31 results about "Alternative program" patented technology

In a method of enhancing a viewer's experience of a video program, a plurality of selectable alternative video program scenes are provided for a video program being viewed on a display. The selectable alternative program versions are pre-rendered video scenes. A user is prompted to select at least one of the selectable alternative video program scenes for viewing.

A method and apparatus for selecting radio stations for reception based on a preferred program content. A list of radio station identifiers is stored in a memory and organized according to program content specifiers. When a presently received signal fades, the memory is searched for an alternate radio station with similar program content. If none is available, a prioritized list of alternative program content preferences is accessed and used to index other preferred radio stations for searching. In one embodiment, radio station geographic location information is stored in the memory, and the searching operation considers both program content preference and geographic proximity. The memory can be manually programmed, pre-programmed, updated by subscription, or programmed over-the-air by radio transmission. In one embodiment, a global positioning system receiver is employed to provide instantaneous radio location information.

A data processing apparatus 2 supports speculative execution and the use of sticky bits. A different version of a sticky bit is associated with each segment of the speculative program flow. The segments of the program flow are separated by speculation nodes corresponding to program instructions which may be followed by a plurality of different alternative program instruction serving as the next program instruction. When a speculation node is resolved, then the segments separated by that speculation node are merged and the sticky bit values for those two segments are merged.

A method of embedding information in a computer program code, including a plurality of program statements. The method comprises: inserting a conditional program statement in the computer program code, the conditional program statement including a condition and a plurality of alternative program statements, the conditional program statement being adapted to cause a data processing system to evaluate said condition and, responsive to a result of said evaluating step, to selectively execute one of said plurality of alternative program statements; wherein said condition is indicative of at least a part of said information; and wherein the plurality of alternative program statements are adapted to cause the computer program code to produce the same program output irrespective of which of said alternative program statements is executed.

In technology for enabling the replacement of part of an operating program of a controller by a modified program on a nonvolatile memory, the present invention prevents tampering and leak of storage information within the nonvolatile memory and the controller. At power-on reset, an encrypted alternative program, if present, is transferred from a nonvolatile memory to a volatile memory, and decrypted when actually executed. A long wait is not required until data processing by a data processor is enabled after the exit from the reset processing. Since the alternative program once decrypted is held in the volatile memory so as to be reusable, it does not need to be decrypted each time it is executed. Since the alternative program is encrypted, even if the nonvolatile memory is physically separated from the controller to illegally dump the alternative program, it is difficult to analyze the data.

A method for preparing nano-aluminum powder ink for ink-jet printers by emulsification and dispersion method. According to a certain mass ratio, nano-aluminum powder, ethanol, and isopropanol are blended in a container, and the above blended solution is uniformly emulsified and dispersed by high-speed emulsification equipment After a certain dispersion time, add the dispersant to the blend solution in three batches during the emulsification and dispersion process. Add the above emulsion one at a time, and then continue to emulsify the above emulsion for 1.5~3 hours to obtain the nano-aluminum powder ink for inkjet printers with excellent performance. The method of the present invention is applied to the production of thin-film solar cells. The production process is simple and the production cost is low. The thin-film solar cells produced are natural and low-pollution, and the price is reduced. They are suitable for portable electronic products and are very competitive energy substitutes in the future. The program has potential extremely broad practicability and market promotion prospects.

A method and system for site selection of a 110kV substation, the method comprising the steps of: separately obtaining the main transformer capacity, load rate, total capacity of the installed distribution transformers, interval utilization ratio, 10KV line overload rate, 10KV line non-transferable rate, 10KV line trunk overlength rate; respectively determine the correlation degree of each 110kV substation according to the main transformer capacity and the distribution transformer total capacity; Index standardization; combining the 10KV line overload rate, 10KV line non-transfer rate, 10KV line trunk overlength rate, and the load rate, correlation degree, and interval utilization rate after standardization of indicators, determine the coordination of the site selection plan corresponding to each 110kV substation degree; select the site corresponding to the site selection scheme with the highest degree of coordination as the final site, which can improve the coordination of medium-voltage distribution network operation while ensuring the reliability of the distribution network.