Electric digital data processing (G06F)

Device to form transfer in summator

Device comprises logical transistors of n-type, precharge transistors of p-type, inverting elements, each of which comprises a clock transistor of p-type, a logical transistor of p-type and a clock transistor of n-type, a power supply bus, an earth bus, logical outputs, logical inputs, straight and inverse outputs.

System for detecting vulnerability of critical units of complex social and technological systems

System comprises at least two automated user workstations, a local area network switch, a communication server, an interfacing unit, a program interface unit, a factor and criteria system generating unit, a task generation and simulation condition setting unit, a mathematical model and information-computing task manager, a database and knowledge base operation manager, a system state and equipment unit database unit, a knowledge base unit, an information-computing task resolving unit, a system state predictive estimate generating unit, a critical unit ranking and filtering unit, a unit for accounting for critical units, data on which come from other systems, a critical unit group selection and complex estimate generating unit, a calculation and simulation result aggregating and presentation unit and a calculation result analysis unit.

Controlling user authentication

Invention relates to computer engineering and specifically to means of protecting user identification data when accessing a third-party website. The method comprises: receiving a digital identification certificate for the third-party website; receiving an agreement on terms of use of the multifactor authentication service for the third-party website; allowing the third-party website to use the service without further human intervention in the third-party website; using the portal of the developer which is configured to: provide the application program interface key to the developer of the third-party website; provide a shared secret key to the developer of the third-party website; provide terms of use of the multifactor authentication service for the third-party website.

Painting user controls

Group of inventions relates to dynamically painting user controls. A system for painting user controls on a GUI comprises a computer-implemented tracking module configured to track the position and direction of movement of a cursor on the GUI. Said painting module is configured obtain information on colour using a pixel of an icon included in a separate user control from said plurality of user controls, wherein the separate user control is identified based on the position or direction of cursor movement. The painting module also determines the backlight colour of the separate user control based on the information on colour, wherein the backlight colour is determined based on the dominant colour of the icon.

Integrated microcircuit, information processing apparatus, software module control method, information processing system, information processing method and programme

Invention relates to means of controlling software loading. A reading/recording device and a mobile telephone terminal which is accessed by the reading/recording device through communication in proximity. In the mobile telephone terminal, the software module transmits instructions to modules and software. The software module controls states of the modules and the software. If during booting of the software module, processing of the software module begins and ends, the software module resumes booting of the software module.

Communication device, communication method and communication system

Present invention relates to a communication device, a communication method and a communication system, and especially to a communication device, a communication method and a communication system configured to share content, such as video, with a plurality of communication devices. The technical result is achieved owing to a storage unit which stores content, a recording processor which generates metadata relating to content and records the generated metadata in a database, a loading unit which sends to another communication device via a computer network a request for content stored by another communication device based on the metadata generated by another communication device, a downloading unit which transmits content stored by the storage unit via a computer network to another communication device which performs request based on metadata generated by the recording processor.

Device for protection from unauthorised access to information

Invention relates to providing information security and can be used in creating systems with protection from unauthorised access to information stored on an external medium. The device for protection from unauthorised access to information is a monolithic single-chip controller, having a microprocessor, read-only memory, random-access memory, reprogrammable read-only memory, an interface for communication with a computer, an external data medium, an interface for communication with an external data medium, a communication interface access controller which provides further protection from unauthorised access to information stored on an external medium, connected to the reprogrammable read-only memory, the random-access memory and the interfaces for communication with the external data medium.

System of functional testing cards of semiconductor memory

Invention relates to testing technology and can be used to diagnose functioning and determining the reliability margin of the semiconductor memory cards. The system consists of the control automatic unit, the interface controller Ethernet, the random access memory, the interface controller of semiconductor memory card, the unit of control registers, the unit of forming and measuring time parameters of the memory card interface with a resolution of 2.5 ns, the frequency multiplier based on the phase-locked loop, the control unit of input device and the display device, the unit of transceiver of the serial interface, the programmable logic integrated circuit, the microcircuit chip of transceiver of the interface Ethernet, the secondary power supply, the constant reprogrammable memory, the voltage level converter of the memory card interface, the clock signal generator 25 MHz, the input device, the display device, the temperature sensor of the memory card, the controlled power supply with the output voltage from 1 V to 5 V, the current sensor, and the contact device for connecting the semiconductor memory card.

Extensibility for web-based diagram visualisation

Group of inventions relates to an extensible architecture and data flow which enable a diagram update engine to launch custom code modules. A method to be executed at least in part in a computing device for extensible web-based diagram visualisation services comprises steps where, in response to receiving a request for a diagram including references to external data sources, providing the request to an update engine for determination of supported data sources and custom data modules for retrieving data from non-supported data sources which implement a predefined abstract class. Further, the method includes receiving a custom data module identifier from the update engine. The custom data module indicated by the identifier is also activated through said predefined abstract class and either data or an exception is received from the custom data module. If data are received, said data are redirected to the update engine.

Device for detecting and correcting errors in parallel highway

Disclosed is a device which realises the receiving part of a method of correcting information on a parallel highway via triple recording, wherein first transmission is carried out without changes, second transmission is carried out in an inverse code and third transmission is carried out with a shift by n/2 bits (where n is the number of bits of the transmitted information) to the left (right) with reverse recovery at the receiving side, specifically: first transmission remains without changes, second transmission is inverted, third transmission is cyclically shifted n/2 bits to the right (left), with subsequent majorisation of information. The device comprises first, second and third n-bit parallel registers with a write input, a group of digital inverters (n digital inverters), a majority logic unit, data inputs of the registers are combined bit by bit and are the data input of the device, outputs of the second register are connected to inputs of the group of digital inverters. The device also includes n XOR elements, a first and a second group of digital converters, a delay element. The majority logic unit consists of n majority elements.

Input/output device

Invention relates to computer engineering and automation and specifically to processing analogue and digital signals, and can be used to interface different computer systems with actuating devices and sensors. The input/output device has a main data communication channel transceiver, a main data communication channel controller, an analogue-to-digital converter, a one-time command (discrete signal) receiver, a one-time command generator, a serial code signal receiver, a serial code signal generator, a pulse-number code receiver, a control unit consisting of an address register, a data register, AND, OR elements, a comparator circuit, an address selection unit, a remote measurement former, an internal data communication main line, connected accordingly.

System and method for fast switching of computing machine

Invention relates to online video games. The method includes initiating a new online video game in response to user input from a client device, wherein said online video game is in a first state on a first server upon initiation, running the online video game on the server to call, through said input, the online video game in a second state, pausing or terminating the online video game, determining differences between the first state and the second state and generating difference data containing said differences, transmitting the difference data via a network to a second server and restoring the second state from the difference data and the first state in response to the user input, indicating that the user wants to resume the online video game and in response to that the second server is selected as a server for running said video game.

Method of measuring time of arrival of signal and apparatus for realising said method

Invention relates to means of measuring the time of arrival of two-position angular manipulated signals at a receiving position. The technical result is achieved by eliminating receiving frequency uncertainty, which eliminates the need for two-dimensional search of arguments of the maximum of a two-dimensional discrete cross-correlation function (DCCF) for the two-position angular manipulated signal, thereby avoiding the search for the argument of the maximum of a one-dimensional DCCF. A two-level modulating signal is generated and differentially decoded. Each symbol of the differentially decoded signal is mapped onto a corresponding number of readings of the received signal converted to digital relative to the time scale of the receiving position by repeating values of the differentially decoded signal with increase in sampling frequency thereof to the sampling frequency of the received signal converted to digital. A second digital data stream is generated, which is converted using fast Fourier transform to values of a second spectrum.

Adaptive implicit examination for recommendation systems

Invention relates to recommendation systems. An apparatus for controlling a recommendation system includes: a recording means (S100) for detecting and recording user interface actions with respect to at least one content item controlled by the user interface; a computing means (S200, S300) for computing, based on the recorded user interface actions, numerical or categorical values which characterise use of the content item, and for determining, from said numerical or categorical values and from implicit estimation of the user of said content item, the contribution in the estimation history; and a conversion means (S400) for converting the estimation history into a user interface profile, which is transmitted to a recommendation means (S500) in order to estimate a new content item; wherein the output of the recommendation means (S500) is used as the implicit estimation (S600) history for the recommendation system.

Information processor, processing method and programme

Invention relates to an information processor, a processing method and a storage medium. The information processor comprises a coordinate processing unit for determining the cursor position inside or outside the region of a first display section and outputting information about the position thereof to a virtual object control section if the cursor is located outside the region of the first display section; a photographic camera for obtaining an image consisting of a real object containing the first display section; a section for analysing three-dimensional information of the position of the real object contained in said image; a second display section for displaying the obtained image; a virtual object control section for creating a virtual object different from the real object, and creating a composite image containing the created virtual object and the real object displayed on the second display section, wherein the virtual object control section is configured to calculate the three-dimensional position of the cursor based on information about the position of the cursor provided from the coordinate processing unit for displaying, on the second display section, the composite image on which the object is placed in the calculated position as a virtual object.

Electronic control unit having real-time core managing partitioning

Group of inventions relates to electronic control units. Disclosed is an electronic control unit including a microcontroller provided with RAM containing variable data, and ROM, associated with the code of an operating software system having a built-in real-time core for executing computer tasks, the RAM and ROM comprising areas corresponding to partitions, one of which is allocated to the real-time core and each of the other partitions is allocated for at least one of the tasks, the ROM and RAM are linked by an address bus which is physically programmed to prevent writing in the other of the RAM areas and prevent execution of the other of the ROM areas, wherein the real-time core is linked to a timer allocating an execution time for each partition, wherein the electronic control unit is designed such that only two partitions can be executed at a given moment in time, and the microcontroller is designed to control only four buffers for said two partitions: a buffer for the code and a buffer for data of the partition allocated to the real-time core; a buffer for the code and a buffer for data of the partition allocated to a task which is active at said moment in time.

System for controlling file access based on automatic tagging thereof

Method is carried out by controlling file access based on automatic tagging thereof, which comprises a resolver, a file attribute storage unit, an automatic file tagging unit, a file access rule storage unit, wherein the first input of the resolver is connected to the first input of the system, the first input of the automatic file tagging unit, the second output is connected to the output of the system, the second input of the automatic file tagging unit is connected to the third input of the system, the first output is connected to the first input of the file attribute storage unit, the output of which is connected to the third input of the automatic file tagging unit, the second input is connected to the second output of the automatic file tagging unit, the third output of which is connected to the first input if the file access rule storage unit, the second input of which is connected to the second input of the system, the third input is connected to the first output of the resolver, the second input of which is connected to the output of the file access rule storage unit.

Functional structure of least significant bit of adder f_cd(Σ)_ru for arguments of terms ^±[^1,2n_j]f(2ⁿ) and ^±[^1,2m_j]f(2ⁿ) of "complementary code ru" format (versions of russian logic)

Invention relates to computer engineering and can be used in designing arithmetic devices and performing arithmetic procedures for summation of positional arguments of terms ±[1,2nj]f(2n) and ±[1,2mj]f(2n). In one version, the adder is based on logic elements executing logic functions NOT and NAND.

Graphic representation support based on user settings

Invention relates to creating and editing visual representations. The invention discloses a method and a system for graphical representation based on user settings in an application computer program for working with graphics. The settings relate to various properties of one or more graphic elements. Such properties include positioning, size, format and other visual attributes associated with graphic elements. These properties can be defined either as semantic properties or as representation properties. Semantic properties are persistent for all graphic definitions. Representation properties are specific for the graphic definition to which each specific graphics belongs. Thus, the semantic property setting of the displayed graphics is stored in memory for application not only for the currently displayed graphics, but also to all other graphic definitions which can be displayed in future. Conversely, the representation property setting is stored only for the graphics currently displayed, and therefore is not stored for all other graphic definitions.

Method for inter-process interaction between different applications in mobile terminal and corresponding device

Invention relates to applications in mobile terminals. The technical result is facilitating inter-process interaction between different applications in a mobile terminal. The method includes the following steps: creating, in a mobile terminal, a server for inter-process interaction; establishing, by the server, communication with a sender application process via an interface; receiving, by the server, data sent by the sender application process using an interaction protocol between the sender application process and the server; and establishing, by the server, communication with a recipient application process via the interface; and sending, by the server, data to the recipient application process using an interaction protocol between the recipient application process and the server.

Head position monitoring

Invention relates to monitoring of the head position. Proposed system 400 comprises: head displacement transducer 410 to define index 401 describing the head displacement. It includes processing circuit 420 to extract angle 300 of turn of user 100 head 100b relative to reference direction 310 from index 401. Note here that reference direction 310 used in processing circuit 420 depends on displacement of user 100. Note also that said processing circuit 420 can define said reference direction 310 as a mean direction of user head 100b during displacement of user 100. Note that averaging is adaptive and adapts to larger redirections quicker than to minor redirections.

Configuration and management of add-ons to digital application programmes for network-based distribution

Invention relates to add-ons for digital products. Add-ons for digital products can be managed and made available for online purchase and distribution at the product distribution site. An add-on for a digital product can subsequently be offered to and acquired by an interested person that previously purchased the associated digital product through use of the digital product itself, which can interact with a product distribution site. The product distribution site can also be referred to as an online product hosting site. In one version, the digital products are computer programme products (e.g., computer software programmes).

Method and apparatus for obtaining security key in relay system

Invention relates to communication engineering. The method of obtaining a security key in a relay system, wherein a node in a relay system obtains an initial key, in accordance with the initial key, the node obtains a root key of the security key of the radio interface between the node and another node adjoining said node, and in accordance with the root key, the node obtains a security key of the radio interface between the node and said other adjoining node. Therefore, in accordance with the initial key, each lower-level node obtains a root key of the security key of the radio interface between each lower-level node, such that UE data on an interface link Un can be secured accordingly.

Method of protecting security data transmitted by transmitter device to receiver device

Invention relates to a method of protecting security data transmitted by a transmitter to a receiver, the method comprising periodic transmission to a receiver, alternately with said security data, of neutral data intended to prevent security data filtering.

Neuron-based ripple carry parallel adder-subtractor

Invention relates to information and computer engineering equipment and can be used to create arithmetic logic units for designing high-speed and efficient digital devices for summation and subtraction of numbers in a binary number system in direct codes. The device has a number input unit, a comparator unit, an adder unit, a larger number register unit, a summation-subtraction unit, a smaller number register unit, a result register unit and a control unit.

Centre access conflict resolution method and system implementing said method

Invention relates to computer engineering. The method of resolving a conflict in accessing a conflict-free messaging device (CFMD), which employs a CFMD and numbered objects which transmit to and receive from the CFMD optical signals via a separate wireless link for each object at three possible frequencies, wherein the signal at the first frequency is pulsed and is used by the objects to determine the time of propagation of the signal from the object to the CFMD, the signal at the second frequency is pulsed, has one of four durations ν, ρ, σ, τ, linked by the relationship 3ν<σ<ρ<τ and is transmitted simultaneously only by one of the objects, the signal at the third frequency is constant, is transmitted by to the CFMD by the objects and is returned to said objects by the CFMD with temporary interruption of the reception by the CFMD of the signal at the second frequency from the object, wherein the CFMD counts the time interrupted and resuming upon the arrival of the signal at the second frequency, or upon achieving a predetermined time value.

Context-based recommender system

Invention relates to recommendation of a product or service to a user. The system comprises: a first extractor (S200) for applying a first feature extraction algorithm to extract first features characterising content of a data input processed by a first application running on the system, wherein said first extractor (S200) is adapted to detect whether said content of said data input relates to a television program or an existing film or television production; a switching functionality triggered by content items in the data input processed by the first application so as to activate the second application, wherein said content items relate to said television program or existing film or television production; a second extractor (S100) for applying a second feature extraction algorithm to extract second features characterising content of a database (32) of a second running on the system; and a comparator (S300) for comparing the first and second features to identify matching items used for the recommendation.

Checking configuration modification for ied

Invention relates to technological process control systems and substation automation, and specifically to monitoring safety aspects during configuration and parameterisation of devices in such systems. The method of checking a configuration modification for an intelligent electronic device (IED) in a process control (PCT) or substation automation (SA) system comprises authenticating, by the IED prior to receiving a configuration modification request, the approver independent of the client, and storing, in the memory of the IED, a configuration modification reliability check elaborated by the approver, wherein the reliability check includes a maintenance schedule for the IED, a set of rules, or an expert system, for judging whether the configuration modification is acceptable, and approving or rejecting the configuration modification request based on a result of the reliability check used for specific circumstances of the configuration modification request.

Method and apparatus for dynamically visualising collection of images in form of collage

Invention relates to methods of presenting a collection of images. The computer-implemented method for dynamic visualisation of a collection of images in the form of a collage includes a step of obtaining an image from a collection of images. Further, the method includes adjusting parameters of dynamic visualisation and analysing distribution of colours in local areas of the image and the collage. The method also includes modifying the image by adding decorative elements, the appearance of which depends on the distribution of colours in the local areas of the image and the collage. Furthermore, the method includes modifying the collage by changing an appearance of decorative elements in the image.

Enhanced block-request streaming using scalable encoding

Invention relates to multimedia streaming systems. The technical result is adaptation to taking advantage of the content reception capture process and preparing files with improved quality of block-request streaming when interacting with a user, as well as high bandwidth efficiency. The capture system receives content and prepares said content in form of files or data elements for use by a file server. The files or data elements are organised in form of blocks which are transmitted and decoded as a certain unit, and the system is configured to provide and consume scalable blocks, such that the quality of presentation improves when a large part of a block is loaded.

System and method for interactive live-mesh segmentation

Invention relates to means for segmentation of medical images. The method comprises initiating (210, 310) a segmentation algorithm to construct a surface mesh of an anatomical structure from a series of volumetric images; assigning (230, 330) a spring to each of the edges and a mass point to each of the vertices of the surface mesh; displaying (240, 340) a 2D reformatted view of the surface mesh and the anatomical structure; adding (280, 380) pull springs to the surface mesh, based on a selected point on a surface of the mesh; moving (290, 390) a portion of the surface mesh through an interactive point.

Command user interface for displaying multiple sections of software functionality controls

Invention relates to user interfaces. Disclosed is an improved user interface for displaying logical groups of selectable software functionality controls that are associated with one or more selected top-level functionalities. Upon selection of a top-level functionality tab, selectable functionalities associated with the top-level functionality tab are divided into logical groups and are presented in a customisable functionality control section below the tab. Upon selection of a different top-level functionality tab, selectable functionalities associated with the subsequently selected top-level functionality tab may either replace the first functionality control section or may be displayed in a separate functionality control section adjacent to the first functionality control section if space is available in the user interface.

Method of generating logic-dynamic process of converting conditionally minimised structures of arguments of analogue signals of terms ^±[n_i]f(+/-)_min and ^±[m_i]f(+/-)_min in functional adder structure ^±f₁(Σ_ru)_min without ripple carry f₁(^±←←) and process cycle ∆t_Σ → 5∙f(&)-and five conditional logic functions f(&)-and, realised using procedure for simultaneous conversion of arguments of terms through arithmetic axioms of ternary number system f_ru(+1,0,-1) and functional structures for realisation thereof (version of russian logic)

In one version, the functional structure is realised on logic elements AND, OR, NOR, NAND.

Method and system for correction on basis of quantum theory to increase accuracy of radiation thermometer

Claimed invention relates to thermometry and can be used for quantum theory-based correction of radiation thermometer temperature. It allows detection of parameters describing the structure of energy levels with the help of efficient physical model for calibration of radiation thermometer system. For this, radiation thermometer system is set to temperature measurement state to reveal object radiation energy via optical system. Parameters describing the structure of energy levels are defined by calculation and processing by PC and MCU in radiation thermometer system in compliance with physical model. Said parameters are used for calibration of radiation thermometer. To realise described method, radiation thermometer system is used including temperature measurement module, calibration module, PC or MCU used for calibration of radiation pyrometer in compliance with parameters describing the structure of energy levels.

Method for acoustic representation of spatial information for users

Method for acoustic representation of spatial information for users includes emitting a frequency-modulated ultrasonic pulse, binaural reception of an echo signal at two ultrasonic microphones, amplifying and converting electrical echo signals to acoustic signals, matched filtering of the echo signals, time-base expansion of the obtained responses in binaural reception channels, followed by perception of the signals by a human auditory analyser. The method includes preliminary testing for each channel of the auditory system of the user by presenting acoustic signals with different frequencies on a background of natural noise, performing statistical analysis of perception thereof by the auditory analyser of the user based on correct detection, missing and false detection of signals with respect to the total number of presented acoustic signals and obtaining adjusting gain coefficients for each channel. After matched filtering and time-base expansion the obtained responses in binaural reception channels, the method includes performing multichannel scaled-temporal filtering of responses via forward and inverse wavelet transform thereof, followed by weighted summation of output signals of each channel based on the obtained adjusting gain coefficients in each channel.

Method of determining operation parameters of digital communication system and device for method implementation

Invention refers to electric engineering and can be applied in transmission/reception devices, measurement instruments, in analogue and digital modelling of digital communication systems. Method of determining operation parameters of digital communication system involves selection of highly stable reference and adjustment signal, determination of reference signal range amplitude, generation of additional signal from reference and adjustment signals, filtration of resulting signal by low frequency and its use in correction of signal to be adjusted, determination of at least two amplitudes of corrected signal, generation of two additional signals from corrected signal amplitudes and from reference signal amplitudes used to determine additional amplitudes, and further determination of operation parameters by given relation with amplitudes obtained. Device includes reference and adjustable generators, two range analysers, parameter determination unit of phase detector, data recorder, four multipliers.

Modified intelligent controller with adaptive critic

System comprises interconnected control object, critic unit, decision neural network, action unit, reinforcement calculation unit, time difference calculation unit, action selection unit, action screening unit, critic training unit and action entry unit.

File uploading method and system for web application

Group of inventions relates to means of transferring files in a web application. The invention discloses a method and a system for uploading a file in a web application, comprising: a user of a client-side program inputting a file to be uploaded into a security trusted control, and the security trusted control uploading the file input by the user to a FTP server and uploading information related to the file to a web server. The web server then sends the information related to the file to an interface message processor, so that the interface message processor downloads the file from the FTP server according to the information related to the file and sends the file to a media resource management server.

User interface, method for operation of said interface and operating parameter control device

Invention relates to user interface control means. The user interface includes one display device and one actuating device with a touch-sensitive interface; wherein touch-sensitive regions of the interface serve for interaction with a user; and wherein a visual image is displayed by the display device; the actuating device interacts with the display device such that it displays an image of a cabinet, wherein one or more regions of the interface are spatially juxtaposed to one or more regions of the image, wherein a certain region of the image within the image itself is bounded by a visible boundary or a visible object, and the user interface obtains information about the operating condition of the real region or object of the operating parameter control device, wherein the region of the image, depending on the operating state of the visually recognisable region or object, can be displayed via optical signalling.

Device for receiving binary information via two parallel communication channels

Device for receiving binary information via two parallel communication channels includes an input AND 1 element and an input OR 2 element, outputs of which are connected to inputs of the first and second error protection units 3, 4, respectively, wherein data inputs of the input AND 1 and OR 2 elements are connected to the first and second buses of the parallel communication channels 5, 6. The device also includes a third and a fourth error protection unit 7, 8, four digital inverters 9, 10, 11, 12, four AND elements 13, 14, 15, 16, four switches 17, 18, 19, 20 and a second OR 21 element, a data output of the device 22 and a request-repeat signal output 23.

Image processing method and device for instant messaging tools

Invention relates to information processing devices. The device includes a first obtaining module configured to obtain data of an edit region covered by instant messaging, where the data of the edit region include at least an interval of abscissa values and an interval of ordinate values, a second obtaining module configured to obtain and record cursor position data in real time after obtaining initial notification and before obtaining final notification and a generation module configured to generate a linear segment in accordance with current cursor position data and recorded previous cursor position data, which were obtained by the second obtaining module, and data of the edit region which were obtained by the first obtaining module.

Measuring tool for adapter functions

Input/output data flow typical for an adapter is monitored based on separate functions and results are dynamically presented to a user. This information is useful, for example, for throughput adjustment, load balancing and usage-based billing.

Recording medium, playback device and integrated circuit

Invention relates to the technology of playing back 3D and 2D video. A recording medium facilitates seamless connection between preceding play items which are streaming data located before a long transition and subsequent play items which are streaming data located after the long transition. An interleaved stream includes a general view stream for playing back 2D video and a sub-view stream for playing back 3D video in a combination with the general view stream. An Ln2D unit, designed for 2D playback, is arranged such that it follows a 3D extension unit in which a depth map data unit, a right view point data unit and a left view point data unit are interleaved. The 3D extension unit, which includes an L3ss unit designed for 3D playback, is located between the Ln2D unit and the LB point of the long transition. The Ln2D unit an the L3ss unit are identical on content.

Transformable panel for tactile control

Set of inventions relates to dynamic input interfaces in a vehicle. Control method is proposed for vehicle functionality control device containing transformable panel with switches array, and display unit representing user interface. In this design, tactile sense from the first subset of the mentioned switches array of the mentioned transformable panel is configured based on positioning vehicle functionality controls on the mentioned user interface; input of selection from the mentioned transformable panel is accepted; positioning of the mentioned user interface is updated based on selection input; and tactile sense from at least some switches of the mentioned array of the mentioned transformable panel is reconfigured in response to updating the mentioned user interface positioning.

Panning content using drag operation

Invention relates to computer-readable medium, a computer system, a computerised method of panning content. Initially, aspects of user-initiated input include a location of activation (e.g., touch point on a touchscreen interface) and a gesture. Upon ascertaining that the activation location occurred within the content region and that the gesture is a drag operation, based on a distance of uninterrupted tactile contact with the touchscreen interface, a panning mode may be activated. When in the panning mode, and if the application rendering the content in the display area supports scrolling functionality, the gesture will control movement of the content within the content region. In particular, the drag operation of the gesture will pan the content within the display area when surfaced at the touchscreen interface.

When-free messaging

Invention relates to systems and methods for communication between devices. The method facilitates When-Free communication, which allows users to send When-Free messages that act as near-instant messages that wait until a user or recipient is not in one of states defined as busy or unavailable. When-Free variants enable recipients to define policies for handling messages if unavailability persists beyond a certain time threshold, including the generation of automated responses and the replacement of instant messages with email messages, by moving the conversational thread to an email inbox for later review and response via email or to launch an instant messaging session that continues where the communication left off. The system implements said method.

Media portability and compatibility for different destination platforms

Invention relates to systems for playing back media files. A media transformation apparatus includes tools which receive commands to launch a media portability and compatibility capability, and may receive source media as input data for transformation. These tools may also receive indications of profile settings for specifying how to transform the source media for enhanced portability on destination systems for playback. The source media may be transformed in response to the profile setting, with the transformed media inserted into a document. Said tools may then distribute the document to the destination system for playback.

Method of analysing malicious activity on internet, detecting malicious network nodes and neighbouring intermediate nodes

Present invention relates to antiviruses and specifically to methods of detecting malicious infrastructure. A method of detecting intermediate nodes in a computer network through which malware is distributed, wherein the intermediate nodes are connected to the Internet, to which malicious nodes are also connected. The present method employs a system of computer tools, services for detecting a traffic route in a network, a WHOIS service for accessing login information about an owner of a domain or IP address, followed by constructing flow chart of distribution of malware from a malicious site over data link channels, evaluating the usage rate of the link channel for distributing malware, detecting and blocking an intermediate node used illegally; the method further allows the unblocking of the intermediate node if the intensity of distribution of malware considerably drops over time or ceases to pose a threat to the site which directly contained the malware.

System and method for target installation of configured software

Method for target installation of configured software includes steps of: loading, from a computer network attribute storage means, object attributes corresponding to a user account and object attributes corresponding to a first user-controlled device on which the software is to be installed; configuring the software installation package; determining configuration parameters from the loaded attributes in accordance with the security policy installed for said user and for the first device; loading the configured software installation package on the second device, installing the software on the second user-controlled device; checking compliance of the first and second devices and continuing installation if compliance is established; conducting authorisation of the user controlling the second device, and continuing installation if authorisation is successful.

System and method of selecting optimum type of antiviral verification when accessing file

Method includes determining an identifier and current values of attributes of the file being verified; searching for stored values of file attributes in a file database based on the identifier; determining the result of changes in the value of each file attribute and a set of file changes; determining, based on the set of file changes, the correct selection of the optimum type of verification, synchronous or asynchronous; carrying out antiviral verification of the file according to the assigned type of verification.