118 results about "Polling system" patented technology

A system and method for sharing data polling and buffering for multiple requesters are provided. With the present invention, a user / computing device may register with a data polling system whose purpose is to periodically poll computer system resources for data. This data is stored in a common storage buffer with pointers to the data being stored in index data structures for a plurality of users. More than one user index data structure may have a pointer to the same data location in the common storage buffer. In addition, a mechanism for aligning data pollings among a plurality of users / computing devices is provided so as to increase the amount of sharing of data stored in the common storage buffer.

A system and method for interactively affecting the course of a program or programming content. Viewer purchase electronic tokens which can be used to vote on the sequence of content in a broadcast whether it be audio, video or a combination thereof. Users are periodically polled by a server to vote on the direction that a broadcast is taking. The broadcast is then modified with real-time or stored content based upon the polling results from the viewers. Thus communities of voters have a chance to vote on the direction of content. The invention also allows sub-communities to be formed to pre-vote on a broadcast so that the sub-community can possible vote as a bloc on the direction and content of programming that is presented.

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing polling related data to viewers in an interactive cable televisions system. Users viewing a program can initiate a request for participating in a polling activity. The request and other program-related information are sent to the cable television system provider. Appropriate polling window data is returned to the set top box allowing a polling window to be displayed to the viewer. The viewer may choose one or several selections, and transmit the response to the cable television system provider. User responses can be tallied and presented in real time to the viewer audience. Program producers can incorporate the results of viewer feedback in real-time allowing the outcome of the program to be based on the collective viewer feedback.

A method of requesting content from a communication server in a mobile communication network is provided. The method comprises determining whether the mobile device is in a first mode; requesting content for delivery to the mobile device, while the mobile device is in the first mode; and discontinuing requesting the content if the mobile device is in a second mode, wherein the first mode is distinguished from the second mode based on length of lack of user interaction with the mobile device to perform one or more functions.

A method of requesting content from a communication server in a mobile communication network is provided. The method comprises determining whether the mobile device is in a first mode; requesting content for delivery to the mobile device, while the mobile device is in the first mode; and discontinuing requesting the content if the mobile device is in a second mode, wherein the first mode is distinguished from the second mode based on length of lack of user interaction with the mobile device to perform one or more functions.

The invention discloses a power transmission line polling system. The system comprises a personal computer (PC) side control terminal, a server and a handheld personal digital assistant (PDA), wherein the PC side control terminal, namely a PC side management system, performs polling task management, polling condition management, defect management, defect standard management and geographic information system (GIS) geographic information management; the server receives and transmits information and stores data in real time, comprises an enterprise database and a Socket detectaphone which is used for detecting wireless data in real time, and is called a server Socket data receiving and transmitting system for short; and the handheld PDA performs field polling, is a mobile terminal which feeds back polling information through general packet radio service (GPRS), and is called a PDA mobile terminal polling system for short. The advanced technologies of a global positioning system (GPS) and a palm computer are fused in the system, and power transmission line polling is realized by using a component GIS technology and introducing the concept of embedded GIS; the system performs relatively precise positioning and complete defect data acquisition, can be used for a line polling step in a power system which is used for power transmission, power distribution and the like, and also can be widely applied to the management of the outdoor entities of telecommunication, coal gas, natural gas and the like which are related to the polling; and the operating cost is effectively lowered, and the economic benefit is effectively improved.

The invention discloses an intelligent power plant autonomous polling robot polling system and method. The method comprises the following steps: integrating a laser radar and a gyroscope, incrementally a raster map by using the laser radar through a SLAM algorithm; searching a middle target location with the minimum target cost estimation by using a reverse D* algorithm, thereby realizing robot dynamic path planning and positioning; reading a label through a RFID reader to acquire information needing to detect in the equipment; detecting an obstacle by using an ultrasonic sensor in the robot running process, and autonomously eluding environment obstacle in the path by combining the SLAM algorithm, thereby realizing autonomous navigation and movement in the complex power plant environment.Multiple non-contact sensors satisfy spot check demands of various sets of equipment. The polling system can automatically poll in the plant, the artificial control is unnecessary, the polling data istransmitted to a control center in real time, and the polling system can give an alarm when abnormity occurs; the polling system can replace the artificial polling, improve the polling efficiency, and improve the security of the power plant equipment.

An apparatus for adaptive polling of a monitored system includes a poll receiving module configured to receive a polling signal from a polling system, an event prediction module configured to predict when an operation-related event of a monitored operation will occur in the monitored system, a next polling time determination module configured to determine a next polling time based on the prediction of when the operation-related event will occur in the monitored system and a polling response module configured to communicate the next polling time and monitored system operation information to the polling system. In one embodiment, the next polling time determination module is further configured to determine the next polling time based on the prediction of when the operation-related event will occur and on network traffic.

There is disclosed a network system in which the position, attribute, and status of a desired device on a network can visually comprehensibly be grasped. A server manages location information indicating information on the device position in a hierarchical manner and attribute information from the device. Each device holds a plurality of status information (icon information) in accordance with various statuses of the device. A client holds map information corresponding to each class of the location information, and overlaps and outputs (display output) device status information obtained by communication by a polling system with the device detected by search in the server, and map information corresponding to the location information of the device.

Said invention utilizes computer graphics image processing and computer vision technology to automatically identify the shot static or motion video data in traffic violation process, extracting different formal video image evidence from motor vehicle violation mass data according to violation type, providing an effective recording, storing, searching and polling system and method for violation collecting evidence. Said system includes video unit, main control unit, supplemental lighting illuminator, display, administrative center server, violation punishment public notice.

In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a computerized survey polling system wrapper for use on the internet or other network is described. Survey polling system and method allows an administrator to set up a survey and manipulate and segment responders based on simple answers to certain questions. The survey polling system utilizes heuristics to automatically categorize responders based upon their responses. For example, responders may get three points for answering question one with “A”, two points for “B”, ten points for “C”. For question two, responders may get zero points for “A”, one point for “B”, and five points for “C”. Thereafter, the survey polling system will place the responders in categories based on the final point totals. In this manner, an administrator may create a survey and send the survey to a subscriber list or base with the intent of getting the population into relevant groupings.

A method and apparatus for optimizing a distributed polling system in a network comprising a plurality of nodes. The method includes identifying bandwidth constraints on polling traffic for each of the plurality of nodes. Selecting, from a plurality of unpolled nodes within the plurality of nodes, at least one poller node according to a maximum number of unpolled nodes assignable to each of the at least one poller node without violating bandwidth constraints, and respectively assigning the unpolled nodes as pollee nodes to the at least one poller node. The apparatus includes a central manager and a plurality of pollee nodes coupled to at least one poller node via at least one routing path. At least one aggregating node is coupled to the at least one poller nodes, where the aggregating node is further coupled to the central manager.

A method for adapting the periodicity of polling for pending service requests, by polling system devices for pending service requests, recording whether or not there was a pending service request and, based on accumulated data, determining whether or not the system devices are idle. Based on this determination, the system may elect to enter a power conservation mode until device activity is signaled, or an adjustable period of time elapses. The adaptation mechanism may alter the periodicity of the timer interrupt, disable or enable device interrupts, and modify variables used to determine system idleness (including minimum latency and minimum idleness thresholds). In this manner, the system can conserve power while maintaining system performance and responsiveness.

An apparatus for adaptive polling of a monitored system includes a poll receiving module configured to receive a polling signal from a polling system, an event prediction module configured to predict when an operation-related event of a monitored operation will occur in the monitored system, a next polling time determination module configured to determine a next polling time based on the prediction of when the operation-related event will occur in the monitored system and a polling response module configured to communicate the next polling time and monitored system operation information to the polling system. In one embodiment, the next polling time determination module is further configured to determine the next polling time based on the prediction of when the operation-related event will occur and on network traffic.

The invention discloses a real-time thread migration method oriented to multi-core processors. The method makes full use of the characteristics of a multi-core hardware system with shared second-level cache and memory so as to effectively achieve real-time thread migration on the multi-core processors. The method has the advantages of realizing thread migration initialization with hardware support and thread migration among processor cores, not needing to spend any time in polling system variables in thread runtime, reducing data transmission among the processor cores during thread migration, obviously improving the performance of thread execution and shortening the time of thread migration. The method can be used for various multi-core processors.

The present subject matter relates to computer operating systems, network interface cards and drivers, CPUs, random access memory and high bandwidth speeds. More specifically, a Linux operating system has specially-designed stream buffers, polling systems interfacing with network interface cards and multiple threads to deliver high performance, high bandwidth packets through the kernel to applications. A system and method are provided for capturing, aggregating, pre- analyzing and delivering packets to user space within a kernel to be primarily used by intrusion detection systems at multi-gigabit line rate speeds.

A centralized polling system is set forth for providing constant time select call functionality to a plurality of polling tasks in an operating system kernel. In one aspect, the CPS registers for and thereby captures events of interest on a continual basis. Polling tasks are supplied with active events thereby eliminating the need to repetitively poll large numbers of inactive sockets. An exemplary embodiment of the CPS includes a system interface to the operating system kernel, a data structure for maintaining a profile for each of the polling tasks, and an application programming interface for registering the polling tasks, receiving the active sockets and corresponding read / write event types via the system interface, updating the profile within the data structure for each of the polling tasks, and returning the current read and write ready sockets to respective ones of the polling tasks.

An automatic system and method for polling persons for their insights regarding products, services, political or sociological matters. The system and method are provided at or in a venue, wherein persons located at or in the venue are provided with a question that requires a one word response. The system and method automatically records the one word response, without human intervention, and process the responses to provide a database from which significant data can be mined.

The invention relates to a three-dimensional (3D) simulation polling system of an electric power automation motor room, which comprises a data acquisition module, an in-storage transmission module, a warning analysis module and a 3D scene display module. The data acquisition module is used for acquiring state data of various monitoring devices and secondary systems in the target scene. The in-storage transmission module comprises a communication transmission assembly used for storing monitoring data in different classifications obtained by the data acquisition module and ensuring harmless, reliable, original effective storage of the monitoring data. The warning analysis module is used for defining reasonable rules of the monitoring data, analyzing effective data in the monitoring data according to set rules and conducting warning on the monitoring data not conform to the rules. The 3D scene display module is used for polling the operation state of the devices and systems in the normal model and warning device location, warning device information search and warning device historical operation data research under the warning model by adopting the modes including warning location, manual polling and automatic polling display.

The invention discloses an omnibearing ground-space isomeric substation polling system, belonging to the field of substation polling system design. The technical scheme is that the system comprises a ground polling moving robot subsystem, a space poling flying robot subsystem, a monitoring center and an energy supply depot, wherein the ground polling moving robot subsystem, the space poling flying robot subsystem and the monitoring center are connected together through wireless signals. According to the system, robots are combined to carry out the substation polling, a polling angle is flexible, sight is comprehensive, so that a labor resource is saved, polling difficulties under severe geographical condition and meteorological environments are reduced, polling convenience time is shortened, daily examination efficiency is improved, and a situation of false judgment and maloperation when an independent robot is used for polling is solved; and the system is not only applicable to polling of a substation, and can be expanded to be used for searching and polling of more fields.

The invention discloses a device and a method for detecting and recording abnormity on the basis of a watchdog in a PON (Passive Optical Network) access system. The device comprises a hardware watchdog, a software watchdog, a log recording module and a CLI (Command-Line Interface), wherein the software watchdog comprises a configuration management module, a task state detection module and a CPU (Central Processing Unit) utilization ratio detection module; the task state detection module is connected with the log recording module and used for polling the task sate of the system; the CPU utilization ratio detection module is connected with the hardware watchdog and used for detecting the CPU utilization ratio of the system; the task state detection module is communicated with the CPU utilization ratio detection module through a pipeline communication mode; the software watchdog is used for outputting a reset signal to a hardware watchdog timer at regular time; and when abnormity is detected, a zone bit is set, zero clearing is stopped by the log recording module after the abnormal information is recorded by the log recording module, a master control panel is reset, and changeover is triggered. According to the invention, a master panel is automatically reset to recover a system service when the master control panel is abnormal, and the abnormal data is recorded before resetting, which is beneficial to positioning faults.

A method for adapting the periodicity of polling for pending service requests, by polling system devices for pending service requests, recording whether or not there was a pending service request and, based on accumulated data, determining whether or not the system devices are idle. Based on this determination, the system may elect to enter a power conservation mode until device activity is signaled, or an adjustable period of time elapses. The adaptation mechanism may alter the periodicity of the timer interrupt, disable or enable device interrupts, and modify variables used to determine system idleness (including minimum latency and minimum idleness thresholds). In this manner, the system can conserve power while maintaining system performance and responsiveness.

The invention discloses a storing method including choosing different storages for different table-items in the dynamic random access memory, and it stores the different table-items in the described storages of the dynamic random access memory. The invention provides a method for inquiring based on the above storing method, including: it classifiably stores the inquiries of table-items, and it polls the classified inquiries by scheduling method, and it determines the storages in the dynamic random access memory and identifies the address of table-items in their storages according to the lookup index of the inquiries, and it inquires table-items according to the descried address. Accordingly, the invention also provides a storage controller and inquiry system.

The invention discloses a polling method and a polling system of a videoconference system, relating to the videoconference field. The polling method of the videoconference system provided by the invention comprises the following steps that: in the process that a user starts the polling operation of the videoconference system, after grouping all polled terminals, the user orderly initiates polling requests for each group of polled terminals; a system receiving the polling requests synthesizes the video data of each group of polled terminals respectively into multi-picture video data and sends the multi-picture video data to a polling terminals; after receiving the multi-picture video data, the polling terminal orderly decodes and display, so as to realize multi-picture video polling. The invention also discloses a system for realizing polling in the videoconference system. A technical proposal of the invention shortens the traversal time of the video polling for all or partial terminals in a conference, thereby improving conference efficiency.

The invention discloses a substation polling method, comprising: infrared data detection, real-time acquisition and monitoring on temperatures of a transformer, mutual inductor body, a switch contact and a bus connector, and intelligent analysis and diagnosis on equipment temperature data by means of temperature rise analysis, temperature rise comparison of homogeneous or three-phase equipment, historical trend analysis and the like, thus realizing judgment and automatic alarm on equipment fault; an infrared detection system is controlled by pattern recognition, equipment needing temperature detection is recognized first, and then the highest temperature is detected. The substation polling system can replace or assist manpower in polling in a full-automatic, local or remote control mode, wherein the polling comprises equipment temperature, instruments and the like, so that the substation polling system has the characteristics of diverse detection modes, intelligence, standardization in polling, strong objectiveness and the like.

Embodiments of AP polling systems and methods are disclosed. One method embodiment, among others, comprises soliciting by a station a response from an access point (AP), and determining whether data for the station is stored at the AP based on the response.

The invention provides a full-digital intelligent control system for an electric actuating mechanism, belonging to the technical fields of intelligent instruments and meters and motion control. The control system is mainly used as a core component for the electric actuating mechanism to realize control functions, and the electric actuating mechanism using the control system can be used for controlling valves, strobes, air doors and correlative fluid equipment. The control system is provided with a power module which converts a 380 VAC or 220 VAC source of power supply into an internal power source for a controller; phase sequence, temperature, torque and position detection modules detect the running state of the electric actuating mechanism and alarm; after a 32-bit main control chip receives detected data, a control signal is outputted after calculation so as to drive a motor drive module, thereby realizing the purpose of controlling the action of an electric motor; the control system is provided with a man-machine interface, and provides an interactive interface for a field operator and the controller; the remote communication interface of the control system provides multiple interfaces so that information can be exchanged with a remote system; and the control system adopts the low-cost 32-bit chip as a core control chip, the in-built software thereof realizes all the control functions of the system, and the software of the system adopts a time polling system and is divided into a three-layer structure including a driving layer, a middle layer and an application layer. By adopting the design approach of hardware modularity and software structuralization, the invention simplifies the application flow of the control system in different electric actuating mechanisms; and by adopting the low-cost 32-bit chip, the invention greatly reduces the cost and improves the performance.

A wireless communication system and method includes providing at least one master unit and a plurality of slave units communicating with the at least one master unit over at least one wireless communication link. The at least one master unit sends polling signals to the slave units over the at least one wireless communication link. The slave units send data to the at least one master unit over the at least one communication link in response to one of the polling signals. The communication link is made up of at least one master transceiver at the at least one master unit and a plurality of slave transceivers each at one of the slave units. The at least one master transceiver and the slave transceivers communicate with a spread-spectrum hopping protocol.

A polling system and method for establishing forward and return communication links with a plurality of mobile platforms operating within a given coverage region, and further which provides preliminary return channel assignments with each polling message. Each polling message further has an associated ID code designating a particular mobile platform which is registered with a network operations center (NOC) of the system. If the mobile platform does not respond on its designated preliminary return channel within a given time period (e.g., 5 seconds) than the preliminary return channel is returned to a database of available return channels. Polling is carried out more expeditiously because groups of mobile platforms are polled simultaneously and provided with preliminary return channels which accompany the polling messages, and which direct each mobile platform to a designated return channel to use in establishing a return communications link. Polling groups are further sized according to available communication resources.

Systems, methods, and software for reducing system management interrupt (SMI) latency while operating in system management mode. The present invention implements a technique for exiting system management mode while waiting for polled hardware events, handling any pending lower-priority interrupts and then resuming polling. The present invention does this by multi-threading SMI source handlers, using an idle thread, and using protocols for software-generated system management interrupts that insure that lower priority interrupts are serviced.