213 results about "Associated function" patented technology

The present invention relates to a computer-based system that provides a method for real time data storage and retrieval for the purpose of verifying and validating sales transactions and product return / warranty repair eligibility. An electronic product registration system is provided which stores information on purchased products and which enables a retail store or the like to verify compliance with return policies prior to accepting a product for return or replacement, thereby reducing improper or fraudulent product returns under warranty, while also providing related functionality to third parties such as law enforcement agencies and the like.

An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method provide added convenience for the user by enabling the user to quickly and easily initiate telephone related functions from applications other than the device's phone and address book applications using a dedicated phone related key. The device includes a plurality of use states and each one of the use states has an associated function that is to be initiated upon depression of the phone related key. When the phone related key is depressed, the current use state is determined and the function that is associated with the current use state is executed.

A mobile device and a touch-based operation method allow a user to easily and conveniently use a desired communication-related function through a touch-sensitive interface. The mobile device displays a scrollable communication-related list that includes but is not limited to a call log list, a message list, a phonebook list, and an email list. When a specific item is selected in response to a first touch event, the mobile device determines whether or not a second touch event occurs on the selected item in a non-scrollable direction. Then the mobile device executes a particular function predefined in the selected item in response to the second touch event occurring in the non-scrollable direction.

The present invention relates to a computer-based system that provides a method for real time data storage and retrieval for the purpose of verifying and validating sales transactions and product return / warranty repair eligibility. An electronic product registration system is provided which stores information on purchased products and which enables a retail store or the like to verify compliance with return policies prior to accepting a product for return or replacement, thereby reducing improper or fraudulent product returns under warranty, while also providing related functionality to third parties such as law enforcement agencies and the like.

Controlling external electronic devices using presence recognition through a multi-touch device is provided. An indication of the presence of at least one of an object or a gesture on a surface of the multi-touch device is received. A plurality of characteristics associated with the object or gesture are identified. Using the plurality of physical characteristics, a data structure is searched to determine the existence of a single object or a single gesture with characteristics that matches the plurality of characteristics. Responsive to a match, a determination is made as to whether the single object or the single gesture has an associated function. Responsive to the existence of the associated function, the associated function is executed on one of a plurality of external electronic devices.

System and method of determining active / standby statuses of an intermediary device with respect to a logic group based on a user defined switchover policy. A user is allowed to configure a template to determine respective health levels for multiple sets of delivery resources. Each set of resources associated with a function engine residing in a respective intermediary device. The multiple sets of resources, in conjunction with the associated function engines, are equivalently operable to provide the same service function. The template may include user-specified events and respective weight factors. The specified events are monitored and a health score is dynamically derived for each delivery resource based on the template. Based on an updated health score rank with respect to the service function, a switchover may automatically occur from an intermediary device of a lower health score to another device with a higher health score.

A display apparatus and methods for displaying multiple menus are provided. In one embodiment, the display apparatus includes a screen and a frame connecting to the screen. The screen has a first menu region and a second menu region each displaying a menu therein. The menu in the second menu region is a child menu of a menu option displayed in a selection area of the first menu region. The frame has a first touch strip and a second touch strip. Each touch strip corresponds to one of the menu regions, and allows one to select a desired menu option to perform an associated function.

The present invention provides an integrated LCD panel power supply formed on a single printed circuit board. The integrated power supply includes at least one DC / AC control unit, at least one DC / DC buck converter unit and at least one DC / DC boost control unit. Each unit supplies power to an associated function of said LCD. The integrated power supply may also include an oscillator circuit generating a clock signal, and the clock signal is supplied to each unit thereby synchronizing the operation of each unit. The single PCB approach of the present invention eliminates the need for additional wiring between printed circuit boards and thereby eliminates or substantially reduces noise issues associated with such wiring.

A system for dynamically integrating changes in rules governing business operations into a rule-implementing application program includes a dynamic business logic rule integrator (“DBLRI”) that provides rules to the application software as executable routines. The DBLRI presents to a user one or more GUIs through which the user writes functional-language expressions for the rules. The GUIs provide menus of associated functions, operators and parameters that are available for use. The set of parameters associated with a given GUI is dynamically updated, to correspond to changes in the underlying business logic rules. The user writes and / or edits the expressions by selectively combining the available functions, operators and parameters. The DBLRI evaluates the functional expressions and produces associated executable parse trees or DLLs, which the application software then calls at appropriate times. The DBLRI operates also with a dynamically configurable database that provides parameters required for the rules as the rules are updated, added and / or revised.

A processor has multiple cores with each core having an associated function to support processor operations. The functions performed by the cores are selectively altered to improve processor operations by balancing the resources applied for each function. For example, each core comprises a field programmable array that is selectively and dynamically programmed to perform a function, such as a floating point function or a fixed point function, based on the number of operations that use each function. As another example, a processor is built with a greater number of cores than can be simultaneously powered, each core associated with a function, so that cores having functions with lower utilization are selectively powered down.

A multiple barrier control system includes a plurality of barrier operators configured to move associated access barriers between limit positions. Each of the barrier operators are enabled to communicate with one or more local transmitters. The local transmitters may maintain an all-close button, an all-open button, and an all-stop button, which are associated with corresponding functions maintained by the barrier operators. Upon the actuation of one of the buttons, the associated function is simultaneously carried out by each of the associated barrier operators. Additionally, a portable network control may invoke the simultaneous control of functions at each of the barrier operators via an associated communication network. Moreover, scenes may be created wherein the barrier operators and other accessories, such as lights and appliances, may be moved or actuated to a desired status upon actuation of a scene button on either the local transmitter or the portable network control.

The invention discloses a method of realizing single hand operation of a mobile phone based on pressure sensing. The mobile phone comprises pressure sensing bars which are arranged on two sides of the mobile phone, a pressure analysis micro-control unit and a mobile phone central processing unit. The method of realizing single hand operation of the mobile phone based on the pressure sensing comprises the following steps: a, entering an pressure-to-unlock interface after waking up the mobile phone; b, judging whether the mobile phone is in a screen-locked state or not, if the mobile phone is in a screen-locked state, carrying out pressure unlocking, if the mobile phone is not in a screen-locked state, directly carrying out the next step; c, the pressure analysis micro-control unit analyzes the holding state of the mobile phone and enables the mobile phone to enter into a corresponding operation interface; d, the pressure sensing bars judge according to a hand signal and starts corresponding pre-set application programs or performs relative functional operations. Due to the fact that the pressure sensing bars are arranged on the two sides of the mobile phone, different holding pressure of a left hand and a right hand is identified, a user can enter a user interface of left hand operation or right hand operation, and more perfect usage experience is brought to the user.

A method of distributing functions among a plurality of cores in a multi-core processing environment can include organizing cores of the multi-core processing environment into a plurality of different service pools. Each of the plurality of service pools can be associated with at least one function and have at least one core executing at least one soft co-processor that performs the associated function. The method further can include, responsive to a request from a primary processor to offload a selected function, selecting an available soft co-processor from a service pool associated with the selected function and assigning the selected function to the selected soft co-processor. The method also can include marking the selected soft co-processor as busy and, responsive to receiving an indication from the soft co-processor that processing of the selected function has completed, marking the selected soft co-processor as available.

A method and mechanism for portal web site architecture supporting a plurality of portlets, which are configurable content area displayable on a web page that provides content or performs one or more associated functions or both. Web providers provide the functionality and house the content for portlets. In response to receiving a request for a web page with a portlet, an application server contacts a web provider to obtain the content for the portlet, and assembles the web page using the retrieved content from the web provider and information stored in a database about the structure, appearance, and operation of the web page. Discussion forum portlets, notice board portlets, and memo pad portlets may be used to provide discussion forum functionality, notice board functionality, and memo pad functionality respectively.

Full predication of instruction execution is provided by operand predicates, where each operand has an associated predicate bit intuitively indicating the validity of the operand value. In a programmable processor supporting operand predication, an instruction will execute only if the predicate bit of every register containing a source operand is true. The predicate bit, if any, of the destination register is set to the logical AND of the source registers' predicates. Similarly, in a non-programmable processor synthesized with predicated operand support, an operator will perform the associated function depending on the state of inputs' predicates. The output predicate is evaluated as the logical AND of the inputs' predicates. An additional bit for each data register, a change in the semantics of the instructions to include predication, and a few additional instructions to save and restore register predicate bits and to specifically set or reset a register's predicate bit are required.

A remote control based on user's gesture includes an infrared emission unit, a storage unit, a gesture sensing unit, a processing unit and a code chip. The gesture sensing unit is configured to capture images and identify hand gestures in the images and output the gesture signals corresponding to the hand gestures to the processing unit; The storage unit stores a first relationship table of gesture signals and associated function instructions. The storage unit also stores a second relationship table of the function instructions and associated infrared remote control codes. The processing unit parses the gesture signal into the corresponding function instruction according to the first relationship table, and then outputs the function instruction to the encode chip, the encode chip chooses an infrared remote control code according to the function instruction and the second relationship table and drives the infrared emission unit to emit infrared rays carrying the infrared remote control code to the device.

Each of at least two power management (PM) circuits interconnected by a signal line is adapted to control a power supply to at least one functional component associated to the power management circuit. Each PM circuit is adapted to detect a condition which allows or requires a change of a powering state of the at least one associated functional component and to contribute to a change of a state of the signal line, in case the PM circuit detects a condition which allows or requires, respectively, a change of a powering state of the at least one associated functional component. Each PM circuit is adapted to monitor a state of the signal line. Each PM circuit is adapted to change a powering state of all associated functional components upon detection of a change of state of the signal line.

The invention provides an automatic releasing and updating method and system for application program versions. The system comprises a visual automatic version editor and an automatic version processor. The automatic version editor comprises a version releasing module and a variable setting module. The automatic version processor is used for receiving version releasing parameters configured by the version releasing module and the variable setting module and releasing or updating application program version files to corresponding platforms according to the version releasing parameters to complete the automatic releasing or updating process of application program versions. The releasing or updating method includes the steps that identical resources among all resource files in application software are combined, it is guaranteed that related functions of original application software are achieved by recording the dependence relationship of the resource files, and the size of the application software is reduced; in application software upgrading, when resource files with the dependence relationship are upgraded, it is only needed to upgrade one resource file, and thus the application software upgrading complexity is reduced.

Controlling external electronic devices using presence recognition through a multi-touch device is provided. An indication of the presence of at least one of an object or a gesture on a surface of the multi-touch device is received. A plurality of characteristics associated with the object or gesture are identified. Using the plurality of physical characteristics, a data structure is searched to determine the existence of a single object or a single gesture with characteristics that matches the plurality of characteristics. Responsive to a match, a determination is made as to whether the single object or the single gesture has an associated function. Responsive to the existence of the associated function, the associated function is executed on one of a plurality of external electronic devices.

The invention disclosed relates to a system and method for test case management, wherein the final ‘product’ to be developed is an amalgamation of a variety of ‘modules’ under the ‘product’ umbrella. The variety of ‘modules’ undergo metamorphosis in relation to various phases (that is, from conceptualization to designing to development to testing). At each of these stages, a different team is engaged to perform the relevant functions on the abovementioned modules. Hence, there is a need for a coherent, synchronized and hierarchical classification of the constituents (the modules in relation to their designing parameters, functionality parameters, testing parameters, performance parameters and the like), so that the different teams involved in different phases have a common platform for transferring information and for understanding the transferred information, and essentially for gaining a cohesive overview of the product to be developed.

A system for dynamically integrating changes in the rules governing business operations into an application program that implements the rules in order to control business operations includes a dynamic business logic rule integrator (“DBLRI”) that essentially provides business logic rules to the application software as executable routines. The DBLRI presents to a user one or more graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”) through which the user writes functional-language expressions for the business logic rules. The respective GUIs correspond to various types of business logic rules, and provide to the user menus of associated functions, operators and parameters that are available for use. The set of parameters associated with a given GUI is dynamically updated, to correspond to changes in the underlying business logic rules. The user writes and / or edits the expressions for the respective business logic rules by selectively combining the available functions, operators and parameters. The DBLRI translates the functional expressions into executable routines by evaluating the corresponding expressions and producing associated executable parse trees or DLLs. The application software then calls the executable routines at appropriate times. The DBLRI operates also with a dynamically configurable database that provides various parameters required for the business logic rules as the rules are updated, added and / or revised.

The invention discloses a method, a system and related functional entities for realizing load balancing in a pool area, thus speed and effectiveness for realizing load balancing in the pool area can be improved, and network load and influence of processing capacity on network nodes can be reduced. The method for realizing the load balancing in the pool area comprises the following steps: determining a load balancing index value in the pool area in accordance with load information of each network node in the pool area; when the determined load balancing index value qualifies the set load immigration start conditions, determining a source network node for executing the load immigration and characteristic information on terminals to be immigrated in accordance with the load information of each network node; and within the set load immigration period, immigrating the mobile terminals complying with the characteristic information to a destination network node by source network node control.

The invention comprises management of integration with interfacing applications, with emphasis on configurable database connectivity, logic manipulation of data, error checking with correction capability, with or without conditional criteria through a Graphical User Interface. The data can further be configured to be transported directly or through user-controlled means that allows manual modifications. The system mines the original and modified data with timestamp, history and audit trail that can generate audit-related information any time in the future. It further provides a hierarchical roll up and breakdown capability of managing reserves assets. Approval, Action Item, document attaching, notification and instant messaging functions can be linked to the integral functions. Status, history, audit trail, reports and statistics are tracked, maintained and linked to each element of the data and its related function, and this information is producible in any statistical, graphical or textual format.

A processing device comprising a graphical user interface in an industrial vehicle is provided. The processing device comprises a touch screen display that receives touch gesture commands from a vehicle operator, memory storing executable instructions, and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor when executing the executable instructions: defines a plurality of widgets, wherein each widget comprises a visual representation of a current state of an associated function of the vehicle, displays a subset of the plurality of widgets on a portion of the touch screen display defining a plurality of widget spaces, and displays an icon tray on the touch screen display comprising one or more icons, in which at least one of the one or more icons corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of widgets.

A system that detects and resolves circular paths within a graphical flow diagram that represents the logical operation of a corresponding application program. The flow diagram is formed by interconnecting symbolic representations that correspond to program objects configured to execute associated functions in response to corresponding triggering events. The functions of the program objects are called upon and executed by the application program at run-time. At the program objects, a busy indicator is established. When a program object is triggered by its respective event, the object first tests its busy indicator to determine whether it is already in the process of executing its associated function. If not, it proceeds to execute its associated function in response to an earlier triggering event. If, however, the object is already in the process of executing its associated function, then the object is blocked from re-executing in response to this new triggering event.

A display apparatus and methods for displaying a roundish-shaped menu. In one embodiment, the display apparatus includes a screen and a frame connected to the screen. The screen has a first menu region and a second menu region. The menu in the second menu region is a sub-menu of a menu option of the menu in the first menu region. The frame has a first touch strip and a second touch strip. Each touch strip corresponds to one of the menu regions, and allows one to select a desired menu option to perform an associated function.