Abstract: A video and audio stream is predicted that is to be selected for reception next to a video and audio stream that is being received by the terminal or that is after a video and audio stream that has been selected for reception by the terminal. Resources necessary for delivering the predicted video and audio stream, in addition to resources necessary for the video and audio stream that is being received by the terminal or that has been selected for reception by the terminal, are secured in advance before a user of the terminal selects the next video and audio stream. The predicted video and audio stream is not delivered to the terminal before it coincides with a video and audio stream that is selected at the next zapping.

Abstract: The present invention allows the transmitting side to transmit a plurality of pieces of layout information that determines a display layout of at least one media and media data making up this layout information and allows the receiving side to receive the layout information and media making up this layout information transmitted from the transmitting side, select one out of a plurality of different pieces of layout information based on a reception state of this media and represent the media using the selected layout information.

Abstract: An electromagnetic field generating element includes a conductor that generates near-field light when irradiated with light and generates a magnetic field when a current flows through the conductor. The electromagnetic field generating element further includes a soft magnetic body provided at a position along a dimension of the conductor, the dimension being perpendicular to (i) a direction in which the conductor faces a magnetic recording medium to which the near-field light and the magnetic field are applied and to (ii) a direction in which the current flows. The present invention thus allows for provision of an electromagnetic field generating element that allows for reduction in its power consumption in optically assisted magnetic read/write using near-field light.

Abstract: A meta data set correlated with position information is acquired from a server via a communication interface unit (202) or a broadcast interface unit (201). A current position information acquisition unit (208) acquires the current position information and a content processing unit (203) outputs a content list matched with the search condition including the current position information from the meta data set. When a display list is generated according to the content list, a content display control unit (204) compares the content list to the display list. When they coincide, the meta data generates a display list without changing the display method and displays the search result on a browser unit (205) according to the display list generated by the content display control unit (204).

Abstract: A data processing device includes a computing circuit that accesses a peripheral device connected to through a internal bus, an internal bus connection circuit that is provided between the computing circuit and the internal bus, and switches an enable and a disable state of an access from the computing circuit to the internal bus, an exception notification controller that outputs an exception occurrence notification signal to the computing circuit based on an error occurred in the peripheral device, and a bus disablement controller that instructs the internal bus connection circuit to disable an access from the computing circuit to the internal bus in accordance with the notification of the exception occurrence notification signal, and instructs the internal bus connection circuit to cancel the disablement of the access in accordance with a start of an exception processing based on the exception occurrence notification signal.

Abstract: A instruction execution part of an information processing device outputs an access request including a first address information to specify an access destination based on an execution of an access command of an address space in a memory. The instruction execution part also outputs a check request including a second address information to specify a stack pointer point after extension based on an execution of a stack extension command to extend a stack included in the address space in the memory by updating a stack pointer. A protection violation detection section of the information processing device detects whether the access destination includes the plurality of the partial spaces by collating the first information with the memory protection information stored in the memory protection information storage section.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes an arithmetic circuit and a peripheral device protection circuit that controls access of the arithmetic circuit to the peripheral devices. The peripheral device protection circuit has a first protection preset value and a second protection preset value set as a protection level higher than that of the first protection preset value. The peripheral device protection circuit includes: a setting selection circuit that generates access permission/denial information by referring to the first protection preset value and the second protection preset value when the arithmetic circuit operates at a first operation authority level, or by referring to the second protection preset value when the arithmetic circuit operates at the second operation authority level. An access protection circuit that determines permission/denial of access to the peripheral devices based on access information output from the arithmetic circuit and the access permission/denial information.

Abstract: A CPU contained in an information processing apparatus in accordance an exemplary embodiment of the present invention outputs an access request including first access destination address information by a first program, and outputs a check request including second access destination address information when the execution program is switched from the first program to a second program as a result of a program call from the first program to the second program. A protection setting check portion contained in the information processing apparatus checks whether or not the check request including the second access destination address information conforms to protection setting for the first program based on memory protection information that is established in a memory protection information storage portion to detect a violation by a memory access request by the first program.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of producing a crystalline semiconductor material capable of improving the crystallinity and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device using the crystalline semiconductor material. An amorphous film is uniformly irradiated with a pulse laser beam (energy beam) emitted from an XeCl excimer laser by 150 times so as to heat the amorphous film at such a temperature as to partially melt crystal grains having the {100} orientations with respect to the vertical direction of a substrate and melt amorphous film or crystal grains having face orientations other than the {100} orientations. Silicon crystals having the {100} orientations newly occur between a silicon oxide film and liquid-phase silicon and are bonded to each other at random, to newly form crystal grains having the {100} orientations.

Abstract: An interrupt controller superior in maintenance performance and expandability. An interrupt controller 10 comprises a queue circuit 11 that holds channel numbers corresponding to interrupt inputs in the order of priority levels, and a queue control circuit 12 that changes the order of the channels held in the queue circuit 11 according to a new order of the priority levels when a priority level that corresponds to any channel number is changed. The order of the channel numbers in the queue circuit 11 is changed at a time of setting the priority levels unrelated to interrupt inputs. In order to select an interrupt to be notified to a CPU 20, an interrupt factor selection circuit 15 checks whether or not each channel number held in the queue circuit 11 has an interrupt input in turn from the head of the queue.

Abstract: A dial plate unit includes a dial plate provided with an outside dial plate element having an opening, an inside dial plate element spaced at a predetermined distance from the outside dial plate element, and a frame member provided in the opening of the outside dial plate element and closing a gap between the periphery of the opening and a part of the inside dial plate element corresponding to the periphery of the opening. The unit further includes one indicating member disposed in a side of the outside dial plate element opposite to the inside dial plate element and being movable along the outside dial plate element, and one auxiliary indicating member disposed in the opening and being movable between the outside and inside dial plate elements. A device using the dial plate unit includes a indicating member operating module which operates the indicating member and auxiliary indicating member.

Abstract: The frequency of replacement of an insulating spacer disposed between grids of an ion beam irradiation apparatus is to be reduced. In addition, the intervals of the multiple grids in the ion beam irradiation apparatus are to be kept constant. To achieve these objects, in a so-called insulating spacer provided for maintaining insulation between the grids, a groove portion having a bottom onto which sputtered materials are hard to adhere is provided on the central portion of the side surface of the insulating spacer all along its circumference.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a plug includes four terminals arranged around a core shaft at substantially equal intervals, a housing that supports proximal ends of the four terminals, and a cylindrical cover fixed to the housing such as to surround the four terminals. The four terminals include two power terminals and two ground terminals, and at least the two power terminals have insulating coating layers respectively at their distal end portions.

Abstract: A cleaning structure for removing dust is constituted of a guiding member having a sliding surface for guiding run of a tape, and a vacuum pressure supply source for making a vacuum pressure effect on a suction space provided inside the guiding member and so on. At the sliding surface of the guiding member, a suction port for making the suction space communicate with an external space is formed, and the opening edge of the suction port on the downstream side in the tape running direction is served as a first dust removal portion for removing dust on the tape surface. The guiding member has a guiding wall having a contact surface which guides at least one tape edge of a tape, and the contact surface is served as a second dust removal portion for removing dust adhering to the tape edge.

Abstract: A heat-dissipating member includes a heat-dissipating section which is plate-shaped and which is attachable to a heat source directly or indirectly and also includes a plurality of heat-dissipating projections extending from the heat-dissipating section. The heat-dissipating projections are formed by louvering the heat-dissipating section so as to have predetermined heights. The heat-dissipating projections are arranged in increasing order of height in the direction from one end of the heat-dissipating section to an end of the heat-dissipating section that is opposed to the one end. A thermal head includes a plurality of heating elements arranged thereon and a head mount attached to the above heat-dissipating member directly or indirectly.

Abstract: There is provided a preview distribution technique capable of realizing a flexible preview distribution between a distribution side and a user side. According to the technique, preview meta data describing reference destination information to the preview-constituting data of a plurality of types constituting the content preview is transmitted to a reception terminal. The reception terminal acquires the preview-constituting data by using the reference destination information described in the preview meta data and generates/reproduces the preview. Thus, when modifying the preview, the reception terminal can reproduce the preview after the modification, by acquiring only the data constituting the preview of the modified part, thereby easily modifying the data constituting the preview. That is, it is possible to perform a flexible preview distribution.

Abstract: A data relay processing method where an available transmission band is partially reserved, partially assigned or partially exchanged between multiple communication terminals. Pieces of information are communicated between the multiple terminals. Such information includes a schedule of a term in which the transmission band is available, and a communication price that is charged to terminals in exchange for the usage of the transmission band. A schedule of transmission band usage and history of transmission band usage are utilized to efficiently reserve, assign or exchange the transmission band.

Abstract: A service provider makes requests to an information processing center for processing for an IC card in card command units. The information processing center issues encrypted card commands that can be interpreted by the IC card itself based on requests received from the service provider and sends these to the IC card via the computer network, client, and card reader/writer device. This enables an IC card connected to a client to be accessed using secure communication.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a plug includes four terminals arranged around a core shaft at substantially equal intervals, a housing that supports proximal ends of the four terminals, and a cylindrical cover fixed to the housing such as to surround the four terminals. The four terminals include two power terminals and two ground terminals, and at least the two power terminals have insulating coating layers respectively at their distal end portions.

Abstract: The present invention receives list content providing location conditions in a list organized by location conditions in which a reference destination of location-dependent content, being content assigned correspondence to geographical location information, is compiled for each location condition, sent from a content communication server; receives the sent location information; generates area-specific list content comprising information on location-dependent content corresponding to location information, by extracting a list organized by location conditions, in which location conditions matching location information are provided, from the list content; and outputs the area-specific list content.