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Virtual machines of a virtual data center generate runtime instances with a software image, hardware configuration, management configuration and user / service configuration. Virtual data center resource use is monitored by reference to the management configuration of runtime instances, such as for environmental controls like power, cooling and balancing, or for policy limitations on users, software or hardware. Users or services generate runtime instances of stored virtual machines by reference to the user / service configuration, such as pricing or priority. In one example embodiment, the virtual machine software image comprises an application system preparation file that populates a read only application image common to plural virtual machines. Information unique to each virtual machine with respect to the application is maintained in the user / service configuration of the virtual machine and version information is maintained in the management configuration of the virtual machine. Updates to the application across each virtual machine are performed by updating the read only image or any of its configuration information for hardware configuration, management configuration or user / service configuration.

The need for a more-readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote controls for consumer electronic devices. The present invention provides an enhanced interface for facilitating human input of a desired control sequence in a programmable device by employing specialized visual feedback. The present invention also relates to a new interface and method of interfacing with a programmable device, which is usable as an interface for a programmable video cassette recorder.

The system enables business people to understand the impact of business transactions, changes and events in real-time using advanced rules and analytics to filter, categorize and interpret the significance of streams of real-time information. Most business performance analysis today is done manually and this process is a time consuming and skilled task leading to a time delay in producing the analysis. This time lag between the transaction or event happening and being able to take action on the analysis is measured in weeks or months at many companies. By blending real-time information with historical data and performance goals, this system enables business users to assess business events and collaborate within teams to drive optimal business performance. Using forecasting techniques enables business managers to predict the likelihood of achieving a particular goal without relying on manual analysis by a skilled analyst. The system automatically updates the forecast based on real-time changing data, enabling the business manager to have an up to the minute and statistically valid projection of future business performance.

A fast renderer for panoramic images is herein disclosed. In an embodiment, a precomputation is made of (a) a region on a surface defined by a first transformation from a viewport to the surface and (b) a second transformation that maps from the precomputed region to the viewport. In order to render the surface on the viewport, the renderer determines what portion of the image intersects with the precomputed region and proceeds to apply the precomputed second transformation to the portion of the image, thereby resulting in a transformed image which can be rendered in the viewport for display.

Virtual machines of a virtual data center generate runtime instances with a software image, hardware configuration, management configuration and user / service configuration. Virtual data center resource use is monitored by reference to the management configuration of runtime instances, such as for environmental controls like power, cooling and balancing, or for policy limitations on users, software or hardware. Users or services generate runtime instances of stored virtual machines by reference to the user / service configuration, such as pricing or priority. In one example embodiment, the virtual machine software image comprises an application system preparation file that populates a read only application image common to plural virtual machines. Information unique to each virtual machine with respect to the application is maintained in the user / service configuration of the virtual machine and version information is maintained in the management configuration of the virtual machine. Updates to the application across each virtual machine are performed by updating the read only image or any of its configuration information for hardware configuration, management configuration or user / service configuration.

A configurator platform and a corresponding configurator environment, according to an embodiment of the invention enable a user to navigate a displayed virtual representation of a building configuration. The user is also enabled to customize the building configuration. The customization is based on a set of physical product specifications from which the user may make selections. A building configuration may be stored as a plurality of tags indicative of physical product specifications included in the building configuration. The building configuration may be sent to an engineering system where it is translated into an engineering model of the building. The configuration platform may further provide interaction with a geographic information system to provide environmental, geologic, and regulatory information as well as other location-based data associated with the geographic location of the building.

The need for a more readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote controls for consumer electronic devices. The present invention provides an enhanced interface for facilitating human input of a desired control sequence in a programmable device by employing specialized visual feedback. The present invention also relates to a new interface and method of interfacing with a programmable device, which is usable as an interface for a programmable video cassette recorder.

A data center topology routes traffic between internal sub-nets and between a sub-net and an outside network through a common chain of services. The data center topology employs transparent layer 7 and layer 4 services on a common chassis or platform to provide routing, load balancing and firewall services while reducing the number of devices necessary to implement the data center and simplifying configuration.

Aspects of the invention relate generally to accessing, storing, and processing vector data to represent various geographical features such as roads, rivers, lakes, countries, continents, and oceans on one or more maps. More specifically, the vector data may be pre-simplified for rendering at different zoom levels. The simplification process is based on removing vertices from vector data in order to reduce the number of points in a given polygon or line. As this process is very expensive in terms of time and processing power, the system and method allow for estimation of the proportion of vertices which that would be removed from the original geometry. Based on this estimation, one may decide whether or not the simplification is worth the effort to compute and store the simplified data.

A method for interfacing with a user of an enterprise intrusion detection system, the method comprises receiving at least one packet flow, each packet flow originating from a unique node in the intrusion detection system and comprising descriptive information and a plurality of packet headers. The descriptive information of a first subset of the received packet flows is communicated to a user based at least in part on a filtering ruleset. A second subset of the received packet flows is concealed from the user based at least in part on the filtering ruleset. In response to receiving a command from the user, the plurality of packet headers for at least one packet flow in the first subset is communicated to the user.

A fast renderer for panoramic images is herein disclosed. In an embodiment, a precomputation is made of (a) a region on a surface defined by a first transformation from a viewport to the surface and (b) a second transformation that maps from the precomputed region to the viewport. In order to render the surface on the viewport, the renderer determines what portion of the image intersects with the precomputed region and proceeds to apply the precomputed second transformation to the portion of the image, thereby resulting in a transformed image which can be rendered in the viewport for display.

A one-arm data center topology routes traffic between internal sub-nets and between a sub-net and an outside network through a common chain of services. The data center topology employs layer 4 services on a common chassis or platform to provide routing and firewall services while reducing the number of devices necessary to implement the data center and simplifying configuration. Load balancing is provided by a load balancing device. In the one-arm topology, policy based routing or client network address translations or NAT pushes traffic to the CSM.

A system for the inductive transmission of power from a primary coil to a secondary coil and its associated secondary circuits, and for the inductive transmission of data between the primary and secondary coils includes a hard body-armor plate mountable in a tactical garment wherein at least one primary coil is embedded in the plate behind the plate's strike-face by a substantially uniform said first depth, and wherein the primary circuits of the primary coil are adapted to be electrically connected to a central power source carried on or in cooperation with said garment, and at least one device pocket is provided for an electronic hand-held device wherein said device pocket is mountable to an outer surface of said garment so as to be in an inductively coupling position aligned over said primary coil in said plate to thereby align said secondary coil of a hand-held device in the device pocket over and into inductively coupled registry with said primary coil in the plate.

Automated cold storage unit and systems for storing, monitoring, and maintaining a supply of temperature sensitive pharmaceutical and / or other products in compliance with regulatory requirements are provided. Such units contain an array of independently addressable holding locations for containers with product in one or more controlled temperature zones fitted with temperature sensors. The units include a reader to track product information and status. Product movement within the unit is performed by a computer-controlled robot. A user interface device, preferably in communication with an application service provider to provide remotely managed inventory management and other services, provides users with secure access to the contents of the unit and associated product data and information.

A reporting system, employing a microprocessor, tracks the operation of an on-vehicle brake lathe and provides records of the resurfacing operations performed by the lathe. Identification of the vehicle and wheel position of a brake disk to be resurfaced are inputted using an operator interface, and stored in a temporary memory. When tool bits of the lathe are positioned to set a depth of cut, a thickness monitor indicates the resulting thickness for the brake disk, which is compared to a minimum thickness specification for the inputted vehicle and wheel position to determine whether the disk can be resurfaced to meet the specification. If so, a cutting operation evaluator monitors a continuity checker that is responsive to contact of the tool bits and the disk to determine when the resurfacing operation is complete, at which time the collected data can be reported.

Within a mobile communication device (100), a method (300) of specifying two or more musical notes for substantially concurrent playback can include receiving (302) an input specifying a root note (FIG. 2) indicating a position on a neck of a stringed instrument and associating (308) at least one column of input keys such as numeric keys (115) of the mobile communication device with a string of the stringed instrument (130). Numeric keys next to one another and within a same column can specify notes which vary by approximately a half-step (130). The method also can include detecting (312) at least one activation of the numeric keys specifying at least one additional note to be played substantially concurrently or in a defined sequence with the root note (FIG. 5), thereby specifying a musical chord.

A device that is not necessarily high in performance, includes: a standard information obtaining unit configured to obtain standard information including a type of drawing process that could be used for computer graphics and a feature of the shape of polygon; a drawing information obtaining unit configured to obtain drawing information including information indicating the type of drawing process used for the actual computer graphics and information indicating the shape of polygon; a simplification judging unit configured to judge whether the type of the drawing process and the shape of the polygon indicated by the drawing information satisfy the standard indicated by the drawing standard information; a polygon simplifying unit configured to simplify the polygon by reducing vertices composing the polygon when said simplification judging unit judges that the standard is satisfied; and a drawing unit configured to execute computer graphics process using the polygon whose vertices are reduced, in order to achieve simplification of polygons and reduction of the total processing time for computer graphics (CG).

The invention discloses a farmland information real-time monitoring system and method based on remote monitoring. The method comprises the following steps: an information collection front end integrates the multiplexed information containing the factors of weather, soil and farmland environment and video image information which are collected instantly, to one-way information and transmits the information to a server side through a wireless transmission device and a transmission network; the server side analyzes and restores the received one-way information to the multiplexed information and the video image information and stores and manages the obtained information; and the analyzed and restored real time information and / or the stored historical information are sent to a client side through the Internet according to the demand of the client side for display, observation and analysis. The system and method of the invention can realize the visual and real-time monitoring of crops, thus providing intuitive and credible reference information and data for agricultural experts, decision makers and managers.

A method for managing a back-end information storage infrastructure and a flexible development environment for data storage using a computer system. The method includes managing system resources including a relational database. Meta data models are created to model processes and to define meta data elements and their relationships by using trees and graphs. The method manages access to the data by authenticating users through a directory describing user rights, while providing management of multi-user access and concurrency. The method includes running the processes that generate instance data, storing the instance data following the meta data model, and transforming the instance data into physical views.

The need for a more-readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote controls for consumer electronic devices. The present invention provides an enhanced interface for facilitating human input of a desired control sequence in a programmable device by employing specialized visual feedback. The present invention also relates to a new interface and method of interfacing with a programmable device, which is usable as an interface for a programmable video cassette recorder.

A wine dispensing system comprises a cabinet with refrigerated compartments for maintaining bulk wine in boxes and dispenses any one of a number of wine varieties upon pressing an appropriate button. Check valves in the system prevent air from spoiling unused wine, and a computer measures each pour, updates inventory, and accepts demographic information to assist in marketing and sales promotion.

The utility model discloses a robot navigation system and a navigation method. The robot navigation system comprises a navigation network which is formed by a plurality of wireless access points, a wireless communication module which is used for transferring data and collecting the intensity sequence communicated with the wireless access points, a sensor which is used for checking that the robot meets barriers or not, and a position server which is used for storing the referenced intensity sequence and running the intricate position arithmetic, and is characterized in that the position server is connected with the wireless communication module and interacts with the navigation network. The navigation method is characterized in that the robot judges the next target position until reaches the destination by comparing the intensity sequence collected in real time with stored reference intensity sequence of the position points; when the robot meets barriers, the robot records and demarcates the intensity sequence of the position in order to avoid entering the position again, therefore achieving intellectual learning; the robot can upload the correlative information to the position server and achieve the assistant navigation position by the help of the database of the position server and the position arithmetic. The utility model is not likely to be affected by the environment and also has the advantages of low cost of maintenance.

The invention discloses farmland information real-time acquisition system, device and method based on remote monitoring. In the system, an environmental parameter acquisition front end is used for outputting a multipath environmental element parameter signal acquired in real time to a data acquisition device through each environmental element sensor; a video image acquisition front end is used for outputting an image signal which is shot in real time to the data acquisition device through a camera; the data acquisition device is used for processing the input multi-path environmental element parameter signal and video signal, packaging the generated multi-path environmental element parameter signal and video signal into a path of information and waiting to upload the information to a remote service end and / or a client; and a power equipment is used for providing a work power supply for the data acquisition device. By organically combining information of farmland environment, growth condition of crops and the like, the invention provides visual and credible reference information for agricultural experts, deciders, agricultural producers and the like to make decisions and measures.

The invention discloses a deforming statistical map based multi-view spatio-temporal data visualization method and application. Spatio-temporal data having geography and time attributes is visualized by adopting a method of multi-view and multi-tag mixed layout formed by combining a traditional map, a statistical map, time axis and a pie chart, a bar graph, a bubble chart and a Nightingale rose diagram in a statistical chart, and the dissymmetry problem of data distribution and space utilization of a traditional map visualization method and the problem that the attributes of multi-dimensional data display are not comprehensively displayed are avoided. A user can be helped to understand all the aspects of data from multiple perspectives, meanwhile a classic visualized statistic analysis chart, the map time axis and the like are combined, so that data display is specific and vivid. The deforming statistical map based multi-view spatio-temporal data visualization method can be applied to the fields of data visualization of microblogs, WeChat, demographic statistics, infectious disease distribution, elector distribution and the like, and visualization and visual analysis conducted on the data having the time relation of spatial distribution are achieved.

A computer-implemented method and apparatus for providing data locality in a serialized object stream. Data is extracted from an object into the serialized object stream, thereby creating a simple data stream. Data of a specified type is then relocated from the extracted data to a contiguous section within the serialized object stream, thereby creating an enhanced data stream. The enhanced data stream is formatted in such a manner as to provide backward compatibility with the simple data stream.

A method for distribute or share data provided by a server process of an industrial control system to a client process running on a first machine of a first user, with a client process running on a machine of a second user. The server session is logged by the server process. It is determined that the first user makes a selection to distribute or share a client process with at least one second user. An address is retrieved for the at least one other user, and a channel is opened thus providing the same data provided to the client process running on the first machine to a client process running on a second machine of at least one second user. Also system, a human-machine interface and a computer program for carrying out the method.

A computer-implemented system for creating or managing layouts, comprising a browser application and one or more display clients for rendering data-oriented views. The browser application is user-operable to select or locate data sources and to select data-oriented views and thereby to control the browser application to control the display clients to render the selected data-oriented views based on the selected data sources. The browser application may include an icon module for generating increment icons, the increment icons being user-operable to select the data sources and the data-oriented views.

Biological data obtained through observation devices and job titles are recorded on a data recording device in association with time data that are generated at regular intervals. A data processing computer produces a graph from the data read out from the data recording device. The observation devices, the data recording device and the data processing computer are connected to a network, so that a required graph may be produced by processing data at a place remote from the observatory.

This invention discloses a method for simplifying geometrical data in higher dimensions and in particular reducing three-dimensional (3D) mesh (801) from an original 3D mesh (800). The simplification method comprises a series of reduction steps combined with operations that map the original data onto the reduced data in subsequent steps. The mapping allows calculation of absolute geometrical metrics, including distance and volume, for bounded simplification.

The invention provides a communication interface that is configured to exchange digital data packets configured with a simplified header format with a PDA, and is further configured to exchange digital data configured with a conventional header format with a device such as a computer server communicating with a network, such as the Internet. When directed to exchange data between a PDA and a computer, the interface is capable of converting the header of a data packet from one header format to another header format. This allows seamless communication between the computer and the PDA.