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20110208646 | SMART VEHICLE NAVIGATION AND TRACKING SYSTEM - An intelligent navigation and vehicle tracking (INVT) utility collects/generates vehicle activity and location information for vehicles equipped with an intelligent navigation device. The INVT utility obtains GPS/location data for various vehicles from information provided by corresponding navigation devices and uses the received location information to calculate congestion and identify alternate routes. Additionally, the INVT utility provides an incentive mechanism for motorists to receive credit/cash rewards for selecting less congested routes. The INVT utility utilizes congestion data to determine the time efficiency and energy efficiency for traveling along particular routes. Furthermore, the INVT utility enables motorists to select routes based on energy expended, time expended and/or available credit/cash rewards. One aspect involves: downloading computerized maps providing a driver with information about: (a) pre-selected types of establishments; and (b) wireless network signal service levels/availability; and enabling drivers with registered driver accounts to establish driver sub-networks for sharing specific information with other drivers/members/friends. | 08-25-2011 |
20110212737 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A method, improved communication device, and application program product enhances and expands the features and functionality of wireless communication devices and mobile computing devices. The embodiments provide the following functionality: (1) Simultaneous texting during ongoing voice communication, providing a text waiting mode for both single number mobile communication devices and multiple number mobile communication devices; (2) Dynamic area code determination and automatic pre-pending of area codes when a requested voice or text communication is initiated without the area code while the mobile communication device is outside of its home-base area code toll area; (3) Enhanced editing functionality for applications on mobile computing devices; (4) Automatic toggle from manual texting mode to voice-to-text based communication mode on detection of high velocity movement of the mobile communication device. | 09-01-2011 |
20120036018 | DYNAMIC, INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY TRACKING VIA A SOCIAL MEDIA SYSTEM INTEGRATED WITH A PRODUCT MARKETING AND/OR ESTABLISHMENT ADVERTISING SYSTEM - A method, a system and a computer program product enables directed product advertising to users of an interactively-configured social environment/media that enables real time tracking and reporting of social activities and related information associated with usage/consumption of specific products or patronization of the social establishment by the user. An interactive stock exchange (ISE) utility pre-selects temporary target/bid prices to apply to a product during a “crash”/sales event and dynamically adjusts the standard item price towards the temporary target price, according to sales volume and/or other conditions. The ISE utility triggers an item price crash, and registered patrons are encouraged to use electronic devices to purchase items particularly at crash prices and to interact with other patrons. The ISE utility links transactions and interactions detected on the electronic devices to a member's account to track/report/advertise/market the patron's activities related to the consumption of specific products or promotion of the establishment. | 02-09-2012 |
20120036181 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICES FOR FACILITATING REAL-TIME SOCIAL AND BUSINESS INTERRACTIONS/NETWORKING - A personal networking/communication device (PND) enables real-time social and business interactions/networking within a real environment. A first PND associated with a first person/user in the real environment is within communication range of a second PND. The first PND receives (via electronic communication) and displays a social interaction information signature (SIS) of the second PND. The signature includes a physical mapping/location of the second PND relative to the first PND and provides some information about the second PND's user. Following a selection of the SIS on the first PND, the first PND electronically transmits one or more “request for interaction or information exchange” (RIIE) to the second PND. When the first PND receives a response to the RIIE from the second PND, the user of the first PND receives real-time unequivocal confirmation of whether the second person is interested in interacting/socializing with the user. | 02-09-2012 |
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20130244626 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A method, improved communication device, and application program product enhances and expands the features and functionality of wireless communication devices and mobile computing devices. The embodiments provide the following functionality: (1) Simultaneous texting during ongoing voice communication, providing a text waiting mode for both single number mobile communication devices and multiple number mobile communication devices; (2) Dynamic area code determination and automatic pre-pending of area codes when a requested voice or text communication is initiated without the area code while the mobile communication device is outside of its home-base area code toll area; (3) Enhanced editing functionality for applications on mobile computing devices; (4) Automatic toggle from manual texting mode to voice-to-text based communication mode on detection of high velocity movement of the mobile communication device. | 09-19-2013 |
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20150046799 | Advanced Editing and Interfacing in User Applications - A content editing device and/or a program product provides advanced editing functionality for use within user applications having editable content on a user interface. The device provides automatic paste/insertion functionality following a selection of a destination/end location within the document and a subsequent selection of content for insertion at the selected end location. An editor moves content around within the document by tagging the end location and simply selection the content that is to be moved/copied to that end location. The device further enables efficient re-arrangement of multiple individual content blocks within a single document or across multiple documents by tagging each content with a sequence number indicative of the relative location of that content within the desired re-arranged sequence of content. Once the content has been tagged, a selectable option automatically orders the content in correct sequence relative to each other and/or to existing content in the resulting document. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046800 | Advanced Editing and Interfacing in User Applications - A method performed within a content editing device provides advanced editing functionality for use within application user interfaces having selectable content. The method provides automatic content insertion following a selection of an end location within the target document and selection of content for insertion at the selected end location. An editor moves content around within one or more documents by tagging the end location and selecting the content that is to be moved or copied to that end location. The method further enables efficient re-arrangement of multiple selected contents within a single document or across multiple application user interfaces by tagging each of the selected content with a sequence tag indicative of the relative content location within the re-arranged sequence of content. Once the content has been tagged, a selectable paste option automatically orders the various contents at the end location in correct sequence relative to each other. | 02-12-2015 |