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|05th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 71
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|IEEE 1149.1 AND P1500 TEST INTERFACES COMBINED CIRCUITS AND PROCESSES - In a first embodiment a TAP of IEEE standard 1149.1 is allowed to commandeer control from a WSP of IEEE standard P1500 such that the P1500 architecture, normally controlled by the WSP, is rendered controllable by the TAP. In a second embodiment (1) the TAP and WSP based architectures are merged together such that the sharing of the previously described architectural elements are possible, and (2) the TAP and WSP test interfaces are merged into a single optimized test interface that is operable to perform all operations of each separate test interface. One approach provides for the TAP to maintain access and control of the TAP instruction register, but provides for a selected data register to be accessed and controlled by either the TAP+ATC or by the discrete CaptureDR, UpdateDR, TransferDR, ShiftDR, and ClockDR WSP data register control signals.
|Selecting a Scan Topology - A controller that shares an interface with several other controllers connected in a scan topology in a target system may be selected by receiving a selection event and a selection sequence containing selection criteria from a signal line at each of the controllers, wherein the criteria for selection is broadcast to the controllers. A controller is placed online when the received selection criteria matches an activation criteria of the controller.
|Automatic Scan Format Selection Based on Scan Topology Selection - A method for specifying a signaling protocol to be used by a controller in a group of controllers connected with shared signaling is provided in which the controller is selected based on selection criteria received by the controller and the signaling protocol is specified based on the received selection criteria.
|RANDOM ERROR SIGNAL GENERATOR - In a random error signal generator, an M-sequence generation circuit outputs, in parallel, pieces of bit data stored in each register, a first generation circuit sequentially outputs first reference values C which are changed by a predetermined value in response to clocks, a second generation circuit outputs a second reference value D which is shifted from the first reference value C by a range value E which is determined depending on an error rate p. A comparison and determination unit outputs random error signals to be error bits when a numeric value A of the bit data output exists between the first and second reference values C, D. The random error signal has the error rate p, the number of times of error occurrences follows Poisson distribution, and a distribution of adjacent error occurrence intervals follows a geometric distribution.
|RELAY CONNECTION UNIT MOUNTED IN VEHICLE - A Relay connection unit which is connected with a plurality of buses and relays a message to a different bus. The relay connection section comprises a data check section for detecting an error in a data section of a received message, a storage section for storing set data or/and the previously sent data for message rewriting use for each ID (identifier) attached to the message, and a data rewrite portion for rewriting the data section of the message in which the error is detected into the set data or the previously sent data stored in the storage section.
|METHOD FOR VARIABLE SUB-CARRIER MAPPING AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - A variable sub-carrier mapping method comprising steps of: applying different bit interleaving schemes to different transmissions of a hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) process in side of transmitter; and in the side of the transmitter, modulating symbols onto sub-carriers for transmitting. Different transmissions in one HARQ process adopt different bit interleavers or different symbol-to-sub-carrier mapping methods so as to realize that the same bit of different transmissions in one HARQ process is transmitted via different sub-carriers. Therefore, the system achieves the frequency diversity gain and reduces the probability of failure of HARQ transmission caused by that some bits are always transmitted via the sub-carrier with the same deep fading. In this way, the average HARQ retransmission times can be reduced and the system throughput can be improved.
|Seamless change of retransmission and rescheduling queues in a communication system - A system and method for changing retransmission and rescheduling queues to support retransmission in a communications system is presented. A method for changing queue size values includes, for an increase in data rate, determining a new retransmission queue size value for a retransmission queue at the transmitting device and a new rescheduling queue size value for a rescheduling queue at the receiving device such that an amount of time for a DTU to enter and exit the retransmission queue is greater than a roundtrip delay. For a decrease in data rate, the method includes determining the new retransmission queue size value and the new rescheduling queue size value such that an amount of time for a DTU to enter and exit the retransmission queue is less than a maximum delay. Systems and methods for changing the retransmission and rescheduling queue sizes are also presented.
|RECEIVING TERMINAL AND RECEIVING METHOD - A receiving terminal is provided that prevents a load on a network near a receiving terminal from increasing when a retransmission request is made to a plurality of other terminals, and enables the probability of being able to compensate for a lost packet by means of a retransmission packet to be increased. In a receiving terminal that transmits a retransmission request for compensating for a lost packet lost in a network, a measurement section measures a time period corresponding to a distance in the network between the receiving terminal and a plurality of receiving terminals, a calculation section calculates for each of the receiving terminals a float (spare time period) found by subtracting the current time and a time period measured by the measurement section from a playback time at which a retransmitted packet is played back, and a decision section decides retransmission request transmission timing and a retransmission request transmission destination for each of the receiving terminals based on the calculated floats.
|METHODS OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A data transmitting and receiving method is disclosed. In transmitting a response signal for a transmission signal from at least one transmitter, the present invention includes receiving at least one data block from the at least one transmitter, the at least one data block grouped into at least one group and then transmitted by the at least one transmitter, checking whether each data block is successfully received for the at least one data block belonging to the corresponding group per the group, selecting a transmission scheme of transmitting a response signal instructing a presence or non-presence of successful reception of the each data block to the at least one transmitter, and transmitting a response signal for the each data block to the at least one transmitter by the selected response signal transmission scheme. Hence, the present invention reduces overhead of control information necessary for data transmission.
|Dynamic Overwriting of Physical Downlink Control Channel for Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Associations for Downlink Semi-Persistent Scheduling - A method for assigning hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process ID is provided. The method includes, when a retransmission associated with a first initial semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) transmission having a first HARQ process ID is expected to occur after a second initial transmission previously configured with SPS resource, explicitly assigning a second HARQ process ID to the second initial transmission wherein the second HARQ process ID is different from the first HARQ process ID.
|Method and device for determining indices assigned to correction symbols - A determination of indexes allocated to error correcting symbols is provided. Encoded code symbols are generated by means of a generator matrix of a block code from number of source symbols and the encoded transmission errors occur in the received code symbols, the indexes of the error correcting symbols are determined by unambiguously identifying the area of the encoded code symbols by means of first and second parameters, which can be requested in the form of at least one error correcting symbol by the receiving device from the transmitting device for reconstructing the source symbols in an error-free manner.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CANDIDATE LIST AUGMENTATION FOR CHANNEL CODING SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a candidate list augmentation apparatus with dynamic compensation in the coded MIMO systems. The proposed path augmentation technique in the present invention can expand the candidate paths derived from the detector to a distinct and larger list before computing the soft value of each bit. Consequently, the detector is allowed to deliver a smaller list, leading to reduction in computation complexity. Moreover, an additive correction term is introduced to dynamically compensate the approximation inaccuracy in the soft value generation, which improves the efficiency and performance of the coded MIMO systems.
|LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK (LDPC) DECODER USING BROADCAST MESSAGING - In a decoder implementing a belief propagation algorithm for iteratively decoding a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoded data block, a method of computing messages to be sent by a first node of the decoder to at least one neighbour node of the decoder. The method comprises: processing messages received by the first node to remove an echo of a previous message sent by the first node to the at least one neighbour node in a previous iteration, to yield corresponding modified messages; computing a message for a current iteration using the modified messages; and broadcasting the computed message for the current iteration to each of the at least one neighbour nodes.
|LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK DECODER USING MULTIPLE VARIABLE NODE DEGREE DISTRIBUTION CODES - A decoding system comprises an iterative decoder that utilizes parity constraints to iteratively decode a block of data that consists of multiple code words, and a processor that controls the iterative decoder to selectively remove a subset of the parity constraints for a number of decoder iterations and include one or more of the selectively removed parity constraints in other decoder iterations.
|METHOD FOR ENCODING LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODES USING RESULT OF CHECKING PREVIOUSLY SPECIFIED PARITY BITS - There is provided to a method for encoding an LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) code using the result of checking a previously specified parity, including the steps of: forming a parity bit check matrix having a dual diagonal structure consisting of (N-K) rows for check nodes and (N-K) columns on the basis of the H matrix; calculating the values of all the parity bits by inserting a given binary value in sub-blocks, with the parity bit check matrix formed on the H matrix; if the values of the parity bits are incorrect, checking the parity bit corresponding to the sub-block located in the last part of the H matrix; searching the parity bit parts where the parity bit check result is represented as "1"; performing an XOR operation in sub-blocks on the parity bit part obtained through a simultaneous equation between the parity bits of the searched parity bit parts and the parity bit parts; and determining the value of the parity bit satisfying the condition that the value obtained by multiplying the H matrix by a code word vector.
|Method for specifying transport block to codeword mapping and downlink signal transmission method using the same - A method for specifying a transport block-to-codeword mapping relationship and a method for transmitting a downlink signal using the same are described. If a swap flag has a first logic value, a first transport block is mapped to a first codeword and a second transport block is mapped to a second codeword. If the swap flag has a second logic value, the first transport block is mapped to the second codeword and the second transport block is mapped to the first codeword. If the size of any one of two transport blocks is 0, the swap flag is not used.
|Accumulating LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) decoder - Accumulating LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) decoder. The accumulating decoding architecture described herein is applicable to LDPC codes operating on a parity check matrix, H, consisting of CSI (Cyclic Shifted Identity) sub-matrices (or matrix sub-blocks) or permuted identity sub-matrices (or matrix sub-blocks). In such a structure, the entire LDPC matrix is broken into square sub-matrices such that each sub-matrix consists of either a CSI sub-matrix or a permuted identity sub-matrix, or a null matrix. The iterative decoding process operates by updating of APP (a posteriori probability) or gamma (γ) values and check edge message (λ) values, and this by updating one or more individual rows within a number of sub-matrix rows (or all sub-matrix or sub-block rows) are processed in parallel. The amount of parallelism is specified by the designer and is typically an integer divisor of the sub-matrix (or sub-block) size.
|Permuted accelerated LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) decoder - Permuted accelerated LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) decoder. This decoding approach operates by processing, in parallel, selected rows for multiple individual LDPC matrix rows from various sub-matrix rows (e.g., first group of rows from a first sub-matrix row, second group of rows from a second sub-matrix row, etc.). A memory structure of daisy chains is employed for memory management of APP (a posteriori probability) values and also for check edge messages/intrinsic information (λ) values. A first group of daisy chains may be employed for memory management of the APP values, and a second group of daisy chains may be employed for memory management of the check edge messages. These daisy chains operate to effectuate the proper alignment of APP (or gamma(γ)) values and check edge message/intrinsic information (λ) values for their respective updating in successive decoding iterations.
|MODIFICATION TO MEGGITT DECODER FOR BURST ERROR CORRECTION CODES - Apparatus and methods are provided to correct burst errors from a communication channel. Embodiments may include correcting burst errors in received data using a decoder configured as a Meggitt decoder with an additional selection criterion to correct a burst error having a length larger than the code error correction capability.
|METHOD AND SYSTEM AGAINST BURST LOSS IN A DVB-H TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - According to a first aspect, the invention relates to a method for protection against errors in a transmission system in which a data flow includes a plurality of time-divided base flows to be transmitted as bursts, characterised in that it comprises, for one base flow, calculating a direct inter-burst error correction, and associating the calculated correction with bursts of the flow in order to provide a protection against the total or partial loss of one or more bursts of the flow.
|Serially Concatenated Convolutional Code Decoder with a Constrained Permutation Table - An SCCC decoding system is provided. The system is comprised of an outer decoder module (
|UNIFIED MEMORY ARCHITECTURE FOR RECORDING APPLICATIONS - An apparatus comprising a first circuit, a second circuit and a disc. The first circuit may be configured to (i) extract video data as data blocks from an input signal and (ii) perform error correction on the data blocks with a delta syndrome based iterative Reed-Solomon decoding. The second circuit may be configured (i) to decode corrected video data into a video format in a first state, (ii) encode the corrected video data in a second state and (iii) share an external memory between the first circuit and the second circuit. The disc may be configured to store encoded video data in the second state.
|Transmission apparatus and method, reception apparatus and method, and program - A transmission apparatus includes: a CRC encoding processing unit configured to include a plurality of generating polynomials for an CRC encoding processing with each of a plurality of data of which the code lengths differ as a target, and employ the optimal generating polynomial out of the plurality of generating polynomials to perform the CRC encoding processing; and a transmission unit configured to transmit data obtained by the CRC encoding processing unit performing the CRC encoding processing.
|Tail-biting turbo coding to accommodate any information and/or interleaver block size - Tail-biting turbo coding to accommodate any information and/or interleaver block size. A means is presented by which the beginning and ending state of a turbo encoder can be made the same using a very small number of dummy bits. In some instances, any dummy bits that are added to an information block before undergoing interleaving are removed after interleaving and before transmission of a turbo coded signal via a communication channel thereby increasing throughput (e.g., those dummy bits are not actually transmitted via the communication channel). In other instances, dummy bits are added to both the information block that is encoded using a first constituent encoder as well as to an interleaved information block that is encoded using a second constituent encoder.
|System and method for using the universal multipole for the implementation of a configurable binary bose-chaudhuri-hocquenghem (BCH) encoder with variable number of errors - The present invention is a configurable binary BCH encoder having a variable number of errors. The encoder may implement a universal multipole block which may be configured for receiving an error number input, which may include a maximum error number limit for the encoder, and for calculating a plurality of error coefficients based on the error number input. The encoder may be further configured for receiving a plurality of information bits of an information word. The encoder may be further configured for transmitting/outputting a first (ex.—unmodified) subset of the information bits as an encoder output. The encoder may be further configured for calculating a plurality of parity bits based on a second subset of the information bits and the error coefficients. The encoder may be further configured for transmitting/outputting the calculated parity bits as part of the encoder output.
|SCHEME FOR ERASURE LOCATOR POLYNOMIAL CALCULATION IN ERROR-AND-ERASURE DECODER - A method to generate an erasure locator polynomial in an error-and-erasure decode. The method generally includes the steps of (A) storing current values in multiple registers at a current moment, (B) generating first values by multiplying each current value by a respective one of multiple constants, (C) generating second values by gating at least all but one of the first values with a current one of multiple erasure values of an erasure position vector, (D) generating next values by combining each one of the second values with a corresponding one of the first values, (E) loading the next values into the registers in place of the current values at a next moment and (F) generating an output signal carrying the current values at a last moment such that the current values form the coefficients of the erasure locator polynomial.
|SHARED INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS AND RECOVERING APPARATUS - There is disclosed a system for identifying falsified secret information shares included in k secret information shares used to recover secret information according to a (k,n)-threshold secret sharing scheme, and producing falsified secret information shares of reduced size. A shared information generating apparatus generates cheater identifying information Ai (i=1, 2, . . . , n) using n secret information shares Vi generated according to the (k,n)-threshold secret sharing scheme and random polynomials. A recovering apparatus detects cheated secret information shares using the arbitrary k secret information shares and k cheater identifying information, and recovers the secret information from the k secret information shares if it detects no cheated secret information shares.
|MULTIPLE DEVICE APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Data digits and correction digits are received in each of a number of integrated circuit (IC) devices. Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed that operate to check the data digits for error in each IC device according to an algorithm associated with the IC device, the algorithm being different for each IC device. Each IC device will act in response to the data digits if no error is detected in the data digits. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
|FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION (FEC) AND VARIABLE LENGTH CODE (VLC) JOINT DECODING - A method for decoding is provided. The method comprises the step of: using information known to a channel decoder to determine a path between two data points, whereby reducing error or bad data effects.
|METHOD FOR PROCESSING NOISE INTERFERENCE IN DATA ACCESSING DEVICE WITH SERIAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT INTERFACE - A method for processing noise interference in a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) interface. In the method, when a receiver does not receive a SOF primitive (start of frame primitive) but does receive an EOF primitive (end of frame primitive) or WTRM primitive (wait for frame termination primitive), the receiver outputs a R_ERR primitive (reception error primitive) to enable a transmitter to resend original data and thus to eliminate the interference. In addition, if the transmitter detects an error during the data transmission, a HOLD primitive (hold data transmission primitive) will be issued to temporarily stop the data transmission.
|APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR CREATING CONTENT-DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION DATA, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THE PROGRAM - In a slideshow which reproduces a content associated with comment information, the reproduction timing of the content can be controlled according to the reproduction timing of the comment information. In a reproduction table, the following are associated with each other: reproduction order; image-document combinations indicated by an image (or the identification information of the image, such as a JPEG file name) and a document (or the identification information of the document, such as a TXT file name); the number of characters in the document; and reproduction time of the image and the document identified by the identification information of the image and the document, respectively. The greater the number of characters the document has, the longer the reproduction time the image associated with the document has. Not every image needs to be associated with the document. For example, basic reproduction time of 5 seconds is assigned to image No.
|System and Methods for Dynamic Creation of Symptom Databases from Social Bookmarks - A method for the dynamic creation of a symptom database from at least one social bookmark includes bookmarking a webpage comprising a solution to a problem using a web browser; defining a bookmark for the webpage by editing a bookmark field to characterize the solution by at least one of a text or numeric identifier and by providing at least one tag to classify the solution by at least one of product, topic, enterprise, or database; and automatically storing the bookmark in at least one symptom database. In response to a query for a solution to the problem, the bookmark is provided.
|SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONICALLY COLLECTING AND DISTRIBUTING HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION - A method for populating and distributing an approved health insurance carrier form is provided, as well as a machine-readable storage device programmed to carry out the method. The method involves querying a person eligible for health insurance regarding his or her health history and that of any additional insured parties, receiving the responses electronically, and storing the responses in the form of digital data. The responses are then used to automatically generate one or more populated approved forms for one or more health insurance carriers. Reminders and updates can be electronically transmitted to the eligible person when new information is needed. By requiring the person to complete a single computerized questionnaire, as opposed to numerous paper forms, the method and device greatly streamline the process of obtaining health insurance.
|ANNOTATION MANAGEMENT IN ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS - A computer-implemented method of managing collaboration in an enterprise application includes creating an annotation that corresponds to at least a first document and a second document, the first document having a first document format and the second document having a second document format. The computer-implemented method can further include mapping the annotation to a workflow process. An annotation management system includes multiple document repositories to store documents, an annotation repository to store annotations, wherein each annotation references a document stored in a corresponding document repository, and an annotation application to allow collaborators to view at least some of the annotations, allow at least one of the collaborators to search the annotations, and allow at least one of the collaborators to apply a filter to the annotations.
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATING ONE OR MORE CONTENTS WITH AN ELECTRONIC PAGE - A method and system for associating one or more contents with an electronic page. The method includes receiving a request for the electronic page from a user. The method further includes processing the request in a predefined manner. Thereafter, the method includes selecting one or more contents in response to processing the request. Further, the method includes rendering one or more contents along with the electronic page in a predetermined format.
|Method and system for authoring, publishing and rendering a dynamic interactive web page - A system and method permitting users to author, publish, and render a dynamic interactive web page. The dynamic interactive web page is generated by a knowledge object which is a block of information composed of a plurality of action-condition rules. Knowledge objects may be used to build, but are not limited to building, question and answer facts, multiple choice trivia's, multiple choice quizzes, multiple choice test, polls, surveys, consultations, conversations, or complex problem resolution systems through series of information exchanges between a user and a knowledge object. Knowledge objects may provide needed knowledge in, but are not limited to, the following categories: Education, physics, history, geography, sciences, mathematics, mechanics, electronics, business, finances, entertainment, health, hobby, games, parenting, relationships, religion, real estate, shopping, sports, styles, toys, travel, trivia, etc. . . .
|Method For Generating Simple Object Access Protocol Messages and Process Engine - A method for generating a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) message in XML during execution of a process in a SOA-based process engine apparatus and a corresponding process engine apparatus. The method includes: generating and storing an XML character string containing a fixed SOAP message skeleton; generating and storing an XML character string containing an instance-constant variable; generating an XML character string containing a dynamic variable; and concatenating the XML character string containing the fixed SOAP message skeleton and the XML character string containing the instance-constant variable as previously stored and the XML character string containing the dynamic variable by a character string concatenating operation to generate a SOAP message. A process engine apparatus including a message analyzer unit, a message pre-composer unit, a character string depository, and a message composer unit is also provided.
|NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system comprising a terminal device that sends a request for page data for displaying a page to an Web server, an Web server that sends page data in response to the request, and an intermediate processing device that processes the page data received from the Web server and sends the processed page data to the terminal device; wherein the Web server comprises a page data storing means that stores the page data, and the Web server sends the page data corresponding to the request to the intermediate processing device in response to the request from the terminal device; wherein the intermediate processing device comprises a page analyzing means that analyzes the page data received from the Web server, and a layout data generating means that generates layout data to be utilized as a basis for a page layout, based on a result of an analysis by the page analyzing means, and the intermediate processing device sends the generated layout data to the terminal device; and wherein the terminal device comprises a request sending means that sends the request for the page data, a layout data storing means that stores the layout data received from the intermediate processing device, a drawing data generating means that determines the page layout based on the page layout data and generates drawing data configured to display the page in accordance with the determined layout, and a displaying means that displays the page in accordance with the drawing data.
|Verifying An Electronic Document - Systems, methods, and apparatus, including software tangibly stored on a computer readable medium, involve verifying an electronic document. A display document is generated based on a content document and a transformation document. The content document includes content data, and the transformation document includes format data. The display document includes information adapted to generate a graphical representation of the content data formatted according to the format data. A digital signature is generated using data from the content document and the transformation document. The digital signature is stored. The digital signature may be used, for example, to confirm that a signer has reviewed and/or endorsed a display document generated based on the content document and the transformation document.
|Interactive User Interface for Converting Unstructured Documents - An interactive interface facilitates the conversion of unstructured documents into XML-compliant documents. A document is parsed to identify fact items in the content of the document. A classifier associates initial labels with an identified fact items, and the fact items and associated initial labels are forwarded to a user for review and correction. An interface executing on a client computer presents the initial labels associated with fact items, and enables a user to correct the labels associated with the identified fact items. Upon receipt of corrected labels from the user, the classifier is trained to update probable associations of labels and fact items in accordance with the corrected labels. The interface enables the user to enter new labels and/or concepts for a taxonomy, and an extension to the taxonomy is automatically generated.
|CONTENT SUMMARIZING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed is a summarizing system including a speech input unit, an important portion indication unit, an important section estimation unit, a speech recognition unit, and txt summarization unit. The summarizing system captures a speech section, which is included in a speech received by the speech input unit and includes a portion specified by the important portion indication unit, as a section necessary for a summary. After estimating an appropriate section by the important section estimation unit, the summarizing system recognizes a speech considering the estimated section and performs text summarization.
|MULTIMODAL INTERFACE FOR INPUT OF TEXT - The disclosure describes an overall system/method for text-input using a multimodal interface with a combination of speech recognition and text prediction. Specifically, an "always listening" mode for entering words is combined with a push-to-speak mode for entering symbols and phrases. In addition, these two modes are further combined with keypad based text prediction. Finally, the overall user-interface of the proposed system is designed such that it enhances existing standard text-input methods; thereby minimizing the behavior change for mobile users.
|APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTEXTUAL VISUAL SEARCH - Disclosed are an apparatus, system, and method for visual contextual searching in a computer application that has a graphical user interface (GUI). The apparatus includes a selection module that defines a selection area of the GUI that is displayed on the computer display. The user provides the necessary input defining the selection area using an input device such as a mouse to define the boundary of the selection area. A topic module determines a set of topics related to the GUI elements that are displayed within the selection area defined by the user. The topic module may make the association using a visual map. A display module then displays these results for the user in a results section that is shown on the display. The apparatus may apply filter rules to restrict the number and types of topics that the display module lists. Users may also associate topics with a particular GUI element or disassociate topics with a particular GUI element.
|System and Method for Wireless Transfer of Content and/or Data Between Multimedia Devices - A method and apparatus for streaming and/or transferring data and/or content between a source multimedia player (SMP) having mass storage and at least one destination multimedia player (DPM), including SMP connection means for bringing the inventive apparatus into either wired or wireless communication with the SMP using a selected transfer medium; a user interface and identification and selection software for identifying content on the SMP mass storage for extraction; file extraction software for extracting the content from mass storage on the SMP; input hardware for receiving content data from the SMP; formatting or storage software for formatting the extracted content into a format suitable for transmission to a DMP or for storing the content to internal or external flash memory for later transmission to one or more DMPs; transmission hardware for transmitting the formatted content, or transferring the stored content, to DMPs; and DMP connection means for bringing the inventive apparatus into wired or wireless communication with one or more DMPs.
|Parallel Visual Radio Station Selection - A computer implemented method in a data processing system and a computer program product enable visual selection of a media signal. A set of media signals is received from a set of media providers. A subject matter and a performer of the subject matter are then identified for at least one of the set of media signals. A set of icons is then identified. Each of the set of icons corresponds to at least one of media signals. The set of icons and the set of media providers are then forwarded to a client media player.
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MIXING OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - Computer-implemented methods and systems for providing a copy of a widget for a user are described. The widget is copyable, for dynamically displaying multimedia content, has a widget owner, corresponds to embeddable code, and is viewable on a site by the user. The method and system include receiving from the user a request for mixing the widget to provide the copy. The copy is a customized copy of the widget. The method and system also include receiving at least one change to the widget as viewed by the user and storing the at least one change in a memory and separate from the embeddable code. The customized copy is renderable based on the embeddable code and the at least one change.
|COMMUNITY-ORIENTED SOCIAL NETWORK - A method for location-based social networking, comprising steps of accessing an interface of a social-networking system, determining a location, displaying information about the location on a monitor, and interacting with the information, wherein interacting comprises at least rating the information. In one embodiment, accessing is performed by logging in to an account to determine the location. The displayed information can include information about clothing, marketplaces, self-serve advertisements, digital gifting, billing, ask-around information, and public events. Broadcasting music based on the location can be performed. Interacting with other system users by video chatting, audio chatting, and instant messaging can be performed. The information can be searched. The information can be displayed in multiple languages in accordance with the location.
|CONTENT PREPARATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE VIDEO SYSTEMS - Content preparation systems and methods are disclosed that generate scenes used by an interactive role performance system for inserting a user image as a character in the scene. Original media content from a variety of sources, such as movies, television, and commercials, can provide participants with a wide variety of scenes and roles. In some examples, the content preparation system removes an original character from the selected media content and recreates the background to enable an image of a user to be inserted therein. By recreating the background after removing the character, the user is given greater freedom to perform, as the image of the user can perform anywhere within the scene. Moreover, systems and methods can generate and store metadata associated with the modified media content that facilitates the combining of the modified media content and the user image to replace the removed character image.
|RAISING THE VISIBILITY OF A VOICE-ACTIVATED USER INTERFACE - A system is configured to enable a user to assert voice-activated commands. When the user issues a non-ambiguous command, the system activates a corresponding control. The area of activity on the user interface is visually highlighted to emphasize to the user that what they spoke caused an action. In one specific embodiment, the highlighting involves floating text the user uttered to a visible user interface component.
|Enabling speech within a multimodal program using markup - A method for speech enabling an application can include the step of specifying a speech input within a speech-enabled markup. The speech-enabled markup can also specify an application operation that is to be executed responsive to the detection of the speech input. After the speech input has been defined within the speech-enabled markup, the application can be instantiated. The specified speech input can then be detected and the application operation can be responsively executed in accordance with the specified speech-enabled markup.
|Creation and Navigation of Infinite Canvas Presentation - A system and method for creating and conducting presentations on a surface may include an authoring mode, a preprocessing mode and a presentation mode. During an authoring mode, a user may create a surface presentation. In response to a command to play the created presentation, the system enters the preprocessing mode. During the preprocessing mode, a presentation is preprocessed and prepared for presentation. When preprocessing is complete, the presentation mode is entered. During the presentation mode, the infinite surface presentation is presented such that a user may navigate through the presentation.
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPATCHING EVENTS TO MULTIPLE BROWSER WINDOWS/TABS USING A SINGLE CONNECTION - An initial browser window establishes itself as a "master" window for an associated server. A master window "cookie" data structure is created by the master window to share state among the windows for the server. Through the initially created master window cookie, all subsequently created browser windows detect that a master window is currently active, determine the master window's window name, and then establish themselves as slave windows through the master window. Slave windows call into the master window to request server updates/events, and provide the master window with their respective window names for future reference, e.g. when the master window distributes updates/events received from the server to the slave windows. The master window uses only a single HTTP GET command to fetch and dispatch updates/events associated with itself and all slave windows for the server.
|RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO EQUIPMENT, AND SERVER - A plurality of servers each transmit data of an initial screen to be displayed on a display screen of radio equipment at a predetermined time interval. The radio equipment is in a reception waiting mode until it is connected to any one of the servers, and is performing channel scanning. Once the data of the initial screen transmitted from any one of the servers is received by the radio equipment, the radio equipment displays the initial screen on the display screen based on the received data. When an operation of a connection instruction is performed on the initial screen, the radio equipment is connected to the server corresponding to the initial screen.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRELATION OF INTERSECTIONS OF NETWORK RESOURCES - One particular implementation of the present invention may take the form of a method for correlating partial views of network resources into normalized or aggregated views for use by an administrator. The implementation may compare a newly detected resource against the known set of normalized resources of the network to correlate the new resource with an existing network resource. More particularly, one method for correlating network resources may compare key/value pairs associated with a new resource with key/value pairs associated with a first normalized resource. If the new resource does not correlate to the first normalized resource, the method may then compare the key/value pairs of the new resource to the key/value pairs of the second normalized resource. A second implementation may compare a unique key/value pair to a map containing the unique key/value pairs of each normalized resource, until the unique key/value pair is found. Once a normalized resource is found with the same unique key/value pair, each remaining key/value pair of the new resource may be compared with the key/value pairs of the matching normalized resource. If the key/value pairs for each resource matches, then the new resource correlates to the normalized resource.
|User Interface For Network Events and Tuning - According to an aspect of the invention, a system and method is configured to generate a user interface to display information about time series outliers in network traffic.
|SYSTEM THAT ENABLES A USER TO ADJUST RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO A GROUP - A system that allows a user to allocate one or more resources among members of a group, such as resources shared among a group in a telecommunications service plan. The system generates a user interface having a slider associated with each member of the group that shares a resource. Each slider includes a scale to display the amount of the resource that is allocated to the member, as well as an adjustable slider bar that may be moved along the slider in order to increase or decrease the amount of the resource that is allocated to the member. In addition to displaying the amount of the resource allocated to the associated member, each slider may also display the amount of the resource consumed by that member within a corresponding billing or reporting period.
|DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, DATA STORAGE MEDIUM - When unit images UP output for display on a screen of a display device
|SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND INTERFACES FOR PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTING LEGAL EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS - To address this and/or other needs, the present inventor devised, among other things, an online educational materials publication and distribution system and method. One exemplary embodiment provides an educational publishing website that functions as a virtual community and marketplace where law professors can connect with one another and share and sell electronic, legal education materials to law faculty, staff, and students. The website not only enables law professors to self publish the materials to the entire law school community, but also serves as an alternative channel for legal publishers to sell and otherwise distribute branded and other materials to the law school market.
|DYNAMICALLY MAPPING AND MAINTAINING A CUSTOMIZED METHOD SET OF TAGS PARTICULAR TO AN EXTENTION POINT - A method for consistently and dynamically mapping and maintaining a customized method set of tags particular to an extension point page, includes: extending static customized method content to the extension point page by: mapping static customized method content to an extension point page; wherein the extension point page is configured with collaborative content and dynamic content; filtering the dynamic content based on a set of tags associated with the extension point page; synchronizing the extension point page's tags to ensure that the dynamic content rendered in the extension point page has a set of updated tags to retrieve current syndicated content; wherein a method author defines the extension point page in the customized method; and wherein a method user views the extension point page.
|CUSTOMIZED USER INTERFACE - Regulating user interface controls includes identifying a grouping from among different groupings and providing a set of user interface controls corresponding to the identified grouping. The groupings can correspond to the maturity levels (e.g., kids and teenagers) of different network service provider users.
|Viewer interface for a content delivery system - A viewer interface for a content delivery system is described. In one embodiment, a method for displaying programming content described. This method, occurring in a receiver controller, includes receiving a user identification from an user interface device; in response to the user identification, activating an interactive graphical display personalized for a viewer identified by the user identification; and displaying, in the interactive graphical display, a menu of programming content that can be personalized for the viewer according to the viewer's viewing preferences, wherein the programming content can be received from at least one of a broadcast transmission and unicast transmission. Other embodiments are also described.
|CLICK-TO-ADD, JOT-IT-DOWN, AND ADD BANNER - A method and apparatus is provided that allows a user to automatically add content, such as an event, to a container, such as, a calendar without directly accessing the container. Second and third preferred embodiments are also provided.
|METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL WORLD LAYER - A method for providing virtual world functionality to a user of a base virtual world having base virtual world functionality, including providing a virtual world layer having virtual world layer functionality beyond the base virtual world functionality, coupling the virtual world layer to the base virtual world and coupling the virtual world layer to the user. User access to the base virtual world functionality and to the virtual world layer functionality by the virtual world layer is provided.
|System and method for creating gateway between an analytical database and a virtual world - Provided is a system and method for facilitating or creating a gateway to integrate with 3D virtual worlds (e.g., Second Life and Sun Wonderland) and external applications (e.g., data visualization gateways, process modeling systems, artificial intelligences, social networks, and other virtual worlds) for three-dimensional visualization of data in a virtual world. The visualization tool may include, for example, a three-dimensional graph using various colors, dimensions, shapes, and other properties as desired, to represent different data and data values. The avatars in the virtual world, as controlled by the game's players or users in the real world, can point to or otherwise interact with elements in the three-dimensional graph whereupon the base data or other related informational data would be displayed with respect to that given cell or element of the graph.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEB BROWSING USING PLACEMARKS AND CONTEXTUAL RELATIONSHIPS IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system and method for web browsing using placemarks and contextual relationships in a data processing system. A navigation placemark is provided within a web browser. The web browser comprises a first web page and a second web page. A piece of information is located at a specific location within each of the first and second web pages. A first individual placemark is added to the navigation placemark, and a second individual placemark is added to the navigation placemark. Web page content is extracted from the first web page and can be used to control information shown within the second web page. An interaction between the first individual placemark and the second individual placemark is specified. A trigger criteria for the first individual placemark and the second individual placemark is also specified. A first profile and a second profile are created. The first profile is run as a background process that can be driven by the second profile, and a user may switch between the first and second profiles. The web browser may further comprise a first browser window comprising the first web page and a second browser window comprising the second web page, and/or the web browser may further comprise a browser window comprising a first tab and a second tab, where the first tab comprises the first web page and the second tab comprises the second web page.
|BROWSER-BASED DEVELOPMENT TOOLS AND METHODS FOR DEVELOPING THE SAME - A browser-based development tool is presented. The tool comprises an interactive user interface running in a browser resident on a client. The tool is programmed to enable a user to select a source of data from a server in communication with the client using the user interface and retrieve a limited data set from the selected data source. The data content of the limited data set is limited to that which is needed to populate a series of independent cells visible in a browser field. The tool is further programmed to display the retrieved data in the series of independent cells visible in the browser field and seamlessly scroll through the data displayed in the series of independent cells as requested by the user. Additionally, a browser-based application can be developed locally on the client using the tool, saved on the server and deployed to others through the server.
|Displaying Menu Options Related to Objects Included in Web Pages - A mechanism for displaying web pages to a user, receives an HTML code of the web page to be displayed, and interprets the HTML code. The mechanism interprets a computer program code embedded in the HTML code of the web page to be displayed. The embedded code includes an indication of at least one menu option to be displayed upon request of the user. Responsive to a command from the user, a pop-up menu containing the at least one menu option is displayed to the user.
|MOBILE TERMINAL AND IMAGE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to connect to the Internet to receive a Web page, a display unit configured to display the Web page, and a controller configured to receive an input signal corresponding to a selection of at least one image included in the displayed Web page, to hide or un-hide the selected at least one image, and to reconfigure and display the reconfigured Web page such that an image region where the selected at least one image is located is reduced and other regions of the Web page are increased when the selected at least one image is hid.
|Method and System for Managing Metadata Variables in a Content Management System - The method and system of the preferred embodiment employs a consolidated drag and drop paradigm to provide a mechanism for handling metadata in a content management software application. This improves upon traditional prior art text-based GUIs to enable users to access metadata. In particular, the traditional text-based GUIs tend to be awkward, unwieldy and unintuitive. In contrast, the method and system of the preferred embodiment provides a simple, speedy, convenient and intuitive mechanism for handling metadata. More particularly, the preferred embodiment provides a mechanism for:
|APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES (GUIs) HAVING DIFFERENT FIDELITIES - A method includes defining a placeholder widget having a property and defining a prototype graphical user interface (GUI) having an instance of the placeholder widget. The method also includes presenting the prototype GUI to a user, where an appearance of the instance of the placeholder widget is based on the property of the placeholder widget. The method further includes replacing the instance of the placeholder widget in the prototype GUI with an instance of another widget. In addition, the method includes updating the presentation of the prototype GUI using the instance of the other widget. Replacing the instance of the placeholder widget with the instance of the other widget could include transforming an instance of a lower fidelity placeholder widget into an instance of a higher fidelity widget. The property of the placeholder widget could include a textual property, an image property, and/or a graphics property.
|Math Menu User Interface On A Calculator - A system comprises a processor and a keyboard coupled to the processor. The keyboard comprises a mathematical function key and an arrow key. When the mathematical function key is pressed, the processor causes the display to display a sequence of math functions or math menu choices upon a user repeatedly pressing the arrow key. For each math function displayed on the display, the processor concurrently also causes the result of the math function to be displayed without the user pressing another key.
|Business Card Scanner - An electronic communications device (
|MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION USING THE SAME - A wireless communication terminal is provided for use in interactive communication with a base station (BS) to allow exchange of displayed image related information. A display is configured to display a broadcast image from the BS. The broadcast image is associated with a time stamp recognized by the BS. The broadcast image includes an object displayed on the display. An input module is configured to recognize a selected position on the display associated with the object. A controller is in communication with the display and the input module. The controller is configured to associate the selected position with the object, to provide coordinate data corresponding to the selected position, to provide to the BS a time reference in relation to the time stamp when the selected position is recognized, to receive from the BS object information related to the object, and to display the object information received from the BS.
|Computerized method for relating variables in user-defined equations to dimensions on digital drawings - A computerized method that allows users to relate variables in mathematical equations that they define to dimensions on a digital drawing file that they import. The results of these equations are calculated and displayed both graphically and numerically. Multiple equations can be evaluated simultaneously, and the user may quickly switch between graphical and numerical views of the results of many different equations.
|METHOD OF DEFINING FOCUS MOVEMENT ORDER AND MOVING FOCUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - Provided are a method of defining a focus movement order and a method of moving a focus. The method of moving the focus, according to the present invention, includes multi-dimensionally grouping two or more focusable elements into two or more focusable groups; displaying the two or more focusable groups; receiving a tab input from a user; moving the focus to another focusable group according to the tab input; receiving a layer change request from the user; moving the focus to a focusable element or a lower-layer group, which are included in a currently focused group; receiving a tab input from the user; and moving the focus to another focusable element or a lower-layer group according to the tab input.
|Arrangement and method for accessing data of a building automation system component - A method of providing access to information on a controller in a building automation system includes providing an external definition file, the external definition file including a first section that includes an application interface definition that defines a set of user interface displays and a second section that defines a functionality of objects using protocol-specific data. The method also includes employing a host application to create a first node comprising one or more objects based upon the protocol-specific data, the first node configured to communicate and exchange information with the controller. The method further includes employing the host application to create a user interface element based on the application interface definition, the user interface element configured to provide a user interface to data relating to the controller received from the first nodes.
|Computer system, information collection support device, and method for supporting information collection - Provided is a computer system including an information providing server and a computer which is coupled to the information providing server, and which collects information, the computer being configured to: record status histories including a history of an operation to a screen which shows a status of the computer, and which is displayed on the computer in chronological order to constitute a set of the status histories; and divide, in a case where a history of an operation of switching the screen is detected from the set of the status histories, based on the history of the operation of switching the screen, the set of the status histories. Accordingly, when a user collects information, navigation information is provided by taking the fact that the user has actually reached useful information into consideration.
|Data processing apparatus and data processing program storage medium - A data processing apparatus has a processing memory section that stores plural processing sections for building a combination processing section; a construction data memory section that stores construction data for building the same combination processing section as the latest combination processing section used for executing a series of processing of most recently input data; and a processing construction section that reads, at a timing before data to be processed is input, plural processing sections forming the same combination processing section as the latest combination processing section, based on the construction data and connects the processing sections in the same order of processing as in the latest combination processing section, thereby building the same combination processing section as the latest combination processing section.
|METHOD FOR INDICATING THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATION FOR EACH USER USING THE ICON AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A method of displaying a communication amount of each user using an icon and a communication terminal using the method are provided. An icon having a shape which can be changed according to the communication amount between a communication terminal user and a communication counterparty is registered, the shape of icon is updated according to the communication amount every predetermined time period, and the icon is displayed to the user. Accordingly, the user can intuitively recognize the communication amount with respect to the communication counterparty.
|Function Specific Property Nodes for Graphical Programs - System and method for accessing properties of a pre-defined object in a graphical program (GP) operable to perform first functionality. A node icon is displayed in the GP and coupled to the pre-defined object in response to user input, and is associated with program instructions executable to only provide access to a plurality of properties corresponding to the object, and specifying configuration of the object, where the object is associated with a subset of the first functionality. Available properties of the object are displayed, and user input indicating the plurality of properties received. The GP is executed, including executing the property node to: receive input specifying modification of a property, and modify the property to configure the object to perform the subset of the first functionality; and/or to read the property from the pre-defined object, and provide the property to a graphical program element of the GP, e.g., for display.
|METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN ENERGY MAP - A method for providing an energy map may include receiving an indication of status for each of a plurality of individual entities with respect to corresponding priorities defined for each respective individual entity, correlating received indications of status to respective group priorities, providing a representation of a plurality of the group priorities, and mapping an amount of energy associated with the group priorities by providing a graphical representation of a respective amount of resources associated with the group priorities based on the received indications.
|ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WEB INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device has a web browser that requests web information from a web server, for caching. The electronic device includes: a first controller to initialize the electronic device, when the electronic device is powered on; and a second controller to execute the browser, to store the web information received from the web server, and to control the display a web page using the stored web information.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSERTING A GRAPHIC OBJECT IN TO A TEXT BASED MESSAGE - A system and method for selecting graphic objects to insert in a text message when composed on a wireless device, each of the graphic objects representing a set of individual alphanumeric characters. The system comprises an object table for display on a user interface of the device, such that the table is configured for including a first object of the graphic objects associated with a first predefined input and a second object of the graphic objects associated with a second predefined input. The first input is different from the second input. The system also has a first input event component for coupling to the user interface such that the first input event component is configured for mapping to the first predefined input. The system also has a second input event component for coupling to the user interface such that the second input event component is configured for mapping to the second predefined input, the first input event component being different from the second input event component. A user of the device selects one of the graphic objects from the table by employing the respective one of the input event components mapped to the predefined input associated with the graphic object in the table.
|WEB PAGE PUSH TO NEW WINDOW - A method is disclosed by which a user can set aside a tabbed internet browser window having a desired view. By user command the method creates a second tabbed internet browser window displaying the desired view. The user can then be returned to the first tabbed internet browser window displaying a previous view.
|Accelerated Panning User Interface Interactions - A computer-implemented user interface method includes displaying on a touch screen a potion of a large scale graphical space that is at least multiples larger than the device display, receiving from a user of the device an input to pan within the graphical space, automatically generating a pop up graphical panning control in response to receiving the user input, and receiving a user input to the panning control and providing panning in the graphical space, wherein movement of the panning control in a single selection is able to pan the display across a substantial portion of the large scale graphical space.
|Input Method and Touch-Sensitive Display Apparatus - An input method is applied to a touch-sensitive display apparatus. The touch-sensitive display apparatus has a display area and the display area displays a first frame. The input method include a step of a pointer pressing the display area and moving to change the first frame. The step of the pointer pressing the display area and moving to change the first frame is accomplished through the following way. The way is that the pointer presses the display area and moves from a place where is adjacent to a corner of the display area to a place where is adjacent to a center of the display area along a first direction such that a folded image adjacent to the corner is displayed by the display area. In addition, a touch-sensitive display apparatus using the input method is provided.
|METHOD FOR ZOOMING IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for zooming images may include the following steps: a closed line is traced on a touch panel and a tracing direction of the closed line is determined. An area enclosed by the closed line is then determined. A zooming ratio is computed according to the area. The image is zoomed according to the tracing direction and the zooming ratio. An electronic device using the method is also described.
|Connecting Standard Operating System Windows with a Visual Tack - The method presented herein is directed to connecting and coordinating the movements of two or more windows open on a display screen. The method provides for the application of a visual tack indicator to show the user that the windows are grouped together and to distribute commands to each window in the group.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COPYING INFORMATION INTO A TARGET DOCUMENT - A system and method is described that allows a user to copy information from documents accessed via an information retrieval system into a target document, such as an electronic research document, in an easy and organized fashion. In accordance with one implementation, the system and method allows a user to access a variety of source documents via a single research document and to copy content from any of the source documents into the research document in a manner that does not require the user to manage a large number of windows displayed on his/her computer. In a further implementation, the system and method allows the user to insert copied content into the research document in a manner that automatically ensures proper attribution or association of the copied content with the source document from which it was copied.
|APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL CONTENT - A digital content providing apparatus including an interactive content composer to compose continuous interactive contents by linking at least two content units depending on at least one pre-condition or post-condition selected determined on the basis of a user's request and a reproducer to seamlessly reproduce the composed interactive contents.
|IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS ABLE TO RE-EXECUTE WORKFLOW AND METHOD THEREOF - A method of re-executing a workflow and an image forming apparatus able to re-execute a workflow. The method of re-executing a workflow includes accessing a job history illustrating a result of executing one or more workflows, displaying the accessed job history, selecting a workflow to be re-executed from the displayed job history, and re-executing the selected workflow.
|TIME-BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A graphical user interface ("GUI") for a content management system is provided, such as to present information associated with various forms of multimedia content. In some situations, the GUI includes information presented simultaneously using at least first and second time scales, such as to provide relatively detailed information for content corresponding to a shorter time scale (e.g., to display content listings with details about content that corresponds to a time period at the shorter time scale) and to provide relatively limited information for content corresponding to a longer time scale (e.g., indications of other content of potential interest corresponding to times outside the time period of the shorter time scale). In addition, in some situations the relatively limited information for content corresponding to the longer time scale may be selectable by the user to provide various functionality related to that content.
|INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a storage unit to store reference parameter information made up of a plurality of pieces of parameter information and associated with each program, an acquisition unit to acquire the plurality of pieces of parameter information of current time, a specifying unit to specify a program associated with a reference parameter similar to the plurality of pieces of parameter information of current time, and a display control unit to create a startup menu screen containing a startup display of a program according to a specified result by the specifying unit.
|ORDER TERMINAL, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ORDER METHOD - A control unit that controls an LCD with touch panel allows a user to designate a desired raw material with a touch panel, causes the LCD to display menu items not containing the designated raw material, allows the user to designate a desired menu item with the touch panel from the menu items displayed on the LCD, and generates order data including the designated menu item.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING AND HIGHLIGHTING OBJECTS IN A CLIENT BROWSER - A computer implemented method, apparatus, article of manufacture and storage medium, provide the ability to select and highlight objects. A rendered image (containing one or more rendered objects) is displayed in a client browser on a client computer. A run length encoded (RLE) selection buffer is received, from a server across a network, into the client browser. The selection buffer provides a mapping of each pixel from the rendered image to rendered objects. User input is accepted that identifies a location of a cursor with respect to the rendered image. A determination is made, on the client computer, regarding which of the rendered objects has been selected based on the user input and the RLE selection buffer. The selected rendered object is then displayed in a visually distinguishable manner.
|DESIGN PACKAGE DATA FORMAT - A method, apparatus, and data structure provide the ability to author and maintain assets in a computer system. Assets belonging to disconnected applicative fields are defined and represented in a hierarchical structure. The structure includes data (i.e., physical resources), nodes that act as a container for the data and other nodes, and constructs that establish a template that defines a contextual structural view for the data and nodes. The constructs are bound to the data and nodes and access is provided to the assets to a user using a computer and display.
|Data-Oriented User Interface for Mobile Device - A user interface for a mobile device allows users to interact across applications with information relevant to known people, organizations, or locations, referred to herein as "recognized entities." Every type of recognized entity has associated action options that populate a node menu for that type. The node menu options are selectable, for example, through a touchscreen interface, to rapidly execute the associated action. In another embodiment, a plurality of data windows, referred to as "spinners," are viewed simultaneously on one display. Each spinner is a view of one or more data objects provided that are distinguished from one another by data type, context, parsing or sorting algorithms, or user interaction with this data. The spinners respond to user actions, to new information from the server, or external events by automatically visibly scrolling the data displayed in the spinner windows.
|Project Navigator for a Hierarchical Display of Technological Objects, Storage Medium and Engineering System - A project navigator for displaying technological objects hierarchically on a display device, in particular on a computer, is provided. The technological objects are mutually interconnected and model a machine with cascaded synchronous control. The technological objects are selected by a user input facility. For a selected technological object, an associated input and/or output side connection tree for the technological object is then displayed together with further technological objects.
|METHOD OF INPUTTING A HAND-DRAWN PATTERN PASSWORD - A method of inputting a hand-drawn pattern password includes the steps of providing a plurality of input keys on a touch panel; corresponding each of the input keys to a unique character, numeral, or a symbol; and causing a user to sequentially touch a sequence of some of the input keys on the touch panel to thereby draw a user-remembered pattern password, so that a sequence of characters, numerals, and/or symbols corresponding to the input keys for drawing the pattern password constitutes an effective password and are input.
|PROJECTION OF A USER INTERFACE OF A DEVICE - A method may include projecting, by a device, content on a surface, determining an orientation of the device, detecting a movement of the device, determining an operation that corresponds to the movement and interacts with the content, and performing the operation.


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Nope.. I am not talking about the dreams you have for your life.
I am talking about the unexplained, unfinished glimpses of stories you see unfold in front of you, when you lose your eyes to sleep each night.
What kind of a dreamer are you??
Do you dream of things that you thought about during the day? Does your dream ensure that all unfinished business during the day has a perfect ending and is placed in a beautiful Tiffany box with a bow on it??
Do you dream of people you have never met? Exciting things you have never done? Do you wake up believing that what you saw was as real as real itself? Do you go through the next day with a spring in your step?
Do you dream of scary, bizarre things – and wake up wanting to forget it??
Do you spend all of next day with a simmering headache and a racing pulse because you still can't convince yourself that what you saw was just another dream.
Or are you one of those who are cursed with one set of dreams – nightmares that you want to leave behind, but can't because they come back as fresh as ever – every so often, shaking you out of your life – reminding you that there is no escape.
Are you a dreamer at all?
Tell me. What kind of a dreamer are you??

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When Growing Up, even with my Disability, I have never really Liked or Trust Doctors.
To Me, they are Dr. Death, especially when looking back in History, to even When Hitler used His Doctors, to Murder The Innocent people, like the Jews & Disabled in Shoah.
Even now I still don't trust them of the things they can even get away with these days, as they work alongside with the Govt & Dept Of Justice.
It is an Oligarchy of Evil all together, as all 3 areas have lost my Trust.
I would happily choose more natural methods, of the things that God have given to Mankind, instead of Drugs, even prescribed from your Hannibal The Cannibal Psychiatrists.
Scientists are Practically Doctors as well, an they too lose my Trust, especially in the area of Medications.
We have too many Dr Deaths, Playing God, but Wont Let God, Be God, an Move in His Power.
These Dr Deaths are Our Govt, Dept Of Justice & Medical.
All Mock God, yet I do understand in some cases for some people medicine is needed, but by taking that Medicine, that Doctor has already Broken his Hippocratic Oath.
The Disabled are Treated Like Guinea Pigs for Drugs to be Tested on, then Lambs to be Slaughtered, when Charged for Crimes, not of there own Creation, but of Dr Deaths Creation of the Area of Govt & Dept Of Justice.
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Mary is known throughout history as the mother of Jesus Christ. In addition to being one of the most revered figures of modern Christianity, there are many lessons from her life that we can apply to guide us in our daily walk with God. By examining these aspects of her life we can come to better understand how God works through everyday people in order to bring his perfect will into the earth.
1. Promise- Mary was given a promise from God for her life. She was told she was highly favored, The Lord is with her and she is blessed among women. Luke 1:26-30
Just like Mary you are blessed and God has given you favor for your life. Genesis 1:28
Psalm 5:12
For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous;
With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
2. Prophetic Word – Mary was given a prophetic Word. She was told not to fear and that she was going to have a Son.
That her son is going to be Jesus and he is going to be great. He shall be called Son of the Highest. He shall be given a throne of his Father David. Luke 1:30-33
The Bible is book of prophesy. It is God's inspired Word to man. It is God's love letter for man.
II Peter 1:21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
II Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
3. Perspective – Mary had a natural response. Then Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I do not know a man?" Luke 1:34
The difference maker in Mary is that she was willing to listen and not get stuck in her own thoughts, opinions, and feelings about her situation of how things should be, could be, suppose to be according to her own plan concerning her life.
4. Plan – God had a plan for Mary's life. And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. Luke 1:35
The same God that gave the promise and prophetic Word for Mary has a plan for your life. The God given dreams that God has deposited in your heart he desires to birth out of you. As you consult with Him in prayer and with the Word of God. God desires to help you bring those things to pass.
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Psalm 37:23
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, And He delights in his way.
5. Power – For with God nothing will be impossible. Luke 1:37
God made his power available for her waiting to release it when she got in agreement through her submission to Him she surrendered from her own efforts.
What God desires to do in your life is based on your capacity to believe.
Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
Mark 9:23
6. Permission- God did not override Mary's will. Then Mary said, "Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her. Luke 1:38
God needed her permission and participation. What God desires to do through you He needs your permission and participation. Can two walk together except they be agreed. Amos 3:3


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Annual Bay Head 5K, on Saturday, has new course
BAY HEAD – The 11th annual Bay Head 5K Memorial Run to benefit cancer research and the community will gather around the borough fire hall at 8 a.m. Saturday before running a new race course organizers are mapping to avoid the worst of Route 35 construction and other post-Sandy rebuilding.
Started by friends and families of Kate Shea, a 25-year-old summer resident who died of leukemia, the race attracts more than 1,000 runners.
Over the years, the event has raised more than $160,000 through the Kate Shea Foundation.
This year, the race starts at 8:30 from East Avenue and Mount Street, said Mayor Bill Curtis.
Organizers urge all runners to stay for the awards ceremony at the firehouse, where many prizes will be given for participating, not just the top finishers.
An after party will be held at Martell's Tiki Bar on the boardwalk in neighboring Point Pleasant Beach.
For information and online registration, visit bayhead5k.com or call 201-753-0613.
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Teens across the USA are feeling high levels of stress that they say negatively affect every aspect of their lives, a new national survey suggests.
More than a quarter (27%) say they experience "extreme stress" during the school year, vs. 13% in the summer. And 34% expect stress to increase in the coming year.
Stressors range from school to friends, work and family. And teens aren't always using healthy methods to cope, finds the latest Stress in America survey from the Washington, D.C.-based American Psychological Association.
Findings on more than 1,000 teens and almost 2,000 adults suggest that unhealthy behaviors associated with stress may start early and continue through adulthood. With 21% of adults reporting "extreme" stress levels, the survey says that with teens "mirroring adults' high-stress lives" they are "potentially setting themselves up for a future of chronic stress and chronic illness."
"Our study this year gives us a window in looking at how early these patterns might begin," says clinical psychologist Norman Anderson, the association's CEO. "The patterns of stress we see in adults seem to be occurring as early as the adolescent years — stress-related behaviors such as lack of sleep, lack of exercise, poor eating habits in response to stress."
As a result of stress, 40% of teens report feeling irritable or angry; 36% nervous or anxious. A third say stress makes them feel overwhelmed, depressed or sad. Teen girls are more stressed than boys, just as women nationally are more stressed than men.
The report says stress appears to be affecting teens' performance in all aspects of life:
• 59% report that managing their time to balance all activities is a somewhat or very significant stressor;
• 40% say they neglected responsibilities at home because of stress; 21% say they neglected work or school because of stress;
• 32% say they experience headaches because of stress; 26% report changes in sleeping habits;
• 26% report snapping at or being short with classmates or teammates when under stress.
Source: USA Today


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By MB Dabney
As the Speed City Indiana chapter of Sisters in Crime, we have always loved murder, mystery and mayhem. That love is the heart and soul of what we do.
With the help and support of our publisher, Blue River Press, we have completed four anthologies since 2007, with the newest, The Fine Art of Murder, hitting book shelves last October.
While this chapter is only 15 years old, the Sisters in Crime organization this year marks its 30th anniversary of advocating for female mystery and crime writers, and advocating for diversity in the industry. And to celebrate, the Speed City chapter of SinC is hosting a day of fun on Feb. 25, with internationally renowned bestselling British author Rhys Bowen.
A winner of both the Anthony and the Agatha mystery awards, Bowen is the author of Molly Murphy mystery series and the Royal Spyness series, among other novels and short stories.
In a day filled with fun, Bowen will speak to the chapter at our regularly scheduled monthly meeting at 11:30 a.m., at the Barnes and Noble bookstore on River Crossing Boulevard on the north side of Indianapolis. Following that, the chapter and the College Park Book Club are hosting a British tea for Bowen at the College Park community center on Fordham Road from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Then from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., there is a book fair again at the Barnes and Noble store, with Bowen greeting fans and signing books.
Local authors with stories in the chapter's mystery anthologies will also be on hand at Barnes and Nobel to sign copies of our anthologies.
In addition to the The Fine Art of Murder, the chapter's collection includes Racing Can Be Murder (2007), Bedlam at the Brickyard (2010) and Hoosier Hoops and Hijinks (2013).
We are so proud to have Rhys Bowen in Indianapolis to help celebrate Sisters in Crime, which has been serving as the voice for excellence and diversity in crime writing for 30 years.
MB Dabney is a freelance writer and author. You can follow him on Facebook.


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One February early in our marriage, little valentine's began showing up in the most random places. One in the barn in the feed sack saying, "I fed the calves so you don't have to. I love you." Another in the cupboard on top of the stacked plates saying "Thanks for dinner. I love you." Some would have a simple poem – some serious, some humorous, but all expressions of love. For two weeks leading up to Valentine's Day my husband showered me with random acts of kindness and notes of love.
The following year, I joined in the fun. Armed with my own valentines, I began looking for little special ways to express my love to my husband. Year after year, this has been our Valentine tradition.
I don't remember for sure how old the children were when they were included, maybe 4 or 5. By this time, we were just passing construction paper hearts with "I Love You" written on them, and we established a few simple rules:
- Whoever found a heart had 24 hours to pass it on
- One could not pass back to the same person before passing the heart to all other family members
Though we encouraged showing love to one another throughout the year, spending two weeks intentionally and secretively was not only fun, but also rewarding both for the receiver and the giver. What fun to see the children sneaking around, into another's room to make a bed, eager to set the table when it wasn't their turn, making a cup of tea or hot chocolate for someone without being asked. Of course, an "I Love You" heart was always left. As the kids got older they would sometimes buy a favorite candy or gum and leave it in a backpack or on a dresser with the heart. A note of love and appreciation found under a pillow was an extra special treat. These were treasures that were held on to long after Valentine's Day.
Leaving home for college, one by one the children "graduated" from our family tradition. I would usually take or send something to the 1st year college student and always include an "I Love You" heart. I thought it was a good reminder to them of our family tradition and that I loved them.
In the rat race of life, too often we neglect showing love to those we love the most. We let our guard down and treat family in ways we'd never treat our friends or acquaintances. Shame on us!! In John 15:12 and John 15:17 we are COMMANDED to love one another. Love is more than saying "I love you" or buying diamonds, roses, chocolate or the most popular toy.
Love is patient.
Love is kind.
It does NOT envy.
It does NOT boast.
It is NOT proud.
It is NOT rude.
It is NOT self-seeking.
It is NOT easily angered.
It keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does Not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth.
It ALWAYS protects,
ALWAYS trusts,
ALWAYS hopes,
Always perseveres.
Love NEVER fails.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7


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Prior to joining Valiant in 2014, Justin served as Director of Business Strategy for Project Performance Corporation. Providing key perspective on high profile projects and developing long-term plans. he proudly served as a political appointee at the U.S. Department of Energy as a key advisor to multiple Assistant Secretaries and Senior Executive Service staff.
Justin actively participates in various charitable and community arenas. He was a 2011 graduate of the Industry Advisory Council's Voyager's Program and is member of the Leadership Fairfax Program Class of 2017.
Justin is originally from Monroe, MI and graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI with a BA in both Government and Environmental Studies. He currently resides in Ashburn, VA with his wife Trisha and son Landon.


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This book contains a really mature subject matter, and is not suitable for young readers. Seriously, guys. This book has really sensitive subjects including rape, murder, and infidelity.
This book is historical fiction/romance/mystery and was published February 10, 2013.
LISETVILLE, 1890 — Murders are committed; homes are burned; family secrets are buried; an unexpected romance complicates lives. Amid the mystery and violence, a vigilante brigade emerges to administer justice.
Flowing through the intrigue and drama is a dark undercurrent that will touch your heart as you empathize with the victims.
Series: Sapphire Brigade, #1
Age: 18 years and up
Review: 4 butterflies
I have many thoughts on this book. I originally didn't want to read this book, because this genre is not my genre—in other words, I generally do not read suspense. However, I am glad I read this book.
The book is written in diary form, though the prologue is in a letter from a descendant of the diary owner. The descendant, Angelina, explains that these diary entries are true and that she was so touched by them that she wants to share them.
After the prologue, the diary entries start. Hope's story sucked me in in a way that I was really concerned with what happened to her and what was going to happen to her.
Though I did not agree with everything Hope did, I can understand why she did those things. Even as I write this, I realize that this book will stay with me forever. The writing style was such that I could not put the book down; I was really intrigued about Hope's life.
Her relationship with Owen, however, was one I couldn't really connect with. It felt rushed, and I felt no connection on Hope's side until after they got married. I really didn't understand why all of a sudden she was in love with him—it was a surprise—since I felt no connection between them. At first, I did not like Owen, but after he married Hope, his attention and love towards his wife changed my mind.
This book deals with the nitty-gritty of life. It deals with rape, murder, incest, infidelity and so much more. It is recommended for a mature audience, because even for me, some of the things I read made me feel uncomfortable.
Yes, this book is fiction. But it's that type of book that could be true. So much so that by the end I had to go back to the beginning of the book to make sure it had that disclaimer saying that the book "is a fictional account of events."
I do not know if I will read the next book in the series. This book took an emotional toll on me and right now I'm trying to wrap my head around everything I've read. I love the message this book carries and the fight for justice, but right now, I think I'll let the book soak in.
I really do recommend this book, but not for victims of rape or people who have had loved ones be raped, as it can cause flashbacks and/or problems. But, if you feel strongly about justice prevailing and helping the victims, then read this book. The message will stay much longer after you've turned the last page.
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The Dubuque County Fine Arts Society awarded $1000 in cash prizes to three exhibiting artists who exhibited their work in the 2013 DubuqueFest Art Fair held May 17 & 19 in Washington Park in downtown Dubuque, Iowa. The artists were recognized at a reception held on Saturday, May 18 at the Dubuque Museum of Art. […]
Flame Painted Copper to Shimmer at DubuqueFest
Dan and Frances Hedblom of Copper Elements in Rochester, Minnesota, will bring their flame painted copper wall art to DubuqueFest fine arts fair for the first time this year. Their unique sun-catching metalwork, along with the work of over 60 other artists, will be available for purchase on Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19, in downtown Dubuque's Washington Park.
DubuqueFest Photo Panorama
You're invited to find Tim Olson & his old-timey camera during the festival and pose for this panoramic portrait! Using a vintage 1935 studio camera he will create a hundred foot long photo panorama. Stop by Washington Park in downtown Dubuque on Saturday and Sunday, May 18 & 19 to take part in this community portrait.
Emerging Artist Scholarship Winner
This year's emerging artist scholarships were awarded to 2 Dubuque artists: Edward Obermueller and Barb Zehentner McKinlay. These individuals and over 60 other artists will display their work in Washington Park at the DubuqueFest fine arts fair on May 18-19, 2013. Click to read more about Barb and her kiln-formed art glass.
The Heavenly States
The Heavenly States, an indie-rock quartet based out of Austin, Texas, will make their return appearance at this year's DubuqueFest Fine Arts Festival, sharing their original music in a free performance under the stars on the Town Clock stage on Saturday, May 18 at 9 p.m. Songwriter and guitar player Ted Nesseth spoke to DubuqueFest about the show.
DubuqueFest 2013 Commercial
Looking for a fun time the 3rd weekend in May? View a video of the DubuqueFest 2013 commercial for an overview of what to expect during the annual fine arts festival.


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Marty McFly's Future Hat
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If you are looking to get in on future trends, early, then you're in the right place. According to Back to the Future Part 2, people should be wearing these sort of hats in about 2 years. Why wait until then? Hoverboards and flying cars don't seem to be coming anytime soon, so let's make sure this crazy colored hat makes it to the mainstream.$28.50 @ amazon


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