System and methodology for providing a mobile device with a network-based intelligent resource fork
An improved method for enumerating resources for use by a client is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes method steps of: storing a source or base set of resources; receiving a r... Read More
Inventors: Bodnar, Eric;, Assignee: LightSurf Technologies, Inc. (Santa Cruz, CA) |
Rendering data according to a present schema from an origin response message
The present invention minimizes or overcomes the shortcomings of the prior art through the provision of apparatus and methodologies for obtaining data from a data source and rendering the data to a us... Read More
Inventors: Sprague, Roger W.; Travison, Daniel T.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
System and method for leveraging independent innovation in entertainment content and graphics hardware
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention is now described with reference to the figures, where like reference numbers indicate identical or functionally similar el... Read More
Inventors: Tanner, Christopher C.; Amaud, Remi Simon Vincent; Jones, Michael T.; Webb, Richard D.; McClendon, Brian;, Assignee: Activision Publishing, Inc. (Santa Monica, CA) |
Extensible stylesheet designs in visual graphic environments
This section as well as the abstract is for the purpose of summarizing some aspects of the present invention and to briefly introduce some features or preferred embodiments. Simplifications or omissio... Read More
Inventors: Kim, Hong J.; Huang, Evan S.;, Assignee: |
Information processing apparatus and information display method
The invention claimed is: 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: control means for controlling view point information of virtual user within virtual space in accordance with input informat... Read More
Inventors: Nagahara, Junichi; Minoshima, Toshikazu;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Method for determination and representation of adjustment steps for an apparatus requiring adjustment
I claim: 1. A computerized method for determining and representing adjustment steps for an apparatus requiring adjustment, comprising the steps of: automatically electronically generating a list of ad... Read More
Inventors: Campagna, Swen;, Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Munich, DE) |
Electronic whiteboard with multi-functional user interface
It is a principle object of the present invention to provide a whiteboard which enhances the ability to create, retain and review information. In a principle aspect of the present invention, a whitebo... Read More
Inventors: Geaghan, Bernard O.; Atwood, Stephen P.; Sprague, James;, Assignee: Microtouch Systems, Inc. (Methuen, MA) |
Facial image processing method and apparatus
In accordance with these and related objects, image processing according to the present invention comprises 1) preliminary or rough image feature identification based on analysis of the scanned subjec... Read More
Inventors: Ishikawa, Masaki;, Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Tokyo, JP); A. I. Soft, Inc. (Matsumoto, JP) |
Method and apparatus for displaying database information according to a specified print layout and page format
It is a general object of the present invention to provide a means for providing a great variety of print views of pre-stored data for a user. It is a more specific object of the present invention to ... Read More
Inventors: Shakib, Darren Arthur; Sarin, Raman Kumar; Alam, Salim; Tippett, John Marshall; Whitney, David Charles;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Multimedia search system
OF THE INVENTION In the context of this disclosure and the claims appended hereto, references to an information database can apply to any type of data, any type of data format, or any type of storage... Read More
Inventors: Reed, Michael; Greenhalgh, Carol; Carlton, Ron; Good, Dale; Holzman, Carl; Kester, Harold; Munevar, Edwardo; Bestick, Greg; Bastin, Norman J.; Frank, Stanley D.; Holman, Neil; Jensen, Ann; Maatman, Gail B.; Rogers, Derryl;, Assignee: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. (Chicago, IL) |
Method and apparatus for communicating program selections on a multiple channel digital media server having analog output
A method and apparatus for delivering analog data on demand from a multiple channel digital media server are provided. According to one aspect of the invention, a number of digital data streams are ad... Read More
Inventors: Chawla, Rajeev;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) |
Local service provider for pull based intelligent caching system
This invention provides improved methods for delivering large amounts of data, such as streaming audio and video data, over a network, such as the Internet. According to one aspect, the method involve... Read More
Inventors: Burns, Gregory; Leach, Paul J.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Method of manufacture of a plasma reactor with curved shape for treating auto emissions
A method for preparing a non-thermal plasma reactor comprises forming a curved, swept-shaped substrate specifically designed for fabrication via extrusion and preparing a reactor element from the form... Read More
Inventors: Nelson, David Emil;, Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, MI) |
Method and apparatus to enhance a multicast information stream in a communication network
The disadvantages of the art are alleviated to a great extent by a method and apparatus that enhances a multicast information stream in a communication network. A first multicast information stream is... Read More
Inventors: Agraharam, Sanjay; Markowitz, Robert Edward; Rosen, Kenneth H.; Shur, David Hilton; Winthrop, Joel A.;, Assignee: AT&T Corp. (New York, NY) |
Method for enhancing video compression through automatic data analysis and profile selection
The present invention is of a system and method for rapid multimedia data compression and transmission for a wireless remote monitor. The method of multimedia data compression according to the present... Read More
Inventors: Dvir, Ira; Medan, Yoav;, Assignee: Moonlight Cordless Ltd. (Ramat Gan, IL) |
Method and apparatus for longest matching prefix determination in a communication network
OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Generally, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for compressing the data associated with trie cuts (strides), and a method and apparatus fo... Read More
Inventors: Carr, David W.;, Assignee: Alcatel Canada Inc. (Kanata, CA) |
High performance multiple-unit electronic data storage system with checkpoint logs for rapid failure recovery
The present invention provides an electronic data storage system in which the time required to write data in a multiple-spindle disk drive system is greatly reduced and the recovery speed is greatly i... Read More
Inventors: Chao, Chia-Chiang; English, Robert M.; Jacobson, David M.; Stepanov, Alexander A.; Wilkes, Andrew J.;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) |
Shadow translation look-aside buffer and method of operation
To address the above-discussed deficiencies of the prior art, the present invention provides, for use in an x86-compatible processor having a physically-addressable cache and a primary translation loo... Read More
Inventors: Green, Daniel W.;, Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Web based integrated customer interface for invoice reporting
Accordingly, to resolve the above shortcomings, the present invention provides a Web-based invoice viewing system for online presentation of various billing and invoice documents associated with netwo... Read More
Inventors: Gobin, Parmeshwar; Hall, Henry Huntington; Hauryluck, Carla Reale; Kanze, Daniel Robert; Liburd, Steven William; Sandt, Kirk Van; Swei, Jia Huei;, Assignee: WorldCom, Inc. (Clinton, MS) |
Automatic re-authentication
The following description sets forth specific embodiments and elements of a client/server system that incorporate elements recited in the appended claims. The embodiments are described with specifici... Read More
Inventors: Abdo, Nadim Y.; Overton, Adam J.; Garms, Jason; Parsons, Jr., John E.; Loh, Alvin; Field, Scott A.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Method and apparatus for searching and presenting search result from one or more information sources based on context representations selected from the group of other users
FIG. 1 shows a flowchart of one embodiment of the method according to the invention. In step (101) the method is initialised. In step (102) the user is presented with one or more choices. These choic... Read More
Inventors: Fruensgaard, Finn Ove; Kj.ae butted.rsgaard, Jesper;, Assignee: Mindpass A/S (Aalborg, DK) |
Mediating conflicts in computer user's context data
A software facility is described below that exchanges information between sources of context data and consumers of context data. In particular, in a preferred embodiment, a characterization module op... Read More
Inventors: Abbott, Kenneth H.; Newell, Dan; Robarts, James O.; Freedman, Joshua M.; Apacible, Johnson;, Assignee: Tangis Corporation (Medina, WA) |
Managing interactions between computer users' context models
A software facility is described below that exchanges information between sources of context data and consumers of context data. In particular, in a preferred embodiment, a characterization module op... Read More
Inventors: Abbott, Kenneth H.; Newell, Dan; Robarts, James O.; Freedman, Joshua M.;, Assignee: Tangis Corporation (Seattle, WA) |
Contextual responses based on automated learning techniques
The following description provides specific details for a thorough understanding of, and enabling description for, embodiments of the invention. However, one skilled in the relevant art will understa... Read More
Inventors: Robarts, James O.; Matteson, Eric L.;, Assignee: Tangis Corporation (Seattle, WA) |
Indicating when clickable image link on a hypertext image map of a computer web browser has been traversed
It is thus an object of the invention to provide a means to indicate to the user of hypertext information that a graphical image or bit map link has been traversed previously. Thus, the invention is a... Read More
Inventors: Nation, George Wayne;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Document processing apparatus
The present invention addresses the problems associated with the related art. Thus, it is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing apparatus which executes the documents whi... Read More
Inventors: Ishima, Hiroyuki; Tanaka, Tsuyoshi;, Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Hypertext document processing apparatus with display means displaying input data and additional display means displaying translated data
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to display linked documents in an original text on a input/output section for original text, and another object is to achieve easier grasp of a linkage... Read More
Inventors: Hirai, Tokuyuki; Shinozaki, Naoko; Nishiura, Kazuo;, Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
System and method for customizing controls on a toolbar
The present invention satisfies the above-described needs by providing a system and method for customizing the presentation of a set of control elements or commands, such as a toolbar, in a graphical ... Read More
Inventors: Arcuri, Michael P.; McBride, Christopher Michael; van Tilburg, Martijn E.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Method and apparatus for binding user interface objects to application objects
A graphical user interface (GUI) and accompanying functionality for binding Web page definitional elements to a back-end state (e.g., client- or server-side back-end state) and custom logic is provide... Read More
Inventors: Marcos, Paul; Weber, Arnaud; Tevanian, Avie; Willrich, Rebecca Eades; Herzer, Stefanie; Federighi, Craig;, Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc. (Cupertino, CA) |
Display of messages from a plurality of processes running in parallel
The object of the invention is therefore to provide a method which makes it possible for messages and/or error information from a process which is active in foreground to be shown directly to a user a... Read More
Inventors: Grohmann, Ralf; Wedeniwski, Sebastian;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
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