Abstract: Data words written to an SSD device, or other device or output data stream, may be randomized using a seed based on physical addressing information, such as a page address, column address, and a cycle count for the page address. This enables the storage and de-randomization of variable length data blocks stored at random locations within a page without requiring storage of additional data, which would make recovery impossible if lost in prior approaches. The page address, column address, and block address are physical attributes of the storage location for the data word and do not need to be saved and therefore will not be lost making recovery of the seed always possible. The cycle count can be saved and, if lost, limited trials with range of cycle counts can be exercised to de-randomize the data word and decoding may be used to determine whether descrambling was successful.

Abstract: Systems and methods for increasing performance and reducing power consumption of a non-volatile memory system while the system acquires status information from a plurality of memory die are described. The non-volatile memory system may include a plurality of memory die and a system controller for controlling operations performed by each memory die of the plurality of memory die (e.g., read operations, write operations, or erase operations). The system controller may transmit or broadcast a first status command to each memory die of the plurality of memory die and in response simultaneously or concurrently receive one or more sets of status information from each memory die of the plurality of memory die. The status information may include ready/busy status information (e.g., indicating that a memory die is able to receive new data), programming loop count information, and erase loop count information.

Abstract: In a storage system, a control device determines that at least one first storage device of X storage devices is out of service. Then, the control device selects a second storage device from the X storage device. A quantity of stripe members of a data stripe stored in the second storage device is less than a ratio of T divided by X. The control device further writes target data into the second storage device. The target data is a data unit or a check unit used to update at least one stripe member of the data stripe stored in the first storage device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for a user to use a mobile device camera to place a camera image on one of a series of transparent product overlays to display on the viewfinder window a real-time mock-up of the camera image on the transparent product overlay. The user has the ability to modify the size and location of the camera image on the transparent product overlay. The user can then accept the latter display or make final adjustments to the camera image to make a final mock-up. The user can share the user's camera image creation without geographic restriction by via email, text, social media, or obtain the product with the camera image thereon in the exact form as the final mock-up, in less than 15 seconds. The user also has the option to share their creation to a newsfeed in which other users can view, share, and buy. The original creator of the product will get a commission of a purchase.

Abstract: A system includes an operation device and an information storing apparatus, which are connected via a network. The operation device determines, based on information input from the outside of the operation device in response to an operation performed on the operation device, an electronic device among a plurality of electronic devices connected to the system, for causing the electronic device to input electronic data to the information storing apparatus, and sends, to the information storing apparatus, a first request to cause the determined electronic device to input the electronic data to the information storing apparatus. The information storing apparatus sends, to the determined electronic device, a second request based on the first request sent from the operation device, and stores the electronic data that has been sent from the determined electronic device based on the sent second request.

Abstract: An environ system includes environ panels arranged to form a partial or full enclosure, wherein each environ panel includes display components that together provide a display area across a majority of a surface of the environ panel facing inward within the enclosure. The environ system further includes a local controller coupled to the environ panels and a master controller coupled to the local controller. The master controller provides control information to the local controller to coordinate a presentation of a visual display sequence across the environ panels.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a system for sharing a screen and a method for sharing a screen to easily understand a work instruction even when it is difficult for the worker to catch a voice due to a surrounding noise etc. A system for sharing a screen including a screen transmitter device 100 providing screen data and one or more screen receiver devices 10, the screen transmitter device 100 sharing a screen with the screen receiver devices 10, the system receives a definition of the shared area to share screen display, receives a voice input, converts the input voice into text data by voice recognition, and displays both of screen data inside the shared area defined by the received definition and the converted text data in the shared area.

Abstract: A communication terminal displays an image having a plurality of image layers, being shared with a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal. In response to a user input for changing appearance of a first image layer of the image, the communication terminal stores information reflecting the change caused by the user input to the first image layer in a memory, and generates an updated image having the first image layer that reflects the change caused by the user input. The communication terminal transmits the information reflecting the change to the first image layer to the first communication terminal to cause the first communication terminal to generate and display the updated image. The communication terminal transmits the updated image having the first image layer that reflects the change to the second communication terminal to cause the second communication terminal to store the updated image.

Abstract: A processing method for identifying data by an audio conversion device includes: connecting the audio conversion device to a first terminal; sending an identification code stored in the audio conversion device to the first terminal, and sending the identification code to a server via the first terminal, wherein the identification code is used to identify the audio conversion device; obtaining user data; uploading the user data to the server, such that the server stores a correspondence between the identification code and the user data; connecting the audio conversion device to a second terminal; sending the identification code stored in the audio conversion device to the second terminal; sending a data obtaining request containing the identification code to the server; and receiving the user data sent corresponding to the identification code in response to the data obtaining request, or receiving multimedia data matching multimedia using feature information in the user data.

Abstract: There are provided an electronic device and a control method thereof. First contents related to an image and second contents generated by converting the recorded audio into text are displayed on a touchscreen, instead of a playback screen of the image when the electronic device plays the image and enters a mode for recording audio. Thus, a user can use a image, when viewing and listening to it, in various manners.

Abstract: Embodiments are described herein that may include a computing device. The computing device may receive an indication of a particular media item that is currently playing on a media playback system. The computing system may query a social media service for one or more accounts of the social media service that are connected within a social network to a particular account of the social media service that is registered to the media playback system and have received respective indications of the particular media item from respective media playback systems within a particular period of time. The computing system may receive data indicating the queried one or more accounts of the social media service and cause one or more respective indications of the received one or more accounts of the social media service to be displayed on a graphical interface in association with an indication of the particular media item.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of telecommunications systems and methods. More specifically, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for identifying and/or distributing music and other types of useful information for users in a very simple and convenient manner. A variety of systems and methods are disclosed which provide users with quick and convenient access to various forms of information, such as, for example, audio information including music and news items as well as coupons and other information. The systems and methods allow users to store data representative of a time of transmission and preferably a source of transmission so that data of interest may be identified for ordering an/or downloading.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile audio player, comprising memory means adapted to store music data and non-music data, input means adapted to receive a user input with user preferences, radio program generating means adapted to generate, without a connection to an external entity, an individualized radio program from stored music data and non-music data depending on user preferences input via the input means, and audio output means adapted to output audio signals representing a generated radio program.

Abstract: Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems include components for measuring or sensing athletic performance data and/or for storing and/or displaying desired information associated with the athletic performance to the user (or others). Such systems can allow users a wide variety of options in creating workouts, selecting and presenting media content during the athletic performance, etc., e.g., to help keep users entertained and motivated. In some instances, user feedback may be used, optionally in combination with objective data relating to a workout, to control features of the workout routine, to control the music or other media content selected and/or presented, and/or to control features of future workout routines and/or the presented media content.

Abstract: A method identifies a floating point implementation of a polynomial that is accurately evaluable. The method comprises determining whether the polynomial has an allowable variety defined by a plurality of sub-varieties, and, if so, partitioning the input domain of the polynomial into a plurality of sub-domains about the sub-varieties. A floating point precision is then identified for each input to the polynomial falling within each sub-domain based on the location of the input within the sub-domain (e.g. how far away the input is from the sub-variety associated with the sub-domain). A floating point implementation for the polynomial is generated so that an input to the polynomial is evaluated using floating point components having the precision identified for the input.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a sum of floating-point input values are provided. To sum the values multiple partial sum floating-point values are maintained and the partial sum to which an input value may be added is selected by a least significant portion of the exponent of the input value. If the exponent of the input value is equal to the exponent of the value stored in the selected partial sum a mantissa sum of the input value and stored partial sum value replaces the mantissa value of the selected partial sum value. If the exponent of the input value is larger than the exponent of the value stored in the selected partial sum the selected partial sum value is replaced with the input value. An associative and deterministic summation is thus provided.

Abstract: A binary fused multiply-add floating-point unit configured to operate on an addend, a multiplier, and a multiplicand. The unit is configured to receive as the addend an unrounded result of a prior operation executed in the unit via an early result feedback path; to perform an alignment shift of the unrounded addend on an unrounded exponent and an unrounded mantissa; as well as perform a rounding correction for the addend in parallel to the actual alignment shift, responsive to a rounding-up signal.

Abstract: An arithmetic apparatus comprises a plurality of cascade-connected arithmetic units. Each of the plurality of arithmetic units comprises: a calculator configured to operate in one of a rotation mode of performing a rotation calculation, and a vectoring mode of calculating a rotation angle; and a holding unit configured to hold rotational direction information output from the calculator in the vectoring mode. In addition, when operating in the rotation mode, the calculator performs the rotation calculation on data input from an arithmetic unit in a preceding stage, based on the rotational direction information held in the holding unit.

Abstract: An adder-subtractor includes a first XOR circuit that inverts or non-inverts data from a second input line; first and second operand registers that hold outputs of first and second input selector; a result register that holds the operation result in response to the clock; and an adder that outputs an operation result of first and second input data in the first and second operand registers to the result register and also to inputs of the first and second input selectors via the first bypass line. The adder includes a second XOR circuit for the first and second input data, a carry calculation unit that calculates carry data of the first and second input data, a fourth XOR circuit that inverts or not an output of the second XOR circuit, and a third XOR circuit for outputs of the carry calculation unit and outputs the operation result.

Abstract: A method for generating random numbers on multiprocessor systems and a multiprocessor system for generating true random numbers, using the method, generate truly random numbers with high entropy in a multiprocessor system with little additional effort to chip area and power dissipation. The method includes the steps of: measuring a phase error signal of a clock generator circuit of a first and a second processing unit respectively, forwarding the phase error signal of the respective clock generator circuit of the first and second processing unit to a true random network, combining the phase error signal of the clock generator circuit of the first processing unit and the phase error signal of the clock generator circuit of the second processing unit in the true random network to random bit streams, picking-up a random bit stream of the true random network, passing the respective random bit stream back to a random generator of the respective processing unit for outputting true random.

Abstract: A computing system may interface with different software versioning (SVN) systems via distinct interfaces. The computing system may receive, via one of the interfaces, and from a development platform of one of the SVN systems, a request to transmit draft code to a production platform of the SVN system. The computing system may identify, based on the SVN system, a set of requirements for the draft code from amongst requirement sets stored in memory. Responsive to determining that the draft code conforms to the requirements, the computing system may transmit the draft code to the production platform via the interface.

Abstract: A system and methods for dynamically creating spreadsheet workbooks at runtime on a computing device from a set of pre-defined spreadsheet modules. Each spreadsheet module has an associated interface definition, allowing users more easily to combine multiple modules into more complex spreadsheet applications. Interfaces are defined using a Spreadsheet Interface Definition Language (SIDL) which enables spreadsheet models to be defined independent of their implementation. Modules can be either pre-constructed as spreadsheet workbooks, or dynamically created at run time from module definitions.

Abstract: Methods and system are disclosed that instantiate an on demand functionality for a layer in a multilayered system. In one aspect, a framework integrated with the multilayered system may receive a request to create a root function. The root function may be associated with common functionalities or specific functionalities. Based on parameters associated with the layers and attributes associated with data flow paths between the layers, a layer to deploy the root function may be determined. Upon deploying the root function, sub functions may be created in the determined layer by the framework. The sub functions may be configured common functionalities or specific functionalities by the framework. A function model including the root function and the sub functions may be generated. The function model may be instantiated to provide an on demand functionality or an on demand application.

Abstract: A system builds an application. The system receives, by a build server, from an application development server, metadata information of the application and a build request to build the application. The system generates binaries of the application by overlaying the metadata information on binaries of a pre-compiled application. The system then signs the binaries of the application to generate signed binaries of the application, and sends, to the application development server, a corresponding signature and one or more files modified by the signing of the binaries of the application. In one embodiment, the build server stores, on a storage appliance, the corresponding signature, the one or more files modified by the signing of the binaries of the application, and the metadata information of the application.

Abstract: External references are resolved in a software compiling and linking environment by identifying a group of related external references and by processing the group of external references until a stopping condition is satisfied. The external references are processed by selecting a next external reference from the group of external references as a current external reference and by resolving the current external reference with a matching definition if a matching definition for the current external reference exists. The stopping condition is designated as being satisfied if either the selected external reference is resolved, or if each external reference in the group of external references has been selected.

Abstract: An application that includes intrinsics defined in one architecture is to execute without change on a different architecture. Program code that depends on vector element ordering is obtained, and that program code is part of an application including one or more intrinsics. The one or more intrinsics are mapped from a first system architecture for which the application was written to a second system architecture. One or more operations of the program code are then converted from a first data layout to a second data layout. The application, including the mapped intrinsics and the converted data layout, is to be executed on a processor of the different architecture.

Abstract: Computer programming is aided by way of automatic code generation, and more specifically generation of deployment code automatically. An application can be analyzed and deployment code, including installation, maintenance (e.g., update/upgrade), and removal (e.g., un-install) code, can be generated as a function of the analysis as well as a particular execution environment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, device and computer program product for container deployment. By comparing the target libraries required by a target container to be deployed and the libraries that have been loaded on the candidate hosts, the costs of deploying the target container on the candidate hosts can be estimated. Then a target host is selected from among the plurality of candidate hosts based on the determined costs.

Abstract: A platform executing on a computer system identifies a capability to be used by an application based on an application descriptor for the application and determines a component that provides the capability based on a component descriptor of the component. The platform identifies an additional capability to be used by the component based on the component descriptor and determines an additional component that provides the additional capability. The platform determines that the application descriptor further specifies that the application will use the additional capability provided by the additional component and determines that a single instance of the additional component will provide the additional capability to both the application and the component. The platform then groups the application, component, and additional component for deployment based on constraints associated with the application, component, and additional component.

Abstract: A sub-process is performed on a first computing platform to create a portable initialized object. The portable initialized object is communicated to a second computing platform. The second computing platform uses the portable initialized object to replace performing the sub-process.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for updating an application are provided. An electronic device activates an automatic update of an installed application, designates the application as one group of one or more groups distinguished according to an update period. The electronic device controls to update the application after a time point of an update period corresponding to the designated group.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for distributed data management. One of the methods includes converting a standard specification for a software package into a custom specification for a software deployment tool that deploys the software package on one or more distributed computing systems, parsing source files and corresponding configuration files to determine configuration parameters and custom values, writing the determined configuration parameters into a custom template, and updating the custom specification with the determined custom values for the configuration parameters and information associated with the custom template.

Abstract: A physical security system that includes multiple server nodes may be upgraded by receiving an upgrade installation package from a client and propagating the installation package between at least two of the server nodes. One of the server nodes (“source server”) receives the installation package from the client and another of the server nodes (“requesting server”) requests and receives the installation package from the source server. To transfer the installation package from the source to the requesting server, the source server notifies the requesting server that the installation package is present at the source server, the requesting server then sends the source server a request for the installation package, and the source server then sends the installation package to the requesting server in response to the request. The requesting server may then be upgraded by running the installation package.

Abstract: An optical transceiver is programmed by downloading firmware data from a remote provider onto a computing device local to the transceiver and electronically writing data derived from the downloaded firmware data onto the transceiver using a hardware device connected electrically to the computing device, the transceiver being electrically connected to the hardware device.

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems, computer program products, and methods for prioritizing software patches are described herein. In an aspect, the software patches are retrieved by querying software repositories. Further, code changes associated with the software patches are determined. One or more instances of bug fix patterns are identified in determined code changes. The software patches are classified based on the identified bug fix patterns. Priorities of the software patches corresponding to the identified instances of the bug fix patterns are determined based on the classification and a pre-defined policy. Upon determining priorities, the software patches are installed based on the priorities.

Abstract: A software program is executed, the software program requiring one or more physical interactions with a user through an input/output (I/O) device, wherein each of the one or more physical interactions includes respective predefined dimensions indicating a proficiency in performing one of the one or more physical interactions. The one or more physical interactions are tracked. A familiarity profile for each of the one or more physical interactions is generated based on the respective predefined dimensions for each of the one or more physical interactions. The software program is customized based on the familiarity profile for each of the one or more physical interactions.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for managing versions of a software package in a development environment. A package distribution module can interface with a set of stages of the development environment to manage the development of multiple versions of software packages. The package distribution module can establish access rights of entities to advance appropriate versions of the software packages to appropriate stages of the development environment. One or more versions of the software packages can be advanced or moved to other stages of the development environment according to the access rights. The package distribution module can establish new access parameters of software packages in response to the one or more versions advancing or moving to other stages, such that appropriate entities have access to advance appropriate versions. The package distribution module can provide production versions of software packages to a package manager for distribution to target machines.

Abstract: A computing system comprises, in one example, a difference generation component configured to access a type file representing a type in a base version of a computing system and identify a customization made to the type in the base version of the computing system to obtain a customized version of the computing system, and a type accessing component configured to serialize the customization into a customization file of a given file format, the customization file having a separate element representing each customization made to the type in the base version of the computing system to obtain the customized version of the computing system, the type accessing component storing the customization file as a separate file from the type file.

Abstract: An automatic documentation generation and management system and method, for documenting configurable systems such as complex software applications and hardware systems is disclosed. The method retrieves configuration parameters from the configurable system and utilizes them to automatically generate an explanatory document specific to the configured system. The invention also discloses a documentation appliance system, which is a dedicated documentation server coupled to the configurable system via a communication network, preferably via an Intranet. In yet another alternative, the invention may be practiced by integrating code for automatic documentation generation within the configurable system program.

Abstract: Methods for reducing storage and performing static analysis on violations across code base revisions are disclosed. An example method begins with receiving a child snapshot representing a code base at a specific revision. A parent snapshot is identified. Then, canonical representations for violations representing coding defects in the parent and child snapshots are computed. An example method determines matching violations between the snapshots, unmatched parent violations, and unmatched child violations. For matching violations that have different canonical representations, a mapping between the parent snapshot violation and the child snapshot violation is stored using their respective canonical representations. For unmatched parent violations, each violation's canonical representation is stored with an indication that the violation has been eliminated from the child snapshot.

Abstract: A Load to Block Boundary instruction is provided that loads a variable number of bytes of data into a register while ensuring that a specified memory boundary is not crossed. The boundary may be specified a number of ways, including, but not limited to, a variable value in the instruction text, a fixed instruction text value encoded in the opcode, or a register based boundary.

Abstract: A Load to Block Boundary instruction is provided that loads a variable number of bytes of data into a register while ensuring that a specified memory boundary is not crossed. The boundary is dynamically determined based on a specified type of boundary and one or more characteristics of the processor executing the instruction, such as cache line size or page size used by the processor.

Abstract: A computer processor including an instruction buffer configured to store at least one variable-length instruction having a bit bundle bounded by a head end and a tail end with a plurality of slots each defining a corresponding operation, wherein the plurality of slots and corresponding operations are logically partitioned into a plurality of distinct blocks with a first group of blocks extending from the head end of the bit bundle toward the tail end of the bit bundle and a second group of blocks extending from the tail end of the bit bundle toward the head end of the bit bundle, wherein the second group of blocks includes a tail end block disposed adjacent the tail end of the bit bundle. A decode stage is operably coupled to the instruction buffer and configured to process a given variable-length instruction stored by the instruction buffer by decoding at least one operation of a particular block belonging to the first group of blocks in parallel with decoding at least one operation of the tail end block.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes at least one processor. The processor may include a reset vector base address register configured to store a reset vector address for the processor. Responsive to a reset, the processor may be configured to capture a reset vector address on an input, updating the reset vector base address register. Upon release from reset, the processor may initiate instruction execution at the reset vector address. The integrated circuit may further include a logic circuit that is coupled to provide the reset vector address. The logic circuit may include a register that is programmable with the reset vector address. More particularly, in an embodiment, the register may be programmable via a write operation issued by the processor (e.g. a memory-mapped write operation). Accordingly, the reset vector address may be programmable in the integrated circuit, and may be changed from time to time.

Abstract: A register file bypass controller in communication with a set of one or more bypass registers, the register file bypass controller configured to receive a register file bypass request; determine whether to grant the register file bypass request; determine whether data identified by the register file bypass request is present in the set of one or more bypass registers in response to determining to grant the register file bypass request; determine a selected bypass register in the set of one or more bypass registers in response to determining the data identified by the register file bypass request is not present in the set of one or more bypass registers; determine to store the data identified by the register file bypass request in the selected bypass register; and notify an execution unit to cancel instruction execution associated with the data identified by the register file bypass request.

Abstract: A method includes allocating a first single-cycle instruction to a first pipeline that picks single-cycle instructions for execution in program order. The method further includes marking at least one source register of the first single-cycle instruction as ready for execution in the first pipeline in response to all older single-cycle instructions allocated to the first pipeline being ready and eligible to be picked for execution. An apparatus includes a decoder to decode a first single-cycle instruction and to allocate the first single-cycle instruction to a first pipeline. The apparatus further includes a scheduler to pick single-cycle instructions for execution by the first pipeline in program order and to mark at least one source register of the first single-cycle instruction as ready for execution in the first pipeline in response to determining that all older single-cycle instructions allocated to the first pipeline are ready and eligible.

Abstract: An approach is provided is provided in which a computing system matches a writeback instruction tag (ITAG) to an entry instruction tag (ITAG) included in an issue queue entry. The writeback ITAG is provided by a first of multiple load store units. The issue queue entry includes multiple ready bits, each of which corresponds to one of the multiple load store units. In response to matching the writeback ITAG to the entry ITAG, the computer system sets a first ready bit corresponding to the first load store unit. In turn, the computing system issues an instruction corresponding to the entry ITAG based upon detecting that each of the multiple ready bits is set.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a system includes a functional unit that remains powered when the remainder of the system is powered off. The functional unit may, in response to a transition from a first power state to a second power state, retrieve configuration information from a read-only memory. In some embodiments, may be configured to store at least a portion of the configured information in a secure portion of a memory included in the functional unit and then lock the secure portion of the memory. The functional unit may then complete the transition to the second power state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the inventive concept include a boot loader update firmware (305), a system and method for producing the boot loader update firmware (305), and a method for using the boot loader update firmware (305) to update a boot loader module (160) in a device (110, 205, 210, 215). The boot loader update firmware (305) can include logic (310) to install firmware (315) in non-volatile memory (145). The firmware (315) can include a binary image (320) of the updated boot loader module (160). When the device (110, 205, 210, 215) is rebooted, the firmware (315) is activated, which can then copy the binary image 320) into non-volatile memory (150). When the device (110, 205, 210, 215) is rebooted again, the updated boot loader module (160) is activated.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an integrated circuit such as a system on chip that operates in part from harvested power and that uses information about power harvesting conditions to alter a power-on sequence or boot sequence based on that information. In some embodiments, a method uses information about power harvesting and energy harvesting conditions to alter a power-on sequence or boot sequence.