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20100058201 | SHARED USER INTERFACE SURFACE SYSTEM - The shared user interface surface system is a simple and lightweight collaboration tool that is accessible simultaneously by multiple users through multiple sources. The shared user interface surface system provides a way to share a user interface surface and corresponding shared surface object, and coordinates local manipulations of respective local representations of the shared user interface surface and corresponding shared surface object, and updates the respective local representations with a group representation. The system accommodates diverse collaboration requirements including mixed written and spoken languages, utilization of the accessibility layer for physically disabled and disparate computing resources. | 03-04-2010 |
20100083306 | ENHANCED CUSTOM CONTENT TELEVISION - The present invention includes a system and method for combining television broadcast programming content with customized or personalized information and educational or entertainment content. The system includes a set-top box capable of receiving data transmissions and locally rendering video animation for display with, instead of and/or synchronized with television broadcast programs in a way that the television viewer sees a coherent seamless merging of the television program content and supplemental content sources in an indistinguishable format. Preferably, the viewer may interact in real-time with the enhanced television programming to provide a higher level of engagement and customization potential. | 04-01-2010 |
20100095298 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDING CONTEXT TO THE CREATION AND REVISION OF ARTIFACTS - A system includes a process-related-data handling component operative to handle process-related data corresponding to an operation associated with an artifact, such as the creation or revision of the artifact. An application component is operatively coupled to the process-related-data handling module and is operative to interact with the artifact. A storage element is also operatively coupled to the process-related-data handling module and is operative to store the process-related data. The process-related data may be displayed, created, or otherwise manipulated through a data management tool, which may include, a calendar interface, a task interface, and/or a media capture module. A method is also directed towards establishing process-related context concerning at least one artifact. | 04-15-2010 |
20100185947 | SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION PRESENTATION AND INTERACTION - A system for distributed information processing and interaction includes a plurality of output devices arranged to produce a respective output portion of a system output, a plurality of application processors and a state server in data communication with the plurality of application processors. Each respective output portion is defined by context information. Each application processor is configured to process one or more respective application programs and is responsive to the context information. Each application processor is coupled with an associated respective output device for controlling the output device in producing the respective output portion. The state server provides the context information to the plurality of application processors. The architecture is extended to a more general system in which output devices produce a variety of outputs including device actuations, as well as video displays, and receive a variety of inputs. | 07-22-2010 |
20120066196 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING INTERNET ACTIVITY - The invention concerns a method of determining, by an electronic processing device coupled to the internet, a score (S | 03-15-2012 |
20120066697 | SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION PRESENTATION AND INTERACTION - A system for distributed information processing and interaction includes a plurality of output devices arranged to produce a respective output portion of a system output, a plurality of application processors and a state server in data communication with the plurality of application processors. Each respective output portion is defined by context information. Each application processor is configured to process one or more respective application programs and is responsive to the context information. Each application processor is coupled with an associated respective output device for controlling the output device in producing the respective output portion. The state server provides the context information to the plurality of application processors. The architecture is extended to a more general system in which output devices produce a variety of outputs including device actuations, as well as video displays, and receive a variety of inputs. | 03-15-2012 |
20120082427 | SYSTEM FOR DELAYED VIDEO VIEWING - The disclosure concerns methods of playback of a video stream comprising: receiving from a first user device first media content associated with said video stream; associating with said first media content a time stamp indicating the time at which said first media content is received with respect to a reference time associated with said video stream; and during delayed playback of said video stream on a second user device, transmitting, at the time indicated by said time stamp, said first media content for display by said second user device. | 04-05-2012 |
20120096485 | MEDIA DISTRIBUTION ARCHITECTURE FOR TELEVISION VIEWING - A system distributes digital media content to a plurality of user devices, where a given user is associated with multiple user devices. First content is provided by a controller to a first user device and, in response, the controller determines interaction by the user with the first content. Thereafter, the controller provides second content to a second user device based on the prior provision of the first user content to the first user device and the first interaction information. More extensive user interaction history as well as device types may also be employed by the controller when determining the second content. | 04-19-2012 |
20120124139 | ENGAGING WITH A TARGET AUDIENCE OVER AN ELECTRONICALLY MEDIATED FORUM - A method and apparatuses are provided for engaging with a target audience over an electronically mediated forum. A seed message may be posted on an electronically mediated forum by an engagement tool. The electronically mediated forum may be monitored by the engagement tool to detect at least one instance of engagement with the seed message. The engagement tool may extract engagement data including data characterizing the at least one engagement with the seed message. The engagement data may be analyzed by the engagement tool to provide feedback data. A targeted message may be generated by the engagement tool based on the feedback data. The targeted message may be configured for posting on the electronically mediated forum. | 05-17-2012 |
20120223955 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR SKIN DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION - An image processing system provides faster than real-time skin detection and localization. The system uses the highly optimized architecture of a graphics processing unit to quickly and efficiently detect and locate skin in an image. By performing skin detection and localization on the graphics processing unit, the image processing system frees the main system processor to perform other important tasks, including running general purpose applications. The speed with which the image processing system detects and localizes skin also facilitates subsequent processing steps such as face detection and motion tracking. | 09-06-2012 |
20120266102 | System For Storage And Navigation Of Application States And Interactions - Complex collaboration or decision support applications perform complex design or planning tasks, often with the input of large groups of people over long periods of time. The combination of time and complexity can often obscure past actions, making it difficult to remember the factors that influenced earlier stages in the planning task. This is especially true if the task involves many people and different people work at different times. The application state navigation system provides an application-independent mechanism that allows operators to walk back through the history of the application in order to better understand (or remember) the application actions that were taken in the past and the triggers for those actions. | 10-18-2012 |
20160041728 | System For Storage And Navigation Of Application States And Interactions - Complex collaboration or decision support applications perform complex design or planning tasks, often with the input of large groups of people over long periods of time. The combination of time and complexity can often obscure past actions, making it difficult to remember the factors that influenced earlier stages in the planning task. This is especially true if the task involves many people and different people work at different times. The application state navigation system provides an application-independent mechanism that allows operators to walk back through the history of the application in order to better understand (or remember) the application actions that were taken in the past and the triggers for those actions. | 02-11-2016 |
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20130041837 | Online Data And In-Store Data Analytical System - An online data and in-store data analytical system and method provide a customer or store sales person sales with an output to improve the customer's in-store experience. The system identifies relevant customer information from both the customer's online data and in-store activity. The online data and in-store data analytical system uses the identified customer data to generate a customer profile, which includes several customer attributes, and also generate an output to the customer, a selected store sales person, or both. The generated output can suggest potential products for the customer to consider or potential discounts, enhancing the customer's in-store sales experience. The generated output may also include product feedback information originating from a social connection of the customer, a person similar to the customer, or others. | 02-14-2013 |
20130080251 | PRODUCT REGISTRATION AND TRACKING SYSTEM - A server for registration of products may include a processor and computer storage. The processor may be configured to receive, via a network, a communication from a product application executed on a computing device, the communication including a product identification (ID) associated with a product and an indication of registration of the product by a user of the product application. The processor may further be configured to register the product at least by storing, in the computer storage, the product ID and a relationship between the product and an identification of the user of the product application. The processor may further be configured to send a subsequent communication to the product application on the computing device based on the registration of the product. | 03-28-2013 |
20130218887 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND USING AN INTEREST GRAPH - Methods and apparatuses are provided for generating, updating, and using an interest graph. A plurality of interests representing a plurality of subjects' affinities towards a plurality of topics may be obtained. A processing device may generate an interest graph based on the obtained interests. The generated interest graph may include: (i) at least two nodes, each of the at least two nodes representing an interest of the obtained interests, wherein the obtained interests are free of any personally identifiable information associated with the plurality of subjects and (ii) at least one link connecting a first node to a second node of the at least two nodes, the at least one link representing a relatedness of the interest represented by the first node to the interest represented by the second node. | 08-22-2013 |
20130244685 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING EXTENSIBLE LOCATION-BASED SERVICES - A system for providing location-based services to a mobile device regularly determines the location of the mobile device. Using the device location, the system queries a database of virtual geographic regions to determine if the location of the mobile device falls within one or more of the virtual geographic regions. The virtual geographic regions correspond to service entities that have purchased, rented, leased, or otherwise acquired the virtual geographic regions. If the mobile device is within a virtual geographic region, the system notifies the mobile device. A location-based services application installed on the mobile device launches an applet for the entity that acquired the virtual geographic region within which the mobile device is located. When the mobile device is located within overlapping virtual geographic regions, the system generates a prioritization scheme that defines which of the corresponding service entities should be displayed on the mobile device, and in what order. | 09-19-2013 |
20130282834 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN EFFECT OF CHARACTERISTICS OF A MESSAGE ON INTERACTION WITH THE MESSAGE - Method and apparatus are provided for determining an effect of characteristics of a first message on interaction with the first message over an electronically meditated forum. The first message may be posted to the electronically mediated forum to provide a first posted message. The first posted message includes characteristics. The electronically mediated forum may be monitored to detect at least one instance of interaction with the first posted message. Interaction data may be extracted. Interaction data may include data describing at least one interaction the first posted message. The interaction data may be analyzed to determine the effect of the characteristics of the first posted message on the interaction(s) with the first posted message to provide determined effect data. | 10-24-2013 |
20140214877 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND USING AN INTEREST GRAPH - Methods and apparatuses are provided for generating, updating, and using an interest graph. A plurality of interests representing a plurality of subjects' affinities towards a plurality of topics may be obtained. A processing device may generate an interest graph based on the obtained interests. The generated interest graph may include: (i) at least two nodes, each of the at least two nodes representing an interest of the obtained interests, wherein the obtained interests are free of any personally identifiable information associated with the plurality of subjects and (ii) at least one link connecting a first node to a second node of the at least two nodes, the at least one link representing a relatedness of the interest represented by the first node to the interest represented by the second node. | 07-31-2014 |
20140250210 | SYSTEM FOR DELAYED VIDEO VIEWING - The disclosure concerns methods of playback of a video stream comprising: receiving from a first user device ( | 09-04-2014 |
20140358666 | CROSS-CHANNEL PERSONALIZED PROMOTION PLATFORM - A platform for providing real-time promotions determines a customer interested in a product or service. The platform identifies customer information associated with the customer, as well as a set of products of interest to the customer. The platform identifies a supplier or advertiser associated with each of the products and receives promotion bids from one or more of the suppliers or advertisers. The platform generates a score for each of the received promotion bids, selects at least one of the promotion bids for transmission to the mobile device, and transmits the selected at least one promotion bids to the mobile device. The platform tracks customer behavior associated with the at least one promotion bids and provides the tracked behavior information back to the suppliers or advertisers. | 12-04-2014 |
20150205544 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT STORAGE, CUSTOMIZATION, AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A method for routing object data that defines a 3-dimensional (3D) object to a 3D printer includes receiving the object data at a server and determining, by the server, object attributes associated with the object defined by the object data. The server searches a database that stores 3D printer attributes for one or more 3D printers capable of printing objects that possess the determined object attributes. If one or more capable printers are identified, the server communicates a list that identifies the one or more capable printers to a user. | 07-23-2015 |
20150269687 | System for Providing Extensible Location-based Services - A system for providing location-based services to a mobile device regularly determines the location of the mobile device. Using the location of the device, the system queries a database of virtual geographic regions to determine if the location of the mobile device falls within one or more of the virtual geographic regions. The virtual geographic regions correspond to service entities that have purchased, rented, leased, or otherwise acquired the virtual geographic regions. The virtual geographic regions cover a certain area of a map. If the mobile device is within a virtual geographic region, the system notifies the mobile device. A location-based services application installed on the mobile device launches an applet for the entity that acquired the virtual geographic region within which the mobile device is located. When the mobile device is located within multiple overlapping virtual geographic regions, the system generates a prioritization scheme that defines which of the corresponding service entities should be displayed on the mobile device, and in what order the service entities should be displayed. | 09-24-2015 |
20150271636 | System for Providing Extensible Location-based Services - A system for providing location-based services to a mobile device regularly determines the location of the mobile device. Using the location of the device, the system queries a database of virtual geographic regions to determine if the location of the mobile device falls within one or more of the virtual geographic regions. The virtual geographic regions correspond to service entities that have purchased, rented, leased, or otherwise acquired the virtual geographic regions. The virtual geographic regions cover a certain area of a map. If the mobile device is within a virtual geographic region, the system notifies the mobile device. A location-based services application installed on the mobile device launches an applet for the entity that acquired the virtual geographic region within which the mobile device is located. When the mobile device is located within multiple overlapping virtual geographic regions, the system generates a prioritization scheme that defines which of the corresponding service entities should be displayed on the mobile device, and in what order the service entities should be displayed. | 09-24-2015 |
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20160103953 | BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCE TANDEM REPEAT CHARACTERIZATION - Short fixed length source sub-sequences are extracted from a collection of source sequences derived from a sample for which the biological signature is to be determined. The extracted short fixed length source sub-sequences are compiled to determine the frequency of each within the collection. Overlaps between the short fixed length source sub-sequences are used to find a chain of overlaps from one or more sub-sequences equivalent to a pre-flanking reference marker sequence to one or more sub-sequences equivalent to a post-flanking reference marker sequence, wherein the reference marker sequences flank a region containing a repetitive sequence region. In response to the chain containing multiple instances of the one or more short fixed length source sub-sequences, thereby defining a cycle, the sequences from the collection derived from the sample are examined to find one or more sequences that span the cycle, and at least one of: (i) the lengths of the spanning sequences are used to determine the length of the cycle and; (ii) the number of repeat motif copies within each spanning sequence are counted. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103954 | BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCE VARIANT CHARACTERIZATION - Short fixed length sub-sequences, defined as reference sub-sequences, are extracted from a collection of reference sequences, and an index is constructed showing which short fixed length reference sub-sequence occurs in which reference sequences. Short fixed length sub-sequences, the same length as the reference sub-sequences and defined as source sub-sequences, are extracted from a collection of source sequences derived from a sample for which the signature is to be determined, and the short fixed length source sub-sequences are compiled to determine the frequency of each within the collection. The presence or absence of source sub-sequences in combination with the index is used to infer the presence or absence of reference sequences from the reference collection. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103955 | BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCE TANDEM REPEAT CHARACTERIZATION - Short fixed length source sub-sequences are extracted from a collection of source sequences derived from a sample for which the biological signature is to be determined. The extracted short fixed length source sub-sequences are compiled to determine the frequency of each within the collection. Overlaps between the short fixed length source sub-sequences are used to find a chain of overlaps from one or more sub-sequences equivalent to a pre-flanking reference marker sequence to one or more sub-sequences equivalent to a post-flanking reference marker sequence, wherein the reference marker sequences flank a region containing a repetitive sequence region. In response to the chain containing multiple instances of the one or more short fixed length source sub-sequences, thereby defining a cycle, the sequences from the collection derived from the sample are examined to find one or more sequences that span the cycle, and at least one of: (i) the lengths of the spanning sequences are used to determine the length of the cycle and; (ii) the number of repeat motif copies within each spanning sequence are counted. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103956 | BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCE VARIANT CHARACTERIZATION - Short fixed length sub-sequences, defined as reference sub-sequences, are extracted from a collection of reference sequences, and an index is constructed showing which short fixed length reference sub-sequence occurs in which reference sequences. Short fixed length sub-sequences, the same length as the reference sub-sequences and defined as source sub-sequences, are extracted from a collection of source sequences derived from a sample for which the signature is to be determined, and the short fixed length source sub-sequences are compiled to determine the frequency of each within the collection. The presence or absence of source sub-sequences in combination with the index is used to infer the presence or absence of reference sequences from the reference collection. | 04-14-2016 |