Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100125599 | OBTAINING TRUSTED RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH DISCOVERY OF COMMON CONTACTS IN CONTACT LISTS - The present invention discloses a solution for obtaining trusted recommendations through discovery of common contacts in contact lists. The solution can utilize private contact lists (e.g., address book, phone lists) to permit users to search for and obtain trusted recommendations for a product and/or service. The presence of a contact in a contact list is recognized as recommendation of that contact. Recommendations can be determined through searching private contact lists and obtaining implicit relationships based on common contacts of multiple contact lists. Searches can be customized allowing recommendations to reflect results with high probability of confidence. Recommendations can also be affected by the degrees of separation between contact lists, professional peer relationships, expertise of contact list owner, and the like. Recommendation results can provide trusted recommendations for products and/or services without relying on potentially erroneous input. | 05-20-2010 |
20100222084 | URGENT COMMUNICATIONS THAT OVERCOME RECEIVING DEVICE IMPEDIMENTS - A communication attempt directed towards a recipient device can be identified. At least one proximate device geographically proximate to the recipient device can be automatically detected. Responsive to the determining of the proximate devices, a digitally encoded message can be wirelessly conveyed to one or more of the determined proximate devices. In various embodiments the message can be a text message, an instant message, and/or a voice message. The digitally encoded message can direct a user of the proximate device to inform a user of the recipient device of the communication attempt. | 09-02-2010 |
20100262572 | INCORPORATING REPRESENTATIONAL AUTHENTICITY INTO VIRTUAL WORLD INTERACTIONS - A system that incorporates representational authenticity into virtual world interactions can include user representational authenticity data and a virtual world computing system. The user representational authenticity data can be used to describe the physical characteristics of a human user. The physical characteristics can be quantified utilizing standardized measurement techniques. The virtual world computing system can be configured to adjudicate the conduction of interactions performed by a virtual representation of the human user within the virtual world environment utilizing the user representational authenticity data. | 10-14-2010 |
20120331400 | AUTHENTICATION SCORE QUANTIFING SIMILARITY BETWEEN A USER'S ONLINE PERSONA VERSUS THAT USER'S PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS - A visual representation of a human user for display within one or more graphical user interfaces to others interacting with the human user over a network can be identified. An authenticity score defining a degree of resemblance between the visual representation of the human user and physical characteristics of the human user can be calculated. | 12-27-2012 |
20130012175 | COMMUNICATING MESSAGES TO PROXIMATE DEVICES ON A CONTACT LIST RESPONSIVE TO AN UNSUCCESSFUL CALL - An unsuccessful communication attempt to a mobile receiving device is detected. A contact list associated with the mobile receiving device is accessed. One or more proximate devices to the mobile recipient device are determined. Each of the one or more proximate devices are communication devices of a contact of the contact list. A digitally encoded message is conveyed to at least one of the one or more proximate devices. The digitally encoded message indicates that a communication attempt with the mobile receiving device was unsuccessful and requests a recipient of the digitally encoded message inform a holder of the mobile receiving device of the unsuccessful communication attempt. | 01-10-2013 |
20140245182 | PROVIDING TARGETED MESSAGES VIA A SOCIAL MEDIA SYSTEM WHILE CONCEALING TIES TO THE MESSAGE SOURCE - A method for electronically providing targeted messages can begin when a source-concealing targeted messaging system receives data items provided by a source user that define a targeted message that is to be presented within a social media context. The data items can include a set of recipients, a message body, and a set of trigger conditions indicating when the targeted message is to be presented to the recipients. The recipients can be members of a contact list of the source user within the social media system providing the social media context. Satisfaction of the trigger conditions can be monitored and the social media system can be monitored recipients. When the trigger conditions are satisfied and a recipient is currently using the social media system, the targeted message can be presented within a user interface of the social media system, such that the source user appears unaffiliated with the targeted message. | 08-28-2014 |
20140329211 | PROVIDING LOCATION-RELEVANT GOAL FULFILLMENT RECOMMENDATIONS WHILE INSIDE A NON-RESIDENTIAL LOCATION - A method for providing location-relevant goal fulfillment messages to a mobile device can begin with a location-based goal coaching system receiving location data for a mobile device. When inside a non-residential location, a proximate area map for the mobile device can be dynamically generated using the received location data. The proximate area map can express a position of the mobile device within the non-residential location and points of interest or items within a predefined radius of the mobile device. Elements of the proximate area map that are relevant to a goal expressed in a previously defined user-specific goal profile can be identified. For each goal having a relevant identified element, a goal fulfillment recommendation can be created. The goal fulfillment recommendation can then be conveyed to the mobile device, making the user aware of the nearby presence of the item or point of interest and its relationship to the goal. | 11-06-2014 |
20150019373 | PROVIDING A CONSUMER ADVOCATE RECOMMENDATION UTILIZING HISTORIC PURCHASING DATA - A good selected by a shopper within a commerce session can be identified. The commerce session can be associated with a provider. The provider can be associated with a product and/or a service. The commerce session can be associated with an e-commerce Web site and a physical retail site. Historic purchase data associated with the good can be determined. The historic purchase data can be associated with the shopper. A purchase pattern for the good can be established based on at least one of the historic purchase data and a personalization profile. The personalization profile can include a user preference and/or an event data associated with an event. The event can affect the future purchasing behavior of the shopper. A recommendation based on the purchase pattern can be provided. The recommendation can benefit the purchasing behavior of the shopper. | 01-15-2015 |