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20130076651 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CHANGE CONTROL CENTEXTS OF CONTROLLERS - Methods and apparatus to change control contexts of controllers are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a touch screen to display a user interface; a controller to control a first physical playback device of a first zone when in a first control context and to control a second physical playback device of a second zone when in a second control context; a swipe detector to monitor a designated area of a user interface for a swipe of the touch screen; and a context changer to change the controller from operating in the first control context to operating in the second control context in response to a detected swipe. | 03-28-2013 |
20130173034 | Methods and Systems to Select an Audio Track - Embodiments including methods and apparatus to select an audio track are disclosed. An example method includes detecting first and second playback conditions. The example method also includes comparing an audio track property of an audio track to the first and second playback conditions to determine if the first audio track property matches the first and/or second playback condition. In addition, the example method includes comparing a second audio track property of the audio track to the first and second playback conditions to determine if the second audio track property matches the first and/or second playback condition. Also, the example method includes selecting the audio track for presentation to a user when the first playback condition matches the first and/or second audio track property and the second playback condition matches the first and/or second audio track property. | 07-04-2013 |
20130246916 | Context-Based User Music Menu Systems and Methods - Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to provide content to a playback network are disclosed. An example method includes displaying an indicator of multimedia content to a user via a graphical user interface. The example method includes enabling a multiselect state to allow the user to select multiple items from a browseable list of indicators associated with multimedia content. The example method includes providing a context-sensitive menu including a plurality of options associated with playback of selected items based on enablement of the multiselect state. The example method includes applying an option to each of the selected items based on user selection. The example method includes passing information regarding the multimedia content to a playback system including one or more multimedia playback devices in response to user selection of the option. | 09-19-2013 |
20130317635 | Audio Content Auditioning - Systems and methods are provided for playback of audio content in an “audition mode.” A system may be providing audio content to be rendered by a group of playback devices, when receiving a request to audition a second audio content with at least one playback device from the group of playback devices. The system may then suspend rendering of the first audio content at the at least one playback device, and provide the second audio content to be rendered by the at least one playback device for a duration of time. Upon exiting audition mode, either by completion of the second audio content, expiration of the duration of time, or request to exit audition mode, the system may resume rendering of the first audio content by the at least one playback device. | 11-28-2013 |
20140094943 | Audio Content Playback Management - Systems and methods are provided for adding audio content to a playback queue. In one example, a method involves receiving a request to add automated streaming audio content to a particular playback position in a playback queue. The playback queue may indicate a plurality of audio content and a corresponding playback position associated with each of the plurality of audio content for playback. The method further involves determining a playback duration for the automated streaming audio content, adding the automated streaming audio content to the playback queue at the particular playback position, and causing the automated streaming audio content to be rendered at the particular playback position in the playback queue for the determined playback duration. The automated streaming audio content may include discrete automated streaming audio content and/or continuous automated streaming audio content. Respective examples for adding discrete and continuous automated streaming audio content are also provided. | 04-03-2014 |
20140156641 | Media Content Search Based on Metadata - Embodiments are provided for querying a media server for media content based on user-selected metadata associated with first media while the first media is being experienced by a user. In one embodiment, at least one metadata associated with the first media may be displayed for the user to review while the first media is being experienced by the user. The user may then select a displayed metadata to initiate a search for media content based on the selected metadata. The search for media content may be performed by querying a media server associated with a selection of media content services. The user may then review the results of the media query, select media content from the results, and initiate further action, such as adding the media content to a digital repository, or purchasing the media content. | 06-05-2014 |
20140176298 | Connected State Indicator - Embodiments provided herein involve connected states between a mobile device and one or more zones in a network media system and different interactions between the mobile device and the network media system involving the connected states. The connected states may be established between the mobile device and the one or more zones such that further actions taken on media items identified in the playlist on the mobile device may also be taken on corresponding media items in a playback queue associated with the one or more zones. The interface on the mobile device may display various graphical representations to indicate the different interactions involving the connected states, including when a connected state is established, when a connected state is lost, and when a reconnected state is reestablished. The interface may further provide selectable icons to allow a user to navigate among the different media playback options involving the connected states. | 06-26-2014 |
20140176299 | Playback Zone Silent Connect - Embodiments provided herein involve connected states between a mobile device and one or more zones in a network media system and different interactions between the mobile device and the network media system involving the connected states. The connected states may be established between the mobile device and the one or more zones such that further actions taken on media items identified in the playlist on the mobile device may also be taken on corresponding media items in a playback queue associated with the one or more zones. The interface on the mobile device may display various graphical representations to indicate the different interactions involving the connected states, including when a connected state is established, when a connected state is lost, and when a reconnected state is reestablished. The interface may further provide selectable icons to allow a user to navigate among the different media playback options involving the connected states. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181199 | Playback Queue Control Transition - Embodiments provided herein involve connected states between a mobile device and one or more zones in a network media system and different interactions between the mobile device and the network media system involving the connected states. The connected states may be established between the mobile device and the one or more zones such that further actions taken on media items identified in the playlist on the mobile device may also be taken on corresponding media items in a playback queue associated with the one or more zones. The interface on the mobile device may display various graphical representations to indicate the different interactions involving the connected states, including when a connected state is established, when a connected state is lost, and when a reconnected state is reestablished. The interface may further provide selectable icons to allow a user to navigate among the different media playback options involving the connected states. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181654 | Playback Queue Control via a Playlist on a Mobile Device - Embodiments provided herein involve connected states between a mobile device and one or more zones in a network media system and different interactions between the mobile device and the network media system involving the connected states. The connected states may be established between the mobile device and the one or more zones such that further actions taken on media items identified in the playlist on the mobile device may also be taken on corresponding media items in a playback queue associated with the one or more zones. The interface on the mobile device may display various graphical representations to indicate the different interactions involving the connected states, including when a connected state is established, when a connected state is lost, and when a reconnected state is reestablished. The interface may further provide selectable icons to allow a user to navigate among the different media playback options involving the connected states. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181655 | Moving a Playback Queue to a New Zone - Embodiments provided herein involve connected states between a mobile device and one or more zones in a network media system and different interactions between the mobile device and the network media system involving the connected states. The connected states may be established between the mobile device and the one or more zones such that further actions taken on media items identified in the playlist on the mobile device may also be taken on corresponding media items in a playback queue associated with the one or more zones. The interface on the mobile device may display various graphical representations to indicate the different interactions involving the connected states, including when a connected state is established, when a connected state is lost, and when a reconnected state is reestablished. The interface may further provide selectable icons to allow a user to navigate among the different media playback options involving the connected states. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181656 | Playlist Modification - Embodiments provided herein involve connected states between a mobile device and one or more zones in a network media system and different interactions between the mobile device and the network media system involving the connected states. The connected states may be established between the mobile device and the one or more zones such that further actions taken on media items identified in the playlist on the mobile device may also be taken on corresponding media items in a playback queue associated with the one or more zones. The interface on the mobile device may display various graphical representations to indicate the different interactions involving the connected states, including when a connected state is established, when a connected state is lost, and when a reconnected state is reestablished. The interface may further provide selectable icons to allow a user to navigate among the different media playback options involving the connected states. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181658 | Controlling and Displaying Zones in a Multi-Zone System - A multimedia controller for controlling and displaying zones in a multi-zone system is provided. In one example the controller is configured to provide a user interface for a plurality of zones, wherein each zone of the plurality of zones includes at least one player in a local area network. The controller is also configured to accept via the user interface, an input to display a list of the zones in the local area network, and to identify, for each zone of the plurality of zones, a state associated with each zone of the plurality of zones. The controller is also configured to display the list of the zones, wherein the list of the zones identifies each zone of the plurality of zones, and wherein the list of zones is ordered at least according to the state associated with each respective zone of the plurality of zones. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181659 | Accessing Last-Browsed Information in a Media Playback System - Embodiments are discussed for providing an indication of information previously accessed, or “browsed,” by a user on a control device of a media playback system, irrespective of a prior graphical display on the control device. The embodiments may involve causing a graphical display to provide a visual indication of a selectable region, receiving selection data that indicates a selection of the selectable region, irrespective of a prior graphical display and in response to receiving the selection data, identifying browse data that was most-recently accessed by the control device, where the browse data includes an indication of one or more playable media items, and causing the graphical display to provide a visual indication of the one or more playable media items indicated by the identified browse data. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181997 | Private Queue Indicator - Embodiments provided herein involve connected states between a mobile device and one or more zones in a network media system and different interactions between the mobile device and the network media system involving the connected states. The connected states may be established between the mobile device and the one or more zones such that further actions taken on media items identified in the playlist on the mobile device may also be taken on corresponding media items in a playback queue associated with the one or more zones. The interface on the mobile device may display various graphical representations to indicate the different interactions involving the connected states, including when a connected state is established, when a connected state is lost, and when a reconnected state is reestablished. The interface may further provide selectable icons to allow a user to navigate among the different media playback options involving the connected states. | 06-26-2014 |
20140201197 | Dynamic Display of Filter Criteria - Embodiments are described herein that provide a dynamic display of filter criteria on a control device of a media playback system. In one aspect, a method is provided that involves (a) causing a graphical display of a computing device to display (i) a first set of filter criteria and (ii) search results that include at least a plurality of media-source identifiers that identify a plurality of respective media sources, (b) receiving by the computing device selection data that indicates a selection of one of the plurality of media-source identifiers, (c) determining by the computing device a second set of filter criteria based on the selected media-source identifier, where the second set of filter criteria is different from the first set of filter criteria, and (d) causing the graphical display to display the determined second set of filter criteria. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201635 | Media Playback System Controller Having Multiple Graphical Interfaces - Embodiments are described herein that provide a media playback system controller with multiple graphical interfaces. In one aspect, a method is provided that involves (a) causing a graphical display to provide a first graphical interface including at least (i) a first input region and (ii) a first representation of a media item, (b) receiving a first input data indicating a selection within the first input region, (c) based on the received first input data, causing the graphical display to provide a second graphical interface including at least (i) an active region, (ii) an inactive region, and (iii) a second representation of the media item, (d) receiving a second input data indicating a selection within the active region, and (e) based on the received second input data, causing the graphical display to provide one or more media playback controls. | 07-17-2014 |
20140310316 | Playlist Update in a Media Playback System - Embodiments are provided for updating a playlist that has been added to a playback queue in response to changes to the playback queue. The playback queue may be associated with a zone of a network media system such that items in the playback queue are to be rendered by the zone. The playlist may include one or more items playable by the zone, and may be stored separately from where the playback queue is maintained. Embodiments are also provided for updating a playback queue in response to modifications to a playlist included in the playback queue. In some cases, a user modifying the playlist or playback queue may be prompted upon making the modifications whether to also apply the modification to the playback queue or playlist, respectively. | 10-16-2014 |
20150025661 | ASSOCIATING PLAYBACK DEVICES WITH PLAYBACK QUEUES - An example method includes receiving a first command by a device to group a first playback device with at least a second playback device for synchronous audio playback. In the example method, the group is associated with a first playback queue comprising a list of one or more items for playback by the group. The example method includes, for as long as the playback device is in the group, receiving a second command by the device to remove the first playback device from the group, wherein the first playback device is ungrouped and automatically associated with a second playback queue. In the example method, the second playback queue comprises a list of one or more items for playback by the playback device. | 01-22-2015 |
20150051723 | Audio Content Auditioning by Playback Device - A first playback device may include a processor and data storage including program code that, when executed by the processor, causes the first playback device to: playback a first audio content in synchrony with at least one second playback device; receive a command to play back a second audio content; stop playback of the first audio content based on the received command; and after stopping playback of the first audio content, play back the second audio content for a predefined duration of time. The program code may then cause the first playback device to: (i) after playing back the second audio content, resume playback of the first audio content in synchrony with the at least one second playback device, or (ii) play back the second audio content in synchrony with the at least one second playback device. | 02-19-2015 |
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20090125511 | PAGE RANKING SYSTEM EMPLOYING USER SHARING DATA - Standard web content search result relevance and ranking is improved by considering certain social reference data, such as the number of times an item of content is shared, normalized for the number of times it is viewed. A system and method for improving the relevance and ranking includes a system and method for tracking the social references and a system and method for operating on search engine results to either re-order the results based on social reference data, re-order the search results based on a combination of the social reference data and the web search engine's ordering, and/or display the social reference data either with the search results reordered or in the order provided by the web search engine. Many different forms of data constitute social reference, including sharing content or a link thereto by email, SMS, posting to a link-sharing site, blog, and bookmarking in a web browser. | 05-14-2009 |
20120290606 | PROVIDING SENTIMENT-RELATED CONTENT USING SENTIMENT AND FACTOR-BASED ANALYSIS OF CONTEXTUALLY-RELEVANT USER-GENERATED DATA - Techniques for providing sentiment-related content using sentiment and factor-based analysis of contextually-relevant user-generated data is described, including performing an analysis of a user-generated content to identify a factor associated with the user-generated content, generating a term using a keyword and the factor, and generating a pointer associated with the term and a web page associated with the pointer, the web page including other user-generated content associated with the term. In some examples, a request entered in a field is received and used to generate a web page including user-generated content in response to the request using a sentiment analysis of the user-generated content. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290622 | SENTIMENT AND FACTOR-BASED ANALYSIS IN CONTEXTUALLY-RELEVANT USER-GENERATED DATA MANAGEMENT - Techniques for sentiment and factor-based analysis in contextually-relevant user-generated data management are described, including evaluating data associated with a review displayed on an interface associated with a computing device, the data being retrieved by a crawler before being displayed on the interface, extracting a keyword from the review, performing an analysis of the review to identify one or more factors, and generating a landing page to aggregate content based on the keyword and the analysis of the one or more factors, and a pointer to the landing page, the pointer being configured to include the keyword and the one or more factors. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290908 | RETARGETING CONTEXTUALLY-RELEVANT USER-GENERATED DATA - Techniques for retargeting contextually-relevant user-generated data are described, including detecting an event associated with a widget embedded on a website, and configured to initiate a call to a service to retrieve content contextually relevant to the website, storing a file associated with a browser on a computing device, the file being configured to store the data, generating an identifier to send to the service when the file indicates the browser is configured to display other data associated with another website and being configured to provide a parameter to identify the content, retrieving the content using the identifier, the content being stored in a repository, rendering a display in an interface, and enabling a hyperlink associated with the content and configured to point to a website other than the website or another website, the content being retrieved from the website using a crawler. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290910 | RANKING SENTIMENT-RELATED CONTENT USING SENTIMENT AND FACTOR-BASED ANALYSIS OF CONTEXTUALLY-RELEVANT USER-GENERATED DATA - Techniques for ranking sentiment-related content using sentiment and factor-based analysis of contextually-relevant user-generated data is described, including generating a term, the term associated with a keyword and a factor, grouping user-generated content associated with the term, the user-generated content being retrieved by a crawler and stored in a database, assigning a rank to the term, the rank associated with one or more attributes of the user-generated content, and including a link associated with the term in a list, the list comprising a plurality of links associated with a plurality of terms, each of the plurality of terms having an assigned rank. | 11-15-2012 |
20130031183 | ELECTRONIC MAIL PROCESSING AND PUBLICATION FOR SHARED ENVIRONMENTS - Techniques for electronic mail processing and publication for shared environments are described, including evaluating a data packet indicating receipt of an electronic message at a shared destination, retrieving the electronic message from the shared destination, processing the electronic message to generate a processed message configured to be posted to a shared environment, and posting the processed message to the shared environment. | 01-31-2013 |
20150032824 | AGGREGATE ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGE HANDLING - Techniques for aggregating electronic mail messages are described, including receiving electronic mail associated with a domain, the electronic mail including multiple messages, each message indicating a address being associated with an account, identifying the account with which the address is associated, generating a clean version of each message, the clean version including a subject and a body of a message, and publishing the clean version on a shared environment, including displaying at least a portion of the clean version in the shared environment, the shared environment accessible using access information associated with the account. | 01-29-2015 |
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20120184253 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING SERVICE CAPABILITIES - Methods and apparatuses are provided for determining features provided by a cell and for indicating a service capability corresponding to the determined features. A user equipment may connect to a cell and determine one or more features provided by the cell. Information relating to the one or more features can be stored in a storage medium. An indicator may be displayed to identify a service capability corresponding to the stored information, as well as a capability of the user equipment. | 07-19-2012 |
20130229964 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING A POWER SAVING STATE AT A NETWORK DEVICE - The described aspects include a user equipment (UE) apparatus, network component, and corresponding methods of communicating power saving information using common uplink messages. By using a resource update message to communicate power saving information from a UE, the UE need not request and establish resources with the network for requesting a power state that uses less power than a current state. Similarly, in UE mobility, the UE can indicate previous power saving information to a target Node B to cause the target Node B to refrain from assigning resources to the UE. | 09-05-2013 |
20130265922 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANAGING A POWER SAVING REQUEST - Apparatus and method for wireless communication in a wireless communication network includes receiving a power saving request from an application on a wireless device and determining whether the wireless device has data waiting for transmission in response to the received power saving request. The apparatus and method also includes starting a buffer timer when the data waiting for transmission is determined to exist, buffering the power saving request until expiration of the buffer timer, and triggering transmission of a dormancy request to a network component based on whether the data waiting for transmission is determined to exist. | 10-10-2013 |
20140254505 | PRIORITIZING TIME CRITICAL DATA FOR TRANSMISSION DURING POWER LIMITED STATE IN DC-HSUPA OPERATION - Techniques for prioritizing time critical data for transmission during a power-limited state in DC-HSUPA operation are described. A user equipment (UE) may be in a power-limited state. The UE may identify non-scheduled, time critical data and scheduled data as available for transmission. The UE may detect that a minimum transport block size is about to be selected for a transmission on a secondary uplink carrier. The UE may prioritize the non-scheduled, time critical data over the scheduled data and transmit the non-scheduled, time critical data on a primary uplink carrier based on the prioritizing. The UE also may transmit the scheduled data during a transmission time interval (TTI) that is different from the TTI during which the non-scheduled, time critical data was transmitted. The non-scheduled, time critical data and the scheduled data may be transmitted using transmit diversity. | 09-11-2014 |
20140293887 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SMART RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - Aspects of the present disclosure provide for a method and an apparatus for wireless communications using an intelligent Random Access Channel (RACH) procedure that may increase the probability of obtaining an available E-DCH resource quickly in a Universal Mobile Telecommunication System. | 10-02-2014 |
20140362699 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING CALL PERFORMANCE AND DATA THROUGHPUT - Methods and apparatus are described for improving call performance and data throughput. The methods and apparatus include receiving one or more packet data units (PDUs) during a transmission time interval (TTI) from a network entity, wherein the one or more PDUs are associated with a radio bearer. Further, the methods and apparatus include determining one or more out-of-order PDUs from the one or more PDUs. Moreover, the methods and apparatus include reordering the one or more out-of-order PDUs, wherein the one or more out-of-order PDUs are reordered within the TTI. Additionally, the methods and apparatus include processing the one or more reordered PDUs. | 12-11-2014 |
20150036518 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS INTER-FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT RECONFIGURATIONS OF DC-HSUPA UE - Disclosed are systems and methods for continuous inter-frequency measurement reconfigurations in a DC-HSUPA User Equipment (UE). In one aspect, the system may configure the UE to perform intra-frequency measurements on a frequency f1 and inter-frequency measurements on a frequency f2 in a dual carrier (DC) downlink (DL) mode and a single carrier (SC) uplink (UL) mode. The system may then reconfigure the UE to operate in a DC UL mode and continuing to perform inter-frequency measurements on the frequency f2 in the DC UL mode. The system may then reconfigure the UE to operate in the SC UL mode and continuing to perform inter-frequency measurements on frequency f2 in the SC UL mode. | 02-05-2015 |
20150043441 | ENHANCEMENTS FOR TRANSMISSION OVER MULTIPLE CARRIERS - Data is selectively transmitted over one or more carriers of a set of carriers. According to some aspects of the disclosure, a decision may be made to forgo the transmission of a preamble via one of the carriers (e.g., channels). For example, in a multi-carrier system, transmission of a preamble via one carrier may be inhibited if all of the data can be transmitted via another carrier. According to some aspects of the disclosure, a decision may be made to transmit different types of data on a single carrier rather than on multiple carriers. For example, a single carrier may be used to transmit schedule data and non-scheduled data if all of the data can be transmitted on one of the carriers (e.g., during a single transmission time interval). In this case, transmission of a preamble on another one of the carriers may therefore be inhibited. | 02-12-2015 |
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20100225655 | Concurrent Encoding/Decoding of Tiled Data - Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for dividing bitmaps into tiles and processing the tiles concurrently using multiple tile engines. Data compression algorithms may be adapted so that the algorithms can be concurrently processed by multiple data slice engines. The algorithms may be further adapted so that the concurrent outputs for each stage may be passed to the next processing stage without delays or dead cycles. The reduction or elimination of delays or dead cycles may result in a lower latency. | 09-09-2010 |
20110102443 | Virtualized GPU in a Virtual Machine Environment - Methods and systems are disclosed for virtualizing a graphics accelerator such as a GPU. In one embodiment, a GPU can be paravirtualized. Rather than modeling a complete hardware GPU, paravirtualization may provide for an abstracted software-only GPU that presents a software interface different from that of the underlying hardware. By providing a paravirtualized GPU, a virtual machine may enable a rich user experience with, for example, accelerated 3D rendering and multimedia, without the need for the virtual machine to be associated with a particular GPU product. | 05-05-2011 |
20110141123 | Push Pull Adaptive Capture - In various embodiments, a screen image may be divided into rectangles, and a capture component may track changed rectangles and capture the screen upon receiving an indication. For small screen updates, the capture rate may be set to ˜30 captures per second to provide a lower latency. As the screen update size increases, the capture rate may be decreased to match an allocated bandwidth. The capture rate may be increased when available bandwidth increases and decreased as bandwidth decreases. For example, the capture rate may be decreased when downstream back pressure meets predefined criteria. The capture rate change may be effected gradually to avoid jerks and jumps. Varying the capture rate by also enable audio/video synchronization with varying bandwidth variations. Some embodiments may be extended to multiple monitor solutions. | 06-16-2011 |
20110141133 | Real-Time Compression With GPU/CPU - Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for efficiently processing and transmitting graphics data when sub-regions of the screen represented by the graphics data are updated at different relative update rates. In an embodiment, when the screen is divided into tiles and a plurality of the tiles have been determined as being changed, some of the sublevels resulting from the image transform may not be encoded and transmitted. The decoding process may use zeroes for any data not received. The rendering subsystem may render the image with the partial data, and the remaining data may be received in subsequent transmissions. | 06-16-2011 |
20120075314 | Prevention of DOS Attack by a Rogue Graphics Application - A mechanism is described for mitigating the effects of such a DoS attack by detecting a multiple TDR situation within a short duration, identifying the errant virtual machines, and suspending all rendering ability for that virtual machine or set of virtual machines. While the disclosed embodiments are described in the context of virtual machines, the principles may be extended to the general problem of DoS attacks due to TDRs and bugchecks on any physical machine that includes a GPU. For example, DoS attacks can be generated from web sites directly using GPU rendering. | 03-29-2012 |
20120075346 | Low Complexity Method For Motion Compensation Of DWT Based Systems - Exemplary techniques for performing motion compensation in the discrete wavelet transform domain are described. In an exemplary embodiment, a server can perform motion compensation in the discrete wavelet transform domain for an image and send at least one motion vector and at least one delta array to a client. The client can use the at least one motion vector and the at least one delta array to compose the image. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the detailed description, claims, and figures. | 03-29-2012 |
20120154375 | Techniques For Enabling Remote Management Of Servers Configured With Graphics Processors - A technique for enabling the use of a baseboard management controller in a computer system configured to stream 3D graphical user interfaces to remote clients is described. In an exemplary configuration, a cap driver that is written to conform to a driver model that can interface with a 3D graphics application program interface can be loaded for use with the baseboard management controller instead of a legacy driver that was written to conform to a legacy driver model. This allows a control program to load a graphics driver that can interoperate with the 3D graphics application program interface. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the text of the summary and detailed description, the claims, and drawings. | 06-21-2012 |
20120317236 | Web-Browser Based Desktop And Application Remoting Solution - An invention is disclosed for conducting a remote presentation session with a client that uses a web browser to conduct the session. In embodiments, a proxy server exists between the remote presentation server and the client. The proxy server establishes a HTTP session with the client and a remote presentation session with the client. The server generates graphics encoded with a remote presentation protocol and sends them to the proxy, which re-encodes them as video and sends them to the client for display in the web browser. The client captures user input at the web browser and sends it to the proxy, which encodes it with the remote presentation protocol and sends it to the server to be processed. | 12-13-2012 |
20130057560 | Delivering GPU Resources Across Machine Boundaries - Described herein is providing GPU resources across machine boundaries. Data centers tend to have racks of servers that have limited access to GPUs. Accordingly, disclosed herein is providing GPU resources to computing devices that have limited access to GPUs across machine boundaries. | 03-07-2013 |
20130070844 | Low-Complexity Remote Presentation Session Encoder - An invention is disclosed for encoding and decoding data in a 4:4:4 subsampling scheme, using an encoder/decoder that is not configured to encode or decode data in 4:4:4. In embodiments, an encoder planararizes an input frame into three component frames in a 4:0:0 scheme. The encoder then encodes each component frame in the 4:0:0 scheme, and aggregates the encoded component frames into a bit stream. A decoder receives such a bit stream, and decodes it with a component not configured to decode data in 4:4:4. The decoder decodes the bit stream to produce a representation of the three component frames in 4:0:0, then aggregates the three component frames into a representation of the original frame in 4:4:4. | 03-21-2013 |
20130181999 | PARA-VIRTUALIZED DOMAIN, HULL, AND GEOMETRY SHADERS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for providing domain, hull, and geometry shaders in a para-virtualized environment. As such, a guest application executing in a child partition is enabled use a programmable GPU pipeline of a physical GPU. A vGPU (executing in the child partition) is presented to the guest application. The vGPU exposes DDIs of a rendering framework. The DDIs enable the guest application to send graphics commands to the vGPU, including commands for utilizing a domain shader, a hull shader, and/or a geometric shader at a physical GPU. A render component (executing within the root partition) receives physical GPU-specific commands from the vGPU, including commands for using the domain shader, the hull shader, and/or the geometric shader. The render component schedules the physical GPU-specific command(s) for execution at the physical GPU. | 07-18-2013 |
20140092998 | FRAME PACKING AND UNPACKING HIGHER-RESOLUTION CHROMA SAMPLING FORMATS - Video frames of a higher-resolution chroma sampling format such as YUV 4:4:4 are packed into video frames of a lower-resolution chroma sampling format such as YUV 4:2:0 for purposes of video encoding. For example, sample values for a frame in YUV 4:4:4 format are packed into two frames in YUV 4:2:0 format. After decoding, the video frames of the lower-resolution chroma sampling format can be unpacked to reconstruct the video frames of the higher-resolution chroma sampling format. In this way, available encoders and decoders operating at the lower-resolution chroma sampling format can be used, while still retaining higher resolution chroma information. In example implementations, frames in YUV 4:4:4 format are packed into frames in YUV 4:2:0 format such that geometric correspondence is maintained between Y, U and V components for the frames in YUV 4:2:0 format. | 04-03-2014 |
20140192261 | CHROMA FRAME CONVERSION FOR THE VIDEO CODEC - Converting a first format frame to one or more second format frames. In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a first format frame using n coefficients, where n is the total number of coefficients used for the Y, U and V planes of the first format frame. The method further includes mapping the coefficients of the first format frame to coefficients of one or more second format frames. The one or more second format frames have n coefficients across all of the second format frames matching the n coefficients of the first format frame. | 07-10-2014 |
20140369421 | Screen Map and Standards-Based Progressive Codec for Screen Content Coding - Methods and systems for delivering screen content to a client device are disclosed. One method includes, for each of a plurality of coding units corresponding to screen regions included in a screen at a particular time, classifying screen content included in the coding unit as having a content type selected from among a plurality of content types, at least one of the content types comprising a screen image type, and, based on a determination that the screen content has a screen image type, applying a progressive standards-based encoding to the screen content of that coding unit. The method also includes transmitting encoded screen content for each of the screen regions to the client device. | 12-18-2014 |
20150063451 | Universal Screen Content Codec - Methods and systems for providing a universal screen content codec are described. One method includes receiving screen content comprising a plurality of screen frames, wherein at least one of the screen frames includes a plurality of types of screen content. The method also includes encoding the at least one of the screen frames, including the plurality of types of screen content, using a single codec, to generate an encoded bitstream compliant with a standards-based codec. The plurality of types of screen content can include text, video, or image content. Blocks containing the various content types can be individually and collectively encoded. | 03-05-2015 |
20150063471 | Post-Process Filter for Decompressed Screen Content - Methods and systems for processing graphical data received at a computing system from a remote source are described. One method includes decoding received graphical content, the received graphical content including an image being compressed using a plurality of codecs, wherein decoding the received graphical content includes creating a decoded image. The method also includes, based on quality of the received graphical content, selecting from among a plurality of filters to apply to the decoded image. The method further includes applying a plurality of filters to at least a portion of the decoded image. | 03-05-2015 |
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20130027801 | INTER-TRACK INTERFERENCE CANCELATION IN THE PRESENCE OF FREQUENCY OFFSET - An initial phase offset between a center track and a side track is determined. An initial side track pulse shape is determined using the initial phase offset and side track interference. The initial side track pulse shape minimizes a contribution of the side track interference to a center track bit. The contribution of the side track interference is removed from the center track bit using the initial side track pulse shape and the side track interference. | 01-31-2013 |
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20140129899 | TURBO-PRODUCT CODES (TPC) WITH INTERLEAVING - Decoding associated with a second error correction code and a first error correction code is performed. Ns first and second-corrected segments of data, first sets of parity information, and second sets of parity information are intersegment interleaved to obtain intersegment interleaved data, where the Ns segments of data, the Ns first sets of parity information, and the Ns second sets of parity information have had decoding associated with the first and the second error correction code performed on them (Ns is the number of segments interleaved together). Decoding associated with a third error correction code is performed on the intersegment interleaved data and interleaved parity information to obtain at least third-corrected interleaved data. The third-corrected interleaved data is de-interleaved. | 05-08-2014 |
20140189331 | SYSTEM OF IMPROVED LOOP DETECTION AND EXECUTION - An method may include identifying loop information corresponding to a plurality of loop instructions. The loop instructions are stored into a queue. The loop instructions are replayed from the queue for execution. Loop iteration is counted based on the identified loop information. A determination of whether the last iteration of the loop is done. If the last iteration is not done, then continue replaying the loop instructions, until the last iteration is done. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189659 | HANDLING OF BINARY TRANSLATED SELF MODIFYING CODE AND CROSS MODIFYING CODE - A processor core includes a processor to execute a first translated instruction translated from a first instruction stored in first page of a memory. The processor also includes a translation indicator agent (XTBA) to store a first translation indicator that is read from a physical map (PhysMap) in the memory. In an embodiment, the first translation indicator is to indicate whether the first page has been modified after the first instruction is translated. Other embodiments are described as claimed. | 07-03-2014 |
20140325320 | SYNDROME TABLES FOR DECODING TURBO-PRODUCT CODES - A set of one or more component syndromes associated with a turbo product code (TPC) codeword is obtained from a component syndrome buffer. Component decoding is performed on the set of one or more component syndromes. | 10-30-2014 |
20140351672 | MISCORRECTION DETECTION FOR ERROR CORRECTING CODES USING BIT RELIABILITIES - Miscorrection detection for error correction codes using bit reliabilities is disclosed, including: receiving a plurality of reliabilities corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of read values; receiving one or more proposed corrections corresponding to one or more of the plurality of read values; and determining a miscorrection metric based at least in part on one or more of the plurality of reliabilities corresponding to the one or more of the plurality of read values. | 11-27-2014 |
20150052419 | ERROR CORRECTION CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF HARD BIT ERRORS - A soft output detector is programmed with a first set of parameters. Soft information is generated according to the first set of parameters, including likelihood information that spans a maximum likelihood range. Error correction decoding is performed on the soft information generated according to the first set of parameters. In the event decoding is unsuccessful, the soft output detector is programmed with a second set of parameters, soft information according is generated to the second set of parameters (including likelihood information that is scaled down from the maximum likelihood range), and error correction decoding is performed on the soft information generated according to the second set of parameters. | 02-19-2015 |
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20090021513 | Method of Customizing 3D Computer-Generated Scenes - An automated method of rapidly producing customized 3D graphics images in which various user images and video are merged into 3D computer graphics scenes, producing hybrid images that appear to have been created by a computationally intensive 3D rendering process, but which in fact have been created by a much less computationally intensive series of 2D image operations. To do this, a 3D graphics computer model is rendered into a 3D graphics image using a customized renderer designed to automatically report on some of the renderer's intermediate rendering operations, and store this intermediate data in the form of metafilm. User images and video may then be automatically combined with the metafilm, producing a 3D rendered quality final image with orders of magnitude fewer computing operations. The process can be used to inexpensively introduce user content into sophisticated images and videos suitable for many internet, advertising, cell phone, and other applications. | 01-22-2009 |
20100082648 | HASH JOIN USING COLLABORATIVE PARALLEL FILTERING IN INTELLIGENT STORAGE WITH OFFLOADED BLOOM FILTERS - Processing resources at a storage system for a database server are utilized to perform aspects of a join operation that would conventionally be performed by the database server. When requesting a range of data units from a storage system, the database server includes join metadata describing aspects of the join operation for which the data is being requested. The join metadata may be, for instance, a bloom filter. The storage system reads the requested data from disk as normal. However, prior to sending the requested data back to the storage system, the storage system analyzes the raw data based on the join metadata, removing a certain amount of data that is guaranteed to be irrelevant to the join operation. The storage system then returns filtered data to the database server. The database system thereby avoids the unnecessary transfer of certain data between the storage system and the database server. | 04-01-2010 |
20100122026 | SELECTIVELY READING DATA FROM CACHE AND PRIMARY STORAGE - Techniques are provided for using an intermediate cache to provide some of the items involved in a scan operation, while other items involved in the scan operation are provided from primary storage. Techniques are also provided for determining whether to service an I/O request for an item with a copy of the item that resides in the intermediate cache based on factors such as a) an identity of the user for whom the I/O request was submitted, b) an identity of a service that submitted the I/O request, c) an indication of a consumer group to which the I/O request maps, d) whether the I/O request is associated with an offloaded filter provided by the database server to the storage system, or e) whether the intermediate cache is overloaded. Techniques are also provided for determining whether to store items in an intermediate cache in response to the items being retrieved, based on logical characteristics associated with the requests that retrieve the items. | 05-13-2010 |
20130212332 | SELECTIVELY READING DATA FROM CACHE AND PRIMARY STORAGE - Techniques are provided for using an intermediate cache to provide some of the items involved in a scan operation, while other items involved in the scan operation are provided from primary storage. Techniques are also provided for determining whether to service an I/O request for an item with a copy of the item that resides in the intermediate cache based on factors such as a) an identity of the user for whom the I/O request was submitted, b) an identity of a service that submitted the I/O request, c) an indication of a consumer group to which the I/O request maps, or d) whether the intermediate cache is overloaded. Techniques are also provided for determining whether to store items in an intermediate cache in response to the items being retrieved, based on logical characteristics associated with the requests that retrieve the items. | 08-15-2013 |
20140337314 | HASH JOIN USING COLLABORATIVE PARALLEL FILTERING IN INTELLIGENT STORAGE WITH OFFLOADED BLOOM FILTERS - Processing resources at a storage system for a database server are utilized to perform aspects of a join operation that would conventionally be performed by the database server. When requesting a range of data units from a storage system, the database server includes join metadata describing aspects of the join operation for which the data is being requested. The join metadata may be, for instance, a bloom filter. The storage system reads the requested data from disk as normal. However, prior to sending the requested data back to the storage system, the storage system analyzes the raw data based on the join metadata, removing a certain amount of data that is guaranteed to be irrelevant to the join operation. The storage system then returns filtered data to the database server. The database system thereby avoids the unnecessary transfer of certain data between the storage system and the database server. | 11-13-2014 |
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20120227794 | THRESHOLD ADJUSTMENT IMPLANTS FOR REDUCING SURFACE RECOMBINATION IN SOLAR CELLS - Embodiments of the invention relate to methods of forming solar cell devices to reduce recombination losses and solar cell devices made by such methods, for example back contact solar cells, such as emitter-wrap-through (EWT) solar cells. The methods may include disposing an amount of impurities into a charge compensating region formed on a rear surface of a substrate and forming a rear surface passivation layer over at least a portion of the charge compensating region, wherein the amount of the impurities disposed in the charge compensating region is selected to compensate for an amount of charge formed in the rear surface passivation layer. | 09-13-2012 |
20120270359 | METHOD OF FORMING P-N JUNCTION IN SOLAR CELL SUBSTRATE - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a single step diffusion process used in selective emitter solar cell fabrication. In one embodiment, a dopant paste is selectively applied on a front surface of a substrate having opposite conductivity type from the dopant paste. The substrate is then exposed to a dopant containing vapor to deposit a doping layer having opposite conductivity type from the substrate on the front surface of the substrate. While the substrate is exposed to the dopant containing vapor, a portion of the dopant paste also contribute to deposition of the doping layer via gas phase transport of doping atoms from the dopant paste. The substrate is then heated in an atmosphere comprising oxygen and/or nitrogen to a temperature sufficient to cause the dopant atoms in the dopant paste and the doping layer to diffuse into the substrate, forming heavily and lightly doped emitter regions. | 10-25-2012 |
20130102109 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF REMOVING A PASSIVATION FILM AND IMPROVING CONTACT RESISTANCE IN REAR POINT CONTACT SOLAR CELLS - Embodiments of the present invention generally provide improved processes and apparatus for removing passivation layers from a surface of photovoltaic cells and improving contact resistance in rear point contact photovoltaic cells. In one embodiment, a method of processing a solar cell substrate includes providing a substrate having a passivation layer deposited on a first surface of the substrate. The passivation layer is a layer stack comprising an aluminum oxide and a silicon nitride. The method also includes exposing the first surface of the substrate to an etchant, and heating the etchant to dissolve the aluminum oxide of the passivation layer on the first surface. The method may further include forming a metal containing layer on a second surface of the substrate that is opposite to the first surface. | 04-25-2013 |
20130183796 | METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL DEVICES - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a process for making solar cells. Particularly, embodiments of the invention provide simultaneously co-firing (e.g., thermally processing) metal layers disposed both on a first and a second surface of a solar cell substrate to complete the metallization process in one step. By doing so, both the metal layers formed on the first and the second surfaces of the solar cell substrate are co-fired (e.g., simultaneously thermally processed), thereby eliminating manufacturing complexity, cycle time and cost to produce the solar cell device. Embodiments of the invention may also provide a method and solar cell structure that requires a reduced amount of a metallization paste on a rear surface of the substrate to form a rear surface contact structure and, thus, reduce the cost of the formed solar cell device. | 07-18-2013 |
20130233379 | PATTERNED ALUMINUM BACK CONTACTS FOR REAR PASSIVATION - Embodiments of the invention generally relate to solar cells having reduced carrier recombination and methods of forming the same. The solar cells have eutectic local contacts and passivation layers which reduce recombination by facilitating formation of a back surface field (BSF). A patterned aluminum back contact is disposed on the passivation layer for removing current form the solar cell. The patterned back contact reduces the cost-per-watt of the solar cell by using less material than a full-surface back contact. The methods of forming the solar cells include depositing a passivation layer including aluminum oxide and silicon nitride on a back surface of a solar cell, and then forming openings through the passivation layer. A patterned aluminum back contact is disposed on the passivation layer over the holes, and thermally processed to form a silicon-aluminum eutectic within the openings. | 09-12-2013 |
20140060609 | MONOLITHIC MODULE ASSEMBLY FOR STANDARD CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS - Apparatuses and assembly methods are provided for a monolithic solar cell panel assembly. The assembly comprises an array of solar cells having front electrical contacts and back electrical contacts, wherein a first set of the solar cells in the array are aligned to be electrically connected in series through a back circuit sheet having an array of back metal contacts connected to corresponding back electrical contacts on the first set of solar cells, and through a front circuit sheet having an array of front metal contacts connected to corresponding front electrical contacts on the first set of solar cells. Electrical connections may be made in a lamination step, in which an encapsulant polymer flows into gaps and an interconnect material connects the circuits to form the monolithic solar cell panel assembly. | 03-06-2014 |
20140261666 | METHODS OF MANUFACTURING A LOW COST SOLAR CELL DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to processes for making solar cells by simultaneously co-firing metal layers disposed both on a first and a second surface of a bifacial solar cell substrate. Embodiments of the invention may also provide a method forming a solar cell structure that utilize a reduced amount of a silver paste on a front surface of the solar cell substrate and a patterned aluminum metallization paste on a rear surface of the solar cell substrate to form a rear surface contact structure. Embodiments can be used to form passivated emitter and rear cells (PERC), passivated emitter rear locally diffused solar cells (PERL), passivated emitter, rear totally-diffused (PERT), “iPERC,” Crystalline Reduced-cost Aluminum Fire-Through (CRAFT), pCRAFT, nCRAFT or other high efficiency cell concepts. | 09-18-2014 |
20140273338 | METHODS OF FORMING SOLAR CELLS AND SOLAR CELL MODULES - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to processes for making solar cells by simultaneously co-firing metal layers disposed both on a first and a second surface of a bifacial solar cell substrate. Embodiments of the invention may also provide a method forming a solar cell structure that utilize a reduced amount of a silver paste on a front surface of the solar cell substrate and a patterned aluminum metallization paste on a rear surface of the solar cell substrate to form a rear surface contact structure. Embodiments can be used to form passivated emitter and rear cells (PERC), passivated emitter rear locally diffused solar cells (PERL), passivated emitter, rear totally-diffused (PERT), “iPERC,” Crystalline Reduced-cost Aluminum Fire-Through (CRAFT), pCRAFT, nCRAFT or other high efficiency cell concepts. | 09-18-2014 |
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20120143877 | Method and Apparatus for High Performance, Updatable, and Deterministic Hash Table for Network Equipment - An apparatus comprising a storage device comprising a hash table including a plurality of buckets, each bucket being capable of storing at least one data item, and a processor configured to apply at least a first and a second hash function upon receiving a key to generate a first index and a second index, respectively, the first and second indices identifying first and second potential buckets in the hash table for storing a new data item associated with the key, determine whether at least one of the first and second potential buckets have space available to store the new data item, and responsive to determining that at least one of the first and second potential buckets have available space, insert the new data item into one of the first or second potential buckets determined to have available space. | 06-07-2012 |
20120195314 | Destination-Based Virtual Channel Assignment in On-Chip Ring Networks - An apparatus comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links connecting the nodes in a ring topology, wherein a first node from among the plurality of nodes is coupled to a first link from among the plurality of links, wherein the first link comprises a plurality of virtual channels, and wherein each of the plurality of virtual channels is assigned to provide service to a unique one of the plurality of nodes. | 08-02-2012 |
20120195321 | Method and Apparatus for Low-Latency Interconnection Networks Using Hierarchical Rings - An apparatus comprising a chip comprising a global ring network comprising a plurality of global routers configured in a unidirectional ring network, and a plurality of local ring networks directly connected to the global ring network. A method comprising transmitting a first flit from a first router to a second router, wherein a first ring network comprises the first and second routers, and transmitting a second flit from the first router to a third router, wherein a second ring network comprises the first and third routers, wherein the first and second ring networks are in a hierarchical relationship with each other, and wherein a chip comprises the first and second ring networks. | 08-02-2012 |
20120195322 | Method and Apparatus for Achieving Fairness in Interconnect Using Age-Based Arbitration and Timestamping - An apparatus comprising a chip comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein a first node from among the plurality of nodes is configured to receive a first flit comprising a first timestamp, receive a second flit comprising a second timestamp, determine whether the first flit is older than the second flit based on the first timestamp and the second timestamp, transmit the first flit before the second flit if the first flit is older than the second flit, and transmit the second flit before the first flit if the first flit is not older than the second flit. | 08-02-2012 |
20120201171 | Asymmetric ring topology for reduced latency in on-chip ring networks - An apparatus comprising a chip comprising a plurality of nodes, a first plurality of links connecting the plurality of nodes in a first ring network having a first topology, and a second plurality of links connecting the plurality of nodes in a second ring network having a second topology, wherein the first topology is different than the second topology. | 08-09-2012 |
20120201373 | Design of a Good General-Purpose Hash Function with Limited Resources - An apparatus comprising a plurality of stages that are coupled in series and configured to implement a hash function, wherein the stages comprise a plurality of XOR arrays and one or more Substitution-Boxes (S-Boxes) that comprise a plurality of parallel gates. Also disclosed is an apparatus comprising a plurality of XOR gates that are coupled in parallel, a plurality of input bits coupled to the XOR gates, and a plurality of output bits coupled to the XOR gates, wherein the XOR gates are configured to implement a linear mixing function of the input bits into the output bits as a stage of a non-cryptographic hash function. | 08-09-2012 |
20130013888 | Method and Appartus For Index-Based Virtual Addressing - An apparatus comprising a memory configured to store a routing table and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to generate a request to access at least a section of an instance, assign an index to the request based on the instance, lookup an entry in the routing table based on the index, wherein the entry comprises a resource bit vector, and identify a resource comprising at least part of the section of the instance based on the resource bit vector. | 01-10-2013 |
20130061009 | High Performance Free Buffer Allocation and Deallocation - The disclosure includes an apparatus comprising a memory configured to store a free list comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein at least one of the plurality of nodes is configured to store a plurality of node addresses, and wherein each of the plurality of node addresses corresponds to one node in the plurality of nodes. The disclosure further includes a method of memory management comprising using a free list comprising a plurality of nodes and storing a plurality of node addresses in at least one of the plurality of nodes, and wherein each of the plurality of node addresses corresponds to one node in the plurality of nodes. | 03-07-2013 |
20130311747 | Memory Mapping and Translation for Arbitrary Number of Memory Units - A method for address translation in a memory comprising a plurality of memory streaming units (MSUs), wherein n represents the number of MSUs and n is not a power of two, and wherein the memory further comprises a striped region, the method comprising determining an MSU from among the plurality of MSUs having a physical address (PA) in the striped region corresponding to a logical address (LA) comprising performing a modulo n operation on less than all the bits representing the LA; and transmitting the LA to the MSU. | 11-21-2013 |
20140068132 | AUTOMATIC CONSTRUCTION OF DEADLOCK FREE INTERCONNECTS - Systems and methods for automatically building a deadlock free inter-communication network in a multi-core system are described. The example embodiments described herein involve deadlock detection during the mapping of user specified communication pattern amongst blocks of the system. Detected deadlocks are then avoided by re-allocation of channel resources. An example embodiment of the deadlock avoidance scheme is presented on Network-on-chip interconnects for large scale multi-core system-on-chips. | 03-06-2014 |
20140098683 | HETEROGENEOUS CHANNEL CAPACITIES IN AN INTERCONNECT - Systems and methods involving construction of a system interconnect in which different channels have different widths in numbers of bits. Example processes to construct such a heterogeneous channel NoC interconnect are disclosed herein, wherein the channel width may be determined based upon the provided specification of bandwidth and latency between various components of the system. | 04-10-2014 |
20140115218 | ASYMMETRIC MESH NoC TOPOLOGIES - A method of interconnecting blocks of heterogeneous dimensions using a NoC interconnect with sparse mesh topology includes determining a size of a mesh reference grid based on dimensions of the chip, dimensions of the blocks of heterogeneous dimensions, relative placement of the blocks and a number of host ports required for each of the blocks of heterogeneous dimensions, overlaying the blocks of heterogeneous dimensions on the mesh reference grid based on based on a guidance floor plan for placement of the blocks of heterogeneous dimensions, removing ones of a plurality of nodes and corresponding ones of links to the ones of the plurality of nodes which are blocked by the overlaid blocks of heterogeneous dimensions, based on porosity information of the blocks of heterogeneous dimensions, and mapping inter-block communication of the network-on-chip architecture over remaining ones of the nodes and corresponding remaining ones of the links. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115298 | ASYMMETRIC MESH NoC TOPOLOGIES - A method of interconnecting blocks of heterogeneous dimensions using a NoC interconnect with sparse mesh topology includes determining a size of a mesh reference grid based on dimensions of the chip, dimensions of the blocks of heterogeneous dimensions, relative placement of the blocks and a number of host ports required for each of the blocks of heterogeneous dimensions, overlaying the blocks of heterogeneous dimensions on the mesh reference grid based on based on a guidance floor plan for placement of the blocks of heterogeneous dimensions, removing ones of a plurality of nodes and corresponding ones of links to the ones of the plurality of nodes which are blocked by the overlaid blocks of heterogeneous dimensions, based on porosity information of the blocks of heterogeneous dimensions, and mapping inter-block communication of the network-on-chip architecture over remaining ones of the nodes and corresponding remaining ones of the links. | 04-24-2014 |
20140177473 | HIERARCHICAL ASYMMETRIC MESH WITH VIRTUAL ROUTERS - A network-on-chip configuration includes a first plurality of cores arranged in a two-dimensional mesh; a first plurality of routers, each of the first plurality of routers associated with a corresponding local one of the first plurality of cores, each of the first plurality of routers having a plurality of directional ports configured to provide connections to other ones of the first plurality of routers; a second plurality of cores disposed around a periphery of the two-dimensional mesh arrangement; and a second plurality of routers, each of the second plurality of routers associated with a corresponding local one of the second plurality of cores, and having a directional port configured to provide a connection to a neighboring one of the first plurality of routers. | 06-26-2014 |
20140177648 | TAGGING AND SYNCHRONIZATION FOR FAIRNESS IN NOC INTERCONNECTS - Systems and methods described herein are directed to solutions for NoC interconnects that provide end-to-end uniform- and weighted-fair allocation of resource bandwidths among various contenders. The example implementations are fully distributed and involve tagging the messages with meta-information when the messages are injected in the interconnection network. Example implementations may involve routers using various arbitration phases, and making local arbitration decisions based on the meta-information of incoming messages. The meta-information can be of various types based on the number of router arbitration phases, and the desired level of sophistication. | 06-26-2014 |
20140204735 | AUTOMATIC DEADLOCK DETECTION AND AVOIDANCE IN A SYSTEM INTERCONNECT BY CAPTURING INTERNAL DEPENDENCIES OF IP CORES USING HIGH LEVEL SPECIFICATION - Systems and methods for automatically building a deadlock free inter-communication network in a multi-core system are described. The example implementations described herein involve a high level specification to capture the internal dependencies of various cores, and using it along with the user specified system traffic profile to automatically detect protocol level deadlocks in the system. When all detected deadlock are resolved or no such deadlocks are present, messages in the traffic profile between various cores of the system may be automatically mapped to the interconnect channels and detect network level deadlocks. Detected deadlocks then may be avoided by re-allocation of channel resources. An example implementation of the internal dependency specification and using it for deadlock avoidance scheme is presented on Network-on-chip interconnects for large scale multi-core system-on-chips. | 07-24-2014 |
20140204764 | QOS IN HETEROGENEOUS NOC BY ASSIGNING WEIGHTS TO NOC NODE CHANNELS AND USING WEIGHTED ARBITRATION AT NOC NODES - Systems and methods described herein are directed to solutions for NoC interconnects that provide end-to-end uniform- and weighted-fair allocation of resource bandwidths among various contenders. The example implementations are fully distributed and involve computing weights for various channels in a network on chip (NoC) based on the bandwidth requirements of flows at the channels. Example implementations may involve using the weights to perform weighted arbitration between channels in the NoC to provide quality of service (QoS). The weights may be adjusted dynamically by monitoring the activity of flows at the channels. The newly adjusted weights can be used to perform the weighted arbitrations to avoid unfair bandwidth allocations. | 07-24-2014 |
20140211622 | CREATING MULTIPLE NOC LAYERS FOR ISOLATION OR AVOIDING NOC TRAFFIC CONGESTION - Systems and methods described herein are directed to solutions for Network on Chip (NoC) interconnects that automatically and dynamically determines the number of layers needed in a NoC interconnect system based on the bandwidth requirements of the system traffic flows. The number of layers is dynamically allocated and minimized by performing load balancing of the traffic flows between the channels and routes of different NoC layers as they are mapped. Additional layers may be allocated to provide the additional virtual channels that may be needed for deadlock avoidance and to maintain the isolation properties between various system flows. Layer allocation for additional bandwidth and additional virtual channels (VCs) may be performed in tandem. | 07-31-2014 |
20140254388 | RECONFIGURABLE NOC FOR CUSTOMIZING TRAFFIC AND OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE AFTER NOC SYNTHESIS - Systems and methods described herein are directed to solutions for Network on Chip (NoC) interconnects that supports reconfigurability to support a variety of different traffic profiles each having different sets of traffic flows after the NoC is designed and deployed in a SoC. Reconfiguration of the NoC to map and load a new traffic profile or change the currently mapped traffic profile is performed by an external optimization module which maps various transactions of a given traffic profile to the NoC and reconfigure the NoC hardware by loading the computed mapping information. As part of the mapping process, load balancing between NoC layers may be performed by automatically assigning the transactions in the traffic profile to be routed over certain NoC layers and channels, automatically determining the routes based on the bandwidth requirements of the transaction. The deadlock avoidance and isolation properties of various transactions are maintained during the mapping. | 09-11-2014 |
20140301241 | MULTIPLE HETEROGENEOUS NOC LAYERS - Systems and methods described herein are directed to solutions for Network on Chip (NoC) interconnects that automatically and dynamically determines the topology of different NoC layers and maps system traffic flows to various routes in various NoC layers that satisfies the latency requirements of the flows. The number of layers and their topology is dynamically allocated and optimized by performing load balancing of the traffic flows between the channels and routes of different NoC layers and updating the topology of the NoC layers as they are mapped. In addition to allocating additional NoC layers and topologies to satisfy the latency requirements of the flows, the NoC layers and topologies may also be allocated to satisfy the bandwidth requirements of the flows or to provide the additional virtual channels that may be needed for deadlock avoidance and to maintain the isolation properties between various flows. | 10-09-2014 |
20140328172 | CONGESTION CONTROL AND QOS IN NOC BY REGULATING THE INJECTION TRAFFIC - Systems and methods described herein are directed to solutions for NoC interconnects that provide congestion avoidance and end-to-end uniform and weighted-fair allocation of resource bandwidths among various contenders in a mesh or torus interconnect. The example implementations are fully distributed and involve using explicit congestion notification messages or local congestion identification for congestion detection. Based on the congestion level detected, the injection rates of traffic at various agents are regulated that avoids congestion and also provides end-to-end QoS. Alternative example implementations may also utilize end-to-end credit based flow control between communicating agents for resource and bandwidth allocation of the destination between the contending sources. The resource allocation is performed so that both the weighted and strict bandwidth allocation QoS policies are satisfied. | 11-06-2014 |
20140328208 | HETEROGENEOUS SOC IP CORE PLACEMENT IN AN INTERCONNECT TO OPTIMIZE LATENCY AND INTERCONNECT PERFORMANCE - Systems and methods described herein are directed to solutions for Network on Chip (NoC) interconnects that automatically and dynamically determines the position of hosts of various size and shape in a NoC topology based on the connectivity, bandwidth and latency requirements of the system traffic flows and certain performance optimization metrics such as system interconnect latency and interconnect cost. The example embodiments selects hosts for relocation consideration and determines a new possible position for them in the NoC based on the system traffic specification, shape and size of the hosts and by using probabilistic function to decide if the relocation is carried out or not. The procedure is repeated over new sets of hosts until certain optimization targets are satisfied or repetition count is exceeded. | 11-06-2014 |
20140331027 | ASYMMETRIC MESH NOC TOPOLOGIES - A method of interconnecting blocks of heterogeneous dimensions using a NoC interconnect with sparse mesh topology includes determining a size of a mesh reference grid based on dimensions of the chip, dimensions of the blocks of heterogeneous dimensions, relative placement of the blocks and a number of host ports required for each of the blocks of heterogeneous dimensions, overlaying the blocks of heterogeneous dimensions on the mesh reference grid based on based on a guidance floor plan for placement of the blocks of heterogeneous dimensions, removing ones of a plurality of nodes and corresponding ones of links to the ones of the plurality of nodes which are blocked by the overlaid blocks of heterogeneous dimensions, based on porosity information of the blocks of heterogeneous dimensions, and mapping inter-block communication of the network-on-chip architecture over remaining ones of the nodes and corresponding remaining ones of the links | 11-06-2014 |
20140376569 | MULTIPLE CLOCK DOMAINS IN NOC - Example implementations described herein are directed to a micro-architecture of NoC router clocking which allows for a flexible Globally Asynchronous Locally Synchronous (GALS) implementation. The example implementations allow arbitrary clock domain partitions to be defined across the system. The example implementations further involve allowing the components of the NoC to be configured by the user through a NoC generation system to achieve the desired arbitrary clock domain partitioning. | 12-25-2014 |
20150016257 | IDENTIFICATION OF INTERNAL DEPENDENCIES WITHIN SYSTEM COMPONENTS FOR EVALUATING POTENTIAL PROTOCOL LEVEL DEADLOCKS - Systems and methods for automatically building a deadlock free inter-communication network in a multi-core system are described. The example implementations described herein involve automatically generating internal dependency specification of a system component based on dependencies between incoming/input and outgoing/output interface channels of the component. Dependencies between incoming and outgoing interface channels of the component can be determined by blocking one or more outgoing interface channels and evaluating impact of the blocked outgoing channels on the incoming interface channels. Another implementation described herein involves determining inter-component communication dependencies by measuring impact of a deadlock on the blocked incoming interface channels of one or more components to identify whether a dependency cycle is formed by blocked incoming interface channels. | 01-15-2015 |
20150032437 | SYSTEM LEVEL SIMULATION IN NETWORK ON CHIP ARCHITECTURE - Systems and methods for performing multi-message transaction based performance simulations of SoC IP cores within a Network on Chip (NoC) interconnect architecture by accurately imitating full SoC behavior are described. The example implementations involve simulations to evaluate and detect NoC behavior based on execution of multiple transactions at different rates/times/intervals, wherein each transaction can contain one or more messages, with each message being associated with a source agent and a destination agent. Each message can also be associated with multiple parameters such as rate, size, value, latency, among other like parameters that can be configured to indicate the execution of the transaction by a simulator to simulate a real-time scenario for generating performance reports for the NoC interconnect. | 01-29-2015 |
20150036536 | AUTOMATIC NoC TOPOLOGY GENERATION - Example implementations described herein are directed to automatically determine an optimal NoC topology using heuristic based optimizations. First, an optimal orientation of ports of various hosts is determined based on the system traffic and connectivity specification. Second, the NoC routers to which the host's port are directly connected to are determined in the NoC layout. Third, an optimal set of routes are computed for the system traffic and the required routers and channels along the routes are allocated forming the full NoC topology. The three techniques can be applied in any combination to determine NoC topology, host port orientation, and router connectivity that reduces load on various NoC channels and improves latency, performance, and message transmission efficiency between the hosts. | 02-05-2015 |
20150043575 | SUPPORTING MULTICAST IN NOC INTERCONNECT - Example implementations are directed to more efficiently delivering a multicast message to multiple destination components from a source component. Multicast environment is achieved with transmission of a single message from a source component, which gets replicated in the NoC during routing towards the destination components indicated in the message. Example implementations further relate to an efficient way of implementing multicast in any given NoC topology, wherein one or more multicast trees in the given NoC topology are formed and one of these trees are used for routing a multicast message to its intended destination components mentioned therein. | 02-12-2015 |
20150052309 | COMBINING ASSOCIATIVITY AND CUCKOO HASHING - Addition, search, and performance of other allied activities relating to keys are performed in a hardware hash table. Further, high performance and efficient design may be provided for a hash table applicable to CPU caches and cache coherence directories. Set-associative tables and cuckoo hashing are combined for construction of a directory table of a directory based cache coherence controller. A method may allow configuration of C cuckoo ways, where C is an integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein each cuckoo way C | 02-19-2015 |
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20120231785 | Core Services Platform for Wireless Voice, Data and Messaging Network Services - A system for managing wireless devices in a wireless network comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to: receive a diagnostic request to analyze a problem associated with a wireless device operating in the wireless network; retrieve diagnostic information associated with the wireless device from the wireless network; retrieve diagnostic information associated with the wireless device from the wireless device; determine at least one solution for the problem associated with the wireless device based on the retrieved diagnostic information from the wireless network and the wireless device; transmit the at least one solution; and receive a confirmation that the problem has been resolved. | 09-13-2012 |
20130148532 | VIRTUAL DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SYSTEMS - A system for monitoring and diagnosing communication systems comprises: an interface, a processor, and a graphical user interface. The interface receives one or more communication data streams. The processor extracts information from the one or more communication data streams. And, the graphical user interface displays the information as a plurality of time-correlated lanes. | 06-13-2013 |
20130182554 | CORE SERVICES PLATFORM FOR WIRELESS VOICE, DATA AND MESSAGING NETWORK SERVICES - A Core Service Platform (CSP) system is integrated with an operator network and IT system to provide services to subscribers and operators. Based on information collected from the operator network and IT system, the CSP system delivers alerts to a subscriber's device and provides offers to resolve the condition causing the alerts. The CSP system provides customized contextual offers to the subscriber's device based on contextual assessments of a subscriber's current context, such as time in contract, loyalty status, data and voice usage, value of customer, time, location and purchase history. The CSP system also provides an operator a suite of tools for the operator to manage its pricing, offers, campaigns and other subscriber-related issues. | 07-18-2013 |
20140024361 | METHOD FOR ENABLING A WIRELESS DEVICE WITH CUSTOMER-SPECIFIC SERVICES - A system including a server coupled to a wireless network, the server comprising a wireless interface adapted to transmit and receive wireless signals, one or more processors coupled to the wireless interface, the one or more processors adapted to: detect a registration request sent from a wireless device to a home location register (HLR) over which the server has authority to control, the request indicating an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) associated with a subscriber identity module (SIM) card in the wireless device, send a reply to the wireless device in response to a determination that the IMSI is associated with a subscriber account that has not been activated, wherein the reply includes a web link to be displayed on the wireless device, receive a message from the wireless device when the web link displayed on the wireless device is subscriber activated, the message identifying characteristics of the wireless device, send a sequence of webpages to the wireless device, the webpages providing a customized activation process for establishing the subscriber account based on identified characteristics of the wireless device, and receive information related to the subscriber account from the wireless device in response to the webpages to thereby establish and activate the subscriber account. | 01-23-2014 |
20150071054 | CORE SERVICES PLATFORM FOR WIRELESS VOICE, DATA AND MESSAGING NETWORK SERVICES - A Core Service Platform (CSP) system is integrated with an operator network and IT system to provide services to subscribers and operators. Based on information collected from the operator network and IT system, the CSP system delivers alerts to a subscriber's device and provides offers to resolve the condition causing the alerts. The CSP system provides customized contextual offers to the subscriber's device based on contextual assessments of a subscriber's current context, such as time in contract, loyalty status, data and voice usage, value of customer, time, location and purchase history. The CSP system also provides an operator a suite of tools for the operator to manage its pricing, offers, campaigns and other subscriber-related issues. | 03-12-2015 |
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20110180243 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY OF A SUBSTRATE - Apparatus for controlling thermal uniformity of a substrate is provided herein. In some embodiments, the thermal uniformity of the substrate may be controlled to be more uniform. In some embodiments, the thermal uniformity of the substrate may be controlled to be non-uniform in a desired pattern. In some embodiments, an apparatus for controlling thermal uniformity of a substrate may include a substrate support having a support surface to support a substrate thereon; and a plurality of flow paths having a substantially equivalent fluid conductance disposed within the substrate support to flow a heat transfer fluid beneath the support surface. | 07-28-2011 |
20110297650 | ASSEMBLY FOR DELIVERING RF POWER AND DC VOLTAGE TO A PLASMA PROCESSING CHAMBER - A triaxial rod assembly for providing both RF power and DC voltage to a chuck assembly that supports a workpiece in a processing chamber during a manufacturing operation. In embodiments, a rod assembly includes a center conductor to be coupled to a chuck electrode for providing DC voltage to clamp a workpiece. Concentrically surrounding the center conductor is an annular RF transmission line to be coupled to an RF powered base to provide RF power to the chuck assembly. An insulator is disposed between the center conductor and RF transmission line. Concentrically surrounding the RF transmission line is a ground plane conductor coupled to a grounded base of the chuck to provide a reference voltage relative to the DC voltage. An insulator is disposed between the RF transmission line and the ground plane conductor. | 12-08-2011 |
20120091104 | MULTI-ZONED PLASMA PROCESSING ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK WITH IMPROVED TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY - An electrostatic chuck assembly including a dielectric layer with a top surface to support a workpiece. A cooling channel base disposed below the dielectric layer includes a plurality of inner fluid conduits disposed beneath an inner portion of the top surface, and a plurality of outer fluid conduits disposed beneath an outer portion of the top surface. A chuck assembly includes a thermal break disposed within the cooling channel base between the inner and outer fluid conduits. A chuck assembly includes a fluid distribution plate disposed below the cooling channel base and the base plate to distribute a heat transfer fluid delivered from a common input to each inner or outer fluid conduit. The branches of the inner input manifold may have substantially equal fluid conductance. | 04-19-2012 |
20140199056 | QUARTZ UPPER AND LOWER DOMES - Embodiments of the invention relate to a dome assembly. The dome assembly includes an upper dome comprising a central window, and an upper peripheral flange engaging the central window at a circumference of the central window, wherein a tangent line on an inside surface of the central window that passes through an intersection of the central window and the upper peripheral flange is at an angle of about 8° to about 16° with respect to a planar upper surface of the peripheral flange, a lower dome comprising a lower peripheral flange and a bottom connecting the lower peripheral flange with a central opening, wherein a tangent line on an outside surface of the bottom that passes through an intersection of the bottom and the lower peripheral flange is at an angle of about 8° to about 16° with respect to a planar bottom surface of the lower peripheral flange. | 07-17-2014 |
20140261185 | EPI BASE RING - Embodiments described herein relate to a base ring assembly for use in a substrate processing chamber. In one embodiment, the base ring assembly comprises a ring body sized to be received within an inner circumference of the substrate processing chamber, the ring body comprising a loading port for passage of the substrate, a gas inlet, and a gas outlet, wherein the gas inlet and the gas outlet are disposed at opposing ends of the ring body, and an upper ring configured to dispose on a top surface of the ring body, and a lower ring configured to dispose on a bottom surface of the ring body, wherein the upper ring, the lower ring, and the ring body, once assembled, are generally concentric or coaxial. | 09-18-2014 |
20140287170 | REFLECTIVE LINERS - An apparatus for processing a semiconductor substrate is described. The apparatus is a process chamber having an optically transparent upper dome and lower dome. Vacuum is maintained in the process chamber during processing. The upper dome is thermally controlled by flowing a thermal control fluid along the upper dome outside the processing region. Thermal lamps are positioned proximate the lower dome, and thermal sensors are disposed among the lamps. The lamps are powered in zones, and a controller adjusts power to the lamp zones based on data received from the thermal sensors. A reflective liner may provide for improved temperature measurement and heating of a substrate. | 09-25-2014 |
20140346743 | MULTI-ZONED PLASMA PROCESSING ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK WITH IMPROVED TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY - An electrostatic chuck assembly including a dielectric layer with a top surface to support a workpiece. A cooling channel base disposed below the dielectric layer includes a plurality of inner fluid conduits disposed beneath an inner portion of the top surface, and a plurality of outer fluid conduits disposed beneath an outer portion of the top surface. A chuck assembly includes a thermal break disposed within the cooling channel base between the inner and outer fluid conduits. A chuck assembly includes a fluid distribution plate disposed below the cooling channel base and the base plate to distribute a heat transfer fluid delivered from a common input to each inner or outer fluid conduit. The branches of the inner input manifold may have substantially equal fluid conductance. | 11-27-2014 |
20150083046 | CARBON FIBER RING SUSCEPTOR - Embodiments described herein generally relate to an apparatus for heating substrates. In one embodiment, a susceptor comprises a ring shaped body having a central opening and a lip extending from an edge of the body that circumscribes the central opening. The susceptor comprises carbon fiber or graphene. In another embodiment, a method for forming a susceptor comprises molding carbon fiber with an organic binder into a shape of a ring susceptor and firing the organic binder. In yet another embodiment, a method for forming a susceptor comprises layering graphene sheets into a shape of a ring susceptor. | 03-26-2015 |