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20080201643 | System for creating customized web content based on user behavioral portraits - A method is provided for determining a website user behavioral portrait based on navigation on the website and dynamically reconfiguring web pages based on those portraits. In accordance with the method, data relating to the progress of a user through a website is recorded, and an ongoing behavioral portrait of the user is built based on the data. The portrait is then used to dynamically reconfigure web content. | 08-21-2008 |
20080215988 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROCESS INFORMATION CONTRIBUTED BY MEMBERS OF A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY - A method of creating a financial product. A virtual community is established. Members of the community submit preferences to a server. The preferences are aggregated and manipulated to identify characteristics of the preferences. From the population of preferences submitted, a small subset is identified to be part of the financial product. | 09-04-2008 |
20080222532 | Controlling and Monitoring Propagation Within a Network - Described are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for propagation protection within a network. A management station sends an event message to a transparent network appliance, the event message comprising a command for the transparent network appliance to shape traffic being transmitted through the transparent network appliance. The management station receives statistical information from the transparent network appliance relating to the traffic being transmitted through the transparent network device. | 09-11-2008 |
20080222533 | Real time internet communications system - A novel real time Internet communication system is disclosed. It is a novel way for users to collaborate on the fly, and without having to own or download any programs that then stay resident on the user's computer. Users collaborate in an online environment where they communicate through chat room type dialogue, while at the same time, one or more users designated as leaders guide the other participants' browsers to selected sites on a distributed network or the Internet. It is marketed under a novel business system that makes highly productive software available to businesses and end users, but which is not purchased by customers or end users, has no conventional distribution system, and never requires update, installation or rollout by the customer or end user. | 09-11-2008 |
20080222534 | DRIVING WEB BROWSER - A method for operating a web browser of a communication device and a communication device for operating a web browser are disclosed. The method includes initializing the web browser, accessing a plurality of websites designated by different addresses, and selectively displaying on a display of the communication device at least one web page associated with a corresponding at least one website of the plurality of websites. | 09-11-2008 |
20080235594 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING INTERNET EXPERIENCES - Previews of a target web site or other Internet-accessible resource are displayed in response to cursor control events. The previews are displayed in preview windows, which may have associated toolbars that include functions permitting various manipulations of the content displayed in the preview window. In some cases, the target web site is displayed as an image thereof in the preview window. | 09-25-2008 |
20080244413 | CENTRALIZED REGISTRATION FOR DISTRIBUTED SOCIAL CONTENT SERVICES - A system and method are directed towards enabling centralized registration for managing a selective display of visitor information to distributed social networking websites. A visitor may enter selective personal information, and determine what information is made available on a social networking webpage. The visitor may then return to the social networking website to view selective visitor information, such as within a reader roll. A visitor to a social networking website may select to not have their information displayed at selective a social networking website, while still being displayed at another social networking website. In one embodiment, selecting to not display their information may be performed by ‘mousing’ over their information and selecting a display option. Social networking websites may look to a centralized registration system to determine whether to display the visitor information, while still being able to obtain information about the visitor, and/or provide benefits to the visitor. | 10-02-2008 |
20080244414 | ON-WIDGET DATA CONTROL - A system and method are directed towards enabling control of widgets using on-widget data controls. A visitor may enter selective personal information and determine what information is made available on a social networking webpage. A visitor to a social networking website may select to not have their information displayed at a social networking website, while still being displayed at another social networking website. A visitor's information may be displayed within a reader roll, an association listing, a visitor comment page, or the like. An owner of a social networking website may also select not to have a visitor's information displayed on the website. In one embodiment, selecting not to display information may be performed by ‘mousing’ over the information and selecting a display option. Social networking websites may look to a centralized registration system to determine whether to display the visitor information. | 10-02-2008 |
20080270909 | Methods and Apparatuses to Provide Premium Contents over Internet - Systems and methods to provide premium content over Internet with in place preview. In one embodiment, a method includes: providing a representation of content to a first user, the representation of the content embeddable by the first user into a web page; receiving a request from a browser after the web page having the representation of the content is rendered in the browser; responsive to the request, presenting a user interface to process a payment to access the content without the browser leaving the web page; and upon completion of the payment, presenting the content in the browser. | 10-30-2008 |
20080288874 | COMPUTER INTERFACE METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH PORTABLE NETWORK ORGANIZATION SYSTEM AND TARGETED ADVERTISING - A method and apparatus for providing an automatically upgradeable software application includes targeted advertising based upon demographics and user interaction with the computer. The software application includes a display region used for banner advertising that is downloaded over a network such as the Internet. The software application is accessible from a server via the network and demographic information on the user is acquired by the server and used for determining what advertising will be sent to the user. The software application further targets the advertisements in response to normal user interaction with the computer. Data associated with each advertisement is used by the software application in determining when a particular advertisement is to be displayed. This includes the specification of certain programs that the user may have so that, when the user runs the program (e.g., a spreadsheet program), a relevant advertisement will be displayed (e.g., an advertisement for a stock brokerage). This provides two-tiered, real-time targeting of advertising—both demographically and reactively. The software application includes programming that accesses the server to determine if one or more components of the application need upgrading. If so, the components can be downloaded and installed without further action by the user. A distribution tool is provided for software distribution and upgrading over the network. Also provided is a user profile that is accessible to any computer on the network. Furthermore, multiple users of the same computer can possess Internet web resources and files that are personalized, maintained and organized. | 11-20-2008 |
20080301563 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TARGETED MESSAGE DELIVERY AND SUBSCRIPTION - A system, method and computer program product for product that enables users of broadcast messaging systems to more expediently and efficiently find communities, both for subscribing and for sending messages. The system, method and computer program product provides an end-user with the ability to send messages for delivery to more targeted communities of messaging users. In this aspect, the system and method determines one or more attributes of messaging activity associated with one or more communities of users communicating messages in a messaging system; and, displays via an interface, a graphical representation of the attributes and inter-relationships between the attributes. The user may then select via the interface a recipient community for receiving a message to be sent based on the graphical representation displayed. | 12-04-2008 |
20080307314 | SYSTEM CONNECTIONS AND USER INTERFACES - This description relates to methods and systems for providing user interfaces on a first system for browsing other systems coupled to the first system. In one embodiment, a method includes logging into at least one second data processing system (DPS) from a first DPS, the second DPS having a storage volume storing data and presenting user interface objects within a window which is provided by a file management software program which displays files and folders in a hierarchical file system, the window being displayed on a display device of the first DPS, the user interface objects corresponding to sharing services, which comprise file sharing and screen sharing. Optionally, networked printers may also be displayed. Other methods and systems and computer readable media are also described. | 12-11-2008 |
20080313545 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DESKTOP OR APPLICATION REMOTING TO A WEB BROWSER - Systems and methods (“tools”) are described that enable a user to access and interact with a remote desktop or application without the need to install a plug-in or software in addition to a web browser. In some embodiments, the tools include double buffering graphics that display the remote desktop or application, and caching images that are repeated. These tools may also include identifying the portion of the desktop or application that has changed and then transmitting the changed portion. | 12-18-2008 |
20080313546 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE INFORMATION DISPLAY AND MARKUP - The present invention provides a system that allows documents of various types to be shared between users at geographically dispersed client computers. The users may contemporaneously manipulate the documents and each users manipulations are displayed to the other users in real time using a lightweight synchronization process. | 12-18-2008 |
20090006973 | LITIGATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-based user interface for accessing litigation information associated with at least one litigation case includes a home page. The home page includes a first plurality of user-selectable hyperlinks. Each hyperlink in the first plurality of hyperlinks identifies a category of litigation information. The interface also includes a plurality of web pages. Each web page is associated with one of the hyperlinks in the first plurality of hyperlinks. Each web page provides litigation information related to the category identified by the hyperlink associated with the web page. Each web page is displayed in response to selection of the hyperlink associated with the web page. | 01-01-2009 |
20090006974 | AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF USER-ORIENTED WEB CONTENT - A toolbar is provided, which may be downloaded and installed in a user's web browser. The toolbar uploads the user's browsing history to a server. The server determines, based on the browsing history, which sites the user visits frequently. Additionally, the server determines, based on an analysis of web content, which categories of content, and which concepts, the user is interested in based on the concepts and categories that occur frequently in the user's browsing patterns. The server identifies content of interest to the user—where such content may comprise frequently-updated content, such as news or RSS feeds—and provides a custom web page that shows or identifies the selected content. | 01-01-2009 |
20090006975 | Distributive Real Time Information Dissemination and Information Gathering System and Service with Dynamically Harmonized Communication Channels - A computer network processor for managing information access, exchange, and interaction over a communications network has at least one input port for receiving input from the network, a first portion of memory for storing an operations framework, the framework supporting an information model including attributes and at least one communications system interface, a second portion of memory for caching information; and at least one interface to a at least one communications interface. The processor performs role-based task execution and related workflow based in part on defined attributes of the information model and in part on instruction solicited from a user through the at least one communications interface. | 01-01-2009 |
20090006976 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE FILE INFORMATION USING RICH INTERNET APPLICATION (RIA), AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus provides information by using Rich Internet Application (RIA). The image forming apparatus is capable of directly transmitting and receiving file information to and from a web server. The image forming apparatus includes a storage unit to store a file, and a control unit to provide a User Interface (UI) to indicate web information stored in the web server and file information stored in the storage unit, and to perform download and upload of the web information and the file information on the UI according to a user selection. As a result, the file information is directly transmitted and received to and from the web server through a simple procedure. | 01-01-2009 |
20090013259 | SERVER CONSOLIDATION USING TABULAR DATA DRIVEN PROCESSES FILLED AT LEAST IN PART USING AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED INFERRED DATA - The present invention discloses a consolidation software program that includes a set of tables, a GUI, an inference engine, and an output generation engine. The set of tables can include one or more tables that define characteristics of a network. The tables can include entries for each server in the network and can also specify hardware characteristics of each server. The GUI can visually present the tables in an interactive manner, which permits users to add/change table values. The inference engine can automatically generate values used to populate uncompleted entries of the set of tables based upon values of other entries in the set of tables. The output generation engine can automatically generate at least one alternative configuration to the network configuration based upon table values that include at least one inferred value generated by the inference engine. The alternative configuration can consolidate servers relative to the network configuration. | 01-08-2009 |
20090019370 | System for controlling objects in a recursive browser system: forcefield - Provided herein is a recursive web browser system including a recursive web browser and at least one computer application executing therein, including a computer application effective to enable the incorporation of one or more special effects into one or both of a space containing the ZCubes or the ZCubes contained therein. Also provided is a computer-readable storage medium that tangibly stores the executable computer application and instructions enabling operation of the functions comprising the same. Further provided is a computer-implemented method for incorporating one or more special effects into one or more ZCubes in a networked recursive web browser system. | 01-15-2009 |
20090019371 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL LOCATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for navigating among documents is disclosed, the method comprising graphically representing a first document vector grouping a first plurality of documents having a first attribute in common, graphically representing a second document vector grouping a second plurality of documents having a second attribute associated therewith, the second document vector intersecting the first document vector at the first intersecting location, graphically representing a third document vector grouping a third plurality of documents having a third attribute associated therewith, the third document vector intersecting the second document vector at a second intersecting location and enabling sequential navigation from one intersecting location to another intersecting location by selecting a command. A method enabling movement of a first document vector without enabling movement of a second document vector is also disclosed. A method for displaying document vectors with an enlarged document representation is also disclosed. | 01-15-2009 |
20090044128 | ADAPTIVE PUBLISHING OF CONTENT - An original content item and a first derivative content item are stored in a storage, the derivative content item being associated with the original content item. A request is received from a remote device, the request including information about the remote device and an identifier associated with the original content item. The first derivative content item is provided to the remote device upon determining that the remote device has a property that does not match a corresponding property of the original content item, and a second derivative content item that is a derivative of the original content item is generated, the second derivative content item having a property that matches a corresponding property of the remote device. The second derivative content item is provided to the remote device. | 02-12-2009 |
20090044129 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE TO CONTROL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AN APPLIANCE AND A CONSUMABLE HOLDER - A graphical user interface has software configured to communicate with an appliance adapted to perform a physical cycle of operation on an article and to communicate with a consumable holder for use with the appliance where the operation cycle is related to a consumable in the consumable holder. The software is configured to cause the graphical user interface to communicate to a user information associated with an appliance, a cycle of operation, a consumable holder, or a consumable. The software also causes the graphical user interface to communicate to an appliance or to a consumable holder information from a user. | 02-12-2009 |
20090049388 | MULTIMODAL COMPUTER NAVIGATION - This invention concerns multimodal computer navigation, that is operation of a computer using traditional modes such as keyboard together with less conventional modes such as speech and gestures. The invention has particular application for navigation of information presentations, such as webpages and database user interfaces, and is presented as a method, a browser, software and a computer system. The information navigated is not described in a multimodal way. Two or more unimodal navigation signals are received from a user and interpreted. These interpretations are fused to automatically determining the user's intended navigation selection. | 02-19-2009 |
20090055749 | APPLICATION MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR WEB APPLICATIONS - Various embodiments are directed to an application management framework for web applications that may provide speed improvements, capability improvements, user experience improvements, increased advertising profit opportunities, and simplified application development to wide range of network devices. The described embodiments may employ techniques for containing, controlling, and presenting multiple web-based applications in a shared web browser application management framework. Sharing a web browser application management framework provides the capability for rapidly switching between applications, allows for multitasking, facilitates using a common set of input controls for applications, and makes it possible for applications to be available with little perceived startup (“boot”) time. The described embodiments also provide incentives for web application users, web application developers, web application portal providers, and web advertising providers to share in transactions between one another. | 02-26-2009 |
20090055750 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information providing system and method and a storage medium which provide information services to each client apparatus on which a browser for browsing content and at least one object operate, through the cooperation with the operation of the object. A server apparatus has a view server for providing content to the browser, a communication server for making communication with the object, and an application sever for making the view server and the application server cooperate with each other. When a read operation from the object is performed, the communication server notifies the application server of a result of the read operation, thereby providing synchronization between the communication server and the view server. | 02-26-2009 |
20090063987 | Manually operable input devices - A manually operable input device ( | 03-05-2009 |
20090070683 | CONSUMER-GENERATED MEDIA INFLUENCE AND SENTIMENT DETERMINATION - A method implementable in at least one electronic device coupled to a network and a display device, includes receiving, over the network, a data set, receiving, from a user, a selection of a first topic, determining, based on the data set, a plurality of network sites hosting commentary of the first topic and an authority level of each site of the plurality, determining, based on the data set, an authority level of each site of the plurality, determining, based on the data set, a plurality of authors providing the commentary hosted by the plurality of network sites, determining, based on the data set, an authority level of each author of the plurality, and determining, based on the data set, a value characterizing an opinion of each author on the first topic. | 03-12-2009 |
20090077470 | Online Anonymous Multi-Session Trials - Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method and system for enabling a user to anonymously participate in trials over multiple sessions. A temporary user identifier is generated for the user. The temporary user identifier is stored locally on a client device of the user. Anonymous access to multiple online tools on a host website is granted to the user for a predetermined period of time using the temporary user identifier. The user may participate anonymously in the trials over the multiple sessions using the online tools for the predetermined period of time. The participation in the trials comprises performing online activities on the host website by the user. The user may register with the host website by providing user identification information to obtain unlimited access to the online tools. | 03-19-2009 |
20090094522 | Interactive presentation and distribution of web content - A data module for display in web content on a webpage is disclosed, along with a method of presenting the web content. The module includes data content for display on a webpage having publisher content, an advertisement coupled to the data content, and a link in the data content for allowing a viewer of the webpage to manipulate the data content. The method includes generating a data module by coupling an advertisement to data content, providing at least one link in the data module for allowing a viewer of the webpage to manipulate the data content, displaying the data module on a webpage having publisher content, and refreshing the webpage, in response to receiving a selection of the link from the viewer, to display the manipulated data content and advertisement in the data module on the webpage. | 04-09-2009 |
20090094523 | Methods and Systems for Maintaining Desktop Environments providing integrated access to remote and local resourcses - A method for maintaining a full-screen, integrated desktop environment on a remote machine for display to a user by a local machine includes monitoring, by a first agent on the remote machine, a desktop environment providing integrated access to a resource provided to a user of the local machine by the remote machine and a resource provided by the local machine to the user. The first agent generates a proxy window representing a window on the local machine displaying output data generated by the second resource and receives an identification of a change to the window on the local machine. The first agent modifies at least one data object in the desktop environment responsive to the change. The first agent transmits, to a second agent on the local machine, an identification of the modification. The second agent modifies attribute data associated with a data object displayed by the local machine. | 04-09-2009 |
20090100345 | Method and System for Testing Websites - Methods and systems to test of web browser enabled applications are disclosed. In one embodiment, a browser application can allow a user to perform test and analysis processes on a candidate web browser enabled application. The test enabled browser can use special functions and facilities that are built into the test enabled browser. One implementation of the invention pertains to functional testing, and another implementation of the invention pertains to pertains to site analysis. | 04-16-2009 |
20090106661 | Switching System and Method for Display Interface - A switching system and method for a display interface is relative to the system including an interface switching program, a data display interface, and an index database. The interface switching program has a text input box and a toggle button, for a user to type a keyword and then click the toggle button to trigger an interface switching event. The data display interface is for the user to browse a data. The index database stores a correspondence table of the keyword and a string data. The interface switching program queries the index database according to the interface switching event, so as to acquire a string data, and controls the data display interface to automatically display a data corresponding to the string data, so as to achieve the switch of display interface through the keyword, thereby improving the operating convenience. | 04-23-2009 |
20090119599 | Computer, computer-readable medium, and related method for posting a message related to a vehicle license plate - A computer-readable medium, a computer including the computer-readable medium, and a related method for adding a message regarding a vehicle having a license plate to a web page that is associated with a website. The web page is configured to be displayed on a computer monitor for viewing by a user. The method includes receiving an electronic communication that includes information regarding the license plate and a message that is related to the vehicle, and adding the information regarding the license plate and the message to the web page. The user who views the web page that includes the information regarding the license plate and the message can be anyone who accesses the website. | 05-07-2009 |
20090125814 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTERIZED SEARCHING AND MATCHING USING EMOTIONAL PREFERENCE - A method and system for capturing emotional preference of human subjects, generating machine-readable emotional code and using the code to optimize computerized searching and matching operations between entities is disclosed. The entity can be a human user, a product, or a service. The emotional code can thus be a universal language expressing human emotion that communicates among entities. After understanding the sending parties' emotional profile, the receiving party can adapt its operation to achieve more optimum results. | 05-14-2009 |
20090144632 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MERGING REMOTE AND LOCAL DATA IN A SINGLE USER INTERFACE - The system comprises a local database; a user interface; a remote access engine, communicatively coupled to a network, the user interface, and the local database; and a rendering engine, communicatively coupled to the remote access engine. The user interface receives a data search request. The remote access engine searches for and retrieves, from a remote database communicatively coupled to the network and the local database, data corresponding to the received search request. The rendering engine displays the received data from the remote database and the local database. | 06-04-2009 |
20090150791 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DYNAMIC VISUAL BROWSING - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to present a first plurality of visible images indicating a corresponding group of visible element navigation pathways associated with a first level of an online marketplace, receive a selection of one of the first plurality of visual images to provide a selected image, and navigate to a second level of the online marketplace along the visible element navigation pathways by presenting a second plurality of visible images representing one of a super-category including the selected image and a sub-category included in the selected image, wherein the first and second levels form part of at least three levels of visual navigation. Selections may be saved for future manipulation, review, and navigation as a collection of thumbtacked images. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 06-11-2009 |
20090150792 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR SHARING INFORMATION SEARCH RESULTS - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for bookmarking information search results on page level and sharing these results between other users. The method includes at least: entering a search query; sending the query to a search engine; and receiving a search result having a list of data files matching to the search query. The method comprises at least: paginating the content of the data files retrieved; rendering page previews of the data files; selecting the pages to be previewed; and previewing the matching pages associated with the data files retrieved; then bookmarking selected preview pages and selecting one or multiple of these pages to be shared; and finally sharing selected preview pages. | 06-11-2009 |
20090158163 | System and method to facilitate social browsing - A social browsing system for operation with a source client system operated by a first user and a target client system operated by a second user—wherein each of the source client system and the target client system comprise a browser executing thereon. The social browsing system may comprise a social browsing infrastructure system and a local component for installation on each of the source client system and the target client system. The local component may comprise source functions and target functions. The source functions may be adapted to: i) render a redirect control in association with an instance of the browser; ii) in response to user activation of the redirect control, obtain a location URL from the web browser; and iii) generate a redirect invite to the social browsing infrastructure system. The social browsing infrastructure system may be adapted to, in response to receiving the redirect invite: i) identify the target client system operated by the second user; ii) generate an inbound redirect invite to the target client system; and iii) identify an advertisement placement. The advertisement placement may be related to at least one of: i) web content at the location URL; and ii) behavioral data related to the second user. The infrastructure system may be further adapted to provide the advertisement placement to the target client system. The target functions may be adapted to, in response to receipt of the inbound redirect invite; i) initiate a connection to the location URL for rendering of the web content; and ii) render the advertisement placement in association with the web content. | 06-18-2009 |
20090183083 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON A MAP - A method and system for providing a map of geographical data, comprising: connecting a client to a server utilizing a Web browser; accepting a request from the client of a geographical viewing area of a desired basemap; searching a server directory for a list of tiles corresponding to the geographical viewing area of the desired basemap; returning to the client the list of tiles enabling the client to determine if any of the tiles are in a local cache; generating any tiles in the local cache from the local cache; and generating any tiles not in the local cache from the server; wherein the tiles generate a map of at least two dimensions; and wherein all communication between the server and the client is done utilizing STML. | 07-16-2009 |
20090199105 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY DATA PROVIDING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a storage part storing, user by user, history information, an evaluation processing part deriving, user by user, an evaluation index value corresponding to an evaluation theme requested in a display request transmitted from a display apparatus, by performing a process according to the evaluation theme for each piece of history information of at least two users who are requested to be displayed in the display request, a relative processing part deriving user by user a relative evaluation parameter showing relationship between the users in the evaluation theme based on the evaluation index value, and a display data generation part generating display data which shows an evaluation image of each user showing the relationship between the users in the evaluation theme, by generating user by user the evaluation image based on the relative evaluation parameter. | 08-06-2009 |
20090204900 | Method And System For Navigation Of Web Sites And Applications - A method and system to aid in the navigation of a website or computer program having a plurality of resources by displaying a single navigation window having a visual display of all of the resources of the website or program and their hierarchal structure in which at least some of the resources are linked and can be directly accessed from within the window. The window also shows a history of the resources accessed and the paths taken to obtain access. | 08-13-2009 |
20090217172 | Online Navigation of Choice Data Sets - A method and system are provided for communicating with a dynamic online database to display choices within the database. Groups of data within the database are classified through the use of a cluster analysis technique. This technique provides a navigation map of the online database. Choices that are determined to be related are conveyed as such in the navigation map. One or more navigation pages are created and presented to a user responsive to an action on a link for a choice provided in the navigation map. | 08-27-2009 |
20090222735 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING BROWSER HISTORY USING SYNDICATED DATA FEEDS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for enhancing browsing history using syndicated data feeds. A browser contains a navigation manager that captures and tracks the URLs (universal resource locators) of the Web sites and subsections of sites that a user visits. The captured URL pathways are stored to a navigation record. In addition, the presence and identify of RSS feeds which the user has chosen to activate is also recorded. Upon return to the same Web site or other location, the navigation manager directs the user to the specific section of the Web site associated with the RSS feed, such as media lists, photography upload sections, or other portions of a Web site. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222736 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A FILTER MODULE FOR A BROWSER HISTORY - An embodiment relates generally to a method of filtering for a browser. The method includes providing a browser with a browser history function, the browser history function configured to store each site web page visited and stored in time sequential order as a browser history. The method also includes providing a filter module for the browser; and applying the filter module to the browser history function to eliminate intermediary web pages from entering the browser history. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222737 | METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING SHORT-CUTS IN ORDER TO EASE AND FASTEN NAVIGATING WITHIN NAVIGATION TOPOLOGY - The present invention relates to the field of network computing, and in particular to method and system for designing a Web Portal comprising a hierarchical structure of portal pages and portlets for accessing Web contents accessible via the Portal. For offering improved web application navigation it is proposed to perform the steps of:
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20090235176 | Social interaction system for facilitating display of current location of friends and location of businesses of interest - A system that manages communication between a user and a plurality of friends while it also displays current location of local branches of a user's businesses/stores of interest. A friends selection component employs user selections to present the user with a plurality of current location information associated with the plurality of friends wherein the user can express interest in a subset of the plurality of friends based on their current location. A communication management component delivers at least one of a task, a message, a content and a reference to each of the subset of the plurality of friends. A collection of the user's preferred businesses is managed. The system selectively displays a current location of a local branch of each of the user's preferred businesses on a map. | 09-17-2009 |
20090254834 | Standard Schema and User Interface for Website Maps - Various embodiments provide a standardized schema that can be used by site developers to define a site map and its associated hierarchy. In at least some embodiments, a corresponding user interface can be created within an application such as, for example, a Web browser, to allow the user to specify locations at which they wish to see the site map. | 10-08-2009 |
20090259944 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A MEDIA PROGRAM - A method for generating a media program includes extracting data from at least one data source, creating at least one program clip using the data, wherein the at least one program clip includes a first media clip, generating at least one data tag corresponding to the program clip using the data, wherein the at least one data tag includes a second media clip, generating a media program, wherein the media program includes the at least one data tag corresponding to the at least one program clip and the at least one program clip, and storing the media program. | 10-15-2009 |
20090265636 | System and Method for Selling Preference-Based Virtual Objects - A system and method for selling preference-based virtual objects comprising receiving one or more user commands from an input device, transmitting, to at least one server, the one or more user commands to identify one or more preference-based virtual objects based on the one or more user commands, receiving the one or more preference-based virtual objects in response to the identification of the one or more preference-based virtual objects, and outputting, to a display device, the one or more preference-based virtual objects in response to receiving one or more user inputs to display the one or more preference-based virtual objects to the display device. | 10-22-2009 |
20090265637 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SERVICE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for providing a widget service. The method includes receiving a user request signal to request that a service provided in a first space using a widget application be provided in a second space; receiving information for providing the service in the second space from an external server in response to the user request signal, the information for providing the service including information regarding at least one widget application; and providing the service in the second space based on the received information, wherein one of the first and second spaces is a first web page displayed on the display unit, and the other of the first and second spaces is a second web page displayed on the display unit or a background screen of a terminal. | 10-22-2009 |
20090271707 | EXTENSIBLE BROWSER PLATFORM FOR WEB APPLICATIONS - An enhancement to a web browser offers an extension mechanism for web applications to utilize client-side resources, thereby moving more extensibility and flexibility to the client-side. The web browser may expose some control interfaces to meet various requirements from web applications. Using the extension mechanism, the web applications are able to offload the cloud servers, function when offline, and improve performance. The extension mechanism also provides users with full control to the data passing through their web browsers. | 10-29-2009 |
20090271708 | Collaboration Software With Real-Time Synchronization - A collaboration program operates on a computer system for storing, sharing and synchronizing data between different users. Centrally stored content data items are organized by associations into one or more folders, with the folders arranged by associations in a multi-level hierarchical structure. Users have access to all folders and content data items falling within at least one top level folder or “file cabinet” viewable by that user. When a user makes a change/addition to the hierarchical structure, that change/addition is transmitted to a server, which makes the change/addition to the necessary associations and sends messages through a TCP/IP format advising other signed-on users of the change/addition. With each content data item having the capability of being associated into multiple folders and each folder having the capability of being associated into multiple other folders or file cabinets, the computer system operating the collaboration program gives different users simultaneous, synchronized access to the folders and content data items in the hierarchical structure. | 10-29-2009 |
20090282343 | Web Page Server Process Using Visitor Context and Page Features to Select Optimized Web Pages for Display - Embodiments of a web page optimization system are described. The system utilizes an accumulated body of visitor data regarding interaction with one or more web pages to determine an optimized web page to display to a visitor. Various types of session data, including network traffic data for the client computer, demographic information about the visitor, and general and specific session data of other visitors in similar browsing sessions are defined and compiled. Continuous full-path optimization from initial visitor interaction with the web page is provided through a visitor context analysis component that analyzes certain parameters related to how the visitor has accessed the web page. A real-time web page optimizer component introduces variations in one or more features of a web page to create a new web page, conducts structured tests of the new web page, compares the performance of the web page with one or more known served web pages and removes from presentation eligibility those pages with inferior performance. This facilitates real-time decision making of which web page to serve to a visitor based on an accumulated visitor context. It further allows the authoring of web pages that are optimized with respect to eliciting a desired user interaction with the web page. | 11-12-2009 |
20090288012 | Secured Electronic Transaction System - A configuration (a system and/or a method) are disclosed that includes a unified and integrated configuration that is composed of a payment system, an advertising system, and an identity management system as well as their associated methods such that the unified system has all of the benefits of the individual systems as well as several additional synergistic benefits. Also described are specific configurations (subsystems and/or methods) including the system's access point architecture, a user interface that acts as a visual wallet simulator, a security architecture, coupon handling as well as the system's structure and means for delivering them as targeted advertising, business card handling, membership card handling for the purposes of login management, receipt handling, and the editors and grammars provided for customizing the different types of objects in the system as well as the creation of new custom objects with custom behaviors. The configurations are operable on-line as well as through physical presence transactions, e.g., mobile transaction through a mobile phone or dedicated device at a physical site for a transaction. | 11-19-2009 |
20090292997 | Method for Compressing Topological Information Pertaining to Managed Resources to Enhance Visualization - A method is provided in association with a managed system having a substantial number of resources. The method includes the step of selecting an attribute that is common to all of the resources, wherein each resource has a status in regard to the selected attribute that is one of a plurality of prespecified statuses that are available for the attribute. The method further includes compressing the group of resources into a set of subgroups, wherein each subgroup corresponds to a different prespecified status of the plurality, and each resource having a given status is placed into the subgroup that corresponds to the given status. Each of the subgroups is represented by a display element on a single computer display screen, and specified information is displayed with each display element, wherein the specified information for a display element pertains to all of the resources placed into the subgroup that are represented by the display element. | 11-26-2009 |
20090292998 | AGGREGATING AND SHARING KEYS OF WEB PAGES OVER PAGE VIEWERS - Disclosed are apparatus and methods for collecting information regarding areas or objects of interest of web pages, or other web objects. The areas or objects of interest are referred to herein as “keys”. In certain embodiments, as web pages are viewed by users, users can define one or more keys within the web pages and these defined keys are retained. Other key information may also be associated with such defined keys. The retained key, as well as other associated key information, may then be shared with users of such web page. | 11-26-2009 |
20090300506 | MARK-UP EXTENSIONS FOR SEMANTICALLY MORE RELEVANT THUMBNAILS OF CONTENT - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates rendering of a portion of published content. A browsing session can enable navigation and display of a portion of published content. A render definition enforcer can implement a tag related to the portion of published content with at least one view-level display property, the view-level display property is at least one of a definition to at least one of display or not display the portion of published content based upon a view-level within the browsing session or a definition related to a size scale factor for the portion of published content based upon a view-level within the browsing session. The browsing session can utilize the portion of published content at a view-level in accordance to the view-level display property. | 12-03-2009 |
20090300507 | Wireless medical room control arrangement for control of a plurality of medical devices - A wireless medical room control arrangement includes a wireless controller having a wireless router. A room identifier and a device identifier are stored in the controller. A communication interface sends commands to and receives commands from the wireless controller. In response to commands from the interface, the wireless controller sends wireless control signals to operate medical devices in the room. A room monitor adjacent a doorway provides room identifiers to medical devices and wireless controllers entering the room and provides dummy identifiers to medical devices and controllers exiting the room. The room monitors may connect to a global network processor that determines the location of the medical devices in a medical facility. | 12-03-2009 |
20090307598 | MANAGING ITEM ACCESS IN A COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE - An approach is described for managing item access in a collaborative workspace. A user interacts with the collaborative workspace through a workspace user interface presentation. The approach entails presenting an item user interface presentation to the user without losing a context associated with the workspace user interface presentation. The user can enter searching and filtering selections into the item user interface presentation to narrow an initial set of items provided by that presentation. Upon locating a desired item, the user can add it to the collaborative workspace using a drag-and-drop operation or other technique. | 12-10-2009 |
20090307599 | VIRTUAL PRIVATE SUPPLY CHAIN - A generic Internet based system for viewing supply chain data is provided. The system includes an Internet based data viewing engine and a data store that holds both viewable data and metadata associated with the viewable data. The metadata can be employed by the Internet based data viewing engine to control the presentation of the viewable data. The generic Internet based supply chain data viewing engine may be employed in a virtual private supply chain (VPSC). A VPSC includes a data acceptor that can receive supply chain data items from supply chain members, a supply chain data store that can store transformed, validated supply chain data items received from the supply chain members and a data accessor operable to selectively present supply chain data items stored in the supply chain data store to viewing supply chain members. One example of the data accessor is the generic Internet based viewing engine. | 12-10-2009 |
20090327904 | PRESENTING DYNAMIC FOLDERS - Methods and systems are illustrated for defining and presenting a location that is virtual and composed of items from different file system locations to a user interface. Items that have been published over a network can be easily accessed and efficiently browsed when there is a large number of data items shared. The data items shared can be from multiple locations and/or multiple clients that have been published over a network, which can be retrieved, defined and presented directly in a user interface. | 12-31-2009 |
20090327905 | INTEGRATED CLIENT FOR ACCESS TO REMOTE RESOURCES - Techniques for discovering, connecting to, disconnecting from, reconnecting to, updating, and removing workspaces are described. In one embodiment, a list of discovered workspaces is maintained on a user device. Shortcuts for resources corresponding to each respective one of the discovered workspaces are integrated into a user interface of the user device. A request to access one of the resources contained in one of the discovered workspaces is received. Responsive to receiving the request, a connection from the user device to one or more resource hosts containing the resources corresponding to the indicated one of the discovered workspaces is opened. Access from the user device to the resources stored on the resource host(s) corresponding to the indicated one of the discovered workspaces is enabled by presenting shortcuts for resources corresponding to the discovered workspaces as though they were local resources. | 12-31-2009 |
20100017720 | COMMAND LINE INTERFACE BROWSER - Apparatus, method, and computer program product embodiments for implementing a command line interface (CLI) browser for a client/server pair in a computing environment are provided. A protocol is initialized. The protocol operates on a CLI command, breaking a close coupling between the client/server pair. The protocol facilitates receiving a command query about the CLI command from the client to the server, and sending data representative of the CLI command from the server to the client. | 01-21-2010 |
20100023868 | TECHNIQUES FOR VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF USER ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH AN INFORMATION RESOURCE - A system and methodology for visually representing user activity associated with an information resource is described. Online and offline activities of users are associated with symbolic representations of those users. In an embodiment, the symbolic representation of a user has the appearance of a dust particle. The dust particle can provide a universal and unobtrusive visual representation of the online or offline activity of the represented user. Further, the dust particle can exist for the represented user to communicate with other users with privacy and anonymity. To visually convey selected aspects of an online or offline activity, the activity is mapped to visual attributes that alter the dust particle behavior and/or appearance. The result is a dynamic and universal representation of online and offline user activities associated with an information resource such as a web page, database, or document that can help other online users efficiently discern the relevancy and popularity of the information resource. | 01-28-2010 |
20100031157 | SYSTEM THAT ENABLES A USER TO ADJUST RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO A GROUP - A system that allows a user to allocate one or more resources among members of a group, such as resources shared among a group in a telecommunications service plan. The system generates a user interface having a slider associated with each member of the group that shares a resource. Each slider includes a scale to display the amount of the resource that is allocated to the member, as well as an adjustable slider bar that may be moved along the slider in order to increase or decrease the amount of the resource that is allocated to the member. In addition to displaying the amount of the resource allocated to the associated member, each slider may also display the amount of the resource consumed by that member within a corresponding billing or reporting period. | 02-04-2010 |
20100031158 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, DATA STORAGE MEDIUM - When unit images UP output for display on a screen of a display device | 02-04-2010 |
20100042929 | VERIFICATION OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS - Disclosed is a verification method and system for a localized computer software application, the method and system comprising identifying, for a current graphical object generated by a graphical user interface of the localized application, a resource corresponding to the current graphical object; comparing the content of the current graphical object with the identified resource; and generating an error event when the content does not match the identified resource. | 02-18-2010 |
20100042930 | Audience Manager and End Users - A method of providing an opt out feature for an exchange receives a request from a first entity to join the exchange. The request includes a URL address for a web page that is configured to receive user requests to opt out of the first entity's activities. The method generates a hidden opt out segment for the first entity. The hidden opt out segment is inaccessible to entities on the exchange, including the first entity. The method grants permission to the first entity to join the exchange. | 02-18-2010 |
20100042931 | INDICATING WEBSITE REPUTATIONS DURING WEBSITE MANIPULATION OF USER INFORMATION - An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving receiving an indicator of an attempted interaction of a client computing facility with an item of content associated with a website and presenting an indicator of reputation to a client computing facility attempting to interact with the web content. The indicator of reputation may be based at least in part upon whether an entity associated with the web content seeks to manipulate a user in order to obtain information from the user. | 02-18-2010 |
20100050085 | SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING, DERIVING AND DISPLAYING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PATIENT MEDICAL PARAMETERS - A system and method for obtaining and deriving medical data related to patient inspiratory and cxpiratory flows and for displaying the data. A data acquisition processor acquires patient medical data related to inspiratory and expiratory volume from a ventilator. A data processor maps the data related to inspiratory and expiratory flow onto a flow data object. A display displays the flow data object comprising inspiratory objects for displaying information representative of the inspiratory flow and expiratory objects for displaying information representative of the expiratory flow. | 02-25-2010 |
20100058191 | DISCOVERING ALTERNATIVE USER EXPERIENCES FOR WEBSITES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for discovering alternative user experiences for Websites. Embodiments of the invention permit a user to navigate to a Web page that has an alternative application for a Web site. In response to a Web browser detecting the alternative application a user-interface control at the Web browser can be activated. A user can then select the user-interface control to install the alternative application in am alternative application control center. Through the alternative application control center, a user activates alternative applications to interact with Web sites having alternative user experiences. | 03-04-2010 |
20100058192 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that enable easy information acquisition. | 03-04-2010 |
20100058193 | PREFERRED CONTACT GROUP CENTRIC INTERFACE - A preferred contact group centric interface for a communication device can be used to facilitate communications by a user. The user interface can be arranged to activate from a user's “home page” on the display, from an idle screen that is accessed after a timeout period expires, or any other appropriate mechanism that activates the preferred contact group centric experience. A user selects the preferred contact group from among an array of the user's contacts. Once the contact group is configured, a minimal number of navigation/selection features is necessary to activate any number of communication modes available to the contacts. The contact group is configured such that simple and quick navigation between the contact members is achieved. The contact group can be presented in 2D and 3D arrangements, in any number of list or geometric configurations. A pricing plan can optionally be tied to each member of the contact group. | 03-04-2010 |
20100077311 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATING A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF A VIRTUAL EXHIBITION - Various techniques of relevance in providing virtual exhibitions using a computer system are described. One aspect of the invention provides a method for displaying a graphical representation of a scene in a computer system. The method comprises displaying a first graphical representation of said scene; receiving user input identifying graphical data to be applied to at least one of a plurality of surfaces of said scene; and displaying a second graphical representation of said scene in which said graphical data is applied to said at least one of said plurality of surfaces. | 03-25-2010 |
20100083123 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING BIOGRAPHICAL SUBJECTS - A system and method for identifying subjects for biographies, including an Internet-based process implemented using web page based code. A website provides a literary process for recognizing individuals who are not famous but whose biographies may attract wide interest, and then identifying such individuals as subjects for literary works that are then created and published in association with the website. | 04-01-2010 |
20100083124 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING WEB FEEDS RELEVANT TO A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCALE FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - Systems and methods for aggregating web feeds relevant to a geographical locale from multiple sources are disclosed. One embodiment includes, aggregating a web feed using identifier information included in source metadata, parsing the web feed according to mapping information in the source metadata to generate a normalized web feed from the web feed having a data structure specified by the mapping information, determining the geographical locale that is relevant to the web feed, performing filtering on the normalized web feed to determine whether the normalized web feed includes qualified content for publication, and/or publishing the qualified content to be accessible to the user on the user device through a user interface on which the qualified content is depicted as being relevant to the geographical locale. | 04-01-2010 |
20100095216 | Secure Online Communication Through a Widget On a Web Page - A client device requests a web page via a network, where the web page is identified by an identifier and references a widget. In response to receipt of the requested web page, the client device requests the widget referenced by the web page and presents, within the requested web page, a presentation of the widget. Thereafter, in response to a user input via the presentation of the widget, information is transmitted via a secure connection between the widget on the client device and a server. The client device optionally presents confirmation of receipt of the information via the presentation of the widget while maintaining user context in the web page | 04-15-2010 |
20100095217 | Server-based data management system and method for mobile communication system - A server-based data management system is capable of maintaining reliable data synchronization between a server and a mobile terminal is provided. The server-based data management system and method includes at least one mobile terminal that displays at least one shortcut icon and a server that stores per-icon position information of the at least one shortcut icon. The server based management system and method transmits a first per-icon position information of the at least one shortcut icon from the mobile terminal to the server. The server compares the first per-icon position information with a second per-icon position information that previously was stored in server. The server transmits the second per-icon position information that is not identical with the first per-icon position information from the server to the mobile terminal. Thereafter, a mobile terminal updates the first per-icon position information to the second per-icon position information. | 04-15-2010 |
20100100824 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - A system comprises a processor and a display coupled to the processor. The processor causes the display to output graphical representations of workgroups based on workgroup data, and the processor accepts as input a constraint to a particular workgroup via manipulation of the particular workgroup's graphical representation. The processor also causes the display to output updated graphical representations of the workgroups based on application of the constraint to the workgroup data. | 04-22-2010 |
20100107085 | CONTROL PANEL FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE ONLINE DATA MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS - Systems of the present inventions provide a control panel for managing multiple online data management solutions. An exemplary system may comprise a control panel hosted on at least one server communicatively coupled to a network, wherein the control panel may be accessible to a customer via a client that is also communicatively coupled to the network. The control panel may comprise a plurality of tools for managing an email security service; a managed datacenter service; an exchange hosting service; a storage, recovery, and backup service; a network security service; a customer relationship management service; a human resources management service; a financial system management service; and/or a collaboration software service. | 04-29-2010 |
20100115416 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING NETWORK ANALYSIS OF A HYBRID TELEPHONY NETWORK - An approach is provided for analyzing a hybrid telephony network. A plurality of nodes within a network is polled for configuration information, wherein the nodes are configured to establish packetized voice sessions. The configuration information is correlated. A view of the nodes and associated circuits is presented to a user for configuring one or more of the nodes based on the correlation. | 05-06-2010 |
20100122176 | Collection, analysis and feedback system for consumption information - A collection, analysis and feedback system for consumption information includes a remote computer that is connected with a network and displays a graphical user interface so that the user can input or set an option, a user database that stores a plurality of user data and is connected with the remote computer via the network, a commodity database that stores a plurality of commodity icons, and a network activity database that makes the remote computer to load in the user data via the network. The network activity database transmits a variety of operation requests to the remote computer and displays the operation request on the graphical user interface. The remote computer sends the selection requests to the commodity database and the operation requests to the network activity database so that the commodity database outputs and transmits the statistical data to the user database to update the loaded user data. | 05-13-2010 |
20100122177 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, CONTENT REPRODUCTION/CONTROL APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A DMP/DMC (dual terminal) ( | 05-13-2010 |
20100122178 | AUTOMATIC, PERSONALIZED ONLINE INFORMATION AND PRODUCT SERVICES - A method for providing automatic, personalized information services to a computer user includes the following steps: transparently monitoring user interactions with data during normal use of the computer; updating user-specific data files including a set of user-related documents; estimating parameters of a learning machine that define a User Model specific to the user, using the user-specific data files; analyzing a document to identify its properties; estimating the probability that the user is interested in the document by applying the document properties to the parameters of the User Model; and providing personalized services based on the estimated probability. Personalized services include personalized searches that return only documents of interest to the user, personalized crawling for maintaining an index of documents of interest to the user; personalized navigation that recommends interesting documents that are hyperlinked to documents currently being viewed; and personalized news, in which a third party server customized its interaction with the user. The User Model includes continually-updated measures of user interest in words or phrases, web sites, topics, products, and product features. The measures are updated based on both positive examples, such as documents the user bookmarks, and negative examples, such as search results that the user does not follow. Users are clustered into groups of similar users by calculating the distance between User Models. | 05-13-2010 |
20100125797 | CLIENT INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION FROM A SUPPLEMENTAL SERVER INTO A PORTAL - According to some embodiments, a client accesses enterprise portal content from an enterprise portal server. The client also accesses supplemental content directly from a supplemental server. The supplemental server may, for example, be associated with a browser-based collaboration and/or document-management platform. Moreover, the client integrates the supplemental content into the enterprise portal content on a user interface display. | 05-20-2010 |
20100131855 | Content Display System - A content display system may be provided with a communication device and an information display device. The information display device may display contents by utilizing a browser. The communication device may store location information of summarized content information, acquire the summarized content information based on the location information of the summarized content information, display titles included in the summarized content information, allow a user to select at least one title from the titles, specify first location information of a first content corresponding to a first title selected by the user, and send a command for displaying the first content corresponding to the first location information. The information display device may receive the command, and activate the browser in accordance with a first type of command in a specific case where the browser has been closed which had been activated in accordance with an other first type of command having been sent from the communication device before receiving the first type of command. | 05-27-2010 |
20100162125 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROWSING BASED ON USER RECOGNITION - Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable media for browsing based on user recognition. The method includes receiving input from a user, verifying a user identity based on the input, identifying a browsing device of the user, retrieving a user profile associated with the user and the identified browsing device, the profile storing browser settings, and launching a browser on the identified browsing device with browser settings from the retrieved user profile. The input can be speech. The user identity can be verified by network-based speaker recognition. The method can further automatically update the user profile based on user actions. In one aspect, the method further identifies a preferred browser in the user profile, provisions a version of the preferred browser adapted to the identified browsing device, and launches the provisioned preferred browser on the identified browsing device with settings from the retrieved user profile. | 06-24-2010 |
20100162126 | PREDICTIVE CACHE TECHNIQUES - Predictive caching techniques are described. An apparatus may include a document manager component having a document rendering module and a list manager module. The document rendering module may present a document for the active web application within a display area of an electronic display, the document having a set of list items stored by a list data object. The list manager module may select a set of presentable list items from the list data object for current presentation within the display area for the electronic display, select a set of predictive list items from the list data object for future presentation within the display area for the electronic display, and send a control directive to load the set of predicted list items from the list data object to a predictive cache. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-24-2010 |
20100169786 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR VISUAL BROWSING, DEEP TAGGING, AND SYNCHRONIZED COMMENTING - The present invention provides a system, method, and apparatus for visual browsing, deep tagging, and synchronized comment regarding interactive time-based media data. Operational modules are provided that allow users to more effectively discover and preview and view time-based media in order to choose and locate sub-segments in time that are of particular user interest, and to provide user comments viewable by others on selected sections of the time-based media subject matter. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169787 | Interaction Between Business System and Mobile Device - A computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer-readable storage medium includes instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method for interaction between a business system and a mobile device. The method includes forwarding, from a business system that includes an application program having logical functionality, a visual interface for storage on a mobile device and display by a browser on the mobile device, the visual interface configured for making a call from the mobile device to the logical functionality. The method includes storing a business system proxy on a computer device configured for communication with the mobile device at a remote location, the business system proxy including the logical functionality and configured to receive the call from the mobile device. The method includes receiving, in the business system, an update from the business system proxy relating to use of the mobile device at the remote location. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169788 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE DATA VISUALIZATION, MANIPULATION AND ANALYSIS - A computer assisted system and method for the visualization, manipulation and analysis of data, in which a computer-assisted data visualization and analysis session undertaken by an analyst, including all intermediate and final data visualization, manipulation and analysis steps and functions, are electronically archived on a computer-readable medium and instantly made available to authorized collaborators so that authorized collaborators may review all the intermediate visualization, manipulation and analysis stages. Any authorized collaborator may choose any intermediate or final data visualization stage and commence a new, but related data visualization, manipulation and analysis derivative session. All derivative sessions, including all intermediate and final data visualization, manipulation and analysis steps and functions are archived and published to authorized collaborators. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169789 | Scaling Social Networks - The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can scale a content feed in terms of the amount of content delivered in order to facilitate satisfactory experiences in connection with a social network. In particular, the architecture can utilize a content feed to disseminate content between members of a network community, generally relative to a particular social circle of a given user. The architecture can maintain a personal space for the user and display to the personal space content provided by a content feed. Content provided to the personal space (as well as that retrieved from the personal space) can be scaled based upon a variety of commitment characteristics associated with the social circle. In addition, the architecture can employ smart dispersal of content and can intelligently acquire additional content from the user or import suitable settings from disparate users. | 07-01-2010 |
20100174991 | MAINTAINING DATA COHERENCY WITHIN RELATED MULTI-PERSPECTIVE USER INTERFACES VIA SESSION-LESS QUERIES - A contextual data server can provide a contextual data response for a contextual data request. A contextual data response can include at least client-requested data for the contextual data request and contextual differences data. The context-enhanced multi-perspective user interface can present the client-requested data received from the contextual data server in at least two related data viewing areas. Synchronization of the client-requested data presented in the at least two related viewing areas can be maintained using a presentation context, which is a part of the context-enhanced multi-perspective user interface that is not visually rendered. | 07-08-2010 |
20100174992 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCREEN RECORDING - Embodiments of the inventions are directed to a method for recording screen data. The method may include receiving display data displayed on a local screen coupled to a local computing device wherein the display data originate from first and second applications executed on first and second remote application servers; receiving layout data related to a presentation of the display data on the local screen; and reconstructing visual appearance of the presentation based on the layout information and the display data. | 07-08-2010 |
20100174993 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT - Various aspects and embodiments are directed to a streamlined computer device and a graphical user interface that organizes interface elements into views of computer content for presentation to a user. Various views of digital media content permits users to easily and efficiently access various digital media content. Different views are used to provide an interface that is responsive to configurations of the device and responsive to activity being performed by the user. Aspects include permitting the user to maintain and manage digital media content libraries. According to some embodiments, the libraries comprise user digital media content and references digital media content. Functionality provided to a user can be tailored to the type of content displayed, accessed and/or managed. According to various aspects, methods and systems are provided for accessing and managing digital media libraries on a streamlined computing device with a plurality selectable I/O profiles. According to some embodiments, the methods may include displaying a GUI on a device, wherein the GUI comprises at least a plurality of views of digital media content, providing for transition between the plurality of views in response to selection of an I/O profile and in response to activation of a view selector component by a user, executing an association with the at least one of the plurality of visual representations with digital media content in response to selection, transitioning a display on the computing device to a view of the digital media content, and providing for display of user digital media content and referenced digital media content in the view of the digital media content. | 07-08-2010 |
20100174994 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WORKFLOW PROCESSING - Systems and methods for processing a workflow are disclosed. Certain embodiments allow prescreened data to be inserted into a workflow. A user's interpretation of prescreened data can be compared with previously obtained characteristics, enabling the user's interpretive output to be monitored and improved. The disclosed systems and methods have applications including, but not limited to, training, performance analysis, process improvement, and data analysis and data mining in workflows. | 07-08-2010 |
20100185951 | HYBRID SYNCHRONOUS/ASYNCHRONOUS MEANS FOR SHARING USER INTERACTIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES - In an aspect of the invention, a method of communication comprises: establishing an asynchronous communication stream between a first user and a second user; and sending clipped dynamic content from the second user to the first user via the asynchronous communication stream, the clipped dynamic content selected and extracted from a web page by the second user. | 07-22-2010 |
20100185952 | PORTLET PALETTE WITH AUTOMATIC REMOTE PORTLET INTEGRATION - A method for integrating remote portlets into a consumer portal that includes providing a list of remote portlet producers to a portlet palette within the consumer portal, automatically obtaining available remote portlets, via the portlet palette, using the provided list, storing information corresponding to the available remote portlets, in the portlet palette, merging information regarding local portlets and the available remote portlets to form an available portlet list on the portlet palette, allowing a user to view the available portlet list, receiving a selected available remote portlet from the available portlet list as selected by the user and performing a drag and drop operation of the selected remote portlet to a portal page on the consumer portal, and automatically creating a producer reference corresponding to a respective remote portlet producer associated with the selected remote portlet and a remote portlet reference corresponding to the selected remote portlet on the consumer portal. | 07-22-2010 |
20100211880 | VIRTUAL WORLD VIEWER - A method for managing and operating one or more virtual world viewers in a virtual world may include generating a virtual world viewer feature on a computer system in response to a predetermined action by the user. The method may also include generating an option in the virtual world viewer feature for the user to either enter or select a different virtual world location from a current virtual world location of a user's avatar for locating a virtual world viewer for viewing the different virtual world location. The virtual world viewer may be generated on the computer system for the user to view the different virtual world location without the user's avatar leaving the current virtual world location. | 08-19-2010 |
20100211881 | METHOD FOR PREPROCESSING AND DISPLAYING WEB PAGE, MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND OPERATION INTERFACE THEREOF - A method for preprocessing and displaying web page, a mobile electronic device, and an operation interface thereof are provided. In the method, an interested web site address corresponding to an update rule is defined. Then, a web page source data of the interested web site address is downloaded according to the update rule. The web page source data or a data structure generated by parsing the web page source data is stored, wherein the data structure can be displayed by the browser. When the interested web site address is selected, the browser parses the web page source data or displays a web content of the interested web site address according to the data structure. By preprocessing the interested web site address concerned by users, the speed of opening the web page content thereof is increased and the efficiency of browsing web page can be significantly improved. | 08-19-2010 |
20100218105 | Method of browsing and a computer program therefor - A method of browsing a website from the Internet comprises receiving code and/or object from the website from the Internet by a first computer. The code and/or object of the website is transmitted by the first computer to a server computer. The first computer displays the code and/or object of the website at the first computer. The code and/or object of the website received by the server computer is transmitted to a second computer. The code and/or object of the website received by the second computer is displayed at the second computer. The display of the website at the first computer is substantially the same as the display of the website at the second computer. | 08-26-2010 |
20100218106 | Automatically Selecting Internet Browser and Providing Web Page Service - Automatically selecting a browser and providing a web page service. In one embodiment, this comprises: sending a request to a server; receiving a web page from the server; determining whether the web page has at least one preference tag; selecting a preferred browser according to the at least one preference tag; and initiating the preferred browser. | 08-26-2010 |
20100218107 | Autonomic Content Load Balancing - Techniques are disclosed for providing autonomic content load balancing. A programmatic selection is made from among alternative content versions based upon current conditions. Preferably, the alternative selectable versions specify content to be used in a Web page, and a version is selected responsive to receiving a request for the Web page. The selectable version may comprise the Web page, or a component of a Web page may have selectable versions. Optionally, the Web page may include more than one component with dynamically-selectable content. In this case, the versions may be selectable independently of one another. | 08-26-2010 |
20100218108 | System and method for trading complex energy securities - A system for presentation and management of energy-related information and securities, comprising a digital exchange, a client system comprising a plurality of display and input modalities, a communications interface software adapted to allow communications between the client system and the digital exchange, and a control interface within the client system adapted to drive the display and input modalities, wherein the control interface, on receiving input from a user, causes data from the digital exchange to be retrieved and displayed in one or more of the display modalities to the user, and upon receipt of a request from the user via an input modality of the client system after the user has retrieved and reviewed data from the digital exchange, an order to execute a transaction is transmitted to the digital exchange by the client system, and on receipt of an order to execute a transaction from a client system, the digital exchange combines the ordered transaction with other similar transactions from a plurality of users and thereby creates or modifies a marketable security visible to at least one other user via the digital exchange, is disclosed. | 08-26-2010 |
20100235752 | BUSINESS SUPPORT SYSTEM AND BUSINESS SUPPORT APPARATUS - A business support system includes: a portable terminal used by a user; and a business support apparatus connected with the portable terminal, the portable terminal including: an input device; a device for accepting an input into the input device; a device for transmitting a signal indicating that the input is accepted to the business support apparatus; a device for receiving a page transmitted from the business support apparatus; a display device; and a device for causing the display device to display the received page, and the business support apparatus including: a device for receiving a transmitted signal; a database for storing information about the user or information about a customer of the user; a device for generating a page suitable for the user based on the information in the database when receiving the signal; and a device for transmitting the generated page to the portable terminal. | 09-16-2010 |
20100235753 | Method for Requesting and Viewing an Attachment Image on a Portable Electronic Device - A method for viewing a full image of a server stored original attachment on a portable electronic device including: building a graph structure within the server representing a map of the original image, downloading and displaying a re-sized image from the server to the portable electronic device, the original image exceeding an image size limit of the portable electronic device indicative of screen size of the portable electronic device, calculating width and height parameters of the full image, sending a request from the portable electronic device to the server to enlarge the image displayed on the device based on the width and height parameters, the request including the image size limit, retrieving and traversing the graph structure within the server to locate a separate image component constructed for the image size limit, collecting image binary data from the separate image component and modifying the image binary data based on the width and height parameters to create the full image of the original image and downloading the full image of the original image to the portable electronic device. | 09-16-2010 |
20100241964 | Shared Feed Reader and Method of Shared Feed Reading - A shared feed reader for multiple users and a method for sharing feed reading are provided which provide group collaboration features. The shared feed reader includes a server including a processor hosting the shared feed reader for remote access by multiple users, and a user interface for each of the multiple users including an aggregator of web feeds subscribed to by the user. The shared feed reader includes: a mechanism for defining a group of users, wherein web feeds subscribed to by users in the group are exposed to the other users in the group; and a mechanism for sharing a read status of a web feed post across the group, wherein the read status indicates which users have read the post. The shared feed reader may also include a mechanism for receiving a meta-feed of meta-posts, wherein meta-feeds and meta-posts relate to activities of users in the group on shared feeds and posts. | 09-23-2010 |
20100251129 | DATA CONSUMPTION FRAMEWORK FOR SEMANTIC OBJECTS - A data enrichment and consumption framework enables defining data object consumption based on semantic aspects of the data object. Views, contexts, and associations of the data object are defined to dynamically render UI content based on interaction with the data object. Additionally, standard views can be defined to enable rapid development of UIs. The same data content is rendered in consistent ways across different devices and UI technologies. | 09-30-2010 |
20100262918 | MANAGEMENT OF DATA ON RELATED WEBSITES - A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product of managing and sharing entries into a webpage are presented. The computer-implemented method receives an input to an input box located in a first webpage on a first network. This input is analyzed to determine its subject matter, and is then migrated into an appropriate subject box on the webpage. In one embodiment, the input is then shared with another webpage, for the same user, which is on a second network. | 10-14-2010 |
20100269045 | DIGITAL DISPLAY TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE THEREON - A digital display terminal is connected to a first content server and a second content server. The digital display terminal includes a display and a user interface module. The user interface module is capable of displaying first digital content and a second shortcut on a first page of an interactive user interface shown on the display. The second shortcut links to second digital content. The first digital content is stored in a first content server, and the second digital content is stored in a second content server. | 10-21-2010 |
20100275126 | Automatic On-Screen Keyboard - Method for automatically controlling an on-screen keyboard to optimize its use with a current web page. When a web browser requests content from a web server by sending the URL of the content over its data connection, a client keyboard manager module detects this request and sends a second request with the content URL to the server keyboard control module running on a server. While the web server responds to the first request, the server keyboard control module running on separate server determines if preferred keyboard settings are stored for the URL information that it received from the client. If preferred keyboard settings are found, they are sent from the server keyboard control module to the client. The client keyboard manager module uses the received information to adjust the on-screen keyboard to reflect the preferred keyboard settings so that text entry is enabled with reduced user intervention. | 10-28-2010 |
20100275127 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF CONTENT EXCHANGE - An information processor such as a personal computer is provided. A terminal is operably linked to the information processor to check out or to check in content to/from the terminal. A device driver detects that a portable device is connected to the information processor and when the device driver detects that the portable device is connected to the information processor, a start-up program reads contents-related data from the portable device and starts up a display/operation instruction program to provide a display corresponding to the data accessed from the terminal. | 10-28-2010 |
20100281390 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER MODIFICATION OF METADATA IN A SHELL BROWSER - A system and method for user modification of metadata in a shell browser. A group of items and associated metadata values are displayed in a window of the shell browser. An edit control permits user modification of metadata values displayed in the window. The user can modify metadata associated with a welcome pane, a selected item, or multiple selected items. A data structure stored on one or more computer-readable media contains metadata associated with items displayed in a shell browser, including user modifiable metadata which is also displayed in the shell browser. | 11-04-2010 |
20100293472 | Information processing apparatus and method, and program - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program which ensure that content can be played back. In a case where content and metadata necessary to play back the content are received from a content server via the Internet, a module dtSilk | 11-18-2010 |
20100299606 | MULTIMEDIA REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, MENU SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD, MENU SCREEN DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH MENU SCREEN DISPLAY PROGRAM - A functional icon array | 11-25-2010 |
20100299607 | BROWSER-BASED USER INTERFACE AND CONTROL ARCHITECTURE WITH PRIORITY ATTRIBUTES - A browser-enabled device includes a browser-based user interface and control architecture, which has a browser core, a browser framework, and a user interface. The user interface is written using a markup language. In processing event registrations, the browser framework receives an event registration. The received event registration having a response unique resource identifier (URI) content and a priority field. The priority field of the received event registration is examined to determine priority of the received event registration. If the browser core is loading the response URI content of a prior event registration and if the priority of the received event registration is higher than the priority of the prior event registration, then the loading of the response URI content of the prior event registration is halted, and loading of the response URI content of the received event registration is begun. | 11-25-2010 |
20100299608 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTI-APPLICATION TABS AND TAB SETS - A sharing model enables users to easily and conveniently create and share standard and custom database objects, and applications, among users or groups of users. The sharing model includes systems and methods that allow users to conveniently create and customize tabs and tab sets that define relationships between custom objects and fields, standard objects and fields, and applications. A tab visually represents a user interface into an element of an application or into a database object. Selection of a tab provides a user access to the object or element of the application represented by the tab. A tab set is a group of related tabs that work as a unit to provide application functionality. New tabs and tab sets may be defined and tab set views may be customized so that an end user can easily and conveniently switch between the various objects and application elements represented by the displayed tabs and tab set views. | 11-25-2010 |
20100299609 | Systems and methods for producing user-configurable accented presentations - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the production of accented presentations using pre-defined templates and material, which presentations may be in a printed or scrap-booked format. A server system may be made available to clients over a network, that server providing templates, patterns and associated material, the server providing a client with executable instructions enabling a user to make selections to a final accented presentation. The server system may receive an order including an identification of a template and user selections, and may include an interpretive and production system that fabricates a final accented presentation, or a part of fabrication and/or assembly thereof. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims. | 11-25-2010 |
20100306663 | Sequential Clicked Link Display Mechanism - Provided is a method to facilitate screen navigation in conjunction with a web browser. Specifically, a navigation history documenter and display module (NHDD) is employed in conjunction with a web browser to enhance the functionality of the browser. Using static links, categorical-hierarchical web sites, search engines or any combination of the three, a user freely navigates through multiple web sites and particular locations within web sites. The NHDD maintains a record of the navigation path. In conjunction with the specific sites and materials included in the navigation path, the NHDD maintain a record corresponding to the relations among the points along the path. In response to a user input, the NHDD displays navigation history information related to the order in which the points along a navigation path were traversed. In one embodiment, the information is displayed as sequentially order markers overlaid on a web page. | 12-02-2010 |
20100306664 | AUTOMATED CONTENT SUBMISSION TO A SHARE SITE - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for remotely submitting content to a website without navigating to the website are provided. The website is a content-sharing website that accepts public content submissions and makes the content available to multiple users. Initially, a client application may download remote-content-submission instructions from the website. Subsequently, the client application may follow the instructions to format a remote content submission and communicate it to the website. | 12-02-2010 |
20100306665 | INTELLIGENT BACKWARD RESOURCE NAVIGATION - A system for navigating among resources includes a target detection module detecting whether a first resource has been branched from to two other different resources and a backward navigation module operable to detect selection of a backward navigation button and cause navigation to the first resource. A method includes designating a target resource accessible via a backward navigation button in a first browser session, detecting selection of the backward navigation button in a second browser session, and navigating to the target resource in the second browser session. The method can involve detecting hovering of a pointer icon over the backward navigation button and responsively presenting a thumbnail of a resource associated with the backward navigation button. | 12-02-2010 |
20100313135 | Virtual Disc Enabled Media Player - A virtual disc enabled media player is disclosed. The media player includes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon which when executed by a processor in the media player cause certain actions to be performed. The actions include the media player executing a virtual disc software image as if it were a physical medium. This allows the player to access content and information when no physical media is present in the media player. The content and information may be obtained over a network such as the Internet. The media player may be a BLU-RAY DISC player. | 12-09-2010 |
20100325552 | Media Asset Navigation Representations - Media asset navigation representations are described. In various embodiments, a content navigation input is received, such as an input to a client device, to initiate a display of a media asset navigation interface from which media assets can be selected. Groups of related media assets are determined, and each group of related media assets is represented for user selection from the media asset navigation interface. A visual element is identified for each group of related media assets, and the visual elements each provide a coherent visual representation of the related media assets in a respective group. A display can be initiated of the visual elements in the media asset navigation interface where each of the visual elements are selectable to individually navigate the related media assets in the respective groups. | 12-23-2010 |
20100325553 | NETWORK OF USER-AWARE MULTIPLE-PROTOCOL INTERNET BROWSERS - A method for Internet browsing where a subscriber/browser navigates to a new Internet (IPv4) address and multiple protocol/network data is gathered relative to the Internet location. The method includes subscribing by browsers to a proprietary Website, providing a client software program to each of the browser/subscribers, navigating by a browser to a new Internet IP-address (location), sending a notification to a main server of the proprietary website and registering by the server of the browser's new location. The method also includes sending back the location data to the browser-installed client software program, notifying all other browsers at the same location by the server of a newly arriving browser, notifying the newly arriving browser that others are already there, initiating communication between the first and newly arriving subscriber/browsers and graphically displaying all the data gathered. | 12-23-2010 |
20100325554 | Photo-Based Network Control Device and Related Method - A photo-based network control device includes a device information database, an image receiving unit, an identification unit, a graphic user interface (GUI) and a network module. The device information database stores operating information of a target device. The image receiving unit obtains a photo image of surroundings including an image of the target device. The identification unit identifies the target device on the photo image to generate an identification result. The GUI displays the photo image and the operating information based on the identification result, and receives a control signal associated with the operating information. The network module transmits an indication signal to the target device according to a network protocol and the control signal. | 12-23-2010 |
20100332993 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING DIGITAL CONTENT - A method, computer program, and system for delivering digital content to a user interface. A method according to an embodiment includes: generating a starting content on the user interface including at least one clickable content, each of the at least one clickable content being previously associated with a first key; upon selection of a clickable content associated with a first key, determining a second key, associated with a destination content, from the first key; determining an executable asset program from the second key, an execution of the asset program generating the display of a predefined asset content; attaching the second key to the executable asset program according to a hiding mechanism; executing the executable asset program to display the predefined asset content, and releasing the second key during the execution of the program. | 12-30-2010 |
20110004828 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A TILED MAP AND DISPLAY OBJECT LAYER OVER A NETWORK - A method and corresponding apparatus provide a tiled map and display object layer over a network. The method includes receiving at an application server a request for a map and a request for display objects from at least one data stream available over the network, the display objects to be displayed on the map on a user computerized device, sending a request for the requested map from the application server over the network to a mapping server, receiving at the application server the requested map as a tiled map layer, sending over the network a request to the one or more data streams for the requested display objects, receiving at the application server locations of the requested display objects, combining the tiled map layer and the requested display objects into a tiled map and display object layer, and sending the tiled map and display object layer to the user computerized device. | 01-06-2011 |
20110016402 | GRAPICAL USER INTERFACE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION ASSETS AND INFORMATION IN A DISPATCH ENVIORNMENT - The invention pertains to methods and apparatus for displaying information and presenting user interface controls for interfacing with a communication network and controlling communication assets on the network. The invention is particularly suited to a dispatch environment and specifically to providing an interface that permits a dispatcher to efficiently organize assets and information around individual incidents. | 01-20-2011 |
20110016403 | WEBSITE BROWSING SYSTEM, SERVER AND CLIENT TERMINAL - Web contents prepared for browsing by a PC is converted into an image showing a view when the webpage is browsed using a PC. Pieces of UI information are extracted from the web contents and XY coordinate values of each piece of UI information are acquired. This information indicates positions where the pieces of UI information are arranged on the image. A mobile terminal displaying the image controls these pieces of UI information. Accordingly, web contents for a PC are rapidly browsed and operated on a mobile terminal and so on, without deterioration in design of the web contents. | 01-20-2011 |
20110016404 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD OF DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEMORY MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREIN - To freely establish a peripheral equipment selection operating environment of excellent operability which can remarkably reduce an operation burden which is applied until construction information of selectable peripheral equipment can be confirmed and can easily confirm the construction information of the selectable peripheral equipment by everyone by a simple operating instruction, a CPU obtains construction information of a printer that is being selected and default setting on the basis of a selection instructing state relative to a selectable printer candidate on a network and allows them to be caption-displayed at a position near the position indicated by a cursor on a printer selection picture plane displayed on a CRT. | 01-20-2011 |
20110029883 | Systems and Methods for Content Aggregation, Editing and Delivery - Method and systems for editing, receiving and processing video. Media submissions may be received from remote devices associated with a plurality of users, and the media submissions and a copy of the media submissions in a format for easier access may be stored. A data organization structure including a mechanism for providing sets of folders may be provided, the sets of folders configurable based on input from a user. Media submissions may be organized into the respective folders designated by the users based on user input. A media product may be created based on one or more media submissions. The media product may be created by utilizing an editing interface which allows users at different locations to collaboratively edit video over a network. | 02-03-2011 |
20110041067 | System for initiating communication between a user interface and a vision processor - A method is disclosed for instructing a user interface (UI) in communication with a first of vision processor (VP) to establish communication with a second (VP). The invention is useful in a machine vision system having a plurality of VPs and at least one UI. The method includes the steps of providing each VP with a link function for establishing communication between a VP and a UI; and activating the link function so as to issue instructions to the UI to establish communication with another VP. The link function enables local dynamic display of a remote VP on the UI, and a dynamic connection that provides a continually updated display representing a current state of the VP connected to the UI. An operator may observe results and alter parameters on any of the VPs in the system without having to first understand the architecture of the machine vision system. | 02-17-2011 |
20110041068 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING A SCHEDULING DATABASE - A mobile electronic communications device and a method for modifying a scheduling database are provided. The scheduling database is modified via the mobile electronic communications device in communication with a proximate electronic device comprising a display device, the mobile electronic communications device is engaging an oral communications session with a second communications device. Time slot data associated with an available time slot is retrieved from the scheduling database, via the mobile electronic communications device. The time slot data is transmitted to the proximate electronic device causing it to display the time slot data at the display device. Input data representative of a command to update the scheduling database is received at the mobile electronic communications device. An entry of the scheduling database is updated, via the mobile electronic device, based on the time slot data associated with the available time slot displayed at the display device. | 02-17-2011 |
20110041069 | USER INTERFACE FOR AGGREGATING SERVICES IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - An embodiment is proposed for assembling services available in a data processing system with distributed architecture; each service many require a set of (one or more) input parameters and/or provides a set of (one or more) output parameters. An embodiment of a corresponding method starts with the step of displaying a representation of each service in a graphical user interface. A plurality of representations of the services is selected in the graphical user interface. The selected representations of the selected services are then arranged into a graph in the graphical user interface; the graph includes a set of connectors, each one associating a set of (one or more) preceding selected representations of preceding selected services to a set of (one or more) following selected representations of following selected services. The method then continues by generating an aggregated service from the graph. The aggregated service includes an access point to the aggregated service. Starting code is provided for invoking each initial selected service (associated with no preceding selected service) in response to an invocation of the aggregated service through the access point. Synchronization code is instead used for setting the input parameters of each set of following selected services according to the output parameters of the associated preceding selected services, and for invoking each set of following selected services in response to an availability of the output parameters of the associated preceding selected services. | 02-17-2011 |
20110047470 | METHOD FOR MANAGING MEMORY IN A CLIENT TERMINAL, CORRESPONDING SIGNAL, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND TERMINAL - A method is provided for managing memory in a mobile communication terminal suitable for processing information representing a multimedia scene that comes in the form of a multimedia content having multimedia elements. The method includes a step of receiving the multimedia scene and the following steps that are implemented simultaneously: a step of rendering the scene in continuous or progressive loading mode on the terminal; and a step of storing a portion of the multimedia content representing the multimedia scene, the portion being pre-identified in the multimedia content. | 02-24-2011 |
20110055712 | GENERIC, ONE-CLICK INTERFACE ASPECTS OF CLOUD CONSOLE - A method, computer-readable medium, and system for providing access to computing resources provisioned across multiple cloud providers and/or data centers is disclosed. A graphical user interface may be used to display a plurality of computing resources which are provisioned across at least one cloud provider and/or at least one data center, where the plurality of computing resources may implement a virtual machine, a plurality of virtual machines of a cloud computing environment, etc. In response to a selection of the computing resources using the graphical user interface, the plurality of computing resources may be launched and/or configured on the at least one cloud provider and/or at least one data center which provide the computing resources. Access to the plurality of computing resources may then be provided using the graphical user interface. | 03-03-2011 |
20110055713 | INTERACTIVE DELIVERY OF EDITORAL CONTENT - A method for electronically providing material to a user such that the user can receive, and preferably transmit, editorial content linked to a selectable portion of the material enables a user to have access to material electronically distributed over a communication network, such as the Internet. In one implementation a Web application displays the contents of a book in a browser-based reader and an indication of the amount of commentary associated with selectable portions of the book. A user can select portions of the book and associate media of different formats such as audio, video, image, URLs, in addition to text, with the selected portion(s) of the book. A user can also see a list of associated content contributed by herself/himself or by other users (unless optionally designated private). By choosing any item in the list of associated content, the content is dynamically displayed within the user's reader. | 03-03-2011 |
20110060997 | Methods for optimizing interaction with a form in a website page and systems thereof - A method, computer readable medium and system that optimizes interaction with a form of a website page includes retrieving with a web content optimization computing device an original website page with a form in response to a request from a requesting system. The web content optimization computing device stores at least the form of the original website page and adjusts at least one field control of the form to generate a simplified website page. The web content optimization computing device provides the simplified website page to the requesting system. | 03-10-2011 |
20110060998 | System and method for managing internet media content - A system and a method manage internet media content by identifying relevant media content associated with a webpage, generating a symbolic representation for the identified media and/or presenting the symbolic representation of the identified media to enable media management, organization, retrieval, consumption and/or redirection functionality to be integrated with a web browsing experience. The system and the method may provide enhanced multimedia functionality integrated with a web browsing experience using an application providing web browser functionality, a plug-in program for an existing web browser, and/or an application associated and/or in communication with a web browser. | 03-10-2011 |
20110066947 | Incident Command Post - Provided are systems and methods for tracking resources at a site and initiating audio and video communication with tracked resources using multiple input and output modalities. The systems include a location tracking system, including a positioning engine and a presentation engine, an environmental tracking system, location and environmental sensors, either permanently installed or temporarily deployed, and portable devices such as mobile phones or personal digital assistants carried by the tracked resources and users. The methods include tracking such resources at a site, displaying their locations on a portable device using a visual map display, and providing the ability to initiate bidirectional audio and video communications with one of more of the tracked resources. | 03-17-2011 |
20110072354 | SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE SYNCHRONIZATION - Social network service synchronization techniques are described. In an implementation, a determination is made by a client that a browser has been used to navigate to a website. A prompt is displayed by the client, responsive to the determination, that is selectable to cause data that describes activities that are performable in conjunction with the website to be communicated to a social network service to be stored in conjunction with a user account of the user at the social network service. | 03-24-2011 |
20110072355 | AT-A-DISTANCE MAGIC LENSES FOR PRIVACY-SENSITIVE, COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENT VIEWING ACROSS MOBILE DEVICES AND LARGE DISPLAYS - Systems and Methods that allows multiple users to see a privacy-filtered overview of a document on a large display and that allows them to view on their personal mobile device details of the same document that are specific to their credentials. | 03-24-2011 |
20110072356 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, USER INTERFACE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - The device information of an information processing apparatus is acquired. It is determined, based on the acquired device information, whether a function of the information processing apparatus is usable. Upon determining that the function of the information processing apparatus is usable, a file to display the execution instruction window of processing using the function of the information processing apparatus is requested of the server. On the other hand, upon determining that the function of the information processing apparatus is not usable, a file to display a warning window is requested from the server. | 03-24-2011 |
20110072357 | Location Specific Display Of Information Resources On A Host Interface - A computer implemented method and system is provided for displaying information resources linked from a host interface on selected locations on the host interface. A processing element is defined for a link referenced in the host interface. The processing element determines an address of an information resource referenced by the link. An area representation element specifies locations for displaying the information resource on the host interface. A display element is defined for displaying content of the information resource on the host interface and is linked to the processing element and the area representation element. The linked display element retrieves the address of the information resource from the processing element and retrieves the location selected by the user from the area representation element. The linked display element retrieves content of the information resource from the retrieved address and displays the retrieved content in the selected location on the host interface. | 03-24-2011 |
20110078575 | TRAVELOGUE-BASED CONTEXTUAL MAP GENERATION - A map user interface control provides functionality for displaying a map in conjunction with the display of a Web page. The map control operates in combination with a location extraction component that analyzes the contents of the Web page to identify locations mentioned therein. Once the location extraction component has identified the locations mentioned in the Web page, a map is generated that encompasses the locations identified in the Web page. Once the map has been generated, the map control displays the map in conjunction with the display of the Web page. The map might include visual indicators corresponding to the locations mentioned in the Web page. The map might also include visual indicators corresponding to other locations near the locations identified in the Web page that have been identified using co-occurrence values generated through an analysis of a set of travelogues. | 03-31-2011 |
20110078576 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING MANAGEMENT OF A COMPUTING SYSTEM - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for facilitating management of a computing system comprising a server. A method may include interfacing with the server. The method may further include providing a graphical user interface facilitating user management of the computing system. The graphical user interface may provide access to a library of selectable scripts configured for execution on the server. Each selectable script may be configured to perform a management function when executed. The management function may comprise a management function for managing one or more of the computing system, the server, an operating system implemented on the server, a database to which access is provided by the computing system, or an application provided by the computing system. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 03-31-2011 |
20110078577 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING CONSUMER ENTITLEMENTS IN FEDERATE PORTAL - A system and method can support a federated portal using a producer web application on a web server and a plurality of consumer web applications. The producer web application is a container web application that hosts a plurality of portlet applications that are deployed and maintained separately. Each consumer web application is adapted to collect and present available portlet applications hosted on the producer web application and offer them as a unified portal to end users. Upon receiving a request from a consumer web application, said producer web application can map the consumer web application to one particular role in a role set which includes a plurality of roles, check for portlet applications that are available based on the particular role, and response to the consumer web application with a message that describes the available portlet applications hosted in the producer web application. | 03-31-2011 |
20110083078 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND BROWSING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal may be provided that accesses the web through a browser, searches data including a search keyword inputted by a user on the accessed web, displays a list of the searched results, loads web pages linked to at least one or more search results from among the searched results, and displays the loaded web pages on a display screen when a particular event is generated while displaying the search results list. | 04-07-2011 |
20110107227 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION ON MOBILE DEVICES - Embodiments of a system and method are described for generating and distributing programming to mobile devices over a network. Devices are provided with Players specific to each device and Applications that are device independent. Embodiments include a full-featured WYSIWYG authoring environment, including the ability to bind web components to objects. | 05-05-2011 |
20110113341 | WEB SERVICE INTERFACE AND QUERYING - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed to generate an interface for a web service and to query the web service. A particular method includes generating a user interface associated with a web service. The user interface includes one or more input parameter options associated with the web service. The user interface is generated based on a service specification and one or more series specifications associated with the service specification. User input is received via the user interface, where the user input includes a selection of at least one of the one or more input parameter options. A query of the web service is generated based on the received user input, where the query reflects at least one selected input parameter option. The method includes invoking the generated query with respect to the web service to receive results and automatically adding the received results to the user interface. | 05-12-2011 |
20110113342 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADCASTING, SHOWCASING AND INTERACTING WITH MULTMEDIA PORTFOLIOS - A system for broadcasting, showcasing and interacting with a plurality of multimedia portfolios on at least one electronic multimedia platform to indicate an encapsulated representation of an identity of at least one entity is disclosed. The system comprises at least one electronic portfolio viewing provider and at least one electronic multimedia platform. The system further includes at least one electronic communication device and at least one electronic communication network operable to interconnect the at least one electronic portfolio viewing provider, the at least one electronic communication device, and the at least one electronic multimedia platform. The identity of the at least one entity is delivered as an interactive multimedia portfolio to showcase the skills, aesthetics, content or information related to the at least one entity. | 05-12-2011 |
20110113343 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRESENTING MEDIA CONTENT - A method of presenting media content includes receiving a command to present multiple image cells to a first device of a first user after an alert is sent to a second device associated with the first user. The method also includes sending a first view including multiple image cells to the first device of the first user, where at least one cell of the multiple image cells includes an image. The method further includes automatically collecting a second image from a third party website and sending a second view to the first device. The second view includes the multiple image cells having the image and includes the second image. | 05-12-2011 |
20110119595 | Apparatus and Method for Browser Based Integration of Broadcast Television and Internet Content - A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to adapt live broadcast content for display within a browser. The live broadcast content is displayed within the browser. Internet content related to the live broadcast is also supplied within the browser. Television events that include live broadcast content and corresponding internet content are shared by a group of users. Broadcast content and internet content consumption is tracked. | 05-19-2011 |
20110126113 | DISPLAYING CONTENT ON MULTIPLE WEB PAGES - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to displaying content on multiple pages. In aspects, a request for content is received from a browsing component. The content is divided into pages suitable for displaying on a display associated with the browsing component. Navigation elements may be embedded in the pages to allow a user using the browsing component to navigate between pages corresponding to the content. The actions of dividing the content into multiple pages may occur on a content server, an entity intermediate to the content server and a client hosting the browsing component, or a component of the client. | 05-26-2011 |
20110126114 | Intelligent Music Track Selection in a Networked Environment - An indication is provided of a state of a body of content, the body of content including at least a portion of a track, the indication being updated based on a user's interaction with the content, the state of the body of content including information about the user's preferences with respect to the body of content. | 05-26-2011 |
20110126115 | PET OF THE MONTH WITH MUSIC PLAYER - A unique code is used to register a virtual pet or other item using a code that is associated with the pet, and which, when entered, allows viewing and interacting with a virtual representation of the actual item on the website. If the code is entered during a specific time period, it allows obtaining at least one additional item, for example an exclusive item that cannot be obtained in any other way. The specific time period can be extended, e.g., using supplemental codes. The codes may specify fixed or variable time periods, and may be generic extension codes and extend other things other than this period. | 05-26-2011 |
20110131500 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ENHANCED LISTINGS - A system and method is provided that enhances local listings for entities associated with web-content. In one aspect, a server generates entity listings based on content associated with the entity. Content associated with the entity and not incorporated into a listing may be used to generate a enhancement content. Enhancement content may be used to promote the entity. For example, an entity or its representative may identify its listing and select an enhancement to be displayed with the listing. The system will associate the entity or listing with the enhancement. When a user requests listings, the system will identify listings are associated with enhancements and provide the listings and enhancements to the users. An enhancement may be displayed as a tag proximate to the associated entity's listing information as well as a tag proximate to the associated entity's location on a map. | 06-02-2011 |
20110131501 | SUMMARIZING PORTLET USAGE CAPTURED RESPONSIVE TO TRIGGER EVENTS IN A PORTAL PAGE - A portal summary controller monitors usage metadata indicating current usage of at least one portlet within at least one portal page for one of multiple events specified to trigger storage of the usage metadata. Responsive to detecting one of the multiple events within the usage metadata which triggers storage, the portal summary controller stores the detected usage metadata at a current time of at least one instance of at least one portlet application within the at least one portal page. Subsequent to storing separate detected usage metadata at multiple different times, the portal summary controller dynamically creates a summary portal page displaying a separate instance of the at least one portlet application for at least one of each of the multiple different times specified according to the separate usage metadata stored at each of the multiple different times, such that the summary portal page provides a summary of at least a selection of previous usage metadata selected by a user of the at least one portal page based on usage metadata stored responsive to trigger events. | 06-02-2011 |
20110138292 | LINK CLOUDS AND USER/COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DYNAMIC INTERLINKING OF RESOURCES - A network-based communication and information discovery solution that pertains to network-accessible resources and the use of interlinks among resources. In one embodiment, dynamic interlinking of resources is proposed, wherein the resources reside in a web-based system and are accessible via web-clients. The resources can be representable by an administrator in a graph-like structure interlinking the resources with each other and thus defining a navigation model. An extended navigation model can be implemented by a user-generated, personal or collaborative interlinking functionality. | 06-09-2011 |
20110138293 | Providing Alerts in an Information-Sharing Computer-Based Service - Techniques are provided that allow users that express an interest in an event (e.g. in other user application events) to be notified about the event and to have the capability to interact, in relation to the event, with other users. The system automatically alerts interested users to the occurrence of the event and can provide additional information with the alert (such as associated view(s)), so that the alert can be related, in context, with that additional information. Messages with a corresponding text description can be provided automatically if triggered by conditions that have been specified by the user. A user can proactively watch a limited number of views, but once there are changes that occur in other views of interest, the user will receive a message that includes an access identifier to such other view or views. | 06-09-2011 |
20110145712 | INFORMATION EXCHANGE USING GENERIC DATA STREAMS - Systems and methods for information exchange using generic data streams, wherein a data stream is sent from one computer system to another, and the receiving computer system is not aware of the structure of the information in the data stream. A header of the data stream includes a description of a data object. A body of the data stream includes information for instances of a data object stored on a computer system. The object is compliant with the description provided in the header of the data stream. The information in the body of the stream is extracted based on the description provided in the header of the data stream. A user interface (UI) is dynamically created based on the description of data object to display portions of the received information, and further to allow a user to change the information. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145713 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE OVER A NETWORK - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for facilitating electronic commerce over a network include communicating with a plurality of users via a plurality of user devices over the network, receiving a login request from a first user via a first user device over the network, accessing an account related to the user based on information passed with the login request, receiving a snaplist file related to a multiple image listing provided by the first user via the first user device, processing the snaplist file by extracting the multiple image listing from the snaplist file, and displaying the multiple image listing to one or more other users via one or more other user devices. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145714 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEB-INTEGRATED STATISTICAL ANALYSIS - A method and system for performing statistical analysis using a web browser includes selecting raw data for statistical analysis and specifying statistical operation(s) on the raw data. The web browser may be used to generate first program code corresponding to the statistical operation(s). After sending the first program code to a web server for execution, output data resulting from executing the first program code may be received at the web browser. The web browser may generate and display a graphical representation of the output data. The web browser may also be used to configure the graphical representation and generate second program code executable by a web browser for generating the graphical representation. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145715 | WEB TRANSACTION ANALYSIS - Individual network activities are correlated to interactions with a target web page to facilitate an analysis of the performance of the web page. This correlation is preferably performed using a combination of heuristics and rules developed to filter network activities into those activities that are likely to have been caused by the particular transaction, and those that are unlikely to be associated with that transaction. The activities that are identified as being associated with the transaction are subsequently organized to identify a time-flow of these activities within the transaction, from which performance statistics can be determined and presented to a user. Because the individual activities within the transaction are identified and time-ordered, an analysis of the effects of each activity on the overall performance of the web page can be performed to identify potential problem areas, or to diagnose reported problems. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145716 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING THE TRANSFER OF DATA FROM A WEB INTERFACE TO A DATABASE OR ANOTHER WEB INTERFACE - Access information is received for a data sender interface accessible over a network and a data receiver interface accessible over the network. A set of navigation steps necessary to access data fields on the sender interface are determined. The data fields on the data sender interface are automatically mapped to data fields on the data receiver interface using at least one data mapping rule, such that a set of data field mappings is created. A data transfer scenario is generated using the set of navigation steps and the set of data field mappings, such that the data transfer scenario specifies a set of operations for transferring data from the sender interface to the receiver interface. The data transfer scenario is stored to computer readable media and can be executed any number of times to transfer data from the sending interface to the receiving interface. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145717 | WEB-BROWSING SYSTEM - A web-browsing system that enables a user to surf the web efficiently. The web-browsing system which can be installed in a client's terminal comprises: a web-browser; a function window controller that includes a function window manager consisting of a contents-information DB, a layer creator and a menu controller; and a window module that has a web-browser link unit. The contents-information DB stores at least one kind of contents among text, image, video or sound source and the contents information linked to the correspondent contents. | 06-16-2011 |
20110154212 | CLOUD-BASED USER INTERFACE AUGMENTATION - Method for providing augmented user interface (AUI). AUI is provided in response to a request. AUI configuration information is received, stored in preference file, and sent to remote server. Remote server receives request from computer to login user. Remote server authenticates user, retrieves and sends preference file to computer. Preference file contains information that allows computer to implement and configure AUI by directing output to AUI component. Remote server sends computer web-based API to enable browser to interface with an AUI application. API can include target callable by event handler to respond to HTML document browsing event by invoking AUI application. Remote server can send computer web-based, native, or browser plug-in AUI application. Computer can provide content rich navigation via API, AUI application and content navigation rules that define plural navigation paths through HTML document. Navigation paths providing AUI functionality to particular type of special needs user or user task. | 06-23-2011 |
20110154213 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING CONTENT DOWNLOAD PROGRESS - Techniques for presenting content download progress include determining a plurality of layers of information about a specific download of particular content to an apparatus. The information in the plurality of layers is different from an amount of the particular content. The particular content is caused to be stored progressively into a memory on the apparatus. A first layer of information is presented on the local device upon a start of the specific download. An amount of the particular content stored into the memory is determined. A different second layer of information is presented progressively on the local device during the specific download based on the amount of the particular content stored into the memory. | 06-23-2011 |
20110154214 | Offloading Content Retrieval And Decoding In Pluggable Content-Handling Systems - Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media are disclosed for offloading content retrieval and decoding in pluggable content-handling systems. This may be accomplished by the server sending the client a frame that comprises video as two parts—the un-decoded video data, and the rest of the frame. The client then uses the application content handler to decode video image corresponding to the video data and combine it with the rest of the frame to recreate the frame. The server may execute a proxy for content handler to perform the communications to retrieve the media. The client may execute content handler using a stub application that corresponds to content handler, such that operations content handler performs are performed as if it were interacting with the application. | 06-23-2011 |
20110161826 | Systems and methods for facilitating attorney client relationships, document assembly and nonjudicial dispute resolution - Computer network systems and related methods enable interactive legal document assembly by one or more persons working independently or collectively. The disclosed system facilitates optional lawyer engagements, attorney representations, review of documents, finalization of documents and nonjudicial dispute resolution in the event of disputes. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161827 | SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATION AND CONTACT ORGANIZATION - An apparatus, system, and method and for social media communication and contact organization. The method includes representing a user contact as a node in an organizational structure on a web-based social networking platform. The organization structure may be associated with a user. The organizational structure may include a base with one or more clusters, each cluster configured to hold one or more nodes. The method includes grouping the node into a particular cluster of the organizational structure. The node includes one or more information channels between the user contact and the user. The method includes graphically depicting the organizational structure. The graphically depicted organizational structure may be responsive to interaction from the user. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161828 | System and Method for Browsing Tabbed-Heterogeneous Windows - The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for managing multiple content windows. The content windows may host a web browser, a shell view, a word processing application, and the like. A set of content windows are grouped into a frame in a manner such that a taskbar shows one item for the set of content windows. Each content window is associated with a tab for the frame. A content-specific menu may be associated with each tab. The content-specific menu includes a set of commands based on the heterogeneous content hosted in the content window. The set of commands provide functionality to the heterogeneous content. | 06-30-2011 |
20110167353 | System and Methods for Creating and Editing Photo-Based Projects on a Digital Network - A system for creating and editing image and or text-based projects includes a server connected to a data network, the server having access to a digital medium containing an executable graphics user interface (GUI) accessible by computer browser, at least one data repository residing on the network, the repository accessible to the server, the repository containing images, and product-related graphics, a print configuration engine implemented in software residing on and executable from the digital medium or another accessible medium, the print configuration engine for rendering image and or text-based products for printing, and at least one bi-directional communication channel established between a computing appliance running a version of the GUI while connected to the network and a server managing the data repository. | 07-07-2011 |
20110167354 | RICH MEDIA NOTICE BOARD - A rich media notice board enables users to communicate with others in their own and related communities who use the rich media notice board or other rich media notice boards, such as those in related communities, as well as with others who use conventional interfaces via the Internet. The users of the rich media notice board can post notices including text, images, audio, and video to the rich media notice board. The notices may also include usage metaphors that may allow users to relate to the notices. A user interface of the rich media notice board may employ the usage metaphors to provide an interface that may be used by users who may not read or write with sufficient proficiency to otherwise use a computer. The users may access the rich media notice boards from computers, mobile phones, and kiosk systems. | 07-07-2011 |
20110173543 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ASSIST CUSTOMERS IN SELECTING COMPATIBLE COMPONENTS OF A PRODUCT - Systems and methods to assist buyers in selecting compatible components of a product are described. The system identifies a product associated with a plurality of component classes. Next, the system identifies a list of items by searching for items based on the component classes. The system then receives a selection of a first item. After a selection of the first item has been received, the system generates a list of compatible items by removing items from the identified list of items that are incompatible with the first item. Finally, the system presents the buyer with a user interface communicating the list of compatible items. | 07-14-2011 |
20110179358 | System For Managing A Plurality of Appointments, Events, and Reminders - A system for managing a plurality of appointments, events and reminders related to at least one user is disclosed. The system comprises at least one electronic device adapted to create the plurality of appointments, events and reminders and at least one central server adapted to store the plurality of appointments, events and reminders. The system further includes at least one electronic display device being configured to display the plurality of appointments, events and reminders by way of text, graphics and/or video and at least one electronic network operable to interconnect the at least one electronic device, the at least one central server and the at least one electronic display device. The plurality of appointments, events and reminders can be synchronized and stored locally or remotely by way of the at least one electronic device and/or central server and can be sent and/or received through the at least one electronic network. | 07-21-2011 |
20110179359 | SELF-TARGETING LOCAL AD SYSTEM - A system for serving localized advertisements receives data that defines an advertisement from an advertiser and determines a geographic location of the advertiser. The system also receives a request to serve an advertisement from a browser operated by a user and determines a geographic location associated with the user. The system communicates the advertisement to the browser if the geographic location associated with the user matches the geographic location of the advertiser. | 07-21-2011 |
20110179360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING OPTION DATA USING ANIMATED 3-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICAL DISPLAY - System juxtaposes filtered and analyzed option data in a three-dimensional dynamic graph, which is displayed, for example, on a computer display terminal to the option trader. The option trader views the selectively filtered option data presented by the system in a way that reveals trends, risk and pricing over time. System is further capable of sequentially displaying (playing) hundreds of images of graphical option data representation to create an animation of dynamics of options volatility over time. In a real time trading environment, using these vast amounts of information presented in easily comprehendible form, such as reviewing years of historical records in a matter of seconds, a trader can quickly recognize various market opportunities. Further advantage of comes from the fact that the option trader gradually learns to recognize the significance of the various shapes and patterns of the displayed information and use them to execute profitable trades. | 07-21-2011 |
20110191688 | NETWORK SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A server apparatus provides groupware functions by storing data to be attached to an image object in correspondence with a window on which image object is to be displayed at a client terminal so that all data attached to the image object are storable regardless of any one of a plurality of windows on which the image object is displayed. The server apparatus inherits and stores data attached to an image object moved or copied at the client terminal, in correspondence with the user data attached to a seat image to which the image object is moved or copied and a second window that is specified by the user data attached to the seat image and displayed at the client terminal, in response to an update request from the client terminal. | 08-04-2011 |
20110197136 | WEB BROWSER INSTANCE PROFILING - A method of profiling a web browser instance associated with a computer, so as to determine the propensity of a user of the web browser instance to undertake certain actions, the method comprising the steps of: storing a web page on a web server, said web page including profiling code; uploading the web page to a visitor web browser instance responsive to a request from said web browser; and executing the profiling code on the web server and/or web browser to extract profiling data from the visitor web browser instance. Executing the profiling code includes initiating a series of queries of the visitor web browser instance, the queries including at least one of the following techniques: determining whether a specific URL ( | 08-11-2011 |
20110197137 | Systems and Methods for Rating Content - Systems and methods for rating content. In one embodiment, a method for rating content in a set of aggregated third party webpages is provided. The method can include providing a set of indicators for a user to rate at least a portion of the aggregated content for audience appropriateness; receiving a plurality of rating indications from a respective plurality of users for the portion of aggregated content; aggregating the received plurality of rating indications; based at least in part on the aggregated rating indications, determining a rating for the portion of aggregated content; and outputting the rating for the portion of aggregated content. | 08-11-2011 |
20110197138 | PREVIEW RELATED ACTION LIST - Previewing content included in an enterprise database associated with an enterprise system is disclosed. A first indication is received for an overlay object associated with an object from the enterprise database that is being displayed. an action list is dynamically determined associated with the object being displayed using a first method to retrieve actions from the enterprise system that are associated with the object being displayed. The action list is provided to the overlay object. Content associated with the object is dynamically determined using a second method to retrieve content from the enterprise system. The content is provided to the overlay object. The overlay object is displayed to preview the content included in the enterprise database and to provide the action list. | 08-11-2011 |
20110197139 | Displaying Personalized Information in a Handheld Device - One embodiment is a handheld electronic device ( | 08-11-2011 |
20110202847 | IMAGE-BASED AND PREDICTIVE BROWSING - Systems and methods are provided for image-based browsing of resources, such as webpages, on a communication device, providing for image-based navigation of recently accessed resources and image-based selection of resources matching partial or complete address strings entered in an input field. Also provided are systems and methods for predictive loading of resources, by detecting browsing actions such as zooming in and hovering over thumbnail images of previously accessed resources, and initiating HTTP requests for those resources over a network before receipt of an express command to retrieve the resource. To improve the user-perceived responsiveness of the device to commands to download and display resources such as webpages comprising embedded objects, the order of requesting updated versions of the embedded objects is determined by analysis of the portion of the webpage of interest to the user. Prioritizing of various browser-related tasks is also disclosed. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202848 | ANCHORING FOR CONTENT SYNCHRONIZATION - A computer-implemented method includes receiving from a web browser, by a server system via a network, an indication of dragging, by a user of the web browser, of an element displayed on a webpage displayed by the web browser, and dropping, by the user, of the element into a content area displayed on the webpage, the element selected from the group consisting of: a first content item displayed at a location on the webpage other than in the content area, and a graphical element displayed in association with the first content item. Responsively to the indication, the server system causes the web browser to display, in the content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more second content items related to the first content item. Other embodiments are also described. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202849 | Apparatus, System and Method for a Media Enhancement Widget - The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget. | 08-18-2011 |
20110209068 | System and process to Automate a Job Seeker's Profile and Job Application - A software application tool to assist users for an efficient job searching process. The present invention provides a number of tools that helps the user organize all of their job application documents, keep track of tasks that need to be done, keep track of all of their job application progresses, make goals, and associate documents to each job application. The users are provided the means to access a plurality of job sites through the present invention. This prevents the need for the users to log onto a large variety of job sites. The organization tools and the accessibility to different jobsite provide the users with a much more efficient job application process for more time to upgrade their own skills and expand their network. | 08-25-2011 |
20110214062 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR USER REGISTRATION WITH A MULTI-TENANT ON-DEMAND DATABASE SYSTEM - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for user registration with a multi-tenant on-demand database system. These mechanisms and methods for user registration with a multi-tenant on-demand database system can provide user registration of the multi-tenant on-demand database system which takes into consideration a registration of an associated tenant of the multi-tenant on-demand database system. The ability to consider a tenant's registration with the multi-tenant on-demand database system when registering a user with the multi-tenant on--demand database system can improve the management of permissions associated with of the multi-tenant on-demand database system. | 09-01-2011 |
20110225500 | Service Cloud Console - Various embodiments described or referenced herein are directed to different devices, methods, systems, and computer program products for processing information entered via a user interface provided in a web browser on a display device of a client machine in communication with a server. The user interface may be capable of displaying a plurality of components, including a first component that may display object record information associated with an object record stored in a database. Edited object record information may be received at the client machine and displayed in the first user interface component. The first user interface component may be designated as unsaved. An interrupt event associated with possible loss of the edited information may be detected. A warning message indicating the detection of the interrupt event may be displayed in the web browser, and one or more selections for responding to the warning message may be provided. | 09-15-2011 |
20110231773 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING JUST-IN-TIME RESOURCES BASED ON CONTEXT - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for providing just-in-time resources based on context. A system configured to practice the method identifies a communication event associated with a user and a current context associated with the communication event and the user, and identifies a stored context that corresponds to the current context, wherein the stored context includes at least one resource. The system then retrieves the at least one resource and presents the at least one resource to the user. In another method for storing a current context, the system identifies a current communication context, identifies resources associated with the current communication context, indexes the current communication content and resources to enable searchability, and stores, as a stored context in a database, the current communication context and the resources associated with the current communication context. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231774 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprising: a display; an embedded web browser that displays hypertext-coded information on the display; a data input and output module that inputs and outputs hypertext-coded data and can be accessed from the embedded web browser and another web browser of an external machine; a judgment portion that judges which the data input and output module is accessed from, the embedded web browser or the web browser of the external machine; a data generator that generates different display data depending on the judgment made by the judgment portion; and a transmitter that transmits the display data generated by the data generator, to the embedded web browser or the web browser of the external machine. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231775 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR MANAGING SOFTWARE SERVICE ACCESS VIA TOOLBAR USER MANAGEMENT - Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can provide a computer-based application stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions thereon that are accessible by a hardware processing arrangement. When the processing arrangement executes the instructions, the processing arrangement can be configured to provide a graphical user interface to at least one user, the graphical user interface providing for collection of user registration data, provide at least a portion of the registration data to at least one service provider application, access at least one data store including data associated with the at least one user, receive an alert associated with at least one service provider application pushed to the at least one user, and receive a response from the at least one user associated with the alert. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231776 | STANDARD SCHEMA AND USER INTERFACE FOR WEBSITE MAPS - Various embodiments provide a standardized schema that can be used by site developers to define a site map and its associated hierarchy. In at least some embodiments, a corresponding user interface can be created within an application such as, for example, a Web browser, to allow the user to specify locations at which they wish to see the site map. | 09-22-2011 |
20110239122 | SHARING OF INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH EVENTS - Techniques are provided that allow users to collaborate in relationship to data views, application displays, applications or events. A user can type in a text view related to a specific view in an application display, and the information is shared with other users that take part in sharing that view. A user that expresses an interest in an event is notified about the event and has the capability to interact, in relation to the event, with other users (e.g. by text). The particular form of interaction (and sharing) can be selectively specified. This interaction is comparable to a dynamic bulletin board where the subject is event driven, and where a user can specify who are allowed to participate. In the case of an event interest(s), users specify their interest (e.g. in other user application events or system events) and the system automatically alerts them to the occurrence of the event. | 09-29-2011 |
20110246900 | Configurable Workflow Editor for Multimedia Editing Systems and Methods Therefor - A distributed system and methods for web-based multimedia content (MMC) including a global media hub (GMH) server computer ( | 10-06-2011 |
20110246901 | CAPTURING USER FEEDBACK OF SOFTWARE CONTENT IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT AND CONTROLLING THE SOFTWARE USING A SINGLE ACTION - A system and method for capturing user feedback of content in a networked environment and controlling the software using a single action is disclosed. Feedback-software controls provide the user with a single interface that allows the user to simultaneously provide user review content while controlling the software displaying the content. The feedback-software controls eliminate the additional action(s) required to provide feedback and control software. By reducing the process of providing feedback and controlling software into a single action, the feedback-software controls increase the probability that a user will provide feedback. This increased feedback can result in improved recommendations given to users and insightful feedback for content providers or merchants. Another advantage provided by the feedback-software controls is that a viewer can easily provide feedback on all of the displayed content or can simply provide feedback on smaller portions of the content, e.g., a specific link provided on a webpage. | 10-06-2011 |
20110252329 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOPICAL BROWSER HISTORY - Disclosed is a method and system for displaying topical history of a user's browsing experience. A browser executing on a computing device navigates to a web page. A client-side module executing on the computing device obtains a set of topics associated with the web page. The client-side module determines other topics related to the set of topics associated with the web page. The client-side module determines web pages associated with the other topics that the browser has previously navigated to within a predetermined past period of time. The browser displays in a first content area the web page, and the browser displays in a second content area the set of topics associated with the web page, the other topics related to the set of topics, and links to the web pages associated with the other topics. | 10-13-2011 |
20110252330 | Using User Context to Select Content - In one example embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for content to be presented to a current user. The content has multiple elements that each have multiple possible element variations. The content has multiple possible instances that would result from different combinations of different ones of the possible element variations. The method includes accessing a current-user context of the current user that has data associated with or concerning the current user; predicting multiple responses of the current user to multiples ones of the possible instances of the content; selecting one of the possible instances of the content for the current user based on the predicted responses; and providing for presentation to the current user a current actual instance of the content based on the selected one of the possible instances of the content. | 10-13-2011 |
20110265008 | CLINICAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CHRONIC ILLNESSES USING TELECOMMUNICATION - Patients with chronic illnesses resist using conventional automated healthcare management systems to supply necessary clinical data because such systems feel impersonal, preferring to actually visit a clinic where the patient interacts with various healthcare practitioners. In this invention, the patient interacts with a clinical management system via a series of initial GUI screens that replicate the experience of actually visiting the clinic. Additional screens allow the patient to submit clinical information, to communicate with that patient's healthcare practitioner and other healthcare practitioners, to access management information that aids the patient in managing that patient's chronic illness, and to access educational information regarding that chronic illness. The clinical management system may be used to manage a plurality of different chronic illnesses while providing a consistent look and feel to the screens. At least one appearance characteristic can be altered to indicate the particular chronic illness to which a screen applies. | 10-27-2011 |
20110276889 | ONLINE BOOKMARKING SYSTEM - An online bookmarking system enabling a logged-in user to assemble, organize and access personal web links from any online location through a user-specific uniform resource locator is disclosed. The system comprises a bookmark adding button enabling the Internet user to add a currently visited webpage to a user-specific database of server-stored bookmarks, a floating module displayed on the logged-in specific database for synchronizing with the bookmark adding button for adding bookmarks, a plurality of web link modules categorized by the user, and a private module for maintaining at least one confidential link of the user with a security identification means. Each of the web link modules can be titled relevant to a category and the web links may be repositioned within and between the web link modules using a drag-and-drop interface. The web link modules may also be dragged and dropped above or below other web link modules. | 11-10-2011 |
20110276890 | RESOLVING INFORMATION IN A MULTITENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed herein are techniques for identifying computing resources specified by a representation of a computing service. In some implementations, a request to analyze a computing service provided via a computing environment may be received. The computing service may have an activated state in which the computing service is available for use and a deactivated state in which the computing service is not available for use. The computing environment may comprise a plurality of computing resources each defining a variable unit of computing functionality within the computing environment. Each computing resource may be associated with a respective parameter corresponding with a respective parameter value that specifies a level of the variable unit of computing functionality defined by the computing resource. The computing service may be represented by a metadata model comprising a plurality of nodes, at least some of which specify a respective one or more of the parameter values. | 11-10-2011 |
20110283195 | DEVICE THEME MATCHING - Various embodiments enable device theme matching. In at least some embodiments, a request for resources from a client device can be configured to include data to identify a theme that is active for the client device and/or selected programs or interfaces of the device. A web provider that receives the resource request can parse the request and make use of identifying data to ascertain a theme that is active for or associated with the client device. Based on the identifying data, the web provider can retrieve, generate, create, or otherwise obtain webpages that are configured to match or otherwise be consistent with the ascertained theme. The web provider can then communicate the configured webpages to the client device in response to the resource request. | 11-17-2011 |
20110283196 | RELATIONSHIP SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN ONLINE STATIONERY OR GREETING CARD SERVICE - A system implemented within an online stationery/card service comprises: a stationery/card personalization engine providing an end user with a set of selectable stationery/card templates, the stationery/card personalization engine generating personalized stationery/cards with a selected template based on user input, the personalized stationery/cards designed for a particular set of recipients having a relationship with the end user; a relationship service including logic for dynamically generating a network address in response to placement of a stationery/card order by the end user, the relationship service responsively generating a relationship Website accessible using the network address; and a print module to generate and transmit a print job for printing the personalized stationery/cards including the network address of the relationship website for receiving the relationship responses; wherein in response to a recipient accessing the relationship Website using the network address, the relationship service provides one or more Web pages allowing the recipient to contribute relationship data including comments and photos. | 11-17-2011 |
20110283197 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING USER INTERFACES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND USERS OVER A NETWORK - A system and a method for communicating selected search results are described. The system generates a first user interface that includes a first plurality of items and a first plurality of selection functions. The first plurality of items is respectively associated with the first plurality of selection functions. The system presents the first user interface over a communications network. The system receives at least two selections over the communications network. The at least two selections collectively identify a first plurality of deleted items as deleted from the first plurality of items. The first plurality of items further include and a second plurality of items that are not deleted from the first plurality of items. Next, the system generates a second user interface that includes the second plurality of items and a second plurality of selection functions and presents the second user interface over the communications network. | 11-17-2011 |
20110283198 | HANDLING ATTACHMENT CONTENT ON A MOBILE DEVICE - Embodiments described herein provide a user with the ability to download a selected attachment document that is associated with a message received on a mobile device. Attachment data corresponding to the selected attachment document can be downloaded according to at least one of a native application attachment content handling option and a client-server attachment content handling option. | 11-17-2011 |
20110289419 | BROWSER INTEGRATION FOR A CONTENT SYSTEM - A computer-implemented system and method for providing browser integration for a content system. Embodiments include: integrating a browser engine into a user platform of a content system, the browser engine to directly parse and render Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Javascript content from a web server; integrating a Javascript/Document Object Model (JS/DOM) plugin into the user platform of the content system, the JS/DOM plugin to provide functionality specific to a particular device of the user platform, the JS/DOM plugin providing an interface between the browser engine and the particular device of the user platform; and using a processor to execute the browser engine and the JS/DOM plugin in response to a request to render content. | 11-24-2011 |
20110289420 | SCREEN CUSTOMIZATION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, SCREEN CUSTOMIZATION SUPPORTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A process includes, in performing a process of electronic commerce executed by a user terminal of a party A, generating an output screen with a display setting content of the output screen corresponding to the relevant process, receiving a change instruction for the display setting content from the user terminal displaying the output screen, updating the display setting content related to the output screen in accordance with the change instruction, and storing identification information of the party A and the output screen in the first database in an associated manner, and, in performing a process of electronic commerce executed by a user terminal of one of the party A and a party B in transactional relationship with the party A, setting the transactional data into the output screen in accordance with the identified display setting content with a display setting content of an output screen that corresponds to the process and that is associated with the identification information of the party A, and sending it back to the user terminal of one of the party A and the party B. | 11-24-2011 |
20110302498 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING WEB BROWSER TO DISPLAY ADVERTISING MATERIALS TO USER - A computer-implemented system including a memory, a storage device and a processing unit, the memory storing a set of instructions, which, when executed by the processing unit cause the processing unit to perform a method for displaying promotional materials to a user using a browser executing on a client computer. The method involves determining websites in a browsing history of the browser; sending a request to one or more internet resources, the requests being related to the determined websites; receiving the promotional materials from the one or more internet resources in response to the request; associating the received promotional materials with the websites in the browsing history of the browser; and displaying websites in the browsing history of the browser together with the associated promotional materials. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302499 | Generation of Macros - A method and apparatus that learns and generates procedures for machine-to-machine interactions by monitoring user browser interactions with the server. Based on an action by a user of the web browser, a communication is sent from the web browser to the server, which is recorded by a macro recorder. The communication is in a first format such as HTML, which contains human-readable API documentation for a user's interactions with the server. The web browser receives a response to the communication which contains a response in the first format and a response in a second format. The second format is parsed to produce a normalized representation. The normalized representation describes the machine-readable API and the service invocation flow that can be interpreted by a particular programming language to generate service macros to invoke the services programmatically from a remote client to a server that supports the same services for machine-to-machine interaction. | 12-08-2011 |
20110307794 | WEB APPLICATION NAVIGATION DOMAINS - Various embodiments provide a mechanism to allow end users to install web applications and websites onto their desktop. In accordance with one or more embodiments, client-side code can be utilized to allow developers associated with a website to define boundaries associated with user interaction, and have those boundaries enforced by a run-time engine. In at least some embodiments, developers can provide, through JavaScript code and/or HTML markup, various configurations for the creation of a start menu shortcut, navigation, and so-called jumplist integration. | 12-15-2011 |
20110307795 | DATA STORAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD, DEVICE AND USER INTERFACE - A method of managing data storage for a device having a local storage memory and a user interface, the device being capable of transferring data to a network having a remote storage memory, the remote storage memory having a higher storage capacity than the local storage memory. The method comprises: obtaining, by means of said user interface of the device, a target maximum storage criterion to be satisfied by the local storage memory; and on detection that said target maximum storage criterion is not satisfied by the local storage memory, selecting a set of data stored in the local storage memory to be transferred from the device to the network for storage in the remote storage memory, in such a way that the target maximum storage criterion be subsequently satisfied by the local storage memory. | 12-15-2011 |
20110307796 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR DESIGNING AND EXECUTING AN INITIATIVE - An initiative may be designed by accessing initiative data stored in one or more databases and using the accessed data to design the initiative. Often times, the initiative may include a link to supplemental information. The initiative may be provided to a user who may select the link. Supplemental initiative information associated with the selected link may then be provided to the user. | 12-15-2011 |
20110314382 | SYSTEMS OF COMPUTERIZED AGENTS AND USER-DIRECTED SEMANTIC NETWORKING - A system, method and computer program product in which semi-autonomous agents interact with a semantic network. In a basic embodiment of the system, a data structure providing a semantic network is provided in a non-transitory, computer-readable medium within a computer network. A plurality of computer-implemented agents are deployed within the computer network and interactive with the semantic network. A user interface is provided and configured to permit a user to create and/or modify the semantic network. The agents are configured to read and modify the semantic network without receiving explicit instructions from a user after their initial deployment, whereby the agents operate as assistants to support the user's use of the network. | 12-22-2011 |
20110314383 | SECURED AND FILTERED PERSONAL INFORMATION PUBLISHING - Selectively shared and filtered personal information collections are provided. Personal information collections include calendars, task lists, address books, and other collections of information that may be provided by personal information manager (PIM) software. Personal information collections published on a server may be limited on a user-by-user basis as to who may access the collections. Furthermore, collections may be automatically filtered based on a rolling window of dates, reducing file size and maintaining privacy of items outside the rolling window. | 12-22-2011 |
20110320953 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROJECTING A USER INTERFACE VIA PARTITION STREAMING - Various methods for projecting a user interface via multiple encoded streams are provided. One example method includes generating first and at least second data streams. The data included in the first and second data streams may be configured to cause respective partitions of a unified user interface image to be displayed. The example method may also include generating fiducial information indicating at least a location for displaying the data of the first data streams on a display. The example method may also include causing the first data stream, the second data stream, and the fiducial information to be transmitted from an apparatus to a remote environment for displaying the first partition of the unified user interface image and the second partition of the unified user interface image on a display of the remote environment. Similar and related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided. | 12-29-2011 |
20120005583 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A WEB SEARCH - Disclosed is a method and system for providing to a user rapid access to search resources while interacting with electronic documents by providing for recognition of user initiated search triggers that result in searches being performed with minimal user input or page navigation. The method and system includes generating, by a server computer, a web page, injecting code into the web page, and transmitting the web page to a client computer. The code, when executed on the client computer, detects a search interface trigger occurring during display of the web page, the search interface trigger not associated with an input focus of the web page or of a browser on the client computer, detects a search execution trigger after the detecting of the search interface trigger, and transmits, to a search entity, a request for search results related to content associated with the search interface trigger. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005584 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CLOUD COMPUTING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A method and apparatus for providing a cloud computing graphical user interface is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request to display an aggregate of cloud computing system resources of different cloud computing systems. The method may also include rendering a visual summary of aggregated cloud computing system resources, wherein the aggregated cloud computing system resources include at least one cloud computing system pool. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005585 | USER-WIDGET-BASED TRANSACTION SYSTEM - A method and system are described to provide a user-widget-based transaction environment. In one example embodiment, an electronic magazine may be presented to a user device as a widget without using a browser. The electronic magazine may comprise two or more data pages. A user selection of at least one of the two or more data pages may be detected and then communicated from the user device across a network for further processing. | 01-05-2012 |
20120011444 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR REFERENCING AN ATTACHMENT IN A COMMUNICATION - Methods and systems are described for referencing an attachment in a communication. A first node representing a first communicant and a second node representing a second communicant communicate via a first communication including a resource as an attachment and including a shared attachment reference for identifying the resource in a second communication. The attachment reference is associated with the resource stored in a first execution environment of the first node. The first node receives the attachment reference in the second communication. The stored resource is accessed, based on the association, in response to receiving the attachment reference. | 01-12-2012 |
20120030575 | AUTOMATED IMAGE-SELECTION SYSTEM - A computer system comprising storage for storing a plurality of digital image files, each digital image file including a digital image and metadata defining the included digital image. An input system of the computer system enables a user to select first and second dates to define a date range and to select a theme. The processor is programmed to identify digital images having both capture dates that are within the date range and image elements satisfying the theme. The digital images are sorted into distinct event groups, each distinct event group including one or more different digital images, wherein the event group can be a season of the year. The processor selects at least one digital image from each of at least two different distinct event groups which are then incorporated into a multi-image multi-event image product. | 02-02-2012 |
20120030576 | REDUCING THE VALUE OF A BROWSER FINGERPRINT - A method, operable on a processing device, for reducing the value of a browser fingerprint may include receiving, by the processing device, a request to provide a list of plugins installed on a browser. The method may also include generating, by the processing device, a fake list of plugins installed on the browser. The method may additionally include communicating, by the processing device, the fake list of plugins installed on the browser in response to the received request to provide a list of plugins installed on the browser. | 02-02-2012 |
20120030577 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA-DRIVEN WEB PAGE NAVIGATION CONTROL - A system and method for web application navigation control includes updating navigation data models used in navigation constraints with received data from an end-user or system. Without needing a centralized application-specific controller, from a collection of extensible navigation rules associated with each page of a plurality of pages, the extensible navigation rules are automatically selected which depend on changed data values and need re-evaluation. The navigation constraints associated only with the pages potentially changing their ready state to execute from among the plurality of pages in an entire application are evaluated to determine which pages are ready to run based on updated data from the navigation data models. A preferred page to be actually navigated to next is selected from among a set of all available and ready pages by execution of a set of second and separate navigation constraints using results of the navigation constraints of the evaluating step. | 02-02-2012 |
20120030578 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT ENHANCED MAPPING WITHIN A USER INTERFACE - A system and method for Context Enhanced Mapping. A request is received from a user over a network for a map comprising an identification of a physical location, and at least one criteria. The physical location is mapped. Spatial, temporal, topical, and social data available to the network relating to the physical location and criteria is retrieved using a global index of data available to the network and prioritized for inclusion based upon the user and context of the request. The map of the physical location and at least some of the retrieved spatial, temporal, topical, and social data is displayed on a user interface. | 02-02-2012 |
20120036444 | Systems and Methods for Interactive Web-based Social Networking and Activities Coordination - Automated, user-centric, interactive web-based social networking systems and methods for at least two groups of users, including customer users, which are individuals, and service provider users, which are associated with restaurants, businesses, and/or service provider individuals; also automated appointment event notification matching or corresponding to user-indicated interests that are customized by a first customer user(s) within predetermined geographies and/or subgeographies, wherein the customization, configuration and operation of the systems and methods are driven by a user-centric perspective and factors therefor. | 02-09-2012 |
20120036445 | Secured Client-Server Computer System for Interactive Applications - A client-server type computer system for graphical applications is provided, that is to say, for displaying data in the form of software units called “widgets” on display screens called “display units”, said system being intended to control the operation of a machine, the machine including at least one human-machine interface allowing interaction with the widgets, said system managing critical data or functions. The computer system includes a securing engine controlling the integrity of the display of the critical widgets, the sending of commands which is performed by means of the human-machine interface, the input and display of the critical data. The main provisions of this securing engine are the use of computer “signatures”, the provision of “feedback” circuits and the use of guard mechanisms or dedicated confirmation dialogue boxes. Preferably, the machine is an aircraft, the computer system is the avionics on board said aircraft and the display screens are the cockpit display systems. | 02-09-2012 |
20120042257 | UPDATING APPLICATION DATA AFTER ANTICIPATING IMMINENT USE - Obtaining application data for applications executing on a computing device in anticipation of imminent use of the computing device. The computing device detects an occurrence of a pre-defined event on the first computing device and obtains the application data in response thereto. The application data updates applications executing on the computing device such as mail, calendar, contacts, etc. The pre-defined event includes a defined movement of the computing device (e.g., pulling the device out of pocket), the user unlocking the screen, etc. The application data may be obtained and provided to the user in several iterations in some embodiments to enhance the user experience. By waiting to obtain the application data until there is a likelihood of a possible demand for the data, the frequency of updates is reduced thus extending battery life of the computing device. | 02-16-2012 |
20120042258 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING, MAINTAINING, AND GROWING AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - An on-line community/social network system and method for provide a novel technique that enables an on-line community system to obtain information necessary to provide additional and more robust features to its users, solely from the user's participation in the community, and without requiring the users to do anything else (i.e., to explicitly provide the needed information). From this core approach, a number of advantageous novel techniques are provided by the inventive system to greatly enhance the quality and usefulness of various features and services that can be offered to community users as well as to provide them with entirely new and unique features as a result of user-specific data generated by the system's novel infrastructure. | 02-16-2012 |
20120047440 | SHIPPING ADDRESS POPULATION USING ONLINE ADDRESS BOOK - A method for automatically generating a custom name list for use in an order form which can be submitted to an Internet shopping site to complete an order. The method utilizes address book data, stored primarily online utilizing a third party service. In one method according to the invention, names and addresses are read from an address book database and incorporated into a form which enables the user to easily select recipients for one or more gifts. | 02-23-2012 |
20120047441 | UPDATE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - An update management method and apparatus therefor are provided, the update management method including the operations of storing one or more pieces of update information related to at least one channel from a plurality of channels in a storage unit of a user terminal; and displaying the one or more pieces of update information in the related at least one channel. | 02-23-2012 |
20120047442 | HOVERCARD PIVOTING FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for invoking execution of web based applications. In one aspect, a method includes receiving user input at a computing device, displaying a contact hovercard on a display of the computing device in response to the user input, the contact hovercard including first contact data and second contact data, the first contact data corresponding to a first web application and the second contact data corresponding to a second web application, the first web application and the second web application being executed on one or more servers, receiving user input selecting the first contact data, generating a user interface and accessing the first web application over a network in response to receiving the user input selecting the first contact data, and providing the first contact data as input to the first web application. | 02-23-2012 |
20120060097 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR LOCATING NETWORK FILES - A system, method, and computer program product for accessing web pages on a network are provided. In use, different users are provided access to a plurality of sections of a file selected by the different users based on a community value for at least one community dimension assigned to each section of the file selected by the different users. In particular, a user is conditionally provided access to a section of a file selected by the user, based on a comparison of a user value indicating a community with which the user is associated to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the section of the file selected by the user. | 03-08-2012 |
20120066608 | CONTROL SYSTEM USER INTERFACE - Embodiments include systems and methods comprising a gateway located at a premise forming at least one network on the premise that includes a plurality of premise devices. A sensor user interface (SUI) is coupled to the gateway and presented to a user via a remote device. The SUI includes at least one display element. The at least one display element includes a floor plan display that represents at least one floor of the premise. The floor plan display visually and separately indicates a location and a current state of each premise device of the plurality of premise devices. | 03-15-2012 |
20120066609 | SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING DRUG INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATING WITH MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICES - A system for maintaining drug information and communicating with medication delivery devices includes software designed for use in a hospital, pharmacy or biomedical technical service environments. The software may be provided on a computer readable medium. The software allows a facility to customize a drug library with both hard and soft drug limits and other parameters for use with an infuser having a plug and play module removably inserted into a slot within a housing, or for use with an infuser having a connectivity engine enclosed within the housing. The system supports data transfer to one or more infusers connected to one or more computers. The connection between the computer and the pump can be hard wired or wireless. | 03-15-2012 |
20120072845 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING LIVE MEDIA TAGS INTO TYPES - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for classifying a live media tag into a type. A system configured to practice the method receives a group of tags generated in real time and associated with at least a portion of a live media event, identifies a tag type for at least one tag in the group of tags, and classifies the at least one tag as the tag type. Tag types can include system-defined types, user-entered types, categories, media categories, and text labels. More than one user can generate tags for the media event via more than one tagging platform. The system can further identify the tag type by sending to a user a list of suggested tag types, receiving from the user a selection of a suggested tag type from the list, and identifying the tag type as the suggested tag type. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072846 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY AND GRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATING PROGRAMMATICALLY-GENERATED MEDIA ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO A USER'S SOCIALLY RECOMMENDED MEDIA ITEMS - A system and method for automatically, programmatically generating media item recommendations on a graphical user interface (GUI) based on a friend media item recommendation selected by a user. In the preferred embodiment, a selected media item recommendation is displayed in the GUI. Received friend media item recommendations are displayed in a list in relevance order adjacent to the selected media item. A programmatically-generated media item recommendation list is automatically generated based on relevance to the selected media item and displayed in another adjacent area to the selected media item recommendation. In this manner, a user can easily play the selected media item recommendation, and then browse the friend media item recommendations and the automatically updated programmatically-generated media item recommendations, which are both provided in their own respective adjacent areas, in order of closest relationship to the selected media item recommendation, at anytime. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072847 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INTERNET PAGE AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - Information may be displayed on a mobile terminal by receiving information of a first Internet page, displaying the information on a first screen of a display, designating a first area of the first Internet page displayed on the first screen, and displaying the designated first area of the first Internet page on a second screen of the display. | 03-22-2012 |
20120079390 | Method and Apparatus of Graphical Object Selection in a Web Browser - Various approaches for selection of graphical objects in a web browser-based application are described. In one approach, a selection overlay is stored in a web document. The selection overlay encompasses a plurality of user-selectable graphical objects in the web document occupies a highest position in layers of graphical objects in the web document and includes a plurality of selection regions. Each selection region is respectively associated with one of the plurality of graphical objects and defines a region of selectability for the associated graphical object. In response to the web browser-based application detecting entry of a user-directed pointer into one of the selection regions in the selection overlay, the graphical object associated with the one selection region is selected for user manipulation and displayed. | 03-29-2012 |
20120084660 | QUICK CONNECT AND DISCONNECT, BASE LINE CONFIGURATION, AND STYLE CONFIGURATOR - An approach for quick connect, quick disconnect, style configurator and baseline change actions for station/platform systems. For a quick connect, a user may receive a list of available groups, select a particular group, and provide site number and controller number for a station/platform to be identified and connected. For a quick disconnect, user may have a list of all active stations/platforms from which to select for disconnect, including an option to disconnect all stations/platforms at once. A style configurator user interface may be invoked, which can populate a window with colors selected for menu bar, tool bar, and like components. A menu option may be provided in the tool bar where user can change the baseline from an old station configuration to a new station configuration. Thus, when user creates a new site controller, the configuration file may reflect control strategies and configuration updates added before as the new baseline. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084661 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR AN INTERACTIVE ART MARKETPLACE IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - Information related to art is provided in networked computing environments wherein users can participate in public or private online interactive video conferences, chat rooms and other online sessions led by art galleries or art gallery affiliates. User's may switch between public sessions and private sessions when ready to make a transaction related to an art object or artist presented in a public session. In private online sessions, potential consumers may also electronically provide the art gallery pictures, diagrams and photographs of an area in which they are interested in placing certain art objects. An image of the art object is shown within the picture to scale with other objects such as a wall, and angle of view. Users may also see the art objects to scale next to other stock images of familiar reference objects during the online session. | 04-05-2012 |
20120102408 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVICE PROVISION BASED ON EVENTS - A computer implemented method for providing an events based user interface over a network is provided. The method includes receiving by the computer, event information comprising an event date and at least one of an event category and an event location related to an event, generating a subset of one or more services related to the event from a computerized database, the computerized database comprising a list of available services, receiving by the computer, a selection from the subset, and providing via the network, user interface data causing display of a user interface comprising at least a portion of the event information and an access element linked to the one or more services based on the selection, the access element enabling interaction with the selected one or more services. | 04-26-2012 |
20120102409 | PROVIDING INTERACTIVE SERVICES TO ENHANCE INFORMATION PRESENTATION EXPERIENCES USING WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES - Systems, methods, and devices that provide interactive services relating to an information presentation to user equipment (UE) are presented. A presentation management component (PMC) provides at least a portion of the information presentation to one or more UEs, which can be integrated with the PMC, to facilitate enabling one or more UE users to use interactive services in relation to a tour of a point(s) of interest associated with the PMC. The interactive services comprise, for example, broadcast communications to desired UEs in a tour group, UE clustering, customized tour recommendations, whiteboard feature, note-taking functions, “slow down” option, and “raise hand” option. Respective UEs in a group are configured to be a master UE, sub-master UE, or slave UE, wherein the master UE at least partially controls communications of the other UEs in the group, and the sub-master UE at least partially controls communications of UEs in a sub-group. | 04-26-2012 |
20120102410 | MEDIA MANAGEMENT FOR MULTI-USER GROUP - Media management for multi-user groups includes methods for determining a numeric score for recorded content being one of a popularity score or a relevance score, and for displaying a content library as an array of images each sized in accordance with its popularity score. The methods may also include social group features whereby a user may compare her content library with other libraries in her social group, and view relative popularity of content titles in the other libraries. The system includes numerous other features for content exploration, acquisition and management. An apparatus for performing the method comprises a processor coupled to a memory, the memory holding instructions for performing steps of the method as summarized above. Various aspects of the system may be implemented as a server or a client. | 04-26-2012 |
20120110463 | Application Recommendation - A method for application recommendation performed by a computerized application recommendation system includes receiving usage data for applications within a category of applications from a plurality of users, and providing a first user with a recommendation for a first application in the category of applications based, at least in part, on a change in the usage data. A computerized application recommendation system includes a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to receive usage data for applications in a category of applications from a plurality of users, and provide a first user with a recommendation for a first application in the category of applications based, at least in part, on a change in the usage data. | 05-03-2012 |
20120110464 | CONTENT SHARING INTERFACE FOR SHARING CONTENT IN SOCIAL NETWORKS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting, within a web page, a graphical representation of a content sharing interface including at least one button icon, receiving user input to the button icon, in response to the user input, expanding the content sharing interface to include an expanded content input area and a distribution interface, the expanded content input area displaying a graphical representation of digital content that is to be distributed, receiving user input to the distribution interface, the user input indicating contact(s) to which the digital content is to be distributed, in response to receiving the user input, displaying icon(s) within the distribution interface, the icon(s) being a graphical representation of the contact(s), and transmitting a post data set including digital content data and distribution data to a server computing system. | 05-03-2012 |
20120117480 | System and Method for Locating Document Processing Devices - The subject application is directed to a system and method for locating a document processing device. Device data corresponding to the physical location of a plurality of uniquely identified document processing devices is stored in a location data storage device coupled to a location server. A user device obtains user location data corresponding to a physical location of a user. The user device receives, via user interface, a user query for a location of at least one document processing device. The user device sends the user location data and the query to the location server. The location server generates document processing device list data based upon a comparison of the user location data and the device data. The user device displays the document processing device list data on the user interface. | 05-10-2012 |
20120117481 | Partial Loading and Editing of Documents from a Server - On a client computer a request is sent to a server computer to open a first portion of a document. The document is stored at the server computer. The first portion of the document is smaller than the entire document. The request includes information used by the server computer to determine a size of the first portion of the document. The first portion of the document is received from the server computer. A second portion of the document is rendered on a display screen on the client computer. The second portion of the document is a subset of the first portion of the document. When the client computer determines that the user has scrolled a third portion of the document and that more of the document is available at the server computer, a second request is sent to the server computer to open an additional portion of the document. | 05-10-2012 |
20120117482 | AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF USER-ORIENTED WEB CONTENT - A toolbar is provided, which may be downloaded and installed in a user's web browser. The toolbar uploads the user's browsing history to a server. The server determines, based on the browsing history, which sites the user visits frequently. Additionally, the server determines, based on an analysis of web content, which categories of content, and which concepts, the user is interested in based on the concepts and categories that occur frequently in the user's browsing patterns. The server identifies content of interest to the user—where such content may comprise frequently-updated content, such as news or RSS feeds—and provides a custom web page that shows or identifies the selected content. | 05-10-2012 |
20120124477 | Alerting users to personalized information - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method for alerting users to personalized information. An exemplary method comprises storing information relating to a subscription to an alert type from a content provider. An alert of the alert type may be received from the content provider and added to a queue. Alerts may be prioritized relative to other alerts within the queue and then rendered from the queue in order of priority to a user. | 05-17-2012 |
20120124478 | Metadata Browser - A metadata browse system supports the capture of metadata from multiple sources and formats, its conversion to a standard format, the linking of concepts from disconnected namespaces, discovery of hidden information, and the display of this data. | 05-17-2012 |
20120137224 | Customizable and Measurable Information Feeds For Personalized Communication - A system and a method to provide a personalized feed to a user. Information regarding the user is obtained from the user via customization content. The customization content indicates various categories of content for the user to select from. In response to the user selecting his or her categories of interest, a feed personalization module selects content pieces whose associated categories match the user selected categories. The feed personalization module then provides a personalized feed including these content pieces to the user. The personalized feed is provided to the user via a unique identifier assigned to the user. Using the unique identifier, the user's actions with respect to the provided feed is tracked. The feed is further re-personalized according to the user's actions. The feed is also re-personalized based on an input from the user indicating the relevance of the feed to the user's interests. | 05-31-2012 |
20120144308 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING DIGITAL CONTENT USING CONTACTS LISTS - A system and method for recommending digital content in which a user employs her contacts list to recommend the digital content. The recommender initiates the recommendation process using her local device by generating a recommendation. The recommendation contains an identification of the recommender, an identification of the contact and an identification of the digital content to be recommended. The recommendation is communicated from the recommender's local device through a communication channel to a server. The server processes the recommendation from the recommender and generates a recommendation email and/or a recommendation notification. The recommendation email and notification are sent to the recommendee through a communication channel selected by the recommender. The recommendation email further contains a URL that directs the recommendee back to a summary of the recommended digital content. | 06-07-2012 |
20120151365 | Web based desktop environment - A web based desktop environment is disclosed. The desktop environment comprises a work area configured to display application windows in a web browser operating on a computer server. A resident application bar is displayed adjacent the work area and configured to display only icons for resident desktop applications. A power bar resident desktop application is configured to launch web applications to be displayed in the work area. A task board operating in the power bar resident desktop application comprises a vertically resizable two dimensional window located at a selected edge of the work area. The task board is configured to d display a web application icon for each web application launched in the power bar resident desktop application. | 06-14-2012 |
20120151366 | Object sharing and scoring system - This invention is related to an Object Sharing and Scoring System (OSSS) that allows users to build, create and trade values of objects in a multi-user computing environment. It considers user, space and document as three basic and interacting classes of objects, and allows users to create objects within a space, to specify the accessibility of an object in a space, etc., and it controls the access of an object by another object in a space. It also allows users to build, create value and manipulate objects based on a scoring system. | 06-14-2012 |
20120151367 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING A CONTENT PROVIDER CHANNEL FOR RECOMMENDATION OF CONTENT SEGMENTS - An apparatus may include a recommendation module configured to recommend a group of content segments recommended for a user by one or more content channels. A profile determiner may determine a user profile, which may be used to recommend the content channels. The user profile may include contextual characteristics, which may be determined by a contextual characteristic determiner. Further, the apparatus may include a content provider registrar configured to register a content provider channel. Thereby, the apparatus may provide for recommendation of one or more of the content segments by the content provider channel. Further, the content provider channel may be provided access to the user profile. Accordingly, the content provider channel may function in the same manner as the other content channels in some instances. Conversely, the content provider registrar may provide for download of an installation package and confirmation of compatibility in another instance. | 06-14-2012 |
20120151368 | Application operating environment for mobile computing devices - A web based desktop environment is disclosed. The desktop environment comprises a work area configured to display application windows in a web browser operating on a mobile computing device. A resident application bar is displayed adjacent the work area and configured to display only icons for resident web applications. An application board resident application is configured to be selected on the resident application bar to display in the work area icons that are operable as shortcuts to launch web applications to be displayed in the work area. A task board resident application is configured to be selected on the resident application bar to display in the work area a web application icon for each launched web application to allow a display of the launched web applications to be managed. | 06-14-2012 |
20120159337 | System and method for recommending media content - A system and a method recommend media content. A recommending user may use a media-capable device to access, discover, identify and/or create the media content. The recommending user may use the media-capable device to generate, create and/or submit a recommendation based on the media content. The recommendation may identify media content to be consumed by one or more viewing users specified by the recommendation. A media experience engine may select, may obtain, may arrange and/or may organize the media content for a media experience session to be viewed by a group of viewing users. The media experience session may be based on the recommendation and the identities of the viewing users available to participate in the media experience session. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159338 | MEDIA NAVIGATION VIA PORTABLE NETWORKED DEVICE - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to navigation in a media consumption environment. One embodiment provides, on a portable networked device, a method comprising receiving media metadata from a server via a network, wherein the media metadata corresponds to media content available for viewing. The method further comprises displaying on a display of the portable networked device a user interface presenting the media metadata, receiving a user input via the user interface selecting a media item, and in response, sending a request for the media item to a media rendering device. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159339 | METHOD FOR FACILITATING SELECTION OF OBJECTS APPEARING IN A USER INTERFACE OF A WIRELESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A method for facilitating selection of objects appearing in a window of a user interface of a wireless control system comprises the steps of: displaying a plurality of client objects in a first connection layer of a first interface; moving the displayed client objects in the first connection layer; selecting a client object from the plurality of client objects in the first connection layer; displaying a plurality of client objects in a second connection layer if the selected client object in the first connection layer connects to client objects in a second connection layer; and establishing the network connection with the selected client object in the first connection layer. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159340 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a display; a radio communication unit for communicating with at least one another electronic device; and a controller for controlling to divide information about at least one another electronic device that communicates through the radio communication unit into a first object corresponding to a first electronic device having a managing attribute of contents and a second object corresponding to a second electronic device having an attribute of rendering the contents and the display to display the first object and the second object. | 06-21-2012 |
20120166959 | SURFACING CONTENT INCLUDING CONTENT ACCESSED FROM JUMP LIST TASKS AND ITEMS - Various embodiments provide a mechanism to allow end users to install web applications and websites onto their desktop. In accordance with one or more embodiments, client-side code can be utilized to allow developers associated with a website to define boundaries associated with user interaction, and have those boundaries enforced by a run-time engine. In at least some embodiments, developers can provide, through JavaScript code and/or HTML markup, various configurations for the creation of a start menu shortcut, navigation, and so-called jumplist integration. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166960 | DYNAMIC INTERACTIVE SEAT MAP - Systems and methods for providing an interactive seat map showing locations of available tickets in an event venue are described. A client computer receives, from a network-based system, a base map illustrating locations of sections within the event venue, a coded image map for building a map overlay having a polygon for each section depicted in the base map, and an inventory for an event at the event venue. The inventory provides, for each section, section data that includes available tickets for each section within the event venue. The client computer displays an interactive seat map by loading the base map and building the map overlay on top of the base map so that each polygon of the map overlay aligns with the respective section of the base map. The client computer determines one or more characteristics for each polygon of the map overlay based on the received section data corresponding to each polygon. The client computer applies the one or more characteristics to each polygon of the map overlay, and links each polygon of the map overlay that includes available tickets to the section in the inventory. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166961 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING A NAVIGATION PATH FOR ENABLING RETRIEVAL OF CONTENT - An approach for enabling presentment of a navigation path as performed by a user over a network to facilitate rapid acquisition of content is described. A navigation path representing one or more sequences of resource identifiers that are related based on selection information provided by a user in navigating, via a browser application is presented. The navigation path is presented to permit direct selection of one of the resource identifiers of the one or more sequences for acquiring content associated with the selected resource identifier. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166962 | SYSTEM AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MONITORING AND DISPLAYING RADIOLOGY IMAGE TRAFFIC - An embodiment of the present invention includes a system and method for detecting and monitoring confidential and DICOM image traffic on a computing device in a PACS network. Embodiments of the present invention protect patient confidentiality by preventing the simultaneous display of confidential images and patient identification information when measuring and displaying the image data. The system detects and measures the transfer of confidential images and stores and displays information included in only the non-confidential headers of the images. The system monitors and warns (such as via email and/or pagers) PACS administrators of system slowdowns as a result of the data gathered. | 06-28-2012 |
20120173987 | SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING INSTANT MESSAGES AND BROWSING BEHAVIOR OF NON-SPECIFIC USERS IN THE CLOUD WEBSITE - A system for analyzing instant messages and browsing behavior of non-specific users in the Cloud Website utilizes a control system to be built on a Cloud Network. An embedded monitoring code of the control system connects to a business website system for timely monitoring visitors on the website by means of a total Cloud computing technology. A backstage device, a data-retrieving device, and a database device built on a Cloud system of the control system are served to analyze and record the position, the browsing content, the stay time, the searching keyword, and the browsing history of the visitors. A written communication module, an F.M.S. instant video stream module, and a telecommunication module built in a communicating unit of the backstage device are served to timely contact the visitors with an instant video or a short message. Thus, the tendencies and the needs of the users on the website could be well-controlled, so that a person in charge of the website provides an efficient service since the present invention preferably supports the management thereof. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173988 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING CONTENT SERVICE FOR WEB PAGE AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method and system for sharing content of a web page between first and second terminals. The first terminal receives the web page from a server and extracts region information corresponding to a region selected by a user from the web page. The first terminal maps URL information corresponding to the web page to the extracted region information and transmits the mapped information to the second terminal. The second terminal parses the mapped extracted region information and URL information, receives the corresponding web page from the web server based on the parsed URL information, recognizes a region corresponding to the extracted region information in the received web page, and activates the region. | 07-05-2012 |
20120179972 | ADVISOR-ASSISTANT USING SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITY EXCHANGES - A method for enriching the content of a page ( | 07-12-2012 |
20120179973 | Application Recommendation - A method for application recommendation performed by a computerized application recommendation system includes receiving usage data for applications within a category of applications from a plurality of users, and providing a first user with a recommendation for a first application in the category of applications based, at least in part, on a change in the usage data. A computerized application recommendation system includes a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to receive usage data for applications in a category of applications from a plurality of users, and provide a first user with a recommendation for a first application in the category of applications based, at least in part, on a change in the usage data. | 07-12-2012 |
20120179974 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM TO MANAGE ALTERNATE BOOKMARKS - System, method and program for managing bookmarks. A user hovers a cursor over a primary bookmark displayed on a client computer. In response, the client computer automatically sends a request to a server corresponding to the primary bookmark to identify one or more alternate bookmarks that correspond to the primary bookmark. In response to receipt of the identification of the one or more alternate bookmarks from the server, the client computer displays the one or more alternate bookmarks adjacent to the primary bookmark. If a user selects one of the alternate bookmarks which is displayed, the client computer sends a request to a web server corresponding to the selected alternate bookmark for a web page corresponding to the selected alternate bookmark. | 07-12-2012 |
20120185777 | Method and apparatus for facilitating personality profiling - Described are methods and apparatus for facilitating reviewing of a person's personality using a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface comprises a plurality of adjustable graphical elements. Each of the adjustable graphical elements represents a plurality of personality characteristics, and each of the adjustable graphical elements is adjustable to one of a plurality of different positions. Each of the positions corresponds to a value of the respective plurality of personality characteristics. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185778 | DISPLAY AND INSTALLATION OF PORTLETS ON A CLIENT PLATFORM - A client computer system, method and software tool for displaying portlet content are provided. The system comprises a user interface, a portlet server and a portlet view tool. The user interface allows the display of a page including one or more view window(s), each displaying content provided by a component of the computer system. The portlet server processes requests for portlet content, and has one or more portlet(s) installed thereon. The portlet view tool is associated with a portlet installed on the portlet server, and controls the associated portlet. A web browser is used to display content from the associated portlet in a view window on the display. | 07-19-2012 |
20120192075 | INTEGRATED VIEW OF NETWORK MANAGEMENT DATA - In an embodiment, a method comprises: receiving a first request for network management information, the first request identifying at least one of a user, a user device, or a user application; determining a first set of user information for a given user, the determination being based on the first request and data stored in a network database, identifying one or more interrelations in the first set of user information that represent logical connections within the first set of user information; creating a first information tree rooted at data representing a user location and organized according to the one or more interrelations, the first information tree being based on the first set of user information and being created in memory of a network management computer; and displaying, based on the first information tree, the one or more interrelations and the first set of user information, network management information for the user. | 07-26-2012 |
20120192076 | Event Notification System for Residential and Commercial Buildings - An event notification system for residential and commercial buildings. The system comprises at least one operator terminal and a plurality of user terminals throughout the building. Each suite or unit of the building has a user terminal removably secured in a prominent location on a wall. The user terminal has a touch screen for easy navigation of the user interface. This user interface provides a variety of selectable tasks and notification messages associated therewith. Notification messages are sent by building management to any individual, subset or group of user terminals to inform tenants of updates. Tenants have the option of responding to some notifications to provide management with comments and suggestions. In this way, the event notification system facilitates timely and effective communication between building management and tenants. | 07-26-2012 |
20120198347 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING USER BASED CONTENT DATA - An approach is provided for enhancing presentment of content data. The content personalization platform determining one or more data categories for presentation in a user interface of a device. The content personalization platform also determines use information associated with the one or more data categories, one or more items within the data categories, or a combination thereof. Then, the content personalization platform then processes and/or facilitates a processing of the use information to determine proportions of the user interface for presenting one or more of the data categories. | 08-02-2012 |
20120204114 | MOBILE APPLICATION FRAMEWORK - For providing a mobile application framework, a memory stores a current browser-renderable code on electronic device. A synchronize module synchronizes the current browser-renderable code with available browser-renderable code when the electronic devices connected to a network. A display module displays the current browser-renderable code. | 08-09-2012 |
20120210236 | Web Service for Automated Cross-Browser Compatibility Checking of Web Applications - One embodiment presents a user interface to a first user, the user interface being configured to enable the first user to provide user input that: specifies a first web application, and a behavior exploration specification, a plurality of web browsers, and a set of comparison rules for the first web application; requests a plurality of models to be constructed with respect to the web browsers for the first web application based on the behavior exploration specification; requests the models of the first web application to be compared with each other based on the set of comparison rules; and requests one or more results of the comparison performed on the models of the first web application to be presented; and in response to each user input received from the first user, performs one or more operations for the first user. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210237 | Recording A Trail Of Webpages - According to certain embodiments, recording a trail of webpages includes repeating the following to yield steps of a trail: saving content of a webpage as historical content of the webpage in a step, and saving one or more parameters of the webpage in the step. The parameters comprise a location parameter of the webpage. Display of a trail overview comprising step selectors is initiated. Each step selector corresponds to a step and is configured to initiate display of the historical content of the webpage of the step corresponding to the step selector. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210238 | DIRECT SERVICE LAUNCH ON A SECOND DISPLAY - Apparatus and methods to implement a technique for using a second display with a network-enabled television. In one implementation, this feature allows a user to directly launch a service when launching a second display application. In this way, the user is saved the trouble of having to search for the desired service in a list of services, reducing the difficulties of the systems disclosed above. The second display application may be a web application or a native remote controller application. The second display could be a smart phone that can often be found beside the user, or a laptop or tablet PC, a desktop PC, or the like. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210239 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A multi-functional display device and a method of controlling the same are disclosed herein. The multi-functional display device and method provides access to human channel services, such as social network services (SNS), on a designated channel on the display device. The method may include assigning channels for a multi-functional display device including assigning a first channel number to at least one broadcast channel, and assigning a second channel number to at least one social network service (SNS) account of one of a first individual and at least one second individual associated with the first individual. The method may include displaying a list of individuals with channel numbers on a display of the multi-functional display device in a social network service (SNS) channel mode, selecting one of the individuals on the list, and displaying information related to the individual or communicating with the selected individual using a SNS account. | 08-16-2012 |
20120216122 | APPLICATION STORE TOPICS - Techniques for application store topics are described that enable collaboration on application store content between a service provider and third-party collaborators. A framework of topics can be defined to include a plurality of topics to organize application data within pages for interaction with an application catalog. Collaborators can opt to submit content for one or more of the topics that are defined as customizable. The submitted content from collaborators can be incorporated into the topics and/or can replace default content provided for the topic. Different topics within the application store pages can be configured as separate and independent topic containers that can derive content from different sources. In at least some embodiments, content provided for a particular topic container within a page is selected based upon a particular type of device that navigates to the page and/or various device criteria associated with the device. | 08-23-2012 |
20120216123 | ENERGY AUDIT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An online energy audit system poses and collects responses to a list of survey questions regarding a subject house from a remote occupant via a survey UI. Survey responses are stored in an energy-use profile associated with the subject house and are used to populate model inputs to an energy-use software model, from which an energy-efficiency score is derived. To help a remote occupant choose appropriate answers and to facilitate completion of the survey, the survey UI includes question-specific house-feature images associated with some or all questions. Survey questions are designed to be easy for a homeowner to understand, and the survey is kept short. The energy-efficiency score of the subject house is presented to the remote occupant in comparison with comparison energy-use data together with an action message to encourage the remote occupant to improve the energy score of the subject house. | 08-23-2012 |
20120226988 | System for Information Collation and Display - A system and a method for collating and displaying information, the system comprising display creation means; template creation means; interactive means; editing means; browsing means; and multi-platform deployment means. The system can be used with multiple platforms including web based social networking, mobile based social networking, advertising, enterprise management, and 3rd party support. The method including the steps of enabling interaction with pre-determined information; creating a multi-dimensional templates having surfaces for display of information; displacing the created surfaces said displacement including moving the surfaces, rotating the surfaces and scaling the surfaces up and down; editing the information displayed on the surfaces; browsing information on said surfaces selectively; and deploying the system to be used with multiple platforms. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226989 | POLY VECTORAL REVERSE NAVIGATION - This disclosure relates to navigation and display of information. A plurality of contexts may each include one or more nodes. A first visual display (e.g., presented to a user) may include representations of a first node, a first context and/or two other contexts. The first visual display may be directly navigated to visual representations corresponding to each of the two other contexts, which may include references to the first node. The other contexts may also include one or more other nodes in a collection of nodes. Nodes and contexts can appear as part of a web page or web site, or in other representative forms that allow the display and navigation of complex structures of information. Aspects of this invention include computer programs implemented on computer readable media, situated both local to a user and in client-server configurations. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226990 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a web browser configured to receive screen data from a web server on a network and display a screen based on the screen data. The information processing apparatus stores a script to be used in rewriting the screen data received by the web browser, and executes generation of a file and upload of the generated file according to a user's instruction issued via a screen displayed based on the rewritten screen data after the screen data is rewritten with use of the script. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226991 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED MATCHING BASED ON QUESTION RESPONSES - In one example embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes a central website that interfaces with one or more end users to establish a profile for each of the end users to be used in matching the end users to each other for a potential relationship. Information is provided in the profile and the information includes relevant characteristics of corresponding end users. A first end user is asked one or more questions after their profile is established, the questions being posed to a second end user whose respective profile has also been established and whose profile has already been matched to the first end user's profile. Answers for the questions from the first and second end users are compared and a subsequent message is sent to the first end user if the answers provided by the first end user and the second end user are compatible. | 09-06-2012 |
20120246569 | GENERATING A PERSONAL TOPOLOGY DURING INDUCTIVE CHARGING AND DATA TRANSFER - Illustrated is a system and method to detect an inductively received electrical charge, the electrical charge received from a form factor capable of inductively charging and exchanging data with a mobile computing device. The system and method also includes displaying a user interface (UI) on the mobile computing device, the UI to receive input to instantiate a node that represents the form factor. Additionally, the system and method includes associating the node with a map to be displayed on the mobile computing device. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246570 | MANAGING A PORTAL APPLICATION - A mobile device includes a processor that executes a portal application to implement a plurality of portlet modules; and a user interface that allows a user to establish a trigger for reducing power consumption in the mobile device. The processor is configured to pause operations in a number of the portlet modules in the portal application in response to the trigger occurring. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246571 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CREATING AND RATING ITEMS FOR SOCIAL INTERACTIONS - A system and method for providing items to users and, more particularly, a system and method for rating items and placing such items into a queued list. The method includes providing an item from a web browser to a recipient on a preferred list and placing the item into a queued list with respect to other items based on a rating. The system includes a computer infrastructure being operable to provide a rated item from a web browser to a recipient on a preferred list and place the rated item in a queued list with respect to other items. | 09-27-2012 |
20120254763 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING AND MANAGING AGGREGATED ELECTRONIC CALENDARS IN A VEHICLE - Various embodiments may include methods and systems for using and managing aggregated electronic calendars and task lists in a vehicle. The method may include receiving information at a vehicle computer identifying at least one vehicle occupant. Further, calendar data may be received at the computer including at least two electronic calendars each associated with the at least one vehicle occupant and at least one contact of the vehicle occupant. The electronic calendar for the identified vehicle occupant and the contact of the vehicle occupant may be displayed in the vehicle. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254764 | SYSTEM TO SUGGEST AND AUTOMATICALLY ORGANIZE EVENTS FOR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES - Embodiments are directed towards automatically organizing an event for users to participate in an activity. The system can display suggestions for a plurality of activities to a user. Further, the system may selectively display information about at least one other user with at least one activity of the plurality of activities. The at least one other user may be identified based on the at least one other user having an interest in the at least one activity. Thus, the user may be able to view other users who are interested in an activity and may be nudged to also be interested in the activity. When a minimum number of other users indicate an explicit interest for an activity, the system can automatically organize an event for the users for the activity. The event may be a physical offline gathering of users that are interested in the activity. | 10-04-2012 |
20120260185 | PATH LENGTH SELECTOR - Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for providing data related to conversion paths. In one aspect, conversion path data for a plurality of conversion paths is received. The conversion path data includes a path length measure for each conversion path in the plurality of conversion paths. One or more groups of paths length measures and an aggregate performance measure for each path length measure group are determined. The aggregate performance measure can be a total number of conversions. Instructions for displaying the list of the one or more groups of path length measures, corresponding aggregate measures, and a graphical representation based on the one or more groups and aggregate performance are provided. The graphical representation can be a histogram. | 10-11-2012 |
20120260186 | COMPONENT SPECIFYING AND SELECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING INTELLIGENT GRAPHIC TYPE SELECTION INTERFACE - A system generates an output identifying components for a building. Each of the components having one of a plurality of types, and is defined by a plurality of specifications. The system includes a network interface, a computer system memory, and a processing circuit. The network interface receives a selection tool from a network. The computer system memory stores the selection tool. The processing circuit executes the selection tool to: open a multi-window display that includes a schedule window, a product type select window, and a product window. A menu of graphic elements is displayed, each graphic element representative of a product type. A user input selects a graphic element from the menu, and the graphic element then appears in the product type select window. A component database is filtered to identify components having a component type corresponding to the graphic element. A list of those components is displayed. | 10-11-2012 |
20120260187 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MANAGING CONTACTS AND CALENDARS WITHIN AN ONLINE CARD SYSTEM - “A system, method and graphical user interface (GUI) are described for managing a contacts and calendar database within an online stationery/card service. A stationery personalization engine provides a user with a set of personalization options related to the selected stationery/card design, to generate personalized stationery with the selected stationery/card design based on user input.” | 10-11-2012 |
20120266074 | NAVIGATING PERFORMANCE DATA FROM DIFFERENT SUBSYSTEMS - Performance data can be collected from different runtime environment subsystems of a computer system while the computer system is running a program in the runtime environment. A visualization model can be displayed, and a visual query of the integrated data can be received at the visualization model. Queried data can be compiled and displayed in response to the visual query. The queried data can be drilled into in response to user input. In response to a navigation request, navigation can lead to a programming element related to a portion of the queried data. | 10-18-2012 |
20120266075 | RICH CONTENT DOWNLOAD - According to the invention, a content download system for downloading a content file and additional content using a window is disclosed. The content download system includes a content site, a content provider and a third party. The content site presents the window that displays the download progress of the content file, presents the additional content while the content file is downloaded, and allows selection of the additional content. The content provider serves as an origin server for the content file. The third party receives information on the content file and provides the additional content. | 10-18-2012 |
20120266076 | CUSTOMIZING PERISHABLE CONTENT OF A MEDIA CHANNEL - A user can specify particular news, weather, traffic, or other perishable content received on a particular Internet radio station or other media channel. The user can customize the station so that wherever the user is currently located, he can receive perishable content related to a preferred geographic location or other category. In some embodiments, a user can specify that a customized station plays local news from one city at the top of the hour, traffic from another city at 10 minutes past the hour, and music or other content at other times. The user can also customize the station to select the perishable content, or other original content, from the personal libraries of specified users. Thus, a user can customize not only the genre of content or select a particular local station, but can also modify the perishable content provided by the customized station. | 10-18-2012 |
20120272154 | SERVICE DISTRIBUTION DEVICE AND SERVICE DISPLAY DEVICE - A service distribution device is provided that, when acquiring services to be used in an information terminal mounted in a vehicle or used in its passenger compartment, recognizes service availability beforehand, thereby improving usability of the services. A service distribution device includes an information correlation unit for correlating information that denotes service utilization conditions in relation to travel condition of the vehicle with the services. The service distribution device distributes to an information terminal the information that denotes the service utilization conditions correlated by the information correlation unit along with contents of the relevant service so that the information and the contents can be visibly displayed on a display unit in the information terminal. | 10-25-2012 |
20120278723 | TELECOMMUNICATION ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A telecommunication energy management system comprising a server configured to receive circuit current values identified with a respective piece of telecommunication equipment from a plurality of central boards located at respective telecommunication sites. The server integrates the received circuit current values and provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to allow a user to audit energy usage of each piece of telecommunication equipment of each telecommunication site. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278724 | CONTROL METHOD OF A TERMINAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for controlling a terminal display device is disclosed and includes the following steps. An electronic device couples to a web server of the terminal display device via a network. The electronic device displays a web page transmitted from the web server. A user selects a function option of the web page shown on the electronic device. The web server of the terminal display device generates a command according to the selected function option. A control system of the terminal display device controls an operation of the terminal display device according to the command. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278725 | MULTIPLE-CAROUSEL SELECTIVE DIGITAL SERVICE FEEDS - Methods and systems for presentation of content through an interface to provide personalized video feeds to a user. The video feeds are harvested from feed items gathered at various Internet sources. Those video feeds are referenced by icons or channels that rotate about, or scroll within, a first carousel. Video feeds are arranged in columns and/or rows that rotate about, or scroll within, a second carousel. Movement in one carousel causes movement in the other in a synchronous manner even though the movement may be at different speeds. | 11-01-2012 |
20120284629 | CHRONOLOGY DISPLAY AND FEATURE FOR ONLINE PRESENTATIONS AND WEBPAGES - A chronology display is generated for use with a web presentation or other form of network presentation. The chronology display may include a plurality of intervals, with each interval representative of a period of time. In an embodiment, some of the intervals may indicate a number of content items provided on the network presentation during the time period that corresponds to each particular interval. The indication may be provided by a characteristic, such as for example, a color or shading that represents the number of content items provided on the network presentation. | 11-08-2012 |
20120290937 | DISTRIBUTION OF MEDIA TO MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A method of delivering media to mobile communication devices and a media server that delivers media to mobile communication devices. Via the media server, selected media can be collected via a communication network and the selected media can be stored to a computer readable storage device. A presence of a mobile communication device can be detected on a private network serviced by the media server and information relating to the selected media can be sent to the mobile communication device. Responsive to receiving from the mobile communication device a selection of at least one media presentation from the selected media, the media presentation can be provided to the mobile communication device. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290938 | Systems and Methods for Context Aware Interaction Across Websites and Apps - A system for context aware interaction across websites and apps is disclosed, including a context runtime engine configured to track online activity of a user across web pages, browser tabs, browsers, social networking apps, mobile apps and the like. The system includes a state machine module configured to track a context of user actions across web pages, browser tabs, browsers, social networking apps, mobile apps and the like. The system further includes an active context platform configured to interact with the context runtime engine and a plurality of databases to store information pertaining to the context of the user. A method for context aware interaction across websites and apps is also disclosed. | 11-15-2012 |
20120297308 | AUTO-SUGGESTED CONTENT ITEM REQUESTS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method comprising: receiving a content item request from a resource, the resource associated with a resource sponsor; verifying the content item request including filtering out spam requests and determining if the content item request is valid; for any invalid requests, providing a content item in response to the content item request that is in conformance with an existing definition provided by the resource sponsor; and presenting information related to invalid requests to the resource sponsor in a user interface, the user interface including tools for enabling the resource sponsor to automatically accept and validate a content item request so that subsequent requests of the same type are validated upon receipt. | 11-22-2012 |
20120297309 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING DATA OVER A NETWORK BASED ON NETWORK USER CHOICES AND COLLECTING REAL-TIME DATA RELATED TO SAID CHOICES - A character having a plurality of attributes is created by a network user while within a character-enabled network site. Each attribute is defined by at least one of either audio data and/or visual image data and is selected by the user from a plurality of attributes presented to the user through a user interface. The combination of attributes defines a persona for the character. At least one of either an audio presentation and/or a visual image presentation is provided to the user interface. The presentations presented are selected from a plurality of presentations based on the character's persona. Data related to character attributes are stored in a database. One or more of the presentations presented to the user may be interactive, in that it allows for the user to make choices. | 11-22-2012 |
20120297310 | SHOP FLOOR INTERACTION CENTER - A system and method for simplifying communication between a user and an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, including a User-Facing Module (UFM) for managing user interactions and a ERP Mirror Module (EMM) for temporarily storing and organizing data from the ERP system to enable the user interaction. | 11-22-2012 |
20120304071 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING GRAPHIC ANIMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN FANTASY SPORTS CONTEST APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for integrating graphic animation technologies with fantasy sports contest applications are provided. This invention enables a fantasy sports contest application to depict plays in various sporting events using graphic animation. The fantasy sports contest application may combine graphical representation of real-life elements such as, for example, player facial features, with default elements such as, for example, a generic player body, to create realistic graphic video. The fantasy sports contest application may provide links to animated videos for depicting plays on contest screens in which information associated with the plays may be displayed. The fantasy sports contest application may play the animated video for a user in response to the user selecting such a link. In some embodiment of the present invention, the fantasy sports contest application may also customize animated video based on user-supplied setup information. | 11-29-2012 |
20120311452 | SERVER APPARATUS THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO EFFECTIVELY UTILIZE DRIVER FUNCTION, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUSES, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An arrangement for making effective use of driver functions available in an information processing apparatus when using an image input service provided by a server apparatus on a network. A server apparatus which is capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus creates a list of image input apparatuses, and provides the created list to the information processing apparatus. The server apparatus provides a search script to the information processing apparatus, for searching the information processing apparatus for a driver for using a selected image input apparatus. When it is determined that the driver exists in the information processing apparatus, a driver control program for controlling the driver is provided to the information processing apparatus. Image data input by the image input apparatus using the driver controlled by the driver control program is acquired via the information processing apparatus, and is stored in the server apparatus. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311453 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROWSING AND ACCESSING MEDIA CONTENT - A first selection of an aggregated content category is received from a plurality of aggregated content categories provided in a first portion of a user interface for an application for browsing and viewing media content. A second portion of the user interface is populated with media content items categorized in the selected aggregated content category. A second selection of a media content item of the media content items categorized in the selected aggregated category is received. The user interface is populated with user interface panels relating to aspects of the selected media content item. The user interface panels have a content item description panel, a cast panel, a content source panel, a reviews panel, a connect panel, and a news feed panel. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311454 | HEALTH AND SAFETY DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A health and safety data management system allowing quick and easy storage and organization of a company's health and safety information, as well as user-friendly and computerized employee access to this health and safety information from the shop floor. All the information is entered into the system via a web-based interface, and that information is then replicated to a plurality of remote, ruggedized touchscreen workstations via the web. A separate web-based interface allows emergency services personnel to access the health and safety information directly online for customers in their jurisdiction. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311455 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACCESSING INFORMATION SOURCES AND SERVICES ON THE WEB - A communication device and method for selectively accessing remote sources of information and services on the Web through a communication network. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311456 | Supplementing User Web-Browsing - An apparatus and method of providing a user with a web-browser supplement is disclosed. One method includes providing access to a focal group, wherein the focal group includes at least one member having at least one association with the user. Access is provided to information associated with the at least one member having relevance to the focal group. Web browsing by the user is supplemented by the information of the members of the focal group. | 12-06-2012 |
20120317492 | Providing Interactive and Personalized Multimedia Content from Remote Servers - An interactive media platform enables users to access a range of media experiences on demand. Each experience is interactive and tailored to the user while the presentation is under way. A client device has a dialog manager that receives input from the user, evaluates the input according to a configuration file, selects media resources according to set criteria from the configuration script, and obtains the selected resources from a remote media server. The system presents the resources in a sequence determined at least in part from user interaction with the presentation. | 12-13-2012 |
20120317493 | Methods and System for Locally Generated Gesture and Transition Graphics Interaction with Terminal Control Services - Methods and system for enabling locally generated transition graphics interaction with virtualized host computer service includes receiving a control command issued by a user to control screen data currently being rendered at the display device, at a display device of a client device. The control command is transmitted to the host computer service for processing. The host computer service processes the control command and returns updated screen data to the client device. In response to the receipt of the updated screen data, the client device identifies a desired screen effect associated with the control command. The updated screen data received from the host computer service is packaged at the client device with data associated with the desired screen effect to generate a visual response at the client device. The packaged screen effect is returned to the display device for rendering, in response to the control command. | 12-13-2012 |
20120324361 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus is connected with electronic apparatuses storing user information concerning users of the electronic apparatuses. The information processing apparatus receives an operation to designate an electronic apparatus, out of the electronic apparatuses, on which a setting is to be carried out concerning the user information, via a screen page displayed based on apparatus information concerning the electronic apparatuses, and receives an operation of manipulating data of the user information via a screen page displayed based on the user information obtained from the electronic apparatuses and managed by the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus transmits to the designated electronic apparatus the user information on which the manipulating data has been carried out, out of the user information managed by the information processing apparatus, and requests the designated electronic apparatus to carry out a setting concerning the user information. | 12-20-2012 |
20120324362 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAME - The present invention relates to an electronic device and an operating method of the same. The electronic device and the operating method configure and manage a network more effectively by providing information related to the network to an electronic device newly connected to the network. | 12-20-2012 |
20120324363 | CONSUMER-GENERATED MEDIA INFLUENCE AND SENTIMENT DETERMINATION - A method implementable in at least one electronic device coupled to a network and a display device, includes receiving, over the network, a data set, receiving, from a user, a selection of a first topic, determining, based on the data set, a plurality of network sites hosting commentary of the first topic and an authority level of each site of the plurality, determining, based on the data set, an authority level of each site of the plurality, determining, based on the data set, a plurality of authors providing the commentary hosted by the plurality of network sites, determining, based on the data set, an authority level of each author of the plurality, and determining, based on the data set, a value characterizing an opinion of each author on the first topic. | 12-20-2012 |
20120324364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNITY CENTRIC RESOURCE SHARING BASED ON A PUBLISHING SUBSCRIPTION MODEL - The invention provides a Web service which enables a publisher to share his digital resources such as an address card or a calendar with a number of subscribers based on different sharing relationships. The Web service includes a host-based interface called “My Community”, for example, with which the publisher manages the share-relationships with his community members. The community members are organized into different groups. Each group includes a number of community members who have a common sharing relationship with the publisher with respect to one or more views of the shared resources. A resource may have multiple views. Each of the views has Metadata describing sharing-styles, as well as version, creation date, size, and the like. Each sharing style corresponds to a specific sharing relationship between a community member and the publisher. | 12-20-2012 |
20120324365 | Reverse Seamless Integration Between Local and Remote Computing Environments - Methods and systems for transparent user interface integration between remote (“published”) applications and their local counterparts are described, providing a seamless, unified user experience, and allowing integration of a start menu, dock, taskbar, desktop shortcuts, windows, window and application switching, system tray elements, client-to-host and host-to-client file type association, URL redirection, browser cookie redirection, token redirection, status message interception and redirection, and other elements. These methods and systems further enhance theme-integration between a client and remote desktop or virtual machine by remoting all UI elements to a recipient for generation, including text controls, buttons, progress bars, radio buttons, list boxes, or other elements; presenting them with the receiver's product and OS-specific UI; and returning status back to the sender. This may achieve a more unified and transparent UI integration. Furthermore, international text may be correctly received in cross-language environments, or translated into the language of the presenting environment. | 12-20-2012 |
20120331389 | DOWNLOAD AREA MANAGEMENT - Methods for managing a download area of a browser are provided. A method includes determining whether a user has performed an action on an icon, representing a downloaded object, displayed within the download area in a primary window of the browser. The download area is configured to be active when the primary window is active. The method includes determining whether the user's cursor is positioned outside of the download area for at least a predetermined duration after the user has performed the action on the icon. The method includes automatically closing the download area if the user has performed the action on the icon and if the user's cursor is positioned outside of the download area for at least the predetermined duration. | 12-27-2012 |
20120331390 | USER INTERFACE FOR MANAGING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ACROSS MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA DATA SOURCES - A method for managing user-generated questions and answers across multiple social media data sources can begin with the receiving of query parameters, including a user-entered question, via the user interface of a social media Q&A manage. Social media data sources can be queried for knowledge related to the user-entered question. When knowledge related to the user-entered question exists, the existing related knowledge can be organized and presented in the user interface according to a determined answer quality. When knowledge related to the user-entered question does not exist or is deemed unsatisfactory by a user, the user-entered question can be automatically submitted to applicable social media data sources by the social media Q&A manager on behalf of the user. A status of the submitted user-entered question can be monitored. When the status of the submitted user-entered question changes, the method can be re-executed at the querying step. | 12-27-2012 |
20120331391 | USER INTERFACE FOR MANAGING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ACROSS MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA DATA SOURCES - A method for managing user-generated questions and answers across multiple social media data sources can begin with the receiving of query parameters, including a user-entered question, via the user interface of a social media Q&A manage. Social media data sources can be queried for knowledge related to the user-entered question. When knowledge related to the user-entered question exists, the existing related knowledge can be organized and presented in the user interface according to a determined answer quality. When knowledge related to the user-entered question does not exist or is deemed unsatisfactory by a user, the user-entered question can be automatically submitted to applicable social media data sources by the social media Q&A manager on behalf of the user. A status of the submitted user-entered question can be monitored. When the status of the submitted user-entered question changes, the method can be re-executed at the querying step. | 12-27-2012 |
20120331392 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA-DRIVEN WEB PAGE NAVIGATION CONTROL - A system and method for web application navigation control includes updating navigation data models used in navigation constraints with received data from an end-user or system. Without needing a centralized application-specific controller, from a collection of extensible navigation rules associated with each page of a plurality of pages, the extensible navigation rules are automatically selected which depend on changed data values and need re-evaluation. The navigation constraints associated only with the pages potentially changing their ready state to execute from among the plurality of pages in an entire application are evaluated to determine which pages are ready to run based on updated data from the navigation data models. A preferred page to be actually navigated to next is selected from among a set of all available and ready pages by execution of a set of second and separate navigation constraints using results of the navigation constraints of the evaluating step. | 12-27-2012 |
20130007625 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING MOBILE DEVICES TO A BACKEND SERVER IN AN ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT AND INITIATING A BUSINESS PROCESS - An apparatus, system, and computer-implemented method are disclosed for connecting a mobile device to a backend server. The backend server includes a processor, a memory, and an input/output interface for receiving and transmitting information to and from the processor. The method comprising capturing information using a mobile device; providing the captured information to the backend server; creating a document in the backend server that includes the captured information; associating the document with a business object; and initiating a business process in accordance with the business object and the recorded information. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007626 | HISTORY TIMELINE DISPLAY FOR VEHICLE FLEET MANAGEMENT - A vehicle management system can generate a vehicle management user interface that depicts vehicle history information in timelines or graphical timelines. These history timelines can include information regarding vehicle location, speed, and idling, among other useful information. The graphical nature of the history timelines can quickly convey vehicle tracking details and potential problems, such as idling and congregation, to an administrator. Further, history timelines for multiple vehicles can be displayed in parallel, allowing comparison between histories for different vehicles. | 01-03-2013 |
20130014019 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE FOR INTERNET SERVICE - A method and apparatus providing a user interface for an Internet service are provided. The user interface providing apparatus displays an n | 01-10-2013 |
20130014020 | INDICATING WEBSITE REPUTATIONS DURING WEBSITE MANIPULATION OF USER INFORMATION - An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving receiving an indicator of an attempted interaction of a client computing facility with an item of content associated with a website and presenting an indicator of reputation to a client computing facility attempting to interact with the web content. The indicator of reputation may be based at least in part upon whether an entity associated with the web content seeks to manipulate a user in order to obtain information from the user. | 01-10-2013 |
20130019182 | DYNAMIC CONTEXT BASED MENUS - Context based menus that can be dynamically positioned, laid out, and activated are provided for tap, swipe, and press-and-hold type interactions. Presenting a plurality of executable commands and/or links to submenus, a context based menu may be displayed in various shapes and forms in relation to selected content displayed on a user interface and/or other factors such as available display space, user attributes, and similar ones. Submenus presenting commands within a category may be displayed in place of, adjacent to, or overlapping with a parent context based menu. Menu position, contents, and/or shape may be adjusted in response to changes in selected content, user contact location, changes in user interface, and the like. | 01-17-2013 |
20130031480 | VISUALLY REPRESENTING AND MANAGING ACCESS CONTROL OF RESOURCES - A method and system for controlling access to a resource. Visual representations of the resource and an entity are included in a display. Assignments of an access control requirement to the resource visual representation and an attribute to the entity visual representation are received. A movement in the display of the entity visual representation to a position proximate to a boundary of the resource visual representation is detected. The attribute assigned to the entity visual representation is determined to satisfy the access control requirement assigned to the resource visual representation. The entity is permitted to access the resource based on the attribute satisfying the access control requirement. A movement in the display of the entity visual representation across the boundary and a placement of the entity visual representation within the boundary of the resource visual representation are permitted based on the entity being permitted to access the resource. | 01-31-2013 |
20130036360 | WIRELESS AUDIENCE RESPONSE DEVICE - An audience response device is configured to communicate wirelessly in an audience response system. The device includes a display configured to display a question identifier and a user input interface configured to receive a user selection. The device further includes a processor operably connected to the display and to the user input interface, and configured to receive data representing the user selection. The device further includes a transceiver operably connected to the processor and configured to wirelessly transmit signals including a signal encoding data representing the user response to the question. The device further includes a logic operably connected to the display and the processor and configured to cause the display to display indications regarding the audience response session, a question, a sequence of questions, and so on. | 02-07-2013 |
20130036361 | System and Method of Relating Resources and Business Objects of Different Business Object Types - A system and method of relating resources and business objects. The method includes storing business objects by a first application server and a second application server, where the first application server is configured to access a business object of a first business object type and the second application server is configured not to access the business object of the first business object type. The method further includes storing resources, and relationships between the business objects and the resources. The method further includes generating an object view in which, for a selected business object, a first relationship is editable according to a first user input, where the first relationship relates the selected business object to one of the resources. The method further includes generating a resource view in which, for a selected resource, at least one associated business object and at least one associated relationship are viewable, where the at least one associated relationship relates the selected resource and the at least one associated business object. In this manner, resources may be scheduled despite the underlying applications not being able to access all the types of business objects. | 02-07-2013 |
20130036362 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT RELATED TO PRINTED CONTENT IN A PRINTED PUBLICATION - A system for providing supplemental content, e.g. purchase information and/or URLs, to a user includes a server and client computing platforms. The supplemental content is related to printed content from a printed publication, such as a magazine. A specific set of printed content, such as a page in a magazine, may include multiple content items that may be of particular interest to the user. The user requests the supplemental content regarding a specific content item by selecting a user-selectable field, e.g. presented via a display of a client computing platform, that corresponds to the specific content item. | 02-07-2013 |
20130036363 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND ORGANIZING METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH ON-LINE CONTENT - A system and method are disclosed for controlling metadata associated with content on an electronic device that includes displaying interface screens for user entry of metadata control instructions, accepting user instructions, modifying metadata of applicable content, and associating the modified metadata with the applicable content. The system can export and/or store the applicable content along with modified metadata. The system can automatically modify metadata according to one or more profiles. Relevant profiles can be determined based on the export mechanism, destination or type of content. The system can add watermarks to indicate metadata modification. The system can display metadata for user modification. The content can include photos, videos or other content. The system can display metadata and geolocation indicators for each content item that indicate whether that item has associated metadata and geolocation information. The user can selectively modify metadata of selected content. | 02-07-2013 |
20130036364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND ORGANIZING METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH ON-LINE CONTENT - A system and method are disclosed for controlling metadata associated with content on an electronic device that includes displaying interface screens for user entry of metadata control instructions, accepting user instructions, modifying metadata of applicable content, and associating the modified metadata with the applicable content. The system can export and/or store the applicable content along with modified metadata. The system can automatically modify metadata according to one or more profiles. Relevant profiles can be determined based on the export mechanism, destination or type of content. The system can add watermarks to indicate metadata modification. The system can display metadata for user modification. The content can include photos, videos or other content. The system can display metadata and geolocation indicators for each content item that indicate whether that item has associated metadata and geolocation information. The user can selectively modify metadata of selected content. | 02-07-2013 |
20130047088 | REPORTING FOCUS DURATION TO THE ADVERTISER - Methods, including a computer program product for collecting metrics for determining content presentation quality are provided. An application executing on a mobile device requests and receives virtual content for presentation on the mobile device. The application logs focus duration information associated with presented content and transmits the focus duration information to a virtual content server in subsequent requests for virtual content. The virtual content server aggregates the content focus duration information received in the requests for virtual content, and provides quality metrics to virtual content providers based in part on the aggregated focus duration information. | 02-21-2013 |
20130055092 | USER INTERFACE FOR NETWORKS INCLUDING VIRTUAL MACHINES - A user interface for a virtual machine infrastructure enables a user to navigate a graph in a tabular format. The user interface simultaneously displays data associated with a selected node from a plurality of applications via view extensions provided by the applications. The user interface shows data associated with a node on which a navigation panel is focused, an anchor node, together with related nodes and edge categories including the edges connecting the related nodes to the anchor node. The user can peek at the data associated with a related node by selecting the node in the user interface and change the displayed data without changing the focus of the navigation panel. The user can also change the focus of the navigation panel to a related node via data displayed in a data panel or related nodes identified in the navigation panel. | 02-28-2013 |
20130055093 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A STATE-BASED WEB FRAMEWORK ARCHITECTURE - A computer based method for utilizing static content in a dynamic environment to provide at least one defined functionality is described. The method includes identifying at least one function to be associated with the static content and the dynamic environment, identifying at least one state for each identified function, defining, in a computer memory, each identified state within a page object, the page object also defining within the computer memory page states and output attributes associated with output templates within the page object, creating, in the computer memory, output templates for each identified state, creating presentation pages and logic objects in the computer memory for each function, and creating engines to be executed by at least one computer processing device, each engine representing a function, the engines operable to use a corresponding page object to direct data traffic among the defined states within the computer memory. | 02-28-2013 |
20130055094 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING USER INTERFACES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND USERS OVER A NETWORK - A system and a method for communicating selected search results are described. The system identifies items based on a search that is automatically executed. The identifying includes utilizing a criterion to perform the search. The system further generates a first user interface that includes the items and selection functions that are respectively associated with the items. The system presents the first user interface over a communications network and receives two selections that identify at least two items that are deleted from the items. Next, the system generates a second user interface that includes the non-deleted items and selection functions, the non-deleted items are respectively associated with the selection functions. Finally, the system presents the second user interface over the communications network. | 02-28-2013 |
20130055095 | RESEARCH SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESEARCHING AT LEAST ONE TOPIC - A computer-based method for use in researching at least one topic using a computing device coupled to a memory device is provided. The method includes receiving, at the computing device, from a user a selection of at least one of a client and a client matter, querying the memory device to determine a research strategy associated with the at least one of a client and a client matter in response to the selection, and providing, at the computing device, for presentation to the user the research strategy associated with the at least one of a client and a client matter, wherein the research strategy includes at least one resource and at least one resource designator associated with the at least one resource. | 02-28-2013 |
20130055096 | MOBILE TERMINAL, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS MOUNTED IN VEHICLE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention provides an image display apparatus mounted in a vehicle, which includes a communication unit for transmitting/receiving data to/from an external mobile terminal, and a controller for generating Internet access information including Internet access environment information about the image display apparatus and controlling the communication unit to transmit the generated Internet access information to the mobile terminal, wherein the Internet access information includes at least one of Internet access state information representing whether the image display apparatus is connected to the Internet, and roaming state information representing whether a roaming service is used for Internet access of the image display apparatus. According to a mobile terminal, image display apparatus mounted in a vehicle and data processing method using the same, Internet access information can be efficiently transmitted between the mobile terminal and the image display apparatus. | 02-28-2013 |
20130055097 | MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPLE ADVERTISING INVENTORIES USING A MONETIZATION PLATFORM - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for delivery of a sponsored content to a mobile communication facility user. In embodiments, a request may be received for a sponsored content from a publisher, and one or more content inventories may be searched for a content that is relevant to the request. Content may be selected for delivery to the publisher from one or more content inventory. The content may be selected based at least in part on a relevance between the content and the request. The content, and the content inventory from which the relevant content is chosen, may be selected based at least in part on a statistical weight relating to the amount of revenue a wireless operator may realize upon presentation of the content to a mobile communication facility. | 02-28-2013 |
20130055098 | SEARCH RESULT TRANSLATION WITH VISUALLY OVERLAY PROCESSING - A web browser agent or plug-in installed into a web browser of a client device provides translation services along with a search engine server. The system accesses a web page in one (local) language and then translates to another (foreign) language and displays the translated content in a web page for user's viewing. The web browser agent is an add-on software tool or plug-in, provided by the search engine server and installed into the web browser. As a result of installation, a toolbar appears on the top of the web browser's page. This toolbar provides the interface to enable local translation of web pages from a local/web language to a target/foreign language useful to the user. Centralized (cloud computing) translation services by servers of a third party may also be employed. Web pages in any number of languages may be accessed using this operations/structure. | 02-28-2013 |
20130061146 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS - An apparatus is provided in one example embodiment and includes a memory element; a processor coupled to the memory element; an architecture library configured for providing a plurality of identifiers for a plurality of architecture components in a pattern library; an architecture rules engine configured for providing a plurality of rules associated with the architecture components being provisioned into one or more architectural designs; an interview engine configured for providing a plurality of interview questions for soliciting information associated with a particular architectural design, where a plurality of responses associated with the interview questions can be received by the apparatus; and a visualization engine configured for generating an output presentation for the particular architectural design based on the responses. | 03-07-2013 |
20130061147 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING DIRECTIONS AND NAVIGATING TO GEO-REFERENCED PLACES WITHIN IMAGES AND VIDEOS - An approach is provided for determining directions and navigating to geo-referenced places within images and videos. A location platform causes, at least in part, a selection of one or more elements depicted in one or more images. The location platform then causes, at least in part, an identification of the one or more elements, the one or more images, or a combination thereof. Next, the location platform causes, at least in part, a transmission of the identified one or more elements, the identified one or more images, or a combination thereof for use by a device. | 03-07-2013 |
20130061148 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS INVOLVING AUGMENTED MENU USING MOBILE DEVICE - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a method comprising displaying in a camera view of a mobile device a captured image of one or more items listed in a menu of items available for selection at a point of interest identifiable, at least in part, by a location. A method may further include transmitting a message comprising parsed text of the one or more items and information representative of the location, and receiving, in response to the transmission of the message, annotations to be displayed in the camera view. | 03-07-2013 |
20130061149 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus that is capable of displaying a WEB top button without deteriorating the quality of appearance even if the display size of the WEB top button is changed. A display unit displays a button, to which a URL is assigned, on an operation screen. An acquisition unit accesses a Web server that is identified by the URL and to acquire a plurality of icons in different sizes. The display unit selects an icon, which corresponds to a display size of the button, from among the icons acquired by the acquisition unit, and displays the selected icon together with the button. | 03-07-2013 |
20130067338 | DYNAMIC NAVIGATION REGION BASED ON SITE USAGE - A request for a page in a site can be received. The page can include a dynamic navigation region. The dynamic navigation region can be automatically updated based on usage of the site by multiple user profiles. The updating can include querying multiple sources of navigation item data and compiling a record of dynamic navigation items to be displayed in the dynamic navigation region. The page can be generated with the dynamic navigation region, and the page can be returned in response to the page request. Also, a request to pin a navigation item from the dynamic navigation region to the static navigation region can be received. In response to the request to pin, the pinned navigation item can be added to the static navigation region, and the page can be returned with the pinned navigation item added to the static navigation region. | 03-14-2013 |
20130073969 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEB BASED APPLICATION MODELING AND GENERATION - According to some embodiments, a service list including a plurality of available services is displayed via a web-based display on a remote client device. Each available service may be, for example, associated with meta-data available at a server. A user selection of at least one of the available services may then be received. A platform list, including a plurality of potential execution platforms, may be displayed to the user and a user selection of one of the potential execution platforms may be received. The server may then automatically generate application code based on the selected available service, the meta-data associated with the selected available service, and the selected execution platform. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073970 | Aggregating Social Networking System User Information for Display Via Stories - The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073971 | Displaying Social Networking System User Information Via a Map Interface - The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073972 | Displaying Social Networking System User Information Via a Historical Newsfeed - The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073973 | FACILITATING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN COMPUTER USERS ACROSS A NETWORK - A stand-alone icon (i.e., an icon that is not part of an application interface) is provided to facilitate communications across a network between users of at least one communications program. The icon represents a contact or a set of contacts. Status information regarding the contact or set of contacts is received and displayed using the icon or in response to an operation performed on the icon. The icon additionally may provide an interface for performing actions related to the contact or set of contacts. The actions may generally include, for example, retrieving profile information about the contact, setting an alert to indicate that the contact's network/login status (e.g., login, logout, or idle) has changed, or performing communications with the contact. | 03-21-2013 |
20130080904 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A network management apparatus to display information about network equipment using an intuitive user interface includes a control unit to determine the total number of pages based on the number of pieces of network equipment, and determine a length of a scroll button region corresponding to one page based on a length of an entire movement region of a scroll button and the total number of pages, the entire movement region being divided into a plurality of scroll button regions; a storage unit to respectively associate the scroll button regions with corresponding pages and store the association result; and a display unit, in response to movement of the scroll button to a specific scroll button region, to display, on the screen thereof, network equipment information corresponding to the page associated with the specific scroll button region. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080905 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF COMMUNICATING WITH CLOUD SERVER IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus, a method of communicating with a cloud server in the image forming apparatus, and a computer-readable recording medium are provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a user interface unit which, if a menu related to an access to the cloud server is selected, displays an account information user interface (UI) window to input account information; a storage unit which stores cloud clients; a controller which automatically selects a cloud client corresponding to the input account information from the cloud clients stored in the storage unit and detects cloud server information corresponding to the selected cloud client from the selected cloud client; and a communication interface unit which transmits the account information to the cloud server by using the cloud server information to log in the cloud server and communicates with the logged-in cloud server. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080906 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGANIZING AND PLAYING DATA - The present invention provides a general solution to presenting media interface and navigation tools for content provided from a plurality of sources. The invention maintains a user at a single site regardless of the source of the media content. This permits a consistent interface to be presented to the user. Because the user remains at the same site, differences in tiered membership may be tracked so that the user is only presented with content that the user is permitted to view. The invention uses a metadata language to characterize content so that viewer type, membership level, and other information can be maintained and used for an enjoyable viewing experience. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080907 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A PERSONALIZED CONTENT PLAY LIST - The present invention provides a method for presenting content information to a user. The method includes receiving a filter selection and applying by a processor the filter selection to metadata of available content to form a hierarchical presentation of the available content. The method also includes providing the hierarchical presentation of the available content for display to the user. A system is provided for presenting content information to a user that includes a viewing history database. The system also includes an available content index including data concerning available content. The system further includes a recommendation engine adapted to access the viewing history database and form a reordered available content index by applying at least one filter selection to metadata of the available content. A non-transitory computer readable medium having recorded thereon a program is provided. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080908 | USER EVALUATION OF CONTENT ON DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A system comprises a server coupled to a database via a network. The server is configured to cause one or more reviews stored in the database to be displayed on a remote client display connected to the network, and provide an interactive element associated with each of the displayed reviews on the client display. The interactive element, when selected by a user, generates an indication that the user has found a displayed review helpful in assessing an object of the review. The server is also configured to receive, via the network, the indication that the user selected the interactive element, and increment a count of a stored number of indications for the review when the received indication is a first indication received from the user in connection with the displayed review. | 03-28-2013 |
20130086477 | Systems and Methods for Status Updates - A method for providing status updates using a device. The method may include displaying a plurality of units on one or more displays, receiving a unit selection from the displayed plurality of units, determining a plurality of care receivers based on the received unit selection, displaying the plurality of care receivers on the one or more displays, receiving a selection of a care receiver, determining a plurality of tools based on the received unit selection, the tools of the plurality of tools corresponding to interfaces for providing status updates for care receivers, displaying the plurality of tools, receiving a selection of a tool, generating a status update for the selected care receiver based on the received selection of the care receiver and the received selection of the tool, and providing the generated status update for a second device. | 04-04-2013 |
20130086478 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIMEDIA EDITING - Systems and methods for storing, editing and producing multimedia productions on a server. A system includes one or more servers containing a storage device and a plurality of tools allowing users to store and edit multimedia productions using a browser on a client. Additional system tools render the edited multimedia data into a multimedia production that is distributed using a real time streaming tool. Multimedia productions are created through the method of uploading and storing multi-media data onto a content library, editing the stored multimedia data, rendering the edited multimedia data into a viewable multi-media production and providing an audience with real time streaming of the multimedia production over a network. | 04-04-2013 |
20130097514 | System and Method for Storing Data Files in Personal Devices and a network - A system comprises a plurality of personal devices connectable to a network. Data files related to a user are stored in selected personal devices and/or the network. According to one embodiment, a user may select storage locations of a data file through a user interface displayed on one of the personal devices. According to another embodiment, the user may select the locations and associated priority for storing the data file. A storage manager transfers, stores and removes data files in the personal devices and in the network according to the user's inputs. The storage manager also manages a status files including storage locations, priorities and utilization of the storage capacity of the personal devices. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING BETWEEN USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS ACROSS PAIRED DEVICES - A method is provide that comprises detecting an incoming or outgoing call; and sending data to a paired device for displaying a plurality of elements associated with the call in a user interface on the paired device prior to connecting the call, the plurality of elements having been obtained from a plurality of sources accessible to the mobile device. Another method is provided, which comprises receiving data from the mobile device for displaying a plurality of elements associated with the call in a user interface on a paired device prior to connecting the call, the plurality of elements having been obtained from a plurality of sources accessible to the mobile device; and displaying the plurality of elements in a user interface on the paired device using the data received from the mobile device. | 04-18-2013 |
20130104047 | SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF RANDOM NOVEL CONTENT - A system for delivery of random novel content is disclosed. The system includes identification of the random novel content from source content imported from a content provider and in response to a selection of a selectable icon visually presented on a web-enabled device. The system further includes presentation of the identified random novel content to an output device via the web-enabled device. | 04-25-2013 |
20130111349 | PROVISIONING IAAS SERVICES | 05-02-2013 |
20130117676 | VISUALLY ANALYZING, CLUSTERING, TRANSFORMING AND CONSOLIDATING REAL AND VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGES IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - System, method and computer program product for generating a GUI that facilitates the management of real and/or virtual images on computing machines in a computing environment. The system and method provides for an interactive visualization of virtual images (machines) and the software components included in each virtual image or real image. According to a consolidating and clustering processes, the images are bundled and displayed in a dendogram to show a hierarchy of the similarity between images. Further, software components are represented by small coded cells and organized into logical groupings. The system and method provides for user interactive functionality that facilitates the gathering of details on certain aspects of the images and/or components. The end result is a software program that facilitates user's ability to consolidate and manage real and virtual images. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117677 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING WEB PAGES BASED ON A USER-SPECIFIC BROWSER HISTORY ANALYSIS - Methods and systems for automatically parsing the content of a users browser history to extract information about that user's browsing habits, interests, likes, and dislikes utilizing text analytics and unsupervised machine learning. A topic model can be utilized to filter the display of web content and employ visualization techniques to highlight specific content (e.g. keywords) that correspond with the users specific tastes. The analysis can be as coarse or fine as the user desires and all of the analysis can be done locally on the user's own data processing device. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117678 | METHOD FOR OPENING FILE ON VIRTUAL DESKTOP FOR CLOUD-BASED SYSTEM, THE SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM APPLYING THE METHOD - A method for opening a file on a virtual desktop for a cloud-based system includes the following steps: The at least one external cloud server does not belong to the cloud-based system. A virtual desktop is provided to a client. The client displays the virtual desktop by a browser. An open-file request for opening a target file is received through the virtual desktop. A corresponding application service, which is utilized for opening the target file, is searched among the external application services. When the target file is an internal file stored in the cloud-based system and the corresponding application service is provided by the at least one external cloud server, the at least one external cloud server is driven to provide the corresponding application service for opening the target file, and the opened target file is displayed on the virtual desktop of the client. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117679 | AGGREGATION SYSTEM - Apparatus, method, and manufacture, illustratively the aggregation apparatus includes a computer system configured to provide, at a web site, an interface which enables each of multiple users to register for an account; and provide, at the web site, an interface which facilitates a login by each registered user; provide, at the web site to each said registered user that has logged in: a combination of user services in addition to facilitating aggregation from a plurality of Internet sites, the facilitating including enabling an aggregator apparatus to connect to a plurality of sites on the Internet, authenticate itself with each of the plurality of sites, retrieve information from the sites, parse the information from the sites, produce aggregation output from the parsed information, the aggregation output being subject to user-management, and render the aggregation output. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117680 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CHANGING THE CONTENT OF AN INTERNET WEB PAGE - A host Web page includes an evolving interactive dialog box wherein an Internet user may enter user data to be processed. When the user completes entering user data in a first revolution of the interactive dialog box, the first revolution is replaced with a second revolution of the evolving interactive dialog box without disturbing or affecting any other part of the host Web page being displayed. Beneficially, the first and second revolutions may be communicated to a user computer together with and at a same time as the host Web page. Also, the second revolution may include a variety of data which is selected or customized to match the user data submitted in the first revolution. Each revolution of the evolving interactive dialog box may be comprised of any combination of general textual data entry fields, category (pull-down) menus, contact information data entry fields, and opt-in/opt-out buttons. | 05-09-2013 |
20130125005 | CONTEXTUAL DATA DISPLAYED VIA BROWSER TOOLBAR - A browser toolbar displays contextual data from a search engine service for a webpage currently being displayed by a web browser. The browser toolbar identifies the URL of a webpage currently being displayed by a web browser. The browser toolbar provides an indication of the URL to a search engine service, which identifies an entity corresponding with the URL. The search engine service gathers data relevant to the entity and provides the relevant data to the browser toolbar, which displays information to the user to provide the user with contextual information about the entity corresponding with the URL. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125006 | PROTOCOL SENSITIVE VISUAL NAVIGATION APPARATUS - Embodiments of this invention include a protocol sensitive visual navigation apparatus, and associated methods, for navigating and relating different protocol levels of a protocol. A test and measurement instrument can include the protocol sensitive visual navigation apparatus, which can facilitate analyzing, searching, and measuring various aspects of the different protocol layers and cross-correlating items from one protocol layer to another protocol layer. The type and characteristics of the analysis is informed by a selected protocol layer. Physical layer signals or events can be correlated to protocol level information, thereby increasing an understanding of the overall protocol and associated protocol layers and events. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125007 | Remote Access to Layer and User Interface Elements - A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is invoked and the widgets are shown on the screen. The user can activate the dashboard at any time, causing the dashboard to temporarily replace the existing user interface display on the user's screen. Once the dashboard has been activated, the user can interact with any or all of the widgets, and can configure the dashboard by adding, deleting, moving, or configuring individual widgets as desired. When the user wishes to return to the normal user interface he or she was working with, the user issues a command causing the dashboard to be dismissed. | 05-16-2013 |
20130132853 | Method and Apparatus for Information Exchange Over a Web Based Environment - Exchanging information via web is a way of life in modern society. Present invention utilizes dynamic workspace technology to allow people much efficiently and flexibly to exchanging information across global environment. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132854 | Service Plan Design, User Interfaces, Application Programming Interfaces, and Device Management - Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses to enable subscribers of mobile wireless communication devices to view, research, select and customize service plans; to create and manage device groups, share and set permission controls for service plans among devices in device groups; to manage communication services through graphical user interfaces; to sponsor and promote service plans; and to design, manage, and control communication services through application programming interfaces. | 05-23-2013 |
20130145276 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING CONTEXT-AWARE AND PERSONALIZED WEB CONTENT BROWSING EXPERIENCE - An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory, computer program code, and processor configured to cause the apparatus to receive a content package comprising one or more selectable segments and at least one dynamic content segment. The apparatus may be configured to parse the content package for topics and provide for one or more user preference models. The apparatus may be configured to match the parsed topics with predefined topics from a user preference model. The apparatus may be configured to monitor user interactions with the selectable segments and provide an external script with a list of prioritized and/or matched topics. The apparatus may provide at least one dynamic content segment as directed by a script, wherein the dynamic content segment may change based upon a user interaction. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 06-06-2013 |
20130145277 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR ELECTRONIC FILE SHARING - A method, implementable in a system coupled to a display device and a network, includes generating in a first region of a screen of the display device a user-interface portion associated with a first electronic destination address. The user-interface portion is configured to receive from a second region of the screen, in response to a command by a user of the system, a first icon representing a data set. In response to the user-interface portion receiving the first icon, a copy of the data set, or the data set itself, is electronically transferred over the network to the first destination address. | 06-06-2013 |
20130145278 | UNIFIED NOTIFICATION BAR BETWEEN VIRTUAL MOBILE DEVICE AND PHYSICAL MOBILE DEVICE - One or more embodiments of the invention display alerts provided by applications of a guest environment in a notification bar controlled by a host operating system (OS) in a host environment of a mobile device, wherein the guest environment is running in a virtual machine supported by a hypervisor running within the host environment. A hypervisor-aware service in the virtual machine registers with a guest OS to be notified when applications request presentation of alerts in a notification bar controlled by the guest OS. Upon receipt of a notification by the guest OS of an application requesting presentation of an alert in the notification bar controlled by the guest OS, the hypervisor-aware service forwards the notification to the hypervisor and the hypervisor transmits a corresponding request to a notification management component of the host OS to present the alert on the notification bar controlled by the host OS. | 06-06-2013 |
20130151978 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING SMART CONTENTS BASED ON CONTENTS OF USERS - Provided is a method of managing content using a visual expression, the method including: determining a visual icon that represents each of contents registered by users, based on the respective contents; quantizing each of a plurality of visual icons to map each of the plurality of visual icons with at least one level among a plurality of predetermined quantization levels; generating a content unit corresponding to each of the plurality of visual icons based on the mapping result; and creating smart content that is a visual expression as abstract information corresponding to a combination of the contents, based on a combination of content units. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151979 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENTERPRISE UTILITY DATA AGGREGATION, MANAGEMENT, AND REPORTING - Disclosed is an automated utility data aggregation, warehousing, management, and reporting platform. Also disclosed is a universal multi-location utility monitoring service suitable for collecting granular data from any utility meter (e.g. energy, water, or gas meters) or the like and evaluating the efficiency of various aspects of the system based upon the data collected, its user specified definition, and up to date information acquired from various external sources. The service operates at a central server which collects information from a number of potentially diverse sources for inclusion in a database. In one form, the central server collects static data—such as initial setup and factual information with respect to an entity, dynamic data—such as utility data, and acquired data—such as current weather and publicly available utility costs. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151980 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CLOUD SERVICE - A method performed by a cloud service providing apparatus includes receiving a request for execution of an application from a user device, executing the application in response to the request, encoding application execution data generated by the execution of the application into image data and transmitting the encoded image data to the user device, wherein the encoded image data is configured to be displayed on a screen of the user device. | 06-13-2013 |
20130159866 | Customized Article Type - A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method includes the steps of selecting a family of article types, selecting a customized article type, manufacturing an article of footwear with the customized article type and shipping the article of footwear to a pre-designated shipping address. The method may further include the step of limiting the number of articles of footwear manufactured with a customized article type to ensure exclusivity for customized article types. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159867 | APPROACH FOR MANAGING PACKAGE-BASED SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS - An approach is provided for creating and managing pricing models and subscriptions for packages. As used herein, the term “package” refers to a logical entity that has one or more member applications, where each of the member applications provides one or more services. One or more pricing models may be assigned to a package and made available to subscribers and the pricing models assigned to a package may be changed. Users may subscribe to one or more packages and incur charges based upon the pricing models assigned to the packages to which the users subscribe. Embodiments include providing a graphical user interface for service providers to create and manage packages, define pricing models and to manage pricing model assignments for packages. Embodiments also include providing a graphical user interface for subscribers to view available applications and packages in a “marketplace” and to subscribe to packages and manage their subscriptions. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159868 | ACQUISITION AND PRESENTATION OF DYNAMIC MEDIA ASSET INFORMATION FOR EVENTS - Embodiments disclosed allow a user of an electronic device to obtain dynamic media asset information, such as media assets information concerning events. The obtained media asset information can be then presented via the electronic device in a convenient and efficient manner. According to one embodiment, a show time request for a media asset can be transmitted to a media server. In response to the show time request, event information for a plurality of event sites showing the requested media asset can be received. The event sites are selected based upon proximity to the location reference. The event information can include a plurality of show times for the requested media asset at at least a first one of the event sites. The plurality of show times can be presented on a graphical timeline displayed on a display of a computing device. A map image can also be presented to depict a geographic area derived from the event information for each of the plurality of event sites. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159869 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADCASTING MASS MARKET MESSAGES OVER A NETWORK OF SCREENS - A system and method for broadcasting media comprising a server. The server may provide a selection of a plurality of pre-registered digital screens located in public venues. The server may receive user input, via a user device, selecting one or more of the pre-registered digital screens. The server may receive user input, via the user device, identifying a message to be broadcast on the selected one or more screens. The server may send the message to the selected one or more screens in a queue for broadcast during a broadcast time slot. | 06-20-2013 |
20130167036 | EXECUTING SYSTEM ACTIONS CORRESPONDING TO USER INPUTS - In an embodiment, the user input and a corresponding user input pattern is received on a computer generated user interface (UI). Based upon the user input pattern, a probable succeeding user input is predicted, and a network repository is queried to determine a system action corresponding to the probable succeeding user input. The system action may be an action that is estimated to be processed based upon the user input. This system action is processed to determine associated metadata, which is persisted in a UI buffer associated with the UI. A correlation between the succeeding user input and the predicted probable succeeding user input is determined; and based upon the correlation the metadata is retrieved from the UI buffer for execution. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167037 | INTEGRATED SERVICE FEATURE GATHERING AND SELECTION SYSTEM - Techniques are disclosed for providing and using an integrated service feature gathering and selection system that can be used to send service requests to multiple network services. In an embodiment, a user interface that allows a user to select features and options for a service job without knowing which network service will eventually process the service job. Based on the selected features and options, the application program (or a network server if the user interface is Web-based instead of client-based) determines the network service to which the service job will be sent. In an embodiment, a network server receives capabilities data from multiple network services and builds, based on the capabilities data, a database of network service description data, from which the user interface that is displayed to a client device is generated. | 06-27-2013 |
20130179794 | IDENTIFYING AND ASSIGNING METRICS TO INFLUENTIAL USER GENERATED CONTENT - Techniques for collecting data indicative of one or more browsing behaviors (e.g., completing a transaction on a website) are described. User generated content (UGC) that affects user behavior may be identified, such as product reviews that, if read by a user, are statistically more likely to cause that user to make a purchase. A metric may be assigned to particular user generated content, where the metric indicates an extent to which the particular user generated content is associated with a particular browsing behavior. Based on the assigned metric, particular UGC may be included in a web page. For example, the product review that is most likely to cause a user to make a purchase may be placed in a prominent location on a web page in order to increase sales and revenue. Browsing behaviors may be positive or negatively associated, and metrics assigned to UGC may be based on visibility. | 07-11-2013 |
20130185645 | DETERMINING REPEAT WEBSITE USERS VIA BROWSER UNIQUENESS TRACKING - An approach for determining repeat website users via browser uniqueness tracking includes receiving browser information from a server based on a browser accessing a website. The approach includes creating a browser identifier based on the browser information. The approach includes determining the browser is one of a new visitor and a repeat visitor to the website by comparing the browser identifier to other browser identifiers associated with the website. The approach includes transmitting a message to the server indicating the browser is one of a new visitor and a repeat visitor to the website based on the determining. | 07-18-2013 |
20130198640 | Movable search GUI element for restricting search scope - User input is received to cause a search graphical user interface (GUI) element to move within a GUI having areas that each correspond to a content type. The given area over which the search GUI element has been moved is determined. The search GUI element is adapted so that a search performable via the search GUI element is restricted in scope to the content type of the given area. The GUI may be a web page of a web site. The search GUI element may be a search box. The area and/or the search GUI element may be graphically modified to provide visual feedback as to the content type of the given area to which the search is restricted in scope. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198641 | PREDICTIVE METHODS FOR PRESENTING WEB CONTENT ON MOBILE DEVICES - Once a computing device receives a request to display a webpage, the device may use criteria to determine the portion of the page that is likely to be the most relevant to the user. The computing device may then zoom in (i.e., adjust the relative size and position of the elements in the webpage) and pan or scroll through the webpage such that the most relevant portion is displayed. Additionally, the computing device may superimpose on the displayed portion of the webpage links that represent other portions of the webpage that are currently not displayed but are relevant to the currently displayed portion. Selecting a link causes the computing device to display the corresponding portion. Furthermore, as the user zooms out, the computing device may also highlight hotspots or points of interests for the new content that is being displayed. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198642 | Providing Supplemental Content - Computing devices, computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions, methods, and systems for discovering, organizing, and presenting supplemental content are disclosed. A discovery system may be used to discover an item, such as a supplemental content presentation application, which, when launched may present supplemental content to a user while the user is consuming primary content. The supplemental content presentation application may also present a timeline that users may interact with to view different portions of the supplemental content. The timeline may also be modified by adding markers along the timeline so that when a marker is selected, a particular piece of supplemental content is presented. | 08-01-2013 |
20130205215 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEFINING GROUPS OF USERS OF AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for defining groups of users of an online social network. An indication of an event associated with the online social network can be received. One or more parameters can be compared to an attribute of the event or of a designated user. When the attribute satisfies the one or more parameters, data indicating the designated user can be generated. In some implementations, the generated data is provided to a display device to indicate an addition or a removal of the designated user as a member of a group of the online social network. In some implementations, group membership data can be determined and stored to add or remove the designated user as one of the group members. | 08-08-2013 |
20130205216 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING INFORMATION WHILE COMMANDING OPERATION OF AN APPLIANCE - When a command key of a controlling platform is activated, the platform performs an operation to initiate a playing of media content and also initiates the retrieval of information from an information source. | 08-08-2013 |
20130212481 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING INTERFACE DISPLAY, AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A method for controlling interface display includes: detecting an operation status of a first communication terminal; detecting a first event, in a case that the operation status of the first communication terminal is a first status in which there is a request for a communication connection between the first communication terminal and a second communication terminal; determining whether the first event associated with a communication status between the first communication terminal and second communication terminal conforms to a predetermined trigger condition; controlling a display of a scenario interface corresponding to the predetermined trigger condition according to a predetermined corresponding relation between the trigger condition and the scenario interface if it is determined that the first event conforms to the trigger condition. | 08-15-2013 |
20130212482 | COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INTERFACE FOR USER FRIENDLY INTERACTIVE ACCESS TO ONLINE SERVICES - A method and a system for connecting a service provider and a user at a remote location relative to the service provider, via a network based telecommunications device, are provided. The method includes utilizing a network operable terminal for transmitting communications between the service provider and the user, employing a display screen depicting a user selectable options menu, corresponding with service functions offered by the service provider, and enabling the user to choose an option from the user selectable options menu to initiate a corresponding communication to the service provider. The system includes a user operable terminal including a user interface display screen with user selectable menu options that are changeable in accordance with differing modes of operation, an internal processing unit configured for providing at least one selectable menu option; and a gateway service platform configured for transmitting an option selected from the at least one selectable menu option to and from one of the user or the provider. | 08-15-2013 |
20130219281 | PROCESSOR ENGINE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREFOR - A processor engine for improving at least one identified website's profile comprises at least one processor arranged to: select and load at least one target list comprising at least one website whose profile is to be improved; create ( | 08-22-2013 |
20130219282 | OPTIMIZING CONTENT PRODUCTION BASED UPON DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL METRICS - Embodiments are directed towards determining an overall success of a plurality of features and recommending a subset of those features to a user for generating new content. For each feature that is associated with content, an overall success may be determined based on a success of each of a plurality of content that the feature is associated. A subset of the features may be displayed to the user—from which the user can select features to utilize for generating the new content. Based on the features selected by the user, the displayed features may be dynamically updated to include one or more recommended features. A feature may be recommended to the user based on a combination of the overall success of each selected feature and the overall success of each recommended feature. The selected features may be utilized to create the new content. | 08-22-2013 |
20130219283 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The display apparatus includes: a display device; an image processor which processes an image to display the image on the display device; a communication unit which communicates with at least one first external device in which content data are stored and at least one second external device in which an application is installed to process the content data; and a controller which controls the image processor to communicate with the first and second external devices and display a user interface (UI) image corresponding to the content data and the application on the display device, and controls the processing operation of the application with respect to the content data through the UI image. | 08-22-2013 |
20130227421 | Reading Performance System - A system for enhancing reading performance operates on a network-connected server with software executing from a non transitory medium at the server providing an interactive interface for a user connected to the server via a browser link. There is a data repository coupled to the server. The interactive interface provides a word search exercise for the user for improving the user's reading performance, displays a passage comprising a first number of words and a search list with a second number of words that each appear at least once in the passage, the second number smaller than the first number, and when the user clicks on every word in the passage for a word that appears in the search list, that word is indicated in the list as found, until all the words in the search list have been indicated as found. | 08-29-2013 |
20130227422 | ENTERPRISE PORTAL SMART WORKLIST - The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems optimizing enterprise portal smart worklists. A computer-implemented method includes receiving a navigation request by a user for an enterprise portal page associated with a navigation node view of a navigation node, receiving at least one user action associated with the enterprise portal page, determining, using at least one computer, whether the at least one user action is substantive, determining whether multiple navigation requests for the enterprise portal page have been made by the user, and determining whether the navigation request is associated with a collaborative group. | 08-29-2013 |
20130227423 | REMOTE USER INTERFACE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A remote User Interface (UI) providing apparatus and method are provided. To this end, a remote UI server generates a profile ID of a remote UI client, and the remote UI client requests and provides a UI by using the generated profile ID. The remote UI server provides generation information for UI generation to the remote UI client, and the remote UI client generates a UI suitable for the remote UI client by using the provided generation information. Thus, the amount of data processed in the remote UI client or the remote UI server and overhead between the remote UI client and the remote UI server are reduced, thereby quickly providing an apparatus-suitable UI. | 08-29-2013 |
20130232424 | USER OPERATION DETECTION SYSTEM AND USER OPERATION DETECTION METHOD - The present invention provides a system for detecting and recording a user operation with respect to a web application. This system extracts from an application screen both a character string input element for the user to input a character string and an execution instruction element for instructing the web application to execute a prescribed operation. This system infers the role of the character string input element and execution instruction element in the web application. This system associates the character string input element with the execution instruction element, and extracts an inputted character string, which is inputted to the character string input element. This system creates user operation record data, which is recorded with a user operation, based on template data and the inputted character string. | 09-05-2013 |
20130239005 | TECHNIQUES FOR REMOTE PRESENCE SUBSCRIPTION - Techniques for remote presence subscription are described. In an embodiment, a technique may include presenting a view interface to a client, where the client user may select what kind of presence information, and for whom, they would like to receive. The techniques may further comprise receiving a selection of presence data through the view interface from the client; creating a view from the selection at a web service; translating the view into a request having a protocol useable by a presence server to retrieve information for the view; requesting and receiving the information for the view using the request; and providing the information for the view to the client. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 09-12-2013 |
20130239006 | AGGREGATOR, FILTER AND DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR ONLINE CONTEXT DEPENDENT INTERACTION, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method of providing information to a user is provided. The method includes; establishing an user system interface between a client device and an information system; processing informal queries input from the client device with at least one neural network that converts the informal queries from the client device into formal queries; storing interface context in a browser of the client device, the interface context created in forming formal queries from informal queries, wherein the client device contains unique interface context in the client device's browser that is secure to the client device, the interface context aiding in the determination of future formal queries from future informal queries; searching at least one database in response to the formal queries; and providing responses to the informal queries processed by the neural network to a user through the client device. | 09-12-2013 |
20130239007 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SIMULATING AN ONLINE SESSION - A method and system for conducting an offline session simulating an online session between a client and server in a network environment. The client imports data and functional logic from the server prior to going offline. The imported functional logic is embedded into a format or document that is capable of being interpreted and performed by the local interface at the client that is used to interact with server during an online session. Whether offline or online, the user utilizes the same local interface at the client to transmit instructions to the functional logic in order to manipulate the data. In an offline session, such instructions cause the imported and embedded functional logic to execute, thereby manipulating the data that is imported at the client. Known synchronization methods may also be used in order to maintain consistency and coherency between the imported data at the client and the database at the server. | 09-12-2013 |
20130239008 | System And Method For Automatically And Graphically Associating Programmatically-Generated Media Item Recommendations Related To A User's Socially Recommended Media Items - A system and method for automatically, programmatically generating media item recommendations on a graphical user interface (GUI) based on a friend media item recommendation selected by a user. For example, a social media item recommendation list comprising one or more social media item recommendations is received. Further, a programmatically-generated media item recommendation list comprising one or more programmatically-generated media item recommendations is received. The social media item recommendation list is displayed in a first area on the user interface. The programmatically-generated media item recommendation list is displayed in a second area on the user interface different from the first area. | 09-12-2013 |
20130239009 | MULTI-PARTY VIRTUAL DESKTOP - In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a plurality of tiles on a user's computer screen, each of the tiles comprising shared data, and receiving new shared data and processing the new shared data to update the shared data displayed on the user's computer screen. The shared data is collected at a centralized device and distributed by the centralized device to the user, the centralized device operable to organize and transmit the shared data contained in one or more of the tiles to a plurality of users. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein. | 09-12-2013 |
20130246925 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA AND POLICIES - In one embodiment, a method is provided and includes capturing a plurality of packet streams, recreating a plurality of flows from the packet streams, and analyzing the flows to identify one or more incidents. The incidents indentify one or more pieces of data. The incidents are filtered and the incidents are rendered on a display for an end user that initiated the filtering operation. In other embodiments, the display allows the end user to view a selected one of a group of attributes for the incidents. The display allows the end user to open a captured object associated with a specific incident. In still other embodiments, the display allows a user to filter the incidents using a selected one of a group of group options such as content, destination IP, destination location, destination port, filename, host IP, etc. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246926 | DYNAMIC CONTENT UPDATING BASED ON USER ACTIVITY - A software application is disclosed for updating content for presentation on a user's computer. A user's activity is monitored to determine one or more portions of the content likely to appeal to the user's interests. Techniques such as eye tracking, mouse pointer tracking, time spent on displayed area, etc., may be used to make such determinations. Information within the determined portions may be sent to another computer, such as a web server, where the information can be used to create and/or gather new content based on the information within the determined portions, which is subsequently returned to the sending computer. The content for presentation is updated based on the new content received. The new content can include displays, advertisements, video, and audio. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246927 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PERFORMING ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A PORTAL - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for performing actions associated with a portal. These mechanisms and methods for performing actions associated with a portal can enable an improved user experience, increased efficiency, optimized productivity, etc. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246928 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE - The invention concerns a portable user interface and a system utilizing the user interface for the collection and processing of information relating to elevator maintenance. Said user interface comprises means for transferring information between the user interface and an elevator control unit and between the user interface and an elevator maintenance database server. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246929 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING VIRTUAL GOODS OVER THE INTERNET - A Virtual Collectible Distribution Network generates and distributes Virtual Collectible objects, each potentially possessing unique properties, over a computer network such as the Internet, to a group of users. The Distribution Network utilizes a client-server system. The client software can be standalone or embedded in another application, such as a web browser or game. In one scenario, the client software observes certain behaviors of the user, and communicates such behavior to the server, which process is transparent to the user. The server, based on the communications from the client, predefined algorithm, and other factors, may decide to award the user with a Virtual Collectible. | 09-19-2013 |
20130254668 | INTELLIGENT DEVICE-CONFIGURABLE ICONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an icon for display by a user interface from an automation device that the icon depicts. Specifically, present embodiments are directed to methods and systems capable of detecting, with processing circuitry of an automation device, a shell program on a workstation via an automation control network. Further, embodiments are capable of providing icon configuration data to the shell program from the automation device, wherein the configuration data controls characteristics of an icon representative of the automation device for display in a visualization of the workstation. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254669 | DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR SET-TOP BOX WIDGETS - A network device presents a widget development web user interface to a user, and receives code for script of a widget from the user via the web user interface. The network device receives a selection of a type of set-top box (STB) from a list of multiple types of STBs from the user via the web user interface. The network device receives a selection of a STB environment, from a list of STB environments, associated with the selected type of STB. The network device executes the script of the widget within the selected type of STB having the selected STB environment to test the widget. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254670 | User Interfaces for Displaying Geographic Information - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide user interfaces for overlaying a displayed image of a geographic area with graphical information derived from a plurality of data layers that are received in response to a search query. The graphical information includes graphical indications derived from or included in the first one of the plurality of the data layers that show the locations of the subset of the plurality of land parcels in the geographic area. Other information is also overlaid on the image of the geographic area. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254671 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PERFORMING ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A PORTAL - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for performing actions associated with a portal. These mechanisms and methods for performing actions associated with a portal can enable an improved user experience, increased efficiency, optimized productivity, etc. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254672 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention transmits first processing request data in accordance with the content of a user instruction through an operation screen displayed on a Web browser to a Web server, receives a request based on the first processing request data from the Web server, and executes processing in accordance with the received response data. Moreover, before completion of the execution of the processing, the information processing apparatus transmits second processing request data to the Web server at the timing specified by the Web server, and displays an operation screen indicating the state of the processing according to response data received from the Web server. | 09-26-2013 |
20130263006 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT CHANNELS USING USER FEEDBACK - An apparatus and method of generating a content channel that includes accessing a list of content assets, utilizing one or more content assets as settings for the content channel, and selecting additional content assets. The selection is based on the settings. The content channel is generated based on the additional content assets. | 10-03-2013 |
20130263007 | MEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF MOBILE DEVICES - An interactive media management server that facilitates management of interactive media and delivery of such interactive media. It comprises a first interface to an interactive media distribution server communicatively coupled to a plurality of mobile devices, and a second interface to a service provider system or a content provider system. It comprises a manager module for managing creation, distribution and tracking of a plurality of interactive media. The manager module, via the second interface, manages the delivery of the plurality of interactive media from the service provider system or the content provider system, and the communication of user responses to the plurality of interactive media to the corresponding service provider system or content provider system. | 10-03-2013 |
20130268862 | POINT CLOUD DATA HIERARCHY - One embodiment is directed to a system for presenting views of a very large point data set, comprising: a storage system comprising data representing a point cloud comprising a very large number of associated points; a controller operatively coupled to the storage cluster and configured to automatically and deterministically organize the point data into an octree hierarchy of data sectors, each of which is representative of one or more of the points at a given octree mesh resolution; and a user interface through which a user may select a viewing perspective origin and vector, which may be utilized to command the controller to assemble an image based at least in part upon the selected origin and vector, the image comprising a plurality of data sectors pulled from the octree hierarchy. | 10-10-2013 |
20130275878 | METHOD, DEVICE, SERVER, AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR BROWSING WEB PAGES - The present invention, pertaining to the field of communications technologies, discloses a method, device, server, and mobile terminal for browsing web pages. The method includes: acquiring a web page requested by a user terminal; dividing the web page into at least two subpages when the number of bytes on the web page requested by the user terminal is larger than the number of bytes per subpage as predetermined by the user terminal; and sending a first subpage of the at least two subpages to the user terminal, and sending the link(s) of the subpage(s) other than the first subpage to the user terminal, so that the user terminal browses the web page according to the first subpage and the link(s). The device includes: a first acquiring module, a page dividing module, and a sending module. The mobile terminal includes: a sending module, a receiving module, and a browsing module. The present invention improves the browsing speed and operation speed, but also saves network traffic of the mobile terminal. | 10-17-2013 |
20130283177 | PORTABLE APPARATUS COMPRISING TOUCH SCREENS FOR BROWSING INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON SCREEN OF EXTERNAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BROWSING INFORMATION THEREOF - A portable apparatus comprising a touch screen for browsing information displayed on a screen of an external apparatus and a method for browsing information thereof are provided. The method includes displaying a link area included in the web page displayed on the screen of the external apparatus on the touch screen of the portable apparatus, in response to a first gesture of a user on the touch screen, magnifying the link area displayed on the touch screen, and in response to a second gesture of the user on the magnified link area transmitting information regarding displaying another web page related to the link area on the screen of the external apparatus from the portable apparatus to the external apparatus. Accordingly, users may browse information displayed on a screen of an external apparatus using a portable apparatus having a touch screen swiftly and conveniently. | 10-24-2013 |
20130283178 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING OF SYSTEM CONTENT FOR BUSINESSES - A method and system of managing content at a network site can allow easier use by business users. A higher level of abstraction can be used to allow business users to create their own objects that may reference or contain other objects or records as managed by a content management system. Business users do not have to learn programming code in order to work those objects, which are content types. A graphical user interface (“GUI”) can be used to help the business users to create, modify, and delete content types. The GUI and the ability for business users to the create content types greatly shortens the time between receiving software to operate a network site and launching content at that network site. | 10-24-2013 |
20130283179 | USER INTERFACE FOR COLLECTING CRITERIA AND ESTIMATING DELIVERY PARAMETERS - The present invention relates generally to a method of identifying data delivery parameters relating to delivery of data accessible from a network location via a communications service provider. Embodiments of the invention are particularly well suited to identifying delivery parameters when the delivery of data is metered, such as when data are delivered to terminals connected to mobile networks. | 10-24-2013 |
20130290855 | Virtual shared office bulletin board - A method is provided for sharing files between computers. The method includes presenting an interface of a bulletin board application in a program window on a desktop of a computer. The user interface includes a background and file icons on the background. The background includes an image of a bulletin board. The file icons each includes an image of a corresponding physical media and the file icons represents shared files that are accessible to the computer and other computers. | 10-31-2013 |
20130305159 | Flip Ahead - In one or more embodiments, a flip ahead input, such as a gesture, provides touch users with an ability to easily navigate various websites. The flip ahead input can be utilized to advance to the next portion of relevant content. In at least some embodiments, the flip ahead input resides in the form of a forward swipe. In one or more embodiments, the flip ahead input is configured to be utilized in association with an aggregated browsing history from multiple users. The aggregated browsing history is analyzed to generate rules that are then downloaded to a client device and used by a suitably-configured web browser to ascertain the next portion of content when a flip ahead input is received. | 11-14-2013 |
20130305160 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT AND VIEWING OF CALENDAR EVENT PARTICIPANT DATA - The present document describes a system and method of managing and viewing calendar data. Calendar data may include, for each of a plurality of calendar events, data items indicating at least one participant and a date of the event. According to some example embodiments, participant brief data including a list of participants of events within a selected date range is generated. At least a portion of the participant brief data may be presented on a display. The participant brief data may also include context data associated with at least one of the participants in the list. | 11-14-2013 |
20130311892 | DIGITAL BUSINESS CARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A digital business card management system for mobile devices includes several mobile devices and a cloud server. A user can edit a digital business card in a mobile device and upload it to the cloud server. The cloud server allows users who know each other to download each other's digital business card. When the content of a digital business card is changed, the cloud server sends a notification to people with the privilege to view the business card. The invention makes it easier for the user to manage digital business cards and obtain the most up-to-date card information. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311893 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FOR COMMUNICATIONS USING DISTRIBUTION LISTS - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are described that determine a subset of users from a predefined distribution list based on a common characteristic of members of the subset. A common characteristic may be the fact that members of the subset have been determined to be proximate the source user's device. The source user may communicate (e.g., share content) with members of the identified subset through selection of the distribution list, while non-members of the subset would be excluded from the communication. | 11-21-2013 |
20130332839 | CROSS-PLATFORM SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT INTERFACE - A method includes presenting a user interface providing access to content from multiple content providers and receiving, via the user interface, user input indicating selection criteria for recommending content. The selection criteria include an amount of time available to the user. The method includes providing, to a network device, an indication of the selection criteria and receiving, from the network device, information for providing recommended content options based on the selection criteria. The recommended content options are available from different content providers of the multiple content providers. The method includes presenting, to the user and via the interface, the recommended content options in association with the selection criteria. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332840 | IMAGE APPLICATION FOR CREATING AND SHARING IMAGE STREAMS - Some embodiments provide tools that allow a user to share content on one device with multiple other users using different devices. The content sharing tools allow the user to (1) create a shared stream that represents a set of shared content and (2) invite one or more recipients to subscribe to the shared stream. When a recipient subscribes to the shared stream, the set of content is streamed across one or more of his or her devices. In some embodiments, the content sharing tools are provided as part of an image organizing and editing application. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332841 | INTEGRATED TOOLS FOR CREATING AND SHARING IMAGE STREAMS - Some embodiments provide tools that allow a user to share content on one device with multiple other users using different devices. The content sharing tools allow the user to (1) create a shared stream that represents a set of shared content and (2) invite one or more recipients to subscribe to the shared stream. When a recipient subscribes to the shared stream, the set of content is streamed across one or more of his or her devices. In some embodiments, the content sharing tools are integrated into an operating system of a device. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332842 | Systems and Methods of Selecting Content Items - A method of selecting content items is performed by an electronic device having one or more processors and memory. The memory stores one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors. The method includes providing a first content item to a first user. The first content item is selected from a plurality of available content items, such as audio tracks or videos. The first user provides feedback relating to the first content item, and the feedback is used to adjust content item selection criteria for a second user distinct from the first user. The method includes receiving a request for a content item from the second user and selecting a content item from the plurality of available content items for the second user according to the adjusted content item selection criteria. The selected content item is then provided to the second user. | 12-12-2013 |
20130339866 | FACILITATING ACCESSING AND DISPLAYING NETWORK CONTENT - An informational component for accessing and displaying content includes a definition for rendering a graphical user interface within which content may be served from one or more network locations and presented independent from another application. The informational component may include one or more of a definition of a content element. The definition of the content element may reference a network location from which the content element may be transmitted. The content element may be presented within the graphical user interface. A provider of an informational component or informational components may thus create customized displays within which intended content may be rendered. An application component may be used in association with the informational component to manage the collection, organization, sharing, and rendering of a plurality of such informational components. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339867 | DISPLAYING TIME-VARYING INTERNET BASED DATA IN NETWORK INFORMATION MONITOR - A software component for accessing and displaying time-varying Internet content includes a definition for rendering a graphical user interface and a URL pointing to the time-varying Internet content to be downloaded and presented within said user interface. A component provider may create displays of Internet content which vary as a function of the varying of the time-varying Internet content. In one example, the graphical user interface includes an image, and the image varies in order to illustrate the varying of the time-varying data. | 12-19-2013 |
20130346872 | INPUT METHOD EDITOR APPLICATION PLATFORM - An input method editor (IME) provides a distributed platform architecture that enables associating multiple applications with the IME to provide extended functionalities. The presentations of the applications, such as skins, may be different from each other and that of the IME. The applications may be represented in a manifest file that is human-readable and editable. The IME collects multiple parameters relating to a user input into a host application including a query input by the user and a scenario of the host application, and selects one or more applications to provide candidates based on a score or ranking of the applications under the collected multiple parameters. Machine-learning may be used to improve the score or ranking. The candidates may include text candidates, rich candidates, and informative candidates. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346873 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REPRESENTING A PORTION OF A USER INTERFACE AS A NETWORK ADDRESS - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for representing a portion of a user interface of a web browser as a web address. In some implementations, a computing device receives a request to encode as a web address a portion of a user interface provided in a web browser at the computing device. The computing device then generates a web address to identify content of the portion of the user interface. The portion of the user interface represented by the web address includes a primary user interface component and one or more secondary user interface components associated with the primary user interface component. | 12-26-2013 |
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20140006961 | DIGITAL LINK VIEWER | 01-02-2014 |
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20140006963 | DYNAMICALLY GENERATING AGGREGATE TABLES | 01-02-2014 |
20140006964 | System and Method for Storing Data Files in Personal Devices and a network | 01-02-2014 |
20140019867 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING AND RECOMMENDING CONTENT - An approach is presented for sharing, discovering, and/or recommending content items associated with user information and/or other content items. A service provider determines an input from at least one user for selecting at least one object depicted in at least one media item. Further, the service provider determines at least one location associated with the at least one object. Furthermore, the service provider causes an association of the at least one user with the at least one location. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019868 | NAVIGATING AMONG CONTENT ITEMS IN A SET - Methods, and systems, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable storage mediums, including a method for navigating among content items in a set. The method includes receiving a selection of a content item that is presented in association with a resource page, the content item referencing a results page; determining a plurality of content items that are related to but different from the results page; pre-loading one or more of the plurality of content items; providing the results page in an interface along with one or more controls for enabling a user to navigate among the plurality of content items without having to navigate back to the resource page first; and providing the pre-loaded content items with the results page to enable fast display of the pre-loaded content items upon navigation from the results page to a selected one of the pre-loaded content items using the control. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019869 | RELAYING DEVICE - The relaying device may generate a first type of image data selection screen data for causing the display unit of the image processing device to display a first type of image data selection screen having a first display pattern, in a case where the folder type information regarding the selected folder indicates that the selected folder is a first type of folder used for storing a first type of image data. The relaying device may generate a second type of image data selection screen data for causing the display unit of the image processing device to display a second type of image data selection screen having a second display pattern which is different from the first display pattern, in a case where the folder type information regarding the selected folder indicates that the selected folder is a second type of folder used for storing a second type of image data. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019870 | CO-BROWSING BETWEEN ONE OR MORE OPERATORS AND ONE OR MORE VISITORS - Apparatuses, computer readable mediums, and methods of co-browsing between a visitor and an operator are disclosed. The method may include sending the first UI event to the visitor, receiving from the visitor a first webpage data update indicating a first update to the active tab based on the first UI event, and sending the first webpage data update to the operator, on a condition of receiving a first user interface (UI) event regarding an active tab from the operator. The method may include sending the second webpage data update to the operator indicating the update to the active tab, on a condition of receiving a second webpage data update from the visitor indicating a second update to the active tab. If updates are received from both the visitor and operator a precedence may be used to determine which to process. Updates may be used to determine an active tab. | 01-16-2014 |
20140026060 | MOBILE DEVICE INTEGRATION WITH WLAN FUNCTIONALITY - A graphical user interface for a mobile device presents a primary GUI indicating functions and operations of the mobile device. A WLAN GUI is also presented on the display, indicating connectivity aspects of the mobile device regarding WLANs. The WLAN GUI is immediately accessible directly from the primary GUI as the next presented display in response to user interaction with the primary GUI. An additional WLAN GUI may be presented indicating the WLAN access point which is connected to the mobile device and indicating which WLAN access point is downloading or uploading data to the mobile device. | 01-23-2014 |
20140033056 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A MEMO FUNCTION BASED ON A CLOUD SERVICE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method and system perform a memo function based on a cloud service and an electronic device supports the memo function. A user may enter and edit a memo on a thumbnail view screen and share the memo with other users. The method includes displaying a thumbnail view screen representing content items stored in a cloud server providing cloud services as thumbnails; detecting memo input on the thumbnail view screen; and storing an input memo in association with the thumbnail view screen. | 01-30-2014 |
20140033057 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INFORMATION IN A MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention discloses a method, an apparatus, and a system for managing information in a mobile device having one or more processors and memory for storing program modules to be executed by the processors. The mobile device is connected to a computer through a wireless local area network (WLAN). The method includes: sending, by the mobile device, local device management information to the computer through the WLAN, wherein the local device management information is used by the computer for generating a graphical user interface to a user of the computer; receiving, by the mobile device, information management instructions, wherein the information management instructions are generated by the computer based on user inputs through the graphical user interface; and managing, by the mobile device, information in the mobile device according to the information management instructions. The apparatus and the system include modules and programs to implement the method. | 01-30-2014 |
20140040752 | Method and Apparatus for information exchange over a web based environment - Exchange information through the World Wide Web is a way of life in modern society. The innovated dynamic workspace technology of present invention allows people much efficiently and flexibly to exchange information across a global environment. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040753 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DYNAMIC VISUAL BROWSING - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to present a first plurality of visible images indicating a corresponding group of visible element navigation pathways associated with a first level of an online marketplace, receive a selection of one of the first plurality of visual images to provide a selected image, and navigate to a second level of the online marketplace along the visible element navigation pathways by presenting a second plurality of visible images representing one of a super-category including the selected image and a sub-category included in the selected image, wherein the first and second levels form part of at least three levels of visual navigation. Selections may be saved for future manipulation, review, and navigation as a collection of thumbtacked images. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040754 | ADAPTIVE MAPPING OF SEARCH RESULTS - Systems and method are provided for updating the presentation of a map based on search request information. The method may display, at a computing device, an interface that includes a search mode view of a map and a search box. Additionally, the method may receive input into the search box. The input may cause a display of a menu that includes a list of geographic locations according to the received input. Furthermore, the method may display visual indicators on the search mode view of the map according to the list of geographic locations. Moreover, the method may receive selection input corresponding to a selected geographic location from the list of geographic locations. Subsequently, the method may update the interface by replacing the search mode view with a confirmed mode view. The confirmed mode view may include a selection highlight indicator that corresponds to the selected geographic location. | 02-06-2014 |
20140047345 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING WORKSPACE ACTIVITY - A method, system and apparatus for tracking workspace activity are provided. At a device comprising a processor, a memory, a communication interface, and a display, it is determined when each of two different workspaces are active, the two different workspaces distinguished by one or more of stored data at the memory and applications being associated with one or another of the two different workspaces. Respective times that each of the two different workspaces are active are transmitted, via the communication interface, to a server. | 02-13-2014 |
20140047346 | USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS FOR TRANSPORTATION SHARING - In embodiments, a shared-transportation user interface element (“STE”) may facilitate sharing of transportation for a location described in a web page. Code for the STE may be generated based on location or other information for the location and may be included in, or otherwise referred to by, the web page. A user may later request the web page during which the web page and the STE may be rendered. In embodiment, the STE may take the form of a button. The user may then activate the STE, which may in turn cause the code for the STE to trigger a matching of shared transportation using a shared-transportation matching module. Other embodiments, may be described and claimed. | 02-13-2014 |
20140047347 | COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSPORTATION ROUTE MODIFICATIONS - A portable wireless data transfer and display device comprises a user interface, a communication module, a display, and a short-range wireless communication module configured to wirelessly receive vehicle data from a data acquisition device mounted inside a vehicle when in close proximity to the data acquisition device. The device is configured to accept inputs of driver information from a user, to send the vehicle data and the driver information through the communication module to a network device via a long-range wireless network, and to receive one or more work requests from the network device via the long-range wireless network. The device is configured to present the work request via the display, to accept an input from a driver responding to the work request, and to forward the input from the driver to the network device via the long-range wireless communication module and the long-range wireless network. | 02-13-2014 |
20140047348 | Identifying Communication Clients - A computer-implemented method for facilitating the identification of communication clients via a user interface is provided. The communication clients use a communication protocol capable of supporting a plurality of clients which are addressable using a common address of record. At least a first and a second communication client associated with a common address of record are identified. At least one parameter associated with messaging involving the first and second communication clients is selected. The messaging uses the communication protocol. First and second, different, client-specific identifiers for the first and second communication clients respectively are generated based at least partly on the selected at least one parameter. The first and second client-specific identifiers facilitate identification of and disambiguation between the first and second communication clients by a user. At least the first and second client-specific identifiers are transmitted for output to the user via the user interface. | 02-13-2014 |
20140053074 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND UTILIZING A CLOUD SERVICE-BASED CONTENT SHORTCUT OBJECT - A method and apparatus generate and utilize a shortcut object providing direct access to the content view of the content items stored in a cloud server for sharing. A shortcut object generation method of a terminal served by a cloud server includes receiving a first information related to a first content view screen presenting objects representing content stored in a cloud server; displaying the first content view screen based on the first information; detecting an input signal requesting generation of a shortcut object on the first content view screen; extracting a second information related to the shortcut object from the first information; and generating the shortcut object for providing access to a second content view screen based on the second information, with the shortcut object including an access address to request the second content view screen. | 02-20-2014 |
20140053075 | CONTENT SUPPLYING APPARATUS, CONTENT SUPPLYING METHOD, PORTAL SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM - Disclosed is a content supplying apparatus or the like which can supply information, to be needed by a user quickly, even if a browsing environment of a portal site is different. | 02-20-2014 |
20140059443 | SOCIAL NETWORK FOR MEDIA TOPICS OF INFORMATION RELATING TO THE SCIENCE OF POSITIVISM - Social media network environment for topics of information to impact social measurements, bringing generational awareness to improve community cultural and economic values. The network environment is a platform for sharing knowledge relating to fashion media, model media, and dress code media “FMDC” for human observations. The platform extracts database information and analyzes queried occurrences to identify stored patterns for communications through a centralized system, providing substance of things hoped for, revealing the evidence of things not commonly seen, which is CHANGE. CHANGE is embraced for sustainable cultural independence, for by CHANGE the society receives good reports that things which are seen were not spiritually made of things which do appear, but are made through creative minds and discoveries that may lead to economic growth, not as a means of inquiry, but rather as a dimension of social sustainability to gracefully improve corporate and community cultural interest through economic vision. | 02-27-2014 |
20140059444 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE BROWSING - The present invention provides a method, apparatus and system for remote browsing, which allows a URL visited by a first browser of a first terminal to be connected through a browser installed in at least one different terminal. A method for remote browsing comprises displaying a list indicating at least one device equipped with a browse function among a plurality of devices connected to a network; selecting a device from the list according to a device selection signal; and i requesting connection to a webpage by using a browser installed in the selected device. Therefore, information received by a mobile device can be played in a better environment without introducing a cumbersome procedure. | 02-27-2014 |
20140068448 | PRODUCTION DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM UTILITY - A method can include providing an object that represents at least selected menu items that contextualize a graphical user interface rendered by an instance of a production data management system framework in conjunction with data from at least one data source; receiving a request to store the contextualized graphical user interface; responsive to the request, serializing the object to mark-up language; and storing the mark-up language as a file to a data storage device, the file configured for subsequent deserializing of the mark-up language for generating a copy of the object and for rendering of the contextualized graphical user interface according to the copy of the object. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068449 | Method and System for Distributing and Displaying Graphical Items - A subset of graphical display items, in a set of graphical display items stored in the one or more electronic storage devices, that have not previously been viewed by a user is determined. A graphical display item is selected from a subset of graphical display items. The graphical display item may be selected according to an order, or selected randomly. An initial display item and the selected graphical display item are electronically transmitted to a user computing device. The initial display item and the selected graphical display item are configured such that the selected graphical display item is displayed on a display device of the user computing device in response to the user selecting the initial display item when the initial display item is displayed on the display device. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068450 | Personalized Curation and Customized Social Interaction - A method of enhancing a network-based publication system with curator lists is disclosed. Information pertaining to an item is received from a submitter of a listing of the item on a network-based publication system. Metadata pertaining to the information about the item is received from a curator of the information pertaining to the item. A presentation of the information on a curator list is controlled based on the metadata. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068451 | Displaying Place-Related Content On A Mobile Device - A computer-implemented method of presenting place-related content on a computing device entails, in response to receiving input identifying a place, obtaining place-related content for the place from a place database that stores place-related data related to each one of a plurality of places and presenting the place-related content from the place database in a consolidated place-specific view. This technology provides a place-centric view that presents a consolidated view of place-related content for a selected place. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068452 | Communication Sessions - Measures for moving an established communication session in a telecommunications network, the communication session being established between a first device in a plurality of user devices associated with a user and a remote device associated with a remote party, to a second device in the plurality. On the basis of prioritisation data indicating a prioritisation of at least one user device in the plurality over at least one other user device in the plurality for moving the established communication session to, a user interface on a given device in the plurality is configured to display at least one communication session move option to the user. User input is received via the user interface indicating selection of the displayed at least one communication session move option by the user. Move of the established communication from the first device in the plurality to the second device in the plurality is initiated. | 03-06-2014 |
20140075324 | Automated Graphical User-Interface Layout - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to automatic generation of dynamically changing layouts for a graphical user-interface. Specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure employ analysis of an image associated with the view (e.g., either the current view or a future view) of the graphical user-interface to determine colors that are complementary to the image. The colors are applied to the view, such that the color scheme of the view matches the image. | 03-13-2014 |
20140082504 | CONTINUOUS DATA DELIVERY WITH ENERGY CONSERVATION - A device may be configured to receive data in a substantially continuous manner and to present the data to a user. The data may be presented to the user at different presentation rates including at least a first presentation rate and a second presentation rate. For example, the device may be configured to present the data at the first presentation rate until a threshold condition is satisfied, and to then present the data at the second presentation rate. In one embodiment, the first presentation rate may be a rate slower that normally used for the type of data received, which may allow the device to buffer some of the received data in a device memory. Once the amount of buffered data reaches a threshold level in the memory, the device may then increase to the second presentation rate (e.g., the presentation rate typically used for the type of data received). | 03-20-2014 |
20140082505 | Displaying Aggregated Social Networking System User Information Via A Map Interface - A map interface presents a geographic map with markers identifying geographic locations associated with content items. When the geographic distance between two or more content items is less than a threshold distance, multiple content items are grouped to create an aggregated content item. Based on the geographic locations associated with the grouped content items, a geographic location is associated with the aggregated content item. A single marker identifies the geographic location for the aggregated content item on the geographic map. When a user viewing the map interface accesses the single marker, content selected from the content items combined to generated the aggregated content item is presented as well as the geographic location associated with the aggregated content item. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082506 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIDGET RENDERING AND SHARING ON A PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Systems and methods for providing, sharing, storing and playing widgets and associated media content on a personal audiovisual device, such as a digital photo frame, are described. In one implementation, widgets may be selected by a user for rendering based on capabilities of a user's device, with the widgets then provided to the device for playback. Digital content such as audio files, images, and/or video may be rendered in conjunction with playback of the widget. Widgets may be shared between users so as to facilitate sharing of media content. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082507 | INTERACTIVE MULTI-SCREEN SERVICE CONTENT DELIVERY METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for delivering interactive multi-screen service content in a multi-screen service content delivery system as well as a server and user terminal for implementing the method. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of delivering multi-screen content from a server to a plurality of user terminals simultaneously in a multi-screen content delivery system comprises: providing an interactive media document form the server to the plurality of user terminals wherein the interactive media document comprises an identification of the multi-screen content and a plurality of time options for playing or downloading the multi-screen content and the server collecting a plurality of user-selected time options and multicasting or broadcasting the multi-screen content according to the selected time options such that broadcast/multicast technique is used as much as possible for simultaneous video content delivery to a plurality of user to improve the efficiency of network utilization. | 03-20-2014 |
20140089810 | Real Time Visualization of Network Information - A user equipment (UE) comprising a display, a visual input configured to capture motion or stop photography as visual data, a receiver configured to receive network data associated with a network element (NE) from a server, and a processor coupled to the display, visual input, and receiver and configured to receive visual data from the visual input, receive the network data from the server via the receiver, overlay the network data on the visual data to create composite image, and transmit the composite image to the display. Also disclosed is a network comprising a server configured to store network data in memory, wherein the network data comprises the physical location of a plurality of NEs in the network, receive field of view data from a UE, wherein the field of view data defines the field of view of a visual input of the UE, and transmit to the UE a network data response message comprising the network data for each NE physically located in the UE visual input's field of view. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089811 | Method of Providing Street View Data of a Real Estate Property - Video drive-by data provides a street level view of a neighborhood surrounding a selected geographic location. A video and data server farm incorporates a video storage server that stores video image files containing video drive-by data corresponding to a geographic location, a database server that processes a data query received from a user over the Internet corresponding to a geographic location of interest, and an image processing server. In operation, the database server identifies video image files stored in the video storage server that correspond to the geographic location of interest contained in the data query and transfers the video image files over a pre-processing network to the image processing server. The image processing server converts the video drive-by data to post-processed video data corresponding to a desired image format and transfers the post-processed video data via a post-processing network to the Internet in response to the query. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089812 | SYSTEM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A system includes: an information processing apparatus including a first memory and a first processor coupled to the first memory and configured to: output first information representing a first display area of a first image which is set as a first operation target in accordance with a first operation; and a terminal apparatus including a second memory and a second processor coupled to the second memory and configured to: accept the first operation input by a user, extract first image data of the first image from a second image displayed on a screen of the terminal apparatus, based on the first information, and store the first image data in the second memory. | 03-27-2014 |
20140096015 | Online Image and Text-Based Project Creation, Editing, and Order Fulfillment Service - A project network service includes a server connected to the network, the server having access to least one processor and at least one data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function establishing a client-server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance, a second function registering at least one individual to use the service, a third function initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users through a graphics user interface (GUI), a fourth function accepting data input and asset contributions from the one or more users, a fifth function recording and applying the input, a sixth function facilitating a transaction for at least one project created through the GUI, and a seventh function orchestrating and managing production and delivery of the project to the one or more users. | 04-03-2014 |
20140096016 | Methods for Mitigating Coordinated Movement of a Digital Image Displayed in an Electonic Interface as a Fractal Image - A system includes a server having access to least one processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing for establishing a client-server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in working with the image and/or text-based projects through a graphics user interface (GUI), facilitating division of an image into a fractal image components for presentation on editable canvas in the GUI using more than one photo slot to present the fractal image components, coordinating the positions of the fractal views together, and translating the positional data resulting from the movement of a fractal image component in one photo slot to all of the other photo slots hosting the fractal image presentation. | 04-03-2014 |
20140096017 | Methods for Dynamic Selection and Unification of Style and Photo Effects Across Multiple Photos Presented in a Theme-Based Template on an Electronic Interface - A system for working with image and or text-based projects includes a server, the server having access to least one processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for establishing a client-server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, a second function for initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in working with the image and/or text-based projects through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for tagging project pages and or individual photo slots on those pages with one or more specific photo effects based on context of the project and or based on the most popular stylistic effects learned by the system, and a fourth function for applying the photo effects listed in the tags. | 04-03-2014 |
20140096018 | Methods for Recognizing Digital Images of Persons known to a Customer Creating an Image-Based Project through an Electronic Interface - A system includes a server connected to a network, the server having access to a processor, a data repository, and software executing from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing for establishing a connection to a computing appliance, initiating and maintaining a data session with a user through a graphics user interface (GUI), training a facial recognition system to navigate to an online photo-enabled and to store a facial recognition pattern of at least one photo accessible therethrough, and to collect and store the associated descriptive metadata, associating a name tag from the photo metadata to the facial recognition pattern of the photo, detecting a photo uploaded into the image-based project by the user through the GUI, attempting to match the one or more photos to one or more photos processed by the fourth function, and the one or more photos that significantly match a pre-stored facial recognition pattern. | 04-03-2014 |
20140096019 | Method For Filling In Form Fields On A Mobile Computing Device - A system for creating image and or text-based projects on a computing appliance having a space-constrained display includes a server, the server having access to least one processor, a data repository, and a non-transitory physical medium. Software running from the non-transitory physical medium provides a first function for establishing a client server connection between the server and at least one mobile computing device, a second function for initiating an active data session between a user involved in project creation and or in project editing through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for displaying a field of a multi-field form for text input on the display of the mobile computing appliance, a fourth function for detecting that the field of the multi-field form displayed by the third function is populated, and a fifth function for displaying a next field on the mobile computing device for text input. | 04-03-2014 |
20140096020 | Method for Tracking Theme-Based Digital Assets for Clients engaged in Image-Based Project Creation through an Electronic Interface - A system rendering theme-based digital assets used in creating and editing image and or text-based projects searchable through a graphics user interface (GUI) includes a server connected to a network, the server having access to least one processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing, a first function for tagging each template with multiple tag words relative to template content and function, a second function for forming tag groups from the template tags, a third function for providing a search engine for searching for templates using one or a grouping of the tag words as search input. | 04-03-2014 |
20140096021 | Method for Generating a Common Mosaic Design for the Covers of Photo Projects created through an Electronic Interface - A system for creating image and or text-based projects includes a server, the server having access to a processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for establishing a connection between the server and at least one mobile computing device connected to the network, a second function for initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in project creation and or in project editing through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for providing an image container to visually display images selected by a user to add to a project, a fourth function for enabling view of image properties and selection order of the contained images, and a fifth function for enabling digital manipulation of the images while in the image container. | 04-03-2014 |
20140096022 | Method for Making Relevant Content Proposals based on Information Gleaned from an Image-Based Project Created in an Electronic Interface - A system for creating image and or text-based projects includes a server, the server having access to a processor, a data repository, and a non-transitory physical medium. Software running from the non-transitory physical medium provides a first function for establishing a server connection between the server and a computing appliance, a second function for initiating and maintaining a data session with a user, a third function for gathering information in a project, a fourth function for analyzing the information gathered and developing a list of keywords, a fifth function for searching one or more data sources for images and other assets using one or more of the primary keywords developed by the fourth function, and a sixth function for dynamically presenting one or more digital assets found in the search to the one or more users working on the project. | 04-03-2014 |
20140096023 | LINK CLOUDS AND USER/COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DYNAMIC INTERLINKING OF RESOURCES - A network-based communication and information discovery solution that pertains to network-accessible resources and the use of interlinks among resources. In one embodiment, dynamic interlinking of resources is proposed, wherein the resources reside in a web-based system and are accessible via web-clients. The resources can be representable by an administrator in a graph-like structure interlinking the resources with each other and thus defining a navigation model. An extended navigation model can be implemented by a user-generated, individual or collaborative interlinking functionality. | 04-03-2014 |
20140101560 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A flexible display apparatus is provided. The flexible display apparatus includes a display configured to display a screen, a sensor configured to sense bending of the flexible display apparatus, and a controller configured to perform an operation corresponding to a twist bending when in response to the sensed bending being the is twist bending. The twist bending is a bending in which two bending lines are formed in opposing bending directions and meet at a certain side of the display, a controller configured to perform an operation corresponding to the sensed twist bending. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101561 | USER TERMINAL APPARATUS AND UI PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF, AND SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method for providing a User Interface (UI) of a user terminal apparatus is provided. The method includes when the user terminal apparatus is tagged with an external object including a short-range wireless communication tag, receiving object information stored in the short-range wireless communication tag, determining a category that the external object belongs to based on the received object information, generating a UI based on the external object using a UI element related to the determined category, and displaying the generated UI. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101562 | VIRTUAL MEDIA WITH FOLDER-MOUNT FUNCTION AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MOUNTING ONE OR MORE FILES OR FOLDERS - A graphical user interface used in a virtual media system for allowing a server computer to access objects (files and folders) on storage devices of a client computer. The server is controlled by input signals from the client. The desktop of the client displays a first file management window showing objects on the storage devices, and a second window representing a desktop of the server. Using input devices connected to the client, a user selects objects in the first window and drags and drops them on the second window. In response, the client performs a virtual media mounting process to present the selected objects to the server as objects on a local drive of the server, without presenting any unselected content on the storage devices. The local drive is shown in the second window on the client's desktop to allow the user to explore its content. | 04-10-2014 |
20140108939 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ONLINE CONTENT COLLECTIONS USING A SINGLE PROGRAMMING TOOL - An approach is provided for mapping relevant and up-to-date online content to content collections using a single programming tool. The collection management platform determines one or more content items from one or more content catalogs. The collection management platform causes, at least in part, a mapping of the one or more content items to one or more collection objects. The collection management platform causes, at least in part, a presentation of the one or more collection objects in one or more content stores, one or more content store management systems, or a combination thereof. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108940 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REMOTE COMMUNICATION OVER A NETWORK - A system and method for communicating over a network are presented. Embodiments of the present invention are operable to capture a touch input directly from an electronic visual display coupled to a client device. The touch inputs are then transmitted from the client device to a host device over a network. The host device proceeds to render data in response to the touch input provided by the client device, which is then transmitted back to the client device over the network for display on the client device. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108941 | Method and Apparatus for Automatically Optimizing the Loading of Images in a Cloud-Based Proxy Service - A web page is received at a client device. The web page includes at least one reference to an image. The client device determines a display size of the image. The client device transmits a request for the image, where the request includes an indication of a set of one or more requested dimensions for the image that is equal or substantially equal to the determined display size. The client device receives the image having a size that is equal or substantially equal to the set of requested dimensions, and the client device displays the image. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108942 | Electronic Palette System - The present embodiments provide a system for generating design palettes over a network. In one embodiment, the system comprises a database configured to store design product data corresponding to one or more design features of a plurality of design products. A user interface is configured to allow submission of information specifying one or more requested design features. An e-palette server is in operative communication with the database and the user interface. The e-palette server is configured to receive the requested design features and to generate a subset of the design products. Each design product in the subset of the design products shares at least one design feature in common with the requested design features. An e-palette generator is configured to generate a design palette including at least one design product from the subset of design products and to send the design palette to the user interface for display. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108943 | METHOD FOR BROWSING INTERNET OF THINGS AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for browsing Internet of things (IoT) and an apparatus using the same are provided. In the method for browsing IoT, when a mobile device executes a browser, the browser receives information on IoT devices and displays the IoT devices on a map in the form of an icon. Accordingly, the browser displays the IoT devices on the map in the form of an icon, and provides various IoT services, so that the user can easily search for many IoT devices, connect them and receive services. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108944 | PORTABLE WIRELESS TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND CONTENT REFERENCE SYSTEM - A portable wireless terminal | 04-17-2014 |
20140108945 | CUSTOM OPTIMIZATION OF WEB PAGES - A web page optimization system disclosed herein allows a user to generate web pages that are optimized for use with different user devices. In one implementation of the web page optimization system, a number of master pages and page layouts used to generate the web pages are defined, with each of the master pages defining generalized regions shared by all pages of a website and each of the page layouts defining the content and the arrangement of such content on the web pages. The web page optimization system also defines a number of channels and associates the master pages and the page layouts to the channels. Each of the channels is associated with a user device. The web page optimization system identifies components the user agent string of a web page request, such as the user device generating the request, the browser used to generate the request, etc., and renders a web page in response to such web page request using the master page and the page layout associated with the channel identified by such components of the web page request. | 04-17-2014 |
20140115482 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN OVERLAID WEB SURVEY ICON - The present relates to a computer-implemented method for displaying an overlaid web survey icon. The method displays a content of a web site in a browsing window of a browser of an electronic device. The method displays an invitation to participate in a survey. The method displays, upon selection of the invitation to participate in the survey by a user, an overlaid survey icon in the browsing window. And the method further displays the overlaid survey icon in the browsing window, when another content of the web site is displayed in the browsing window. Upon occurrence of a triggering event, the method displays a survey content in a survey window. In one embodiment, the triggering event consists in a selection by the user of the overlaid survey icon. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115483 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING AND ORGANIZING ELECTRONIC CONTENT - The present disclosure generally relates to processing and organizing electronic content. In accordance with one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided that comprises providing a plurality of content stacks, at least two of the plurality of content stacks being associated with different content stack types and receiving source data from at least one content server, the source data being associated with electronic content. The method further comprises generating local data based on an extraction from the received source data, generating, based on the local data, multiple representations of the electronic content, each representation being associated with at least one content stack type, and generating instructions to display the multiple representations of the electronic content with the plurality of content stacks, at least two of the displayed representations being displayed with respective ones of the at least two content stacks that have different content stack types. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115484 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING N-SCREEN SERVICE USING DEPTH-BASED VISUAL OBJECT GROUPINGS - An apparatus and method for providing multimedia content service are provided. A method for providing an image service using at least two screens of different types in an N-screen service providing apparatus includes: separating and extracting independent visual objects from an image based on depth values; grouping the extracted independent visual objects into a number of groups and composing scenes with the respective groups of visual objects; and selectively reproducing one or more scenes with the groups of visual objects on at least two screens in response to a user interaction event. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115485 | WEB APPLICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention provides a web application management method and apparatus, where the method includes: acquiring a display mark of a web application opened in a browser, an identifier of the browser, and a uniform resource locator URL of the web application; receiving a first instruction used to display a recently opened application list, and displaying the display mark of the web application in the recently opened application list according to the first instruction; and receiving a second instruction that a user selects the web application according to the recently opened application list and opening the web application corresponding to the URL according to the second instruction by using a browser corresponding to the identifier of the browser. The present invention reduces operation steps of a user and improves the switching back efficiency of the web application. | 04-24-2014 |
20140123016 | ENHANCEMENT OF TOUCH USER EXPERIENCES - One exemplary embodiment involves a computer-implemented method that comprises receiving, via a touch display, a touch down event on an object depicted on a user interface rendered on the touch display. The embodiment involves determining whether to provide access to a complete set of actions responsive to the touch down event based at least in part on whether the object comprises an advertisement. Additionally, the embodiment may also involve determining whether to provide access to the complete set of actions responsive to the touch down event based at least in part on whether the object is associated with one or more listeners. Then, the embodiment involves implementing one or more accessible actions responsive to the touch down event. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123017 | PROVIDING ONLINE MAPPING WITH USER SELECTED PREFERENCES - One embodiment of the invention comprises a method including the step of responsive to receiving a map request from a user that pertains to a specified geographical feature, generating a first view that shows the geographical feature. The method further includes specifying each of one or more preference categories of the user, wherein a user preference is needed for each category, in order to show an additional feature corresponding to each user preference on a map view which includes the geographical feature. The method further includes determining the user preference for each category, wherein at least one of the user preferences is determined from information obtained by accessing an online social network in which the user participates. Each determined user preference is used with one or more search engines in order to acquire information for use in generating each of the additional features for a map view. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123018 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed as a mobile terminal and controlling method thereof, by which a capture image used to play a role in delivering information only is utilized as a medium for activating a target application program. The present invention disclose a mobile terminal comprising a memory configured to save data, a display unit configured to display an active screen of an application program, and a controller configured to, if a capture command is inputted, extract an activation information related to the active screen which is set as a capture target, and control a capture image having the extracted activation information saved as metadata to be created. | 05-01-2014 |
20140129950 | RECURRING SEARCH AUTOMATION WITH SEARCH EVENT DETECTION - Recurring search automation with search event detection is enabled. Responsive to detection of search events and/or user triggering, a recurring search may be generated. The recurring search may be based on the detected search event, for example, based on search parameters of the detected search event. The recurring search may be associated with a recurrence schedule. Search results may be generated by performing the recurring search in accordance with the recurrence schedule. Data corresponding to the generated search results may be provided. For example, the results may be provided for presentation in accordance with user preferences. The relevant search events may be detected by a search detection module. For example, the search detection module may be incorporated into a user client such as a web browser. The recurring searches may be maintained by a recurring search service. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129951 | PROVIDING ON-DEMAND SERVICES THROUGH USE OF PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICES - A method for requesting an on-demand service on a computing device is provided. One or more processors determine the current location of the computing device. A multistate selection feature of a plurality of service options for providing the on-demand service is presented on the display of the computing device. The multistate selection feature enables a user to select a service option that is available within a region that includes the current location to provide the on-demand service. In response to the user selecting one of the plurality of service options, a summary user interface is presented on the display to provide region-specific information about the on-demand service based on the selected service option. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129952 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR HANDHELD DEVICES - One or more handheld devices may be configured to receive and display content. A server may be configured to help the handheld devices display content. For example, by using at least some of the contents of one or more of feeds, the server may generate user interface data, which the handheld devices may use to display user interfaces that are configured to request content associated with the feeds. | 05-08-2014 |
20140136982 | Game-Based Selection System - In accordance with some embodiments, a system may enable the user to selectively either make computer generated selections without game play or to make menu selections in a more limited way in some embodiments in association with game play. Thus if the user selects game play, the user would be provided with at least two game options that implement menu selection tasks. For example the game play may allow the users to use a game to select within a group of menu options or to select a user who then gets the right to make a menu selection as another example. | 05-15-2014 |
20140143674 | ROUTING WEB RENDERING TO SECONDARY DISPLAY AT GATEWAY - Technologies are presented for routing content rendering to a secondary display at a gateway. In some examples, a gateway system may be provided through which a user device may request content. The system may receive the requested content and route it to a renderer for rendering on a secondary display. The system may also route the requested content, in its original form or in a modified form, to the user device. | 05-22-2014 |
20140149874 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION CONTENT FOR ENHANCED ACCESSIBILITY OVER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Information content is managed in a network-based communication system by providing a first web-based interface accessible to a first user, the first web-based interface being configured to permit the first user to designate at least one data source that is external to the first web-based interface, maintaining persistent information content on behalf of the first user including content obtained from the data source designated by the first user, and generating a second web-based interface different than the first web-based interface, wherein access to at least a portion of the persistent information content is provided to each of one or more additional users via the second web-based interface in a manner controlled by the first user via the first web-based interface to thereby facilitate interaction between the first and additional users. The first and second web-based interfaces may comprise respective content management and mobile web sites. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149875 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTATION OF A TAPESTRY INTERFACE - A system and methods are provided for or presenting a user interface by a device for exploring content associated with a media title. In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a tapestry interface for a plurality of assets, wherein the tapestry interface is an arrangement of graphical elements associated with the plurality of assets, the graphical elements having relevance based sizing, and updating relevance scoring of assets for display in the tapestry interface. The method may further include determining presentation characteristics of assets for display in a tapestry interface based on the updating, and updating the presentation of the tapestry interface on the device based on the presentation characteristics. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149876 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE OF NETWORK SERVICES IN RECEIVING CONTENT AND DATA - A first device implements an application platform that is shared with a second device. The application platform can be implemented so that the first device and the second device operate to have a same identity to at least the network service. The first device provides a user interface in order to receive input for accessing or using the network service. Additionally, the first device communicates input received in response to providing the user interface to the network service. The first device can receive a token from the network service in response to communicating the input. Additionally, the first device can communicate a set of data items to the second device. The set of data items includes the token and one or more identifiers that enable the second device to access and use the network service while appearing as the first device to the network service. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149877 | METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING PUSH MESSAGE - The present disclosure discloses a method and a terminal device for displaying a push message, wherein the method comprises steps of detecting a triggering event for loading a new content; determining whether a blank loading area exists on a current display page for loading the new content; and, if the blank loading area exists on the current display page, displaying the push message in the blank loading area. In the present disclosure, the display resources of a terminal device can be sufficiently utilized by displaying push message when the loading page is blank, so that a user can acquire various types of information without performing tedious operations, thereby simplifying user operations. | 05-29-2014 |
20140157132 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY DELIVERING MESSAGES TO MULTIUSER TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICES - In a system including a server that manages multiuser touch sensitive display devices in a closed network using descriptive tags, each device having a touch sensitive display screen, wherein each of the devices is tagged with tags, a method for selectively delivering messages to display devices selected from the tagged display devices, is provided. The method includes: providing a first interface for a user to browse and select the tags; upon the user's selection of one or more tags, presenting to the user a first set of devices that are tagged with the selected tags and displaying information pertinent to the devices in the first set; providing a second interface for the user to modify the first set based on the information such that the user can select a second set of devices from the first set; and delivering messages of the user's selection to the second set of devices. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157133 | System And Methods for Generating Surveys - Embodiments introduced describe single-action surveys, wherein a survey requires a single action only, such as a single click on a mouse, a single touch, tap, or stroke on a touch screen. Each single action represents selection of one survey answer and the survey window closes automatically after a single action is performed. The survey may be arranged to start after a target event is concluded. In addition, a survey may end by itself within a substantially short period of time in the absence of any selection action. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157134 | USER INTERFACE UTILITY ACROSS SERVICE PROVIDERS - Providing a user interface utility across service providers includes determining an active service associated with a particular service provider from a plurality of predetermined related services associated with respective service providers stored in a memory. A utility corresponding to the plurality of predetermined related services is formatted for display on a display device, and a function selected in the utility for the active service associated with the particular service provider is executed. The function is common to each of the plurality of predetermined related services. The same utility is displayed for each of the plurality of predetermined related services associated with respective service providers, which are different from each other. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157135 | METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR CONTROLLING BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY DEVICE - A method of controlling, by using a mobile terminal, at least one Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device is provided. The method includes searching for at least one BLE device, displaying a BLE device list, including the at least one searched for BLE device, on a display unit of the mobile terminal, receiving an input of selection of a BLE device from the BLE device list, receiving an input of user added information from a user regarding the selected BLE device, and mapping and storing property information and the user added information regarding the selected BLE device. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157136 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Virtual Device for Controlling Streaming of Music - Embodiments of the present disclosure facilitate the streaming of media from an authorized media content provider to an end user navigating the website of an online provider without necessitating that the online provider obtain licenses to distribute the media. The streamed content is not downloadable (e.g. to the user's computer system or the provider's computer system), thereby protecting against unauthorized copying and redistribution of the media. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157137 | System and Method for Interactively Delivering Expert Information to Remote Outlets - A networked interactive expert system is disclosed for selectively providing relevant expertise when a user requires such assistance. System provides a set of networked facilities for determining an expertise needed by a customer based on a location. Such location can be either physical or logical. A physical “location” corresponds, for example, to a department within a retail outlet. Examples of logical “locations” are ones corresponding to a web-page, a product identification code of interest, a customer identification code, and/or explicit knowledge category selected by the customer. An expert studio, from a list of expert studios providing expertise corresponding to the identified location associated with the customer's request, is matched up with the request. Thereafter, a primary connection, supporting an interactive videoconference session, is established between a first networked node associated with the customer and a second networked node associated with the designated expert studio. | 06-05-2014 |
20140164934 | COLLABORATIVE INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM - Enables a collaborative information sharing system configured to enable distally located users to quickly, conveniently and simultaneously share information such as images of websites, applications or any other information with each other in real-time, for example to enable multiple distally located users to shop, teach, learn or otherwise view shared information and communicate in a secure and coordinated fashion that is not possible with existing co-browsing or screen sharing technologies | 06-12-2014 |
20140164935 | SYSTEM FOR RAPID BROWSING OF CONTENT - A graphical user interface adapted to extend the functionality of, for instance, a web browser operating on a personal computing device in communication via a network connection to a remote computing resource, where the graphical user interface includes a glyph overlaying and visible over the browser and any content displayed by the browser wherein activation of the glyph by a user of the browser causes the browser to seek to open an overlaying window according to parameters and content specified by the remote computing resource at a network address associated with the glyph. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164936 | SYSTEM FOR RAPID BROWSING OF CONTENT WITH USER CUSTOMIZATION - A graphical user interface adapted to extend the functionality of, for instance, a web browser operating on a personal computing device in communication via a network connection to a remote computing resource, where the graphical user interface includes a glyph overlaying and visible over the browser and any content displayed by the browser wherein activation of the glyph by a user of the browser causes the browser to seek to open an overlaying window according to parameters and content specified by the remote computing resource at a network address associated with the glyph. The user may customize the appearance and functionality of the overlaying window. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164937 | COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INTERFACE FOR USER FRIENDLY INTERACTIVE ACCESS TO ONLINE SERVICES - A method and a system for connecting a service provider and a user at a remote location relative to the service provider, via a network based telecommunications device, are provided. The method includes utilizing a network operable terminal for transmitting communications between the service provider and the user, employing a display screen depicting a user selectable options menu, corresponding with service functions offered by the service provider, and enabling the user to choose an option from the user selectable options menu to initiate a corresponding communication to the service provider. The system includes a user operable terminal including a user interface display screen with user selectable menu options that are changeable in accordance with differing modes of operation, an internal processing unit configured for providing at least one selectable menu option; and a gateway service platform configured for transmitting an option selected from the at least one selectable menu option to and from one of the user or the provider. | 06-12-2014 |
20140173447 | Apparatus and Methods for Facilitating Context Handoff Between Devices in a Cloud Based Wireless Personal Area Network - An apparatus obtains application state information for another device and displays a login screen on a display that provides information for at least one application running on the other device. The information displayed may be an icon corresponding to an application running on the other device. The application state information may include an application identifier, a content identifier and a pointer to a location at which a given content is accessed by the application. An apparatus includes a display, application state monitor logic, operative to obtain application state information for another device, and login screen configuration logic, operatively coupled to the display. The login screen configuration logic is operative to configure a login screen on the display to provide information for at least one application running on the other device, based on the application state information for the other device obtained by the application state monitor logic. | 06-19-2014 |
20140173448 | Software Application Extensibility - Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for supporting software application extensions including receiving, by the one or more processors, application information associated with a to-be-extended application, the application including a plurality of logical layers and including a computer-executable application that can be executed using one or more computing devices; processing, by the one or more processors, the application information; providing, based on the processing, graphical representations of one or more extensible artifacts associated with the application; displaying a first graphical representation within a browser interface, the first graphical representation being based on a first logical layer of the plurality of logical layers, the browser interface being provided as a computer-executable program that is executed using the one or more processors; and receiving user input provided using the browser interface, and in response to the user input, providing an extension of the application. | 06-19-2014 |
20140173449 | Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Processing a Request Via a Communications Agent - Methods and systems are described for processing a request via a communications agent. In an aspect, a request is identified by a communications agent in an execution environment. A communications request identifying the request is sent in a communication for processing by a web service. The requesting execution environment receives a communications response identifying a communications result that differs from a web result received in response to a web request identifying the request sent to the web service. In another aspect, a communications request is received in a communication by a communications. A request identified by the communications request is identified to a web service. A communication result is received that differs from a web result generated when the web service receives the request in a web request from a user agent. A communications response identifying the communications result is sent in response to receiving the communications request. | 06-19-2014 |
20140181678 | INTERACTIVE AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM, DEVICES AND METHODS USING THE SAME - Interactive augmented reality devices, systems, and methods are described herein. In some embodiments, the devices, systems, and methods identify objects in an environment, and correlate at least one resource with said objects. An indicator signifying the correlation between said object(s) and said at least one resource may be produced using an interface of a device, such as a display. The indicator may be operable in response to a user action to initiate a control protocol that enables at least of modification and control of the resource with the device. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181679 | Analysis And Influence Of Trends In Enterprise Collaboration Feeds - Aspects of trending and trend-influencing approaches usable in content feeds of business software frameworks are described. A trending topic can be created based on a plurality of feed content items generated by a plurality of feeds across at least a subset of a customer organization using a business software architecture. The creating can include identifying an activity relating to a business process or scenario of the customer organization that underlies the feed content items. In some options, a super-user can insert artificial trends. | 06-26-2014 |
20140189520 | DIGITAL CHECKLIST - A digital checklist system includes an electronic calibration and measurement device and a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, if executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform actions for managing a digital checklist The actions include creating a digital checklist having at least one unique prompt, selecting the digital checklist for uploading onto the electronic calibration and measurement device, and downloading data input into the electronic calibration and measurement device in response to the at least one unique prompt. The system further includes a network location for facilitating communication between the electronic calibration and measurement device and the computing device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189521 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION CONTENT FOR ENHANCED ACCESSIBILITY OVER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method comprises providing an interface permitting a first user to control activation of a mobile information channel through which the first user can share access to content with a plurality of additional users, activating the mobile information channel responsive to input received from the first user via the interface, inserting content provided by the first user into the mobile information channel, receiving additional content relating to the mobile information channel from one or more of said additional users via one or more respective mobile devices associated with at least one wireless network, inserting at least a portion of the additional content into the mobile information channel, and integrating into the mobile information channel information associated with at least one wireless networking functionality of said at least one wireless network. | 07-03-2014 |
20140195921 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BACKGROUND UPLOADING OF MEDIA FILES FOR IMPROVED USER EXPERIENCE IN PRODUCTION OF MEDIA-BASED PRODUCTS - Methods and systems for background uploading of media files are presented. Background uploading improves efficiency and user-experience in creating media-based projects online. In one embodiment, a user selects original media files at a user-device for an upload. The user-device at first resizes the original files to resized files and uploads them to a server along with meta-data, and at second the original files start uploading in the background computer process. The user is provided the resized images to create a project. The server converts each resized media file into compressed media files, and provides the compressed files to the user to continue or finish building the project, during which the user-device renders to the user an illusionary impression of a completed upload of the original files when the original files are still uploading. Finally, the user-device completes the upload of the original files to the server. | 07-10-2014 |
20140201643 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING USER-INTERFACE DISPLAY ITEMS FOR WEB WIDGETS - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for web-widget manipulation. The request includes a scope of manipulation. The method further includes identifying at least one managed web widget as being covered by the scope of manipulation. In addition, the method includes identifying at least one instance of the at least one managed web widget as being covered by the scope of manipulation. Further, the method includes extracting a plurality of user-interface (UI) display items relative to the at least one managed web widget and the at least one instance. The plurality of UI display items includes at least one global UI display item and at least one website-level UI display item. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201644 | Method and Apparatus for Producing Digitally Edited Images - A method and apparatus for producing a result digital image from a selection of a plurality of original digital images. The apparatus comprising: a remote computing device having an image management module, the remote computing device being coupleable to a data network, the image management module accesses a plurality of original digital images and generates a respective plurality of preview digital images, each preview digital images having a smaller data size than the respective original digital image; a remote database server for storing the respective preview digital image, each of the plurality of preview digital images being associated with a job record; a remote user interface server for presenting a user interface indicative of the job record and enabling viewing of the plurality of preview digital images; wherein the user interface enables selection of one or more preview digital images, and causes the respective one or more original digital images to be transferred from the remote computing device for production of the result digital image. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201645 | REAL-TIME MAPPING AND NAVIGATION OF MULTIPLE MEDIA TYPES THROUGH A METADATA-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE - Methods and systems may involve receiving metadata associated with an activity of a user with respect to a first device, and capturing discovery content from one or more media sources based on the metadata. In addition, the discovery content and the metadata may be presented to the user via a second device. | 07-17-2014 |
20140208217 | INTERFACE FOR MANAGING SPLITTABLE TIMESTAMPS ACROSS EVENT RECORDS - Embodiments are directed towards a graphical user interface to identify locations within event records with splittable timestamp information. A display of event records is provided using any of a variety of formats. A splittable timestamp selector allows a user to select one or more locations within event records as having time related information that may be split across the one or more locations, including, information based on date, time of day, day of the week, or other time information. Any of a plurality of mechanisms is used to associate the selected locations with the split timestamp information, including tags, labels, or header information within the event records. In other embodiments, a separate table, list, index, or the like may be generated that associates the selected locations with the split timestamp information. The split timestamp information may be used within extraction rules for selecting subsets of the event records. | 07-24-2014 |
20140208218 | REAL TIME DISPLAY OF STATISTICS AND VALUES FOR SELECTED REGULAR EXPRESSIONS - Embodiments are directed towards real time display of event records and extracted values based on at least one extraction rule, such as a regular expression. A user interface may be employed to enable a user to have an extraction rule automatically generate and/or to manually enter an extraction rule. The user may be enabled to manually edit a previously provided extraction rule, which may result in real time display of updated extracted values. The extraction rule may be utilized to extract values from each of a plurality of records, including event records of unstructured machine data. Statistics may be determined for each unique extracted value, and may be displayed to the user in real time. The user interface may also enable the user to select at least one unique extracted value to display those event records that include an extracted value that matches the selected value. | 07-24-2014 |
20140208219 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMER-BUILT INFORMATION USING THE SAME - A display apparatus and a method performed by the display apparatus are capable of collecting and analyzing a conversational service log to recommend suitable content to a user. The display apparatus includes: a communication portion which communicates with an external device using a predetermined protocol, a user interface (UI) to receive a request signal from a user, a display, a sensor to collect log information and a tendency profile, and a controller to control the operations of the display apparatus including transmitting the data collected through the sensor to an external device, receiving a media recommendation request signal through the UI and transmitting the media recommendation request signal to the external device, receiving recommendation information from the external device, and displaying the received recommendation information. | 07-24-2014 |
20140208220 | System and Method for Contextual and Collaborative Knowledge Generation and Management Through an Integrated Online-Offline Workspace - The present invention discloses a computer-implemented online-offline workspace and method for creating, developing, storing, and managing digital content within a contextual and shared knowledge network. The invention includes a central service facility that provides an online platform for the users to work in a context-based and shared knowledge environment through a user interface on a wide range of user access devices. The online platform is embedded with a plurality of applications to allow the user to capture, create, develop, store, process, share, distribute, retrieve, reuse, and manage digital contents containing any one or a combination of the following: text, graphics, audio, video, whole or portions of web-pages and web-links. The invention further includes an end-user facility providing an offline platform that gets synchronized with the online platform upon detection of a secured communication network. | 07-24-2014 |
20140208221 | Computer-Readable Storage Medium Storing Communication Support Program and Communication Device - Communication using a communication device may be configured using a variety of options and processes. In one example, communication channels may be selected or otherwise designated. Depending on whether a communication channel has been previous selected or designated, differing processes and options may be provided to a user, thereby facilitating communication configuration. The processes and options may also differ depending on whether a communication channel is currently activated. Moreover, in some examples, if a device has not been previously selected as a communication destination, the communication configuration and process may provide an option to select a destination device. | 07-24-2014 |
20140215345 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC WINDOWING IN USER INTERFACES - Disclosed are implementations of methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for rendering information. In some implementations, user interface data including content capable of being displayed on a page is received. A dynamic window including one or more links linked with respective identifiable portions of the content on the page can be generated. The page of content and the dynamic window can be displayed in a user interface on a display of a computing device. The user interface can have a first state in which a first view of the page of content is displayed and a second state in which a second view of the page is displayed, where the second view is different from the first view. The dynamic window is capable of remaining displayed independent of a change of the user interface from the first state to the second state. | 07-31-2014 |
20140223318 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING ONLINE IMAGES AND MANAGING IMAGE STREAMS - A system and method for aggregating online images and managing image streams are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: enabling a user to create a custom image album via a computer-implemented user interface, the image album including a link to at least one social network account having a plurality of images stored therein; providing an application on a rendering device to support an image stream; and using a data processor to automatically, periodically, and directly stream the plurality of images via a network from the social network account to the application on the rendering device of a user platform. | 08-07-2014 |
20140245163 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING SOCIAL NETWORKS - Systems and methods are provided for enabling social network navigation. The method at a client device comprises obtaining a node graph from a social networking service, the node graph comprising a plurality of nodes visualizing a social network, each node having an associated profile corresponding to a member in the social network; displaying the node graph; enabling navigation through the node graph to display portions of the node graph in corresponding views; updating the displayed node graph after receiving an update for at least one profile from the social networking service; and updating the displayed node graph after detecting a first interaction with at least one node in the node graph. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245164 | CONTENT MANIPULATION USING SWIPE GESTURE RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY - A method of manipulation of content provided by a hosting server using swipe gesture recognition on a user device having a touch input display. The method includes storing the content, combined with a swipe gesture recognition module to form a content package, on the hosting server. The swipe gesture recognition module is associated with at least one displayable content element of the content. The method further includes receiving, at the hosting server, a request for the content package from the user device and transmitting the content package from the hosting server to the user device for display by an application running on the user device. A defined action is applied to the at least one displayable content element if it is determined that a swipe gesture has occurred on the at least one displayable content element. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245165 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING AND REPRESENTING ATTRIBUTES RELATED TO DAMAGE IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA - Methods and apparatus related to representing damage related attributes. A target geographic area potentially affected by an event may be identified. An interactive map of the target geographic area may be identified. A selectable option for selection of at least one attribute may be provided, the at least one attribute including one or more of at least one radar characteristic based on data from weather radar, at least one event characteristic based on field data, data related to one or more objects in the target geographic area, at least one damage characteristic identifying potential damage to a given object, a damage likelihood, a damage level, and a confidence level associated with the damage assessment and indicative of confirmation of the field data. The selection of the at least one attribute may be identified. The selected at least one attribute may be provided with the interactive map. | 08-28-2014 |
20140250383 | Notifying A User Of An Available Media Object - Among other features, notification is presented on a mobile device to a user to advise the user of the availability of a media object that (a) has been received from a server and stored on the mobile device without the user having been aware of the receipt or storage, or (b) has newly become available for streaming from the server to the mobile device. | 09-04-2014 |
20140258874 | METHOD FOR DEFINING A PRESENTATION FORMAT TARGETABLE TO A DEMOGRAPHIC - Defining a presentation format targetable to a demographic by distributing a questionnaire to a terminal connected to a distributed computer network for interactive presentation to a representative in order to elicit selections from the representative, obtaining selections in response to any such interaction, determining preferences based on the selections using code executing in a processor, including positive preferences concerning affirmative selections in response to the interaction with the questionnaire, negative preferences from un-preferred selections in response to the interaction with the questionnaire, or both. The determined preferences are transformed into an integrated passcode using the processor so as to be representative of the selections, the passcode being a representation of the determined preferences for use in defining the presentation format and is used to establish presentation parameters in a message that is delivered over the network to the demographic. A tendency passcode can be defined which combines multiple integrated passcodes. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258875 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND MEDIA FOR PROVIDING HISTORICAL NAVIGATION CONTROLS FOR A MOBILE DEVICE USER - Systems, methods and media for providing multi-dimensional historical navigation controls are provided. One method includes recording, at a mobile device, a first navigation path associated with a data item accessed by a user using the mobile device and enabling a plurality of elements in the first navigation path by generating a plurality of active controls each corresponding to one of the plurality of elements. The method also includes displaying a UI control including the first navigation path that is presented using the enabled elements. The method further includes detecting a selection of one of the enabled elements of the first navigation path when the user selects the active control corresponding to the selected one of the enabled elements and navigating to the site associated with the selected one of the enabled elements by jumping to the site from a first site associated with any other one of the enabled elements. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258876 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THAT DISPLAYS MESSAGE SCREEN - An electronic apparatus includes: an operation panel configured to display a screen and receive an operation performed by a user; an agent unit configured to, upon receipt of message data from a remote maintenance server on a maintenance service provider side, provide an instruction to display a message screen based on the message data; and a display control unit configured to control the display of a screen on the operation panel and configured to, when the instruction to display the message screen is received while an operation screen is being displayed, display the message screen on the operation panel upon detection of an end of an operation of the operation panel performed by the user. | 09-11-2014 |
20140282029 | Visual Presentation of Customized Content - Customized content is presented to a user in a browser. A plurality of content items are determined and ranked for the user. The plurality of content items include user-specific content and general content, each content item associated with one or more tags. The content items are presented to the user in a layout of tiles with each tile displays a content item. After a user selection of a tag is received, content items are filtered based on the user selected tag and presented to the user in a new layout. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282030 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OUTPUTTING INFORMATION - A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a selection of an input via an input device; transmitting the selection of the input via a communication device; receiving a first key phrase via the communication device, the first key phrase being included in the input; receiving a second key phrase via the communication device, the second key phrase being included in the input; receiving a relation identifier via the communication device, the relation identifier identifying a relation between the first key phrase and the second key phrase; and outputting the first key phrase, the second key phrase, and a relation indicator via an output device, the relation indicator indicating the relation between the first key phrase and the second key phrase. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282031 | Dynamic Field Extraction of Log Data - A log analytics graphical user interface enables a user to dynamically extract and define a field from unstructured log data. The log analytics module automatically determines a definition for a field based on log text selected by the user. A portion of each log message is highlighted to reflect what the extracted field may be to assist users with understanding if input parameters are selected the intended log data. Changes to the definition of the field, by the user, may cause further highlighting that to indicate an incomplete or erroneous field definition. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282032 | DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURING USER EXPERIENCES WITH ACTION UNIFORM RESOURCE IDENTIFIERS - An action uniform resource identifier (URI) is sent from a web service to a user device in response to a request from the user device. The action URI identifies at least one native task for execution by the user device. The task, when executed, interacts with at least one resource local to the user device. The received action URI is provided by the user device to an application to perform the task involving the local resource. The response may include hosted UI elements not available on the user device. The hosted UI elements enable presentation of new data types on the user device, which may not be adequately presented using pre-defined UI templates. The hosted UI elements interact with elements of the pre-defined UI templates to generate new UI layouts. The action URIs and hosted UI elements are provided and execute without replacing already-installed application code. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282033 | APPLICATION VERSION VERIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments include a system or method with an electronic device that includes a touch sensitive display screen that is configured to receive identification input from a contact device. The electronic device includes a processor configured to display a message to download one or more applications that are compatible with the contact device after the processor determines that the one or more applications are absent from the electronic device, and the processor is configured to change a display output based on the interactions with the contact device when the one or more applications that are compatible with the contact device are present in the electronic device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282034 | DATA ANALYSIS IN A NETWORK - An example method for analyzing data in a collaborative network in accordance with the present disclosure is receiving a plurality of data, constructing a dependency structure between the plurality of data by running an Expanding Window Gaussian Graphical Model on the plurality of data, decomposing the dependency structure, and providing a visualization of the decomposition of the dependency structure. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282035 | ON-DEMAND SIMULTANEOUS SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) AND GROUND MOVING TARGET INDICATION (GMTI) USING MOBILE DEVICES - Methods and apparatus are provided for obtaining current geographic imagery and moving target geolocations and tracks from a typically autonomous remote platform device with sensors spanning the electromagnetic spectrum through a mobile device interface. An autonomous system is provided capable of interpreting high-level commands, measuring data using multiple sensors and processing the data to generate relevant data products which expedites the data measurement/processing procedure enabling field personnel to request and receive mission-critical intelligence in a timely manner. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282036 | UNIVERSAL TAG FOR PAGE ANALYTICS AND CAMPAIGN CREATION - A system for creating and using a universal tag to gather consumer data from a website for the purposes of targeted advertising is provided. The universal tag system has two main subsystems. The first subsystem is a configuration system that is used to define the consumer data to be collected from the website and to define taxonomy and transformation rules to be applied to the collected consumer data. The second subsystem is a runtime system that runs a universal tag client-side script, which is triggered when a consumer lands on a webpage of the website, for collecting the defined consumer data. The runtime system then applies the transformation rules to the collected data and updates a user profile corresponding to the consumer with the transformed data. As well, the runtime system applies the taxonomy rules to the collected data and categorizes the consumer for the purposes of subsequent targeted advertising. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282037 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMS FOR IMPLEMENTING A CLOUD SERVICES CATALOG - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium has tangibly embodied thereon and accessible therefrom instructions interpretable by at least one data processing device. The instructions are configured for causing the at least one data processing device to perform a method comprising a plurality of operations. An operation is performed for providing a collection of cloud services in a data structure. An operation is performed for associating, within the data structure, each one of the cloud services with respective information that defines a constraint thereof. An operation is performed for applying the constraint of a particular one of the cloud services thereto in response to the particular one of the cloud services being incorporated into a cloud service architecture design. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282038 | FLIGHT DETAIL APPLICATION AND INTERACTIVE MAP SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and systems for providing a passenger with a comprehensive software application that is associated with the passenger's flight plan and is spatially aware of the passenger's location and/or feedback with the application in order to assist the passenger with flight related tasks is disclosed. The method includes providing a different interactive map to each of a plurality of passengers on an aircraft can include packaging and transmitting flight specific data, graphical representation of the retrieved map imagery data, and the text layer with a server based application for receipt by a client based application for display and interaction, requiring additional packaging and transmitting. Alternative methods include providing an interactive map by requesting and receiving flight specific data and map imagery using a client based application running on a personal electronic device (PED) and then rendering and displaying the map imagery data per instructions of the client based application. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282039 | DISTRIBUTION CONTROL SYSTEM, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, DISTRIBUTION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A distribution control system is connected to one or more communication terminals that output image and/or sound data indicating at least one of an image and sound and transmits the image and/or sound data to the communication terminals. The distribution control system includes a browser management unit configured to start up a browser appropriate for the communication terminals; a browser configured to generate the image and/or sound data by rendering content data; and a transmitter configured to transmit the image and/or sound data to the communication terminals. The browser management unit is configured to start up the browser for open use when outputting the image and/or sound data permitted to be open to the other communication terminals. The browser management unit is configured to start up the browser for personal use when outputting the image and/or sound data not permitted to be open to the other communication terminals. | 09-18-2014 |
20140289637 | Remote Visualization and Control for Virtual Mobile Infrastructure - A method for running application software for a mobile device by virtualizing a mobile device operating system (OS); running a virtual instance of the mobile device OS with the application software on a server on the cloud; and rendering on the server and sending a display image for the mobile device screen to be displayed on the mobile device. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289638 | BUSINESS SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A Business Service Management system for controlling a layout of resources, the system comprising: a DBMS (Database Management System), being a database having manipulation tools thereof; at least two data items, stored in the DBMS, each encapsulated within an encapsulating data item, wherein each of the encapsulated data items being associated with one of a plurality of resources of the layout, each encapsulated data item comprising different characteristics of at least the resource; an infographic user interface comprising a plurality of icons, each associated with the data items, each icon presenting information related to an operation of the controlled resource thereof; the user interface further comprising data flow and operational dependency between the encapsulating data items regarding the encapsulated data items; wherein each of the icons being adapted to allow a user to change, by manipulating the icon, an operation of a resource associated with the icon. | 09-25-2014 |
20140298184 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING AND MANAGING PRODUCT SPECIFIC DATA - A computer-implemented method and system for integrating product data on a product website is provided. In exemplary embodiments, the method may comprise, at a client having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, displaying a user interface on the product website, the user interface comprising a plurality of tabs; receiving a tab selection indicating at least one tab of one of the plurality of tabs; retrieving product identification data; forming a query string by combining the product identification data with a search term associated with the tab selection; sending the query string to a server; receiving a list of search results from the server, wherein the list of search results is gathered by the server after running a search of the query string; and displaying the list of search results in a results window displayed over the product website. | 10-02-2014 |
20140298185 | DYNAMICALLY ENHANCING USER INTERFACE - An approach is provided for dynamically enhancing and visually synchronizing elements in a display on a computing device. The approach includes using a processor to obtain a change to a first file and data identifying a second file one or more characteristics from a source file. The processor determines if the change is supported by a data library and analyzes the data library to determine the type of change. The processor then applies the type of change to the second file and generates a display associated with the second file on the computing device that includes the type of change applied to the second file. | 10-02-2014 |
20140298186 | ADJUSTING INFORMATION PROMPTING IN INPUT METHOD - A computer-implemented method and apparatus for adjusting information prompting in an input method. The method includes: obtaining prompt information displayed in response to entering a word in an input box by a user; and adjusting the sequence of subsequent prompt words in a prompt box of the input method according to the prompt information. The method for adjusting information prompting in an input method according to the embodiments of the present invention can adjust the sequence of prompt words in the prompt box of the input method in real time based on prompt information in the prompt box to facilitate user selection. | 10-02-2014 |
20140304608 | Method of Operating a Service Provider Management System - A method of operating service provider management systems using a content-control and nudging based process to ensure quality and facilitate knowledge build-up and a computer-based service provider management system configured to support the method. | 10-09-2014 |
20140304609 | CONTENT MANIPULATION USING SWIPE GESTURE RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY - A method of manipulation of content provided by a hosting server using swipe gesture recognition on a user device having a touch input display. The method includes storing the content, combined with a swipe gesture recognition module to form a content package, on the hosting server. The swipe gesture recognition module is associated with at least one displayable content element of the content. The method further includes receiving, at the hosting server, a request for the content package from the user device and transmitting the content package from the hosting server to the user device for display by an application running on the user device. A defined action is applied to the at least one displayable content element if it is determined that a swipe gesture has occurred on the at least one displayable content element. | 10-09-2014 |
20140310606 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING PLUGIN IN CONTACT LIST - A method for a device to provide a plugin in a contact list, wherein the contact list includes an open interface, and the plugin is generated based on a specification defined according to the open interface. The method includes receiving a first request for installing the plugin, and performing an authentication of the plugin according to the first request; adding the plugin into the contact list after the authentication succeeds; and receiving a second request for invoking a function of the plugin, and invoking the function of the plugin according to the second request. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310607 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONCEPT DISCOVERY WITH ONLINE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTS - Provided are systems and methods for referencing intent-based taxonomies to enable more natural approaches for users to specify problems to be solved, questions to be answered, and other content requests that can be delivered within online communities. In the medical setting, physicians and medical personnel are accustomed to provide medical information and ask questions of other physicians in the form of a narrative which can be organized around medical cases. Intuitive user interfaces are provided that facilitate definition of intent during case generation and case searching. Linking UI displays and narrative data structures associated with intent information can enable definition and navigation of intent-based models of the cases. Intent-based models can reflect standardize concepts (e.g., medical diagnoses and medical concept ontologies) facilitating their navigation based on intent. Further, the intent-based models of cases can include additional close-ended selections in the UI to further interact with intent-based models of cases. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310608 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RESPONDING TO ACTIONABLE TEXT PATTERNS IN A FEED ITEM - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for responding to actionable text patterns in a feed item. In some implementations, a computing device receives textual input for a feed item to be published in an information feed. The computing device identifies in the textual input an actionable text pattern and transmits a portion of the actionable text pattern to a server. The computing device receives, from the server, one or more names of entities. The entities may be object records stored in a database, wherein the names of the entities match the portion of the actionable text pattern transmitted to the server. The computing device receives a selection of a first of the one or more names. | 10-16-2014 |
20140317516 | ADDRESS FORMATTING ON A DIGITAL MAP - A computerized method or system may format addresses for locations within a digital map. The method or system may send a map data request for map data corresponding to a geographic area. The map data request may include a search query term corresponding to a location within the geographic area. The method or system may receive both the map data corresponding to the geographic area and address data corresponding to the location within the geographic area. The received map data may include data corresponding to a plurality of graphic elements and the received address data may include an ordered collection of address elements. The method or system may determine that more than one graphic element within the received map data represents an ordered address element of the received address data and display only the ordered address element and a next lowest address element of the received ordered collection. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317517 | COMMERCE ORIENTED UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATER (URL) SHORTENER - A uniform resource locator (URL) shortener relies on client-side support to embed links to websites into, for example, text messages, emails, tweets, or other forms of microblogging, and that provides additional capabilities. A method may include: recognizing a token indicator; recognizing a token in conjunction with the token indicator; selecting a template corresponding to the token indicator; and executing a process enabled according to the token and the template. Executing an enabled process may include one or more of: generating a URL; generating a URL that is itself a server-based URL shortener, in which the token indicator is substituted for the server-based URL shortener hostname to reduce the character count from that of the server-based URL shortener; displaying information from a destination website of the URL generated from the token and the template; or generating a URL according to a distinctive visual characteristic of the token indicator. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317518 | Information System for Healthcare and Biology - This invention provides an information system about medicine and biology. The system organizes information about these subjects into a variety of classes and allows navigation through the information by displays that include links to related information. The links, when selected, provide links to other related information, allowing quick access to related information. In certain instances the information is displayed in a graphical representation. Selection of an icon representing an item in the graphical representation produces expert-curated information about the item, or links to it, and expert-curated information related to the item, for example, links to related information. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317519 | AUTOMATED CONTENT SCHEDULER AND DISPLAYER - A method for providing content via a communications network on a user's computer, obtained from a plurality of resources in an organized arrangement is provided. The method includes creating a show structure of nodes, each node identifying a resource from a plurality of accessible resources, at least some of which are network accessible resources. Without requiring user input, a plurality of the network accessible resources, identified by a corresponding node, are automatically accessed. Content corresponding to each of the accessed resources is automatically presented through the user's computer in accordance with the show structure. Advertisement content is presented to the user in connection with the automatic presentation of the content through the user's computer. | 10-23-2014 |
20140325366 | DATA INTEGRATION - Systems, methods and apparatuses of integrating data from a variety of sources are provided. In some examples, the data integration system may receive data from multiple systems and integrate it. The system may include one or more user interfaces that present the integrated data in a simplified manner and allow customization of the user interface and, in some examples, manipulation of the data. In some arrangements, the integrated data may be received from internal and external sources and may include both publicly available and non-publicly available information. | 10-30-2014 |
20140325367 | GRAPHICS PROCESSOR AND METHOD OF SCALING USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS FOR SMALLER DISPLAYS - A graphics processor and a method of scaling user interface (UI) elements for smaller displays. One embodiment of the graphics processor includes: (1) a scene renderer configured to render a scene from scene data generated by a graphics application, (2) a user interface (UI) renderer configured to render a UI from UI data generated by the graphics application, (3) a UI scaler configured to scale the UI based on properties of a remote display, and (4) a compositor operable to combine the scene and the UI into a composite image. | 10-30-2014 |
20140325368 | ACCESSIBLE CHART NAVIGATION USING OBJECT NEIGHBORHOOD - A method, system, and computer program product for accessible chart navigation using object neighborhood are provided. An input is received to navigate a focus away in a direction from a first object, the first object being a member of a set of objects depicted in a graphical visual chart. A set of inputs is designed to access the chart without using a pointing device or requiring visual inspection of the chart and the set of objects. The set of inputs includes the input and a second input to allow return to a previous step in navigating the chart. A second object is identified to which to navigate responsive to the input, the second object being located within a neighborhood of the first object at a shortest neighborhood distance from the first object. Navigation is performed to the second object to keep the focus within the neighborhood. | 10-30-2014 |
20140325369 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION CONTENT FOR ENHANCED ACCESSIBILITY OVER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method comprises providing an interface permitting a first user to control activation of a mobile information channel through which the first user can share access to content with a plurality of additional users, activating the mobile information channel responsive to input received from the first user via the interface, inserting content provided by the first user into the mobile information channel, receiving additional content relating to the mobile information channel from one or more of said additional users via one or more respective mobile devices associated with at least one wireless network, inserting at least a portion of the additional content into the mobile information channel, and integrating into the mobile information channel information associated with at least one wireless networking functionality of said at least one wireless network. | 10-30-2014 |
20140325370 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING OBJECTS AND PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATED TO IDENTIFIED OBJECTS - Systems and methods for identifying an object and presenting additional information about the identified object are provided. The techniques of the present invention can allow the user to specify modes to help with identifying objects. Furthermore, the additional information can be provided with different levels of detail depending on user selection. Apparatus for presenting a user with a log of the identified objects is also provided. The user can customize the log by, for example, creating a multi-media album. | 10-30-2014 |
20140331141 | CONTEXT VISUAL ORGANIZER FOR MULTI-SCREEN DISPLAY - In various example embodiments, a system and method for context visual organization for multi-screen display are provided. In example embodiments, assets are retrieved from one or more external sources. The assets are organized into containers that are viewable across multiple display devices that function as a single display. Each of the containers includes a portion of the plurality of assets that correspond to a context of the container. The assets are displayed in their respective containers across the multiple display devices. An indication of a touch gesture applied to one of the multiple display devices to manipulate an object presented on the multiple display devices is received. An action based on the touch gesture is performed. | 11-06-2014 |
20140331142 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING CONTENTS - A content recommendation method is provided for a terminal having a browser client. The method includes analyzing a webpage being browsed by a user and determining one or more TAGs corresponding to the webpage, obtaining a list of uniform resource locators (URLs) corresponding to the TAGs from a preconfigured TAG database, and recommending contents related to the TAGs to the user based on the contents of the websites corresponding to the URL list. | 11-06-2014 |
20140331143 | SHARING ANNOTATIONS OF DIGITAL ITEMS - A user may make a digital item available to other users of a computer network, such as an instant messaging system, a chat environment, or a subscription-based computer network. Examples of digital items that may be shared with other users include digital representations of graphic images, photographs, audio segments, songs, video segments, movies, and text (such as lists of favorites (e.g., a list of favorite books, a list of favorite movies, and a list of favorite places to visit)). On-line presence information is provided to indicate the on-line presence of users with whom a digital item has been shared, may be shared or is being shared. For instance, an indication of the on-line or offline status of a user with whom an item has been shared or is being shared may be presented. | 11-06-2014 |
20140337743 | CONTEXT TRANSFER FROM WEB PAGE TO APPLICATION - Systems and methods are described for a web event framework. A computerized method includes receiving, at a framework plugin coupled to a web browser, a framework action from a framework server, the framework action including arguments specifying context data to retrieve from a web page loaded on the web browser; executing the framework action by the framework plugin, wherein executing the framework action comprises retrieving the specified context data from the web page and generating, by the framework plugin, a framework event including the context data; forwarding the framework event to a framework server coupled to the framework plugin; receiving at the framework server the framework event from the framework plugin; determining, at the framework server, a framework action based on the framework event, including the specified data, and a framework policy; and sending instructions to an external process based on the specified data and the framework action. | 11-13-2014 |
20140359462 | FINITE STATE MACHINE-BASED CALL MANAGER FOR WEB-BASED CALL INTERACTION - Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory storage media provide a web-based graphical user interface to allow a user to control a softphone of a user device. A context handler operates on the user device and manages a page context of the web-based graphical user interface. A call manager operates as a RESTful web service on the user device. The context handler and the call manager communicate using JavaScript Object Notation with Padding (JSONP) messages. The call manager includes a finite state machine that indicates a current state of the softphone. The call manager generates application programming interface calls to the softphone in response to receiving JSONP messages. The user interface is updated to reflect the current state of the softphone based on execution of user selections by the softphone. The context handler chunks data into multiple JSONP messages if data exceeds a data size limitation of the JSONP. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359463 | DATA TEMPLATES FOR DEFAULT DATA IN DATA BINDING - The present disclosure involves methods and devices, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a remote update of a user interface on a computing device. In one aspect, a server performs the operations of: providing a data template to a remote computing device, wherein the data template defines multiple data cells that are bound to a graphical user interface at the remote computing device, and wherein each data cell is associated with a current data element; receiving multiple second data elements each corresponding to one of the multiple data cells of the data template; determining that one or more of the second data elements are different from the current data elements of the corresponding data cells of the data template; and transmitting the one or more second data elements that are different from the current data elements of the corresponding data cells of the data template to the remote computing device for associating the transmitted one or more second data elements with the corresponding data cells of the data template. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359464 | OPPORTUNITY EVENTS - The description relates to opportunity events. One example can filter events based upon at least one parameter from a profile of a user. The filtering can produce potential opportunity events for the user. The example can compare the potential opportunity events to the user profile utilizing a similarity threshold such that the potential opportunity events that satisfy the similarity threshold are considered opportunity events. The example can rank the opportunity events by confidence level of matching the user profile. The example can also automatically populate high ranking individual opportunity events onto a calendar of the user. The example can further notify the user about the automatically populating. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359465 | Method and Apparatus for Annotated Electronic File Sharing - A method and apparatus for sharing electronic documents and sharing annotations to the same is disclosed. In some aspects, the present teachings include easy to use and flexible user interface elements to assist users in accessing shared files and folders as well as indications to alert the users to updates in the condition of a shared item. The user interface also permits simple but effective sharing of comments relating to content and allows for intuitive social networking features in the context of electronic content sharing. In other aspects, an indicator of how many new unread comments are associated with a shared electronic file exist is placed visually on or beside the actual icon of the share electronic file associated with the comments. | 12-04-2014 |
20140365900 | REPLICATION OF MOBILE RENDERING USING COMPUTER-READABLE IMAGES - An example device includes one or more processors configured to generate for display, data corresponding to a selectable control, the computing device provides a pre-production web application, the selectable control is displayable in association with output of the pre-production web application, and the selectable control, when selected, causes a computer-readable image encoding a uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with the pre-production web application to be generated, to receive a selection of the selectable control, identify the URI, and generate for display the computer-readable image, where the computer-readable image is displayable to a mobile computing device, use the computer-readable image to obtain the URI, make a request to the pre-production web application using the URI, and display the output, receive, from the mobile computing device, the request, and provide to the mobile computing device, the output, such that the mobile computing device displays the output of the pre-production web. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365901 | PUSHING MAP INFORMATION FROM A DEVICE TO OTHER DEVICES - A method of sending map related information from a device to a set of associated devices is provided. The method displays a map on a display screen of a first device. The method receives a request to share map information with other associated devices. The method displays a list of a set of devices associated with the first device. The method receives a selection of one or more devices in the set of devices. The method identifies the map information to share based on a set of criteria. The method sends the identified map information from the first device to the identified devices. | 12-11-2014 |
20140380178 | DISPLAYING INTERACTIVE CHARTS ON DEVICES WITH LIMITED RESOURCES - A server provided according to an aspect of the present disclosure receives as input, data values to be displayed in the form of a chart. The server renders the chart based on the received data values and also generates a static image for the rendered chart. The server, in addition, creates an area map indicating the portions of the static image, which correspond to the respective data values, and are interactive. The static image and the area map are served to devices, which are able to display the chart for interaction, with minimal resources in view of the availability of the static image as well as the area map. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380179 | System and Method for Facilitating an Interactive Engagement of a User with an Online Application - System and method for facilitating an interactive engagement of a user with an online application is disclosed. The method comprises presenting one or more first questions, to the user, associated with the online application. For the one or more first questions, a first response is received from the user. The first response indicates behavioural characteristics of the user. The method comprises assigning a first engagement metric based on the first response. Further, one or more second questions are presented, to the user, associated with the online application. The one or more second questions are dynamically restructured based on the first engagement metric. The method comprises receiving a second response corresponding to the one or more second questions. The method further comprises modifying the first engagement metric into a second engagement metric based on the second response. The method further comprises calculating a score based on the second engagement metric. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380180 | SERVICE CLOUD CONSOLE - Various embodiments described or referenced herein are directed to different methods, systems, and computer program products for providing contextual information regarding database records via a user interface. A user interface is provided in a browser in accordance with information received from one or more servers in communication with a database system storing records and contextual information. The user interface comprises a first component and a second component, the first component comprising data of a record stored in the database system, the second component comprising contextual information related to the record data. A modification to the record data is received. A request for updated contextual information is transmitted to the one or more servers, the request identifying at least a portion of the modification. The updated contextual information is received from the one or more servers and displayed in the second component without reloading the user interface. | 12-25-2014 |
20150012833 | MOBILE APPLICATION USING GESTURES TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION - The present invention relates to a method and system for facilitating communication between a user's mobile communications device and a service entity. The system may include a service entity mobile application that may be configured to be installed on the mobile device to add a new resident application on the mobile device. The mobile application may also be configured to receive manipulations of the mobile device in the form of a gesture which is recognized by the device to provide information to the service entity. The information including instructions relating to carrying out a service provided by the service entity. The mobile device may display a list of options selectable by the user of the mobile application. The instructions may relate to determining a location of where the service is to be provided and determining an estimated time of when the service will be provided. | 01-08-2015 |
20150012834 | PROVIDING USER ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS - Apparatus, a method and a computer program is provided. The apparatus includes: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer program code configured, working with the at least one processor, to cause at least the following to be performed: enabling a user to set one or more user activity settings; and providing at least one user activity suggestion based, at least in part, upon the one or more user activity settings. | 01-08-2015 |
20150012835 | COMPUTER SYSTEM - A CDN accelerator computer system ( | 01-08-2015 |
20150012836 | Method for Securely Distributing Meeting Data from Interactive Whiteboard Projector - Distributing meeting data from an interactive whiteboard projector to at least one computer of a meeting member, comprises: in the interactive whiteboard projector, using a processor to save meeting data, generate a password, display a screen with a URL of the projector and the password and use a web server to transfer the meeting data from the interactive whiteboard projector to the at least one computer. | 01-08-2015 |
20150019980 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT PLATFORM FOR A NETWORK - Apparatus, system and method for presenting content in a multi-dimensional format is disclosed. A communication apparatus is configured to communicate data to a network, and a storage is operatively coupled to the communication apparatus. The storage is configured to store data to be presented to a user via the network. A processor may be configured to process the data to generate a presentation form for the data, wherein the presentation form includes a polyhedron having a plurality of faces, wherein each face of the polyhedron includes a portion of the data on each face. The presentation form is then communicated for presentation to the user. A portable device is also disclosed for controlling and interacting with the presentation form. | 01-15-2015 |
20150019981 | SYSTEM, DEVICES, AND PLATFORM FOR EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT - A system, platform and network are disclosed. The system may be at least partially enabled by one or more processors, and may include a first device having a display for displaying a selected content item made accessible to the first device via download and/or streaming from a network. The first device may have a first device input to interact with the content item. A second device may be coupled to the network and may be configured to control access to and/or to monitor the use of the content item by the first device. A heuristics module may be included for determining whether the first device has utilized the content item to a level of utilization greater than a predetermined value and to form a suggestion based on the determination made by the heuristics module. A communication module may be included to send the suggestion to the second device to provide the first device with an updated and/or a second content item. | 01-15-2015 |
20150019982 | SYSTEM, DEVICES, AND PLATFORM FOR SECURITY - A system, platform and network are disclosed. The system may be at least partially enabled by one or more processors and may include one or more tethering devices configured to be carried by and/or worn by and/or included in the clothing and/or accessories of a person. The system may also include a first device for being kept in the possession of the person and a display for displaying a selected content item made accessible via download and/or streaming from a network. The first device may also have a first device input to interact with the content item, and may include a proximity element for wireless coupling with the one or more tethering devices. The system may also be configured to issue an alert when a distance between any of the one or more tethering devices and the first device exceeds a predetermined maximum distance. | 01-15-2015 |
20150026583 | MEDIA CONTENT BOARDS - A system, comprising a media device that includes a processor and a memory, is configured to receive from a first remote site a first set of data concerning a plurality of items of media content. Each of the plurality of items of media content is determined at the first remote site at least in part according to a descriptor provided from the first media device and data from a second remote site. The media device is configured to display a graphical user interface identifying each of the plurality of items of media content. | 01-22-2015 |
20150040018 | RATING AND REVIEW INTERFACE - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a search query for ratable entities, identifying at least one ratable entity responsive to the search query, and sending a webpage to a client device, the webpage including instructions that cause the client device to display one of a plurality of interfaces of a rating card for the at least one ratable entity, including instructions to initially display a first interface having a first graphical user interface (GUI) element for receiving a rating input, and instructions to display a second interface having a second GUI element upon receiving input in the first GUI element of the first interface. | 02-05-2015 |
20150040019 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING APPLICATION USER INTERFACE - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a terminal connected to a home network with an application UI that can be optimally displayed on the terminal. As a server terminal transmits a UI optimized for the graphics resolution of the client terminal to a client terminal, images and text can be sharply displayed on the UI for higher readability, and the speed of response to an event the client terminal's user enters on the application can be made faster. In addition, a client terminal user can have a pleasant user experience (UX). | 02-05-2015 |
20150040020 | CLICKSTREAM MONITORING - A computer platform and network for sharing of clickstreams and demographic information of users browsing the Internet with content providers and advertisers. The technology further relates to a graphical user interface for representing clickstreams and selectively recorded URL's/URI's for individuals and groups of individuals in both linear and popular (most visited) views. The technology still further includes permitting an intentional delay in recording URL's/URI's via the graphical interface, with controls for the user to control or override the delay. | 02-05-2015 |
20150046827 | AUTOMATIC AUGMENTATION OF CONTENT THROUGH AUGMENTATION SERVICES - A method of automatically augmenting content through augmentation services can include invoking a service to receive an entity determination based on the content and an entity container comprising an object of the content and one or more attributes of the object. The entity determination and corresponding entity container can be assigned as a marker to content being clipped. The marker can be used to enable access and actions that can be taken with respect to the clipping or the structured information augmenting the clipping. | 02-12-2015 |
20150052444 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING A DLNA APPARATUS, AND MOBILE TERMINAL - Disclosed are a method and mobile terminal for displaying DLNA equipment the method comprising accessing the DLNA network through wireless communication obtaining the DLNA equipment in the DLNA network; adding the DLNA equipment to a DLNA list which is correspondingly related to a shortcut icon; displaying the shortcut icon at the predetermined position of the display interface; entering the DLNA list by clicking on the shortcut icon to choose and operate the DLNA equipment. By said means, the method and the mobile terminal for displaying DLNA equipment can simplify the operating steps, and improve the efficiency of operating DLNA equipment for user. | 02-19-2015 |
20150067524 | CONTENT ITEMS STORED IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Provided herein are a portable terminal and a method for managing content stored in a plurality of devices. Information associated with a plurality of electronic devices registered under a user identifier is displayed. Content items stored across the plurality of electronic devices are searched. Content items found across the plurality of electronic devices are displayed. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067525 | Method and system for provisioning computing resources - A method, computer-readable medium, and system for provisioning computing resources across multiple cloud providers and/or data centers are disclosed. A graphical user interface is used to select a plurality of computing resources and at least one cloud provider and/or at least one data center for providing the plurality of computing resources. Scripts associated with the at least one cloud provider and/or at least one data center are accessed, where each script is capable of automatically setting up a computing resource on an associated cloud provider or associated data center. The scripts are then used to automatically allocate and/or configure the computing resources on the at least one cloud provider and/or at least one data center. As such, computing resources can be automatically provisioned using a generic graphical user interface and without a user having skills or credentials specific to each cloud provider and/or data center. | 03-05-2015 |
20150082180 | APPROACHES FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DISPLAY USED IN CONTENT NAVIGATION - Approaches enable three-dimensional (3D) display and interaction with interfaces (such as a webpage, an application, etc.) when the device is operating in a 3D view mode. For example, interface elements can be highlighted, emphasized, animated, or otherwise altered in appearance, and/or arrangement in the renderings of those interfaces based at least in part on an orientation of the device or a position of a user using the device. Further, the 3D view mode can provide for an animated 3D departure and appearance of elements as the device navigates from a current page to a new page. Further still, approaches provide for the ability to specify 3D attributes (such as the appearance, action, etc.) of the interface elements. In this way, a developer of such interfaces can use information (e.g., tags, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) to specify a 3D appearance change to be applied to at least one interface element when the 3D view mode is activated. | 03-19-2015 |
20150082181 | APPROACHES FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DISPLAY - Approaches enable three-dimensional (3D) display and interaction with interfaces (such as a webpage, an application, etc.) when the device is operating in a 3D view mode. For example, interface elements can be highlighted, emphasized, animated, or otherwise altered in appearance, and/or arrangement in the renderings of those interfaces based at least in part on an orientation of the device or a position of a user using the device. Further, the 3D view mode can provide for an animated 3D departure and appearance of elements as the device navigates from a current page to a new page. Further still, approaches provide for the ability to specify 3D attributes (such as the appearance, action, etc.) of the interface elements. In this way, a developer of such interfaces can use information (e.g., tags, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) to specify a 3D appearance change to be applied to at least one interface element when the 3D view mode is activated. | 03-19-2015 |
20150082182 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display at least one of a first Graphic User Interface (GUI) representing a domain which provides an execution screen according to a depth, a user interface configured to receive a user command, and a controller configured to, when one of the at least one of the first GUI is selected according to the user command, display at least one of a second GUI representing a sub domain which is available in a domain represented by the selected first GUI, and when one of the at least one of the second GUI is selected, provide an execution screen corresponding to the sub domain based on sub domain information which is mapped with the selected second GUI. | 03-19-2015 |
20150082183 | LOCATION-BASED AND ALTER-EGO QUERIES - A user at a geographical location may submit a search query and receive results responsive to the search query. The search results provided to the user may be based on the user's geographical location. The search results may also be based on one or more attributes of the user or an alter ego. The alter ego may be an individual user or another type of entity, such as a group or a business. A user at a geographical location submitting an alter-ego search query may see the results that would be presented to the alter ego if the alter ego were at the geographical location. Each user's interests may be selected through an interest-selection interface, automatically generated as the user interacts with search results, dynamically generated as a user follows or likes search results, or otherwise determined. | 03-19-2015 |
20150089376 | VIRTUAL CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - In an embodiment, a computer implemented method of an online course, includes receiving a server quantity via a browser interface, the server quantity being the number of servers to be loaded with an operating system and a course application to provide a computer-based teaching environment to a student user, wherein the browser interface operates within a database. The method further includes receiving a server-student allocation via the browser interface, the server-student allocation being a number that determines the proportion of students in the computer-based teaching environment to the servers providing the computer-based teaching environment. The method also includes determining a reservation permission for the computer-based teaching environment during a timeslot based on the server quantity, the server-student allocation, and available assets, wherein the available assets includes an unreserved server, and providing, via the browser interface, the reservation permission for the computer-based teaching environment during the timeslot. | 03-26-2015 |
20150089377 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTION OF USER INTERFACE RENDERING ARTIFACTS IN ENTERPRISE WEB APPLICATIONS USING A MANIFEST MECHANISM - A method, system, and computer-program product for the selection of user interface rendering artifacts in web applications using a manifest mechanism are disclosed. The method includes receiving a request, evaluating an expression, and generating a physical renderer. The request is received at a manifest engine, and comprises a request for a physical renderer. The evaluating is performed by the manifest engine. The physical renderer is generated by the manifest engine, and the manifest engine is configured to generate the physical renderer based on a result of the evaluating. | 03-26-2015 |
20150095789 | USER INTERFACE TO RESIDENCE RELATED INFORMATION CENTER ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS ELECTRIC VEHICLE ELECTRICAL ENERGY TRANSFER - A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically analyzing exchange information resultant at least in part from user interface interaction by one or more residential participants as to interface substance reviewed thereby and related at least in part to factors of residentially situated wireless electrical recharging of one or more electric vehicles concerning at least in part the one or more residential participants. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 04-02-2015 |
20150106723 | TOOLS FOR LOCATING, CURATING, EDITING, AND USING CONTENT OF AN ONLINE LIBRARY - Embodiments can comprise a tool which provides access to an online library and a number of supporting functions including but not limited to functions for searching for content, capturing found content into the library, editing the captured content, and tracking use of the content. In one embodiment, this tool can be implemented as an extension to a client-side application such as a web browser. In such an implementation, the tool may be accessible through an icon on the toolbar of the browser. Launching of this tool, for example by a selection of the icon from the toolbar of the browser, can initiate or provide access to the functions and features described herein. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106724 | METHOD OF VISUALLY INDICATING OPTIMAL COMMUNICATION TIMES - The method of visually indicating optimal communication times provides a visual indicator to a user of the most and least desirable times for communicating with a selected entity, such as an individual, a business or the like. At least one type of communication of the entity is monitored, and percentages of communications with each hour-long period of a 24 hour day are recorded. The types of communications may include e-mails, telephone calls, social media activity, and the like. Based on the percentages for each hour-long period, a color-coded scheme is applied to each of the hours in the 24-hour day. A visual representation of the 24 hour day is displayed to the user. Each hour-long period is displayed in its respective color, visually indicating to the user the most desirable and least desirable times to communicate with the entity. | 04-16-2015 |
20150121238 | REMOTE PLAY SYSTEM - A remote play system includes: at least a remote device and a master device wireless coupled to the remote device. The master device includes a touch screen. A browser panel on the touch screen of the master device displays a remote device display region displaying at least a remote device icon which represents the remote device. The browser panel on the touch screen of the master device further displays a file display region displaying at least a file icon which represents a to-be-shared file. In response to a drag-and-drop event triggered on the touch screen, the file icon is dragged and dropped to the remote device icon, and the master device shares the file to the remote device. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121239 | MANIFEST SCHEMA TO PROVIDE APPLICATION FLOWS - Embodiments regard manifest schema to provide application flows. An embodiment of a method includes: loading a manifest schema on a device, the manifest schema including a parent manifest and one or more application manifests; making a call to a server to populate a user interface of the device based on the manifest schema; upon receiving a message at the mobile device, utilizing the parent manifest to automatically select an application for routing of the message, the selection of the application being based on contents of the message; and utilizing an application manifest for the selected application to automatically select a process for routing of the message, the selection of the process being based on the contents of the message using an application manifest for the selected application. | 04-30-2015 |
20150128057 | Remote Monitoring an Individual's Adherence to a Personalized Schedule - A computer-implemented method for remotely monitoring an individuals adherence to a personalised schedule includes receiving primary data inputs associated with an individual from a client device and generating a schedule based on the primary data inputs. The method also includes inputting secondary data inputs to the client device which provides feedback on the individual adherence to the generated personalised schedule, providing a graphical representation on the client device based on the secondary data inputs which provides a visually perceptible representation of the individual's adherence to the generated schedule, and providing a remote device access to the graphical representation for facilitating remote monitoring of the individual's adherence to the generated personalised schedule. | 05-07-2015 |
20150135084 | CLOUD VISUALIZATION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Cloud visualization and management systems and methods are described. | 05-14-2015 |
20150143246 | System, Method and Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium for Embedding Behavior Collection Component into Application of Mobile Device Automatically - A system for automatically embedding behavior collection components into a mobile device application; the system includes a user interface module, a recording module, a marking module, and an embedding module. The user interface module provides an operation interface which includes tracking items. The tracking items correspond to behavior collection components. The behavior collection components transmit operation information of the mobile device to a server. The recording module records relational information respectively corresponds to each of the behavior collection components, and each relational information is a relational function selected from of a plurality of relational functions of a library. The marking module determines and marks embedding positions of the behavior collection components in the mobile device application based on the behavior collection components of the selected tracking items and relational information thereof. The embedding module embeds the behavior collection components of the selected tracking items into the marked embedding positions. | 05-21-2015 |
20150149916 | Integrating Co-Browsing with Other Forms of Information Sharing - A co-browse service uses JavaScript to allow a web page shown in a user's browser to be viewed remotely. Updates to the web page are rendered into HTML and forwarded on the co-browse session. Aspects of the web page that should not be visible are specified in a list of masked elements which prevents the JavaScript from transmitting the content of those elements on the co-browse session. A person viewing the web page at the remote location can select objects to have those objects highlighted within the user's browser. Likewise the person viewing the web page may manipulate the objects by selecting objects and entering information into the objects. Updates to the web page are collected and aggregated such that only the most recent updates are forwarded on the co-browse session. Updates that don't affect the DOM, such as hover state, are also transmitted on the session. | 05-28-2015 |
20150149917 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING TIME AND DATE SPECIFIC SOFTWARE USER INTERFACES - Computer systems, methods and software for responding to remote clients with content selected based on when the request is made. The method may include selecting one or more interface components based on the time of day and/or date of the request, and returning a response including the selected interface components. The method may include adjusting the time for a time zone for the remote client and/or user. Interface components may be fully embedded in the response, or may be references to external components. Interface components may include data relating to a user task associated with the date and/or time of day, formatting information for displaying the task data to the user of the remote client, instructions for user interaction with the task data, etc. | 05-28-2015 |
20150293669 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CONTAINED, USABLE OBJECTS THAT ARE DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURABLE - The present disclosure provides a system and a method for enabling interoperability between digital systems. In one aspect, the method comprises generating a process appliance container by concatenating two or more process appliances, the process appliance container comprising core logic and functional elements associated with the core logic; transmitting the process appliance container to a process interpolation terminal; and rendering an output on the process interpolation terminal in accordance with the core logic and the functional elements of the process appliance container. | 10-15-2015 |
20150293684 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING APPS ACTIVATION WITHIN LOCAL NETWORK - The present invention provides a method for controlling apps activation within local network having at least one receiver module associated with external screen and at least one touch enabled device, both enabled to activate multimedia streaming applications. The method comprising the steps of: selecting between at least one receiver module and at least one touch enabled device for activating multimedia application selected by a user, based on predefined rules or user instruction. In case the selected device is not a mobile device having touched enabled screen:reverse mirroring of activated multimedia applications from the receiver module of the selected device to the touch enabled device through direct local wireless communication network and conveying input data from the touch enabled device in real-time to the receiver module of the selected device through direct local wireless communication network. | 10-15-2015 |
20150293954 | GROUPING AND MANAGING EVENT STREAMS GENERATED FROM CAPTURED NETWORK DATA - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the processing of network data. During operation, the system causes for display a graphical user interface (GUI) for configuring the generation of time-series event data from network packets captured by one or more remote capture agents. Next, the system causes for display, in the GUI, a first set of user-interface elements for specifying a grouping of a set of event streams containing the time-series event data by an event stream attribute associated with the event streams. The system then causes for display, in the GUI, a second set of user-interface elements containing event stream information for one or more subsets of the event streams represented by the grouping of the event streams by the event stream attribute. | 10-15-2015 |
20150295776 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTENT CONTAINMENT - A first user content request from a first visualization and a second user content request from a second visualization is received. The first user content request and the second user content request are analyzed. Based upon the analysis, access is provided to a set of common functions to the first user content request and the second user content request. State information is shared between the first visualization and the second visualization. | 10-15-2015 |
20150295796 | ADJUSTING NETWORK DATA STORAGE BASED ON EVENT STREAM STATISTICS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the processing of network data. During operation, the system causes for display a graphical user interface (GUI) for configuring the generation of time-series event data from network packets captured by one or more remote capture agents. Next, the system causes for display, in the GUI, a first set of user-interface elements for managing one or more event streams containing the time-series event data, wherein managing the one or more event streams includes enabling the generation of a set of statistics from an event stream without subsequently storing and processing at least a first portion of the event stream by one or more components on a network. The GUI then updates the configuration information based on input received through the first set of user-interface elements. | 10-15-2015 |
20150317050 | E-BOOK GIFTING - A computing device displays a user activatable trigger along with a content portion of the e-book when the e-book is rendered for reading. The computing device detects activation of the trigger by user input. The computing device generates communication for a network service from which the e-book is available for download. The generated communication can include an identifier for each of the e-book, the user, and a recipient. According to some embodiments, at least a portion of the communication corresponding to the identifier of the e-book is identified and automatically provided as part of the communication. The communication can then be transmitted the network service. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317369 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING CONSTRUCTS TO A RECEIVED DATA SET - Systems and methods are described for applying predefined constructs to data sets to generate visualizations. A server may provide a construct library that includes a plurality of constructs organized into a hierarchical system based on topics associated with financial planning. Each construct includes a predetermined processing method that calculates a construct output based on received input data. The server may receive a selection of a construct, from the construct library, and a data set. The received data set is mapped to the selected construct and applied the selected construct to the mapped data set. The applying may include automatically retrieving the received input data from the mapped data set and calculating the construct output. Furthermore, the server may automatically generate a first visualization based on the construct output. The server may then cause the first visualization to be displayed on a client device. | 11-05-2015 |
20150333971 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING PROCESSES OF APPLICATION PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides a method and device for managing processes of an application program. The method and device relate to the field of electronic terminal devices, which may significantly save processing resources of the electronic terminal devices so as to improve the efficiency of using the resources. The method of the present disclosure generally includes steps of switching an application program from running in foreground to running in background, wherein processes of the application program comprise a user interface (UI) process and a logic process and terminating the UI process of the application program and keeping the logic process of the application program running. The embodiments of the present disclosure are generally used to manage application programs in electronic terminal devices. | 11-19-2015 |
20150333974 | MOBILE APPLICATION FOR ACCESSING A SHAREPOINT.RTM. SERVER - A method of and a mobile processing device for accessing a web application platform. The method includes installing an application configured to access a server hosting the web application platform, configuring the application, wherein configuring comprises generating at least one of a data capture list and a data lookup list available to the application, transferring authentication information to the server, receiving an indication of which application configurations the application is permitted to access based upon the authentication information, and displaying a set of one or more icons related to the application configurations the application is permitted to access. The mobile processing device includes various hardware components for performing the method. | 11-19-2015 |
20150339034 | USER INTERACTIONS USING DIGITAL CONTENT - Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable storage mediums for sharing user annotations of digital content are disclosed. A request for user annotations of a digital book is received from a user device. A data storage device storing annotation records of the digital book is accessed. Respective annotation records include metadata, a location identifier, and interaction data. One of the annotation records is selected based at least partly on the interaction data of the annotation records. The selected annotations are provided for display on the user device at the locations indicated by the corresponding location identifier. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341416 | CLOUD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING APPLICATIONS OF ANDROID SYSTEMS - A cloud management system for executing applications of Android system includes at least one user device and a cloud simulator. The cloud simulator couples to the user device via a network and is arranged for receiving a request from the user device, providing a first virtual phone interface corresponding to the user device to the user device in response to the request, wherein the first virtual phone interface includes respective applications of Android system, receiving an application selection from the user device and performing a first application corresponding to the application selection and returning the execution result for the first application to the user device for displaying via the first virtual phone interface. | 11-26-2015 |
20150346921 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING RELATIVE LOCATION OF PERSONS, PLACES OR OBJECTS - The subject matter discloses an electronic device having a circular display device, comprising a relative location unit for determining a relative location of one or more Targets relative to the electronic device, a circular display device for displaying the relative location of the one or more Targets relative to a Looker displayed in a center of the circular display device and a processor for determining information displayed on the circular display device. | 12-03-2015 |
20150346959 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING RESPONSES TO AND DRAWINGS FOR MEDIA CONTENT - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine that an interactively exchanged media content item is being accessed. An initiation of a response to the media content item can be detected. The response to the media content item can be created. The response can be transmitted, at least in part, to a sender of the media content item. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347545 | Interactive Visualization of Multiple Data Sources Across Multiple Computers - A data pool receives first data derived from user-generated input that identifies events that have occurred at the corresponding remote first computing system. Thereafter, the data pool generates messages based on the identified events that specify data to be extracted from each of a plurality of data sources. The data pool then transmits data comprising the generated messages to at least one of a plurality of data daemons. The data pool subsequently receives second data extracted and processed by the data daemons in response to the transmitted data. In addition, the data pool transmits at least a portion of the received second data to at least one remote second computing system to enable the remote second computing system to render visualizations that are based on the received data and which are displayed within at least one data lens that overlays a substrate in the graphical user interface. | 12-03-2015 |
20150355830 | Visual Characteristics of User Interface Elements In a Unified Interest Layer - A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is invoked and the widgets are shown on the screen. The user can activate the dashboard at any time, causing the dashboard to temporarily replace the existing user interface display on the user's screen. Once the dashboard has been activated, the user can interact with any or all of the widgets, and can configure the dashboard by adding, deleting, moving, or configuring individual widgets as desired. When the user wishes to return to the normal user interface he or she was working with, the user issues a command causing the dashboard to be dismissed. | 12-10-2015 |
20150365248 | Device Selection Method and Apparatus - A device selection method and apparatus is disclosed, where the method includes: responding, by a control device, to a selection operation of a user, and determining a pointing direction of the control device and/or a deflection angle of the control device according to sensing data collected by a sensor of the control device; and determining, according to the pointing direction of the control device and/or the deflection angle of the control device, a home network device selected by the user, so that a correctness rate of home network device selection is increased effectively. | 12-17-2015 |
20150365300 | DISTRIBUTED USER INTERFACES AS A SERVICE - Technologies are generally described to send distributed user interface elements to a customer. In some examples, a virtualization server may receive an application to be provided to a customer. The virtualization server may separate the application into multiple user interface elements and encapsulate each user interface element with virtualization components for individual delivery to the customer. Subsequently, the virtualization server may then forward the encapsulated element(s) to one or more customer devices. | 12-17-2015 |
20150370467 | CONFIGURABLE AND SELF-OPTIMIZING BUSINESS PROCESS APPLICATIONS - Configurable and self-optimizing business process applications can be used in conjunction with features of a content management system, for example including generating and providing guidance relating to a decision or action point within a workflow instance, allowing a user to invoke an exception that includes a deviation from a set of actions defined by the business process application, saving a modified version of the business process application in the content management repository, and monitoring performance metrics of the business process application and the modified business process application when used by additional users in additional workflow instances. Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture are described. | 12-24-2015 |
20150378564 | ORBIT VISUALIZATION ANIMATION - A system and method for transitioning a displayed visualization from a first state to a second state. An example method includes displaying an orbit visualization characterized by a first state, wherein the orbit visualization includes a parent node and one or more child nodes positioned about a first orbit path that at least partially circumscribes the parent node; selectively initiating navigation of the orbit visualization; transitioning display of the parent node and one or more child nodes in accordance with the navigation by animating repositioning of the parent node and the one or more child nodes on a user interface display screen, such that a resulting node positioning characterizes the orbit visualization in the second state representative of a navigated-to location. The navigation may represent a downward or upward navigation of hierarchically related data, such that the animation illustrates separation of one or more petals from a selected node or movement toward the selected node, respectively. | 12-31-2015 |
20150381746 | Providing Content Based On Location - Among other things, we describe a method that includes receiving a content stream that defines elements of media content, determining that an element of content of the content stream is associated with a first location, determining that an electronic device is at a second location proximate to the first location, and in response, making the element of content available on the electronic device. | 12-31-2015 |
20160019209 | UNIFIED PICTURE ACCESS ACROSS DEVICES - A method for creating a design for an image product includes registering a group of image sources by a network based image service system, wherein the group of image sources comprise a first device and a second device, receiving a notification, by the network based image service system, from the image sources about availabilities of the image sources, representing the second device and a local storage of the first device at a user interface on the first device, indicating an availability status of the second device on the first device, and if the availability status of the second device indicates that the second device is available, allowing a user to browse, on the first device, images stored on the second device. | 01-21-2016 |
20160026348 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ENABLING A USER TO SYNCHRONIZE, MANAGE, AND SHARE FOLDERS ACROSS A PLURALITY OF CLIENT DEVICES AND A SYNCHRONIZATION SERVER - A system, method, and computer program are provided for enabling a user to synchronize, manage, and share files and folders across a plurality of client devices and a synchronization server. In a user interface, a first view displays all folders, which a user has synchronized to the synchronization server and a drop-target zone to which the user is able to drag a folder from the local device to synchronize the folder with the synchronization server. A second view displays all files and folders, which the user has shared with other users. A third view displays a list of user contacts, where each contact is a drop-target zone on which a user is able to drag a folder to share the folder with the contact. A fourth view is provided in which a user is able to see activity related to a folder displayed in the first view. | 01-28-2016 |
20160028796 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ENABLING A USER TO SYNCHRONIZE, MANAGE, AND SHARE FOLDERS ACROSS A PLURALITY OF CLIENT DEVICES AND A SYNCHRONIZATION SERVER - A system, method, and computer program are provided for enabling a user to synchronize, manage, and share files and folders across a plurality of client devices and a synchronization server. In a user interface, a first view displays all folders, which a user has synchronized to the synchronization server and a drop-target zone to which the user is able to drag a folder from the local device to synchronize the folder with the synchronization server. A second view displays all files and folders, which the user has shared with other users. A third view displays a list of user contacts, where each contact is a drop-target zone on which a user is able to drag a folder to share the folder with the contact. A fourth view is provided in which a user is able to see activity related to a folder displayed in the first view. | 01-28-2016 |
20160028811 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ENABLING A USER TO ACCESS AND EDIT VIA A VIRTUAL DRIVE OBJECTS SYNCHRONIZED TO A PLURALITY OF SYNCHRONIZATION CLIENTS - A system, method, and computer program are provided for enabling a user to edit and access local and remote objects via a virtual drive, including objects synchronized to a plurality of Synchronization clients. A virtual drive is displayed on the user's local client device with all objects, which a user has synchronized to a synchronization server. A user is able to access and edit any object displayed in the virtual drive. In response to detecting a change in an object its the virtual drive, the object is updated on the synchronization server. All remote clients of the user or of any other users whom have access to the changed folder are identified and notified of the change. In response to the change being a change to content within the folder, the content of the folder is automatically updated on any identified remote clients that have a corresponding folder. | 01-28-2016 |
20160034123 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING CONTEXT HANDOFF BETWEEN DEVICES IN A CLOUD BASED WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORK - An apparatus obtains application state information for another device and displays a login screen on a display that provides information for at least one application running on the other device. The information displayed may be an icon corresponding to an application running on the other device. The application state information may include an application identifier, a content identifier and a pointer to a location at which a given content is accessed by the application. An apparatus includes a display, application state monitor logic, operative to obtain application state information for another device, and login screen configuration logic, operatively coupled to the display. The login screen configuration logic is operative to configure a login screen on the display to provide information for at least one application running on the other device, based on the application state information for the other device obtained by the application state monitor logic. | 02-04-2016 |
20160034174 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SINGLE-TOUCH ENGAGEMENT WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER SITES - A mobile computing device running application software is provided that enables the aggregation of data from multiple sources into a single main feed, and is configured to receive touch input into the form of custom gestures. In an embodiment, a single gesture activates custom action related to data in the main feed. A system and method of use are provided for operating the system. | 02-04-2016 |
20160041705 | DISPLAY OF A PLURALITY OF FILES FROM MULTIPLE DEVICES - In a synchronization or back-up system that synchronizes and/or back-ups files from multiple computing devices, the present invention provides a method for (1) displaying files from multiple computing devices in a multi-view user interface and (2) enabling content and file operations to be performed on such files through the user interface. The multi-view interface includes a file-system view and one or more media-specific views. In the file-system view files are organized in the same way in which they are organized on the devices on which they are stored. The file-system view in the interface looks essentially the same as the file-system view on client devices. In the file-system view, users can perform file operations on files. In the media-specific view files are organized by media category. In one embodiment of the media-specific view, files are organized by metadata that relates to the files content. In the media-specific view, users can perform content operations on the files. | 02-11-2016 |
20160054871 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A NEWS FEED WEBSITE AND APPLICATION - A method for providing a news feed website and application. The method comprises the steps of receiving and storing a list of data sources, subject matter channels, and keywords in a database. The application assigns at least one subject matter channel to each keyword, at least one subject matter channel to each data source, and provides a keyword searcher. The keyword searcher searches the listed data sources for news articles containing at least one of the keywords. A graphical news feed containing the news articles found in the searching step is transmitted to a user. The website and application receives input from the user to modify the list of data sources, and the list of subject matter channels, and updates the list of data sources the list of subject matter channels in a database based on the input received from the user. | 02-25-2016 |
20160054878 | Image Panning and Zooming Effect - A method may include displaying an image on an electronic device to a user of a system, the image comprising content downloaded from the system. The method may include determining a relationship between the content of the image and the user accessing the image based on information from the system, and then displaying an animation of panning the image. The panning of the image may include displaying at least a first portion of the image before a second portion of the image to the user accessing the image based on displaying a movement of the image that is determined based on the relationship between the content of the image and the user. The first portion of the image may be different from the second portion of the image. | 02-25-2016 |
20160057196 | REMOTE USER INTERFACE EVENT NOTIFICATION - On a computing device, a notification of an event is received via a digital communication channel. The notification includes an individualized UI element identifier that distinguishes an instance of a UI element from every other instance of any UI element. The individualized UI element identifier includes a device identifier, an application identifier, a page index, and a UI element label. The instance of the UI element is identified based on the individualized UI element identifier included in the notification of the event. An operation associated with the instance of the UI element is performed in response to identifying the instance of the UI element. | 02-25-2016 |
20160062599 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are a mobile terminal capable of capturing an image and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal includes: a display unit configured to output an automatic scrap icon and a manual scrap icon for selecting first screen information and partial screen information included in the first screen information; and a control unit configured to, in response to a preset touch input applied to the automatic scrap icon, extract meta data regarding the first screen information, select partial screen information included in the first screen information on the basis of the extracted meta data, generate second screen information including the selected partial screen information, and control the display unit to output the generated second screen information. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062617 | Map Zooming Based on Semantic Meaning - Systems and methods for map zooming based on semantic meaning are provided. One example system includes one or more server computing devices configured to perform first operations. The first operations include receiving a request for a map from a first client device associated with a first user; obtaining user preferences data associated with the first user; and selecting a first semantic group from a plurality of semantic groups based at least in part on the user preferences data. Each of the plurality of semantic groups comprises a plurality of different semantic entities. The first operations include providing the map to the first client device. Zooming functionality provided to the first user allows the first user to zoom a displayed portion of the map between a plurality of different geographic areas respectively associated with the plurality of different semantic entities included in the first semantic group. | 03-03-2016 |
20160063699 | MAMMOGRAPHY INFORMATION SYSTEM - A method and system for analyzing and retrieving breast tissue abnormality tracking data, providing a tool for a radiologist that includes a report summarizing the statistical frequency of diagnosed patients, both locally and nationally, with breast tissue region-of-interest classifications similar to the breast tissue images taken of the anatomy of an individual patient. A computer aided diagnostic program can be tested or verified against the breast tissue images and the region-of-interest classifications that have been validated by definitive patient diagnosis. Methods and systems allow the efficient collection of all of the breast tissue abnormalities for a given medical facility in order to provide trending data or radiologist performance analysis. The region-of-interest abnormalities in a single location in a patient's tissue are correlated across a variety of imaging modalities including X-rays, mammogram, CT, ultrasound, MRI, or other imaging technologies. | 03-03-2016 |
20160077680 | PROCESSING BROWSER REQUESTS TO PROVIDE MULTIPLE PORTIONS OF CONTENT HAVING A CONSISTENT APPEARANCE - Processing a browser request that specifies a destination network resource generally includes intercepting a browser request that specifies a selected destination network resource and redirecting the browser request to a network server that differs from the destination resource specified by the browser request. Processing a browser request also may include intercepting a browser request received from a client computer at a proxy server when the browser request specifies a selected destination network resource and performing instructions associated with and in addition to instructions performed to download the selected destination network resource. | 03-17-2016 |
20160077723 | DYNAMIC ADAPTATION OF INTERACTIVE INFORMATION CONTAINERS' CONTENT AND STATE - A user input position of a user input received from an input device of the electronic device is determined and a direction of motion of the user input based on one or more previously-received user input positions. A plurality of adaptable interactive elements are presented via the display and a changeable set of adaptable interactive elements is determined in response to the received user input position. The changeable set of adaptable interactive elements is determined by interpreting one or more of the user input position and the direction of motion of the user input in relation to positions in which each of the plurality of adaptable interactive elements are presented and contextual relationships between the adaptable interactive elements. One or more of the adaptable interactive elements in the determined changeable are modified set in response to the received user input. | 03-17-2016 |
20160078034 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING MEDIA FILE ON TERMINAL BY USING PAGE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for displaying a media file on a terminal by using a page, including: when a page acquiring instruction is received, acquiring pictures of multiple pieces of media content that need to be included in a to-be-displayed page; acquiring popularity data of each piece of media content in the multiple pieces of media content; and determining, according to a preset correspondence between popularity data and a popularity level, a popularity level corresponding to the popularity data of each piece of media content, marking, by using a popularity identifier that corresponds to the popularity level of each piece of media content, a picture of each piece of media content to obtain the display page, and displaying the display page on the terminal, where the display page includes the pictures of the multiple pieces of media content. | 03-17-2016 |
20160078582 | Sharing Media - A method of operating a user device that has a user computing device, non-transitory memory, and a display screen. The method includes sending a data status to a remote computing device that identifies image data not previously stored on remote non-transitory memory in communication with the remote computing device. The method includes, displaying on the user display screen, one or more photos or videos representative of the identified image data, and receiving a storage command regarding storage of any of the displayed one or more photos or videos on the remote non-transitory memory. The method includes communicating the storage command from the user computing device to the remote computing device. The storage command instructs storage or non-storage of one or more photos or videos representative of the image data by the remote computing device on the remote non-transitory memory. | 03-17-2016 |
20160080547 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING UPDATED CONTACTS - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device, server or service may update at least one contact widget in real time. Further, the electronic device, server or service may display the at least one contact widget. | 03-17-2016 |
20160085392 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATING SEPARATE INFORMATION SYSTEMS WITHIN AN APPLICATION - The present invention is, in one embodiment, a system and method based on a client-server architecture for seamlessly integrating various information systems. In one embodiment, a bundle of files is deployed to a collaboration client, in order to enable the integration of the collaboration client with disparate information systems and content. In one embodiment, content within a mailbox item is allowed to become a “live” object, and is associated with trigger events, and actions, including sending all or part of the content to a separate information system. In one embodiment, mailbox items are subjected to predefined searches to assess whether they include certain content objects. In another embodiment, panel item elements are visible in the overview panel of the collaboration client. The user may interact with the panel items by dragging content onto them, double clicking them, and invoking actions from a context menu if one is available. | 03-24-2016 |
20160085399 | Real Time Streaming Analytics Platform - System(s) and method(s) for processing one or more real time data streams captured in a distributed computing environment. In accordance with the system(s) and method(s), a GUI may be provided that enables a user to design a GUI pipeline comprising multiple sub-systems executing logic associated with a plurality of applications. Each of the sub-systems in the pipeline may be configured with different parameters by the user using the GUI. Further, the user may configure to integrate the multiple sub-systems through the GUI. Further, the user may control and/or update the configuration of the logic, configuration of the parameters, and the integration of the multiple sub-systems through the GUI. The updating of the configuration is automatically notified to the running pipeline in real time. Further, the GUT facilitates to monitor performance of the running pipeline in real time. | 03-24-2016 |
20160085428 | INFORMATIONAL TABS - A system and method for facilitating organization of and access to information and functionality in a computing environment. An example method includes organizing content to be accessible via a User Interface (UI) display screen into one or more pages; displaying one or more tabs pertaining to each of the one or more pages; and providing, in one or more of the tabs, content characterizing each of the one or more pages. The content includes one or more dynamically updated elements, which may include one or more dynamically updated elements arranged in plural lines of information. The content may further include dynamic information and/or functionality represented via a visualization or UI control. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086251 | Passive Detection - A platform allows experts, for example home improvement professionals, to upload their portfolios, i.e. content such as photos, videos, text, and sound, to a publicly available resource, such as a Web browser accessible, network based commerce system. Users may then browse the content, for example by room, style, and metro area. The content is arranged in collections that are in part passively sorted, based upon user relevance. Tags are shown on objects, for example within photos, for which there is more information. In the case of a movable display device, the tags can simulate the physics of real tags, for example they can move back and forth when the device is shaken. In another embodiment, a snap point is set to impart either a scrolling transition or a step transition between display pages, based upon user scroll activity. | 03-24-2016 |
20160092037 | Computer-Implemented Methods, Computer Readable Media, And Systems For Distributed Processing - A server system receives requests for content from a computing device, retrieves the content, and renders the content in a virtual client, e.g. virtual browser, and transmits the rendering to the computing device. The capabilities of the computing device are evaluated. Some content, such as video content may be transmitted directly to the computing device rather than rendered in the virtual client. The capabilities of the computing device may include processing speed and available bandwidth. Content may also be reformatted by the server system before transmitting to the computing device. Co-use, e.g. co-browsing, of the content may be performed by transmitting images of a virtual screen of the virtual client to multiple computing devices and processing inputs from the multiple computing devices in the virtual client. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092046 | TASK FLOW PIN FOR A PORTAL WEB SITE - A system that defines, on a user interface, a task flow for a portal web site, provides a first plurality of selections of a display type for the task flow, where each of the first selections displays the display type on the user interface in substantially an identical manner as the display type is displayed on the portal web site. The system provides a second plurality of selections of a content of display for the task flow, where each of the second selections displays the content of display on the user interface in substantially an identical manner as the content of display is displayed on the portal web site. The system receives one of the first plurality of selections of the display type for the task flow and one of the second plurality of selections of the content of display for the task flow. Based on the received selections of the display type and content of display, the system then generates pin data, where the pin data represents the received selections. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092054 | LAYOUT CREATION SYSTEM, SERVER, CLIENT, LAYOUT CREATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A layout creation system is for jointly creating order data that determines a layout of a photo book by two or more users of two or more clients connected to a server via a network, and the system retains one piece of joint order data jointly created by the two or more users; receives an instruction to divide the joint order data as input by a relevant user; creates divided order data having the same layout as the joint order data in accordance with the instruction to divide the joint order data; and associates the divided order data with sharing users sharing the divided order data. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092059 | WEB-BASED USER INTERFACE DATAFLOW EDITOR - According to some embodiments, a first drag-and-drop action may be received from a user via a web-based graphical user interface platform to place a first node in a visual dataflow. Similarly, a second drag-and-drop action may be received from the user via the web-based graphical user interface platform to place a second node in the visual dataflow, the second node being directionally connected to the first node. A dataflow creator may then, responsive to said user actions, automatically create a data moving process to move information from a source data repository to a cloud-based destination data repository in accordance with the first and second nodes. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092085 | SELECTIVE ACCESS TO INTERACTIVE DEVICE FEATURES - Methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing access to interactive features to a user of a computing device are described. The computing device may determine a level of interactive facility for the user and to selectively provide access to one or more interactive features. The computing device may determine new levels of interactive facility, such as through an evaluation of the user and/or based on various interactions with the computing device. The computing device may identify requests for interactive features and/or levels of frustration or comfort to determine levels of interactive facility with the computing device. The computing device may selectively hiding or making available interactive features to the user. The computing device may announce when features are made available such as through visual or auditory announcements. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092088 | COMPUTING SYSTEM FACILITATING INTER-USER COMMUNICATION - Techniques and constructs can provide user communication with reduced bandwidth load. An indication of an item of user-linked content can be received. A confirmation view can be displayed and a confirmation received. An available one of a predetermined number of content slots can be determined. An association between the item of user-linked content and the available content slot can then be recorded in a computer storage medium. An example apparatus can include an insertion module responsive to a user-operable input device to insert a user-linked content item corresponding to a visual representation into one of the content slots. An example apparatus can include a summary module configured to present a summary visual representation of a plurality of items of user-linked content via the display. At least one of the items can include a gameplay video or an in-game collateral item. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092602 | Customizable Data Services - Embodiments are directed to methods and systems for defining customizable data services through dynamic configuration of a dashboard using data feeds, analytics, and visual artifacts. A customizable dashboard is built using a basic framework, design time configuration, instantiation time binding, and runtime ad hoc data input. The customizable data service binds business logic in a data query service with a visual tile template that provides specific parameters for visualizations and/or queries. The visual tile templates are pluggable visual on multiple dashboard pages. | 03-31-2016 |
20160098156 | DYNAMIC ARRAY PRESENTATION AND MULTIPLE SELECTION OF DIGITALLY STORED OBJECTS AND CORRESPONDING LINK TOKENS FOR SIMULTANEOUS PRESENTATION - A system and method for the multiple selection of digitally stored objects and the link-tokens of each selected object for simultaneous presentation and examination of the selected objects with their associated linked objects and information, including organized array presentation for graphical thumbnails that represent the selected objects, as well as sub-framing, which allows intelligent partitioning of information associated with an object. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098157 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a mobile terminal of which a process of selecting a search engine for web search and a process of inputting a keyword are simplified. The mobile terminal according to this application may include a microphone, a wireless communication unit, a display unit and a controller configured to select a search engine usable for the web search set a keyword based on a voice inputted via the microphone perform a web search using the text. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098158 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE CRAWLER - A method is disclosed of providing at least one shortcut for accessing a function of a first communication device. The method comprises providing at least one predefined keyword, analyzing a data structure of the first communication device based on the predefined keyword, identifying a data path to a function of the first communication device based on the analysis of the data structure of the first communication device, and automatically proposing a shortcut to be presented to a user of the first communication device. The shortcut points to the function of the first communication device, with function being related to the predefined keyword. The method and corresponding hardware components can be provided as part of a communication device and network components enabling the creation of shortcut on user interfaces of communication device without any knowledge of the data structure of the respective communication device. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098164 | INTERACTIVE ANSWER BOXES FOR USER SEARCH QUERIES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting data are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes presenting, by a user device, an answer box as a search result in a search result location of a search results page. The answer box can include first content responsive to a query that submitted with a first resource request over a network. The user device determines that a user interaction with the answer box has occurred. In response to determining that the user interaction has occurred, the user device can presents second content in the answer box. The second content is selected from available content that has not been presented prior to the user interaction. The second content is presented independent of submission of a second resource request over the network subsequent to submission of the first resource request. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098174 | Systems and Methods For Displaying Wells and Their Respective Status on an Electronic Map - Systems and methods for displaying wells and their respective status on an electronic map based on a geographical area, a time frame and a preferred well activity. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098179 | Computer Readable Medium and Apparatus - Various areas of a displayed document (e.g., text, image, etc.) may be selected and clipped as a separate document. In some arrangements, a user may wish to change the area of the clipped area without having to retrieve the displayed document again. Accordingly, the area of the clipped region may be modified by retrieving and storing the displayed document when the region is initially clipped. When the selected region is to be modified at a later time, the stored document may be used instead of having to retrieve the document from a source location. | 04-07-2016 |
20160100017 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINDING PEOPLE BASED ON A RADAR USER INTERFACE - A system that for facilitating people gatherings is provided. The system comprises a server configured to (a) communicate with a plurality of client devices, in order to obtain location updates from said client devices; (b) for each of said client devices, calculate relative positional information between said a client device, and the rest of the client devices; (c) transmit said positional information said client device; and (d) cause each of said a plurality of client devices to display a user-interface in which said the client device is located at a center of said user interface, and the relative position and direction of the remaining client devices from the plurality of client devices is shown by visual markers positioned around said center. | 04-07-2016 |
20160100030 | DYNAMIC LOADING OF ROUTES IN A SINGLE-PAGE APPLICATION - Techniques for dynamically loading route and dependency information in a single-page application (SPA) that executes on a client device are provided. In one technique, a SPA includes a route handler that receives a requested route. The route handler determines whether the requested route matches any route in a list of routes. The only route that the request route may “match” is a wildcard route, which is associated with a function, when called with the requested route as input, causes a server request to be generated and transmitted from the client device to a server. The server responds with the requested route, dependency information for the requested route, and, optionally, one or more other routes, which may be “child” routes of the requested route. A module instance is generated based on the dependency information and loaded into the SPA. | 04-07-2016 |
20160103559 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR STATIC AND ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDS - Techniques are disclosed for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for displaying and configuring adaptive or static thresholds for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The GUI may include one or more presentation schedules that may display threshold information associated with time policies. Each presentation schedule may include multiple time slots and span a portion of one or more time cycles. Some of the time slots may be associated with a specific time policy and may have a unifying appearance that distinguishes the time slots from timeslots associated with other time policies. The presentation schedules may arrange the time slots in a time grid arrangement (e.g., calendar grid view) or a graph arrangement with depictions (e.g., points, lines) that may illustrate KPI values and threshold markers that may illustrate the threshold values. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103563 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHORING, DISTRIBUTING, VIEWING AND SAVING WRAP PACKAGES - A system of tools and components that enable wrap users to interact with a wrap package infrastructure, creating and improving a wrap user experience. The system and components include a wrap authoring tool, a wrap runtime viewer, a wrap asset management tool, and a wrap library. Through these tools and components, wrap users (i) contact and interact with the wrap infrastructure and (ii) are empowered with the ability to author, receive, distribute, share, view, consume, categorize, organize and distribute wrap packages, which together, enhance and define the overall wrap user experience. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103566 | METHOD TO OPERATE A CONTROL PANEL FOR A PRODUCTION SYSTEM, AS WELL AS A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A PRODUCTION SYSTEM - In a method for operating a control panel for a production system, as well as a control system for a production system wherein the production system has a control system that comprises a main computer, the main computer is connected via a data connection with one or more client computers on which a browser is executed. The control panel for the production system is displayed in the respective browser, wherein the control panel has one or more data objects that are respectively self-contained elements of the control panel and that serve for the display of a specific value of a respective parameter. A reference table with which a relation is established between each data object and a data source for the specific value of the respective parameter presented in the data object is stored at the main computer. Given a change to the specific value of the data source the main computer transmits only this changed specific value to the corresponding data object. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103569 | PERSONALIZED CUSTOMIZABLE SMART BROWSER - A computer device implemented browsing system with a browser application operable on the computer device and configured to simultaneously retrieve, operate and display data and functional components related to a plurality of items intended for display on a single display window of the browser application over a display of the computer device. There is a processor configured to retrieve and process the data and there are functional components related to the plurality of items The plurality of items are displayed, operated and made accessible for a user on the single display window, and the browser application is configured to allocate an area for display for every item on the display window and direct all the data and functional components related to an item: to the area on the display window. The items are selected from software programs and applications, internet and intranet websites, web links, webpages and documents. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103572 | COLLABORATIVE MEDIA SHARING - A media party network service manages a set of media parties and a set of users of the media party service. Managing the media parties can involve instantiating new media parties according to input from the users, allowing the users to join the media parties, and tracking which users are participating in which media parties. Managing a given one of the media parties may include maintaining a queue of media items, allowing users in the media party to provide input to add media items to the queue and to provide input to skip media items in the queue. The media party service streams the given one of the media parties to client devices of the users currently in the given media party such that all of the client devices are currently displaying substantially a same part of a media item in the corresponding queue. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103591 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CROSS DOMAIN SERVICE COMPONENT INTERACTION - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for interacting with components across different domains in a single user interface in an online social network. The user interface includes a first component and a second component, where the first component exposes content from a first database system at a first network domain and the second component exposes content from a second database system at a second network domain. A first interaction with the first component is received at a computing device, followed by a reference being provided in the second component, where the reference includes information related to the first interaction. A second interaction with the second component regarding the reference can be received at the computing device. Interactions between the components hosted on different database systems can occur through an application programming interface (API). | 04-14-2016 |
20160103798 | INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA WITH CARD PACKAGES - Data structures, components, runtime viewers and methods are described for integrating wrapped packages of cards into various social media feeds and for integrating social media feeds into wraps. In some embodiments, a wrap identifier or cover is provided within a social media feed. In response to selection of the wrap identifier a runtime viewer is initiated and a descriptor that defines the selected wrap is obtained. The runtime viewer creates a wrap instance based on the descriptor. The instance may be displayed in-line within the social media feed, in an overlay frame, a new browser tab or using other suitable mechanisms. Preferably, each card in the wrap is rendered at the same portrait aspect ratio. Within each card, the relative positioning of the card content is immutable. In a separate aspect, a wrap package may include a social media card arranged to display a social media feed. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103830 | USER INTERFACE METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEARCHING FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a user interface method and device which are related to a method for inquiring into an inquiry and an inquiry result for searching for a desired scene on the basis of content in multimedia content such as video, the method for searching for content comprising the steps of: receiving an inquiry input for searching for content through a user interface; detecting, as inquiry results, at least one of partial content corresponding to the inquiry, by using description information associated with the content; determining a position for displaying the inquiry results, on the basis of play sections corresponding to each of the at least one of the partial content; determining the size of scene markers corresponding to the inquiry results or the size of areas for displaying the inquiry results, by considering the length of the partial content and/or a relative distance between the inquiry results; and displaying, at least partially, the at least one inquiry result according to the position and relevant size of the determined inquiry results. | 04-14-2016 |
20160117059 | User Interface for Fleet Management - A user interface is provided for a fleet management web portal for a manufacturer, operator, or user to manage a fleet of equipment and/or machines. The fleet of equipment and/or machines may be linked with the fleet management web portal and the manufacturer, operator, or user may access alerts and other information associated with the equipment and/or machines using an electronic device. The user interface is compatible with electronic devices of various sizes and enables a user to interact with information associated with fleet of equipment and/or machines. | 04-28-2016 |
20160117070 | Graphical User Interfaces for Resource Consumption Analytics - The systems and methods described herein are directed to graphical user interfaces presenting resource consumption analytics. Resource usage is provided in a graphical user interface indicating current resource consumption and/or historical resource consumption. Weather data and a cumulative running total can be provided along with the resource consumption data to clearly provide a deep understanding of resource usage and operating conditions. Further, resource consumption information from multiple monitoring locations may be juxtaposed and/or presented simultaneously to provide an indication of outlying usage consumption among similarly situated monitoring locations. The graphical user interfaces may be provided with alerts, alarms, thereby reporting and alerting to an end-user via multiple delivery mechanisms, of potential sources of resource waste or loss. Further, the alerts or alarms can include easily interpreted recommendations to allow a non-skilled worker to take corrective procedures to maximize efficient use of the consumable resources. | 04-28-2016 |
20160117079 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING APPLICATION ICONS ON TERMINAL - The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for displaying application icons on a terminal. The method comprises: receiving, on a terminal, an application icon adjustment request, the application icon adjustment request being used for requesting categorized display of application icons corresponding to applications installed on the terminal; acquiring categorization information of the applications in response to the application icon adjustment request; and displaying, according to the categorization information, the application icons of the applications by category on the terminal. The present disclosure solves the technical problem of a long adjustment time caused by that display positions of application icons on a terminal need to be adjusted manually in the existing technology, and achieves technical effects of automatic adjustment by a system, a reduction in adjustment time, and an increase in adjustment efficiency. | 04-28-2016 |
20160117810 | Method and Apparatus for Rendering an Image for an Entire Web Page on Physical Devices - In at least one embodiment, a system and method described herein provides a concrete and tangible solution to solve a problem of remotely and programmatically activating and manipulating a device to capture screen shots of a complete web page and, in at least one embodiment, prevent and, if necessary, recover from device crashes. | 04-28-2016 |
20160124924 | DISPLAYING A WRAP PACKAGE OF CARDS WITHIN AN OVERLAY WINDOW EMBEDDED IN AN APPLICATION OR WEB PAGE - A method for (a) delivering wrapped packages of cards, each card selectively including (i) media content, (ii) application functionality and/or (iii) e-commerce related services and (b) displaying the wrap package of cards within an overlay window presented within a web site page and/or an application. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124925 | Automated Social Message Stream Population - A messaging system automatically populates a stream of messages using only a seed selected by the requesting account holder. In one embodiment, the seed includes the streams of one or more of the “top” accounts of the messaging system. Here, “top” is according to any one of a number of different metrics stored in the messaging system. With knowledge of the seed, the messaging system automatically populates a stream for the requesting account holder, without requiring any other input. As a result, an account holder is provided with a fully functioning stream with very little effort or knowledge required on their part. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127483 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING ITEM CONTENT - A method and a device for displaying reminder item content on a lock screen interface of a terminal are described. The device may implement the method described. The device may acquire a current geographical position of the terminal when displaying the lock screen interface. The device may detect whether the current geographical position is within a display range of the reminder item. If the current geographical position is within the display range, the device may display the reminder item content on the lock screen interface. Further, when the reminder item content is displayed on the lock screen interface, and if the current geographical position of the terminal is outside the display range but within a reminding range, then the user may be prompted about the reminder item content displayed on the lock screen interface. | 05-05-2016 |
20160134719 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS IN A USER INTERFACE - Methods and systems for displaying graphic representations in a user interface are provided. First, a wireless signal generated by at least one specific electronic device is detected via a wireless network. Then, a signal strength of the wireless signal is obtained, and a visual representation manner of a graphic representation corresponding to the specific electronic device is determined according to the signal strength. Then, the graphic representation is displayed in a user interface via a display unit. | 05-12-2016 |
20160139868 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING APPLICATION DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for displaying application data. The first device transmits, to a second device information as to whether the first device can display data of an application run by the second device, if a connection to the second device is established, receives, from the second device, the application data and display information for displaying the application data, if the first device can display the application data, and displays the application data based on the display information. | 05-19-2016 |
20160140248 | GUIDED BROWSING EXPERIENCE - Methods and systems of providing a guided navigation experience are described. According to various embodiments, a first type of use case may be determined for a first use of a website by a user. The first type of use case may be determined amongst a plurality of types of use cases. A first navigation recommendation may be determined based on the determined first type of use case. The first navigation recommendation may comprise a recommendation for the user to navigate to a first content on the website. The first navigation recommendation may be caused to be displayed to the user. In some embodiments, the plurality of types of use cases may comprise at least one of viewing an update of a profile of another user, viewing an event associated with the profile of another user, performing a job search, and participating in or viewing a discussion. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142466 | OUTPUT FUNCTION DIVIDING SYSTEM - A Web browser capable of providing an equivalent quality of user experience to a user even with respect to access of devices differing in processing performance. The web browsing system comprises a Web browser function which is divided between a browsing client unit and a browsing server unit, wherein the browsing client unit notifies a content input to the user terminal to the browsing server unit and displays a Web page on a user terminal by using information supplied from the browsing server unit, and wherein the browsing server unit supplies information necessary for displaying the Web page to the user terminal to the browsing client unit according to the content input to the user terminal notified from the browsing client unit. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142497 | LOCATION-BASED ANTICIPATORY RESOURCE PROVISIONING - In various embodiments, the predicted location of a user within an institutional space is associated with a node at or near that location, and a virtual desktop is prepared before a user has actually logged on and authenticated. Although users are not accorded access to applications and sensitive data until they have properly authenticated themselves, the virtual desktop and associated data are assembled and retrieved in the background in order to eliminate delay following log-on. | 05-19-2016 |
20160147391 | TECHNIQUES FOR PUBLISHING VIEWERS OF CONTENT - According to various embodiments, a viewing event may be detected, the viewing event corresponding to a user viewing a content item. A view reason associated with the viewing event may be determined, the view reason indicating how the user was notified of the content item or how the user accessed the content item. A privacy value associated with the viewing event may be determined, the privacy value indicating an inferred sensitivity of the user to publication of the viewing event. Further, metadata describing the viewing event may be generated. Moreover, the metadata may be associated with the content item. | 05-26-2016 |
20160147414 | USER INTERFACE FOR MOBILE DEVICE TO NAVIGATE BETWEEN COMPONENTS - A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product provide the ability to navigate between components in a computer-aided design (CAD) mobile drawing application. A drawing is opened in the CAD mobile drawing application on a mobile device. A navigation panel is activated. A component is selected in the drawing. In response to the selecting, information about the selected component is displayed within the navigation panel. Via a mobile device gesture, an element of the information is selected and used as the selected element. The navigation panel is updated by displaying information about the selected element. | 05-26-2016 |
20160147752 | USER-SPECIFIC MEDIA PLAYLISTS - A media recommendation system may score media items according to user recommendations, popularity, and/or recency. The scores may be weighted to produce an overall score for each media item. Media items may be added to a pool for a specific user, from which media items are selected for playback. The contents of the pool may be modified based upon user feedback and other data. The pool may be modified dynamically and/or in real time as media items are consumed or rated by the user. | 05-26-2016 |
20160154539 | COMPOSING THE DISPLAY OF A VIRTUALIZED WEB BROWSER | 06-02-2016 |
20160162140 | ELEMENT MAPPING AND RULE BUILDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXTUAL SITE VISITOR ENGAGEMENT - A new element mapper is provided for mapping elements of a page using user-provided or automatically generated terms or names. Specifically, a user may direct an application displaying a page to enter into an in-context element mapping mode, in which page elements eligible for mapping may be identified and highlighted whenever one is moused or hovered over. Responsive to the user selecting a page element of interest, the element mapper may provide a dialog with an input field. The dialog may be displayed near the page element of interest or as part of the page. Based on a user-provided or automatically generated name, the element mapper may generate a mapping output and store it in association with a selector for the page element of interest. The mapping output can be used to build a site rule in context of the page element of interest. | 06-09-2016 |
20160162444 | System and Method for Adding Visitor Content to a Page - Computer-implemented methods for adding story content to a web site are provided. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method provides for visitors to a website or single-page application (SPA) to add content to a website or SPA based on a storytelling rule set. In another aspect, a computer-implemented method provides for visitors to a website or SPA to add content of a type within a frame of the same type. | 06-09-2016 |
20160170620 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING SUMMARY INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH MAP ELEMENTS | 06-16-2016 |
20160171005 | Geo-based Information Provision, Search and Access method and software System | 06-16-2016 |
20160179304 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR SEARCH REQUEST MANAGEMENT | 06-23-2016 |
20160179307 | STRUCTURED INFORMATION ABOUT NODES ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM | 06-23-2016 |
20160179312 | STREAMLINED HOSTED APPLICATIONS | 06-23-2016 |
20160179369 | HOST CONTROLLABLE POP-UP SOFT KEYPADS | 06-23-2016 |
20160180566 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE COLLAGE EDITING | 06-23-2016 |
20160188130 | Automatic Conditional Application Downloading - A method includes receiving one or more application access mechanisms. Each application access mechanism is associated with an application executable on data processing hardware and indicates an operation to download the application to the data processing hardware. The method also includes identifying at least one application for download to the data processing hardware from the one or more application access mechanisms based on user selectable parameters. The user selectable parameters include one or more user defined rules associated with the data processing hardware and/or the identified at least one application. The method also includes downloading the identified at least one application to first allocation of non-transitory memory and deleting it after one or more conditions are satisfied or moving it to second allocation of non-transitory memory. For each identified application, the operation of the corresponding application access mechanism. | 06-30-2016 |
20160188146 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING BROWSER NAVIGATION - Mechanisms are described for facilitating navigation between webpages, such as during web-surfing operations. A first webpage may be presented to a user, and the user may 5 provide a marking input regarding a position on the first webpage to be marked. A visual representation of the position may be presented to the user on the device display, such as within a marker box that may be presented overlying the webpage content. The user may then navigate to another, second webpage, which may be presented for the user's consumption. To navigate back to the first webpage and view the contents of that webpage at 10 the marked position, the user may provide a navigation input via the visual representation during presentation of the second webpage. In response to the navigation input, the first webpage may be presented to the user at the position that was marked. | 06-30-2016 |
20160188147 | Local, Paperless Document Sharing, Editing, and Marking System - Embodiments are directed to a local, paperless document sharing, editing, and marking system which allows users connected to a local network to share, view, edit, mark, and save documents without needing to download them from an internet-based cloud server. A router is used to create a secure, local network to which all participants connect. A user selects documents from a drive connected to the router and shares those documents with other attendees, allowing the attendees to edit, save, and share the documents, mark the documents as exhibits to a legal proceeding, save the documents to a drive, and/or email the documents. | 06-30-2016 |
20160191338 | RETRIEVING CONTENT FROM AN APPLICATION - Some aspects of the disclosure provide a method comprising configuring an application into a first application state, the configuring performed using a first state access instruction associated with the first application state and resulting in a first output interface provided by the application, selecting a first UI element from the first output interface, the first UI element indicating first content, determining that the first UI element is of a first UI element type, selecting first UI content instructions corresponding the first UI element type, the first UI content instructions including a first set of actions to retrieve content indicated by UI elements of the first UI element type, and executing the first set of actions to retrieve the first content indicated by the first UI element. | 06-30-2016 |
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