Author: claimsbot

1. A method, comprising:
detecting an error during an operation associated with a solid state drive (SSD);
receiving from a host device a command to return failure information; and
sending the failure information from the SSD to the host device in response to the receiving, the failure information comprising information relevant to the SSD being comprised of flash memory as a storage media.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information relevant to the SSD being comprised of flash memory as a storage media comprises a specific storage media location of the flash memory where the error occurred.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the information relevant to the SSD being comprised of flash memory as a storage media further comprises information indicating whether the specific storage media location of the flash memory is associated with corrupt data.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information relevant to the SSD being comprised of flash memory as a storage media comprises information indicating that the SSD was unable to free up a storage media location of the flash memory in which to write data for the operation.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
wherein subsequent to a determination that the error is associated with a reoccurring event, the information relevant to the SSD being comprised of flash memory as a storage media comprises a persistent failure indication; and
wherein prior to the determination, the information relevant to the SSD being comprised of flash memory as a storage media comprises a transient failure indication.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information relevant to the SSD being comprised of flash memory as a storage media comprises information indicating where the SSD is on a life expectancy curve.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the failure information is a Serial ATA (SATA) read log 10 page comprising a vendor specific field and the information relevant to the SSD being comprised of flash memory as a storage media is the vendor specific field.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information relevant to the SSD being comprised of flash memory as a storage media is one or more of a plurality of fields associated with a Serial ATA (SATA) read log 10 page.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the failure information is capable of being utilized to recover failure information associated with an NCQ command issued to the SSD.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the command includes a command that is capable of being used to fetch SSD information to recover from an NCQ command and failure information associated with the NCQ command.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the failure information is accessible utilizing a command other than a Serial ATA (SATA) Read Log EXT command or a Serial ATA (SATA) Read Log DMA command.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the failure information is accessible utilizing a Serial ATA (SATA) Read Log EXT command.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein the failure information is accessible utilizing a Serial ATA (SATA) Read Log DMA command.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the information relevant to the SSD being comprised of flash memory as a storage media further comprises a format associated with a Serial ATA (SATA) log page 10.
15. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation includes sending an NCQ command.
16. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation includes sending a SATA command.
17. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:
computer code for detecting an error during an operation associated with a solid state drive (SSD);
computer code for receiving from a host device a command to return failure information; and
computer code for sending the failure information from the SSD to the host device, the failure information comprising information relevant to the SSD being comprised of flash memory as a storage media.
18. An apparatus, comprising:
a solid state drive (SSD) configured to:
detect an error during an operation associated with the SSD;
receive from a host device a command to return failure information; and
send the failure information from the SSD to the host device, the failure information comprising information relevant to the SSD being comprised of flash memory as a storage media.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for providing notifications of events, the method comprising:
defining a set of standard events for objects in a back end system;
operating on an object in the back end system using an instance of a service provider class;
detecting conditions corresponding to a standard event from the set of standard events, with the conditions corresponding to the standard event defined by meta data stored in a repository; and
notifying at least one subscriber to the standard event in response to a detected condition.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing data identifying the at least one subscriber in the repository, wherein notifying the at least one subscriber is performed using the data stored in the repository.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the set of standard events includes at least one standard event selected from the group consisting of modifying a business object, inserting a business object, and deleting a business object.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one subscriber comprises a client.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising maintaining a list of standard events for which the corresponding conditions have been detected.
6. The method of claim 5 further comprising processing the list of standard events in accordance with a predetermined algorithm.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing data defining publishing constraints in the repository, wherein the at least one subscriber is notified only if the publishing constraints are satisfied.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing subscription information in the repository, the subscription information identifying subscribers based on at least one criterion selected from the group consisting of a name of an event, a unique key for an object, and an object type, wherein notifying the at least one subscriber is based on the subscription information.
9. A system for providing notifications of events, the system comprising:
a repository comprising meta data representing business objects in a back end system, definitions of conditions corresponding to events, and registrations of event subscribers; and
an enterprise service framework in communication with the repository, wherein the enterprise service framework is operable to:
detect an operation on a business object in the back end system by an instance of a service provider class;
determine whether the operation satisfies the defined conditions in the repository corresponding to a particular event;
trigger the particular event if the operation satisfies the defined conditions corresponding to the particular event; and
notify at least one event subscriber registered to receive a notification of the particular event based on the registrations in the repository.
10. The system of claim 9 wherein the enterprise service framework is further operable to:
receive requests from clients; and
initiate operations by instances of service provider classes in response to the requests.
11. The system of claim 9 wherein the event subscribers comprise at least one of clients or instances of service provider classes.
12. The system of claim 9 wherein the conditions corresponding to events define standard events and the enterprise service framework is further operable to receive notifications of custom events defined for a service provider class.
13. The system of claim 9 wherein the enterprise service framework is further operable to maintain a list of events, with each event in the list including attributes selected from the group consisting of an event name, a unique key associated with the business object associated with the event, and an object type for the business object associated with the event.
14. The system of claim 13 wherein the enterprise service framework is further operable to process the list of events prior to notifying the at least one subscriber in accordance with predetermined rules stored in the repository.
15. The system of claim 13 wherein the registrations of event subscribers define event subscriptions based on attributes of the events.
16. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, for providing notifications of events, the computer program product being operable to cause data processing apparatus to:
retrieve a stored set of standard events for objects in a back end system;
operate on an object in the back end system using an instance of a service provider class;
detect conditions corresponding to a standard event from the set of standard events, with the conditions corresponding to the standard event defined by meta data stored in a repository; and
notify at least one subscriber to the standard event in response to the detected conditions.
17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the computer program product is further operable to cause data processing apparatus to store data identifying the at least one subscriber in the repository, wherein notifying the at least one subscriber is performed using the data stored in the repository.
18. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the computer program product is further operable to cause data processing apparatus to maintain a list of standard events for which the corresponding conditions have been detected.
19. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the computer program product is further operable to cause data processing apparatus to store data defining publishing constraints in the repository, wherein the at least one subscriber is notified only if the publishing constraints are satisfied.
20. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the computer program product is further operable to cause data processing apparatus to store subscription information in the repository, with the subscription information identifying subscribers based on at least one criterion selected from the group consisting of a name of an event, a unique key for an object, and an object type, wherein notifying the at least one subscriber is based on the subscription information.

1. A portable image apparatus comprising:
a photographing device configured to capture still or moving images;
a memory device for storing the still or moving images captured by the photographing device, wherein the still images are compressed into compressed still image data;
a transmission device configured for transmitting the still or moving images stored in the memory to an external display device through a predetermined interface being connected to the external display device;
a receiving device configured to receive a picture acquisition request from the external display device for allowing the external display device to receive the plurality of the picture information pieces; and
a signal processing device, wherein:
the predetermined interface configured to connect to the external display device includes a first interface and a second interface;
in response to the picture acquisition request being requested from the external display device and being received by the receiving device, the signal processing device converts the compressed still image data stored in the memory device into data of a signal format which can be displayed in the external display, the transmission device configured to transmit the data converted by the signal processing device to the external display device through the first interface, and transmit the compressed still image data to the external display device through the second interface.
2. The portable image apparatus according to claim 1, wherein transmitting at predetermined intervals by the transmission device the plurality of the picture information pieces based on the still or moving images converted by the signal processing device to the external display device causes the external display device to display the plurality of the picture information pieces in a slide show.
3. The portable image apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined intervals are variable by a user.
4. The portable image apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the picture information pieces comprise baseband picture information.
5. The portable image apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined interface is an high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) interface and the base band image information are supplied through the HDMI interface.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. A system for designing personalities for synthetic characters, comprising:
a personality trait selection device that displays at least one selectable personality trait; and
a personality builder that groups the selected personality traits into a character profile.
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein:
said personality trait selection device comprises at least one trait indicator, each trait indicator representing an amount of a corresponding one of the selectable personality traits; and
said personality builder weights each selected personality trait in said character profile according the amount of each selected personality trait represented in the corresponding trait indicator.
3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the trait indicators are graduated dials operating between a high anchor and a low anchor.
4. The system according to claim 2, further comprising:
a personality attribute selection device that displays at least one selectable personality attribute; and
a mapper configured to map each selected personality attribute into amounts of the trait indicators according to an amount each selected personality attribute is represented in the selectable personality traits.
5. The system according to claim 2, wherein the selectable personality traits include at least one primary trait of dominance, warmth, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness.
6. The system according to claim 2, further comprising:
a trait indicative behavior selection device that displays at least one selectable trait indicative behavior; and
a mapper configured to map each selected trait indicative behavior into amounts of the trait indicators according to an amount each selected personality attribute is represented in the selectable personality traits.
7. The system according to claim 1, wherein said character profile comprises a translation of the selected personality traits into a weighted set of personality traits.
8. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:
a physical modification device configured to modify physical characteristics of said synthetic character based on the character profile.
9. A method of rendering a personality, comprising the step of:
rendering at least one behavior of a synthetic character based on a character profile having selected personality traits.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein said step of rendering includes the step of:
specifying at least one trait indicative behavior; and
implementing behaviors consistent with the trait indicative behaviors.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein:
said trait indicative behaviors include at least one primary behavior;
said step of specifying includes the step of specifying a set of releasing mechanisms associated with the specified primary behaviors; and
said step of rendering includes the steps of,
interpreting stimuli external to said personality based on said set of releasing mechanisms, and
rendering said at least one behavior of the synthetic character based on the interpreted external stimuli.
12. The method according to claim 9, wherein said step of rendering comprises the steps of:
specifying at least one secondary behavior; and
implementing the secondary behaviors as one of persistent and episodic behaviors.
13. The method according to claim 9, wherein said step of rendering comprises the step of:
modulating an existing behavior based on the character profile.
14. The method according to claim 9, wherein said step of rendering comprises the step of:
modifying a construal process utilized by the personality.
15. The method according to claim 14, wherein said construal process includes processes for perception and assessment of situations in an environment of which the personality is located.
16. A method of selecting behavior for a synthetic character, comprising the steps of:
computing an primary activation level of primary behaviors in each of plural nodes at a given level of a modified behavior hierarchy;
selecting a node having a highest activation level; and
executing the primary behavior in accordance with an action defined by the selected node.
17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising the steps of:
computing an secondary activation level for at least one trait indicative secondary behavior in each of plural nodes at the given level of the behavior hierarchy;
disregarding secondary behaviors that conflict with the selected primary behavior;
selecting secondary behaviors based on the secondary behavior activation level computed;
repeating said steps of computing, disregarding, and selecting until no degrees of freedom unused by the primary and selected secondary behaviors sufficient to activate any remaining secondary behaviors exist; and
executing the selected secondary behaviors.
18. The method according to claim 16, wherein:
said step of computing comprises,
determining values, including at least one of a level of interest, a value of inhibitory links, a value of releasing mechanisms, a level of fatigue, and a value of endogenous variables associated with a behavior, for factors related to whether a behavior should be activated, and
computing said primary activation level based on the values determined.
19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising the step of:
increasing said level of fatigue associated with a behavior based on a length of time said behavior has been activated.
20. The method according to claim 19, further comprising the step of:
biasing an activation level for plan steps based on a plan.