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| 20160142862 | TECHNIQUES FOR EFFECTUATING A NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION SESSION - A computer-implemented method can include establishing, at a mobile computing device having a processing device, a near-field communication (NFC) session with a second device when the second device is within a communication range of the mobile computing device. When the second device is determined to have exited the communication range of the mobile computing device, the method can a) interrupt the NFC session, b) determine a reentry direction to move the mobile computing device in relation to the second device in order to bring the second device back within the communication range, c) start a timer, d) determine whether the second device reenters the communication range before the timer exceeds a threshold, and e) provide an instruction to a user to move the mobile computing device in the reentry direction when the second device has not reentered the communication range and the timer exceeds the threshold. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142358 | RECIPIENT LOCATION AWARE NOTIFICATIONS IN RESPONSE TO RELATED POSTS - In one aspect, a method is provided, including the following method operations: receiving a request to generate a first post data item at a first location; providing for presentation of the first post data item at a second location; receiving a request to generate a second post data item at the second location, the second post data item being in reply to the first post data item; identifying a destination for notification about the second post data item; providing in association with the destination a notification identifying the second post data item, the notification being associated with the first location. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140645 | SECURE DIRECT PURCHASE OPTION - A user and a merchant register an account with a payment processing system and each receive a unique identifier. When the registered user enters a search query for a product, the search engine system locates a product that matches the search query and that is associated with a registered merchant. The search engine system then confirms that the user and the merchant are registered, and creates a unique product identifier for the product. After associating the unique product identifier with the product, the search engine presents the product to the user with a direct purchase option. If the user selects a direct purchase option, the search engine system communicates with the payment processing system and merchant system to facilitate and verify the purchase transaction. The merchant then provides the product to the user. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140638 | ONE-CLICK REFUNDS FOR ONLINE CONTENT PURCHASES - The present invention provides a computer-implemented method to provide an option to a purchaser to refund a purchase. A content distributor system (“CDS”) receives content from a content provider. The CDS presents an option to purchase online content to a user operating a user network device. The CDS presents a refund option to the user before the user makes the purchase and while evaluating the content. The CDS receives an indication that the user initiated a purchase of the product and provides the content to the user. The CDS determines a length of time for which the refund option is valid before the refund option is terminated. If the user requests a refund, the CDS refunds the user purchase and the CDS transmits instructions to render the content unusable. If the time expires and the refund option has not been initiated, the CDS conducts the transaction. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140637 | Providing For-Pay Content Via A Web-Based Searching System - A websearch system for providing content to users may include a content provider, a user account interface, and a web-based search engine module. The content provider interface may facilitate interactions with content providers for preparing for-pay content for availability via web-based searching. The user account interface may facilitate the registration of end users for receiving for-pay content via web-based searching. The web-based search engine module may receive search parameters from a user; rank respective for-pay content items based on price, user feedback regarding the for-pay content and/or the relevant content provider, and/or information related to content-related disputes; identify search results that include for-pay content items; display particular search results including at least one of the for-pay content items; and provide the user access to the particular for-pay content item; wherein the user is charged a specified price for access to the selected for-pay content item. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140633 | PRESENTING USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS AND ACCEPTING INPUT OPTIMISTICALLY WHEN APPLICATION STATE IS UNKNOWN - Activation of a link or control button on a user interface before an underlying application status is known. A user requests access to a merchant system's webpage. The merchant system webpage loads and a link is activated. The merchant system begins to determine the user's account status with the remote system while the web page is loading or at any time thereafter. The user initiates a request by clicking, pressing, or otherwise selecting the link on the merchant system's webpage. The merchant system determines whether the user's account status with the remote system is known. If the account status is not known, the merchant system completes the determination. If the account status is known, the merchant system determines whether the action request is available. If the action is available, the request is processed. If the action is not available, the user is notified and the link is disabled. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140596 | RANDOMIZED REWARD SYSTEM FOR STORED VALUE TRANSACTIONS - A transaction parameter date set comprising input variables characterizing the transaction conditions are collected when an electronic payment is initiated on an electronic payment system. The collected transaction input variables are used to calculate an expected future transaction value using a decision function. The expected future transaction value identifies high utility transaction based on a comparison of the expected future transaction value to a threshold value established while training the decision function on a training data set of known outcome. A high utility transaction can include behavior that if rewarded is likely to retain current users or grow the electronic payment system network by adding new users. If the expected future transaction value exceeds the threshold value the sender of the electronic payment is rewarded by the system. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140566 | SECURE TRANSMISSION OF PAYMENT CREDENTIALS - An online electronic wallet system and method provide secure storage and transmission of payment instrument information for use in completing online purchases initiated from a client device. A payment instrument's verification code is stored in an encrypted form in local storage on a client device and retrieved and re-encrypted along with other payment instrument information stored on the system using a merchant-specific key. An API library is used to integrate the online electronic wallet system with a registered merchant's purchase flow, including the ability to ensure receipt of an electronic receipt prior to communicating payment instrument information to a merchant server. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140228 | REFORMATTING QUERIES FOR SEARCH ENGINES AND DATA REPOSITORIES - The specification relates to providing a reformatted search query to a specific back end search engine or data repository. The search query is reformatted by identifying a domain of a search query. Based on the domain, a specific back end search engine or data repository associated with the domain is chosen to receive the reformatted query. The reformatting of the query is performed using a set of rules for the chosen back-end server. The reformatted query is sent to the at least one back-end server. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140188 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR SEARCHING TABULAR DATA - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for searching a tabular database. According to certain embodiments, search parameters for searching a tabular database are received from a user device and a row of a tabular database that corresponds to the search parameters is determined. In certain embodiments, the row may be determined by comparing the search parameters with a plurality of stored exemplar search queries, each of the plurality of stored exemplar search queries comprising a search query associated with a row and a column of the tabular database. A column of the tabular database that corresponds to the search parameters is determined by comparing the search parameters with the plurality of stored exemplar search queries. In certain embodiments, at least one cell of the tabular database is determined. The determined cell may be located at the intersection of the determined row and the determined column. A data element associated with the at least one cell is sent to the user device for display. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140185 | AGGREGATING INTERACTIONS FOR CONTENT ITEMS - In one aspect, a method is provided, including the following method operations: receiving a request to generate a first post data item for display at a first location, the first post data item including a reference to a content item located at a second location; determining, based on the reference to the content item, a content identifier associated with the content item; associating the content identifier with the post data item; retrieving one or more post data items based on the content identifier and displaying the one or more post data items at the second location, the one or more post data items including the first post data item. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140113 | TECHNIQUES FOR USER IDENTIFICATION OF AND TRANSLATION OF MEDIA - A computer-implemented technique includes receiving, at a computing device including one or more processors, a user input (i) identifying a portion of a media stream being output from the computing device and (ii) indicating a request to translate the portion of the media stream from a source language to a target language. The technique includes transmitting, from the computing device, the portion of the media stream to a translation server via a network in response to receiving the user input. The technique includes receiving, at the computing device, a translated portion of the media stream from the translation server via the network, the translated portion of the media stream having been translated from the source language to the target language by the translation server. The technique also includes outputting, at the computing device, the translated portion of the media stream. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160135088 | Load Distribution in a Network of Small-Cell Base Stations - A network device may make a determination that a first backhaul connection, which serves a first base station, is congested and that a second backhaul connection, which serves a second base station, is not congested. This determination may be made based on a first periodic data cap imposed on the first backhaul connection, a traffic load on the first backhaul connection, a second periodic data cap imposed on the second backhaul connection, and a traffic load on the second backhaul connection. In response to the determination, the network device may configure a value of a cellular communication parameter utilized by one or both of the base stations. The configuration may comprise periodic adjustments of the value of the cellular communication parameter. The periodic adjustments may cause one or more mobile devices to be handed-over between the first base station and the second base station. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160134988 | 3D IMMERSIVE SPATIAL AUDIO SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Provided are methods and systems for delivering three-dimensional, immersive spatial audio to a user over a headphone, where the headphone includes one or more virtual speaker conditions. The methods and systems recreate a naturally sounding sound field at the user's ears, including cues for elevation and depth perception. Among numerous other potential uses and applications, the methods and systems of the present disclosure may be implemented for virtual reality applications. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160134987 | VIRTUAL SOUND SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Provided are methods and systems for updating a sound field in response to user movement. The methods and systems are less computationally expensive than existing approaches for updating a sound field, and are also suitable for use with arbitrary loudspeaker configurations. The methods and systems provide a dynamic binaural sound field rendering realized with the use of “virtual loudspeakers.” Rather than loudspeaker signals being fed into the physical loudspeakers, the signals are instead filtered with left and right HRIRs (Head Related Input Response) corresponding to the spatial locations of these loudspeakers. The sums of the left and right ear signals are then fed into the audio output device of the user. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132918 | ONE-TAP SIGN UP FOR MERCHANT LOYALTY PROGRAMS - Automatic processing and registering for merchant loyalty reward programs initiated by a single tap of a contactless device to a terminal reader. A user taps the contactless device in the terminal reader's radio frequency field. The terminal reader and the contactless device establish a communication channel and the terminal reader transmits details of the merchant's loyalty rewards program and a request for user information. The contactless device receives the request and accesses the user's stored information. The contactless device transmits the user information to the terminal reader and a new merchant loyalty account is created for the user. Acknowledgement of the new account, including a new loyalty account number, is transmitted to the contactless device. The loyalty account number is then saved in the contactless device. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132876 | AUTOMATIC CLOSED LOOP PAYMENT REDEMPTION - Redeeming closed loop payment instruments in wallet account transactions comprises a payment system server configured to associate financial accounts with a payment account of a user, comprising at least one closed loop account. The server receives, from a card network, a first payment authorization request originating from a merchant, comprising the payment account identifier and a request to fund a transaction. The server communicates, to a closed loop account issuer computing system, a redemption request to redeem funds from the closed loop account. The server receives a redemption of funds from the closed loop account. The server deducts the redeemed funds redeemed from a total amount of funds requested in the first payment authorization request. Upon receiving the funds, the server communicates to the merchant computing system a second authorization for the total amount of funds requested in the first authorization request based on the redemption of funds. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132875 | ENHANCEMENT OF MOBILE DEVICE INITIATED TRANSACTIONS - An account management system receives a payment authorization request from a merchant system for a transaction involving a user. The account management system identifies one or more user accounts associated with the transaction and processes the transaction after sending a payment authorization request to the issuer(s) of the user's financial account(s) and receiving an approval. After receiving a payment request, or shortly thereafter, the user device logs additional transaction data to transmit to the account management system, which uses the data to find a single transaction that correlates with financial transaction data. The account management system creates an enhanced receipt to transmit to the user device by augmenting the financial transaction data and may adjust the merchant information based on location data received from the user device or the payment amount based on an identified merchant type. The account management system updates the enhanced receipt if new information is received. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132871 | SECURE REDEMPTION CODE GENERATION FOR GIFT CARDS AND PROMOTIONS - A stored value card management system and method secures against the fraudulent use of stored value cards. A secure redemption code is generated comprising multiple component parts including a look-up identifier and a secure code. The secure redemption code is printed on a face of a stored value card without any visible demarcation of the component parts. The look-up identifier allows access to stored value card records and a determination of the stored value card's activation status. A hash of the secure code is stored in a separate secure index and validation of the secure hash is required to complete redemption of the stored value card. Access privileges to the card index and secure hash index are distinct and possession of one component of the secure redemption code is not sufficient to redeem the stored value card. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132869 | ENCRYPTING FINANCIAL ACCOUNT NUMBERS SUCH THAT EVERY DECRYPTION ATTEMPT RESULTS IN VALID ACCOUNT NUMBERS - A decryption module is enabled on one or more authorized devices. A user's financial account information is encrypted using a card verification number, or some secret known to the user and replicated onto the authorized devices. The user requests processing of a financial transaction using the previously-encrypted financial account information. The authorized device retrieves the encrypted financial account information and prompts the user to enter the card verification number (or other secret known to the user that was used to encrypt the financial account information). The decryption module decrypts the financial account information using the card verification number entered by the user, and the decrypted financial account information resembles a valid credit card or debit card number and will pass a Luhn test. The decrypted financial account information is transmitted to process the financial transaction initiated by the user. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132863 | TEXT MESSAGE PAYMENT - A computer-implemented method of effectuating an electronic on-line payment includes receiving at a computer server system a text message from a payor containing a payment request representing a payment amount sent by a payor device operating independently of the computer server system, determining a payment amount associated with the text message and debiting a payor account for an amount corresponding to the amount of the payment request, and crediting an account of a payee that is independent of the computer server system. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132859 | INITIATING PEER-TO-PEER TRANSACTIONS WITH A MAGNETIC STRIP CARD - The present invention provides a computer-implemented method to conduct a peer-to-peer transaction. A peer-to-peer transaction system receives a request for transaction approval from a merchant network device. The request includes user account information captured from a magnetic strip card encoded with the user account information and transaction information. The peer-to-peer transaction system determines that the transaction information is valid; transmits a request for authorization of the transaction to a user network device; receives an indication that the user authorized the transaction; transmits an approval of the transaction to a merchant network device; and conducts the transaction. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160129131 | Shielded Targeting Agents, Methods, and In Vivo Diagnostic System - A system is provided which includes nanoparticle conjugates configured to bind with a tumor cell, the nanoparticle conjugate comprising a nanoparticle, at least one targeting entity bound to the nanoparticle, and at least one shielding entity that shields at the at least one targeting entity, the nanoparticle, or both; a body-mountable device mounted on an external surface of a living body and configured to detect a tumor cell binding response signal transmitted through the external surface, wherein the tumor cell binding response signal is related to binding of the nanoparticle conjugates with one or more tumor cells; and a processor configured to non-invasively detect the one or more tumor cells based on the tumor cell response signal. Nanoparticle conjugates and methods for use for treating or imaging tumor cells are also provided. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160127452 | OPENING LOCAL APPLICATIONS FROM BROWSERS - Systems and methods are disclosed herein for opening local applications from browsers. A request to open a document associated with a cloud computing system is received from a user. A determination is made that the local device has a copy of the document, and a local application is selected to open the local copy. A message is transmitted to open the local copy with the selected local application. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124912 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING ELEMENTS OF A MOBILE APPLICATION - Systems and methods for identifying elements of a mobile application are described. One or more processors can receive a request to identify elements of a mobile application. The processors can map a plurality of views included in the mobile application and associated transitions between the plurality of views. For each of the plurality of views, the processors can determine a category of the view. The processors can then store, for the mobile application, a data structure identifying each of the plurality of views, and for each of the plurality of views, the category of the view, and one more transitions to others of the plurality of views for use in responding to a request for content from the mobile application. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160121855 | PASSIVE WIPER SYSTEM - A wiper system for clearing a surface of a dome includes a plurality of wiper blades that are configured to move around a circumference of the dome. Rotation of the wiper blades in a first direction around the circumference of the dome deploys the wiper blades into an upright position and rotation of the wiper blades in a second direction opposite the first direction stows the wiper blades into a collapsed position. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160118038 | REVERBERATION ESTIMATOR - Provided are methods and systems for generating Direct-to-Reverberant Ratio (DRR) estimates. The methods and systems use a null-steered beamformer to produce accurate DRR estimates across a variety of room sizes, reverberation times, and source-receiver distances. The DRR estimation algorithm uses spatial selectivity to separate direct and reverberant energy and account for noise separately. The formulation considers the response of the beamformer to reverberant sound and the effect of noise. The DRR estimation algorithm is more robust to background noise than existing approaches, and is applicable where a signal is recorded with two or more microphones, such as with mobile communications devices, laptop computers, and the like. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117349 | COLLECTIVE RECONCILIATION - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for collective reconciliation. In some implementations, an collective reconciliation module may remove duplicate entries from merged data a source. The collective reconciliation module may identify a first entity reference in a first data source and may identify one or more entity references in a second data source based on an identifier match. The collective reconciliation module may generate a set of pairings defined by the first entity reference with each of a subset of the one or more entity references based on an iterative analysis of common attributes for the set of pairings. The collective reconciliation module may determine whether a commonality exists for each of the set of pairings. The collective reconciliation module may merge the first data source and the second data source, wherein duplications are identified based at least in part on the determination. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117324 | RANKING LABELED INSTANCES EXTRACTED FROM TEXT - Technologies for development of IsA repositories are described that can be applied to the interpretation of text by computing devices in a variety of settings. The use of features other than those computed over an underlying document collection, such as popularity in search queries of the terms in class labels, is described, for the purpose of determining, or improving, the relative ranking of various class labels, given a class instance. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160112501 | Transferring Device States Between Multiple Devices - Exemplary methods and systems relate to creating and loading a device-group snapshot, which allows the states of devices to be stored and restored by different devices. A hub system may create a device-group snapshot for a plurality of devices in a source device group and load the device-group snapshot to a target device group by: (a) receiving an instruction to load a device-group snapshot; (b) determining the target device group with devices that are available to load the device-group snapshot; (c) determining that there is a difference between device groups; (d) modifying the device-group snapshot based on the difference between device groups; and (e) communicating with devices in the target device group to load the corresponding device states from the modified device-group snapshot. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110991 | DANGEROUS CONDITION DETECTION WITH USER FEEDBACK - A method for disseminating emergency notification content from an emergency originating source. The method comprising: delivering the emergency notification content from the emergency originating source to at least one transmitting party; selecting a subset of users from among a set of users for dissemination of the emergency notification content based on the subject matter of the emergency notification content; and delivering the emergency notification content from the at least one transmitting party to a device corresponding to each user from the selected subset of users. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110360 | PROVIDING NUMERICAL ANSWERS TO QUERIES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing numerical answers to queries. One of the methods includes identifying one or more text portions each corresponding to a numerical sentence or sentence fragment in text associated with search results that are responsive to a query. A text score is determined for each text portion based on one or more criteria. Text portions are grouped by a number included in each text portion. A group score is determined for each group based on respective scores of text portions in the group. A particular text portion is selected based on group scores of each group. A response is provided in response to the query that includes a number from the particular text portion. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110310 | CACHE MANAGEMENT - A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for receiving, on a second computing device, a read request from a user for web content local to the second computing device. An invalidation token is received for the web content local to the second computing device. The invalidation token includes a last modified timestamp for the web content local to the second computing device. The invalidation token is processed to determine if the web content local to the second computing device is substantially similar to web content local to a first computing device. If the web content local to the second computing device is substantially similar to the web content local to a first computing device, the web content local to the second computing device is provided to the user. If the web content local to the second computing device is not substantially similar to the web content local to the first computing device, the web content local to the first computing device is obtained and provided to the user. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160105387 | FILTERED MESSAGE STREAMS - A system and method is disclosed for filtering messages in a social network. A message may be posted to a social network with a corresponding rank. On receiving the message and corresponding rank, the social network generates a perceived rank of the message for a receiving user and provides the message for display at the receiving user's message stream according to the perceived rank. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104366 | Smart Hazard Detector Providing Follow Up Communications to Detection Events - Ambient amount of a hazardous condition may be monitored. A mode may be set to a state indicative of the hazardous condition being present in the ambient environment. It may then be determined that the amount of the hazard in the ambient environment has dropped below an alarm criterion. A time period may then be tracked during which the amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment of the hazard detector has remained below the alarm criterion. It may be determined that the time period has reached at least a threshold duration, during such time period the amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment of the hazard detector having remained below the alarm criterion. An indication of the hazardous condition easing may be output in response to the time period being at least the threshold duration. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104195 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION BASED ON STREET ADDRESS - A system and method is provided that infers a user's intent when the user searches for a particular address or other geographic location. In that regard, the system and method may select advertisements in response to a user searching for street addresses. The advertisements may be selected by searching for advertisements that match search terms associated with the street address. If no search terms are associated with the street address, the system and method may determine whether the street address is associated with a point of interest. If the address is associated with a point of interest, the name of the point of interest may be utilized as the search term. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103833 | RANKING QUERY RESULTS USING BIOMETRIC PARAMETERS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing query results using biometric parameters. One of the methods includes providing a search result in response to receiving a search query. If one or more of biometric parameters of a user indicate likely negative engagement by the user with the first search result, an additional search result is obtained and provided in response to the search query. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103573 | SCALABLE AND TABBED USER INTERFACE - System and methods of providing more space to present data in a graphical user interface which uses tabs, are presented. A GUI including a plurality of tabs in a first portion of the GUI and a tab adjustment element, is provided to the user. User input indicating an activation of the tab adjustment element is received. In response to the user input, the size of the first portion of the graphical user interface is modified, and the plurality of tabs is adjusted to fit within the modified size of the first portion of the GUI. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103561 | IDENTIFYING PRODUCTIVE THUMBNAILS FOR MEDIA CONTENT - References to videos or other media content are often accompanied by a thumbnail that is in some way representative of the video. Selection of this thumbnail can have a significant impact on the productivity of the reference, e.g., in driving traffic to the underlying video or other media content. Accordingly, the performance of various candidate thumbnails can be monitored and the thumbnail that performs best can be selected as the primary thumbnail, which can be presented most often in connection with references to the video or other media content. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160100470 | METHOD AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CREATING/INSTALLING DISPLAY DEVICES - Embodiments of the disclosure describe apparatuses, systems and methods for display device creation and installation. Said embodiments execute operations for receiving data identifying dimensions of a target surface, said target surface being a surface for creating and installing a display device and for a user to view the display device. In response to receiving data identifying dimensions of the target surface, a three dimensional (3D) fabrication process is executed to form at least some components of the display device. When the pixel area of the display device is formed, the pixel control circuitry of the display device is communicatively coupled to a display driver component to install the display device onto the target surface; said display driver component receives image data and drives the pixel control circuitry based on the received image data. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160100325 | WIRELESS NETWORK MONITORING DEVICE - A wireless network monitoring and reporting unit is described herein. The unit runs tests in a given order to detect whether certain networking low-level requirements are met (e.g., whether a DHCP lease has been obtained and whether DNS is functional). Certain base tests are may be included for different connections, regardless of the connection's configuration. In the event of a base test failure, higher level tests may be skipped. The wireless network monitoring and reporting unit may provide improvements in the ability to accurately detect and report wireless connectivity problems, and to monitor and report wireless network performance at a given location. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160100233 | OCCUPANCY PATTERN DETECTION, ESTIMATION AND PREDICTION - A system for detecting occupancy of an enclosure may include a sensing system adapted to monitor utility information for the enclosure which tends to indicate a likelihood of occupancy of the enclosure. The utility information may include power line information, Smart Meter information, Wi-Fi information, etc. The system may also include a processing system programmed to estimate occupancy of the enclosure based at least in part on the monitored utility information by the sensing system. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160100101 | RECOMMENDING TRANSFORMATIONS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY - A method, computer program product, and system is described. An aspect of an image is identified. One or more other images are identified based upon, at least in part, the one or more other images including one or more other aspects similar to the identified aspect of the image. One or more image filters associated with the one or more other images, including a first image filter, are identified. The first image filter is applied to the image. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098356 | HARDWARE-ASSISTED MEMORY COMPRESSION MANAGEMENT USING PAGE FILTER AND SYSTEM MMU - Provided are methods and systems for managing memory using a hardware-based page filter designed to distinguish between active and inactive pages (“hot” and “cold” pages, respectively) so that inactive pages can be compressed prior to the occurrence of a page fault. The methods and systems are designed to achieve, among other things, lower cost, longer battery life, and faster user response. Whereas existing approaches for memory management are based on pixel or frame buffer compression, the methods and systems provided focus on the CPU's program (e.g., generic data structure). Focusing on hardware-accelerated memory compression to offload CPU translates higher power efficiency (e.g., ASIC is approximately 100× lower power than CPU) and higher performance (e.g., ASIC is approximately 10× faster than CPU), and also allows for hardware-assisted memory management to offload OS/kernel, which significantly increases response time. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098353 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEMORY DE-DUPLICATION - Provided are methods and systems for de-duplicating cache lines in physical memory by detecting cache line data patterns and building a link-list between multiple physical addresses and their common data value. In this manner, the methods and systems are applied to achieve de-duplication of an on-chip cache. A cache line filter includes one table that defines the most commonly duplicated content patterns and a second table that saves pattern numbers from the first table and the physical address for she duplicated cache line. Since a cache line duplicate can be detected during a write operation, each write can involve table lookup and comparison. If there is a hit in the table, only the address is saved instead of the entire data string. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098193 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND DYNAMICALLY UPDATING MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM SETTINGS USING SOFTWARE TO OPTIMIZE PERFORMANCE AND POWER CONSUMPTION - A method and apparatus are disclosed to monitor system performance and dynamically update memory subsystem settings using software to optimize system performance and power consumption. In an example embodiment, the apparatus monitors a software application's cache performance and provides the software application the cache performance data. The software application, which has a higher-level/macro view of the overall system and better determination of its future requests, analyzes the performance data to determine more optimal memory sub-system settings. The software application provides the system more optimal settings to implement in the memory component to improve the memory and overall system performance and efficiency. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160095661 | System and Method for Fluorescence-based Laser Ablation - In an embodiment, an apparatus and method are described for ablating tissue in response to determining a fluorescence condition. An excitation light source may produce excitation light at a excitation wavelength of a fluorophore. A beam scanner may direct the excitation light towards a tissue location. A fluorophore may produce emission light in response to absorbing the excitation light. A camera may capture an image of the tissue location. In response to the image indicating emission light at the tissue location, an ablation light source may produce ablation light. The beam scanner may direct the ablation light towards the tissue location. Additionally or alternatively, a topography map may be generated and certain aspects of the apparatus and/or the method may be adjusted based on the topography map. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160094288 | Satellite Constellation - A communication system includes a constellation of communication devices orbiting the earth. Each communication device has a corresponding orbital path or trajectory with an inclination angle of less than 90 degrees and greater than zero degrees with respect to the equator of the earth. The constellation includes a first group of communication devices orbiting at a first altitude from the earth and at a first inclination angle. The constellation also includes a second group of communication devices orbiting at a second altitude from the earth lower than the first altitude and at a second inclination angle different from the first inclination angle. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092847 | Systems and Methods to Faciliate Replacement of Depleted Batteries - In an embodiment, a method facilitates battery replacement in a smart-home system. The method includes measuring, by one or more smart-home devices, at least one characteristic of a first battery in one of the smart-home devices, and determining from the at least one characteristic, whether replacement of the first battery is warranted. If replacement is warranted, the method sends an electronic order to a supplier for a replacement battery. The method further includes reading, by one or more of the smart-home devices, a machine readable code that accompanies a shipment of the replacement battery, embodying information from which an identity of the first smart-home device can be determined; determining, based at least in part on the information, a location of the first smart-home device; and providing, by one or more of the smart-home devices, visual and/or audible information to guide a user to the first smart-home device. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092350 | CALLPATH FINDER - Techniques and systems for creating a function call graph for a codebase are disclosed. Graph creation includes identifying functions in the codebase by a function signature and representing a function as a first node in the call graph. For that function, identifying call-to functions, call-from functions, and inheritance parents and children, and a base class from the function signature of that function; adding child nodes to the first node based on the identified call-to and call-from functions; for an interface call to a base class method in the function, adding child nodes to the first node based on implementations of an override of the base class method; for an added child node, removing that child node from the first node if a source file that includes an implementation of an override and a source code file that includes the function don't share at least one common binary file. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091220 | WIRELESS ZONE CONTROL VIA MECHANICALLY ADJUSTABLE AIRFLOW ELEMENTS - An Electronically-Controlled Register vent (ECRV) that can be easily installed by a homeowner or general handyman is disclosed. The ECRV can be used to convert a non-zoned HVAC system into a zoned system. The ECRV can also be used in connection with a conventional zoned HVAC system to provide additional control and additional zones not provided by the conventional zoned HVAC system. In one embodiment, the ECRV is configured have a size and form-factor that conforms to a standard manually-controlled register vent. In one embodiment, a zone thermostat is configured to provide thermostat information to the ECRV. In one embodiment, the zone thermostat communicates with a central monitoring system that coordinates operation of the heating and cooling zones. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160088091 | Identifying Existing Synchronous Communication Sessions Associated with a User - Existing synchronous communication sessions associated with a user are identified. A request to display information about the user is received. A plurality of existing synchronous communication sessions is identified. Each existing synchronous communication session includes at least one participant and is associated with a user. An affinity score for each of the plurality of synchronous communication sessions is determined based on an affinity between the user and at least one of the participants of the synchronous communication session. The plurality of existing synchronous communication sessions associated with the user is ranked based on the affinity score. An indication of a subset of the plurality of existing synchronous communication sessions is sent for display on the one more computing devices. In some embodiments, an indication of one of the existing synchronous communication sessions is sent for display on the one more computing devices. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087920 | MANAGING INSTANT MESSAGING SESSIONS ON MULTIPLE DEVICES - Transferring instant messaging sessions includes receiving a selection, from a user within a user interface, of at least one instant messaging session from among multiple instant messaging sessions to transfer from a first instant messaging controller on a first device to at 5 least a second instant messaging controller on a second device, where the user is signed on concurrently to the first instant messaging controller on the first device and the second instant messaging controller on the second device. At least a portion of the selected instant messaging session is transferred from the first instant messaging controller on the first device to the second instant messaging controller on the second device and the transferred portion of 10 the instant messaging session is made perceivable on the second instant messaging controller on the second device. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086224 | SYSTEM FOR CONTEXTUALIZING MAP SELECTIONS - A system for contextualizing map selections may include one or more processors and a memory. The one or more processors may provide for display a map comprising a plurality of objects related to a query associated with a user. The one or more processors may receive a selection of one of the plurality of objects of the map. The one or more processors may retrieve an advertising content item based at least in part on the received selection of the one of the plurality of objects and the query. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085964 | Methods and Systems for Implementing a Secure Application Execution Environment Using Derived User Accounts for Internet Content - Methods and systems are disclosed for implementing a secure application execution environment using Derived User Accounts (SAE DUA) for Internet content. Content is received and a determination is made if the received content is trusted or untrusted content. The content is accessed in a protected derived user account (DUA) such as a SAE DUA if the content is untrusted otherwise the content is accessed in a regular DUA if the content is trusted. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160080472 | Measuring Sharing Behavior and Audience Coverage in Online Communities - Configurations for measuring sharing behavior and audience coverage for one or more users are provided. Some configurations can include the following components: an input processor (IP), a data processor (DP) and a visualization processor (VP). The IP extracts data from user logs or processes existing raw data, and prepares the data for the data processor. In one example, the IP transforms each user record into a structured file including time-ordered data corresponding to instances of information sharing activity, target users, and associated date-time(s) for the sharing activity. The DP takes the time-ordered data from the IP and performs statistical evaluations to classify and determine the audience coverage and sharing behavior. The VP receives processed data from the DP and generates different graphical visualizations (e.g., one or more graphs) based on the statistical analysis provided by the DP. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078751 | SMART-HOME HAZARD DETECTOR PROVIDING SENSOR-BASED DEVICE POSITIONING GUIDANCE - A particular smart hazard detector may itself function as a guide during a process of installation of the same at an installation location. Additionally, the installation location of the particular smart hazard detector may play a central role in how various settings of the smart hazard detector are defined and adjusted over time. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078479 | Generating an Advertisement Associated with a Multi-Party Communication Session and a Named Topic - A system and method for generating an advertisement are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a display document request receiver module, an ad selection module, a topic determination module and an ad display module. The display document request receiver module receives a request for a display document associated with a keyword signal. The ad selection module selects, based at least in part on the keyword signal, an advertisement that is associated with a multi-party communication session and at least one named topic. The topic determination module selects a named topic based at least in part on a topic specifying input. The ad display module provides the selected advertisement including the selected topic and a selection element for selecting the communication session associated with the advertisement for display. Multiple topics may be associated with one communication session and therefore one of those topics may be displayed based on an input. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078137 | ENRICHING SEARCH RESULTS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for enhancing search results. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a plurality of registered publishers for enriched search results and, for each registered publisher, obtaining enrichment information from the registered publisher and associating the enrichment information with a resource provided by the publisher. A query is received. A plurality of responsive resources that are responsive to the query are identified. A first responsive resource is determined to be associated with enrichment information. An enriched search result is provided, the enriched search result identifying the first responsive resource and including the first responsive resource's associated enrichment information. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078033 | Physical Visual ID as Means to Tie Disparate Media Collections - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automatically associating collections of media files are provided. A first tying-identifier is determined from at least one media file in a first media collection. A second tying-identifier is determined from at least one media file in a second media collection. The first tying-identifier is then compared to the second tying-identifier. The first media collection and the second media collection are then associated together based on the similarity between the first tying-identifier and the second tying-identifier. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078013 | FAULT-TOLERANT INPUT METHOD EDITOR - A computer-implemented method can include receiving, at a computing device including one or more processors, an input from a user. The input can include one or more characters in a first writing system. The method can further include segmenting the input to obtain one or more segmentations, where each segmentation can include at least one segment including at least one character in the first writing system. A fuzzy model can be applied to the segmentations to obtain potential formal representations for the segmentations. Each of the potential formal representations can be in the first writing system and represent text in a second writing system. A plurality of character candidates can be determined based on the potential formal representations. Each of the plurality of character candidates can be a possible appropriate representation of the user input in the second writing system. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078005 | ADAPTIVE TABLE RENDERING - A system and method is disclosed for adaptive rendering of displayable elements such as rows in a table displayed on a web page. A web page is provided that includes instructions for displaying a large number of displayable elements that cannot be displayed at the same in a single viewport. A predetermined number of the elements are initially rendered and a time period for the rendering is measured. Based on the measured time period, a pagination mode or a scrolling mode is selected to display the displayable elements. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077899 | HANDLING OF INPUTS IN A MULTI-PROCESS APPLICATION - Systems and methods for handling an event in an application are disclosed. An embedder application is executed via a primary application at a computing device. The embedder application is associated with an embedder process. The embedder application outputs an embedder visual output. The primary application receives a user input within a visual interface element associated with a guest process. The visual interface element is within the embedder visual output. The user input corresponds to an event to be handled. The event, is queued, via the primary application, for handling by the guest process. The queued event is dequeued, via the primary application, if the queued event is handled by the guest process within a threshold time period. The primary application signals for handling the queued event by the embedder process if the guest process crashes or in a case where the guest process is unresponsive during the threshold time period. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077883 | Efficient Resource Utilization in Data Centers - A method includes identifying high-availability jobs and low-availability jobs that demand usage of resources of a distributed system. The method includes determining a first quota of the resources available to low-availability jobs as a quantity of the resources available during normal operations, and determining a second quota of the resources available to high-availability jobs as a quantity of the resources available during normal operations minus a quantity of the resources lost due to a tolerated event. The method includes executing the jobs on the distributed system and constraining a total usage of the resources by both the high-availability jobs and the low-availability jobs to the quantity of the resources available during normal operations. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077710 | CONTINUATION OF PLAYBACK OF MEDIA CONTENT BY DIFFERENT OUTPUT DEVICES - Implementations relate to continuation of playback of media content by different devices. In some implementations, a method includes causing a stream of media content data to be received from a stream source and output by a first device to a user, where a portion of the data is buffered on the first device before output. An indication is detected that the user has stopped using the first device for output of the content data. A place marker indicates a portion of the content that is output approximately at the time of the indication. The method causes the stream of content data to be received and output by a second device starting at the place marker portion. The buffered content data is sent from the first device to the second device for output by the second device before unbuffered portions of the content data received from the stream source. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160072876 | GENERATING DIGITAL MEDIA - Implementations generally relate to generating digital media. In some implementations, a method includes receiving one or more non-digital media items from a user. The method further includes generating one or more digital media items from the one or more non-digital media items. The method further includes storing the one or more digital media items in a storage location associated with the user. The method also includes enabling the user to share the one or more digital media items from the storage location. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160072809 | PROVISIONING REMOTE ACCESS TO A NODE - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160072755 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A MESSAGE THREAD ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes receiving a new message and providing instructions to a client device for collapsing at least one of one or more previously received messages when the number of messages reaches a number at which it is desirable to collapse the message thread. The method also includes providing instructions for appending a new message to the message thread. The method may also include instructions for providing one or more collapse or expand controls for managing message threads. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071496 | ALIGNING CONTENT ITEMS WITH MAP FEATURES - This specification describes technologies relating to aligning content items with map features. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include receiving a request for an online map and selecting a shape in the online map to accommodate overlay of a content item. The methods may further include scaling a content item to fit the shape and aligning the content item with an edge of the shape. The methods may further include rendering the map with the content item projected onto the shape and transmitting data encoding the rendered map in response to the request. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070770 | SUGGESTING SOCIAL GROUPS FROM USER SOCIAL GRAPHS - A system and computer-implemented method for suggesting social groups is provided. Direct contacts connected to a user of a social networking service are identified. Secondary contacts are further identified, where each of the secondary contacts is connected to at least one of the direct contacts. A set of direct contacts is determined from the direct contacts based on connections between the direct contacts and the secondary contacts. The set of direct contacts is provided as a suggested social group. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070703 | DISTANCE BASED ADJUSTMENTS OF SEARCH RANKING - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing local search results. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data specifying a set of documents ranked according to a first order based on search scores; determining a density score that is based on a number of local documents in the set of documents; determining for each local document: a proximity measure based on the geographic location of the user device and a geographic location specified for the local document and a distance factor based on the proximity measure for the local document and the density score for the set of documents; and adjusting, based at least in part on the distance factors of the local documents, a position of at least one of the local documents in the first order. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160069706 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIRECTIONS IN A MAPPING APPLICATION UTILIZING LANDMARKS ASSOCIATED WITH BRAND ADVERTISING - A system and machine-implemented method for supplementing navigation routes with landmarks is provided. A navigation route between an origination point and a destination point is received, where the navigation route includes one or more points of divergence. Landmarks located at the one or more points of divergence are identified. One of the identified landmarks located at one of the points of divergence is selected and incorporated into the navigation route at one of the points of divergence. The navigation route with the incorporated landmark is provided for display. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160069583 | THERMOSTAT USER INTERFACE - An occupancy sensing electronic thermostat is described that includes a thermostat body, an electronic display that is viewable by a user in front of the thermostat, a passive infrared sensor for measuring infrared energy and an infrared energy directing element formed integrally with a front surface of the thermostat body. The passive infrared sensor may be positioned behind the infrared energy directing element such that infrared energy is directed thereonto by the infrared energy directing element. The thermostat may also include a temperature sensor and a microprocessor programmed to detect occupancy based on measurements from the passive infrared sensor. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160066134 | Venue-Specific Wi-Fi Connectivity Notifications - A method includes receiving a wireless connection request at a backend computing device from a user device to allow wireless connection of the user device to a network through an access point located at a venue. The connection request includes a user identifier. The method includes validating the user identifier and granting wireless access of the user device to the access point when the user identifier is valid. The method further includes transmitting a venue-specific notification to the user device when the user device connects to the network. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065530 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXPIRING MESSAGES IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - The present disclosure includes systems and methods for off-the-record communication including expiring messages. An example method comprises receiving an electronic communication from a source device, the electronic communication including at least one expiring message, temporarily storing content of the expiring message in a non-durable memory for a predetermined amount of time, durably storing envelope information associated with the expiring message in a durable memory, and determining whether a recipient device for the expiring message is available to accept transmission of the expiring message and determining whether an expiration event has occurred. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065416 | VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063106 | Related Entity Search - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for related entity search. In some implementations, a search system identifies a collection of entities associated with a search query. The search system identifies entities related to those entities, and determines the relationships between them. The search system provides access to one or more collections of related results identifying entities based on the determined relationships. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160062845 | Populating Image Metadata By Cross-Referencing Other Images - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for accessing first image metadata corresponding to a first image, the first image metadata including a plurality of first image data fields, determining that at least one data field of the plurality of first image data fields is a null data field, in response to determining that at least one data field is a null data field, accessing second image metadata corresponding to a second image, the second image metadata including a plurality of second image data fields, determining that the second image corresponds to the first image, and cross-referencing the at least one data field with data from a corresponding data field of the plurality of second image data fields. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160057389 | DISPLAYING A PRESENTER DURING A VIDEO CONFERENCE - Implementations generally relate to displaying a presenter during a video conference. In some implementations, a method includes providing a user interface of a video conference between at least a first user and a second user, where the first user is associated with a first endpoint and the second user is associated with a second endpoint. The method also includes determining view rank values for each of the first endpoint and the second endpoint. The method also includes causing the user interface to display a first user video stream in a current presenter position and to display a second user video stream in a secondary presenter position based on the view rank values. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160057198 | FUNCTIONALITY INOPERABLE UNLESS NODE REGISTERED AT REMOTE SITE - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module may be stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160057197 | REMOTE ACCESS TO A NODE - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055637 | PROVIDING IMAGE PARAMETERS - Implementations generally relate to providing image parameters in a social network system. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a plurality of reference images associated with a target user in a social network system. The method also includes determining one or more image parameter values based on social activity of the target user. The method also includes modifying one or more target images based on the one or more determined image parameter values. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055341 | ENABLING USER PRIVACY FOR CHANGES OF ACCESS TO SHARED CONTENT - In one embodiment, a method for enabling user privacy for content on a network includes receiving input from a first user instructing at least one change in user access to shared content provided by a network system. The change modifies the user access from an existing set of one or more users of the network system to a different set of one or more users of the network system. The method checks a privacy setting associated with each of one or more referred users of the network system who are referred to by the shared content. The privacy setting indicates whether the associated referred user is to be sent a notification indicating that the at least one change in user access has been instructed. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054026 | INSTALLATION OF THERMOSTAT POWERED BY RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A thermostat is described that includes a rechargeable battery, a graphical user interface and a wireless network communication capabilities. During installation, in cases where the rechargeable battery is below a first threshold, the installation procedure is limited so as to avoid energy intensive installation steps which may not be supported by the low battery level. An example of an installation step that is avoided due to low battery level is set up of wireless communication. According to some embodiments, if the battery level is very low during initial installation, the installation process is halted while the battery is charged. An indication such as a flashing LED may be displayed so as to indicate to the user that the battery is being charged. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054022 | USER FRIENDLY INTERFACE FOR CONTROL UNIT - A user-friendly programmable thermostat is described that includes a circular body having a large central display surrounded by a ring that can be rotated an pressed inward by a user so as to receive user input in a simple elegant fashion. Different colors can be displayed to the user to indicate currently active HVAC functions, and different shades of colors can be displayed to a user to indicate an estimated amount of time and/or energy for reaching a target temperature. The thermostat is wall mountable and is made up of a head unit removeably mounted to a backplate. A locking mechanism can be provided so as to increase security against unauthorized removal of the head unit. The backplate can be adapted to be mounted on a wall so as to be level, for example by including a bubble level on the backplate. One or more vents are preferably located on the sides of the body, such as in a gap beneath the translatably mounted ring, and/or in a gap between the head unit and the backplate. The target temperature for the device can be altered in response to sensing rotation of the rotating ring, and the programmed schedule can be displayed to and altered by the user in response to sensing rotation of the ring and the translational movement of the ring. Historical information such as temperature and cost information can be displayed to a user in response to sensing rotating of the rotating ring. One or more device settings can be displayed to and edited by a user in response to sensing rotating of the rotating member and the translational movement. According to some embodiments, text characters can be entered by the user. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160050456 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACTIVE TRAINING OF BROADCAST PERSONALIZATION AND AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS USING A PRESENCE BAND - An audience measurement or personalized recommendation system may be actively trained for each panel member for a training period, during which the presence of each member is recorded while content is displayed. Panel members may carry or wear portable devices with wireless transmitters which may be detected by the measurement system. For example, each panel member may wear a wristband including a wireless transmitter broadcasting an identification code, and a measurement device may include a wireless receiver to receive broadcast identification codes and determine that the corresponding one or more panel members are present during display of content. An inference engine may create personalized profiles of each panel participant during the training period. After the training period, panel participants may stop carrying or wearing the devices, and the inference engine may determine, based on the profiles, which participants are likely present when content is being viewed. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160050289 | AUTOMATIC SHARING OF DIGITAL CONTENT - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining that an event is occurring, in response to determining that the event is occurring, setting a sharing mode of a computing device to an automatic sharing mode, determining that first digital content has been generated, and in response to the automatic sharing mode and determining that the first digital content has been generated: automatically transmitting, to one or more servers, a first digital content file associated with the first digital content and instructions for distributing the first digital content using the one or more social networking services. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048876 | CATEGORIZING GEOGRAPHIC AREAS BASED ON USER INTERACTIONS - A system for categorizing geographic areas may include one or more processors and a memory. The one or more processors may receive a plurality of geographic locations each having been associated with one of a plurality of categories based at least in part on a plurality of user interactions. The one or more processors may associate a geographic area that encompasses the plurality of geographic locations with a category of the plurality of categories that has a highest commonality across the plurality of geographic locations. The one or more processors may receive an advertisement request that comprises an indication of one of the plurality of geographic locations that is encompassed by the geographic area, and provide an advertisement that is selected based at least in part on the category of the plurality of categories associated with the geographic area that encompasses the plurality of geographic locations. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048873 | OBTAINING AN AD RELATED TO A SEARCH QUERY - Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for obtaining a content item from a content server. The system may be configured to transmit, to a content server, a request for a content item, the request comprising search terms, determine a first query characteristic based on the search terms, and transmit, to the content server subsequent to the transmitting of the request, the first query characteristic. The system may further be configured to receive the content item from the content server, wherein the content item was selected by the content server from a plurality of content items based on at least one of the search terms or the first query characteristic. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048868 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBFUSCATED AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT - A panel provider may transmit queries to an audience measurement server to retrieve measurement data for subsets of clients selected via one or more characteristics, such as characteristics of the client, characteristics of the client's device, characteristics of the received content, etc. To protect panel data, the panel provider need not identify these characteristics to the audience measurement server; rather, queries may be made via a plurality of filters that may be applied to client and/or content identifiers. Because the audience measurement server may apply the filters or data structures to select client data for retrieval without knowing what the filter represents, the panel provider's reason for any particular query may be hidden. For further obfuscation, the panel provider may provide a plurality of filters that individually may identify large numbers of clients, but when intersected or applied together, identify only the clients for whom measurement data is required. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048662 | Computerized CAPTCHA Systems Using A Direct Connection With User Computing Device - Computerized CAPTCHA systems using a direct connection with user computing devices are provided. An example computerized CAPTCHA system is configured to perform operations. The operations include receiving a request from a user computing device to engage in a verification process. The request is received independent of a resource provider from which the user computing device has requested a resource. The operations include providing a challenge to the user computing device at least in part in response to the request for engagement in the verification process and receiving a response to the challenge from the user computing device. The operations include determining whether the user computing device should be verified based at least in part on the response and providing a verification token to the user computing device when it is determined that the user computing device should be verified. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048567 | SEARCH QUERY REFINEMENT INTERFACE - Methods for providing an interface to refine a search query are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a submission of a first search query in an input field, and providing, for display, the first search query in the input field with first search results for the search query, the first search results including at least one subset category of search results. The method also includes receiving a selection of the at least one subset category of the first search results, and providing, for display, an indicator of the selected at least one subset category in the input field with second search results for the selected at least one subset category. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048505 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATICALLY SWAPPING LANGUAGES AND/OR CONTENT FOR MACHINE TRANSLATION - A computer-implemented technique can include receiving a machine translation input specifying (i) a source text, (ii) a source language of the source text, and (iii) a target language for the source text, and obtaining a machine translation of the source text from the source language to the target language to obtain a translated source text. The technique can include determining whether to swap the source and target languages based on (i) the source text and (ii) at least one language model, and in response to determining to swap the source and target languages: swapping the source and target languages to obtain modified source and target languages, utilizing the translated source text as a modified source text, obtaining a machine translation of the modified source text from the modified source language to the modified target language to obtain a translated modified source text, and outputting the translated modified source text. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048211 | Using the Z-Axis in User Interfaces for Head Mountable Displays - Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are described herein related to a user interface (UI) for a computing device, such as a head-mountable device (HMD). The computing device can detect a communication event. In response to the communication event, the computing device can display a first item having a current size on a display associated with a display plane. A hand-movement input device associated with the computing device can receive a first input indicative of a gesture toward the display plane. In response to receiving the first input, the computing device can display a first change to the current size of the first item. The hand-movement input device can receive a second input indicative of a gesture away from the display plane. In response to the second input, the computing device can display a second change to the current size of the first item. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160047569 | USER-FRIENDLY, NETWORK CONNECTED LEARNING THERMOSTAT AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A thermostat for controlling an HVAC system in an enclosure may include a passive infrared sensor, an active infrared sensor, and an electronic display having a first mode and a second mode. The thermostat may also include one or more processors programmed to change a setpoint temperature of the thermostat to an energy-saving temperature upon detection of a non-occupancy condition for the enclosure. The processor(s) may detect the non-occupancy condition based at least in part on readings received from the passive infrared sensor. The processor(s) may also be programmed to change the electronic display from the first mode to the second mode upon detection of a person approaching the thermostat. The processor(s) may detect a person approaching the thermostat based at least in part on readings received from the active infrared sensor. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160042362 | RECORDING PURCHASE BEHAVIOR USING DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE FEEDBACK AND INPUT MODALITIES - A method for recording product purchase behavior includes receiving, at a processor, primary product data read by a local media device from a data element associated with a product to be purchased; comparing, by the processor, the primary product data to stored product data to identify the product to be purchased; sending, by the processor, a feedback signal to the local media device; in response to the feedback signal, receiving, by the processor, secondary product data from the local media device; and storing the primary product data with the secondary product data. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160041999 | QUERY ANALYZER - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for analyzing queries. One of the methods includes obtaining a plurality of queries submitted from a plurality of different client devices; determining a source geographic location for each of the plurality of queries based on information associated with a client device from which the query was submitted; determining a destination geographic location for each of the plurality of queries based on the respective first text portion of the query; determining a vertical market category for each of the plurality of queries; receiving a request to analyze queries according to a first vertical market category and at least one of a source geographic location or a destination geographic location; using one or more indexes to identify queries responsive to the request; and presenting data describing the queries responsive to the request. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160036929 | LONG TERM TARGETING OF CONTENT ITEMS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for long term targeting. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a user including assigning the user a unique identifier and recognizing the user each time the user interacts with a content management system; logging user actions and preferences as a user interacts with one or more web based resources over time, over different devices and with different browsers including storing preferences of the user; receiving from the user a request for content, the request received at the content management system; and targeting content to the user based on the stored preferences. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160036759 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT STREAM MANAGEMENT - A system for managing event streams is provided that includes a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, and a processor. The volatile memory is configured to store, for each of a plurality of event streams associated with the client device, metadata indicative of events not yet delivered to a client device and the content associated with only a most recent event of the event stream. The non-volatile memory is configured to store the content associated with each of undelivered events. The processor is configured to, upon receiving a request from the client device, retrieve from the volatile memory, without accessing the non-volatile memory, data indicative of a current state of an event stream associated with the client device. The processor is further configured to deliver the retrieved data indicative of the current state of the event stream. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160036551 | Increasing the Capacity of a WDM-PON with Wavelength Reuse - A method of processing optical signals in a passive optical network includes receiving a first signal in a first optical spectrum, and receiving a second signal in a second optical spectrum. The second optical spectrum is different from the first optical spectrum. The method also includes multiplexing the first and second signals into a first multiplexed signal and outputting the first multiplexed signal. The method also includes receiving a second multiplexed signal, and demultiplexing the second multiplexed signal into a third signal and a fourth signal. The third signal is in the second optical spectrum and the fourth signal is in the first optical spectrum. The method also includes outputting the third and fourth signals. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034785 | GENERATING COMPOSITIONS - Implementations generally relate to generating compositional media content. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a plurality of photos from a user, and determining one or more composition types from the photos. The method also includes generating compositions from the selected photos based on the one or more determined composition types. The method also includes providing the one or more generated compositions to the user. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034515 | Assessing Risk of Inaccuracies in Address Components of Map Features - To generate address components for a selected map feature, all polygonal map features containing or near the location of a selected map feature are identified. The error bounds of each identified polygon are modeled based on the quality of the boundary of the polygon. Then, the error bounds of the polygon are compared to the location of the selected map feature to determine the strength of the match. The address components corresponding to the identified polygons are suggested to be components of the address of the selected map feature based on the strength of the matches. In another embodiment, a risk of inaccuracy of a combination of address components in an edited map feature is determined from comparison to other map data and can be adjusted based in part on the magnitude of an inconsistency between address components. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160029315 | CONTROLLED POWER-EFFICIENT OPERATION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A low cost, robust, wireless sensor that provides an extended period of operability without maintenance is described. The wireless sensors are configured to communicate with a base unit or repeater. When the sensor unit detects an anomalous ambient condition (e.g., smoke, fire, water, etc.) the sensor communicates with the base unit and provides data regarding the anomalous condition. The sensor unit receives instructions to change operating parameters and/or control external devices. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160028659 | System and Method for Targeting Advertisements or Other Information Based on Recently Sent Message or Messages - A method of serving information items in association with one or more messages sent by a client includes identifying at least one message sent by a client, obtaining at least one information item associated with the at least one identified message, and preparing for display to the client the at least one information item. The method may include identifying one or more categories associated with the message, or identifying one or more elements in the message that correspond to predefined information entity types. The operation of associating one or more categories with a message may be done before, in parallel, or after sending the messages as an outgoing message. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027274 | LIFE SAFETY DEVICE HAVING HIGH ACOUSTIC EFFICIENCY - Low frequency alarm tones emitted by life safety devices are more like to notify sleeping children and the elderly. Disclosed herein is a life safety device equipped with a novel, compact, quarter-wave, folded resonant cavity which significantly increases the low frequency (400-700 Hz square wave) acoustic efficiency of an audio output transducer when the folded resonant cavity is acoustically coupled to the transducer forming an audio output apparatus. The folded resonant cavity is comprised of undulating, annular, acoustic passages to significantly reduce the length of the resonant cavity, thereby permitting the audio output apparatus to fit within the housing of conventional size life safety devices such as, but not limited to, residential and commercial smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms. Battery powered embodiments of the audio output apparatus comprising a folded resonant cavity passed audibility tests for low frequency alarm tones in smoke alarms specified by UL217. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027210 | Composite Image Associated with a Head-Mountable Device - In one aspect, an HMD is disclosed that provides a technique for generating a composite image representing the view of a wearer of the HMD. The HMD may include a display and a front-facing camera, and may be configured to perform certain functions. For instance, the HMD may be configured to make a determination that a trigger event occurred and responsively both generate a first image that is indicative of content displayed on the display, and cause the camera to capture a second image that is indicative of a real-world field-of-view associated with the HMD. Further, the HMD may be configured to generate a composite image that combines the generated first image and the captured second image. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027092 | TECHNIQUES FOR SELLING AND PURCHASING PRODUCTS VIA SYNCHRONOUS TWO-WAY ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - A computer-implemented technique includes initiating a synchronous two-way electronic communication session between consumer and vendor computing devices. This synchronous two-way electronic communication session may be initiated once the consumer passively or explicitly opts-in. The vendor provides an offer to purchase a product from their vendor computing device to the consumer computing device, and the consumer can ask follow-up questions and, if satisfied with the offer, purchase the product via their consumer computing device. The consumer's acceptance can be a one-click input to the consumer computing device, such as selecting a unique link associated with the offer, which can initiate a purchase process, such as a one-click purchase process. The purchase process can involve transmitting purchase information directly to the vendor computing device from the consumer computing device, or transmitting authentication information to a third-party payment service, such as one associated with an electronic wallet, which can then pay the vendor. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026727 | GENERATING ADDITIONAL CONTENT - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating additional content. In one aspect, a method includes identifying one or more central entities, wherein each central entity represents a topic of a first resource being presented in a user interface; generating one or more search queries, each of the one or more search queries being derived from one or more of the central entities; obtaining search results for the one or more search queries from a search engine; selecting resources relevant to the first resource from resources referenced by the obtained search results; generating additional content for presentation in a user interface element of the user interface based on the selected resources; and categorizing the generated additional content into a plurality of categories, wherein each category of additional content is displayed in a separate portion of the user interface element. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026258 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD INPUT FOR INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES - In one example, a computing device includes at least one processor configured to output for display, a graphical keyboard. The at least one processor may also be configured to model, in a first lattice, a plurality of candidate character strings that include symbols of a first alphabet. The first lattice may indicate spatial probabilities of the plurality of candidate character strings. The at least one processor may be configured to determine, using a second lattice that indicates probabilities of one or more words of a second language based at least in part on the spatial probabilities of the plurality of candidate character strings, a probability that the at least one of the plurality of candidate character strings corresponds to at least one word included in the second language. The at least one processor may be configured to output for display, the one or more symbols representing at least one word. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026194 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA INTERCHANGE BETWEEN A NETWORK-CONNECTED THERMOSTAT AND CLOUD-BASED MANAGEMENT SERVER - A thermostat may include one or more temperature sensors, a processor configured to operate in a sleep mode and a wake mode, and a Wi-Fi chip that wirelessly communicates with a thermostat management server. The Wi-Fi chip may be configured to receive data packets from the thermostat management server while the processor operates in the sleep mode, and determine a priority level of the received data packets. The priority level may include a standard priority level and a keep-alive priority level. The Wi-Fi chip may also be configured to filter the received data packets based on the determined priority level of each packet such that the keep-alive priority level packets are discarded, and forward the standard priority level packets to the processor. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160025367 | AUTOMATED PRESENCE DETECTION AND PRESENCE-RELATED CONTROL WITHIN AN INTELLIGENT CONTROLLER - The current application is directed to intelligent controllers that use sensor output and electronically stored information, including one or more of electronically stored rules, parameters, and instructions, to determine whether or not one or more types of entities are present within an area, volume, or environment monitored by the intelligent controllers. The intelligent controllers select operational modes and modify control schedules with respect to the presence and absence of the one or more entities. The intelligent controllers employ feedback information to continuously adjust the electronically stored parameters and rules in order to minimize the number of incorrect inferences with respect to the presence or absence of the one or more entities and in order to maximize the efficiency by which various types of systems controlled by the intelligent controllers carry out selected operational modes. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160025363 | BATTERY-OPERATED WIRELESS ZONE CONTROLLERS HAVING MULTIPLE STATES OF POWER-RELATED OPERATION - An Electronically-Controlled Register vent (ECRV) that can be easily installed by a homeowner or general handyman is disclosed. The ECRV can be used to convert a non-zoned HVAC system into a zoned system. The ECRV can also be used in connection with a conventional zoned HVAC system to provide additional control and additional zones not provided by the conventional zoned HVAC system. In one embodiment, the ECRV is configured have a size and form-factor that conforms to a standard manually-controlled register vent. In one embodiment, a zone thermostat is configured to provide thermostat information to the ECRV. In one embodiment, the zone thermostat communicates with a central monitoring system that coordinates operation of the heating and cooling zones. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160019280 | IDENTIFYING QUESTION ANSWERERS IN A QUESTION ASKING SYSTEM - Methods and systems are provided for a question answering. In some implementations, a question is received from a question asker. A complexity metric associated with the question is determined. One or more potential question answerers to answer the question are identified. For each of the one or more potential question answerers, a sophistication metric is determined. At least the sophistication metric and the complexity metric are analyzed to generate a metric analysis. A question answerer to answer the question is selected from the potential question answerers based at least in part on the metric analysis. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019256 | System and Method for Updating Online Business Listings - In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for updating online business listings includes providing access to an email account associated with a business entity and receiving an indication of a change in a signature block associated with the email account. The signature block may include business data related to the business entity. The method may also include accessing a business listing database to determine whether a pre-existing online listing is available for the business entity and, if a pre-existing online listing is available for the business entity, comparing the business data contained within the signature block to pre-existing business data included within the pre-existing online listing. In addition, the method may include determining whether to update the pre-existing online listing based on any differences between the business data and the preexisting business data. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160018127 | THERMOSTAT USER INTERFACE - A system including a thermostat user interface for a network-connected thermostat is described. The system includes a thermostat including a frustum-shaped shell body having a circular cross-section and a circular rotatable ring, which is user rotatable for adjusting a setting of the thermostat. The system further includes a client application that is operable on a touch-screen device separate from the thermostat, that displays a graphical representation of a circular dial, that detects a user-input motion proximate the graphical representation, that determines a user-selected setpoint temperature value based on the user-input motion, that displays a numerical representation of the user-selected setpoint temperature value, and that wirelessly transmits to the thermostat data representative of the user-selected setpoint temperature. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160007317 | SIGNAL PROCESSING TO EXTRACT A PEDESTRIAN'S MOVING DIRECTION - Disclosed here are methods and systems that relate to determining a moving direction of a mobile device user. The methods and systems relate to using an inertial navigation system such as an accelerometer and gyroscope to aid in the determination of the moving direction of the user. The methods and systems may receive an acceleration reading associated with the mobile device, and determine a step frequency of the user based on the acceleration reading. The methods and systems may determine a theoretical model to fit the acceleration reading, and may determine the moving direction of the user based on the theoretical model. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160007314 | NODE UNREGISTERABLE WITHOUT USER ACCOUNT AT REMOTE SITE - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module may be stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160007313 | REMOTELY CONTROLLING NODE FUNCTIONALITY - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module may be stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160007311 | NODE OUTPUT FACILITATES COMMUNICATION WITH REMOTE SITE - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160006790 | REMOTELY VIEWING IMAGE OR VIDEO CAPTURED BY NODE - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160006628 | DETERMINING GEO-LOCATIONS OF USERS FROM USER ACTIVITIES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining geo-locations of users from user activities. One of the methods includes obtaining information associated with multiple client devices located at multiple geographic locations; identifying a group of client devices based on network addresses assigned to the client devices; obtaining a prediction that the client devices are in a first geographic location; and determining a probability distribution that the client devices are distributed across multiple locations including or adjacent to the first geographic location. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160006129 | Horn Lens Antenna - An antenna includes a receiver, a horn, a lens, and an anti-reflection layer. The horn has a first end disposed on the receiver and a second end defining an aperture positioned opposite the receiver. The lens is disposed within the aperture of the horn and has a first surface facing inward toward the receiver and a second surface opposite the first surface and facing outward away from the horn. The anti-reflection layer includes a dielectric material and is disposed on the first surface of the lens. Moreover, the anti-reflection layer defines holes arranged in a 50/50 material to void ratio and that have a thickness of a quarter wavelength of a signal received by the antenna. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004726 | RETRIEVING IMAGES - A system includes: receiving first information about a device, where the first information includes data corresponding to a location of the device and a time at which the device was at the location; identifying one or more images associated with second information that is within a range of the first information, where the second information for an image includes data corresponding to a location at which the image was captured and a time at which the image was captured, and where the location at which the image was captured and a time at which the image was captured are within a range of the location of the device and the time at which the device was at the location; and retrieving the one or more images associated with the second information. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004410 | Processing Cursor Movements for Predictive Fetching - A system for processing cursor movements for predictive fetching includes a notification server, a notification client module, and a movement processing and predictive fetching module. The notification server is coupled to other systems to receive notification information. The notification client module is coupled to retrieve notification information from the notification server. The movement processing and predictive fetching module is configured to capture and detect cursor movements on a client device. The movement processing and predictive fetching module determines the direction and deceleration of the cursor. If the movement is decelerating and in the direction of the notification button on the user interface, the movement processing and predictive fetching module generates a signal for the notification client module to pre-fetch notification information from the notification server. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20150379574 | Methods, Apparatuses, and Computer-Readable Media for Boosting Ad Scores Based on Location Proximity and/or Social Affinity - Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for serving annotations are disclosed. When a contact of a user recommends an ad, the score of the ad may be boosted in an ad auction. The amount of boosting depends on location proximity and/or contact affinity. For location proximity, the closer the geographic location of the recommendation to the user, the greater the boost to the ad score. For contact affinity, the greater the affinity between the user and contact, the greater the boost to the ad score. Affinity may be measured by a weight value, which is determined by, for example, the frequency of calls, text, or views of the contact's information by the user. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379557 | AUTOMATED CREATIVE EXTENSION SELECTION FOR CONTENT PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION - Systems and methods for optimizing content performance using creative extensions are provided. A content generation system receives request for a content item for presentation on a client device. The request includes an indication of a serving context for the content item. The content generation system uses a creative extension performance model and the serving context for the content item to calculate a predicted performance metric for the content item for multiple different potential creative extensions. Each of the potential creative extensions defines a different action that occurs in response to a user interaction with the content item. The content generation system selects one of the potential creative extensions based on the predicted performance metrics and generates a content item having the selected creative extension using data assets extracted from various data sources. The creative extension performance model is updated using event data from the client device. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378989 | TECHNIQUES FOR ON-THE-SPOT TRANSLATION OF WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS WITHOUT ANNOTATING USER INTERFACE STRINGS - A computer-implemented technique can include executing a web-based application and receiving a request to translate at least a portion of the web-based application. In response to receiving the request, the technique can include identifying text portions in the web-based application, transmitting the text portions to a server, wherein receipt of the text portions causes the server to match the text portions to entries in a database associated with the server to obtain UI strings, and receiving the UI strings from the server. In in response to receiving the UI strings, the technique can include providing an indicator of a particular UI string when the particular UI string is displayed during execution of the web-based application. The technique can also include receiving a selection of the particular UI string, and outputting metadata associated with the particular UI string, the metadata representing context information for assisting a human translator. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378578 | AUTOMATED CLICK TYPE SELECTION FOR CONTENT PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION - Systems and methods for optimizing content performance using click types are provided. A content generation system receives request for a content item for presentation on a client device. The request includes an indication of a serving context for the content item. The content generation system uses a click type performance model and the serving context for the content item to calculate a predicted performance metric for the content item for multiple different potential click types. Each of the potential click types defines different criteria for triggering an event that occurs in response to a user interaction with the content item when the defined criteria are satisfied. The content generation system selects one of the potential click types based on the predicted performance metrics and generates a content item having the selected click type. The click type performance model is updated using event data from the client device. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150373515 | AUTOMATICALLY ENABLING THE FORWARDING OF INSTANT MESSAGES - Some implementations may enable instant messages to be automatically forwarded. For example, a computing device may receive an electronic message and an indication of a sender-specified destination for the electronic message. The computing device may determine whether the destination is available to receive an electronic message using a first mode of communication. The computing device may determine whether a mobile telephone number is associated with the destination. The computing device may transmit a communication to the mobile telephone number based on the electronic message in response to determining that the destination is unavailable and that the mobile telephone number is associated with the destination. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150373116 | STORING CONTENT ITEMS - Implementations generally relate to storing content items. In some implementations, a method includes receiving content items on a mobile device. The method includes storing the content items on local storage on the mobile device. The method includes determining available local storage capacity of the mobile device. The method includes uploading content items to secondary storage, and selecting content items to remove from the local storage or add to the local storage based on predetermined criteria, for example, when the available local storage capacity meets a threshold available local storage capacity. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150372984 | PROTECTING AGAINST SNIFFING BASED ON INTERVALS BETWEEN USER INPUT SIGNALS - Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to an example embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may include instructions stored thereon. When executed, the instructions may cause a client computing device to perform at least establishing a peer-to-peer connection with a host computing device, receiving multiple user input signals from a user of the client computing device, generating a packet, the packet including representations based on at least two of the user input signals, and sending the packet to the host computing device via the peer-to-peer connection. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150372890 | PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN INFORMATION RESOURCE IN A COMPUTER NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods of evaluating performance of an information resource in a computer networked environment are provided. A data processing system can obtain a request for a performance metric of an information resource. A number of visits to the information resource by an audience segment, and an aggregate number of visits to the information resource can be determined and used to identify a first metric. A global audience segment number and a global aggregate audience number can also be determined and used to identify a second metric. A performance metric associated with the information resource can get determined based on the first metric and the second metric. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371516 | DETERMINING INFORMATION FLOW USING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS - Systems, devices, and processes may be related to determining the flow of information based on received physiological parameters. In one example, a computing device includes at least one processor and at least one module operable by the at least one processor to receive an indication of a physiological parameter representative of a physiological condition of a user and receive a request to output notification information. The at least one module may also be operable by the at least one processor to determine, based on the physiological parameter, whether to output the notification information and selectively output, based on the determination, the notification information. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371438 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING AND DETERMINING PROPERTIES OF VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for analyzing and determining properties of virtual environments rendered on a display. The disclosed embodiments include, for example, a method for obtaining, by one or more processors, one or more depth parameters comprising one or more display parameters reflecting characteristics of the display, wherein the display parameters include a height and width of the display, and one or more environment depth multipliers reflecting a scaling factor to optimize display performance. The method may also include calculating, by the one or more processors, a diagonal display distance based on the display parameters. The method may also include calculating, by the one or more processors, an environment depth based on the diagonal display distance and the one or more environment depth multipliers. The method may also include setting, by the one or more processors, the depth of the display equal to the environment depth. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371436 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LAYERING CONTENT IN A USER INTERFACE - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for analyzing and determining properties of virtual environments rendered on a display. The disclosed embodiments include, for example, a method for rendering a virtual environment, the method comprising operations performed with one or more processors. The operations of the method may include generating a plurality of object layers, the object layers representing permissible height values. The method may also include populating the environment with a plurality of objects, wherein each object is associated with a height value corresponding to one of the object layers. The method may also include determining whether any two objects form an occluded pair. The method may also include calculating a cast shadow index for each occluded pair reflecting a magnitude of a height differential between occluding object and the occluded object. The method may also include rendering the virtual environment in accordance with the calculated cast shadow indices. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371422 | IMAGE EDITING USING SELECTIVE EDITING TOOLS - Implementations relate to editing images with selective editing tools. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method for an image editing program causes a display of an image and receives user input from a user to the image editing program, the user input indicative of selection of a selective editing tool. The method restores the image to a previous state in which a first modification to one or more pixel values of the image is omitted, where the first modification resulted from previous application of a first edit operation to the image. The method applies a second edit operation to one or more local areas of the image as indicated by selection of the selective editing tool by the user input, and the applying causes a second modification to the image. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371411 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RENDERING A USER INTERFACE ELEMENT - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for rendering user interface elements. In accordance with some embodiments, a semantic name may be associated with an element of a user interface. Characteristics of an image associated with the user interface may be identified and compared with rules associated with the semantic name to identify a color. The element of the user interface may then be rendered in the identified color. Computer-implemented systems and methods are also provided for identifying a color for a user interface element. Characteristics of an image may be compared with each of a plurality of sets of rules associated with semantic names. A color that satisfies the set of rules may be identified for each of the sets of rules, and the identified colors may be presented to an operator. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371269 | PROVIDING CONTENT BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION DATA - Methods, system, and apparatus, including computer programs are encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing content based on geographic location data. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request from a website for a map segment corresponding to a particular location. Keywords are extracted from the website as targeting criteria for the particular location. The targeting criteria is associated with the particular location. A subsequent request for advertising content associated with the particular location is received. One or more advertising content items are selected based on the targeting criteria. The selected advertising content items are provided responsive to the subsequent request. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371239 | PATH ANALYSIS OF NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that may be used to evaluate impact of negative interactions on revenue are provided. One method includes receiving path data representing a plurality of paths and identifying one or more negative interactions within one or more of the paths ending in an interaction other than a conversion. Each negative interaction includes one of one or more types of interactions that decrease a likelihood of a path resulting in a conversion. The method further includes, for each of the one or more negative interactions, determining an estimated probability that the one or more paths including the negative interaction would have resulted in a conversion if the one or more paths excluded the negative interaction. The method further includes estimating an amount of lost revenue associated with one or more of the negative interactions based on the estimated probability. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371138 | AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF ALTERNATE USER CONTACT INFORMATION - Computer-implemented techniques for automatic identification and use of alternate user contact information can include identifying, at a server having one or more processors, a set of patterns from training electronic messages, each pattern indicating a pattern of contact information context. The techniques can include storing and utilizing, at the server, the set of patterns to obtain a set of alternate contact information for a target user. In response to a use of a specific alternate contact information for the target user by a source user at a computing device, the techniques can include providing, from the server to the computing device, a suggestion for the source user. Examples of the suggestion may include a virtual address for an electronic message or at a social network, a physical address for navigation, and a telephone number for calling or incoming caller identification. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371041 | DEFENSIVE TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE COMPUTER SECURITY - Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method includes changing access permission level associated with a descriptor table responsive to request to update the descriptor table. In some implementation, before receiving the request to update, the descriptor table is maintained in a read-only state; and changing the access permission level comprises: allowing write access to the descriptor table responsive to determining that the update request is authorized. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370833 | VISUAL REFINEMENTS IN IMAGE SEARCH - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting visual refinements to an image search. A user device having a user interface submits an initial search query. The user device receives first image search results, each of the first image search results referencing one of a first set of images that are responsive to the initial search query. The user device receives an image query suggestion specifying a refined query and a representative image for the refined query. One or more images from the first set of images is responsive to the refined query, and the representative image is selected from a second set of images that are responsive to the refined query, the second set of images including the one or more images from the first set of images. At least a portion of the first image search results are presented in a results portion of the user interface. The image query suggestion is presented in a suggestion portion of the user interface. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370830 | RANKING AND SELECTING IMAGES FOR DISPLAY FROM A SET OF IMAGES - Implementations generally relate to ranking and selecting images for display from a set of images. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes providing selected images for display, including examining characteristics of a plurality of images, where the examined characteristics include two or more of: visual capture characteristics, visual content characteristics, and social popularity characteristics of the images. The method determines individual scores for the respective examined characteristics of the images, determines overall scores of the images based on a combination of the individual scores for the examined characteristics of the images, and determines a ranking of the images based on the overall scores. The method selects one or more images based on the ranking of the images, and causes a display of the one or more selected images. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370785 | TECHNIQUES FOR MACHINE LANGUAGE TRANSLATION OF TEXT FROM AN IMAGE BASED ON NON-TEXTUAL CONTEXT INFORMATION FROM THE IMAGE - A computer-implemented technique can include receiving, at a server from a mobile computing device, the server having one or more processors, an image including a text. The technique can include obtaining, at the server, optical character recognition (OCR) text corresponding to the text, the OCR text having been obtained by performing OCR on the image. The technique can include identifying, at the server, non-textual context information from the image, the non-textual context information (i) representing context information other than the text itself and (ii) being indicative of a context of the image. The technique can include based on the non-textual context information, obtaining, at the server, a translation of the OCR text to a target language to obtain a translated OCR text. The technique can include outputting, from the server to the mobile computing device, the translated OCR text. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370447 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CASCADING USER INTERFACE ELEMENT ANIMATIONS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for generating a cascaded animation in a user interface. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided that includes operations performed by at least one processor, including determining coordinates and an initial time for an input to the user interface. The method may also include identifying at least one user interface element capable of being animated. Additionally, the method may determine coordinates for the at least one user interface element corresponding to the spatial location of the at least one user interface element in the user interface. The method also may include calculating a target time based on the initial time and distance between the coordinates of the input and the coordinates of the at least one user interface element. The method may generate a command to animate the display of the at least one user interface element when the target time is reached. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370444 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RENDERING AN ANIMATION OF AN OBJECT IN RESPONSE TO USER INPUT - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for rendering an animation of an object in response to a user selection in a user interface. In accordance with some embodiments, an indication of a selection of a user interface element may be received, and characteristics of the user interface element may be identified. Coordinates corresponding to a spatial location of the user selection may be determined. An animation of an object that changes over time may then be rendered based on the user coordinates and the identified characteristics of the user interface element. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370433 | Methods and Systems for Recursively Generating Pivot Tables - Systems and methods for recursively generating pivot tables are described. A processor provides, for display, a first table including a first set of results, each result including values corresponding to a first dimension. Each value of the first dimension is associated with a corresponding actionable object for further filtering a data set. In response to an action on an actionable object, the processor identifies a first set of entries of the plurality of entries that correspond to a value of the first dimension with which the actionable object is associated. The processor receives a second request to generate a second table from the first table identifying a second dimension. The processor generates the second table including a second set of results having values corresponding to the second dimension identified in the second request. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150365714 | PERSONAL MEASUREMENT DEVICES FOR MEDIA CONSUMPTION STUDIES - A method for conducting a media consumption study, includes at a processor of a position marker placed in a study site in a vicinity of a fixed media device; receiving a signal broadcast from a personal measurement device; determining signal information of the received broadcast signal, the signal information including identification information of the personal measurement device, and one or more signal characteristics; comparing the one or more signal characteristics to threshold values; and based on the comparison, determining the personal measurement device is in proximity to the fixed media device. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150365310 | REMOTE METERING FOR PANELIST WEB USAGE - A method for remotely recording Web usage by a panelist includes receiving at a remote processor, a command from a local client to display a Web page; identifying the local client and the panelist operating the local client; accessing the Web page; rendering the Web page in a remote browser; sending an image of the Web page to a local browser of the local client; and recording Web usage metrics associated with a display of the image on the local browser. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363859 | INFER PRODUCT CORRELATIONS BY INTEGRATING TRANSACTIONS AND CONTEXTUAL USER BEHAVIOR SIGNALS - Systems and methods for determining correlation scores for product pairs are provided. Contextual user behavior indicator data relating to a plurality of user behavior indicator types is received. A correlation score is computed for a first product and a second product for each user behavior indicator type from the plurality of user behavior indicator types. A final correlation score is computed for the first product and the second product by combining the computed correlation scores for each user behavior indicator type. The computed final correlation score for the first product and the second product is stored into a first data storage. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363842 | PRICE-COMPETITIVENESS ANALYSIS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that may be used to analyze user path data and determine price-competitiveness of offers reflected therein are provided. One method includes receiving user path data representing a plurality of user paths, each including one or more sales interactions in which a user was presented with an offer to purchase an item at an offer price. One or more user paths include conversion events in which the user purchases the item. The method further includes receiving competitive price data indicating one or more prices at which the item was offered for sale by one or more third party entities and determining a price-competitiveness metric for at least one of the sales interactions based on a comparison of the offer price with the competitive price data. The method further includes providing data based on the price-competitiveness metric to the content provider. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363835 | UTILIZING HEURISTIC BIDDING TO DETERMINE INVENTORY BID LANDSCAPE OF AN ACTIVE REAL-TIME DISPLAY CAMPAIGN - Systems and methods for determining a bid landscape for a content placement campaign are provided. A system identifies, for a content placement provider, serving parameters that define an inventory of content serving opportunities. The system creates bid buckets that have bid ranges. The system identifies a portion of the inventory to participate in bid discovery. The system selects, for each opportunity identified to participate, a bid value from within a bid bucket of the bid buckets. The bid value is provided as a bid for an auction to serve content in the opportunity. The system stores, for each of the identified content serving opportunities, the selected bid value and a result of the auction in which the selected bid value was provided as a bid. The system then determines an impression rate for each identified bid bucket and generates, from the determined impression rates, a bid landscape for the inventory. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363822 | SPLITTING A PURCHASE PANEL INTO SUB-GROUPS - A method for acquiring and processing product purchase data for purchase of a product includes defining a product class encompassing the product; designating sub-groups of a panel including an exposed sub-group and a control sub-group and a time period of a product purchase study, the exposed sub-group comprising panelists provided with first advertisements related to the product, the control sub-group provided with second advertisements not including the first advertisements; receiving, by the processor, first product purchase data for the product and first advertisements watched data from panelists of the exposed sub-group for items of the product class; performing, by the processor, a first correlation the first product purchase data and the first advertisements watched data to determine an existence of a connection between watching the first advertisements and purchasing the product; receiving, by the processor, second product purchase data for the product from the control-subgroup; and performing, by the processor, a second correlation of the second product purchase data and the first correlation results. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363821 | KEYWORD RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON ORGANIC KEYWORD ANALYSIS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that may be used to generate recommendations based on organic search term analysis are provided. One method includes determining conversion path data for a content provider. The method further includes determining a plurality of organic search keywords within the conversion path data. The method further includes analyzing the plurality of organic search keywords within the conversion path data to generate an analysis metric for each of the plurality of organic search keywords. The method further includes generating one or more recommendations for organic search keywords to add to the set of paid keywords based on the analysis metrics for the plurality of search keywords. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363804 | LEAD ANALYSIS BASED ON PATH DATA - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that may be used to evaluate leads based on path data are provided. One method includes receiving lead data and determining path data representing one or more paths including one or more interactions leading to submission of the lead data. The method further includes determining a cost metric representing a cost to a content provider of the one or more interactions leading to submission of the lead data, a delay metric between a first interaction of the one or more interactions and submission of the lead data, and an engagement metric relating to a level of engagement of the device identifier with one or more resources associated with the content provider prior to submission of the lead data. The method further includes generating an effort score based on a combination of the cost metric, the delay metric, and the engagement metric. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363802 | SURVEY AMPLIFICATION USING RESPONDENT CHARACTERISTICS - Survey accuracy of small sample sizes may be amplified by including, excluding, or weighting survey responses of respondents responsive to characteristics of the respondent being correlated with or not correlated with characteristics of the population determined from aggregated behavioral histories of the population, resulting in favoring survey results of individuals that are truly representative of the larger population and excluding results from outliers. Search queries from devices in a particular region may be aggregated to identify common searches, building a model of characteristics of the regional population without requiring any private or confidential data of the population. Surveys may be given to a small number of individuals in the region, and if the individual's characteristics match the modeled regional characteristics, then the individual's survey responses may be used to build a statistical estimate of responses from the region, at a higher degree of confidence than allowed by mere random sampling. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363800 | MERCHANT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION IN A COMPUTER NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods of evaluating merchant performance in a computer networked environment are provided. A data processing system can obtain ecommerce traffic data identifying a product, and can obtain, separately from the ecommerce traffic data, catalog data not present in the ecommerce traffic data. Subsequent to obtaining the ecommerce traffic data and the catalog data, the data processing system can receive a query for a report. The query can include a key identifying the product. Using the key and responsive to the query for the report, the data processing system can direct a plurality of report generation servers to join at least part of the ecommerce traffic data with at least part of the catalog data to create joined data. The data processing system can generate the report, including the joined data, and the data processing system can provide the report to a merchant computing device. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363794 | CONTENT PLACEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON PATH ANALYSIS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that may be used to generate content placement recommendations are provided. One method includes determining conversion path data and determining, for each of a plurality of domains: (1) a first metric based on a first set of the conversion paths for which interactions related to the domain are earlier in the conversion paths than one or more last interactions prior to the conversion actions; (2) a second metric based on a second set of the conversion paths for which interactions related to the domain are one of the one or more last interactions prior to the conversion actions; and (3) an analysis metric based on the first metric and the second metric. The method further includes generating one or more recommendations for obtaining content placements in one or more of the domains based on the analysis metrics for the domains. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363793 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING AND USING RETAIL ITEM INSPECTION DATA - Systems and methods for collecting and using retail item inspection data are provided. Consumer inspection data for a retail item (e.g., a product or service) are collected at an offline location and received at a computing system. The consumer inspection data indicate a number of consumer inspections of the retail item at the offline location. The computing system uses the consumer inspection data to generate an inspection-related metric for the retail item. The inspection-related metric is a function of the number of consumer inspections of the retail item at the offline location. The inspection-related metric can be exposed to content a content provider of online content (e.g., to help determine an offline impact of online content) and/or a retailer or merchant at the offline location (e.g., to help in pricing the retail item or to diagnose issues in poor sales performance). | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363792 | Product Purchase Study Combining Active and Passive Purchase Data Sources - A method, implemented by a processor, for combining multiple data sources in a product purchase study includes acquiring, by a processor, first product purchase data for a product from a first data source, the first product purchase data uniquely identifying the product; sending, by the processor, the first product purchase data to a remote server; receiving, by the processor, a signal from the remote server based on the first product purchase data, the signal comprising a request for additional product purchase data; acquiring by the processor in response to the request, second product purchase data from a second source independent of the first source to the remote server; and sending the second product purchase data to the remote server. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363787 | HANGOUT BASED VIDEO RESPONSE UNIT FOR CONTACT CENTERS - The present disclosure includes an apparatus and method for automated human-computer interaction. In some embodiments, the automated human-computer interaction occurs in a virtual environment and includes multimedia communications. Video, audio, and/or textual interactions are among the various forms of communication supported during the automated human-computer interaction. In some instances, the automated human-computer interaction occurs in a virtual environment to assist a customer during a customer service call. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363488 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON ORGANIC KEYWORD ANALYSIS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that may be used to generate recommendations based on organic search term analysis are provided. One method includes determining conversion path data for a content provider. The method further includes determining a plurality of organic search keywords within the conversion path data. The method further includes analyzing the plurality of organic search keywords within the conversion path data to generate an analysis metric for each of the plurality of organic search keywords. The method further includes selecting one or more of the plurality of organic search keywords based on the analysis metrics for the organic search keywords, and generating one or more recommendations for new content to be published by the content provider based on the selected one or more organic search keywords. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363280 | Conditional Storage - In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method involves obtaining, by a body-mountable device, sensor data, where the body-mountable device includes a data storage. The method further involves making a determination that each condition in a condition set has been satisfied. In addition, the method involves responsive to making the determination that each condition in the condition set has been satisfied, storing the obtained sensor data in the data storage. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150356613 | Providing Promotional Information Related to Modes of Transportation - In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving at a server system a request from a client computing device for directions from a start geographic location to a destination geographic location; and identifying by the server system at least one mode of transportation from a plurality of modes of transportation for traveling from the start geographic location to the destination geographic location. The method can also include selecting by the server system promotional information related to the identified at least one mode of transportation to provide to the client computing device; and providing by the server system and to the client computing device the selected promotional information with directions to guide a user of the client computing device from the start geographic location to the destination geographic location. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356465 | VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATIONS - This specification describes technologies relating to virtual reality applications. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include detecting, by circuitry included in a ticket carrier for carrying a public transportation system access ticket, an interaction between the ticket and an access point of the public transportation system at a first time point. The method also includes storing, on a storage device, a record of the interaction, and providing to a computing device, the stored record at a second time point different from the first time point. The executed operations of the computing device produce a virtual environment that partially represents the public transportation system and position a character within the virtual environment based upon the stored record. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356077 | AUTO-TRANSLATION FOR MULTI USER AUDIO AND VIDEO - The disclosed subject matter provides a system, computer readable storage medium, and a method providing an audio and textual transcript of a communication. A conferencing services may receive audio or audio visual signals from a plurality of different devices that receive voice communications from participants in a communication, such as a chat or teleconference. The audio signals representing voice (speech) communications input into respective different devices by the participants. A translation services server may receive over a separate communication channel the audio signals for translation into a second language. As managed by the translation services server, the audio signals may be converted into textual data. The textual data may be translated into text of different languages based the language preferences of the end user devices in the teleconference. The translated text may be further translated into audio signals. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150354846 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL UNIT WITH A VARIABLE ASSIST ROTATIONAL INTERFACE AND DISPLAY - Provided according to one or more embodiments is a method of processing rotational inputs to a control device having a an electronic display and user interface, such as a programmable thermostat. Methods and systems include displaying on the electronic display associated with the control device at least a portion of an initial display element selected from a sequence of display elements. In response to seeing such information, the user applies a rotational input applied to a rotational input device, such as a rotatable ring around the electronic display. A variable scroll assist engine receives this information and determines an angular movement as provided by the user through the rotational input device. In order to reduce the rotational input required by the user, the variable assist scroll engine applies one or more heuristics to variably assist with a scrolling movement of a sequence of display elements on the electronic display. The variable scroll assist engine may reduce the rotational user input required to traverse an arbitrary number of display elements to as little as a quarter-revolution of the rotational input device in order that a user is better able to operate the control device and utilize the rotational input device when navigating the user interface of the control device. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150354844 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESSLY-ENABLED HVAC CONTROL - Various forms of wirelessly-enabled thermostats for multi-area HVAC control are presented. Such a thermostat may include: a controller; a temperature sensor included in the wireless-enabled thermostat that is in communication with the controller; a user input device that permits a user to input a setpoint temperature and an area priority, and a wireless communication system included in the wireless-enabled thermostat that is in communication with the controller. The controller may be configured to communicate temperature readings to a remotely-located central system and receive, from the user input device, the setpoint temperature and the area priority. The controller may be configured to communicate the setpoint temperature and the area priority to the central system. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150351126 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING NETWORK CONNECTION OVERHEAD ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILE DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS - Systems and methods include storing execution parameters for handling application messages for two or more client applications and storing callback paths for notifying the two or more client applications of transmission of the application messages. The method includes receiving an indication of a client application message available for transmission, receiving one or more network control messages that include an indication of an activity state of a network. The method includes determining whether to the delay the client application message. Responsive to the determining, based at least in part on the indication from the one or more network control messages that a network connection is active, the method includes allowing transmission of the client application message, and sending an indication of acknowledgement by one or more of the callback paths. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350735 | Smart Snap to Interesting Points in Media Content - Systems and techniques are provided for smart snap to interesting points in media content. A position control input may be received from a user to a control interface for a content player being used with a content item. A smart snap point and an associated smart snap area t may be determined for the content item based on the received position control input. The smart snap point and the associated smart snap area may be stored. A second position control input to the control interface for the content player being used with the content item may be received. The position control input may be determined to move a position indicator into the associated smart snap area for the smart snap point. Use of the content item may be resumed with the content player from the smart snap point. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350069 | NETWORK PACKET ENCAPSULATION AND ROUTING - Methods, systems, and apparatus are described for network encapsulation and routing. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from source network and at an edge device a first network packet including a first inner header including i) a first source address, and ii) a first destination address; selecting a source network identifier for the source network from a plurality of routable network identifiers; encapsulating the first network packet within a first encapsulation packet; routing the first encapsulation packet to the destination server; receiving, from the destination server, a second encapsulation packet; extracting the second network packet from the second encapsulation packet; and routing the second network packet to the source network. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150349676 | Methods and Apparatuses for Selectively Controlling Motor Power Boards - Methods and systems for building arbitrary motor controllers are described. An example motor controller may include multiple motor power boards connected in a stacked configuration and coupled in parallel. Each motor power board may include one or more power transistors and one or more gate drivers having an input terminal coupled to a control signal connector and an output terminal coupled to a gate terminal of the one or more power transistors. The example motor controller may also include a power bus connector coupled, in parallel, to a respective output terminal of each of the multiple motor power boards. Further, the example motor controller may include a control system coupled to the control signal connector and configured to selectively enable a set that includes one or more of the multiple motor power boards based on an output power requirement. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348541 | Generating Language Models - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating language models. In some implementations, data is accessed that indicates a set of classes corresponding to a concept. A first language model is generated in which a first class represents the concept. A second language model is generated in which second classes represent the concept. Output of the first language model and the second language model is obtained, and the outputs are evaluated. A class from the set of classes is selected based on evaluating the output of the first language model and the output of the second language model. In some implementations, the first class and the second class are selected from a parse tree or other data that indicates relationships among the classes in the set of classes. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348106 | DYNAMIC CONTENT ITEM CREATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a customized content item. A method includes: receiving a content request; identifying one or more user device attributes and/or a context of the request; identifying a content item having distribution parameters matching the context and/or user device attributes and including one or more variables that are resolved based on the context or the one or more user device attributes; selecting, as modifying data, a subset of feed data to which the one or more variables for the content item will be resolved, including: identifying the feed data, evaluating the feed data to locate the subset; and selecting the modifying data; and modifying the content item, at least in part, by including, in place of the one or more variables, the selected modifying data; and providing the modified content item in response to the request. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347910 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION PROCESSING FOR SECURITY IN A SMART-SENSORED HOME - This patent specification relates to apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for providing home security objectives, such as calculating a security score for a home. More particularly, this patent specification relates to a plurality of devices, including intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices, that communicate with each other and/or with a central server or a cloud-computing system to provide any of a variety of useful home security objectives, such as calculating a security score for a home. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347725 | Dynamic Authorization - Systems and techniques are provided for dynamic authorization. A signal may be received from a sensor. A concept may be determined from the signal. The concept may be a location of a computing device, an action being performed with the computing device, an identity of a user of the computing device, or a temporal context for the computing device. A current pattern may be determined from the concept. The current pattern may be matched to a stored pattern. The stored pattern may be associated with a security outcome. The security outcome may be sent to be implemented. A security message may displayed indicating the security outcome and part of the stored pattern that was matched to the current pattern. The security outcome may be causing presentation of an authentication prompt or not causing presentation of an authentication prompt. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347556 | SUGGESTING PRE-CREATED GROUPS BASED ON A USER WEB IDENTITY AND ONLINE INTERACTIONS - In one aspect, a method for generating groupings of users at a social networking service is provided, the method includes determining identifying information for a user, identifying one or more other users having a set of identifying information in common with the user, generating a group including the user and the one or more other users, associating the set of identifying information common between the user and the one or more other users with the group and providing recommendations to the user for activity with respect to the one or more other users based on the set of identifying information. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347465 | SHARING PHOTOS - Implementations generally relate to sharing photos. In some implementations, a method includes collecting photos associated with one or more objects, where the photos are collected from a plurality of users. The method also includes collecting attention information associated with the one or more objects. The method also includes generating an attention map based on the attention information. The method also includes grouping the one or more photos into groups of photos based on the attention map. The method also includes causing the groups of photos to be displayed to a target user based on one or more predetermined criteria. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347407 | DYNAMIC CURRENT RESULTS FOR SECOND DEVICE - Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for providing at least one dynamic current result to a second device, such as a mobile phone, where the at least one dynamic current result is related to content that is active on a first device such as a television. The dynamic current result may be generated based on a search query. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347395 | TECHNIQUES FOR REAL-TIME TRANSLATION OF A MEDIA FEED FROM A SPEAKER COMPUTING DEVICE AND DISTRIBUTION TO MULTIPLE LISTENER COMPUTING DEVICES IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES - A computer-implemented technique can include receiving a media feed from a speaker computing device representing speech of a speaker user captured by the speaker computing device. The technique can include receiving a plurality of translation requests, each translation request being received from a listener computing device associated with a listener user and corresponding to a request to obtain a translated version of the media feed into a preferred language of the listener user. The technique can include determining the preferred language for each listener user. The technique can include obtaining a machine translated media feed for each of the translation requests, the machine translated media feed corresponding to a translation of the media feed from the source language to the preferred language of the listener user associated with the translation request. The technique can also include outputting the machine translated media feeds to the listener computing devices. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347388 | Digital Content Genre Representation - A digital media store may receive content from a content creator and/or distributor thereof. The distributor may provide the content with a label genre. A first mapping rule may be applied to the label genre to convert it to a canonical genre and the canonical genre may be converted to a regional genre based on the application of a second mapping rule. The regional genre may be presented to a consumer's electronic device along with a translation, if necessary. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347378 | PROVIDING LANGUAGE RECOMMENDATIONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving data indicating a particular language a user has associated with their user profile; identifying a different language that (i) the user has not previously associated with their user profile, and that (ii) a language recommendation engine has associated with the particular language; providing a recommendation to the user to associate the different language with their user profile; receiving, in response to the recommendation, an indication of whether to associate the different language with the user profile; and updating the user profile based on the indication. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347100 | LAYOUT MANAGEMENT IN A RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT TOOL - The present application discloses systems, computer-readable media, and methods for aligning widgets and groups of widgets, and defining relationships between the widgets and groups of widgets. In a first case, a most significant sub-component border determination may be made for each widget. Then, a grouping relationship determined between each of a plurality of the widgets. Finally, for each widget in each determined group, the widgets may be aligned based on the determined most significant sub-component border of each widget in the group. In a second case, connections between widgets, groups of widgets, and/or edges of a page are determined, and an algorithm applied to infer whether a relationship exists, and if it does, to determine whether the relationship is one of a fixed-distance relationship and a proportional-distance relationship. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150345983 | SELECTION AND PRESENTATION OF GEOGRAPHIC CONTENT IN AN AUTOMOTIVE ENVIRONMENT - A request for geographic content is received from a client device. The request includes (i) an indication that a user invoked the digital mapping service in a vehicle and (ii) an identifier of the user. In response to the request, profile data for the user is automatically retrieved. The profile data includes indications of previous interactions of the user with a digital mapping service. Geographic content then is generated based on the indications of previous interactions in view of relevance of the previous interactions to an automotive context. The generated geographic content is provided to the client device for presentation in the vehicle. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150342509 | Needle-Free Blood Draw - A system for needle-free drawing of blood is disclosed. A device can include an evacuated negative-pressure barrel with a membrane sealing an aperture at a distal end, and a housing affixed to a proximal end. An accelerator barrel can be positioned within the negative-pressure barrel and fixed to the housing, with an open proximal end in a chamber in the housing, and an open distal end aligned with the aperture. The chamber can be filled with pressurized gas, and a trigger valve can hydrostatically separate the chamber from the open proximal end of the accelerator barrel. A micro-particle positioned within the accelerator barrel can be accelerated to high speed by an abrupt surge of gas by releasing the trigger valve. The micro-particle can attain enough momentum to pierce the aperture membrane and penetrate adjacent dermal tissue. A resulting micro-emergence of blood can be drawn into the negative pressure barrel. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150341811 | Device to Device Round-Trip Time (RTT) Measurement Via Neighbor Aware Network - Methods and systems for performing a round trip time determination between two devices are described. An example method may include publishing, over a wireless network interface by a first device within a neighbor aware network (NAN) cluster, a schedule that invites devices within the NAN cluster to request, within a time window, to perform a round trip time (RTT) determination with the first device. The schedule may indicate that the time window begins at a time offset from a NAN discovery window and ends after a predetermined period of time has elapsed. The method may also include receiving a request, from a second device within the NAN cluster, to perform the RTT determination with the first device. The method may also include performing the RTT determination with the second device. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150341397 | DATA SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and computing system for defining an unrestricted web-based space on a computing device for sharing media content within a social network. The unrestricted web-based space is accessible by non-users of the social network. First media content is received from a first user of the social network. The first media content is shared within the unrestricted web-based space. The first user is enabled to provide location information concerning the unrestricted web-based space to a non-user of the social network. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150341347 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF ISSUING, TRANSMITTING AND MANAGING TOKENS USING A LOW-LATENCY SESSION SYNDICATION FRAMEWORK - A method of implementing session syndication using a low-latency session syndication framework may include receiving, by an inline frame associated with an authorization provider, a request from a client application for an access token. The inline frame may be embedded in the client application. The method may include sending, by the inline frame, a request for the access token to a computing device associated with the authorization provider, receiving, by the inline frame from the authorization provider, an access token associated with one or more resources of the authorization provider, and providing the access token to the client application. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150340032 | TRAINING MULTIPLE NEURAL NETWORKS WITH DIFFERENT ACCURACY - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a deep neural network. One of the methods includes generating a plurality of feature vectors that each model a different portion of an audio waveform, generating a first posterior probability vector for a first feature vector using a first neural network, determining whether one of the scores in the first posterior probability vector satisfies a first threshold value, generating a second posterior probability vector for each subsequent feature vector using a second neural network, wherein the second neural network is trained to identify the same key words and key phrases and includes more inner layer nodes than the first neural network, and determining whether one of the scores in the second posterior probability vector satisfies a second threshold value. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339717 | IDENTIFYING CONTENT ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH A MAPPING INTERFACE - Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for generating a textual representation of points of interest (POIs) in a geographic area. The system may be configured to identify a plurality of points of interest (POIs) in a geographic area displayed in a mapping interface, calculate a rank score for each POI of the plurality of POIs in the geographic area based on POI information for each POI, generate a textual representation of the mapping interface based on the rank scores for the plurality of POIs, and submit the textual representation of the geographic area to an advertisement generator, wherein the advertisement generator is configured to select at least one advertisement associated with the geographic area to present to a user. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339704 | VALUING ONLINE CONTENT SERVED TO AN ONLINE PUBLISHER - Methods and systems for valuing an item of online content served to an online publisher, such as an advertisement, are provided. The methods and systems described herein enable an advertiser to determine the relative value of an advertisement presented to one consumer as compared to the value of the same advertisement presented to another consumer. The expected total lifetime revenue generated as a result of presentation of a specific advertisement to a specific consumer is determined, to enable an advertiser to determine how aggressively to bid for placement of the advertisement with a publisher. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339702 | INTEGRATED MEDIA PLANNING AND BUYING - Integrated media planning and buying systems and methods are provided. Integrated media planning and buying systems and methods can include integrated media planning and buying. The integrated media planning and buying systems and methods can facilitate creation and management of an advertising campaign, including locating placements which match an advertising campaigns goals, facilitating the purchase of placements, and providing the media plan to an advertising server to serve advertisements associated with the advertising campaign. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339492 | Protecting user privacy from intrusive mobile applications - Systems and techniques are provided for protecting user privacy from intrusive mobile applications. A capability request may be received from an application. The capability request may be a request for access to data associated with a capability. A selection may be received to provide the application with stub data upon receiving a request from the application to access the data associated with the capability. The stub data may be generated to be provided to the application when the application requests the data associated with the capability. The stub data may be stored. A request may be received from the application for the data associated with the capability. It may be determined that the application is to be provided with the stub data when the application requests access to the data associated with the capability. The stub data may be retrieved. The stub data may be provided to the application. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339464 | Restricted accounts on a mobile platform - Systems and techniques are provided for restricted accounts on a mobile platform. A request to create a restricted account may be received. The restricted account may be a user account with a restriction. Credentials for the restricted account may be received. A restriction for the restricted account may be received. The restriction may include an access restriction or a lifetime restriction. An access restriction may prevent an application from accessing the restricted account and a lifetime restriction may limit the lifetime of the restricted account. The restricted account may be stored with the credentials and the restriction. A request may be received for a list of user accounts from an application. The restricted account may be determined to include an access restriction that prevents the application from accessing the restricted account. The list of user accounts may be sent to the application and without an identifier for the restricted account. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339270 | Using Content Structure to Socially Connect Users - The structure of a digital content item is used to socially connect users consuming the digital content item. The structured representation of the digital content item is determined. This structured representation is analyzed to identify key events within the digital content item. A user's current location within the digital content item is identified. Social communications of the user are filtered responsive to the user's current location and the identified key events within the digital content item. In this way, the user may peruse social media without inadvertently reading communications that give away (e.g., spoil) key events such as important plot points. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339111 | AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY AND INSTALLATION OF APPLICATIONS VIA THE INTERNET IN RESPONSE TO COUPLING OF HARDWARE DEVICE TO COMPUTING DEVICE - A computer-implemented method includes receiving a first indication that a hardware device has been coupled to a computing device and receiving a second indication that the computing device does not have installed a device-specific application that provides dedicated communication services between the hardware device and an operating system of the computing device. In response to receiving the first and second indications, a database of applications for device-specific applications that provide dedicated communication services between the hardware device and an operating system of the computing device is automatically queried. One or more applications from the database that satisfy the query are displayed to a user. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150336524 | Devices and Methods for an Energy-Absorbing End of a Vehicle - A vehicle is provided that includes a frame and a mount to couple a first end of an apparatus to the frame. The apparatus comprises a central region that includes a first energy-absorbing material. A first side of the central region is included in the first end of the apparatus coupled to the frame. The apparatus comprises a side region that includes a second energy-absorbing material. The side region is positioned along a second side of the upper region. The side region is configured to be positioned above a wheel of the vehicle. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150335385 | System for laser ablation surgery - An active tracking system includes an imager configured to image the temperature of a biological tissue and a heating laser configured to heat regions of the biological tissue. The imager locates high-temperature regions of the biological tissue and the heating laser is controlled to point toward target regions of the biological tissue based on the located high-temperature regions. The active tracking system can be used to control a heating laser to continuously heat a target region of a biological tissue even when the target region moves relative to the heating laser. The active tracking system could allow one or more target regions of a biological tissue to be ‘tagged’ with heat by the heating laser and to be tracked even when the one or more target regions move relative to the heating laser. Devices and methods for operating such active tracking systems are also provided. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150334547 | DEVICE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and computing system for monitoring, on a first device coupled to a wireless network, wireless communication between a second device and a third device. A wireless transmission is received on the first device. The wireless transmission is from the second device to the third device. The wireless transmission is processed to extract a device identifier from the wireless transmission, thus defining an extracted device identifier. The extracted device identifier is compared to one or more known device identifiers, wherein each of the known device identifiers is associated with a known user. If the extracted device identifier matches a specific device identifier, included within the known device identifiers, the known user that is associated with the specific device identifier is identified. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150334231 | REPUTATION BASED MESSAGE ANALYSIS - Described herein are devices and techniques for detecting an inbound message (e.g., text, voice, voicemail) directed from an identifiable message sender to one of a collection of message recipients (e.g., by telephone numbers). The message is selectively forwarded to the message recipient's communication devices in response to a reputation score of the identifiable message sender. The devices and techniques described herein are further adapted to automatically determine or otherwise update the reputation score of the identifiable message sender, for example, in response to previously detected incoming messages. User preferences can be provided to override one or more of forwarding and blocking of detected messages regardless of any automatically obtained reputation score. | 11-19-2015 |
