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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140280222 | IDENTIFYING A SOCIAL LEADER - There are disclosed systems and methods for calculating the “social score” of users of social websites to determine who the “social leaders” are. The activities of users of social websites are monitored and activities weighted. The combined scores for the user's activities provide an absolute score for the particular user. The absolute score from a single social website, or combined absolute scores from a plurality of social websites, can be used. In either instance, the absolute score obtained of a user is compared to the absolute scores of other users and a relative score is obtained. The relative score provides a ranking of each user as compared to the rest of the user population. In this manner, social leaders, e.g., the top ten percent in relative score can be identified. Social leaders are of interest to various entities to provide targets for advertising, product test marketing, and the like. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278976 | MATCHING SOCIAL MEDIA USER TO MARKETING CAMPAIGN - Disclosed are systems and methods that gather information in levels of various categories about the “likes” of a user of a social site and, by assigning a weight factor to each level of category of “likes”, a “match” score for the user is calculated. The calculation of “match” scores can be performed for a plurality of users to obtain a set of users who are potential customers of a marketing campaign. The set of users whose “likes” are evaluated can be compared to the “target” of an advertising campaign to generate potential customers for that campaign; this serves to improve the conversion rate for the advertising campaign. Alternatively, the “like” profiles can be used to analyze the advertising campaign portfolio of an entity and provide recommendations as to those advertising campaigns likely to be of interest to a particular set of users, based on calculated “like” profiles. | 09-18-2014 |
20130179517 | E-MAIL PROTOCOL OPTIMIZED FOR A MOBILE ENVIRONMENT AND GATEWAY USING SAME - A message delivery server system for delivery of electronic content to a receiving client, comprises: a data storage for storing electronic content, a connection unit for maintaining a connection with the receiving client, and a connection establishment unit for allowing a receiving client to establish a connection with the server. The connection establishment unit comprises a definition unit for placing one or more connection definitions relating to the connection in an entity that is independent of any actual connection socket used for the session. The definition unit can be use to establish additional sockets to maintain the session and the definitions within can be used to find the best way to download media to the receiving client. | 07-11-2013 |
20100216492 | EMPLOYMENT OF A TEXT MESSAGE BY A USER OF A FIRST MOBILE TELEPHONE TO INVOKE A PROCESS THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION TO A USER OF A SECOND MOBILE TELEPHONE - There is provided a method that includes (a) receiving a text message that was sent from a first user device via a communications network, (b) detecting a text string in the text message, (c) executing a process, in response to detecting the text string, wherein the executing yields a result, and (d) sending the result to a second user device via the communications network. In an exemplary embodiment, a user of a first mobile telephone uses an SMS message to invoke a process that provides, to a user of a second mobile telephone, a map that shows a location of the first mobile telephone. | 08-26-2010 |
20100211695 | CONTEXT-AWARE COMMUNICATIONS - There is provided a system having a processor, and a memory having instructions stored therein in a form that is readable by the processor. The instructions, when read by the processor, cause the processor to perform steps of: receiving a first signal that indicates an initiation of a communication from a calling device to a called device; receiving a context parameter of the called device; evaluating the context parameter; and generating a second signal, based on the step of evaluating, to control a routing of the communication. | 08-19-2010 |
20100104083 | PROVIDING TELEPHONE DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE - There is provided a method for providing telephone directory assistance. The method includes (a) receiving, via a communication network, first information concerning a telephone call being proposed for a telephone having a first telephone number, (b) obtaining second information relating to a prior call involving the first telephone number, (c) obtaining a resultant telephone number, based on the first information and the second information, and (d) outputting the resultant telephone number, via the communication network. | 04-29-2010 |
20100104081 | SUBSCRIBER RATING SYSTEM - A method includes obtaining first information based on communication engaged in by a first subscriber via a communication service, calculating a first popularity rating of the first subscriber based on the first information, obtaining second information based on communication engaged in by a second subscriber via the communication service, calculating a second popularity rating of the second subscriber based on the second information, determining a ranking of the first subscriber based on comparing the first popularity rating and the second popularity rating, and providing a component service based on the ranking. | 04-29-2010 |
20100049832 | COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIDEO CONTENT TO A TARGET SYSTEM - A method for providing video content to a target system, the method including: acquiring multiple groups of frames from a stream of frames; processing each group of frames out of the multiple groups of frames to provide a video file; and transmitting the video file to the target system; wherein the acquiring, processing and transmitting partially overlap. | 02-25-2010 |
20090281947 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMERCE - An authorization subscriber identification module card, including: (a) a subscriber identification module chip; and (b) a near field communication chip, connected to the subscriber identification module chip, wherein the near field communication chip is adapted to update a balance value in a memory of the authorization subscriber identification module card in response to balance updating information, and to transmit a near field communication confirmation transmission to an external system; wherein the authorization subscriber identification module card is further adapted to provide identification information to a charging authority server; to receive a balance updating information from the charging authority server; and to update the balance value in response to charging information. | 11-12-2009 |
20090257593 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURE MESSAGING - A network-based method for secure messaging is performed by: receiving a message sent by a sender to a recipient with a store-and-forward protocol, at a network location. The received message is decrypted at the network location with the sender's encryption key. Then the decrypted message is encrypted at the network location with the recipient's encryption key, and forwarded from the network location for delivery to the recipient. | 10-15-2009 |
20090191852 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR ENABLING MULTIMEDIA RING-BACK-WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A VOICE-CALL - A system for providing multimedia ring back for a voice-call. The system may include an MMRB for VC control module and a network access module operatively connected to the MMRB for VC control module. The network access module is adapted to interface the MMRB for VC control module with external network components. The MMRB for VC control module is responsive to an indication that a caller is inviting a callee to join the voice-call with the caller and wherein the caller and/or the callee is subscribed to an MMRB for VC service for invoking an MMRB for VC service. The MMRB for VC control module is responsive to an indication that the callee received an invitation message and is now pending acceptance of the voice-call, for causing the caller to adapt its media-specification for the ongoing voice-call establishment process to a media-specification that is compatible with multimedia-content communication, thereby enabling a multimedia-content communication with the caller during at least a portion of the ongoing voice-call establishment process. | 07-30-2009 |
20090063970 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION BETWEEN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT TO A NON-VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - Provided is a method for exchanging information, the method including: receiving content destined to a virtual representation of a recipient; sending the content to a recipient communication device that is being utilized by the recipient for non-virtual communication by utilizing an association between a virtual representation of the recipient and an identity of the recipient while concealing the association. Also provided is a method for participating in a virtual environment, the method including: receiving instructions from a limited device not capable of interfacing with the virtual environment; converting the instructions to a virtual environment-compliant format; sending the converted instructions to a virtual environment computer; receiving content from the virtual environment; converting the content to a limited device-compliant content; and sending the converted content to the limited device. | 03-05-2009 |
20090055878 | Accessing interactive services over internet - The invention relates to a method of providing interactive services through a telecommunications network. In the method an audio/visual (A/V) stream and control data is exchanged between an application server and a multiplexing and access control module of the telecommunications network, by means of a multimedia bidirectional interactive protocol. Internet protocol television (IPTV) service protocols are implemented within the telecommunications network for communicating with customer premises television equipment, wherein the IPTV protocols include a streaming protocol for transmission to customer premises television equipment of an A/V stream received from the application server and a monodirectional interactive protocol for receiving user commands at the multiplexing and access control module. The user commands are further converted into messages of the bidirectional interactive protocol for transmission to the application server and response data is relayed from the application server to the customer premises television equipment from which the user command originates. | 02-26-2009 |
20090037559 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR COMPLETION OF ATTEMPTS TO ACCESS CONTENT - A content consumption session completion system and method useful in conjunction therewith, the system comprising an apparatus for detecting uncompleted content consumption sessions by monitoring consumption of data services by a user and logging information regarding at least one uncompleted content consumption session between at least one user and at least one data service. The system further includes an apparatus for diagnosing a reason why at least one individual content consumption session was uncompleted, and also includes an apparatus for responding to at least one uncompleted content consumption session as a function of the reason. | 02-05-2009 |
20090016508 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PERSONALIZED BILL USING A PERSONAL ADDRESS BOOK - A system and method is disclosed for creating a personalized phone bill populated with names from a subscriber's personal address book on the subscriber's device. A billing application receives a request to generate a phone bill for a subscriber, and obtains usage data for that subscriber's device. In one embodiment, the billing application then sends a request to a translation server to search a network address book, which is synchronized with the personal address book on a subscriber's device, to match the usage data with the names from the network address book. The matched names are then transmitted from the translation server to the billing application, where the billing application includes the matched names in a usage section of the bill, thereby generating a personalized phone bill that a subscriber can more easily review and understand. | 01-15-2009 |
20080316944 | IDENTIFYING PARTICIPANTS OF AN AUDIO CONFERENCE CALL - An apparatus for identifying participants of a conference call in a telephony network, each participant using a respective channel to participate in the conference call, the apparatus including: a sampler, deployed in the telephony network, and configured to continuously sample each of the channels during the conference call, a dominant channel identifier, in communication with the sampler, and configured to identify in real time a dominant one of the sampled channels, and a current speaker data disseminator, in communication with the dominant channel identifier, and configured to disseminate, in real time, data pertaining to a participant who uses the dominant channel to at least one remaining participant of the conference call, so as to identify the participant who uses the dominant channel as a current speaker to the remaining participant. | 12-25-2008 |