Abstract: A remote control system includes a receiving and recognition module, a converting module, and a control interface module. The receiving and recognition is used for receiving a signal from a user and recognizing the signal as a user command associated with an electronic device. The converting module is used for converting the user command into a control command identifiable by the electronic device. The control interface module is used for sending the control command to the electronic device to control the electronic device.

Abstract: An electronic book reader includes a text obtaining module, a text analysis module, a speech synthesis module, a control module, and an audio output device. The text obtaining module is used for obtaining a selected segment of a text. The text analysis module is used for analyzing a time phrase of the selected segment to obtain a waiting time period according to meaning of the time phrase in the selected segment. The speech synthesis module is used for converting the selected segment into speech. The control module is used for sending the content of the selected segment to the speech synthesis module. Wherein the control module waits for the waiting time period after sending the time phrase to the speech synthesis. The audio output module is used for playing the speech.

Abstract: A streaming service gateway includes a streaming service adapter, a transcoding module, and a streaming interface. The streaming service adapter communicates with at least one streaming server through at least one of a plurality of streaming protocols. The transcoding module transforms the streaming content from the streaming service adapter into a predetermined format. The streaming interface receives the streaming content with the predetermined format and provides the streaming content with the predetermined format to a streaming client device through a uniform streaming protocol.

Abstract: An electronic book reader includes a text obtaining module, a text highlighting module, a speech synthesis module, a player module, and a synchronization control module. The text obtaining module obtains a selected segment of a text. The text highlighting module highlights the selected segment. The speech synthesis module converts the selected segment into a speech. The player module plays the speech. The synchronization control module sends the selected segment to the text highlighting module and speech synthesis module synchronously.

Abstract: A method of displaying images on an electronic device includes the following blocks. A first image is displayed on a display. The first image has a first edge and a second edge opposite to the first edge. A second image is decoded and loaded to a virtual position behind the first image. The first image is divided into a plurality of rectangular areas. The first image is cropped in the plurality of rectangular areas in sequence along a direction from the first edge to the second edge. Each of the plurality of rectangular areas fades to transparency. The second image is shown on the display.

Abstract: A multiprocessing system includes, in part, a multitude of processing units each in direct communication with a bus, a multitude of memory units in direct communication with the bus, and at least one shared memory not in direct communication with the bus but directly accessible to the plurality of processing units. The shared memory may be a cache memory that stores instructions and/or data. The shared memory includes a multitude of banks, a first subset of which may store data and a second subset of which may store instructions. A conflict detection block resolves access conflicts to each of the of the banks in accordance with a number of address bits and a predefined arbitration scheme. The conflict detection block provides each of the processing units with sequential access to the banks during consecutive cycles of a clock signal.

Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator fixed in a motor housing, disposed around a motor shaft rotatable relative to the motor housing and formed with a radially extending through hole that is in spatial communication with an air-flow space defined between the stator and a tube body of the motor housing. The tube body is formed with an annular fluid-flow channel for receiving cooling fluid therein. A rotor is sleeved fixedly on the motor shaft. The motor shaft co-rotates with the rotor. The rotor is formed with angularly spaced apart slots extending inwardly and radially from an outer annular surface thereof, and air holes extending from an end surface thereof in an axial direction. Each air hole in the rotor is in spatial communication with corresponding slots. When the rotor rotates, the through hole in the stator is successively in spatial communication with the slots in the rotor.

Abstract: An embedded electronic device includes a foreground application module, a plurality of system function modules, and a system monitor module. The system monitor module is configured to monitor the working statuses of the plurality of system function modules and to send the working statuses to the foreground application module. The foreground application module is configured to control the plurality of the system function modules via the system monitor module.

Abstract: An embedded electronic device includes a foreground application module, a system monitor module, and a network controller module. The system monitor module is configured to monitor the working status of network via the network controller. The system monitor module is configured to monitor the working status of network and is capable of sending the working status of the network to the system monitor module. The system monitor module is capable of sending the working status to the foreground application module.

Abstract: A method is used for data transmission between a server and a client. The method includes the following steps. The server receives a request from the client through a network. The server determines if the client has access authorization. The server creates a background process when acquiring the access authorization. The server receives a data block and a status checking request from the client. The background process sends a data report to the client for each data block received. The server submits a status report in response to the status checking request.

Abstract: A method is used for sharing files from a server device to a client terminal, and the method includes the following steps. The server device sends an instruction with a download path to the client terminal.

Abstract: A method for browsing photo files in an embedded electronic device includes the following steps. A user interface window is displayed on a display. The user interface window includes a navigator bar and a content display area for showing photos, and at least one control button is loaded on the navigator bar for executing control functions to the photos. The electronic device detects if an external storage device is connected to the electronic device. A new resource button linking to the external storage device is created on the navigator bar when the external storage device is connected. Thumbnail image of each photo file from the external storage device is displayed on the content display area.

Abstract: A process management system includes a display, a process handling module and a plurality of window process modules communicating with the process handling module. Each window process module processes one function on the display. The process handling module stops an executing window process module before the process handling module starts another window process module.

Abstract: A method for managing multimedia resources in an embedded electronic device is disclosed. The method includes at least one graphical user interface (GUI) application module sending a multimedia resource request to an application programming interface (API) module. The API module provides a unified interface for the at least one GUI application module to retrieve the multimedia resources. The API module requests a source management module to connect to a plurality of multimedia resources. A plurality of multimedia sub-modules of the source management module retrieves the corresponding multimedia resources to the at least one GUI application module through the API module and displaying on a display.

Abstract: A file sharing system includes a web server, a first electronic device, and a second electronic device. The web server includes an authorizing module and a server storage module. The server storage module is capable of storing files uploaded from a first electronic device. The authorizing module is capable of recording an authorizing setting from the first electronic device to authorize a second electronic device to access the files in the server storage module.

Abstract: An embedded electronic device includes a display, a GUI (Graphical User Interface) application module, a control module, and a content acquisition module. The GUI application module is capable of displaying a GUI on the display. The Internet service management module is capable of controlling Internet service data. The content acquisition module is capable of downloading the Internet service data. The Internet service management module sends a download command to the content acquisition module after the Internet service management module receives a request from the GUI application module. The content acquisition module downloads the Internet service data from an Internet service terminal and transfers the Internet service data to the GUI application module.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for installing patch files to a local storage of an embedded electronic device includes the following steps. A file header is read and an original checksum value is received from the file header. Patch files from a data package are written to a data area of the local storage. A checksum value of the patch files written in the data area is calculated. The checksum value with the original checksum value is compared to determine integrality of the patch files.

Abstract: A method is used for employing computing services via a network. The method includes the following steps. A client searches the network and finds out at least two computing services which can be used by the remote connecting module. The at least two computing services includes a first computing service and a second computing service. The client evaluates capabilities of the first computing service and the second computing service respectively. The client checks if the first computing service and the second computing service can finish a task cooperatively. The client composes a task distribution flow according to the capability of the first computing service and the capability of the second computing service. The client distributes the task to the first computing service and the second computing service according to the task distribution flow. The client receives a finished task from the first computing service and the second computing service.

Abstract: An embedded electronic device includes a display, a foreground application module, and a plurality of standalone background function modules. The foreground application module is operable to display a plurality of accessible foreground applications on the display. The background function modules include a process handler module and a source manager library module. The process handler module is operable to switch between the plurality of accessible foreground applications. The process handler module is operable to destroy a running foreground application to launch a new foreground application. The source manager library module is operable to retrieve different kinds of multimedia resources to provide to the foreground application module.

Abstract: A method for storing files in a storage device includes the following steps. The storage device is divided into an original partition and a system partition. A plurality of original files is installed in the original partition. A shortcut is established in the system partition pointing to a first original file of the original files. The first original file can be executed by activating the shortcut.