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Techniques are provided to improve communication through selective display of attention shifting display elements. A focus of attention is determined, display events located and attention shifting display elements displayed. The attention shifting display elements suggest display events as candidate foci of attention based on the display event, the display event location and the distance from the focus of attention. Attention shifting display elements are composed of attention directing portions, and optional attention attracting and informing portions. The attention directing portions help direct attention across distances. The attention attracting portions help attract attention to a point in the display space. The informing portions indicate availability of information associated with the display event occurring outside the focus of attention. The attention directing, attention attracting and informing portions of an attention shifting display element are associated with dynamic or periphery of attention based display attributes, static or focus of attention based display attributes or a combination of the two.

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for outputting a user interface (UI) event of a 3rd party device in a home network having a server, a client and a control point, the server and the client joining a UI session by using a remote protocol, the control point controlling the server and the client. The method includes (a) receiving by the control point a UI event message from the 3rd party device not joined in the UI session, the UI event message representing change in a state of the 3rd party device, (b) selecting by the control point a target client for processing a UI event, (c) transmitting by the control point an Out-of-session connect action message (OOSConnect Action) requesting connection setup with the 3rd party device to the selected target client, and (d) transmitting by the target client a permission message for the OOSConnect Action to the control point, thereby setting an Out-of-session connection OOSConnect with the 3rd party device and processing the UI event.

After the offensive selection element images are moved along the joining direction to the offensive selection image display area (70c) and displayed one after another in an alternating manner thereon, based on the control of the offensive selector (73), the images are halted and displayed in a matrix-wise arrangement. The character property (79) and physical strength value (72) are stored in association with the character, and the character corresponding to a physical strength value (72) equal to or lower than a predetermined final value is determined to be the loser, the physical strength value of the attacked character being calculated using the offensive value and a formula corresponding to the character property and the offensive type. Furthermore, the image of the character determined to be the loser by the winner / loser determinator (76) is varied.

An image forming device includes a user job history database for storing execution condition information that indicates an execution condition of the job in relationship with user identification information for distinguishing a user who made the instruction for each executed job, a device structure detection portion for detecting a change in a state of the image processor, a notification target determination portion for determining a notification target user who is a user to be notified of the change in accordance with the execution condition information and the user identification information stored in the user job history database, and a new function notification portion for notifying the change to the determined notification target user.

A multifunction printer is capable of performing a plurality of functions. Each function is performed by a corresponding device incorporated in the multifunction printer. The multifunction printer includes a display unit, a malfunction detecting section, and a display controller. The malfunction detecting section is configured to detect a malfunction that has occurred within the multifunction printer. When one of the plurality of functions is selected, if the malfunction detecting section has detected the malfunction, the display controller causes the display unit to display a malfunction message indicative of the malfunction.

This invention relates to controlling the power states in a multimedia system comprising a multimedia connector box including a multimedia source interconnected to a transmitter module, and a multimedia device including a receiver module interconnected to a multimedia sink, wherein the transmitter and the receiver modules interface the multimedia connector box and the multimedia device via multimedia interfacing means. A signal detector detects the signal activity between the power sources of the multimedia system for determining the current power state of the power sources, and a power switching mechanism adapts the power states of the transmitter and receiving modules to the power states of the power sources.

A method of handover in a wireless communication system is disclosed. A method of handover of a mobile station in a wireless communication system with femtocells comprises transmitting a control message including at least one among information of first femtocell base station detected through initial scanning and location information of the mobile station to a base station; receiving information of one or more second femtocell base stations to which the mobile station is accessible, wherein the second femtocell base stations are searched based on the control message from the base station; and performing a handover to one of the second femtocell base stations.

An electric vehicle includes a vehicle body, an electric motor, a wheel, an operator operated by a user to drive the wheel to rotate by power from the electric motor, and a controller that controls the electric motor according to an operation of the operator. The controller includes a plurality of control states including a basic state, a drive-standby state which transitions to and from the basic state, and a driving state which transitions to and from the drive-standby state and causes transmission of power of the electric motor to the wheel. The controller is configured or programmed to transition to the driving state if the operator is operated in the drive-standby state and to transition to the basic state if it is judged in the drive-standby state that a user is not present in the vicinity of the vehicle body for a predetermined time or longer.