data items to be sorted and associating a visual property to each sort criteria. A sort priority of sort criteria may also be determined. The set of data items are sorted based on the sort criteria and sort priority. The sort result is displayed using the visual properties of identify the sorting order of each corresponding sort criteria. The visual properties may include, for example, the display location, size, color, animation, or other visual aspect of the data items. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189030 | DISPLAYING NOTIFICATIONS ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - Technologies for displaying notifications on a mobile computing device includes determining a notification category for each notification, determining a priority level for each notification in each notification category, and determining a priority order of the notification categories. The notification categories are displayed as notification containers in which the associated notifications are displayed. Each notification may be displayed as separate tile having a location, size, color, and/or other visual property based on the relative priority level of the individual notification. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189592 | GENERATING AND DISPLAYING SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION AND USER INTERACTIONS ON INTERFACE TILES OF A USER INTERFACE - Technologies for displaying supplemental interface tiles on a user interface of a computing device include determining supplemental information and/or available user interactions associated with a user interface tile displayed on the user interface. A supplemental interface tile is displayed in association with the user interface tile in response to a user selecting the user interface tile. The supplemental information and/or an interaction widget corresponding to the available user interactions may be displayed on the supplemental interface tile based on the selection gesture used by the user to select the user interface tile. | 07-03-2014 |
20140298461 | DISTRIBUTED TRAFFIC PATTERN ANALYSIS AND ENTROPY PREDICTION FOR DETECTING MALWARE IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Technologies are provided in embodiments to detect malware. The embodiments are configured to receive an entropy rate of a potentially affected system. The embodiments are further configured to compare the entropy rate to an average entropy rate, and to determine a probability that the potentially affected system is infected with malware. The probability is based, at least in part, on a result of the comparison. More specific embodiments can include the received entropy rate being generated, at a least in part, by a genetic program. Additional embodiments can include a configuration to provide the potentially affected system with a specified time-span associated with the genetic program. The specified time-span indicates an amount of time to observe context information on the potentially affected system. In at least some embodiments, the result of the comparison includes an indicator of whether the entropy rate correlates to an infected system or a healthy system. | 10-02-2014 |
20150024789 | AUTOMATED RETRIEVAL OF PHYSICAL LOCATION INFORMATION - Systems and methods may provide for detecting an event on a mobile platform, and determining a physical location of the mobile platform in response to the event. The event may be one of a time-based trigger that identifies a colloquial name for the physical location and a single-action request from a user interface of the mobile platform. In one example, the time-based trigger is scheduled based on a calendar entry that includes the colloquial name and is created before the mobile platform enters the physical location. | 01-22-2015 |