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| US08931089B2 |
System and method for implementing a hidden server
A technology for preventing network attacks. A service request is intercepted at an unaddressed port of a hidden device from a second device. The service request intended for a visible device is processed by the hidden device. A response may be provided based on the processing and sent to the second device. |
| US08931086B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing false positive detection of malware
Method and apparatus for detecting malware are described. In some examples, files of unknown trustworthiness are identified as potential threats on the computer. A trustworthiness level for each of the files is received from a backend. The trustworthiness level of each of the files is compared to a threshold level. Each of the files where the trustworthiness level thereof satisfies the threshold level is designated as a false positive threat. Each of the files where the trustworthiness level thereof does not satisfy the threshold level is designated as a true positive threat. |
| US08931078B2 |
Providing virtualized private network tunnels
Various aspects of the disclosure relate to providing a per-application policy-controlled virtual private network (VPN) tunnel. In some embodiments, tickets may be used to provide access to an enterprise resource without separate authentication of the application and, in some instances, can be used in such a manner as to provide a seamless experience to the user when reestablishing a per-application policy controlled VPN tunnel during the lifetime of the ticket. Additional aspects relate to an access gateway providing updated policy information and tickets to a mobile device. Other aspects relate to selectively wiping the tickets from a secure container of the mobile device. Yet further aspects relate to operating applications in multiple modes, such as a managed mode and an unmanaged mode, and providing authentication-related services based on one or more of the above aspects. |
| US08931077B2 |
Security system for a computer network having a security subsystem and a master system which monitors the integrity of a security subsystem
A security system for a computer network that has a plurality of devices connected thereto comprises a security subsystem, a master system and a secure link. The security subsystem is implemented on a first computer and is connected to at least some of the devices in the network. The security subsystem is configured to monitor activities of the at least some devices on the network and detect attacks on the at least some devices. The master system is implemented on a second computer which is different from the first computer. The master system monitors the integrity of the security subsystem and registers information pertaining to attacks detected by the security subsystem. The secure link is connected between the security subsystem and the master system. The master system monitors the integrity of the security subsystem and receives the information pertaining to the attacks through the secure link. |
| US08931075B2 |
Secure route discovery node and policing mechanism
A computer implemented method and computer program product for obtaining a secure route. A trusted host sets a node security association for a trusted host. The trusted host receives, at the trusted host, a client communication request directed to a destination host. The trusted host builds a secure route query comprising a trusted host address, a destination host address, and at least one security level, to form at least one secure route. The trusted host sends packets from the trusted host to the destination host based on the at least one secure route. The packets are responsive to the client communication request, and the packets each have a security label that matches the security level. |
| US08931072B2 |
Method of gaining access to a device
The method is for activating a device. A communication device is provided that is in communication with a server unit that has a processor for generating a number series. An application device has a processor for generating a number series. The communication device is not communicating directly with the application device. The user sends a message including the identification number to the server. The server identifies a code number pointed at by a pointer and sends back the code number. The pointer steps forward in the number series at predetermined time intervals. The user enters the code number into the application device. The processor compares the code number with a number pointed at by a pointer and sends an activation signal to an activation device to activate the application device. |
| US08931070B2 |
Authentication using three-dimensional structure
A user can be authenticated via traversal of a three-dimensional structure and entry of an authentication code. For example, a user-entered authentication code can be compared to an authentication code, and a user-selected element of the structure can be compared to a destination element resulting from following an authentication path through the structure beginning at a starting element. As another example, a user-selected ordered series of elements of the structure and corresponding user-entered sub-codes can be respectively compared to an authentication ordered series of elements of the structure resulting from following ordered steps of an authentication path through the structure beginning at the starting element and to sub-codes of an authentication code. |
| US08931068B2 |
Authentication process
A first network device is configured to receive a request for content from a user device, determine that the user device is not authenticated, and send information to the user device that the user device requires authentication. The first network device is configured further to receive authentication information for the user device from a second network device. The first network device is configured further to generate a secret key, authenticate the user device. The first network device is configured further to request user knowledge information from the user device, validate the user knowledge information and send the content to the user device. |
| US08931067B2 |
Enabling seamless offloading between wireless local-area networks in fixed mobile convergence systems
Methods and apparatus for facilitating access to public wireless access points in a fixed-mobile convergence system. A mobile terminal is pre-provisioned with one or more security parameters corresponding to one or more WLAN access points that the mobile terminal might need to access should a current WLAN access point fail or otherwise become unreachable. The WLAN access points are similarly pre-provisioned with a security parameter corresponding to the mobile terminal. With these pro-provisioned security parameters, the mobile terminal and any one of the potential target WLAN access points conduct an abbreviated authentication process in the event that a switch-over becomes necessary. |
| US08931066B2 |
Information processing apparatus and control method
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to determine a location in which a terminal is located, and create a folder to which access authority is given to the terminal, the folder being associated with the location. A control method of an information processing apparatus includes determining a location in which a terminal is located, and creating, using a processor, a folder to which access authority is given to the terminal, the folder being associated with the location. |
| US08931065B2 |
OTA bootstrap method and system
An over-the-air (OTA) bootstrap method and system are described, including: when a connection between a user-registered terminal device and a device management (DM) server is finished, the terminal device sends a bootstrap confirmation message to a service center corresponding to port information of a valid service center pre-stored in the terminal device; the service center analyzes the bootstrap confirmation message to determine a device ID of the terminal device, connects with a DM server authorized by the service center, and searches for an OTA bootstrap record corresponding to the device ID in a database of the authorized DM server; if the service center fails to find the corresponding OTA bootstrap record in the database of the authorized DM server, the service center notifies the user that the terminal device has performed an OTA bootstrap with an unauthorized DM server. The present invention can improve the security of the OTA bootstrap. |
| US08931062B2 |
Remote displaying
Technologies are generally described for a remote displaying scheme configured to transmit display data stored in a source device to a target device for displaying the display data on the screen of the target device. In some examples, a method performed under control of a source device may include broadcasting to one or more target devices request information that comprises a request for displaying display data, obtaining permission information generated by a target device of the one or more target devices, the permission information based, at least in part, on the request information, transmitting to the target device an acknowledgement that a communication channel between the source device and the target device is established, the acknowledgement based, at least in part, on the permission information and transmitting to the target device the display data based, at least in part, on the permission information. |
| US08931055B2 |
Enterprise entitlement framework
A method and system for managing privilege information across multiple applications and/or databases is provided. A flexible and extensible enterprise entitlement framework may be implemented to store and manage various types of privileges, access rights and resources. The enterprise entitlement framework may include a variety of data objects and structures configured to store various components and/or aspects of a privilege. The data objects may include resource type objects, user objects, role objects, action objects, resource attribute objects, list item object and/or hierarchy objects. The data objects defined for a particular privilege may further be linked according to relationships between one or more objects. The enterprise entitlement framework is extensible for use with new applications by defining new objects compatible with the privilege structures of the new applications. |
| US08931054B2 |
Secure access to shared storage resources
A method may comprise storing first storage information in a storage device of a computer storage system on a first network. The computer storage system may transform the first storage information into a first virtual storage instance, provide access to the first virtual storage instance on a second network not in communication with the first network and the storage device, and enable over the second network the modification of the first virtual storage instance to create a first modified virtual storage instance. The computer storage system may also transform the first modified storage instance into first modified storage information based on the first modified storage instance, and store on the storage device the first modified storage information. |
| US08931049B2 |
Trusted network connection implementing method based on tri-element peer authentication
A trusted network connection implementing method based on Tri-element Peer Authentication is provided in present invention, the method includes: step 1, configuring and initializing; step 2, requesting for network connection, wherein an access requester sends a network connection request to and access controller, and the access controller receives the network connection request; step 3, authenticating user ID; and step 4, authenticating a platform. The invention enhances the safety of the trusted network connection implementing method, widens the application range of the trusted network connection implementing method based on the Tri-element Peer Authentication, satisfies requirements of different network apparatuses and improves the efficiency of the trusted network connection implementing method based on the Tri-element Peer Authentication. |
| US08931042B1 |
Dividing a data processing device into separate security domains
This invention creates separation between personal applications and corporate applications on a data processing device, so that both types of applications can run simultaneously while complying with all required policies. This enables employees to use their personal devices for work purposes, or work devices for personal purposes. The separation is created by dividing the data processing device into two or more “domains”, each with its own policies. These policies may be configured by the device owner, an IT department, or other data or application owner. |
| US08931040B2 |
Communications apparatus and control method therefor
When exchanging communication parameter setting information on a wireless network, a communications apparatus selects between a first operation mode in which communications parameter information is exchanged with a specific communications apparatus and a second operation mode in which communications parameter information is exchanged with an unspecified number of communications apparatus. Depending on the selected operation mode, the communications apparatus control security upon holding the communications parameter information exchanged with the specific communications apparatus and the communications parameter information exchanged with the unspecified number of communications apparatus. |
| US08931035B2 |
Access authorization having embedded policies
A facility for receiving an embedded policy is provided. The facility checks an application program image for the presence of an embedded policy. If an embedded policy is detected, the facility extracts the policy from within the application program image. The facility may then apply the extracted policy to the application program image before the application program image is loaded and/or executed. Moreover, the facility may check the application program image's integrity prior to extracting the embedded policy. |
| US08931030B2 |
System and method for appraising portable media content
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor having a controller to detect a portable media storage device (PMSD), present media content supplied by the PMSD, present a survey to appraise the media content; receive a survey response, and transmit the survey response to a survey collection system identified by the PMSD. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US08931026B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting spectrum inversion
An apparatus for detecting spectrum inversion includes a different correlator and a determining module. The differential correlator performs an odd-order differential correlation on an input signal and a known signal to generate a differential correlation result. When the input signal is determined as corresponding to a target signal of the known signal, the determining module detects spectrum inversion in the input signal according to the phase of the differential correlation result. |
| US08931019B2 |
Method, device and computer program product for outputting a transport stream
A method comprising receiving, via a distribution channel, video data having an identifier that identifies a position within a video and an address defining a location of a stored playlist. The method also comprises obtaining from a server a playlist in response to a user input, where the playlist includes location information identifying a location of a stored transport stream. The method also comprises receiving the transport stream from the location identified in the playlist over a network, and displaying the obtained transport stream. |
| US08931018B2 |
Metadata transmission apparatus, metadata reception apparatus, imaging apparatus, and information management program
Disclosed herein is a metadata transmission apparatus including a storage section configured to store metadata, and a wireless transmission section configured to transmit the metadata stored in the storage section via a wireless communication network. |
| US08931017B2 |
Channel scanning method for digital video broadcasting satellite signal
A channel scanning method for Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite (DVB-S) signals is provided. The method includes: scanning a radio frequency (RF) signal according to a normal frequency step; when the Nth channel is detected, obtaining a difference between a low boundary of an Nth channel and a high boundary of an (N−1)th channel; and, when the difference is within a predetermined bandwidth range, scanning the RF signal between the high boundary of the (N−1)th channel and the low boundary of the Nth channel according to a narrow frequency step. The normal frequency step is greater than the narrow frequency step. |
| US08931015B2 |
System and method for providing information of selectable objects in a television program in an information stream independent of the television program
A system and method for providing information of selectable objects in a television program in an information stream independent of the television program as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims. |
| US08931014B2 |
Digital broadcasting receiving apparatus
A broadcasting recording apparatus for making a recording reservation with good usability includes a batch recording accepting unit for accepting a batch recording reservation based on an operational input accepted via a remote controller, the batch recording reservation being an operational input for making a set of recording reservations of TV programs corresponding to a TV program recorded in a predetermined period of time that is set in advance, a name extracting unit for extracting recorded program name information from a video storage unit when the batch recording reservation is accepted, the recorded program name information being program name information of the TV program recorded in the predetermined period of time among video information stored in the video storage unit, a TV program decision unit for deciding whether or not the electronic program guide includes program name information matching with the recorded program name information, and a recording reservation unit for making a recording reservation of a TV program corresponding to the program name information if it is decided that the program name information matching with the recorded program name information is included. |
| US08931011B1 |
Systems and methods for streaming media content
Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating streaming of media content. Video content is retrieved over a network from one or more client devices capturing video content. Data items associated with the plurality of video content are also retrieved. A list order for the plurality of video content is determined according to at least a portion of the retrieved data items, and a user interface is encoded for display where the user interface contains a plurality of items corresponding to the plurality of video content, the items being positioned within the user interface according to the list order. |
| US08931005B2 |
Information descriptor and extended information descriptor data structures for digital television signals
According to an aspect, there is provided a digital television (DTV) data stream including program and system information protocol (PSIP) data associated with content of the DTV data stream, the PSIP data including a virtual channel table (VCT) and an event information table (EIT), the EIT comprising: a source identification field identifying a source of an associated event in a DTV data stream; an event identification field indicating an identification of the event; a start time field indicating a star time of the event; a title field indicating a title of the event; and a descriptor comprising: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor, a descriptor length indicating a total length of the descriptor; and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream, each category code specifying genre, program type, or category information of the associated event, wherein the at least one category code specifies at least one of a set of basic categories. |
| US08931004B2 |
Information descriptor and extended information descriptor data structures for digital television signals
According to an aspect, there is provided a digital television (DTV) data stream including program and system information protocol (PSIP) data associated with content of the DTV data stream, the PSIP data including a virtual channel table (VCT) and an event information table (EIT), the EIT comprising: a source identification field identifying a source of an associated event in a DTV data stream; an event identification field indicating an identification of the event; a start time field indicating a star time of the event; a title field indicating a title of the event; and a descriptor comprising: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor, a descriptor length indicating a total length of the descriptor; and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream, each category code specifying genre, program type, or category information of the associated event, wherein the at least one category code specifies at least one of a set of basic categories. |
| US08931000B2 |
Locally stored content previews: representative of programming content in an electronic programming guide through a graphic image accessed from the hard drive of a set top box
An integrated DSS/WebTV receiver is communicatively connected to an Internet service provider, a DSS service provider, and (optionally) a local broadcast station to provide a display of DSS programs, Internet web sites, and local broadcast channels in a seamless fashion. The DSS/WebTV receiver downloads graphic images, corresponding to DSS programs, from a DSS communication medium or the Internet into a local memory. The graphic images are periodically updated by the DSS service provider or Internet service provider. The DSS/WebTV receiver generates a graphical user interface (GUI), displayed on a television screen, for facilitating a user's navigation through the DSS, Internet, and local broadcast data. The GUI includes a selectable DSS program listing that displays DSS programs that are currently being broadcast or that will be broadcasted in the future. If a user selects a currently broadcasted program, the DSS/WebTV receiver displays the selected program on the television. If the user selects a program that is broadcasted in the future, the DSS/WebTV receiver displays a downloaded graphic image, corresponding to the selected program, on the television. The graphic image may be the selected program's name or logo, still shots from the selected program, short video clips related to the selected program, or advertisements related to the selected program. |
| US08930999B1 |
Methods, devices, and mediums for generating a programming menu
Associating each of a plurality of identifiers with a respective one of a plurality of media streams and prompting a concurrent presentation of each of the plurality of identifiers and at least one image from each of the associated media streams in a display of a programming menu. |
| US08930998B2 |
Method and system for providing a program guide and multiple video streams using slice-based encoding
Encoding program guides and user interfaces, which may include multiple encoded videos and multiple encoded graphics, is disclosed.The encoded videos may be combined together as an encoded composite video that is decoded to produce a display screen having each of the videos presented in a different region. Further, each one of the encoded videos may be combined with each one of the encoded graphics to form a second encoded composite video that is decoded to produce a display screen having graphic data presented in one region and a video presented in another region of the display screen. |
| US08930994B2 |
Apparatus and method for displaying digital broadcasting program information
Disclosed are an apparatus capable of receiving digital broadcasting and displaying program information regarding the digital broadcasting and a method thereof. The apparatus for displaying digital broadcasting program information in a terminal capable of receiving digital broadcasting, includes a digital broadcasting receiving unit for receiving a digital broadcasting program, a memory for storing received broadcasting channel guide information, a control unit for creating program information based on the broadcasting channel guide information stored in the memory and driving the digital broadcasting receiving unit if a broadcasting channel is selected by a user, and a display unit for displaying the program information created by the control unit on a background image in an idle mode. |
| US08930990B2 |
System and method for selecting advertisements
A method for displaying interactive advertisements on a television having a controller connected thereto and configured for receiving input from a viewer of the television is disclosed. The controller has a receiver operable to receive advertisements and a processor operable to modify the advertisements. The method generally comprises requesting action by the viewer of the television, modifying an advertisement based on the action of the viewer, and displaying the modified advertisement on the television. |
| US08930989B2 |
System and method for providing supervised learning to associate profiles in video audiences
A system and method for providing supervised learning to associate profiles in video audiences is provided. The method includes: receiving data providing an association of consumer profiles and video decoders to households within a network; recording zapping events (patterns) created by consumers; and associating zapping patterns of consumers with households. The step of associating further includes: collecting external data and converting a format of the external data into an internal format; converting zapping logs into different data models that can be used to provide set top box signatures; providing the set top box signatures; using the set top box signatures with a list of set top boxes and profiles to provide an association rule; and applying the association rule to the set top box signatures to determine a list of profiles of the consumer profiles associated with a specific set top box of the set top boxes. |
| US08930985B2 |
Trigger-based transactional advertising for television
A method is performed by one or more devices within a closed distribution network to provide context-sensitive transactional advertisements. The method includes sending, to a video client, a trigger for initiating a context-specific transactional advertisement associated with a linear program segment and sending the linear program segment for presentation by the video client. The method also includes receiving, based on the trigger, a request from the video client for instructions for the context-specific transactional advertisement; determining, based on the request, contextual information for the linear program segment; and sending, to the video client and based on the contextual information, the instructions for the context-specific transactional advertisement. |
| US08930982B2 |
Method and apparatus for distributing promotional materials
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a memory coupled to a processor. The processor can be operable to receive a request for promotional information responsive to a media processor detecting a promotional tag in a media program stream and transmit to the media processor promotional information associated with a promotion responsive to a determination that a promotional offer is available. The processor can also be operable to receive from the media processor a request for redeemable material associated with the promotion and store the redeemable material in a portion of a database associated with a user of the media processor. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US08930980B2 |
Systems and methods for real-time television ad detection using an automated content recognition database
A system and method for the automated real-time detection and processing of commercial messages, public service announcements or similar short-duration, repeated TV programming segments occurring in one or more broadcast video steams is described. A process is utilized that identifies possible commercial segments by identifying discrete video segments that have specific short durations among other attributes. Video segments that appear to have these characteristics are considered likely to be television commercials, promotions, or public service announcements and are stored in a TV Ad database which is separate from the primary television content database. Incoming video from a plurality of television programming sources is process into fingerprints and placed in a master TV content database. At the same time, said incoming programming is tested for matches in a TV ad database. If a match is found, then the presumed TV ad is removed from the master content database. |
| US08930978B2 |
Aggregation-based methods for detection and correction of television viewership aberrations
Various of the disclosed embodiments contemplate television viewing behavior data collected from a plurality of television set top boxes by using aggregation to detect an excess or a deficit in viewership for a group of television set top boxes. In some embodiments, a group of set top boxes can be associated with a particular television service provider, cable television head-end, or data warehouse. Additionally, some embodiments can clean television viewing behavior data by detecting and correcting aberrant viewership in a time series, e.g. based on a weekly or an approximately monthly frequency. In some embodiments, the aberrant viewership can be detected by calculating a minimum expected number of viewers for a day and comparing it to the actual number of households that reported viewers for that day. |
| US08930973B2 |
Optical disc drive having pickup integrated with disc insertion tray
A disc drive including a tray, a housing configured to receive the tray, a pickup device installed on the tray, and a main circuit board installed on the tray and connected to the pickup device. |
| US08930972B2 |
Disk drive having chasses with rectifying plates
There is provided a disk drive apparatus including a first chassis unit that has a pickup base at which an optical pickup and a disk table have been disposed, and a first base chassis to which the pickup base has been attached, and a second chassis unit that has a second base chassis and at which a chucking pulley has been disposed. A first rectifying plate part is provided at the first base chassis. A second rectifying plate part is provided at the second base chassis. |
| US08930971B1 |
Embedded-advertising content presented in document context
A user may activate an embedded advertisement in an embedded window in a document, such as a web page. This embedded advertisement may be associated with a domain (a granddaughter domain) that is different than the domain associated with the embedded window (a daughter domain) and the domain associated with the document (a parent domain). In older browsers, cross-domain communication may not be supported in this circumstance. This problem is solved by opening a series of windows from the granddaughter domain, each of which is associated with a candidate origin of the document. Then, access commands associated with the windows are communicated to the domain of the document. Only the access command for the window having the correct origin of the domain of the document is processed, which results in content associated with the embedded advertisement being linked at a source and presented or displayed in the embedded advertisement. |
| US08930967B2 |
Shared versioned workload partitions
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method and technique for shared versioned workload partitions is disclosed. The method includes: creating, in a host machine running an instance of a first version of an operating system, a first workload partition associated with a second version of the operating system, the second version of the operating system comprising a different version of the operating system than the first version of the operating system; creating, in the logical partition, a second workload partition associated with the second version of the operating system; and hierarchically linking the second workload partition to the first workload partition to enable sharing of resources of the first workload partition by the second workload partition. |
| US08930963B2 |
Processing operator message commands
A facility is provided to enable operator message commands from multiple, distinct sources to be provided to a coupling facility of a computing environment for processing. These commands are used, for instance, to perform actions on the coupling facility, and may be received from consoles coupled to the coupling facility, as well as logical partitions or other systems coupled thereto. Responsive to performing the commands, responses are returned to the initiators of the commands. |
| US08930959B2 |
Generating event definitions based on spatial and relational relationships
Data from one or more sensors is input to a workflow and fragmented to produce HyperFragments. The HyperFragments of input data are processed by a plurality of Distributed Experts, who make decisions about what is included in the HyperFragments or add details relating to elements included therein, producing tagged HyperFragments, which are maintained as tuples in a Semantic Database. Algorithms are applied to process the HyperFragments to create an event definition corresponding to a specific activity. Based on related activity included in historical data and on ground truth data, the event definition is refined to produce a more accurate event definition. The resulting refined event definition can then be used with the current input data to more accurately detect when the specific activity is being carried out. |
| US08930958B2 |
Efficient network and memory architecture for multi-core data processing
The invention provides hardware logic based techniques for a set of processing tasks of a software program to efficiently communicate with each other while running in parallel on an array of processing cores of a multi-core data processing system dynamically shared among a group of software programs. These inter-task communication techniques comprise, by one or more task of the set, writing their inter-task communication information to a memory segment of other tasks of the set at the system memories, as well as reading inter-task communication information from their own segments at the system memories. The invention facilitates efficient inter-task communication on a multi-core fabric, without any of the communications tasks needing to know whether and at which core in the fabric any other task is executing at any given time. The invention thus enables flexibly and efficiently running any task of any program at any core of the fabric. |
| US08930956B2 |
Utilizing a kernel administration hardware thread of a multi-threaded, multi-core compute node of a parallel computer
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for utilizing a kernel administration hardware thread of a multi-threaded, multi-core compute node of a parallel computer are provided. Embodiments include a kernel assigning a memory space of a hardware thread of an application processing core to a kernel administration hardware thread of a kernel processing core. A kernel administration hardware thread is configured to advance the hardware thread to a next memory space associated with the hardware thread in response to the assignment of the kernel administration hardware thread to the memory space of the hardware thread. Embodiments also include the kernel administration hardware thread executing an instruction within the assigned memory space. |
| US08930955B2 |
Controlling growth in virtual disks via utilization of previously used and free disk block space
A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for controlling growth in virtual disk size. The method includes limiting a guest virtual machine file in a hypervisor from allocating a new disk block as allocated space, wherein a virtual disk on a virtual machine is mapped to the guest virtual machine file, and facilitating the virtual disk to reuse a previously allocated and freed disk block for the allocated space to control growth in virtual disk size. |
| US08930954B2 |
Scheduling parallel data tasks
A method for allocating parallel, independent, data tasks includes receiving data tasks, each of the data tasks having a penalty function, determining a generic ordering of the data tasks according to the penalty functions, wherein the generic ordering includes solving an aggregate objective function of the penalty functions, the method further including determining a schedule of the data tasks given the generic ordering, which packs the data tasks to be performed. |
| US08930951B2 |
Suspension and/or throttling of processes for connected standby
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for assigning power management classifications to a process, transitioning a computing environment into a connected standby state based upon power management classifications assigned to processes, and transitioning the computing environment from the connected standby state to an execution state. That is, power management classifications, such as exempt, throttle, and/or suspend, may be assigned to processes based upon various factors, such as whether a process provides desired functionality and/or whether the process provides functionality relied upon for basic operation of the computing environment. In this way, the computing environment may be transitioned into a low power connected standby state that may continue executing desired functionality, while reducing power consumption by suspending and/or throttling other functionality. Because some functionality may still execute, the computing environment may transition into the execution state in a responsive manner to quickly provide a user with up-to-date information. |
| US08930950B2 |
Management of migrating threads within a computing environment to transform multiple threading mode processors to single thread mode processors
Threads of a computing environment are managed to improve system performance. Threads are migrated between processors to take advantage of single thread processing mode, when possible. As an example, inactive threads are migrated from one or more processors, potentially freeing-up one or more processors to execute an active thread. Active threads are migrated from one processor to another to transform multiple threading mode processors to single thread mode processors. |
| US08930947B1 |
System and method for live migration of a virtual machine with dedicated cache
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving an indication that a virtual machine is going to be migrated from a first operating environment to a second operating environment. The mode of operation of a cache system associated with the virtual machine is downgraded. Content included within a memory device currently associated with the cache system is copied to a memory device to be associated with the cache system. The memory device currently associated with the cache system is detached from the virtual machine. The virtual machine is migrated from the first operating environment to the second operating environment. |
| US08930946B1 |
Leasing prioritized tasks
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for leasing tasks from multiple prioritized groups. One of the methods includes separating tasks into multiple groups where each task is associated with a respective group identification. The tasks are prioritized in each of the multiple groups where each task is associated with a respective priority identification. A request is received from a worker process for a number of tasks within a group, and a number of the tasks within the group are leased to the worker process for a first time period such that the leased tasks are unavailable to other worker processes during the first time period. |
| US08930943B2 |
Software installing method based on acquired equipment information and storage medium thereof
A software installing method for installing software to a computer includes searching printers that are installed in a network environment and displaying a list of found printers on a single searched printer screen. The found printers are listed in rows with each row comprising a checkbox and an identification name associated with the listed printers, and marking the checkbox in one of the rows and an operation for highlighting the identification name in the same row are independently acceptable. The method further includes displaying an image of at least one listed printer on the single searched printer screen whose identification name is highlighted on the single searched printer screen by a user and installing onto the computer the printer driver software that corresponds to the at least one listed printer where the checkbox associated with the printer is marked by the user. |
| US08930942B2 |
Capability model for deploying componentized applications
Disclosed are systems and methods deploying a componentized application using a deployment tool to analyze an application to be deployed, where the application depends on at least two or more deployed capabilities that are interrelated, and the deployed capabilities each provide independent functionality. The deployment tool may automatically identify two or more deployed capability providers that provide the two or more deployed capabilities. |
| US08930941B2 |
Capability model for deploying componentized applications
Disclosed are systems and methods for deploying a componentized application in a deployment environment using a deployment tool to receive a description of how to deploy the component onto a logical description of the deployment environment, and map the logical description of the deployment environment to the deployment environment based on the mapping data. The deployment tool may receive a component to be deployed in the deployment environment, and automatically deploy the component to the deployment environment. The deployment tool may also generate mapping data including one or more desired attributes of the deployment model based on the description. |
| US08930940B2 |
Online software execution platform
A system and method for a new type of software repository and remote execution solution where any native application can be run from within a web page is disclosed. Users now have a much easier way to launch, run or execute any software directly from within a server or server cloud without the need to manually download and install. The system further allows software to run inside an isolated environment to protect user's local environment. |
| US08930938B1 |
Migration to a service-oriented architecture
Migrating a computer-provided solution to a service-oriented architecture is disclosed. One or more primary concerns, each representing a core operation of the computer-provided solution, are identified. One or more secondary concerns, each being associated with a manner in which a core operation of the computer-provided solution is performed, are identified. One or more services, each of which addresses one or more of said one or more primary concerns in a manner determined at least in part by a service context configured to address one or more of said one or more secondary concerns at least in part by indicating as applicable a manner in which applicable ones of said one or more services are to be performed, are defined. |
| US08930937B2 |
Intelligent patch checker
A client computer sends application information about a software application to a server system. The server system performs a comparison between the application information about the software application and the most-updated upgrade package for the software application. The most-updated upgrade package for the software application is stored in a part database. The most-updated upgrade package for the software application is received by the client system automatically when the comparison indicates that the most-updated upgrade package has not been installed on the client system. A client database stores a plurality of configuration files for a plurality of client systems. A first configuration file provides the sever system with the knowledge of the software applications installed on the client system. The application information about the software application comprises version information of the software applications and is stored in a database in the client system. |
| US08930931B2 |
Information processing apparatus using updated firmware and system setting method
In an information processing apparatus, a first processor executes firmware and data processing instructions, a second processor conducts management of firmware updating and system settings, first and second memories store current and updated firmware, a third memory stores system settings information, and a switch changes connections of the first and second memories under control of the second processor, to connect one of the first and second memories to a bus connected to the first processor and to connect the other to the second processor. During firmware execution by the first processor, the second processor reads the system settings information from the third memory and provides it to the first processor. The first processor reflects firmware data from updated firmware in the second memory in the system settings information and the second processor stores the system settings information in which updated firmware data is reflected into the third memory. |
| US08930929B2 |
Reconfigurable processor and method for processing a nested loop
A reconfigurable processor which merges an inner loop and an outer loop which are included in a nested loop and allocates the merged loop to processing elements in parallel, thereby reducing processing time to process the nested loop. The reconfigurable processor may extract loop execution frequency information from the inner loop and the outer loop of the nested loop, and may merge the inner loop and the outer loop based on the extracted loop execution frequency information. |
| US08930925B2 |
Method for enabling compilation of a Cobol source program utilizing a two-stage compilation process, the Cobol source program including a mix of Cobol, C++ or JAVA statements, and optional OpenMP directives
A method, apparatus, and program product are disclosed for carrying out the compilation of an original Cobol program that includes a mix of Cobol, C++ or JAVA and optional OpenMP directives in a single source program file so as to provide improved performance during execution of the program and improved convenience and features in programming. The approach or method includes performing a compilation (or translation) step utilizing a first compiler or translating program which is a is a specialized compiler/translator that takes as input a Cobol source program including a further provision for the inclusion of C/C++ program statements and OpenMP statements, and produces as output an intermediate computer program, the intermediate program that is entirely in C or C++, the intermediate program being intended for further compilation by an existing selected second compiler, the second compiler being an optimizing compiler that provides support for parallelism for the programs described in the C/C++ programming languages. |
| US08930923B2 |
Generating debugging extension source code utilizing debugging information
A computer creates an extended compiled code from original source code and generated debugging extension source code. The computer receives an original source code, compiles the original source code into an original compiled code including debugging information, and generates a debugging extension source code based on the debugging information included in the original compiled code. The computer inserts the debugging extension source code into the original source code to produce an extended source code, and compiles the extended source code into an extended compiled code. The debugging information includes one or more of a debugging symbol, symbolic data, a strings table, a strings list, or a cross reference between the original source code and the original compiled code. The debugging extension source code can be inserted into the original source code in a plurality of locations. |
| US08930919B2 |
Modernization of legacy software systems based on modeled dependencies
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are described herein for migrating a non-object-oriented application to an object-oriented platform. The non-object-oriented application may be received. The non-object-oriented application may be parsed into elements of the non-object-oriented application. A design structure matrix (DSM) representation of the elements may be generated. A final object model may be generated based on the DSM representation. The final object model may be mapped to a code skeleton representation of an object-oriented development environment. |
| US08930918B2 |
System and method for SQL performance assurance services
The present invention relates to a field of evaluating the performance of a Structure Query Language (SQL) in information system. In particular, the invention proposes system and method of integration of a tool in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) which assures performance of SQL by estimating an execution time and remote installation of the same in a cloud based testing services. So, it can be used to detect the queries which may not perform well in the production environment. |
| US08930917B2 |
Method and apparatus for mobile application development and testing that avoids repackaging and reinstallation
A computer implemented method and apparatus for mobile application development comprises receiving at least one compiled source code file into the temporary sandbox; and testing the at least one compiled source code file in the temporary sandbox. |
| US08930914B2 |
System and method for documenting application executions
An information processing system, computer readable storage medium, and method for documenting the execution of long running applications. A processor of the information processing system operates to continuously collect snapshots monitored from an executing application on a runtime system. The processor selects, based at least on user specified policies, collected snapshots that indicate a significant change in runtime behavior of the executing application on the runtime system. The processor annotates each of the selected snapshots with description of the significant change in runtime behavior of the executing application. The processor operates to store and update documentation of an execution history of the executing application from the annotated snapshots. |
| US08930907B2 |
Concurrency software testing with probabilistic bounds on finding bugs
Described is a probabilistic concurrency testing mechanism for testing a concurrent software program that provides a probabilistic guarantee of finding any concurrent software bug at or below a bug depth (that corresponds to a complexity level for finding the bug). A scheduler/algorithm inserts priority lowering points into the code and runs the highest priority thread based upon initially randomly distributed priorities. When that thread reaches a priority lowering point, its priority is lowered to a value associated (e.g., by random distribution) with that priority lowering point, whereby a different thread now has the currently highest priority. That thread is run until its priority is similarly lowered, and so on, whereby all schedules needed to find a concurrency bug are run. |
| US08930904B2 |
Verification of hardware configuration
A method for verifying an input/output (I/O) hardware configuration is provided. Data from an input/output data set (IOCDS) is extracted for building a verification command. The IOCDS contains hardware requirements that define at least software devices associated with a logical control unit (LCU). The verification command is processed. The verification command includes a software device address range associated with a logical control unit (LCU) of the I/O hardware. The LCU utilizes a first logical path. The software device address range utilizing the first logical path is compared with an existing software device address range utilizing at least one additional logical path. The verification command is accepted if the software device address range and the existing software device address range match. |
| US08930903B2 |
Determining deltas in a spatial locality of a function call graph in a source controlled system
In and for software projects, arrangements for permitting a user to understand how the spatial locality of a function call may have changed with respect to any changes in a function definition. This permits an analysis of different workflows which use the same function, wherein the definition of the function may have changed. To the extent that there might be corresponding changes in the workflows which use such a function, the user will readily develop an idea of why some workflows changed and some did not. The invention method and apparatus determine and display deltas (changes) between different versions of a file where the function call occurs. |
| US08930902B2 |
Automatic selection of lowest configuration feature level by functionality exploited
Methods and systems of generating product configuration files may involve receiving an identification of a set of features for a software product via a file editor interface. The lowest version of the software product that supports the set of features may be determined, wherein a configuration file can be generated based on the lowest version. In one example, the configuration file identifies the set of features and includes the lowest version as an attribute of the configuration file. |
| US08930901B2 |
Automatic selection of lowest configuration feature level by functionality exploited
Methods and systems of generating product configuration files may involve receiving an identification of a set of features for a software product via a file editor interface. The lowest version of the software product that supports the set of features may be determined, wherein a configuration file can be generated based on the lowest version. In one example, the configuration file identifies the set of features and includes the lowest version as an attribute of the configuration file. |
| US08930899B2 |
Artifact divider for large scale application builds
A method for building an application installation repository is disclosed herein. In one embodiment a build directory comprising a plurality of application objects is evaluated. Artifact generation rules may also be evaluated with respect to the application objects and the build directory. Object groupings, each comprising one or more application objects of the plurality of application objects, are defined according to the evaluations of the artifact generation rules and the hierarchical directory structure and artifacts are generated according to the object groupings. An installable application is generated that includes the generated artifacts. Artifacts may be further grouped into sharable units and assemblies according to rules and organization of application objects in the build directory. A delta build including only artifacts corresponding to modified files and correspondingly modified metadata may also be generated according to methods disclosed herein. A corresponding computer program product is also disclosed. |
| US08930898B2 |
Declarative commands using workflows
Declaratively implementing a command. A method includes declaring an input gesture in a declarative programming language. Declaring an input gesture includes declaring one or more user performed actions. A command name is declared in a declarative programming language. A workflow is declared in a declarative programming language. Declaring a workflow includes declaring schedulable activities that are to be performed without specific specifications of the low level algorithms that are used to accomplish the activities. In an alternative example, workflows may be declared by declaring a wrapper to wrap imperative programming commands. The declared input gestures are bound with the declared workflow through the declared command name. |
| US08930897B2 |
Data integration tool
Computer-implemented systems and methods are disclosed for providing proactive validations of transformation scripts. In one implementation, a method is provided that includes associating, with at least one processor, the transformation script with ontology parameters. The method also includes initiating a debugging operation of the transformation script having at least one condition and importing, from a data source, at least one data item for transformation. The method further includes determining, as part of the debugging operation, whether the at least one condition that uses the at least one data item is valid based on the ontology parameters and notifying a user, on a display device, of a result associated with the determination. |
| US08930892B2 |
System and method for computational unification of heterogeneous implicit and explicit processing elements
A system and method for computational unification of heterogeneous implicit and explicit processing elements which supports the aggregation of any number of such processing elements. The system and method of the present invention supports the generation of a unified executable program through the use of directive statements which are analyzed in conjunction with the semantic structures in the parsed source code to generate appropriate source code targeted to the implicit and explicit processing elements. The computational unification system and method of the present invention further embodies expertise with the particular programming style and idiom of the various processing elements. |
| US08930891B2 |
Method for visual manipulations of all kinds of programming objects
A method of enabling an Integrated Development Environment to visually manipulate any software objects, not just specifically designed object, comprises the steps of using a design-time software class to represent properties, methods, events, constructor, constructor parameters and type parameters of programming entities in an IDE, using a name-type dictionary to add any software types to a toolbox, using action-event assignments for codeless visual programming. |
| US08930889B2 |
Software modeling system and method
A device for modeling a software application includes an environmental model that includes a first set of attributes. The first set of attributes includes a value attribute, a declaration, and a set of meta-attributes. A behavioral model includes a second set of attributes, including a portion of the first set of attributes, wherein the environmental and behavioral models share the portion. The second set of attributes includes a value attribute and set of meta-attributes, each having at least one of a declaration and function. Changes to an attribute in the behavioral model reflect in all models that share the attribute. A design model includes a first decomposition of the second set of attributes into a first plurality of groups. A run-time model includes a second decomposition of the second set of attributes into a second plurality of groups, and records the decomposition of the behavioral model into run-time components. |
| US08930887B2 |
Linking model instances to packages
In a method 1100 of linking model instances to packages, a service instantiation request is received 1110. The service instantiation request is associated 1120 with service model instance. Linked instances are generated 1130 between the service model instance and available packages. The linked instances are evaluated 1140. Based on the evaluating, a most efficient linked instance of the linked instances is selected 1150 to include in a bound package model of the service instantiation request. |
| US08930885B2 |
Reconfiguring a model
Reconfiguring a model [600] is described. An instruction is accessed [605], wherein the instruction comprises utilizing one or more model elements to reconfigure a model. A refinement chain is utilized [610] to access a portion of the model, the portion being non-variable and associated with the instruction, and wherein the refinement chain tracks design changes for the model. A specific instance is located [615], the specific instance being closest to the portion within the refinement chain at which an inclusion of the one or more model elements alters a performance of the model to reflect the inclusion. The model is re-instantiated [620] utilizing the one or more model elements beginning at the specific instance, thereby enabling a reconfiguration of the model according to the instruction. |
| US08930883B2 |
Life cycle of a work packet in a software factory
A method, system, and computer-readable medium for managing a work packet's life cycle, wherein the work packet is assembled in a software factory that creates custom software in a standardized manner, are presented. In one embodiment, the computer-implemented method comprises: defining a work packet to perform a sub-function of a custom software, wherein the work packet is a pre-stored, reusable, self-contained, discrete unit of software code; assembling the work packet; archiving the work packet in an asset repository; retrieving the work packet from the asset repository; and sending the work packet to an assembly line for consolidation with other work packets to create a custom software. |
| US08930882B2 |
Method, system, and computer program product for efficient resource allocation
The present disclosure relates to a tool for increasing efficiency of development and upskilling of developers of software. The system may be configured to identify minimum skills for development of a software tool, identify elements of the software tool to be provided, establish a maximum timeline for completion of the elements of the software tool, based on the elements identified, and determine a proficiency status level appropriate to complete the development of the software tool based on both the identified skills and the elements. |
| US08930881B1 |
Dual programming interface
A computer-implemented method for providing an informal interface and a formal interface to a computing application using a computer is provided. The informal interface includes first routines, the first routines using an informal input format. The method also includes providing a formal interface using the computer, where the formal interface includes second routines. The second routines support developer functionality, and the second routines using a formal input format. The method includes receiving a first input having a first routine input format, the first routine input format complying with the informal input format, or a second input having a second routine input format, the second routine input format complying with the formal input format. The method includes processing the received first input or the received second input and performing a computing operation based on the processing. |
| US08930880B2 |
Development of functional modules using a module bus
Systems and methods are provided that facilitate development of a module for use in a control application by assembling one or more predefined aspects onto a module bus. The module bus acts as a virtual backplane that allows module functionality in the form of predefined bus-compliant aspects to be selected and added to the bus, thereby yielding a module having a desired set of functions. When an aspect is added to the module bus, the bus integrates the aspects into the module automatically without the need to modify the module's core code to interface the aspects with the module. The module bus also establishes the necessary interdependencies between aspects representing cross-cutting concerns without requiring new code to be writing to link the aspects. |
| US08930879B2 |
Application building
The described implementations relate to unified application building. In one implementation unified application building tools can include a unifying component model configured to communicate with a set of components that are supported by different frameworks. The unified application building tools can also include a unification engine configured to bind events between individual components in a unified manner that is independent of an individual framework upon which individual components are supported. |
| US08930876B2 |
Method of debugging control flow in a stream processor
Disclosed is a method of monitoring operation of programmable logic for a streaming processor, the method comprising: generating a graph representing the programmable logic to be implemented in hardware, the graph comprising nodes and edges connecting nodes in the graph; inserting, on each edge, monitoring hardware to monitor flow of data along the edge. Also disclosed is a method of monitoring operation of programmable logic for a streaming processor, the method comprising: generating a graph representing the programmable logic to be implemented in hardware, the graph comprising nodes and edges connecting the nodes in the graph; inserting, on at least one edge, data-generating hardware arranged to receive data from an upstream node and generate data at known values having the same flow control pattern as the received data for onward transmission to a connected node. |
| US08930875B2 |
Estimating power supply of a 3D IC
Embodiments of present invention include a method and apparatus of estimating power supply of a 3D IC. The method particularly includes obtaining current information and layout information of circuit modules contained in a specific region of the 3D IC, gridding the specific region so as to form at least one three-dimensional grid having a plurality of side edges along chip stacking direction of the 3D IC, determining current of at least one of the plurality of side edges based on the current information and layout information of the circuit modules, and estimating power supply of the 3D IC based on the current of the at least one side edge. With the method and apparatus embodiments of the invention, power supply of a 3D IC may be effectively estimated and analyzed. |
| US08930873B1 |
Creating regional routing blockages in integrated circuit design
A region of congestion is detected at a set of layers. The region occupies the same area of each layer in the set. A routing blockage is defined as a tuple corresponding to the region. The tuple includes a set of coordinates to describe an area of the region, a first and a second layer coordinates of a first and a second layer in the set of layers. The routing blockage is applied during an iteration of rough routing. Before an iteration of detailed routing, the routing blockage is removed. Detailed routing is performed using a g-cell in the region. The detailed routing uses a routing capacity saved in the g-cell during the iteration of rough routing due to the routing blockage. A revised IC design is produced where a revised congestion in an area corresponding to the region is reduced. |
| US08930868B2 |
Trace routing according to freeform sketches
Methods and apparatuses for routing traces in a layout design, such as for example a layout design for an integrated circuit, are disclosed. In various implementations, a group of netlines within a layout design and a freeform sketch are identified. Subsequently, the netlines are routed as traces according to the freeform sketch. More particularly, the geometry of the traces is determined by approximating the geometry of the freeform sketch. Various implementations of the invention provide for the netlines to be routed by an automated trace routing engine. With further implementations of the invention, ball grid array escapes and trace fanouts are additionally routed. For example, ball grid array escapes may be routed prior to netlines being routed according to the freeform sketch. In further implementations of the invention, the freeform sketch is deleted after the traces have been routed. With various implementations of the invention, the netlines are routed as traces by forming a container shape around the freeform sketch, approximating the geometry of the freeform sketch within the container shape, and routing traces within the container shape using the approximation of the freeform shape as a guide. |
| US08930863B2 |
System and method for altering circuit design hierarchy to optimize routing and power distribution using initial RTL-level circuit description netlist
Systems and methods are disclosed for modifying the hierarchy of a System-on-Chip and other circuit designs to provide better routing and performance as well as more effective power distribution. A user specifies desired modifications to the design hierarchy and then the system automatically alters the hierarchy by performing group, ungroup, and move operations to efficiently and optimally implement the desired hierarchy modifications. Any modifications to port and signal names are automatically resolved by the system and the resultant RTL matches the function of the input RTL. The user then evaluates the revised hierarchy with regard to power distribution and routing congestion, and further hierarchy modifications are performed if necessary. A widget user interface facility is included to allow user-guided direction of hierarchy modifications in an iterative fashion. |
| US08930862B2 |
System, method, and computer program product for automatic two-phase clocking
A system, method, and computer program product for converting a design from edge-triggered docking to two-phase non-overlapping clocking is disclosed. The method includes the steps of replacing an edge-triggered flip-flop circuit that is coupled to a combinational logic circuit with a pair of latches including a first latch circuit and a second latch circuit and determining a midpoint of the combinational logic circuit based on timing information. The second latch circuit is propagated to a midpoint of the combinational logic circuit and two-phase non-overlapping clock signals are provided to the pair of latches. |
| US08930857B2 |
Mask data verification apparatus, design layout verification apparatus, method thereof, and computer program thereof
A mask data verification apparatus compares a design layout with design layout patterns stored in an existing-type library and extracts a design layout pattern found to be neither equal nor similar as a new-type design layout pattern. The mask data verification apparatus generates mask data using OPC/RET with reference to a new design layout pattern stored in a new-type library and performs post-verification. The mask data verification apparatus can previously verify a new design layout pattern, shorten a semiconductor device manufacturing period, ensure efficient development, and improve a manufacturing yield. |
| US08930851B2 |
Visually representing a menu structure
A navigator component is displayed including (i) a home icon configured to transition the navigator component to an earlier state, (ii) user-selectable rings that are centered on the home icon and represent sets of the menu views, including a first ring that currently has a visual indication of selection, and (iii) first user-selectable icons that belong to the first ring and are located between the home icon and at least one of the user-selectable rings, each first user-selectable icon configured to cause one of the menu views to be displayed. A user input is received that selects a second ring of the user-selectable rings. An updated navigator component is displayed, (i) including second user-selectable icons that belong to the second ring, instead of the first user-selectable icons, and (ii) wherein the second ring currently has, and the first ring currently does not have, the visual indication of selection. |
| US08930844B2 |
Network repository of digitalized 3D object models, and networked generation of photorealistic images based upon these models
In a network-linked computer graphics image rendering system serving to render images of objects in scenes, these objects are so rendered from high-resolution 3D models and textures that are, in particular, stored and maintained on one or more server computers in one or more libraries that are secure. Using stand-in object models and textures, design professionals at client computers are able to “fine-tune” and preview designs that incorporate objects stored securely in the server's(s') models' library(ies). Yet the high-resolution, 3D, relatively expensive, and proprietary object models remain completely secure at one (i.e., centralized) or more (i.e., distributed) server computers. 2D perspective-view or stereo in-situ photorealistic images of scenes incorporating these objects are rendered at the one or more sever computers, for subsequent remote viewing at the one or more client computers. |
| US08930842B2 |
Method for generating a search query
A method and an electronic device (10) for generating a search query using a graphical user interface are provided. The method comprises providing (111) a graphical representation of a search input field (20) comprising at least two domain icons (21-25, 91-97), each domain icon (21-25, 91-97) representing a search domain, activating (112) of the search input field (20) upon a user selection of one of the at least two domain icons (21-25, 91-97), receiving (113) a search string (34) entered by a user, and generating (114) the search query based on the entered search string (34) and the search domain represented by the selected domain icon (21-25, 91-97). |
| US08930841B2 |
Methods and apparatus for a user interface configured to display event information
An embodiment of a user interface of an electronic device is configured to display user interface elements along a timeline. Each displayed user interface element is associated with an event that is characterized by one or more event attributes. The event attributes include a temporal attribute (e.g., a date and/or time). Each user interface element is relatively positioned along the timeline based on its temporal attribute, and each user interface element is displayed with a visual representation of a set of its associated event attributes. The displayed set of event attributes for a particular user interface element is determined based on a position of the user interface element along the timeline and/or a spatial zoom level at the time. The spatial zoom level and/or position along the timeline of each user interface element may be modified based on user inputs. |
| US08930840B1 |
Determining display order for navigating between application windows and navigating between tabs in a window
A system and method for determining a display order for changing application windows or changing tabs within a window is provided. Windows or tabs that are open in a user interface of a computing device are identified. At least one duration of active time for each window or tab is tracked and a score for each window or tab is determined based on each duration of active time for the respective window or tab. The order of the windows or tabs is determined based on the scores. A graphical component for display in the user interface is provided that displays a representation of each of the plurality of windows or tabs in the determined order and is configured to receive a user selection of one of the plurality of windows or tabs to activate the selected window or tab. |
| US08930839B2 |
Automatically arranging of icons on a user interface
Automatically arranging icons on a user interface is provided. A plurality of icons associated with items are received and displayed on the user interface. An importance score for each icon of the plurality of icons and a similarity score between two or more of the plurality of icons are determined. Further, a user interface coordinate is assigned to at least a portion of the plurality of icons based on the importance and similarity scores. The user interface is then displayed with the at least a portion of the plurality of icons according to the user interface coordinate. |
| US08930836B2 |
Methods and apparatus for displaying an electronic rendering of a locate and/or marking operation using display layers
Locate information, marking information, and/or landmark information relating to a locate operation and/or a marking operation to detect and/or mark a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility is categorized into a plurality of display layers for electronic rendering. At least some of the display layers may be independently enabled or disabled for display such that only enabled display layers are displayed in a display field of a display device. Alternate enabling and disabling of one or more display layers facilitates comparative viewing of the layers. A layer directory or layer legend pane may be displayed to allow for selective enabling/disabling of one or more layers. One or more layers further may be categorized into sub-layers, and respective sub-layers of a given layer similarly may be independently enabled or disabled for display. |
| US08930833B2 |
Method and apparatus to present an integrated process modeler
A method and apparatus for an integrated process modeler is described. The modeler comprises a non-technical interface to permit design of a business process by a non-technical use and a technical interface to implement substeps of the process to automate technical aspects of the process by a technical user, using the same process modeler. The resulting process designed to be used by non-technical employees, to automatically lead the non-technical employees through the business process. |
| US08930827B1 |
Method and system for exchanging emails
A communication system and method for organization, preparation and viewing of emails, including a graphical user interface operating on a display of a computing device. The graphical user interface includes: a writing interface with writing functions; a reading interface with a plurality of reading functions; and an organizing interface with a plurality of organizing functions. The writing functions including a recipient action identifier indicating what is expected of the recipient with regard to the sent email, what folder the writer has designated the email is to be stored in on the recipient computing device, a read date identifying a date on which the writer wishes the recipient to read the email, and a writing block for text associated with a message being sent in accordance with the email. The recipient action identifier and the read date are appended to the email and by a computer system of a recipient upon receipt of the email by the recipient. |
| US08930826B2 |
Efficiently sharing user selected information with a set of determined recipients
Information concerning a set of recipients of previously conveyed messages from a sender can be collected. Patterns between content of the previously conveyed messages and each of the set of recipients can be determined and stored. Information can be selected within a user interface to share with others. The selected information can be analyzed and matched against the stored patterns. A subset of the recipients can be automatically determined. The subset can be those recipients likely to be interested in the selected information based on results of the analyzing and the matching. The information can be conveyed within at least one message from a sender device of the sender to one or more remotely located devices. Each of the one or more remotely located devices can be devices associated with at least a portion of the subset of the recipients. |
| US08930825B2 |
Graphically indicating relevancy of electronic messages
Methods and systems for determining a relevancy of an electronic message, and for graphically indicating the relevancy to a user are disclosed. A method may include receiving an electronic message, such as an email, at an electronic messaging system. The method may also include determining a relevance level of the electronic message to a user based on one or both of a number of primary addressees and a number of secondary addressees identified in the electronic message. Further, the method may include displaying graphical indicia based on the relevance level. |
| US08930820B1 |
Automatic calendaring system
In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method for maintaining a calendar of a user. The method includes: accessing an online profile of the user corresponding to a first social networking website; identifying, on the first social networking website, a first entry referencing a physical location, where the first entry is entered on a first calendar date; identifying, on the first social networking website, a second entry referencing the physical location, where the second entry is entered on a second calendar date; calculating, based on the first calendar date and the second calendar date, a first frequency of user visits to the physical location; estimating, based on the first frequency, a future calendar date when the user is expected to visit the physical location; and creating, in the calendar, a future event scheduled to occur at the physical location. |
| US08930817B2 |
Theme-based slideshows
A system and method for providing photographic slideshows with theme elements is provided. Each photograph and each theme element may be associated with different contextual information. The contextual information may include, for example, locations, time and date, calendar events, user preference or history information, or any other suitable information. In response to receiving a selection of contextual information, the electronic device may identify photographs and theme elements associated with contextual information to generate a photographic slideshow. Alternatively, in response to receiving a selection of at least one photograph or theme element, the electronic device may identify contextual information associated with the selected photograph or theme element to identify other photographs and theme elements associated with the identified contextual information for generating a photographic slideshow. |
| US08930813B2 |
Dynamic text entry/input system
The method, system and computer program product efficiently generates a target word by processing an input character sequence to an electronic device from a user utilizing an abbreviated word format. A dynamic text entry (DTE) logic/utility detects receipt of the input sequence that is provided by the user and, in response to receipt of the input character sequence, DTE logic determines from the input sequence whether there is a matching sequence stored in a particular DTE library accessible to DTE logic. If there is one target word that is mapped to the input sequence, DTE logic appropriately displays the target word instead of continuing to display the input sequence. However, if DTE logic determines that multiple candidate target words are available, DTE logic displays the candidate target words to enable the user to select the target word. If the number of target words exceeds a threshold maximum number, DTE logic enables the user to provide additional letters using the abbreviated word format. |
| US08930808B2 |
Processing rich text data for storing as legacy data records in a data storage system
A method, system and computer program product for storing rich text data that comprises identifying plain text and rich text attributes from the rich text data, wherein the rich text attributes specify richness features of the plain text, storing the plain text in a first legacy data record, and storing the rich text attributes in a second legacy data record prefixed by a token, wherein the token is recognizable by an application capable of applying the rich text attributes to the plain text to present the rich text data. |
| US08930802B2 |
Receiving apparatus and method that detect reception of serial data having a plurality of blocks
Exemplary receiving apparatus receives serial data that includes contiguous blocks each having M-bit known pattern. The apparatus includes a serial-parallel conversion circuit that arranges bits in the serial data to generates N-bit wide (N |
| US08930800B2 |
Method and apparatus of triple-decoding for IEEE 802.11p physical layer mechanism
A method for receiving and storing a packet of symbols. The method decodes the packet of symbols using a first decoding algorithm, and if the first decoding algorithm fails to correctly decode the packet of symbols, then the method decodes the packet of symbols using a second decoding algorithm. If the second decoding algorithm fails to decode the packet of symbols, then a third decoding algorithm is used. The third decoding algorithm can be sub-packet decoding, where a first sub-packet is part of the packet of symbols. If the first sub-packet is decoded successfully, then the method generates a channel estimate using the properly decoded information, and then uses that channel estimate to decode a subsequent sub-packet using the channel estimate, where the second sub-packet is a set of symbols that are a portion of the packet of symbols. |
| US08930798B2 |
Data encoding in solid state storage devices
Methods and apparatus are provided for encoding input data for recording in s-level storage of a solid state storage device, where s f 2. Input data words are encoded in groups of M input data words in accordance with first and second BCH codes to produce, for each group, a set of M first codewords of the first BCH code. The set of M first codewords is produced such that at least one predetermined linear combination of the M first codewords produces a second codeword of the second BCH code, this second BCH code being a sub-code of the first BCH code. The sets of M first codewords are then recorded in the s-level storage. If each of the first and second codewords comprises N q-ary symbols where q=pk, k is a positive integer and p is a prime number, the q-ary code alphabet can be matched to the s-ary storage by ensuring that q and s are uth and vth powers respectively of a common base r, where u and v are positive integers and k f u, whereby p(k/u)v=s. |
| US08930797B2 |
Method and apparatus for iterative error-erasure decoding
Methods and apparatus are provided for improved iterative error-erasure decoding. A signal is decoded by obtaining a plurality of symbols associated with the signal and one or more corresponding reliability values; generating at least one erasure list comprised of L symbols and at least one shortened erasure list comprised of L′ symbols, where L′ is less than L; and constructing an erasure set by taking erasures from at least one of the erasure list and the shortened erasure list. A signal is also processed by generating one or more reliability values using a soft-output detector; generating an erasure list of symbols by comparing the reliability values to at least one reliability threshold value (or by sorting); and performing error erasure decoding using the erasure list. The size of the erasure list can optionally be adjusted using feedback information. |
| US08930796B2 |
Error protection transcoders
A variable data rate error protection transcoder includes an input mapper receiving an input transcodeable codeword and outputting an input intermediate codeword. The input transcodeable codeword includes at least one input transcodeable information bit and at least one input transcodeable parity bit. The variable data rate error protection transcoder also includes an intermediate codeword transcoder receiving the input intermediate codeword and outputting an output intermediate codeword. The variable data rate error protection codeword also includes an output mapper receiving the output intermediate codeword and outputting an output transcoded codeword. The output transcoded codeword includes at least one output transcoded information bit and at least one output transcoded parity bit. |
| US08930794B2 |
Error injection for LDPC retry validation
The present inventions are related to systems and methods for validating retry features in LDPC decoders and in systems incorporating LDPC decoders. For example, a data processing circuit is disclosed that includes a low density parity check decoder and is operable to correct errors in a data set. The data processing circuit includes at least one retry feature operable to assist in correcting the errors that are not corrected without the at least one retry feature. A retry validation circuit in the data processing circuit is operable to inject errors in the data set to trigger the at least one retry feature. |
| US08930792B2 |
Systems and methods for distributed low density parity check decoding
Systems and method relating generally to data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for utilizing multiple data streams for data recovery from a storage device. In some cases the systems include a low density parity check data decoder circuit including at least a first data decoder engine and a second data decoder engine each electrically coupled to a common circuit. The common circuit is operable to: shift a combination of both a first sub-message from the first data decoder engine and the second sub-message from the second data decoder engine to yield an shifted output, and disaggregate the shifted output to yield a third sub-message to the first data decoder engine and a fourth sub-message to the second decoder engine. |
| US08930789B1 |
High-speed LDPC decoder
Methods, systems, and devices are described for decoding data using a low-density parity check (LDPC) decoder. An edge memory in the LDPC decoder is configured to have a first bank and a second bank of memory partitions. The first bank stores extrinsic information for edges for a first set of N check nodes and the second bank stores extrinsic information for edges for a second set of N check nodes. The first and second banks are concurrently accessed to process 2N check nodes in parallel. The first and second sets of N check nodes may respectively correspond to odd-numbered and even-numbered check nodes from the 2N check nodes processed in parallel by the LDPC decoder. The LDPC decoder operation may include initializing channel soft information into a memory different from the edge memory and the use of incremental changes in the extrinsic information to update the extrinsic information. |
| US08930788B2 |
LDPC decoder with fractional unsatisfied check quality metric
An apparatus includes a low density parity check decoder operable to iteratively generate messages between a plurality of check nodes and variable nodes, and to calculate a fractional quality metric for a data block as it is decoded in the low density parity check decoder based at least in part on perceived values of data in the variable nodes. The fractional unsatisfied check quality metric is a probabilistic determination of a number of unsatisfied parity checks in the low density parity check decoder. |
| US08930787B1 |
Decoder in a device receiving data having an error correction code and a method of decoding data
A decoder in a device receiving data having an error correction code is described. The decoder comprises a memory storing program code having instructions including control signals for decoding an error correction code; an address generator coupled to the memory, the address generator updating an address coupled to the memory for generating a next control signal; and a data processing circuit coupled to receive an instruction from the memory and further coupled to receive syndrome data, the data processing circuit generating error correction values. A method for decoding data having an error correction code is also disclosed. |
| US08930786B2 |
Self-timed error correcting code evaluation system and method
Error correcting codes (ECCs) have been proposed to be used in high frequency memory devices to detect errors in signals transmitted between a memory controller and a memory device. For high frequency memory devices, ECCs have delay characteristics of greater than one clock cycle. When the delay exceeds one clock cycle but is much less than two clock cycles, an entire second clock cycle must be added. By calculating and comparing the ECC value in a static logic circuit and a dynamic logic circuit, the logic delay is substantially reduced. In addition, the ECC value may be calculated and compared using two sets of static logic gates, where the second static logic gate is clocked by a clock signal that is delayed relative to the clock signal of the first set of logic gates. |
| US08930784B1 |
Apparatus and method for finding likely combinations of transmitted symbols
A high throughput and scalable MIMO detector can use a K-Best detection algorithm to find K combinations of transmit symbols that are likely to be the symbols that were actually transmitted. The K-best MIMO detector can include a plurality of stages, where each stage may correspond to a transmit antenna, and each stage can find K best symbol combinations based on information from a previous stage. To find the new K best symbol combinations, at each stage, a plurality of metrics for potential combinations are computed and sorted by magnitude. The MIMO detector preferably uses a high throughput, merge sorting algorithm to sort the metrics. |
| US08930783B2 |
pBIST read only memory image compression
A programmable Built In Self Test (pBIST) system used to test embedded memories where a plurality of memories requiring different testing conditions are incorporated in an SOC. The pBIST Read Only Memory storing the test setup data is organized to eliminate multiple instances of test setup data for similar embedded memories. |
| US08930771B2 |
Systems and methods for retrieving data
Apparatus and methods, such as those that read data from non-volatile integrated circuit memory devices, such as NAND flash. For example, disclosed techniques can be embodied in a device driver of an operating system. Errors are tracked during read operations. If sufficient errors are observed during read operations, the block is then retired when it is requested to be erased or a page of the block is to be written. One embodiment is a technique to recover data from uncorrectable errors. For example, a read mode can be changed to a more reliable read mode to attempt to recover data. One embodiment further returns data from the memory device regardless of whether the data was correctable by decoding of error correction code data or not. |
| US08930770B2 |
Monitoring the health of distributed systems
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for monitoring the health of distributed systems. Embodiments of the invention provide distributed, self-maintained, continuous health monitoring. Using XML and pluggable infrastructure, a logical view of an appliance can be provided. The logical view abstracts physical implementation details of the appliance. Monitoring agents can correlate different distributed system failures and events and reason over collected health information. |
| US08930769B2 |
Managing operating system deployment failure
A method for managing operating system deployment failure includes, with an operating system deployment server, running an operating system deployment process that comprises running a progressive hardware discovery process of a target machine to which an operating system is deployed, the discovery process to capture inventory information related to the target machine, monitoring the operating system deployment to detect failure in a pre-operating system environment running on the target machine for a predefined period of time, and executing a remediation action in response to generation of a failure code during the period of time, the remediation action related to a Basic Input Output System (BIOS) of the target machine. |
| US08930768B2 |
System and method of failover for an initiated SIP session
An initial SIP message is sent to establish a first SIP communication session from a first SIP device. The initial SIP message is sent via a first of a plurality of session managers to a second SIP device. After receiving the initial SIP message at the second SIP device and before ending the first SIP communication session, either the first or second SIP device sends a second SIP message. The second SIP message is sent to the first of the plurality of session managers. Either the first or second SIP devices detects that a response SIP message to the sent second SIP message was not received within a defined time period. In response to detecting that the SIP response message was not received within the defined time period, either the first or second SIP device resends the second SIP message to a second one of the plurality of session managers. |
| US08930765B2 |
Systems and methods for feedback driven regression testing
Systems and methods for automatically testing one or more versions of a compiler of are disclosed. A compiler is instrumented to generated data exposing various internal decisions and/or actions made by the compiler. Subsequently, multiple distinct versions of the compiler are executed to compile a code corpus associated with a particular programming language. Output (including instrumentation output) from the compilation of the code corpus for each version of the compiler is obtained and compared to identify behavioral changes that may exist between the various versions of the compiler. |
| US08930753B2 |
System, method and apparatus for error correction in multi-processor systems
This disclosure provides apparatus, methods and systems for error correction in multi processor systems. Some implementations include a plurality of computing modules, each computing module including a processor. Each processor may include processing state. In some other implementations, each computing module may also include a memory. Upon receiving a signal to perform a partial re-synchronization, a hash of each processor's state data may be performed. In some embodiments, a hash of at least a portion of each computing module's memory data may also be performed. The hashes for each processor are then compared to determine majority hashes and possible minority hashes. Upon identifying a minority hash, the computing module that produced the minority hash may receive new processing state data from one of the computing modules that produced a majority hash. |
| US08930748B2 |
Storage apparatus and controller
A storage apparatus includes a plurality of first storage mediums in which data is redundantly stored and a controller. The controller includes a formatting section which performs formatting in each of the plurality of first storage mediums, a detection section which detects a failure that has occurred in the plurality of first storage mediums, a control section which makes the formatting section stop the formatting at the time of the detection of the failure by the detection section and which rebuilds the data stored in the plurality of first storage mediums in which the failure has occurred in a second storage medium other than the plurality of first storage mediums, and a rebuild processing section which rebuilds the data stored in the plurality of first storage mediums in the second storage medium in accordance with instructions from the control section. |
| US08930742B2 |
Clock signals for dynamic reconfiguration of communication link bundles
In at least some embodiments, an electronic device includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The electronic device also includes a serial communication link controller coupled to the processor, the serial communication link controller supporting dynamic reconfiguration of a plurality of communication link bundles. The serial communication link controller receives an input clock and generates first and second clock signals based on the input clock, the first and second clock signals having different clock rates and being provided to each of a plurality of communication link bundles. |
| US08930740B2 |
Regulation of memory IO timing using programmatic control over memory device IO timing
This disclosure provides for adjustment of memory IO timing using a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and a register that generates a VCO control voltage directly used to vary memory IO timing. The register may be externally programmable by a controller and may be located on a memory device (IC, module or other device) or on an external voltage generator, which then provides an adjustable voltage to the memory device. This structure may be used to adjust memory timing so as to achieve a minimum target bitrate and thus minimize frequency of operation to minimize power. In one embodiment, each of several memory devices may be independently adjusted in this way to achieve a mesochronous memory system; in another embodiment, memory devices may be have their timing adjusted in parallel, with all memory devices equal to or greater than a target bitrate. Teachings presented herein provide a way to relax overdesign requirements and “tune” fast-fast and slow-slow devices to effectively operate as typical devices. |
| US08930739B2 |
Memory controller
A memory controller includes an digitally programmable delay unit having a selectable delay time receiving a read-enable signal and outputting a delayed read-enable signal. The delay time is selected in response to an externally applied delay-control signal. A sampling unit in the memory controller outputs data received from a separate memory, in synchronization with the delayed enable signal. The delay time may be a multiple of the period of a clock signal. |
| US08930737B2 |
Method and devices for controlling operations of a central processing unit
Provided is a method in a control circuitry controlling the operations of a central processing unit, CPU. The CPU is associated with a nominal clock frequency. The CPU is further coupled to an I/O range and configured to deliver input to an application. According to the method, the control circuitry controls (110, 150) the CPU to poll the I/O range for input to the application. The control circuitry also monitors (120, 160) whether or not each poll results in input to the application and adjusts (140) a clock frequency at which the CPU operates to a clock frequency lower than the nominal clock frequency if a pre-defined number of polls resulting in no input is detected (130). A control circuitry and a central computer server of an automated exchange system are also provided. |
| US08930735B2 |
Method and device for managing handheld device power consumption
A method and device for managing handheld device power consumption are disclosed. The method includes the following steps of: calculating an operating frequency needed by the function currently operated by the handheld device; and setting the system clock of the handheld device according to the operating frequency. |
| US08930730B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method for selective power supply
An image processing apparatus includes a chipset unit which processes data; a connector which includes a plurality of terminals, and is configured to connect with a cable so that the chipset unit can transmit and receive a signal to and from an external device; a switching unit which supplies power to the external device through a first terminal of the connector, and selectively controls a switching operation regarding whether or not to supply power to the first terminal on the basis of a signal state of a second terminal of the connector when the cable is connected to the connector. A control method of the image processing apparatus is also disclosed. |
| US08930721B2 |
Personal computing device having single-cell battery
The present invention features a personal computing device that may be powered by a single battery having a single lithium-ion cell or by a plurality of lithium-ion cells connected in parallel. The personal computing device may provide computing power comparable to that of conventional laptop computers and execute an operating system and application software comparable to that executed by conventional laptop computers. Furthermore, the battery's time between charging, when used to power the personal computing device, may be similar to the time between charging of a multi-cell battery when used to power a conventional laptop computer. |
| US08930720B2 |
Authentication method
According to one embodiment, an authentication method includes generating a second key by a first key, the first key being stored in a memory and being prohibited from being read from outside; generating a session key by the second key; generating first authentication information using the session key and secret identification information, the secret identification information stored in a memory and being prohibited from being read from outside; transmitting encrypted secret identification information to an external device and receiving second authentication information from the external device, the encrypted secret identification information stored in a memory and readable, the second authentication information generated based on the encrypted secret identification information; and determining whether the first authentication information and the second authentication information match. |
| US08930717B2 |
Secure processing module and method for making the same
Described herein are devices and techniques related to implementation of a trustworthy electronic processing module. During fabrication, a manufacturer is provided with partial technical specifications that intentionally exclude at least one critical design feature. Fabrication of the electronic processing module is monitored from a trusted remote location; wherefrom, the intentionally excluded at least one critical design feature is implemented, thereby completing manufacture of the trustworthy electronic processing module. At least one of the acts of monitoring and implementing can be accomplished by instantiating executable software remotely from a trusted remote location and immediately prior to execution. It is the executable software that enables at least one of the acts of monitoring and implementing. Further, the instantiated executable software is removed or otherwise rendered inoperable immediately subsequent to execution. In some embodiments the critical design feature can be implemented within a configurable element, such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA). |
| US08930715B2 |
Address translation unit, device and method for remote direct memory access of a memory
An address translation unit for Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) of a memory of a processor is provided. The address translation unit comprises an address translator and a signer. The address translator is configured to translate a received virtual address in a real address of the memory. The signer is configured to cryptographically sign the real address. |
| US08930713B2 |
System and method for general purpose encryption of data
Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with traditional approaches to encryption and decryption of data are provided. An information handling system may include a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and an encryption accelerator communicatively coupled to the processor. The encryption accelerator may be configured to encrypt and decrypt information in accordance with a plurality of cryptographic functions, receive a command from the processor to perform an encryption or decryption task upon data associated with an input/output operation, and in response to receiving the command, encrypt or decrypt the data associated with the input/output operation based on a particular one of the plurality of cryptographic functions. |
| US08930708B2 |
Web-based security authentication
A method and system for performing a security authentication. A name of a user, N sequences of digits, and encrypted values respectively corresponding to the digits in the N sequences are transmitted to a destination device. Each sequence includes a same M unique digits and begins with a different digit, wherein N≧2 and M≧3. N encrypted values of the transmitted encrypted values are received, wherein an Ith received encrypted value of the N received encrypted values corresponds to one of the digits selected by the user, at an electronic device, from a respective Ith sequence of the N sequences (I=1, 2, . . . , N). N digits respectively corresponding to the received N encrypted values are determined. The determined N digits form a number matching a PIN associated with the name of the user, which authenticates the user to access a resource. |
| US08930705B1 |
System and method for authenticating remote execution
With the widespread use of the distributed systems comes the need to secure such systems against a wide variety of threats. Recent security mechanisms are grossly inadequate in authenticating the program executions at the clients or servers, as the clients, servers and the executing programs themselves can be compromised after the clients and servers pass the authentication phase. A generic framework is provided for authenticating remote executions on a potentially untrusted remote server—essentially validating that what is executed at the server on behalf of the client is actually the intended program. Details of a prototype Linux implementation are also described, along with some optimization techniques for reducing the run-time overhead of the present scheme. The performance overhead of this technique varies generally from 7% to 24% for most benchmarks, as seen from the actual remote execution of SPEC benchmarks. |
| US08930704B2 |
Digital signature method and system
A digital signature method, a method for initializing a digital signature scheme, a system for digitally signing a message and a computer program product are described. At least the digital signature method involves a signer having a weak security parameter. The signer retrieves a cryptographic element from each of a plurality of computing entities. Each cryptographic element is a function of a commitment supplied by the signer and the commitment includes a cryptographic function of a weak security parameter provided by the signer. A strong cryptographic security parameter is generated using a plurality of said elements. A message is then signed according to the digital signature scheme using the strong cryptographic security parameter to generate a digital signature. |
| US08930703B2 |
Methods, systems and computer program products for controlling the disclosure time of information
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for controlling the disclosure time of information by a publisher to one or more recipients. A trusted body generates an asymmetrical key pair for a specified date and time of disclosure with an encryption key and a decryption key. The trusted body provides a digital certificate signed with a private key of the trusted body providing the publisher with the encryption key prior to the specified date and time. The publisher uses the encryption key to encrypt data and a recipient obtains the encrypted data at any time prior to the specified date and time. The trusted body then makes the decryption key available to the recipient at or after the specified date and time. |
| US08930701B2 |
Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms
Disclosed examples involve decoding information from a mobile device into a plurality of encrypted identifiers identifying at least one of the mobile device or a user of the mobile device, sending ones of the encrypted identifiers to corresponding database proprietors, receiving a plurality of user information corresponding to the ones of the encrypted identifiers from the corresponding database proprietors, and associating the plurality of user information with at least one of a search term collected at the mobile device or a media impression logged for media presented at the mobile device. |
| US08930700B2 |
Remote device secure data file storage system and method
A remote device secure data file storage system and method of securely storing data files at a remote device, includes a host system having a database and a plurality of remote devices, each connected with the host system by a communication network. Each remote device and the host system is programmed with a time-based cryptography system that generates an encryption key (RVK) and initialization vector (IV) for encrypting and decrypting data on the remote device. The time-based cryptography system generates the encryption key (RVK) as a function of a parameter (PDPT) that is a function of a personal date (PD) and personal time (PT) of the user. The personal date and personal time of the user being a function of personal data entered by the user on the remote device. The personal date (PD) is a function of the date of birth (DOB) of the user and the personal time (PT) is a function of the time of birth (TOB) of the user. |
| US08930698B2 |
Encrypting globally unique identifiers at communication boundaries
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for encrypting communications containing or referencing globally unique identifiers to prevent unauthorized access to content item data, such as through spoofing or ancillary information leakage. An example system configured to practice the method identifies a communication, between a storage environment and a client device, associated with a globally unique identifier for a content item stored in at least one of the storage environment and the client device. The content item can be addressable via a globally unique identifier. Prior to transmitting the communication, the system can encrypt a portion of the communication containing the globally unique identifier using an encryption key based on a client-specific key and a secret version-specific key to yield an encrypted communication, and transmit the encrypted communication to the client device. |
| US08930697B2 |
Securing digital content system and method
A system and method of encrypting digital content in a digital container and securely locking the encrypted content to a particular user and/or computer or other computing device is provided. The system uses a token-based authentication and authorization procedure and involves the use of an authentication/authorization server. This system provides a high level of encryption security equivalent to that provided by public key/asymmetric cryptography without the complexity and expense of the associated PKI infrastructure. The system enjoys the simplicity and ease of use of single key/symmetric cryptography without the risk inherent in passing unsecured hidden keys. The secured digital container when locked to a user or user's device may not open or permit access to the contents if the digital container is transferred to another user's device. The digital container provides a secure technique of distributing electronic content such as videos, text, data, photos, financial data, sales solicitations, or the like. |
| US08930696B2 |
System and method for exchanging secure information between secure removable media (SRM) devices
A system and method for exchanging secure information between Secure Removable Media (SRM) devices. An initialization operation is performed between the SRM devices. After a mutual authentication operation is performed between the SRM devices, a secret key is exchanged for secure information exchange. An installation setup operation is then performed to establish an environment for moving rights between the SRM devices, and the rights information can be directly exchanged between the SRM devices by performing a rights installation operation between the SRM devices. |
| US08930693B2 |
Cluster federation and trust
An improved scalable object storage system allows multiple clusters to work together. In one embodiment, a trust and federation relationship is established between a first cluster and a second cluster. This is done by designating a first cluster as a trust root. The trust root receives contact from another cluster, and the two clusters exchange cryptographic credentials. The two clusters mutually authenticate each other based upon the credentials, and optionally relative to a third information service, and establish a service connection. Services from the remote cluster are registered as being available to the cluster designated as the trust root. Multi-cluster gateways can also be designated as the trust root, and joined clusters can be mutually untrusting. Two one-way trust and federation relationships can be set up to form a trusted bidirectional channel. |
| US08930691B2 |
Dynamic symmetric searchable encryption
Described herein is an efficient, dynamic Symmetric Searchable Encryption (SSE) scheme. A client computing device includes a plurality of files and a dictionary of keywords. An index is generated that indicates, for each keyword and each file, whether a file includes a respective keyword. The index is encrypted and transmitted (with encryptions of the files) to a remote repository. The index is dynamically updateable at the remote repository, and can be utilized to search for files that include keywords in the dictionary without providing the remote repository with information that identifies content of the file or the keyword. |
| US08930688B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing security service of user interface
An apparatus and method for providing a security service for UI applications in a network system. In a network supporting a user interface, encryption-unneeded data is distinguished from data in which security identifier is specified, that indicates a need for security between a server and a communication device, and the distinguished data is transmitted over a security channel and a general channel separately. |
| US08930684B2 |
Adding a runtime service for firmware-based images for a device not known to an operating system
Systems, devices, and methods, including program instructions, are provided for firmware filters and patches. One method embodiment includes executing extended firmware interface (EFI) program instructions during runtime to modify a firmware implementation underlying an interface and invoking the modified firmware implementation, while the original firmware code in non-volatile memory remains unmodified. A further embodiment includes adding a runtime service in an system abstraction layer (SAL) interface and adding a subordinate runtime service that describes a device not known to a firmware image on a system but useable by a particular operating system (OS). |
| US08930683B1 |
Memory order tester for multi-threaded programs
One method of testing multi-threaded code involves accessing a first set of instructions which are configured to be executed, in execution order, as a thread of a multi-threaded process. A memory space is modified, based upon the first set of instructions. The modified memory space represents one or more values that are generated by executing the first set of program instructions in a different order than execution order. The memory space is processed by a second set of program instructions, which is configured to be executed as a second thread of the multi-threaded process. |
| US08930678B2 |
Instruction and logic to length decode X86 instructions
Techniques to increase the consumption rate of raw instruction bytes within an instruction fetch unit. An instruction fetch unit according to embodiments of the present invention may include a prefetch buffer, a set of bypass multiplexers, an array of bypass latches, a byte-block multiplexer, an instruction alignment multiplexer, a predecode cache, and an instruction length decoder. Raw instruction bytes may be steered from the bypass latches into macro-instructions for consumption by the instruction length decoder, which may generate micro-instructions from the macro-instructions. Embodiments of the present invention may de-couple a latency for reading raw instruction bytes from the prefetch buffer from consuming raw instruction bytes by the instruction length decoder. |
| US08930676B2 |
Master core discovering enabled cores in microprocessor comprising plural multi-core dies
A core configuration discovery method and corresponding microprocessor are provided that does not rely on off-core logic or queries by system BIOS. Reset microcode is provided in the microprocessor's cores. Upon reset, the microcode queries and/or receives from other cores configuration-revealing information and collects the configuration-revealing information to determine a composite core configuration for the microprocessor. The composite core configuration may reveal the number of enabled cores, identify the enabled cores, reveal a hierarchical coordination system of the multi-core processor, such as a nodal map of the cores for certain inter-core communication processes or restricted activities, identify various domains and domain masters within such a system, and/or identify resources, such as voltage sources, clock sources, and caches, shared by various domains of the microprocessor. The composite core configuration may be used for power state management, reconfiguration, and other purposes. |
| US08930668B2 |
Storage black box
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for providing a storage allocation to a virtual machine in response to a service request including receiving a service request including a virtual machine and storage parameters and running a policy engine to determine appropriate storage allocation to achieve storage parameters received from the requester, which may include applying a set of policy-based rules to the received storage parameters to determine one or more appropriate logical components of storage to map, to determine one or more array ports to enable, and to determine one or more network ports to enable in order to establish one or more communication channels between the operating system of the virtual machine and the provisioned component space. Component space is provisioned and a communication channel is established between the operating system to the component space based on the policy engine. |
| US08930664B2 |
Method and apparatus for transferring data from a first domain to a second domain
Data is written from a first domain to a FIFO memory buffer in a second domain. The first domain uses a first clock signal, the second domain uses a second clock signal and the memory buffer uses the first clock signal that is delivered alongside the data. The data is read from the memory buffer using the second clock signal. A read pointer is adjusted and synchronised with the delivered first clock signal. A token is generated using the delivered first clock signal, based on the read pointer. The token represents a capacity of the memory buffer having been made available. The token is passed to the first domain and synchronised with the first clock signal. The writing of data to the memory buffer is controlled based on a comparison between the synchronised token and a previously received token. |
| US08930663B2 |
Handling enclosure unavailability in a storage system
The presently disclosed subject matter includes, inter alia, a storage system and a method of managing allocation of data in case an enclosure in a storage system becomes unavailable. The storage system has a storage space configured as a plurality of RAID groups, each RAID group comprising N parity members. According to one aspect of the disclosed subject matter, responsive to a write request, at least one section allocated to a disk in an unavailable enclosure is identified; at least one temporary RAID group in a spare storage space of the storage system is allocated and data related to the write request is written to the alternative RAID group. |
| US08930662B2 |
Management of multiple software images with shared memory blocks
A data processing entity that includes a mass memory with a plurality of memory locations for storing memory blocks. Each of a plurality of software images includes a plurality of memory blocks with corresponding image addresses within the software image. The memory blocks of software images stored in boot locations of a current software image are relocated. The boot blocks of the current software image are stored into the corresponding boot locations. The data processing entity is booted from the boot blocks of the current software image in the corresponding boot locations, thereby loading the access function. Each request to access a selected memory block of the current software image is served by the access function, with the access function accessing the selected memory block in the associated memory location provided by the control structure. |
| US08930660B2 |
Shared information distributing device, holding device, certificate authority device, and system
A distributing device for generating private information correctly even if shared information is destroyed or tampered with. A shared information distributing device for use in a system for managing private information by a secret sharing method, including: segmenting unit that segments private information into a first through an nth pieces of shared information; first distribution unit that distributes the n pieces of shared information to n holding devices on a one-to-one basis; and second distribution unit that distributes the n pieces of shared information to the n holding devices so that each holding device holds an ith piece of shared information distributed by the first distribution unit, as well as a pieces of shared information being different from the ith piece of shared information in ordinal position among n pieces of shared information, “i” being an integer in a range from 1 to n. |
| US08930658B2 |
Electronic equipment system and storage device
In electronic equipment 1, a limitation level on reading data from a USB flash drive (storage device) 2 is set to a setting section 3 in advance. The USB flash drive 2 ascertains the setting at the setting section 3 when connected to the electronic equipment 1 and limits reading data based on the determined setting. If the limitation level does not match with the condition for permitting data read-out as determined in USB flash drive 2, the USB flash drive 2 prohibits the electronic equipment 1 from reading out data. By executing the processing for limiting data read-out at the side of the USB flash drive 2, unauthorized leakage of data can easily be prevented. |
| US08930655B2 |
Transient storage device configuration silo
A device configuration silo is arranged to be accessed as an IEEE 1667-compatible silo which exposes interfaces to a host application to make changes to the presence of one or more other silos, as well as make changes to silo configurations on a per-silo basis for data and method sharing among silos across the ACTs on a storage device such as a transient storage device. The interfaces exposed by the device configuration silo are arranged to enable an authenticated provisioner, like administrator in a corporate network environment, to perform configuration changes to silos after the storage device is released into the field through a secure provisioning mechanism. In addition, users may make configuration changes to silos at runtime in some usage scenarios, for example to enable discrete portions of functionality on a storage device, by using a secure secondary authentication mechanism that is exposed by the device configuration silo. |
| US08930653B1 |
Data de-duplication for information storage systems
Technologies for eliminating duplicate data within a storage system. De-duplication may be performed done at physical chunk level, where the data is not copied or moved to different location. A logical mapping is modified using a thin de-duplication kernel module that resides between a distributed volume manager (DVM) and a logical disk (LD). De-duplication is achieved by changing pointers in the mapping to land at a physical location. De-duplication is performed as post-process feature where duplicates are indentified and the duplicates are marked in the mapping table, thereby claiming free space through de-duplication. Block-level de-duplication in accordance with the above can co-exist with existing storage architectures for thin provisioning and snapshot management. |
| US08930650B1 |
Identification of non-sequential data stored in memory
Systems and methods for identification of data stored in memory are provided. A data packet is received and a first packet byte within the data packet is compared to a first memory byte within a memory. A mismatch is determined between the first packet byte and the first memory byte. A memory location is accessed that contains a second memory byte that is non-consecutive with the first memory byte. A packet location accessed that contains a second packet byte that is non-consecutive with the first packet byte. The second packet byte is compared to the second memory byte. A retrieval instruction is generated based at least in part on a result of the comparison between the second packet byte and the second memory byte. Various embodiments may be included in a network memory architecture to allow for faster data matching and instruction generation in a central appliance. |
| US08930648B1 |
Distributed deduplication using global chunk data structure and epochs
Techniques for a data storage cluster and a method for deduplicating data in the data storage cluster in a scalable manner, by (among other things) using an epoch-based global chunk data structure, are disclosed herein. A global chunk data structure for an epoch is distributed and maintained at a plurality of metadata nodes within the data storage cluster. Fingerprints and identifiers of data chunks are written to the cluster after a particular epoch are written to delta chunk data structures stored in different metadata nodes of the cluster. When the data storage cluster advances to the next epoch, the global chunk data structure is updated using the delta chunk data structures. At any given time, data deduplication in the data storage cluster can be conducted based on the global chunk data structure for the current epoch. |
| US08930643B2 |
Multi-port memory and operation
Multi-port memory having an additional control bus for passing commands between ports have individual ports that can be configured to respond to a command received from an external control bus or to a command received from the additional control bus. This facilitates various combinations of ports to vary the bandwidth or latency of the memory to facilitate tailoring performance characteristics to differing applications. |
| US08930641B1 |
Systems and methods for providing memory controllers with scheduler bypassing capabilities
An integrated circuit may have a memory controller that interfaces between master processing modules and system memory. A scheduling module may be used to handle memory access requests received from multiple master modules. The scheduling module may arrange the received memory access requests in an order for fulfillment with system memory. A bypass module may be used to provide a low latency bypass path that allows memory access requests to bypass the scheduling module. The bypass module may include an eligibility detection module that identifies memory access requests eligible for scheduler bypassing, a port selection module that provides a low latency bypass path for the eligible memory access requests, multiplexing circuitry that selects between memory access requests provided from the low latency bypass path and from the output of the scheduling module, and a masking module that prevents redundant fulfillment of memory access requests. |
| US08930639B2 |
Transactional memory that performs a PPM 32-bit lookup operation
A transactional memory (TM) receives a lookup command across a bus from a processor. The command includes a memory address. In response to the command, the TM pulls an input value (IV). The memory address is used to read a word containing multiple result values (RVs), multiple reference values, and multiple prefix values from memory. A selecting circuit within the TM uses a starting bit position and a mask size to select a portion of the IV. The portion of the IV is a lookup key value (LKV). Mask values are generated based on the prefix values. The LKV is masked by each mask value thereby generating multiple masked values that are compared to the reference values. Based on the comparison a lookup table generates a selector value that is used to select a result value. The selected result value is then communicated to the processor via the bus. |
| US08930632B2 |
Methods and systems for application controlled pre-fetch
Methods and systems for application controlled pre-fetch are described. The system receives pre-fetch information, over a network, at a first load balancer. The pre-fetch information is received from a first application server and includes a plurality of element identifiers that respectively identify a plurality of interface elements included in an interface. The system identifies a first element identifier from the plurality of element identifiers in the pre-fetch information. The first element identifier identifies a first interface element. The system retrieves the first interface element by communication of a request to a second application server. The request includes the first element identifier. |
| US08930631B2 |
Efficient management of computer memory using memory page associations and memory
A system and a computer program product manages memory operations in a data processing system. The system includes a processor executing instructions that causes the processor to read a first memory page from a storage device responsive to a request for the first memory page. The first memory page is stored to a system memory. One or more associated memory pages are identified that are related to the first memory page by the set of association rules. The associated memory pages are read from the storage device and compressed to generate a corresponding compressed associated memory page. The compressed associated memory pages are stored to the system memory to enable memory access to the associated memory pages during processing involving the first memory page. The compressed associated memory pages are individually decompressed in response to the particular page being required for use during processing. |
| US08930630B2 |
Cache memory controller and method for replacing a cache block
The present disclosure relates to a cache memory controller for controlling a set-associative cache memory, in which two or more blocks are arranged in the same set, the cache memory controller including a content modification status monitoring unit for monitoring whether some of the blocks arranged in the same set of the cache memory have been modified in contents, and a cache block replacing unit for replacing a block, which has not been modified in contents, if some of the blocks arranged in the same set have been modified in contents. |
| US08930626B1 |
Cache management system and method
A method and computer program product for dividing a cache memory system into a plurality of cache memory portions. Data to be written to a specific address within an electromechanical storage system is received. The data is assigned to one of the plurality of cache memory portions, thus defining an assigned cache memory portion. Association information for the data is generated, wherein the association information defines the specific address within the electromechanical storage system. The data and the association information is written to the assigned cache memory portion. |
| US08930623B2 |
Method of securing data in storage device and storage device thereof
After a file is stored in a storage device, the file is segmented into a first segment and a second segment, the latter of which is relocated to a removable security device only when the removable security device is connected to the storage device. After the removable security device is removed from the storage device, as long as the removable security device is kept by the owner of the file, the file cannot be accessible for someone other than the owner even if said someone takes the storage device. Security of the file is thus assured. |
| US08930621B2 |
Storage subsystem and storage control method
According to the prior art storage system, in order to add a storage device to a pool after a storage system has been operated for a certain period of time, the performance may be varied significantly according to the access performance of the application using the pool, and it was not possible to realize an optimum allocation corresponding to the operation form if the storage device is set to be included in a pool of a given tier based on the type of the storage device. Therefore, the present invention provides a system in which a performance test is performed in accordance with an access tendency of the application using the pool to thereby compute the tier capable of having the storage device added thereto, based on which the storage device can be allocated to an appropriate pool. |
| US08930617B2 |
Autonomic reclamation processing for tapes
Various embodiments for autonomic reclamation processing for tapes are provided. Instructions are received to perform reclamation processing on the formatted tape. Formatted tape is loaded into a tape drive for buffering active data during reclamation processing and consolidating all of the active data in capacity optimized manner on the same formatted tape. The formatted tape comprises metadata denoting active and inactive data blocks for files. The meta data of the formatted tape is read into a reclamation memory. The table is sorted and a starting block address is sorted. All active files ordered in the table starting at the starting block address are read into the reclamation memory. The files are written from the reclamation memory to the formatted tape from the starting block address and updating the table with new block addresses of the files. The meta data is updated with the updated table. |
| US08930615B2 |
Memory system with efficient data search processing
A controller includes an identification information management table that manages identification information indicating, for each of addresses in second-management unit, whether one or more data in first management unit belonging to the addresses is stored in the second or the third storing area. When the controller executes a process of flushing data from the first storing area to the second storing area or the third storing area, the controller updates the identification information in the identification information management table. The controller executes a process of reading data from the second storing area or the third storing area by referring to the identification information. As a result, the speed of searches conducted in the management table is increased. |
| US08930610B2 |
System and method for transmitting control signals over HDMI
A device for transmitting multiple control formats from an audio/video source to an audio/video monitor receiver. The device includes a high definition multimedia interface cable that has a plurality of communication channels, including a consumer electronic control channel. Furthermore, a pair of plugs are coupled to the respective ends of the high definition multimedia interface cable and can be coupled to audio/video sources and receivers. A pair of interface ports are further coupled to the high definition multimedia interface cable and communicatively coupled to the consumer electronic control channel. The device transmits a first control format on the consumer electronic control channel when the input port is not coupled to a switching device and transmits a second control format on the consumer electronic control channel when the input port is coupled to a switching device. |
| US08930609B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for manageability and secure routing and endpoint access
A solution is presented to securing endpoints without the need for a separate bus or communication path. The solution allows for controlling access to endpoints by utilizing a management protocol by overlapping with existing interconnect communication paths in a packet format and utilizing a PCI address BDF (Bus number, Device number, and Function number) for verification. |
| US08930602B2 |
Providing adaptive bandwidth allocation for a fixed priority arbiter
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving requests from requestors in an arbiter, detecting that none of the requestors have a qualified request for at least one cycle of an arbitration round, and preventing a grant count reload of grant counters associated with the when at least one of the requestors has available grants for the arbitration round. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US08930599B2 |
Data transmission system and method thereof
A data transmission system and method are provided. The data transmission method receives a second format data packet sent by a host; decodes the second format data packet sent by the host, and translating the decoded second format data packet into a first format data packet; transmits the first format data packet to a first device; receives a transmission response sent by the first device in response to the first format data packet, determines whether to transmit the transmission response to the host, and performs a re-try flow when the transmission response does not need to be transmitted to the host. Preferably, a data transmission rate of the first device is slower than that of a second device, and the data transmission system is backward compatible to the first device, and the second format data packet is consistent with the second device. |
| US08930598B2 |
Isolated protected access device
A computer switching device is disclosed which enables switching between a local computer and a secure computer connected through a network. The device sits like a keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) and optionally audio device between the local computer and the local input/output devices, but connects to the secure computer through a network. Access to the secure computer is pre-configured in the switching device through access and security settings for a specific user to the specific secure computer. The switching device specifically prevents access to the secure computer by the local computer, printer, or storage devices such as fixed or removable media drives. Tamper detection is included to disable secure access on any tampering with the switching device. |
| US08930596B2 |
Concurrent array-based queue
According to one embodiment, a method for implementing an array-based queue in memory of a memory system that includes a controller includes configuring, in the memory, metadata of the array-based queue. The configuring comprises defining, in metadata, an array start location in the memory for the array-based queue, defining, in the metadata, an array size for the array-based queue, defining, in the metadata, a queue top for the array-based queue and defining, in the metadata, a queue bottom for the array-based queue. The method also includes the controller serving a request for an operation on the queue, the request providing the location in the memory of the metadata of the queue. |
| US08930594B1 |
Integrated circuit with a pinmux crossbar and virtual pins for peripheral connectivity
Described is an integrated circuit (IC) that allows for communication between any input/output (I/O) pin and onboard peripherals. Accordingly, the resultant IC can be easily documented and connections between I/O pins and peripherals can be managed for each peripheral independently. The IC may include one or more sets of hardwired connections that provide a connection between of any I/O pin and any onboard peripheral. The hardwired connections may include the use of one or more crossbars. This increases the overall functionality and potential applications for an IC as the only limitation on peripheral connectivity is the number of I/O pins. |
| US08930589B2 |
System, method and computer program product for monitoring memory access
According to one aspect of the present disclosure a method and technique for monitoring memory access is disclosed. The method includes monitoring access to a memory unit, updating an activity cache associated with an incrementor with access data corresponding to accesses to the memory unit, monitoring a rate of access to the memory unit, adjusting a sample rate of the access data for storage in the memory unit based on the rate of access, and scaling a value of the access data based on the sample rate. |
| US08930585B2 |
USB host controller and scheduling methods thereof
A USB host controller is provided. The USB host controller includes an endpoint management unit, a transfer management unit, and a schedule management unit. The endpoint management unit manages endpoint configurations of a USB device, wherein the USB device includes a plurality of endpoints and the endpoint configurations include a plurality of statuses of the endpoints of the USB device. The transfer management unit transfers data regarding transfer information of the endpoints of the USB device between a system memory and the USB host controller. The schedule management unit simultaneously manages packet transfer of at least two endpoints of the USB device. |
| US08930584B2 |
System and method for providing a linearizable request manager
Described herein are systems and methods for improving concurrency of a request manager for use in an application server or other environment. A request manager receives a request, and upon receiving the request the request manager associates a token with the request. A reference to the request is enqueued in each of a plurality of queues, wherein each queue stores a local copy of the token. A first reference to the request is dequeued from a particular queue, wherein when the first reference to the request is dequeued, the token is modified to create a modified token. Thereafter the request is processed. When other references to the request are dequeued from other queues, the other references to the request are discarded. |
| US08930583B1 |
Method and apparatus for controlling data transfer in a serial-ATA system
A method for controlling data transfer in a serial-ATA system includes using serial-ATA Native Command Queuing (NCQ) to issue a queue of NCQ commands to at least two serial-ATA devices. The commands include a first plurality of commands for a first one of the devices and a second plurality of commands for a second one of the devices. Each of the commands includes a respective port address of one of the at least two devices and a first command identifier identifying a command for the one of the at least two devices. The method further includes receiving a first acknowledgement, which has a port address of a first target device and a second command identifier identifying a first outstanding command for the first target device. Each of the queues of commands is sent to the at least two serial-ATA devices prior to receiving the first acknowledgement. |
| US08930573B2 |
Computer networks with unique identification
A computer network is described in which the data-link layer address, e.g., MAC address, of the network cards of client nodes are used to uniquely identify the nodes in the provision of network to application layer services. A link layer aware router may determine the MAC address of a client node from a data packet transmitted by the client node, and determines the services to provide to the user, e.g., a proxy redirect of the packet, based on a database of client node MAC addresses to user attributes. By determining MAC addresses, the router can also identify unregistered MAC addresses, and can forward a HTTP request by an unregistered user to a remote configuration web page for registering the user or to a security warning web page. The router may also support Network Address Translation and Domain Name System services using the MAC addresses, with a fully qualified domain name, hostname or the like being assigned to the MAC addresses. |
| US08930570B1 |
Processing video in advance to maintain video synchronization
A system for processing a media data stream comprises a processor and a memory. The processor is configured for determining that video processing of a media data stream reaches a lag criterion with respect to an associated audio processing of the media data stream. The processor is further configured to skip video processing of a portion of the media data stream such that video processing achieves a lead criterion with respect to the associated audio processing of the media data stream. The memory is coupled to the processor and is configured to provide the processor with instructions. |
| US08930569B2 |
Methods and apparatus for optimum file transfers in a time-varying network emvironment
Methods and apparatus for optimum file transfers in a time-varying network environment. A method is provided for transmitting content in a data network. The method includes transmitting content at a selected transmission rate, and receiving one or more acknowledgement signals. The method also includes estimating a network delivery rate from the one or more acknowledgment signals, and adjusting the selected transmission rate of the content based on the network delivery rate. |
| US08930568B1 |
Method and apparatus for enabling access to storage
When a guest OS loads within the context of a container provided by the host OS, the guest OS uses PCI or other protocol to specify a virtual hardware device. The guest OS enumerates the virtual hardware device to establish the size for the BARs and establish its view of physical addresses for the memory locations. A server running in the context of the container receives read/write requests from the guest OS, maps the read/write requests to host OS physical address space, and posts responses to the virtual hardware device. Since the guest OS executes memory related operations using its own memory space, exits to the container code are not required to implement storage related actions by the Guest OS. This allows performance of an application executing in the context of the guest OS to approximate performance of an application executing in the context of the host OS. |
| US08930567B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication method, and storage medium therefor
A communication apparatus capable of establishing a SIP session from which an unnecessary media session has been removed. When determining that a SIP session established with another communication apparatus includes an unnecessary media session other than a media session necessary for communication therewith, the communication apparatus establishes a SIP session not including the unnecessary media session with the other communication apparatus. |
| US08930564B2 |
Communication relay apparatus, data processing system, and communication relay method
A communication relay apparatus that relays communication between external network and internal network comprises: judgment unit that receives from terminal on external network communication start message indicative of start of communication to judge whether or not communication start message includes specific application algorithm that requests connection to specific application within internal network; acquisition unit that, if judgment unit judges that communication start message includes specific application algorithm, identifies operation type of specific application based on random number in communication start message, and acquires information about proxy that is set according to identified operation type; proxy unit that controls operation of specific application instead of terminal based on information about proxy acquired by acquisition unit; and transmission unit that inserts specific application algorithm included in communication start message in response message responsive to communication start message, and transmits response message to terminal. |
| US08930562B2 |
Arranging sub-track fragments for streaming video data
A video file may include movie fragments divided into sub-track fragments that store all pictures of common hierarchical levels for the respective hierarchical levels. In one example, an apparatus includes an interface configured to output data according to a streaming protocol, and a control unit configured to assemble encoded video data into a plurality of sub-track fragments, each of the sub-track fragments comprising a plurality of hierarchically related video pictures of the encoded video data, wherein the plurality of hierarchically related video pictures each correspond to a common hierarchical layer receiving a request in accordance with the streaming protocol, wherein the request specifies at least one of the plurality of sub-track fragments, and, in response to the request, cause the interface to output the plurality of hierarchically related video pictures of the at least one of the plurality of sub-track fragments. |
| US08930561B2 |
Addition of supplemental multimedia content and interactive capability at the client
Methods, systems, and computer programs for delivering supplemental content within streamed media are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request at a client for a media segment, which includes a plurality of video frames. Further, a stream of the media segment to the client from a media server is obtained and supplemental content (SC) is accessed from storage in the client or from an SC server. The access of the SC from the SC server can be performed before receiving the request, or while obtaining the stream, or after the stream has been obtained. Further, the method includes combining the media segment with the SC at the client, which inserts the SC to add or augment video frames from the media segment. The combination is then displayed to the user. |
| US08930560B2 |
Re-directing video according to a standard protocol
A client device is registered with a registrar in a network. A graphical user interface that includes a menu for selecting video content is displayed on the client. A request is made via a network according to a standard protocol for video content from a server that is registered with the registrar. Further, video content is received from the server. |
| US08930557B2 |
Data transmission with constant data rate
A method for forming data received from a data source into frames for transmission over a data link according to a protocol in which data is carried as data frames and in which once transmission of the data frame begun the entirety of the data frame must be transmitted at no less than a pre-set data rate, the method comprising: including in a frame traffic data formed from data received for transmission from the data source, and if insufficient data received for transmission from the data source is available to transmit the frame at the pre-set data rate, including in the frame padding data, the padding data being of a predetermined format distinguishable from the traffic data. |
| US08930548B2 |
Mobile link system, method and apparatus
A system is provided for communication between a mobile device and an Enterprise Network. A gateway provides an end-to-end connection between the gateway and the mobile device. A controller is adapted to interpret data from a proprietary protocol. The data is communicated between the Enterprise Network and the mobile device via the end-to-end connection. |
| US08930546B2 |
Peer-to-peer connection system and method for use in multi-network environment
Provided are a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection system and method for use in a multi-network environment. The P2P connection system includes a user terminal configured to register connection information for connecting to the user terminal through each of a plurality of connectable networks in a location server; and the location server configured to store the connection information received from the user terminal. |
| US08930545B2 |
Traversal of symmetric network address translator for multiple simultaneous connections
Handling of multiple connections during NAT traversal for a node behind a symmetric NAT is disclosed. The likelihood of connection failure during symmetric NAT traversal may be reduced by serializing critical time windows after port prediction. Once a connection request has been sent for a first connection, port prediction for a subsequent connection may be delayed until a connectivity check has begun for the first connection. This process may be repeated to handle NAT traversal for multiple simultaneous connections to different nodes. |
| US08930542B2 |
Dynamically building a set of compute nodes to host the user's workload
A method, system and computer program product for dynamically building a set of compute nodes to host a user's workload. An administrative server receives workload definitions that include the types of workloads that are to be run in a cloud group as well as a number of instances of each workload the cloud group should support. These workload definitions are used to determine the virtual machine demands that the cloud group will place on the cloud environment. The administrative server further receives the demand constraints, placement constraints and license enforcement policies. The administrative server identifies a set of compute nodes to host the user's workload based on the virtual machines demands, the demand constraints, the placement constraints and the license enforcement policies. In this manner, a set of compute nodes is dynamically built for consideration in forming a cloud group without the user requiring knowledge of the cloud's composition. |
| US08930538B2 |
Handling long-tail content in a content delivery network (CDN)
A content delivery network has at least a first tier of servers. A content delivery method includes, at a first server in the first tier of servers, obtaining a request from a client for a resource. If the resource is available at the first server or at a peer of the first server, then the resource is served to the client from the first server. Otherwise, it is determined whether the resource is popular, and if the resource is determined to be popular, then the first server obtains the resource and the first server serves the resource to the client. If the resource is determined not to be popular, the client is directed to a second server, not in the first tier of servers, and the second server serves the resource to the client. The second server may be in a second tier of servers or it may be an origin server. |
| US08930534B2 |
Method and system for management based end-to-end sleep limitation in an energy efficient ethernet network
A time limit may be determined for energy efficient networking (EEN) sleep intervals based on end-to-end sleep interval limitations. The time limit may be communicated to other network devices which may limit their sleep time. End-to-end sleep interval limitation information may be received via a user input, packet header information, a standardized and/or non-standardized network management protocol, AVB, SRP, RSVP and SNMP. The EEN sleep interval time limit may be determined based on a number of hops between endpoint devices. Packets may be inspected to determine a packet data type and/or end-to-end sleep interval limitation information. The time limit may be determined based on latency requirements of data streams. A time limit for a port may be determined based on sleep time limits for data streams communicated via the port. The time limits may be statically and/or dynamically configured. The network device may be configured via a network management interface. |
| US08930533B2 |
Tag latency monitoring and control system for enhanced web page performance
Embodiments are directed towards employing a plurality of tag states to control tag suspension based on an asynchronous process that proactively monitors tag performance, response times, and latency. Tags may be in one of multiple states. Tags in a NORMAL state or a FLAGGED state may be enabled for deployment, and tags in a SUSPENSION_A state or a SUSPENSION_B state may be blocked from deployment. A tag's state may change based on monitoring the tag's latency to determine if latent events occur. Tag latency may be asynchronously monitored independent of web page requests. If latent events occur, then the tag's state may change from NORMAL to FLAGGED, from FLAGGED to SUSPENSION_A, or from SUSPENSION_B to SUSPENSION_A. If non-latent events occur, then the tag's state may change from SUSPENSION_B to FLAGGED or from FLAGGED to NORMAL, while a tag's state may change from SUSPENSION_A to SUSPENSION_B after a predetermined time period. |
| US08930531B2 |
Persistent personal messaging in a distributed system
A persistent personal messaging system provides shared memory space functionality supporting a user changing between a plurality of client devices, even within a loosely coupled, distributed system for persistent personal messaging. A user, irrespective of which messaging client they are using, logs on to the system. The act of logging on places user data, representing the user, into the shared memory space. A “contacts” service agent finds the friends and groups that the user belongs to and notifies other users that the user has logged on. Given the on-line status of other users and groups, a “history” service agent will retrieve previous messages from the shared memory space that formed the user's conversations with users and groups, as if the user had never logged off or switched devices. When the user adds a new message to any conversation, the message is added to the shared memory space. |
| US08930530B2 |
Mobile and browser application performance management
A system and method are described herein that provide performance data based on a monitoring of the performance on the end user side. A client application running on a user terminal is instrumented to record client performance counters on the user side. An application server matches the performance counters from the user side and performance counters obtained from the server side having the same transaction identification number. The system and method provides an end-to-end view of the user's perceived performance based on the transactions made by the user. |
| US08930526B2 |
Processing network events
Processing network events generates multiple events from a single network device event. The system includes a network monitoring device for acquiring event data and a processing system for receiving an input event from a network monitoring device on a processing thread, wherein the processing system includes a communications thread generating component for generating multiple communications threads each for transmitting event data to a server database. The communication threads open connections to required server databases and these connections are maintained in an open state while the network monitoring device is running. |
| US08930522B2 |
Replica/cache locator, an overlay network and a method to locate replication tables and caches therein
A replica/cache locator, a method to locate replication tables and caches in an overlay network having multiple nodes and an overlay network. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) determining a network distance between a first node of the multiple nodes in the overlay network and each of the remaining multiple nodes, (2) calculating m clusters of the multiple nodes based on the network distances and (3) designating at least a single node from the m clusters to include a replication table of the first node. |
| US08930519B2 |
Emulated communication between master management instance and assisting management instances on baseboard management controller
Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a baseboard management controller (BMC). The BMC includes a processor, and a memory having firmware including a message interface, a master management instance, and first and second assisting management instances. The first and second assisting management instances monitor at least one health or performance related aspect of first and second computer nodes, respectively. The master management instance can receive an IPMI message from the message interface, the IPMI message containing first data for constructing an IPMB message, the first data including a first IPMB slave address. The master management instance can identify the first assisting management instance from the assisting management instances based on the first IPMB slave address. The master management instance can transfer the first data to the first assisting management instance. |
| US08930517B2 |
Server rack system
A server rack system is provided, which includes a rack, a rack management module, a plurality of servers, and a management network connection module. The rack management module is located in the rack and coupled to a management network line (MNL). The servers are located in the rack. Each server includes a baseboard management controller (BMC), and each BMC is used to monitor a working status of the server where the BMC is located. The management network connection module is located in the rack and coupled to the MNL to be connected to the rack management module and the BMC through the MNL. The rack management module is used to allocate an Internet Protocol (IP) address to the BMC and manage each server through the BMC corresponding to each IP address. |
| US08930512B2 |
Providing remote software provisioning to machines
A provisioning server can generate a network boot emulator configured to provision software for target machines that may not support network booting. The provisioning server can be configured to build the network boot emulator in a format that is usable by target machines regardless of the software available on the target machines. The network boot emulator can include instructions necessary to locate and access software distributions, combine software distributions according to the templates or profiles in order to generate a software installation, and install the software installation on a target machine. The network boot emulator can also include instructions necessary to configure the software installation. |
| US08930511B1 |
Physical resource life-cycle in a template based orchestration of end-to-end service provisioning
In one embodiment, the system may identify a virtual network, the virtual network including a plurality of virtual entities and connections among the plurality of virtual entities. The system may automatically map each of the plurality of virtual entities to one or more resources or resource pools such that the virtual network is mapped to a physical network, wherein mapping includes allocating one or more resources or resource pools to a corresponding one of the plurality of virtual entities. |
| US08930509B2 |
Real-time feedback for policies for computing system management
One aspect of the invention is a method for providing real-time feedback regarding the effect of applying a policy definition used for management in a computing system. An example of the method includes receiving the policy definition, and accessing stored information regarding at least one managed entity in the computing system. This example also includes applying the policy definition to the information regarding the at least one managed entity. This example further includes outputting information providing real-time feedback regarding the effect of applying the policy definition to the information regarding the at least one managed entity. Another aspect of the invention is a method for defining a policy used for management in a computing system. |
| US08930505B2 |
Self-configuring mobile router for transferring data to a plurality of output ports based on location and history and method therefor
A self-configuring router for data transfer has a first storage device for storing historic performance and configuration data. A configuration device is coupled to the first storage device for configuring the router based on the performance and configuration data. A data collector is coupled to the configuration device for measuring operational data of the router. An analysis device is coupled to the data collector and the first storage device for analyzing the operational data. |
| US08930496B2 |
Systems and methods of unified reconstruction in storage systems
Systems and methods for reconstructing unified data in an electronic storage network are provided which may include the identification and use of metadata stored centrally within the system. The metadata may be generated by a group of storage operation cells during storage operations within the network. The unified metadata is used to reconstruct data throughout the storage operation cells that may be missing, deleted or corrupt. |
| US08930493B2 |
Inter-domain replication of service information
An automated conversion of service information between independent information technology (IT) management domains is performed using a federated gateway within each of the independent IT management domains that bridges the independent IT management domains. The automated conversion of service information allows at least one service consumer application executing within a first independent IT management domain to use a local service definition format to access at least one remote service provider application with a remote service interface defined using a different remote service definition format for execution in a second independent IT management domain. At least one service request is dynamically processed for the at least one remote service provider application via service provider application endpoint translation using the federated gateway within each of the independent IT management domains that bridges the independent IT management domains. |
| US08930492B2 |
Method and electronic device for content sharing
A content item may be identified at a first electronic device with selection for the content item to be “opened” at a second electronic device. The first electronic device may instruct that the content item be displayed or otherwise made available for further interaction at the second electronic device. A web protocol session may be established between the first electronic device and the second electronic device to allow for an instruction message from the first electronic device to the second electronic device. Upon receiving a user interface command at the first electronic device, the user interface command indicating that the content item should be displayed at the second electronic device, the instruction message is sent to the second electronic device, via the web protocol session. As a result, the content item is caused to be displayed at the second electronic device. |
| US08930491B2 |
Apparatus, systems and methods for providing edge cached media content to media devices based on user history
Systems and methods provide media content events to media devices. An exemplary system receives a request for a media content event from a first media device; communicates the media content event to an edge server communicatively coupled to the first media device based on an identifier of the requesting media device; identifies a second media device based on preferred media content event characteristics associated with the second media device, wherein at least one media content event characteristic of the requested media content event corresponds to at least one of the preferred media content event characteristics of the second media device, and wherein the second media device is able to communicatively couple to the edge server; and in response to identifying the second media device, communicates an identifier of the second media device to the edge server, wherein the requested media content event is communicated to the second media device. |
| US08930490B2 |
Lifestream annotation method and system
A method and system for collecting information, enriching the collected information and linking the enriched information is provided. The system includes an application server that is accessible by users via their computer device for performing a variety of functions encompassed in a lifestream data function. Lifestreams (or lifestream data) contains notes, recordings and annotation data elements. The goal of the lifestream data functions is to ultimately enrich the individual data elements in each lifestream which then form a network of enriched lifestreams or aspects of enriched lifestreams to provide a user with: (a) a better organization of his/her data, notes, thoughts and intentions, (b) a better search or filter tool to search for data, notes, thoughts and intentions, and/or (c) a better ranking mechanism for ranking or determining relevance of data, notes, thoughts and intentions. |
| US08930486B2 |
System and method for a centralized intelligence network
A system and method for a centralized intelligence network are presented. A user connects to a control gateway. The control gateway is configured to access a control module. The control module is configured to perform at least one operation associated with the user device. The control module performs the operation. The control gateway sends, to the user device, information based on the performed operation. Accordingly, control modules may assist user devices in providing functions for a user. |
| US08930484B2 |
Systems and methods for providing synchronization in a networked environment
Described herein are systems and methods for synchronization in a networked environment. For example, some embodiments provide methods for synchronizing a client device having a client media time reference with a server device having a server media time reference. In some cases such methods are embodied in computer readable code that is executable on one or more processors. Furthermore, some embodiments provide hardware, such as networked media devices that are configured to perform such methods. In overview, in some embodiments a client obtains timing information from a server and, on the basis of this timing information, applies an adjustment to a client control time reference, thereby to synchronize the client media time reference with the server media time reference. Some embodiments are particularly directed to the situation where there is a desire to synchronize networked media devices across a combination of wired and wireless networks. |
| US08930483B2 |
Apparatus and methods for coordination of wireless systems
Apparatus and methods for wireless systems provide a mechanism to enhance the communication capabilities of wireless users. In an embodiment, data associated with information acquired in wireless entities is synced among the wireless entities based on a privacy status and verification of identities corresponding to the privacy status. The wireless entities include a wireless server and a set of mobile wireless clients of the wireless server. In an embodiment, a mobile wireless client is configured to browse files in a wireless server. In an embodiment, a wireless server is configured to provide views of its file content to a mobile wireless client authorized to view the file content of the wireless server. |
| US08930480B2 |
Degrees of separation for filtering communications
A sender's degrees of separation from a recipient may be used to aid in spam filtering or to otherwise handle a communication. The “degrees of separation” represent a metric used to quantify whether/how the recipient is linked to the sender through intermediary people or other entities. For example, a recipient may know a first user (first degree of separation) and the first user may know a second user (second degree of separation) who knows the sender of an e-mail. In this case, the sender is separated from the recipient by two degrees of separation (by two other contacts). A level of “trust” or “legitimacy” about a sender's communication can be inferred by looking at whether the sender is linked to an intended recipient. Typically, user contact lists (e.g., address book, buddy list, and/or white list) are evaluated to determine the number of degrees (or hops) are required to link or relate two users. |
| US08930475B1 |
Systems and methods for secure cloud-based media file sharing
Cloud-based systems and methods to securely share electronic files use a cloud or virtualized server to handle management tasks related to file sharing, while file storage is maintained securely by servers that are not part of the cloud. The content of the file to be shared is not transmitted to or by the cloud. Share requests from file senders, notifications to target recipients, and retrieve requests from target recipients are transmitted to and/or by the cloud. |
| US08930473B2 |
Application platform for electronic mail
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for an application platform for electronic mail. A method includes, in a network of interconnected computers, receiving a request in an email server to start up an email client, initializing an app platform client residing in the email client, receiving a request in the email server to open an email message, determining if there is an app associated with the email message, and rendering the app within the email message. |
| US08930471B2 |
Methods and systems for receiving, mapping and structuring data from disparate systems in a healthcare environment
Methods and systems for receiving, mapping and structuring data from disparate systems in a healthcare environment are described. An example computer-implemented method of receiving data input associated with different versions of healthcare message structures includes receiving first data in a first format through a single service interface. One or more fields of the first data is not supported by at least one of the different versions of the healthcare message structures. The example method also includes receiving second data in a second format through the single service interface. One or more fields of the second data is not supported by at least one of the different versions of the healthcare message structures. The single service interface enables the receipt of the first data and the second data to minimize a number of interface end points. |
| US08930466B2 |
Method for internet-based messaging
The invention relates to a method and a system for sending a message on the basis of an Internet protocol to an arbitrary call number of a recipient, wherein the recipient address is formed from the call number of the recipient and a domain addition, and the message is stored on a message server (4), particularly for further use and/or provision for the recipient. The message server (4) accesses a database (6) after the message is stored and determines from the data thereof at least one piece of information that can be associated with the call number via the technical features of a recipient terminal (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) of the recipient, wherein depending on the information, a specific recipient message is transmitted to the recipient terminal (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d). |
| US08930459B2 |
Elastic logical groups
In one example, a first group of users is selected among a plurality of possible groups based on a score generated for the first group, the score indicating appropriateness of the first group for the first user, the first group of users having a plurality of users. A first user is then added to the first group of users. Then, affinity levels between the first user and other users in the first group of users are measured, the affinity levels indicating how strong logical relationships are between the first user and the other users in the first group of users. The first user is then removed from the first group of users in response to a determination that the affinity level between the first user and the other users in the first group of users has dropped below a preset threshold over time. |
| US08930453B2 |
Social networking relevance index
A system and method are provided for organizing a listing of activities on a social networking website, including present each user of the plurality of users an organized representation of activities, the representation of activities sorted by how relevant each activity is to the particular user. |
| US08930451B2 |
Multicast/unicast admission control method, device and system
A multicast/unicast admission control method, a multicast/unicast admission control device, and a multicast/unicast admission control system are provided. In the method, through centralized resource control of a resource and admission control subsystem (RACS), sharing of multicast/unicast resources is realized. The RACS allocates and authorizes resources to an access node (AN), the AN manages the obtained multicast resources under the authorization, and the resource allocation is adjusted through interaction when the multicast resources of the AN or the resources of the RACS are not sufficient. |
| US08930450B2 |
Information processing apparatus, and control method and storage medium therefor
An information processing apparatus configured to notify information on processing in a notification method different depending on whether the processing to be executed by a processing unit is one executed in response to a request from a web application accessed by the apparatus. The information processing apparatus registers identification information for the web application accessed by the apparatus, and determines whether a job to be executed by the apparatus is one requested by a web application corresponding to any of registered identification information. When it is determined that the job is one requested by a web application corresponding to any of the registered identification information, the progress of the job is displayed in detail. When it is determined that the job is not one requested by a web application corresponding to any of the registered identification information, the progress of the job is briefly displayed or is not displayed. |
| US08930449B1 |
Metasearch engine for ordering at least one travel related item returned in combined search and database results using at least one query on multiple unique hosts and at least one database
A process for metasearching, comprising: receiving a request from a client device by a metasearch engine to send at least one search query to a plurality of unique hosts, the request associated with at least one travel related item that may be ordered; sending the at least one search query to the plurality of unique hosts and at least one database query to at least one storage device; receiving and combining search results from the plurality of unique hosts and at least one database result from the storage device; incorporating the combined search results into a response; causing at least one advertisement associated with the at least one item that may be ordered to be displayed in the response; communicating the response from the metasearch engine to the client device; receiving another request from the client device for placing an order for the at least one item; processing the order. |
| US08930448B2 |
Network-aware structured content downloads
A request for content is received at a content server via a first network connection from a client device. The content includes a set of portions represented within a root document. Based upon a download constraint of at least one portion of the content and a network characteristic of the first network connection, at least one portion of the content is deferred for download over a network connection other than the first network connection. The content is sent with each deferred portion of the content replaced with a content stub within the root document. Each content stub identifies the respective portion of the content as a deferred portion of the content and includes a content identifier of the respective deferred portion of the content. |
| US08930445B2 |
Method of autonomic representative selection in local area networks
A method and apparatus for selecting a client computer as a relay server to rebroadcast common application information that is broadcast from a server system over a network. The client computer is selected randomly to rebroadcast the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) information received from the server system and client computers receiving the UDP information from another client computer relay server on the network do not rebroadcast the information. If the client computer selected to rebroadcast the common information fails to rebroadcast, another client computer is randomly selected as a relay server and takes over rebroadcasting the common information. |
| US08930443B1 |
Distributed network page generation
Disclosed are various embodiments for distributed generation of network pages from portions of network pages. A first request for a network page is obtained. A second request for a network page portion is sent to a server application. The second request includes a protocol header that specifies a base uniform resource locator (URL). The network page portion is obtained from the server application. The network page portion is based at least in part on the base URL. The network page is generated from the network page portion and other data. |
| US08930442B2 |
Apparatus and method for playing media content data
A method is provided for playing media content by a client in a data communication network, in which a request for a media content descriptor is sent to a server, a media content descriptor including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for an access to specific media content data configured for execution of a specific function is received from the server, and the specific media content data is received using the URL included in the received media content descriptor. |
| US08930440B2 |
Systems and methods for enabling mobile mashups
Methods and systems for enabling mobile mashups that amalgamate data and offerings from three dimensions: device features, Telecom network, and Web accessible services. Certain subject matter presented herein provides that this framework is established through middleware components, both on the server side as well as the device side, to provide support for mashing device and telecom interfaces. In addition, certain subject matter described herein provides for portability across different device platforms and different telecom operator networks. |
| US08930437B2 |
Systems and methods for deterring traversal of domains containing network resources
The present invention provides for a novel method and system for the monitoring of actions by users likely to precede said user leaving the domain of a network resource. Also provided for is a method and system for the deterring users from leaving the domain of a network resource, a method and system for increasing user traffic to a network resource and a method and system for monitoring trends within a population using network resources. |
| US08930435B2 |
Exponentiation system
A method for computation, including defining a sequence of n bits that encodes an exponent d, such that no more than a specified number of successive bits in the sequence are the same, initializing first and second registers using a value of a base x that is to be exponentiated, whereby the first and second registers hold respective first and second values, which are successively updated during the computation, successively, for each bit in the sequence computing a product of the first and second values, depending on whether the bit is one or zero, selecting one of the first and second registers, and storing the product in the selected one of the registers, whereby the first and second registers hold respective first and second final values upon completion of the sequence, and returning xd based on the first and second final values. Related apparatus and methods are also described. |
| US08930434B2 |
Integrated multiply and divide circuit
The principles of the present invention relate to a multiply and divide circuit configured to interactively multiply and/or divide. The circuit may handle signed and unsigned values. The circuit comprises an instruction register configured to store a multiply or divide instruction, at one input register configured to store the multiply or divide operands, an Arithmetic Logic Unit (“ALU”) configured to add provided values, and configuration circuitry. The configuration circuitry responds to the instructions and performs the multiply or divide operation by iteratively providing values to the ALU. |
| US08930431B2 |
Parallel computation of a remainder by division of a sequence of bytes
A remainder by division of a sequence of bytes interpreted as a first number by a second number is calculated. A first remainder by division associated with a first subset of the sequence of bytes is calculated with a first processor. A second remainder by division associated with a second subset of the sequence of bytes is calculated with a second processor. The calculating of the second remainder by division may occur at least partially during the calculating of the first remainder by division. A third remainder by division is calculated based on the calculating of the first remainder by division and the calculating of the second remainder by division. |
| US08930426B2 |
Distributed requests on remote data
Various embodiments of systems and methods for communicating with a plurality of remote systems are described herein. A remote data query is sent from a central data requesting system to remote systems. A query result is received asynchronously from at least one of the remote systems. The remote systems may include data pools which are independent of each other. In one embodiment, the remote systems include a responsive remote system and an unresponsive remote system, and the query result is received from the responsive remote system. In one embodiment, a predetermined timeout period is set at the central data requesting system and the query result obtained after the pre-determined timeout period is ignored by the central data requesting system. |
| US08930422B2 |
Pipelined incremental clustering algorithm
Systems and methods are provided for large-scale, incrementing clustering. A plurality of processing nodes each include a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium. The non-transitory computer readable medium stores a plurality of clusters of feature vectors and machine executable instructions for determining a plurality of values for a distance metric relating each of the plurality of clusters to an input feature vector and selecting a cluster having a best value for the distance metric. An arbitrator is configured to receive the selected cluster and best value for the distance metric from each of the plurality of processing nodes and determine a winning cluster as one of the selected clusters and a new cluster. A multiplexer is configured to receive the winning cluster and provide the winning cluster and a new input feature vector to each of the plurality of processing nodes. |
| US08930421B2 |
System and method for automatically managing media content
A method, computer program product and computing device for receiving a request to load at least one new media content item on a personal media device. The size of the at least one new media content item is compared with the amount of storage space remaining on the personal media device to determine if the personal media device has sufficient available storage space. If the personal media device does not have sufficient available storage space, a relative weight associated with at least one old media content item stored on the personal media device is ascertained, the relative weight corresponding to a likelihood that the at least one old media content item will be rendered on the personal media device. |
| US08930419B2 |
Write instruction datasource for database write procedure
A computer implemented system and method enables an application that only has the ability to request Structured Query Language (SQL) database read to effect a write to a SQL database is disclosed. |
| US08930414B2 |
Method and system for meta-tagging media content and distribution
A unique application within Video that allows for user generated Meta-tagging to be delivered in real time to individual clips is provided. This meta-tag creates its own tail based upon the user generated words population, which is searchable via a “spider network” that runs invisible behind the web pages of the site. These same “tagged” words are broadcast over various delivery networks including but not limited to live feeds from SMS, MMS, News Feeds within Community Web Sites, Video Sharing Web Sites, Widget applications any other forms of electronic communication that will be dropped in real time to identified users and friends of users. |
| US08930413B2 |
Dynamic structure for a multi-tenant database
Embodiments for using a dynamic structure of tables in a schema of a multi-tenant database are provided. For a tenant schema including a set of tenant tables, a label is created for a tenant table in the set of tenant tables. The label is partitioned into a set of constituent primary labels. A subset of columns is selected from the set of n columns of the tenant table, the subset of columns corresponding to a primary label in the set of constituent primary labels. The subset of columns is mapped to a table in the dynamic structure of tables in the schema of the multi-tenant database, the table in the dynamic structure of tables having the primary label. In the multi-tenant database executing in a data processing system, the dynamic structure of tables is populated with data from the tenant schema according to the mapping. |
| US08930412B2 |
Intelligence centers
Disclosed herein, among other things, is a system comprising a content repository, a communication portal developer, a content manager, and an analytic engine. The content repository is adapted to store electronic content in a computer-readable storage medium. The communication portal developer includes at least one wizard to create a plurality of customizable portals without coding software. Each customizable portal is accessible to one or more selected visitors through a web browser. The content manager is adapted to publish selectable electronic content to selectable portals. The content manager includes at least one wizard to populate and manage the electronic content within the content repository. The analytic engine analyzes electronic content use and visitor behavior while logged into their customizable portal. In various embodiments, the analytics are provided in real time or near real time. Other embodiments are disclosed herein. |
| US08930410B2 |
Query transformation for masking data within database objects
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system processes a database query, and comprises a computer system including at least one processor. The system identifies one or more expressions within the database query utilizing a database object with value masking. Masking requirements are determined for each identified expression and the database object utilized by that identified expression is replicated to provide masked and actual versions of that database object in response to the masking requirements for that expression including masked values and actual values of that database object. The value masking of the database object is applied to the identified expressions within the database query based on the determined masking requirements to produce search results with masked values for the database query. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for processing a database query in substantially the same manner described above. |
| US08930406B2 |
System and method for the automated notification of compatibility between real-time network participants
The present invention is a method and system for using predetermined preferences/characteristics to ascertain personal compatibility between network or chat room participants based upon profile information. When the system determines that these preferences are favorable for interpersonal compatibility, the system will automatically notify or page the participants so as to facilitate their introduction. Further functionality, aside from the compatibility based upon profile information, includes e-mail and other electronic notification of personal compatibility as well as geographic compatibility. |
| US08930405B2 |
Content scheduling for fantasy gaming
An exemplary method includes a media program scheduling facility 1) retrieving data associated with a fantasy game, the data representing players of interest engaged in a real-life competitive activity that forms a basis for the fantasy game, 2) determining, based on the data representing the players of interest and on media program listing data associated with a plurality of media programs, one or more of the media programs that are associated with the players of interest, and 3) providing a scheduling screen for display, the scheduling screen containing listing information for each of the one or more media programs determined to be associated with the players of interest. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed. |
| US08930404B2 |
System and method for analyzing de-identified health care data
A system and method for creating a unique alias associated with an individual identified in a health care database such that health care data, and particularly pharmaceutical-related data, can be efficiently gathered and analyzed. The system has a first data store for storing at least one record where each record includes a plurality of identification fields which when concatenated uniquely identify an individual, and at least one health care field corresponding to health care data associated with the individual. The system also has a second data store, and a processor. The processor selects a record of the first data store, then selects a subset of the plurality of identification fields within the selected record, and concatenates the selected subset of identification fields. Then the processor stores the concatenated identification fields in a record in the second data store with the at least one health care field from the selected record of the first data store. |
| US08930402B1 |
Systems and methods for automatic collection of data over a network
In one of many possible embodiments, an automatic data collection system is provided. The exemplary system includes a data collection subsystem communicatively coupled to at least one networked device via a network. The data collection subsystem is configured to receive a request for data stored on the networked device and to automatically collect an unaltered replication of the requested data from the networked device via the network. The unaltered replication of the requested data includes an unaltered replication of metadata associated with the requested data. |
| US08930401B2 |
Accessing and providing access to computer files over a computer network
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided that may relate to controlling access to or accessing computer files over a computer network. A file server may execute on a first computer system and a client may execute on a second computer system. The client may be configured to send a first communication to the file server relating to a first computer file stored on the first computer system. The first communication may include first access control data associated with the first computer file. The file server may be configured to receive the first communication and extract the first access control data from the first communication. The file server may then store the extracted first access control data in extended attributes of the first computer file on the first computer system. |
| US08930392B1 |
Simulated annealing in recommendation systems
A system and method for generating suggestions to a user using simulated annealing is disclosed. The system includes a user activity processing unit, a recommendation engine, a ranking engine and a simulated annealing engine. The user activity processing unit receives user activities and generates user interests. The simulated annealing engine generates a temperature to control how far to stray from highly relevant suggestions. The recommendation engine generates a query for content and generates at least one suggestion for the user from received content. The ranking engine ranks the at least one suggestion based on a recency of user interests, frequency of actions associated with the user interests and social affinity of the user to other users that generated any of the at least one suggestions. |
| US08930385B2 |
Relevance estimation and actions based thereon
Computer-based systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are disclosed. In a social network embodiment, information regarding a first user is obtained and formed into a first dataset. Conceptual spaces are selected for the first user, and the first user's location is determined in the spaces. Distances between the first user and other users and their datasets are computed in the selected conceptual spaces. Actions are taken based on the distances, such as including or excluding the other users from a friends list of the first user. |
| US08930383B2 |
System and method for aggregation and association of professional affiliation data with commercial data content
There is provided a method that includes (i) receiving a first record that contains an identity of an individual, a name of a business, and a role of the individual in the business, (ii) matching the first record to data that provides a unique business identifier for the business, (iii) matching the first record to data that provides a unique individual identifier for the individual, (iii) appending to the first record (a) the unique business identifier, (b) the unique individual identifier, and (c) a unique role identifier for the role of the individual in the business, (iv) matching the first record to a second record based on the unique business identifier, the unique individual identifier, and the unique role identifier, and (v) consolidating the first and second records into a resultant record. |
| US08930382B2 |
High performance secure data access in a parallel processing system
A mechanism is provided for secure data access in a parallel processing system. A database having two tables is provided. A subset of the tables' primary key attributes is considered sensitive. A first user is authorized to access the primary key's sensitive attribute in an unmasked format, while a second user is authorized to access same data in a masked format. Two security tables are generated having a plurality of entries mapping the values of the primary key attribute in the unmasked format to the values of the primary key attribute in the masked format. A security view is generated joining the two security tables. The security view grants the first user access to the values of the primary key's sensitive attribute in the unmasked format only and grants the second user access to the values of the primary key's sensitive attribute in the masked format only. |
| US08930375B2 |
Splitting an index node of a hierarchical dispersed storage index
A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module determining to remove data object index entries from a data object level index node, identifying data object index entries to extract, and creating a temporary sibling data object level index node to include the identified data object index entries. The method continues with the DS processing module initiating updating of an hierarchical ordered index structure by identifying an address for storing the temporary sibling data object level index node, setting up linking the temporary sibling data object level index node to a next level node and to an adjacent data object level index node, and determining whether a change has occurred. When the change has not occurred, the method continues with the DS processing module removing the data object index entries from the data object level index node and commencing the updating of the hierarchical ordered index structure. |
| US08930369B2 |
Information processing apparatus, message classifying method and non-transitory medium for associating series of transactions
A tied server includes a first storage unit that stores appearance patterns of messages having a transaction identifier to identify a transaction. The tied server also includes a second storage unit that stores messages executed on the transaction DB server having the transaction ID by the application server and communicated between an application server and a DB server. The tied server classifies the messages stored in the second storage unit with respect to each transaction based on the appearance patterns of the messages stored in the first storage unit. |
| US08930368B2 |
Categorizing data to perform access control
At least one of data, an indication of the data, and metadata associated with the data is received at a first computing system, wherein the data is to be categorized. It is determined that at least part of the data is not to be categorized by the first computing system. In response to a determination that at least part of the data is not to be categorized by the first computing system, it is determined that a second computing system is indicated for categorization of the data and at least one of the data, an indication of the data, and the metadata associated with the data is transmitted from the first computing system to the second computing system. |
| US08930364B1 |
Intelligent data integration
A storage controller is implemented for controlling a storage system. The storage controller may be implemented using a distributed computer system and may include components for servicing client data requests based on the characteristics of the distributed computer system, the client, or the data requests. The storage controller is scalable independently of the storage system it controls. All components of the storage controller, as well as the client, may be virtual or hardware-based instances of a distributed computer system. |
| US08930362B2 |
System and method for streak discovery and prediction
The disclosed embodiment relates to identifying performance regions in time-series data. An exemplary method comprises identifying, with a computing device, one or more streaks in the time-series data based on at least one streak parameter, ranking, with a computing device, the identified streaks based on at least one characteristic of the identified streaks, and predicting, with a computing device, a future occurrence of at least one streak based on the characteristics of the identified streaks. The steps of identifying and ranking may be carried out using at least one of a linear graph method, a statistical based approach, a curve-line intersection method, and a hypothesis-based method, and the step of predicting the future occurrence of at least one streak may comprise predicting at least one of how long a current streak will continue, when a current streak will end, and when a new streak will begin. The disclosed embodiment also relates to a system and computer-readable code that can be used to implement the exemplary methods. |
| US08930361B2 |
Method and apparatus for cleaning data sets for a search process
An approach is provided for cleaning data sets for a search process. The cleanup platform determines one or more reference documents associated with at least one region. Next, the cleanup platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more reference documents to determine a frequency distribution of one or more candidate stop words with respect to the at least one region. Then, the cleanup platform causes, at least in part, selection of one or more stop words applicable to the at least one region from the one or more candidate stop words based, at least in part, on one or more frequency distribution criteria. Additionally, the cleanup platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of at least one data set associated with a search process to generate at least one enhanced data set by filtering the one or more stop words from the at least one data set. |
| US08930359B1 |
Ranking custom search results
A system searches a first search index based on a search query to obtain first search results and searches a second search index based on the search query to obtain second search results. The system further ranks the first search results using a first ranking algorithm and one or more first ranking parameters to produce ranked first search results, and ranks the second search results using a second ranking algorithm and one or more second ranking parameters to produce second search results, where the one or more first ranking parameters are different than the one or more second ranking parameters and where the one or more second ranking parameters include at least one of previous user feedback associated with custom content that corresponds to the second search index, annotations of the custom content provided by a user, or usage patterns associated with users previously accessing and searching the custom content. The system also provides the ranked first and second search results to a user. |
| US08930356B2 |
Techniques for modifying a query based on query associations
Techniques are provided through which query associations are made between initial queries and corresponding query modifications to the initial queries previously made. Each query modification is made with respect to a searchable source. Based on these query associations, modified queries are generated on a per-source basis. Query associations may be stored on a per user or per community basis, where a community can include many users. Frequently used query modifications may be stored as templates. |
| US08930351B1 |
Grouping of users
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for grouping of users. In one aspect, a method includes selecting a current user group for a search session based on search results selected by a user during the search session. The method also includes obtaining a plurality of search results responsive to a query submitted by the user during the search session wherein each of the search results has a respective score. The method also includes determining that a search result in the plurality of search results is one in which users associated with the current user group select as a selected search result a percentage of time more often or less often than a general population of users that is larger than a number of users associated with the current user group. The method also includes in response to determining, modifying an order of the plurality of search results by modifying the respective score of the search result based on the percentage. The method also includes providing the modified plurality of search results in response to the query. |
| US08930349B2 |
Selectively modifying search engine results
A technique for enhancing and improving the usability of search engine search results that are presented to a user who has requested information using such search engine, by either eliminating, or alternatively distinguishing, web-page/web-site identifiers such as universal resource locators (URLs) from a search result list presented to the user when the web-page/web-site is not currently accessible by the user. |
| US08930348B2 |
Isolation for applications working on shared XML data
A mechanism is provided for detecting and disregarding application specific nodes contained in shared XML documents. The techniques described involve determining one or more application specific nodes within XML documents and performing path expression evaluations of the XML documents as if the nodes are not present. In one embodiment, a mechanism is provided by which a user may specify the criterion that determine which subset of node in XML documents are to be ignored from path expression evaluations and evaluating a query that specifies a path operation based on a path and ignoring said identified nodes when evaluating said path operation. |
| US08930340B1 |
Blending content in an output
Techniques include obtaining ranges of content relevance scores for different collections of content; generating a normalized range based on the ranges of content relevance scores; and normalizing a particular range of a particular collection of content including: generating a distribution of content relevance scores for the collection of content; identifying portions in the distribution; and generating a mapping of portions from the distribution to portions in the normalized range. |
| US08930336B2 |
Retrieval of searchable and non-searchable attributes
Retrieving stored data is disclosed. A retrieval request is received for an object. A retrieval response is generated that includes: 1) a first set of searchable attributes associated with the object, wherein an attribute of the first set of attributes is stored in a database in a manner that enables a database query to be performed against the attribute of the first set of attributes; and 2) a second set of non-searchable attributes associated with the object, wherein an attribute of the second set of attributes is stored in the database in a manner that does not enable a database query to be performed against the attribute of the second set of attributes. |
| US08930329B2 |
Systems and methods for transformation of logical data objects for storage
Methods and systems for transforming a logical data object for storage in a storage device configured to operate with at least one storage protocol. One method comprises creating in the storage device a transformed logical data object comprising a one or more allocated storage sections with a predefined size and receiving one or more data chunks corresponding to the transformed logical data object. The method further comprises determining if each received data chunk comprises a predefined criterion, transforming each data chunk that comprises the predefined criterion, maintaining each data chuck in raw form that does not comprise the predefined criterion, and sequentially storing each transformed data chuck and data chunk in raw form into said one or more allocated storage sections in accordance with an order said transformed data chunks and data chunks in raw form are received. One system comprises a processor configured to perform the above method. |
| US08930327B2 |
Method and system for scrubbing information from heap dumps
In production applications that process and transfer secure and sensitive customer data, the heap dump files of these applications, which may be useful for debugging production issues and bugs, may contain secure and sensitive information. Thus, to make the useful debugging information available in heap dumps from production applications without compromising secure client data to those assigned to debugging and fixing production issues, these heap dumps may be scrubbed of sensitive information without scrubbing information that is useful for debugging. |
| US08930325B2 |
Generating and utilizing a data fingerprint to enable analysis of previously available data
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system analyzes data in response to detecting occurrence of an event, and includes a computer system including at least one processor. The system maps fields between the data and a fingerprint definition identifying relevant fields of the data to produce a fingerprint for the data. The data is deleted after occurrence of the event. The produced fingerprint is stored in a data repository, and retrieved in response to detection of the event occurrence after the data has been deleted. The system analyzes the retrieved fingerprint to evaluate an impact of the event on corresponding deleted data. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for analyzing data in response to detecting occurrence of an event in substantially the same manner described above. |
| US08930324B2 |
Guarded file descriptors
Guarded file access operations are provided for creating and using guarded file descriptors, which can detect and prevent erroneous file access operations in computer programs. A file descriptor can be associated with a guard identifier to create a guarded file descriptor. The association can be established when the file is opened, and can be maintained independently of the computer program, which ordinarily maintains its own association between files, file descriptors, and guard identifiers. Subsequent file operations using the guarded file descriptor check that the guard identifier previously associated with that file descriptor is presented, and generate errors without performing the requested file operations if the correct guard identifier is not presented. This check serves as a validation of the computer program's use of file descriptors. An error and stack trace can be generated for use in analyzing a cause of the guard violation. |
| US08930322B2 |
Methods and systems for bulk row save logic in an object relational mapping layer and application framework
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for saving multiple rows together through an object relational mapping layer to a database. These mechanisms and methods for saving multiple rows together can enable embodiments to detect faults in the save operation(s) and recover. The ability of embodiments to detect faults in the save operation(s) and recover can enable embodiments to provide a robust forgiving published API that saves a set of rows together whenever possible. |
| US08930321B2 |
Logical recovery with unbundled transaction services
This patent application relates to enhanced logical recovery techniques for redo recovery operations of a system with an unbundled storage engine. These techniques can be implemented by utilizing an enhanced logical recovery approach in which a dirty page table (DPT) is constructed based on information logged during normal execution. The unbundled storage engine can include a transaction component (TC) that is architecturally independent of a data component (DC). These techniques can enhance redo recovery operations by mitigating the resources needed to determine whether previously executed operations sent from the TC to the DC are to be repeated in response to a recovery-initiating event. This can include using the DPT to avoid fetching every data page corresponding to every previously executed operation received by the DC during recovery and/or pre-fetching data pages and/or index pages that correspond to PIDs in the DPT. |
| US08930319B2 |
Modular backup and retrieval system used in conjunction with a storage area network
A modular computer storage system and method is provided for managing and directing data archiving functions, which is scalable and comprehends various storage media as well as diverse operating systems on a plurality of client devices. A client component is associated with one or more client devices for generating archival request. A file processor directs one or more storage devices, through one or more media components, which control the actual physical level backup on various storage devices. Each media component creates a library indexing system for locating stored data. A management component coordinates the archival functions between the various client components and the file processor, including setting scheduling policies, aging policies, index pruning policies, drive cleaning policies, configuration information, and keeping track of running and waiting jobs. |
| US08930318B1 |
Systems and methods for handling interruptions while updating of an electronic device
Systems and methods for safeguarding against interruptions when updating data of an electronic device are provided. In some aspects, a method includes applying a current operation of a plurality of operations to the data. The plurality of operations is associated with a current update for the data. The method also includes generating current a current version of a checkpoint if the applying step has completed. The current version of the checkpoint comprises a next operation indicator that specifies a next operation of the plurality of operations to be applied to the data. The method also includes storing the current version of the checkpoint on the electronic device such that the current version of the checkpoint persists across reboot of the electronic device. |
| US08930313B2 |
System and method for managing replication in an object storage system
An object storage system, such as a content addressed storage system, manages replication of objects across network locations to balance storage space and data security. Network locations set a policy of replicating each object at the object's primary network location and a secondary network location. The secondary network location creates a first replica of the object and a virtual unique identifier representing a second replica of the object at the secondary network location. Creation of the second replica is suppressed unless the first replica becomes invalid so that storage space is conserved without substantially increasing the risk of loss of information represented by the object. |
| US08930312B1 |
System and method for splitting a replicated data partition
A system that implements a data storage service may store data on behalf of storage service clients. The system may maintain data in multiple replicas of partitions that are stored on respective computing nodes in the system. The system may split a data partition into two new partitions, and may split the replica group that stored the original partitions into two new replica groups, each storing one of the new partitions. To split the replica group, the master replica may propagate membership changes to the other members of the replica group for adding members to the original replica group and for splitting the expanded replica group into two new replica groups. Subsequent to the split, replicas may attempt to become the master for the original replica group or for a new replica group. If an attempt to become master replica for the original replica group succeeds, the split may fail. |
| US08930311B1 |
Push-based piggyback system for source-driven logical replication in a storage environment
The disclosed techniques enable push-based piggybacking of a source-driven logical replication system. Logical replication of a data set (e.g., a snapshot) from a source node to a destination node can be achieved from a source-driven system while preserving the effects of storage efficiency operations (deduplication) applied at the source node. However, if missing data extents are detected at the destination, the destination has an extent pulling problem as the destination may not have knowledge of the physical layout on the source-side and/or mechanisms for requesting extents. The techniques overcome the extent pulling problem in a source-driven replication system by introducing specific protocols for obtaining missing extents within an existing replication environment by piggybacking data pushes from the source. |
| US08930310B2 |
Proxy server for distributing aircraft software parts
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing aircraft software parts. In one advantageous embodiment, a method includes retrieving a set of aircraft software parts and metadata about the set of aircraft software parts from a library in an aircraft network data processing system to form a set of retrieved aircraft software parts. The set of aircraft software parts is stored in a file system. Metadata is stored in a database. The set of aircraft software parts and the metadata is sent to an onboard electronic distribution system, a communications link between an on ground component interface, and the onboard electronic distribution system. Status information about activity on the communications link is maintained. |
| US08930305B2 |
Adaptive information processing systems, methods, and media for updating product documentation and knowledge base
An adaptive information processing system for updating product documentation and associated knowledge base is disclosed, the system including at least one subsystem for receiving original data from a data source, and a central dynamic data system to integrate the original data from the at least one subsystem. The central dynamic data system is configured to integrate system knowledge with the original data to form integrated data, wherein the central dynamic data system is configured to dynamically update the product documentation and the knowledge base based on the integrated data. A computer implemented method for dynamically updating product documentation and knowledge base is further disclosed, the method includes receiving original data from a data source, and integrating the knowledge base with the original data from the data source to form integrated data. The method further includes mapping the integrated data with at least one application and dynamically updating product documentation and the knowledge base based on the integrated data. |
| US08930298B2 |
Rules engine ecosystem developed with an object cache framework
An object cache framework client selects a rule-set object in an object cache framework. The rule-set object comprises a rule-set (set of business rules). The object cache framework client evaluates criteria of the rule-set against properties of a plurality of rules engines. The object cache framework client determines if the properties of a rules engine, from a plurality of rules engines, satisfy the criteria of the rule-set. The object cache framework client supplies the rule-set object to the rules engine for execution of the rule-set. |
| US08930297B2 |
Using left and right unlinking
Some embodiments of using left and right unlinking by an example rule engine have been presented. A rule engine can create a network having a number of nodes to evaluate a set of rules in a knowledge base. The rule engine may initialize a session to be processed using the network to allow each of the nodes to be logically left unlinked and logically right unlinked at the same time during the session. |
| US08930295B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring and analyzing transactions
A system for performing FRIAR Code-based adjudication includes a FRIAR Code processor configured to match an extracted FRIAR identified element against a Knowledge Base set of reference FRIAR identified elements, a FRIAR Transaction Originator Code processor, a FRIAR Account Code processor, a FRIAR Code selection processor for defining a rule set to be applied to the extracted FRIAR identified element and the large indefinite quantity of reference FRIAR identified elements and configured to generate a total FRIAR Code identification function, a FRIAR Code threshold processor configured to generate a context-dependent threshold for an acceptable code decision, and a decision processor configured to compare the total FRIAR Code functions to the context-dependent threshold and determine whether to accumulate and aggregate further FRIAR Code aggregation, provide system alerts, render an automatic reclassification, or to generate an auto-accept/auto-deny decision-result. |
| US08930294B2 |
Predicting user activity based on usage data received from client devices
A system for determining an interest of a user based on usage data is provided. Usage data corresponding to a plurality of websites accessed by a user is received from one or more computing devices of the user. The received usage data is categorized into a plurality of categories based on character strings that reference the individual websites. What content items from individual websites the user has selected to view is recorded in order to identify one or more items of interest. An activity of the user at a given time period is predicted based on the categorizations, the identified one or more items of interest, and times and duration of times the user viewed the individual websites. The system performs an action at the given time period based on the predicted activity. |
| US08930293B2 |
Prediction apparatus, prediction method, and recording medium
Response performance of a new type of transaction processing based on a new program, when the new type of transaction processing is executed by a computer of an information processing system, is predicted. The information processing system executes transaction processing requiring access to a database system in response to an external processing request. Upon prediction of response performance each value of a plurality of parameters related to operation that affects response speed of a database system assumed in the new type of transaction processing is acquired. The acquired each value of the plurality of parameters is inputted to a predetermined evaluation formula to calculate an evaluation value related to response performance of the new type of transaction processing. |
| US08930290B2 |
Adaptive cognitive support system
Some embodiments perform a method for managing a person's daily goals based on the person's recent performance in completing certain of the daily goals. The method can include evaluating, by one or more processors, scheduling information associated with the person; evaluating a first set of activity information indicating the person's capabilities; generating goals and tasks based on the scheduling information and the activity information; presenting, on a display device, a first content identifying a first group of the tasks to complete as part of achieving one of the goals; receiving a second set of activity information indicating the person's capabilities in completing the first group of the tasks; modifying the goals based on the second set of activity information; presenting a second content indicating a second group of tasks to complete as part of achieving one of the modified goals. |
| US08930283B2 |
Dynamically controlling a computer's display
A method and/or computer system dynamically manages screen real estate of a remote computer's display. A first computer receives an initial state of screen real estate of a remote second computer's display on a portable computing device, where the initial state describes information displayed on the remote second computer's display. The first computer detects a change to an external physical environment of the remote second computer's display from one location to another location within a same building. The first computer then adjusts the initial state of the screen real estate in order to remotely create an adjusted state of the remote second computer's screen real estate, where the adjusted state comports with the change to the physical location of the remote second computer's display, and where the adjusted state alters an appearance of the information displayed on the remote second computer's display. |
| US08930278B2 |
Method and system of preserving purchased on-demand transportation entertainment services across different journey segments or separate trips
A method and system for allowing the purchaser of an on-demand entertainment session of predetermined time duration to reaccess that portion of the session not used. On-demand passenger entertainment services in airline flights often offer services, such as movies, of a predetermined time duration which time is longer than the time of flight. The method and system disclosed allows purchasers to gain access on another flight to the unused portion of the services, such as, the unseen portion of a movie, terminated at the end of the initial flight. |
| US08930275B2 |
Apparatuses, methods and systems for providing a virtual development and deployment environment including real and synthetic data
The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING REAL AND SYNTHETIC DATA (“SYNONYM”) provides a development and test environment with reduced database storage requirements that uses synthetic data based on anonymized real data. SYNONYM allows the use of sensitive data for testing while protecting such data as required by privacy laws, secrecy laws and company policies. |
| US08930272B2 |
Systems and methods for mobile transactions
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for facilitating financial transactions over a network include communicating with a user via a kiosk device and a mobile communication device over the network. In various implementations, the systems and methods include accessing at least one account related to the user, depositing finds into the account based on a cash deposit request received from the user at the kiosk device, and transferring funds from the account to one or more other accounts, related and/or unrelated to the user, based on a fund transfer request received from the user via the mobile communication device. |
| US08930270B2 |
Smart payment instrument selection
A method and apparatus is provided for constructing and using a smart wallet with automatic selection when making a purchase in an online environment. In one embodiment of the invention, the wallet service first finds the intersection of acceptable instruments between a merchant and a user. The wallet service then intelligently selects, or at least ranks in order, the payment instruments based on value to the customer. The ranking can take into account: a) cash back rates; b) mileage rates for the specific potential purchase; and c) temporal discounts such as shipping or coupon discounts for the specific product type; etc. The system preferably presumes that a smart wallet is given information about a transaction, and has collected information about the payment instruments. |
| US08930268B2 |
Online fraud prevention using genetic algorithm solution
Online fraud prevention including receiving a rules set to detect fraud, mapping the rules set to a data set, mapping success data to members of the rules set, filtering the members of the rules set, and ordering members of the data set by giving priority to those members of the data set with a greater probability for being fraudulent based upon the success data of each member of the rule set in detecting fraud. Further, a receiver coupled to an application server to receive a rules set to detect fraud, and a server coupled to the application server, to map the rules set to a data set, and to map the success data to each members of the rules set. The server is used to order the various members of the data set by giving priority to those members of the data set with a greatest probability for being fraudulent. |
| US08930267B1 |
Automated transactions clearing system and method
Embodiments of the present invention are related to systems and methods of verifying the integrity of transactions that traverse through complex system workflows, and particularly, verifying the integrity of financial and non-financial transactions that traverse through a plurality of financial systems making up one or more system workflows. In one embodiment, a clearing system is disclosed to include a central clearing engine configured for processing a plurality of transactions by retrieving transaction data of at least one transaction of the plurality of transactions from at least one data source based on a selection received. After parsing the transaction data, the central clearing engine may verify transaction data integrity based on the transaction data and determine a result, and generate a report based on the result. |
| US08930262B1 |
Systems and methods of assisted strategy design
In an embodiment, a computer system performs a method of modifying a decision algorithm, such as an algorithm for assigning credit limits or other credit terms, via a graphical user interface. The system displays a graphical representation of a decision tree comprising a plurality of decision nodes. The decision nodes are associated with respective conditions, and at least a portion of the decision nodes are associated with an outcome to be assigned to an individual matching the associated respective conditions in accordance with the decision tree. The system receives a selection of a decision node and selects a parameter to be used to construct subnodes of the selected decision node, and constructs the subnodes. The system calculates an outcome for each subnode, and it updates the graphical representation of the decision tree to include the plurality of subnodes. |
| US08930258B2 |
Dynamically activating and deactivating one or more elements of a trading tool
Various embodiments relate to intelligently activating and deactivating a trading tool element of a trading tool to improve a user's confidence in the trading tool. By dynamically activating and deactivating elements on the trading screen, the trading tool effectively increases a user's confidence in placing a trading order, canceling a trade order, or both, for example, by eliminating or reducing undesirable options. Undesirable options might include those that are risky, contrary to a particular trading strategy, would result in a loss of money, and so on. Such an embodiment can improve the overall speed at which a user places or cancels a trade order by, among other things, effectively increasing the user's overall confidence in the trading tool. |
| US08930256B2 |
Keyboard trading system
The present invention relates to systems and methods for providing customized keyboards for receiving user inputs, and view regions for displaying information for users in useful arrangements. Such keyboards include keys that are pre-programmed to reflect the issues present in each trading pane of the view regions. Using such keys, a user may direct the trading application to quickly and efficiently switch between multiple issues, and place, manipulate or cancel orders on them. The keyboard may also be designed such that multiple keys may be disabled, replaced or mapped to perform different functions. |
| US08930254B2 |
Financial methodology to valuate and predict the news impact of major events on financial instruments
According to some embodiments, an event having an association with a financial instrument may be identified. The event may then be classified into at least one of a plurality of predefined event classes, each predefined event class being associated with a set of similar events. Media data associated with media coverage of the event may be retrieved and data elements may be extracted from the media data, wherein the data elements include at least one quantified communication parameter including at least one of a short term media coverage volume, a publication weight, a tonal balance, and an impact of available photographs. A prediction of the upcoming media coverage of the event may be generated, including a predicted volume and tonality of the upcoming media coverage, wherein said prediction is generated using a modeling computer system, a numerical model, said extracted data elements, and information about said predefined event class. |
| US08930253B1 |
Interactive systems and methods for estate planning related activities
Systems and methods for performing insurance related activities are provided. Software can be implemented to provide a (optionally networked) application that includes an interactive interface for use by insurance professionals in managing clients. Personal data can be received for computing a client's financial condition. Business data of the client can be received for computing a business financial condition of the business at the death of the client. An assumption of the business financial condition, including levels of business owned life insurance can be modified. A selection mechanism can also be provided, which when selected displays a representation of a death benefits to the client and to the business, based on the modified assumption. The personal financial and business financial condition can change in relation to a change in the personal death and business death benefit as the assumptions are interactively modified, thereby showing the benefit of business owned life insurance. |
| US08930249B1 |
System, method, and computer program for providing an advertising based incentive to a user
A system, method, and computer program are included for providing an advertising based incentive to a user. In use, at least one advertisement is communicated to a device of a user based on a preference level of the user. Further, an incentive associated with the preference level is provided to the user in response to the communication of the at least one advertisement. |
| US08930243B2 |
System, process and software arrangement for providing multidimensional recommendations/suggestions
A process, system and computer software are provided to facilitate at least one recommendation to one or more users and/or one or more applications using multidimensional data. In particular, a multidimensional space is defined, wherein each dimension is capable of providing variable information. At least one dimension corresponds to user profiles. The multidimensional space is filled with multidimensional data corresponding to dimensions of the multidimensional space. Then, information from the multidimensional space is retrieved. Further, the recommendation is generated based on the retrieved information. In addition, it is possible to generate a recommendation-specific query. This can be performed by generating the recommendation-specific query to access a multidimensional cube and retrieve data stored therein. Then, the recommendation can be issued based on the data retrieved from the multidimensional cube. |
| US08930241B2 |
Clearing house for processing of payments using coded payment methods
Embodiments of the invention include systems, methods, and computer-program products for a clearing house for directing readable indicia to/from merchants, users, and/or vendors. As such, merchants, users, and vendors may all be able to recognize, read, and complete transactions using any readable indicia, irrespective of the vendor providing the readable indicia. In some embodiments, the invention may provide merchants or users with readable indicia from one or more readable indicia vendors. In other embodiments, the invention may recognize readable indicia communicated to the system based on the vendor associated with the indicia. As such, the invention provides a clearing house for the directing, such as receiving, translating, and communicating readable indicia between parties of a transaction, such that each party may be able to recognize the readable indicia and complete the transaction. |
| US08930240B2 |
System and kiosk for commerce of optical media through multiple locations
A kiosk dispenses and receives recorded optical media using an interconnected central server, through an Internet Service Provider. The central server has databases and processing capabilities and is connected to a credit verification system. The databases collect inventory administration information and customer data (e.g., credit card information and email addresses) from the kiosks. The central server initiates credit verification, sends receipts to customers via email and maintains databases for remote inventory-control and administration of the kiosk network. A kiosk may identify a recorded disk for automated restocking and perform quality assessment of a recorded disk. The kiosk may provide publishing-on-demand or act as a portal for remotely served advertisements. The kiosk preferably includes a rotatable carousel with a selection of DVDs. A digital camera captures a digital image of a disk barcode and internal software rotates the image to “read” the barcode, to control inventory and access issues. |
| US08930236B2 |
Electronic incentive methods and systems for enabling carbon credit rewards and interactive participation of individuals and groups within the system
This invention relates generally to electronic commerce (e-commerce) systems and media platforms, for use with both mobile and non-mobile systems, to deploy virtual advertising and promotion via the use of electronic coupons, and more particularly a method and system for aggregating and distributing carbon reduction credits in connection with the creation and/or use of electronic coupons or virtual electronic rebates (VeeBates) and permitting individuals and groups within one or more social communications networks to participate in and transmit information to others about their activities related to the virtual advertising, incentives, redemption and promotion and aggregate carbon credits in connection therewith, either as part of the incentive or aggregation by the incentive promoter as part of its activities in reducing its carbon footprint. |
| US08930231B2 |
Methods using a mobile device to provide data for insurance premiums to a remote computer
A method for providing vehicle operation data to a remote computer or server for calculation of a vehicle insurance premium for a period of time based at least in part on collected vehicle operation data, wherein the method includes steps of: collecting vehicle operation data via a mobile device while the mobile device is associated with an operating vehicle, wherein the vehicle operation data has insurance risk predictive power; and transmitting the collected vehicle operation data from the mobile device to a remote computer. The remote computer or server receives collected vehicle operation data, stores the collected vehicle operation data in a database, a determines a vehicle insurance premium via a rating engine based at least in part on collected vehicle operation data. |
| US08930230B2 |
System and method having a hierarchical model with override capability for generating a flexible insurance plan
A system and method for implementing an insurance plan to coordinate an adjudication of a submitted claim corresponding to the plan. The plan includes a people model and a benefit model, such as hierarchical trees combined by a plurality of policies. The system and method comprise assigning a first predefined inheritance of global attributes to coupled elements of the people tree and assigning a second predefined inheritance of global attributes to coupled elements of the benefits tree. The system and method also assigning a local administration rule for at least one local attribute of the trees, the assignment between a selected people element of the people tree and a selected benefit element of the benefits tree. The local administration rule overrides the corresponding global attributes of the selected elements, such that resolution of the global attributes with the local attributes for the selected elements provides a rule set for adjudication of the submitted claim. |
| US08930229B2 |
Systems and methods using a mobile device to collect data for insurance premiums
A system and method for determining a vehicle insurance premium for a period of time based at least in part on collected vehicle operation data, the system comprising: a mobile device, comprising: one or more sensors associated with the mobile device and configured to automatically collect vehicle operation data during a data collection session; a processor; a non-transitory storage medium; a display; a transmitter; and a set of computer readable instructions stored in the non-transitory storage medium and when executed by the processor configured to allow the mobile device to collect vehicle operation data and transmit the collected vehicle operation data; and a remote processing computer, comprising: a server that receives collected vehicle operation data; a database that stores collected vehicle operation data; and a rating engine that determines a vehicle insurance premium based at least in part on collected vehicle operation data. |
| US08930215B2 |
Facilitating health management of subjects
A peer system of subjects with health-related issues is formed based on an association of subjects and a particular type of electronic device or devices which provides information related to a specific health-related issue or issues obtained from particular subjects. By means of such associations, subjects can transmit to and receive messages from other subjects associated with the same type of electronic device. One way to associate subjects with health-related issues is through an association of a subject with a type or types of sensors. For example, each monitoring device may be associated with a subject, and the type or types of sensor or sensors may be associated with the subject and/or monitoring device. Devices, systems, methods and computer program products may be provided leveraging this association for various applications, e.g., management of the health care of subjects, peering among subjects with a common heath-related issue or issues, advertising, research and other applications involving such subjects. |
| US08930206B2 |
Medical care administration system and method
A medical care administration system that continuously provides accurate identifications of what medical care orders are due for administration in a medical care facility. The system uses a services oriented architecture to provide an interface with a pharmacy. The architecture provides message formats and respective data definitions in a web services descriptive language. Thus, data relating to medical care orders may be stored in a relational database in normative format of definitions that is independent of known pharmacy codes and definitions. With the system, all written orders are sent to a pharmacy by facsimile copy and returned to the care facility in electronic form for comparison with the written order. The system further provides a user interface that leads a person through an administration process and simplifies creation of an electronic administration record. |
| US08930205B1 |
Method and system for personalized healthcare related expense investment planning
A method and system for personalized healthcare related expense investment planning includes a process for personalized healthcare related expense investment planning whereby, in one embodiment, a timeframe is defined during which the investor/user wishes to provide funds to cover healthcare expenses. In one embodiment, the user's healthcare services utilization for the defined timeframe is then projected/predicted using a personalized healthcare service utilization model. In one embodiment, the cost of the user's projected healthcare service utilization for the defined timeframe is then calculated/predicted based on the user taking part in one or more defined healthcare programs. In one embodiment, the calculated cost of the user's projected healthcare service utilization for the defined timeframe is then used to select an investment plan and/or strategy to provide healthcare expense funds for the defined timeframe. |
| US08930204B1 |
Determining lifestyle recommendations using aggregated personal information
A computer-implemented method for determining lifestyle recommendations includes receiving lifestyle information and healthcare information corresponding to an individual from a personal information aggregator. Lifestyle recommendations are determined based on the lifestyle information and the healthcare information and are provided to the individual. |
| US08930200B2 |
Vector joint encoding/decoding method and vector joint encoder/decoder
A vector joint encoding/decoding method and a vector joint encoder/decoder are provided, more than two vectors are jointly encoded, and an encoding index of at least one vector is split and then combined between different vectors, so that encoding idle spaces of different vectors can be recombined, thereby facilitating saving of encoding bits, and because an encoding index of a vector is split and then shorter split indexes are recombined, thereby facilitating reduction of requirements for the bit width of operating parts in encoding/decoding calculation. |
| US08930196B2 |
System for detecting speech interval and recognizing continuous speech in a noisy environment through real-time recognition of call commands
A continuous speech recognition system to recognize continuous speech smoothly in a noisy environment. The system selects call commands, configures a minimum recognition network in token, which consists of the call commands and mute intervals including noises, recognizes the inputted speech continuously in real time, analyzes the reliability of speech recognition continuously and recognizes the continuous speech from a speaker. When a speaker delivers a call command, the system for detecting the speech interval and recognizing continuous speech in a noisy environment through the real-time recognition of call commands measures the reliability of the speech after recognizing the call command, and recognizes the speech from the speaker by transferring the speech interval following the call command to a continuous speech-recognition engine at the moment when the system recognizes the call command. |
| US08930193B2 |
Scripting support for data identifiers, voice recognition and voice input in a telnet session
Methods of adding data identifiers and speech/voice recognition functionality are disclosed. A telnet client runs one or more scripts that add data identifiers to data fields in a telnet session. The input data is inserted in the corresponding fields based on data identifiers. Scripts run only on the telnet client without modifications to the server applications. Further disclosed are methods for providing speech recognition and voice functionality to telnet clients. Portions of input data are converted to voice and played to the user. A user also may provide input to certain fields of the telnet session by using his voice. Scripts running on the telnet client convert the user's voice into text and is inserted to corresponding fields. |
| US08930191B2 |
Paraphrasing of user requests and results by automated digital assistant
Methods, systems, and computer readable storage medium related to operating an intelligent digital assistant are disclosed. A user request is received, the user request including at least a speech input received from a user. In response to the user request, (1) an echo of the speech input based on a textual interpretation of the speech input, and (2) a paraphrase of the user request based at least in part on a respective semantic interpretation of the speech input are presented to the user. |
| US08930190B2 |
Audio processing device, audio processing method, program and integrated circuit
An audio processing device including a feature calculation unit, a boundary calculation unit and a judgment unit, detects points of change of audio features from an audio signal in an AV content. The feature calculation unit calculates, for each unit section of the audio signal, section feature data expressing features of the audio signal in the unit section. The boundary calculation unit calculates, for each target unit section among the unit sections of the audio signal, a piece of boundary information relating to at least one boundary of a similarity section. The similarity section consists of consecutive unit sections, inclusive of the target unit section, which each have similar section feature data. The judgment unit calculates a priority of each boundary indicated by one or more of the pieces of boundary information and judges whether the boundary is a scene change point based on the priority. |
| US08930189B2 |
Distributed user input to text generated by a speech to text transcription service
A particular method includes receiving, at a representational state transfer endpoint device, a first user input related to a first speech to text conversion performed by a speech to text transcription service. The method also includes receiving, at the representational state transfer endpoint device, a second user input related to a second speech to text conversion performed by the speech to text transcription service. The method includes processing of the first user input and the second user input at the representational state transfer endpoint device to generate speech to text adjustment information. |
| US08930188B2 |
Error concealment method and apparatus for audio signal and decoding method and apparatus for audio signal using the same
An error concealment method and apparatus for an audio signal and a decoding method and apparatus for an audio signal using the error concealment method and apparatus. The error concealment method includes selecting one of an error concealment in a frequency domain and an error concealment in a time domain as an error concealment scheme for a current frame based on a predetermined criteria when an error occurs in the current frame, selecting one of a repetition scheme and an interpolation scheme in the frequency domain as the error concealment scheme for the current frame based on a predetermined criteria when the error concealment in the frequency domain is selected, and concealing the error of the current frame using the selected scheme. |
| US08930184B2 |
Signal bandwidth extending apparatus
A signal bandwidth extending apparatus including: a bandwidth extending section configured to extend a frequency bandwidth of a target signal, the target signal included in an input signal; a calculating section configured to calculate a degree of the target signal included in the input signal; and a controller configured to change a method of extending the frequency bandwidth by the bandwidth extending section according to a result of the calculating section. |
| US08930181B2 |
Automatic dynamic contextual data entry completion
A method preformed in a character entry system involves receiving user input and using a Generalized Lexicographic Ordering (GLO) process to determine an order for presentation of one or more completion candidates to a the user for selection. |
| US08930175B1 |
Method and apparatus for performing timing analysis that accounts for rise/fall skew
A method for designing a system on a target device includes performing timing analysis at an intermediate node on a data path from a source to a destination to determine whether rise and fall skew of components on the data path could result in data not being sampled at the destination. |
| US08930174B2 |
Modeling technique for resistive random access memory (RRAM) cells
Accurate simulation of two-terminal resistive random access memory (RRAM) behavior is accomplished by solving equations including state variables for filament length growth, filament width growth, and temperature. Such simulations are often run in a SPICE environment. Highly accurate models simulate the dynamic nature of filament propagation and multiple resistive states by using a sub-circuit to represent an RRAM cell. In the sub-circuit, voltages on floating nodes control current output while the voltage dropped across the sub-circuit controls growth and temperature characteristics. Properly executed, such a sub-circuit can accurately model filament growth at all phases of conductance including dynamic switching and a plurality of resistive states. |
| US08930170B2 |
Attribute importance measure for parametric multivariate modeling
Parametric Bayesian Updating method is described for attribute importance measures. AIM is a quantitative measure of the relative importance of multiple attributes used in a Bayesian Updating parametric multivariate modeling approach. The AIM is a function of the correlation coefficients between the attributes themselves and the attributes with collocated target variable. The importance calculation is straightforward, repeatable, and objective. |
| US08930167B2 |
Hardware/software capability rating system
Techniques and tools for rating computer products are described. For example, software ratings are based on subjective evaluations to determine computer system requirements for a positive user experience, while a computer running a capability tool rates a computer system's (or hardware component's) ability to run software. A capability rating for hardware is determined by comparing a set of features and performance results with capability rating requirements. In another aspect, a capability rating is communicated using a standardized presentation. In another aspect, capability rating level requirements are proposed (e.g., by a ratings board) and then finalized. A capability rating level is determined for computer products (e.g., by a testing organization) based on the finalized requirements and analysis of the products (e.g., by a computer running a capability tool). In another aspect, a software system comprises an inventory module, a performance testing module, and an inventory and performance evaluator module. |
| US08930164B2 |
Race timing system with vertically positioned antennae
An electronic timing system for timing of athletic events is provided. The timing system includes one or more vertically oriented radio-frequency identification reader assembly, a portable timing controller, a remote server, and a radio-frequency identification timing tag that is configured for attachment to an athlete. The vertically oriented radio-frequency identification reader includes an antenna assembly, a water-resistant radome surrounding the antenna assembly, and a tripod supporting the radome and antenna assembly. The portable timing controller includes one or more input/output devices, such as Ethernet or USB ports, for exchanging data with the radio-frequency identification antenna. The remote server also includes similar input/output devices for exchanging data with the input/output devices of the portable timing controller. The timing tag and antenna are configured for wirelessly communicating data between one another. |
| US08930163B2 |
Method for step detection and gait direction estimation
A method for detecting a human's steps and estimating the horizontal translation direction and scaling of the resulting motion relative to an inertial sensor is described. When a pedestrian takes a sequence of steps the displacement can be decomposed into a sequence of rotations and translations over each step. A translation is the change in the location of pedestrian's center of mass and a rotation is the change along z-axis of the pedestrian's orientation. A translation can be described by a vector and a rotation by an angle. |
| US08930158B2 |
Method and apparatus for identifying an electric load via RFID tag associated with a power plug
A method and apparatus for identifying a load powered by an intelligent AC outlet, sub outlet and socket via an AC plug including an attached or otherwise associated RFID tag selected from a group of RFID tags structured to fit a given standard AC plug size and shape for attachment to said plug about the plug power pins opposite and facing an RFID antenna included in said intelligent outlet. The tags can be pre-coded or individually coded to identify the load powered via said plug. |
| US08930156B2 |
Metrology through use of feed forward feed sideways and measurement cell re-use
Metrology may be implemented during semiconductor device fabrication by a) modeling a first measurement on a first test cell formed in a layer of a partially fabricated device; b) performing a second measurement on a second test cell in the layer; c) feeding information from the second measurement into the modeling of the first measurement; and after a lithography pattern has been formed on the layer including the first and second test cells, d) modeling a third and a fourth measurement on the first and second test cells respectively using information from a) and b) respectively. |
| US08930155B2 |
Pulse processing device and radiation measuring device
Provided is a pulse processing device that accelerates signal processing and prevents counting loss. Provided also is a radiation measuring device in which counting loss is prevented and counting capacity is increased by installing the pulse processing device. The processing device is in a form of a pulse processing device including a pulse detection unit that outputs a linear pulse signal in response to a physical event, a high-speed AD conversion unit that converts the linear pulse signal into digital pulse data, a threshold data setting unit that outputs preset threshold data, a peak value data detection unit that compares the digital pulse data with the threshold data and outputs the maximum digital pulse data, from among the digital pulse data continuously exceeding the threshold data, as maximum peak value data, and a signal processing unit that inputs the peak value data as a pulse wave height. |
| US08930144B2 |
Method and apparatus for measuring data for injury analysis
An apparatus as provided for measuring acceleration of a person's head or other object. The apparatus comprises a sensor for sensing acceleration and a controller for controlling recording of data resulting from the sensed acceleration due to an explosive force. The controller is adapted to determine whether or not to enable recording of the data based on the sensed acceleration. A data receiver is provided to receive the sensed acceleration data from the sensing means, and requires electrical power to enable data to be received thereby. The controller controls electrical power to the receiver so that if the sensed acceleration reaches or exceeds a predetermined value, electrical power to the data receiver is enabled. The recorded acceleration data may be used for injury analysis. |
| US08930143B2 |
Resolution enhancement for subterranean well distributed optical measurements
Enhancing resolution of distributed optical measurements along a wellbore can include acquiring optical signals during an acquisition time period, thereby producing a convolved profile along the wellbore, and deconvolving the profile using a first function corresponding to the acquisition time period, thereby determining a second function. Another method of enhancing resolution of distributed temperature measurements along a wellbore can include acquiring optical backscatter signals during at least first and second acquisition time periods, thereby producing respective first and second convolved temperature profiles along the wellbore; deconvolving the first temperature profile using a first function corresponding to the first time period, thereby determining a second function; and deconvolving the second temperature profile using the second function, thereby determining the first function corresponding to the second time period. |
| US08930141B2 |
Apparatus, method and computer program for displaying points of interest
An apparatus, method, computer program and user interface where the apparatus includes at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to: display a perspective view of a geographical location at a first scale in a first region of a display; identify a point of interest associated with the geographical location; and display the identified point of interest at a second scale in a second region of the display. |
| US08930140B2 |
Trailer target placement assist system and method
A vehicle trailer backup assist system and method includes a hitch angle detection apparatus and a target monitor controller. The target monitor controller processes images acquired of the trailer towed by a towing vehicle to assist with placement of a target on the trailer. The target monitor controller also monitors the target and provides feedback to the user as to proper positioning of the target on the trailer. A target move detection routine detects movement of a target by processing the pixels of the image to determine if a new trailer has been connected. Further, a trailer connection monitoring routine monitors for a changed trailer based on loss of the hitch angle or target for a predetermined time period. |
| US08930138B2 |
North finder
An attitude determination system provided with North-finding capability, comprises: a) a stage consisting of a rotating platform provided with a high precision positioning controller; b) an Inertial Navigation System (INS) comprising inertial sensors, wherein said inertial sensors comprise gyroscopes and accelerometers, and wherein at least one gyroscope is of a precision suitable to find the direction of true North; and, c) a control unit for controlling input signals and output signals of the stage and the INS and combining the signals in order to provide attitude data of the system. |
| US08930137B2 |
Method and apparatus for locating mobile receivers using a wide area reference network for propagating ephemeris
A method and apparatus for distribution and delivery of global positioning system (GPS) satellite telemetry data using a communication link between a central site and a mobile GPS receiver. The central site is coupled to a network of reference satellite receivers that send telemetry data from all satellites to the central site. The mobile GPS receiver uses the delivered telemetry data to aid its acquisition of the GPS satellite signal. The availability of the satellite telemetry data enhances the mobile receiver's signal reception sensitivity. |
| US08930135B2 |
Device, system and method of landmark-based routing and guidance
Device, system and method of landmark-based routing and guidance; for example, an apparatus including a route guidance information generator adapted to generate route guidance information including one or more road-based references and one or more landmark-based references. |
| US08930128B2 |
Vehicle collision mitigation system
Embodiments describe modules/logic/circuitry to receive image data identifying terrain, environment, and/or one or more objects near a vehicle, determine a projection of the one or more objects with respect to the vehicle, determine whether the one or more objects will collide with the vehicle, and in response to determining the one or more objects will collide, altering the vehicle state. In some embodiments, altering the vehicle state is based, at least in part, on a driver position with respect to the one or more objects determined to collide with the vehicle (e.g., moving the vehicle to protect the drive). In some embodiments, altering the vehicle state comprises at least one of adjusting brakes of the vehicle to alter its trajectory, adjusting a steering wheel of the vehicle to alter its trajectory and adjusting an orientation or rotational speed of a flywheel (for CMG assisted vehicles). |
| US08930126B2 |
Systems and methods for fuel consumption analysis
A system includes a vehicle control module, an operating information module, and a fuel analysis module. The vehicle control module is configured to obtain a trip plan for the vehicle. The operating information module is configured to be disposed on-board the vehicle and to autonomously obtain operating information describing one or more of tractive events or braking events performed during the trip. The fuel analysis module is configured to be disposed on-board the vehicle, to receive the operating information from the operating information module, and to autonomously determine a fuel consumption for at least a portion of the trip using the operating information received from the operating information module. |
| US08930125B2 |
Consistent range calculation in hybrid vehicles with hybrid and pure battery electric propulsion
A system and method for determining fuel consumption and travel range of an electric hybrid vehicle, such as an electric hybrid fuel cell vehicle. The method includes converting the output current of a battery to a virtual consumed fuel consumption flow value and then adding the virtual consumed fuel consumption flow value to an actual consumed fuel value to get a total consumed fuel value that is then divided by the travelled distance of the vehicle to get the fuel consumption of the vehicle. The method also includes converting the SOC of the battery to a virtual available fuel value and then adding the virtual available fuel value to an actual available fuel value to get a total available fuel value that is then divided by the fuel consumption to get the travel range of the vehicle. |
| US08930121B2 |
Offset and slow response diagnostic methods for NOx sensors in vehicle exhaust treatment applications
A method that includes in-vehicle systems and practices for determining whether a NOx sensor in an exhaust stream is performing properly. |
| US08930120B2 |
System for fault detection and diagnosis of aircraft engine and method thereof
A system for detecting and diagnosing a faultive state of an airplane engine, including: at least one vibration sensor attached to an airplane; a reference model database construction unit; and a fault detection and diagnosis unit which estimates a parameter of a model, obtains a test variable and a numerator coefficient value difference of a transfer function between the models, and the covariance of parameter estimation error, and diagnoses the faultive state and the faultive cause of the airplane engine. Accordingly, the present invention can determine the faultive state and the detective cause of the airplane engine using the vibration data of the airplane engine. |
| US08930119B2 |
Method for controlling the fuel supply in a cylinder of a four-stroke internal combustion engine with controlled ignition
Method for controlling the fuel supply in a cylinder of a four-stroke internal combustion engine with controlled ignition; the control method comprises the steps of: determining, prior to the exhaust phase, a first forecast (PPR-1) of the suction pressure during the suction phase; determining, prior to the exhaust phase, an initial programming of injection of fuel as a function of the desired air/fuel ratio λDES and the first forecast (PPR-1) of the suction pressure during the suction phase; determining at the end of the exhaust phase, a second forecast (PPR-2) of the suction pressure during the suction phase; and determining, at the end of the exhaust phase, a final programming of the fuel injection as a function of the desired air/fuel ratio λDES, of the second forecast (PPR-2) of the suction pressure during the suction phase and of the initial programming of the fuel injection. |
| US08930118B2 |
Engine control system
Disclosed is an engine control system which is designed to allow homogeneous-charge compression ignition combustion to be performed in an HCCI region (R) defined as an engine operating region including at least a partial-load range of an engine. In a low load zone (R1) of the HCCI region (R), a lift amount of an intake valve (11) is set to a first predetermined value, and an exhaust valve (12) is allowed to start being opened during an intake stroke at a given timing later than an opening timing of the intake valve (11). Further, in the medium load zone of the HCCI region, the lift amount of the intake valve (11) is gradually increased up to a second predetermined value greater than the first predetermined value, along with an increase in an engine load. The engine control system is capable of adequately controlling an amount of burned gas to be introduced into a cylinder, depending on the engine load to allow the HCCI combustion to be adequately performed in a wider engine load range. |
| US08930112B2 |
Vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus
A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus includes a hydraulic pressure adjusting unit, a split road determining section, a differential pressure control section, and a hydraulic pressure adjusting and driving section. The hydraulic pressure adjusting unit individually adjusts brake fluid pressures acting on wheel brakes for wheels. The split road determining section determines whether road surfaces which the wheels are in contact with constitute a split road. In a state where the split road determining section determines during execution of antilock braking control that the road surfaces constitute the split road, the differential pressure control section determines command pressures for the wheel brakes so that differential pressures between the brake fluid pressures of the right and left wheel brakes are equal to or less than a permissible differential pressure. The hydraulic pressure adjusting and driving section controls the hydraulic pressure adjusting unit based on the determined command pressures. |
| US08930109B2 |
Vehicle having speed control unit
A tractor is disclosed as a four-wheel drive vehicle with a movable seat back, with a seat height adjustment and with a varying load capability. |
| US08930107B2 |
Vehicle braking control device and vehicle braking control method
A brake ECU acquires the vehicle load (WW) (step S142), and sets a higher start-time criterion value (KT2) when the load (WW) is heavy than when the load (WW) is light (step S144). The brake ECU initiates auxiliary control when the period since the deceleration of the vehicle exceeded a first deceleration determination value is less than or equal to the start-time criterion value (KT2) and the G sensor value exceeds a second deceleration determination value. |
| US08930102B2 |
Control device of a vehicle
A control device of a motor vehicle for controlling a gear change in a transmission of the motor vehicle by generating control signals for transmission shift elements utilized during a gear change. If a gear increment of the gear change to be performed is greater than two gears, and/or if the driver activates a sport gear shift program, and/or if a detection device detects a sporty type of driver, and/or if the driver actuates a kickdown of an accelerator pedal, and/or if the driver actuates the accelerator pedal with a temporal gradient that is greater than a defined limit, the control device generates control signals for the shift elements, being utilized for performing the gear change, with an interruption of driving power, and the control device, in all other instances, generates control signals for the shift elements, being utilized for performing the gear change, without interrupting the tractive force. |
| US08930100B2 |
Driving control system for vehicle
A vehicle has a shift mechanism and a position detection device that detects an operation position of the shift mechanism. A transmission is brought to a power transmission state when an operation unit of the shift mechanism is operated to a driving position, and is brought to a power interrupt state when the operation unit is operated to a non-driving position. A driving force limitation process for reducing the driving force of an internal combustion engine is executed when it is determined that the non-driving position has been shifted to the driving position on the basis of the operation position of the operation unit as detected by the position detection device. The driving force limitation process is prohibited when it is determined that the vehicle is traveling and that the operation unit is not operated to any of the operation positions. |
| US08930099B2 |
Control apparatus for automatic transmission
In a control apparatus for an automatic transmission, it is configured to calculate a change amount (ΔNC estimation value) of an output rotational speed of the transmission (S10); calculate an average (I phase initial average G) of the change amount of the output rotational speed over a predetermined period of an initial inertia (I) phase of shifting; calculate an average (after-shift average G) of a vehicle acceleration after the completion of the shifting, assuming that the change amount of the output rotational speed indicates the vehicle acceleration G; calculate a difference (I phase initial G) between the average of the change amount of the output rotational speed and the average of the vehicle acceleration; incrementally and decrementally correct the desired value of the transmission torque of the frictional engaging element such that the calculated difference falls within a predetermined range; and control supply of hydraulic pressure to the frictional engaging element such that it becomes the corrected desired value (S14 to S20). With this, since the vehicle acceleration at shifting is estimated and evaluated and based thereon, variation in the transmission torque of the frictional engaging element, etc., is learned, it becomes possible to fully exploit the potential of the frictional engaging element, thereby improving a feel given to the vehicle occupant(s) at shifting. |
| US08930098B2 |
Clutch control device of hybrid vehicle
A clutch control device of a hybrid vehicle includes a battery, a generator, a motor, a motor shaft connected with a driving shaft of the vehicle by using electricity from the generator or the battery, an engine which drives the generator and the vehicle, a clutch, and a control unit. The control unit changes an engaged state of the clutch between the motor shaft and an engine shaft of the engine to a released state and changes an engine driving state of the hybrid vehicle, in which the hybrid vehicle is driven by the engine, to a motor driving state of the hybrid vehicle in which the hybrid vehicle is driven by the motor, when a vehicle velocity of the hybrid vehicle is the change vehicle velocity. |
| US08930096B2 |
Method and apparatus for lubricating a transmission of a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a method for lubricating a transmission of a motor vehicle, particularly a power divider, wherein the oil is conveyed by an oil pump from an oil sump to components of the transmission. The amount of oil conveyed is set as a function of the predetermined parameters. The conveyed amount of oil is controlled in that the oil pump is operated intermittently, e.g. is switched on and off repeatedly. The invention further describes a device for carrying out the method. |
| US08930095B2 |
Material identification system
A method and apparatus for managing undesired material in an area. A sensor system monitors the area for the undesired material. A number of operations is performed on the area using a vehicle system. The vehicle system comprises a vehicle and a structure connected to the vehicle. A computer system receives data for the area from the sensor system. The computer system identifies a presence of the undesired material along a number of paths in the area using the data to form an identification. The computer system initiates removal of the undesired material based on the identification. |
| US08930094B2 |
Control device for hydraulic winch
A control device for a hydraulic winch includes: a hydraulic source; a variable-displacement hydraulic motor; a winch operation member; an accelerator operation quantity detection unit; an engine control unit; a rotation speed detection unit; a line pull detection unit; a condition decision unit; and a motor displacement control unit, wherein: once the condition decision unit decides that the fuel-efficient, high-speed operation condition has been established, the engine control unit sets an upper limit to the engine rotation speed at a predetermined rotation speed, lower than the maximum rotation speed. |
| US08930090B2 |
Construction equipment, method for controlling construction equipment, and program for causing computer to execute the method
A construction machine includes: a working equipment; a manipulating unit that manipulates the working equipment; and a controller that controls the working equipment. The controller includes: a rolling compaction determining unit that determines whether or not the working equipment is under a rolling compaction operation for hardening earth and sand through reciprocation; and a command output regulating unit that controls the working equipment so that a motion speed of the working equipment does not exceed a predetermined maximum value when the rolling compaction determining unit determines that the working equipment is under the rolling compaction operation. |
| US08930089B2 |
System and method for indicating to a remote location operation of an auger or the like
The systems and methods of the present invention employ either a sensor in communication with the auger or a sensor in the form of a switch operated by the user of the auger. When the sensor detects that the auger is operating or the switch is operated by the auger operator, an indication of auger operation is published to a remote location. The indication may be in the form of an aural or visual indication or in the form of a wireless transmission. |
| US08930081B2 |
System for indicating an impending vehicle maneuver
A system for indicating an impending vehicle maneuver within a predetermined distance is provided. The system includes a navigational system and a control module. The navigational system receives a vehicle destination and determines a current geographical vehicle position. The navigational system determines if the impending vehicle maneuver is required within the predetermined distance based on the vehicle destination and the current geographical vehicle position. The control module is in communication with the navigational system and a handwheel. The control module sends a signal that creates a steering assist torque in the handwheel if the impending vehicle maneuver is required. |
| US08930080B2 |
Driver state estimation device
A driver state estimation device 1 includes a steering angle sensor 2 detecting a steering angle of a steering, a steering torque sensor 3 detecting steering torque applied to the steering, and an ECU 4 having a steering angle estimation unit 5 and a driver state estimation unit 6. The steering angle estimation unit 5 is input with a steering angle (steering angle detected value) MA detected by the steering angle sensor 2 and steering torque (steering torque detected value) MT detected by the steering torque sensor 3, determines whether the steering angle detected value MA is 0 or not, when the steering angle detected value MA is 0, calculates a steering angle estimated value MAest by multiplying the steering torque detected value MT by the gradient of the steering angle (proportionality coefficient) α with respect to the steering torque, and when the steering angle detected value MA is not 0, sets the steering angle detected value MA as the steering angle estimated value MAest. |
| US08930078B2 |
Vehicle and steering apparatus
A vehicle has a rear wheel drive device for driving rear wheels independently of a front wheel drive device. A drive mode control unit performs at least one of a first switching operation for switching between a front-wheel-only-drive mode and a rear-wheel-only-drive mode, a second switching operation for switching between a composite drive mode and the rear-wheel-only-drive mode, and a third switching operation for switching between the composite drive mode and the front-wheel-only-drive mode. When the drive mode control unit performs any one of the first switching operation, the second switching operation, and the third switching operation, an assistive force controller of the steering apparatus changes a control process for controlling a steering assistive force. |
| US08930077B2 |
Hydraulic power steering system
A damping control unit sets a damping torque command value that corresponds to a steering angular velocity when a direction of a detected steering torque is a turning direction, a magnitude of the detected steering torque is larger than or equal to a first threshold, a direction of the steering angular velocity is a returning direction and a magnitude of the steering angular velocity is higher than or equal to a second threshold. An addition unit adds the damping torque command value generated by the damping control unit to a basic assist torque command value set by a basic assist torque command value setting unit. |
| US08930076B2 |
Steering system in a vehicle
A steering system of a vehicle in the transmission path between the steering wheel and the point of application of a servo unit includes a coupling element which is adjustable between a closed position transmitting a steering movement and a decoupled open position. |
| US08930074B1 |
Apparatus of automatic vehicle suspension system using real-time road contour
An apparatus of automatic vehicle suspension system is provided. Road conditions are precisely monitored for reducing vibrations of cabin. Uneven road surface is crossed over through fast expansion and compression of shock absorber just in time. The present invention uses real-time control of an active suspension system to build road contour at real time. At the same time, control signals having better suspension dynamic characteristics are updated at real time for further obtaining a superior and precise suspension system. |
| US08930072B1 |
Managing the camera acquiring interior data
A system for managing a camera is comprises an input interface configured to detect a change in state; a processor configured to block transfer of data from an inward facing video camera; and an output interface configured to indicate that transfer of data is blocked. |
| US08930071B2 |
Anti-sound system for exhaust systems and method for controlling the same
Based on sound measured in the interior of an exhaust system components of an ideal control signal are calculated, the components comprising sine wave oscillations comprising amplitudes phase-shifted by 90° relative to each other. From the amplitudes, an overall amplitude is calculated. If the overall amplitude is greater than a reference amplitude, calculating a correction factor from the reference amplitude and the overall amplitude, weighting the amplitudes with the correction factor to obtain weighted amplitudes, and forming the sum of the products of the weighted amplitudes with the associated sine wave oscillations and outputting the sum as control signal to a loudspeaker, follows. Otherwise, if the overall amplitude is smaller or equal to the reference amplitude, forming the sum of the products of the amplitudes of the ideal control signal with the associated sine wave oscillations and outputting the sum as control signal to the loudspeaker, follows. |
| US08930070B2 |
Method for determining the charge state of a battery pack
A method for determining the charge state of a battery pack consisting of a number “N” of individual battery cells, includes determining the charge state of each individual battery cell SOCi for all i=1,N. The mean value of the charge states of the individual battery cells, mean (SOCi), is also determined. The method further includes determining a weighting “w” from the equation where w=gw(mean(SOCi)). The following applies for the function gw(SOC): the function value tends towards a minimum value of wmin when the argument tends toward the minimum charge state of a complete discharge SOCmin. The function value tends toward a maximum value of wmax when the argument tends towards the maximum charge state of a complete charge SOCmax; and the function gw( ) is continuous. |
| US08930069B2 |
In-vehicle system removing a freeze state of car navigation equipment
An in-vehicle system according to an embodiment includes a detection unit, a reception unit, and a recovery unit. The detection unit detects a freeze state of a navigation apparatus. The reception unit receives a recovery operation from a user demanding recovery of the navigation apparatus. The recovery unit performs a recovery process for the navigation apparatus upon detection of the freeze state of the navigation apparatus by the detection unit and upon reception of the recovery operation by the reception unit. |
| US08930068B1 |
System and method for managing instances of damage within a transportation system
A system and method according to which data associated with a damage log is received, the damage log being associated with an instance of damage to a portion of a vehicle such as, for example, a portion of an aircraft. A graphical representation of the portion of the vehicle is outputted, and a graphical damage indicator is outputted. The graphical damage indicator is located, relative to the graphical representation of the portion of the vehicle, to indicate a location of the instance of damage on the portion of the vehicle. The graphical damage indicator visually represents a type of damage to the vehicle. |
| US08930066B2 |
Customizable control apparatus and method for a vehicle turret
A customizable apparatus for controlling rotational movement of a turret of a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a memory that stores information relating to operation of the turret. A communication port of the apparatus is adapted to exchange communications relating to operation of the turret with an external computing device. A controller processes communications received at the communication port from the external computing device. The controller processes the communications, and the controller selectively provides access to the stored information relating to operation of the turret to the external computing device. |
| US08930065B2 |
Faulty cart wheel detection
A system and method of identifying carts exhibiting tendencies that are indicative of damaged or defective wheels. A shopping cart may be identified and tracked visually through one or more surveillance cameras. By comparing the cart's tracked movement to known symptomatic movement patterns, the system may identify defective or damaged carts. Alternatively, by analyzing movement and positioning of a cart's swiveling wheels, the system may identify defective or damaged carts. Alternatively, by identifying if a customer has abandoned a cart, the system may identify defective or damaged carts. A notification message may be transmitted to an associate to repair or replace the identified problematic cart. The notification may be displayed on a mobile computing device, a workstation, or other like systems. |
| US08930059B2 |
Driverless vehicle
Each respective vehicle of a plurality of vehicles transports a vehicle navigation system. A position determining system determines a position and a velocity of the respective vehicle and an information acquisition system is operable to determine a displacement and velocity between the respective vehicle and a vehicle adjacent to the respective vehicle. An information communication system of a respective vehicle is operable to transmit first information (that vehicle's velocity and position) to other vehicles and to receive information from other vehicles regarding their velocities and positions. A vehicle routing system can determine a target routing and target velocity for moving the respective vehicle over a path including the roadway. Based on the received or determined information, the velocity of the respective vehicle can be controlled. |
| US08930057B2 |
Driving assistance device
A driving assistance device capable of increasing fuel economy by setting a driving assistance unit that is appropriate for running environment information of a vehicle, is provided with a first reliability assessment device, a second reliability assessment device, and a third reliability assessment device, to assess the reliability of the running environment information. The driving assistance device is provided with an HMI control unit, a drive force control amount calculation unit, and non-drive force control amount calculation unit, to select a driving assistance unit on the basis of fuel economy among driving assistance units that can be set, in accordance with the assessed reliability of the running environment information. The driving assistance device sets a driving assistance unit that is appropriate for the running environment information, and assists the driving of the vehicle on the basis of the set driving assistance unit. |
| US08930052B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling the drive system for mobile equipment such as a mobile construction and/or mining machine
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling the drive system for mobile equipment, when the operator's drive commander is kept constant, electric traction motors are controlled by a torque controller to provide uniform torque, deviations in speeds of the electric traction motors are determined and electric motor power of at least one is varied relatively to the electric motor power of the other in response to a determined deviation in speed to keep the torques uniform. The power control balancing compensates for the torque differences previously encountered when the speeds of the traction motors differ at equal power supplied to the traction motors. |
| US08930043B2 |
Machine control system having autonomous resource queuing
A control system is disclosed for use with a plurality of mobile machines operating at a worksite having a resource. The control system may have a worksite controller configured to divide a common travel path into a plurality of segments, including at least a spot segment at the resource and a stage segment. The worksite control may further be configured to receive a first input indicative of a desire for a first of the plurality of mobile machines to leave the spot segment, and to direct the first of the plurality of mobile machines out of the spot segment based on the first input. The worksite controller may be further configured to receive first location information for the first of the plurality of mobile machines, and to direct the second of the plurality of mobile machines from the stage segment into the spot segment based on the first location information. |
| US08930040B2 |
Systems and methods for video capture, user feedback, reporting, adaptive parameters, and remote data access in vehicle safety monitoring
A method for vehicle data management according to embodiments of the present invention includes receiving an accelerometer signal from an accelerometer mounted in a vehicle, determining an accelerometer specific force based on the accelerometer signal, receiving a speed signal from a speed sensor or GPS or other source on the vehicle, wherein the speed signal indicates a speed of the vehicle, determining an instantaneous acceleration of the vehicle by calculating a rate of change of the speed based on the speed signal, selecting a current observed acceleration as a lower value of the accelerometer specific force and the instantaneous acceleration, capturing video footage with a camera mounted on the vehicle, and flagging the video footage corresponding to a time when the current observed acceleration exceeds a preset safe force value. |
| US08930036B2 |
Reconfigurable interface-based electrical architecture
An electrical network architecture including a reconfigurable interface layer, along with a corresponding reconfiguration methodology. The interface layer is comprised of reconfigurable interface devices which allow a plurality of sensors and actuators to communicate with a plurality of control units. Each sensor or actuator is connected to multiple interface devices, which in turn are connected to a bus. The control units are also connected to the bus. In the event of an interface device failure, other interface devices can be reconfigured to maintain communication between sensors, actuators and control units. In the event of a control unit failure, the interface devices can be reconfigured to route sensor and actuator message traffic to a different control unit which can handle the functions of the failed control unit. The overall number of control units can also be reduced, as each control unit has flexible access to many sensors and actuators. |
| US08930035B2 |
Procedure for supply control and storage of power provided by a renewable energy generation plant
A process for simultaneously providing capacity sale services (e.g. frequency regulation or voltage regulation), energy sale services (energy transfer from off-peak hours to peak hours), and stabilization services of a renewable plant may be provided. The process includes determining the values of energy quantity to be produced by the plant during a near future time interval. The process may also include introducing the values of energy quantity, in the control unit. Generating an hourly program of energy supply to be provided by the energy accumulator unit to the network may also be performed, depending on the values of energy to be produced, which stabilizes the power supplied by the plant to the network. Furthermore, the frequency and the voltage of the network may be regulated as well as transfers the energy between off-peak hours and peak hours, or from hours with saturation of the network to hours without saturation. |
| US08930033B2 |
Demand response method, computer-readable medium and system
A demand response (DR) system, computer-readable medium and method are disclosed. The DR system controls a high-power-consumption load to be pre-operated or post-operated in a low-power-rate interval instead of a high-power-rate interval, and reduces an amount of power consumption required for a high-power-rate interval, resulting in reduction of power rates. In addition, limitation to household appliance operation is minimized, to greatly reduce inconvenience of a user. |
| US08930030B2 |
Method and system for improving energy efficiency in an HVAC system
A method performed by a zone controller for a zone of a building for improving energy efficiency in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is provided. The method includes operating in a ventilation mode. A temperature of the zone and outside air conditions for the building are monitored. A determination is made regarding whether to switch from the ventilation mode to an economizing mode based on a first set point for the temperature of the zone and based on the outside air conditions. The first set point is determined based on a second set point for the temperature that is different from the first set point. A determination is made regarding whether to activate the HVAC system based on the second set point. |
| US08930027B2 |
Force feedback system
A force feedback system and method are provided. The force feedback system includes a communication module, a processor and a motor drive module. The processor is for receiving and processing mechanical arm signals corresponding to a movement of the plurality of mechanical arms and the motor drive module is for activating the plurality of actuators. The method involves providing an interface between a controller and a plurality of mechanical arms, receiving and processing mechanical arm signals corresponding to movement of the mechanical arms activating a plurality of actuators and generating a force feedback. |
| US08930024B2 |
Robotic lawnmower and charging and control systems therefor
A charging and control system for a robotic lawnmower, having a circuit loop that includes several wire segments, of which one or more are boundary wire segments that may define or demarcate the boundary of an area within which the lawnmower is permitted to move; a charging voltage signal, for charging the lawnmower's internal battery, and a positioning voltage signal for assisting the lawnmower in determining its current position, are produced respectively by a power supply and a signal generator, which are both provided within the same housing; the two signals are both communicated from this housing over the same wire segments of the circuit loop; a charging station may then be electrically connected to the circuit loop by an end-user so that the charging voltage signal may in use of the system be communicated to the lawnmower when it is docked at the charging station, thus charging the internal battery of the lawnmower. |
| US08930020B2 |
Robot control apparatus, robot system, and robot control method
A robot control apparatus includes a scenario acquiring unit acquiring a scenario in which a plurality of instructions, each occupying at least one entity that performs an operation, the at least one entity of a plurality of resources containing a plurality of entities that perform operations as different resources, are arranged in a serial execution order; an instruction queue generating unit generating an instruction queue for each resource, the instruction queue in which the instructions which have not been executed yet and occupy the resource are arranged in the execution order described in the scenario; and an instruction executing unit making a robot execute the plurality of instructions in parallel, the instructions each being first in the execution order in the instruction queues corresponding to all of the resources to be occupied. |
| US08930017B2 |
Loading control apparatus capable of automatic mail alignment
The present invention relates to a loading control apparatus capable of aligning the mail automatically. The loading control apparatus includes a distribution unit configured to guide mail, inputted to the cargo box of an unmanned receipt apparatus, to any one of a plurality of mail capacity boxes, a gravimetry unit configured to measure the weight of the mail loaded onto the mail capacity box, and a control unit configured to determine a mail capacity box onto which the mail will be loaded based on the weight received from the gravimetry unit and control the distribution unit based on a result of the determination. In accordance with the present invention, registered ordinary mail received through the unmanned receipt apparatus is automatically aligned and loaded in order of the receipt of mail. |
| US08930014B2 |
Interference preventing method and device
An interference preventing method applied on a machining machine includes the following steps. Firstly, a control command is provided in response to an operation event. Next, protection information corresponding to a protection target component is provided. Then basic envelop of the protection target component is obtained. Then the basic envelop is segmented into a number of sub protection blocks according to a multi-hierarchical protection parameter and sub protection blocks not linked with the protection target component are removed, so as to determine a multi-hierarchical interference protection area. Next, whether an interference event of the multi-hierarchical interference protection area and other components occurs, so as to determine whether interference event of the protection target component occurs; if so, control signal is provided to control the processing operation of the machining machine. |
| US08930009B2 |
Robot system and processed object manufacturing method
A robot system includes transport means which transports an object, first detecting means which detects a three-dimensional shape of the object transported on a transport path by the transport means, a robot which performs a predetermined task on the object transported on the transport path by the transport means, means which generates an operation command to the robot, and means which corrects the operation command based on a detection result by the first detecting means. |
| US08930007B2 |
Method of modeling the coloring process in moving web manufacturing
A method and apparatus are set forth for modeling a coloring process in moving web manufacturing through dye response gain adaptation using measured sheet color spectrum; and dye response shape adaptation using measured color spectrum of the production sheet. The adaptation of colorant (dye) response gain uses the measured sheet color spectrum value at the value of maximum light absorbance of the dye. The adaptation of dye response spectrum uses the measured sheet color reflectance spectrum and sample sheet color spectrum with a corresponding response shape calculated using a formula to adapt the current sheet condition dye response shape using the dye response from the sample sheet on the assumption of a constant ratio of absorption change to dye concentration change. |
| US08929999B2 |
Electrode configuration for implantable modulator
A device according to some embodiments may include an implantable flexible carrier and a pair of electrodes located on the carrier. The electrodes may be spaced from each other by a distance greater than 3 mm, and may be configured to cause, when supplied with an electrical signal, a unidirectional electric field sufficient to modulate at least one nerve. |
| US08929996B2 |
Dual power supply switching circuitry for use in a closed system
Optimal power switching circuitry for use in a closed system such as a TET system including an internal device separated from an external device by a boundary. The internal and external devices being powered by separate power sources. During telemetric communication from the external device to the internal device an external RF energy source is produced. If the power supplied by the external RF energy source produced during communication from the external device to the internal device exceeds that required for powering of the internal device, then the power switching circuitry cuts off power to the internal power source and instead draws power from the external RF energy source thereby conserving power consumed from the internal power source. The power switching circuitry may be implemented using either passive components (e.g., diodes) or active components (e.g., an analog switch). |
| US08929992B2 |
Method and system for determining settings for deep brain stimulation
A method and a control system (20) are provided for determining a relation between stimulation settings for a brain stimulation probe (10) and a corresponding V-field. The brain stimulation probe (10) comprises multiple stimulation electrodes (11). The V-field is an electrical field in brain tissue surrounding the stimulation electrodes (11). The method comprises sequentially applying a test current to n stimulation electrodes (11), n being a number between 2 and the number of stimulation electrodes (11) of the brain stimulation probe (10), for each test current at one of the n stimulation electrodes (11), measuring a resulting excitation voltage at m stimulation electrodes, m being a number between 2 and the number of stimulation electrodes (11) of the brain stimulation probe (10), from the stimulation settings and the measured excitation voltages, deriving an (m*{acute over (η)}) coupling matrix, an element (q, p) in the coupling matrix reflecting an amount of electrical impedance between two of the stimulation electrodes (11), and using the coupling matrix for determining the relation between the stimulation settings and the corresponding V-field. |
| US08929990B2 |
Transvascular neural stimulation device and method for treating hypertension
This document discusses, among other things, apparatus, systems, and methods for transvascularly stimulation of a nerve or nerve trunk. In an example, an apparatus is configured to transvascularly stimulate a nerve trunk through a blood vessel. The apparatus includes an expandable electrode that is chronically implantable in a blood vessel proximate a nerve trunk. The expandable electrode is configured to abut a predetermined surface area of the vessel wall along a predetermined length of the vessel. An electrical lead is coupled to the expandable electrode. An implantable pulse generator is coupled to the lead and configured to deliver an electrical stimulation signal to the electrode through the lead. In an example method, an electrical signal is delivered from an implanted medical device to an electrode chronically implanted in a blood vessel proximate a nerve trunk to transvascularly deliver neural stimulation from the electrode to the nerve trunk. |
| US08929988B2 |
Methods and systems for submucosal implantation of a device for diagnosis and treatment of a body
Instruments, systems and methods are provided for performing submucosal medical procedures in a desired area of the digestive tract using endoscopy. Instruments include a safe access needle injection instrument, a submucosal tunneling instrument, a submucosal dissection instrument, and a mucosal resection device. Systems include a combination of one or more of such instruments with or without injectable agents. Embodiments of various methods for performing the procedures are also provided. In accordance with one aspect there is provided a submucosal implant device for diagnosing and treating disorders of the body. The submucosal implant device may take the form of a gastric stimulator in which signals are supplied to the muscular wall of a mammal to treat motility disorders. In accordance with yet another aspect there is provided a method for performing a submucosal medical procedure to deploy a submucosal implant device in the digestive tract of a mammal. |
| US08929982B2 |
Ischemia detection
An implantable medical device comprises a connector connectable to an implantable oxygen sensor configured to generate a sensor signal representative of oxygen concentration in coronary sinus blood in a subject's heart. An ischemia detector is connected to the connector and configured to detect an ischemic event in the heart if the sensor signal indicates a temporary decrease in oxygen concentration in the coronary sinus blood below a normal level followed by a temporary increase in oxygen concentration in the coronary sinus blood above the normal level. |
| US08929981B2 |
Methods and systems for identifying and using heart rate variability and heart rate variation
A heart rate variability or heart rate variation can be identified using sensed and/or paced heart beats. One or more patient metrics, such as a variability index or a variation index, can correspond to the identified heart rate variability or heart rate variation. The patient metrics can be used to identify a need for a particular therapy, such as a rate-responsive pacing therapy. The patient metrics can be used to identify patients at an elevated risk of death. Methods and systems to identify therapy indications or at-risk patients are provided. In an example, a patient risk profile can be adjusted, such as in response to an identified patient heart rate variability or heart rate variation. In an example, a rate-responsive pacing mode can be used to adjust the patient risk profile. |
| US08929980B2 |
External defibrillator electrode, method and system for reducing ECG artifact
An electrode for use with an external defibrillator for a patient includes a first combination circuit including a circuit node electrically coupled to an adapter for coupling to the defibrillator. The circuit node is further coupled to a monitoring node defined by a monitoring segment of a first pad of the electrode and to a therapy node defined by a therapy segment of the first pad of the electrode. The therapy segment is electrically insulated from the monitoring segment. The first combination circuit further includes a capacitor coupled between the circuit node and the therapy node. The electrode of this disclosure hence provides additional solutions for reducing ECG artifact during the operation of the electrode. |
| US08929979B2 |
Apparatus and method for stimulation of biological tissue
An apparatus for generating focused currents in biological tissue is provided. The apparatus comprises an electric source capable of generating an electric field across a region of tissue and means for altering the permittivity of the tissue relative to the electric field, whereby a displacement current is generated. The means for altering the permittivity may be a chemical source, optical source, mechanical source, thermal source, or electromagnetic source. |
| US08929978B2 |
Phototherapy devices and methods comprising optionally substituted terphenyl and quaterphenyl compounds
Methods and devices related to the treatment of diseases using phototherapy are described. Some embodiments provide an organic light-emitting diode device, such as a light-emitting device for phototherapy, comprising Ring system 1, Ring system 2, Ring system 3, or Ring system 4. Methods of treating disease with phototherapy are also described. |
| US08929973B1 |
Apparatus and method for characterizing optical sources used with human and animal tissues
Medical researchers use various optical devices for diagnosis, detection, treatment, and therapy. In some embodiments, they do not have the equipment necessary to determine how much light is emitted by the optical device or how far it penetrates tissue. The present invention provides for a method and apparatus for characterizing light from an optical device by using a tissue phantom. The method includes coupling light from an optical source into a device, transmitting the light through a tissue phantom, detecting a transmitted light, optionally electrically processing the detected output, and displaying the corresponding optical characterization. In some embodiments, the apparatus obtains input light from an optical source, and may include a tissue phantom, an optical detector, an electrical processing unit, and a display for displaying the corresponding optical characterization. |
| US08929969B2 |
Catheter assembly and associated method
A catheter assembly for use in an anatomy can include an elongated body, which can have a proximal end and a distal end. The body can also define a lumen from the proximal end to the distal end. The assembly can include at least one electrode, which can be coupled to the distal end to sense an electrical activity within the anatomy. The assembly can include a core wire, which can be received within the lumen from the proximal end to the distal end. The core wire can be configured to move the distal end from a first configuration to a second configuration. The assembly can also include a necked portion, which can be formed between the proximal end and the distal end to provide increased stiffness to the distal end of the body. |
| US08929967B2 |
Noninvasive sensor housing
A flexible sensor pad includes a cavity to hold a sensor unit with an attached cable. According to one aspect of the present invention, a light-shielding layer is coupled to a bottom surface of the sensor pad, surrounds the sensor unit, and extends past two sides of the sensor pad. A transparent adhesive layer is coupled to the light-shielding layer and extends past two sides of the light-shielding layer. Another light shielding layer is coupled to a top surface of the sensor pad and covers the sensor unit. The cable divides the sensor pad into a first side and a second side which are mirror images of each other. |
| US08929966B2 |
Physiological monitoring methods
A method of monitoring a subject includes positioning an earbud within an ear of the subject, wherein the earbud housing encloses at least one optical emitter and at least one optical detector, and wherein light transmissive material is external to the housing and in optical communication with the at least one optical emitter and detector via at least one window in the housing. Light is delivered from the at least one optical emitter through the at least one window and into an ear region of the subject via the light transmissive material, and light external to the housing is collected and delivered through the at least one window to the at least one optical detector via the light transmissive material. Motion of the subject is measured via a motion sensor, and signals produced by the at least one optical detector are processed to selectively remove effects from subject motion. |
| US08929962B2 |
Super-conductive tube used for a discharge device
A super-conductive tube used for a discharge device is formed integrally by a super-conductive material. The super-conductive tube is a hollow tube formed by a front end surface, a rear end surface, an inner tube wall and an outer tube wall. An interior of the super-conductive tube is formed with a hollow space and an interior of the hollow space is in a vacuum state. The inner tube wall and the outer tube wall are formed by extending the front end surface toward the rear end surface and an end of the outer tube wall is extended with a guide portion toward the discharge device. Accordingly, when the super-conductive tube is applied to a discharge device, electrical energy will be generated by the super-conductive tube through a magnetic field that results from an operation of electric current, after the discharge device has released electric energy. |
| US08929959B2 |
Method and a device for receiving data in a mobile communication device in a broadcast system
In a method for receiving data in a mobile communication device in a broadcast system in which an amount of data is transmitted; said mobile communication device comprising a battery; wherein the method comprises the step of receiving a part of said amount of data, wherein the method further comprises the step of determining said part of said amount of data based on a charge state of the battery. In this way, the mobile communication device is able to download/receive an amount of data in dependence to an actual condition experienced by said mobile communication device. A condition of the mobile communication device may, in this context be, for example, a reception condition, a power consumption condition, a battery capacity condition, or a battery charging condition. |
| US08929958B2 |
Mobile terminal and method of transmitting and receiving signal thereof
Provided are a mobile terminal and a method of transmitting and receiving signals in the mobile terminal. The method selects a modulation method and an antenna mode for optimizing energy consumption when signals are transmitted and received in consideration of a network operation mode, a channel environment, Quality of Service (QoS), and the like, and transmits and receives signals using the modulation method and antenna mode. |
| US08929955B2 |
Touch information communication terminal, touch screen information providing apparatus and touch information communication method thereof
A touch information communication method transmits notification information to the touch screen information providing apparatus by carrying the notification information, which notifies a touch communication terminal is a touch communication terminal, on a call signal in a telephone communication network; receives touch screen information and touch control information corresponding to the touch screen information from the touch screen information providing apparatus; and when a user touches a predetermined area on a screen, determines the touched area and transmits touch input information corresponding to the touched area to the touch screen information providing apparatus. |
| US08929949B2 |
Mobile terminal and transmission processing method thereof
The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal and a transmission processing method thereof. The mobile terminal includes: a casing; a motion sensing unit provided within the casing and configured to gather motion data of the mobile terminal; a judging unit connected to the motion sensing unit and configured to judge whether the mobile terminal is performing a predetermined motion based on the motion data gathered by the motion sensing unit; a generating unit connected to the judging unit and configured to generate an operation instruction when the judging unit judges that the mobile terminal is performing the predetermined motion; and a transmitting unit connected to the generating unit and configured to transmit the operation instruction to another terminal. The another terminal performs a vibration operation in response to the operation instruction. With the embodiments of the present invention, an improved efficiency of user input can be achieved. |
| US08929945B1 |
Transceivers with a transformer supporting multiband operation
Several multiband transceivers are disclosed. An exemplified multiband transceiver supporting different bands has a transformer, an inbound switch circuit, and an outbound switch circuit. The transformer has input ports on a primary side, and output ports on a secondary side. The input ports are direct-current isolated from and magnetically coupled to the output ports. The inbound switch circuit is configured to connect one of the input ports with an RF signal source for signal transmission. The outbound switch circuit is configured to connect one of the output ports with a RF output load. Optionally, an input tunable capacitor is configured to shunt with the effective inductance of one of the input ports and form a LC tank for band selection. |
| US08929943B2 |
Mobile communication device providing communication pathway determination assistance
A system and method in a mobile communication device for providing assistance to a user in determining a communication pathway. A system may comprise processor-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor, cause a mobile communication device that supports a communication type over multiple networks to access availability information stored in a remote database for determining available networks among the multiple networks for performing the communication type, determine the available networks using the availability information, provide user assistance for determining a selected network among the available networks for the communication type, and perform the communication type using the selected network. |
| US08929942B2 |
Wireless communication device
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication device including: a cable port to which an external device is connected; a reading unit that reads identification information from the external device; a determination unit that determines whether the external device is the source-side wireless communication device; an authentication memory unit that performs an authentication process with the source-side wireless communication device; a wireless communication unit that performs a wireless communication with the source-side wireless communication device; and a physical address processing unit that controls the source-side wireless communication device to store a physical address of a source-side device calculated based on from the read identification information of the sink-side device. |
| US08929941B2 |
Method of power control
In a cellular radio system the power control status of a mobile station is used in the base stations to generate power control commands. Hereby a radio base station can select a power control method that is optimal for the situation at hand. This is obtained by communicating power control status to base stations or deriving power control status in a radio base station. The radio base station is adapted to select power control method based on the power control status. Thus, a base station can select the most suitable power control improvement method, even during soft handover, thereby making make use of the advantages of different types of power control improvement methods. |
| US08929940B2 |
Group communication sessions in a wireless communication system
In an embodiment, a server obtains a user-specified mixing preference (USMP) for an access terminal (AT) in a communication group that is different than a default mixing rule for the group communication session. The server grants non-exclusive floors to a subset of ATs in the communication group, receives media frames from each AT in the subset and generates an output frame by selectively mixing the received media frames based on the USMP, after which the output frame is sent to the AT. In another embodiment, the AT obtains the USMP and receives unmixed versions of the media frames and then selectively mixes the received media frames at the AT based on the USMP. In another embodiment, an AT detects speech and requests the floor, and the AT buffers speech while waiting for the floor request to be granted. |
| US08929938B2 |
Using a push to talk over cellular infrastructure for radio communications
At least one subscriber unit (SU) (110) can register with a radio frequency (RF) site (120) for radio services. For each registered SU, a SU push to talk over cellular (PoC) client (342-346) can be activated/established. Communications can be mapped at the RF Site (120) between each registered SU (110) and a corresponding SU PoC client (342-346). Each SU PoC client (342-346) at the RF site (120) can be communicatively linked to a remotely located PoC server (132) using a PoC interface (226). The SU PoC client (342-346) is a communication endpoint of the PoC server (132). In one embodiment, a talkgroup PoC client (350-352) can be established at the RF site (120) that is linked to the PoC server (132). Radio communications to and from the SU (110) can be routed through the SU PoC client (342-346) and/or the talkgroup PoC client (350-352) and through the PoC server (132). |
| US08929937B2 |
Managing spectrum resources using channel maps and predicted noise floor
A central registration system provides channel maps of available spectrum channels to radio devices. The channel map indicates relative noise floor amounts among the available channels. For this purpose, an amount of predicted interference caused by high-power protected transmitters on each channel available to the requesting radio device for wireless communications is determined, where interference from primary channel and out-of-band emissions of the transmitters is considered. |
| US08929936B2 |
Cognitive radio methodology, physical layer policies and machine learning
A method and system of cognitive communication for generating non-interfering transmission, includes conducting radio scene analysis to find grey spaces using external signal parameters for incoming signal analysis without having to decode incoming signals. The disclosed cognitive communications system combines the areas of communications, signal processing, pattern classification and machine learning to detect the signals in the given spectrum of interests, extracts their features, classifies the signals in types, learns the salient characteristics and patterns of the signal and predicts their future behaviors. In the process of signal analysis, a classifier is employed for classifying the signals. The designing of such a classifier is initially performed based on selection of features of a signal detected and by selecting a model of the classifier. |
| US08929932B1 |
Methods for user-interface over SMS messages based on a reusable stream model
Configurations providing a reusable stream model for a user interface over SMS for interacting with one or more interactive systems in a parallel manner are described. An SMS server can implement the reusable stream model in which an available number from a sequence of numbers (e.g., a block of numbers) is assigned to a user session upon receiving an SMS message to initiate the user session from a communication device. The user session corresponds with a message stream for the interactive system. In one aspect, the SMS server places each number from the sequence of numbers in a respective status to indicate whether the number is currently assigned to a user session. When a subsequent SMS message is received that requests to initiate an additional user session for another interactive system, the SMS can assign the next available number from the sequence to the additional user session. |
| US08929929B2 |
Sending information during a charging event
A mobile device sends information during a charging event to mitigate potential adverse effects that may occur if the information is sent at other times. For example, after obtaining information, the mobile device may determine whether the information is time-critical. If the information is not time-critical, the mobile device may store the information. Then, once the mobile device determines that a charging event is occurring, the mobile device sends the stored information. |
| US08929928B2 |
Establishment of multimedia service sessions in mobile terminals
A multimedia service providing method in a telecommunication network is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes (a) communicating, at a message providing server, data with first and second mobile terminals in an Internet protocol (IP) based mobile communication network, (b) receiving, at a message providing server, a short message from the first mobile terminal, wherein the short message indicates that the first mobile terminal requests a multimedia service from the second mobile terminal, and wherein the short message comprises a predetermined header field to determine whether the message requests the multimedia service and (c) transmitting the short message to the second mobile terminal, wherein the transmitted short message is configured to control the second mobile terminal to set a packet data protocol (PDP) session, for performing the multimedia service, with the first mobile terminal. |
| US08929924B2 |
Screening terminal positions at a terminal
It is disclosed an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining, at a terminal, whether at least one terminal position associated with a coverage area of a communication node shall be discarded or reported to allow at least one of said coverage area and said communication node to be characterized at least partially based on said at least one reported terminal position. |
| US08929919B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing position determination with a short circuit call flow
For a call flow to perform position determination, a network sends to a user equipment (UE) an indication (e.g., a request for permission) to perform a position fix for the UE. The UE responds by sending to the network an acknowledgment (e.g., a grant of permission) to perform the position fix. The UE selectively sends a position estimate for itself to the network, typically along with the acknowledgment. The network may initiate location processing if (1) a location estimate is not received from the UE or (2) a location estimate is received from the UE but the network decides not to use this location estimate. In this case, the network and the UE perform location processing to obtain a position fix for the UE. However, if a location estimate is received from the UE and the network decides to use the location estimate, then the location processing is bypassed or short circuited. |
| US08929918B2 |
Positioning and location services using civic address information
Positioning and location services are provided in a wireless communication network using civic address information. The civic address information may comprise a data structure including textual Information Elements such as apartment or office number, street number, street name, city, state, postal code, and the like. A positioning method is defined comprising performing a civic address lookup to obtain a location in civic address format for an identified node, based upon information about the identified node's serving (or associated) node and neighbor nodes. Signaling is defined to request the civic address positioning method, to exchange capabilities, to communicate location information using a civic address format, report a positioning failure and optionally the failure cause, and the like. Location information may be translated between a civic address format and a 3GPP or 3GPP2 positioning format. The positioning method and associated signaling are particularly advantageous in indoor environments, where conventional positioning methods fare poorly or fail altogether. |
| US08929917B2 |
Method of canceling location information request
A method of canceling a location information request including receiving a request from a location service client for location information of a target terminal; performing location tracking of the target terminal; and sending a message to the location service client when a privacy profile state has changed. Further, the message indicates that the request from the location service client for location information of the target terminal is canceled. |
| US08929914B2 |
Compensation of propagation delays of wireless signals
Propagation delay offsets of wireless signals are compensated. Compensation is accomplished through determination of an effective wireless signal propagation delay that accounts for signal path delay and propagation delay over the air. Such determination is based at least in part on statistical analysis of accurate location estimates of reference positions throughout a coverage sector or cell, and location estimates of the reference positions generated through time-of-flight (TOF) measurements of wireless signals. Determination of propagation or signal path delay offset also is attained iteratively based at least in part on reference location estimates and TOF location estimates. High-accuracy location estimates such as those obtained through global navigation satellite systems are employed as reference location estimates. Position of probes or wireless beacons, deployed throughout a sector or cell, also are employed as reference locations. Compensation of propagation delay offset improves accuracy of conventional TOF location estimates and radio network performance. |
| US08929910B2 |
Call admission control
The disclosure is related to a method of adaptive call admission control in a base station. When a call access request is received from a user equipment determination may be made as to whether an available call admission capacity of the base station reaches a first limit. When the available call admission capacity of the base station reaches the first limit determination may be made as to whether the received call access request is for a preferred call. Then, determination may be made as to whether a reserved call admission capacity reaches a second limit when the received call access request is for the preferred call. When the reserved call admission capacity has not reached a second limit, access of the user equipment associated with the received call access request may be allowed. |
| US08929909B2 |
Handover proactive association clearing support method and system
A handover proactive association clearing support method and system supports minimizing handover times for at least one netsurfing end system, and optimizing a given market satisfaction function (MSF0) potentially depending on Internet-applications for whichever underlying HO technique, by potentially establishing pre-HO for free x/yz-, netsurfing x/yz-, and/or Sxyzj-association, called “clearing” them. An HO of an Ayz is optimal if its HO-time is “basically zero” and it complies with MSF0. The technical innovation of the method and system comprises for an Ayz determining any time its optimal HOs. This permanent predetermination of optimal HOs implies assessing permanently all parameters. Thus, when an Ayz must perform an HO, these pre-HO operations of the method/system would have already identified at least one optimal HO for it to a sharedIADx and/or an Sxyzj available to it and established the resp. x/yz-, netsurfing x/yz-, and Sxyzj-associations. |
| US08929905B2 |
Methods and systems for transmission of multiple modulated signals over wireless networks
A method and apparatus for requesting and allocating bandwidth in a broadband wireless communication system. The method and apparatus includes a combination of techniques that allow a plurality of CPEs to communicate their bandwidth request messages to respective base stations. One technique includes a “polling” method whereby a base station polls CPEs individually or in groups and allocates bandwidth specifically for the purpose of allowing the CPEs to respond with bandwidth requests. The polling of the CPEs by the base station may be in response to a CPE setting a “poll-me bit” or, alternatively, it may be periodic. Another technique comprises “piggybacking” bandwidth requests on bandwidth already allocated to a CPE. Currently active CPEs request bandwidth using unused portions of uplink bandwidth that is already allocated to the CPE. The CPE is responsible for distributing the allocated uplink bandwidth in a manner that accommodates the services provided by the CPE. |
| US08929903B2 |
Handling identifiers for enhanced dedicated channels in cell forward access channel states
A device receives information regarding allocation of an enhanced dedicated channel radio network temporary identifier (E-RNTI) to user equipment in a cell forward access channel (Cell_FACH) state, and receives information regarding a state change associated with the user equipment. The device determines that the E-RNTI can be released based on the state change, and provides, to another device, a request to release the E-RNTI in response to the state change and so that the E-RNTI can be used by other user equipment. |
| US08929902B2 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic vehicular communications
A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided according to an example embodiment to provide a cellular based ITS environment. In this regard, a method includes causing a secondary cell carrier (SCC) to be configured for a mobile terminal located in a vehicular target area. The method of this embodiment may also include causing the SCC to be activated by signaling a vehicular fast activation block (VFAB). The method of this embodiment may also include causing the SCC to deactivate based on a signal strength measurement, received from a road side unit (RSU), in an instance in which the signal strength measurement does not satisfy a predetermined threshold over a measurement period based on a timer. |
| US08929901B2 |
Method, base station and mobile station for TDD operation in a communication system
A method, NodeB and User Equipment for TDD operation in a communication system operating in TDD mode in a frequency band allocated for FDD operation. Preferably, operation is in TDD uplink and downlink mode in a first frequency band designated or normally used for FDD uplink communication, and in TDD downlink-only mode in a second frequency band designated or normally used for FDD downlink communication. The invention provides the following advantages: Provides a flexible method to deploy a time division duplex architecture in frequency division duplex spectrum. Allows flexible use of system capacity by adjusting the uplink and downlink capacity split. Removes previous FDD duplex restrictions. |
| US08929895B2 |
Apparatus and method for moving WCDMA mobile station in the manner of the least packet loss
A method for moving MS in the manner of the least packet loss can be divided into two steps. In the first step, when the MS is still connected to the source CN node and is running the effective loads, the MS prepares the routing information pointing at the target CN node. In the second step, the connection between the source CN node and the RAN node is released, the MS ID, the context data and the mobile information are transmitted to the target CN node. Then, a new connection between the target CN node and the RAN node is established. The step is completed synchronously and rapidly to minimize the packet loss. When establishing a new connection, the routing information transmitted to the MS before is used so that a new CN node is pointed at. |
| US08929893B2 |
PLMN selection in multi-network environment
The present invention provides a method of PLMN selection subsequent to a change in cell for a mobile radio communications device in a multi-network cellular environment, the method including the steps of monitoring system information within a mobile radio communications device to determine the availability of a HPLMN or any other higher priority PLMN than current registered PLMN, and selecting the said HPLMN or higher priority PLMN than current registered PLMN if identified as available, and also a related network-sharing-capable UE that, when registered with a visitor PLMN, can readily check the availability of its HPLMN or any other higher priority PLMN in the system information whenever it moves to a new location area and, assuming the HPLMN or higher priority PLMN to be found, can then reselect to that PLMN. |
| US08929892B2 |
Location based network selection
The present invention relates to location based network selection in a mobile terminal moving (A to H) in a wireless communication environment set up of a home network in a home country having a border and at least one foreign network achieving radio coverage at least in part of the geographical area of the home country. A position (A to H) of the mobile terminal is monitored. Then, a network selection mode is automatically switched from a home network selection mode, enabling registration only to the home network, to an automatic network selection mode when the mobile terminal crosses the border from the home country to the foreign country. The network selection mode is switched back to the home network selection mode when the mobile terminal is again located in the home country. Thus, as long as the mobile terminal is located in the home country, it does never select any other network than the home network. When located abroad, automatic network selection applies. |
| US08929890B2 |
Method and system for providing service in a communication system
A method for providing service in a communication system. A base station (BS) receives a request message for requesting a service from a mobile station (MS) located in a first service zone; and transmits to the MS a response message including information on a BS located in a service zone supporting the requested service. The MS transmits a request message for requesting a service to the BS located in the first service zone, and receives a response message including information on a BS located in a service zone supporting the requested service, from the BS located in the first service zone. |
| US08929889B1 |
Handling of frequency bands in neighbor lists in wireless communication devices
Systems, methods, and software for handling of frequency bands in neighbor lists in wireless communication devices are provided herein. In one example, a method of operating a wireless communication device is presented which includes scanning a first frequency band of a source sector based on a neighbor list, and dropping the first frequency band of the source sector from an access list based on a first drop threshold included in the neighbor list. The method also includes scanning a second frequency band of the source sector and the second frequency band of a target sector based on the neighbor list, and adding the second frequency band of the source sector and the second frequency band of the target sector to the access list based on second and third add thresholds included in the neighbor list. |
| US08929888B2 |
Optimized system selection using location estimation
A current location of a mobile system in a wireless network can be determined by using information provided by a base station in communication with the mobile system. The information can include a system identifier (SID) table and a local time offset (LTM_OFF) value and a daylight savings time (DAYLT) value. The SID table is used to provide a mobile country code (MCC) associated with a country in which the mobile device is located. The LTM_OFF value is used to provide a range of longitude values in which the mobile device is located. The current location of the mobile device is based upon at least the range of longitude values and the current country. The current location is used to build an optimized scan list that is used, in turn, to identify and acquire access to the preferred system by a mobile device. |
| US08929886B2 |
Apparatus and method for allocating resource in multi-beam satellite communication
A satellite in a multi-beam satellite communication system selects at least some active beams based on a traffic demand of each beam and channel status information of each beam, and allocates a bandwidth and a communication capacity to each active beam such that power flux density (PFD) level of each beam has the same predetermined value. |
| US08929885B2 |
Apparatus and method for selecting spot beam based on traffic demands and channel conditions for multi-spot beam satellite system
Disclosed is an apparatus and method of selecting spot beams to be actually used based on a traffic demand and a signal attenuation of each spot beam, and activating the selected spot beams in a satellite communication system having multiple spot beams.A control apparatus of a multi-spot beam satellite may include a beam selector to select, from among a plurality of spot beams, at least one spot beam to be assigned with a transmission resource, and an assignment resource determining unit to determine a transmission resource to be assigned to the selected at least one spot beam. |
| US08929883B2 |
System, method, and software program product for tracking call failures on a wireless phone
A system, method and software application track call failures on a wireless phone. A software application on the phone monitors outbound calls made on the phone to determine whether or not a call fails. In one embodiment, such monitoring is done only for a select period of time (e.g., the initial few seconds when the phone is attempting to connect to a call to the wireless communication carrier's network), and, in an alternate embodiment, such monitoring is done for the duration of the call. If a call fails, the software application stores information related to the call. Examples of such types of information include the time the call failed, the location of the phone at call failure, and identification information for the phone. The stored call information is then sent to the wireless communication carrier to enable the carrier to assess network quality. |
| US08929882B2 |
Measurement of cells arranged in groups of different priorities
Techniques for making measurements of cells in a wireless network are disclosed. In an aspect, cells to be measured are arranged into groups with different priorities. Groups with higher priority include stronger cells, which are measured more frequently and/or with more filtering to improve measurement accuracy. In one design, a user entity determines a plurality of groups of cells to make measurements. Each group includes at least one cell, and the plurality of groups have different priorities. The user entity determines a measurement interval for each of the plurality of groups of cells, with higher priority groups having shorter measurement intervals. The user entity schedules each cell in each group for measurement at least once (e.g., once) within the measurement interval for that group. The user entity makes measurements for the plurality of groups of cells based on the measurement interval for each group. |
| US08929881B2 |
Radio communication system, small cell base station, radio terminal, transmission power control method, and allocation control method
A radio communication system wherein a femto cell base station (100a) is located in a macro cell (MC1) and a radio terminal (200a) is connected to the femto cell base station (100a) and wherein the femto cell base station (100a) or radio terminal (200a) controls, based on a propagation loss between the radio terminal (200a) and a macro cell base station (300a) existing in the neighborhood of the radio terminal (200a), the transmission power of a radio signal to be transmitted from the radio terminal (200a) to the femto cell base station (100a). |
| US08929879B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling operation mode of femtocell base station
A method for controlling an operation mode of a femtocell base station includes receiving a channel quality indicator of a downlink channel between the femtocell base station and a terminal, which is transmitted from the terminal; calculating a communication quality between the femtocell base station and the terminal based on the channel quality indicator; determining whether or not an interference factor has occurred in communication between the femtocell base station and the terminal based on the communication quality; and changing or maintaining an operation mode of the femtocell base station based on the determination result. The communication quality may be calculated when the operation mode of the femtocell base station is allowed to be changed. |
| US08929875B2 |
Wireless communications device having contact specific silent mode disabling capabilities
A wireless communications device includes a memory, an output device, an input device and a processor. The memory is adapted to maintain individual profiles relating to each of a plurality of user contacts. The profiles include a silent notification mode setting. The output device is operable to emit audible notifications responsive to incoming communications from the user contacts. The input device is operable to change a notification mode of the device between an audible notification mode and a silent notification mode. The processor is operable for processing user selections of the silent notification mode setting between a silent mode enabled setting and a silent mode disenabled setting for the profiles. The processor is configured to cause the output device to emit audible notifications responsive to incoming communications from the user contacts having the silent mode disabled, when the device is in the silent notification mode. |
| US08929872B2 |
Management of paging channel monitoring
Growing demand for high-rate wireless data services is increasing the power consumption requirements of mobile devices. In particular, some smart mobile devices or smart phones are configured to allow multiple software applications to run simultaneously. Some of the applications receive and/or pull data from servers in communication with the network. The more frequently these software applications are provided with access to the data channel the greater the demand on the power supply. Accordingly, there lies a challenge to regulate transmissions to and from a mobile device without adversely impacting quality-of-service (QoS). A method of managing power while maintaining a robust quality-of-service (QoS) is provided by managing the frequency at which a paging channel or the like is monitored. Complimentary methods of changing the frequency of transmission of alerts on a paging channel or the like is also provided. |
| US08929871B2 |
Methods for reminding a user of a task associated with a communication
Methods for reminding a user of a task associated with a communication are disclosed herein. One example of the method involves reminding the user of a task associated with an incoming communication, and another example of the method involves reminding the user of a task associated with an outgoing communication. |
| US08929865B2 |
Optimizing user device context for mobility management entity (MME) resiliency
A first mobility management entity (MME) device receives an attachment request that includes information associated with a user device. The first MME device creates a context for the user device based on the information, stores the context, and creates an optimized context based on the context, wherein a size of the optimized context is smaller than a size of the context. The first MME device also identifies a second MME device that is a backup for the first MME device, and transmits the optimized context to the second MME device. |
| US08929862B2 |
Method and apparatus for attaching a wireless device to a foreign 3GPP wireless domain using alternative authentication mechanisms
A method and apparatus for attaching a wireless device to a foreign wireless domain of a 3GPP communication system using an alternative authentication mechanism, wherein wireless device performs the method, which includes: sending a first attach request message to an infrastructure device in the foreign wireless domain; receiving an attach reject message from the infrastructure device upon an unsuccessful attempt to obtain authentication credentials for the wireless device from a home wireless domain of the wireless device using a standard 3GPP authentication mechanism; responsive to the attach reject message sending a second attach request message to the infrastructure device, wherein the second attach request message indicates an alternative authentication mechanism to the standard 3GPP authentication mechanism; and receiving an attach accept message from the infrastructure device when the wireless device is successfully authenticated using the alternative authentication mechanism. |
| US08929857B2 |
Policy management of electronic devices
A system and method for the management of a device, including the establishment and enforcement of policies/rules associated with feature or functions that may be performed with the device. Modern devices are capable of many things, including making and receiving calls, exchanging data, playing games and music, sending and receiving email, accessing web sites, and paying for goods and services. Depending on who is using the device, such as a child, student, or an employee, there may be a need or desire to regulate how that device can be used and to determine who will pay for what goods or services. In addition to providing all of the features associated with a device, service providers need to be able to establish and enforce rules (policies) regulating how and when that device can be used and who will pay for a good or service requested by the user of the device. |
| US08929849B1 |
Text messaging 911 calls using PSAP TTY functionality
An emergency message handling system may manage emergency SMS text messages sent by wireless mobile communication devices, such as to 911. Each message may be sent to an emergency call service having a TTY messaging system. The emergency message handling system may include an SMS network interface, a computer processing system, and a TTY network interface. The SMS network interface may be configured to receive the emergency SMS text messages. The computer processing system may include an SMS-To-TTY message converter configured to convert each of the emergency SMS text messages into TTY format. The TTY network interface may be configured to deliver each of the converted emergency SMS text messages in TTY format to the TTY messaging system of the emergency call service to which the emergency SMS text message was sent. Emergency TTY messages from the emergency call service to the wireless mobile communication device may similarly be delivered to the TTY network interface, converted by a TTY-To-SMS message converter in the computer processing system into SMS format, and sent by the SMS network interface to the wireless mobile communication device. |
| US08929842B2 |
Apparatus and method for body protection from electromagnetic fields
An apparatus for use in a communication device with an antenna protects a body from electromagnetic fields. The apparatus includes a sensing unit to sense a surrounding environment of the communication device, a variable element to perform a variable operation according to a voltage or current applied thereto. The apparatus further includes a variable element control unit to control the voltage or current according to the surrounding environment sensed by the sensing unit to cause the variable element to perform the variable operation, and an intelligent periodic structure coupled with the variable element, the intelligent periodic structure being configured to change an operation frequency of the wireless communication device according to the variable operation of the variable element and adjust a radiation pattern direction of the antenna. |
| US08929837B2 |
Signal processing system and method thereof
The signal processing system includes a first signal processing unit, a first route, and a second route. The first signal processing unit receives a first signal and generates a first sub-signal and a second sub-signal. The first route receives the first sub-signal through one end of the first route and outputs the first sub-signal from the other end. The second route receives the first signal transmitted from the antenna through one end of the second route, and outputs the first signal through the other end. The second route includes a second signal processing unit, receives the first signal and generates a third sub-signal and a fourth sub-signal; a gain unit receives the third sub-signal to gain the first signal; and a circuit unit receives the fourth sub-signal, determines whether to enable the gain unit, or to adjust a gain level of the gain unit. |
| US08929835B2 |
Non-intrusive and operational communication system monitoring and diagnostics
A non-intrusive and operational communication system monitoring and diagnostics. Loopback-type testing is facilitated through testing that is split between transmit and receive sections. Transmit testing on a port can be based on test packets that are removed from the transmission path by a PHY upon detection. Receive testing on a port can be based on live traffic packets. |
| US08929833B2 |
Wireless communication device using a loopback path for fault diagnosis
A disclosed wireless communication device includes an antenna for communication, a transmission unit, a reception unit, a transmission/reception switchover unit, a communication control unit, a diagnosis start determination unit, a loopback path forming unit, a reception level determination unit, a reception duration determination unit, and a fault assertion unit. When a loopback path, which inputs a transmission signal outputted from the transmission unit into the reception unit, is formed by the loopback path forming unit, the reception level determination unit detects a signal level of a reception signal received by the reception unit, and determines whether or not the signal level is normal. The reception duration determination unit measures a reception duration of the reception signal in the reception unit, and determines whether or not the reception duration has exceeded a threshold value for abnormality determination. |
| US08929831B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer program product for wireless network discovery based on geographical location
Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for wireless resource sharing between heterogeneous wireless networks to enable coexistence of secondary networks. An example embodiment of the invention includes a method, comprising: receiving, at an apparatus or entity, information associated with a wireless network; determining, by the apparatus or entity, a geographic communication area and one or more geographic interference areas associated with the wireless network based on the received information; transmitting, by the apparatus or entity, a message to a destination to register the wireless network and the determined geographic communication area and one or more geographic interference areas associated with the wireless network; and receiving, by the apparatus or entity, confirmation of the registering of the wireless network at the destination and information associated with zero or more wireless networks that at least one of potentially interfere with the determined geographic communication area associated with the wireless network, or potentially experience interference caused by the determined one or more interference areas associated with the wireless network. |
| US08929827B2 |
Adaptive calibration of measurements for a wireless radio network
Adaptive calibration of measurements for a wireless radio network is described. A network location system can employ timed fingerprint location technology to determine location information for UEs in a NELOS enabled wireless network environment. Calibration of observed time measurements can reduce errors in determining location information. Adaptive calibration facilitates the selection of subsets of wireless network radios for calibration updates. The selection of wireless network radios comprising the subsets can be based on prioritization rules including prioritization based on historical calibration information, geographic information, or observation density information for a wireless network radio. Further, a wireless network radio can be deprioritized based on the availability of alternate location information related to the wireless network radio. |
| US08929826B2 |
Method and node for reduced transmission activity pattern configuration
The present invention relates to a method in a network node of a wireless communication system, for configuring a pattern for a reduced transmission activity. The pattern may e.g. be a positioning reference signal muting pattern used for improving PRS reception quality of a UE. The method comprises obtaining (610) information relating to radio characteristics for a cell, and determining (620) the pattern for the reduced transmission activity in the cell based on the obtained information. The method also comprises applying (630) the determined pattern for the reduced transmission activity. |
| US08929820B2 |
Short range RF monitoring system
A wireless short range radio-frequency master device adapted to create and maintain a portable private network of wireless short range radio-frequency slave devices wherein the master device is configured to detect and register suitable slave devices for a network, and is capable of determining the proximity of any registered slave device with respect to the master device in use, the master device further being adapted to enable a user to define two or more groups of registered slave devices selected from the total number of registered slave devices and to enable a user to select a defined group of such registered slave devices as an active group, thereby forming an active portable private network of wireless short range radio frequency devices comprising the master device and selected registered slave devices within the selected group. |
| US08929819B2 |
Method and device for searching for neighboring bluetooth devices
A method and apparatus are disclosed for searching for a neighboring bluetooth device. The method includes: when searching out a neighboring bluetooth device, a bluetooth device initiating a searching operation judging whether the neighboring bluetooth device is a recorded bluetooth device in a bluetooth management database; if no, sending a name request command to the neighboring bluetooth device, and acquiring a name of the neighboring bluetooth device; or else, judging whether the name of the neighboring bluetooth device has ever been changed by a user according to a name management field carried in a Frequency Hop Synchronization (FHS) group of the neighboring bluetooth device; if the name has not ever been changed, acquiring a stored name of the neighboring bluetooth device from the bluetooth management database; if changed, sending the name request command to the neighboring bluetooth device, and acquiring the name of the neighboring bluetooth device. |
| US08929815B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling functions of a mobile phone via NFC communication with an external RF reader
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for controlling the ringtone, camera, and communication functions of a mobile terminal using a Near Field Communication (NFC) chip module and an external Radio Frequency (RF) reader. The apparatus includes an NFC chip module, a base band chip, and a USIM card. The NFC chip module is electrically connected to the base band chip of a mobile terminal, allows a command data signal, received from an external RF reader via an RF antenna, to be transmitted to the base band chip or a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) card of the mobile terminal, and receives the result of terminal processing of the base band chip which operates in compliance with an external command, and transmits the result of the terminal processing to the external RF reader via the RF antenna. |
| US08929814B2 |
Detection and near-field communication device
A detection and near-field communication device for detecting the approach of a portable device integrating a near-field communication antenna for communicating with the portable device, includes: a printed circuit including: an upper face oriented toward the portable device and a lower face, a microcontroller, a near-field reader, a detection module, a near-field communication antenna, situated on a face of the printed circuit having a first surface and being linked to the near-field reader; a plurality of resonators made of copper wire windings, printed on a face of the printed circuit, covering a surface substantially identical to the first surface; the resonators including frequency adjustment elements so as to resonate at the near-field communication frequency; and the resonators generating a voltage variation across their terminals and being connected to the detection module to detect the approach of the portable device. |
| US08929810B2 |
Methods and apparatus for improving NFC connection through device positioning
Aspects disclosed herein relate to improving near field communication (NFC) device positioning for performing a NFC action based on one or more sensory cues. In one example, a NFC device may be equipped to detect that a device is attempting to perform a NFC action to communicate with a remote NFC device and may provide a first sensory cue to indicate a first location on a first surface of the device corresponding to an antenna location on a second surface of the device in response to the determination that the device is attempting to perform the NFC action. The NFC device may be further operable to determine a type of NFC action the device is attempting to perform and provide a second sensory cue indicating a second location on the first surface of the device based on one or more factors associated with the determined type of NFC action. |
| US08929806B2 |
Passively powering a wireless communications device
A wireless device includes an RF interface, logic circuitry, power circuitry, an impedance matching transformer, and a transducer. The RF interface is configured to receive an RF signal and provide an output data signal derived from the RF signal. The logic circuitry is configured to receive the output data signal and provide an output analog signal. The power circuitry is coupled to the RF interface and configured to provide DC operating power derived from the RF signal to the RF interface and the logic circuitry. The impedance matching transformer has an input coupled to the logic circuitry and an output. The transducer is coupled to the output of the impedance matching transformer and is configured to produce an audio signal based on the output analog signal. |
| US08929803B2 |
Radio frequency barrier in a wireless communication network
A method and system for a radio frequency barrier in a wireless communication network include a barrier defined for protecting a space within the wireless communication network. A plurality of antennas is located along the barrier. A radio provides radio frequency signals to transmit from the antennas to interfere with radio frequency communications impinging on the barrier. The interfering radio frequency signals can provide same channel and adjacent channel interference. |
| US08929796B2 |
Recovery toner container and image forming apparatus
A toner container detachably attachable to an image forming apparatus body. The toner container includes a recovery container body in which at least one inflow port is formed for inflow of a toner recovered after image formation, and at least one rotating member that is rotatably provided to convey the recovered toner, which flows from the inflow port into the recovery container body, to a downstream side in a recovery toner conveyance direction. The rotating member includes a screw member and a spiral screw member. A discharge port, which is formed at the downstream side in the recovery toner conveyance direction, discharges the recovered toner in the recovery container body. A cover member, which is arranged to be detachably attachable to the recovery container body and has a bearing portion fitted to a downstream end in the recovery toner conveyance direction of the rotating member, covers the discharge port. |
| US08929793B2 |
Recording substrate treatment apparatus and method
A recording substrate treatment apparatus, includes a heating device for directly heating a recording substrate, a condenser for condensing liquid from air from surroundings of a recording substrate, and an energy transfer system arranged for transferring energy from latent heat, which is released by the condensing of liquid by the condenser, to the heating device. Further, a method of drying a recording substrate and a method of fixing a printing substance on a recording substrate include heating a recording substrate by a heating device; condensing liquid from air from surroundings of the recording substrate; and transferring energy from latent heat, which is released by the condensing of liquid, to the heating device. |
| US08929792B2 |
Fuser member
A fuser member having a substrate and a polyimide aerogel layer disposed on the substrate is shown. The polyimide aerogel layer has a porosity of from about 50 percent to about 95 percent. A fluoropolymer surface layer is disposed on the polyimide aerogel layer. |
| US08929789B2 |
Fixing device with resistance heating element capable of accurately generating heat and image forming apparatus with fixing device
In a fixing device, a heating element is extended along a fixing member at a location other than a nip on an inner circumferential surface side of the fixing member to generate heat. The fixing member contacts the heating element either indirectly via a gap of a prescribed size or directly contacts the heating element by with a prescribed pressure when the fixing member is rotating, and continuously separates from the heating element by a prescribed distance greater than the size of the gap when the fixing member stops rotating. |
| US08929785B1 |
Endless flexible members for imaging devices
Flexible members for use in imaging devices contain a non-ionic surfactant and a fluorinated surfactant. |
| US08929782B2 |
Development device, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge incorporating same
A development device includes a developer bearer to carry by rotation developer to a development range facing a latent image bearer, and a developer regulator to adjust an amount of developer transported to the development range by the developer bearer. Multiple projections are formed in a surface of the developer bearer, and, in a direction in which the developer bearer rotates, a downstream end of each of the multiple projections is higher than an upstream end of the projection. |
| US08929778B2 |
Toner replenishment device and image forming apparatus having the same
A toner replenishment device includes a toner receiving port, a toner feed unit feeding toner from the toner receiving port into the device, a toner detector detecting that the device has been filled with a specified amount of the toner, an agitating member having an agitating blade and rotating so as to agitate the toner in the device, a position detector detecting a rotational position of the agitating member and generating a signal indicative thereof, and a recognition unit recognizing the rotational position based on the signal output from the position detector. The toner feed unit feeds the toner into the device when an end edge of the agitating blade is within a specified range, in which a flow path of the toner from the toner receiving port to the toner detector is not blocked by the agitating blade, based on the recognition performed by the recognition unit. |
| US08929776B2 |
Nozzle, image forming apparatus, and method of deriving powder
A nozzle is provided. The nozzle includes a gas injection unit, a sieve body, and a derivation unit. The gas injection unit is adapted to inject a gas into a powder container containing a powder. The sieve body includes a cylinder, a filter, and a blade. The cylinder has a communication aperture for communicating the cylinder with the powder container. The filter is disposed at a bottom of the cylinder. The blade is adapted to agitate the powder introduced into the cylinder from the powder container through the communication aperture upon injection of the gas into the powder container to allow the powder to pass through the filter. The blade is rotatable about a rotation axis that intersects with the filter in proximity to the filter. The derivation unit is adapted to derive the powder passed through the filter out of the powder container. |
| US08929773B2 |
Process cartridge
A process cartridge used in an image forming apparatus, the process cartridge having a photosensitive drum, a developer roller, a conductive electrode and a rectifier. The photosensitive drum and the developer roller are contacted with each other. The conductive electrode is contacted with a power supply electrode in the image forming apparatus to receive a developing bias. The rectifier converts an alternating current bias voltage into a direct current bias voltage. The rectifier is electrically connected between the conductive electrode and the developer roller. A rectifier converting an alternating current bias voltage into a direct current bias voltage is added into a contact process cartridge in the present invention. Therefore, the contact process cartridge can be applied to a printer using a jumping development method. |
| US08929770B2 |
Image forming apparatus including endless belt disposed above photosensitive drum
An image forming apparatus includes a frame, a photosensitive drum, an endless belt disposed above the photosensitive drum, and a pressing member. The photosensitive drum includes a drum body and a flange portion that is provided on one end portion of the drum body. The flange portion has a contacted portion and a pressed portion. The pressing member presses the pressed portion upward to permit the photosensitive drum to be in contact with the endless belt. The frame has a positioning portion disposed above the pressing member and above the photosensitive drum. The positioning portion is configured to be in contact with the contacted portion and to position the photosensitive drum when the pressing member presses the pressed portion. The pressed portion is disposed farther from the drum body in an axial direction of the photosensitive drum than the contacted portion. |
| US08929755B2 |
Image forming apparatus with a waste toner container and control method thereof
A plurality of waste toner transport mechanisms convey waste toners per color. A waste toner container receives collectively each waste toner conveyed by each waste toner transport mechanism. An integrated number of pixels memory stores a result of an integration of the numbers of the pixels per color of the image data counted by the pixel counters after the near end detection has been made by the near end detector, the integration being carried out by an integrating number of pixels section each time an image forming is performed. A full end judgment section makes a judgment that full end, at which a quantity of the waste toner in the waste toner container reaches fullness, is attained when any one of the integrated numbers of pixels per color stored by the integrated number of pixels memory reaches a predetermined value. |
| US08929753B2 |
Heating control device, heating control method, and image forming apparatus
A heating control device which is capable of detecting an abnormality of an object to be heated accurately. A power-supply unit applies the electric power to the electromagnetic induction heating coil. A magnetic flux detecting unit detects a magnetic flux emitted from the electromagnetic induction heating coil across the object, and outputs a voltage corresponding to the detected magnetic flux. A changing unit changes at least one of the detected magnetic flux voltage value and an abnormality detection threshold value based on relationship between an electric power set value that defines the electric power and an input voltage inputted to the power-supply unit. A determination unit compares the detected magnetic flux voltage value changed by the changing unit to the abnormality detection threshold value, and determines an abnormality of the object when the detected magnetic flux voltage value is larger than the abnormality detection threshold value. |
| US08929751B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a buffer configured to temporarily store in the buffer toner supplied from a toner cartridge and to be fed to a developing unit; a magnetic reed switch configured to sense magnet variation occurring in a sensing range and sequentially output signals each indicating a result of the sensing; a toner level indicator plate disposed within the buffer to swing up and down about a fixed edge in response to a change in a level of the toner that remains in the buffer, the toner level indicator plate having a magnet on a free edge thereof, the magnet being made to reach the sensing range in a state where the toner level indicator plate has swung down. |
| US08929749B2 |
Minimum variance carrier recovery
Methods and systems of data symbol recovery in a coherent optical receiver of an optical communications system. A respective probabilistic phase error is calculated for each of a plurality of data symbol estimates. A phase rotation is calculated based on the probabilistic phase error estimates, using a filter function, and the phase rotation applied to at least one data symbol estimate to generate a corresponding rotated symbol estimate. Each rotated symbol estimate is processed to generate corresponding decision values of each data symbol. |
| US08929748B2 |
Tunable dense wavelength division multiplexing transceiver, circuits and devices therefor, and methods for making and using such transceivers, circuits and devices
The disclosure relates to a tunable 50 GHz and 100 GHz channel spacing DWDM transceiver, and methods of making and using the same. The transceiver comprises an electro-absorption modulation laser (EML), a system board configured to compare a preset wavelength with an actual emission wavelength of the EML, a microcontroller and one or more associated registers configured to communicate with the system board, a temperature controlling circuit configured to stabilize the actual emission wavelength of the EML; and a wavelength meter connected to the output of the EML and having an output connected to the system board. The system board may be configured to provide a feedback loop from the EML to the microcontroller. The transceiver, suitable for 50 GHz channel spacing standards, can be made from existing standard transceivers and can switch between 50 GHz and 100 GHz channel spacing modes. |
| US08929741B2 |
Optical interconnect
An optical interconnect includes a first circuit board having an optical source and an optical receiver; and a second circuit board having data source and an optical modulator optically coupled with the optical source and optical receiver, wherein the optical modulator is configured to encode data from the data source into an optical signal from the optical source. The optical receiver is configured to receive the optical signal from the optical modulator. A method of optical communication includes generating on a first circuit board an optical signal directed at a second circuit board; modulating the optical signal with data at the second circuit board; reflecting the optical signal to the first circuit board; and demodulating the optical signal to receive the data at the first circuit board. |
| US08929739B2 |
Remote control apparatus
A remote control apparatus for controlling a plurality of remote controllable appliances includes a housing, an infrared signal receiving window and an infrared signal transmitting window defined in the housing. The remote apparatus determines the selected appliance and the selected function based upon a wireless signal carrying an identification transmitted by the mobile terminal, determines an infrared remote control code, and emits an infrared signal carrying the infrared remote control code. A light directing element received in the housing directs the infrared signal emitting by the infrared transmitting unit and the infrared remote control signal from the attached remote control to exit the housing through the infrared signal transmitting window, thereby controlling the selected appliance to execute the selected function. |
| US08929735B2 |
Dynamic trail termination point creation for optical transport networks
The present disclosure provides dynamic service provisioning by creating embedded Optical Transport Network (OTN) ports on the fly during mesh restoration or circuit provisioning. These dynamically provisioned ports are referred to herein as “fast paths” with all the management objects created in a “slow path” so that they do not interfere with mesh restoration performance. During network failures, these dynamically created objects are deleted via the “slow path” and a new mesh path supports “fast path” creation of these objects. This results in substantial increase in mesh performance and also provides enhancements for operators allowing a “Click and Go” model to provision circuits across a network. This also reduces routing scaling issue as the routing itself is against the OTU level and not against the embedded lines. |
| US08929729B2 |
Eye safety mechanism for use in optical cable with electrical interfaces
An eye safety mechanism for use with a bi-directional data cable having an electrical interface at at least one (but potentially both) ends, despite the fact that the cable communicates over much of its length using a bi-directional optical channel. Upon power-up, the eye safety mechanism determines whether or not a loss of signal condition is present on an optical receive channel of the bi-directional data cable. If the loss of signal is present, the mechanism intermittently disables the optical transmit channel of the bi-directional data cable. On the other hand, if the loss of signal is not present, the mechanism enables the optical transmit channel of the bi-directional data cable without intermittently disabling transmission at least for most of the time until the next time a loss of signal is detected on the optical receive channel. |
| US08929727B2 |
Image pickup apparatus and controlling method therefor
An image pickup apparatus that is capable of reducing variation in the color temperature of a subject in a taken image and capable of shooting a more suitable image. The image pickup apparatus can shoot with emitting a light emitting unit. A color temperature acquisition unit acquires information about a color temperature of a light illuminating a subject. An emission control unit controls emission of the light emitting unit. The emission control unit determines emission light amount of the light emitting unit based on a color temperature difference between a color temperature of an illumination light of the light emitting unit and a color temperature based on the information acquired by the color temperature information acquisition unit. |
| US08929726B2 |
Image stabilization apparatus, image sensing apparatus and image stabilization method
An image stabilization apparatus wherein a detection unit detects camera shake in first and second directions that are not parallel to each other and a calculation unit calculates first and second correction amounts for correcting the camera shake in the first and second directions, respectively, based on outputs from the detection unit. A control unit controls correction characteristics of the calculation unit so as to restrain correction of a movement corresponding to a panning operation in the first and second directions as the first and second correction amounts becomes larger, controls the correction characteristics of the second correction amount based on the first correction amount and controls the correction characteristics of the first correction amount based on the second correction amount and a correction unit corrects the camera shake based on the calculated correction amounts. |
| US08929719B2 |
Frame correlating content determination
Identifying and determining content in media, correlating among frames to find that content in other frames, and making a list of that content; and also describes a player which can play the media to include or exclude the content. |
| US08929714B2 |
Information reproducing apparatus, method for controlling information reproducing apparatus, content recording medium, control program, computer-readable recording medium storing control program
The AV data reproducing apparatus includes: (i) a reading section for reading out, from a recording medium, additional function information indicating an additional function correlated with a manipulation input; and (ii) an additional function program executing section for executing the additional function in response to the manipulation input. With this, an operation unique to the content can be carried out by executing the additional function (additional function program) indicated by the additional function information stored in the recording medium together with the AV data. This makes it possible for the AV data reproducing apparatus to carry out an operation other than an operation intrinsically corresponding to a key. |
| US08929713B2 |
Apparatus and method for segmenting video data in mobile communication terminal
In one embodiment, a method for segmenting video data in a mobile communication terminal includes acquiring sensor data periodically together with video data during video shooting, and segmenting the video data based on the acquired sensor data. |
| US08929709B2 |
Automatic digital curation and tagging of action videos
A system and method for automatic digital curation, annotation, and tagging of action videos receives, in a processing system, GPS data, and in some embodiments inertial data, from a sensor-based device carried by a sportsman during a sporting activity. The processing system processes the GPS data and the inertial data, if present to identify at least one sportsman event, and stores data identifying the sportsman event in a performance database. Video data from a video camera is stored in a video database, the video data including location, time, and direction information associated with frames of video. Timecode data in the video database is synchronized with timecode data in the performance database, and the data identifying the sportsman event is used to automatically select, annotate, tag or edit said video data. |
| US08929708B2 |
Fiber organizer and distribution box
An organizer (100) for fiber cable management comprises a generally planar base (105) having a splitter holding section (110), a slack and unterminated fiber storage section (120), and a splice and splice tray holding section (150). The splitter holding section (110) is configured to optionally hold one or more fiber splitters. The slack and unterminated fiber storage section includes a slack storage region (130) having a plurality of fiber routing structures (146a, 146b) to support and retain slack fiber and an unterminated fiber storage region having one or more spool type structures (142) to support and retain unterminated fiber separate from the slack fiber. The splice and splice tray holding section is configured to optionally hold one of a first fiber splice insert (160) and a splice tray holder (170) configured to engage one or more splice trays. A distribution box (200) for distributing optical fibers for communications includes a base, a cover, and the organizer described above. |
| US08929701B2 |
Loose-tube optical-fiber cable
The present invention relates to loose-tube optical-fiber cables that are capable of operating in high-temperature environments. |
| US08929696B1 |
Compound optical circuit switch with shared optical power measurements
Compound optical circuit switches and methods are disclosed. Two or more 1st-tier switches may be configured to make selectable optical connections between a plurality of 1st-tier inputs and a plurality of 1st-tier outputs. Each 1st-tier switch may include input and output power meters to measure optical powers of signals received at the 1st-tier inputs and optical powers of signals output from the 1st-tier outputs, respectively. At least one 2nd-tier switch may include plural 2nd-tier inputs optically connected to respective 1st-tier outputs, plural 2nd-tier outputs optically connected to respective 1st-tier inputs, and plural 2nd-tier rotatable mirror elements to make selectable optical connections from the 2nd-tier inputs to the 2nd-tier outputs. A 2nd-tier switch controller may control positions of at least some of the 2nd-tier mirror elements based on optical power measurement data from the input power meters and the output power meters of the 1st-tier switches. |
| US08929694B2 |
Composite processors
In one example, a composite processor includes a circuit board, a first processor element package, and a second processor element package. The circuit board has an optical link and an electrical link. The first processor element package includes a substrate with an integrated circuit, a sub-wavelength grating optical coupler, and an electrical coupler coupled to the electrical link of the circuit board. The second processor element package includes a substrate with an integrated circuit, a sub-wavelength grating optical coupler, and an electrical coupler coupled to the electrical link of the circuit board. The sub-wavelength grating optical coupler of the first processor element package, the optical link of the circuit board, and the sub-wavelength grating optical coupler of the second processor element package collectively define an optical communications path between the substrate of the first processor element package and the substrate of the second processor element package. |
| US08929690B2 |
Multiple discharge device panel fiber optic fuse state indicator
A fuse state indicator for a cascading fuse multiple discharge device including a fiber optic cable having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate segment. The intermediate segment is configured for attachment to a fuse assembly of a fuse panel where the fuse panel is arranged for physically severing the intermediate segment of the fiber optic cable in response to discharge of the fuse assembly. |
| US08929689B2 |
Optical modulator utilizing unary encoding and auxiliary modulator section for load balancing
An optical modulator is configured to include multiple modulating sections formed along each arm and create a unary-encoded optical output signal by driving the number of sections required to represent the data value being transmitted (e.g., three sections driven to represent the data value “3”, four sections driven to represent the data value “4”). An auxiliary modulating section, isolated from the optical signal path, is included for creating a path for current flow in situations where only an odd number of modulating sections are required to represent the data. The activation of the auxiliary modulation section minimizes the current imbalance that would otherwise be present along a common node of the arrangement. |
| US08929686B2 |
Method and system for deterministic document quality assurance
A method and system for automating quality assurance for one or more documents, including a repository configured for electronically storing a plurality of forms; a computing subsystem for: accessing at least one of the plurality of forms, and selectively encoding the at least one of the plurality of forms with at least one electronic mark to obtain at least one encoded document with the at least one electronic mark; a document processing subsystem for: both scanning a print corresponding with the at least one encoded document and detecting the at least one electronic mark, and for: (a) generating a first bitmap from the at least one encoded document, (b) using the at least one electronic mark to generate a second bitmap from a form related document retrieved from the form repository, and (c) comparing the first and second bitmaps to determine if the first and second bitmaps substantially match. |
| US08929683B2 |
Techniques for registering and warping image stacks
A set of images is processed to modify and register the images to a reference image in preparation for blending the images to create a high-dynamic range image. To modify and register a source image to a reference image, a processing unit generates correspondence information for the source image based on a global correspondence algorithm, generates a warped source image based on the correspondence information, estimates one or more color transfer functions for the source image, and fills the holes in the warped source image. The holes in the warped source image are filled based on either a rigid transformation of a corresponding region of the source image or a transformation of the reference image based on the color transfer functions. |
| US08929682B2 |
Calibrating image sensors
In one implementation, an image sensor is calibrated by determining a spectral characterization for each image window of an image sensor, correlating the spectral characterization for each image window of the image sensor with a spectral property of a target illuminant, and generating a scale factor for each image window of the image sensor. The scale factor for each image window of the image sensor is generated based on the correlating. |
| US08929680B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for identifying distracting elements in an image
A method of identifying a distracting element in an image (e.g., 1100), is disclosed. A visual attention map (e.g., 1120) is determined for the image (1100), the visual attention map (1120) representing one or more regions of the image, at least one of the regions corresponding to at least a portion of a subject of the image. A salient region map (e.g., 1110) is determined for the image (1100), the salient region map comprising a distribution of visual attraction values defining one or more further regions of the image (1100), the one or more further regions being categorized as salient. An intersection between the visual attention map (1120) and the salient region map (1110) is determined to identify a distracting element in the image (1100). The distracting element corresponds to at least one of the salient regions. |
| US08929677B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method for synthesizing a high-resolution image and a refocused image
An image processing apparatus and image processing method capable of providing a high-resolution image for a desired position by use of light field data are provided. The image processing apparatus may determine a position of a portion of light field data among light field data corresponding to a scene, according to a desired focusing position, generate a refocusing first image by use of the position determined portion of light field data, generate a high-resolution image having a predetermined setting ratio relative to the refocusing first image, determine a ratio for local synthesis between the high-resolution image and an enlarged image of the refocusing first image by use of a similarity with respect to the position determined portion of light field data, and generate a synthesized image by synthesizing the high-resolution image and the enlarged image of the refocusing first image according to the local synthesis ratio. |
| US08929675B2 |
Image processing device for video noise reduction
An image processing device includes an estimator, a first calculator, a selector, a determination module, and a third calculator. The estimator estimates a motion vector to reference images of an input video from a target pixel of a process target image. The first calculator calculates candidate pixel values corresponding to positions in the reference images. The selector selects a motion vector for which the error is small as many as the number smaller than the number of motion vectors acquired for the target pixel. The determination module determines the candidate pixel values corresponding to the selected motion vectors. The third calculator calculates a pixel value after correction of the target pixel from an arithmetic average or a weighted sum of the candidate pixel value determined equal to or less than the reference and the pixel value of the target pixel. |
| US08929673B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding image by using rotational transform
An image encoding method includes generating a first frequency coefficient matrix by transforming a predetermined block to a frequency domain; determining whether the first frequency coefficient matrix includes coefficients whose absolute values are greater than a predetermined value; generating a second frequency coefficient matrix by selectively partially switching at least one of rows and columns of the first frequency coefficient matrix according to an angle parameter based on a determination result; and selectively encoding the second frequency coefficient matrix based on the determination result. |
| US08929671B2 |
Image processing apparatus and interpolation frame generating method
An image processing apparatus includes a frame memory, a motion vector detector, a screen edge detector and an interpolation frame generator. The frame memory frame-delays an input signal and outputs the input signal as a delayed input signal. The motion vector detector detects a motion vector between frames based on the input signal and the delayed input signal. The screen edge detector detects a pixel corresponding to a screen edge in the input signal. The interpolation frame generator generates an interpolation frame from the input signal and delayed input signal based on the motion vector and the pixel corresponding to the screen edge. The interpolation frame generator generates the interpolation frame using the pixel corresponding to the screen edge or the pixel inside relative to the pixel corresponding to the screen edge when the motion vector points a pixel outside relative to the pixel corresponding to the screen edge. |
| US08929670B2 |
Image processing method and image processing apparatus
Provided is an image processing apparatus including: a prediction portion to perform an inter-magnification-ratio blur-compensation prediction with respect to a reduced-size reference focus face image, to thereby generate an inter-magnification-ratio blur-compensation predicted image at each of a plurality of focus positions, the reduced-size reference focus face image being obtained by reducing a size of a reference focus face image to be a reference of a plurality of focus face images obtained by imaging a subject at the plurality of focus positions; a differential data generation portion to generate, for each of the plurality of focus positions, differential data between the focus face image and the inter-magnification-ratio blur-compensation predicted image generated by the prediction portion; and an encoding portion to encode the reduced-size reference focus face image and the differential data generated by the differential data generation portion. |
| US08929667B1 |
Analysis of web application state
Disclosed are various embodiments for obtaining captures of network pages from an electronic commerce system, wherein each of the captures comprises attributes of the respective one of the network pages and capture data of one of the network pages in a browser. The system identifies a correlated pair of the captures having a positive degree of correlation between the attributes of a respective pair of the network pages. The system generates a differential for the correlated pair, wherein the differential comprises distinctions between the capture data of the correlated pair of captures. The system generates a notice associated with the correlated pair, wherein the differential exceeds a predefined threshold. |