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Apparatus and method for chaining objects in a pointer drag path

An apparatus and method for a graphical user interface allow performing operations simply by dragging a first object to touch a second object. The selection of the first object places a corresponding first object in a chain of objects. When the selected first object touches a second object, a corresponding second object is added to the chain of objects. This process may continue for the selection of many objects by merely touching each object with the selected first object, which causes a corresponding object to be added to the chain of objects. The chain of objects may then be processed as an atomic group of operations that may be rolled back if any of the operations in the group fail.
Owner:IBM CORP

Transaction card providing displayed information

Transaction cards useful for making purchases of goods and / or services are provided having a display for showing information thereon. More specifically, the transaction cards of the present invention provide information directly on the face of the transaction card that is received via a wireless chip and / or antenna embedded within the transaction card. The transaction cards may be “stored-value” cards, credit cards, debit cards, or other transaction cards. In addition, the transaction cards may store information thereon within one or more magnetic stripes and / or within microchips embedded within the transaction card. The information relates to credit limit information or balance information. Alternatively, the information may be displayed on means for holding the transaction card, such as a slipcover. In addition, the information may be requested and displayed on a portable communication device, such as a cellular telephone, a pager, a personal digital assistant, a personal computing device, or other like devices.
Owner:LIBERTY PEAK VENTURES LLC

Apparatus and method for pointer drag path operations

An apparatus and method for a graphical user interface allow performing operations simply by dragging a first object over a second object. One or more attributes of the second object are effectively “picked up” by virtue of dragging over the second object. In this manner, the user interface is more friendly, more intuitive, and reduces the number of pointer clicks to implement a particular function, thereby enhancing the efficiency of the user.
Owner:IBM CORP

Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing Standard Real World to Virtual World Links

An apparatus for providing standard real world to virtual world links may include a processing element configured to receive indications of an image including an object, determine whether the object corresponds to a particular object having a predefined association based on a recognition of the object, and execute a function corresponding to the predefined association in response to the object corresponding to the particular object.
Owner:NOKIA TECHNOLOGLES OY

Multi-process browser architecture

Systems and methods for multi-process browser architecture are described herein. In an embodiment, a system for providing multi-process browser architecture includes at least one rendering process for each browser instance that renders a content area; and at least one browser process that communicates with one or a plurality of rendering engine processes. In another embodiment, a method for providing a multi-process browser architecture includes instantiating a unique rendering process for each content area instance and instantiating a unique browser process. In this way browsers may avoid the effects of faulty processes affecting other browser processes. This may improve user efficiency while enhancing user experience.
Owner:GOOGLE LLC

Device skins for user role, context, and function and supporting system mashups

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a communication system that provides various automated operations, including searches of public and private resources for third party information and presentation of the located third party information by a mashup and preparation of a mashup to combine different communication modes or modes in a common session.
Owner:AVAYA INC

Interference mitigation method in cellular system based on orthogonal frequency division multiple access

An inter-cell interference mitigation method in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDM)-based cellular system includes: dividing wireless resources into a resource group for fractional frequency reuse and a resource group for removing inter-cell interference; and re-dividing the resource group for fractional frequency reuse into particular resource groups numbering the same as a number of cell types of fractional frequency reuse, and applying a maximum transmission power to a particular resource group according to a cell type for fractional frequency reuse.
Owner:ELECTRONICS & TELECOMM RES INST

System and method for a customer engagement platform to increase residential water use efficiency

InactiveUS20140180761A1Increase residential water use efficiencyImprove water efficiencyWater conservationMarketingWater-use efficiencyCustomer engagement
A computer-implemented method is disclosed for providing a customer engagement platform to increase residential water-user efficiency with one or more servers programmed to execute the method. The method comprising estimating, with the one or more servers, outdoor irrigable area of a household, wherein the estimating includes calculating outdoor irrigable land of the household for estimating outdoor water usage of the household.
Owner:WATERSMART SOFTWARE

Chaining objects in a pointer drag path

An apparatus and method for a graphical user interface allow performing operations simply by dragging a first object to touch a second object. The selection of the first object places a corresponding first object in a chain of objects. When the selected first object touches a second object, a corresponding second object is added to the chain of objects. This process may continue for the selection of many objects by merely touching each object with the selected first object, which causes a corresponding object to be added to the chain of objects. The chain of objects may then be processed as an atomic group of operations that may be rolled back if any of the operations in the group fail.
Owner:WRP IP MANAGEMENT LLC

Hotel room reservation information transfer method and system

The invention provides a hotel room reservation information transfer method. A geographical location in a request sent by a user is automatically identified, a room information list for the selection of the user is generated, a room can be effectively selected according to the states of rooms for reservation, the user only needs to initiate a query request to a hotel room reservation server before check in to obtain a two-dimensional code electronic key, the user only needs to verify the two-dimensional code electronic key to open the hotel room to check in without performing room reservation, identity information registration, room card issue and other procedures on a hotel reception desk, therefore the wait and the arrangement of staff at the hotel reception desk are reduced, the user efficiency can be effectively improved, and the hotel operation cost is reduced. The invention further discloses a corresponding hotel room reservation information transfer system.
Owner:SHENZHEN OURUIBO ELECTRONICS

Web enabled business to business computer system for rental car services

An Internet enabled, business-to-business computerized transaction system is disclosed in its preferred embodiment for use in providing rental car services for high volume users and comprises an Internet web portal through which the high volume user may access an integrated business computer network for the rental vehicle service provider. The rental vehicle services provider computer network is configured to interconnect a geographically diverse plurality of branch offices, cataloguing their available rental vehicles and schedules for same as well as handling all transactional data relating to its business. The Internet web portal provides ubiquitous connectivity and portability for a multi-level business organization who regularly places high volumes of rental purchases with its business partner. Utilizing the method and apparatus of the present invention large volumes of rental transactions may be placed, monitored, altered during performance, and closed out with financial accounting and payment being made virtually without human intervention.
Owner:THE CRAWFORD GROUP

Apparatus and method for mobile graphical cheminformatic

The present invention is a pocket-sized, portable computing apparatus that performs frequently used laboratory calculations, provides a look-up function for commonly used data and procedures, and provides note-taking and data capture for record-keeping. The present invention displays data in a form that a chemist finds most convenient and manipulates this data with functions a chemist typically utilizes in his work. In addition, the present invention provides a user interface that is compatible with traditional methods for formula manipulations and chemistry workflows and that increases the efficiency of the user in performing laboratory tasks.
Owner:ABACALAB

Instant messaging to and from PBX stations

The present invention is directed to a message interfacing agent 224 enables a circuit-switched communication device 106, such as a telephone, to receive and respond to electronic messages and the feature server 228 enables external endpoints to access switch / server functionality using packet-switched communications.
Owner:AVAYA INC

Microcomputer and trace control method capable of tracing desired task

InactiveUS20060075310A1Improve efficiencyAvoids shortage of memory spaceError detection/correctionMicrocomputerProcessor register
A microcomputer includes a bus, a CPU coupled to the bus, a trace data generating circuit coupled to the bus to output trace data of a process executed by the CPU at an output node, a memory coupled to the output node of the trace data generating circuit to store the trace data, a first register coupled to the bus to store a task number indicative of a task being executed by the CPU, and a control unit coupled to the first register to control on / off of outputting of the trace data from the trace data generating circuit in response to the task number.
Owner:FUJITSU LTD

System and method for projecting transformations of object trees

A system and method for projecting the transformation of object trees, especially in MES systems, wherein the course object tree and target object tree are represented in a common meta-object model of a software system, especially a framework. The source object tree is transformed into the target object tree by adjustment. Transformation occurs directly in the object of the meta-object model, thereby enabling communication between connected applications by means of pure data exchange.
Owner:SIEMENS AG

Web enabled business to business computer system for rental car services

An Internet enabled, business-to-business computerized transaction system is disclosed in its preferred embodiment for use in providing rental car services for high volume users and comprises an Internet web portal through which the high volume user may access an integrated business computer network for the rental vehicle service provider. The rental vehicle services provider computer network is configured to interconnect a geographically diverse plurality of branch offices, cataloguing their available rental vehicles and schedules for same as well as handling all transactional data relating to its business. The Internet web portal provides ubiquitous connectivity and portability for a multi-level business organization who regularly places high volumes of rental purchases with its business partner. Utilizing the method and apparatus of the present invention large volumes of rental transactions may be placed, monitored, altered during performance, and closed out with financial accounting and payment being made virtually without human intervention.
Owner:THE CRAWFORD GROUP

System and Method of Presenting Relevant Application Components to a User

In one embodiment the present invention includes a computer implemented method of presenting relevant application components to a user of a computer system. The method includes capturing text displayed in open applications, determining key terms in the captured text based on a key terms catalog, and determining potentially relevant components by using the key terms to search a user interface dictionary. The user interface dictionary corresponds to a map between user interface strings and user interface components. The method further includes computing relevance scores for potentially relevant components, and presenting to the user the relevant components that correspond to relevant ones of the potentially relevant components, according to the relevance scores.
Owner:SAP AG

Systems and methods for determining land use development potential

Systems and methods for determining land use development potential are provided, including a graphical user interface for real-time analysis. The systems and methods further implement search functions and real-time feedback and recommendations for real-time adjustment of a proposed land use development plan to ensure compliance with environmental and regulatory information.
Owner:GRIDICS

Method and system for displaying micro-blog message, micro-blog terminal, and server, and storage medium

The disclosure relates to a method for displaying micro-blog messages, which includes: when the users look up the list roster, the micro-blog terminal sends an obtaining request to the micro-blog server, receives and display the list roster fed back by the micro-blog server; when any one of the micro-blog list is selected from the list roster, the micro-blog terminal writes a name of the chosen micro-blog list into a new displaying page, and sending a message list request to the micro-blog server; the micro-blog terminal receives the message list of the chosen micro-blog list that is fed back from the micro-blog server, and displaying the message list of the chosen micro-blog list on the new message displaying page. It is disclosed a system for displaying micro-blog messages, a micro-blog terminal, server, and storage medium thereof.
Owner:TENCENT TECH (SHENZHEN) CO LTD

System and Method for Natural Media Painting Using Automatic Brush Cleaning and Filling Modes

Systems, methods, and apparatus for simulating natural media painting in a digital painting application (or painting simulation module) may provide an automatic brush cleaning feature and an automatic brush filling feature, which may be separately selectable by a user. When enabled, these features may cause the digital painting application (or simulation module) to automatically clean a virtual paint brush (e.g., by emptying both a reservoir buffer and a pickup buffer of a brush model) and / or automatically fill the virtual paint brush with paint (e.g., by storing data representing paint in the reservoir buffer) between brush strokes. These automated actions may be performed in response to detecting the completion of a brush stroke, or in response to detecting the initiation of a next brush stroke. Settings for these automated actions may be overridden by initiating manual brush cleaning and / or filling operations between strokes (e.g., following any automated actions that are enabled).
Owner:ADOBE INC

Method and Apparatus of Electrical Property Measurement Using an AFM Operating in Peak Force Tapping Mode

An apparatus and method of collecting topography, mechanical property data and electrical property data with an atomic force microscope (AFM) in either a single pass or a dual pass operation. PFT mode is preferably employed thus allowing the use of a wide range of probes, one benefit of which is to enhance the sensitivity of electrical property measurement.
Owner:BRUKER NANO INC

Login management technique

The invention is to provide a technique for improving the usage efficiency of user licenses in an environment in which the simultaneous connection number of users is limited. This invention comprises: determining a predetermined allowable time based on a task selected by a user and an attribute of the user; and forcibly making the user log off in a case where it is detected that data relating to the selected task is not inputted or received for a time exceeding the predetermined allowable time. Thus, the time until the logoff is forcibly performed is automatically and suitably set according to, for example, the task conducted by the user or a department to which the user belongs.
Owner:FUJITSU LTD
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