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| US08826461B2 |
Method and system for protecting data, storage device, and storage device controller
A method and a system for protecting data, a storage device, and a storage device controller are provided. In the present method, when a host accesses data in the storage device, whether the host performs a play operation or a copy operation on the data is first determined. If the host performs the play operation on the data, the storage device continues to execute the play operation so as to allow the host to access the data. On the other hand, if the host performs the copy operation on the data, the storage device executes an interference procedure so as to prevent or retard the data from being copied into the host. |
| US08826454B2 |
Method for secure transfer of medical data to a mobile unit/terminal
Encoded medical data are made available to a mobile unit/terminal via a central server in a network. A request is sent to the central server; encoded medical data are generated in the server; encrypted data are transmitted from the server to the mobile unit/terminal, after authentication by a user; the encoded information is stored and protected in the mobile unit/terminal; upon authentication by a user, encoded information is sent to the server for decoding; and a picture containing user-readable text is sent to the mobile unit/terminal. |
| US08826453B2 |
Content provider with multi-device secure application integration
Methods and systems for providing access to content are disclosed. The method is performed at least in part at a client computer system having a processor and memory. The method includes executing a host application associated with a first party. In some implementations, the host application is a media player. The method further includes initiating a secure communication channel between the host application and a server associated with the first party. The method further includes executing a supplemental application associated with a second party. The method further includes accessing, with the supplemental application, content licensed to the first party, wherein the licensed content is accessible to the supplemental application via the secure communication channel subject to terms of a licensing agreement. In some implementations, the content is media content, such as music, movies, and the like. |
| US08826447B2 |
Intelligent connectors integrating magnetic modular jacks and intelligent physical layer devices
An apparatus comprises a connector, wherein the connector comprises i) a jack, wherein the jack comprises a) a plurality of electrical terminals, and b) a magnetic component electrically coupled to the plurality of electrical terminals; and ii) a physical layer device, wherein the physical layer device comprises a) a physical layer module, wherein the physical layer module comprises an interface configured to receive packets from the jack, and an interface bus configured to inspect the packets, and b) a network interface configured to, based on the inspection of the packets by the interface bus, provide the packets to a device separate from the physical layer device. |
| US08826445B2 |
Method and system of deterring unauthorized use of media content by degrading the contents waveform
In one embodiment, the present invention pertains to a method and system for deterring unauthorized use of media content in a computing system and network. In one embodiment, the invention comprises detecting an unauthorized use of the media content in a computing system or network, the media content having a characteristic digital waveform format and an associated indicator for indicating to a compliance mechanism an unauthorized use of the media content. On detecting an unauthorized use of the media content, the media content characteristic digital waveform format is degraded. In this embodiment of the invention, unauthorized use is non-compliance with a use restriction applicable to the presentation of the media content in the computing system or network. In accordance with this embodiment of the invention, the media content is rendered incomprehensible to an unauthorized user experiencing the media content, thereby likely deterring further unauthorized use of the media. |
| US08826443B1 |
Selective removal of protected content from web requests sent to an interactive website
A method and apparatus for selectively removing a data element that triggers a policy violation from a web request to an interactive website. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method identifies a policy for protecting source data, having a plurality of data elements. The method further evaluates a web request sent to an interactive website as part of a web-based application, and determines that the web request includes at least one of the plurality of data elements triggering a violation of the policy. The method determines the data boundaries of the web request, and selectively removes data content within the data boundaries containing the at least one data element that triggered the violation to allow the web request to be processed by the interactive website as if it were the original web request containing the at least one data element. |
| US08826442B2 |
Media playback decoder tracing
A method of identifying a traced media playback decoder embedded in a device, wherein data representative of a trace message is included in the content field of a media content file and a trigger string (16) is included in the user data field of the file. The file is input to the decoder, and a traced decoder is arranged and configured to render the trace message in a desired format in response to detection of the trigger string. If the decoder is not the traced decoder, the trigger string will be disregarded and the component will try and process the media content file like a normal media content file, which results in an error. |
| US08826435B1 |
Apparatus and methods for protecting removable storage devices from malware infection
One embodiment relates to a computer-implemented method for protecting a removable storage device from malware on a computer apparatus. An indication is received that the removable storage device has been connected to the computer apparatus, wherein the removable storage device is partitioned into a CD-ROM partition and a user partition. An anti-virus module stored in the CD-ROM partition on the removable storage device is automatically executed upon connecting the removable storage device to a computer apparatus. Other embodiments, aspects and features may also be disclosed. |
| US08826432B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling email access
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to proxying at least one email resource in transit to at least one client device from at least one email service, removing at least one URL from the email resources, and adding at least one modified URL to the email resources. |
| US08826431B2 |
Using telemetry to reduce malware definition package size
Clients send telemetry data to a cloud server, where the telemetry data includes security-related information such as file creations, timestamps and malware detected at the clients. The cloud server analyzes the telemetry data to identify malware that is currently spreading among the clients. Based on the analysis of the telemetry data, the cloud server segments malware definitions in a cloud definition database into a set of local malware definitions and a set of cloud malware definitions. The cloud server provides the set of local malware definitions to the clients as a local malware definition update, and replies to cloud definition lookup requests from clients with an indication of whether a file identified in a request contains malware. If the file is malicious, the client remediates the malware using local malware definition update. |
| US08826429B2 |
Information security management
A system and method for information security management. An anomaly in data traffic directed to a data processing environment is identified. The anomaly indicates a threat to the data processing environment. The data processing environment comprises a number of data processing systems. A threatened data processing system is identified. The threatened data processing system is one of the number of data processing systems to which the threat is directed. The threatened data processing system is isolated. The threatened data processing system is monitored after the threatened data processing system is isolated. The threatened data processing system is replicated to form a replicated data processing system. |
| US08826422B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting and mitigating fraudulent message service message traffic
Methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting fraudulent message service message traffic are disclosed. According to one method, message service messages are monitored. It is determined that the message service message traffic indicates that the message service message traffic is fraudulent based on detection of at least one of: 1) message service message traffic received at a first network from a second network, where the traffic includes at least one message with an SCCP calling party address internal to the first network, 2) a volume of message service message traffic received at the first network from the second network that exceeds the volume of message service message traffic sent by the first network to the second network by a threshold amount, and 3) message service message traffic that is sent to a dark number. In response to detecting fraudulent message service message traffic, a mitigating action is performed. |
| US08826419B2 |
Computer device with anti-tamper resource security
A computer device provides an execution environment that supports a plurality of processes. A plurality of key resources are associated with a security application that may perform process elevation to grant privileged access rights to a user process. A security module controls access to the key resources using an access control list. An anti-tamper mechanism creates a protection group as a local security group and adds a deny access control entry to the access control list. The anti-tamper mechanism intercepts the user process and creates a revised access token identifying the user process as a member of the protection group. The security module matches the protection group in the revised access token of the user process against the deny access control entry in the access control list of the key resources thereby restricting access by the user process even though the user process otherwise has privileges to access those resources. |
| US08826416B2 |
Electronic device and method for unlocking electronic device
A method for unlocking an electronic device, a first image in a first area and a second image in a second area selected on a touch panel of the electronic device are received. The method combines the first image and the second image to obtain a selected combination image, and unlocks the electronic device upon the condition that the selected combination image is stored in a storage unit of the electronic device. |
| US08826413B2 |
Wireless local area network infrastructure devices having improved firewall features
Methods and systems are provided for improving a firewall implemented at a WLAN infrastructure device (WID). The WID includes a stateful firewall that implements firewall rules based on an ESSID of the WID to specify whether traffic is allowed to or from the ESSID. For example, in one implementation of such a firewall rule, packets that are required to be sent out on all wired ports can be blocked from being flooded out on WLANs (e.g., the packet is allowed to pass only to the wired ports). A method and system are provided for preventing a malicious wireless client device (WCD) that is transmitting undesirable traffic from using RF resources by deauthenticating the malicious WCD to remove it from the WLAN and blacklisting it to prevent it from rejoining the WLAN for a time period. Method and systems are also provided for either “on-demand” and/or predicatively communicating state information regarding an existing firewall session. |
| US08826405B2 |
Trusting an unverified code image in a computing device
A method and an apparatus for configuring a key stored within a secure storage area (e.g., ROM) of a device including one of enabling and disabling the key according to a predetermined condition to execute a code image are described. The key may uniquely identify the device. The code image may be loaded from a provider satisfying a predetermined condition to set up at least one component of an operating environment of the device. Verification of the code image may be optional according to the configuration of the key. Secure execution of an unverified code image may be based on a configuration that disables the key. |
| US08826402B2 |
Management of an instant message session
Maintaining an Instant Message (IM) session includes sending a login request to a first login server from a client; establishing the IM session and transferring Instant Messages between the client and the first login server; detecting an interruption in the transfer of the Instant Messages; obtaining an address of a second login server from a login allocation server; sending a reconnection request from the client to the second login server; and in the event that the reconnection request is accepted by the second login server, exchanging Instant Messages between the client and the second login server. |
| US08826397B2 |
Secure remote authentication through an untrusted network
A method for securely authenticating a user of a consumer device at an access device comprising the following steps. First, a dynamic data element and a first set of transactional information is sent to the consumer device from the access device. Next, the consumer device creates an authentication code as a function of at least the dynamic data element, a subset of the first set of transactional information, and a password. The authentication code, along with other data, is then sent from the consumer device back to the access device. The access device then uses the authentication code to send an authentication request message to the service provider of the user. The service provider then attempts to authenticate the user by recreating the authentication code and comparing the recreated authentication code with the authentication code received from the access device. |
| US08826393B2 |
Systems and methods for detection of session tampering and fraud prevention
The invention provides methods and apparatus for detecting when an online session is compromised. A plurality of device fingerprints may be collected from a user computer that is associated with a designated Session ID. A server may include pages that are delivered to a user for viewing in a browser at which time device fingerprints and Session ID information are collected. By collecting device fingerprints and session information at several locations among the pages delivered by the server throughout an online session, and not only one time or at log-in, a comparison between the fingerprints in association with a Session ID can identify the likelihood of session tampering and man-in-the middle attacks. |
| US08826392B2 |
Device and method for authenticating biological information
An biological-information authentication device includes, a biological-information reading section configured to read biological information; a comparing section configured to compare biological information read by the biological-information reading section with registered biological information to determine whether they match; a registration section configured to register biological information; a biological-information-input-operation extraction section configured to extract input operation data indicating an input operation of biological information read by the biological-information reading section. The device further includes an approval-input-operation determination section configured to determine whether the input operation data of the biological information extracted by the input-operation extraction section matches approval input operation data indicating an input operation for approval that is stored in advance when the comparing section determines that the biological information is unregistered biological information and that biological information input next to the unregistered biological information matches the registered biological information of an administrator having approval authority. |
| US08826386B1 |
Trust network integrating content popularity
This disclosure is directed to techniques and systems to verify an identity of an applicant to enable the applicant to claim accounts, domain names, electronic messaging addresses, and/or other computing resources in a computing environment. The techniques may use a voucher system that relies on approvals (or vouchers) from members that each has an associated reputation score. The members may vouch for an applicant that submits a request to claim a portion of content. The portion of content may have an associated verification requirement, which may include a predetermined number of vouchers from members where the reputation scores of the members reach or exceed a threshold score. |
| US08826384B2 |
Assent to conditions for network access
A device that includes a first processor, a second processor, and an encryption module in communication with the first processor and the second processor may be used to accept conditions for access to the network. The first processor may receive condition data, and in response, may send an acceptance signal via the encryption module to the second processor. The second processor may receive the acceptance signal and, in response, may send acceptance data to a gatekeeper. The encryption module may block unencrypted data other than the acceptance signal from being communicated from the first processor to the second processor. The encryption module may support type 1 encryption. |
| US08826382B2 |
Antibot mechanisms optimized for mobile computing
A method of determining whether a response received from an electronic device is generated by a person or by an automated software. The method receives a set of capabilities of the electronic device for detecting a group of actions that include at least a gesture or a device movement. The method selects a set of actions based on the device capabilities. The method sends a request to the electronic device for performing the set of actions in the plurality of actions. The method, based on a result of the set of actions performed on the electronic device, determining whether the set of actions are performed by a human. |
| US08826381B2 |
Node device and method to prevent overflow of pending interest table in name based network system
A node device and method are described to prevent overflow of a pending interest table (PIT). When excessive request messages are received through a particular interface, the node device and method transmits a traffic control message to control a transmission interval of the request messages, which are transmitted to a corresponding interface. |
| US08826374B2 |
Approach for securely processing an electronic document
A method and apparatus for processing an electronic document in a secure manner is provided. A scanner may verify that the configuration state of a file server has not changed since a prior configuration state by issuing a request to a security server. The security server may process the request to determine whether the configuration state of the file server has changed since the file server was registered with the security server. The security server may also verify that the scanner issued a request to store an electronic document using a file server or that the file server received the request. A storage medium of a file server may be protected against unauthorized removal of the storage medium by storing, separate from the storage medium, a password required to access the storage medium, and when the file server is powered on, the password is provided to the storage medium. |
| US08826370B2 |
System and method for data masking
A system and computer-implemented method for providing security rules to an existing enterprise database system. The disclosed system and computer-implemented method intercepts database connection requests provided by third-party applications and end-users and determines what, if any, security rules to be applied to the request, including masking, scrambling and unmasking the data, as well as whether the requesting user has a need to know the requested data. Accordingly, personally identifiable and other sensitive information is not provided to an unauthorized requesting application and/or end-user. |
| US08826366B2 |
Verifying access-control policies with arithmetic quantifier-free form constraints
A system and method is provided for verifying an access-control policy against a particular constraint for a multi-step operation. In disclosed embodiments, the method includes expressing the access-control policy as a first quantifier-free form (QFF) constraint and identifying the particular constraint as a second QFF constraint. The method also includes identifying an operation vector and providing copies of the operation vector associated with steps in the multi-step operation. The method also includes determining a third QFF constraint using the first QFF constraint, the second QFF constraint, and the copies of the operation vector. The method also includes solving the third QFF constraint to determine a solution and outputting a result of the solving. |
| US08826365B2 |
Media playout system
A media playout system for playing out media to receiver units, the system comprising: a broadcast data channel; a playout arrangement for broadcasting over the broadcast data channel enhanced content data associated with video data; a distribution unit for receiving the broadcast data and distributing it to the receiver units, and comprising a buffer for storing enhanced content data, and a transmission controller responsive to signalling from the playout arrangement to retrieve enhanced content data from the buffer and make it available to the receiver units. |
| US08826364B2 |
Method and apparatus for informing occurrence of event of communication terminal in digital TV
A method and apparatus for informing of the occurrence of an event of a communication terminal in a digital Television (TV) are provided. A method of a TV output generator of informing a digital TV of the occurrence of an event of a communication terminal is provided. The method includes receiving an input of event information from any one of a landline and a mobile terminal, generating a control signal including output information corresponding to the event information, and transmitting the control signal to the TV. |
| US08826358B2 |
Back channel communication
Back channel communications are contemplated. The back channel communications may relate to facilitating signaling from a primary device to one or more secondary devices. One contemplated type of back channel communication may include a service provider carrying the desired signaling to the secondary devices. This may occur without the primary device being aware of the secondary devices and/or without requiring the primary device to identify the secondary devices to the service provider. |
| US08826354B2 |
Method and system for testing closed caption content of video assets
A method and system for monitoring video assets provided by a multimedia content distribution network includes testing closed captions provided in output video signals. A video and audio portion of a video signal are acquired during a time period that a closed caption occurs. A first text string is extracted from a text portion of a video image, while a second text string is extracted from speech content in the audio portion. A degree of matching between the strings is evaluated based on a threshold to determine when a caption error occurs. Various operations may be performed when the caption error occurs, including logging caption error data and sending notifications of the caption error. |
| US08826351B2 |
System and method for managing storage capacity on a digital video recorder
An Internet protocol television system includes a server that records content on a set-top box, determines storage capacity utilization, and when utilization is greater than a threshold, prompts to select other content on the storage device to be deleted. |
| US08826350B1 |
Methods, devices, and mediums for providing group video on demand
Method, medium and apparatus for receiving a request for a conferencing session identifying a group to participate in the conferencing session, the group comprising a first user terminal and a second user terminal, the request identifying media content to transmit to the group during the conferencing session, initiating the conferencing session including the group, in response to the request, receiving conferencing data comprising first communication data associated with the first user terminal and second communication data associated with the second user terminal, in response to the initiating the conferencing session, generating a first media stream and a second media stream, the first media stream comprising the media content and the second communication data and the second media stream comprising the media content and the first media stream and sending the first media stream to the first user terminal and the second media stream to the second user terminal. |
| US08826349B2 |
Multicast adaptive stream switching for delivery of over the top video content
Multicast adaptive stream switching for delivery of video content over an IP-based packet network is provided. A network device obtains multiple synchronized multicast streams of the same video content, where each of the multiple synchronized multicast streams includes a different bit-rate encoding. The network device receives, from a user device, a request to join a multicast group for one of the multiple synchronized multicast streams and provides, to the user device, the one of the multiple synchronized multicast streams corresponding to the requested multicast group. The user device detects a congestion level associated with the current multicast stream. The network device receives, from the user device, a request to join a different multicast group for a different one of the multiple synchronized multicast streams and provides, to the user device, the different one of the multiple synchronized multicast streams corresponding to the requested different multicast group. |
| US08826344B1 |
Predictive positioning
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium to receive a streaming program, calculate a delay time that occurs between an instant in time when a trick play input is received and an instant in time proximate to an onset of executing the trick play input, and calculate a predicted position of the streaming program based on the delay time, the type of trick play input, the speed of the trick play input, and a difference in the streaming program progress resulting from the delay to execute the trick play input. |
| US08826341B2 |
Digital broadcast receiver controlled by screen remote controller and space remote controller and controlling method thereof
A digital broadcast receiver controlled by a screen remote controller and a space remote controller and controlling method, the method including according to an embodiment displaying a screen remote controller, partitioning a portion of a whole screen of the broadcast receiver into at least two control regions, displaying a pointer to enable a first pointing signal outputted from the space remote controller to indicate one control region of the screen remote controller, receiving a second pointing signal from the space remote controller, and executing a function corresponding to the one control region indicated by the pointer. |
| US08826340B2 |
Method for more efficient collecting of information
Apparatus and processes for locating and processing QR codes or other Scannable Icons (SI's) in video or television signals. A number of client elements (which may correspond to users) may be in communication of one or more control elements; the client elements may be found in user set top boxes, digital video recorders or other equipment employed to receive video or television signals. The control elements may be found in software in server platforms or such user equipment. The client elements may locate and decode SI's according to various areas of interest of users. The control elements may control which client elements monitor various video or television signals; receive information related to decoded SI's; and report information to client elements so that (among other things) users can be aware of SI's in far more video or television signals than their own client elements are able to monitor. |
| US08826338B2 |
Interactive television program guide with selectable languages
An interactive television program guide is provided. The interactive television program guide provides a user with the opportunity to select a language for playing television programming and displaying program guide text. Television program audio in the desired language may be obtained from a SAP or digital audio track and played in the selected language. Television related information in the desired language may be obtained from a digital track. If television program audio or related information is not provided in the selected language, the program guide may use a default language. The program guide may coordinate program guide display screen text with languages available for television programs when the programs are broadcast to users. |
| US08826337B2 |
Publishing key frames of a video content item being viewed by a first user to one or more second users
Systems and methods for obtaining key frames of video content items being viewed by first users and publishing the key frames of the video content items to second users are provided. In general, either prior to playback of a video content item by a first user or during playback of the video content item by the first user, key frame information providing, referencing, or identifying key frames of the video content item is obtained. Each key frame is representative of a segment of the video content item. The key frame information for the video content item is then published such that each key frame is presented to one or more second users while the first user views the corresponding segment of the video content item. |
| US08826334B2 |
Television receiving apparatus and method for displaying an electronic program guide
A television receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a broadcasting program, a program information obtaining unit configured to obtain program information about the broadcasting program, a language setting unit configured to set a language used to display an Electronic Program Guide (EPG), a selection unit configured to select a program to be broadcasted in a language set by the language setting unit using the program information, and a program guide generating unit configured to generate the EPG using the program information, wherein the program guide generating unit is configured to generate the EPG that displays and identifies a program selected by the selection unit while not displaying a program that is not selected by the selection unit. |
| US08826326B2 |
Method and apparatus for control of closed captioning
A system for performing closed captioning enables a caption prepared remotely by a captioner to be repositioned by someone other than the captioner, such as by a program originator. This capability is particularly useful when, for example, the program originator wishes to include a banner in a video but also wishes to avoid having a closed caption interfere with the banner. In one illustrative system, the program originator is a broadcast station that includes a conventional encoder and a broadcast station computer. In one arrangement, control data generated at the station computer is incorporated into the caption data by the station computer. In another arrangement, the control data is sent from the station computer to the captioner computer, which incorporates the control data into the caption data. |
| US08826323B2 |
Method for switching between minor channels for digital televisions
A method for switching between minor channels for digital televisions is disclosed. The method includes determining whether a minor channel is in a non-signal state, analyzing information of a major channel, to which the minor channel in the non-signal state pertains, if the minor channel is in the non-signal state, followed by obtaining information of minor channels pertaining to the major channel, and selecting other minor channels excluding the minor channel in the non-signal state based on an analysis of the information of the minor channels to sequentially determine whether the selected minor channels are in a signal state, followed by switching from the minor channel in the non-signal state to a minor channel in the signal state if a minor channel in the signal state is present. |
| US08826322B2 |
Selective content presentation engine
Selective content presentation for the purpose of self-imposed censoring of content is implemented on an electronic device. The selective content presentation involves acquiring a content suppression preference for suppressing content presentation at an electronic device. Subsequently, a content portion and a content selection tag for the content portion are also received at the electronic device. When the electronic device determines based on the content selection tag that a part of content portion is designated for suppression by the content suppression preference, the part of the content portion is obstructed by the electronic device to form a modified content portion. The modified content portion is further presented to a user via the electronic device. |
| US08826318B2 |
Image based interactive ticker system in television signal
A system to provide personalized promotional content using a broadcast television signal is described. Broadcast television content contains an information band called as ticker band (38) that carries promotional information along with a video signal. This promotional content is captured and stored as several images that correspond to information sets (40). This captured content that is image based is played out in the television optionally with original promotional content, thus providing a personalized promotional information band. This system enables capturing and recalling promotional information reliably for both over the air and terrestrial television broadcasts and works with existing television receivers without needing upgrades to video distribution networks. |
| US08826316B2 |
Systems and methods for configuring media devices utilizing audio codes or signatures
A computer-implemented method for modifying operation of a media terminal device using characteristics of audio, wherein the characteristics may include ancillary code embedded in audio and/or audio signatures. When audio codes are read and/or signatures are extracted, they are processed to determine if they correspond to a predetermined characteristic that has a linked command. If correspondence is found, the command is executed to affect one or more operational layers of the media terminal device to modify at least one operational parameter. |
| US08826314B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing quality of service
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, obtaining regression coefficients that quantify a relationship between premises feedback and first network and premises performance indicators, obtaining second network performance indicators for the network elements, obtaining second premises performance indicators for the customer premises equipment, and predicting customer complaints by applying the obtained regression coefficients to at least the second network performance indicators and the second premises performance indicators. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US08826309B2 |
Optical pickup and optical disc device
There is provided an optical pickup including a light source, an objective lens configured to focus light from the light source onto one signal face of an optical disc, the optical disc including two or more signal faces, each of the signal faces having a groove formed therein, a photodetector configured to receive returning rays from the optical disc, the photodetector having a light receiving face divided into four light receiving regions by a dividing line that is substantially parallel to a track direction of the optical disc and by a dividing line that is substantially perpendicular to the track direction, and a shading unit disposed at an incident side of the photodetector and configured to block, of returning rays from a signal face other than the one signal face of the optical disc, at least a diffracted ray that is diffracted by the groove. |
| US08826308B1 |
Programming language conditional event dispatcher
Methods and systems of monitoring events occurring in a computer system are provided. An event monitoring instruction including a condition is parsed, the event monitoring instruction expressed using syntax defined in source code, the parsing resulting in an event channel to monitor and the condition. Then execution of an application is paused. The event channel is monitored until an event occurs on the event channel. Then an event handler for the event is run in response to the event occurring on the event channel. The condition is evaluated to determine whether the condition is satisfied. Execution of the application is resumed in response to the condition being satisfied. |
| US08826304B2 |
Virtual object indirection in a hosted computer environment
A computer-implemented method of managing computer macros is discussed. This method includes identifying a macro stored at a hosted computer system, executing the macro by traversing lines of commands in the macro, and identifying one of a plurality of different services that are responsive to macros. The method also includes converting a command in the macro from a format associated with a macro language in which the macro is authored, to a command format associated with the identified one of the plurality of different services and providing information received from the one of a plurality of different services to the macro or an application corresponding to the macro, after converting the information into a format usable by the macro or the application corresponding to the macro. |
| US08826303B2 |
Content alerts
Detecting one or more preference events is disclosed. A rule defining a set of conditions associated with a set of preference events to be detected is received. An indication that one or more preference events has occurred is received. It is determined whether the set of conditions included in the rule has been met. If the set of conditions has been met, an alert is generated. |
| US08826302B2 |
Methods, systems and computer readable media for establishing a communication link between software simulation models
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for automatic connection of software simulation models, for example and without limitation, for engineering simulation use in aircraft development are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for establishing a communication link between software simulation models includes initiating communication between the software simulation models and a publish subscribe mechanism, classifying a quality of service indicator for each of the software simulation models, comparing the quality of service indicator associated with two software simulation models, and connecting the software simulation models based on the comparison of the quality of service indicators. |
| US08826300B2 |
File system interface for a message service system
A system, including a computing device, performs a method for communicating with a message service via a file system interface. A file system driver receives a file system call from an application program executing on the computing device. The file system driver converts the received file system call into a message service request. The file system driver transmits the message service request to a message service server. The message service server processes the message service request and generates a response to the message service request. The message service server then sends the message service response to the file system driver. The file system driver converts the received message service response into a file system call response. The file system driver may return the file system call response to the application program or may store the file system call response as a file system file in a file system. |
| US08826297B2 |
Creating web services from an existing web site
Web services are generated from an existing web site having web page based business processes or transactions. A script is generated representative of a user navigation sequence involved to perform the transaction. The script elements include the web application calls, input/output parameters, and/or the interrelation between the elements of the transaction. A WSDL file, web service interface code, and web service implementation code are generated from the navigation script, and may be published locally to the web site or on a remote site. |
| US08826291B2 |
Processing system
A processing system includes a process request queue that corresponds to a process group and additionally stores an arriving process request addressed to the process group, at least one processor that belongs to the process group, and that, upon being enabled to receive a new process request, retrieves a process request from the process request queue, and processes the retrieved process request, and a monitoring unit that monitors a process load of the process group, and that, upon determining through monitoring that the process load of the process group becomes lower than a predetermined contraction threshold value, issues a group contraction instruction to the process group. |
| US08826289B2 |
Method and system for managing virtual and real machines
Managing virtual and real machines through a provisioning system. The provisioning system allows a user to create and manage machines through a “self-service” approach. The provisioning system interacts with one or more agents that manage the lifecycle of a machine. The system may provide templates that enable a user to readily create a virtual machine. The system may also include interfaces for administrators to manage virtual and real machine resources. |
| US08826287B1 |
System for adjusting computer resources allocated for executing an application using a control plug-in
A resource manager computer system allocates computer resources from a pool of computer resources for executing an application. A data monitoring system monitors metrics for the allocated computer resources, and a resource assessment computer system executes a control plug-in specifying a policy for determining whether to adjust the allocated computer resources based on the metrics. |
| US08826286B2 |
Monitoring performance of workload scheduling systems based on plurality of test jobs
The present invention relates to the field of enterprise network computing. In particular, it relates to monitoring workload of a workload scheduler. Information defining a plurality of test jobs of low priority is received. The test jobs have respective launch times, and are launched for execution in a data processing system in accordance with said launch times and said low execution priority. The number of test jobs executed within a pre-defined analysis time range is determined A performance decrease warning is issued if the number of executed test jobs is lower than a predetermined threshold number. A workload scheduler discards launching of jobs having a low priority when estimating that a volume of jobs submitted with higher priority is sufficient to keep said scheduling system busy. |
| US08826285B2 |
Method and device for encapsulating applications in a computer system for an aircraft
The object of the invention is in particular a device for execution of applications (510) in an aircraft information-processing system (500), permitting the simultaneous execution of at least two distinct applications, the said information-processing system comprising shared calculation and storage resources. The device comprises software segregation means capable of creating at least two distinct information-processing environments (505), a partition of the said calculation and storage resources being allocated to each of the said at least two environments in such a way that the execution of one of the said at least two applications in one of the said at least two environments does not have any effect on the execution of the other of the said at least two applications executed in the other of the said at least two environments. Another object of the invention is a method for employing such a device. |
| US08826282B2 |
Project task management system for managing project schedules over a network
A client-server based project schedule management system comprises multiple editors accessible through a web browser to perform various scheduling tasks by members of a project. Client-executable code is generated by the server for the client, which is passed to the client along with schedule-related information for populating the respective editors. The client executes the server-generated code to display the respective editor with pertinent information populated therein, and to manage and maintain any new or updated information in response to user interactions with the editor. Rows of tasks are represented by corresponding objects, where editor elements are object attributes which are directly accessible by the respective objects. Database queries are generated by the server based on constant strings containing placeholders which are replaced with information used by the query. |
| US08826273B1 |
Synchronously logging to disk for main-memory database systems through record and replay
An in-memory database management system (DBMS) in a virtual machine (VM) preserves the durability property of the ACID model for database management without significantly slowing performance due to accesses to disk. Input data relating to a database transaction is recorded into a replay log and forwarded to the VM for processing by the DBMS. An indication of a start of processing by the DBMS of the database transaction is received after receipt of the input data by the VM and an indication of completion of processing of the database transaction by the DBMS is subsequently received, upon which outgoing output data received from the VM subsequent to the receipt of the completion indication is delayed. The delayed outgoing output data is ultimately released upon a confirmation that all input data received prior to the receipt of the start indication has been successfully stored into the replay log, thereby preserving durability for the database transaction. |
| US08826269B2 |
Annotating virtual application processes
A virtualization system is described herein that facilitates communication between a virtualized application and a host operating system to allow the application to correctly access resources referenced by the application. When the operating system creates a virtualized application process, the virtualization system annotates a data structure associated with the process with an identifier that identifies the virtualized application environment associated with the process. When operating system components make requests on behalf of the originating virtual process, a virtualization driver checks the data structure associated with the process to determine that the helper process is doing work on behalf of the virtualized application process. Upon discovering that the thread is doing virtual process work, the virtualization driver directs the helper process's thread to the virtual application's resources, allowing the helper process to accomplish the requested work with the correct data. |
| US08826265B2 |
Data concentrator initiated multicast firmware upgrade
Systems and methods for implementing data concentrated initiated multicast firmware upgrade in power line communications (PLC) are described. In an illustrative embodiment, a method performed by a PLC device may include forming a group of PLC devices to receive a transmission of a data set, the group being organized according to a hierarchical structure, transmitting the data set to the group of PLC devices, determining whether a PLC device in the lowest level of the hierarchical structure is missing one or more portions of the data set, and retransmitting at least the missing portions of the data set until the lowest level of PLC devices each have the full data set. |
| US08826264B1 |
Non-disruptive upgrade of applications
A non-disruptive upgrade (NDU) technique involves installing and activating a first copy of a new version of an application in a temporary directory to (i) obtain control from an original version of the application while the original version is installed in an application directory and (ii) shut down the original version. The technique further involves, after the first copy of the new version obtains control from the original version and the original version is shut down, installing and activating a second copy of the new version of the application in the application directory to (i) obtain control from the first copy of the new version while the first copy of the new version is installed in the temporary directory and (ii) shut down the first copy of the new version. Such operation maintains the continuity of work at each phase of the NDU technique. |
| US08826261B1 |
Programming processors through CAN interface without changing the boot mode select pins
Methods, systems and devices for remotely updating software installed on a digital signal processor (DSP) without setting the mode select pins on the DSP control card. Firmware configured to suspend operations upon receiving a programming signal is installed on the processor. A controlling computing device send the programming signal, causing the processor to halt execution, erase portions of the firmware, set an update firmware flag, and send control signals to the controlling computing device. The remote computing device sends updated firmware and an application program cyclic redundancy check to the processor. The processor compares a cyclic redundancy check of an on-chip flash memory with the received application program cyclic redundancy check. If the two match, the processor installs the received firmware, unsets the update firmware flag, and restarts itself. |
| US08826259B2 |
Method and device for upgrading software in a consumer product
A non-volatile storage device and consumer product are provided which co-operate to upgrade the software in the consumer product where the consumer product stores predetermined information regarding the consumer product on the storage device. The storage device is transferred to a computer product connected to the Internet. The predetermined information is used to acquire upgrade software from a remote server automatically without the user requiring detailed knowledge of the consumer product. The upgrade software is stored on the storage device, which is then transferred back to the consumer product. The consumer product upgrades the software using the upgrade software. |
| US08826255B1 |
Restructuring control flow graphs generated from a model
A control flow graph may be generated from a model. The control flow graph may be restructured by converting at least one cyclical unstructured region of a control flow graph into a structured region. The restructuring may involve introducing loop head and/or bottom nodes, serving as incident nodes for loop entry or exit, correspondingly. Loop back-edges may be re-routed to loop entry nodes, while all exit nodes may be re-rerouted to loop exit nodes, as long as the control flow within the loop is properly directed using control flow constructs. |
| US08826254B2 |
Memoizing with read only side effects
A function may be memoized when a side effect is a read only side effect. Provided that the read only side effect does not mutate a memory object, the side effect may be considered as an input to a function for purity and memoization analysis. When a read only side effect may be encountered during memoization analysis, the read only side effect may be treated as an input to a function for memoization analysis. In some cases, such side effects may enable an impure function to behave as a pure function for the purposes of memoization. |
| US08826243B2 |
System, method, and computer program product for error code injection
In one embodiment, a computer program product for injecting error code includes a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith. The computer readable program code includes computer readable program code configured to determine critical points in executing code of software under test, computer readable program code configured to determine an appropriate response action for each critical point based on an error encountered at each critical point, computer readable program code configured to inject a critical point segment into the executing code at a corresponding critical point, and computer readable program code configured to output a unique identifier of each critical point segment. In another embodiment, a system includes a processor, and a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith having the above described functionality. Other systems and computer program products are described according to more embodiments. |
| US08826239B2 |
Asynchronous code testing in integrated development environment (IDE)
A system and associated method for asynchronous code testing in an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The IDE has components of a source code editor, an impact analyzer, a test case launcher, a graphical user interface (GUI), and a database. All components run concurrently for asynchronous and real-time code editing. Upon modification of a code block of an input code, a test case is automatically generated and a launching priority is calculated based on the relationship between the modified code block and each code block affected by the modification. Generated test cases are automatically run by the test case launcher or manually selected by the user to produce a test run result. |
| US08826234B2 |
Relational modeling for performance analysis of multi-core processors
A relational model may be used to encode primitives for each of a plurality of threads in a multi-core processor. The primitives may include tasks and parameters, such as buffers. The relationships may be linked to particular tasks. The tasks with the coding, which indicates the relationships, may then be used upon user selection to display a visualization of the functional relationships between tasks. |
| US08826233B2 |
Graphical representation of a JAVA bytecode
A method and system for graphing JAVA bytecode. JAVA bytecode is analyzed to identify blocks of bytecode that are consecutively executed without being targeted by branching instructions. The links in the form of branching instructions or target based breaks are also identified. The blocks and links are then graphed to facilitate the review and debugging of the program. The graph can be optimized to improve the readability of the graph. |
| US08826232B2 |
Metamodeling contextual navigation of computer software applications
Using metamodels during context-sensitive analyses of reusable components of computer software applications, including identifying entry and exit paths into and from a reusable component within a metamodel of a computer application development environment, determining during a static analysis of a computer software application that navigation will proceeds along a path corresponding in the metamodel to such an entry or exit path, retaining, if an entry path, an identifier of an invoking node along the path within the computer software application, and, if an exit path, for each terminal node along each of a plurality of paths from the reusable component within the computer software application, comparing an identifier of an invoking node preceding the terminal node with the retained invoking node identifier, and determining, if the invoking node identifiers match, that the path among the plurality of paths is a correct path for a current context of the static analysis. |
| US08826225B2 |
Model transformation unit
The invention concerns a model transformation unit adapted to transform a first source model in a source domain into a target model in a target domain, the first source model being a tree of source elements and the target model being a tree of target elements representing a project to be implemented in computer code, the model transformation unit including at least one memory adapted to store the first source model (104, 106), a source meta-model (204) representing the source domain, a target meta-model (206) representing the target domain, and a transformation model (210) indicating rules for transforming between the source meta-model and the target meta-model; and a transformation engine (102) adapted to determine, based on the transformation model, a parent element of each target element of the target model to be generated and to construct the target model by generating, for each source element in the source model to be transformed, a target element based on the transformation model, and by positioning each target element in the tree of target elements below its parent element. |
| US08826224B2 |
Apparatus and method for supporting model-driven development
In a model editing apparatus, a model transformation function transforms SM (source model) 0 into TM (target model) 0, and generates TDM (transformation dependency model) 0. Moreover, when an SM editor generates SM1 by updating SM0, the model transformation function transforms SM1 into TM1 and generates TDM1. When a TM editor generates TM0_n by editing TM0 independently of the change in SM0, a Change element registration function registers a difference Δ2 between TM0 and TM0_n in TDM0, thereby generating TDM0_n. Then, in response to a call, a merge function merges a difference Δ1 between TDM0 and TDM1 extracted by a Δ1 extraction function, and a difference Δ2 extracted from TDM0_n, according to prestored processing patterns. |
| US08826221B2 |
Adaptive patterning for panelized packaging
An adaptive patterning method and system for fabricating panel based package structures is described. Misalignment for individual device units in a panel or reticulated wafer may be adjusted for by measuring the position of each individual device unit and forming a unit-specific pattern over each of the respective device units. |
| US08826220B2 |
Circuit layout method for printed circuit board, electronic device and computer readable recording media
The present disclosure illustrates a circuit layout method for printed circuit board which is adapted for an electronic device. The circuit layout method includes the following steps. A parameters configuration interface is provided for receiving corresponding stack-up parameters and a plurality of layout parameters. A radio frequency layer, a first keep out layer, and a reference layer are determined based on the stack-up parameters. The first keep-out layer is placed between the radio frequency layer having a first signal trace disposed thereon and the reference layer. A first keep-out region on the first keep-out layer is formed in corresponding to the first signal trace. Circuit layouts disposed inside the first keep-out region are removed. Consequently, the corresponding keep-out region may be automatically generated in accordance to the signal requirements of the signal trace while designing the circuit layout thereby increase circuit layout quality and efficiency thereof. |
| US08826219B2 |
Method and apparatus used for the physical validation of integrated circuits
Disclosed herein are methods and devices used for the physical design validation of integrated circuits. One method used for the physical design validation of integrated circuits includes comparing the original circuit netlist of an integrated circuit and the layout data of the integrated circuit and assigning labels to the input and output terminals of the components in the integrated circuit based on the results of the comparison. |
| US08826215B1 |
Routing centric design closure
Method of placing and routing circuit components including: dividing a layout area of an integrated circuit (IC) design into an array of tiles, each tile having a plurality of edges that are common to adjoining tiles; placing of circuit components into the layout area of the IC design such that each tile including a plurality of circuit components, the placing of circuit components being performed for primarily routability without resort to a timing model, routability being measured by congestion of wiring nets at the tile edges; performing a virtual timing operation of the IC design with a virtual timing model assuming ideal buffering is done to test the placement of circuit components; performing a wire synthesis operation of the IC design for layer assignment, buffering and timing optimization while minimizing degradation in routability; and performing a plurality of timing optimizations of the IC design while minimizing degradation in routability. |
| US08826209B2 |
Automated inline defect characterization
Defect characterization is a useful tool for analyzing and improving fabrication for semiconductor chips. By using layout and netlist in combination with images of semiconductors, defects can be identified and analyzed. Electrical simulation can be performed on the netlist, based on the presence of the defect that was detected. Layout geometries where the defect was detected can be binned and a search can be performed of the remainder of the layout for similar groupings of layout geometries. Various representations of the semiconductor can be cross mapped, including layout, schematic, and netlist. The presence of certain defects can be correlated to yield, performance, and other characteristics. |
| US08826204B2 |
Mutual inductance extraction using dipole approximations
Various methods for analyzing mutual inductance in an integrated circuit layout are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, for instance, a circuit description indicative of the layout of signal wires and ground wires in the circuit is received. The signal wires and the ground wires are grouped into at least a first bundle and a second bundle, wherein the first bundle and the second bundle each comprise a respective signal-wire segment and one or more corresponding ground-wire segments. A representative dipole moment is calculated for the first bundle. Using the representative dipole moment, the mutual inductance between the first bundle and the second bundle is calculated. Computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform any of the disclosed methods or storing design databases created or modified using any of the disclosed techniques are also disclosed. |
| US08826203B2 |
Automating current-aware integrated circuit and package design and optimization
A system and method for improving and optimizing current delivery into a chip, which is limited by the physical properties of the connections (e.g., Controlled Collapse Chip Connection or C4s). The system and method enables rapid C4 bump current estimation and placement including generating a one-time computed sensitivity matrix that includes all of the contributions of macros (or groups of components) to C4 current. The system and method further enables the calculation of a C4 current changes using the one-time computed sensitivity matrix and redistributed currents due to deletion of one or more C4 connectors. The system coupled with design and programming methodologies improve and optimize current delivery is extendable to connections across layers in a multilayer 3D chip stack. |
| US08826202B1 |
Reducing design verification time while maximizing system functional coverage
A system for functional verification of a chip design includes the chip design, a test generator, a test bench, a verification tool, and a coverage tool. The coverage tool is configured to receive chip design, user input, and coverage files from the verification tool to generate information for the test generator to improve the test coverage of the verification tool. The method includes receiving a chip design, functionally testing the chip design, generating coverage files, receiving user options, including a coverage basis, a report basis, and a defined coverage, calculating coverage impact and new overall coverage using the defined coverage and coverage files, and ranking each report basis according to coverage impact of each coverage basis. |
| US08826197B2 |
Pattern-based replacement for layout regularization
Methods and systems for generating a regularized integrated circuit layout are disclosed. Pattern replacement of various portions of wiring within an integrated circuit layout with a common pattern is performed in order to generate a regularized layout. The regularized layout is then subjected to additional mask data preparation processing, such as optical proximity correction. |
| US08826194B2 |
Pattern data generating apparatus
According to one embodiment, a pattern data generating apparatus comprises a storage unit that stores a table defining direct self assembly information that combines a direct self assembly material, a film thickness of the direct self assembly material, and a process condition for the direct self assembly material according to a pattern dimension, a division unit that divides layout data of a device based on the pattern dimension to generate divided layouts, an extraction unit that extracts the direct self assembly information corresponding to the pattern dimension of the divided layout from the table, and a generation unit that generates pattern data by allocating the direct self assembly information extracted by the extraction unit to the divided layouts. |
| US08826188B2 |
Proximity sensor calibration
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to proximity sensors to measure distance from a surface, and more particularly, calibrating proximity sensors to adjust for various reflecting surfaces. |
| US08826187B2 |
Method and system for moving a cursor and selecting objects on a touchscreen using a finger pointer
A finger pointer is used for moving a cursor and selecting objects on a touchscreen. The finger pointer includes a cursor indicator and a finger contact area. The cursor indicator points to a location on the touchscreen that would be activated when the finger pointer is selected. The finger contact area indicates the location on the touchscreen where a user may touch the screen to activate or move the finger pointer. The finger pointer may be used to select objects such as hyperlinks on a browser web page, and items from an application of menu. The user touches the touchscreen within the finger contact area. The user then contacts the touchscreen at a different location to move the finger pointer to the different location such that the cursor indicator is positioned on an object is to be selected. |
| US08826184B2 |
Mobile terminal and image display controlling method thereof
A mobile terminal and a method of controlling an image display thereof are disclosed. A display module for a mobile terminal as disclosed herein may include a display for displaying an image that includes one or more objects, a user input interface to receive an input to change the image between a 2D display and a 3D display, and a controller configured to change the displayed image between the 2D display and the 3D display based on the received input. The controller may control the display to sequentially display one or more intermediate images in order to gradually change an extent in which at least one of the one or more objects is perceived to protrude or recede into the display during the change in the displayed image. |
| US08826178B1 |
Element repositioning-based input assistance for presence-sensitive input devices
An example method includes designating a corner region of a display device as active, and outputting, for display at the display device, a user interface including at least one element positioned at a first location substantially diagonally opposite and at a first distance from the active corner region. The method further includes receiving an indication of a gesture interpreted by the computing device as originating within the active corner region and terminating within a center region of the display device, and responsive to receiving the indication of the gesture, outputting, for display at the display device, an updated user interface including the element positioned at a second location a second distance from the active corner region. |
| US08826177B2 |
Multiple user profiles in portable apparatus
Management of multiple user profiles in a portable apparatus is disclosed. A method includes storing user profiles of a group in a portable apparatus, wherein each user profile specifies user-specific parameters; performing performs a selection of a user profile from among the user profiles of the group stored in the portable apparatus on the basis of a predetermined condition; and modifying modifies an exercise data processing configuration of the portable apparatus on the basis of the selected user profile. |
| US08826172B2 |
Method for unlocking screen-locked state of touch screen, electronic device and recording medium using the same
A method for unlocking a screen-locked state of a touch screen, and an electronic device and a recording medium using the same are disclosed. In the present method, during a screen-locked state, an unlocking area of a touch screen of the mobile device is divided into a first touch area and a second touch area by a separate line. Next, the touch screen is used to detect a touch operation of a user. If it is determined that the touch operation is started from the first touch area and ended in the second touch area, the screen of the mobile device is to be unlocked. |
| US08826168B2 |
Secure electronic media distribution and presentation system
A method and apparatus for the distribution of electronic media content for distribution to employees of a subscriber. The system includes an electronic display for displaying selected electronic media content that may be selected, modified and/or generated by the subscriber. The system allows for dramatically increased subscriber control of the media content presented as well as for increased security for any confidential media content to be presented on the customer display. The system further provides for individual control of multiple displays that may be located in differing geographic locations while at the same time providing for ease of information management. |
| US08826159B2 |
Method, device and computer software product for controlling user interface of electronic device
The invention relates to controlling of a user interface of an electronic device (100). On a secondary display (104) of the electronic device (100), a list of executable applications is displayed. A selection for selecting a specific application is received from the user. When the user mechanically sets the electronic device (100) from transport state to principal operational state, a primary display of the electronic device (100) is taken into use. In principal operational state, a predetermined function relating to the user's selection is performed in the electronic device (100), whereby information relating to the procedure is displayed on the primary display of the electronic device (100). |
| US08826157B2 |
System and method to generate a shopping cart list
A system to generate a shopping cart list is provided. The system includes a three-dimensional graphical display module to generate an interactive graphical display at a display device. The interactive graphical display includes a plurality of independent display elements associated with a representation of a three-dimensional object. The system also includes a shopping cart module to generate a shopping cart list including purchasable items selected from a plurality of independent storefront sites and to display the shopping cart list at the display device. |
| US08826155B2 |
System, method, and computer program product for presenting an indicia of risk reflecting an analysis associated with search results within a graphical user interface
A system, method, and computer program product comprise presenting a plurality of search results within a graphical user interface. Further, an indicia of risk is presented that reflects an analysis in association with at least one of the plurality of search results within the graphical user interface. |
| US08826154B2 |
System, method, and computer program product for presenting an indicia of risk associated with search results within a graphical user interface
A system, method, and computer program product comprise presenting a plurality of search results within a graphical user interface. Further, an indicia of risk associated with the search results is presented, in real-time, within the graphical user interface. |
| US08826148B2 |
Simultaneous email and attachment viewing
Systems, methods and computer program products for facilitating the simultaneous (e.g., side-by-side or via a “sliding” animation) displaying and viewing of email messages and any attachments to such email messages are disclosed. Such systems, methods and computer program products allow a user of a computing system to simultaneously view the textual portion of an email along with the contents of any attachments within one application, and without the need to switch between at least two software applications—the email reader application and the native (productivity) application used to create such attachment (e.g., a word processing software application, a spreadsheet application, a presentation application, a database application, a portable document format reader, a Web browser and/or the like). |
| US08826143B2 |
Central logout from multiple websites
A method for enabling logout from websites includes creating at least one meta-data tag for a web page, where said at least one meta-data tag comprises a logout universal resource locator for the web page; reading the at least one meta-data tag for each web application that a user is logged into; recording the logout universal resource locator in a database; and displaying a name of each web application and the corresponding logout universal resource locator in a graphical user interface. |
| US08826142B2 |
Document handling in a web application
A unique document handling facility on the scale of a Lotus Notes document. Preferably, the documents are stored in a relational database and served-up using Java servlets, with provisions for handling document content and group level security. The preferred implementation of the invention provides several specific features: (1) Presentation and control of heterogeneous document content through the service of the Enterprise Application Development Platform, (2) An efficient scheme for group level and user level security, (3) Presentation of heterogeneous document types, (4) Presentation of heterogeneous data types in the document, (5) A method to externalize definition of keyword selections, and (6) The ability to present document fields in any order, regardless of whether they originate in the head or body of the underlying document. |
| US08826141B2 |
Image-based and predictive browsing
Systems and methods are provided for image-based browsing of resources, such as webpages, on a communication device, providing for image-based navigation of recently accessed resources and image-based selection of resources matching partial or complete address strings entered in an input field. Also provided are systems and methods for predictive loading of resources, by detecting browsing actions such as zooming in and hovering over thumbnail images of previously accessed resources, and initiating HTTP requests for those resources over a network before receipt of an express command to retrieve the resource. To improve the user-perceived responsiveness of the device to commands to download and display resources such as webpages comprising embedded objects, the order of requesting updated versions of the embedded objects is determined by analysis of the portion of the webpage of interest to the user. Prioritizing of various browser-related tasks is also disclosed. |
| US08826132B2 |
Methods and systems for navigating content on a portable device
Media players and associated methods are described that may allow a user to navigate content or other media assets. A media player or portable media device, can include features for generating and utilizing navigation information for navigating content, such as audio books. An audio book may be analyzed to determine one or more locations within the audio book that represent chapters, paragraphs, sentences, or the like. Navigation information may be generated indicative of the one or more locations that may be used by a media player or portable media device to play content in the audio book. The navigation information may include audio clips extracted from the audio book to represent the chapters and the like. In addition, a user may navigate content in response to predetermined user motions. A media player may scroll through content based on the predetermined user motions. |
| US08826129B2 |
Multi-touch device having a bot with local and remote capabilities
A system, method, and program product for instantiating and executing a bot on an interface system are disclosed. A bot is an agent for the user and includes an animated visual personification. The system includes an interface system including a graphical user interface, a system for instantiating a bot and displaying the bot on the graphical user interface, and a command processing system for causing the bot to execute one of a plurality of actions in response to a user command. The plurality of actions includes at least one local capability and at least one remote capability. The at least one remote capability also includes a system for transferring the bot to a second interface at a remote location. |
| US08826122B2 |
Method, system and device for displaying a web page
According to an example, a method for displaying a webpage includes: A, obtaining, by the webpage parsing server, an original webpage corresponding to a Universal Resource Locator (URL) request transmitted by a mobile terminal, and executing JavaScript (JS) in the original webpage to obtain a result webpage; B, adding, by the webpage parsing server, a JSNODE attribute to the result webpage, transmitting the result webpage containing the JSNODE attribute to the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal fills in a JS request protocol packet according to a JS event triggered by a user and the JSNODE attribute; and C, executing, by the webpage parsing server, the JS event according to the JS request protocol packet transmitted by the mobile terminal, and transmitting the result webpage in which the JS event has been executed to the mobile terminal for display. |
| US08826121B2 |
Magnifying the text of a link while still retaining browser function in the magnified display
A web browser magnifies the content of the whole page in memory and displays the relevant portion in a magnifier with hyperlinks. The web browser then maps the magnified display to the original document. Thus, manipulation of the mouse in the magnified display may result in an action with respect to the original document. The user may then select a link for navigation within the magnified display. Alternatively, the web browser may analyze the original web page and construct magnifier contents on the basis of either the document object model, extensible markup language (XML), or hypertext markup language (HTML) representation of the magnified portion. |
| US08826120B1 |
Systems and methods for identifying rendering issues across electronic document viewers
Identification and correction of rendering problems that occur when a document (e.g., a web page) is displayed by a document viewer (e.g., web browser) are described. In one exemplary embodiment, a web page has a first element written in a markup language and a second element written in a style sheet language. A method includes receiving a command at a development environment, analyzing a structure of an electronic document responsive to the command, the electronic document having a first element written in a first computer language and a second element written in a second computer language, identifying a relationship between the first and second elements, wherein the relationship causes a rendering problem associated with a document viewer, and presenting information to the user about the rendering problem via the development environment. |
| US08826116B2 |
Creating annotations of transient computer objects
A method, system and program product for annotating a transient state of a computer displayed application enables annotation of transient applications particularly web based applications. A transient application address (or key) and state information related to an application at a transient state are stored in an annotation store along with an annotation. The annotation is related to the transient application by the application address or key. The application is automatically restored to the transient state when the annotation is requested. Optionally a screen capture of the application at the transient state is also presented. |
| US08826112B2 |
Navigating table data with mouse actions
Methods, computer program products and systems are provided for navigating a display of a table in a computer application that includes enabling a context sensitive action menu, detecting activation of the action menu in the displayed table, and executing a table display control instruction from the context sensitive action menu to reformat and redisplay the table in a collapsed or an expanded format around one or more selected cells of the table. The display instruction indicates which columns, etc. are to be reformatted. Further steps may include populating an array with data from corresponding cells of the table and executing an array display control instruction to display at least a portion of the array on an action menu display panel. Navigation tools provide selection of array elements and reformatting and redisplaying the table in the collapsed or the expanded format around a table cell corresponding to the selected array cell. |
| US08826110B2 |
Systems and methods for defect scanning
The present invention is related to systems and methods for defect scanning. |
| US08826109B2 |
LDPC decoder irregular decoding of regular codes
The present inventions are related to systems and methods for irregular decoding of regular codes in an LDPC decoder, and in particular to allocating decoding resources based in part on data quality. |
| US08826105B2 |
Data processing system with out of order transfer
Various embodiments of the present inventions provide systems and methods for data processing with out of order transfer. For example, a data processing system is disclosed that includes a data processor operable to process input blocks of data and to yield corresponding processed output blocks of data, wherein the processed output blocks of data are output from the data processor in an order in which their processing is completed, and a scheduler operable to receive processing priority requests for the input blocks of data and to assign processing resources in the data processor according to the priority requests. |
| US08826104B2 |
Data puncturing ensuring orthogonality within communication systems
Data puncturing ensuring orthogonality within communication systems. Puncturing is employed within communication systems to ensure orthogonality (or substantial orthogonality) of various transmissions between communication devices within communication systems. Any of a variety of types of signals can be employed herein including uncoded signals, turbo encoded signals, turbo trellis coded modulation (TTCM) encoded signals, LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) encoded signals, and RS (Reed-Solomon) encoded signals, among just some types of signals. A first transmission can be made from a first communication device to a second communication device, and the second communication device can sometimes request a subsequent transmission (e.g., a re-transmission) from the first communication device to the second communication device. Oftentimes, different information is sent from the first communication device to the second communication device within the subsequent transmission. Herein, each of these transmissions can be ensured to be orthogonal. |
| US08826101B2 |
Memory system and method using a memory device die stacked with a logic die using data encoding, and system using the memory system
A memory system and method using at least one memory device die stacked with and coupled to a logic die by interconnects, such as through silicon vias. One such logic die includes an ECC system generating error checking and correcting (“ECC) bits corresponding to write data. The write data are transmitted to the memory device dice in a packet containing a serial burst of a plurality of parallel data bits. The ECC bits are transmitted to the memory device dice using through silicon vias that are different from the vias through which data are coupled. Such a logic die could also include a data bus inversion (“DBI”) system encoding the write data using a DBI algorithm and transmitting to the memory device dice DBI bits indicating whether the write data have been inverted. The DBI bits are transmitted using through silicon vias that are shared with the ECC bits when they are unused for transferring the ECC bits. |
| US08826100B2 |
Adjustable memory allocation based on error correction
An apparatus may comprise a memory including a first area of total usable storage capacity of the memory reported to a host device, a second area occupied by error correction code (ECC) appended to data stored in the first area, and a third area of usable data storage capacity not reported to the host device. The apparatus may further comprise a controller configured to balance sizes of the second area and third area to maintain a size of the first area as the length of ECC of data stored in the first area increases. The controller may be further configured to exchange data having an ECC of a controllable length with the memory based on a data storage location, and adjust the controllable length of the ECC based on an error history of the data storage location. |
| US08826097B2 |
Memory scrubbing
A data processing apparatus is provided which comprises a processor unit configured to perform data processing operations in response to a sequence of instructions and a storage unit configured to store data values for access by the processor unit when performing its data processing operations. Redundant error control data is stored in association with the data values, the redundant error control data enabling identification of an error in the data values. The data processing apparatus also comprises a data scrubbing unit configured to perform a data scrubbing process on at least a subset of the data values, the data scrubbing process comprising determining with reference to the redundant error control data if an error is present in that subset of data values and, where possible, correcting that error with reference to the redundant error control data. The data scrubbing unit is configured to receive a scrub transaction issued within said data processing apparatus, and to perform the data scrubbing process upon receipt of the scrub transaction. |
| US08826095B2 |
Method and system for providing an improved store-in cache
A hardened store-in cache system includes a store-in cache having lines of a first linesize stored with checkbits, wherein the checkbits include byte-parity bits, and an ancillary store-only cache (ASOC) that holds a copy of most recently stored-to lines of the store-in cache. The ASOC includes fewer lines than the store-in cache, each line of the ASOC having the first linesize stored with the checkbits. |
| US08826092B2 |
Characterization and validation of processor links
A processor link that couples a first processor and a second processor is selected for validation and a plurality of communication parameter settings associated with the first and the second processors is identified. The first and the second processors are successively configured with each of the communication parameter settings. One or more test data pattern(s) are provided from the first processor to the second processor in accordance with the communication parameter setting. Performance measurements associated with the selected processor link and with the communication parameter setting are determined based, at least in part, on the test data pattern as received at the second processor. One of the communication parameter settings that is associated with the highest performance measurements is selected. The selected communication parameter setting is applied to the first and the second processors for subsequent communication between the first and the second processors via the processor link. |
| US08826087B2 |
Scan circuitry for testing input and output functional paths of an integrated circuit
An integrated circuit comprises scan test circuitry, additional circuitry subject to testing utilizing the scan test circuitry, and control circuitry associated with the scan test circuitry. The scan test circuitry comprises a scan chain having a plurality of scan cells, and the associated control circuitry is coupled to at least a given one of a primary input of the integrated circuit and a primary output of the integrated circuit. The scan test circuitry is configurable by the control circuitry so as to permit testing of both an input functional path associated with the given one of the primary input and the primary output and an output functional path associated with the given one of the primary input and the primary output. |
| US08826085B2 |
Display screen control device with error alert, display screen control method, and computer readable medium
A display screen control device comprises: a communicating part for performing data communication with a web server; a browser for acquiring a display screen available for the user to make the entry operation from the web server via the communicating part and displaying the acquired display screen on a display part; an error detecting part for detecting whether or not a display error of a content contained in the display screen acquired by the browser is occurred with the display screen being displayed; an error determining part for determining whether or not the content in which the display error is detected is necessary for the user to continue the entry operation when the display error is detected by the error detecting part; and an annunciation controlling part for controlling displaying or not displaying an annunciation image to alert the user to again acquire the display screen on the display part. |
| US08826084B1 |
Method and system for implementing automated test and retest procedures
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented method and system for automated test and retesting using an interactive interface provided by a computer processor comprising: a test case builder, comprising at least one processor, configured to automatically generate code for a test case; a test flow tool, comprising at least one processor, configured to generate a plurality of test flows for the test case; an execution engine, comprising at least one processor, configured to automatically execute the plurality of test flows on a system under test; and an output interface configured to receive output data from the system under test. |
| US08826081B2 |
Data processing apparatus and related methods of debugging processing circuitry
A data processing apparatus having processing circuitry and debug circuitry is debugged by operating the processing circuitry to generate data. The debug circuitry is employed to generate trace elements indicative of the operation of the processing circuitry. Trace elements are caused to be output from the data processing apparatus over a communication bus capable of connecting a plurality of devices. The communication bus is controlled by a protocol for data interchange requiring data interchange from any device on the communication bus to be controlled by a single processing system. The passing of the trace elements onto the communication bus is controlled using an interface unit of the debug circuitry. The interface unit comprises a controller arranged to allow each of the interface unit and processing circuitry to be separate processing systems which can each independently control data interchange from the data processing apparatus. |
| US08826078B2 |
Computer system and diagnostic method thereof
A computer system and a diagnostic method thereof are provided. The computer system comprises a system management bus (SMBus) switch, a plurality of servers and a remote management controller (RMC). Each server comprises a diagnostic message port, a basic input output system (BIOS) and a logic circuit. The BIOS outputs a diagnostic message to the diagnostic message port. The logic circuit catches the diagnostic message. The RMC comprises a SMBus host controller. The SMBus host controller controls the SMBus switch to connect the SMBus host controller to a corresponding logic circuit according to a request. The logic circuit responds the diagnostic message to the SMBus host controller according to the request. |
| US08826073B2 |
3-D stacked multiprocessor structures and methods to enable reliable operation of processors at speeds above specified limits
A three-dimensional (3-D) processor system includes a first processor chip and a second processor chip in a stacked configuration. The first processor chip includes a first processor having a first set of state registers. The second processor chip includes a second processor having a second set of state registers that corresponds to the first set of state registers. The first and second processors are connected through vertical connections between the first and second processor chips. A mode control circuit operates the processor system in one of a plurality of operating modes. In one mode of operation, the first processor is active and the second processor is inactive, and the first processor operates at a speed greater than a maximum safe speed of the first processor, and the first processor uses the second set of state registers of the second processor to checkpoint a state of the first processor. |
| US08826072B2 |
Method and system for real-time error mitigation
A method of organizing on-chip data memory in an embedded system-on-chip platform whereon a deterministic application needs to meet a guaranteed constraint on its functional system behavior is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes: a) dividing the deterministic application into blocks one of which corresponds to a part of a subtask of the application, the block receiving input data and/or generating output data and including internal intermediate data for transforming the input data into the output data, b) splitting the internal intermediate data into state and non-state data, and c) putting the non-state data and a part of the state data in a protected buffering module being part of the data memory and being provided with an error detection and correction module, so that they are available for mitigating the effect of faults on the functional system behavior on-line while meeting the at least one guaranteed constraint. |
| US08826071B2 |
Repairing portable executable files
A portable executable file can be repaired by identifying an invalid field of a portable executable file. A likelihood of repairing the invalid field of the portable executable file is determined. A repair model for repairing the invalid field of the portable executable file is generated, and the invalid field of the portable executable file is repaired based upon, at least in part, the repair model. |
| US08826069B2 |
Unified, workload-optimized, adaptive RAS for hybrid systems
A method, system, and computer program product for maintaining reliability in a computer system. In an example embodiment, the method includes managing workloads on a first processor with a first processor architecture by an agent process executing on a second processor with a second processor architecture. The method proceeds by activating redundant computation on the second processor by the agent process. The method continues by performing a same computation from a workload of the workloads at least twice. Finally, the method includes comparing results of the same computation. In this embodiment the first processor is coupled the second processor by a network, and the first processor architecture and second processor architecture are different architectures. |
| US08826067B2 |
Optimistic data writing in a dispersed storage network
A method begins by a processing module dispersed storage error encoding data to produce a set of encoded data slices and sending a set of write request messages to a set of dispersed storage (DS) units, wherein each of the set of write request messages includes an encoded data slice of the set of encoded data slices. The method continues with the processing module determining whether a pillar width number of favorable write response messages has been received within a write acknowledgement (ACK) time period. The method continues with the processing module executing a retry write process to at least one DS unit of the set of DS units from which a favorable write response message was not received during the write ACK time period when the pillar width number of favorable write response messages has not been received within the write ACK time period. |
| US08826064B2 |
Biologically inspired hardware cell architecture
Disclosed is a system comprising: —a reconfigurable hardware platform; —a plurality of hardware units defined as cells adapted to be programmed to provide self-organization and self-maintenance of the system by means of implementing a program expressed in a programming language defined as DNA language, where each cell is adapted to communicate with one or more other cells in the system, and where the system further comprises a converter program adapted to convert keywords from the DNA language to a binary DNA code; where the self-organization comprises that the DNA code is transmitted to one or more of the cells, and each of the one or more cells is adapted to determine its function in the system; where if a fault occurs in a first cell and the first cell ceases to perform its function, self-maintenance is performed by that the system transmits information to the cells that the first cell has ceased to perform its function, and then the self-organization is performed again in order to provide that a second cell undertakes the function of the first cell. |
| US08826056B2 |
Circuit protection system and method
A circuit protection system for an electronic system includes a platform control hub (PCH), a PCH power chip connected to the PCH, a basic input output system (BIOS), a control unit, and a power supply. The control unit determines the potential of a PW_OK signal from the PCH power chip to get the current state of the electronic system through the BIOS, thereby determining whether the current status of the PW_OK signal corresponds to a predetermined status of the PCH power chip which is defined in the current state of the electronic system. If the current status of the PW_OK signal does not correspond to the predetermined status, the control unit outputs a system PW_OK signal of low potential to disable the PCH power chip, and outputs an enable signal to the PCH which outputs a PS_ON signal of high potential to the power supply to shutdown the electronic system. |
| US08826055B2 |
Computer system and control method thereof
A computer system includes memory units; a power supply to supply power to the memory units; and a controller to control the supply of power to the plurality of memory units so as to intercept power supplied from the power supply to at least one of the memory units, among the plurality of memory units according to user input. |
| US08826051B2 |
Dynamic allocation of power budget to a system having non-volatile memory and a processor
Systems and methods are disclosed for dynamically allocating power for a system having non-volatile memory. A power budgeting manager of a system can determine if the total amount of power available for the system is below a pre-determined power level (e.g., a low power state). While the system is operating in the low power state, the power budgeting manager can dynamically allocate power among various components of the system (e.g., a processor and non-volatile memory). |
| US08826049B2 |
Minimizing airflow using preferential memory allocation by prioritizing memory workload allocation to memory banks according to the locations of memory banks within the enclosure
One embodiment provides a method of controlling memory in a computer system. Airflow is generated through an enclosure at a variable airflow rate to cool a plurality of memory banks at different locations within the enclosure. The airflow rate is controlled as a function of the temperature of one or more of the memory banks. Memory workload is selectively allocated to the memory banks according to expected differences in airflow, such as differences in airflow temperature, at each of the different locations. |
| US08826046B2 |
Light fixture monitoring-controlling system and method for controlling light intensity based on a light fixture adapter program loaded from a web-server
A light fixture monitoring/control system/method allowing a lamp associated with a lighting fixture to be controlled in response to localized lighting fixture sensor inputs and/or remote wireless commands is disclosed. The system utilizes a light fixture adapter (LFA) as a dimming control and monitoring interface between a light fixture and the lamp installed in the LFA. Dimming control is directed by a computing device based on a LFA program (LFAP) that analyzes information from one or more sensors integrated within the LFA. The LFA supports a web-based browser interface and a wireless communication link allowing remote users to define the LFAP and/or directly control lamp dimming and/or access data from LFA sensors. The LFA permits low-cost retrofitting of existing light fixtures with “smart” networked lighting controls that may incorporate advanced spatially diverse security monitoring functions including audio and/or video surveillance. |
| US08826042B2 |
Memory controller, memory control apparatus, memory device, memory information protection system, control method for memory control apparatus, and control method for memory device
A technique allowing an improvement in the confidentiality of information stored in a memory device. A memory controller includes a key generation part that newly generates key information for use in encryption and decryption of information at every predetermined timing, and a data conversion circuit that encrypts information to be outputted to a memory device based on the information and decrypts encrypted information inputted from the memory device based on the key information. In the data conversion circuit, each time the key generation part generates new key information, key information is updated so as to set the new key information as the key information. |
| US08826036B1 |
Ebook encryption using variable keys
An electronic book distribution system encrypts distributed electronic books (“eBooks”) with a content key. The content key is in turn encrypted with a voucher key. The voucher key for a particular eBook is generated based on a combination of (a) an ID or serial number of an eBook reader device to which the eBook is being distributed, (b) a user account secret associated with a user of the eBook reader device, and (c) metadata associated with the eBook itself. |
| US08826034B1 |
Selective revocation of heuristic exemption for content with digital signatures
Digital signatures are examined for specified attributes indicating that an exemption is not appropriate. If the specified attributes are not present in a digital signature, the associated application will be exempt from heuristic detection. However, where the specified attributes are present in a signature, the signed application is subject to heuristic detection just like a non-signed application. This does not mean the application is automatically treated as being malicious, but simply that the application is scrutinized to check for malicious behavior. |
| US08826033B1 |
Data protection using virtual-machine-specific stable system values
A virtual machine on a physical host computer provides controlled access to protected data by creating and storing a “stored system fingerprint” from stable system values (SSVs) as existing when creating the stored system fingerprint. The SSVs include virtual-machine-specific values that change upon cloning the virtual machine (VM) but do not change upon migration of the VM. Upon a request for access to the protected data, a current system fingerprint is calculated from the SSVs as existing when processing the request, the current system fingerprint is compared to the stored system fingerprint to determine whether there is a predetermined degree of matching, and the requested access to the protected data is permitted only if there is the predetermined degree of matching. |
| US08826030B2 |
Methods and systems for authenticating users
A method of authenticating users to reduce transaction risks includes indicating a desire to conduct a transaction, inputting information in a workstation, and determining whether the inputted information is known. Moreover, the method includes determining a state of a communications device when the inputted information is known, and transmitting a biometric authentication request from a server to a workstation when the state of the communications device is enrolled. Additionally, the method includes obtaining biometric authentication data in accordance with a biometric authentication data capture request with the communications device, biometrically authenticating the user, generating a one-time pass-phrase and storing the one-time pass-phrase on the authentication system when the user is authenticated, comparing the transmitted one-time pass-phrase against the stored one-time pass-phrase, and conducting the transaction when the transmitted and stored one-time pass-phrases match. |
| US08826027B2 |
Method for producing acknowledged transaction data and corresponding device
A method and a display preparation unit are proposed for the execution of a transaction during which transaction data are processed which have to be confirmed by a user. The display preparation unit has a converter unit which converts transaction data to be interpreted into pixel values and displays them on a monitor, an interface of its own for directly attaching an input unit via which a user confirms displayed transaction data, as well as a crypto unit for generating a signature for a record of confirmed transaction data. In a variant the confirmation can be effected by the crypto unit generating and displaying a random number which has to be inputted by the user via a conventionally attached input unit. |
| US08826024B2 |
Trusted compliance operations inside secure computing boundaries
In one embodiment, a method of implementing trusted compliance operations inside secure computing boundaries comprises receiving, in a secure computing environment, a data envelope from an application operating outside the secure computing environment, the data envelope comprising data and a compliance operation command, verifying, in the secure computing environment, a signature associated with the data envelope, authenticating, in the secure computing environment, the data envelope, notarizing, in the secure computing environment, the application of the command to the data in the envelope, executing the compliance operation in the secure environment; and confirming a result of the compliance operation to a client via trusted communication tunnel. |
| US08826017B2 |
Optimizing web landing page link access times through preliminary functions during page deployment
Making redirection from links selected in the landing page to a selected page to a selected page or site more effective and faster by performing functions at the Web site providing the landing page during the deployment of the landing page. |
| US08826015B2 |
Portable system and method for remotely accessing data
Embodiments of the present invention provide a portable system and method for accessing data remotely. The system and method include a first module and a second module, each of the modules being associated with the host system, wherein the first module is capable of being connected to the host system and the second module, and the second module is capable of being connected to the remote system to establish a secure communication channel between the first and second modules across the data link to access the data. |
| US08826009B2 |
Method of handling a certification request
In a certification request, a user device includes an object identifier. When a certification authority generates an identity certificate responsive to receiving the certification request, the certification authority includes the object identifier, thereby allowing improved management of the identity certificate at the user device and elsewhere. |
| US08826007B2 |
System and method for validating certificate issuance notification messages
To validate a received certificate issuance notification message, a device may verify that the certificate issuance notification message conforms to expected norms or authenticate a signature associate with the certificate issuance notification message. Upon validating, the device may then transmit a uniform resource locator, extracted from the certificate issuance notification message, to a network entity configured for processing certificate issuance. |
| US08826002B2 |
System and methods for facilitating secure communications on a website
A system and methods for facilitating secure communications on a website are presented. The system comprising a security server configured to receive a secure message from a creator device is disclosed. The security server encodes the received message and sends the encoded message or a representation of the encoded message for posting on the website so that one or more users of the website have the ability to request that the security server make the message available after the encoded message has been decoded. |
| US08826000B2 |
Method and apparatus for supporting cryptographic-related activities in a public key infrastructure
In a node (110) communicating with other nodes in a network (150), a system and method for performing cryptographic-related functions is provided. The node (110) receives and transmits inputs and outputs requiring cryptographic-related processing. When cryptographic processing is required, the node (110) transmits a predefined message to a cryptographic processing component in the node (110) that then performs the desired cryptographic-related processing. |
| US08825999B2 |
Extending encrypting web service
A data encryption service is provided over the Internet. Users specifying only authorized users' identity information can share encrypted information without sharing passwords or accessing public key certificates. A user sends data to be encrypted to a trusted EWS, along with authorization information. An encrypted data envelope including signed encrypted data blocks, authorization information, and a digital signature is returned to the user. When a second user attempts to access the data inside the encrypted data envelope, it is transmitted to the EWS. If the EWS authenticates the second user, determines that tampering has not occurred, and verifies the second user's identity against the authorization information in the data envelope, then the data are returned. The encrypted data envelope can be expressed as a raw byte stream or encoded within an HTML file to enable browser-based data envelope submission and retrieval. |
| US08825995B2 |
Method and system for booting and automatically updating software, and recovering from update error, and computer readable recording medium storing method
Provided are a booting method of updating software components installed in a system and recovering from an error that occurs in an update, a method and system for automatically updating the software and recovering from the error, and a computer readable recording medium storing the method. The master boot record and the backup boot record are used to stably update a kernel and effectively recover from an update error. The component configuration database is used to update a plurality of software components including a kernel in a transaction, and perfectly recover from an update error. |
| US08825993B2 |
Port throttling across an operating system restart during a hot upgrade
A method includes tagging, by a processor executing a first operating system kernel, a region of a volatile memory used by a first storage area network (SAN) adapter driver coupled to a SAN adapter, and decoupling the first SAN adapter driver from the SAN adapter. A boot of a second operating system kernel is then initiated while preserving in the tagged region of the volatile memory contents stored therein. After the boot, a second SAN adapter driver is then coupled to the SAN adapter. |
| US08825984B1 |
Address translation mechanism for shared memory based inter-domain communication
A technique for “zero copy” transitive communication of data between virtual address domains maintains a translation table hierarchy for each domain. The hierarchy of each domain includes a portion corresponding to every other domain in the system, where the portion for any particular domain begins at the same offset in the virtual address space of every domain. For each domain, there is a source hierarchy used only by the domain itself, which provides read/write access to the addresses in that domain; and a target hierarchy which provides read-only access to that domain, for use only when another domain is the target of IDC from that domain. Only one instance of the target hierarchy of each domain is provided, for all other domains as targets of IDC from that domain. For further space savings the source and target translation table hierarchies can be combined at all but the top hierarchy level. |
| US08825982B2 |
Storage unsharing
A method is described to partition the memory of application-specific hardware compiled from a software program. Applying the invention generates multiple small memories that need not be kept coherent and are defined over a specific region of the program. The invention creates application specific hardware which preserves the memory image and addressing model of the original software program. The memories are dynamically initialized and flushed at the entries and exits of the program region they are defined in. |
| US08825981B2 |
Allocating addressable memory regions to an adapter
A method of configuring system memory may include determining a plurality of memory regions supportable on an input/output adapter. The input/output adapter may include a physical function. A memory region of the plurality of memory regions may be allocated to the physical function when an address of the physical function is unknown. The method may further include determining the address of the physical function and associating the address of the physical function with the memory region. |
| US08825980B2 |
Consideration of adjacent track interference and wide area adjacent track erasure during disk defragmentation
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and program product for defragmenting files on a hard disk drive. A computer system identifies a plurality of movable blocks on a hard disk drive. The computer system categorizes each of the movable blocks into a category based on the write count of each movable block, wherein the movable blocks categorized into a first category have higher write counts than the movable blocks categorized into a second category. The computer system relocates the movable blocks of the first category to a first group of one or more adjacent tracks, and the computer system relocates the movable blocks of the second category to a second group of one or more adjacent tracks, wherein the first group of one or more adjacent tracks and the second group of one or more adjacent tracks share, at most, one common track. |
| US08825976B1 |
Hybrid drive executing biased migration policy during host boot to migrate data to a non-volatile semiconductor memory
A hybrid drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk comprising a plurality of data sectors, and a non-volatile semiconductor memory (NVSM) comprising a plurality of memory segments. A logical block address (LBA) is mapped to a data sector on the disk. During a bias interval following the start of a host boot operation, a biased migration policy is executed that increases a likelihood of migrating the LBA to the NVSM. After the bias interval a normal migration policy is executed. |
| US08825972B1 |
Method and system of producing a full backup image using an incremental backup method
A system, method, and medium for performing incremental backups of a data set within a deduplication storage system. An incremental backup of a data set is initiated, and the changed data items of the data set are deduplicated. An extents catalog is created to fully describe the data set. References associated with the unchanged data items of the data set are retrieved from the extents catalog and then sent to a deduplication engine. The deduplication engine uses the references to retrieve fingerprints associated with the unchanged data items from a previous reference map. Then, the deduplication engine creates a new reference map for the incremental backup and stores the newly generated and retrieved fingerprints in the new reference map. |
| US08825970B1 |
System and method for mounting a storage volume utilizing a block reference list
An updateable list is provided for use in mounting a storage volume. Such list may include a plurality of block references capable of being used to access corresponding blocks required for mounting the storage volume. In use, such list may be utilized for accessing the blocks in a more efficient manner, by accessing a plurality of such blocks in parallel, as well as performing the block accessing and storage volume mounting in parallel. |
| US08825968B2 |
Information processing apparatus and storage control method
An information processing apparatus includes a first storage unit and a processor. The first storage unit includes a first storage area. The processor receives a first request to write first data into the first storage area. The processor requests an external apparatus to write the first data into a second storage area in a second storage unit included in the external apparatus. The processor determines whether a first response has been received from the external apparatus. The first response indicates that the first data has been written into the second storage area. The processor writes the first data into the first storage area when the first response has been received. The processor requests, without writing the first data into the first storage area, the external apparatus to write second data stored in the first storage area into the second storage area when the first response has not been received. |
| US08825965B2 |
System and methods for memory expansion
This document discusses, among other things, an example system and methods for memory expansion. An example embodiment includes receiving a memory request from a memory controller over a channel. Based on the memory request, the example embodiment includes selecting a location in memory to couple to a sub-channel of the channel and configuring the set of field effect transistors to couple the channel with the sub-channel. In the example embodiment, data may be allowed to flow between the memory controller and the location in the memory over the channel and the sub-channel. |
| US08825964B1 |
Adaptive integration of cloud data services with a data storage system
Described are techniques for performing processing in a data storage system. A client application executing on a host is identified as a candidate for migration to the data storage system. First data used by the client application is stored on one or more physical storage devices of the data storage system. The client application is migrated to the data storage system for temporary execution on the data storage system. The client application is executed on the data storage system for a time period using a first portion of resources of the data storage system allocated for exclusive use by migrated client applications executing on the data storage system. |
| US08825962B1 |
Push-based cache invalidation notification
In one embodiments, one or more first computing devices receive updated values for user data associated with a plurality of users; and for each of the user data for which an updated value has been received, determine one or more second systems that each have subscribed to be notified when the value of the user datum is updated and each have a pre-established relationship with the user associated with the user datum; and push notifications to the second systems indicating that the value of the user datum has been updated without providing the updated value for the user datum to the second systems. |
| US08825961B2 |
System and method of selectively caching information based on the interarrival time of requests for the same information
A system and method is provided wherein, in one aspect, a currently-requested item of information is stored in a cache based on whether it has been previously requested and, if so, the time of the previous request. If the item has not been previously requested, it may not be stored in the cache. If the subject item has been previously requested, it may or may not be cached based on a comparison of durations, namely (1) the duration of time between the current request and the previous request for the subject item and (2) for each other item in the cache, the duration of time between the current request and the previous request for the other item. If the duration associated with the subject item is less than the duration of another item in the cache, the subject item may be stored in the cache. |
| US08825960B2 |
System and method of selectively caching information based on the interarrival time of requests for the same information
A system and method is provided wherein, in one aspect, a currently-requested item of information is stored in a cache based on whether it has been previously requested and, if so, the time of the previous request. If the item has not been previously requested, it may not be stored in the cache. If the subject item has been previously requested, it may or may not be cached based on a comparison of durations, namely (1) the duration of time between the current request and the previous request for the subject item and (2) for each other item in the cache, the duration of time between the current request and the previous request for the other item. If the duration associated with the subject item is less than the duration of another item in the cache, the subject item may be stored in the cache. |
| US08825955B2 |
Data processing apparatus having a cache configured to perform tag lookup and data access in parallel, and a method of operating the data processing apparatus
A data processing apparatus has a cache with a data array and a tag array. The tag array stores address tag portions associated with the data values in the data array. The cache performs a tag lookup, comparing a tag portion of a received address with a set of tag entries in the tag array. The data array includes a partial tag store storing a partial tag value in association with each data entry. In parallel with the tag lookup, a partial tag value of the received address is compared with partial tag values stored in association with a set of data entries in said data array. A data value is read out if a match condition occurs. Exclusivity circuitry ensures that at most one partial tag value of said partial tag values stored in association with said set of data entries can generate said match condition. |
| US08825954B2 |
Weather adaptive environmentally hardened appliances
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for weather adaptive environmentally hardened appliances. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for weather adaptation of an environmentally hardened computing appliance includes determining a location of an environmentally hardened computing appliance. Thereafter, a weather forecast including a temperature forecast can be retrieved for a block of time at the location. As a result, a cache policy for a cache of the environmentally hardened computing appliance can be adjusted to account for the weather forecast. |
| US08825947B1 |
System and method for managing data access in non-volatile memory
The present invention is directed to systems and methods for improving access to non-volatile solid-state storage systems. Embodiments described herein provide a physical chunk number (PCN), or a physical page number (PPN), by which a controller can access the next available chunks (or pages) in a programming sequence optimized by concurrency. By incrementing the PCN, the controller can program consecutive chunks in the optimized programming sequence. In one embodiment, the programming sequence is determined at the time of initial configuration and the sequence seeks to synchronize data programming and data sending operations in subcomponents of the storage system to minimize contention and wait time. In one embodiment, the PCN includes an index portion to a superblock table with entries that reference specific blocks within the subcomponents in a sequence that mirrors the optimized programming sequence, and a local address portion that references a particular chunk to be programmed or read. |
| US08825945B2 |
Mapping different portions of data to different pages of multi-level non-volatile memory
The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to non-volatile memory. A described system, for example, includes a non-volatile memory structure having a plurality of multi-level memory cells, a processing device, and a controller. The controller is configured to map a first portion of a first set of consecutive bits of a data segment to a first page associated with the plurality of multi-level memory cells, and map a second portion of the first set of consecutive bits of the data segment to a second page associated with the plurality of multi-level memory cells. The first page is associated with bits of a first significance, and the second page is associated with bits of a second significance. |
| US08825941B2 |
SLC-MLC combination flash storage device
Flash memory drives and related methods are disclosed that operate to keep frequently written data, which results in frequently erased blocks, in SLC flash, and relatively static data in MLC flash. A flash drive according to the present disclosure keeps track of the number of times that data for each logical block address (LBA) has been written to the flash memory, and determines whether to store newly received data associated with a particular LBA in SLC flash or in MLC flash depending on the number of writes that have occurred for that particular LBA. For each logical block sent to the flash drive, a comparison is made of the write count of the associated LBA to a threshold. If the write count is above the threshold, the logical block is written to SLC flash. If the write count is below the threshold, the logical block is written to MLC flash. |
| US08825939B2 |
Semiconductor memory device suitable for interconnection in a ring topology
A semiconductor memory device, which comprises: memory; a plurality of inputs for receiving a command latch enable signal, an address latch enable signal, an information signal and a select signal indicative of whether the memory device has been selected by a controller; a plurality of outputs for releasing a set of output signals towards a next device; control circuitry; and bypass circuitry. When the select signal is indicative of the memory device having been selected by the controller, the control circuitry is configured to interpret the information signal based on the command latch enable signal and the address latch enable signal. When the select signal is indicative of the memory device not having been selected by the controller, the bypass circuitry is configured to transfer the command latch enable signal, the address latch enable signal and the information signal to the outputs of the memory device. |
| US08825937B2 |
Writing cached data forward on read
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for managing contents of a cache. A method includes receiving a read request for data stored in a non-volatile cache. A method includes determining whether a read request satisfies a frequent read threshold for a cache. A method includes writing data of a read request forward on a sequential log-based writing structure of a cache in response to determining that the read request satisfies a frequent read threshold. |
| US08825935B2 |
Pattern detection for partial networking
A pattern detector for a bus node for a system bus having a plurality of stations that are coupled together by means of an arrangement of bus lines, the bus node comprising: decoding circuitry configured for an analysis of sub-patterns in a stream of data on at least one bus line, and analyzing circuitry configured to determine a series of digital relative length information of said sub-patterns, wherein said relative length information is generated by comparison of an actual sub-pattern with a preceding sub-pattern in the stream of data on said at least one bus line. A corresponding method of encoding digital bus message information on a bus system in which the digital bus message comprises at least one part that is by means of sub-patterns to be transmitted in a stream of data on at least one bus line, wherein the method comprises: encoding a series of digital relative information by means of the sub-patterns in the stream of data, wherein said relative information is generated by adapting each sub-pattern carrying one bit of the bus message information with respect to an preceding sub-pattern. A corresponding digital bus messages may be encoded in accordance with the method, which bus messages are of particular use in a bus system, in which communication takes place on arbitrarily manner. |
| US08825928B2 |
Facilitating and authenticating transactions through the use of a dongle interfacing a security card and a data processing apparatus
A device or “dongle” (30) is provided for controlling communications between a Subscriber Identity Module (or SIM) (12), such as of the type used in a GSM cellular telephone system, and a computer, such as a WINDOWS® operating system-based PC (10). The SIM (12) can be authenticated by the telephone network, in the same way as for authenticating SIMs of telephone handset users in the network, and can in this way authenticate the user of the PC (10) or the PC (10) itself. Such authentication can, for example, permit use of the PC (10) for a time-limited session in relation to a particular application which is released to the PC (10) after the authentication is satisfactorily completed. The application may be released to the PC (10) by a third party after and in response to the satisfactory completion of the authentication process. A charge for the session can be debited to the user by the telecommunications network and then passed on to the third party. The dongle (30) provides additional security for the authentication data stored on the SIM by requiring a PIN to be entered and/or by only being responsive to requests received from the PC (10) which are encrypted using a key, which requests are generated by a special PC interface driver (38). The PIN may be stored only temporarily. The dongle (30) has an electrical connector (34), and means may be provided for selectively rendering the connector (34) available for coupling to the PC (10). |
| US08825925B1 |
Systems and methods for super speed packet transfer
An example method and system process a SuperSpeed packet transferred at a SuperSpeed transfer rate and based on processing the SuperSpeed packet, generate a Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 packet to be transferred at a USB 2.0 transfer rate, the USB 2.0 transfer rate being less than the SuperSpeed transfer rate. |
| US08825923B2 |
Memory system having high data transfer efficiency and host controller
According to one embodiment, the host controller includes a register set to issue command, and a direct memory access (DMA) unit and accesses a system memory and a device. First, second, third and fourth descriptors are stored in the system memory. The first descriptor includes a set of a plurality of pointers indicating a plurality of second descriptors. Each of the second descriptors comprises the third descriptor and fourth descriptor. The third descriptor includes a command number, etc. The fourth descriptor includes information indicating addresses and sizes of a plurality of data arranged in the system memory. The DMA unit sets, in the register set, the contents of the third descriptor forming the second descriptor, from the head of the first descriptor as a start point, and transfers data between the system memory and the host controller in accordance with the contents of the fourth descriptor. |
| US08825920B2 |
Field upgradable firmware for electronic devices
An electronic device includes an input/output (I/O) interface and a plurality of memory elements comprising a non-volatile memory portion for storing a default firmware and a working memory portion having a firmware area. The device also includes a controller coupled to the I/O interface and the memory elements, where the controller is configured for operating the memory elements, according to the firmware area, and for monitoring the I/O interface. In the device, the controller is also configured for loading the default firmware into the firmware area when the controller is enabled and for granting access to the firmware area for loading an alternate firmware if a bypass code is detected at the I/O interface. |
| US08825909B1 |
Application directed dynamic driver substitution
An application directed method for substituting a driver for a target device includes the steps of updating a set of hardware identifiers for the target device to include a new hardware device, building a list of drivers based on the set of hardware identifiers that includes the new hardware identifier, and calling into an operating system to cause the operating system to switch the driver for the target device to a new driver which is selected from the list. With this method, a device that has multiple drivers associated therewith can have just one of the drivers substituted, and where multiple devices share the same hardware ID, the driver for just one of the devices can be substituted. |
| US08825907B2 |
Incorporating a mobile device into a peer-to-peer network
A system and a method enabling a mobile user-terminal to participate as a peer in a peer-to-peer network, the system including a mobile user-terminal and a network device, the network device including a peer-communication module operative to communicate as a peer in a peer-to-peer network, a terminal-communication module operative to communicate with a user-terminal device, and a proxy module operative to perform peer operations in the peer-to-peer network on behalf of the user-terminal device. |
| US08825901B2 |
Distributed parallel discovery
A system and method for parallel discovery includes grouping a set of nodes including redundant information. After a first discovery stage, a portion of the set of nodes is selected to perform an additional discovery stage. The additional discovery stage is performed with the portion of the set of nodes where each node makes a decision whether to perform the additional stage or not. |
| US08825899B2 |
Communication terminal apparatus and method of performing communication by using plurality of network interfaces mounted on the communication terminal apparatus
Provided is a method of performing communication by using a plurality of network interfaces mounted on a communication terminal apparatus. The method includes allocating different Internet protocol (IP) addresses corresponding to the plurality of network interfaces to a plurality of applications of the communication terminal apparatus, relaying data transmitted or received between the plurality of applications and the plurality of network interfaces based on the allocated IP addresses, and simultaneously performing communication with an external network by the plurality of network interfaces through the relaying of the data. |
| US08825898B2 |
Technique for optimized routing of data streams on an IP backbone in a computer network
A technique optimizes routing of application data streams on an Internet Protocol (IP) backbone in a computer network. According to the novel technique, a client router learns of server states (e.g., number of pending requests, etc.) of a plurality of application servers and also determines metrics of intermediate links between the application servers and the client router (intermediate link metrics), e.g., particularly link metrics in a direction from the application servers to the client router. Upon receiving an application request from an application client (“client request”), the client router determines to which of the application servers the client request is to be sent based on the server states and intermediate link metrics, and sends the client request accordingly. |
| US08825895B2 |
Access point capacity management
Capacity management is described. In an implementation, a method includes executing a module on a computing device to monitor use of a product during a measurement interval to determine a maximum capacity of the product used during the measurement interval and whether a capacity failure point is reached during the measurement interval. A learned capacity limit is set based on the monitoring for determining whether one or more of a plurality of clients, if any, are to receive a list which references at least the monitored product, wherein the learned capacity limit is set such that when the capacity failure point is not reached, the learned capacity limit is set according to the maximum capacity. |
| US08825893B2 |
Relay device, relay method and relay system
A relay device includes a screen information receiving unit that receives screen information from the application server, a cycle screen storage unit that stores screen information, a cycle detecting unit that detects a cycle of a change as first cycle information when the screen information cyclically changes, a cycle converting unit that converts the first cycle information into second cycle information, and a screen, information transmitting unit that acquires screen information from the cycle screen storage unit and transmits the screen information to the client terminal at a timing based on the second cycle information. |
| US08825891B2 |
Method and device for message retransmission
The present invention provides a method and device for message retransmission. The method comprises: constructing a first status report by a receiving terminal according to a message to be retransmitted, reading a message serial number of a truncated NACK which is truncated by an available bandwidth from the first status report, calculating a difference value between a front edge serial number of a receiving window of the receiving terminal and the message serial number of the truncated NACK, comparing the difference value with a given threshold, and taking a part before a truncation site as a second status report; constructing a third status report according to a comparison result and the second status report; sending the third status report by the receiving terminal; and retransmitting the message by a sending terminal according to the received third status report. The device for message retransmission is also provided, and comprises a threshold comparison module, a status report constructing module, a status report sending module and a retransmission module. By the method and device, it is achieved that under various status situations of the data transmission window, the air interface data transmission may be performed in time and the data transmission speed and efficiency are improved. |
| US08825880B2 |
System, method, and computer-readable medium for development and deployment of self-describing controlled device modules in a control system
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for configuring a controlled device in a control system are provided. A self-describing device Module associated with a controlled device provides capabilities of a controlled device both at runtime and before installation. The controlled device Module includes a capabilities component that provides a description of the controlled device's capabilities both as a capabilities object that can be queried at runtime and in a self-describing capabilities file implemented in a format prior to operational configuration of the Module or controlled device. The Module is configured to generate its runtime capabilities object and self-describing capabilities file. |
| US08825879B2 |
Session information transparency control
Transparency control for session information for a communication network node can be set on a dynamic and/or static basis in relation to properties of a peer, an interface, a trust level, a session or a message. The transparency control can be based on message-related parameters, with the transparency of certain message parts being controlled on a static and/or dynamic basis in relation to transparency control settings. The transparency control can change upon the occurrence of a rerouting event that implicates recalculated transparency control settings. A message can be marked with transparency type settings that are evaluated to determine transparency control for the message. The transparency control can be based on transparency types of topology, dialog, identity, header, body, media, functional or accounting. The transparency control settings can be user selectable to permit transparency behavior tailored to the desires of an operator of the communication network node. |
| US08825877B2 |
Session persistence
A system may include a number of load balancers configured to receive requests associated with a service, and a number of computer pools associated with the load balancers, where each of the computer pools includes a number of computers. The system may also include a memory accessible to each of the computers, the memory being configured to store state information associated with a client session involving a first client device requesting the service. A first one of the computers may be configured to perform a portion of processing associated with the client session and forward first state information regarding the processing to the memory. A second one the computers may be configured to perform an other portion of the processing associated with the client session and forward second state information to the memory. The memory is configured to store the first and second state information. |
| US08825876B2 |
Apparatus and method for mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) hosting and pricing
A method and apparatus facilitating access to a communication session for a client is provided. The method may comprise receiving, at a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), an access request from a client, wherein the MVNO is associated with a set of mobile network operators (MNOs), receiving, from the client, client connection parameters associated with at least one of the set of MNOs, formulating at least one option for a communication session over a network associated with at least one of the set of MNOs, the at least one option based on the client connection parameters and MVNO-connection parameters associated with the set of MNOs, and establishing a selected communication session based on the at least one option. |
| US08825875B2 |
Session establishment in a communication network
A method and apparatus for establishing a communication session in an IMS Centralized Services communication network. A Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server (SCC AS) receives a request from an originating device to establish a session with a target device. The request includes a plurality of codec identifiers that could be used by the originating device. The SCC AS sends a second request to establish the session to the target device. The SCC AS subsequently receives, from an intermediate node between the SCC AS and the target device, an invite message. The invite message includes an indication that a codec identifier has been selected from the plurality of codec identifiers. The SCC AS then sends a message to the intermediate node instructing the intermediate node to establish the session. |
| US08825871B2 |
Controlling data routing among networks
An integrated security system integrates broadband and mobile access and control with conventional security systems and premise devices to provide a tri-mode security network having remote connectivity and access. The integrated security system delivers remote premise monitoring and control functionality to conventional monitored premise protection and complements existing premise protection equipment. The integrated security system integrates into the premise network and couples wirelessly with the conventional security panel, enabling broadband access to premise security systems. Automation devices can be added, enabling users to remotely see live video or pictures and control home devices via a personal web portal or other client device. Camera management enables automatic configuration and management of cameras in the premise network. The camera management extends to remote control and monitoring from outside the firewall of the premise network to include routing of images or video from a streaming source device to a requesting client device. |
| US08825869B2 |
Method and system for deploying content to wireless devices
A method and system for deploying content to devices is provided. The method and system can be used to deploy markup content to web browser applications on wireless devices. The wireless devices may included, for example, WAP phones, HDML phones, Palm VII, Palm V, etc. The method and system can also be used in conjunction with wired systems. A translator receives data, in a variety of formats, from the wireless devices. The translator then translates the data into a standardized format. A content provider interface receives the data in the standardized format and provides content data, also in the standardized format. The content data in the standardized format is provided to a transformer. The transformer transforms the content data into the pre-selected format for the particular wireless device. The content data can then be utilized and manipulated by the wireless device. |
| US08825867B2 |
Two level packet distribution with stateless first level packet distribution to a group of servers and stateful second level packet distribution to a server within the group
A method, in one or more network elements that are in communication between clients that transmit packets and servers, of distributing the packets among the servers which are to process the packets. Stickiness of flows to servers assigned to process them is provided. A packet of a flow is received at a static first level packet distribution module. A group of servers is statically selected for the packet of the flow with the first level module. State that assigns the packet of the flow to the selected group of servers is not used. The packet of the flow is distributed to a distributed stateful second level packet distribution system. A server of the selected group is statefully selected with the second level system by accessing state that assigns processing of packets of the flow to the selected server. The packet of the flow is distributed to the selected server. |
| US08825866B2 |
System and method for enabling demand-based pooling of endpoint resources in a multi-application environment
A system and method is provided for enabling demand-based pooling of endpoint resources in a multi-router, multi-application hosting system. The method includes dividing a plurality of endpoints into zones. Each of a plurality of routers is assigned to one of the zones. Each router is enabled to control endpoint assignments within its zone. In the preferred embodiment, for each application hosted by the system, all requests for the application are concentrated on the minimum number of endpoints required to meet demand and fault tolerance requirements. When a request for an application comes into the system, a router will route the request to an endpoint assigned to the application, regardless of whether the endpoint is within the router's zone. If a new endpoint is needed for the application, the router will assign an endpoint within its zone to the application, and inform the other routers of the assignment. |
| US08825855B2 |
Non-intrusive single sign-on mechanism in cloud services
A method and apparatus for Single Sign-on, wherein the user accesses a platform server and at least one service provider on the platform server. The method includes intercepting a request sent by the user via a client browser and extracting a domain name included in the request. If the domain name is an original domain name of the platform server, a global session ID is generated for uniquely identifying a session between the user and the platform server. A new domain name of the platform server associated with the global session ID is generated and the URL in the request is redirected to a new URL including the new domain name of the platform server. The request, including the new URL of the platform server, is forwarded to the platform server. |
| US08825852B2 |
Relevant alert delivery in a distributed processing system
Methods, systems and products are provided relevant alert delivery including assigning by an event analyzer each received event to an events pool; determining by the event analyzer in dependence upon event analysis rules and the events assigned to the events pool whether to suppress one or more of the events; identifying by the event analyzer in dependence upon event analysis rules and the events assigned to the events pool one or more alerts; sending by the event analyzer to an alert analyzer all the alerts identified by the event analyzer; assigning by the alert analyzer the identified alerts to an alerts pool; determining by the alert analyzer in dependence upon alert analysis rules and the alerts in the alert pool whether to suppress any alerts; and transmitting the unsuppressed alerts to one or more components of the distributed processing system. |
| US08825850B2 |
Information processing apparatus and control method
An information processing apparatus coupled to a plurality of terminal devices through a communication channel, the information processing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with the plurality of terminal devices, an apparatus information obtaining unit configured to obtain apparatus information indicating a state of the information processing apparatus, and an information transmission controller which includes an information storage unit configured to store the apparatus information received from the apparatus information obtaining unit. |
| US08825847B1 |
Location-aware “ghost” caching in a balloon network
Methods and systems are disclosed herein that may help to provide location-aware caching and/or location-specific service profiles in a balloon network. An exemplary method may be carried out by a balloon that is at a location associated with the first geographic area in a balloon network that includes a plurality of defined geographic areas, and may involve: (a) determining that a location-aware cache of a balloon should be updated with user-data associated with the first geographic area; and (b) in response to determining that the location-aware cache should be updated: (i) sending a location-aware cache-update request; (ii) receiving, as a response to the location-aware cache-update request, user-data that corresponds to the first geographic area; and (iii) storing the user-data that corresponds to the first geographic area in a location-aware cache of the balloon. |
| US08825845B1 |
Managing a network element operating on a network
Disclosed are an apparatus and method of managing network elements operating on a network. One example method may include transmitting a request to receive at least one activity parameter of a network element operating on the network and monitoring the at least one activity parameter of the network element. The method may include determining whether a usage value of the at least one activity parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold usage value and transmitting a corrective function message to the network element responsive to determining that the usage value of the at least one activity parameter exceeds the predetermined threshold value. The method may further include performing a corrective function to reduce the usage value of the at least one activity parameter. |
| US08825844B2 |
Notifying network operator when virtual addresses do not match on network elements configured for interchassis redundancy
A method, in a first network element, of notifying a network operator when mismatching sets of virtual addresses are configured on first and second network elements, prior to making one of the sets of virtual addresses available for network traffic reception. The first network element is coupled with a second network element by a synchronization channel. The network elements are configured to exchange synchronization data over the synchronization channel. A second set of virtual addresses, which are configured on the second network element, are received from the second network element. It is determined that the second set of virtual addresses and a first set of virtual addresses, which are configured on the first network element, do not match. A network operator is notified responsive to determining that first and second sets of virtual addresses do not match. The method may prevent problems that occur when the virtual addresses don't match. |
| US08825842B2 |
Managing notifications pushed to user devices
In one embodiment, a first computing device determines whether one or more conditions are satisfied for not pushing communications to a second computing device associated with a user; and if the one or more conditions are satisfied, then refrains from pushing any communication to the second computing device. |
| US08825840B2 |
Systems and methods for self-adjusting logging of log messages
Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for logging computer generated log messages utilizing a computerized feedback signal. A logging server logs computer generated log messages from a log source at a logging server at a first detail level. The detail level of logging is the amount of information or data logged for a given activity. A log analyzer analyzes the log messages being logged by the logging server at a first detail level. Then, in response to a computerized feedback signal based upon the analysis of the log messages by the log analyzer, the detail level of logging at the logging server is automatically modified to a second detail level which is different than the first detail level. |
| US08825838B2 |
Identification of business process application service groups
One or more business process application service groups may be categorized. An ontological definition of an enterprise network can then be analyzed to identify one or more structures within the enterprise network that correlate to the one or more categorized business process application service groups. |
| US08825826B2 |
Primitive functions for use in remote computer management
The invention facilitates remote management of a computer via a network. Remote computer management capability can be expanded beyond that previously available through the addition of one or more new primitive functions that can be performed on a managed computer. |
| US08825822B2 |
Scalable NAT traversal
A system and method for traversing a firewall for a voice-over-IP session or other communication session uses four main components: a relay agent, and NAT 30Agent, a SIP proxy and a application server. The SIP proxy is located in the public network and SIP signaling messages are routed through the SIP proxy. The sever opens ports in the firewall for signaling between the SIP proxy and the relay agent behind the firewall. The application server also opens ports in the firewall for media traffic. The NAT 30Agent disposed in the path from the firewall to the Internet filters media packets and changes the public source address of the media packets to a predetermined address associated with the open media port. |
| US08825821B2 |
Method and system for selection of a runtime stack for deployment of a web service
A method and system for selection of a runtime stack for deployment of a Web Service are provided. The method includes: generating policy assertions for a Web Service to be deployed; providing a scoring mechanism for each available runtime stack in which the ability of a stack to support each of a plurality of policy assertions is scored; applying the scoring mechanism for each available runtime stack to the policy assertions for the Web Service (220) to be deployed; and selecting a stack based on the results of applying the scoring mechanism. The policy assertions for a Web Service to be deployed can include a combination of specification defined Web Service policy assertions, WSDL elements of the Web Service which are mapped to policy assertions, and side information requirements of the Web Service which are mapped to policy assertions. |
| US08825819B2 |
Mounting specified storage resources from storage area network in machine provisioning platform
Embodiments relate to systems and methods for mounting specified storage resources from storage area network in machine provisioning platform. A provisioning platform can communicate generate and maintain a provisioning profile encoding the software, hardware, and/or other resources to be provisioned to a target physical and/or virtual machine. The provisioning profile can include a set of storage allocations for each target machine to be provisioned by the platform, indicating the high-level amounts, types, availability, so forth to be associated with each target. The provisioning profile can likewise include a set of storage specifications indicating specific disk types, manufacturers, and specific sources or pools in the set of storage resources available to the storage area network to transparently fulfill the storage allocations. The target(s) can be assigned an alias to identify them to the SAN, and the provisioning platform can mount the corresponding storage resources during the provisioning or updating process. |
| US08825812B2 |
Method and system for peer-to-peer image streaming
A peer-to-peer image streaming system including a sharer computer including a transmitter for sending a message including a web address, a peer-to-peer image streamer for streaming image data over a network, an image store for storing digital images, a viewer computer including a peer-to-peer image viewer for interactively viewing image data over a network, and a receiver for receiving the message including the web address from the sharer computer, and a community server including an address translater for looking up an address of an image in the image store, based on the web address, and a peer-to-peer network connector connecting the peer-to-peer image streamer with the viewer computer, so that the viewer computer can interactively view the image in the image store. A method is also described and claimed. |
| US08825810B1 |
Domain name service based remote programming objects
The embodiments describe an apparatus for accessing a remote object. The apparatus includes a transceiver. The transceiver is configured to transmit a Domain Name Service request of the remote object to a Domain Name Service server and receive a Domain Name Service response comprising an Internet Protocol of the remote object. The transceiver is further configured to connect to the Internet Protocol of the remote object based on the Domain Name Service response. |
| US08825809B2 |
Asset resolvable bookmarks
Asset resolvable bookmarks are described. In embodiments, a bookmark is received at a media content source from a client device. The bookmark corresponds to a media asset and includes an identifier of the media asset. Additional data can be added to the bookmark to generate an asset resolvable bookmark, where the additional data includes at least enough data from which a receiving client device can determine a media content source from which the media asset can be accessed for playback at the receiving client device. |
| US08825804B2 |
Method and system for avoiding an unintentional time-out for communications in a client-proxy-server environment
When conducting anti-virus, anti-spam, or other content filtering on a gateway device, data traffic is run through a proxy that completes a “fetch-scan-forward” operation of the data traffic exchanged between a server and a client. During the transmission of data from the server to the proxy and while the gateway is scanning the data, the client is idle and in danger of timing-out and aborting the data request to be received from the proxy. To prevent this, the proxy sends an intervention message, typically in the form of an extension header file, continuation response, and/or innocuous command, in advance of the client-side time-out. Alternatively, during the transmission of data from the client to the proxy and while the gateway is scanning the data, the server is idle and in danger of timing-out. A proxy sends an intervention message, in the form of an innocuous command, in advance of the server-side time-out. |
| US08825801B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for management of information content for enhanced accessibility over wireless communication networks
A method comprises providing an interface permitting a first user to control activation of a mobile information channel through which the first user can share access to content with a plurality of additional users, activating the mobile information channel responsive to input received from the first user via the interface, inserting content provided by the first user into the mobile information channel, receiving additional content relating to the mobile information channel from one or more of said additional users via one or more respective mobile devices associated with at least one wireless network, inserting at least a portion of the additional content into the mobile information channel, and integrating into the mobile information channel information associated with at least one wireless networking functionality of said at least one wireless network. |
| US08825797B2 |
Method and system for providing user service data
A method and system for providing user service data. A data processing unit receives a user service data request containing a data request condition and template information, determines a user service data template according to the template information, queries a user service data matching the data request condition from a data storing unit, and generates the user service data matching the determined user service data template from the user service data matching the data request condition. |
| US08825794B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving multicast broadcast service
A multicast broadcast service (MBS) receiving device establishes an MBS connection with an MBS transmitting device through a connection establishment message. When it is determined to receive MBS right after establishing the MBS connection, the MBS receiving device starts to receive the MBS right after establishing the MBS connection. When it is determined to not receive MBS right after establishing the MBS connection, the MBS receiving device transmits an MBS report message to the MBS transmitting device and then starts to receive the MBS. |
| US08825790B2 |
Caching of fragmented streaming media
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for caching fragmented streaming media, e.g., for caching fragmented media documents streamed in accordance with HTTP, are described in this specification. In one aspect, a system including means for obtaining, locally, fragments of a media document from a remote media source based on a manifest that refers to storage locations where the fragments are stored at the remote media source. Further, the system includes means for generating index points into a locally cached media item of the obtained fragments, the generated index points being different from any index point of the manifest. Additionally, the system includes means for playing the locally cached media item based on the generated index points. |
| US08825788B2 |
Method and apparatus for the collection, formatting, dissemination, and diplay of information on low-cost display devices
A display data management unit that receives and formats data and sends the formatted data to one or more low-cost display units for display to at least one of passengers and customers is disclosed and may include a communication interface that facilitates the sending and receiving of travel data, and a display content management unit that receives travel data through the communication interface that contains travel-related content from one or more data sources, determines which travel-related content is to be displayed on each particular low-cost display unit, determines in what format the travel-related content is to be displayed on each particular low-cost display unit, formats the travel-related content for display, and sends the formatted travel-related content to one or more low-cost display units through the communication interface for display to one of passengers and customers. |
| US08825786B1 |
System for exchanging medical information
A server-based system enables exchange of medical messages between users, monitors for a probability of communications breakdown likely to result in medical error, and instigates corrective actions to prevent communications breakdown from occurring. Monitoring may include whether a user has read or acted upon a message received within a specified timeframe and whether a user has specified routing preferences for delivering a message to a user better suited to read or act on the message. Corrective actions include the determination of and routing of messages to an optimal recipient and the generation of alerts to subsequent users where a message has not been read or acted upon within a specified timeframe. |
| US08825782B2 |
System and method for visual representation of spam probability
There is disclosed a system and method for visually representing the probability of spam messages on a mobile communication device. In an embodiment, the method comprises: obtaining a probability that a message is spam; and for each of one or more messages in a message list, visually representing the probability that a message is spam such that any differences in the probabilities as between messages are discernable from the visual representation. In another embodiment, the method further comprises: determining the percentage of the message downloaded to the mobile communication device; and displaying for each of one or more messages appearing in the message list an object or icon visually representing at least one of the probability that the message is spam, or the percentage of the message downloaded to the mobile communication device. |
| US08825781B2 |
Method and system for alerting unopened items in communications
The present matter relates to a method and system for alerting unopened items in communications, particularly attachments and external resources referenced (e.g. Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) or other Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs), etc.), in communications such as email or meeting invite messages. The alerting may be triggered by a meeting reminder, telephone communication, search or other event. Alerting may be to senders, recipients or both. |
| US08825774B2 |
Method and system for sending messages
The present publication discloses a method and system for sending messages in a telecommunications network. In the method, a first text-form message is sent to a user of the service, a reply to the first text-form message is received from the user of the service to an address defined in the previous message, if the reply is of the correct form and content, the desired service is sent to the user of the service. According to the invention, the user of the message service is offered a second service by a message, the information (such as the sending number is text-message traffic) defining the reply address of which differs from that of the first message, and the second offer message is sent with a sending delay, which depends of the content or type of the first service. |
| US08825773B1 |
Systems and methods for concealing information relating to a profile provided by a social networking service
A computer-implemented method for concealing information of a personal profile provided by a social networking service is described. A message sent from the personal profile to a second profile provided by the social networking service is monitored. A determination is made as to whether the second profile is a commercial profile. The message is received when the second profile is a commercial profile. An avatar profile is used to publish the message anonymously to the second profile on behalf of the personal profile. A message sent from the second profile to the personal profile is intercepted when the second profile is a commercial profile. The intercepted message is analyzed with respect to at least one security filter. The message is associated with the avatar profile when the message passes the at least one security filter. The avatar profile is used to publish the message to the personal profile. |
| US08825767B2 |
Scalable secure wireless interaction enabling methods, system and framework
The present invention proposes methodologies, a system and a secure spontaneous collaboration framework along with a suitable application and services suite for enabling new paradigm of social networking among users of handheld devices by bridging gab between infra-structure-based networks and mobile ad hoc networks. While supporting three different operating modes for the spontaneous collaboration that suits the user preference and network conditions, the proposed solutions hide the complexity of finding the right peer/device for spontaneous collaboration, self-organizing the network to be formed on-demand, mitigating the security threat, being aware of user mobility for service continuity across wide variety of networks. Binding a given user to user's handheld device and specifying the number of applications/services enabling spontaneous collaborations that a given user is interested in are possible through user-profile creations. By taking a holistic view, the proposed solutions enable very practical, scalable, secure and economical spontaneous collaborations. |
| US08825761B2 |
Systems and methods for sharing group status within a social network
Systems and methods for sharing group status within a social network are provided. A representative system includes a mobile device operative to: designate a set of mobile devices, each of the mobile devices being operative to communicate with others of the mobile devices and being associated with a respective member of a group of members of a social network; automatically generate group status information corresponding to a current status of the group of members; and provide the group status information to the social network. |
| US08825759B1 |
Recommending posts to non-subscribing users
In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems and program products. A server system receives from a plurality of computing devices indications that a user of each of the computing devices requested to receive posts that a first user authors. The server system receives from a first computing device a post that was authored by the first user. The post is transmitted from the server system to the plurality of computing devices. A score for the post is determined to satisfy a criteria for transmission to a second user who has not requested to receive posts authored by the first user. The determination uses a distance of the second user to the first user in a social network graph. In response, the post is transmitted from the server system to a second computing device that is associated with the second user. |
| US08825757B2 |
Unified collection and distribution of data
A stub tag in source code of a webpage allows for collection of numerous data elements according to tracking tags of various data receiver parties and for distribution of the collected data elements to those parties. The stub tag references a remotely cached script that enables a user device, e.g. a computer running a web browser, to retrieve a tag code for collecting the data elements. The tag code is constructed according to data collection settings, data distribution settings, data receiver settings, and/or user privacy settings. The tag code results in a single variable, common to all data receiver parties, for each data element. The common variable is transmitted to data receivers through the user device or through a server-to-server API. |
| US08825754B2 |
Prioritized preloading of documents to client
The present invention is directed to a client-server network system implementing a multi-tier caching strategy for a user to access a document efficiently. When serving a document to client, the document is examined for embedded references to other documents. The embedded references are extracted and then assigned a priority. The referenced documents are preloaded to the client prior to receiving a request for them. The referenced documents are obtained locally from the server cache or obtained from their respective web hosts and transmitted according to the assigned priority. |
| US08825746B2 |
Unaffiliated web domain hosting service based on shared data structure
A website hosting architecture provides a plurality of services to each of a plurality of unrelated websites, wherein when any one of the plurality of services is configured to be deployed to serve any one of the plurality of unrelated websites, the deployed service extracts data from a shared data structure that maintains data for at least a plurality of the unrelated websites. |
| US08825745B2 |
URL-facilitated access to spreadsheet elements
Embodiments are directed to providing URL-facilitated access to spreadsheet component elements. In embodiments, a client may discover and then access elements of an existing workbook directly through a URL. In embodiments, a client may also provide, through a URL, value(s) for parameter(s) defined by the existing workbook. If value(s) are provided by the client, the workbook may be recalculated using the value(s) before a requested element of the workbook is returned to the client. In embodiments, the workbook is recalculated using a transient copy of the workbook, which is then discarded and the original workbook remains unchanged. Data changed in the workbook is automatically reflected in returned elements of the workbook when a request for such element is refreshed. |
| US08825743B2 |
Semantic transactions in online applications
A system and method for enabling distributed transaction processing by moving all application logic away from the server and into the client by using an optimistic concurrency control framework with client-side transaction validation including virtual full replication under a transactional programming model with full Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability (ACID) properties. |
| US08825742B2 |
Method and apparatus for submitting user content in DCD service
Apparatus and method for uploading/submitting user-created content to share with other users in a Dynamic Content Delivery (DCD) technology capable of supporting various types of delivery systems to deliver user-customized content. The invention provides an environment where a user creates content according to a predetermined rule and submits the content with associated content information, so that a DCD service provider can easily handle the content after receipt. |
| US08825731B2 |
Mobile device workload management for cloud computing using SIP and presence to control workload and method thereof
A method is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions. The programming instructions are operable to manage workload for cloud computing by transferring workload to at least one mobile device using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). |
| US08825728B2 |
Entering confidential information on an untrusted machine
Confidential information is provided to a proxy computer in communication between an unsecured computer and a computer having information desired by a user. The proxy computer receives the confidential information in either an encrypted form or having arbitrary information combined therewith. The proxy computer ascertains the confidential information and forwards it to the computer having the information desired by the user. |
| US08825721B2 |
Time-based object aging for generational garbage collectors
System and Methods for time based object aging for generational garbage collectors are provided. Time data is received from a user identifying the amount of time an object should survive in a generation defined in a heap. Generational garbage collection is performed, and objects are promoted from one generation to the next oldest generation based on the time data received. |
| US08825719B2 |
Incremental lock-free stack scanning for garbage collection
Concurrent, incremental, and lock-free stack scanning for garbage collectors is disclosed. This method uses a summary table and return barriers to allow high responsiveness. The method also supports programs that employ fine-synchronization to avoid locks, imposes negligible overhead on program execution, can be used with existing concurrent collectors, and supports the special in-stack references existing in languages such as C#. |
| US08825713B2 |
BPM system portable across databases
A business process management (BPM) system operable with various database types. The BPM system may include a BPM process engine to execute business processes and request database access during execution, and a database module to access a database having one or more unique features that are inapplicable to other database types supported by the BPM system. |
| US08825708B1 |
Program language binding generation for system interfaces
A solution is introduced to generate structured program language bindings for system interfaces in various kinds of programming languages, which provides a higher level semantic view for system integration. The primary goal of the language bindings is to present a view of the system interfaces as Java objects rather than message building primitives. Consequently, a system developer or integration programmer can focus on functions of the interfaces required for the integration and no longer have to deal with the construction and processing of messages of the interfaces. |
| US08825707B2 |
Generating BPEL control flows
Generating Business Process Execution Language (‘BPEL’) control flows to populate a data warehouse for analysis of data of an operational system including identifying source tables in the operational system and one or more corresponding target tables in the data warehouse; creating BPEL steps to represent links between each source table in the operational system and each corresponding target table in the data warehouse; determining a sequence for the BPEL step; and adding the BPEL steps to a BPEL control flow according to the determined sequence. |
| US08825706B1 |
System for and method of processing business personnel information
Information for personnel of a plurality of business organizations is collected. For each person, the information includes the name of the person, the identity of a business organization that the person currently works for and biographical information containing any affiliations identified for the person. Information for a plurality of affiliations is collected and a table of the affiliations is generated, the table of affiliations being stored in computer-readable storage. From the collected information, a data structure is generated and is stored in computer-readable storage. The first data structure includes an entry for each match between the biographical information of a person and an affiliation included in the table of affiliations. A query of a user may be responded to by executing a computer-implemented process on the first data structure. Results of the query are displayed for the user. |
| US08825703B2 |
Control device, control method, and storage medium
A first computer establishes a connection between a second computer and the first computer when a specific request for access to a specific path from the second computer is accepted. The first computer transmits to the second computer a script for enabling the second computer to perform a proxy process of accepting a database access request for access to a database from an application to be accessed by the second computer, accessing the database, and acquiring an access result from the database. Then, the first computer receives a database access result from the second computer, and outputs the result to the application. |
| US08825702B2 |
Sending control information with database statement
Sending control information that is associated with a statement that controls how the statement is processed is disclosed. The information is available to the server even after the window session is closed. The information may be contained in a tag appended to the statement. In an embodiment, the information may be viewed by an administrator. The information may determine aspects of how the statement is executed that is not controlled by the execution engine. For example, the information may relate to security access, priority, quality of service, scheduling, and or use supplied routines. |
| US08825700B2 |
Paging hierarchical data
Architecture that provides the ability to intelligently page (slice) hierarchical datasets through viewing operations of a hierarchical view. This further provides the capability to make additions to/deletions from the hierarchy view and manage the parent/child relationship of view records without ever sending the entire recordset to the client or receiving the entire recordset back to the server, thereby optimizing operation performance on the hierarchical datasets. |
| US08825698B1 |
Showing prominent users for information retrieval requests
Implementations of the present disclosure include actions of actions of receiving a search query from a searching user, determining that the search query corresponds to a trigger query and, in response, providing data associated with the first set of authoritative users for potential display to the searching user, determining a second set of authoritative users based on the first set of authoritative users, for each authoritative user in the second set of authoritative users, receiving a contact status between the authoritative user and the searching user within a social networking service, and transmitting instructions to display data associated with authoritative users of the second set of authoritative users with search results responsive to the search query, the data including the contact status for each authoritative user in the second set of authoritative users. |
| US08825688B2 |
Method for searching for an entity using a verifier device, and related devices
In a method for searching for an entity belonging to a set of entities, a verifier device and the entities are arranged so as to exchange information via at least one communication channel. Each entity has a first respective identifier from which a plurality of representatives can be obtained. According to the method, a first identification word (mi; p(Xi)), which is related to an entity for which a search is carried out, is obtained in the verifier device. The first identification word is formed by applying a first encoding function to the first identifier of the entity for which the search is being carried out so as to depend on a sub-portion of the plurality of representatives that can be obtained from said first identifier. The sub-portion is predetermined by at least one variable parameter. The first identification word, obtained on the communication channel, is transmitted from the verifier device. |
| US08825686B2 |
Expression evaluation over multiple data models
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for expression evaluation of content instances of multiple different data models. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for expression evaluation of content instances over multiple different data models comprises loading a schema for a content instance in memory of a computer and evaluating an expression against the content instance. In response to a failure during the evaluation of the expression against the content instance to resolve a reference to an element specified by the expression, an alias reference for the element can be identified in the schema and the evaluation can be completed using the alias reference in lieu of the specified reference. |
| US08825685B2 |
Selective file system caching based upon a configurable cache map
A method for implementing selective file system caching. The method includes receiving I/O requests from an application and comparing each of the I/O requests with a configurable cache map, wherein the configurable cache map controls a selective caching based on an I/O type and a file type. Each of the I/O requests are processed to render caching decisions based on the configurable cache map. Selective caching is then implemented on each of the I/O requests in accordance with the caching decisions. |
| US08825680B2 |
Method and apparatus for displaying non-standard-compliant images
Provided is a method of converting a medical image used in a network at a patient care facility, the network including an enterprise network storage solution optionally dedicated for storing medical images in a standardized medical imaging format that are to be retrieved over the network. The method includes us a computer system to search a portable computer-readable medium for an indication that the medical image is stored in a proprietary format on the portable computer-readable medium. The proprietary format of the medical image is identified, using the computer system, based on the indication. The medical image is converted into a format that is compliant with a standardized medical-imaging format, transmitted in the standardized medical-imaging format to be: (i) subsequently displayed by a display device without requiring prior storage of the medical image in an enterprise storage solution for medical images, and/or (ii) stored in the enterprise storage solution. |
| US08825679B2 |
Aggregated view of content with presentation according to content type
Architecture that facilitates the discovery of interesting and relevant content by a user in a serendipitous way on a microblogging site. For example, relevant content can be defined as connected to the user, the user's work, and user interests, while interesting content can be defined as content that does not directly affect the user, yet the user chooses to obtain (e.g., for viewing, interacting, etc.). The content can be presented as a tile cluster, where each tile is a specific content type (e.g., image, link, post, user recommendations, tags, etc.). Additionally, the content can be obtained and presented relative to a specific temporal setting such as the latest content. The different content types are visually distinguished such that one type of content looks and behaves differently from another content type. The user can also drill into content details from the top content. |
| US08825674B2 |
Encoding data to be sorted
Key conditioning involves the construction of a byte orderable array from values for a possibly multi-field key concatenated key, for comparison by a sort routine. Byte-orderable sort keys are conditioned prior to execution of a sort routine, to facilitate an accurate and/or efficient sort procedure. Key conditioning may be applied to values in one or more columns of a database table, where the column(s) are used as keys for sorting rows of the table. Six factors are considered in encoding the byte array, such as whether nulls compare high or low; whether a field is fixed width or variable width; whether a field is guaranteed to be not null; whether a field is ordered ascending or descending; whether a field is the last field of a multi-field sort key or the only field of a sort key; and whether a field is likely to contain a significant number of zero values. |
| US08825669B2 |
Mobile application search method and system using human activity knowledge database
Disclosed is a mobile application search method and system using a human activity knowledge database. The mobile application search system includes a user interface unit that provides an input environment to allow a user to input a user query and displays a mobile application search result related to the user query and a mobile application search engine that receives the user query from the user interface unit and searches for a mobile application related to the user query using an activity knowledge database in which a list of elements involved in achieving a plurality of goals that people desire in daily life is stored. The present invention increases the user's satisfaction by solving a word mismatching problem between a user query and a mobile application and improves mobile application search performance using a human activity knowledge database. |
| US08825665B2 |
Database index and database for indexing text documents
Certain example embodiments relate to a database index for indexing one or more text documents in a database. The text documents include one or more hierarchical nodes, and each node includes one or more words. The database index includes at least one entry, with each entry including a key. The key, in turn, includes a subset of words occurring in one of the hierarchical nodes of the text documents and the name of the respective hierarchical node. Associated with each key is a value including one or more references to the text documents in which the subset of words occurs. |
| US08825662B1 |
System and method for creating customized IP zones utilizing predictive modeling
A system, method and computer-readable medium provides steps of merging one or more sources of IP addresses to create a merged database comprising a plurality of IP zones, user typing each of the plurality of IP zones, enhancing each of the plurality of IP zones, receiving an input address and selecting one or more of the plurality of IP zones having a predetermined statistical relationship to the input address. |
| US08825656B1 |
Method and system for aggregating data in a large data set over a time period using presence bitmaps
A system, method, and apparatus are provided for supporting and/or executing count-distinct queries. A large set of data (e.g., tens or hundreds of millions of event records) is condensed daily to generate presence bitmaps to reflect the distinctiveness of a selected data dimension S (e.g., user ID) for one or more key dimensions g1, g2, . . . (e.g., advertisement ID, campaign ID, advertiser ID). The condensation process eliminates duplication and yields a single value (e.g., 1 or 0) for each tuple [S, g1, . . . ] to represent the distinctiveness of each value in the S dimension to each combination of values in the grouping dimensions. On a monthly basis, the daily values are condensed to yield a single value for the month, and a similar process is applied on any other desired time granularities (e.g., year). The condensed data may be generated for any combination of selected dimension(s) and grouping dimension(s). |
| US08825654B2 |
Methods and apparatus for distributed community finding
Methods and apparatus for a new approach to the problem of finding communities in complex networks relating to a social definition of communities and percolation are disclosed. Instead of partitioning the graph into separate subgraphs from top to bottom a local algorithm (communities of each vertex) allows overlapping of communities. The performance of an algorithm on synthetic, randomly-generated graphs and real-world networks is used to benchmark this method against others. An heuristic is provided to generate a list of communities for networks using a local community finding algorithm. Unlike diffusion based algorithms, The provided algorithm finds overlapping communities and provides a means to measure confidence in community structure. It features locality and low complexity for exploring the communities for a subset of network nodes, without the need for exploring the whole graph. |
| US08825652B1 |
Small file aggregation in a parallel computing system
Techniques are provided for small file aggregation in a parallel computing system. An exemplary method for storing a plurality of files generated by a plurality of processes in a parallel computing system comprises aggregating the plurality of files into a single aggregated file; and generating metadata for the single aggregated file. The metadata comprises an offset and a length of each of the plurality of files in the single aggregated file. The metadata can be used to unpack one or more of the files from the single aggregated file. |
| US08825650B2 |
Method of classifying and sorting online content
A method, and associated apparatus, that allows online posts to be automatically analyzed and classified such that they can then be appropriately monitored or actioned. The classification method comprises analysis of the contents of the online posts, for example keyword extraction, the affinity of one poster to comment on the posts of a further poster and the relationship between one poster and their posts with other posters and their posts. |
| US08825649B2 |
Smart defaults for data visualizations
Smart defaults are provided for data visualization by creating a default layout of rows, columns, filters, and comparable elements that improve a user's experience in finding relevant answers within the data. Usage history of the ways that users look at data in various data sources, user specific information, and inferred relationships between a current user and similar users are used to determine elements relevant to visualization of data for a particular user such that the visualization process may be automatically started, and a relevance model is formed/adjusted based on these factors. Queries may also be executed in a preemptive fashion based on the relevance model and results provided to a requesting user more rapidly enhancing user experience with networked data visualization. |
| US08825647B2 |
Communication terminal, information management apparatus, and program
A terminal device in which basic information and detailed information of each a plurality of application programs are stored in a different storage area for each application program, and that prohibits access to each storage area by other application programs, is caused to execute the processes of displaying a window that includes the basic information of each application program, and, if a cursor is moved to the display position of one of the pieces of basic information, reading out, from the appropriate storage areas, the detailed information of a first application program corresponding to the basic information where the cursor is positioned and the detailed information of a second application program whose basic information is displayed adjacent to the basic information of the first application program, and displaying the detailed information of the first application program. |
| US08825646B1 |
Scalable system for determining short paths within web link network
Systems and methods for finding multiple shortest paths. A directed graph representing web resources and links are divided into shards, each shard comprising a portion of the graph representing multiple web resources. Each of the shards is assigned to a server, and a distance table is calculated in parallel for each of the web resources in each shard using a nearest seed computation in the server to which the shard was assigned. |
| US08825641B2 |
Measuring duplication in search results
Measuring duplication in search results is described. In one example, duplication between a pair of results provided by an information retrieval system in response to a query is measured. History data for the information retrieval system is accessed and query data retrieved, which describes the number of times that users have previously selected either or both of the pair of results, and a relative presentation sequence of the pair of results when displayed at each selection. From the query data, a fraction of user selections is determined in which a predefined combination of one or both of the pair of results were selected for a predefined presentation sequence. From the fraction, a measure of duplication between the pair of results is found. In further examples, the information retrieval system uses the measure of duplication to determine an overall redundancy value for a result set, and controls the result display accordingly. |
| US08825638B1 |
System for generating behavior-based associations for multiple domain-specific applications
Systems and processes are described for generating a generic relationship dataset that can be adapted for use by multiple domain-specific applications. Such applications can include recommendation applications, search applications, optimization applications, and/or other applications. These systems and processes can analyze some or all actions of users with respect to a network application, such as a web application. Data representing user actions occurring in a time window can be paired together in the relationship dataset, together with one or more metrics related to the user actions. These metrics can represent general measurements that in certain embodiments are not customized for an individual application. As a result, separate domain-specific applications can independently analyze the relationship data according to different criteria without maintaining separate sets of the relationship data. |
| US08825635B2 |
Automatic verification of data sources
A data source, such as a database, is modeled using state variables, state, and actions performed on the data source. State variable queries may be automatically generated by generating queries or functions based on intercepting data queries to a data source and using the intercepted data query language. State variable queries may automatically inspect data objects within the data store and automatically generate state variable values. The state variable queries or functions may be executed automatically after an action is run against a data source such that state information is automatically determined. Further, a graphical user interface used to modify, add and delete state information and automatic state variable queries associated with the verification model is described. |
| US08825633B2 |
System, method, and data structure for automatically generating database queries which are data model independent and cardinality independent
Systems and methods are provided for performing a database query. After receiving an identification of data item components and associations between the data item components, wherein the data item components include a measure and a category, a query generation system creates and executes a database query that comprises one or more Uqueries, wherein each Uquery comprises a Mx segment subquery and a U0 segment subquery. The Mx segment subquery is associated with a table that contains the measure, a table that contains columns for a calculated measure, or a correlated table, and the U0 segment subquery is associated with a table that contains the category, a table that contains columns for a calculated category, a dependent measure table, or a dependent filter table. The query generation system can generate a virtual results table by aggregating Uquery results from one Uquery with Uquery results from another Uquery. |
| US08825632B2 |
Method of interrogating a database and interrogation device
A method of interrogation or modification of a database having a plurality of tables each with fields and relationships between the fields of various tables, the method including: filling in a single privileged table; filling in at least one field in another table for which data are sought or to be modified; filling in at least one filter pertaining to a field of another table allowing the selection of the data sought or to be modified; identifying in the database, using the input fields and the fields appearing in the input filters, the tables containing these fields; identifying in the database, using the input fields and the fields appearing in the input filters, the relationships between these fields of various tables; reformulating a query to the database by stating in full the fields, the identified tables, joins representative; and applying the query to the database. |
| US08825628B2 |
System and method of identifying web page semantic structures
The disclosure presents a method, system and computer-readable medium related to automatically analyzing structure for a web page. The method embodiment comprises building a training corpus comprising a broad stylistic coverage of web pages, segmenting a web page into information blocks, identifying semantic categories of the information blocks using the training corpus and applying the identical semantic categories in a web-based tool. |
| US08825626B1 |
Method and system for detecting unwanted content of files
Techniques for detecting unwanted data are described herein. In one embodiment, a request is received for storing a data object in a storage system from a client over a network, where the request includes first representative data representing the data object without including actual content of the data object. It is detected whether the data object contains unwanted content by comparing the first representative data with second representative data without accessing the actual content of the data object, where the second representative data represents the unwanted content. A response is transmitted to the client over the network indicating whether the data object is likely to contain the unwanted object based on comparison of the first and second representative data. |
| US08825625B2 |
Method and system for improved categorical searching
Systems and methods have been developed for searching an index by category. More specifically, systems and methods have been developed for launching a search program that sends to a browser a search address associated with a selected search category for transmission to a remote computing device. |
| US08825623B2 |
Fast index with supplemental store
A hardware and/or software search facility for searching and retrieving data stored on a mobile device. An index to the data is stored in fast memory (e.g., RAM) on the mobile device. The index contains a minimal amount of information necessary to present search results to a user. A supplemental data file is stored in storage that is local to or remote from the mobile device. The supplemental data files contain additional organized data that may be used to enhance the search results. In response to a search query, the facility uses the index to identify results that are responsive to the search query. The results are presented by the facility in accordance with predetermined rules. The facility may use the supplemental data file to perform further processing and present additional information. In some embodiments, the facility may mount or unmount indices and supplemental files from a device. |
| US08825622B2 |
System and method for presenting information associated with a media program
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus having a processor adapted to receive a message from a portable communication device communicatively coupled to a set-top box presenting a media program and to retrieve from the message a media descriptor associated with the media program. The processor is further adapted to identify according to the media descriptor one or more images of one or more performers commonly presented in the media program, to monitor one or more frames of a live media feed including the media program, and compare the one or more human figures to the one or more images of performers. The processor can also be adapted to recognize a performer from the comparison, to retrieve information associated with the performer, and to transmit the information to the portable communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US08825621B2 |
Transformation of complex data source result sets to normalized sets for manipulation and presentation
An enterprise business intelligence system includes a data access service. In one example, a method comprises receiving, with a data access service, a query and a report specification from an application, wherein the data access service is positioned between the application and a data source; creating a run tree that comprises a sequence of executable decoration nodes; executing the query on the data source, thereby providing a query result set comprising query results drawn from the data source that are responsive to the query; and executing the sequence of decoration nodes on the query result set. The decoration nodes modify the query result set, thereby producing a decorated result set based on the query result set and the decoration nodes. Producing the decorated result set comprises associating members or values in the query results with corresponding positions or calculated members in the report specification. |
| US08825620B1 |
Behavioral word segmentation for use in processing search queries
Substrings within strings, such as words within words, are identified based at least in part on recorded behavior of users that have submitted the strings or substrings as search queries. The behavior may relate to actions taken by the users upon having submitting the search queries. The actions may be actions taken in connection with an electronic marketplace, such as actions related to the consumption of items offered in the electronic marketplace. The identified strings and corresponding substrings are used in connection with processing search queries. The strings and substrings may be used to update a search index and/or to modify received search queries for processing. |
| US08825616B2 |
Execution of database queries including filtering
A query processing system has a query processor and a data manager. The query processor calls the data manager to carry out data access for a query including a filtering operation. The data manager accesses the data in a set of data and before returning the data, initiates a callback to the query processor to determine if the located data meets the filtering criteria. Where the data does not satisfy the filtering criteria, the data manager seeks additional data in the set of data, without having to return the first located data to the query processor. |
| US08825611B1 |
Policy enabled information sharing system
A technique for dynamically sharing information includes executing a sharing policy indicating when to share a data object responsive to the occurrence of an event. The data object is created by formatting a data file to be shared with a receiving entity. The data object includes a file data portion and a sharing metadata portion. The data object is encrypted and then automatically transmitted to the receiving entity upon occurrence of the event. The sharing metadata portion includes metadata characterizing the data file and referenced in connection with the sharing policy to determine when to automatically transmit the data object to the receiving entity. |
| US08825610B1 |
System management based on goals relevant to a current state of a managed system
A system includes a goal state repository, a goal state repository instance and management tools. The goal state repository stores goals for a managed system. The goal state repository instance stores a subset of the goals applicable to a current state of the managed system. The goal state repository instance is created by comparing the current state of the managed system to the goals stored in the goal state repository. The management tools modify the managed system to be in compliance with the subset of goals stored in the goal state repository instance. |
| US08825607B2 |
Formulaic conjoined project effort instance display method and search system process thereof
A Dynamic Live System for collecting, inputting, storing, and reporting Element Effort Event Data, whose processes upon query enable the reporting of well formatted Formulaic Conjoined Project Effort Instance (CPEI) Reports per the Systems Who did What in Phasetime Effort Instance Formulas in Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Auto Displays, and Inferences, not stored as displayed in Systems base tables. The formulas 5th Element permits effort instances to be reported as past, present and future CPEI displays, regardless if said effort event data was inputted by an element directly or generated automatically by the system's use of AI type techniques. Dynamically generated well formatted CPEI report displays incorporate functional interaction designed attributes that hyperlink formula primitives by their CPEI associations, whether or not said associations are acknowledged as credited efforts by a project owner. Functional interaction designed virtual data tables permit rated report displays per formulaic CPEI element virtual data field fulfillment. |
| US08825606B1 |
Community based restore of computer files
A computer network includes endpoint computers and a file history server with a file history database. An endpoint agent in an endpoint computer detects file access events in the endpoint computer and generates file activity data for storage in the file history database. The file activity data may include file access event information of file access events and file information of files involved in the file access events. The endpoint agent may consult the file history database to locate a duplicate of a damaged file in another endpoint computer, and restore the damaged file using the duplicate. A backup and restore program may also consult the file history database to determine whether or not to make a backup copy of a file involved in a file access event. |
| US08825603B2 |
Ordering volumes and tracks for data transfer based on usage characteristics
A data transfer application implemented in a computational device receives a request to copy a plurality of storage volumes that form a consistency group. A determination is made that a first storage volume of the plurality of storage volumes is more likely to be written into than a second storage volume of the plurality of storage volumes, in response to receiving the request to copy the plurality of storage volumes. The first storage volume is copied before copying the second storage volume, in response to determining that the first storage volume is more likely to be written into than the second storage volume. |
| US08825600B2 |
File backup apparatus and method for backing up one or more directories
A file backup apparatus and method estimates whether a file has been changed in a directory based on directory property information, and backs up the directory which includes a changed file according to the estimation result. |
| US08825599B2 |
Computer-based data processing system and method of processing data objects
A computer-based system creates a data object by preparing a data structure for the data object in a database and processes the data object at different processing stages each associating a different workflow state with the data object. The system can take and store automatically a snapshot of the data object, prior to a workflow transition of the data object from a first workflow state to a second workflow state, respectively associated with the snapshot and with the data object. The system also creates a unique locating reference for the snapshot based on a unique locating reference created previously for the data object. When the unique locating reference for the data object is received, controlled access to the data object and the snapshot is provided. Based on one unique locating reference, multiple states of the data object can be easily and efficiently made available concurrently to a user. |
| US08825598B2 |
Media file synchronization
Among other things, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed for manipulating media. In one aspect, synchronization of media files involves identifying a change to an attribute associated with a media file associated with a first media file library located on the host system; accessing a client device list including device IDs for devices associated with the first media file library; identifying a first client device indicated by the device list; accessing a first synchronization order file stored on a server system; modifying the first synchronization order file to indicate the change to the attribute associated with the media file; and providing the modified first synchronization order file to the server system to enable the first client device to apply the indicated change to the attribute associated with the media file within a second media file library located on the first client device. |
| US08825596B2 |
Systems and methods for robust data source access
A method for determining access to a data table store includes determining static properties of data sources during query design, loading the static properties into an unavailability table, at query execution evaluating dynamic properties of the data sources and updating the unavailability table, evaluating a preference expression by a table dispatcher component using session context information from the availability table, determining if a preferred table is available at query execution, and if available indicating to access the preferred table, else applying unavailability rules to obtain repair actions. The preference expression including a user-defined preference between an original table and its replica and user-defined repair actions, where a selection is made at query execution between an original data table and a replicated data table based on the unavailability rules. A non-transitory computer readable medium and a system for implementing the method are also disclosed. |
| US08825591B1 |
Dynamic storage mechanism
System and method for tracking statistics at the subfile level and transparently placing or migrating inactive or less active blocks of data to other storage devices. Embodiments may provide mechanisms to track statistics at the subfile level of files including, but not limited to, database files, and to transparently place or migrate inactive or less active blocks of data of the files from higher-performing, typically more expensive, storage to lower-performing, typically less expensive, storage, while placing or migrating active blocks of data of the files to higher-performing storage, based on the subfile-level statistics rather than on file-level timestamps. In some embodiments, knowledge of file structure (e.g., database file structure), for example knowledge of database partitions with header blocks and data blocks in databases using data partitioning, may be used to separate more active and less active blocks of data of files onto storage with different performance and/or other characteristics. |
| US08825590B2 |
System and method for temporal correlation of observables based on timing associated with observations
According to one embodiment, an electronic device may be configured to perform temporal correlation operations to determine if a plurality of observables correspond to an event of interest. The electronic device comprises a memory and a processor. The memory is adapted to store information representing a process template for the event, where the process template including a plurality of observation states. The processor is coupled to the memory. The processor is adapted to receive a plurality of observables, even in non-chronological order, and to conduct a recursive comparison of time values associated with each of the plurality of observables to timing ranges associated with each observation state to determine if the plurality of observables are associated with the event. |
| US08825587B2 |
Predictive models and method for assessing age
Biomarkers useful for diagnosing and assessing physiological age are provided, along with kits for measuring their expression. The invention also provides predictive models, based on the biomarkers, as well as computer systems, and software embodiments of the models for scoring and optionally classifying samples. In a preferred embodiment, the biomarkers include a group of biomarkers whose expression levels are highly correlated to each other. In a preferred embodiment, expression levels of CD248; CD248 and SLC 1A7; CD248 and one, two, three or four of the group consisting of CCR7, B3GAT1, VSIG4 and LRRN3; or CD248, SLC1A7 and one, two, three or four of the group consisting of CCR7, B3GAT1, VSIG4 and LRRN3 are determined. |
| US08825581B2 |
Simplifying a graph of correlation rules while preserving semantic coverage
A method, system and computer program product for simplifying a plurality of correlation rules of a graph. The method includes the steps of: receiving correlation rules; creating an undirected graph; removing redundant edges from the undirected graph; splitting nodes in the undirected graph; replacing a probability that an edge that connects two nodes to a seed value; modifying the seed value by adding a first value to said seed value and adding a second value to the first value; determining a maximum modified seed value; adding the maximum modified seed value to a probability that the uncertain edge connects two nodes; removing any temporary certain edge; and running a minimum spanning tree algorithm on said modified undirected graph. |
| US08825579B1 |
Signal Prediction from sampling on geometric sequences
A method and system are described that can predict the future value of a positive signal from prior measured values of the signal. The signal is measured at a prior baseline time, and at times incrementally beyond the baseline time. The post-baseline time increments comprise sets of geometric sequences. The system produces a future estimate of the signal merely by multiplying and dividing prior signal values. By repeated operation, the system can produce an output signal: a continuing stream of periodic signal predictions, which approximates periodic samples of the future signal “pulled back” in time. |
| US08825578B2 |
System and method for determining an entity's identity and assessing risks related thereto
The invention describes systems and methods of determining an entity's identity and assessing risk related to the entity's identity using a computer. A computer-based system including a tracking module, an information module, a risk assessment module, and a memory is provided. The tracking module records encounters of the entity with the computer-based system. The information module gathers and detects changes in biographic information and biometric information relating to the entity's identity. The risk assessment module evaluates risks associated with the entity. The memory stores the information. |
| US08825573B2 |
Controlling quarantining and biasing in cataclysms for optimization simulations
Some examples are directed to determining a frequency of occurrence of a first value in a component of a first plurality of candidate solutions for an optimization problem where the first plurality of candidate solutions has converged on a sub-optimal solution during a computer simulation that tests fitness of the first plurality of candidate solutions. Some examples are further directed to determining a second value that is inversely biased from the frequency of occurrence of the first value. Some examples are further directed to including the second value in a component of at least a portion of a second plurality of candidate solutions, where the component of the at least the portion of the second plurality of candidate solutions corresponds to the component of the first plurality of candidate solutions. |
| US08825572B2 |
Program synthesis with existentially and universally quantified belief propagation using probabilistic inference
A quantified belief propagation (QBP) algorithm receives as input an existentially quantified boolean formula (QBF) of existentially quantified boolean variables, universally quantified variables, and boolean operators. A tripartite graph is constructed, and includes (i) there-exists nodes that correspond to and represent the existentially quantified variables, (ii) for-all nodes that correspond to and represent the universally quantified variables, and (iii) sub-formula nodes that correspond to and represent sub-formulas of the QBF. A set of boolean values of the existentially quantified variables is found by (i) passing a first message from an arbitrary sub-formula node to an arbitrary for-all node, and (ii) in response, passing a second message from the arbitrary for-all node to the arbitrary sub-formula node. |
| US08825566B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for posteriori estimation using NAND markov random field (NMRF)
A system, method and computer-readable medium for maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimation of a graphical model are disclosed. The MAP estimation process can include obtaining an encoded data message sent over a 4G cellular wireless network and generating a graphical model representation of the message. The graphical model can be converted into a nand Markov random field (NMRF). The MAP estimation process can also include determining whether the NMRF has a perfect graph structure, and solving for a MAP estimate configuration of the NMRF. The MAP estimation process can further include outputting the MAP estimate configuration, an indication of the MAP estimate configuration, and/or a result based on a combination of the MAP estimate configuration and the encoded data message (e.g., a decoded message). |
| US08825562B2 |
Method for a system that indexes, ranks, and clusters multimedia documents
A method for a system that indexes, ranks, and clusters multimedia documents using organizing means, scoring means, and stochastic means that optimizes parameter sets comprising of object parameters. The method creates a plurality of individual parameter sets, the parameter sets comprising information sharing system object parameters for describing a structures, search query sets, and dynamic search spaces to be optimized and setting the population of individuals as a population of memes. These parameters are required to filter, organize, and index any large-scale data set—information stored on a single computer, a local area network (LAN), and a wide area network (WAN) that encompasses the whole Internet—that may consists of constantly fluctuating information content over relatively short periods of time. |
| US08825551B2 |
Digital rights management for local recording and home network distribution
The systems disclosed here provide a complete standards-based end-to-end scalable system for storage, delivery and in-home distribution of digital content over IP networks using standard protocols such as Real-time Transport Protocol (“RTP”) or IP-encapsulated MPEG-2 Transport Stream, or traditional MPEG-2 networks. Mechanisms are provided for receiving content from one security domain, re-encrypting that content uniquely for a receiving device, persistently storing that content, and playing back that content at a later time to and within another security domain. The systems also provide the ability to stream the persistently-stored content from the initial receiving device to another device that has been authenticated as part of a, e.g., home network. This allows a media server, e.g., a dual-tuner set-top box (“STB”) with hard drive, to deliver recorded content to any TV in the house by streaming to media clients such as STBs. |
| US08825548B2 |
Secure authentication between multiple parties
Systems and methods are disclosed herein to allow a party to a multiple-party transaction to perform authentications using identification information received from another party while allowing the party generating the identification information to maintain confidentiality of information. A user may enter an access code to identify the user to a first party that will be generating identification information to a second party in the transaction. The access code may be entered without requiring the entry of an alphanumeric PIN (Personal Identification Number). The first party may convert the access code to a second code for transmission to the second party so that the access code is not revealed to the second party. The second party may use the second code to authenticate the user, to authenticate a payment transaction or other types of communications from the user or the first party. Thus, parties in a multiple-party transaction may perform authentications while maintaining the confidentiality of information. |
| US08825547B2 |
Apparatus, method, and computer program product for data cleansing and/or biller scrubbing
A dropped payment file is obtained at a computing device of an operator of an electronic funds transfer bill payment system from a client of such system. The dropped payment file includes data associated with at least one unsuccessful attempt to match payment data to a corresponding biller. The data in the dropped payment file is cleaned to create an updated dropped payment file. Matching logic is applied to the updated dropped payment file to identify at least one recommended biller to which the payment data should likely have been routed to. The client is advised of the at least one recommended biller. |
| US08825543B2 |
System and method for multi-market risk control in a distributed electronic trading environment
A system and method are provided for distributed risk management. According to one example embodiment, a central risk controller is provided that can communicate with a plurality of local risk management modules located at a plurality of gateways. The central risk controller may allocate a portion of a central account balance associated with a trading account to each local risk management module. Then, as the trades are made using the trading account, the local risk management modules may manage risk associated with the trades until the local account balance is insufficient. As the account balance gets low, the local risk management module may query the central risk controller for the additional risk account balance. |
| US08825538B2 |
Systems for implementing a loyalty program
A system for implementing a loyalty program includes a personal terminal, an interaction terminal, and a loyalty module. The personal terminal may be associated with a user. The interaction terminal may be associated with a product or service. The interaction terminal and the personal terminal may be operable to establish a communication when in proximity of each other. The loyalty module may be operable to provide a benefit to the user in response to the communication. The benefit may be provided without regard to whether the user obtained or purchased the product or service. |
| US08825527B2 |
Method, system, and software for geographically focused network advertising
A software based system and method of displaying location based information from an information site on a network by determining location data of a user of the location based information on the network. The location based information is generated based on the determined location data of the user; and generated location based information is provided to the user over the network. |
| US08825524B2 |
Electronic book provision system and electronic book distribution device
To provide an electronic book provision system that can make advertisements easily recognized by a user. The electronic book acquisition unit (104) acquires an electronic book in which tag is set in the text. The tag indicates a replacement target phrase in the text of the electronic book to be replaced with an advertising phrase on an advertisement. An advertising phrase acquisition unit (106) acquires the stored content of an advertising phrase storage unit (102) storing an advertising phrase such that the advertising phrase is associated with the replacement target phrase or the tags. An advertising phrase insertion unit (108) inserts the advertising phrases into the text of the electronic book based on the tags included in the text of the electronic book and the stored content of the advertising phrase storage unit (102). An output control unit (202) causes an output unit included in a terminal device (20) to output the electronic book in which the advertising phrase has been inserted by the advertising phrase insertion unit (108). |
| US08825522B2 |
Delivery, organization, and redemption of virtual offers from the internet, interactive-TV, wireless devices and other electronic means
Disclosed are methods and systems for redeeming virtual coupons by associating the coupons with a consumer and a payment system associated with the consumer. In some embodiments, the method includes distributing the enabled promotional offers, from one or more source sites, via the electronic contact addresses for the plurality of consumers, such that the promotional offers can be electronically accepted by at least some of the particular consumers with whom they are identified without redeeming the accepted offers. The method further includes electronically receiving a redemption of the promotional offer by means of the consumer's presentment of the associated payment system for purchasing the subject matter of the accepted promotional offer. |
| US08825520B2 |
Targeted marketing to on-hold customer
Systems and methods are described for delivering targeted content to a customer through a voice response unit (VRU). When the customer calls into the VRU, the customer is prompted to enter identification information. A unique customer identification code (UCIC) associated with the customer is used to look up an anonymized customer profile stored by a third party server. An advertisement identification code (ADIC) associated with the anonymized customer profile is used to identify targeted offers for the customer. The customer is then informed of the targeted offers verbally by the VRU. Optionally, the customer is presented with details of the offer verbally via the VRU. According to another aspect, the customer can select alternate media for delivery of the offer details (e.g., email, text message, etc.). |
| US08825519B2 |
Systems and methods to search with a mobile device
Methods and systems to search with a mobile device are described. The system receives a request, over a network, from a mobile device. The request includes search information to search a database and location information to identify the location of the mobile device. Next, the system generates search results based on the search information. The search results include a plurality of items. Next, the system arranges items in the search results based on the location of the mobile device. Finally, the system communicates a user interface, over the network, to the mobile device. The user interface includes the search results. The search results include the items. The arrangement of the items in the search results is based on the location of the mobile device. |
| US08825518B2 |
Media methods and systems
Several novel watermarking and fingerprinting applications—and related improvements—are disclosed. Some relate to advertising. These include techniques for replacing broadcast advertising with other advertising; inserting advertising based on a viewer's ad-viewing history; triggering insertion of advertising based on fingerprint data derived from compressed video content; and discontinuing advertising when a threshold amount of advertising has apparently been viewed. A great number of other features and technologies are also detailed. |
| US08825516B2 |
Methods for correlating first mile and last mile product data
Traceability codes on perishable products facilitate the correlation of product data from the origin of a distribution chain to quality assessments of the perishable products made at points along the distribution chain. The product data is initially associated with the code, the product is marked with the code, and then the product is distributed. Receipt of a code after the perishable product enters the distribution chain establishes an elapsed time. Location information submitted with the code can also establish a traversed distance. A quality assessment submitted with the code can be associated with both time and distance. Consumers, for example, may submit codes, provide assessments and locations, and in return access product data linked to the specific products they consider in retail stores, purchase, and use. Inspectors can likewise submit quality assessments from locations earlier in the distribution chain as well as in retail stores. |
| US08825511B2 |
Smart reminder management
A system and article of manufacture for smart reminder management include receiving input pertaining to a user task for which a schedule reminder is to be managed, automatically determining a timing and repetition management scheme for the schedule reminder based on a user model, analysis of current user context and a model of oscillators, determining a confidence level for the schedule reminder, associating the confidence level with the timing and repetition management scheme, and conveying the schedule reminder to the user in accordance with the timing and repetition management scheme. |
| US08825509B2 |
System, method and computer program product for leveraging a customer relationship management system to send meeting invitations
There are provided mechanisms and methods for leveraging a customer relationship management system (CRM) to send meeting invitations. These mechanisms and methods for leveraging a CRM system to send meeting invitations can enable identification of invitees to which to send the meeting invitation using customer information stored by the CRM system. The ability to leverage the CRM system to identify the invitees can provide a more efficient technique for scheduling meetings. |
| US08825506B2 |
Generation and optimization of data sharing among multiple data sources and consumers
Systems and methods for data sharing include generating at least one sharing plan with a cheapest cost and/or a shortest execution time for one or more sharing arrangements. Admissibility of the one or more sharing arrangements is determined such that a critical time path of the at least one sharing plan does not exceed a staleness level and a cost of the at least one sharing plan does not exceed a capacity. Sharing plans of admissible sharing arrangements are executed while maintaining the staleness level. |
| US08825504B2 |
Modifying containerized processing logic for use in insurance claim processing
A system and method for modifying benefit coverage including a plurality of benefit codes of an insurance plan, the insurance plan for use in adjudicating one or more insurance claims. The system and method including accessing a set of benefit codes structured in a plurality of benefit containers including a primary benefit container and a plurality of secondary benefit containers, each of the plurality of secondary benefit containers being coupled to the primary benefit container by a respective benefit container reference, each of the plurality of secondary benefit containers containing one or more benefit codes adapted for processing a claim content of the one or more insurance claims, each of the one or more benefit codes being coupled to their respective secondary benefit container by a respective benefit reference, the set of benefit codes defining a benefit hierarchy. Also included is selecting the primary benefit container for inclusion in the insurance plan, and then modifying the benefit hierarchy by performing at least one of adding an additional benefit container reference to the primary benefit container, modifying a container benefit parameter of at least one of the benefit container references, or deleting at least one of the existing benefit container references. The modified insurance plan in then stored in a memory; such that the stored modified insurance plan is adapted for subsequent use in adjunction of appropriate insurance claims received by an adjudication system. |
| US08825501B1 |
Computer controlled article classification and processing system
A system for processing and classifying articles that classifies a set of articles based at least upon the locations of the articles within a structure. The system provides a notification over a computer network to a user, wherein the notification informs the user that the user has a time period within which to select a first article from the set of classified articles to add to a pre-existing order by the user, wherein the time period is based at least in part on the anticipated time to transfer at least one article in the set of articles to a different location within the structure. |
| US08825500B2 |
Solar energy collecting systems and methods
In accordance with various exemplary embodiments, solar energy shade structures and methods of design and revenue generation are disclosed. These systems comprise structures capable of supporting solar panel at heights greater than 18 feet above their mounting surface. These systems may be installed in confined spaces. These systems also comprise structures that are customizable, allowing an installation to be configured with a desired lighting and environmental effect. The methods discussed herein describe processes for achieving desired design effects based on natural elements. Moreover, the methods discussed herein describe processes for reducing the costs of generating solar energy and/or reducing the costs of providing a solar structure. |
| US08825499B2 |
System and method for provisioning social networking services through ring back tones
A method and system for provisioning of social networking services through ring back tones is provided. In various embodiments of the present invention, when a caller makes a call to a callee, a ring back tone containing social network profile information is provided to the caller. |
| US08825497B2 |
Systems and methods for reducing audio disturbance associated with control messages in a bitstream
The embodiments described herein are directed to systems and methods for transmitting audio data and control segment in a single bitstream and reducing audio disturbance associated with the control segment when the bitstream is processed by an audio digital-to-analog converter. The system, according to one aspect, comprises a first audio unit, a transmitter coupled to the first audio unit, a receiver coupled to the transmitter, a second audio unit coupled to the receiver, a first processor coupled to at least one of the first audio unit and the transmitter, a second processor coupled to the second audio unit and the receiver, and an audio digital-to-analog converter connected to the second processor. |
| US08825496B2 |
Noise generation in audio codecs
The spectral domain is efficiently used in order to parameterize the background noise using a background noise estimator configured to determine a parametric background noise estimate based on a spectral decomposition representation of an input audio signal so that the parametric background noise estimate spectrally describes a spectral envelope of a background noise of the input audio signal, thereby yielding a background noise synthesis which is more realistic and thus leads to a more transparent active to inactive phase switching. |
| US08825495B2 |
Acoustic signal processing system, acoustic signal decoding apparatus, processing method in the system and apparatus, and program
The amount of computation in an acoustic signal decoding apparatus for a signal transform process from a frequency domain to a time domain is reduced while realizing the generation of appropriate output acoustic signals.An output control unit 340 receives, from a code string separating unit 310, pieces of window information including a window shape showing the type window function related to a windowing process of input channels, and, if all the pieces of window information are the same, switches the connections of output switching units 351 to 355 to a frequency domain mixing unit 510. The frequency domain mixing unit 510 mixes frequency domain signals of five channels supplied from a decoding/dequantizing unit 320 on the basis of downmix information that causes the number of output channels to be smaller than the number of input channels. IMDC/windowing processing units 521 and 522 transform frequency domain signals of two channels output from the frequency domain mixing unit 510 into time domain signals, thereby outputting the signals as acoustic signals of two channels. |
| US08825494B2 |
Computation apparatus and method, quantization apparatus and method, audio encoding apparatus and method, and program
A computation apparatus includes: a range calculation section for calculating a range of an input value that can give a predetermined discrete value obtained by discretizing a computation result of a nonlinear operation; and a discrete value output section for outputting, when the input value is input, the predetermined discrete value corresponding to the range in which the input value that has been input is contained. |
| US08825490B1 |
Systems and methods for user-specification and sharing of background sound for digital text reading and for background playing of user-specified background sound during digital text reading
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention would provide an exemplary coordinated music identification playlist editor with which a user (sometimes referred to herein as a playlist editor user, a playlist programmer, a charted playlist creator, or a charted-playlist-creator-user) would identify music selections (in the form of a customized playlist, or simply, a playlist) for coordinated playback that would be synchronized with a later reading by a reading user of a particular digital text file. Exemplary embodiments would further facilitate a reading user's selection of a particular playlist for coordinated playback that would be synchronized with the reading user's reading of the particular digital text file. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention would provide exemplary computer systems and methods that would facilitate a sharing across a reading community of charted playbacks of music picks for readings of digital works. |
| US08825489B2 |
Method and apparatus for interpolating script data
Provided in some embodiments is a computer implemented method that includes providing script data including script words indicative of dialog words to be spoken, providing audio data corresponding to at least a portion of the dialog words to be spoken, wherein the audio data includes timecodes associated with dialog words, generating a sequential alignment of the script words to the dialog words, matching at least some of the script words to corresponding dialog words to determine alignment points, determining corresponding timecodes for unmatched script words using interpolation based on the timecodes associated with matching script words, and generating time-aligned script data including the script words and their corresponding time codes. |
| US08825487B2 |
Customized audio data for verifying the authenticity of a service provider
A method and a system for identity authentication are presented. In one example embodiment, audio data (e.g. a sound wave) may be received from a user. The audio data may be used to establish an identity of a first entity to the user. The audio data may be stored at a storage location; and be presented to the user to establish the identity of the first entity when the first entity participates in an electronic communication with the user. In another example embodiment, a server (e.g., a web client or client application server) may present a plurality of audio data instances to a user; receive the user selection of selected audio data from the plurality of audio data instances; responsive to the user selection, the server may communicate, via a network, the selected audio data to another server. The selected audio data may be used as an identity authentication. |
| US08825486B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating synthetic speech with contrastive stress
Techniques for generating synthetic speech with contrastive stress. In one aspect, a speech-enabled application generates a text input including a text transcription of a desired speech output, and inputs the text input to a speech synthesis system. The synthesis system generates an audio speech output corresponding to at least a portion of the text input, with at least one portion carrying contrastive stress, and provides the audio speech output for the speech-enabled application. In another aspect, a speech-enabled application inputs a plurality of text strings, each corresponding to a portion of a desired speech output, to a software module for rendering contrastive stress. The software module identifies a plurality of audio recordings that render at least one portion of at least one of the text strings as speech carrying contrastive stress. The speech-enabled application generates an audio speech output corresponding to the desired speech output using the audio recordings. |
| US08825484B2 |
Character input apparatus equipped with auto-complete function, method of controlling the character input apparatus, and storage medium
A character input apparatus which makes it possible to suppress degradation of use-friendliness in a case where a visually disabled user inputs characters using an auto-complete function. In the character string input apparatus, a character string to be input as a portion following a character string input by a user is predicted based on the character string input by the user, and the character string input by the user is completed using the predicted character string as a portion complementary thereto. In a voice guidance mode, information associated with a key selected by the user is read aloud by voice. When the voice guidance mode is enabled, the character string input apparatus disables the auto-complete function and performs control such that a character string cannot be automatically completed. |
| US08825479B2 |
System and method for recognizing emotional state from a speech signal
A computerized method, software, and system for recognizing emotions from a speech signal, wherein statistical and MFCC features are extracted from the speech signal, the MFCC features are sorted to provide a basis for comparison between the speech signal and reference samples, the statistical and MFCC features are compared between the speech signal and reference samples, a scoring system is used to compare relative correlation to different emotions, a probable emotional state is assigned to the speech signal based on the scoring system and the probable emotional state is communicated to a user. |
| US08825476B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding high frequency signal
Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a high frequency signal by using a low frequency signal. The high frequency signal can be encoded by extracting a coefficient by linear predicting a high frequency signal, and encoding the coefficient, generating a signal by using the extracted coefficient and a low frequency signal, and encoding the high frequency signal by calculating a ratio between the high frequency signal and an energy value of the generated signal. Also, the high frequency signal can be decoded by decoding a coefficient, which is extracted by linear predicting a high frequency signal, and a low frequency signal, and generating a signal by using the decoded coefficient and the decoded low frequency signal, and adjusting the generated signal by decoding a ratio between the generated signal and an energy value of the high frequency signal. |
| US08825474B1 |
Text suggestion output using past interaction data
In one example, a device includes at least one processor and at least one module operable by the at least one processor to output, for display, a graphical user interface including a graphical keyboard and one or more text suggestion regions, and select, based at least in part on an indication of gesture input, at least one key of the graphical keyboard. The at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to determine a plurality of candidate character strings, determine past interaction data that comprises a representation of a past user input corresponding to at least one candidate character string while the at least one candidate character string was previously displayed in at least one of the one or more text suggestion regions, and output the at least one candidate character string for display in one of the one or more text suggestion regions. |
| US08825471B2 |
Unsupervised extraction of facts
A system and method for extracting facts from documents. A fact is extracted from a first document. The attribute and value of the fact extracted from the first document are used as a seed attribute-value pair. A second document containing the seed attribute-value pair is analyzed to determine a contextual pattern used in the second document. The contextual pattern is used to extract other attribute-value pairs from the second document. The extracted attributes and values are stored as facts. |
| US08825456B2 |
Method and system for multiple dataset gaussian process modeling
A method of computerized data analysis and synthesis is described. First and second datasets of a quantity of interest are stored. A Gaussian process model is generated using the first and second datasets to compute optimized kernel and noise hyperparameters. The Gaussian process model is applied using the stored first and second datasets and hyperparameters to perform Gaussian process regression to compute estimates of unknown values of the quantity of interest. The resulting computed estimates of the quantity of interest result from a non-parametric Gaussian process fusion of the first and second measurement datasets. The first and second datasets may be derived from the same or different measurement sensors. Different sensors may have different noise and/or other characteristics. |
| US08825453B2 |
Piping analysis systems
A piping analysis system capable of generating proposed piping support assemblies when off-the-self part is unavailable is presented. Contemplated analysis systems comprise a piping modeling system, which models a piping infrastructure as piping nodes having attributes describing the nature of the nodes. A piping support assembly design engine aggregates the attribute information from piping nodes and correlates the attributes with known materials that might be applicable for constructing the proposed assemblies. The design engine generates a proposed assembly and configures an output device to present the assembly along with a likelihood representing feasibility that the proposed assembly can in fact be designed or manufactured. |
| US08825446B2 |
Independently based diagnostic monitoring
An independently based diagnostic system tests the execution of a processor. The processor is arranged to provide a diagnostic output that provides a pre-determined time-variant signal. The independently based diagnostic system has an independent basis from which to evaluate the pre-determined time-variant signal. The independent basis can be, for example, an independent time base that is separately generated from the processor time base used to clock the processor and/or an independent voltage source that is separate from the processor power supply. The independently based diagnostic system provides progressive notifications of the results of successive evaluations of the pre-determined time-variant signal. |
| US08825445B2 |
Monitoring and tracking athletic activity
Athletic activity may be tracked and monitored while providing encouragement and maintaining an individual's interest in continuing to perform athletic activity. For example, a themed workout plan may be implemented to motivate the individual and maintain the individual's interest. The theme may include geographic locations, food items, technology, sports and the like and may include multiple categories or groupings of goals. For example, the categories may correspond to geographic locations. In each category, multiple goals may be defined. The goals may further be represented by real-world objects such as buildings, food items, technology products, sports equipment and the like. A user may progress through each category by completing each of the goals within that category. Other individuals (e.g., friends) may also be displayed on an interface through which a user's progress is tracked. This may allow the user to also view the other individuals' progress in the same workout plan. |
| US08825443B2 |
Method for calculating consumption and/or a remaining range of a motor vehicle and motor vehicle
A method calculates a remaining range and/or consumption of a motor vehicle with an energy storage system for a drive which acts on at least one wheel of the motor vehicle. The remaining range and/or the consumption can be calculated in a first fashion by using a first algorithm and in a second fashion by using a second algorithm. The second fashion requires a higher degree of expenditure on calculation than the first fashion. Switching over between the first fashion and the second fashion occurs as a function of the energy stored in the energy storage system. |
| US08825440B2 |
Resolver signal converter and resolver signal conversion method
A resolver signal converter and a resolver signal conversion method amplify and perform analogue-digital conversion on a sine wave output from a resolver; thereafter, among frequency components of the sine wave output, pass and thereby extract a predetermined bandwidth of which the center frequency is the frequency of an excitation signal, by means of a band-pass filter; sample the sine wave output while synchronizing the sine wave output with a reference signal which is based on the excitation signal; and generate a detection angle signal sine value from the sampled signal. Similarly, a detection angle signal cosine value is generated from a cosine wave output from the resolver. A detection angle is calculated based on the detection angle signal sine value and the detection angle signal cosine value. Accordingly, an influence, on an input resolver signal, of disturbance noise such as noise caused due to a magnetic field generated by a motor and switching noise caused due to PWM driving, is eliminated, and frequency dependence of arithmetic processing is eliminated. As a result, detection angle errors are reduced. |
| US08825438B2 |
Course of motion determination
A computer-implemented method for determining a course of motion between an artifact (10) and device (28) for interacting with the artifact (10) that are moveable relative to each other in at least one linear (X, Y, Z) and one rotational (A1, A2) degree of freedom, the method comprising: receiving geometric data representing the artifact (10); receiving geometric data representing the device; and determining, from the geometric data, how the device (28) and artifact (10) can be oriented relative to each other along an interaction path so as to comply with one or more optimization criteria. |
| US08825429B2 |
Method and apparatus for verifying scale calibration
An apparatus and method are provided in order to verify the calibration on the fluid handling system. A magnet coupled to the scale is used to attach a precalibrated weight so that a controller in the system can determine if the scale needs to be calibrated. This way a storage tank does not need to be removed in order to check the calibration of the scale. The system can be locked down if the calibration is not within the predetermined calibration tolerance. |
| US08825428B2 |
Methods and systems for recalibrating a blood pressure monitor with memory
Systems and methods are provided for storing and recalling metrics associated with physiological signals. It may be determined that the value of a monitored physiological metric corresponds to a stored value. In such cases, a patient monitor may determine that a calibration is not desired. In some cases, a patient monitor may recall calibration parameters associated with the stored value if it determined that the stored value corresponds to the monitored metric value. |
| US08825418B2 |
Power supply usage determination
The remaining capacity of a power source, such as a battery, may be monitored with a microprocessor by integrating data received from a current sensor. The microprocessor may measure electrons passing through the battery by sampling the integrator and summing the values recorded from the integrator. Each time the integrator is sampled, the microprocessor may reset the integrator to prevent the integrator from saturating. The microprocessor may sample the integrator when the integrator approaches a predetermined value. The remaining capacity of the battery may be calculated based on calibration values and the sum of electrons measured by the integrator. The remaining capacity may be communicated to remote users through a network and displayed in an executive dashboard. |
| US08825416B2 |
Systems and methods for phase identification
Described herein are methods, systems, apparatuses and products for phase determination in an electricity grid. An aspect provides for determining phase for at least one electric grid device via receiving power consumption measurements derived from electricity grid devices connected in the electricity grid, comparing, over a series of time intervals, a total power consumed; and determining a phase for at least one electricity grid device. |
| US08825414B2 |
System and method for estimating remaining useful life of a downhole tool
A system for determining the amount of life consumed for a tool includes at least one sensor associated with the tool for generating observation data, a memory in operable communication with the at least one sensor, the memory including a database for storing the observation data generated by the sensor, and a processor in operable communication with the memory. The processor includes a model generator that generates a current model for a current run of the tool. The current model includes parameters of a functional approximation of the observation data. The processor also includes a classifier that classifies the current model and a current run estimator that determine the amount of life consumed based on the classification of the current model and a time of use associated with the current run. |
| US08825406B2 |
Navigation apparatus
A navigation apparatus that performs route guidance to a destination includes a display unit that displays an image so as to be superimposed on a field of view of a driver and a control unit that displays an image of a guidance object for route guidance on the display unit such that the guidance object moves along a route in advance, thereby performing the route guidance. The control unit displays an image of an object different from a vehicle as the guidance object. |
| US08825402B2 |
Route display device, route display method, route display program, and route display system
A route display apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes a search unit that searches for a plurality of routes in which a plurality of destinations are stopped by in a different stopping order combination in each route. The apparatus also includes a prediction unit that predicts, for each of the routes, a travelable position that can be reached with a remaining amount of a battery. The prediction unit is configured to predict, for each of the routes, a necessity of charging based on whether the travelable position is on a side of a departure point in relation to a final destination. The apparatus also includes a display control unit that displays, for each of the routes, the necessity of charging in association with a corresponding stopping order for each of the routes, on a display part. |
| US08825401B2 |
Device for flight plan display with displacement based on jumps
A device for displaying a flight plan of an aircraft is disclosed. The device includes a control unit with at least one first display area including a textual list of identifiers of points, a textual list of identifiers of segments, or both that are representative of a portion of the flight plan. A display of the textual lists are centered around a current central display point, the current central display point corresponding to a point of the flight plan or a segment of the flight plan. The device further includes means for displacing by jumps the flight plan portion displayed in the first display area by selecting a new point different from the current central display point, the selected new point becoming a new central display point after selection thereof. |
| US08825398B2 |
Device for assisting in the navigation of a person
The present invention relates to a device for assisting in the navigation of a person, both inside and outside a building. The device, being fitted to the person, comprises at least: a computer (41) comprising in memory a digitized map of the place (1) in which the path of the person is planned between a departure point and an arrival point, and a location software; a human-machine interface linked to the computer; a set of sensors (42) worn by the person and linked to the computer, the sensors delivering information about the movements of the person; the location software performing a processing of the signals originating from the sensors (42) and from the interface, and performing the fusion of the data provided by the digitized map and the information arising from the sensors and from the interface, and then calculating on the basis of these data the absolute location of the person on the map and correcting the position estimation errors. |
| US08825395B2 |
Route optimization
In one embodiment, there is provided visibility to future predicted traffic situations, based on all reserved routes in a system at a given point in time. This allows city planners, for example, to know where traffic will be to adjust traffic flow accordingly. Additional value comes into play by being able to calculate and publish aggregated savings from using this system, such as driver time, mileage, and gas. This information may be added to a database and made available to individuals via their GPS. In a typical implementation, a request for a route is received from a requester. Based on the request, an optimized route and a potential position of the requester within the optimized route are determined and then proposed to the requester. The requester can then select an option from the proposal. |
| US08825393B2 |
Method for providing location service and mobile terminal
A method for providing a location service and a mobile terminal are provided. The location service providing method includes determining a positioning method based on location information of the mobile terminal and measurement information used for calculating the location of the mobile terminal, determining a map switch indicator by using at least one of the determined positioning method, the location information, and the measurement information, selecting a global map (i.e., the whole area map) or a local map according to the determined map switch indicator, and indicating the location of the mobile terminal on the selected map. |
| US08825392B2 |
Map view
One or more systems, devices, and/or methods for providing navigation-related functions, such as map display, are disclosed. For example, a method may include receiving input corresponding to a location. Photo image data associated with the location are retrieved. The photo image data are based on at least one image captured by a video camera or a photo camera. The photo image data are provided to display at least a portion of a photo image view representing at least a portion of the location. Map data corresponding to the location are retrieved. The map data are provided to display at least a portion of a digital map in the portion of the photo image view, and the digital map is integrated within the photo image view. |
| US08825391B1 |
Building elevation maps from laser data
Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to generating elevation maps. More specifically, data points may be collected by a laser moving along a roadway and used to generate an elevation map of the roadway. The collected data points may be projected onto a two dimensional or “2D” grid. The grid may include a plurality of cells, each cell of the grid representing a geolocated second of the roadway. The data points of each cell may be evaluated to identify an elevation for the particular cell. For example, the data points in a particular cell may be filtered in various ways including occlusion, interpolation from neighboring cells, etc. The minimum value of the remaining data points within each cell may then be used as the elevation for the particular cell, and the elevation of a plurality of cells may be used to generate an elevation map of the roadway. |
| US08825388B2 |
Indoor likelihood heatmap
The subject matter disclosed herein may relate to methods, apparatuses, systems, devices or articles for generating or using an indoor likelihood heatmap, etc. For certain example implementations, a method for a device may comprise projecting multiple grid points over a schematic map of an indoor area, with the schematic map indicating multiple obstructions of the indoor area. Feasible paths between grid point pairs of the multiple grid points may be determined. For a particular grid point of the multiple grid points, a count of the feasible paths that traverse the particular grid point may be determined. A likelihood heatmap for use in one or more navigational applications may be generated based, at least in part, on the count. Other example implementations are described herein. |
| US08825382B2 |
Navigation system with multimedia distribution mechanism and method of operation thereof
A method of operation of a navigation system includes: generating a navigation route; generating an initial recommendation related to a search keyword for a point of interest upcoming along the navigation route; calculating an acquisition cost for the initial recommendation; and generating a message with the acquisition cost for the initial recommendation related to the point of interest and for displaying on a device. |
| US08825380B2 |
Navigation apparatus
A navigation apparatus includes a route searching unit 130 for performing both a route search with car pool lanes being made usable between a current position detected by a current position detecting unit and a destination inputted by an input means, and a route search with car pool lanes being made unusable, a display means 2 for displaying either a route which uses a car pool lane or a route which does not use any car pool lane on the basis of route data showing the routes acquired through the route searches by the route searching unit, and a control unit 10 for switching between the route which uses a car pool lane and the route which does not use any car pool lane to display either of them on the display means according to an instruction inputted by the input means. |
| US08825376B1 |
System and method for providing alternative routes
At least some embodiments herein provide a navigation interface which provides notifications to a user regarding the impact a missed transit connection will have on the user's final arrival time. The navigation interface may also provide pre-calculated transit-based route alternatives. The missed connection notifications and pre-calculated alternatives may allow an individual to a make more informed decisions regarding the route he/she is travelling to his/her desired destination. |
| US08825371B2 |
Navigation of on-road vehicle based on vertical elements
A vehicle can include a navigation unit configured to determine a position of the vehicle. A detection unit can be configured to recognize position and features of objects external to the vehicle. An identification unit can be configured to identify objects expected to be detected based on a determined position of the vehicle, by comparing the recognized features to feature data of object reference data stored in a local database. When the identification unit is unable to identify an object, the identification unit can compare recognized or stored object features to the additional feature data received from a remote database. A navigation unit can update the position of the vehicle based on position data of identified objects and more accurate and safe autonomous operation of a vehicle can be achieved. |
| US08825368B2 |
Physical object search
A method and system for searching for items is provided. The method includes receiving, from a user, description data describing search requirements associated with a requested physical object to be located. Locations of the user are monitored and a request to locate the physical object is transmitted to video data retrieval devices. In response, video data associated with associated physical objects and location data for associated locations are retrieved. Distances and relative velocities between current locations of the user and each location of each physical object are calculated. In response, recommendations associated with traveling to view each physical object are generated and presented to the user. |
| US08825364B2 |
Vehicle position recognition device and vehicle position recognition program
A vehicle location recognition apparatus includes a link determination unit which accurately determines a link traveled by a vehicle from among a plurality of links meeting at a narrow-angle branch point, on the basis of vehicle location information and road information, travel history information representing a route traveled by the vehicle at the branch point. The vehicle location recognition apparatus includes a history information generation unit for generating travel history information for the determined link. The travel history information is stored in a learning database. On the basis of the travel history information, a learning unit generates learned priority information representing the priorities of the respective links meeting at a branch point and used in the determination by the link determination unit. |
| US08825361B1 |
Methods and systems for determining performance characteristics of mechanical systems based on fuel properties
Methods and systems for use in determining one or more performance characteristics of a mechanical system that includes a combustion engine. One or more values of a physical property of fuel are associated with a performance characteristic (e.g., an operating characteristic and/or a maintenance characteristic) of a mechanical system to create a fuel-performance relationship. An actual value of the physical property of a fuel to be burned by the combustion engine is determined using one or more sensors. A predicted value of the performance characteristic is determined based on the actual value of the physical property and the fuel-performance relationship. |
| US08825357B2 |
Navigation device and method
Some embodiments provide a method of determining speed information for one or more road segments in map data by receiving probe data relating to the one or more road segments, determining a speed formula for the one or more road segments based on the probe data, and determining the speed information for the one or more road segments according to the speed formula. |
| US08825356B2 |
System for transmitting, processing, receiving, and displaying traffic information
A system for sharing and processing traffic information includes a number of traffic information computer systems within individual vehicles or devices and a virtual traffic information server on a mobile network. The traffic information computer systems are each connected through a peer-to-peer radio, cellular, Wi-Fi, or other similar types of communications network, and which each operate with a database for displaying road maps, with a database storing average speed data for directions of travel along roadways, and with a location sensor used to determine the location and average speed of the vehicle or device, which are transmitted to other vehicles. The virtual server returns average speed data for road segments, which is displayed on the road maps. The system includes sharing average speed data calculated as well average speed data received from the plurality of vehicles to other vehicles, thereby enhancing the real-time communication of traffic data. |
| US08825354B2 |
System for supporting a user of an electrically driven vehicle
A system for supporting a user of an electrically driven vehicle comprises position information obtaining unit for obtaining, during traveling, position information indicating a position of the vehicle, electric power amount estimating unit for estimating, during traveling, a remaining electric power amount of an electric power source of the vehicle, shortage risk estimating unit for estimating, during traveling, an estimated risk of electric power amount shortage on the basis of the estimated remaining electric power amount, and notifying unit for notifying a user in case the estimated risk of electric power amount shortage estimated by the shortage risk estimating unit exceeds a predetermined threshold value. |
| US08825353B2 |
Parking support systems, parking support methods, and parking support programs
Parking support systems, methods, and programs store road information and obtain information regarding a vacant space on a road. The systems, methods, and programs calculate parking availability in a predetermined area specified by the stored road information based on the obtained information; and provide notification of the calculated parking availability. |
| US08825350B1 |
Systems and methods involving features of adaptive and/or autonomous traffic control
Systems and method are disclosed for adaptive and/or autonomous traffic control. In one illustrative implementation, there is provided a method for processing traffic information. Moreover, the method may include receiving data regarding travel of vehicles associated with an intersection, using neural network technology to recognize types and/or states of traffic, and using the neural network technology to process/determine/memorize optimal traffic flow decisions as a function of experience information. Exemplary implementations may also include using the neural network technology to achieve efficient traffic flow via recognition of the optimal traffic flow decisions. |
| US08825348B2 |
Exhaust gas recirculation valve contaminant removal
An exhaust gas purification system including an exhaust gas passageway which routes a flow of exhaust gas from an exhaust gas source to an intake manifold; an exhaust gas passageway valve which controls flow to the intake manifold; a cooling system coupled with the exhaust passageway positioned at a location upstream of the exhaust gas source and downstream of the intake manifold and operable to transfer heat from the flow of exhaust gas to a coolant in flow communication with the cooling system; a bypass passageway coupled with the exhaust gas passageway and bypassing the cooling system; a bypass valve operable to control flow through the bypass passageway; at least one valve operation sensor; and a controller operable to control the bypass valve to direct the flow of exhaust gas to the bypass passageway during exhaust gas recirculation based on a signal from the valve operation sensor. |
| US08825346B2 |
Method and device for start/stop control of an internal combustion engine
In a method for controlling a start/stop operation of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, the controller activates a starting device which has a starter motor and a meshing device for the purpose of starting the internal combustion engine and of executing a start/stop operation, the rotational speed and position of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine being detected with the aid of a detector device. To provide vehicle comfort in start/stop mode and to implement meshing of a starter pinion with the ring gear at a coasting rotational speed at reduced noise and wear, a point in time is determined for meshing with the ring gear of a coasting internal combustion engine after the internal combustion engine has been shut down. |
| US08825343B2 |
Fuel injection control device and method of diesel engine
A fuel injection control device provided with: a standard fuel injection timing setting unit 41 which previously sets a standard fuel injection timing with respect to engine speed and fuel injection quantity; an injection penetration judging unit 45 which judges whether or not the penetration of the fuel atomization in a cylinder is in an increasing condition, by use of at least one out of a detected ambient pressure from an ambient pressure sensor, an estimated cylinder pressure at an injection start timing, and an estimated ignition delay from an injection start timing to a combustion start timing; and a fuel injection timing correction unit 43 which corrects the fuel injection timing toward an advanced timing angle and constrains the penetration of the fuel atomization, in a case where the penetration judging unit judges that the penetration of the fuel atomization is in an increasing condition. |
| US08825342B2 |
System and method of protecting an engine and other aircraft components from damage that may otherwise occur from a fuel control unit failure
The system for mitigating an overspeeding condition of a turbine engine can include a sensor for measuring an actual speed of a gas generator turbine of the turbine engine and a processor for deriving a delta, the delta being a comparison between the actual speed of the gas generator turbine and a predicted gas generator turbine speed. The system is configured for detecting the overspeeding condition when delta is higher than a predetermined threshold. A method of detecting an overspeeding condition during operation of a turbine engine can include measuring an actual speed of a gas generator turbine, then evaluating a delta between the actual speed of the gas generator turbine and a predicted speed of the gas generator turbine, then comparing the delta to a threshold value. |
| US08825341B2 |
Vehicle information management system
A vehicle information management system eliminates the need for a large capacity storage and allows an abnormality and a malfunction to be easily specified. An updating unit does not store diagnostic data obtained at the time of an engine stall in a storage if it is determined that the engine stalls is because of a rider's operation of the vehicle, and stores diagnostic data obtained at the time of the engine stall in the storage if it is determined that the engine stall is not attributable to a rider's operation of the vehicle, based on detection results from an operation detector and an engine state detector. |
| US08825339B2 |
Vehicular drive control apparatus
A vehicular drive control apparatus provided with pulse-driving and gliding means for setting upper limit Vhi and lower limit Vlo of running speed V of a vehicle according to an upper and lower vehicle speed limit maps, and on the basis of target running speed Vt which is the running speed V at a time when control initiating conditions have been satisfied, and running the vehicle in P & G running mode by alternately repeating pulse-driving run (accelerating run) and gliding run (decelerating run) of the vehicle at the running speed V varying between the set upper and lower limits Vhi and Vlo, the control initiating conditions including a condition that the vehicle is in a steady running state. |
| US08825335B2 |
Method for controlling the yaw moment of a vehicle
A method for determining the yaw tendency of a vehicle is hereby presented. The method comprises the steps of determining the propulsion states of one or several wheels of said vehicle, and estimating yaw moment variations of a vehicle from said propulsion states, wherein said yaw moment variations are induced from altered propulsion states between at least two of the wheels of said vehicle. |
| US08825331B2 |
Travelling vehicle
In a stacker crane, servomotors are travel motors causing a vehicle main body to travel, and include brakes. A travel controller includes a malfunction detecting unit to detect malfunctions in the servomotors, and a deceleration pattern storage unit to store deceleration patterns based on combinations of some of the servomotors. If a malfunction with a servomotor is detected by the malfunction detecting unit, the malfunctioning servomotor is no longer subject to deceleration control, a deceleration pattern including a combination of normal servomotors is read from the deceleration pattern storage unit, and then braking control is performed by using this deceleration pattern. |
| US08825328B2 |
Detection of and counter-measures for jackknife enabling conditions during trailer backup assist
A vehicle comprises a trailer angle detection apparatus and a trailer backup control system coupled to the trailer angle detection apparatus. The trailer angle detection apparatus is configured for outputting a signal generated as a function of an angle between the vehicle and a trailer towably attached to the vehicle. The trailer backup control system includes a jackknife enabling condition detector and a jackknife counter-measures controller. The jackknife counter-measures controller alters a setting of at least one vehicle operating parameter for alleviating an adverse jackknife condition during backing of the trailer by the vehicle when the jackknife enabling condition detector determines that a jackknife enabling condition has been attained at a particular point in time during backing of the trailer by the vehicle. |
| US08825327B2 |
Drive control device and method for vehicle
A drive control device for a vehicle includes an additional operation reaction force applying part that is configured to apply an additional operation reaction force to an accelerator pedal depending on the speed of depression of the accelerator pedal and the speed of the vehicle, and a lower limit changing part that is configured to change the lower limit of the speed of depression, above which the additional operation reaction force is applied, depending on the traveling direction of the vehicle. Therefore, the drive control device can apply an additional operation reaction force appropriately depending on the vehicle speed and the speed of depression of the accelerator pedal in each traveling direction. |
| US08825326B2 |
Method of controlling electric parking brake
A method of controlling an electric parking brake of a vehicle includes calculating a desired braking force based on the vehicle condition at an instruction of applying a braking force, and starting a braking motor of the electric parking brake. The method further includes determining whether a braking force is increasing by measuring current applied to the braking motor, calculating a braking correction value based on the measured current when determined that a braking force is not increasing, calculating a load torque based on the braking correction value and the measured current when determined that a braking force is increasing, and stopping the braking motor when the load torque is greater than the desired braking force. |
| US08825324B2 |
Four-wheel-drive vehicle and control unit
A four-wheel-drive vehicle includes: a drive source which generates torque forming a driving force of the vehicle; a driving force transmission system which transmits the torque of the drive source to main driven wheels and auxiliary driven wheels; and a dog clutch provided in the driving force transmission system and capable of transmitting the torque to an auxiliary driven wheel side by engagement of a recess portion and a protruding portion. The vehicle further includes: a determination unit which determines whether a friction coefficient of a road surface is lower than a predetermined value based on an index value relating to the friction coefficient of the road surface; and a control unit which generates a control signal which causes engagement of the dog clutch before the vehicle starts when the determination unit determines that the friction coefficient of the road surface is lower than the predetermined value. |
| US08825323B2 |
Machine control system implementing speed-based clutch modulation
A machine control system for use with a machine having a power source and a transmission is disclosed. The machine control system may have a clutch configured to connect an output of the power source with an input of the transmission. The machine control system may also have a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a speed of the power source, and a controller in communication with the clutch and the sensor. The controller may be configured to vary an actuating force of the clutch based on the signal. |
| US08825321B2 |
Automatic transmission control apparatus
An automatic transmission control apparatus includes: a frictional engagement element; a hydraulic pressure supplying section configured to supply a hydraulic pressure to the frictional engagement element; a progression state judging section configured to judge a progression state of the engagement of the frictional engagement element; a rotational speed change rate control section configured to control the hydraulic pressure so that a change rate of a rotational speed of an input shaft of the automatic transmission becomes equal to a target change rate, from when the engagement of the frictional engagement element is started; and a rotational speed feedback control section configured to perform a feedback control of the hydraulic pressure so that the rotational speed of the input shaft of the automatic transmission becomes equal to a target rotational speed, from when the progression state judging section judges a predetermined progression state. |
| US08825317B2 |
Controlling a digging operation of an industrial machine
Systems, methods, devices, and computer readable media for controlling a digging operation of an industrial machine that includes a dipper and a crowd drive. A method includes determining an acceleration associated with the industrial machine, determining a crowd retract factor based on the acceleration, comparing the crowd retract factor to a threshold crowd retract factor, setting a crowd speed reference and a crowd retract torque for the crowd drive for a period of time based on the comparison of the crowd retract factor to the threshold crowd retract factor. |
| US08825315B2 |
Controlling a digging operation of an industrial machine
Systems, methods, devices, and computer readable media for controlling a digging operation of an industrial machine. A method includes determining a hoist bail pull associated with the industrial machine, determining a crowd torque limit value for a crowd drive based on the determined hoist bail pull of the industrial machine, and setting a crowd torque limit of the crowd drive to the crowd torque limit value to limit a torque associated with a crowd motor to the crowd torque limit value. |
| US08825312B2 |
System and method for paver screed endgate control
A height adjustment system for a paving screed apparatus and a method for adjusting the height of the endgates of a screed system are disclosed. In a disclosed system, the system includes an endgate coupled to a biasing element, such as a spring or a hydraulic cylinder and rod. The biasing element is coupled to an actuator. The actuator is linked to a controller. The biasing element is moveable between a compressed position and an extended position with a setpoint range disposed between the compressed and extended positions. The biasing element is also associated with a sensor for measuring vertical displacement of the biasing element, pressure or load on the biasing element with respect to the setpoint range. |
| US08825308B2 |
Opening/closing control device for a grille shutter
An opening/closing control device for a grille shutter is capable of appropriately opening and closing the grille shutter according to a vehicle outside environment and an operating state of an aircon while ensuring the operation of the aircon, and is capable of sufficiently improving vehicle operating efficiency. An aircon operating time ratio as a ratio of operation time of an aircon to overall time is calculated. When the calculated aircon operating time ratio is larger than the sum of a threshold value calculated according to an ambient air temperature and a hysteresis constant, the grille shutter is opened to promote cooling of refrigerant in the aircon and reduce motive power consumed by the aircon. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately open and close the grille shutter depending on the ambient air temperature and the operating ration of the aircon. |
| US08825307B2 |
Control device and control method of electric vehicle
In a control device of an electric vehicle, control unit switches energization such that a decrease in an output of a rotary electric machine in which a stall state is detected by stall state-detecting unit and an increase in an output of another rotary electric machine in which the stall state is not detected by the stall state-detecting unit are made to be the same. |
| US08825306B2 |
Analyzing road surfaces
The invention proposes a system that uses a novel method to analyze the surface being about to be traversed by a vehicle. The system can be used to enhance vehicle safety and control. The system makes use of AER cameras such as the Silicon Retina. The Silicon Retina is used monitor the surface to be traversed, and a processing unit analyzes the surface based on the signal provided by the Silicon Retina. The proposed surface analysis method carried out by the system surpasses state-of-art analysis methods. |
| US08825305B2 |
Collision determination system, occupant restraint system, and vehicle
The invention provides an effective technique for appropriately restraining a vehicle occupant at the time of a side collision of a vehicle. An occupant restraint system mounted to a vehicle comprises a camera, a side impact sensor, an acceleration sensor, an ECU, and an airbag module. The ECU changes a threshold value setting for collision velocity at the time of a side collision of the vehicle according to whether or not a colliding object involved in the side collision of the vehicle is a pole-like object, and controls the airbag module based on the set threshold value. |
| US08825300B2 |
Lane departure control system
A lane departure control system is provided which works to control a lane departure of a vehicle. The lane departure control system determines a controlled angle between a heading direction and a target direction of the vehicle running in a lane. When the vehicle is expected to unintentionally leave the lane, the system steers the vehicle toward the center of the lane by the controlled angle at at least a first yaw rate in a first angular range and a second yaw rate in a second angular range following the first angular range. Each of the first and second yaw rates is changed at a constant rate. This results in simplified calculation of the schedule of changing the first and second yaw rates. |
| US08825286B2 |
Method and device for determining a center of gravity of a motor vehicle
A method and an apparatus for determining a center of gravity of a motor vehicle are described. In said method and apparatus, for at least one wheel of the motor vehicle, two different drive force values representing a drive force are determined. In addition, longitudinal acceleration values associated with the determined drive force values, and wheel slip values associated with the determined drive force values, are determined. As a function of the drive force values, the associated longitudinal acceleration values and the associated wheel slip values that are determined, coordinates of the center of gravity of the vehicle are determined. |
| US08825281B2 |
Vehicle telemetry system and method for evaluating and training drivers
There is described a system and method for establishing a performance of at least one of a vehicle and an operator of the vehicle over a given period. In particular, the method comprises: recording measured vehicle parameters at a continuous rate over a given period, the continuous rate being at least as great as the rate of change of the measured vehicle parameters; calculating criteria using, for each criterion, a selection of the measured vehicle parameters; and outputting the criteria, the criteria being representative of a performance of at least one of the operator and the vehicle over the given period. |
| US08825278B2 |
System for detecting the first signs of a malfunction of an aircraft engine valve
A method and a system for detecting the first signs of malfunction of an aircraft engine valve, including an acquisition device to acquire the output pressure measurements of the valve, and contextual and command data of the valve, a processor to define a set of indicators of the first signs of malfunction, according to the output pressure measurements and the contextual and command data. A set of estimators corresponding to the set of indicators of the first signs of a malfunction, is determined using a previously produced regression model. At least one distance between the set of indicators and the set of estimators is computed. The distance is compared to a threshold of the first signs of a malfunction, in order to detect the first signs of malfunction of the said valve. |
| US08825274B2 |
Method for calibrating inertial sensor installed in arbitrary position on board vehicle and sensor system of dynamics of vehicle able to be installed on board in arbitrary position
A method calibrates an inertial-sensor device installed in an arbitrary position on board a vehicle and adapted to detect at least one entity indicative of vehicle dynamics along at least one direction of a local reference-coordinate system. The method includes steps of: acquiring by the inertial-sensor device at predetermined measuring times real-measured data indicative of the vehicle dynamics in the local reference-coordinate system; acquiring by a calibrating detector different from the inertial-sensor device, at sampling times coinciding with the measuring times, reference-measured data indicative of the vehicle dynamics in a vehicle-coordinate system; and generating a coordinate-transformation matrix adapted to correlate the entity measured in the local reference-coordinate system with a corresponding entity in the vehicle-coordinate system. Also, a sensor system of dynamics of the vehicle is able to be installed on board in an arbitrary position. |
| US08825269B2 |
Process for the monitoring of vehicles of a motor vehicle fleet
In a process for monitoring motor vehicles of a motor vehicle fleet which is operated by a fleet operator, by way of a sensor system in the respective vehicle of at least a part of the vehicle fleet, vehicle-related data of the vehicle are determined. The vehicle-related data includes at least its geographical position. By use of at least a portion of the vehicle-related data, a number of servicing parameters are determined, which describe the service requirement of the respective vehicle. By using a data network, by way of which the respective vehicle and a user interface assigned to the fleet operator communicate, the number of servicing parameters and the geographical position of the respective vehicle are output by way of the user interface. |
| US08825268B2 |
Shift switching device
An HV-ECU executes a program including a step (S102) of turning on a fail-safe permission flag if a select sensor is abnormal (YES in step S100), and a step (S108) of transmitting a non-P request signal to a P-ECU if the position of a shift lever is read as the N position (YES in S104) and a predetermined time Tn(2) elapses (YES in S106). |
| US08825266B2 |
System and method for preventing a collision
Controlling a vehicle to automatically prevent the vehicle from colliding with obstacles includes identifying and locating obstacles in front of the vehicle, wherein relative position of an obstacle is determined; measuring relative speed of the obstacles; assessing whether there is a risk of a collision between the vehicle and the obstacle as a function of the relative position and relative speed. If there is a risk of a collision, the method further includes: calculating an unsafe region around the obstacle as a function of known measurement errors; calculating an evasion point within or on an edge of the unsafe region; defining a protection zone around the evasion point; defining an evasion route which is in the form of a circular path and has a predefined radius of curvature; controlling the vehicle at a critical distance, so that the vehicle follows the evasion route which is tangential to the protection zone. |
| US08825264B2 |
Zone driving
A roadgraph may include a graph network of information such as roads, lanes, intersections, and the connections between these features. The roadgraph may also include one or more zones associated with particular rules. The zones may include locations where driving is typically challenging such as merges, construction zones, or other obstacles. In one example, the rules may require an autonomous vehicle to alert a driver that the vehicle is approaching a zone. The vehicle may thus require a driver to take control of steering, acceleration, deceleration, etc. In another example, the zones may be designated by a driver and may be broadcast to other nearby vehicles, for example using a radio link or other network such that other vehicles may be able to observer the same rule at the same location or at least notify the other vehicle's drivers that another driver felt the location was unsafe for autonomous driving. |
| US08825261B1 |
User interface for displaying internal state of autonomous driving system
A passenger in an automated vehicle may relinquish control of the vehicle to a control computer when the control computer has determined that it may maneuver the vehicle safely to a destination. The passenger may relinquish or regain control of the vehicle by applying different degrees of pressure, for example, on a steering wheel of the vehicle. The control computer may convey status information to a passenger in a variety of ways including by illuminating elements of the vehicle. The color and location of the illumination may indicate the status of the control computer, for example, whether the control computer has been armed, is ready to take control of the vehicle, or is currently controlling the vehicle. |
| US08825259B1 |
Detecting lane closures and lane shifts by an autonomous vehicle
In an example implementation, an autonomous vehicle is configured to detect closures and lane shifts in a lane of travel. The vehicle is configured to operate in an autonomous mode and determine a presence of an obstacle substantially positioned in a lane of travel of the vehicle using a sensor. The lane of travel has a first side, a second side, and a center, and the obstacle is substantially positioned on the first side. The autonomous vehicle includes a computer system. The computer system determines a lateral distance between the obstacle and the center, compares the lateral distance to a pre-determined threshold, and provides instructions to control the autonomous vehicle based on the comparison. |
| US08825252B2 |
Vehicle and control method therefor
After a collision has been detected, all the upper arm transistors of inverters (41, 42) are turned off, and all the lower arm transistors of the inverters are turned on. Then, when no counter electromotive force is generated in any one of motors (MG1, MG2), a gate voltage (V2) lower than a gate voltage (V1) at which each upper arm transistor completely turns on is applied to at least any one of the upper arm transistors of the inverters (41, 42), and at least any one of the lower arm transistors of the inverters (41, 42), which is serially connected to the at least any one of the upper arm transistors to which the gate voltage (V2) is applied, is turned on. |
| US08825251B2 |
Device for performing energy management in an electric vehicle
A device for performing energy management in an electric vehicle which can be driven at least partially by an electric machine which can be supplied with electrical energy by a rechargeable battery, wherein the state of charge (SOC) of the rechargeable battery varies during charging and discharging, includes a driver-type recognition device for determining the driver-type (I, II). The driver-type recognition device monitors the discharge process of the rechargeable battery during driving and recognizes the driver-type (I, II) therefrom. |
| US08825242B2 |
Vehicle system, and method
Vehicle system, comprising: —a hybrid powertrain (E, EMG, B) to drive the vehicle system and configured to generate electric energy; and —at least one electrically operable refrigerator unit (R) configured to cool at least one storage compartment of the system; wherein the refrigerator unit (R) is powered by electric energy generated by the hybrid powertrain. |
| US08825241B2 |
Autonomous wave-powered substance distribution vessels for fertilizing plankton, feeding fish, and sequestering carbon from the atmosphere
This invention provides a vessel system and methodology that can be used to promote growth of phytoplankton in the oceans. Unmanned self-controlled wave-powered vessels are equipped with storage units for dispensing a fertilizer, and with sensors to monitor ocean conditions and effects. Fleets of vessels move autonomously by on-board processing of GPS and directional information, piloting a path that is coordinated by a central processing unit. The vessels travel through a defined target area, creating a detailed survey of chemical and biological characteristics that affect grown. The data are processed in a computer model to identify precise locations and precise amounts of fertilizer that will produce the best results. Projected benefits of fertilizing plankton include sequestering CO2 from the atmosphere, and enhancing the marine food chain to improve the fish stock in and around the treated area. |
| US08825240B2 |
Control device for electric rolling stock
In order to minimize a calculation load and surely obtain a maximum adhesion torque, estimated adhesion torques are always stored, an maximum value is obtained from the stored plural estimated adhesion torques immediately before slip/skid is detected when detecting the slip/skid, and the maximum value is set as a maximum adhesion torque. The maximum adhesion torque immediately before the slip/skid is detected is compared with a value of the estimated adhesion torque when the slip/skid is detected. When the calculated value exceeds a threshold value, it is determined as a condition where an adhesion coefficient drastically drops, and a suppression/return ratio of the torque is switched to a lower value than that under a condition where the adhesion coefficient does not drastically drop. The value of the torque at the time of suppression or return is set to a smaller value to surely suppress the slip/skid. |
| US08825239B2 |
Communication system and method for a rail vehicle consist
A method for communicating data in a rail vehicle consist includes transmitting first data at a first rail vehicle of the consist over a power supply conductor to a second, different rail vehicle in the consist, where at least one rail vehicle of the consist receives direct electrical power from the power supply conductor. The method also includes monitoring the power supply conductor for second data at the first rail vehicle and receiving the second data over the power supply conductor at the first rail vehicle for use by a first system onboard the first rail vehicle. In one aspect, the transmitting step comprises transmitting the first data over one or more of a catenary line or a third rail that supplies the electrical power. |
| US08825233B2 |
Synthetic estimation of rotorcraft airspeed
A method for estimating airspeed of an aircraft includes receiving values indicative of operating conditions of the aircraft along an axis; estimating a tip path plane (TPP) angle along the axis from at least one of the operating conditions to create an estimated TPP angle; and determining an estimated airspeed as a function of the estimated TPP angle, the determining including referencing a look-up table that indexes the estimated TPP angle with the airspeed. |
| US08825225B1 |
Aerial display system with floating projection screens
A system for presenting an aerial display over an audience of spectators. The system includes a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and a plurality of flexible projection screens. Each of the screens is supportable in a display air space by the UAVs. The system includes a ground control system with a processor executing a fleet manager module and with memory storing a different flight plan for each of the UAVs. During operation during a display time period, the UAVs execute the flight plans to move and to position the flexible projection screens within the display air space. The flexible projection screens each may include a mesh body configured to have low wind resistance and to provide a projection surface for reflecting light. The system may include a projector projecting light onto the projection surface of at least one of the flexible projection screens during the display time period. |
| US08825223B2 |
Hashed strings for machine-to-machine communication based on time and secret strings
Methods, devices, and storage media provide for receiving a request to invoke a machine-to-machine communication to permit remote control of a device, wherein the request includes a device string that identifies the device and one or more secret strings; generating one or more hashed strings based on the request and a current time; and transmitting a remote control request to the device, wherein the remote control request includes the one or more hashed strings and the one or more secret strings. |
| US08825220B2 |
System for controlling an in-vehicle device
According to one embodiment, a system for controlling an in-vehicle device is provided. The system has an in-vehicle device and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit generates control signals to control the in-vehicle device and transmits the generated control signals to the in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device has a semiconductor integrated circuit and a semiconductor memory circuit. The semiconductor integrated circuit is capable of performing a plurality of functional operations. The semiconductor memory circuit stores pieces of setting information necessary to perform the respective functional operations. The electronic control unit has a designation signal generation unit to output designation signals as the control signals. Each of the designation signals designates one of the pieces of setting information to be read from the semiconductor memory circuit. The semiconductor integrated circuit receives the designated one of the pieces of setting information which is read from the semiconductor memory circuit. |
| US08825219B2 |
Automated demand response energy management system
The power flexibility of energy loads are maximized using a value function for each load and outputting optimal control parameters per load. These loads are aggregated into a virtual load by maximizing a global value function that includes the value function for each individual load. The solution yields a dispatch function providing: a percentage of energy to be assigned to each individual load, a possible time-varying power level within a time interval for each load, and control parameters and values. An economic term of the global value function represents the value of the power flexibility to different energy players. A user interface includes for each time interval upper and lower bounds representing respectively the maximum power that may be reduced to the virtual load and the maximum power that may be consumed by the virtual load. An energy trader modifies an energy level in a time interval relative to the reference curve for the virtual load. Automatically, energy compensation for the other intervals and recalculation of upper and lower boundaries occurs and is displayed. The energy schedule for the virtual load is distributed to the actual loads using the dispatch function. |
| US08825208B1 |
Automated construction machinery and method
An automated block or brick construction apparatus is provided by adapting a base transport assembly with a specialized working platform for brick, block and mortar. The working platform houses at least one robotic arm to accurately position mortar and block or brick in place on a wall construction. The working platform is controlled by a 3-D stringless guidance system for positioning vertically, horizontally, and laterally. The robotic arms place and position a block or brick and stage the subsequent blocks or bricks for installation. A first robotic arm can apply mortar onto a wall while a second robotic arm places a concrete masonry unit accurately onto the mortar and also place blocks in position. Application and movement of mortar and blocks are controlled by a programmable central processing unit. |
| US08825200B2 |
Method and system for tracking of items
The invention provides a system and method for enabling manual sorting items to one of several designated areas associated with delivery destinations. The system includes a conveyor for transporting a stream of items. A video camera is positioned to capture an image of an observation zone to read destination data on the item as it is transported on the conveyor and the location of the item as it continues on the conveyor. A control computer is used in which destination data is stored associating the destination data for an item with a location of the item on the conveyor, and operable to track the location of the item by video tracking with the same camera as the item moves out of an observation zone into an unloading zone. A video projector projects an image onto the item on the conveyor in the unloading zone that includes human-readable instructions for disposition of the item. |
| US08825199B2 |
Postal sorting machine for mailpieces and separators, and a method for sorting mailpieces and separators
The invention relates to a postal sorting machine (101) for sorting mailpieces (1) and separators (2), which machine includes: sorting outlets (105); a first unstacker (102); a conveyor (104) for distributing said mailpieces (1) and said separators (2) between said sorting outlets (105); a second unstacker (103) for automatically unstacking at least one separator (2) on the basis of at least one predetermined criterion, and for inserting it into the stream of mailpieces (1), said conveyor (104) distributing said reinserted separator (2) to a certain predetermined sorting outlet (105); and a stacker (103) for stacking separators (2), which stacker is interposed between said first unstacker (102) and said second unstacker (103) for the purposes of extracting separators (2), of stacking them, of storing them, and of feeding said second unstacker (103) automatically. The invention also relates to a sorting method using said postal sorting machine (101). |
| US08825192B2 |
Apparatus and method for dimensional metrology
Generating a machine tool program for performing coordinate measurements. The machine tool program may be communicated to a machine tool controller such that the machine tool controller is operable to execute the machine tool program. The machine tool program may be generated from a dimensional metrology program. As part of generating the machine tool program, a path definition and a machine definition may be combined. Measurement data resulting from an execution of the machine tool program may be received by a data server and analyzed using dimensional metrology analysis. Indicators may be provided within the machine tool program to be used during dimensional metrology analysis. |
| US08825188B2 |
Methods and systems for identifying content types
System and methods are provided configured to reveal differences in content, such as commercial and program content. An input port may be configured to receive a first plurality of bit stream audio channels. A circuit may optionally be configured to enhance artifacting, noise, and/or bit rate errors and may optionally reduce redundant signal information. A signal processor circuit may be configured to transform the first plurality of bit stream audio channels into a frequency domain. A spectrum analysis system may be configured to compare properties of the first plurality of bit stream audio channels to one or more reference signals. An identification circuit may be configured to identify different content types included in the first plurality of bit stream audio channels. |
| US08825185B2 |
Delay compensation for feedback controllers
A control system for using a predictive control with a control process having a time delay includes an adaptive feedback controller and a predictor. The predictor uses at least an adaptively updated control parameter from the adaptive feedback controller to predict the output of the control process during the time delay. The control system further includes a filter that dampens the rate of change of the adaptively updated control parameter provided to the predictor from the adaptive feedback controller to slow the adaptation of the predictor relative to the adaptation of the adaptive feedback controller. |
| US08825182B2 |
Position control system, lithographic apparatus, and method to control a position of a movable object
A position control system to control the position of a movable object, including a position measurement system configured to determine an actual position related quantity of the movable object; a set-point generator to provide a position related set-point signal of the movable object; a comparator to provide an error signal on the basis of a comparison of the actual position related quantity and the position related set-point signal, a controller to provide a control signal on the basis of the error signal, a feed-forward device to provide a feed-forward signal on the basis of the position related set-point signal, and one or more actuators to act on the movable object on the basis of the control signal and the feed-forward signal, wherein the feed-forward device includes a disturbance force correction table including estimations of disturbance forces exerted on the movable object in dependence of a position of the movable object. |
| US08825180B2 |
Medical electrical lead with co-radial multi-conductor coil
A multi-conductor medical electrical lead comprises a connector located at a proximal end of the lead, one or more electrodes located at a distal end of the lead and a co-radial multi-conductor coil connecting the connector with the electrode(s), wherein the coil has a lead body region with co-radially wound conductors and has an inductance greater than or equal to approximately 1.5 μH. |
| US08825177B2 |
Temporary stimulation lead with polymer electrodes and method of manufacture
A temporary medical lead in which stimulating electrical energy is transmitted to body tissue through the lead electrodes via ionic conduction within the hydrogel material is described. The hydrophilic hydrogel material consists of a porous structure into which conductive salt ions are diffused. In addition the structure of the hydrogel material can be loaded with a single or combination of therapeutic drugs which is elutable from the electrode. |
| US08825175B2 |
Impedance-based stimulation adjustment
Techniques for adjusting stimulation are disclosed. A medical device measures an impedance associated with one or more electrodes, e.g., the impedance presented to the medical device by a total electrical circuit that includes the one or more electrodes, the conductors associated with the electrodes, and tissue proximate to the electrodes. The medical device stores at least one patient-specific relationship between impedance and a stimulation parameter, and adjusts the value of the stimulation parameter based on the measured impedance according to the relationship. The medical device may store multiple relationships, and select one the relationships based on, for example, an activity level of the patient, posture of the patient, or a current stimulation program or electrode combination used to deliver stimulation. By adjusting a stimulation parameter, such as amplitude, according to such a relationship, the stimulation intensity as perceived by the patient may be kept substantially constant. |
| US08825170B2 |
Low-power system clock calibration based on a high-accuracy reference clock
Various techniques are described for periodically performing a calibration routine to calibrate a low-power system clock within an implantable medical device (IMD) based on a high accuracy reference clock also included in the IMD. The system clock is powered continuously, and the reference clock is only powered on during the calibration routine. The techniques include determining a clock error of the system clock based on a difference between frequencies of the system clock and the reference clock over a fixed number of clock cycles, and adjusting a trim value of the system clock to compensate for the clock error. Calibrating the system clock with a delta-sigma loop, for example, reduces the clock error over time. This allows accurate adjustment of the system clock to compensate for errors due to trim resolution, circuit noise and temperature. |
| US08825169B2 |
Method for estimating desired stimulation amplitude for electrode configuration
A method of providing therapy to a patient comprises (a) receiving input from a user, (b) selecting a first electrode configuration in response to receiving the user input, (c) predicting a neural response induced by electrical energy theoretically conveyed by the first electrode configuration at a specified amplitude, (d) deriving a metric value from the predicted neural response, (e) comparing the metric value to a reference threshold value, (f) adjusting the specified amplitude of the electrical energy if the metric value is not in a specified range relative to the reference threshold value, (g) repeating steps (c)-(f) using the adjusted amplitude as the specified amplitude until the metric value is in the specific range relative to the reference threshold value, and (h) instructing a neurostimulation device to deliver the electrical energy at the adjusted amplitude via the first electrode configuration to stimulate the patient. |
| US08825168B2 |
Using a genetic algorithm employing dynamic mutation
Apparatus and method for at least partially fitting a medical implant system to a patient is described. These apparatuses and methods comprise using a dynamic mutation rate. This genetic algorithm may comprise generating successive generations of child populations. In executing the genetic algorithm, children may undergo mutations based on a mutation rate. This mutation rate may be dynamic and be based on the characteristics of the children in the generation. Additionally, values may be frozen during execution of the genetic algorithm if the likelihood that the value has converged on a particular value exceeds a threshold. |
| US08825156B2 |
System and method for decompensation detection and treatment based on patient hemodynamics
A system and method for detecting and treating symptoms of early decompensation utilizing a cardiac rhythm management. The system applies an electrical stimulus to the patient's heart at a first set of pacing parameters including a lower rate limit (LRL) setting, and acquires a coronary venous pressure (CVP) signal from a pressure sensor implanted in a coronary vein of the patient. An average coronary venous end diastolic pressure (CV-EDP) value is calculated from the CVP signal. The system monitors the average CV-EDP value over a predetermined interval, and dynamically adjusts the LRL setting responsive to the detection of a first or a second predetermined event based on the average CV-EDP value. |
| US08825155B2 |
Systems, devices and methods relating to endocardial pacing for resynchronization
Disclosed are certain methods, apparatus, and processor-readable mediums that may be used to treat a conduction abnormality of the heart. In one example, the apparatus includes an implantable pacing profile generator configured to generate a specified pacing electrostimulation profile for delivery to a heart via electrodes located near a septal region of the right ventricle of the heart near the His bundle, the pacing profile including a first pulse for delivery via a first electrode; and a second pulse for delivery via a second electrode; and wherein the first and second pulses are at least partially concurrent in time and opposite in polarity to each other. |
| US08825154B2 |
Defibrillator with protocol for selectively interrupting CPR
An automated external defibrillator (AED) (10) having a treatment decision processor (28) is described which follows a “shock first” or a “CPR first” rescue protocol after identification of a treatable arrhythmia, depending upon an estimate of the probability of successful resuscitation made from an analysis of a patient parameter measured at the beginning of the rescue. The invention may also follow different CPR protocols depending on the estimate. The invention also may use the trend of the measured patient parameter to adjust the CPR protocol either during a CPR pause or after the initial CPR pause. The AED (10) thus enables an improved rescue protocol. |
| US08825153B2 |
Implantable system with inputs
A stimulation system can have a first sensor to generate a first reading and a second sensor to generate a second reading. An analysis module of a programmer such as a patient programmer, which programs a stimulation signal to be delivered to a patient, conducts an evaluation of the patient based on the first and second readings. Evaluations may include determinations such as range of motion determinations, posture determinations, physical task-specific brain activity determinations, cognitive task-specific brain activity determinations, and brain activity-specific movement determinations. |
| US08825149B2 |
Systems and methods for measuring complex auditory brainstem response
Certain examples provide a method of collecting and analyzing complex auditory brainstem response. The example method includes presenting at least one complex auditory stimulus to a subject and acquiring the subject's complex auditory brainstem response. The example method includes averaging complex auditory brainstem responses from the subject in at least one of a time domain and a frequency domain to form a collected response. The example method includes analyzing the collected response using a signal processor to process the collected response to provide a processed output and to adapt the response for comparison to the at least one complex auditory stimulus. The example method includes performing statistical computations on the processed output to generate visual and data feedback for a user. |
| US08825148B2 |
System for monitoring and diagnosis of cardiac electrogram signals using multi-dimensional analysis
An analyzer automatically analyzes both, a common portion of multiple successive heart cycles of electrophysiological signal data synchronized with respect to a P wave and a common portion of multiple successive heart cycles of the signal data synchronized with respect to an R wave, to identify changes occurring in amplitude value and time duration of the common portion of the multiple successive heart cycles of the signal data. A display processor initiates generation of at least one display image showing the common portion of the multiple successive heart cycles synchronized in time, adjacent and mutually vertically displaced to facilitate visual comparison and highlighting an identified change by a visual attribute. |
| US08825146B2 |
Method and apparatus for cardiac arrhythmia classification using sample entropy
An implantable medical device includes an arrhythmia detection and classification system that classifies an arrhythmia episode based on an irregularity parameter and/or a complexity parameter. The arrhythmia episode is detected from a cardiac signal. The irregularity parameter is indicative of the degree of cycle length irregularity of the cardiac signal and the complexity parameter is indicative of the degree of morphological complexity of the cardiac signal. One example of the irregularity parameter is an irregularity sample entropy, or a parameter related to the irregularity sample entropy, computed to indicate the cycle length irregularity. One example of the complexity parameter is a complexity sample entropy, or a parameter related to the complexity sample entropy, computed to indicate the morphological complexity. In one embodiment, the detected arrhythmia episode is classified using both the irregularity parameter and the complexity parameter. |
| US08825145B1 |
Beat-morphology matching scheme for cardiac sensing and event detection
A medical device and associated method for classifying an unknown cardiac signal operate to sense a cardiac signal over known cardiac cycles and generate a template of the known cardiac cycles. An unknown cardiac signal is sensed over an unknown cardiac cycle. A template alignment point and an unknown cardiac signal alignment point are identified by using a fourth order difference signal. The template and the unknown cardiac signal are aligned across an alignment window by aligning the template alignment point and the unknown cardiac signal alignment point. A morphology match metric measuring a similarity between the aligned template and the unknown cardiac signal is computed. |
| US08825143B2 |
Medical apparatus for control of excitation light based on image sensor position and fluorescent drug information
A medical apparatus includes a storing section in which information concerning a drug movement in a living body is stored for each of types of a plurality of fluorescent drugs, an arithmetic processing section that acquires, based on the information stored in the storing section, information concerning a target region to which a fluorescent drug is administered, information concerning a method of administering the fluorescent drug to the target region, and information indicating start of administration of the fluorescent drug, information concerning diagnosis start timing, an image pickup section, a position information acquiring section that acquires position information of the image pickup section, and a light source control section that stops, at least from the administration start timing to the diagnosis start timing, irradiation of excitation light and irradiates the excitation light based on the diagnosis start timing and the position information. |
| US08825140B2 |
Imaging system
A method of investigating the location and size of a light-emitting source in a subject is disclosed. In practicing the method, one first obtains a light intensity profile by measuring, from a first perspective with a photodetector device, photons which (i) originate from the light-emitting source, (ii) travel through turbid biological tissue of the subject, and (iii) are emitted from a first surface region of interest of the subject. The light-intensity profile is matched against with a parameter-based biophotonic function, to estimate function parameters such as depth and size. The parameters so determined are refined using data other than the first measured light intensity profile, to obtain an approximate depth and size of the source in the subject. Also disclosed is an apparatus for carrying out the method. |
| US08825138B2 |
Method for reducing motion artifacts in highly constrained medical images
A composite image is produced for use in HYPR processing a current image frame. The amount of a priori data used to form the composite is determined by the amount of subject motion. The current composite image may be spatially registered with the current image frame to offset subject motion before being used to form an updated composite image. Subject motion may be analyzed on a frame-by-frame basis, a region-by-region basis or a pixel-by-pixel basis to optimize the SNR of the updated composite image. |
| US08825137B2 |
Repositionable gynecological applicator for image-guided radiosurgery (IGRS) and image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) for localized treatment of gynecological tumors
A method and apparatus for precisely reproducing the position of a vaginal cylinder in relation to a patient to ensure that a planned radiation dose can be delivered with high precision to the intended treatment target volumes. Treatment delivery is carried out by using an image-guided system to locate the position of the vaginal cylinder and comparing it to the coordinate of the vaginal cylinder obtained in the treatment plan. The displacement in the position of the vaginal cylinder from the treatment plan is corrected by calculating the transformation matrix and entering the resulting value into a position adjusting assembly which is attached to vaginal cylinder. The position adjusting assembly adjusts the vaginal cylinder to exactly reproduce its location relative to the patient's anatomy, eliminating geometric and dosimetric error. |
| US08825133B2 |
MRI-guided catheters
An MRI-compatible catheter that reduces localized heating due to MR scanner-induced currents includes an elongated flexible shaft having a distal end portion and an opposite proximal end portion. A handle is attached to the proximal end portion and includes an electrical connector interface configured to be in electrical communication with an MRI scanner. One or more RF tracking coils are positioned adjacent the distal end portion of the shaft. Each RF tracking coil includes a conductive lead, such as a coaxial cable, that extends between the RF tracking coil and the electrical connector interface and electrically connects the RF tracking coil to an MRI scanner. In some embodiments of the present invention, the conductive lead has a length sufficient to define an odd harmonic/multiple of a quarter wavelength of the operational frequency of the MRI Scanner, and/or includes a series of pre-formed back and forth segments along its length. |
| US08825131B2 |
MR spectroscopy system and method for diagnosing painful and non-painful intervertebral discs
An MR Spectroscopy (MRS) system and approach is provided for diagnosing painful and non-painful discs in chronic, severe low back pain patients (DDD-MRS). A DDD-MRS pulse sequence generates and acquires DDD-MRS spectra within intervertebral disc nuclei for later signal processing and diagnostic analysis. An interfacing DDD-MRS signal processor receives output signals of the DDD-MRS spectra acquired and is configured to optimize signal-to-noise ratio by an automated system that selectively conducts optimal channel selection, phase and frequency correction, and frame editing as appropriate for a given acquisition series. A diagnostic processor calculates a diagnostic value for the disc based upon a weighted factor set of criteria that uses MRS data extracted from the acquired and processed MRS spectra for multiple chemicals that have been correlated to painful vs. non-painful discs. A display provides an indication of results for analyzed discs as an overlay onto a MRI image of the lumbar spine. |
| US08825130B2 |
Electrode support structure assemblies
An electrode support structure assembly is provided comprising an electrode support structure including a plurality of splines. Each of the plurality of splines can have a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The assembly further comprises a first element defining an axis and comprising an outer surface. The outer surface comprises a plurality of slots configured to receive the distal end portion of each of the plurality of splines. The first element is configured such that the distal end portion of each of the plurality of splines may move with respect to each slot. In accordance with some embodiments, the distal end portion of each of the plurality of splines comprises a section configured for engagement with the first element, wherein the section comprises a shoulder. |
| US08825127B2 |
Transcutaneous analyte sensor
The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host. |
| US08825126B2 |
Probe
A probe includes: light emitting and receiving sections; an attachment band including a first surface facing the living tissue and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a part of the first surface in which one of a hook portion and a loop portion is provided, a part of the second surface in which the other is provided, the attachment band to be wrapped around the living tissue to engage the hook and loop portions with each other; and a compressible member attached to the first surface, being in contact with the living tissue when the attachment band is attached to the living tissue, the compressible member which is larger in width than the attachment band and ends of which extend beyond ends of the attachment band. |
| US08825124B1 |
Interactive protective smart case with touchscreen display and laser pointer for the display and broadcast of images, video, and audio respectively from a smartphone
A protective smart-case for the interactive display of images, video, and audio via a capacitive touchscreen, on-board high capacity neodymium speaker, and laser pointer within the case itself is presented. Said case mounted touchscreen serves to actively display images and video stored in case memory, external memory, through USB and/or receive images from said smartphone or other external operating system (OS). Said images may be static or cycle through as a screen saver. Further the present invention would alleviate the need to purchase multiple smartphone cases “skins”, with printed pictures on the outer portion as the smart-case would be able to display any image or video and thus change any image as often as the user would desire. By utilizing the current protective smart-case the need for acquiring separate smartphone cases, peripheral laser pointer devices, and software programmable applications to extend the functionality of modern smartphone limitations may be avoided. |
| US08825122B2 |
Hand-held deivce
A hand-held device includes a first body, a second body, a sliding module, and a guiding module. The sliding module is disposed between the first body and the second body, so that the second body is able to be slid on a two-dimensional plane relative to the first body. The guiding module includes a first guiding part and a second guiding part. The first guiding part is fixed to the first body. The second guiding part is fixed to the second body and coupled to the first guiding part. Besides, the second guiding part is able to be moved along a guiding path relative to the first guiding part, so that the second body is able to be slid along the guiding path on the two-dimensional plane relative to the first body. |
| US08825120B2 |
Short range wireless networks
A sensor for use in a wireless sensor network of devices, comprising: sensing means operable to detect values of a parameter; control means operable to determine a suitable sleep pattern of the sensor taking into account the detected values and a transmitter operable to transmit an indication of the suitable sleep pattern to a further device in the wireless sensor network. |
| US08825110B2 |
Method for receiving synchronization signals of a mobile radio network and transmitting/receiving device for mobile radio signals
In various embodiments, a method for receiving synchronization signals of a mobile radio network is provided. The method may include communicating, by using a transmitting/receiving device for mobile radio signals, with a mobile radio network via a dedicated communication link; and receiving, by using the transmitting/receiving device, synchronization signals of another mobile radio network during a transmission gap in the dedicated communication link, the transmitting/receiving device not being set up for receiving signals of the other mobile radio network independently of the dedicated communication link. |
| US08825105B2 |
Mobile device, method and machine-readable storage medium for adjusting radio power
A mobile device camping on a radio access network is provided. The mobile device includes an antenna, a radio frequency module, a detector and a processor. The RF module transmits a data packet to the radio access network via the antenna according to a radio power. The detector detects a distance between the mobile device and a user, and generates a detection signal according to the distance between the mobile device and the user. The processor controls the antenna and the RF module to transmit a first power level of the radio power to the radio access network according to the detection signal, so as to obtain a second power level from the radio access network, wherein the processor adjusts the radio power according to the second power level. |
| US08825093B2 |
Electronic short messaging and advertising method and device
The invention relates to an electronic short messaging and advertising method where minimal initiative is required from the consumer. Some embodiments of the invention may also be applied to an electronic sales method. The invention may also be applied for normal short messaging. The electronic short messaging method for collect calling may send transmissions to at least one subscriber terminal via the Internet and/or the telephony network. The method may include sending a first transmission to a recipient subscriber terminal for display, wherein the first transmission defines one or more active alternatives including at least one of initiating a collect call and deleting the transmission. In some embodiments, unless the collect call is initiated, the first transmission is automatically deleted after reception after a predefined time period. |
| US08825091B2 |
Method and apparatus for communication in portable terminal using multiple SIM cards
The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for communication in a portable terminal using multiple Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. The method includes: camping on a predetermined cell by each of the multiple SIM cards; determining whether paging collision occurs between a communication network supported by the predetermined cell on which the portable terminal has camped through a SIM card and another communication network supported by the predetermined cell on which the portable terminal has camped through another SIM card; identifying paging information through a predetermined SIM card among the multiple SIM cards after identifying camp-on information for each SIM card when a result of the determination shows that the paging collision occurs; and performing a paging standby for the communication network in the predetermined camped-on cell by the SIM card corresponding to the identified paging information based on a result of identifying the paging information. |
| US08825089B2 |
Systems and methods for tracking and monitoring an electronic device
An electronic tracking device includes a processor in communication with a global positioning system (GPS) device, a motion tracking unit, a data storage unit, and one or more communication devices. The GPS device receives GPS signals, if available, and generates GPS data corresponding to a location of the electronic device. The motion tracking unit generates motion data based on movement of the electronic device. The data storage device stores the GPS data and the motion data at a plurality of different times. The processor generates a data packet including the GPS data and the motion data stored in the data storage device at the plurality of different times. The one or more communication devices transmit the data packet to a remote server for monitoring the location of the electronic device based on at least one of the GPS data and the motion data. |
| US08825082B2 |
Systems and methods for gathering information about discrete wireless terminals
The present invention is broadly directed to systems and methods for gathering information about wireless transceiver devices in a defined boundary region. To this end, the disclosure is more particularly directed to gathering movement information (e.g., via detection and location) about two-way end-user wireless terminals within three-dimensional boundaries of defined local space (“DLS”) to allow for selective control of the terminals and other subsystems, as desired. Additionally, the data collected can be used to improve accuracy and precision regarding the prediction of behavior characteristics and tendencies of populations based on a sampling of observed terminals. |
| US08825078B1 |
Probabilistic estimation of location based on wireless signal strength
According to an embodiment, a method of estimating a location of an access point is provided. The method includes storing a first and a second sample respectively received from a first and a second mobile device, both samples including a location of their respective mobile devices, an access point identifier from the access point, and a value corresponding to a signal strength of a signal from the access point measured at their respective mobile device. The cells of a matrix are populated with probabilities based on mobile device locations and the signal strength values. Finally, the location of the access point is estimated based on the matrix. |
| US08825077B2 |
Method and system for femtocell positioning
Method and system for femtocell positioning are disclosed. An apparatus includes one or more processors, a femtocell positioning module configured to determine position of a femtocell, and a memory configured to store position of the femtocell. The femtocell positioning module, working with the one or more processors, includes logic configured to identify one or more wireless terminals and receive location information from the one or more wireless terminals via a first communication channel and determine position of the femtocell in accordance with the location information from the one or more wireless terminals. The femtocell positioning module further includes logic configured to obtain multiple set of range measurements between the femtocell and the one or more wireless terminals, logic configured to determine position of the femtocell in accordance with the location information and the multiple set of range measurements between the femtocell and the one or more wireless terminals. |
| US08825075B2 |
Timing of synchronizing signal
Time information and positional information indicating the position at which a communication terminal is present are acquired from a GPS satellite, and, based on the acquired positional information and correspondence information which provides the association correspondence between the positional information indicating a position identified by latitude and longitude and the timing of a synchronizing signal for establishing synchronization at the position, the timing of the synchronizing signal for establishing synchronization between the communication terminal and the radio base station is identified. |
| US08825072B2 |
Frequency allocation method and apparatus in mobile communication system
A method and an apparatus for Frequency Allocation (FA) in a mobile communication system which separates a Radio Frequency (RF) unit and a digital unit are provided. A method of a digital central office including a plurality of channel cards includes processing signals of a plurality of cells corresponding to a plurality of RF units through the channel cards, measuring loads of the cells through the channel cards, determining FA per cell by considering the measured loads per cell, and operating the channel cards according to the determined FA per cell. |
| US08825069B2 |
Methods, apparatus and computer programs for configuring user equipment
Examples are described relating to methods, apparatus and computer programs for configuring a user equipment in a cellular wireless network. Certain exemplary methods involve receiving (440), at the user equipment (430), control information regarding one or more of a plurality of channel-state information (CSI) reference signals. The plurality of CSI reference signals are receivable by the user equipment (430) from one or more of a plurality of antenna ports that form part of the cellular wireless network, the plurality of CSI reference signal being associated with corresponding antenna ports. The control information is for use in configuration of the user equipment (430) and is received over a radio communications downlink from a node (410) in the cellular wireless network. If estimation of one or more radio communication channels at the user equipment (430) is configured (450) based on the received control information, improvements in demodulation and CSI feedback are achieved. |
| US08825067B2 |
Method, device and system for scheduling transfer of data from a mobile terminal to a base station
The present invention concerns a method, a device and a system for scheduling transfer of data from a mobile terminal to a base station in a telecommunication system. The method is executed by the mobile terminal. It comprises the steps of determining whether a resource of the telecommunication system needs to be allocated to the mobile terminal to enable transferring data from the mobile terminal to the base station, and transferring, from the mobile terminal to the base station, a pilot symbol before data transmission and before the resource of the telecommunication system is allocated to the mobile terminal, when the resource of the telecommunication system needs to be allocated to the mobile terminal, the pilot symbol having information for allocation of the resource of the telecommunication system by the base station. |
| US08825066B2 |
Apparatus and method for interworking between multiple frequency band modes
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed that comprises signaling by a user equipment (UE) to indicate a support for at least a second frequency band mode in addition to a first frequency band mode, wherein the first frequency band mode and the second frequency band mode have at least one overlapping frequency channel; and receiving from a base station at least one resource allocation message to allocate at least one of a downlink channel and an uplink channel that complies to at least one of a plurality of radio frequency (RF) restrictions of the second frequency band mode. |
| US08825061B1 |
System and method for wireless network planning
Systems and methods for wireless network planning are provided. The wireless network capacity forecast can account for different usage patterns of different types of wireless communication services and/or of prepaid and postpaid mobile stations. The wireless network capacity forecast can also account for an ability of different mobile stations with different capabilities to operate in different frequency bands. The wireless network capacity forecast can identify base sites that should be split into two or more base sites. |
| US08825060B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for dynamically learning diameter binding information
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for dynamically learning Diameter binding information are disclosed. According to one method, the method comprises receiving one or more response messages associated with the one or more Diameter signaling messages, determining, based on information contained in the one or more response messages, whether at least one of the one or more network service nodes was able to successfully process the one or more Diameter signaling messages, and generating, in response to determining that at least one of the one or more network service nodes was able to successfully process at least one of the one or more Diameter request messages, a Diameter binding record that associates the identification information and the at least one of the one or more network service nodes. |
| US08825053B2 |
Technique for instructing mobile stations communicating with cooperating access nodes
A technique for instructing at least one mobile station communicating with a serving access node, the serving access node being capable of cooperating with a plurality of supporting access nodes and the at least one mobile station being capable of additionally communicating with the plurality of supporting access nodes is provided. A method implementation of this technique comprises the steps of obtaining at least one backhaul parameter relating to a backhaul capacity of at least one of the serving access node and a supporting access node, generating at least one of a handover command and a system information parameter based on the obtained at least one backhaul parameter, and providing the at least one of the handover command and the system information parameter to the at least one mobile station. |
| US08825049B2 |
Methods and systems using unified operator and rat mapping and selection scheme
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a unified scheme for selecting an operator and a radio access technology (RAT) by a multi-mode wireless device during a power-up or a handover process. By utilizing the proposed scheme, the mobile station may switch between RATs that are associated with the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) or 3GPP2 standards. |
| US08825048B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining base station identity
Methods for improving the time to acquire an identity of a base station by a mobile station, by relying on locally-unique attributes of the base stations instead of globally-unique attributes of the base stations, are presented. In some embodiments, data may be requested, the data may contain a globally unique attribute of a base station, a first locally unique attribute of the base station, and a second locally unique attribute of the base station. In some embodiments, data may be received in response to the request, the data may contain at least the first locally unique attribute and the second locally unique attribute. It may then be determined that the data did not contain the globally unique attribute, and an identity of the base station based at least in part on the first locally unique attribute and the second locally unique attribute may be acquired. |
| US08825045B2 |
Policy-based roaming updates for mobile devices
Presented is a system and method for providing policy-based roaming updates for a mobile device. The method includes receiving one or more roaming policies from a server, monitoring several parameters of the mobile device for a change in one or more of the several parameters, and evaluating the one or more of the several parameters and the change according to the one or more roaming policies. The method further includes updating a roaming priority list on the mobile device in response to the evaluating, and roaming, after the updating, according to the roaming priority list for establishing a wireless communication. The roaming priority list may include a home network and one or more roaming networks. |
| US08825044B2 |
Redirecting a wireless communication device to a different frequency
A wireless communication device (WCD) may be able to acquire wireless service from preferred wireless coverage areas that are managed by the WCD's service provider. In some cases, the WCD may instead use wireless service from non-preferred wireless coverage areas of the service provider's roaming partners. In order to save roaming fees, the service provider's RAN may determine when the WCD is likely to roam to a non-preferred wireless coverage area. In response to this determination, the RAN may transmit a redirect message to the WCD, causing the WCD to switch from one preferred wireless coverage area to another preferred wireless coverage area. In some situations, the RAN may transmit such a redirect message because the WCD has reported that it has a low remaining battery life. |
| US08825043B2 |
Cordless phone system with integrated alarm and remote monitoring capability
A cordless telephone system provides home security. Each handset associated with the cordless telephone system detects an event, such as a noise level that exceeds a threshold noise level, smoke, carbon monoxide, intrusion or moisture level. If an event is detected the system initiates a telephone call through the base unit to an alert telephone number. When the telephone call to the alert telephone number is established, a message is played to provide notification of the event. |
| US08825038B2 |
Method for controlling mobile terminal having projection function by using headset
Provided is a method of controlling a portable terminal having a projector module using a headset, which includes: receiving a command signal from the headset; determining whether the projector module is in an execution or driving state; recognizing the command signal as a signal for controlling the projector module, in case the projector module is in the driving state; and controlling the projector module according to the recognized signal. |
| US08825031B2 |
Providing services based upon identification of decision makers and owners associated with communication services
Devices, methods and computer-readable media for providing services based upon identification of decision makers and owners associated with communication services. Data for providing communication services based upon identification of decision makers associated with communication services is stored, wherein the data including a user profile and default template identifying a default decision maker for a service. Policy rules and the stored data are analyzed. A new decision maker for a particular service is identified based upon the analysis of the policy rules and the stored data. The communication services are provided to the identified new decision maker. |
| US08825030B2 |
Wireless communication device and method for switching alert modes of the wireless communication device
A wireless communication device receives a message periodically broadcast by a wireless broadcast device placed within a location, and determines a type of the location and a broadcast period of the message. The wireless communication device sets a check period for periodically checking whether the wireless communication device receives the message, and checks if a present alert mode of the wireless communication device is suitable for the type of the location in a present check period. When the present alert mode of the wireless communication device is not suitable, the wireless communication device automatically switches the present tone mode to a new tone. When the wireless communication device does not receive the message within a next check period, the wireless communication device is determined as having left the location and automatically switched back to the present alert mode from the new alert mode. |
| US08825029B2 |
Call-in number formatting adjustment per viewing device
Systems and methods for initiating a telephone call on a communication device receive, into a computerized device, an instruction to connect a communication device to a communication receiver using a call-in string comprising a call-in number and a pass code. The call-in string is parsed to separate the call-in number and the pass code, using the computerized device. A pause indicator is identified in the call-in string, using the computerized device. The pause indicator is formatted to a type-specific format appropriate for the type of communication device, using the computerized device. The call-in number is transmitted from the computerized device to the communication receiver. A pause is executed, using the computerized device, according to the pause indicator formatted for a specific type of device. The pass code is transmitted from the computerized device to the communication receiver. |
| US08825027B2 |
Method, user equipment and system for providing simultaneous PoC multimedia services session by session
A method, user equipment and system provide simultaneous Push-To-Talk (PTT) over Cellular (PoC) multimedia services. After a PoC client participates in multiple sessions according to a simultaneous PoC multimedia service or Enhanced Simultaneous Session Support (ESS) set by a user for a PoC multimedia call service, a PoC server can simultaneously transmit the media streams to the PoC client without filtering when media streams of the same media type are transmitted in different sessions. The client can set simultaneous multi-reception modes on a session-by-session basis according to a user's intention, and on a media type-by-media type basis in each session. |
| US08825026B1 |
Communication device
The system comprising a first communication device and a second communication device, wherein when the door is locked by the first communication device, a door locked message is displayed on the first communication device and/or the second communication device, wherein when the door is unlocked by the first communication device, a door unlocked message is displayed on the first communication device and/or the second communication device, and wherein the first communication device comprises a word processing implementer. |
| US08825025B2 |
Sponsored cellular phone
A cellular telephone or other wireless communications device supports association with a third party sponsor other than a network operator. The device establishes default user interface settings for the user interface consistent with association with the network operator. The device then determines a desired association with one or more third party sponsors. Based upon the desired association, the device retrieve third party sponsor settings. The device then alters its user interface settings based upon the third party sponsor settings, wherein the altered user interface settings differ from the default user interface settings. The device then communicates with a third party sponsor server computer via the communications interface to exchange information relating to operation of the cellular telephone. Multiple third party sponsors could share access to the user interface. The third party sponsor may be a business, a group of individuals, or another entity. |
| US08825024B2 |
Call completion
Disclosed herein is a method and system for completing a call attempt made by a first party on a first network to a second party on a second network. The second network may be the first network or one of multiple networks excluding the first network. The first network detects termination of the call attempt. The first network communicates availability of a messaging service to the first party. The messaging service may be a short messaging service (SMS), a voice SMS, a multimedia messaging service, and a multimodal messaging service. The first network does not bill the first party for the communication of the availability of the messaging service. On acceptance of the messaging service by the first party, the first party creates a message to be delivered to the second party on the second network. The first network delivers the message to the second party on the second network. |
| US08825021B2 |
Host mobile terminal, locking device and method for unlocking locking mechanism
An unlocking method enabling a locking mechanism to be unlocked, includes the following step of: detecting whether an authentication instruction from a host mobile terminal is received. First, transmitting a location search instruction to a caller mobile terminal when the authentication instruction is received. Next, receiving a location of the caller mobile terminal generated in response to the location search instruction from the caller mobile terminal. Then, determining whether the caller mobile terminal is within a predetermined distance based on the location. Finally, unlocking the locking mechanism when the caller mobile terminal is within the predetermined distance. |
| US08825020B2 |
Information access and device control using mobile phones and audio in the home environment
Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward systems, methods and devices for improving information access to and device control in a home automation environment. Functionality of multiple household device, such as lights, sound, entertainment, HVAC, and communication devices can be activated via voice commands. The voice commands are detected by a nearby control device and relayed via a network communication medium to another control device to which the desired device or system that the user wants to operate is connected. Each control device, disposed throughout the home, can detect a voice command intended for another control box and household device and relay the voice command to the intended control box. In such systems, a user can initiate a telephone call by saying a voice command to a local control box that will forward on the control signal to a mobile phone connected to another control box. |
| US08825019B2 |
Method and system for providing phone directory service for mobile communication subscriber
A method and system for providing a phone directory service to a user terminal in a mobile communication network are provided. The method includes receiving a search request including a search keyword for the phone directory service and a subscriber identifier for the user terminal from the user terminal, acquiring subscriber information of a subscriber possessing the user terminal from the mobile communication network in which the user terminal is registered using the subscriber identifier, acquiring a business list of businesses corresponding to the search keyword from a business DataBase (DB) for managing businesses which have subscribed to the phone directory service, arranging the business list based on a communication pattern of a group of similar subscribers which have been determined to have subscriber information similar to that of the subscriber possessing the user terminal according to a predetermined criteria, and providing the arranged business list to the user terminal. |
| US08825015B2 |
Accessing web pages on communication paths with low bandwidth
A mobile phone provided according to an aspect of the present invention generates a non-visual human perceptible signal (e.g., sound or touch/vibration) after the data representing a web page content is received. Due to such a feature, the user need not watch a display screen of the mobile phone to know that the web page is displayed. The use-friendliness is enhanced when accessing the web pages over low bandwidth communication paths. |
| US08825013B2 |
System and method for quick note messaging
The disclosed embodiments include a system and method for quick note messaging. In one embodiment, a call from a calling party to the communication device is intercepted by a network system. The network system is configured to receive a calling party selection to record a quick note message for a user of the communication device prior to connecting the call. The network system monitors for at least one of a termination of the call by the calling party or a time-out threshold. The network system indicates at the communication device if a quick note message has been received. If the calling party selection to record a quick note message is not received, then the network system is configured to handle call processing normally. |
| US08825012B2 |
User data notification in a mobile communications system
Data stored about user equipment, such as mobile phones, that is stored in a Home Location Register of at least one wireless, cellular voice network communications system configured, for example, as a 3G network deployment, is augmented with supplemental information and is communicated automatically to active users in the network. The invention is particularly advantageous for mobile systems that are deployable where normal networks have been disrupted, such as among emergency personnel who need to communicate and cooperate as a group at a disaster scene. Supplemental information includes, for example, the identity of a user or device that has entered or exited the network, the function, position, rank, responsibility level, etc., that each user has, and what group the user is affiliated with. |
| US08825009B2 |
SIM information based SIM validation
The present invention relates to a method for operating a RF communication device, a RF communication device (400), a method for operating an authentication server of a network entity and to corresponding computer programs. All aspects of the present invention take into account that a continuous operation of a RF communication device, in particular of a metering application, needs to be ensured, even if the function of a component SIM or initial SIM (410) has to be replaced or supplemented by an external new SIM (420). It is suggested to ascertain the validity of the external SIM by using information stored in the component/initial SIM. The validity of the external SIM can be ascertaining either solely on the side of the RF communication device or by sending a corresponding validity check request signal to a remote network entity. |
| US08825003B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing variable rate prepaid telecommunication services utilizing a weighting function
Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing variable rate prepaid telecommunication services utilizing a weighting function are disclosed. The method includes intercepting a signaling message that includes an available credit value associated with a prepaid communications session. A credit adjustment factor based on at least one call parameter associated with the prepaid communications session is determined. The method also includes applying the credit adjustment factor to the available credit value to generate an adjusted available credit value. The signaling message is modified to include the adjusted available credit value. |
| US08825001B2 |
Confirmation based mobile messaging platform
The present invention relates to a system and method for delivering a message to and receiving an acknowledgement from a mobile device, and more specifically, the system and method allows network operators, or any central administration group(s) to issue messages and warnings to a mobile device, which requires an acknowledgement in order for the mobile device to continue functioning without restriction. |
| US08825000B2 |
Systems and methods for safely operating a mobile communication device
Systems and methods control operation of a mobile communication device in a vehicle by determining if the vehicle is moving; if the vehicle is stationary, allowing calls to reach a cell tower; if the vehicle is moving and the mobile communication device is used, disabling a transmission from the mobile communication device to the cell tower; and if the vehicle is moving and an emergency phone sequence is dialed, allowing the transmission from the mobile communication device to the cell tower. |
| US08824998B2 |
Mechanism for facilitating dynamically prioritized control of calls over a network
A mechanism is described for facilitating dynamically prioritized control of calls over a network according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments includes receiving, at a computing device, a call reporting an emergency, automatically evaluating the received call and the reported emergency, and assigning a priority level to the call based on the evaluation of the call and the emergency. The method may further include placing the call in a first queue based on the assigned priority level. The call may be picked from the first queue and processed based on the assigned priority level. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US08824997B2 |
Cellular network based assistant for vehicles
A driver assistant system which is based on a cellular telecommunications network comprises detecting a spatial zone in the cellular telecommunications network; receiving route indication information from a mobile terminal on a vehicle inside the spatial zone with a network entity of the cellular telecommunications network; generating a trajectory for the vehicle based on the received route indication information; calculating a danger situation probability for the vehicle based on the generated trajectory; and sending a notification message to the mobile terminal if the danger situation probability exceeds a predefined threshold probability. |
| US08824996B2 |
Method and apparatus of power control for a public warning system
A method for broadcasting messages in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes employing a paging channel to receive a broadcast event on a wireless device and utilizing the broadcast event to trigger a warning message on the device. For example, the broadcast event can be detected from a natural disaster such as a primary earthquake warning or tsunami. |
| US08824980B2 |
System and method to implement a radio transmitter with digital predistortion having reduced noise
A system and method provide for a radio transmitter with digital predistortion. The radio transmitter includes a high output power narrowband upconverter and a low output power wideband upconverter. In a stage of the radio transmitter, digital predistortion is applied to transmit data by setting digital coefficients by a digital predistortion algorithm, resulting in a predistortion signal. A predistortion signal is separated into a narrowband component and a wideband component, where the narrowband component corresponds to a desired traffic signal and the wideband component corresponds to a digital predistortion signal reflecting separated digital predistortion correction products. The narrowband upconverter provides a transmission path for a desired traffic signal or transmit data (the narrowband component of the digital predistortion signal), while the wideband upconverter provides a transmission path for the wideband component representing digital predistortion correction products. |
| US08824967B2 |
Dynamically changing a transmitter sampling frequency for a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) to reduce interference from DAC images
A method for interference reduction is described. The method is implemented in a wireless device. It is determined that a page is going to be received via a secondary receiver. It is also determined that a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) image from a transmitter will cause interference with the secondary receiver when the page is received. A sampling frequency of the DAC for the transmitter is changed so that there are not any DAC images from the transmitter that will cause interference with the secondary receiver. |
| US08824966B2 |
System and method for reducing signal interference between bluetooth and WLAN communications
Methods and systems are disclosed for reducing signal interference between Bluetooth (BT) and WLAN (e.g. WiFi) communications in an information handling system. The WLAN receiver has configurable front-end filter circuitry. Based upon information concerning the BT frequency region for current BT communications, the WLAN receiver can adjust or set its configurable front-end filter circuitry to filter out the BT communications. As the BT communications hop from frequency to frequency, the WLAN receiver can continue to adjust its configurable front-end filter circuitry accordingly. Example implementations for the configurable front-end filter circuitry include bandpass filters and selectable low pass and high pass filters. These filters are selected and/or tuned such that BT frequency regions are filtered from the WLAN input signal before further WLAN signal processing is conducted, thereby improving the performance of simultaneous BT and WLAN communications. |
| US08824965B2 |
Device, system and method for selecting, sharing and displaying electronic content
The present disclosure provides a device, system and method to present electronic content on a first mobile electronic device in communication and configured to receive electronic content from a second electronic device. |
| US08824962B2 |
System enabling the contactless transfer of personal data
The invention relates to a system enabling the contactless transfer of personal data from a mobile terminal including a first antenna coupled to a first chip cooperating with a first memory to a second memory cooperating with a second chip, with said second chip being coupled to a second antenna. According to the invention, the second memory is included in a passive radiofrequency transponder supplied by the electromagnetic field emitted by said first antenna during said transfer of personal data. |
| US08824961B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing NFC multi-protocol polling duration and power consumption
A method and apparatus are disclosed for polling for near field communications (NFC) devices by checking for multiple protocols. A NFC device polls for devices by first maintaining an unmodulated carrier field active for a specific period of time. The NFC device then polls using a first modulation and waits for a response. If there is no response, and without again maintaining another unmodulated carrier field for a specific period of time, the NFC device polls using a second modulation that is greater than the first modulation and waits again for a response. |
| US08824960B2 |
Mobile wireless communications device to authenticate a removable power source via NFC communications and associated methods
A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing carrying a wireless transceiver and a removable power source. The removable power source includes a first Near Field Communications (NFC) circuit. A second NFC circuit is carried by the housing and is configured to authenticate the removable power source based upon communications the said first NFC circuit. |
| US08824958B2 |
Relay node connection management
Providing connections to terminals in an access node of a first network. A message is received in the access node from a terminal, the message including capability information of the terminal. The terminal is identified in the access node on the basis of the received capability information as an intermediary node capable of relaying traffic between the first network and a second network. Parameters for a connection between the access node and the terminal are determined in the access node on the basis of the identification of the terminal as intermediary node and used in establishing the connection between the access node and the terminal. |
| US08824955B2 |
Simplified apparatus for positively preventing the use of mobile personal communication devices
A simplified apparatus for positively preventing the use of mobile personal communication devices by the operator of a vehicle comprises a motion responsive device in the vehicle, switching means operable by the device when the vehicle is in motion, a signal jammer operable by the switching means to block at least one of the incoming or outgoping signals associated with communication device when the vehicle is in motion, and a power supply for the jammer. |
| US08824954B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus starts to change a curl correcting amount until when an upstream end in a sheet conveying direction of a preceding sheet passes through a curl correcting unit and finishes changing the curl correcting amount until when a succeeding sheet that follows the preceding sheet reaches the curl correcting unit in a case when the preceding sheet and the succeeding sheet are both guided in the curl correcting unit through a conveying path and when the curl correcting amount is changed between curl correcting amounts of the preceding sheet and the succeeding sheet. |
| US08824952B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus, comprising a case that accommodates an image forming unit; a sheet cassette that is capable of moving relative to the case; and a cover disposed above the sheet cassette, wherein the cover covers a side of the case in which the sheet cassette is removably set in the case, the cover is capable of opening and closing, and a slot, through which a sheet is capable of being inserted, is formed between the cover and the sheet cassette with a lower end of the cover defining an upper end of the slot. |
| US08824949B2 |
Image forming method
An image forming method includes: performing a first gloss processing and a second gloss processing. The first gloss processing includes: heating and pressing a processed body which supports a first toner layer containing at least a clear toner [X] onto a first surface of a recording material, while allowing the first toner layer to be closely adhered to a gloss processing belt; and cooling the same. The second gloss processing includes heating and pressing a processed body which supports a second toner layer containing at least a clear toner [Y] onto a second surface of the recording material, while allowing the second toner layer to be closely adhered to the gloss processing belt; and cooling the same. Here, a storage elastic modulus G′ X (150) at 150° C. of the clear toner [X] is lower than a storage elastic modulus G′ Y (150) at 150° C. of the clear toner [Y]. |
| US08824946B2 |
Urethane resin laminate, fixing roll, fixing belt, image fixing device, transparent plate for platen, document reader, and image forming apparatus
A urethane resin laminate includes a substrate material having a contact angle of water in the surface of the substrate material being from 0 degree to 90 degrees, an inner urethane resin layer, and an outer urethane resin layer in this order. The inner urethane resin layer contains urethane resin that does not have a fluorine atom in a molecular structure, and has self-repairability. The outer urethane resin layer contains urethane resin containing a fluorine atom in a molecular structure, and has self-repairability. |
| US08824945B2 |
Metallic nanoparticle reinforced polyimide for fuser belt with high thermal conductivity
A fuser belt for an electrostatographic device and methods for making the fuser belt can include the use of a polyimide and a plurality of copper nanoparticles. The use of copper nanoparticles can result in a fuser belt having a lower heat capacity and a higher thermal conductivity than conventional fuser belts. |
| US08824943B2 |
Fuser including fixing belt
According to one embodiment, a fuser includes a fixing belt including a conductive layer, an induction-current generating section configured to electromagnetically induction-heat the conductive layer, a pressurizing section opposed to the outer circumference of the fixing belt, and a nip forming section including a first supporting roller present in the inner circumference of the fixing belt and shorter than the width of the pressurizing section and a second supporting roller present downstream of the first supporting roller in a rotating direction of the fixing belt and shorter than the width of the pressurizing section, the nip forming section being configured to form a nip between the fixing belt and the pressurizing section. |
| US08824942B2 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
A fixing device includes a cylindrical rotating member rotating in a circumferential direction thereof and having a slot at an end thereof and a protruding section extending along an edge of the slot at a front side in a rotational direction of the rotating member, the rotating member receiving a rotational driving force via the slot; a pressing member pressing a recording medium bearing an unfixed toner image on a surface thereof by nipping the recording medium together with the rotating member so as to fix the toner image onto the surface; a heat source heating the recording medium; and a driving member having an engagement section engaged with the slot and in contact with the protruding section at a position separated from a peripheral wall of the cylinder by a certain distance, the driving member imparting the rotational driving force to the rotating member via the engagement section. |
| US08824934B2 |
Toner supply system including receiving section having toner stirrer and toner container rotatble in toner supply system
A toner supply system having: a receiving section that is set in a body of an image forming apparatus so as not to rotate; and a substantially cylindrical toner container that is mountable in and dismountable from the receiving section and that can be driven to rotate on an axis while being mounted in the receiving section, wherein: the toner container has a first toner feeder for feeding toner stored therein toward the receiving section while the toner container is rotated; and the receiving section has a supply port that permits toner fed thereto with rotation of the toner container to drop down and a toner stirrer that extends to a position close to the first toner feeder located inside the toner container while the toner container is mounted in the receiving section. |
| US08824932B2 |
Development device, and process cartridge and image forming apparatus incorporating same
A development device includes a developer container, a developer carrier, exposed partly from a casing, facing a latent image carrier in a development area, a magnetic field generator inside the developer carrier, having multiple magnetic poles including a conveyance pole to convey the developer downstream from the development area to a developer release portion, a developer agitator, and a developer regulator. A predetermined gap is kept between an outer surface of the developer carrier and an inner wall of the casing downstream from an opening of the casing, upstream from a developer release portion, in a direction in which the developer carrier rotates. Multiple recesses are formed in the outer surface of the developer carrier at a pitch in a circumferential direction shorter than half a width of a magnetic flux density of the developer conveyance pole in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the developer carrier. |
| US08824924B2 |
Transfer device and image forming apparatus
A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer belt, and a plurality of intermediate transfer rollers. A most upstream side intermediate transfer roller which is located most upstream in a moving direction of the intermediate transfer belt has a rotational axis arranged downstream from a rotational axis of a most upstream side photoreceptor drum which is located most upstream in the moving direction of the intermediate transfer belt when the most upstream side intermediate transfer roller is in its pressing position, while a most downstream side intermediate transfer roller which is located most downstream in the moving direction of the intermediate transfer belt has a rotational axis arranged upstream from a rotational axis of a most downstream side photoreceptor drum which is located most downstream in the moving direction of the intermediate transfer belt when the most downstream side intermediate transfer roller is in its pressing position. |
| US08824922B2 |
Toner container and image forming apparatus
A toner container removably installed into an image forming apparatus body. The toner container includes a pouch member that contains a new toner therein and can be turned inside out, and a cover member that covers an outside of the pouch member and includes an inlet through which a waste toner flows in, the inlet being formed opposite to a side of the cover member from which the new toner contained in the pouch member is discharged. After the new toner contained in the pouch member is discharged, the pouch member is turned inside out, and the waste toner flows from the inlet into the pouch member. |
| US08824919B2 |
Electrophotographic image forming apparatus having rotation-regulated process cartridge
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes a detachably-mounted cartridge including an electrophotographic photosensitive member, first and second portions-to-be-regulated for regulating rotation of the cartridge when a driving force receiving portion receives a driving force, and a transfer member for transferring a developer image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive member onto a toner image receiving member. A supporting member is movable between an inside position which is in a main assembly of the apparatus and an outer portion, and a contacting and spacing member is movable relative to the supporting member. In addition, a first regulating portion permits movement of the supporting member between the outer position and the inside position, and a second regulating portion regulates rotation of the cartridge. |
| US08824918B2 |
Developer accommodating unit, process cartridge, electrophotographic image forming apparatus
A developer accommodating unit for accommodating a developer for image formation includes a developer accommodating container including a flexible container provided with openings for permitting discharge of the accommodated developer and sealing member for sealing the openings by a bonding portion and for exposing the openings by being moved, an unsealing member, mounted on the sealing member, for moving the sealing member, and a frame which accommodates the developer accommodating container and the unsealing member and which includes a fixing portion for fixing the flexible container. In addition, connecting potion is disposed between the openings in the flexible container. With respect to an unsealing direction of the sealing member, the fixing portion and the connecting portion are provided so as to overlap with each other. |
| US08824914B2 |
Safety system for image forming apparatus having expendable developing unit
An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a developing unit, a drawer movably installed at the main body and including a tray and a cover. The cover includes a first operation section and a second operation section, an interlocking member to be moved along with the drawer in the first operation section of the cover, and a lift member to be vertically moved according to movement of the interlocking member, wherein the developing unit is provided with a first connection terminal. The lift member is arranged with a second connection terminal, and the tray is arranged with a third connection terminal connected to the second connection terminal according to the position of the second connection terminal so that the second and third connection terminals are disconnected prior to extraction of the tray from the main body. |
| US08824913B2 |
Image formation device
An electrophotographic image formation device configured to form images on a recording sheet is provided with a belt unit having an endless belt wound around a first roller and a second roller, a cleaning unit facing the endless belt and collects particles adhered on the endless belt with use of an electrostatic attractive force, a first voltage being applied to the cleaning unit, a backup unit arranged to face the cleaning unit with the endless belt being located therebetween, a second voltage that is different from the first voltage being applied to the backup unit, an electric wiring unit provided to the belt unit and electrically connected with the backup unit, and an electric current detection unit configured to detect an current value of an electric current flowing through the electric wiring unit. The electric wiring unit is electrically independent from other electric wiring units provided to the belt unit. |
| US08824907B2 |
Electrophotographic printing with column-dependent tonescale adjustment
Electrophotographic (EP) streaking compensation is performed. A tonescale is measured for each column and a per-column gain computed to compensate for variations. An adjustment tonescale is determined and a per-column adjustment-tonescale gain computed to correct for remaining error after the per-column gain is applied. The two corrections are used together to provide improved compensation quality. |
| US08824903B2 |
Optical receiver/transmitter with circuit for determining modulation amplitude
A method for an optical transmitter, receiver or transceiver allowing determination of a signal property of a first binary signal such as the modulation amplitude. The method applies a reference stage which is modulated by the signal content of the first binary signal to allow the determination. |
| US08824897B2 |
Optical network systems and methods for operating same
A system for transmitting data packets over a network. The system includes a plurality of first nodes, wherein each first node has a first transceiver configured to transmit a data packet at at least one of a plurality of first wavelengths and receive a data packet at an assigned first wavelength, wherein each first node is configured to pass incoming data packets not transmitted at the assigned first wavelength, a plurality of second nodes, wherein each second node has a second transceiver configured to transmit a data packet at least one of a plurality of second wavelengths and receive a data packet at an assigned second wavelength, wherein each second node is configured to pass incoming data packets not transmitted at the assigned second wavelength, and at least one optical fiber operably connecting the transceivers. |
| US08824896B2 |
System for optical open space data communication based on discrete output levels
A system for open space data communication comprising a transmitting device and an optical receiver using multiple varying levels of emitted radiation output. The transmitting device includes multiple emitter groups that are capable of being switched on and off and each of which can be activated in parallel to emit fixed, varying radiation outputs. A total radiation output emitted by the transmitting device is defined by a sum of the emitted radiation outputs of the emitter groups, wherein to transmit a bit vector (b0 . . . bn) an emitter group assigned to a most significant bit (b0) emits a maximum radiation output Pmax and emitter groups assigned to the less significant bits (b1 . . . bn) of the bit vector emit radiation outputs: Px=Pmax/2x where x=1 . . . n. |
| US08824889B2 |
High capacity optical frequency division multiple access passive optical network
A passive optical network (PON) component comprising a first coupler, a second coupler in communication with the first coupler via a plurality of communication paths, a delay module located on one of the communication paths, and a balanced detector in communication with the second coupler. The disclosure includes a method comprising receiving a plurality of optical signals from a plurality of optical network units (ONUs), wherein each ONU is associated with an optical frequency differential, copying at least some of the optical signals, delaying one of the optical signals or the copied optical signals, and producing a radio frequency (RF) signal based on at least one of the optical signals and at least one of the copied optical signals. Also included is a PON component comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising transmitting an optical signal using an optical frequency differential. |
| US08824885B2 |
Protection device and protection method for optical network
Optical network protection devices and protection methods including: a working line; a protection line; a determination module configured to determine the protection type of optical network; a first judgment module configured to judge whether the working line is normal according to performance parameter values of service signal in the working line and switching conditions configured for multiplexing section protection when the protection type of optical network is the multiplexing section protection; a second judgment module, configured to judge whether the working line is normal according to performance parameter values of service signal in the working line and switching conditions configured for channel section protection when the protection type of optical network is the channel section protection; a switching module, configured to take the service signal in the protection line as an output signal when working line is abnormal. |
| US08824882B2 |
TTL photographic wireless communication system and method
A system and method for synchronizing a remote lighting device to a camera using a hot shoe connection and a wireless communication device connected via the hot shoe connector. The wireless communication device receives a request for flash data from the camera via the hot shoe connector. The wireless communication device responds to the request with response data that mocks information that a flash would provide if the flash were connected to the hot shoe connector, such that the camera continues to provide TTL data via the hot shoe connector to the wireless communication device. |
| US08824878B2 |
Illumination device and inspection device of tire
Disclosed are an illumination device and an inspection device of a tire that can easily detect abnormality of the shape of the manufactured tire. A photographing portion 18,19 photographs a inner peripheral surface of a tire T, while a driving portion 12 relatively rotates the tire T and a inspection portion 20 around an axis of the tire T, in the state of irradiating a light from a light source unit 36 disposed along the inner peripheral surface of the tire T toward the circumferential direction of the tire T. |