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| 20080215991 | ADVERTISING TOOL FOR THE INTERNET - It is disclosed an improved advertising tool for attracting viewers' attention to the advertised material on the Internet. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention the advertising tool provides an interactive banner for the purpose of displaying advertising content on web sites. The interactive banner is enabled to display a sequence of creative scenes that are dynamically changed according to an input or inputs from the user. Each of the creative scenes may be a recorded or live video stream, an audio stream, a text, a graphical image, combinations thereof, and so on. In accordance with another embodiment the disclosed advertising tool establishes a virtual meeting with a representative (e.g., a sale representative) and a viewer. The virtual meeting may be in the form of a live video stream, an audio stream, an online chat, or any combination therefore. Any communication between the representative and viewer may be encrypted. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080215992 | Method and Apparatus for Hosting Group Response Events - A system for allowing presentation of a Group Response Event (GRE) to a group of participants: the GRE comprising at least a first question and a range of possible answers to the at least a first question; the system comprising a hosting website accessible by at least one web-browser connected to a display, the web-browser and display being viewable by at least a first group of participants at a first location, such that members of said at least a first group of participants can individually respond to said at least a first question by inputting one of said range of possible answers via personal telecommunication devices. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080215993 | Communicator Program Manager - A method and apparatus for managing a plurality of communicator programs each having a corresponding interface, the method comprising receiving a sequence of selections of one of the plurality of communicator programs; sequentially presenting one of a plurality of communicator interfaces, each corresponding to one of the communicator programs; accessing information corresponding to each of the communicator programs; and sequentially presenting information corresponding to each of the plurality of communicator programs; the apparatus being configured to perform the method. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080222536 | Ease of Use Feature for Audio Communications Within Chat Conferences - Methods and arrangements to communicate aurally during a chat conference are contemplated. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to communicate aurally during a chat conference by receiving through a user interface for the chat conference the designation of a participant in the chat conference, receiving through the user interface for the chat conference a command to capture audio, capturing audio, and transmitting the captured audio to the participant based upon the designation of the participant. In some embodiments, a participant may be designated by a mouse click on a name representing the participant. In some embodiments, the command to capture audio may be expressed by holding down a mouse button. In alternate embodiments, the command to capture audio may be expressed by a pop-up menu. In further embodiments, the captured audio may be stored and transmitted to additional participants. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080229216 | Attribute Visualization of Attendees to an Electronic Meeting - A server publishes a poll to one or more attendee clients to an electronic conference. The poll permits each attendee to select one of several choices as the vote of the respective attendee. Initially an attendee may have a default choice assigned to him, for example, undecided. The server may show a hypertext page that includes an image or persona icon of the attendee located within a panel that has the current vote that an attendee has chosen or, by default, been assigned. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080244418 | DISTRIBUTED MULTI-PARTY SOFTWARE CONSTRUCTION FOR A COLLABORATIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT - The disclosed architecture extends the traditional integrated design environment (IDE) designed for solo development work with features and capabilities that support collaborative distributed work (e.g., distributed pair programming). The architecture provides integrated communication channels that enable the participants to engage in collaborative work. The graphical user interface capabilities are also extended with distributed functionality specific to multi-party (e.g., pair) programming, including, but not limited to manual and/or automatic role control and turn-taking, multiple cursors (destructive and non-destructive), remote highlighting, decaying edit trail, easy access to history of edits, language-independent event model and, view convergence and divergence. The system uses the collaboration and communication patterns and information to identify problems, extract metrics, make recommendations, etc. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080250332 | SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITE INTERFACE - Computerized methods and systems are provided for enabling electronic introductions of users of an online community. In one embodiment, a user may select a subset of users in his social network via a graphical or web interface to request that they be introduced. These users can be introduced electronically and invited or made to join each other's respective social networks. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080250333 | COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE - A computer-based system and method for organizing and sharing information in a workspace. The system includes a workspace engine that implements the workspace using projects and associated notecards. A web server provides the projects and notecards to one or more client computers for display. Each notecard contains information related to such things as materials, solutions, advice, contacts and the like, and for this purpose includes restricted, public, and information sections containing different portions of the information. Each project has one or more notecards or other projects associated with it and are used by the system to enable users to collaborate on the project. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080250334 | Calendar system - Embodiments describe a method and a system to display a calendar system. The method and system to receive a request to display at least one filtered event in a calendar display interface, wherein the at least one filtered event is filtered from a plurality of categories based on selected criteria, wherein a collection of events is selected from an event database based on the selected criteria, and each collection of events forms a specific subcalendar of a plurality of subcalendar; and to receive a request to display selected ones of the specific subcalendars in the calendar display interface. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080250335 | Method and Apparatus for Enhancing Instant Messaging Systems - The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and computer instructions for organizing threads in an instant messaging session. Instant messages are received from a list of contacts. Each of these messages are stored in a set of folders, wherein each folders in the set of folders stores messages for a contact in the number of contacts. Each file is linked for access though a graphical user interface. Message threads are handled by displaying a primary dialog window, wherein the primary dialog window includes an ongoing conversation pane and an outgoing message pane. Responsive to a user input identifying a new thread, a secondary dialog window is displayed, wherein the secondary dialog window includes an ongoing conversation pane and an outgoing message pane. Responses to outgoing messages sent from the outgoing message pane are displayed in the primary dialog window in the ongoing conversation pane in the primary dialog window. Responses to outgoing messages sent from the outgoing message pane in the secondary dialog window are displayed in the ongoing conversation pane in the secondary dialog window, wherein the primary dialog window and the secondary dialog window. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080250336 | Method and Apparatus for Enhancing Instant Messaging Systems - The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and computer instructions for organizing threads in an instant messaging session. Instant messages are received from a list of contacts. Each of these messages are stored in a set of folders, wherein each folders in the set of folders stores messages for a contact in the number of contacts. Each file is linked for access though a graphical user interface. Message threads are handled by displaying a primary dialog window, wherein the primary dialog window includes an ongoing conversation pane and an outgoing message pane. Responsive to a user input identifying a new thread, a secondary dialog window is displayed, wherein the secondary dialog window includes an ongoing conversation pane and an outgoing message pane. Responses to outgoing messages sent from the outgoing message pane are displayed in the primary dialog window in the ongoing conversation pane in the primary dialog window. Responses to outgoing messages sent from the outgoing message pane in the secondary dialog window are displayed in the ongoing conversation pane in the secondary dialog window, wherein the primary dialog window and the secondary dialog window. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080256461 | DYNAMIC CONFERENCE TABLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A dynamic conference table display system includes a screen displayed on top of a conference table. The screen is capable of displaying multiple individual desktop views. The system further includes multiple storage devices, each storage device containing information related to a particular user. The location and size of each desktop view on the screen is associated with a particular storage device. A connector couples the multiple storage devices to a computer system that interfaces with the screen, such that when a storage device is coupled to the computer system via the connector, the computer system causes information from the storage device to be displayed on the screen in a desktop view at a location and of a size associated with the storage device. When a new storage device is coupled to the computer system, the computer system adjusts the sizes and the locations of the desktop views displayed on the screen to enable information from the new storage device to be displayed on the screen in a desktop view at a location and of a size associated with the new storage device. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080263457 | MOBILE TERMINAL FOR DISPLAYING HUMAN CONTACT DATA AND METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method of displaying human contact data are provided. Human contact data corresponding to a human contact event is created when a human contact event is generated. A name tag is displayed in a standby screen corresponding to the created human contact data. Accordingly, a user may easily identify human contact data through log data displayed in a user-oriented method. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080307323 | CALENDARING TECHNIQUES AND SYSTEMS - The calendaring techniques and systems described herein enable a user to more easily resolve conflicts for attendees to an event by visually indicating available time slots for all attendees in a calendar window or in a timeline window separate from the calendar window. The first available time slot may be automatically selected or the user may select an available slot to reschedule the event. In another aspect, inspector windows are displayed within a calendar window to show summary or details for an event. An inspector window can also be displayed when a change to an event is detected. In yet another aspect, calendars for multiple accounts accessible by a user are merged into a single calendar view. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080307324 | SHARING CONTENT IN A VIDEOCONFERENCE SESSION - A videoconferencing participant can share content with other participants seamlessly and effortlessly. A consistent user interface is used to present content no matter what type of content is being shared. Navigation controls allow a participant in the videoconference session to control what content is being displayed. The particular navigation controls provided are sensitive to the type of content being shared. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080307325 | Videoconferencing Systems with Recognition Ability - A videoconferencing system which encodes different streams of information. The information may include video, audio, speech recognized versions of the audio, and language translated versions of the audio. Text may be sent as part of the videoconference | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080307326 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND SERVICE FOR INDUCING A PATTERN OF COMMUNICATION AMONG VARIOUS PARTIES - A communication pattern inducing system focuses on the propagation of topics amongst a plurality of nodes based on the text of the node rather than hyperlinks of the node. A node could represent a weblog or any other source of information such as person, a conversation, images, etc. The system utilizes a model for information diffusion, wherein the parameters of the model capture how a new topic spreads from node to node. The system further comprises a process to learn the parameters of the model based on real data and to apply the process to real (or synthetic) node data. Consequently, the system is able to identify particular individuals that are highly effective at contributing to the spread of topics. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080313550 | RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH Web CONFERENCE SUPPORT PROGRAM IS RECORDED AND Web CONFERENCE SUPPORT APPARATUS - A Web conference support apparatus acquires arbitrary attribute information from attribute information of a user, specifies a related video conference data file having information related to the attribute information in a set of video conference data files of a Web conference, forms link information which accesses the related video conference data file specified and a start command of a new Web conference between a participant in a related Web conference related to the related video conference data file and the user, and embeds the link information and the start command in Web page information which can accept selection of the related video conference data file and the new Web conference. The Web page information is transmitted to a terminal device of the user. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090006982 | COLLABORATIVE GENERATION OF MEETING MINUTES AND AGENDA CONFIRMATION - Members working on the same project can access similar resources at substantially the same time to facilitate active participation in the project. A meeting associated with the project can be given a unique identifier that can allow the project members to access a meeting or other content and view similar documents or other content as it is discussed in the meeting. As information is edited, modified, created, etc. the members can selectively be presented with the information. A common repository can provide the members with an area or platform in which the project material can be accessed, discussed or other functions performed by the project members, allowing for collaboration of the project details. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090013263 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING EVENTS TO BE DISPLAYED AT VIRTUAL VENUES AND SOCIAL NETWORKING - A system and method for creating a social entertainment network that allows remote viewers to simulate and participate in the energy and social interaction associated with attendance at a live event. Audio and video content is streamed from events as they occur into virtual venues where people represented by avatars can interact with each other. Users can also establish private virtual venues for viewing live events and/or pre-recorded events. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090013264 | Enhanced interactive electronic meeting system - This invention integrates functionality to prior-art meeting system infrastructures that cannot be achieved by existing designs. The system allows for the creation of a meeting enabling multiple end user device combinations of varying compatibility—each device containing multiple different peripherals—to seamlessly two-way communicate and manage incoming and outgoing communications. An advantage is the ability to translate any feed data into a device compatible format. The invention enables end user context-independent subscription to an arbitrary number of data feeds originating from an arbitrary number of connected end users. Finally, the invention defines a meeting replay system using the invention infrastructure that has the ability to record any combinations of data feeds from any combinations of end users and replay any part of the meeting through the same invention-infrastructure. This allows prior meeting replaying through the invention-system, and allows cascading meeting replays ad-infinitum without altering the original meeting. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090019374 | Methods and apparatus for creating, combining, distributing and reproducing program content for groups of participating users - A communications system for simulcasting audio or audiovisual program content to a plurality of participating system users via a communication network. Each user operates an access device that reproduces the received program content for the user and also accepts spoken comments from the user concurrently with or immediately following the reproduction of the program content. The spoken comments are transmitted to at least selected ones of the other users so that the selected users can engage in a conversation about the program content as it is simulcast. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090019375 | METHOD OF SHARING MULTI-MEDIA CONTENT AMONG USERS IN A GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK - In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for sharing multi-media content among a plurality of users in a computer network comprises creating a plurality of user accounts, each of said user accounts corresponding to one of the plurality of users, and having a plurality of interactive features including a first feature that permits the user to upload the multi-media content to the computer network; forming a user network including one or more of the plurality of user accounts in communication with one or more other user accounts and to the uploaded multi-media content via the computer network; categorizing the uploaded multi-media content in accordance with the subject matter of the uploaded multi-media content; organizing the uploaded multi-media content in a competitive format; and establishing a hierarchy for the uploaded multi-media content within the competitive format as a function of a competitive measurement system. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090019376 | Facilitating Communications Between Computer Users Across a Network - A stand-alone icon (i.e., an icon that is not part of an application interface) is provided to facilitate communications across a network between users of at least one communications program. The icon represents a contact or a set of contacts. Status information regarding the contact or set of contacts is received and displayed using the icon or in response to an operation performed on the icon. The icon additionally may provide an interface for performing actions related to the contact or set of contacts. The actions may generally include, for example, retrieving profile information about the contact, setting an alert to indicate that the contact's network/login status (e.g., login, logout, or idle) has changed, or performing communications with the contact. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090024932 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING OPEN SESSION BASED SELECTIVE BROADCASTING IN AN INSTANT MESSAGING SYSTEM - A system for providing open session based selective broadcasting in an instant messaging system. The instant messaging system user is provided with a mechanism through which they can broadcast a user-defined message to the participants in all currently open instant messaging sessions with the user, or to the participants in a selected subset of currently open instant messaging sessions with the user. The system provides the ability to capture and save a list of the participants receiving a previously broadcast message. The captured participant list can be subsequently recalled and used to broadcast another user defined message when the interruption ends, and the user can resume participation in the sessions. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090024933 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION AND INTERACTION BETWEEN NETWORKED USERS - Systems and methods are provided for conducting games or other interactions between networked computers, mobile devices, or other such client devices. Players compete via graphical elements, termed “devices”, that move and engage each other on top of existing windows, such as on a player's PC desktop or mobile device background. The devices may be tanks, spaceships, characters, or any other graphical element that can take part in a game or interaction. The system and method provides for short-term, casual, online games using light clients or instant messaging protocols. The games may be played quickly and easily, with minimal interruption of other endeavors. Players may conveniently choose opponents via a friends list, lobby system, or other such method, in an easy-to-use, e.g., drag-and-drop interface. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090024934 | EQUATION EDITOR - An on-line teaching and learning system with rapid change-by-change or real time reinforcement signals for students and simultaneous monitoring by the teacher of the actual responses as well as their correctness is disclosed. The system may include at least one teacher computer, a plurality of student computers operably connected to the at least one teacher computer by a communications network. The system may be used in a classroom setting or in a distance-learning environment. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090024935 | ONLINE GRAPHICAL MESSAGE SERVICE - A system and method for achieving an electronic information service (also called an online graphical message service) hosted by a computer system (e.g., a server) connected to a network. Remote users can write information into and read information from the information service over the network. In response to a request from a first user, the service may create a first information object that comprises a virtual whiteboard. The virtual whiteboard may include information written by the remote users. Then, the service may transmit the first information object via the network to the first user. Later, the service may receive a second information object from the first user corresponding to part of the virtual whiteboard. The second information object may include modifications the first user made to the virtual whiteboard. The service may then update the virtual whiteboard utilizing the received second information object. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090037826 | Video conferencing system - A video conferencing system, comprising a graphical user interface executable to cause a display of a source pane and a display pane, the source pane providing a listing of selectable interface modes, the display pane configured to display video content based on a selected video conference mode from the source pane. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090037827 | Video conferencing system and method - A video conferencing system, comprising an electronic device having a conferencing module interface executable to display video content in a main media window and at least one media sub-window, the video content in the main media window selectively interchangeable with the video content in the at least one media sub-window to facilitate viewing thereof | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090044132 | RICH CONFERENCE INVITATIONS WITH CONTEXT - Systems and methods that enable conference attendee(s) to invite others to the conference and provide a rich set of contextual information about the conference upfront to the invitee(s). A communicator component enables document related to the conference to be automatically shared and can further supply the name of the document and the location of the document. Hence, an invitee can make an informed decision about joining the conference and evaluate relevance of the conference up front (e.g., prior to joining). | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090063994 | Providing a Content Mark - A content mark may be provided. First, an invitation input may be received from a first user. The invitation input may comprise a recommendation to a second user to take an action regarding content to be delivered over a content delivery system. In addition, the invitation input may include a pointer corresponding to a predetermined point in the content to be delivered. Next, the invitation input may be transmitted to the second user. Then an acceptance of the invitation input may be received from the second user. In response to the received acceptance, the content may be transmitted to the second user. The content may be configured to start at the predetermined point determined, for example, by the first user. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090063995 | Real Time Online Interaction Platform - Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method and system for real time online interaction and social consumption of media by multiple users. A virtual interaction platform is provided for use by the users for the real time online interaction. A synchronous media layer is provided on the virtual interaction platform. An interaction layer comprising multiple interaction modes for enabling the users to engage in group interactions is provided on the virtual interaction platform. A reporting, archiving, and analysis layer is provided on the virtual interaction platform. Multimedia content is simulcasted for synchronous viewing by the users using the synchronous media layer. Group interactions among the users are enabled by the interaction layer using multiple interaction modes. A marketing layer is provided on the virtual interaction platform for targeting in-platform advertisements to the users. The simulcasted multimedia content is therefore consumed by the users while interacting using the interaction modes. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090077472 | TECHNIQUES FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHICAL COMMENTS - Techniques are provided through which users can leave graphical comments on web pages associated with individual members of a social networking site. Users can do so by painting within a region on the web pages or on the web page itself. Different painting tools, such as spray paint cans and traditional paint brushes may be selected to generate different visual content on the path of paint drawn by the user. Access to paint may be restricted to members of the social networking site. Users who leave graphical comments may be charged for the graphical comments. Members may erase graphical comments on associated web pages. Graphical comments may also be generated in a chat window visible to all users engaged in a chat session. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090077473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING WORKFLOW OF AN AUTHORING ASSIGNMENT - A system and method that manage workflow of an authoring assignment. An authoring assignment may be created, forwarded, approved, rejected, and published. A history of functions performed on the authoring assignment and information relating to those functions is maintained. Each stage of the assignment may be tracked and stored. Notifications regarding the assignment may be forwarded to one or more users associated with the authoring assignment. Reports that provide information relating to an authoring assignment may be generated. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090077474 | Method and Software for Enabling N-Way Collaborative Work Over a Network of Computers - Method, software, and system for efficiently enabling n-way collaborative work using common software over a network of computers. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, each participant in a collaborative session starts up a common software application, which includes a collaboration component. This collaboration component is used to establish a common session that includes all interested parties. The collaboration component replicates operations performed on any one instance of said application to all other instances participating in the same session, so the effect is as if all members of the session were sharing a single instance of the application on a single computer. In one aspect, the collaboration component also supports broadcast of audio and video over a computer network, to enable session participants to see and/or hear each other, and further includes other features that support collaborative work. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090083639 | DISTRIBUTED CONFERENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEM - A distributed conference system is presented herein for providing information to a conference presenter and a group of conference attendees. The distributed conference system includes a main console used by the conference presenter and one or more distributed consoles used by conference attendees. The main console provides a touch screen or other user interface and contains functions that the conference presenter can use to control each of the distributed consoles as well as providing standard room control functions. In addition, the distributed consoles may provide access to additional information for conference attendees and the conference presenter, such as television or other video feeds and a web browser through which they can access the Internet. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090094531 | TELEPHONE CALL AS RENDEZVOUS MECHANISM FOR DATA SHARING BETWEEN USERS - A mechanism for transferring files that leverages the user-friendly process of making a phone call. The phone call provides sufficient context to enable the sharing of data. Conversely, selected data that was previously shared can initiate an alternative means of communication (e.g., a phone call, email, etc.). The mechanism separates data into a separate application from voice, and allows users to continue using the familiar telephone while obtaining all of the benefits that multimodal applications (voice and data) provide. By making a phone call, data sharing capability is activated between the call parties. Moreover, sharing can continue after the call ends. The phone call serves as an introduction mechanism for the sharing services, which are available from then on, regardless of when the phone call finishes. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090094532 | DYNAMIC MEETING AGENDA GENERATION BASED ON PRESENTER AVAILABILITY - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to C&S e-meeting scheduling and provide a method, system and computer program product for dynamic agenda updating in a C&S system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for dynamic agenda updating based upon presenter participation in an e-meeting can be provided. The method can include creating a new e-meeting in a collaborative computing environment for attendees and presenters selected from amongst the attendees. The method also can include generating an invite with an agenda for the new e-meeting including a time block and time slots for presentations by different ones of the presenters. Finally, the method can include dynamically changing a view to the agenda for viewing ones of the attendees to reflect changes in the time slots resulting from replies to the invite received by individual ones of the presenters. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090094533 | Method and Conference Server for Initializing Scheduled Conferences - Conference participants are selected via a network element in a network, the geographical area locations, for example, buildings of an enterprise, of the conference participants are determined and depending on the determined locations a geographical conference area, for example a conference room is determined for each conference participant. The conference area together with the conference information is communicated to the conference participants. The availability of the conference participants can be checked for the communication. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090094534 | SERVER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF SERVER APPARATUS - A server apparatus includes a unit for generating image information, a unit for generating a GUI image for designating time, a unit for compressing the image information and GUI image by coding, a storage unit for storing the compressed image information in association with time, a unit for transmitting the image information and GUI image to an information terminal, a unit for receiving operation information indicating a user's operation on the GUI image displayed on the screen of the information terminal, a converting unit for converting the operation information into time, and a unit for reading out image information corresponding to the converted time from the storage unit. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090100350 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: an image acquirement unit that acquires an image displayed on a first screen; a change determining unit that determines change of a first object displayed on the first screen; an object acquirement unit that acquires a second object displayed on a second screen superposed and displayed on the first screen; a change unit that changes, on the basis of the change of the first object determined by the change determining unit, the second object acquired by the object acquirement unit; and a transmission unit that transmits the image acquired by the image acquirement unit and the change result by the change unit to another information processing apparatus. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090106668 | Differential Dynamic Content Delivery With A Session Document Recreated In Dependence Upon An Interest Of An Identified User Participant - Differential dynamic content delivery, including creating a session document for a presentation, including identifying a user participant for the presentation, where the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document, the user participant has a user profile comprising user classifications and user interests, the user interests comprising data fields for storing data values indicating user interest in one or more subjects of the presentation; receiving from the identified user participant at least one data value indicating user interest in one or more subjects of the presentation; storing in the user profile the data value indicating user interest; recreating the session document in dependence upon the data value indicating user interest; selecting from the recreated session document a classified structural element; and presenting the selected structural element to at least one user participant. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090113311 | PERSONAL STATUS DISPLAY SYSTEM - A method, medium and implementing processing system and device are provided in which the personal availability status of an office occupant is selectively and/or automatically displayed on an electronic nameplate mounted on the outside of the office door. In one example, the nameplate device is capable of logging-on to a status database of an instant messaging (IM) application running on an IM server and requesting the status of a designated individual. The IM application responds to the nameplate request to transmit a personal status of the identified individual as kept in the status database of the server to the nameplate, and that status is stored within the nameplate memory. The status information may be automatically or selectively displayed on the nameplate to notify those viewing the nameplate of the current personal availability of the office occupant. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090113312 | Connecting Providers of Legal Services - In general, in one aspect, a real-time communication between a consumer of services and a provider of legal services is brokered using a brokerage system on a computer by: receiving a request from the consumer of services to consult with a provider of legal services; identifying an available provider of legal services; and activating a communication channel between the consumer of services and the available provider of legal services. Providers of legal services include, but are not limited to, an attorney, paralegal, or a legal advisor. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090119601 | DELEGATION OF DATA ENTRY TASKS - To avoid the need for off-line collaboration, a primary user who is attempting to enter data required for computer-based process may, as part of the data entry process, delegate data entry tasks for specific input fields to designated delegate users who are more likely to be knowledgeable about the data to be entered. Data entry operations performed by the primary user are recorded and used to build a transaction model which will enable a server to provide required data input screens to delegate users. Data entered by the delegate users is merged with data entered by the primary user to meet the requirements of the computer-based process. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090119602 | WEB-SCREEN SHARING SYSTEM, WEB-SCREEN SHARING TERMINALS, AND SHARING PROGRAM THEREOF - A Web-screen sharing system including a first and a second terminals, and a mediation server. The system includes: the terminals exchanging addresses through the mediation server; connecting the terminals using the addresses; when the first terminal is connected to any Web server, detecting whether a content in the Web server is security-protected; if protected, performing predetermined authentication processing with the Web server; when the authentication is successful, the Web server transmitting a content following the authentication processing to the first terminal; the first terminal displaying the content as a Web screen, and capturing the Web screen; transmitting an image file of the Web screen to the second terminal to display the screen on the second terminal, if not protected, the first terminal receiving the content from the Web server, and transmitting a URL at that time to the second terminal to display the Web screen. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090119603 | Interaction Scheduling Based On Activity Status Updates - Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method and system of scheduling interactions between a first user and one or more of multiple second users in an electronic environment based on activity information of the second users. The second users provide information on multiple activities of the second users in the electronic environment. Current activity status and the future activity status of the second users are determined from the activity information. The first user is updated on the determined current activity status and the determined future activity status of the second users. The computer implemented method and system disclosed herein enables the first user to plan the interactions with the second users based on the current activity status and the future activity status of the second users. The planning enables the scheduling of the interactions with the second users. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090125817 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING DATA - A method and computer program product for establishing a trust relationship between a first user of a collaboration platform and at least a second user of the collaboration platform. Information concerning calendar-related events for the at least a second user is automatically forwarded to the first user. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090125818 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CREATE FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS - A system may include reception of an instruction to create a next meeting based on a source meeting, the source meeting associated with a first plurality of meeting particulars, and automatically creation, in response to the instruction, of the next meeting in association with a second plurality of meeting particulars, wherein at least one of the second plurality of meeting particulars provides an indication of the source meeting. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090132933 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING - A method and apparatus are provided for sharing photographs among a plurality of users through a website. The method includes the steps of a first user of the plurality of users designating a human face among a plurality of human faces in a photograph displayed through the website as being the first user's face and at least some other users of the plurality of users voting through the website on whether the designated face is that of the first user. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090132934 | Interactive Conferencing System and Method - An interactive conferencing system and method allowing a plurality of users using interconnected computing devices to interactively share multimedia content. The system comprises a client software located on each computing device of the plurality of users, the client software being so configured as to generate a multimedia container having a display area associated with the multimedia content, the client software allowing the modification of the multimedia content, and a multimedia container server so configured as to store the multimedia container and upon modification of the multimedia content, supplies an updated multimedia content to the client software of the plurality of users so that the modified media content is displayed in the display area associated with the multimedia content. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090138806 | Discovery and Visualization of Common Social Context - A method of determining a common social context can include detecting a collaboration between a plurality of participants. The method can include identifying a plurality of common social contexts and determining a probability that the collaboration belongs to each of the plurality of common social contexts. At least one probability and corresponding common social context can be output. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090144637 | AUTONOMIC WORKSPACE ESTABLISHMENT THROUGH DIRECTORY DISCOVERED RELATIONSHIPS - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to collaborative computing and provide a method, system and computer program product for autonomically configuring a workspace in a collaborative computing environment. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for autonomically configuring a workspace in a collaborative computing environment can be provided. The method can include identifying a subject user and corresponding workspace in the collaborative environment, locating a related user within a directory for the subject user, retrieving a workspace configuration for the related user, and applying the workspace configuration to the corresponding workspace of the subject user. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090158170 | AUTOMATIC PROFILE-BASED AVATAR GENERATION - A system, method and device for providing an avatar for interaction in a virtual environment. A user provides a user identifier and a user profile not associated with an avatar is retrieved based on the user identifier. Avatar characteristics are determined based on the retrieved user profile. The virtual environment is rendered with an avatar based on the determined avatar characteristics. The retrieved user profile may include at least one of a default profile, an advertiser supplied profile, a profile associated with a given user and a profile associated with the virtual environment. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090158171 | COMPUTER METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING SPONTANEOUS ICEBREAKING ACTIVITIES IN A SHARED SYNCHRONOUS ONLINE ENVIRONMENT USING SOCIAL DATA - A computer method and system familiarizes users in a group in shared synchronous environments. As part of operation of a given shared synchronous online environment, the invention generates an icebreaking activity for a group of users. The generated ice breaking activity has content from at least one data source external to the given online environment. The content may be mined user profiles, images and other user information from other data sources that users provide information to. The invention allows free form conversation among the group of users during participation in the generated ice-breaking activity. Such participation by the users in the generated ice-breaking activity and free form conversation among the users enable users to become familiar with each other's human persona. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090158172 | System for making recommendations - Systems and methods that permit an Internet user to make recommendations to other user-chosen Internet users. Users of the system described must register and obtain access to an access-controlled participant object. In a preferred embodiment the recommendation may be accompanied by a category designation, to help the automated cataloging of recommendations, and by comments. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090158173 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC CALENDAR - The following describes a system and methods that provide integrated web-based graphic user interface to manage communications for a variety of WEB-accessible mobile devices, computers, and other consumer electronic devices. The user interface provides a dynamic calendar. The dynamic calendar has the ability to focus the calendar, adjust the size of the calendar, and determine availability of other system users. In addition, the system may automatically organize events scheduled on the calendar. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090164914 | METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR CREATING PRESET INSTANT MESSAGE RESPONSES FOR INSTANT MESSAGES RECEIVED AT AN IPTV - Exemplary embodiments relate to methods and computer program products for the presentation and selection of preset instant messaging responses in an IPTV environment. The method comprises respectively associating each of a plurality of predetermined keywords with at least one content-specific reply message, respectively associating each of the plurality of keywords with at least one content-specific graphic icon, and respectively associating each of a plurality of graphic icons with at least one content-specific reply message. The method also comprises receiving an instant message, determining if a predetermined keyword is comprised within the received instant message, and displaying the received instant message. Yet further, the method comprises creating an instant message reply to the received instant message, and transmitting the instant message reply to the remote communication device. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090164915 | Method and system for a flexible-data column user interface - In embodiments there are provided techniques for flexibly displaying information into one or more columns. One technique includes the user interface (UI) receiving from an end user a selection of display criteria configured by an administrative user. Data from a dataset may be selected and/or ordered for displaying according to the criterion selected by the end user. Alternative embodiments may provide displaying positive and negative data, sorting, and fixed locations. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090164916 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING MIXED WORLD THAT REFLECTS REAL STATE - A method and system for creating a mixed world that reflects a real state is provided. The system includes a mirror world creation module which creates a mirror world that represents the structure of a real world; an object information collection module which collects real object information; and a mixed world creation module which creates a mixed world by reflecting the real object information into the mirror world. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090172564 | Geographic Location Notification Based On Identity Linking - A user maintains notification setting information having temporal periods capable of controlling, at least in part, the dissemination of information describing the on-line presence of the user within an instant messaging system or the geographic location of one or more mobile communications devices used by the user. The user may use multiple identities to communicate within the instant messaging system and/or with the mobile communications device or devices. The user can maintain sets of temporal periods for each of the multiple identities. Only one identity may be used at a specific time to communicate to a specific other identity, but the multiple identities of the user may be linked such that on-line presence and/or geographic location associated with one of the identities is disseminated based on the temporal periods set for one or more of the multiple identities. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090172565 | Systems, Devices, and Methods for Sharing Content - Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method that can include: sending software to a first information device and to a second information device, the software adapted to cause display of information regarding user-selected items; and providing content to the software running on the second information device, the software adapted to cause the content to be rendered via the second information device. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090177976 | MANAGING AND PRESENTING AVATAR MOOD EFFECTS IN A VIRTUAL WORLD - A method for managing and presenting avatar mood effects in a virtual world may include allowing a mood effect to be associated with a user's avatar in the virtual world from a plurality of predefined mood effects. The method may also include presenting the associated mood effect to other users of the virtual world. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090177977 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROUP CONTROL IN A METAVERSE APPLICATION - A metaverse system and method for allowing a user to control a group of avatars in a metaverse application. The metaverse system includes a client computer, a metaverse server, and a group link engine. The metaverse server hosts a metaverse application over a network. The client computer interfaces with the metaverse application. The group link engine opens a group link connection. A linked group associated with the group link connection includes at least two linked users. At least one user is designated as a leader of the linked group. The group link engine includes a group link controller to allow the leader to control an action of an avatar of at least one other user. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090177978 | Method and System for Disappearing Ink for Text Messaging - An instant messaging client presents messages and removes the messages from display after a predetermined amount of time. In one preferred embodiment, the predetermined amount of time is agreed upon by all participants during a policy negotiation. Each message may be associated with a display time and when the current time differs from the display time by a predetermined amount, the message is removed from the display. Messages may also be presented in a non-editable display area to prevent manual logging of the messaging content. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090193343 | METHOD FOR AVOIDING VIRTUAL WORLD FATIGUE BY MAINTAINING AVATAR CHARACTERISTICS IN AN AVATAR WALLET - A method of avoiding virtual world fatigue by generating an active avatar in an avatar wallet. The method includes creating and storing an active avatar in the avatar wallet, selecting target worlds for the active avatar to visit, modifying the initial appearance, the user information, the contact map and the characteristic sharing information of the active avatar in accordance with user preferences with respect to each of the target worlds so as to generate a version of the active avatar for each of the target worlds, and initiating a submission of a version of the active avatar to the corresponding target world such that the version is automatically tailored to allowable avatar properties of the corresponding target world. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090193344 | COMMUNITY MOOD REPRESENTATION - In one embodiment, a method for determining a community mood can include: receiving a plurality of user inputs for determining individual user moods within a community; aggregating the individual user moods to form an aggregated community mood; selecting a community mood representation corresponding to the aggregated community mood; and displaying the selected community mood representation to the community. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090204904 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TIME PERIODS FOR A MEETING - A method of determining time periods for a meeting includes receiving an indication of at least two invitees for the meeting, obtaining calendar data for the invitees, determining common free time periods for the invitees based on the calendar data, and time-based collecting of calendar event records and the common free time periods. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090204905 | Wide Area Interactive Information Distribution System - A wide area interactive information distribution system having a webserver that distributes information to a plurality of users having mobile display devices. The webserver and mobile devices allows users to interact with each other. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090204906 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING VIDEO COLLABORATION - Provided are systems and methods of video collaboration. End-users may participate in collaboration sessions in which inter-personal barriers are rapidly dissolved through the completing of collaborative tasks. The end-users may be grouped into teams to perform these collaborative tasks, and may be scored and/or ranked based not only on performance of the task but on the interactions between team members. In some examples a coach or moderator is provided to assist with task completion and/or to facilitate social interaction between participants. According to various examples, system architectures are described for facilitating video collaboration. In one example, the architecture includes a multi-gateway architecture that segregates functions associated with presentation of an integrated video display from functions associated with transmission of display streams to devices associated with end-users. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090210801 | N-WAY MULTIMEDIA COLLABORATION SYSTEMS | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090210802 | LOCATION INFORMATION IN PRESENCE - Architecture that facilitates the combining and presentation of location information with presence information in a communications system. The location information can be virtual location information published from a location source and/or associated location systems to a presence system. The presence system then makes the virtual location information available to end users as participants to a conferencing session, for example, or as invites to the session. The location information and/or the presence information can be made active (e.g., a hyperlink) such that when selected as presented to a user, automatically joins the user to the session. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090217177 | Multi-party virtual desktop - In one embodiment, a method for sharing data displayed on a user's computer screen includes displaying a movable tile on the user's computer screen, the tile being positionable on the computer screen to identify data displayed on the user's computer screen and selected for sharing with one or more remote users. The method further includes transmitting the data identified by a position of the tile on the user's computer screen to the remote users, receiving shared data from one of the remote users, and displaying the shared data on the user's computer screen. The identified data includes only a portion of data displayed on the user's computer screen and the shared data corresponds to data displayed on a portion of said remote user's computer screen. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090217178 | RANKING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN USERS ON THE INTERNET - A system and method for determining the amount of influence users of the internet have on other users of the internet based on data from interactions between users on the internet. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090222741 | COLLABORATIVE MANAGEMENT OF ACTIVITIES OCCURRING DURING THE LIFECYCLE OF A MEETING - Technologies are described herein for collaborative management of activities occurring during the lifecycle of a meeting. A collaboration program includes functionality for collaborative management of activities occurring during the entire lifecycle of a meeting. Using the collaboration program, meeting participants can collaborate on the creation of a meeting agenda prior to the occurrence of a meeting, can independently take and exchange meeting notes during a meeting, and can collaboratively generate a meeting summary following the meeting. The meeting agenda, meeting notes, and meeting summaries can be synchronized to a shared workspace accessible to each of the meeting participants through the collaboration program. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090222742 | CONTEXT SENSITIVE COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT - A system (and corresponding method) that enables establishment of an immersive collaborative environment is provided. The immersive collaborative environment represents a context-based virtual rendering of a user environment. More particularly, the virtual rendering can be associated with project or activity specific ‘rooms’ or ‘spaces.’ Within the virtual space, a resources such as data, applications and contacts can be made dynamically available to a user based upon the user context at any given moment. For example, the rendering can be employed in a business or other activity production workflow scenario thereby enhancing efficiency and productivity. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090222743 | Meme-Based Graphical User Interface And Team Collaboration System - The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for graphically manipulating memes and collaborating with the memes in a distributed workflow system. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include creating a group of one or more members. A graphical user interface may be used to manipulate the meme. The meme may be associated with at least one member of the group. The meme may also be configured as a data object. Furthermore, the meme may include an identifier. Moreover, the method may include defining whether the meme is accessible to each of the one or more members. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090241034 | Object movement control system, object movement control method, server and computer program - An object movement control system, an object movement control method, a server, and a computer program that can update the positional information of an object in a virtual space at high speed by appropriately distributing processing loads. Client control units obtain information about the position of a first object in a virtual space and information about movement of the first object and detect other objects that exist in a virtual region that contains the first object, which has been moved. The distances between objects that exist in a virtual region are calculated, and only when the number of objects the distances to which are shorter than a predetermined threshold exceeds a predetermined number, information about the objects is sent to a server. The server assigns a collision determination client that performs collision determination to each pair of objects selected from the objects. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090241035 | USER CREATED TAGS FOR ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING - The present invention provides a social networking system and method by which customized tags can be created by a registered user in an online social networking environment and distributed to facilitate social networking. The tags represent personal characteristics and preferences associated with users of the online social networking environment. A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided in the online social networking website that enables a specific user to create and customize tags. Tags can be embeddable in that a user can insert the tag in a website GUI for display. Also, tags may have embedded content, e.g. a photo, a song, a profile page location, etc and may be sponsored or traded in the social networking website. Also a skin that shows the personal profile page GUI style may be customized, sponsored, or traded. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090249223 | ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE VIEWING PARTY - Various embodiments of systems, methods, computer devices, and computer software for providing an asynchronous online viewing party are provided. One embodiment comprises a system for providing an online viewing party. One such system comprises: a server operatively coupled to a database for supporting the online viewing party, the database comprising: content to be asynchronously provided to participants of the online viewing party; and time-based events provided by one or more of the participants, the time-based events associated with the content and linked to corresponding locations in the content; and a user interface configured to interface with the server, the user interface comprising logic configured to display the content and the time-based events. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090249224 | SIMULTANEOUS COLLABORATIVE REVIEW OF A DOCUMENT - A document is simultaneously opened by different clients for a collaborative review of the document. Each of the clients may make comments to the document at the same while the document is also being edited. Comments made on the document by one client are automatically synchronized with the other clients that are simultaneously accessing the document. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090254839 | TECHNIQUES TO REMOTELY MANAGE A MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE EVENT - Techniques to remotely manage a multimedia conference event are described. An apparatus may comprise a mobile remote control having a communications component operative to establish a wireless connection between a mobile remote control and a multimedia conference server hosting a multimedia conference event. The mobile remote control may include a mobile remote control component communicatively coupled to the communications component, the mobile remote control component operative to manage the multimedia conference event from the mobile remote control by communicating control information and media information with the multimedia conference server for the multimedia conference event over the wireless connection. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090254840 | LOCAL MAP CHAT - Information communication technology operable to provide users with a means for sharing information and comments is disclosed. The information communication technology provides a means for participants to place chat comments on an interactive graphic such as a dynamically rendered map that participants can track, edit and collaboratively work with in order to decide on a suitable meeting location. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090254841 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CHARACTERIZING USER-DEFINED AREAS - A method of specifying a boundary for an area is provided, which includes receiving a first input from a first user regarding a first configuration of a boundary of an area. The first input may serve to establish an area of arbitrary and possibly irregular configuration, such as an area that is apolitical or otherwise legally undetermined. A second input may be received from a second user regarding a second boundary configuration. The second input may serve to modify the boundary of an area established by the first input. A particular configuration of the boundary based at least partially on the first and second inputs can then be determined. For example, the particular configuration of the boundary may be determined, in part, by spatially averaging the first and second configurations. In some embodiments, demographic data for an area defined by the particular configuration of the boundary may be compiled. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090259947 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF ASSOCIATED ITEMS IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT - A system is described for displaying a plurality of associated items in a collaborative environment. The system may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory may store items, each item associated with another item. The processor may provide the graphical representation of the items to a user where each item is represented by a shape. The processor may receive a request to associate a first metric of the items with a size of each shape and a request to associate a second metric of the items with a color of each shape. The processor may transform the graphical representation such that the size of each shape is based on the value of the first metric of each item, and the color of each shape is based on the value of the second metric of each item. The processor may provide the transformed graphical representation to the user. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090265641 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONDUCTING TRANSACTIONS REMOTELY - A transaction system and method is provided that ensures a high degree of non-repudiation. The transaction system may include a media conferencing terminal and a client computer on each end of the transaction. The system may be linked via a network such as the Internet so that transactions may be conducted between remote locations. The media conferencing terminal ensures that each party to the transaction may be satisfied as to the identity of the other parties. The method includes recording the pressure, speed and acceleration of annotations made to digital documents that are used for conducting transactions. The system is operable to store all media conferencing information, digital document information, and annotation information such that the information can be later recovered to reproduce the transaction, proving a high degree of non-repudiation. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090271713 | DOCUMENT COLLABORATION BY TRANSFORMING AND REFLECTING A DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL - Technologies are described herein for document collaboration by transforming and reflecting a document object model. A DOM representation of a document to be shared is obtained at a host computer, transformed, and reflected to one or more participant computers. Each of the participant computers receives the DOM representation of the document and renders and displays the DOM representation locally. When the DOM representation is modified, changes to the DOM representation may also be transmitted to the participant computers, rendered, and displayed. Events occurring with respect to the DOM may also be synchronized between the host and participant computers. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090271714 | IDENTIFYING MUTUAL FRIENDS IN ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS - The invention described herein detects an external user entering into a virtual world that includes a virtual area. In turn, the invention described herein identifies a plurality of joined users that joined each virtual area and computes a joined user weighting for each of the plurality of joined users. The joined user weightings include friend of a friend level weightings and commonality weightings. Next, the invention described herein computes a virtual area friendliness level for each of the virtual areas by aggregating each of the joined user weightings for each of the virtual areas, and provides the virtual area friendliness levels to the external user in order for the external user to select the appropriate virtual area. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090276718 | VIRTUAL WORLD TELEPORTATION - The present invention is directed to teleporting avatars between disparate virtual worlds. A system is disclosed that includes a facility for creating a persona profile for an avatar in a first virtual world when the avatar wants to be teleported out of the first virtual world; a facility for transferring persona profiles to and from a disparate virtual world; and a facility for instantiating an inbound avatar based on a received persona profile. Persona profiles may include, e.g., rendering information, trait information, and inventory information. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090282347 | INTERLACING RESPONSES WITHIN AN INSTANT MESSAGING SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method of interlacing responses within an instant messaging (IM) system can include, responsive to a request from a user in an IM session, storing an IM message fragment input by the user and associating the IM message fragment with a message selected from an IM session transcript. The method can include recalling the IM message fragment and outputting, at least in part, the IM message fragment in response to the message. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090282348 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED MANAGEMENT OF MEETING CANCELLATIONS - The illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method and computer program product for managing a meeting cancellation. A selection of a meeting entry on a calendar for cancellation is received and a cancellation notification is sent to all invitees of the meeting. The meeting entry is marked as cancelled on each calendar of each invitee. Upon receiving a confirmation of the cancellation notification from an invitee, a percentage of cancellation confirmations received is calculated and the meeting entry is marked with the percentage of cancellation confirmations received. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090293002 | Method for generating a set user identifiers associated with user introduction information, method for accessing this information, associated server and terminal - The invention pertains to a method for generating a set ( | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090300518 | CONTACT GROUP DYNAMICS IN NETWORKED COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A communications terminal ( | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090300519 | CONFERENCE SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In order to facilitate understanding of the content of a presentation in a conference, an MFP, in receipt of presentation page information from a PC operated by a presenter, transmits presentation page data specified by the presentation page information among page data for a plurality of pages included in data to PCs operated by the participants, and in receipt of requested page information from a specific participant apparatus among the PCs operated by the participants, transmits requested page data specified by the requested page information to the specific participant apparatus. As to the PC as the specific participant apparatus, upon acceptance of designation of requested page data, it transmits requested page information to the MFP, and in receipt of the requested page data from the MFP, displays an image of the presentation page data and an image of the requested page data simultaneously. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090307608 | INTERACTION BETWEEN REAL-WORLD DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS AND VIRTUAL WORLDS - In one embodiment, a method for operating a local virtual world proxy is provided. A virtual world view is received corresponding to a virtual world client. Information about resources available to the virtual world client is obtained. Virtual representations of one or more resources available to a virtual world client are fetched. Then the virtual representations are injected into the virtual world view. The virtual world view is then forwarded to the virtual world client for display to a user of the virtual world client. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090307609 | SOCIAL NETWORKING IN A NON-PERSONALIZED ENVIRONMENT - A social networking website allowing users to interact socially without revealing any personal information about themselves. The only information they reveal is about their virtual pets in the virtual website world. Different templates for the personalizable portion of the website can be selected, some of which are restricted. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090313555 | Automatic Friends Selection and Association Based on Events - Method for automatically generating a friend subset from user contacts based on events. Social events data associated with the user are received and the received events data defines a social connection between a contact in a contact list and the user at a future occurrence. Contacts from the user contact list are identified, and each of the identified contacts includes an identity information associated therewith. It is determined whether one of the identified contacts from the contact list is associated with the defined social connection. A friend subset friend contacts is selected when it is determined that the friend contacts are associated with the social connection. The selected friend subset is displayed to the user on a web page. In response to a selection of one of the displayed friend subset from the user, the social events data of the social connection is provided to the user. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090319912 | DISTINGUISHING CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS - Technologies are described herein for distinguishing between conference participants associated with different groups. A communication is received from a participant during a conference. The participant's group affiliation is determined and a representation attribute corresponding to the group is used to render the communication within the conference. As a result, the communications from participants of like groups are displayed with like representation attributes to visually distinguish the communications according to group affiliations. An administrator may designate the representation attributes so that all of the communications from participants of the same group are similarly distinguished without action from the participants. Participants may filter the communications as desired according to the groups and corresponding representation attributes. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090319913 | MANAGING UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCES VIA CATEGORIES - A conference management system is described for administering large numbers of conferences in an organization. The conference management system receives a hierarchical set of categories from a system administrator and configuration settings for each category. When a user requests to create a new conference, the conference management system creates the conference and assigns the new conference to a category. The conference takes on the settings of the category to which it belongs, which eliminates individual configuration of each conference. Administrators can also delegate authority to manage conferences to others in the organization. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090319914 | ASSESSING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARTICIPANTS IN ONLINE COMMUNITY - A relationship between participants in an on-line community, such as a social networking site or on-line marketplace, may be determined based on various facts. The nature of the relationship may be represented in a user interface (UI) by a visual element that shows the extent or depth of the relationship. Facets of the relationship may be used to facilitate interaction between participants (e.g., if two participants both like a particular band, then information relevant to the band may be shown as part of the UI when the participants interact with each other). The nature of the relationship may be determined or characterized based on commonality of activities, commonality of interests, the extent to which the participants have interacted with each other in the past, or other facts. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090319915 | METHOD FOR SPELL CHECK BASED UPON TARGET AND PRESENCE OF AVATARS WITHIN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - The exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to the dynamic activation and deactivation of a spell check feature option for instant message chat session features within a virtual environment. As such, the spell check feature can be activated and deactivated within the virtual environment based upon the identity of an engaged party to chat session or the identities of other parties that are in proximity to the chat session parties within the virtual environment. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090319916 | TECHNIQUES TO AUTO-ATTEND MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE EVENTS - Techniques to auto-attend multimedia conference events are described. An apparatus may comprise a recording management component operative to manage recording and reproduction operations for a multimedia conference event. The recording management component may comprise, among other elements, an event handler module operative to receive an auto-attend request from a meeting invitee as an auto-attendee for a multimedia conference event. The recording management component may also include an event schedule module communicatively coupled to the event handler module, the event schedule module operative to schedule the multimedia conference event for automatic recording operations in response to the auto-attend request. The recording management component may further include an event capture module communicatively coupled to the event schedule module, the event capture module operative to record the multimedia conference event to form a recorded meeting event file for the auto-attendee. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090319917 | Multi-User Conversation Topic Change - Techniques for changing a conversation topic between one or more users via a user-interface are provided. A request to change the conversation topic is obtained from the one or more users via the user-interface. An indicator is presented to the one or more users notifying the one or more users, via the user-interface, of the request to change the conversation topic. The conversation topic between the one or more users is changed in response to an affirmative act by at least one of a moderator, the one or more users, and a predefined condition. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090319918 | MULTI-MODAL COMMUNICATION THROUGH MODAL-SPECIFIC INTERFACES - Technologies are described herein for providing multi-modal communication through modal-specific interfaces. In one method, a communication in a first modality is received from a first interface across a computer network. The communication is converted into a second modality. Upon converting the communication into the second modality, the communication is provided to a second interface across the computer network. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090319919 | Apparatus and method for dynamically creating a community space in a virtual space - An apparatus and method for dynamically creating a community space in a virtual space. A request for a connection to a personal web space of another user to be visited by a user possessing a personal web space is made. When the connection request is identified, a new community space is generated by connecting the personal web spaces of the users to each other. Immediate interaction between the users is performed in the generated new community space. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090327921 | ANIMATION TO VISUALIZE CHANGES AND INTERRELATIONSHIPS - Modifications to a collection of data are maintained in chronological order and selectively rendered as a function of time. The selective rendering can include an animated version of the modification, which can include a timeline of events. The modifications can be associated with related data that includes information as to who made the modification, when the modification was made, and so forth. The related data can also include a motivation behind the modification. Further, confidence information can be related to the modification to add further detail to the modifications and events surrounding the collection of data. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100005400 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IDENTIFYING AND PROVIDING SUGGESTIONS - A system, method, and program product for identifying and providing suggestions includes registering information of a behavior of a user in an environment within a domain. Behavior processes identify the behavior, identify an item associated with the behavior, identify an identity of the user, and store the identified information. Task processes prepare a suggestion list using the information and a stored configuration. A participant account in the environment requests suggestions to serve to the user where the participant account belongs to a participant belonging to a group of affiliated participants. Suggestion processes identify a request item, identify the identity of the user and attributes associated with the request, aggregate suggestions using the stored configuration and a suggestion list set, and record served suggestions. The participant account receives the served suggestions where the participant account can offer the served suggestions on behalf of an affiliated participant. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100005401 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES - A system for distributing a new version of a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user is described. The system comprises a central store retaining a GUI representation of a workflow process. A plurality of users, each having access to a version of a previous representation, are located remotely from the central store and related to each other in a user hierarchy below the central store. The system further comprises comparing means for comparing the new version of the representation with a user's previous version of the representation to determine any differences; forwarding means for forwarding those differences to the user associated with that version of the representation for consideration; and reviewing means provided within each previous version of the representation. The reviewing means is arranged to accept or reject the differences and to convey an acceptance or rejection to a higher level within the hierarchy. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100011302 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES - A system for supporting distributed interaction with a user during a workflow process is described. The system comprises a centrally stored graphical representation of the workflow process. A plurality of users located remotely from the centrally stored representation and related to each other in a user hierarchy each have access to a version of the representation. The system further comprises referral means provided within each version of the representation to generate a referral message. The referral means is arranged to send the message to a reviewer in a next higher level in the user hierarchy. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100017727 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WHITEBOARD COLLABORATION AND ANNOTATION - A method for conducting a collaborative web-based whiteboard session, including receiving one or more whiteboard annotations in first units in a first client application component, converting the one or more whiteboard annotations from the first units into second units by utilizing a software component associated with the first client application component, sending the one or more whiteboard annotations, in the second units, to a second client application component, converting the one or more whiteboard annotations received from the first client application component from the second units into coordinates specific to the second client application component, and presenting the one or more whiteboard annotations using the coordinates specific to the second client application component to a user through the second client application component. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100023876 | System and Method for Reducing Bandwidth Requirements of a Presentation Transmitted Across a Network - An apparatus and method for reducing network bandwidth requirements associated with presentations transmitted over a network is disclosed. The method includes receiving information associated with a presentation at a remote site, and connecting to an on-line conference and accessing the presentation. The method also includes during the presentation, receiving control commands at the remote site, converting the control commands into navigation commands for controlling screen displays of the presentation at the remote site, and executing the navigation commands in a presentation software tool at the remote location to view information associated with the presentation. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100023877 | CONVERSATION DETECTION IN A VIRTUAL WORLD - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to virtual world management and provide a method, data processing system and computer program product for conversation detection in a virtual world. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for conversation management in a virtual world data processing system can include detecting a sequence of statements from at least two avatars in a virtual world, and locating the avatars in the virtual world, computing a temporal proximity of the statements. The statements can be grouped in the virtual world if the avatars are geographically proximate to one another in the virtual world and if the statements have occurred within a threshold temporal proximity of one another. Thereafter, the grouped statements can be persisted in the virtual world as a conversation. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100031164 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL WORLD LAYER - A method for providing virtual world functionality to a user of a base virtual world having base virtual world functionality, including providing a virtual world layer having virtual world layer functionality beyond the base virtual world functionality, coupling the virtual world layer to the base virtual world and coupling the virtual world layer to the user. User access to the base virtual world functionality and to the virtual world layer functionality by the virtual world layer is provided. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100037149 | Annotating Media Content Items - In one general aspect, a media content item is provided to a plurality of users, the media content item having a temporal length. Annotations to the media content item are received from the plurality of users, the annotations each having associated temporal data defining a presentation time during the temporal length. The received annotations are associated with the media content item so that the annotations are presented during the presentation of the media content item at approximately the presentation time during the temporal length. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100037150 | Synchronous to Asynchronous Web Page Conversion - The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes selecting a plurality of web pages including static web page elements, generating first configuration information that specifies at least one of the static web page elements, and generating second configuration information that specifies at least one asynchronous web page element. Each asynchronous web page element corresponds to a particular static web page element specified in the first configuration information. The method also includes modifying the selected plurality of web pages. The modification includes parsing the plurality of web pages, identifying the static web page elements within the plurality of web pages that are also specified in the first configuration information, and replacing the identified static web page elements with the corresponding asynchronous web page elements specified in the second configuration information. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100037151 | MULTI-MEDIA CONFERENCING SYSTEM - A multi-media conferencing system that integrates visual, audio, independent data interaction and modification, collaboration of information, independent video and 3D model viewing and manipulation, and networking among all participants in the meeting. Each participant conference display typically shows two content sectors under the control of the presenter and a selectable number of other content sectors under the control of the participant. The presenter conference display selectively includes a presenter dashboard for managing the presentation. Each content sector on the participant and attendee conference displays may be enlarged to full screen or reduced to a sector display or an icon with a simple command. The system also includes geo-location display functionality, participant monitoring, attendee chat functionality, and a wide range of additional functionality under the control of the conference presenter and attendees. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100050092 | Content Sharing and Instant Messaging - Content sharing and instant messaging are described. In an implementation, a first user interface is displayed at a first client that is configured to provide instant messaging with a second client having a second user interface. One or more content items are output in the first user interface to be controllable via both the first user interface and the second user interface. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100050093 | Collaborative Panel Adminstrator - A collaborative panel administrator provides virtual panel lifecycle management to a wide variety of data acquisition and analysis services. Broadly, it supports three types of functionalities—it provides panel lifecycle management functions; it acts as a service plug-in registry allowing various data acquisition and analysis services to register with it and extend its functionality; and, it acts as a client for the registered analysis services by invoking them on user requests and then storing and distributing the results according to panel security policies. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100058201 | SHARED USER INTERFACE SURFACE SYSTEM - The shared user interface surface system is a simple and lightweight collaboration tool that is accessible simultaneously by multiple users through multiple sources. The shared user interface surface system provides a way to share a user interface surface and corresponding shared surface object, and coordinates local manipulations of respective local representations of the shared user interface surface and corresponding shared surface object, and updates the respective local representations with a group representation. The system accommodates diverse collaboration requirements including mixed written and spoken languages, utilization of the accessibility layer for physically disabled and disparate computing resources. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100070881 | PROJECT FACILITATION AND COLLABORATION APPLICATION - In one aspect, disclosed embodiments of a project facilitation and collaboration (PFC) service enable a user to access a PFC user interface. The PFC user interface enables the user to create a project and define and modify a membership for the project. The user interface also enables the user to perform, within the confines of the user interface, varied project activities including remotely or locally accessing asynchronous communication objects pertaining to the project, accessing documents and other media objects associated with the project, and initiating synchronous and asynchronous communications with members of the project. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070882 | Method and apparatus for implementing shared editing of document - The present invention provides a method for implementing shared editing of a document, including: dividing a document into multiple portions; when a user modifies the document, providing at least one portion of the multiple portions for the user to modify, wherein the at least one portion is prohibited to be modified by another user at the same time; and storing the modified by the user. Therefore, multiple users may edit a same document simultaneously by utilizing a docbase management system, and the modifications made by each user to the document can be stored wholly. Moreover, because the document is managed by one party, the security of the document can be guaranteed. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100077318 | MODIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL CHAT DISTANCE BASED ON AMOUNT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHAT IN AN AREA OF A VIRTUAL WORLD - A mechanism for modifying a chat distance associated with an environmental chat based on a determined chat amount within a time window of a predetermined amount of time in an area of a virtual universe associated with the environmental chat. An initial environmental chat distance may be determined based on the determined chat amount within an initial time window in the virtual universe area associated with the environmental chat. The initial environmental chat distance may be modified in response to a change in the chat amount within a subsequent time window. The environmental chat distance may be modified such that the environmental chat distance is inversely proportional to the determined chat amount in the virtual universe area associated with the environmental chat | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100077319 | Presentation Facilitation - Multiple schemes and techniques for facilitating presentations with an interactive application are described. For example, an interactive application provides a console view overlay for integrating multiple productivity applications into a graphical user interface (GUI) window. An interactive application can also share a selected display portion of the console view overlay with other interactive applications. As another example, presenters and other audience members can draw on the selected display portion being shared, and the drawn graphics are synchronously displayed by the other interactive applications. Interactive applications, as directed by their users, can join various member groups and specific presentations thereof. Moreover, a user may share content in accordance with membership grouping. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100083134 | DELEGATION OF CALENDAR FUNCTIONS - A method for an electronic calendar and scheduling application to form a joined calendar during delegation of scheduling assignments includes: delegating calendar access from a first user to a second user in response to a command from the first user; wherein the first and second user maintain separate personal calendars with calendar entries with corresponding calendar entry identification (CID); generating a joined calendar view with the calendar entries from the second user's separate personal calendar; comparing each of the calendar entries with the first user's calendar entries; wherein in the event an entry from the calendar entries belonging to the first user is not duplicated during the comparing: merging the entry into the joined calendar; wherein in the event an entry from the first user's calendar entries is duplicated during the comparing: notating the duplication in the joined calendar; and displaying the joined calendar to the second user. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100083135 | COLLABORATIVE WEB NAVIGATION USING DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL (DOM) BASED DOCUMENT REFERENCES - A system for collaborative web browsing is provided comprising: a CPU; a system memory in communication with said CPU; a display medium; and instructions stored in the system memory and executable by the CPU, the instructions comprising: enabling a device to join a collaborative web browsing session; enabling a data navigation module to provide, upon an object appearing upon the display medium being selected by a user, outgoing navigation data that enables a rendering of the object to be distinguished from other objects rendered upon at least one other display medium of at least one other device. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100083136 | JOINT EDITING OF AN ON-LINE DOCUMENT - An editing apparatus efficiently performs cooperative editing of a document. Multiple users can edit a document in parallel using the editing apparatus which includes a screen output section, an editing screen, a section for receiving, a selection input section for inputting, and an update section for reflecting the edited content selected by a selection instruction, and updating the document. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100107089 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING IN A VIRTUAL SPACE - Social networking in a virtual space over a network is facilitated. Subscriber computing devices each operated by a subscriber are associated with a subscriber identifier. Each computing device is connected to the network. A subscriber profile is created in a profile datastore, wherein the subscriber profile comprises information about the subscriber and wherein the subscriber profile is associated with the subscriber's subscriber identifier. Subscriber identifiers associated with subscribers who are logged in to a website are monitored. The website defines a virtual space and the logged-in subscribers are characterized as present in the virtual space. A web page is served to the computing devices of the present subscribers via the network. The web page of a first subscriber comprises a first subscriber icon associated with the first subscriber and subscriber icons of other present subscribers. A determination is made whether the first subscriber profile matches the subscriber profile of one or more of the other present subscribers according to matching criteria. An attribute is assigned to the icons of the other present subscribers that match the profile of the first subscriber according to matching criteria. Selected profile information is provided to the first subscriber of a selected one of any of the other present matching subscribers. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100115424 | WEB-BASED LANGUAGE TRANSLATION MEMORY COMPILATION AND APPLICATION - Suggested edits to translated text are enabled to be provided by users. The suggested edits are associated with the translated text in a content database. A subsequent user may view the translated text and any associated suggested edits. The subsequent user may be enabled to approve a suggested edit to the translated text. The translated text is enabled to be displayed as modified according to the approved suggested edit. This may include enabling multiple instances of the translated text to be displayed as modified according to the suggested edit if the translated text occurs multiple times (e.g., appears multiple times in one or more documents) in the content database. Further users that attempt to view the translated text in a document of the content database will be provided with the modified version of the translated text. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100122184 | Method and System for Distributed Computing Interface - A method and system for distributed computing interface are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer implemented method comprises accessing a collaborative interface, wherein the collaborative interface comprises persistent shared space, wherein visual representation of the collaborative interface is identical for each client accessing the collaborative interface. In a single action, an object is dragged into the collaborative interface and the object is displayed in real time in the collaborative interface. The object is accessible to other clients in the collaborative interface and the state of the object is continuously synchronized. The object is manipulated in the collaborative interface and other clients accessing the collaborative interface are viewed. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100131861 | Method and System for Instantly Transmitting Interactive Image - A method and a system for instantly transmitting an interactive image are disclosed. The method is applied in a low bandwidth Internet connection for sharing the interactive image instantly between a first computer and a second computer. The image includes a main image and a track mark, and the track mark is generated by any one of the two computers. The method of the present invention comprises steps of: (A) transmitting the main image from the first computer to the second computer so that the main image is displayed on both computers simultaneously; and (B) generating the track mark on the main image by one of the computers and transmitting the track mark instantly to the other computer, wherein step (B) further comprises: (B1) collecting track information of the track mark formed by a plurality of track points with a specific sampling rate; (B2) down sampling the collected track information according to a difference degree between any two adjacent track points, so as to decrease the collected track information; and (B3) compressing and transmitting the decreased track information to the other computer via the low bandwidth Internet connection. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131862 | METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY CREATING COMPLEX MULTIMEDIA OBJECTS - The invention relates to a method of creating at least one complex multimedia object intended to be reproduced in a multimedia environment. According to the invention such a method includes a step ( | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131863 | INCREMENTAL COLLABORATIVE FILTERING - A method for content delivery includes obtaining responses from a first plurality of users to a second plurality of items of content that were delivered to the users over a communication network. For each item, a respective vector is created corresponding to the responses of the users to the item. Distances between the items are computed responsively to the vectors. A first item is selected for delivery to a given user based on a previous response of the given user to a second item and to a distance computed between the first and second items responsively to the vectors. Following the delivery of the first item, upon receiving a response to the first item from the given user, the distances computed between the items are updated based on the response to the first item. The updated distances are applied in selecting a further item for delivery to another user. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100153856 | PERSONALISED MEDIA PRESENTATION - Apparatus for dynamically generating a personalised version of a presentation for a user, the presentation comprising a first assembled selection of more than one of a plurality of media components, each of the plurality of media components being associated with metadata specific to it, the apparatus including—selection means for selection of at least one of the plurality of media components, wherein the selection is performed in dependence on the metadata associated with the selected media component or components,—assembly means for assembly of the selection of the at least one of the plurality of media components, where more than one of the plurality of media components is selected, and—user interface means for activating the selection means and assembly means, wherein in use the user can activate the selection means and assembly means using the user interface means after commencement of the presentation, to dynamically generate the personalised version of the presentation comprising a second assembled selection of at least one of the plurality of media components. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100162135 | USER EVALUATION IN A COLLABORATIVE ONLINE FORUM - Users of a collaborative online forum may be evaluated automatically with the results made available to a supervisor. In an example embodiment, a method involves accessing multiple posts that are associated with multiple users, with each post of the multiple posts including content. Post scores for the multiple posts are ascertained based on one or more features. User interactions are analyzed with regard to the multiple posts to identify relationships among the multiple users and the content included in the multiple posts. The post scores and the user interactions are evaluated to determine respective collaboration scores for respective users of the multiple users. A user interface that provides access to the collaboration scores is presented to a supervisor. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100169793 | MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method, computer program product, and computing system for defining text to be included within a first text message. One or more tags are assigned to the first text message. The one or more tags are chosen from a plurality of available tags. The first text message, including the text and the one or more tags, is transmitted to one or more recipients. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169794 | COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF VISUALIZATION DASHBOARDS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for the collaborative development of a visualization dashboard. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for collaboratively developing a visualization dashboard can be provided. The method can include identifying an extended Wiki directive within a Wiki artifact for a visualization dashboard. The method further can include retrieving data referenced by the extended Wiki directive and one or more visual display elements referenced by the extended Wiki directive to visualize portions of the retrieved data. The method yet further can include mapping the visual display elements referenced by the extended Wiki directive to components requisite to programmatically rendering the visual display elements in the visualization dashboard. The method even yet further can include arranging the components in the visualization dashboard and linking the components to the retrieved data. Finally, the method can include displaying the visualization dashboard. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100174999 | INTEGRATION OF COLLABORATION SYSTEMS IN AN INSTANT MESSAGING APPLICATION - A user of an instant messaging application may interact with instant messaging contacts in other collaboration applications (e.g., e-mail, calendar applications, etc.). IM conversations may relate to information in the collaboration applications. For example, an employee may send an e-mail containing marketing data to his manager and wishes to discuss the data further. The employee sends an IM to the manager referencing the data. The manager should read the e-mail before responding, but the manager may not know that she received the e-mail. Information from a plurality of collaboration applications can be integrated into an instant messaging application. A collaboration integration unit can collect and associate information from the collaboration applications with instant messaging contacts and provide suggestions based on the information. In the previous example, the manager's instant messaging application collects information from an e-mail application and indicates that she has an unread e-mail from the employee. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100175000 | DYNAMICALLY CREATING AND MANAGING ALTERNATE CONTACTS LIST - Alternate contacts information for a subscriber is dynamically generated and managed by schematizing representation of alternate contacts. Initial alternate contacts are computed based on organization hierarchy, delegate information set by a user in system directory, contacts information set by the user in personal directories, and/or by other user defined settings. The information is customized by the user and associated with user presence such that a dynamic alternate contacts list is published to other users based on a presence status of the user. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100175001 | Calendaring Location-Based Events and Associated Travel - A user interface for an electronic calendar represents different locations or different users or different user calendars in different portions of the display. Calendar entries can be associated with one or more locations, one or more users, and with one or more user calendars. The different locations may reside in different time zones and a timeline for each time zone is displayed. The position of the calendar entry provides a visual identifier of the timeline with which the event is associated. Travel time to and from events in the calendar are calculated for calendared events and shown adjacent to the beginning and end of the event. A user's future location at a point in time is inferred from patterns in the user's locations and by analyzing the user's calendared events and correspondence in order to calculate travel time to calendared events. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100180213 | DOCUMENT CREATION SYSTEM AND METHODS - Methods, systems, and related computer program products for facilitating the generation of a document, such as a scientific poster, to be viewed by a community of human viewers in association with a hosted event, such as a scientific conference, are described, the generated document conforming to document configuration guidelines previously established for that hosted event. Provided in one preferred embodiment is an interactive document creation tool that constrains user input of content data according to constraints specified in the document configuration guidelines and then automatically generates the document from the content data in compliance with those document configuration guidelines, sparing substantial user time and effort particularly when a pre-existing antecedent electronic document is used as a basis for the content data. Also provided are methods for coordinating document display at hosted events, managing populations of distinct document configuration guidelines, and adapting a created document for multiple different hosted events. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100185956 | SIGNALING SUPPORT FOR SHARER SWITCHING IN APPLICATION SHARING - Architecture for seamless role switching in application sharing. A multipoint control unit (MCU) can be used for connecting multiple clients over a network. An application sharing component establishes an application sharing session over the MCU, and application content is exchanged from a sharer client to one or more viewer clients. Each client can communicate a media connection preference to the session. Client sharer and viewer roles are defined during creation of the application sharing session. A client can seamlessly switch roles during the session from a viewer to a sharer, and vice-versa, so that different application content can be shared to the session viewers. The session can be restricted to only one sharer so that the viewing clients view one sharer client at a time. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185957 | PARTICIPANT RESPONSE SYSTEM EMPLOYING GRAPHICAL RESPONSE DATA ANALYSIS TOOL - A participant response system ( | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185958 | Method for Controlling User Number Displayed in the Conference Service Noticing Information - The present invention discloses a method for controlling display of user number in the conference service notification message which is applied in IP multimedia subsystem, and the method comprises the following steps of: before sending the conference service notification message to the user equipment UE_A who subscribes the conference events in the conference, the conference service server determining whether the number information of other user equipments participating in or withdrawing from the conference is displayed in said conference service notification message sent to the said UE_A according to the UE_A's authority value and the expectation values of the other user equipments participating in or withdrawing from the conference, the user expectation values indicate whether the users are willing to display their number information to other conference users, and said authority value indicates whether the user has the authority to receive the number information of other users. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100192071 | CLIENT PROGRAM, TERMINAL, METHOD, SERVER SYSTEM AND SERVER PROGRAM - A computer-implemented client program that is downloaded and executed by computer terminals to synchronize display screen images of web browsers in the terminals. The client program causes the terminals to function as: an event transmitting unit that transmits an event to a server apparatus, where the event has occurred on a first terminal; an event receiving unit that receives a different event through the server apparatus, where the event has occurred on a different terminal; and a screen-image updating unit that updates a display screen image shown on the first terminal to a screen image in accordance with the different event received through the server apparatus. A computer terminal, computer-implemented method, computer-implemented server system and computer-implemented server program is provided for executing the computer-implemented client program. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100192072 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF COLLABORATION - In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods provide a client-server infrastructure capable of supporting a variety of asynchronous and synchronous collaboration activities in a so-called collaboration place. Some of these activities include chatting, viewing and/or editing one or more data files, and sharing one or more applications, data files, and/or displays. The client-server infrastructure supports seamless navigation between the supported asynchronous and synchronous activities in the collaboration place. Additionally, the client-server architecture supports data persistence, so that data files associated with the collaboration place can be stored for subsequent access. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100205540 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING ONE-CLICK ACCESS TO VIRTUAL CONFERENCE EVENTS - Techniques to provide efficient access to virtual conference events are described. An apparatus may include a virtual conference (VC) server component operative to generate a conference bridge for a bridge owner. The VC server component may provide a link to the conference bridge, and provide access to a virtual conference with the bridge owner via the link. The VC server component may also include a profile module operative to store the conference bridge in a directory profile for the bridge owner. The VC server component may also include a server meeting module operative to create a virtual conference with the bridge owner when the link is accessed. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100205541 | SOCIAL NETWORK DRIVEN INDEXING SYSTEM FOR INSTANTLY CLUSTERING PEOPLE WITH CONCURRENT FOCUS ON SAME TOPIC INTO ON-TOPIC CHAT ROOMS AND/OR FOR GENERATING ON-TOPIC SEARCH RESULTS TAILORED TO USER PREFERENCES REGARDING TOPIC - A machine-implemented social networking system builds up and repeatedly refreshes a hierarchy tree containing topic nodes. New nodes are added as new topics emerge in online public forums. Each topic node can link to an on-topic real time chat room whose occupants are currently discussing the topic of the node. A chat room can be pointed to by more than one node if the room is discussing multiple topics. Rooms can migrate from node to node as room topic dynamically changes. A system user who explicitly or inferentially wishes to be invited into a chat room which is on-topic with what the user is currently focused upon can do so by use of a node-seeking automated process. The process operates in the background and seeks out nodes of the hierarchy tree that currently have topics appearing to be the same as or similar to what topics the user appears to have in mind. Content browsing experience of the user is enhanced by addition of an invitations displaying subsystem that automatically invites him or her to co-compatible chat rooms currently discussing the topic(s) the user appears to have in mind. One of the many topics that a user may inferentially have in mind is that of being at a given location as reported by the user's GPS and wondering what best to do at that location and time. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100205542 | METHOD, SYSTEM FOR TRACKING GROUP BEHAVIOR - A method and system for keeping and tracking group behavior is disclosed. The system may provide notifications to users via mobile devices throughout the day prompting the users to engage in certain behaviors, such as performing a certain exercise or implementing a new food choice. The notification messages may be chosen depending on the group that the user belongs to. Upon completion of the action prompted by the notification, users of the group may reply to the notification indicating that they have completed the action. The responses may be tracked by the system for the purposes of reporting feedback to and providing for accountability for users and administrators of the system. The notifications may be designed to prompt behavior or actions that are brief, so that they may be completed during the course of the day. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100205543 | Method for Carrying Out a Multimedia Communication Based on a Network Protocol, Particularly TCP/IP and/or UDP - The invention relates to a process for executing a multimedia communication, in particular a video, audio and/or text chat, between a totality of terminals ( | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100218120 | RICH SIGNALING FEEDBACK MECHANISM FOR GROUP COMMUNICATION - Managing a web based conference. The web based conference includes one or more presenters connected through a network to one or more conference attendees. The presenters control data sent to the attendees. User input is received at a presenter computing system from a presenter indicating that a message should be sent to a number of computing systems being used by attendees. In response to receiving the user input at the presenter computing system, a message is sent to the of computing systems. One or more acknowledgment messages are received from at least a portion of the plurality of computing systems. Based on the one or more acknowledgement messages, a metric is generated for the number of recipients that received the message. The metric is displayed to the presenter. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100229103 | System and method for conference management - The present invention relates to a system for conference management and a method for conference management. The system for conference management comprises a gateway including a conference control module; a plurality of computers connected to the gateway by a network, each of the computers storing a report content respectively; and a large sized display connected to the gateway. By using the conference control module to manage the rights of display of the computers, the computer that is granted the right of display transmits the report content to the gateway, and displays on the large sized display for information communication. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100229104 | Teleconferencing apparatus, Teleconferencing system, method of controlling Teleconferencing apparatus, and computer-readable medium storing control program for controlling teleconferencing apparatus - A teleconferencing apparatus for a teleconference to be performed between a plurality of terminal apparatus including a shared display area and an individual display area, the teleconferencing apparatus includes a browsing page information storage control device that causes a browsing page information storage device to store, identification information for identifying the terminal apparatus having sent the page information and the received page information, a browsing time information storage device that stores, as browsing time information, the page information of the display data displayed in the individual display area and a display time indicating a time in which a page specified with the page information is displayed in the individual display area unlike a page in the shared display area, a sending device that sends page information of the browsing time information, to the terminal apparatus. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100229105 | INTEGRATED EXPERIENCE OF VOGUE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARED INTEGRATED ONLINE SOCIAL INTERACTION - A novel application and user interface for facilitating group interactions over a network integrates messaging, file sharing, media playing, journaling, profiles, and gaming into a cohesive environment. The groups facilitated by the invention are persistent and mobile in that a user does not have to recollect and reconfigure the group each time he or she wants to interact with the group online and, while online, the group may be taken from one activity to another without having to disband and reconnect at the second activity. The application is modular so as to be extensible to include other activities and functionalities. In an embodiment, the group interaction application utilizes a peer-to-peer network environment to facilitate network communications between group members. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100235762 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROVIDING A WIDGET SERVICE FOR CONTENT SHARING - An approach is provided for sharing rendered content that includes receiving initial data that indicates a content sharing service and a subscriber to the service. An initialization message is sent to the content sharing service based on the initial data. In response, a subscriber data message that comprises a playlist that indicates content rendered by the subscriber is received. In response to receiving the subscriber data message, a device of a user is caused to indicate that content sharing with the subscriber is permitted. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235763 | COLLABORATIVE HIERARCHICAL DOCUMENT DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW SYSTEM - A computer software product for allowing simultaneous multi-level collaboration, including in real time between an author and a group of reviewers invited by the author to comment on a document stored in a computer file. The computer software enables each reviewer to view the document and make changes thereto which are stored in a secondary data file without modifying the contents of the original document. The author receives and views the secondary data files from the reviewers and selectively incorporates the changes into the document. Each reviewer may invite an unlimited number of sub-reviewers to review the document, the comments of each sub-reviewer similarly being stored in a secondary data file wherein only the author may edit the document directly. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100241971 | System and method for interactively collaborating within a secure online social networking community - Interactive collaboration within a secure, server-based social networking community integrated with a secured document management system includes at least one of a plurality of professional functionalities and a plurality of integrative functionalities to members having a member virtual identity within the community. Members may assemble into a network of members that excludes at least one member of the community. Integrative functionalities include allowing networks of members to share documents in a remote secured environment and exclude access to documents from those not belonging to a particular network. Members may also access software applications to remotely create, delete, edit and manage documents and view information about documents in a plurality of customizable and selectable viewing options. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241972 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATION - In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods provide a client-server infrastructure capable of supporting a variety of asynchronous and synchronous collaboration activities in a so-called collaboration place. Some of these activities include chatting, viewing and/or editing one or more data files, and sharing one or more applications, data files, and/or displays. The client-server infrastructure supports seamless navigation between the supported asynchronous and synchronous activities in the collaboration place. Additionally, the client-server architecture supports data persistence, so that data files associated with the collaboration place can be stored for subsequent access. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100251139 | GENERATING GROUP BASED INFORMATION DISPLAYS VIA TEMPLATE INFORMATION - A system, method and computer-readable medium are provided for the generation of group-based information processing service utilizes one or more group-based information templates and contact processing information to determine a set of available contacts and applications or other executable components for inclusion in group-based information. The determination of the contacts or applications or other executable components may be completed automatically without requiring user interaction. Alternatively, at least some portion of the process may require, or provide for, at least some user interaction for the selection or management of the contacts or applications or other executable components included in group-based information. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100251140 | VIRTUAL MEETING PLACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A virtual meeting place system is disclosed. The online virtual meeting place facilitates initiating, scheduling, or spontaneously organizing an online discussion or meeting, organizing the discussion into active and passive participants, limiting or eliminate participation of selected participants and soliciting, receiving and answering questions. The system is configurable to allow for customization based upon the social protocols or preferences of meeting participants and may present different user interfaces based upon participant identity, meeting topic or meeting format. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100262924 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINKING ITEMS TO A GROUP - A communication device is configured to manage the sending and receiving of items and associated comments. The communication device may comprise a display screen upon which items and messages are displayed. A microprocessor configured to operate an item management application. The item management application provides an item within a peer-to-peer, serverless network of communication devices with each communication device associated with a member of a group and the group associated with the item and to provide comments, relating to the item, within the network to the communication devices due to the group being associated with the item. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100275134 | SETTING USER-PREFERENCE INFORMATION ON THE CONFERENCE BRIDGE - User-preference information is utilized in conjunction with a conference bridge for the purpose of customizing the receiving of text data, alerts, or other associated information. These settings can be stored in a media file, or a set of data that is kept on an endpoint, such as a conference-enabled endpoint or it can be a configuration of data maintained by one or more conference bridges. This user preference information can specify various preferences such as language, font, phone capabilities, phone number associated with a conference, video conferencing capabilities, preferences for rendering images, multi-media content preferences, whiteboard resolution, volume, and in general, any preference associated with any application or data associated with a conference. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100275135 | INTUITIVE DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN CONNECTED DEVICES - Techniques for sharing or transferring content between connected devices via dynamic collaboration user interfaces. An embodiment involves creating a first collaboration user interface between a first device and a second device. Via the first collaboration user interface, selecting content to be made available to a third device, where the selected content is currently available to the first device and not currently available to the third device. A second collaboration user interface is created between the second device and the third device. State information may be provided to a user via at least one of the first collaboration user interface and the second collaboration user interface. The second collaboration user interface causes the selected content to be available to the third device. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100281398 | Telephone Calling Interface - A telephone calling interface is disclosed. The telephone calling interface may be implemented as a toolbar within an Internet web browser. The toolbar may identify telephone numbers included in a web page requested by a user of the Internet web browser and conspicuously display the identified telephone numbers when the web page is displayed. The toolbar may recognize activation by the user of one of the conspicuously displayed identified telephone numbers included in the web page as an activated telephone number and initiate a telephone call between a predefined telephone number and the activated telephone number. The method may be executed on a computing device such as, for example, a personal computer. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100287483 | WEB-BASED GROUPWARE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a communication network. The system comprises a network-connected server having input and access capabilities, a site builder, a transmitter, a communicator, and memory. The site-builder receives instructions input from a first user and creates a dedicated network site based on the received instructions. The transmitter communicates the existence of the dedicated network site to a nominated second user. The communicator provides accesses to the contents of the dedicated network site by the first and second users. The memory stores information input by the first and the second user in the dedicated network site. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100293476 | PEER BASED SOCIAL NETWORK DATING ENVIRONMENT - A method and information processing system for operating a matching service is disclosed. One method includes displaying a first social network and a second social network associated with a user of an interactive environment. The first and second social networks include one or more members of the interactive environment that are linked to the user. A selection of at least a first member in the first social network and at least a second member in the second social network is received from the user. The first member and the second member are free from association with each other. A connection request to the first member and the second member are sent for linking the first member and the second member together in response to receiving the selection of the first member and the second member. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293477 | METHOD FOR MANAGING THE DISPLAY OR DELETION OF A USER REPRESENTATION IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided for displaying a representation of a user in a virtual environment in which a plurality of user representations evolves. The method includes the following steps for a given user: determination of a destination zone in the virtual environment in which the representation of the user is to be rendered; determination of an appearance zone in the virtual environment; displaying of the representation in the appearance zone; and automatic movement of the representation from the appearance zone to the destination zone. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100299616 | Collaborative Activities in On-Line Commerce - Computer based systems and methods allow collaborative shopping for and/or designing of (e.g., customization) consumer products, such as articles of footwear, apparel, athletic equipment, etc., by plural users using different computing devices. The users' computing devices may be in communication with one another in various manners, such as over networked connections (e.g., a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), an internet connection, etc.); via peer-to-peer communications; through a common server or combination of servers that establish a communications link; etc.). The various parties may participate in an on-line or other computer communicative session to create and buy customized products. Additionally, user interfaces for providing these collaborative sessions are described. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100299617 | IDENTITY MANAGEMENT FOR OPEN OVERLAY FOR SOCIAL NETWORKS AND ONLINE SERVICES - Methods and systems can manage the multiple identities used by a user. The user's existing contact lists, website accounts, buddy lists, and the like are analyzed to determine the identities used by the user. A graph is then constructed in order to track and integrate the multiple identities of the user in a social network. The social network graph may then be used by a social network overlay so that the user can share information across their different identities with different users that only know some of the user's multiple identities. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100306670 | GESTURE-BASED DOCUMENT SHARING MANIPULATION - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates interacting with data associated with a telepresence session. A telepresence session can be initiated within a communication framework that includes two or more virtually represented users that communicate therein. A portion of data can be virtually represented within the telepresence session in which at least one virtually represented user interacts therewith. A detect component can monitor motions related to at least one virtually represented user to identify a gesture, the gesture involves a virtual interaction with the portion of data within the telepresence session. An interaction component can implement a manipulation to the portion of data virtually represented within the telepresence session based upon the identified gesture. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306671 | Avatar Integrated Shared Media Selection - A method and system are disclosed in which a group of people are able to replicate the physical world experience of going with a group of friends to pick a movie, watch the movie together, and provide commentary on the movie itself in the virtual world on a virtual couch while each user is sitting in different physical locations. Additionally, the virtual representation of the destination that the group of people are watching the movie together in can be themed to allow users to watch movies in different locations pivoting on special events or by the users choice. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306672 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MATCHING USERS IN MULTI-USER COMPUTER SIMULATIONS - A method for use in a computer simulation includes receiving a request from a first user to initiate a multi-user session, retrieving tag data for a second user, wherein the tag data includes tags entered by one or more users of a plurality of users including the first user, evaluating the tag data, matching the first user with the second user based on the result of the evaluating, and initiating the multi-user session with at least the first user and second user. Another method for use in a computer simulation includes establishing a multi-user computer simulation having an ability for one or more users in a plurality of users to enter tags for other users in the plurality of users, receiving tag data for the plurality of users, wherein the tag data includes tags that have been entered by the one or more users for the plurality of users, evaluating the tag data, and matching a first user in the plurality of users with one or more other users of the plurality of users based on a result of the evaluating. A computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program adapted to cause a processor based system to execute one or both of these methods. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306673 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACCESSING DATA IN SIGNAGE SYSTEMS - A method is provided for displaying information at remote terminals, based on criteria established at a central terminal. At the central terminal, a set of rules is selected out of a plurality of pre-defined sets of rules for displaying the information at the respective remote terminal, and based on the selected set of rules, a virtual tokens is created, which is then forwarded to the respective remote terminal. The token is received at the remote terminal, and the identification of the corresponding set of rules is derived. Based on the identified set(s) of rules, one or more corresponding software modules operative to retrieve information originated at additional source(s) is uploaded for use at the respective remote terminal. Next, a display of information that comprises information retrieved by using the corresponding software modules is generated and presented at the remote terminal. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306674 | Presenting Information in a Conference - An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those steams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times. Conference participants are either “presenters” who can modify the display or “attendees” who cannot modify the display. A pointer icon, which can be labeled to identify the conferee, is displayed on the shared image area. Each conferee can modify the position of his or her own pointer, even when not presenting, so that every participant can see what each conferee is pointing to, should a conferee choose to point to an element of the display. These and other features apply to other data streams shared in the conference or in meetings where there is no shared-image data stream. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100325559 | SMART NOTEBOOK - Techniques are disclosed herein for allowing sharing of notes and ideas between electronic devices. The presence of a number of electronic devices is determined. A determination is made that the electronic devices are to be part of a shared workspace. A shared workspace is generated for the electronic devices. The shared workspace is displayed on a display screen of at least one of the electronic devices. The shared workspace that is displayed may be based on the capabilities of the electronic device. The shared workspace that is displayed may reflect the location of the electronic devices. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325560 | System and Method for Review of Discussion Content - This invention is a content review system having a computer readable medium which can contain member information embodied in the computer readable medium representing individuals that wish to participate in online discussions where each member has an electronic address. Computer readable instructions provide for receiving initial discussion content generated by an originating member, generating a new discussion notification, transmitting the new discussion notification to the members, receiving a comment to the initial discussion content from a commenting member, transmitting the comment to each member, receiving review information from a reviewing member wherein the review is associated with the comment and wherein the review information include feedback information selected from the group of concur, concur and comment, neutral comment, dissent and dissent and comment, and transmitting the review information to at least one member. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325561 | MEETING LOBBY FOR WEB CONFERENCING - A conferencing system provides the scheduling of virtual meetings with meeting lobbies so that a meeting presenter can conduct a virtual meeting without the need to send out invitations to attendees. A person that wants to conduct a virtual meeting can schedule with the conferencing system a meeting with a meeting lobby. The meeting lobby has an address, but there is no associated privileged information, such as a meeting password. Would-be meeting attendees use the meeting lobby address to enter the meeting lobby as visitors in the lobby, and request to enter the meeting from the meeting lobby. A meeting presenter can then either grant authorization for a visitor in the meeting lobby to enter the meeting, or deny authorization for a visitor in the meeting lobby to enter the meeting. If a visitor in the meeting lobby is denied authorization to enter the meeting from the meeting lobby, the conferencing system removes the visitor from the meeting lobby. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110004831 | Filtering Content in a Social Networking Service - A social networking service presents information about the social network using multiple feeds in a user interface and provides mechanisms for filtering the content. A content feed includes the most recent content generated by the user's connections, and a highlights feed displays content based on importance and relevance. A user may add content to the social networking service through a composer interface. A user may also filter either or both of the content feed and the highlights feed using a filtering interface, which allows selective filtering of the feeds using one or more different types of filters, including as filtering by the source of the content, friends or networks, and/or content type. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110010640 | INTELLIGENT CO-BROWSING AND CO-EDITING - A leader of a group can specify how content is to be displayed to a group of users. One of these users can specify different instructions regarding the display of the content. The system can then display the content to the user, using either (or both) of the leader's instructions and the user's specific instructions. Using these various independent instructions, the system can automatically change the way the content is displayed to a group of users. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010641 | Unified Online Conversation Application and Platform - A user interface is provided for conducting online conversations that span asynchronous and synchronous modes of communications. Users can initiate a new conversation or find existing conversations by choosing images of friends from a drop down list based on text input of friends' names. Conversations are represented in a tree-branch configuration such that new comments added to a conversation are associated directly to the existing comments to which they respond. Branches can be opened or collapsed automatically or at the users' option, allowing the user focus his attention on part(s) of the conversation. Content from the web can be searched and found content can be included into the body of a comment. All participants in a conversation see the same representation of the conversation and links to referenced Web content are maintained in tact regardless of the length and complexity of the conversation. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110016409 | System for Establishing Online Collaborators for Collaborating on a Network-Hosted Project - A system for hosting multiple collaborators in real time, the collaborators contributing content and or edits to content in an image and or text-based project hosted on a data network through a Website accessible to the collaborators by computer browser includes a server connected to the data network, the server having access to a digital medium containing an executable graphics user interface (GUI) for contributing content and for editing content, and a collaborator configuration interface available through the Website enabling a user to designate one or more other users as approved for collaboration on a given project. Users who are approved to collaborate have real time access to the image and or text-based project through their own versions of the network-based GUI. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110022967 | Context Enhanced Social Network for Meeting Participants - Methods, apparatus, and logic are provided to generate a context enhanced social network (CESN) participant list for meeting participants. One method includes obtaining a list of participants and a meeting context and identifying expert knowledge that is required for the context. Degrees of associations between a first participant and the other participants are calculated based on a level of expert knowledge of the participants. The CESN participant list is generated and displayed for the first meeting participant based on the calculated degrees of associations of the other participants. The method can be repeated such that a unique CESN participant list is generated for each meeting participant based on his perspective in relation to the other meeting participants and based on the current context of the meeting. The CESN participant lists may also be dynamically updated when a change in meeting context is detected. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022968 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSITIONING COMMUNICATIONS IN A CONFERENCING ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes evaluating calendar information in order to identify a first meeting involving an end user and a second meeting involving the end user. The meetings are configured to be provided consecutively in relation to each other and during a designated time period in which both meetings begin. The credential information can be used to enable participation in the first meeting by the end user. The method also includes transitioning the end user from the first meeting to the second meeting without requiring additional credential information to enable participation in the second meeting. In other embodiments, the method includes prompting the end user with information about the second meeting before transitioning the end user from the first meeting to the second meeting. In still other embodiments, the method includes maintaining shared information generated in the first meeting such that the shared information is provided to the end user in the second meeting. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022969 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAGGING OF DATA/CONTENT FOR DISPLAY ON A DISPLAY SCREEN - A system and method for tagging of content/data for display on a display screen, the system comprising World Wide Web connected to a central server through connecting means, smart IBs capable of sending and receiving data/content, a display media device having interactive means in as short range wireless network, administrators system to schedule data/content. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110029893 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VISUALLY CHRONICLING A CONFERENCE SESSION - An exemplary method includes displaying an interactive collaboration plane along a time axis within a graphical user interface, automatically detecting a plurality of participation events each performed by one of a plurality of participants during a conference session between the plurality of participants, recording a time of occurrence of each of the participation events, and displaying graphical depictions of the participation events within the interactive collaboration plane. The graphical depictions are positioned along the time axis in accordance with the recorded times of occurrence of the participation events. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110029894 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING AMONG USERS OF A SET GROUP - In one embodiment, a system for communicating among members of a set group comprises an administrator hosting a computer network-accessible server; a plurality of users; a set of executable instructions stored on the server, the instructions for creating a virtual set group of users from the plurality of users based on a common interest in a real event at a venue; a data file comprising a graphic depiction of the venue, stored on the server, and downloadable to the computer device of each of the users; and at least one social user application, accessible by each of the users of the virtual set group, enabling the users of the virtual set group to interact; wherein the social user application utilizes the data file as an image file displayed on a screen of the computer device of each of the users of the set group. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110029895 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING ON-LINE RESEARCH - A method and system enables improved on-line research involving identification of associations generated by a server in response to input received from a multi-user problem group. The method includes processing user details received from a plurality of users in the multi-user problem group (step A). Fixed and rotating questions are then received and transmitted to the problem group, and answers to the fixed and rotating questions are then processed by the server (steps B to G). An identification of at least one association based on the user details, the answers to the at least one fixed question, and the answers to the at least one rotating question, is then automatically generated by the server (step H). Finally, the identification of the at least one association is transmitted to a user (step I). | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110035683 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONOUS, COLLABORATIVE MEDIA CONSUMPTION - In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for synchronous, collaborative media consumption. In one embodiment, a method for providing media to a plurality of users includes delivering synchronously the media to a plurality of devices operated by the plurality of users via a communications channel and enabling a substantially real-time interaction among the plurality of users on the communications channel while delivering the media. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035684 | Collaborative Virtual Reality System Using Multiple Motion Capture Systems and Multiple Interactive Clients - A collaborative virtual reality system includes a first motion capture system and a second motion capture system. The first motion capture system and the second motion capture system configured to interact over a network to produce a single virtual reality environment. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035685 | Heterogenous content channel manager for ubiquitous computer software systems - A heterogeneous content channel manager is provided for content management and collaboration within and across interactive workspaces. A content channel bar, available on each of the displays in the workspace(s), contains two or more unique representations of respectively two or more different channels available in the interactive workspace(s). Within the set of available channels on each channel bar two or more different channel types are represented. Furthermore, each one of the unique representations in the content channel bar represents different and unique content supported by their respective channels and their types. Channel selection on the channel bar initiates display, on the display where the channel selection was made, of the content represented by the selected representation and channel in a manner appropriate for the channel's type. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110041083 | SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY FOR PROVIDING SHARED INTERNET EXPERIENCE - A method for mutually interactive Internet activities including connecting a plurality of user clients, which together represent a group, to at least one Internet activity server, supplying to each of the plurality of user clients representing the group at least partially identical content from the at least one Internet activity server, whereby each of the plurality of users in the group has at least partially common shared Internet activity experience and based on information regarding at least one of the users in the group, which information indicates at least one common characteristic of the plurality of users in the group, configuring the at least partially common shared Internet activity experience responsive to the at least one common characteristic. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110041084 | Method, System, and Graphical User Interface for Identifying and Communicating with Meeting Spots - One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which a server computer sends to a plurality of client devices associated with computer users in an online discussion information corresponding to: a map, an icon for a meeting spot to be overlaid on the map, a plurality of icons representing at least some of the computer users in the online discussion, to be displayed at a same time as the map, and an icon to initiate online communications between a respective client device and a computer associated with the meeting spot. The server receives a request to initiate online communications between the computer associated with the meeting spot and at least one client device in the online discussion; and initiates online communications between the computer associated with the meeting spot and the at least one client device in the online discussion. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110041085 | Method and Apparatus for the Transmission of Changed Host Display Information - Updates may be transmitted over a remote viewing session using a transmission protocol configured to allow sessions to be established, terminated, and used by participants. The transmission protocol provides a message structure that may be used to exchange administrative information associated with the session, as well as host display information to be transmitted from the host to the viewers over the session. A bounding rectangle construct may be used to convey positional information associated with the update or content of an update message. The messages may be passed directly between the host and viewers or via an intermediate service. The messages also may be used to allow viewers to highlight information on the display for a limited period of time so that the highlighting appears to the host and optionally to the other viewers on the session. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110047484 | USER MANAGEABLE COLLABORATION - A collaboration system described herein empowers non-technical users to create and manage custom collaboration portals, called hubs. Hubs are easy to manage, often providing a satisfactory default configuration after the user answers questions through a wizard-like interface. The collaboration system may be provided as an Internet-based service that can be accessed by users regardless of their affiliation with a company or other predetermined group. In addition, the system shields users from the systems that provide storage for hub content, so that users can avoid the difficulties of data management. The system may provide one or more hub widgets that provide specific functionality, such as a calendar widget for managing events, a file widget for sharing files, a comments widget for managing electronic discussions, and so forth. Thus, the collaboration system facilitates online collaboration for users without advanced software experience. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047485 | Information processing apparatus, conference system and information processing method - In creating an image in accordance with an operation performed on a shared image, each image is created on an object-by-object basis. In this case, selection of a public mode or a private mode for an other apparatus, i.e., a B terminal apparatus, is received for each object. Information of the selected public or private mode is transmitted to a server apparatus. The other apparatus, i.e., the B terminal apparatus, receives information of an image created by an A terminal apparatus, and displays only an image, with which the information of the public mode is associated, based on the information of the public or private mode included in the received image information. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110055725 | TAKING ACTION UPON USERS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM WITH RESPECT TO A PURPOSE BASED ON COMPATIBILITY OF THE USERS TO THE PURPOSE - Techniques are described herein that are capable of taking action upon users in a social networking system with respect to a purpose based on compatibility of the users to the purpose. The action may be further based on compatibility of the users and the purpose to a venue. Example actions include but are not limited to recommending users for a purpose and/or a venue; recommending a purpose for users and/or a venue; recommending a venue for users and/or a purpose; inviting users to join a group, to attend an event, or to perform an action; etc. For instance, the social networking system may include a network manager that performs a compatibility analysis with respect to attributes of users, a purpose, and/or a venue, respectively. The network manager may take an action upon the users (or a subset thereof) based on the results of the compatibility analysis. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055726 | PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE REPRESENTATIONS OF VIRTUAL CONTENT IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - An invention for automatically reducing a load on a server functioning with a virtual universe is provided. In one embodiment, there is an alternative representation tool, including a detection component configured to detect a load on a server, and a determination component configured to determine whether the load on the server exceeds a predefined threshold. The alternative representation tool further comprises a rendering component configured to provide an alternative representation of a virtual content renderable in the virtual universe to reduce the load on the server in the case that the load on the server exceeds the predefined threshold. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055727 | System and Method for Using Partial Teleportation or Relocation in Virtual Worlds - The processing burden of rendering incident to a full teleportation operation in a virtual universe is avoided while contact with particular teleport destinations is promoted by provision of a partial teleportation facility such as a virtual kiosk as an object within a virtual universe (which may be sponsored or owned by users wishing to promote particular teleportation destinations) at which an avatar can view previously rendered images of portions of one or more teleportation destinations. Limited interaction and simulated travel within the teleportation destination can be achieved through image manipulation and updates rather than rendering. An avatar image can be displayed in connection with both the object and the teleport destination with, preferably control of only one avatar image while the other is displayed using a low resolution image. Full teleportation can be initiated automatically upon detection of a particular condition such as duration of an avatar presence at the location of the partial teleportation facility object. When full teleportation is initiated, the processing intensive rendering can be supplemented from image data representing the portion or the teleportation destination, thus hiding rendering delays and simulating seamless, instantaneous response to the full teleportation operation. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055728 | Method and System for Filtering Movements Between Virtual Environments - In response to a teleport request, teleport destination characteristics are determined and compared against preferences, characteristics and restrictions of an avatar as indicated by metadata or tags to determine if the teleport destination is suitable for teleportation of that avatar. If the destination is found unsuitable, a search is conducted, preferably based on unmatched metadata of the avatar or the destination to suggest or directly substitute a suitable teleportation destination. Metadata for the avatar and the destination can include metadata which is dynamic (such as destination occupancy or processing capacity) adaptively developed or based on current or historical usage and virtual universe system status. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055729 | User Interface for a Large Scale Multi-User, Multi-Touch System - A large scale multi-user, multi-touch system with a specialized zone-based user interface including methods for space management and spatial apportioning of audio cues. The system comprises a multi-touch display component fabricated in dimensions sufficient for at least a plurality of users and for displaying projected images and for receiving multi-touch input. The apparatus includes a plurality of image projectors, a plurality of cameras for sensing multi-touch input and the apparatus includes interface software for managing user space. The interface software implements techniques for managing multiple users using the same user interface component by allocating physical spaces within the multi-touch display component and coordinating movement of displayed objects between the physical spaces. Embodiments include a plurality of audio transducers and methods for performing audio spatialization using the plurality of audio transducers corresponding to the physical spaces, apportioning of volume levels to the audio transducers based on movement of a displayed object. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055730 | User-Customizable Electronic Virtual Exhibit Reproduction System - Methods and systems for delivery of a virtual exhibit are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of delivering a virtual exhibit to an attendee of a physical event includes receiving an indication of interest from an attendee that identifies at least one physical exhibit at an event, the indication of interest including an identifier associated with the attendee. The method further includes storing an association between the attendee and the exhibit, and receiving a request from the attendee to view a virtual event. The method also includes displaying the virtual event to the attendee, the virtual event including a virtual exhibit corresponding to the at least one physical exhibit. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110061004 | Use of Communicator Application to Establish Communication with Experts - A system is provided for using a communicator application to identify experts and to establish communication with experts. A computing device in the system causes a display device to display a graphical user interface (GUI) of the communicator application to a first user. The communicator application is an application that initiates communication sessions between users. Subsequently, the computing device receives search input via the GUI. The search input indicates a type of expertise. After the computing device receives the search input, the computing device causes the display device to display a user identifier within the GUI, the user identifier identifying a second user. The second user possesses the type of expertise indicated by the search input. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110061005 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING ELECTRONIC WHITEBOARD IN AUDIO/VIDEO CONFERENCE - A method, a device, and a system for implementing an electronic whiteboard in an audio/video conference are provided. The method includes the following steps. An electronic whiteboard is created. A first extended message is sent to a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) audio/video conference, so as to instruct the first UE and the second UE to initialize the electronic whiteboard. A second extended message containing an operation instruction of the electronic whiteboard sent by the first UE is received. The second extended SIP INFO message is sent to the second UE. Thus, a function of the electronic whiteboard is integrated in an SIP audio/video conference. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110066956 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF PROVIDING GRAPHICAL CONTENTS DURING A COMMUNICATION SESSION - A system for and method for providing graphical contents during a communication session is presented. The system and method include receiving, via an input/output module, one or more call invite request messages to establish a communication session in a communication network, processing, via a processing module, the one or more call invite request messages to identify a graphical content account associated with one or more users of the communication session, and transmitting, via a presentation module, one or more graphical contents from the graphical content account associated with at least one of the one or more users before an establishment of the communication session. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066957 | Systems and Methods for Anchoring Content Objects to Structured Documents - In one embodiment, a method includes, in connection with a target structured document rendered by a first client application and in response to a user input directed to target content of the target structured document, accessing, by a second client application, a document object model (DOM) representation of the target structured document, determining a target DOM node associated with the target content, recursively scanning one or more properties of each of one or more DOM nodes logically arranged proximal to the target DOM node within the DOM hierarchical tree, generating a set of one or more anchor point definitions based on one or more selected properties of each of the target DOM node and one or more selected ones of the scanned DOM nodes, and storing the set of anchor point definitions in a data structure. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066958 | Methods, Systems And Storage Medium For Providing Content Notification Based On User Communities - A method of notifying consumers of available content in a content distribution system. The method includes determining the existence of a content event related to content. The content event is associated with a community. A consumer who is a member of the community is notified of the content event by sending a notification to the consumer. Access to content related to the content event is provided upon request by the consumer. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110072365 | DISTRIBUTED CLIPBOARD - Techniques for providing a shared clipboard to participants in a conversation are provided. The shared clipboard is specific to the conversation to which it is associated in that the shared clipboard does not “spill over” from one conversation to another. When a conversation between two or more participants is established, a shared clipboard becomes available to the participants of the conversation. The shared clipboard facilitates the sharing of data between the participants in the conversation. During the conversation, each participant in the conversation is provided access to the shared clipboard, including its contents. When a participant joins or is added to the conversation, the added participant is also provided access to the shared clipboard and its contents. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110078588 | Facilitating Real-time Communications in Electronic Message Boards - A method is provided in which a message board server receives a message that is posted by a first user and transmits a link to another user of the message board. When the link is activated, a communications session is established between the user who activated the link and a telecommunications session recipient. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078589 | METHOD OF NETWORKING MULTIPLE CLIENTS - Disclosed herein is a method of networking multiple clients. The method of networking multiple clients includes detecting the colors of the signal lamps of all the clients, transmitting a conference signal to one or more clients, the color of the signal lamps of which is red, providing preset information to the clients which received the conference signal, receiving a conference termination signal from the clients which received the conference signal, providing decision information if the conference termination signal has been received from all of the clients which received the conference signal, changing the color of the signal lamps of the clients which received the conference signal to yellow, and changing the color of the signal lamps to blue if a confirmation signal has been received from all of the clients. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110083085 | Rules-Based Fan Interaction Engine, System and Method - A rules-based fan interaction engine, system and method. The engine, system and method include a fan interaction software mechanism for execution by one or more computing processors, including at least one data source associated with at least one relational computing database including a plurality of data indicative of at least two media talents, at least one network communication engine that allows for interactive, real time communications between one or more mobile communication units, and at least one administrative engine for administrating the interactive, real time communications between the at least two users. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110083086 | DYNAMICALLY DEPICTING INTERACTIONS IN A VIRTUAL WORLD BASED ON VARIED USER RIGHTS - Embodiments of the invention generally manage dynamically depicting interactions in a virtual world. Embodiments of the invention may receive one or more content restrictions associated with a first user of a virtual world, and may analyze the activity history of a second user in the virtual world. Embodiments of the invention may then determine what, if any, interactions should be permitted between the first user and the second user in the virtual world. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110087973 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPLE USERS AND WORKSPACES - A distributed system for managing users and workspaces comprises a network cloud comprising at least one server configured to store and run at least one application and at least one meeting appliance configured to communicate with the network cloud, to run the at least one application on the network cloud, and to display output of the at least application on the meeting appliance. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110093796 | GENERATION AND DATA MANAGEMENT OF A MEDICAL STUDY USING INSTRUMENTS IN AN INTEGRATED MEDIA AND MEDICAL SYSTEM - In general, a computer-implemented method is described for receiving one or more requests to generate a medical study, retrieving from one or more data repositories one or more medical study instruments, receiving a selection of a particular medical study instrument to use in the medical study, generating by one or more computers a list of one or more research collaborators invited to review the medical study, and generating by one or more computers a list of one of more participants invited to join the medical study. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110099485 | ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLATION (AEC) WITH CONFERENCING ENVIRONMENT TEMPLATES (CETs) - In at least some embodiments, a computer system includes a processor and a network interface coupled to the processor. The computer system also includes a system memory coupled to the processor, the system memory storing a communication application having a conferencing user interface. The conferencing user interface, when executed, enables a user to set up a conferencing session by selecting one of a plurality of conferencing environment templates (CETs). Each CET is matched to one of a plurality of different sets of acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) parameters to be applied during the conferencing session. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099486 | Social Messaging User Interface - Hubs for social interaction via electronic devices are described. In one aspect, a data processing device includes a display screen displaying a social interaction hub, the social interaction hub including a collection of records. Each record includes a counterparty identifier identifying a counterparty of a past social interaction event, a mode indicium identifying a mode by which the past social interaction event with the counterparty occurred, and a collection of mode indicia each identifying a mode by which a future, outgoing social interaction event with the counterparty can occur. The counterparty identifier, the mode indicium, and the collection of mode indicia are associated with one another in the records of the social interaction hub. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110107236 | VIRTUAL MEETING ATTENDEE - A Virtual Meeting Attendant (VMA) allows a user to share inputs with a meeting congregation without necessarily needing to participate directly. For example, a conference system can be equipped with technology that allows a perspective meeting attendee to appoint a virtual meeting attendee in the instance where the user is not able to attend the conference. This virtual meeting attendee can participate in the conference on behalf of the user. Some of the exemplary functions associated with the VMA are the ability to record one or more portions of the conference, take notes, react to action items for the user, make pre-recorded suggestions, and if required, patch in the user to allow the user to contribute in real-time to the conference. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110107237 | DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, AND DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a display processing apparatus includes an obtaining module, a relevance calculator, a display information generator, and a display controller. The obtaining module is configured to obtain particular information items allowed to be created by users, the particular information being obtained for each of a key content item and other content items. The relevance calculator is configured to calculate one or more relevances between the key content item and each of the other content items, based on the particular information items. The display information generator is configured to generate display information items expressing the key content item and the other content items, based on the particular information items or content-attribute information items peculiar to the key content item and the other content items. The display controller is configured to control to display a list information item in which the display information items are located at predetermined positions. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110113348 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISUALIZING AND NAVIGATING WITHIN AN IMMERSIVE COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT - In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining collaboration data from at least one data source, and mapping the collaboration data into a visual representation in a collaboration space. The visual representation is arranged to be manipulated to cause details associated with the collaboration to be displayed in the collaboration space. Finally, the method includes enabling manipulations of the visual representation. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110113349 | SOCIAL BROWSING - A method described herein includes acts of extracting at least one entity from an arbitrary web page being viewed by an individual on a computing device and comparing the at least one entity with social network data of the individual, wherein the social network data comprises a plurality of messages generated by members of a social network of the individual. The method further includes the acts of identifying at least one message in the plurality of messages based at least in part upon the comparing of the at least one entity with the social network data of the individual and causing the at least one message to be displayed on the web page in conjunction with the at least one entity. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110113350 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR BUILDING COLLABORATION APPLICATIONS USING MULTIPLE-PEER USER INTERFACE LIBRARIES - A method, system and program product for building a collaboration server for deploying a collaboration application. The method includes installing on a server a collaboration server application having multiple-peer user interface libraries capable of creating and synchronizing multiple peer widgets for each widget created by a collaboration application. The method further includes deploying a collaboration application written using standard user interface libraries, and launching execution of the collaboration application on the server when one or more users connect to the server, such that a rendering of a shared state of the user interface is displayed on a client program corresponding to the users. Further, the method includes displaying the shared state on a client program of a new user connecting to the server. Also, when a change is made to the state of a shared widget by a user, the method includes updating the client programs of all remaining users. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110119597 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPABILITY-BASED MULTIMEDIA INTERACTIONS - Methods and systems are disclosed for enabling participants to interact remotely through multiple multimedia channels based on the configured capabilities of participants. The system consists of a server and one or more client devices. On joining new interactive session, the attributes and capabilities of the participant are determined. Other participants are notified as to the attributes and capabilities of the new participant. The interaction between participants is determined by their attributes and capabilities and that of the participant they wish to interact with. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119598 | DYNAMIC COLLABORATION IN SOCIAL NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for facilitating collaboration between two groups without impairing or affecting the structure of the two groups is provided. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110126127 | System and method for collaboratively communicating on images and saving those communications and images in a standard known format - A network apparatus system and method of use adapted for viewing, illustrating, consulting and collaborating on medical images and saving images and illustrations in acceptable DICOM format. Specifically, a Consultant Client or a plurality of Consultant Clients having the capability to view still and streaming video medical images, then illustrating over those images with the ability to save those images. Also a Collaborator Client, a person user or a plurality of Collaborator Clients having the ability to remotely view streaming or still medical images and illustrating over those images. The Collaborator Clients can draw, telestrate and annotate over those images with the ability to save those images. The Collaborator Client also has the ability to work in partnership with other Collaborator Clients, each Collaborator Client viewing the same medical image and each illustrating on the image and each being able to view all users illustrations and medical image simultaneously. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110126128 | FUTURE INSIGHT MAPS AND ASSOCIATED TOOLS - A diverse group of participants using on one or more client machines is enabled to generate on a user interface their solicited responses about any set of two or more independent variables that underlie a complex issue. The two or more independent variables are applied against each other. A likely outcome is predicted, wherein an application resident on a server is configured to integrate the solicited responses from the participants. The results are displayed on the display of the client machines to enable the participants to view. The participants are to develop insights related to the complex issue based on reviewing the results. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110126129 | IMAGE-DRAWING PROCESSING SYSTEM, SERVER, USER TERMINAL, IMAGE-DRAWING PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A user terminal apparatus includes an input receiver, an intersecting-image information obtaining unit and a divider. The input receiver receives input information relating to image-drawing and image-erasing. The intersecting-image information obtaining unit obtains image-drawing input information intersecting image-erasing input information as intersecting-image information when the input receiver receives image-erasing input information. The divider divides the intersecting-image information to erase a portion of the intersecting-image information contained in an erasing area computed from the image-erasing input information when the input information is image-erasing input information. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110126130 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROWSER-BASED SCREEN SHARING - A method for remote screen sharing using only web-browsers is described. The presenter opens a web page containing an applet that sends the screen data to the server. The presenter may share their entire screen, or may only share a specially marked active display area. The server stores the data and makes it available viewers. Viewers are able to view the presenters screen directly in the web browser, without any downloads, plug-ins, or dialog boxes. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110131507 | Personification of Software Agents - Personification techniques for software agents are described. In an implementation, a plurality of software agents is personified in a user interface to be selectable as friends in a social network service. Each of the software agents is executable to make one or more recommendations based on criteria of the software agent, respectively. Recommendations made by particular software agents are communicated via user accounts of the social network service that have selected the particular software agents as friends. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110138302 | PSEUDONAMING ANONYMOUS PARTICIPANTS - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed herein for assigning familiar pseudonames to anonymous user members in a shared online environment. Creation of a name pool is provided for using a programmed processor disposed in a computing device. The name pool includes familiar names that may be contextually relevant to a group of user members in the shared online environment. A name from the name pool is provided for assignment to an anonymous user member in the shared online environment, where assignment of the name is, at least in part, based on characteristics of the anonymous user member relative to the shared online environment. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110138303 | Method for Capturing Collaborative, Real-Time Feedback on Socio-Technical Interactions in a Virtual Environment and Graphically Displaying the Interaction Patterns for Later Review - A method provides users with a simple way to give real-time feedback during a collaborative activity in a virtual environment, which can then be captured and synchronized with other aspects of the interactions such as verbal communication, text messaging, and the activity they were completing for later review. The patterns of activity can then be displayed graphically to easily visualize the patterns of interactions that occurred during the collaboration. Comments by reviewers can be inserted into the record of the interaction after looking over the graphical display. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110138304 | User generated media list interfaces with social networking - There are provided interfaces for user generated media lists with social networking. There is provided a method for providing an interface on a display for user generated media lists with social networking, the method comprising: presenting, on the display, a plurality of media assets for selection into a user media list, determining that the user media list is fully populated, receiving a request to share the user media list through a social networking service, validating credentials for a user account to be associated with the user media list, generating a unique locator for viewing of the user media list, and sending an update including the unique locator via the social networking service. In this manner, users can leverage the dynamics of social networking to motivate others to create and share lists, providing a “viral” effect to drive additional traffic and create promotional opportunities. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110138305 | Method and system for random matching and real-time compatibility assessment to facilitate serendipitous dating - A method and system for random matching of two individuals from within computer generated virtual pools of individuals with means for rapid, real-time, interactive assessment of their mutual compatibility on mobile and computer devices. Participating individuals indicate via device interfaces their availability for matching and the system determines and registers their locations. Participating individuals place requests for matching and the system algorithmically constructs proximity based virtual matching pools. For each matching request, an individual is selected randomly from the virtual matching pool and the two matched individuals are placed in a real-time, synchronous, compatibility assessment session. The system presents the matched individuals with a sequence of questions, tabulates the individual responses, calculates a matching score, and displays the matching score simultaneously to both participants in the compatibility assessment session. If the structured compatibility assessment session indicates a high degree of compatibility, the system facilitates a meeting between the matched individuals. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110154222 | EXTENSIBLE MECHANISM FOR CONVEYING FEATURE CAPABILITIES IN CONVERSATION SYSTEMS - Feature capabilities of conversation clients are conveyed to participants in a conversation such that real time decisions can be made and a common set of capabilities are selected to be used in the conversation. User interfaces of participating clients are then adjusted to reflect those capabilities. Further decisions and adjustments may be performed during the conversation in response to changes in participating clients and their capabilities. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110154223 | Interface for Sharing Posts About a Live Online Event Among Users of a Social Networking System - An external system (e.g., a website) is associated with an event and includes an interface that allows users to interact with streams of content associated with a social networking system. The interface allows a user to provide posts about the event via the interface, where the posts are displayed in the interface and also in a social networking interface on social networking system in connection with the user and other users associated with that user. The user can view, via the interface on the external system, posts from all users that are provided via the interface (e.g., everyone watching the event), thereby increasing the likelihood that the posts are relevant to the event. The user can also view, via the interface, posts from users associated with the user via the social networking system (e.g., friends of the user), regardless of where those are posted. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110161833 | DISTRIBUTED MULTI-USER MASHUP SESSION - A mashup session manager maintains state of the mashup session to ensure presentation consistency/uniformity across the execution environments. The mashup session manager also tracks the participating execution environments associated with a mashup session (e.g., usernames, device identifiers, network addresses, etc.), and transmits data for presentation consistency to the participating execution environments. In some cases, a view of the mashup session at a participating execution environment may not be current (“stale mashup session view”). The mashup session manager can detect if a view at a participating execution environment is of a past mashup session state, and provide data for the stale mashup session view to become current. In addition, the mashup session manager can propagate design modifications to the participants of the mashup session. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161834 | Systems and Methods for Restoring and Recreating a Live On-Line Session - A system and method for restoring and recreating a live, on-line session are disclosed. The method instantiates a virtual room on a server for an on-line session, in which one or more participating client computers may connect to the server and enter the virtual room to participate in the on-line session, retrieves a recording of an original on-line session, in which the recording includes a recorded state and a recorded timeline of events of the original on-line session, and restores the recorded state of the original on-line session, in which the restoring sets a state of the virtual room to the recorded state of the original on-line session. The method also begins playback of the recorded timeline of events, steps through the recorded timeline of events, receives interactive responses to events on the recorded timeline of events, in which the receiving receives interactive responses from the one or more participating client computers, and stores the interactive responses. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161835 | INITIATING COMMUNICATIONS WITH WEB PAGE VISITORS AND KNOWN CONTACTS - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for initiating communication between two users among several users while at least one of the two users is browsing a web page. User information is collected about each user among the several users. Page information is collected about what web page each user among the several users is browsing. A portion of the user information and page information for a first user and a second user is shared between the first user and the second user when a predetermined criterion is met, and request by the first user to initiate communication with the second user is processed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110167357 | Scenario-Based Content Organization and Retrieval - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for scenario-based content categorization, retrieval, and presentation are disclosed. At a first moment in time, a first event scenario is detected by a mobile device, where the first event scenario is defined by one or more participants and one or more contextual cues concurrently monitored by the mobile device and observable to a human user of the mobile device. An information bundle is created in real-time for the first event scenario, where the information bundle includes one or more documents accessed during the first event scenario and is retrievable according to the one or more contextual cues. Access to the one or more documents is automatically provided on the mobile device during a second event scenario that is related to the first event scenario by one or more common contextual cues. Other scenario-based content retrieval and presentation methods are also disclosed. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167358 | ONLINE COOPERATIVE STORY BUILDING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A computer implemented method for allowing users to cooperate in iteratively building a story, the method comprising setting a seed material for the story, starting a material submission period, prompting the users to submit materials, uploading the submitted materials, ending the material submission period, starting a voting period for the submitted materials, registering votes from the users for each of the submitted materials, ending the voting period, identifying one of the submitted materials having the highest number of registered votes and updating the story with the identified submitted material. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110185289 | PORTABLE TABLET COMPUTING DEVICE WITH TWO DISPLAY SCREENS - A portable tablet computing device is disclosed. The device comprises a main display screen on a first planar surface and an auxiliary display screen on a second planar surface. According to the preferred embodiment, the main display screen is of a touchscreen type and is used as the display for the device used as a general purpose computing device. The auxiliary display screen is an e-paper type and is for delivering e-books. The device operated as an e-book consumes much less power with a low power processor and an optimized operation system for the e-book reader. Image sensors are used to detect one of the two planar surfaces facing the user and to switch on one of the two display screens accordingly. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110185290 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, which facilitates a terminal to be used in further consideration of user's convenience. The present invention includes if a user having a prescribed ID logs in to an instant message server, receiving and displaying a pre-registered buddy list from the instant message server, setting a communication block for a first buddy in the buddy list not to inform the first buddy that the ID user has logged in, setting a communication grant for a second buddy in the buddy list to inform the second buddy that the ID user has logged in, displaying a dialogue window for an instant message communication with the first buddy, and receiving/transmitting an instant message from/to the first buddy despite that the communication block has been set for the first buddy. Accordingly, even if a user does not set a communication grant or block per a buddy in a buddy list in advance, it is able to effectively prevent a request for initiating an instant message communication with the user from being made by an unwanted buddy. Once one buddy is communication-blocked, it is able to receive an instant message from the communication-blocked buddy even before the communication block is released. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110185291 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AN ONLINE DEBATE - A system for online debating hosted on a server that allows a first and at least a second participant to engage in an online debate created by an administrator. The system for online debate may comprise an administrator interface, and system module, and a participant interface. The administrator interface may be configured to initiate the online debate, modify a pairing of the participants, and receive administrator feedback. The system module automatically executes software after initiation of the online debate and may be configured to pair the first participant and at least the second participant from a database. The participant interface may be configured to display a topic and a description, receive and display an argument from the first participant and a counterargument from the second participant, limit arguments and counterarguments to a predetermined number of cycles, receive participant feedback, display administrator feedback and participant feedback; and receive and tally votes as to a winner of the debate. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110191695 | Screen sharing - A method of transferring image data from a first terminal to a second terminal connected via a communication network, the method comprising: displaying on a screen of the first terminal a screen image generated by a processor executed application; a processor executing a communication client to: establish a communication event between the first and second terminals and display at the first terminal an interactive selection component; a user at the first terminal actuating the selection component to select at least one object displayed on the screen to be shared with the second terminal, wherein the communication client accesses data defining displayed object dimensions and adjusts the selection component based on those dimensions to cause the at least one object selected by the window selection component to be displayed on a screen of the second terminal by transferring image data over the communication network in the established communication event. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110197146 | Assisting The Authoring Of Posts To An Asymmetric Social Network - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for assisting the authoring of posts to an asymmetric social network. In one aspect, a method performed by a system of one or more data processing devices includes receiving, at the system, an identification of an electronic document that is available on the Internet, the system identifying image content in the electronic document, the system filtering the identified image content, the system triggering presentation of the filtered image content to an author of a post to an asymmetric social network, the system receiving a selection of a first image from amongst the presented image content, and the system adding the first image to a post to the asymmetric social network. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110197147 | PROJECTED DISPLAY SHARED WORKSPACES - Systems, methods, and devices are provided for creating a shared workspace where images may be shared between projected displays. In one embodiment, electronic devices each may include a projector that produces a projected display and a camera that detects gestures made with respect to the projected displays. The electronic devices may interpret gestures on the projected displays to identify image sharing commands for sharing images between the projected displays. The electronic devices may be connected through a communication link that allows the electronic devices to share image data for producing images on any of the projected displays included within the shared workspace. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110197148 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NETWORK COMMUNITY SERVICE - An apparatus and method for providing a network community service are provided. A user may register his or her networkable device in a server, and may check contexts of acquaintances in real-time through an online personal networking service. Also, the user may be provided with analysis data related to acquaintances in the same circumstances as the user, and contents may be shared between the user and acquaintances by communicably connecting a device of the user to devices of the acquaintances. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110202853 | CONTACT OBJECTS - Communicating with a contact over one of a plurality of communications services accessible via a mobile communications device. Representing a contact's association with each of the communication services by a contact object. Displaying the contact object on a display of the device. Receiving a first input directed to the contact object, and in response, displaying the status of the contact with respect to each of the communications services. For a displayed status indicating “available,” or the equivalent thereof, upon receiving a user second input directed to the status, initiating communication with the contact via the service. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110209071 | CUSTOMIZABLE ACTION CARDS FOR NETWORKING SYSTEMS - Networking systems and methods for efficiently facilitating interactions between subscribers using customized action cards are disclosed. A networking system can comprise a communication unit, a customization unit, and an action unit. The communication unit can transmit data embodying communications between a server and a plurality of client computers operated by subscribers of the networking system. The customization unit can enable a current user to categorize other subscribers and to select action indicators associated with an action card template for each subscriber category. The selected action indicators can vary across subscriber categories, resulting in a different action card template for each category. Action cards of other subscribers are displayed to the current user based on their applicable action card templates. When the current user requests performance of an interaction by selecting a first action indicator from a displayed first action card, the action unit can facilitate the requested interaction. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110214071 | INFORMATION CHANNELS IN MMOGS - Real world news may be received in real time. A real world occurrence may be extracted from the real world news. An attribute of a virtual world may be modified in response to the extracted real world occurrence. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110225511 | RESOURCE BASED VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES - This invention disclosed a system and method for resource based virtual communities. Any resources that can be shared or used by multiple people, including Internet resources, software or other resources can be the basis for the community, whose members are users of the resource. Web resources include web sites, web pages news groups or discussion forums. Other types of resources include software products, bulletin boards, games or other products. The community composes of the current resource users such as web page readers, bulletin board posters, game players, software users. Whenever a person accesses or uses the resource, the user is automatically joined as part of the community. At the same time they are using the resource, they can access all services provided by the community, such as talking with other members, collaborating with others, publishing comments, or even adding new community services. A universal virtual community server is disclosed to support all virtual communities based on all resources in the world and all users in the Internet. There are 6 methods disclosed for individual users to connect to this resource based communities. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110231779 | COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING - Techniques for collaborative decision making are presented. A collaborative decision making process is referred to as a buzz. A principal creates and defines the policies for the buzz as well as the criteria for participants of the buzz. The buzz is launched for online collaboration and is managed according to the policies. Actions and decisions are logged and recorded during the buzz. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231780 | REAL TIME EXPERT DIALOG SERVICE - Methods and systems provide for establishment of online dialogs between a person and a user of an online community where those people are not necessarily familiar with each others areas of expertise or interests. The methods and systems can categorize a dialog topic received from the person, and determine, from categorization of users, a selection of users of a system to receive the dialog topic. That selection can be further narrowed according to user availability and/or ranking determinations, as well as an initial subject matter test posed to the selection of users. Judging the acceptability of the users' responses can help determine subject matter expertise in an area relevant to the proposed topic. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110239133 | SHARED RESOURCE COMPUTING COLLABORATION SESSIONS MANAGEMENT - The administration of a shared resource computing environment involves the establishment of direct input/output (I/O) connections between a plurality user interfaces and a single computing device. Each of the user interfaces provides a corresponding computer user with access to the single computing device. One or more desktop sessions are launched in the shared resource computing environment that is implemented on the single computing device. The administration of the shared resource computing environment also includes providing the computer users with concurrent access to the one or more desktop sessions, and managing interaction of the computer users in the one or more desktop sessions. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110239134 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATION - In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods provide a client-server infrastructure capable of supporting a variety of asynchronous and synchronous collaboration activities in a so-called collaboration place. Some of these activities include chatting, viewing and/or editing one or more data files, and sharing one or more applications, data files, and/or displays. The client-server infrastructure supports seamless navigation between the supported asynchronous and synchronous activities in the collaboration place. Additionally, the client-server architecture supports data persistence, so that data files associated with the collaboration place can be stored for subsequent access. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110239135 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATION - In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods provide a client-server infrastructure capable of supporting a variety of asynchronous and synchronous collaboration activities in a so-called collaboration place. Some of these activities include chatting, viewing and/or editing one or more data files, and sharing one or more applications, data files, and/or displays. The client-server infrastructure supports seamless navigation between the supported asynchronous and synchronous activities in the collaboration place. Additionally, the client-server architecture supports data persistence, so that data files associated with the collaboration place can be stored for subsequent access. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110246909 | ANCILLARY EXPERIENCE-BASED PAIRING - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to ancillary experience-based pairing. One embodiment provides a method comprising displaying content on a display, and displaying a tag on the display along with the content, where the tag comprises an image encoding instructions for pairing with the host computing device. The method further includes, while displaying the tag, receiving registration information from a client computing device, comparing the registration information to expected registration information, and if the registration information matches the expected registration information, then establishing a pairing between the host computing device and the client computing device. The method further includes, upon establishing the pairing, providing an ancillary user experience to the client computing device, where the ancillary user experience including content ancillary to the content. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110252339 | Collaborative Cursors in a Hosted Word Processor - A computer-implemented collaborative editing method includes receiving input from a user of a browser-based document editing application on a document displayed by the application; identifying a current location in the document for a cursor of a first user executing the application; receiving from a central server system data that reflects changes made to the document by one or more users other than the first user and current positions in the document of cursors for the one or more other user; updating a document model stored on a computing device that is executing the browser-based application and rendering at least a portion of the model to the browser; and rendering the current positions of the cursors for the one or more other users to the browser. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110258560 | AUTOMATIC GATHERING AND DISTRIBUTION OF TESTIMONIAL CONTENT - A testimonial promotion system is described herein that automatically identifies content that has a positive sentiment for a topic that an organization cares about and includes identified content in a promotional location for the organization. The system provides a mechanism by which to view, filter, moderate, classify, and re-publish this content from multiple social media sites into a feed that can be consumed on first and third party websites. The system automatically pre-filters content based on base criteria, and then optionally queues the content for review by human moderators. After moderation, the system aggregates content from all sites into one or more feeds and publishes the feeds for consumption by one or more sites. The system spreads positive messages about the organization to a wider audience and allows consumers considering the organization's products or services to have awareness of past positive experiences with the organization that the consumers might not otherwise discover. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258561 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PARTICIPATING IN SOCIAL MEDIA SITES ON BEHALF OF ENTITY - A software-based dashboard interface on computing units enables user participation in social media sites on a global computer network on behalf of an entity. Contributors collaborate via the dashboards to have electronic conversations regarding existing postings and/or ideas for new postings on social media sites regarding or affecting the entity. One or more of the users develop a proposed posting(s) regarding or affecting the entity and intended for a social media site(s) on the global computer network. A computer-assisted approval process is performed by an Approver for one or more of the proposed posting(s). One or more approved postings are then posted to the social media site(s) via a computing unit(s). A Conversation Manager manages the collaboration, development and posting. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110271204 | Location-Aware Conferencing With Graphical Interface for Participant Survey - A method for providing a virtual conference includes obtaining participant location information associated with participant identifiers, establishing an audio conference using the participant identifiers, and executing logic that receives information from a client device coupled to a conferencing system via a network, the conferencing system further executing logic that communicates the information to one or more client devices. A distributed system includes client devices with respective graphical interfaces and a conferencing system coupled to the client devices via a network. The conferencing system includes a first interface, an audio conferencing application, and a survey application. The first interface obtains location information associated with respective participant identifiers. The audio conference application establishes an audio conference using the participant identifiers. The survey application receives information from a client device coupled to the conferencing system via the network and communicates the information to one or more respective client devices, during the audio conference. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110271205 | Location-Aware Conferencing With Graphical Representations That Enable Licensing and Advertising - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for providing a virtual conference. One embodiment is a method for providing a virtual conference that includes a conferencing system obtaining participant location information associated with a plurality of participant identifiers, the conferencing system establishing an audio conference with participants associated with the plurality of participant identifiers, and executing logic that selects a stored representation and communicates the stored representation to a rendering device that displays, during the audio conference, a graphical view responsive to the stored representation on a display device. A distributed system includes a conferencing system that establishes an audio conference among participants and a licensing application that communicates a representation to a rendering device that displays, during the audio conference, a graphical view responsive to the representation on the display device. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110271206 | Location-Aware Conferencing With Calendar Functions - A method for providing a virtual conference is described. The method includes: a conferencing system receiving a request to schedule a meeting; the conferencing system displaying a calendar associated with a first conference participant identifier of the virtual conference; and the conferencing system receiving a request to retrieve calendar data associated with one or more second conference participant identifiers of the virtual conference. The conferencing system then receives calendar data through one or more communication channels associated with one or more second conference participant identifiers. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110271207 | Location-Aware Conferencing - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for providing an online conference. One method comprises: a conferencing system obtaining location information from a plurality of participants; the conferencing system associating the unique location information with a corresponding participant identifier; the conferencing system establishing an audio conference with the plurality of participants; the conferencing system presenting a conference interface to the plurality of participants; and the conference interface selectively displaying a map view of the audio conference which identifies a location of each of the plurality of participants. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110271208 | Location-Aware Conferencing With Entertainment Options - A method for providing a virtual conference is described. The method includes a conferencing system that configures a virtual conference location; the conferencing system playing a personalized sound effect corresponding to generating a graphical representation of a conference participant; and the conferencing system displaying the graphical representation of the conference participant in the virtual conference location. The method further includes the conferencing system displaying a graphical user interface that lists one or more entertainment options and the conferencing system receiving one or more selections from the graphical user interface. The method further includes displaying visuals corresponding to one or more of the selections. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110271209 | Systems, Methods, and Computer Programs for Providing a Conference User Interface - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for providing a conference user interface. One embodiment is a method for providing a conference. One such method comprises: a conferencing system establishing an audio conference between a plurality of participants via a communication network; the conferencing system presenting a conference interface to the participants via a graphical user interface and a corresponding client device in communication with the conferencing system via the communication network; and the conference interface displaying a unique participant object identifying each of the plurality of participants in the audio conference according to a graphical representation specified by the corresponding participant. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110271210 | Conferencing Application Store - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for providing a conferencing application store. One embodiment is a method for providing an online conference. One such method comprises: a server establishing an audio conference, via a communication network, with a participant; the server presenting a conference user interface to a computing device associated with the participant, the conference user interface displaying a conferencing application store component for enabling the participant to access a plurality of conferencing applications during the audio conference; the server receiving a selection from the participant of one of the plurality of conferencing applications; and the server providing the selected conferencing application to the participant during the audio conference. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110271211 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR CONTROLLING PRESENTATION VIEWS IN AN ONLINE CONFERENCE - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for controlling presentation views in an online conference. One embodiment is a method for controlling presentation views in an online conference. One such method comprises: a conferencing system establishing an audio conference, via a communication network, between a plurality of participants; the conferencing system configuring a conference user interface to be presented to the plurality of participants via a corresponding client device in communication with the conference system via the communication network, the conference user interface having a participant view in which each of the plurality of participants are identified with a unique participant object having a graphical representation specified by the corresponding participant and a screen sharing view in which content presented in a first screen of a first client device associated with a first participant may be simultaneously presented in a second screen of a second client device associated with a second participant during a screen sharing session; and the conference user interface enabling the participants to selectively display one or more of the participant view and the screen sharing view during the screen sharing session. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110271212 | MANAGING MULTIPLE CONFERENCES VIA A CONFERENCE USER INTERFACE - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for managing multiple conferences via a conference user interface. One such method comprises: a conferencing system establishing a current conference, via a communication network, between a host and a first set of participants, the current audio conference having a first scheduled timeslot; during the current conference, the conferencing system: receiving, via the communication network, a request from one or more of a second set of participants to join a next conference between the host and the second set of participants, the next audio conference having a second scheduled timeslot; establishing the next conference between the second set of participants; and notifying the host that the second set of participants have joined the next conference; the conferencing system terminating the current conference; and in response to terminating the current conference, the conferencing system automatically adding the host to the next conference. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110276900 | USING DOUBLE BUFFERING FOR SCREEN SHARING - Remote desktop sharing allows a user to access applications and data on a remote computer over a network. An intermediary computer can communicate with a host computer and one or more client computers to facilitate remote desktop sharing. The host can send the intermediary computer an encoded key frame and encoded updates. The intermediary computer can decode the host screen data, and apply subsequent updates to the decoded image so that the intermediary computer has a near live host screen image in a first buffer. A second buffer on the intermediary computer can store an instance of a screen encoder for each client computer that has joined the session and the most current host image that the client computer has. The encoder compares the near live screen image and the stored client computer host image to create an encoded differential screen image update to pass to the client computer. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276901 | FAMILY CHAT - Systems and methods are described for handling graphical interfacing with a group conversation involving a communications hub and multiple member devices. Embodiments provide a “family chat” communications mode for facilitating a synchronous conversation among all the members of the designated family group. Typically, the conversation may involve a user supersystem (e.g., including one or more graphical communications devices) associated with the family and disposed with the family's local network, and member devices associated with each member of the family group (e.g., cell phones, etc). In some embodiments, the family chat conversation is displayed (e.g., rendered) as a substantially continuous feed graphically indicating the party contributing each message to the feed, the temporal relationship of the various contributions, and other useful information. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110283203 | Systems and methods for shared multimedia experiences in virtual videoconference rooms - A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support the operation of a Virtual Media Room or Virtual Meeting Room (VMR), wherein each VMR can accept from a plurality of participants at different geographic locations a variety of video conferencing feeds of audio and video streams from video conference endpoints. The approach provides collaborative viewing of an event through the VMR so that the participants at geographically distributed locations are able to simultaneously participate and share the experience of the event together. An initiating participant of the event sharing is further offered with in-meeting management and control over the content to be shared at the event. A globally distributed infrastructure supports the sharing of the event among the participants at geographically distributed locations through a plurality of MCUs (Multipoint Control Unit), each configured to process the plurality of audio and video streams from the plurality of video conference endpoints in real time. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110289430 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING VIRTUAL WORLD ANONYMITY - Interaction in a virtual space may be facilitated among a super user and one or more users while preserving anonymity between the one or more users. The super user may be an individual that provides guidance or counseling to users within the virtual space regarding personal matters. As such, interactions between the super user and the one or more users may be based at least in part on confidential information respectively associated with the one or more users. The super user can obtain confidential information without exposing the identity of an associated user. Since anonymity is preserved, the one or more users can interact freely with the super user without concern of being identified. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289431 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER POLLING - Exemplary systems and methods for user polling are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a service provider subsystem receiving, from a poll provider subsystem, data representative of a poll comprising at least one poll question, transmitting the poll in a first data format to a plurality of translators for translation and distribution to a plurality of access devices associated with a plurality of users and with a plurality of distinct, heterogeneous media platforms, receiving from the plurality of translators, data representative of one or more responses to the at least one poll question provided by one or more of the plurality of access devices, aggregating the data representative of the one or more responses, generating poll results based on the one or more responses, and transmitting data representative of the poll results to the poll provider subsystem and/or the plurality of access devices. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289432 | Community-Based Moderator System for Online Content - A community-based moderation system for online content has a computerized server connected to the Internet network and executing software (SW) from a machine-readable medium, a queuing function of the SW for queuing items for moderation, a recruiting function of the SW for recruiting potential moderators from an online community via the Internet, an interactive interface generated by the SW and displayable on computer appliances of recruited moderators, for displaying items for moderation and controls for carrying out moderation, and a reporting function associated with the interactive display enabling the moderator to report results of moderation. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289433 | Web-Based Interactive Meeting Facility with Recommendations to Users - A computer implemented method for providing recommendations for an in-person meeting group, the method comprising: collecting user information, wherein the user information provides information related to topical interests and location information for at least one of a plurality of users; comparing the user information with a topical listing of in-person meeting groups in the same geographical region as the at least one user, wherein the in-person meeting group is formed and maintained through a web-based meeting facility; and providing an in-person meeting group recommendation to the at least one user based on the comparison. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110296317 | METHOD ENABLING COLLABORATIVE EDITING OF OBJECT IN CONTENT DATA, COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A program product and a method with which a server computer enables an object in content data to be edited collaboratively. The server computer is connectable through a network to a first client computer associated with a first user and a second client computer associated with a second user. In addition, the present invention provides a method that enables an object in content data to be edited collaboratively by a first client computer associated with a first user and a second client computer associated with a second user. The present invention provides a system and a program product as well. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110302506 | Method for Multi-User Collaboration on Visual Content Based Upon the Exchange of Session Data Objects Including New Parameters - A method and system for coordinating visual content collaboration is disclosed. A collaboration session is first established from a server with a plurality of participant nodes. The visual content is transmitted to each of the participant nodes. A session data object is received by the collaboration server from a first one of the participant nodes, and may include view parameters specific to the display of the visual content thereon. A session record entry is generated from the received session data object, and is then transmitted from the collaboration server to one or more of the participant nodes. The view parameters are then applied to the receiving participant nodes. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302507 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING USERS TO INTERACT IN A VIRTUAL SPACE - The present invention provides a highly scalable architecture for a three-dimensional graphical, multi-user, interactive virtual world system. In a preferred embodiment a plurality of users interact in the three-dimensional, computer-generated graphical space where each user executes a client process to view a virtual world from the perspective of that user. The virtual world shows avatars representing the other users who are neighbors of the user viewing the virtual word. In order that the view can be updated to reflect the motion of the remote user's avatars, motion information is transmitted to a central server process which provides positions updates to client processes for neighbors of the user at that client process. The client process also uses an environment database to determine which background objects to render as well as to limit the movement of the user's avatar. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302508 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING USER COOPERATION IN AN ASYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - An asynchronous virtual environment may be provided to users in which synchronous, time-sensitive cooperation between the users is enabled in spite of the asynchronous nature of the virtual environment. Synchronous, time-sensitive cooperation between users may have an impact on gaining and/or retaining users in a virtual environment, such as a videogame or virtual space. For example, such cooperation between users may strengthen a sense of group, community, and/or camaraderie between cooperating users. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110307805 | MINIMIZING DELAYS IN WEB CONFERENCE SWITCHES BETWEEN PRESENTERS AND APPLICATIONS - A method for minimizing delays in web conference switches between presenters and applications may include receiving a key frame of content selected by a user for sharing in response to the user being a presenter and having content to share. The method may also include storing the key frame of the selected content in a buffer in response to the user not being a current presenter. The method may additionally include sharing the key frame of the content with participants of the web conference, by the processing device, in response to an indication that a previous presenter has completed his presentation and the user being a next presenter in a presenter queue. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307806 | MULTIPLE PARTY DECISION PROCESS - The present invention is directed to a multiple party decision process. The parties include an inquirer and an audience. The inquirer posts a question along with a series of weighted factors statements that are analyzed according to a function. The output of the function is represented in a visual indicator proximate to the weighted factors. The audience may modify factor statements, both existing and potential. Modifications to the quantity or weights of the factor statements may compel a recalculation of the weighted factor statements according to the function with a changed representation of the visual indicator. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110314392 | INCORPORATING CALENDAR INTERFACES TO DYNAMICALLY ADJUST PRESENTATION INFORMATION - In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a group and determining an authorization associated with the group. The group includes a plurality of parties, and the authorization is indicative of a privilege level associated with the group. The method also includes obtaining a set of data and processing the set of data. Processing the set of the data includes determining if the authorization indicates that at least a first section of the data is accessible to the group. Finally, the first section of data is rendered for presentation to the group if it is determined that the authorization indicates that the first section of the data is accessible to the group. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314393 | FILTERING SHARED CONTENT - The application concerns sharing content generated within a system for one or more application displays to be displayed on a first computing device of a first user. A second user is sent a message concerning sharing sharable content wherein the sharable content includes at least a portion of content from the one or more application displays that were generated for the first user. The message includes an access identifier and in response to the second user accepting the message, the system uses the access identifier to share with the second user said sharable content that was generated for the first user. Prior to providing the sharable content to the second user the sharable content can be filtered. Filtering can be performed according to parameters that can be provided by the first user or according to a default values. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110320961 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING VIRTUAL WORKSPACES - An approach is provided for sharing the virtual workspaces of a plurality of user devices. One of the plurality of devices is designated as the only active device. The active device submits an update of the virtual workspace of the active device. Then an update of the virtual workspaces of the other devices is initiated that includes the workspace of the active device. A request from one of the other devices to become active is granted and the previously active device is undesignated as active. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320962 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - Display of a pointer on the display screen of a display output apparatus is controlled in accordance with first pointing information obtained from an input apparatus. Second pointing information obtained from an input apparatus of an information processing apparatus at another site connected via a network is received from the information processing apparatus at the other site. Control is performed on display of the received second pointing information regarding the display screen of the display output apparatus. A dedicated window for displaying the second pointing information is displayed in the foreground with respect to other windows displayed on the display screen. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120005598 | AUTOMATIC CO-BROWSING INVITATIONS - Embodiments can include instructions or steps, which when carried out, detect that copy operations are being performed on website data displayed to a user. Further to this detection, a co-browsing query for display to a user may be generated, an instruction to associate a co-browsing invitation with website data copied by the user may also be generated and a co-browsing invitation and pasted website data may be sent to an invitee. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005599 | Visual Cues in Web Conferencing - A web conferencing system includes web conferencing server for outputting a visual presentation which includes a visual cue. The visual cue is linked with an executable action. A visual robot operated by the web conferencing server graphically recognizes the visual cue when the visual presentation is displayed in a web conference, and associates the visual cue with the executable action. The executable action is then executed. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120011451 | SELECTIVE SCREEN SHARING - A privilege discriminator selects a first user to be in a first group of participants to participate in a screen sharing session. The privilege discriminator selects at least one second user to be in a second group of participants to participate in a screen sharing session. The privilege discriminator selects a first screen region for sharing to at least the first group of participants and selects a second screen region for sharing only to the second group of participants. The privilege discriminator shares the first screen region with at least the first group of participants, wherein the sharing is selecting a device authenticated as being used by one of the first group of participants. The presentation privilege discriminator sharing the second screen region with only the second group, based on selecting the second screen region and selecting the second group, excludes the first group from receiving the second screen region. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011452 | METHOD OF PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORT IN DISPLAY UNIT - In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a system for communicating in an interactive session is provided. The system includes a display unit configured to display information received from an input device. The system also includes a plurality of portable electronic devices communicatively coupled to the display unit wherein, the display unit is configured to share data received from a plurality of audiences during the interactive session. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011453 | METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND USER TERMINAL - A user terminal displays a field screen on which an avatar corresponding to each following user is disposed. A balloon that indicates that a message has been posted by the corresponding following user is displayed together with the avatar. The message posted by the corresponding following user is displayed when the user has touched the balloon. The user can edit the avatar by touching the avatar. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120023417 | Social Messaging User Interface - Hubs for social interaction via electronic devices are described. In one aspect, a data processing device includes a display screen displaying a social interaction hub, the social interaction hub including a collection of records. Each record includes a counterparty identifier identifying a counterparty of a past social interaction event, a mode indicium identifying a mode by which the past social interaction event with the counterparty occurred, and a collection of mode indicia each identifying a mode by which a future, outgoing social interaction event with the counterparty can occur. The counterparty identifier, the mode indicium, and the collection of mode indicia are associated with one another in the records of the social interaction hub. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120036455 | USER INTERFACES FOR NAVIGATING STRUCTURED CONTENT - User interfaces for navigating structured content. In one example embodiment, a user interface for navigating structured content includes a grid and a plurality of multi-dimensional cells each having a unique position in the grid. Each cell is configured to display only a first dimension of structured content before selection and display one or more additional dimensions of structured content upon selection. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120042263 | SOCIAL-TOPICAL ADAPTIVE NETWORKING (STAN) SYSTEM ALLOWING FOR COOPERATIVE INTER-COUPLING WITH EXTERNAL SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEMS AND OTHER CONTENT SOURCES - A cross-pollination subsystem is provided within a Social-Topical Adaptive Networking (STAN) system. The cross-pollination subsystem cooperatively interacts with external platforms to bring fresh cross-pollination data to topic nodes or on-topic Notes Exchange rings (TCONE's) of the STAN system. Users are provided with an interface that allows them to browse through the cross-pollinated topic space to thereby connect with online content sources that are likely to correspond to topics of interest currently on the minds of the STAN system users. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120042264 | CONFIGURING A POLICY FOR SHARING BROWSER HISTORY - A browser history is shared with peers in a social network by configuring a policy. What websites and what members are to be shared are defined in the policy. A history of the usage of the links to the defined websites by the defined members is gathered. The browser histories are published to a social networking service. The links are displayed to the user with a representation identifying the usage by the members. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120042265 | Information Processing Device, Information Processing Method, Computer Program, and Content Display System - A method is provided for initiating display of information relating to content having a plurality of portions. The method comprises acquiring a capability of a first user device in a first location and a capability of a second user device in a second location. The method further comprises respectively acquiring, from the first and second user devices, information identifying first and second ones of the content portions. The method still further comprises generating signals for respectively displaying representations of the first and second user devices as indications of the first and second content portions. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120042266 | Method for providing a private and confidential web-based discussion forum where participants can develop ideas and solutions to various problems in a controlled and managed environment - We present a method to provide a private and confidential web-based discussion forum where participants can develop ideas and solutions to various problems in a controlled and managed environment. The primary user of the method posts a challenge, inquiry for solutions to problems, or ideas on a website accessible only upon permission by the primary user. The primary user invites a targeted group of people, hereinafter referred as participants, of her choice to post comments, ideas, and feedback towards finding a solution to the primary user's challenge, inquiry or idea. Upon access to the website the participants post their comments, ideas, feedback to the original challenge and to the subsequent ideas, comments and suggestions. The resulting discussion and exchange of ideas and opinions between participants leads to understanding of the issues and problems associated to the challenge, creations of ideas and maturing of ideas towards finding the best solution to the original challenge. Consequently the invention provides the user with a means to tap into the collective brain power of groups of people such as organizations, customers, and institutions in a crowd-sourcing way. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120047448 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL BROWSING USING AGGREGATED PROFILES - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing social crowd data for a number of social locations. In one embodiment, a social browsing system processes social crowd requests using social locations collected for users over time. In one embodiment, upon receiving a social crowd request, for each of one or more social locations identified for the social crowd request, the social browsing system identifies a social crowd for the social location. Optionally, the social crowds may be filtered. Social crowd data is generated for the social locations based on user profiles of the users in the corresponding social crowds. In one embodiment, the social crowd data is returned to a user device of a requesting user. In another embodiment, the social browsing system visualizes the social crowd data and returns the visualized social crowd data to the user device of the requesting user for presentation to the requesting user. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047449 | INTEGRATING A USER BROWSING FEED INTO A CO-BROWSING SESSION - A method for integrating a user browsing feed into a co-browsing session may include allowing a computing device of a user in a co-browsing session to independently navigate a network from each other user in the co-browsing session. The method may also provide an indication of content being viewed by each other user in the co-browsing session on the computing device of the user. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120060104 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING VIEWING INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for sharing viewing information is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an designation of a second user from the first user; and transmitting the first user viewing information to the designated second user. The shared viewing information may comprise the identity of a currently viewed media program, a list of scheduled media program viewings, or the media program itself. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120060105 | SOCIAL NETWORK NOTIFICATIONS - Social network notifications are described. In implementations, a notification is received at a client device from a social network service that includes content that is posted for access via the social network service and includes an identifier of an originator of the posting. The notification is output by the client device to include the content from the posting and the identifier of the originator of the posting. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120066618 | CAROUSEL OF THE NEW - In a method of ranking or filtering new content items for presentation to members of a group of users of a social-networking service, content items that are candidates for presentation to the members are received. A user of the social-networking service is enabled to serve as a curator of the candidates, with the enabling including enabling the user to scroll through subsets of the candidates in a carousel user interface to indicate an opinion of the user with respect to an importance to the group of each of one or more candidates. One or more of the candidates are presented to the members of the group based on the opinion of the user with respect to the candidates. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120079399 | Methods and Systems for Routing Meeting-Related Content - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for routing meeting-related content to destinations associated with meeting participants. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120084669 | DYNAMIC GROUP GENERATION - A pre-defined set of similarity parameters associated with a plurality of clients in a virtual environment, including at least one non-spatial dynamic parameter, is identified. The identified pre-defined set of similarity parameters is processed using at least one tool from a pre-defined set of analysis tools. A group is created within the plurality of clients using the identified at least one non-spatial dynamic parameter. A plurality of group characteristics associated with the group is generated using the processing of the identified pre-defined set of similarity parameters. A user interface is provided to at least one client from the group for communication in response to the generated plurality of group characteristics, wherein the user interface is used for at least one of intra-group communication and communication external to the group. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084670 | GESTURE SUPPORT FOR SHARED SESSIONS - Methods and systems for providing gesture support for shared sessions are shown and described. One method includes facilitating the establishment of a first and second connection with a first and second computing device, negotiating gesture capabilities with the first and second computing devices, receiving gesture inputs from the first and second computing devices, reconciling the gesture inputs, and transmitting a modified shared session window to the first and second computing devices. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120089926 | Instant Messaging with Browser Collaboration - The invention enables collaboration between first and second users at first and second workstations having first and second browsers, respectively. A page is loaded into the first browser. An instant messaging connection is established between the first workstation and the second workstation. Then an address of the page loaded at the first browser is sent to the second browser via the instant messaging connection. At the second browser the page is loaded in response to receipt of the page address. A network connection is then established between the first browser and the second browser. Thereafter, messages are sent from the first browser to the second browser via the network connection responsive to screen events by a user at the first workstation to control screen events at the second workstation. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089927 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING UNAVAILABLE ITEMS IN SHARED SCREEN DATA - A system and method of managing unavailable items in shared screen data which provides access to modified screen data substantially simultaneously. The system includes a first computer including a display for displaying a screen containing items from screen data including modified screen data during a transaction. The modified screen data reflects that at least one of the items is unavailable. The first computer shares the screen data with a second computer. The first computer is also for displaying an indication that the at least one item is unavailable substantially simultaneously following modification of the screen data and upon selection of the at least one item at one of the first and second computers. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089928 | INDEPENDENT VIEWING OF WEB CONFERENCE CONTENT BY PARTICIPANTS - A method for allowing independent viewing of web conference content may include enumerating a plurality of windows of content of a web conference to allow caching of visible and non-visible portions of each enumerated window by a client computer device of a participant to provide independent viewing of each enumerated window by the participant in the web conference. The method may also include forming a bitmap of visible and non-visible portions of each enumerated window. The method may further include transmitting the bitmap of each enumerated window to the client computer device of the participant in the web conference. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120102414 | DISTRIBUTED CONTROLLER OF A USER INTERFACE FRAMEWORK FOR WEB APPLICATIONS - Various embodiments of systems and methods for improved user interface framework for Web applications are described herein. The UI framework is based on the MVC architectural pattern. An additional controller, a server controller, is included in the server part of the user interface framework runtime. A client controller is running at the client side of the user interface framework runtime. The client controller and the server controller form one logical synchronized controller. The server controller ensures that all needed controller calculations, which would lead to additional roundtrips between the client side and the server side, can be done on the server side. Thus, exact one roundtrip between client side and backend for every user interaction and transporting only the bare minimum of data needed to render the current UI state is achieved. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102415 | Communicating Plans For Users of a Social Networking System - Exemplary systems and methods for calendaring are provided. Exemplary systems include a natural language receiving component configured to receive a natural language entry corresponding to a future status, a calendar generation engine configured to create a calendar entry based on the natural language entry, a social network database configured for accessing and querying by the calendar generation engine, a privacy component configured to receive a privacy setting indicating a person who is approved to view the calendar entry, and a display module configured to display the calendar entry on a calendar. Exemplary methods include receiving a natural language entry corresponding to a future status, creating a calendar entry, and displaying the calendar entry. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120110472 | PERSISTING ANNOTATIONS WITHIN A COBROWSING SESSION - A request to navigate to a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) can be received within a cobrowsing session. The cobrowsing session can be associated with a unique session identifier of a cobrowsing application. The cobrowsing application can be part of a collaboration software. An annotation previously associated with the URI from a historic cobrowsing session can be retrieved. Content associated with the URI can be obtained and presented within an interface associated with the cobrowsing session. The annotation can be presented within the content associated with the URI of the interface. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110473 | Avatar-Based Communications Launching System - In one embodiment, a social networking system automatically establish a connection to a target user by selecting an avatar representing the target user, and establishing a connection by a communication channel based on current context and one or more rules configured by the target user. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110474 | CONTENT SHARING INTERFACE FOR SHARING CONTENT IN SOCIAL NETWORKS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for displaying, within a web page, a representation of a content sharing interface, the content sharing interface including a content input area, receiving user input to the content input area, in response to the user input, expanding the content sharing interface to include an expanded content input area and a distribution interface, the expanded content input area displaying a graphical representation of digital content that is to be distributed, receiving user input to the distribution interface, the user input indicating contact(s) to which the digital content is to be distributed, in response to receiving the user input, displaying an icon within the distribution interface, the icon being a graphical representation of the contact(s), and in response to the user input, transmitting a post data set including digital content data and distribution data to a server computing system. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110475 | Dynamically Controlling the Process of an Electronic Meeting - A mechanism is provided for dynamically controlling the process of an electronic meeting that includes at least two sub-meetings. A monitoring module monitors the occurrence of a trigger event for triggering switching between different sub-meetings in the process of the electronic meeting. A control module breaks the connection between the attendees of the current sub-meeting and the meeting resources defined in the main meeting room of the electronic meeting in response to monitoring the occurrence of the trigger event by the monitoring module. The control module determines the next sub-meeting of the electronic meeting and its attendees according to the meeting agenda, that specifies the sequence of the sub-meetings constituting the meeting and at least one attendee of each sub-meeting. The control module establishes a connection between the attendees of the next sub-meeting and the meeting resources defined in the main meeting room of the electronic meeting. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120117488 | DISTRIBUTED AGGREGATED CONTENT GUIDE FOR COLLABORATIVE PLAYBACK SESSION - A system and method are disclosed for enabling a distributed group of users to collaboratively select a media item for a collaborative playback session. In one embodiment, a distributed group of users for a collaborative playback session is formed, where the distributed group of users includes a number of users located at a number of geographically distributed user sites. Each user site includes one or more media controllers having access to media content and one or more renderers that operate to render the media content. A distributed aggregate guide that includes a listing of media content accessible to the media controllers at all of the user sites is generated and utilized by users at the user sites to suggest media items for the collaborative playback session. Based on the suggestions of the users, a media item for the collaborative playback session is selected. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117489 | USER-CONFIGURED MANAGEMENT OF IM AVAILABILITY STATUS - A method includes associating a user-defined shortcut command with at least two different user-drafted status responses. In response to a user receiving a first instant message from a first sender at an inopportune time and the user then inputting the user-defined shortcut command, the method includes automatically transmitting a first user-draft status response to the first sender of the first instant message that was received at the inopportune time. In response to the user receiving a second message from a second sender at the inopportune time and the user then inputting the user-defined shortcut command, the method includes automatically transmitting a second user-draft status response to the second sender of the instant message that was received at the inopportune time. A relationship between the first sender and the user is different than a relationship between the second sender and the user. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120124484 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATION IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT - A system for collaboration in project development includes a central server including a collaboration controller configured to support a virtual whiteboard and two or more remote servers located in different locations and coupled to the central server. The two or more remote servers are configured to receive user information from one or more input devices during an information gathering session, to provide the user information to the central server, to receive information from the central server and to provide the information received from the central server to the one or more input devices. The central server is further configured to prevent the virtual whiteboard from being displayed on the one or more input devices during the information gathering session. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124485 | EMBEDDING TOOLS IN A COLLABORATION WINDOW - A computer implemented method, system and/or computer program product automatically extends a collaboration window. An initiation of an interactive teleconference, which utilizes a collaboration window that is displayed on two communication devices, is detected. The topic of the interactive teleconference is determined by a starting context of the interactive teleconference. The topic is associated with a related application that provides supporting information for the interactive teleconference. This supporting information and/or associated application(s) are then displayed on one or both of the two communication devices. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124486 | LINKING USERS INTO LIVE SOCIAL NETWORKING INTERACTIONS BASED ON THE USERS' ACTIONS RELATIVE TO SIMILAR CONTENT - A system and method that uses interne content and/or content metadata as a means to establish social networks. Examples include linking internet users, searchers, viewers and/or listeners of the same and/or similar internet content to each other via a platform that enables any of the following in n-dimensional environments: social networking, communications, sharing, e-commerce, advertising, search, hosting and registry services, push and pull applications, anonymous communications, and rich presence. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120131475 | SOCIAL NETWORK BASED ON VIDEO RECORDER PARENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM - A computer system, computer program product, and method of sharing and creating social network reviews of selected programs that may be viewed and shared over a social network. If a user agrees with a social network review already present for a selected program, the categorization and editing of inappropriate content of the selected program may be applied to the same program for that user. If a user disagrees with a social network review of a selected program already present, the user may review the selected program and edit any inappropriate content as desired and submit the review to the social network. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131476 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNMODERATED REMOTE USER TESTING AND CARD SORTING - A system for performing remote usability testing of a website includes a module for generating particular tasks, a module for moderating a session with a number of participants, and a module for receiving usability data. The system further includes a analytics module for analyzing the received usability data. The module for generating the particular tasks includes a research server configured to interface with user experience researchers and storing multiple testing modules for selecting qualified participants from the number of participants and for generating the particular tasks having research metrics associated with a target web site. In an embodiment, the research server randomly assigns one or more of the multiple testing modules to one of the participants. The multiple testing modules may include card sorting studies for optimizing a web site's architecture or layout. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131477 | Social Network Device - The device | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120137231 | USER INTERFACES FOR FACILITATING MERGING AND SPLITTING OF COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - An exemplary method includes a communication device maintaining multiple active communication sessions with multiple other communication devices, displaying, on a touch screen display, multiple graphical objects representing the multiple active communication sessions, detecting a pinch touch gesture provided by a user on the touch screen display in relation to the graphical objects representing the multiple active communication sessions, and initiating, in response to the pinch touch gesture, a merging of the multiple active communication sessions to form a merged active communication session. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120144318 | DYNAMIC PROXIMITY BASED TEXT EXCHANGE WITHIN A GROUP SESSION - A text exchange associated with a distance value n can be received. The text exchange can be conveyed by a text exchange application which can be linked to a group session. The group session can comprise of one or more participants each associated with a proximity value m. The text exchange can be a real-time text based communication between one or more computing devices. A participant can be determined to receive the text exchange based on the distance value of the text exchange and the proximity value associated with the participant. The text exchange can be communicated to a computing device utilized by the participant when the proximity value is equivalent to the distance value. The text exchange can be presented in a visually and/or aurally distinct manner within an interface of the text exchange application. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120144319 | Collaboration Management System - Known computer peripheral devices are typically interchangeable and can be used with different computers systems and platforms. Most computer operating systems are able to automatically configure the coupled computer peripheral device for use with the computer operating system without the need for installation of a specific driver. However, when these peripheral devices are detected by the computer system, a generic UI control configuration is often assigned to them and whatever customised settings previously configured by the user will be lost and replaced with a new set of unfamiliar settings. Described according to an embodiment of the invention is a collaboration management system initiating a collaboration session for a plurality of computing systems having user-interfaces (UIs) coupled thereto. The collaboration management system discovers the device profiles corresponding to the UIs for extracting corresponding configuration specific to each of the UIs for configuring interactions between the UIs and an application operating during the collaboration session. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120144320 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING VIDEO CONFERENCE BREAKS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for enhancing a video conference break. The method can be implemented on any or all participants' client device or on a network-based device. A client-side system configured to practice the method detects, at a client device of a participant in a video conference, a beginning of a break in the video conference, gathers information describing a current status of the video conference, and displays, at the client device of the participant, the information. A network-based system maintains a current status of a video conference connecting a group of client devices, monitors the video conference to detect a beginning of a break, and, when the beginning of the break is detected, transmits at least part of the current status to each of the group of client devices for display to respective users of the group of client devices. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120151383 | PRESENTING CONTENT ITEMS SHARED WITHIN SOCIAL NETWORKS - Within a social network, a user may establish a set of contacts who share with the user various content items and comments related thereto. However, these content items are often hosted by a content source outside of the social network, and the user may have to transition to the content source to view the content item, and then transition back to the social network to submit a comment. Instead, a device may monitor the social network to record shared content items. When the user requests a presentation of the content source, the content items hosted by the content source that have been shared with the user may be included in the presentation. The presentation of the content source may also accept comments from the user regarding a content item, and send the comments to the social network where the content item was shared with the user. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120159350 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING VIRTUAL SOCIAL PROFILES - A system and methods that enable virtual social profiles for digital representations of users. Comment/voting opportunities are provided so that users may vote or comment on profile contributions for a digital representation in a social online service. Such opportunities may also be managed by users. The act of voting on a comment/voting opportunity may increase a number of points associated with the comment. Once a comment opportunity is voted on by other users, it becomes a comment and contributes to a social profile of a targeted user. Consequentially, users may also be ranked and classified based on the perceptions of others. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120159351 | MULTIPLE REVIEWS OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES - Embodiments includes a method comprising generating a User Interface (UI) application, based on instructions from a developer using a software development tool. The UI application includes an edit layer configured to enable multiple reviewers of the UI application to graphically overlay multiple reviews of the UI application over a display of the UI application, wherein the multiple reviews comprise a markup of at least one of a design, a layout and a wording of text of the UI application. The method also includes receiving the multiple reviews of the UI application from the multiple reviewers. The method includes displaying, for review by the developer, the UI application and the multiple reviews graphically overlaid on the UI application. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120159352 | System and Method for Item-Based Economy in a Virtual World - There is provided a system and method for an item-based economy in a virtual world. There is provided a server for providing an item exchange for a virtual world lacking a common currency for item valuation, comprising a processor configured to receive a request from a client having an inventory to initiate the item exchange, present a user interface on a display of the client for the item exchange, receive a selection of either a second quantity of second items or a third quantity of third items for the item exchange from the client, remove from the inventory of the client a first quantity of tradable items defined by a first exchange value or a second exchange value based on the selection, and add the second quantity of second items or the third quantity of the third items to the inventory of the client based on the selection. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120166969 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DATA TRANSFER - One embodiment of the invention provides a method of transferring real-time multimedia data in a virtual environment between a plurality of entertainment devices each having a peer-to-peer communication device operable to transmit data to and receive data from other entertainment devices. Each entertainment device has an associated avatar within the virtual environment, and each entertainment device has a corresponding client index. The method includes generating, at a first one of the entertainment devices, a target list of client indices associated with entertainment devices to which the real-time multimedia data should be forwarded and dividing, at the first one of the entertainment devices, the target list into a first subset of entertainment devices and a second subset of entertainment devices. The method further includes allocating, at the first one of the entertainment devices, the client index for each entertainment device in the second subset to an entertainment device in the first subset, and transmitting, from the first one of the plurality of entertainment devices to each entertainment device in the first subset, the real-time multimedia data together with the respective client indices from the second subset allocated to the respective entertainment devices. The target list is generated in dependence upon attribute data associated with each entertainment device, and the attribute data comprises data indicating whether the avatar associated with each entertainment device is within a predetermined area within the virtual environment. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166970 | Method of providing assistance to the end-user of a software application - A method of providing assistance to a remote end-user of an end-user software application from an agent of an assistance center is described. All the transactions initiated by the end-user of the end-user software application are recorded in a contextual database locally, for applications running exclusively on customer PC, or remotely, for Web applications. Instrumented pages are delivered to the end-user. They include each a help request means. A server of a desktop sharing application is installed in the PC of the agent. When the end-user is requesting assistance all the entries already made by the end-user on a current instrumented page are uploaded. A waiting page and a client side of the desktop sharing application are also downloaded to the PC of the end-user. The end-user to be assisted is assigned to the agent when available. Then, PC of the agent gets a clone of the current instrumented page from the contextual database and a secure communication tunnel between the agent and the end-user is established. The client side of the desktop sharing application is finally activated on the customer PC which lets end-user view desktop of the PC of the agent and allows starting an assistance session between the agent and the end-user. All that being done without any software pre-installation on the client PC. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166971 | Social Networking Timeline System And Method - The Social Networking Timeline System allows individual timeline authors to record their life histories via online timelines and to upload, store, and share personal history information to a remote database that records, stores, and parses their timeline data, preferably over the Internet. Authors are able to connect to other authors thus establishing social connections. These connections are characterized upon the historical overlaps between all parties based upon their inputs, including but not limited to where they were, what they were doing, what their physical condition was, who their associates were, what things they affiliated with, what their beliefs were, and what events they were close to (manmade or natural) at particular points in time. Further, the information created is searchable (anonymized or not) and connections may be requested between persons with shared historical characteristics. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166972 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING WITH MULTIPLE USERS VIA A MAP OVER THE INTERNET - A method, device, and system for communicating with multiple users via a map over the Internet are disclosed. The device includes a processor for executing computer programs, a memory for storing data, an input module for entering user commands, a communication module for transmitting and receiving data, and a display for showing information on a screen. The device further includes logic for selecting a group of users, logic for creating a map to share among the group of users, logic for displaying locations of the group of users on the map, and logic for broadcasting changes of a user's location to the group over the Internet. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120179980 | Progressive Announcements in a Web-Based Interactive Meeting Facility - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a computer system for organizing in-person gatherings of users of topic-related interest, comprising a web-based meeting management facility having a user interface accessible to a plurality of users, wherein each of the plurality of users may use the user interface to join at least one of a plurality of meeting groups based on at least one of topic-related interest and geographic locale, where a user becomes a member when they join the meeting group; and a server-based progressive announcement facility for enabling an organizer to control a time-staged meeting announcement release related to a meeting group based on an announcement delivery parameter, wherein the time-staged meeting announcement release includes a plurality of time-staged meeting announcements each including at least one user within the plurality of users. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179981 | Collaboration Meeting Management in a Web-Based Interactive Meeting Facility - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a computer system for organizing in-person gatherings of users of topic-related interest, comprising a web-based meeting management facility having a user interface accessible to a plurality of users, wherein each of the plurality of users may use the user interface to join at least one of a plurality of meeting groups managed by an organizer and based on at least one of topic-related interest and geographic locale, where a user becomes a member when they join the meeting group, and where the meeting management facility includes collaborative meeting management resources to allow the organizer to set the meeting group into a collaborative mode where the collaboration mode allows for members of the meeting group to at least one of create and collaboratively edit meetings associated with the meeting group. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120192086 | REAL TIME NOTIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES THAT OCCUR IN A WEB-BASED COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods of real time notification of activities that occur in a web-based collaboration environment are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for selecting a recipient of a notification an activity according to criteria determined based on a workspace in which the activity was performed in the online collaboration platform and/or sending the notification of the activity to the recipient such that the recipient is notified in real time or near real time to when the activity occurred. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120192087 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A VIRTUAL PLAYDATE - The present invention contemplates a variety of methods and systems for providing an interactive event experience with multi-dimensional layers embodied as a virtual playdate or family experience. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120198357 | COMPUTERIZED METHOD OF MEDIATING DISPUTED ISSUES - A computerized Internet web server/browser method of mediating disputed issues. Here a semi-anonymous mediation network, optionally linked to a pre-existing social network, containing various members interested in providing disputes to mediate and mediating these disputes, is created. Members may post disputes according to various issue types, have these disputes analyzed and commented on by other members, who will then receive feedback according to the success of their analysis. The system keeps track of member expertise in resolving these disputes, thus determining which members have better track records at resolving various types of problems. The system additionally may contain various analytical and graphical tools to enable members to analyze mediation responses according to the characteristics of the response givers. Members may additionally post general questions to other members and receive responses. Certain data may be shared with advertisers, who may post ads relevant to the disputed issues. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120198358 | WORKSPACE-AWARE SOCIAL NETWORKS IN AN ENTERPRISE - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with generating social networks are described. In one embodiment, a method includes generating recommendations for expanding a social network for a user based at least in part on the user's membership to a workspace and other members of the workspace. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120204116 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A MULTI-USER SMART DISPLAY FOR DISPLAYING MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS - A method and apparatus are provided for establishing a multi-user session having a plurality of users according to a general profile, the general profile comprising at least a desktop appearance specific to the multi-user session, receiving a session request from a first user of the plurality of users, retrieving a user profile for the first user, detecting a window position for the session request and generating a first user session for the first user at the window position based on the user profile, the user profile comprising at least a desktop appearance specific to the first user wherein the first user session runs simultaneously with the multi-user session and simultaneously displaying the multi-user session and the first user session, the first user session being displayed at a location corresponding to the detected window position. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120204117 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A MULTI-USER SMART DISPLAY FOR DISPLAYING MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS - A method and apparatus are provided for establishing a multi-user session having a plurality of users according to a general profile, the general profile comprising at least a desktop appearance specific to the multi-user session, receiving a session request from a first user of the plurality of users, retrieving a user profile for the first user, detecting a window position for the session request and generating a first user session for the first user at the window position based on the user profile, the user profile comprising at least a desktop appearance specific to the first user wherein the first user session runs simultaneously with the multi-user session and simultaneously displaying the multi-user session and the first user session, the first user session being displayed at a location corresponding to the detected window position. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120210250 | OBTAINING AND DISPLAYING RELEVANT STATUS UPDATES FOR PRESENTATION DURING PLAYBACK OF A MEDIA CONTENT STREAM BASED ON CROWDS - Systems and methods are provided for obtaining status updates relevant to a segment of a media content stream for presentation during playback. In general, a status updating service collects status updates sent by users via corresponding mobile devices of the users. A media playback device of a user receives a media content stream and obtains data defining a time of capture and, in some embodiments, a location of capture of a segment of the media content stream. Either prior to or during playback of the media content stream, the media playback device obtains status updates that are relevant to the segment of the media content stream directly or indirectly from the status updating service. The media playback device then presents the relevant status updates, or at least a subset thereof, during playback of the media content stream and preferably during playback of the segment of the media content stream. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120210251 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DETAILED TASK SCHEDULER SYSTEM - A method for managing information relating to a deployment of changes in order to communicate some or all the information to users includes providing an interface to a plurality of users at a plurality of workstations accessible by one or more of the users, receiving information comprising initiative data corresponding to each of the plurality of changes, the initiative data comprising data relating to a plurality of parameters corresponding to each of the plurality of changes, initiating display of some or all the initiative data corresponding to some or all the plurality of changes, logging event data related to a plurality of events associated with the deployment of the plurality of changes, the event data comprising change status data indicating a status of at least one of the plurality of changes, and initiating display of at least some of the event data to the users via the interface. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120210252 | Methods and systems for using management of evaluation processes based on multiple observations of and data relating to persons performing a task to be evaluated - In one embodiment, a computer implemented method for facilitating performance evaluation of a task by one or more observed persons comprises: creating an observation workflow associated with the performance evaluation of the task by the one or more observed persons and stored on a memory device; associating a first observation to the workflow, the observation comprising any one of a direct observation, a multimedia captured observation, and a walkthrough survey; providing, through a user interface of a first computer device, a list of selectable steps to a first user, wherein each step is a step to be performed to complete the first observation; receiving a step selection from the first user selecting one or more steps from the list of selectable steps; associating a second user to the workflow; and sending a first notification of the one or more steps to the second user through the user interface. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120210253 | UNIFIED ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT OF EVENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS AND ASSOCIATED CONTACTS THEREOF - Systems and methods for unified access and management of events across multiple applications and the associated contacts thereof are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for enabling multi-application access of associated events via a single interface, including, depicting in the single interface on a device, representations of multiple applications available for access at the device where the single interface is further populated with the events associated with the multiple applications. One embodiment further includes, updating the single interface to visually depict recent events received content from the multiple applications where each of the representations in the single interface, are selectable or actionable to access application features of a corresponding application in a different interface. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120216129 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN IMMERSIVE MEETING EXPERIENCE FOR REMOTE MEETING PARTICIPANTS - An immersive meeting capability is depicted and described herein. The immersive meeting capability is configured for improving various aspects of a meeting held between one or more local participants located at a physical location at which the meeting is being held and one or more remote participants remote from the physical location at which the meeting is being held. The immersive meeting capability enables the remote participants to access and/or control one or more devices located at the physical location at which the meeting is being held and/or one or more views associated with the physical location at which the meeting is being held, thereby enabling remote participants to become immersed into the meeting. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120216130 | Methods And Systems For Providing A Feedback User Interface For An Enterprise Social Network - A method for providing an ongoing feedback user interface for an enterprise social network including users associated with an entity. The method can include receiving ongoing feedback from a first user. The ongoing feedback can comprise at least one comment about a second user of the enterprise social network and a name of the second user, the at least one comment is associated with one or more actions performed by the second user in a given time period. The ongoing feedback associated with the second user can be stored in one or more databases associated with the enterprise social network. In response to a request from the second user, the ongoing feedback can be transmitted to display the ongoing feedback on the user system associated with the second user. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120221963 | Electronic Meeting Management for Mobile Wireless Devices with Post Meeting Processing - A device management system includes a meeting support system that is configured to generate and transmit a plurality of electronic meeting invitations to a plurality of mobile wireless devices that correspond to a plurality of meeting participants and receive responses indicating whether the plurality of participants will attend the electronic meeting. The device management system receives identification data that identifies one or more documents or information that will be made available to the plurality of participants. The meeting support system determines whether the plurality of participants is authorized to access the one or more electronic documents or information. If any of the participants are not authorized to access any of the electronic documents or information, the meeting support system notifies the meeting organizer. The device management system may also include a meeting session management system that is configured to share information among the plurality of mobile wireless devices. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221964 | OPINION FEEDBACK IN A COMPUTER-BASED SOCIAL NETWORK - A method for soliciting opinion feedback in a computer-based social network in which the computer-based social network is populated by a set of users defined by social profiles indicating shared interests with an individual. The method includes displaying, in substantially real-time, a mirrored-representation of an individual based upon a captured digital image of the individual. The individual identifies an item of a plurality of items, wherein the mirrored-representation mimics a motion gesture of the individual to identify the item. The individual adorns the mirrored-representation with the identified item of the plurality of items, uploads the adorned mirrored-representation to the computer-based social network. The individual receives, in response, opinion feedback relating to the adorned mirrored-representation from at least a subset of the set of users. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221965 | Discussion Enlivenment Assistance Device, Discussion Enlivenment Assistance Method, and Computer Program Therefore - A discussion enlivenment assistance device includes: a state visualization unit which generates discussion state data displaying index values indicating a state of each discussion site; a user characteristic presentation unit which generates participating user characteristic data in relation to users participating in a discussion site specified by a user, the participating user characteristic data displaying index values indicating profiles of the users in a discussion; a user control unit which generates invitation nominated user data displaying an invitation nominated user appropriate for the discussion site specified by the user; and a display unit which displays the discussion state data, the participating user characteristic data, and the invitation nominated user data. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120226997 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONVERSATIONS FOR A MEETING SESSION IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An example method is provided and includes establishing a communication session involving a first endpoint and a second endpoint associated with a meeting in a network environment. The first endpoint is associated with a first identifier and the second endpoint being associated with a second identifier. The method also includes designating the first endpoint as a speaking leader for a segment of the communication session, the second endpoint operates in a listening mode while the first endpoint operates as the speaking leader. The method also includes rendering a symbol indicative of the first endpoint being the speaking leader for the segment. The symbol and the first identifier are associated on a user interface. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120233557 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING AND BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS - The present invention provides tools for efficient networking and is specially targeted to frequent travelers and others active in social networking. It enables users to squeeze in meet ups with their contacts when they happen to be or expect to be in the vicinity of those contacts. The invention envisions a system that allows users to declare where they are or will be, and invite their friends to join. The central feature of the system is a radar like graphical user interface and a flexible, private and customizable process under user control. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120240058 | DETECTING AND DISPLAYING USER STATUS - A method, computer program product, and system for detecting and displaying user status is described. A method may comprise receiving activity data from at least one of an audio input device, a video input device, and a command input device. The method may further comprise calculating a text availability index corresponding, at least in part, to a likelihood of a user to be available for text communication, a voice availability index corresponding, at least in part, to a likelihood of the user to be available for voice communication, and a video availability index corresponding, at least in part to a likelihood of the user to be available for video communication, wherein at least one of the text availability index, the voice availability index, and the video availability index is based upon, at least in part, the activity data. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120240059 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RENEWING SCREEN - A screen update method includes identifying image resource data associated with a first image update event from a basic recording space in case that the first image update event occurs; loading the identified image resource data in a buffer space including a plurality of buffers, in which the image resource data are loaded in rotation on the buffer by a frame, respectively; sequentially determining the image resource data loaded on the buffer for each buffer, rendering the determined image resource data, and generating a first image at a first frame rate; generating a second image associated with a second image update event at a second frame rate in case that the second image update event occurs; compositing the first image with the second image to generate an entire image; and displaying the entire image on a display means. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120240060 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PUBLIC COMPUTING - Provided are systems and methods for configuring a portable computer for transient use by a plurality of guests at a selected location. According to some embodiments, the system and methods include displaying a first selection of content on a display screen of the portable computer, initiating a first session responsive to a first guest accessing the portable computer via a user interface of the portable computer, creating a first guest profile responsive to the first session being initiated, displaying a second selection of content on the display screen during the first session, the second selection of content comprising more available content than the first selection of content, terminating the first session responsive to one of a termination action taken by the first guest and expiration of a time-out period, and erasing history of the first session on the portable computer responsive to termination of the first session. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120240061 | Methods and systems for sharing content items relating to multimedia captured and/or direct observations of persons performing a task for evaluation - In one embodiment, a computer implemented method for use in evaluating performance of one or more observed persons, the method comprises: providing a comment field on a display device for a first user to enter free-form comments related to an observation of one or more observed persons performing a task to be evaluated; receiving a free-form comment entered by the first user in the comment field and relating to the observation; storing the free-form comment entered by the first user on a computer readable medium accessible by multiple users; providing a share field to the user for the user to set a sharing setting; and determining whether to display the free-form comment to a second user when the second user accesses stored data relating to the observation based on the sharing setting. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120246578 | PRESENTING QUESTION AND ANSWER DATA IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A social networking system includes a question and answer system that displays to a viewing user questions and answers provides by other users of the social networking system. The question and answer system may display answers to a particular question in a way that visually indicates both the global answer set and a subset of the global answer set, such as the viewing user's friends. The social networking system may also display to a viewing user news stories about another user asking or answering a question, where the format of the displayed new stories is based on an affinity that the viewing user has for the user who provided the question or answer mentioned in the news story. The displayed questions and/or answers may be associated with an object in the social networking system, where the user interface provides additional information about those objects. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246579 | SOCIAL CHOICE ENGINE - A social choice engine is disclosed for eliciting and receiving responses to questions or issues and ranking the responses using the Borda ranking system. The social choice engine provides a user interface to a survey administrator that allows for the defining of the social choice survey. The social choice engine also provides a pick list of possible participants, where the possible participants are members of an online community. To administer the social choice survey, the social choice engine sends electronic notifications to selected participants. The participants respond to the social choice survey through a user interface that includes interactive features. The results of the social choice survey are then displayed to the survey administrator. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246580 | SOCIAL POLLING - There is disclosed a system and method for social polling. The method comprises accepting input of a poll comprising a query and a plurality of responses to the query and obtaining a listing of contacts from a social network. The method further comprising accepting a selection of a subset of the contacts with whom to share the poll and sharing the poll by transmitting the poll to mobile devices associated with the subset. The method further comprising receiving responses to the poll, the responses input via the mobile devices and aggregating the responses into poll results including a profile of and poll response for each respondent in the subset. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246581 | MECHANISMS TO SHARE OPINIONS ABOUT PRODUCTS - A method includes reading data from a tag of a physical item over a short range communication connection, using the data read from the tag to obtain information associated with the physical item, displaying to a user the obtained information associated with the physical item, receiving from the user a selection that defines a qualitative link between the user and the physical item, and forwarding information about the qualitative link to an external service. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246582 | INTERFACING WITH A SPATIAL VIRTUAL COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT - In a network communications environment supporting realtime communications between respective network nodes of a user and other communicants in virtual areas associated with respective sets of communicant members, a graphical user interface (GUI) is provided in connection with the user's network node. The GUI includes controls for establishing presence in respective ones of the virtual areas, managing realtime communications with other communicants in respective ones of the virtual areas, and presenting different views of communicants associated with the network communications environment. Based on user input in connection with the GUI, a presence is established for the user in a selected one of the virtual areas, realtime communications are administered between the user and one or more communicants who are present in the selected virtual area, and a visualization that shows graphical representations, locations of presence, and realtime activities of communicants across respective ones of the virtual areas is displayed. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120254773 | TOUCH SCREEN BASED INTERACTIVE MEDIA SHARING - Systems and methods for interactive media sharing are described. In one implementation, a method for interactive media sharing includes facilitating participation in a session where the session is conducted among a plurality of touch screen user devices (TSUDs) connected to each other. The method may further include sending primary media content to one or more of the plurality of the TSUDs in real time. The method may further include receiving edited media content from at least one of the plurality of the TSUDs in real time, wherein the edited media content comprises secondary media content overlaid on the primary media content and where the secondary media content comprises first handwritten content provided through a touch screen and first multimedia data. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120260195 | System and method to create a collaborative web-based multimedia contextual dialogue - The present invention relates a method and system for collaborating in a shared network space comprising logging in from the one or more user machines to the shared space in a network from a user application to a host, wherein the shared space is created by interaction of executable codes in the host and the user application and the shared space is described by a session attribute list; loading a media application with tools into a one or more user machines; inputting graphical content; and displaying the content by other user machines in the shared space synchronously or asynchronously including anchoring a sidebar panel to a region of a browser; creating one or more user messages in the sidebar panel; displaying graphical content on a whiteboard; highlighting points of interest within the graphical content; and associating said user messages to the points of interest by one or more lines. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120260196 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING INFORMATION IN VIRTUAL SPACE - A method and apparatus for sharing information in a virtual space are provided. Upon receiving a bulletin space-generation request, generating a bulletin space and displays the bulletin space on a screen. Upon receiving a bulletin content-creation request, executing a bulletin content-creation tool stored in the memory unit and displaying the bulletin content-creation tool on the screen. When a bulletin content is created by the bulletin content-creation tool, storing the created bulletin content corresponding to the bulletin space and displaying the bulletin content on the screen. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120266084 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDING INDIVIDUALIZED FEEDBACK - A digital image display device for displaying a collection of digital media assets, comprising: a display screen; a network connection; a user interface for receiving input from a user of the digital image display device; and a program memory. The program memory stores executable instructions for receiving a set of digital media assets and associated metadata using the network connection; displaying a digital media asset on the display screen; determining a particular individual who provided the displayed digital media asset; determining a particular set of feedback message choices responsive to the determined particular individual; displaying the particular set of feedback message choices on the display screen; receiving input via the user interface to select a particular feedback message choice; and using the network connection to provide the selected feedback message to the individual who provided the digital media asset. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120266085 | Guidance System and Method for Identifying a Component of a Complex Product or System - A system for local client stations connected to a web server connecting with a database server enables a local client station to identify a necessity in a complex product or system, such as a detail or a spare part, in a commercially available store or stock storage of an arbitrary location, in order to provide guidance and replacement parts to a user. Any combination of verbal or figurative overview is presented to the user at an overarching structural level from which the user interactively can choose, via an interactive interface and based on memorizable facts, to a next, less over-arching structural level, in at least two steps, until at a level corresponding to a detail level (target level) at which an item sought for is found. Choices can be made based on facts corresponding to the memorizable facts carried along and displayed on the actual detail level. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120266086 | METHOD OF SHARING MULTI-MEDIA CONTENT AMONG USERS IN A GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK - In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for sharing multi-media content among a plurality of users in a computer network comprises creating a plurality of user accounts, each of said user accounts corresponding to one of the plurality of users, and having a plurality of interactive features including a first feature that permits the user to upload the multi-media content to the computer network; forming a user network including one or more of the plurality of user accounts in communication with one or more other user accounts and to the uploaded multi-media content via the computer network; categorizing the uploaded multi-media content in accordance with the subject matter of the uploaded multi-media content; organizing the uploaded multimedia content in a competitive format; and establishing a hierarchy for the uploaded multi-media content within the competitive format as a function of a competitive measurement system. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120272162 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES - The techniques discussed herein contemplate methods and systems for providing interactive virtual experiences. In at least one embodiment of a “virtual experience paradigm,” virtual goods are evolved into virtual experiences. Virtual experiences expand upon limitations imposed by virtual goods by adding additional dimensions to the virtual goods. The virtual experience paradigm further contemplates accounting for user gestures and actions as part of the virtual experience. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120272163 | Application-Specific Group Listing - A method, apparatus, and system for providing active contents between applications activated by a plurality of computer systems are provided. A list of one or more remote users is created. A determination is made whether a first application and a second application are being executed by the at least one or more remote users. The list is updated in response to determining a change in a status of the second application being executed by the one or more remote users using at least one communications feature associated with the first application. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120272164 | INTERACTIVE PEER DIRECTORY WITH QUESTION ROUTER - A computer network implemented peer forum system and method enabling question and answer rates to be increased by automatically routing questions and receiving answers to and from peers. Information is input into network via a user interface. A peer forum system enables users to ask and answer questions. A forums database captures questions and answers provided via the peer forum system. A stage database pulls and stores questions from the forums database. A question router pulls the questions from the stage database and finds peers who can answer the questions using a peer search module that uses implicit and explicit user profiles to determine the best subject matter experts to answer the questions. A set of throttle rules is associated with the question router for determining if a peer is eligible to answer a question. A delivery system delivers a communication to eligible peers requesting an answer to the question. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120272165 | PRODUCT DESIGN SYSTEM AND METHOD - Computer-implemented product design creation system and method for quickly developing a product design having desirable component elements. Multiple candidate product designs are simultaneously displayed for review. Controls are provided allowing a reviewer to enter a preference level for individual component elements of each of the displayed designs. A new set of candidate designs is created based on the entered preference levels. The new candidate designs are displayed for further review and further preference level selection. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120278735 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR GENERATING A CONFERENCE PROVISIONING DATA SET - A communication method and device for generating a conference provisioning data set. A conference interface receives a user selected conference provider among a plurality of available conference providers presented to the user, and conference event detail associated with a conference event. The communication device further includes a conference provisioning agent for communicating with an enhanced conference server to generate the conference provisioning data set associated with the selected conference provider. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278736 | COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING FOR DERIVING MICRO-RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OFFSITE USERS - An offsite user having a device can collaborate with an onsite user having an onsite device. The offsite device may be a handheld device, such as a smartphone and the onsite device is generally stationary. The onsite device receives a context from the offsite device wherein the offsite user is asking the onsite user for help with information or making a decision. The offsite device may not have the full range of services that the onsite device has and collaborates with the onsite device/user in making a decision. The onsite device receives the context, and obtains recommendations from appropriate Web services. The onsite user may view these recommendations and sends a reply message back to the offsite user telling her what she may do. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278737 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING, ASSESSING AND CLEARING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST - Methods and systems for identifying, assessing and clearing conflicts of interest are described herein. Consistent with some embodiments, a conflicts management system receives a conflict search request, and processes the request utilizing a risk matrix that encompass and represents the risk tolerance or risk profile of a law firm. The risk matrix maps certain request types to different search queries and rules that are to be evaluated for a given request type. Based on the execution of the queries and the rules for the request, a score is assigned to a party, such that the score represents the level of risk that would be undertaken if the party was engaged as a client. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120284640 | DYNAMIC E-MEETING SUMMARIZATION - A method, computer program product, and system for dynamic e-meeting summarization is described. A method may comprise monitoring behavior of an e-meeting participant and determining one or more portions of an e-meeting to summarize for the e-meeting participant based upon, at least in part, the behavior of the e-meeting participant. The method may further comprise determining a summary-content time-frame for the e-meeting participant based upon, at least in part, the one or more portions of the e-meeting to summarize for the e-meeting participant, the summary-content time-frame corresponding to an amount of time for the e-meeting participant to consume a summary of the e-meeting. The method may additionally comprise generating, during the e-meeting, the summary of the e-meeting in accordance with the summary-content time-frame for the e-meeting participant, the summary of the e-meeting based upon, at least in part, the one or more portions of the e-meeting. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284641 | Systems And Methodologies Providing For Collaboration By Respective Users Of A Plurality Of Computing Appliances Working Concurrently On A Common Project Having An Associated Display - A system and methodology for collaborating. A plurality of computing appliances for use by a respective plurality of users, provides a combined display presentation of collaboration responsive to input of annotations made by at least two of the users working simultaneously on a common project having an associated common display presentation comprising a base image display combined with a display of the annotations as made by the at least two of the users. The system is comprised of layer storage comprising a plurality of separate respective data layers, providing associatively mapped storage of respective user data wherein each said data layer is associated with a respective user. Each said data layer of storage stores respective user data that is used to generate a respective display of respective user annotations as input by the respective user, as made relative to a display presentation of the base image display. Display control logic provides individualized selective control of utilization of each said separate respective data layer, as selected layers that are utilized in generation of a combined display presentation. The display control logic provides generation of the combined display presentation showing the collaboration of the respective ones of the users responsive to utilizing the respective ones of the selected data layers. In one embodiment, the system is further comprised of communication apparatus providing voice (and/or video) communication between each of at least two of the plurality of users, during the providing of the respective combined display presentation to said each of said at least two of the plurality of users, and the input of annotations by the users. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284642 | System And Methodology For Collaboration, With Selective Display Of User Input Annotations Among Member Computing Appliances Of A Group/Team - A system and methodology for collaboration. The illustrated system is comprised of a plurality of computing appliances, each respective one of the plurality of computing appliances, having a user input apparatus to provide respective annotation data as input for the respective user to permit the respective user to provide annotations which appear within a display presentation as an image for viewing and representative of the annotations. A first subset of the plurality of computing appliances, comprising at least two of the computing appliances, form members of a group; wherein separate selective communication of the annotation data is provided separately among the members of the group. There is selective display of the annotation data to selected ones of the members of the group. The annotation data is selectively coupled for distribution to other ones of the plurality of computing appliances in the group for selective viewing at said certain other ones of the plurality of computing appliances. The system is further comprised of selection logic permitting at least one of the users' to selectively choose which of the other users within the group are selected ones that are to have their corresponding annotations viewed as part of the display presentation for the at least one of the users. The selective display is visible only at the computing appliances of the selected ones of the members of the group. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284643 | System And Methodology For Collaboration in Groups With Split Screen Displays - A system and methodology for collaboration. A plurality of computing appliances, each respective one of the plurality of computing appliances having a display apparatus and having a user input apparatus to provide respective annotation data as input for the respective user to permit the respective user to provide annotations which appear within a display presentation as an image for viewing and representative of the annotations. A first subset of the plurality of computing appliances is comprised of at least two of the computing appliances that form members of a group. Separate selective communication of the annotation data is provided among the members of the group. There is selective display of the annotation data to selected ones of the members of the group. The annotation data is selectively coupled for distribution to other ones of the plurality of computing appliances in the group for selective viewing at certain other ones of the plurality of computing appliances. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284644 | Systems And Methodologies Comprising A Plurality Of Computing Appliances Having Input Apparatus And Display Apparatus And Logically Structured As A Main Team - A system and methodology for collaboration, comprising a plurality of computing appliances, and control logic for logically structuring the plurality of computing appliances as a main team. At least two of the computing appliances have input apparatus and display apparatus. The main team is comprised of a plurality of sub-teams, wherein each of the sub-teams is comprised of at least one of the plurality of computing appliances. Communications logic provides at least two levels of data communication and display presentation, a first level as between all of the plurality of computing appliances on the team, and a second set of a plurality of second levels as between those said computing appliances on each same said sub-team. Each of the computing appliances is associated with a respective one of said second set of levels. Display presentation apparatus provides a first display presentation to each of the computing appliances on the same said team, comprising a display presentation responsive to the respective first level, and provides a second display presentation to each of the computing appliances on a same sub-team, for a respective one of the second set of levels that is associated with the respective computing appliances. Communications apparatus provides audio communications among all the computing appliances that are associated with the same respective said level. In an alternate embodiment, a separate communications channel is associated with each said level and provides a separate level of audio communications among the respective computing appliances associated with a respective one of said levels. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284645 | Systems And Methodologies Providing Controlled Voice And Data Communication Among A Plurality Of Computing Appliances Associated As Team Members Of At Least One Respective Team Or Of A Plurality Of Teams And Sub-Teams Within The Teams - A system and methodology for communication and collaboration among a plurality of computing appliances associated as team members. The system is comprised of: at least one local communication means for use by at least one local team member, and conveying data (preferably media data and collaboration data); at least one other communication means for use by at least one other team member, and conveying data. Gateway means conveys data between each of the communication means. Network means links said at least one local communication means, and, said at least one other communication means, and enables the conveyance of the data. Display means provides a display presentation of a display image of display image data, for viewing by respective users at each of said at least one local communication means and said at least one other communication means. Input means provides annotation data representative of a respective user providing an input of annotations made relative to viewing the display of the common base image at a respective display apparatus at each of said at both the communication means (local and other). Storage means stores the annotation data as associated with the respective user at each of said local and said other communication means. Selection means permits selection as to which of the annotation data is selected annotation data. A display apparatus provides a combined display presentation responsive to the display image data and to the selected annotation data. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284646 | Systems And Methodologies Providing Collaboration And Display Among A Plurality Of Users - A system and methodology for collaboration and display among a plurality of users. The system is comprised of mapping logic defining a mapped structure for storing a plurality of separate layers of data in a plurality of data layers; and, storage for storing layer data in selected ones of said plurality of separate data layers, responsive to the mapping logic. The mapping logic associates user image data for each of at least two of the plurality of users for storage as respective said layer data in a respective one of the separate data layers. The system is further comprised of display definition logic controlling which of the plurality of data layers are utilized in providing a display presentation to at least one of the plurality of users. In an alternate embodiment, the system is further comprised of display mapping logic determining a hierarchial structuring for utilization within the display presentation of each respective said one of the data layers, placed within the combined display presentation according to the mapping logic, to appear atop one another within the display presentation, with a precedence of display presence, for providing a combined display presentation; and, display generation logic responsive to the display definition logic, the storage, the mapping logic, and the display mapping logic, for providing the combined display presentation comprising the display presentation associated with a first said data layer of the plurality of data layers appearing within the combined display presentation. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284647 | COLLABORATIVE INPUT SYSTEM - A method in a collaborative input system comprises a computer system, a display associated with the computer system, and a plurality of remote terminals each associated with one of a respective plurality of users and each having a display. The plurality of remote terminals are in communication with the computer system. The method comprises: displaying, on the display, a seed word; transmitting a request for a word from the computer to each of the remote terminals; at each of the remote terminals, prompting the respective user to enter a word by displaying a request for data entry; receiving, at at least one of the remote terminals, a word entered by a user; transmitting the entered word from the at least one of remote terminals to the computer; and displaying each word received from a remote terminal on the display in association with the seed word. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284648 | Cascading Data Displays and Methods - A cascading data display system for use in message or discussion forums hosted and maintained via computer-aided media, comprising a discussion board including one or more columns and one or more rows in each column; a posting component adapted to post user-initiated messages in the row or rows of each column of the discussion board; and an arranging component adapted to arrange the user-initiated messages into each column based on the status of the messages. A cascading data display method includes providing a discussion board hosted and maintained via computer-aided media comprising one or more columns and a plurality of rows; posting user-initiated messages in the column or columns and rows of the discussion board; and arranging the user-initiated messages into the one or more columns based on a status of the messages. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284649 | SYSTEM FOR RECORDING AND BROADCASTING AUDIO MESSAGES TO SOCIAL NETWORKS, WEB, BLOG SPACES AND QUICK RESPONSE CODES - This invention allows users to record audio or video messages from a variety of sources and automatically distribute them to various websites. Additionally this invention automatically designates a quick response code, for each message, which links to a uniform resource locator for the recorded message so that the quick response code can be placed on printed media and scanned to access the recorded message. The uniform resource locator, associated with the quick response code can be prescheduled to automatically change based on a time or date. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120290948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL SPACE WITH INDIVIDUALIZED MAPS - A virtual space may be provided to users in which places in the virtual space are associated with individual users. Individual ones of such places may be locations or spaces within the virtual space that the individual users control, tend, decorate, own, and/or are associated with in other ways. The spatial arrangement of the places in the virtual space, represented by a map of the virtual space, may be customized for individual users to instigate and/or facilitate interactions and/or engagement of the users with and in the virtual space. As such, individual spatial arrangements of the places, or maps of the virtual space, may be created for individual ones of the users. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290949 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING USER INTERACTION IN A VIRTUAL SPACE THROUGH UNINTENDED TANGENTIAL EFFECTS TO PRIMARY USER INTERACTIONS - User interaction within a virtual space is facilitated through unintended side effects to primary interactions between users. In the virtual space, primary interactions between source and target users have unintended tangential effects. The tangential effects are provided to other users. The other users are users which are active at the time the corresponding primary interaction was triggered, and are relatively likely to enjoy participating in the virtual space with the source and/or target users. This may encourage interaction between the users as they respond to the tangential effects (e.g., by responding to the source user of a primary interaction that caused the effects). | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290950 | SOCIAL-TOPICAL ADAPTIVE NETWORKING (STAN) SYSTEM ALLOWING FOR GROUP BASED CONTEXTUAL TRANSACTION OFFERS AND ACCEPTANCES AND HOT TOPIC WATCHDOGGING - Disclosed is a Social-Topical Adaptive Networking (STAN) system that can inform users of cross-correlations between currently focused-upon topic or other nodes in a corresponding topic or other data-objects organizing space maintained by the system and various social entities monitored by the system. More specifically, one of the cross-correlations may be as between the top N now-hottest topics being focused-upon by a first social entity and the amounts of focus ‘heat’ that other social entities (e.g., friends and family) are casting on the same topics (or other subregions of other cognitive attention receiving spaces) in a relevant time period. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290951 | CONTENT SHARING SYSTEM - Provided is a content sharing system including a plurality of first information processing apparatuses that are each operated by a player who operates content, and displays same content, one or more second information processing apparatuses that are each operated by an audience member viewing operation details of a player on the content and displays the content that is displayed at the first information processing apparatuses simultaneously with the first information processing apparatuses, and a server device for relaying information between the first information processing apparatuses and the second information processing apparatuses. When a predetermined condition is reached, the first information processing apparatuses start display of content same as the second information processing apparatuses, and the second information processing apparatuses each simultaneously display, including the operation details of the player, content same as the content displayed by the first information processing apparatuses. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120297318 | Dynamically Loadable Contact Center Bookmarks in Co-Browsing Environments - Methods and systems of co-browsing may provide for establishing a co-browsing session for a local peer device, generating a navigation window associated with the co-browsing session, and loading a set of bookmarks into the navigation window. The bookmarks may also be dynamically updated based on the browsing sequence as well as shared between participants in the co-browsing session. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120297319 | Solutions Configurator - A system and method are disclosed for collaboratively configuring an information handling system (IHS). Collaborative IHS configuration operations are initiated by a first user selecting an IHS product to collaboratively configure. The first user selects one of more additional users for collaboration. The current product configuration, along with configuration options for each of the components of the selected IHS product, is then respectively displayed within a user interface (UI) for each of the users. Collaborative product configuration modification operations are then interactively performed by the users. The modified configuration is then saved as a unique configuration of the IHS product. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120297320 | INFORMATION MIXER AND SYSTEM CONTROL FOR ATTENTION MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for controlling various aspects of ensemble experiences and system control for attention management are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for providing attention management for a specific participant in an online ensemble event, may comprise: receiving live stream signals, including audio signals, from each of a plurality of participants; displaying a plurality of objects on the corresponding user device of each specific participant, each of the plurality of objects corresponding to one specific participant; providing options for each specific participant to manipulate sizes of each of the plurality of objects and volume from each of the plurality of participants; providing a customized participation layer/interface to a specific participant to manage how other participants perceive the expression from the specific participant; and providing options for each specific participant to initiate an interaction with any of the plurality of participants. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120304075 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF MOTIONS - An online system allows multiple participants, in geographically diverse locations, to consider and vote upon a motion or other document. The system enables the participants to post questions and comments, and to propose that a motion be broken up into clauses, and to vote both on the proposed manner of breakup of the motion, and on the motion itself. The votes of the participants may be weighted in accordance with rules which are previously set. The participants may vote to link certain clauses, such that linked clauses may be treated in accordance with certain rules to which the participants shall have agreed. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120304076 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXCHANGING CONTEXTUAL KEYS - A method and device for presenting contextual data to a participant in a collaboration. A first computing device determines that a first participant associated with the first computing device is participating in a communications session with a second participant associated with a second computing device. The first computing device determines a first plurality of contextual keys. The first computing device receives a second plurality of contextual keys from the second computing device. The first computing device identifies a plurality of contextual items based on the first plurality of contextual keys and the second plurality of contextual keys, and presents a user interface depicting a plurality of contextual item references, wherein each contextual item reference corresponds to one of the plurality of contextual items. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120304077 | ACCESSING WINDOW PIXEL DATA FOR APPLICATION SHARING - Screen sharing in which image pixel data operable to display one or more user interface windows associated with at least one shared application is retrieved from a memory. The retrieving excludes image pixel data operable to display at least one other display object currently contained in a user interface of said computer. The retrieved image pixel data is combined into a shared image. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120304078 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JOINING A MEETING USING THE PRESENCE STATUS OF A CONTACT - In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a contact list displayed on a display screen, the contact list being arranged to display a contact associated with a user. The method also includes identifying the contact having an associated first presence status indicator, and activating the first presence status indicator. The first presence status indicator indicates a participation of the contact in a meeting, and is presented on the display screen. Activating the first presence status indicator causes information arranged to enable a user to join the meeting to be presented on the display screen. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120311461 | METAPHOR ELICITATION TOOL - Participants in a metaphor elicitation study may be remotely queried to select images which they associate with a prescribed topic of inquiry, and then asked to textually input responses to one or more questions relating to the selected images and/or the topic of inquiry. The group of images from which each participant selects images may be predetermined by the study administrator. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120311462 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN INTERACTIVE MOBILE-OPTIMIZED ICON-BASED PROFESSIONAL PROFILE DISPLAY AND ASSOCIATED SEARCH, MATCHING AND SOCIAL NETWORK - An icon-based interactive professional profile, search and matching system configured within professional network platforms and technologies enabling a user to generate a personalized interactive icon-based business or resume profile representing icon profile elements optimized for display and functionality on mobile devices. The icon profile system utilizes and integrates selected personalized icon profile elements and associated data for searching, compatibility matching, invitations, communities, and calendar functions. In professional network environments, icon elements are unitized to aggregate users based on a selected icon profile element and in further environments automatically compare and report compatibility between unknown users, which vastly improves professional network functionality. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120317500 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA VISUALIZATION AND USER COLLABORATION - A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores a program for visualizing data. The program includes code for visualizing data, and code for enabling communication between users of the program. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120317501 | Communication & Collaboration Method for Multiple Simultaneous Users - The invention is a computerized process for online communication and collaboration between multiple remotely located users. All input by users is handled within a Spatial Environment containing multiple real-time applications. All users are able to visualize and identify the exact nature of each other's input actions (e.g. tapping, clicking, dragging or scrolling actions) so they are able to quickly judge the nature and potential for their own input in relation to all the observable activity. Every act of communication, adjustments to interface controls, settings and any other data input made by any single user can be interfaced with or observable by all of the users who are present. The nature of the communication and collaboration therefore offered by the invention provides a degree of immediacy, scale and adaptability which is not achievable with currently available methods. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120324372 | Systems and Methods for Augmenting Physical Media from Multiple Locations - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods including providing a data structure stored in computer-readable memory at a first location, monitoring a first work surface provided at the first location, determining that a first physical medium has been manipulated on the first work surface, and, in response, generating a first operation based on a manipulation of the first physical medium, applying the first operation to the data structure. Systems and methods can further include receiving operation and object data from a server system, the operation and object data corresponding to a second operation generated in response to manipulation of a second physical medium on a second work surface provided at a second location, applying the second operation to the data structure, processing the object data, and projecting a first virtual medium on the first work surface, the first virtual medium corresponding to the second physical medium. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120331399 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE WHICH DISPLAYS PROFILE INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A SELECTED CONTACT - A system and machine-implemented method for presenting profile information on an electronic device of a user, the profile information being associated with a contact of the user, via displaying a contact icon on a graphical user interface of the electronic device, the contact icon corresponding to a contact of the user; receiving user input which specifies selection of the contact icon; and displaying profile information, obtained from a profile associated with the contact corresponding to the selected contact icon, on the graphical user interface. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120331400 | AUTHENTICATION SCORE QUANTIFING SIMILARITY BETWEEN A USER'S ONLINE PERSONA VERSUS THAT USER'S PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS - A visual representation of a human user for display within one or more graphical user interfaces to others interacting with the human user over a network can be identified. An authenticity score defining a degree of resemblance between the visual representation of the human user and physical characteristics of the human user can be calculated. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120331401 | VIRTUAL MEETING PLACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A virtual meeting place system is disclosed. The online virtual meeting place facilitates initiating, scheduling, or spontaneously organizing an online discussion or meeting, organizing the discussion into active and passive participants, limiting or eliminate participation of selected participants and soliciting, receiving and answering questions. The system is configurable to allow for customization based upon the social protocols or preferences of meeting participants and may present different user interfaces based upon participant identity, meeting topic or meeting format. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130007634 | SOCIAL ARTIFACT PRIORITIZATION BASED ON A GLOBAL VIEW OF USER COLLABORATION - A method, system, and computer program product for social artifact prioritization in view to a social networking service is provided. The method can include the initial receipt of a characterization of a collaboration between a particular end user and a different end user in a first social networking service. The method additionally can include the selection of information in a second social networking service and the association of the selected information with the different end user. Finally, the method can include the prioritization of a display of the selected information in the second social networking service for the particular end user based upon the association of the selected information with the different end user and the characterization | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007635 | TELECONFERENCING ADJUNCT AND USER INTERFACE TO SUPPORT TEMPORARY TOPIC-BASED EXCLUSIONS OF SPECIFIC PARTICIPANTS - An aspect associates people participating in a conference with one or more specific topics. This association can limit a particular participant's participation to specific topic(s) they are associated with, the one or more media streams for the other topics excluded from viewing and/or listening. For example, if a participant is to provide a presentation for Item 4, and that is the only item the participant should be participating in, that participant could be allowed to join the conference with a status message being provided to the participant as the conference progresses through Items 1-3. An “on-deck” message can be provided to the meeting participant indicating their agenda item is almost ready for discussion, and when Item-4 is selected to be discussed, the participant is provided with one or more appropriate media streams for the conference. The media for the other media streams blocked from the participant for the other items. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130014026 | PROVISIONING AND PERFORMING ACTION ITEMS - An action item specifying one or more tasks is instantiated. Thereafter, data characterizing the action item is associated with at least one tool to perform at least one task. Each tool comprises at least one service, application or procedure to facilitate or perform the at least one task. Subsequently, the at least one tool is initiated. User-generated input and/or other data is received from the at least one tool. Performance of one or more of the tasks specified by the action item is then finalized using the at least one tool and the user-generated input and/or other data. In some variations, the action item can be provisioned with at least one contextual resource to facilitate performance of at least one task. The at least one contextual resource can be associated with the action item and/or at least one user associated with the action item. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130014027 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPRESENTING AUDIENCES IN ENSEMBLE EXPERIENCES - The present invention contemplates a variety of methods and techniques for representing an audience during an ensemble experience. According to one aspect, an ensemble or group experience is provided to a plurality of users. The experience includes displaying content and other information (perhaps in layers) to a specific local user. The specific user is provided an audience representation layer or “swell” interface appearing translucently over the base layer. The audience representation layer includes a plurality of marks providing certain information related to the audience. Each mark is related to an entity such as an audience member, a group, a sponsor, or a celebrity. The local user mark is distinguishable from the other plurality of marks. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130014028 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRAWING - The present invention contemplates a variety of methods and systems for providing a drawing layer synchronized across multiple artists and devices, wherein the drawing layer can provide a computer interface for an artist. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130014029 | ACCESSING WINDOW PIXEL DATA FOR APPLICATION SHARING - Screen sharing in which image pixel data operable to display one or more user interface windows associated with at least one shared application is retrieved from a memory. The retrieving excludes image pixel data operable to display at least one other display object currently contained in a user interface of said computer. The retrieved image pixel data is combined into a shared image. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130014030 | Sponsored-Stories-Unit Creation from Organic Activity Stream - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first selection of an entity associated with a user of a social-networking system; receiving a second selection of a type of user interaction with the entity; and providing the first and second selections for use in a sponsored-story specification. The use of the first and second selections in the sponsored-story specification facilitate entries in an organic activity stream of the social-networking system that match the sponsored-story specification being provided for display in pre-determined areas of web pages. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130014031 | Interface For Sharing Posts About A Live Online Event Among Users Of A Social Networking System - An external system (e.g., a website) is associated with an event and includes an interface that allows users to interact with streams of content associated with a social networking system. The interface allows a user to provide posts about the event via the interface, where the posts are displayed in the interface and also in a social networking interface on social networking system in connection with the user and other users associated with that user. The user can view, via the interface on the external system, posts from all users that are provided via the interface (e.g., everyone watching the event), thereby increasing the likelihood that the posts are relevant to the event. The user can also view, via the interface, posts from users associated with the user via the social networking system (e.g., friends of the user), regardless of where those are posted. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130019186 | MANAGING PRIVACY PREFERENCES IN A WEB CONFERENCEAANM Lance; John M.AACI LittletonAAST MAAACO USAAGP Lance; John M. Littleton MA USAANM Travis; Amy D.AACI ArlingtonAAST MAAACO USAAGP Travis; Amy D. Arlington MA USAANM Wanderski; Anuphinh P.AACI DurhamAAST NCAACO USAAGP Wanderski; Anuphinh P. Durham NC USAANM Wanderski; Michael C.AACI DurhamAAST NCAACO USAAGP Wanderski; Michael C. Durham NC US - A method, system or computer usable program product for translating native application privacy preferences in a web conference including initiating the web conference between a first and a second user, sharing the display of the first user with the second user within the web conference to produce a shared display, wherein elements marked as private by an application resident on a first computer system of the first user are redacted in the shared display sent to the second user. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130019187 | VISUALIZING EMOTIONS AND MOOD IN A COLLABORATIVE SOCIAL NETWORKING ENVIRONMENTAANM HIND; JOHN R.AACI RALEIGHAAST NCAACO USAAGP HIND; JOHN R. RALEIGH NC USAANM SALAHSHOUR; ABDOLREZAAACI RALEIGHAAST NCAACO USAAGP SALAHSHOUR; ABDOLREZA RALEIGH NC USAANM SOEMARGONO; TINTIN S.AACI CARYAAST NCAACO USAAGP SOEMARGONO; TINTIN S. CARY NC USAANM WIGUNA; STEFANUSAACI CARYAAST NCAACO USAAGP WIGUNA; STEFANUS CARY NC US - Techniques are described for conveying a collective emotional state of a plurality of participants to a communication. Embodiments receive emotional state data for each of the participants to the communication. The emotional state data for each of the participants is collected by monitoring at least one or more applications the respective participant is interacting with. An emotional state of the participants to the communication is then determined, based on the received emotional state data and a determined topic of the communication. Embodiments provide an indication of the determined emotional state of the participants. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130019188 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMAANM Hasegawa; YutakaAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Hasegawa; Yutaka Kanagawa JPAANM Mizutani; YoichiAACI SaitamaAACO JPAAGP Mizutani; Yoichi Saitama JPAANM Kajimoto; MasatoAACI ChibaAACO JPAAGP Kajimoto; Masato Chiba JPAANM Takahashi; MasahiroAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Takahashi; Masahiro Kanagawa JPAANM Kyusojin; HiroshiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Kyusojin; Hiroshi Tokyo JP - An information processing system and a method for operating same are provided. The information processing system includes a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus is configured to display a first synchronous image in a first window, the first window having an operation right. The second information processing apparatus has a synchronous state or an asynchronous state. The second information processing apparatus is configured to: display a second synchronous image; in response to a first request, switch from the synchronous state to the asynchronous state; and in response to a second request, switch from the asynchronous state to the synchronous state. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130024783 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DATA ENTRY CONTENT TO A REMOTE ENVIRONMENT - Various methods for providing data entry content to a remote environment are provided. One example method includes receiving, at a device, a data entry field selection message notifying that a selection of a data entry field has occurred at a remote device, modifying a focus of a user interface of the device to the data entry field, retrieving current data content of the data entry field, and causing an indication to be provided to the remote device informing the remote device of the current data content of the data entry field to enable the remote device to display the current data content of the data entry field in a data entry input interface. Similar and related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130024784 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIFE TRANSITION WEBSITE - A method for producing a website includes publishing a website including a plurality of forums for users to post messages, wherein each of the plurality of forums is directed to a specific topic, receiving a message to post on the website, associating the message with at least one of the specific topics, and providing an option to post the message to each of the plurality of forums directed to the at least one of the specific topics. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130024785 | COMMUNICATING BETWEEN A VIRTUAL AREA AND A PHYSICAL SPACE - Apparatus transmits an identifier for association with a virtual area by an administering network service, generates output data from human perceptible stimulus in a physical space, transmits the output data in connection with the virtual area, receives input data associated with the virtual area, and generates human perceptible stimulus in the physical space from the input data. A persistent association is created between the apparatus and a virtual area. A respective presence is established in the virtual area for a communicant operating a client network node connected to the virtual area. A respective connection between each active pair of complementary sources and sinks of the client network node and the apparatus are administered in association with the virtual area. A client network node displays a graphical user interface, establishes the administered connections, and presents interaction controls associated with the object for interacting with communicants in the physical space. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130024786 | MULTI-USER UNIVERSAL MULTI-CONVERSATION PLATFORM (MUMCP) METHOD AND SYSTEM - Provided is a multi-user, universal multi conversation computer platform (MUMCP), comprising a computer system accessible via one or more networks by a plurality of different types of electronic devices and systems and a computer program product hosted on the computer system, and executable to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) via a user device, the GUI comprising a plurality of computer screens delivering a set of user-based functions. The functions can include enabling a user to define a plurality of conversation categories, enabling the user to define different user identities for use when conversing in different conversation categories, enabling the user to define different conversation groups of users for each conversation category, organizing the conversation categories in independent display regions on a conversation page, displaying conversation activity into respective independent display regions, and enabling the user to communicate with other users within a conversation category using a user defined identity. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130024787 | PEER-TO-PEER AGGREGATION SYSTEM - An aggregation apparatus including: a computer, an output device, a display controlled by the computer, and networking hardware connecting the computer to a network, the computer programmed so that the aggregation apparatus: communicates with at least one computer via the Internet to obtain peer-to-peer information corresponding to real time data shared by at least one other computer; processes the peer-to-peer information to produce an aggregation; and then renders the aggregation as output; and then presents at least some of the aggregation and at least one of at least some of the information in a customizable user interface, at least some of the aggregation in association with an automatically generated score that represents a level of communication activity, and at least some of the information in a user interface which includes an automatically generated list of contacts and their associated recent activity. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130024788 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTATION OF FEED ITEMS IN AN INFORMATION FEED TO BE DISPLAYED ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for displaying a feed item of an information feed in a presentation on a display device. In some implementations, a feed item having one or more attributes is received. A filter including one or more parameters is applied to the one or more feed item attributes. The filter is capable of being stored on one or more storage mediums. When the one or more feed item attributes satisfies the one or more filter parameters, presentation information is generated. The presentation information includes at least one indicator configured to identify, in a user interface on the display device, the feed item as having the one or more attributes satisfying the one or more filter parameters. The presentation information can be stored on one or more storage mediums. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130031489 | NEWS FEED RANKING MODEL BASED ON SOCIAL INFORMATION OF VIEWER - Machine learning models are used for ranking news feed stories presented to users of a social networking system. The social networking system divides its users into different sets, for example, based on demographic characteristics of the users and generates one model for each set of users. The models are periodically retrained. The news feed ranking model may rank news feeds for a user based on information describing other users connected to the user in the social networking system. Information describing other users connected to the user includes interactions of the other users with objects associated with news feed stories. These interactions include commenting on a news feed story, liking a news feed story, or retrieving information, for example, images, videos associated with a news feed story. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130036369 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING EVENT-RELATED INFORMATION - An embodiment of the invention is a method of integrating public and private calendars on a user-specific basis, such that a user is able to view multiple shared calendars created by different users. A system maintains event data relating to a future event, and receives a request to add that event to one of the user's calendars. The system creates a link between that event and the calendar, configuring the link so that updates to the event are automatically reflected on the calendar. It further enables the user to modify attributes associated with the event. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130036370 | EXCLUSION OF SELECTED DATA FROM ACCESS BY COLLABORATORS - One exemplary aspect is a blackout feature that can be used in connection with touchscreen devices to hide selected data in a shared display environment. An exemplary embodiment may be provided as a service running in the background or on a touchscreen device. A service may pop-up in response to the initiation of a collaboration session or entry of the device into a data transfer or sharing environment to prompt the user as to handle they would like to handle the shared information, e.g., “hide” sensitive information. Another exemplary aspect can display data in a constellation fashion. For example, data included in a file or data set to be shared is displayed by the touchscreen device. The user can then run their finger over the data that the user does not wish to share. The selected data/information can then be prevented from delivery to and/or display on the collaborating device(s). | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130042186 | Real-time web-based debate platform - Real-Time computer-implemented processes, computer-program instructions, hardware and services and features redefining the value of social interaction and free speech debate on the Internet by placing value on every user's voice in a powerful and easy to use social media platform that interacts in real-time with the issues facing our world and of importance to the users themselves. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130047092 | COMMUNICATION CLIENT AND A METHOD FOR INITIATING A COMMUNICATION SERVICE - The present invention discloses a communication client and a method for initiating a communication service. The communication client comprises a control module and multiple communication plug-ins, wherein each communication plug-in is configured to implement communication functionalities for a service type; and the control module comprises: a requesting module, configured to accept a user operation to generate a communication request corresponding to the operation, wherein the communication request comprises: a target contact and a selected communication service type; a first determination module, configured to determine a communication plug-in which achieves the selected communication service type of communication in the multiple communication plug-ins; and a calling module, configured to call the determined communication plug-in to initiate the selected communication service type of communication toward the target contact. The present invention reduces the operation complexity of the user using various communication services simultaneously and improves user experience. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130047093 | DIGITAL WHITEBOARD COLLABORATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The DIGITAL WHITEBOARD COLLABORATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DWC”) transform user multi-element touchscreen gestures via DWC components into updated digital collaboration whiteboard objects. In one embodiment, the DWC obtains user whiteboard input from a client device participating in a digital collaborative whiteboarding session. The DWC parses the user whiteboard input to determine user instructions, and modifies a tile object included in the digital collaborative whiteboarding session according to the determined user instructions. The DWC generates updated client viewport content for the client device. Also, the DWC determines that client viewport content of a second client device should be modified because of modifying the tile object included in the digital whiteboard. The DWC generates updated client viewport content for the second client device after determining that the content of the second client device should be modified, and provides the updated client viewport content to the second client device. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130047094 | Method and system for capturing and sharing expert knowledge and individual preferences via interactive rating cards to derive multidimensional social rating system - A method and system for individuals to capture, store, and organize their knowledge and preferences about goods and services in digital sharable interactive rating cards. The method provides means to capture pictures, video, audio, and text into structured digital rating cards via computers, smart phones, and other digital devices. The method further provides means to create and assign multidimensional rating scales for inputting preference ratings. The multidimensional ratings scales support different input methods based on the device and the underlying scales' attributes. The method further provides means to share the rating cards on social media sites, and to capture all social interactions into secondary aggregated ratings that indicate the overall social assessment of the value of the items displayed in individual rating cards. The system also provides means for advertisers and businesses to place contents and rewards the user. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130047095 | CLOUD DESKTOP SYSTEM WITH MULTI-TOUCH CAPABILITIES - The present invention provides a collaborative tool which is a distributed multi-touch cloud-connected desktop tool comprising a client application and/or webtop with an integrated immersive Natural User Interface adapted for any input device having a touch screen. Thanks to the invention users can access their desktops from everywhere, at anytime and from any capable device, as the desktop is multiplatform and can be accessed from mobile devices, web browsers or from desktops as standalone application without the necessity of a desktop computer. Thanks to the invention, users can share digital content, edit it and interact with it in a cooperative and collaborative manner while still able to individually and independently arrange objects and/or applications in each of the clients for the best convenience of each user. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130047096 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROVIDING MEDIUM - The invention enables users to virtually attach information to situations in the real world, and also enables users to quickly and easily find out desired information. An IR sensor receives an IR signal transmitted from an IR beacon, and supplies the received signal to a sub-notebook PC. A CCD video camera takes in a visual ID from an object, and supplies the inputted visual ID to the sub-notebook PC. A user inputs, through a microphone, a voice to be attached to situations in the real world. The sub-notebook PC transmits position data, object data and voice data, which have been supplied to it, to a server through a communication unit. The transmitted data is received by the server via a wireless LAN. The server stores the received voice data in a database in correspondence to the position data and the object data. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130047097 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DISPLAYING TAG WORDS FOR SELECTION BY USERS ENGAGED IN SOCIAL TAGGING OF CONTENT - Methods, systems and computer program products for displaying tag words for selection by users engaged in social tagging of content accessible via a communications network, are provided. A tag cloud, tag word inventory curve and slider control are displayed within a graphical user interface. The tag cloud is a visual representation of an inventory of tag words. The tag word inventory curve is a graphical representation of the words in the inventory by frequency of usage by others. The slider control is responsive to user movement, and is movable within a range that spans the length of the tag word inventory curve. Movement of the slider control changes the number of tag words from the inventory displayed in the tag cloud according to frequency of usage by others. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130055106 | Calendar Application for Communication Devices - An electronic device has a touch-sensitive display and a controller that executes an application. The application bisects a display into a plurality of regions using a timeline. In a first region on a first side of the timeline, the application displays events that are originated by the user of the device. In a second region on a second, opposite side of the timeline, the application displays events that are associated with the user, but are originated by others. Activities associated with the user are displayed along the timeline. The events and activities on the timeline can be shared with other users using drag-n-drop operations. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130055107 | COLLABORATION PLANE - Methods and systems for dynamically and collaboratively generating software documentation are described. In particular, methods and systems provide for in-context authoring, identification, and presentation of software documentation based on one or more determined contexts. For example, methods and systems enable a computing device to identify one or more current contexts for the device, and to provide documentation content based on the identified context. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130055108 | Managing an On-Line Conference Session - Embodiments of the invention relate to an on-line communication tool. A set of windows are employed to manage threads of communication. A first window maintains a list of threads available for discussion during the communication. A second window maintains a continuous log of the communication, and functions in a read-only mode. A third window maintains a read-write channel for a thread of the communication, and functions in a read-write mode. One or more threads may be selected from the first window, with each thread selection opening a separate third window. Text pertaining to a specific thread of the communication may be entered into the specific third window and populated to the continuous log of the second window. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130055109 | DISPLAY DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A display data generation device which generates display data to display a plurality of objects on a shared image screen utilized by a plurality of users, includes: a processing and judgment section which identifies a user who has conducted an operation to any one of the objects when the operation is detected, and judges whether or not a display form of the object should be changed according to a change of the user who operated the object; and an image processing section to generate display data in which the display form of the object has been changed, in accordance with a judgment result of the processing and judgment section. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130055110 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ELECTRONIC INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION - A system and method of electronic interpersonal communication includes receiving a selection of a recipient for communication. A user profile for the selected recipient is accessed. The user profile includes a plurality of communication traits of the selected recipient. A graphical display presents at least one communication trait of the selected recipient from the user profile. An electronic communication to the selected recipient is received. The electronic communication is sent to the selected recipient. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130055111 | SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD - A social networking system, apparatus and method are provided. For example, a user of a computing system may quickly and easily select a subset of a group of individuals with whom he or she wishes to communicate. The user may also choose to “eavesdrop” on conversations between other individuals in the group and potentially participate in the discussion. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130061152 | THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are disclosed. One GUI includes a 3D object. The 3D object has a plurality of surfaces. The surfaces include one or more surfaces associated with a first user and one or more surfaces associated with a second user. The 3D object is rotatable in order to selectively display at least one of the surfaces. Rotation of the 3D object around a first axis changes the selectively displayed surface between the one or more surfaces associated with the first user and the one or more surfaces associated with the second user. Rotation of the 3D object around a second axis changes the selectively displayed surface between one of the one or more surfaces associated with the first user and another one of the one or more surfaces associated with the first user. The GUI may be implemented on the display screen of a medical device. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130061153 | System and Method for Inserting a Control System Into a Conference - A conference, such as an audio or video conference, is controlled by inserting a control sequenced application into a communication stream. A command is received at the control sequenced application from a user interface to control an aspect of the conference. For example, the command may be to mute a participant of the conference. The command is sent to a media server, which implements that command. The control sequenced application is typically inserted in between the media server and a conferencing application. In addition, the control sequenced application can be dynamically inserted into the communication stream. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130061154 | All Media Story Telling System And Method - Art all media story-telling system and method are disclosed. The system and method provide any media, integrated story telling, provide content management, distribution and syndication across multiple domains, and provide a relevancy-based match between content and advertising. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130061155 | System and Method to Create a Collaborative Workflow Environment - The present invention relates a method, computer system and a computer readable medium for creating a collaborative workflow process in a shared network space wherein the shared space is created by interaction of executable codes in a host and a user application and the shared space is described by a session attribute list; loading a media application with a plurality of tools into one or more user computers; inputting multi type content into the shared space; and displaying the content by computers in one of a synchronous or asynchronous mode; selecting a procedural framework template for the creation of a workflow process; and adding a content process section, a discussion point section, an approval section, a hand-off section; and storing state of the procedural framework. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130061156 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FILTERING INFORMATION UPDATES TO DISPLAY IN A FEED OF AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for filtering information updates to display in a feed of an online social network. A computing device receives one or more parameters. The parameter(s) is applied to to one or more attributes of the information updates. One or more of the information updates is identified as having one or more attributes satisfying the one or more parameters. Data indicating the identified one or more information updates is generated. The generated data is provided to a display device configured to display presentations of the feed in a user interface. The presentations include a first presentation of the feed with the information updates and a second presentation of the feed with only the identified information updates as indicated by the generated data. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130067356 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - The present invention is related to an information processing system that simultaneously shares content data in private virtual spaces. A home server is arranged at a user's home. A portable user terminal can access the home server and a virtual home DB server supplies the layout information about virtual home to the portable user terminal. An authentication server executes authentication processing on the portable user terminal. An inter-user-terminal communication relay server executes the processing associated with the communication between a plurality of users. A user information holding server stores the personal data of each user and the content data, which are shared with other users. This system thus realizes realtime communication via the Internet. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130073983 | INTEGRATING STRUCTURED OBJECTS AND ACTIONS GENERATED ON EXTERNAL SYSTEMS INTO A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A social networking system includes a mechanism for integrating user actions on objects outside of the social networking system in the social graph. For example, streaming music on external systems may be integrated into the user experience on the social networking system. Third-party developers, in addition to administrators of the social networking system, may define objects and actions that enable integration of external music sources to be played and controlled using the social networking system while also providing socially relevant information to other users of the social networking system. Actions and objects recorded from these external user interactions are structured to enable aggregation and structured querying, which enables data visualizations of the information discoverable on the social graph. In this way, interesting information about users' actions outside of the domain of the social networking system may be shared and compared with other users on the social networking system. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073984 | Displaying Social Networking System User Information Via a Timeline Interface - The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073985 | Displaying Dynamic User Interface Elements in a Social Networking System - The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073986 | Focus Stealing Prevention - One implementation provides monitoring a user's activity within a first window that is visible to the user in a graphical user interface (GUI), receiving notification of an incoming message intended for the user, and, upon receipt, opening a second window that is visible to the user in the GUI, the second window being distinct from any other window currently open in the GUI. When a predetermined condition is satisfied based upon the user's activity being monitored in the first window, the implementation further provides deactivating the first window in the GUI and activating the second window to provide the user with notification of the incoming message. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073987 | ENABLING PROGRAMMING OF RECORDINGS - Enabling a first user to send to a second user a promotional program icon used to enable recording of a program promoted by the icon includes enabling the first user to access a display of content accessible via a network environment. The display of content includes the promotional program icon, and the first user is able to select the promotional program icon and request presentation of the icon to a second user. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073988 | ACQUIRING, RANKING AND DISPLAYING POINTS OF INTEREST FOR USE IN AN AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE PROVISIONING SYSTEM AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING SUCH RANKED POINTS OF INTEREST - Methods for acquiring, generating and displaying ranked points of interests for use in an augmented reality service provisioning system are described. The method for generating such ranked points of interest comprises: receiving feedback information comprising information on users interactions associated with one or more points of interest displayed as selectable graphical indicators on a screen of a mobile device and assigning popularity scores to points of interests identified in said feedback information on the basis of said user interactions; associating a point of interest in a recording list, comprising points of interests sent to one or more mobile devices in said augmented reality service provisioning system, with a popularity score assigned to points of interests identified in said feedback information; and, storing said point of interest and said popularity score in a points of interest database. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130080916 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROCESSOR-READABLE MEDIA FOR BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AND DATA SHARING BETWEEN WIRELESS HAND HELD DEVICES AND MULTIMEDIA DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Methods, systems and processor-readable media for supporting bidirectional communications and data sharing. One or more wireless hand held devices can be registered with one or more controllers associated with one or more multimedia displays. One or more profile icons can be selected for use as a cursor(s) during interaction of the wireless hand held device(s) with one or more multimedia display(s) during rendering of an event as data on the multimedia display(s). Supplemental data can be provided from the multimedia display(s) and/or a remote database to the wireless hand held device(s) based on a selection of the data rendered on the multimedia display(s) marked by the cursor utilizing the wireless hand held device(s). | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080917 | Multi-Modality communication modification - Disclosed herein are example embodiments for multi-modality communication modification. By way of example but not limitation, a communication device may interact with a user for a first portion of a communication in a manner corresponding to a first communication modality in accordance with at least one intimacy setting. A communication device may further discern at least one modification to at least one user interaction communication modality of at least one intimacy setting and interact with a user for a second portion of a communication in a manner corresponding to a second communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting responsive at least partly to the at least one modification. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080918 | VOICE ENABLED SOCIAL ARTIFACTS - A user is prompted to select a social site for generating a voice enabled social artifact. A user selection of the social site is received. Responsive to receiving the user selection, information associated with an account of the user on the social site is obtained. The user is prompted to select a social artifact associated with the social site for voice enablement. A user selection of the social artifact is received. The selected social artifact is configured for voice enablement. The selected social artifact is displayed on the social site with an indication that the selected social artifact is voice enabled. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080919 | CENTRAL MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF USER-CONTRIBUTED CONTENT IN A WEB-BASED COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT AND MANAGEMENT CONSOLE THEREOF - Systems and methods for central management and control of user-contributed content in a web-based collaboration environment are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for enabling an administrative user in an enterprise setting to centrally manage and control content provided by other users of the enterprise in a web-based collaboration environment. In one embodiment, a view providing access to an aggregate of the content or a selection thereof provided by the other users is depicted in a user interface for the administrative user to access the web-based collaboration environment. The user interface for the administrative user includes both of a management console to access the content provided by other users and a panel for accessing an account of the user and work items owned by the administrative user. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080920 | SHARING ON-LINE MEDIA EXPERIENCES - A lead user may share an on-line media content experience with one or more followers by identifying content of interest being experienced on the lead user system, identifying one or more followers with whom to share the content of interest, inviting the followers to experience the content of interest, and enabling the followers to access the content of interest. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080921 | SHARING ON-LINE MEDIA EXPERIENCES - A lead user may share an on-line media content experience with one or more followers by identifying content of interest being experienced on the lead user system, identifying one or more followers with whom to share the content of interest, inviting the followers to experience the content of interest, and enabling the followers to access the content of interest. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080922 | User-Specific Event Popularity Map - Information can be provided in a convenient manner to help a user decide what events to attend. The information can include information regarding a popularity of the events. The popularity of the events can be based upon the number of people expected to attend, the number of the user's friends expected to attend, and/or the number of people fitting user-defined criteria who are expected to attend. The events for a user-specified time period can be shown on a map along with information representing the popularity of the events. Thus, the user can choose to attend those events in the user's area which are more popular. The map can be displayed on a user device, such as a cellular telephone. In this manner, the user can more readily attend those particular events which the user is more likely to enjoy. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080923 | Portable Multifunction Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Viewing and Managing Electronic Calendars - In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display. The touch screen display includes a long axis, a short axis, a portrait view and a landscape view. The computer-implemented method includes executing a calendar application. In response to detecting the portable multifunction device in a first orientation that comprises a substantially vertical orientation of the long axis, a calendar is displayed for a first time period in the portrait view. In response to detecting the portable multifunction device in a second orientation that comprises the substantially vertical orientation of the short axis, a calendar is displayed for a second time period in the landscape view. The second time period is longer than and includes the first time period. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080924 | System and Method for Presenting Calendar Events - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a presence system having a controller to transmit to a calendar system presence information of a subscriber of the presence system for recording said presence information in a calendar event. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080925 | Handheld wireless devices and methods for sharing information among and between individuals and groups - An organizer uses software to define a conference or meeting to take place at a physical meeting location, and to include a list of attendees. The attendees can receive the meeting information, including the location and attendee list, via handheld wireless devices. Also via their handheld wireless devices, the attendees can link to and display pages associated with other attendees, send and receive messages to and from one another, arrange further on-site or offsite meetings, and share various types of personal and business information. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080926 | SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - When an input area corresponding to a first service is displayed by the terminal apparatus, every time a user inputs a character into the input area, character information indicating the input character is received from the terminal apparatus. The character information is stored in a storage means included in a server apparatus different from a server apparatus of the first service and different from a server apparatus of a second service. Request information indicating a request to display an input area corresponding to the second service is received from the terminal apparatus. Instruction information, which indicates an instruction to display the input area corresponding to the request information which includes the character information stored in the storage means as character information indicating one or more characters previously input into the input area displayed by the terminal apparatus on the basis of the instruction information, is transmitted to the terminal apparatus. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130086487 | MEETING SYSTEM THAT INTERCONNECTS GROUP AND PERSONAL DEVICES ACROSS A NETWORK - Systems and methods are provided for hosting collaboration between multiple clients. The system includes a network interface able to communicate with clients, and a control unit. The control unit is able to receive a screen capture that represents visual content at a display of a client, to identify multiple clients for receiving the screen capture, and to transmit the screen capture to the multiple clients for presentation at displays of the multiple clients. The control unit is further able to receive instructions in parallel from the multiple clients representing marks made upon the screen capture, and to transmit the instructions in parallel to the multiple clients to apply the marks onto the screen capture as presented at the displays of the multiple clients. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130086488 | SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING IN-PERSON INTERACTION BETWEEN MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT USERS WHOSE AVATARS HAVE INTERACTED VIRTUALLY - Described is a system for facilitating in-person interaction between multi-user virtual environment (“MMVE”) users. The system facilitates in-person interaction between the users if they have interacted virtually in MMVE via their respective avatars. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130086489 | DISPLAYING ESTIMATED SOCIAL INTEREST IN TIME-BASED MEDIA - Social media content items are mapped to relevant time-based media events. These mappings may be used as the basis for multiple applications, such as ranking of search results for time-based media, automatic recommendations for time-based media, prediction of audience interest for media purchasing/planning, and estimating social interest in the time-based media. Social interest in time-based media (e.g., video and audio streams and recordings) segments is estimated through a process of data ingestion and integration. The estimation process determines social interest in specific events represented as segments in time-based media, such as particular plays in a sporting event, scenes in a television show, or advertisements in an advertising block. The resulting estimates of social interest also can be graphically displayed. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130091440 | Workspace Collaboration Via a Wall-Type Computing Device - Multi-user, multi-computing device collaborative work experience is provided. One or more computing devices, including wired and wireless personal computers, laptop computers, servers, handheld mobile computing devices, for example, mobile telephones, tablet type computers, slate type computers and the like, may be linked together to allow users of such devices to engage in a collaborative work session. Information for each user engaged in the collaborative work session may be displayed on the one or more devices along with any content such as agenda items, documents, data, images, and the like. User participation may be tracked, and information on user participation, work session communications and content may be stored for subsequent use. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130091441 | DETERMINING INTENT OF A RECOMMENDATION ON A MOBILE APPLICATION - Methods and systems are provided for determining the intent of a recommendation made by a user of a mobile application where the application includes a plurality of separable components, any one or more of which the recommendation can apply to. An application in which a user recommendation control is provided for presentation to a user also includes a tag indicating how a recommendation of the application should be interpreted with respect to the components included therein. The tag can be set by the application developer and can be in the form of text (e.g., a keyword or term) or a uniform resource locator (URL). Where a tag references multiple components of an application, a recommending user can be presented with a recommendation intent query. The recommendation intent query allows a user to designate one or more components of the application to which the user's recommendation should be attributed. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130091442 | Global Account Configuration Instances - A networking system supports dynamic management of representations of interactions between network members and resources based on global representations of the interactions. Representative views of the interactions for various devices associated with members and network accounts can be managed based on the global representation and configuration information. Representative views can be accessed simultaneously from separate devices, and upon accessing a network from supporting devices, enabling seamless transitions between supporting devices. Members can be provided an option of accessing interactions and engaging in new interactions. Multiple instances of resources can be distributed and provided to members based on locations, energy usage associated with supporting the interactions, and capabilities of devices associated with members. Interactions by various associated devices can be managed, controlled, and restricted based on configuration information. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130097528 | SUBJECTIVE USER INTERFACE - Disclosed is a subjective user interface that allows a user to define a worknet from a set of data objects of a business enterprise. The user may instantiate channels which are subsets of the worknet. In embodiments, predefined channels may be created and then installed in the user's subjective user interface, which the user may choose as a new channel. Activity spaces may be defined within a channel comprising members of the channel. The data objects that comprise a worknet, or a channel, or an activity space may comprise people as well as non-person (inanimate) entities. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130097529 | Group Network Connector - The present invention relates to a method and system for contacts management and an interface application for managing, searching and sharing electronic contact information of users of a group. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130097530 | CALENDAR OVERLAYS - Implementing an electronic calendar can include accessing a first electronic calendar owned by a first party, accessing a second electronic calendar owned by a second party, and presenting a view that combines at least one existing entry from within each of the first and second electronic calendars. Source information for each of the first and second electronic calendars may be electronically maintained. The combined view may be updated electronically to reflect a change to at least one of the existing entries from within at least one of the first and second electronic calendars. Electronic calendars may be accessed and overlaid without importing events, thus enabling simple updating. Event information may be imported and source or other attributes may be associated with imported information to enable updating and other sorting functions. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130097531 | DETECTING ASSOCIATES - Detecting, for a content item, associated preference events is disclosed. For the content item, a plurality of preference events from a plurality of users is received. The received preference events are accumulated. Associated events are detected. The effect of the events is reduced when assigning a status to the item. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130104054 | Techniques to Facilitate Asynchronous Communication - Users may communicate an idea asynchronously by including contextual information. The contextual information may be presented in multimodal annotations, suggestions of logical idea progression, and a chronological history of the project creation. The contextual information may include content captured from the real-world including from the user's immediate environment or elsewhere. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130104055 | TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING A VISUAL FLOW OF USER CONTENT THROUGH A SOCIAL NETWORK - A computer-implemented technique for generating a visual display illustrating the flow of user content in a social network is described. The technique can include determining a user content associated with a plurality of users. The technique can further include generating a visual display that includes a region for each user of the plurality of users. The technique can also include generating arranging the regions in the visual display according to a set of layout rules, and aligning a directional indicator in the visual display. The technique can include providing the visual display to a user via a display. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130104056 | Graphical User Interfaces for Supporting Collaborative Generation of Life Stories - Systems and methods for modifying a social timeline are described. A method for modifying a social timeline includes generating data to display a timeline graphic. The time graphic includes a chronology bar that is associated with at least two dates. The method further includes associating image data with the at least two dates to display images along the timeline graphic. The images describe a life story of an account holder. The method includes generating data to allow the account holder to post a comment to the life story along the timeline graphic. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130111355 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING A COLLABORATION LICENSE TO AN APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPANT USER DEVICE(S) PARTICIPATING IN AN ON-LINE COLLABORATION | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130111356 | INBOUND AND OUTBOUND COMMUNICATIONS AGGREGATED BY GROUP | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130111357 | COLLABORATION MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR CONTACT CENTERS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130111358 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF DEMAND RESPONSE EVENTS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130111359 | RELOCATING A USER'S ONLINE PRESENCE ACROSS VIRTUAL ROOMS, SERVERS, AND WORLDS BASED ON LOCATIONS OF FRIENDS AND CHARACTERS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130111360 | Accessed Location of User Interface | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130111361 | CREATION, SHARING AND EMBEDDING OF INTERACTIVE CHARTS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130111362 | INTEGRATED ONLINE WORKSPACES | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130111363 | Educator Effectiveness | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130111364 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PREDEFINED FEEDBACK | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130117692 | GENERATING AND UPDATING EVENT-BASED PLAYBACK EXPERIENCES - Exemplary methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for capturing, organizing, sharing, and/or displaying media. For example, using embodiments of the disclosed technology, a unified playback and browsing experience for a collection of media can be created automatically. For instance, heuristics and metadata can be used to assemble and add narratives to the media data. Furthermore, this representation of media can recompose itself dynamically as more media is added to the collection. While a collection may use a single user's content, sometimes media that is desirable to include in the collection is captured by friends and/or others at the same event. In certain embodiments, media content related to the event can be automatically collected and shared among selected groups. Further, in some embodiments, new media can be automatically incorporated into a media collection associated with the event, and the playback experience dynamically updated. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117693 | EASY SHARING OF WIRELESS AUDIO SIGNALS - One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method comprising receiving, at a first media output device, streaming media from a media source device, receiving, at the first media output device, a command by motion or voice to share the streaming media with a second media output device, and initiating, by the first media output device, sharing of the streaming media between the first media output device and the second media output device. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130125023 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SHARING APPLICATION INFORMATION - Methods and apparatus are provided for sharing application information. Application information regarding a plurality of applications is stored. The application information is received from a plurality of user terminals. An application information request is received from a user terminal. The application information is edited. The edited application information is provided to the user terminal, in response to the application information request. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130125024 | Method of Networking Groups of Users And Organizations And Disseminating Information - A system and method for connecting users and organizations using an internet-based communication platform having a database and a user interface. The method includes storing information regarding a plurality of organizations into the database and receiving through the user interface information relating to a particular user. The method further includes receiving through the user interface search criteria from the user, then generating and displaying on the user interface a list of search results based on the search criteria from the user and the information relating to the plurality of organizations stored in the database. A request is received through the user interface from the user to join a particular organization and a one-way notification is sent to a group of users who have joined that particular organization. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130125025 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING REMOTE PARTICIPATION IN MULTI-MEDIA EVENTS - Implementing remote participation in events is provided. The implementation includes providing a view of an instance of an application on endpoint systems in response to a common option received from users of the endpoint systems of the application, receiving a role from each of the users that include an active participant role and a coach role, and receiving performance data from the endpoint systems. The implementation also includes populating the view with virtual representations of the users of each of the endpoint systems having the active participant role. The populating includes positioning the virtual representations at various locations in the view. The various locations are indicative of the performance data and the view represents an event selected as the common option, which includes a simulated exercise course. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130132860 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A CONNECTED MARKET USING SOCIAL MEDIA INTERACTION UNITS AND INTERACTIVE PROCESS GADGETS - A user interface associated with interactive, multi-dimensional gadgets that interact across and through one another—via programmatic interfaces made available by feeds from outside sources, and user input. The gadgets operate interactively to create work flows. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132861 | SOCIAL MEDIA DASHBOARDS - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable media for providing a social media dashboard. In some implementations, web browser data including a social media dashboard and a webpage are provided. In some instances, the social media dashboard is a user interface displayed in association with a webpage on a device. In some other instances, the social media dashboard includes one or more user selectable mechanisms configured to cause an action to interact with an information feed associated with a user profile in an online social network. In some instances, the presentation of the social media dashboard is updated, independent of the presentation of the web page, to include information indicating a record update. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132862 | DESKTOP SHARING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A desktop sharing system and method are provided. A desktop sharing application permits a selected display region on a first computer's desktop to be shared with other computers. The desktop sharing application permits another computer to assume control and share a selected display region of the other computer's desktop during a conference. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132863 | Integrated User Participation Profiles - A computer-based system identifies, measures, and rewards user interaction with online content, such as customer interaction with online content posted by companies about their products and services. The system tracks user activity online, such as user activity on online social networking systems and on web sites. For each user and company, the system generates a profile that contains data representing the user's interaction with the company's online content. The system may use such profiles to search for users who are similar to a particular user, to drive social gesture advertising to amplify the actions of users, to highlight particular users for other users to discover and connect with, and to deliver targeted promotions and to incent online engagement by users. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132864 | SOCIAL KUDOS - A system and method for facilitating rating enterprise personnel or otherwise issuing and tracking indications of approval, e.g., kudos. An example method includes providing a first set of user interface controls adapted to enable plural enterprise personnel to participate in a discussion via electronic communications; providing a first user option for a first participant of the discussion to associate an indication of approval with input provided by a participant of the discussion; providing a second user option to associate a note with the indication of approval; and associating the discussion and the indication of approval with a business object. A social network may provide the first set of user interface controls. The electronic communications include messages exchanged over a social network used to conduct the discussion. The input may include, for example, text and/or a document submitted to participants of the discussion, such as a presentation document. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130139070 | PRESENTING QUESTION AND ANSWER DATA IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A social networking system includes a question and answer system that displays to a viewing user questions and answers provides by other users of the social networking system. The question and answer system may display answers to a particular question in a way that visually indicates both the global answer set and a subset of the global answer set, such as the viewing user's friends. The social networking system may also display to a viewing user news stories about another user asking or answering a question, where the format of the displayed new stories is based on an affinity that the viewing user has for the user who provided the question or answer mentioned in the news story. The displayed questions and/or answers may be associated with an object in the social networking system, where the user interface provides additional information about those objects. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130145284 | ACCESS POLICY BASED ON COLLABORATION PARTICIPATION - According to example configurations as described herein, an on-line conference management application receives an indication of multiple participants that attend an on-line collaboration meeting. The conference management system stores identities of content shared amongst the multiple participants during the on-line collaboration meeting. Based on identities of the multiple participants and shared content, the conference management system generates an access policy. Subsequent to termination of the on-line collaboration meeting, the conference management system utilizes the access policy to prevent unauthorized access to the shared content. For example, the conference management system can receive a request from a user to access the shared content. The management system checks to determine whether the user was a participant at the on-line collaboration meeting. Responsive to detecting that the user attended the on-line collaboration meeting as specified by the access policy, the management system can provide access to the particular document to the user. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130145285 | REVERSE METADATA VIEWING BY MULTIPLE PARTIES - Reverse metadata viewing by multiple parties, in one aspect, determines one or more second users that share one or more concerns of the first user, enable the first user to select said one or more second users. One or more concerns of said selected one or more second users are determined based on metadata information in electronic artifacts associated with said selected one or more second users. The first user is enabled to explore said one or more concerns of said selected one or more second users. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130145286 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SOCIAL TILE DISPLAYING METHOD, AND TILE CONNECTION METHOD - Social tile displaying method is provided. A first dynamic tile group is displayed on a display screen. In response to a pin instruction for designating a first contact person, a social tile corresponding to the first contact person is generated along with the first dynamic tile group on the display screen. Automatic notification message corresponding to the first contact person is shown on each of the tiles within the first dynamic tile group. Tile connection method is also provided. First and second tiles are displayed. In response to a connection command, the first and second tiles are connected according to the connection command. Preset processes are performed on the first and second tiles according to characteristics of the first and second tiles. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130145287 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PAGE SHARING BY A DEVICE - A first device shares a page with a second device by receiving a page of the second device, arranging a page of the first device and the received page of the second device, and displaying the arranged pages of the first and second devices, wherein, in the displaying, when the page of the first device is moved, the page of the second device is displayed on a screen of the first device. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130145288 | System and Method for Identifying Nearby, Compatible Users - A system and method displays to a user nearby other user's compatible with that user. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130151987 | Tactile Interface for Social Networking System - A user interface includes a tactile interface on a client device that allows users to interact with social networking system content in a manner that is optimized for touch screens and mobile devices. The tactile interface allows users to efficiently navigate the social networking system data as well as to capture new content for upload to the social networking system. New content may be captured in a way that allows the user to preview the content in-context. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151988 | SOCIAL-CHRONOGRAPHIC-GEOGRAPHIC MEDIA FILE BROWSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Users are able to browse a digital-media content based on social-graph-related criteria, time-related criteria, and geolocation-related criteria. A social-chronographic-geographic media file browsing system builds a social-chronographic-geographic media query and retrieves digital-media content (and associated metadata) based on a given user's search criteria. In accordance with various embodiments, the social-chronographic-geographic media file browsing system retrieves an interactive map from cartographic data provider and then places a graphical media control on the interactive map according to the provided geolocation-related criterion. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151989 | PRESENTING CONTEXT INFORMATION IN A COMPUTING DEVICE - An electronic computing device can be configured to act as a text-entry device and a cursor control device for a second device. The first device can include a touch-sensitive display capable of receiving text inputs and cursor inputs for controlling operations performed on the second device which is communicatively coupled to the first device. The first device can be configured such that selection of a field displayed by the second device can cause information such as text from a focus field to be displayed by the first device. The second device can be configured to send information pertaining to the focus field to the first device. The information can include a warning that the maximum length of input for the focus field has been, or is about to be, exceeded. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151990 | CUSTOMIZED USER INTERFACE BASED ON USER PROFILE INFORMATION - A user interface including one or more references to content is customized. Several user profiles are provided from which a user may be associated. Each user profile includes user profile information. The user profile associated with a user to whom a user interface will be provided is accessed. A user interface is configured for the user, based at least in part upon the user profile accessed as being associated with the user. Access to content is enabled based on user manipulation of the configured user interface. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151991 | MANAGING CUSTOMIZED USER INTERFACES - A user interface including one or more references to content is customized. Several user profiles are provided from which a user may be associated. Each user profile includes user profile information. The user profile associated with a user to whom a user interface will be provided is accessed. A user interface is configured for the user, based at least in part upon the user profile accessed as being associated with the user. Access to content is enabled based on user manipulation of the configured user interface. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130159880 | DYNAMIC SCREEN SHARING FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE - Illustrative embodiments disclose sharing an area of a computer system screen. A first computer system configures a sharing session for sharing a region of the screen with a second computer system. The first computer system assesses information on performance of the sharing session, determining from the information a minimum size of the region based on the assessment, and then selects the region to share based on the assessment and a designation by a user. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159881 | END-USER PORTAL SYSTEM FOR REMOTE TECHNICAL SUPPORT - A controller provides information regarding end-user dictated content for a plurality of technical support topics to an end-user device prior to the controller receiving any indication of specific technical support required by the end-user. Additionally, the controller provides information regarding available automated technical support to the end-user device prior to the controller receiving any indication of specific technical support required by the end-user. The end-user device provides an indication of selection of at least a portion of the either the information regarding end-user dictated content for a plurality of technical support topics or the information regarding available automated technical support. By providing such information prior to receiving any indication of the specific technical support required by the end-user, the likelihood that the end-user can successfully resolve his/her issue without further intervention is increased. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159882 | COLLABORATIVE DATA MINING AND ANALYSIS - Provided are methods, systems, and computer readable media for user interaction with database methods and systems. In an aspect, a user interface can be generated to facilitate dynamic display generation to view data. The system can comprise a visualization component to dynamically generate one or more visual representations of the data to present in the state space. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159883 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SHARING INFORMATION IN AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - Sharing information in an online social network, comprising data mining by analyzing a first user profile and a plurality of other user profiles for finding shared interests among the users of said profiles; selecting from the found shared interests a set of shared interests; displaying at the graphical user interface of the first user the profile of at least one of the other users sharing said set of selected shared interests; and displaying at the graphical user interface a list of the shared interests from the selected set. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159884 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus may include at least one communication interface configured to receive notification of one or more other apparatuses in proximity to the apparatus; and at least one processor configured to, in response to the notification and based at least in part on a calculated sharing recommendation degree, cause at least one display to display a prompt to share content with at least one of the other apparatuses. An information processing method may include determining that one or more other apparatuses are in proximity to a first apparatus; calculating a sharing recommendation degree; and in response to determining that the one or more other apparatuses are in proximity to the first apparatus, and based at least in part on the calculated sharing recommendation degree, displaying on a display of the first apparatus a prompt to share content with at least one of the other apparatuses. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159885 | SELECTIVELY DISPLAYING CONTENT TO A USER OF A SOCIAL NETWORK - A computer-implemented method for selectively displaying a content to a user of a social network, including maintaining in a computer system for each user of the social network a profile including data on individual preferences and/or interests of the user and the significance of each preference and/or interest for the user; providing input data including content; receiving a request of the user for displaying content; and selectively displaying filtered content to the user in response to the request, in which the filtered content is displayed in accordance with the profile of the user. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159886 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING EVENT INFORMATION IN WIRELESS TERMINAL - A device and method is provided for managing event information in a wireless terminal. The device includes a controller for controlling and sorting at least one event information based on a menu, and providing an identifier corresponding to the menu on a date-by-date basis, and a displaying unit for displaying event information on the date-by-date basis, using the identifier. The method includes the steps of sorting at least one event information by a menu, and displaying event information on a date-by-date basis, using an identifier corresponding to the menu. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130167041 | POSTING ACTIVITY VISUALIZATION - Method and systems to display posting volumes. An activity package data item containing data items for each of at least one data feed source is received on a device. The device has a user interface that is changeably configurable between one of a locked mode and an unlocked mode, where the locked mode has reduced user input capability. A representation of the posting characterizations is displayed in response to receiving the activity package data item when the user interface is configured into the locked mode. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130167042 | WEB-BASED GROUPWARE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a communication network. The system comprises a network-connected server having input and access capabilities, a site builder, a transmitter, a communicator, and memory. The site-builder receives instructions input from a first user and creates a dedicated network site based on the received instructions. The transmitter communicates the existence of the dedicated network site to a nominated second user. The communicator provides accesses to the contents of the dedicated network site by the first and second users. The memory stores information input by the first and the second user in the dedicated network site. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130167043 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTING MESSAGE RECIPIENTS - A method and communications device is provided for determining a list of possible additional recipients to add to an electronic message that is composed by a user of the communications device for transmission to another communications device. Once the user indicates that there is an additional recipient for the distribution list of the electronic message, the device employs the method to create the list of possible additional recipients. The method may be implemented on a computer program product. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130174054 | Method And Apparatus For Inputting Schedule In Mobile Communication Terminal - A terminal includes: a camera configured to capture an image using a lens; a memory configured to store the image captured by the camera and identification information corresponding to the captured image; a controller configured to provide control to generate schedule information based on the identification information and to store the generated schedule information in a scheduler; and a display unit configured to display the generated schedule information or the scheduler under the control of the controller. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130174055 | Content Related Viewer Voting Apparatus, Method and System - The disclosed CONTENT RELATED VIEWER VOTING APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“CRVV”) transform requests for votes in displayed consumable media via CRVV components into rewards for voter recruiting through social networking. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes: receiving a request to vote in a content-related electronic voting opportunity from a user; providing, a voting opportunity page having at least one voting question and an expiration time; recording a content-related vote; providing a single-click opportunity to share the content-related vote and the voting opportunity via a social network; generating a social vote post message; receiving a vote from a peer of the user who accessed the social vote post message; and correlating the vote of the peer with the recorded content-related vote, to create a recruited vote total attributable to the user for each voting question. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130174056 | Instant Messaging Interface Having a Tear-Off Element - A user interface on a display enables user perception of information regarding a communications session that leverages an instant messaging platform. The user interface includes an instant messaging application user interface and one or more tear-off elements corresponding to ongoing instant messaging communications sessions. Each tear-off element is configured to enable perception and selection by a user of a corresponding instant messaging communications session. Also, each tear-off element is configured to be independently visually separated from other elements of the instant messaging application user interface and maintained as a separate entity on the instant messaging application user interface. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130174057 | Instant Messaging Interface Having a Tear-Off Element - A user interface on a display enables user perception of information regarding a communications session that leverages an instant messaging platform. The user interface includes an instant messaging application user interface and one or more tear-off elements corresponding to ongoing instant messaging communications sessions. Each tear-off element is configured to enable perception and selection by a user of a corresponding instant messaging communications session. Also, each tear-off element is configured to be independently visually separated from other elements of the instant messaging application user interface and maintained as a separate entity on the instant messaging application user interface. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130174058 | System and Method to Automatically Aggregate and Extract Key Concepts Within a Conversation by Semantically Identifying Key Topics - Methods are provided for providing a user with real-time access to supplemental information about named entities that appear within a conversation in a messaging application on a user terminal. Named entities, conversational topics, and sentiments are recognized as the user enters messages into the application. These are provided to a semantic search engine in a server system, that classifies the named entities into one of a variety of domains. Each domain has an associated tool for retrieving detailed supplemental information about the named entity. The server system transmits, to the user terminal, indicia that allow the user terminal to retrieve the supplemental information. Advertising related to a named entity having favorable sentiment also may be transmitted to the user terminal for display. These functions occur without the need for a separate search interface in the messaging application. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130179802 | Chaining Connection Requests - In one embodiment, a social networking system, in response to receiving an action request from a user, expands the portion of a social networking web site with which the user interacted to initiate the action request, and populates the expanded portion with object suggestions of the same type as the target object of the action request. In particular embodiments, the object suggestions are based at least in part on the characteristics of the target object of the action request. Such embodiments capitalize on the transitory mood of the user and facilitate and promote the chaining of subsequent action requests. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130179803 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CHANGING THE CONTENT OF AN INTERNET WEB PAGE - A host Web page includes an evolving interactive dialog box wherein an Internet user may enter user data to be processed. When the user completes entering user data in a first revolution of the interactive dialog box, the first revolution is replaced with a second revolution of the evolving interactive dialog box without disturbing or affecting any other part of the host Web page being displayed. Beneficially, the first and second revolutions may be communicated to a user computer together with and at a same time as the host Web page. Also, the second revolution may include a variety of data which is selected or customized to match the user data submitted in the first revolution. Each revolution of the evolving interactive dialog box may be comprised of any combination of general textual data entry fields, category (pull-down) menus, contact information data entry fields, and opt-in/opt-out buttons. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130185651 | PEOPLE PRESENCE DETECTION IN A MULTIDOCUMENT KNOWLEDGE BASE - User presence is detected in a notebook that includes multiple different documents. The user identity and location within the notebook can be displayed to other users to facilitate collaboration. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185652 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CHANGING THE CONTENT OF AN INTERNET WEB PAGE - A host Web page includes an evolving interactive dialog box wherein an Internet user may enter user data to be processed. When the user completes entering user data in a first revolution of the interactive dialog box, the first revolution is replaced with a second revolution of the evolving interactive dialog box without disturbing or affecting any other part of the host Web page being displayed. Beneficially, the first and second revolutions may be communicated to a user computer together with and at a same time as the host Web page. Also, the second revolution may include a variety of data which is selected or customized to match the user data submitted in the first revolution. Each revolution of the evolving interactive dialog box may be comprised of any combination of general textual data entry fields, category (pull-down) menus, contact information data entry fields, and opt-in/opt-out buttons. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185653 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTIMEDIA COMPILATION GENERATION - The present invention generally relates to generation of compilations. Specifically, this invention relates to a computer implemented system and method for providing users the ability to generate a multimedia compilation (e.g., biography) and provide the multimedia compilation to one or more individuals in one or more physical and/or digital formats. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185654 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING RELEVANT PERSONAL CONNECTIONS - The technology disclosed relates to calculating interaction strengths for physical interactions, scheduled physical interactions and wireless interactions between users of online social networks. In particular, it relates to determining direct contact or likely contact between users of online social networks based in part on their mobile communication devices. This determination can be used to score interactions that take place outside the social network for interaction strengths. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185655 | SHARING ON-LINE MEDIA EXPERIENCES - A lead user may share an on-line media content experience with one or more followers by identifying content of interest being experienced on the lead user system, identifying one or more followers with whom to share the content of interest, inviting the followers to experience the content of interest, and enabling the followers to access the content of interest. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185656 | SHARING ON-LINE MEDIA EXPERIENCES - A lead user may share an on-line media content experience with one or more followers by identifying content of interest being experienced on the lead user system, identifying one or more followers with whom to share the content of interest, inviting the followers to experience the content of interest, and enabling the followers to access the content of interest. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185657 | Media Annotation Visualization Tools and Techniques, and an Aggregate-Behavior Visualization System Utilizing Such Tools and Techniques - Methods of facilitating the discovery of relationships between/among participants within systems for annotating visual media objects to create new associations, communities, and other relationships. These methods include processing annotations, metadata, and/or other information using one or more aggregate-behavior-visualization algorithms and displaying aggregate-behavior visualizations to users. These visualizations allow users to seek out and discover relationships and provide unique knowledge assets useful for a variety of purposes, including creating smart documents and fostering learning. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185658 | Portable Electronic Device, Content Publishing Method, And Prompting Method - A portable electronic device, a method for content publishing using the portable electronic device, and a prompting method for content selection are described. The electronic device includes a display unit to display to an user; an acquirement unit for content data acquirement; a selection unit for selecting at least one destination address for content data publishing; and a transmission unit for transmission of content data based on a destination address containing content data for external visits. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130191762 | System and Method to Enable Private Conversations Around Content - Methods, system and computer readable medium for allowing a user to participate in an online private conversation for a head content includes detecting a selection of the content published on a website hosted by a host. A conversation interface is provided for initiating a private conversation within a context of the content. A comment related to the content is provided and one or more users are selected, using the conversation interface. The selected users are socially related to the user and are selected from one or more social networking sites. A link to the private conversation for the content is generated and the generated link is forwarded to the selected users in a notification inviting the users to participate in the private conversation. The link provides access to the content and the private conversation initiated for the content at the website. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191763 | Production Scripting in an Online Event - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for producing an online event. One embodiment is a method comprising: creating a production script for an online event comprising an audio conference between one or more speakers and a plurality of listen-only viewers, the production script comprising a series of production prompts associated with a production timeline; a server presenting an event production user interface to an event producer and a viewer user interface to the listen-only viewers, the event production user interface configured to selectively control the viewer user interface during the online event; and presenting, in the event production user interface, the production prompts in accordance with the production timeline during the online event. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130198654 | Systems, Methods, and Computer Programs for Controlling a Conference Interface Without Joining as a Participant - A method for monitoring and controlling a conference interface includes receiving a request indicating that a notification of an event associated with the conference interface is desired, determining occurrence of the event, sending the notice to a computing device that initiated the request, receiving an out-of-conference communication from the computing device and in response thereto, modifying a characteristic of the conference interface. A system includes computing devices coupled to a conferencing platform via one or more networks. The conference platform operates a web server that publishes a graphical user interface associated with an identified subscriber. A computing device associated with the identified subscriber is provided an application that enables the computing device to communicate a request for notification of an event in their conference interface without being present in the conference interface. The application enables the computing device to receive notification of the event and to respond to the same. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130198655 | Interface for Sharing Posts About a Live Online Event Among Users of a Social Networking System - An external system (e.g., a website) is associated with an event and includes an interface that allows users to interact with streams of content associated with a social networking system. The interface allows a user to provide posts about the event via the interface, where the posts are displayed in the interface and also in a social networking interface on social networking system in connection with the user and other users associated with that user. The user can view, via the interface on the external system, posts from all users that are provided via the interface (e.g., everyone watching the event), thereby increasing the likelihood that the posts are relevant to the event. The user can also view, via the interface, posts from users associated with the user via the social networking system (e.g., friends of the user), regardless of where those are posted. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130205227 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENTS - Techniques for processing a set of documents. The techniques include automatically identifying at least one unresolved issue associated with a first document, including a first unresolved issue and a second unresolved issue associated with the first document. The techniques also include resolving the first unresolved issue by presenting information associated with the first unresolved issue to a first user, receiving input from the first user in response to the presented information associated with the first unresolved issue, and resolving the first unresolved issue based on the input received from the first user. The techniques further include resolving the second unresolved issue by presenting information associated with the second unresolved issue to a second user, receiving input from the second user in response to the presented information associated with the second unresolved issue, and resolving the second unresolved issue based on the input received from the second user. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130205228 | METHOD FOR MANAGING PRESENCE INFORMATION - A method for managing presence information. It comprises setting, by a user, a hyper-availability status to active, at any time said user wants to be contacted by his peers in a presence service, and selecting, by said user, at least one service and/or communication means he wants his peers to contact him through, when in said hyper-availability status by associating the at least one service and/or communication means selection to said hyper-availability status. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130212488 | AUGMENTED SCREEN SHARING IN AN ELECTRONIC MEETING - Described are systems for providing contextually relevant data to participants of an electronic communication. A screen sharing session is established between a plurality of participants of the electronic communication. A set of contextual relevance data is determined between contents of the screen sharing session, at least one of the participants, and external data related to the at least one of the participants. The screen sharing session is changed to include the contextual relevance data. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130212489 | Method for Providing Multiple Mouse Inputs in a Remote Desktop Session - A computer (host), which is communicating with an interactive whiteboard projector (client) through a remote desktop connection, launches third-party applications supporting multiple mice (i.e. drawing pens) and provides these applications with virtual mouse device and input event signals for each pen device connected on the projector. The applications will behave as if the host system were configured with multiple installed mice, though no added driver or physical connected hardware is present. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130212490 | AUGMENTED SCREEN SHARING IN AN ELECTRONIC MEETING - Described are methods for providing contextually relevant data to participants of an electronic communication. A screen sharing session is established between a plurality of participants of the electronic communication. A set of contextual relevance data is determined between contents of the screen sharing session, at least one of the participants, and external data related to the at least one of the participants. The screen sharing session is changed to include the contextual relevance data. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130212491 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN INDIVIDUAL TIMELINE OF A USER OF A SOCIAL NETWORK, COMPUTER SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - The present disclosure relates in general to social networks run in a computer environment and relates in particular to methods and systems for displaying an individual timeline of a registered user (member) of a social network in accordance with selectable, pre-selectable or adjustable settings for individual users. The method and system according to the present application provides a user a persistent way to track social moments with content and people, including tracking the past and future of a user's time (e.g., activities and events). At a glance, the user can see not only the moment, but also the associated people or content and its significance, in a graphical representation referred to as a “timeline.” | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130212492 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING NOTE AND CALENDAR EVENT - A method and an electronic apparatus for associating a note and a calendar event are provided. In the method, when the note is added, at least one event with an event time close to a creating time of the note is inquired from a plurality of events recorded in a calendar, and the note is associated with one of the events. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130212493 | EFFICIENT MULTIMEDIA CONTENT DISCOVERY AND NAVIGATION BASED ON REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION - A method of multimedia content discovery and navigation based on criteria for recommendation includes displaying a multimedia content based on a criteria for recommending the multimedia content, displaying the criteria for recommending the multimedia content along with the multimedia content, processing a first input that includes a selection of the multimedia content, and playing the multimedia content on the selection of the multimedia content. The multimedia content display module may display a second set of multimedia content associated with the second criteria on the selection of the second criteria. The first criteria may include at least one of (i) reasons based on popularity, (ii) reasons based on user favorites, and (iii) reasons based on friends' activities. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130212494 | System and Method for Communicating among Members of Meeting Groups - A system and method for communicating at least one message between users is provided. The method includes the steps of transmitting, to a plurality of users, data configured to display at least one graphical user interface configured to facilitate users to organize and join a plurality of meeting groups associated with a plurality of in-person meetings or events; transmitting, to at least one user of the plurality of users, information identifying at least one predetermined communication; and in response to only a single action performed by the at least one user, transmitting the at least one predetermined communication to at least one other user of the plurality of users. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130212495 | DYNAMICALLY UPDATING MEDIA CONTENT FOR DISPLAY TO A USER OF A SOCIAL NETWORK ENVIRONMENT BASED ON USER INTERACTIONS - A system and method provides dynamically selected media content to someone using an electronic device in a social network environment. Items of media content are selected for the user based on his or her relationships with one or more other users. The user's relationships with other users are reflected in the selected media content and its format. An order is assigned to the items of media content, for example, based on their anticipated importance to the user, and the items of media content are displayed to the user in the assigned order. The user may change the order of the items of media content. The user's interactions with media content available in the social network environment are monitored, and those interactions are used to select additional items of media content for the user. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130219298 | Web-Based Interactive Meeting Facility with Recommendations to Users - A computer implemented method for providing recommendations for an in-person meeting group, the method comprising: collecting user information, wherein the user information provides information related to topical interests and location information for at least one of a plurality of users; comparing the user information with a topical listing of in-person meeting groups in the same geographical region as the at least one user, wherein the in-person meeting group is formed and maintained through a web-based meeting facility; and providing an in-person meeting group recommendation to the at least one user based on the comparison. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130219299 | LIVE BAR - A described method comprises: displaying a browser window on a display device, wherein said browser window is adapted to display live content and current activities of said user in relation to said live content; detecting user input in relation to the displayed live content and/or activity, wherein the user input includes dragging the live content and/or current activity from the browser window and dropping it in at least one slot of a sidebar of said browser window; creating a new slot associated with a current activity to be displayed on said sidebar, if the current activity was dropped in a dedicated slot of the sidebar; displaying the new slot on the sidebar; tracking changes inside the activity associated with an existing slot; modifying the existing slot in the sidebar based on changes inside the activity associated with the existing slot; and displaying the modified slot in said sidebar. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130219300 | EXPERIENCE AND EMOTION ONLINE COMMUNITY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system is disclosed for creating, operating and participating in an online community that brings its users together via similar experiences (e.g., chronic illnesses) the users are having in their lives and/or the emotions those users are feeling during those experiences. The method may include receiving pane information, creating a pane including the pane information, wherein a counterpane comprises a plurality of panes, receiving a mood indicator representing a mood associated with the pane, associating the mood indicator with the pane, receiving a request for a requested mood, searching the counterpane for requested panes associated with the requested mood and distinguishing the requested panes. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130219301 | RICH PROFILE COMMUNICATION WITH NOTIFICATIONS - A rich communication profile system with notifications. The system is a feedback mechanism that utilizes rich content, e.g., multimedia content, as one or more indicators that represent the status of a remote user. The system includes a state component that receives information relating to state of at least one entity. A notifications component dynamically renders at least one personalized graphical indicia representative of the entity's state. The entity can be a person, group of people, component, place, and object. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130227431 | PRIVATE INTERACTION HUBS - In embodiments of private interaction hubs, a mobile device has memory storage to maintain hub data that is associated with a private interaction hub, where the hub data includes multiple types of displayable data that is editable by different types of device applications. The memory storage at the device also maintains private data that is displayable and is viewable with one of the device applications. The mobile device also includes a display device to display the multiple types of the hub data in a hub user interface of a hub application. The display device can also display the private data and a subset of the hub data that are both associated with a device application in a device application user interface. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130227432 | METHOD FOR USING AN ELECTRONIC CALENDAR AND A HANDHELD MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a calendar application or widget for use on a handheld electronic mobile device. This calendar application is able to post birthday greets on a web page of a social network without having to launch the application of the social network. The calendar application is able to synchronize with external data storages from the cloud storage. Upon synchronizing the data, a user is able to obtain information regarding events and be reminded by the event. When a reminder is triggered, a user is able to respond by sending greetings to personal contacts or to invite contacts to the event, and the response can be synchronized with external servers. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130227433 | COLLABORATION SYSTEM - A collaboration system provides enhanced user interface to enable users to interact with electronic devices. In one embodiment, users can add content to a digital system by using a pen that streams coordinates so that input to the digital system may be based on conventional pen and paper handwriting. In another embodiment, a pie-based menu system is used for input to large display area digital devices in which an occluded portion of the pie-based menu system is not used for direct input by the user. The selection of which areas of the pie-based menu system should be omitted from use is adaptive and responsive to whether the user is left-handed or right-handed, and the wrist angle defined by the user's posture. In still another embodiment, an ergonomic open-shaped pie menu system is provided to facilitate selection of options on a digital surface. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130227434 | Audio/Text Question Submission and Control in a Produced Online Event - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for managing question submissions in an online event produced by an event producer. One embodiment is a method comprising: a conferencing system establishing an audio conference between one or more speakers and a plurality of listen-only viewers; presenting an event production user interface to an event producer and a viewer user interface to the listen-only viewers, the event production user interface configured to enable the event producer to control the viewer user interface during the online event; receiving, via the viewer user interface, a text question submitted by one of the listen-only viewers for presentation to one or more speakers; and the event producer selecting the text question, via the event production user interface, for live audio presentation by the listen-only viewer via the audio conference. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130227435 | THEMED ORNAMENT WITH STREAMING VIDEO DISPLAY - An apparatus for playing signals received from the Internet or other information highway on one or more speakers and video displays has a receiver for receiving information from a preselected address; a processor for interpreting the signals; a user interface for choosing between a connection to a personal computer and the preselected address; and at least one sound emitting device and a display for playing the processed signal. The apparatus has an ornamental design on the outside which is related to the topic of the signals received from the address. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130227436 | PAGE-TURNING AND OPERATING METHOD FOR READING MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING SERVICE MESSAGE OF A MOBILE PHONE - A page-turning method for reading an MMS message in a mobile phone is disclosed herein, and comprising steps: A. enter the MMS message and turn to a first page; B. detect an operating command to determine an operating type, enter step C if it is a page-turning operation, enter step D if it is a page designating operation; C. execute the corresponding operating command to turn to a next or previous page according to the page-turning operation; and D. execute the corresponding operating command to turn the MMS message to a designated page according to the page designating operation. The method described above can help the user determine the type of the page-turning operation and provides two page-turning operations (a page-turning operation and a page designating operation), so the user can turn the MMS message arbitrarily to the page, and thereby conveniently enter to read the MMS message. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130232427 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCIDENT TO A DESIGNATED GOVERNMENT PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY - A method and system for communicating information associated with an incident to a designated government public safety agency. Displaying a plurality of selectable icons each associated with a type of criminal offense on the display of the device for the user to select the type of criminal offense associated with the incident, displaying on the display of the device a text box and/or at least one other selectable option for allowing the user to optionally take or select a photo, a video, or an audio recording associated with the incident. Preparing and transmitting a message to a receiving system of the designated government public safety agency, the message including one or more of the user identification and/or contact information, the location-based information, the selected type of criminal offense, text information associated with the incident, photo information associated with the incident, video information associated with the incident. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130239017 | Personalized Server-Based System for Building Virtual Environments - A system for creating and operating virtual environments includes an Internet-connected server, and software executing from the server from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for providing computational resources for creating and operating the virtual environments upon consumer request, a second function for providing administrative control over the created virtual environments to individual ones of the creators of those virtual environments, and a third function for providing a secure interface for matching individual visitors to the created virtual worlds and granting access thereto according to the administrative policies of those individual virtual worlds born through operation of the second function. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130239018 | GRAPHICAL DISPLAY RESPONSIVE TO VOICE INPUT - An embodiment of the present invention is directed to controlling a graphical display responsive to voice input. A voice input is received from a live telephone conversation between two or more parties. The voice input is then analyzed for the presence of a product model number. The product model number is then extracting from the voice input. The product model number is then displayed in a model number listing on the graphical display while the conversation is still ongoing. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130239019 | INNER-CIRCLE SOCIAL SOURCING - A social networking environment supporting collaborative social interaction is disclosed. The social networking environment may be implemented by a computing system including a number of client computing devices and a server system that communicate with each other via a communications network. User profile and geographic location information associated with users of the social networking environment may be shared with each other. Users may request commentary from other users regarding a target user. Users may receive and fulfill requests for commentary to facilitate social interactions between two or more other users. Users may define an inner-circle of users from which commentary may be requested by that user. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130239020 | ELECTRONIC-BOOK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING ADDITIONAL PAGE INFORMATION THEREOF - An e-book system for sharing information between e-book readers and an operating method thereof are provided. The e-book system includes a first e-book reader and a second e-book reader for synchronizing and reproducing the same pages of the same e-book contents in real time, wherein the first e-book reader displays additional information received from a user on a current page of the e-book contents and transmits the additional information to the second e-book reader and wherein the second e-book reader displays the additional information received from the first e-book reader on a current page of the e-book contents. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130239021 | RECEIVING AND PRESENTING DETAILED ACTIVITY INFORMATION REGARDING CURRENT AND RECENT INSTANT MESSAGING SESSIONS OF REMOTE USERS - A system for providing a local computer user with detailed activity information regarding remote users, in order to assist the local user in determining whether to initiate a communication session with a remote user. The system provides activity information that may describe the number of instant messaging sessions one or more remote users are currently involved in, the identities of participants in those sessions, activity levels, time period information, and other information. The system further provides detailed activity information describing recent instant messaging sessions of one or more remote users. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130239022 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROXY VOTING - One embodiment of the present invention relates to electronic voting methods and systems that help simplify the management of institutional proxies. In one example, the methods and systems manage the process of meeting notifications, voting, tracking, mailing, reporting, record maintenance and/or vote disclosure rules enacted by the SEC. In one specific example, this may be done for thousands of publicly traded securities custodied at various banks, brokers and global custodians. In another example, a system (and corresponding method) may be provided for integrating, organizing and displaying (e.g., via a website) information in a language of preference for each user of the system. The information may comprise meeting, agenda and/or ballot information and the users of the system/method may be voting entities empowered to cast votes via the system. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130239023 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMENT-PROMPTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information-processing device ( | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130246939 | Calendar Application for Communication Devices - An electronic device has a touch-sensitive display and a controller that executes an application. The application bisects a display into a plurality of regions using a timeline. In a first region on a first side of the timeline, the application displays events that are originated by the user of the device. In a second region on a second, opposite side of the timeline, the application displays events that are associated with the user, but are originated by others. Activities associated with the user are displayed along the timeline. The events and activities on the timeline can be shared with other users using drag-n-drop operations. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246940 | Sponsored-Stories-Unit Creation from Organic Activity Stream - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first selection of an entity associated with a user of a social-networking system; receiving a second selection of a type of user interaction with the entity; and providing the first and second selections for use in a sponsored-story specification. The use of the first and second selections in the sponsored-story specification facilitate entries in an organic activity stream of the social-networking system that match the sponsored-story specification being provided for display in pre-determined areas of web pages. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246941 | Method and System for Information Management - A system and method is described for managing litigation services, such as the designation of exhibits, deponents and other information for one or more cases. The method including the steps of receiving trial information and populating a database with the trial information. The method next includes the step of designating portions of the trial information for later use, followed by receiving confirmation of acceptance of the designated portions. Finally, the method includes the step of managing the designation and use of the trial information. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130254680 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MATCHING GROUPS TO USERS FOR ONLINE COMMUNITIES AND COMPUTER SIMULATIONS - A method includes detecting a first group seeking members, detecting one or more users seeking to join a group, retrieving group parameters corresponding to the first group, and retrieving user parameters corresponding to each of the one or more users. The group parameters may include group characteristic data and group requirements. For each user of the one or more users, the group parameters corresponding to the first group are compared against the user parameters corresponding to the user. A score is determined for each of the one or more users based on the comparing. One or more selected users of the one or more users is recommended to the first group at least in part based on the score. One or more computer programs may be adapted to execute the above steps, and a processor may be configured to perform the above steps. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130254681 | PROXYING AN ACTIVE LINK FROM A SHARED COMPUTER - Proxying an active link during a collaborative networking session includes analyzing content on a computer screen of a presenter of the collaborative networking session, and identifying the active link in the content. The active link corresponds to an image of the active link for presentation on a computer screen of a computer of a participant of the session. Proxying the active link also includes calculating a relative position of the active link with regard to the computer screen of the presenter using a two-dimensional coordinate system mapping process, creating a reproduction of the active link from the image, and placing the reproduction at a corresponding relative position on the computer screen of the participant. The reproduced active link on the computer screen of the participant is active and selectable during the session. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130254682 | PROXYING AN ACTIVE LINK FROM A SHARED COMPUTER - Proxying an active link during a collaborative networking session includes analyzing content on a computer screen of a presenter of the collaborative networking session, and identifying the active link in the content. The active link corresponds to an image of the active link for presentation on a computer screen of a computer of a participant of the session. Proxying the active link also includes calculating a relative position of the active link with regard to the computer screen of the presenter using a two-dimensional coordinate system mapping process, creating a reproduction of the active link from the image, and placing the reproduction at a corresponding relative position on the computer screen of the participant. The reproduced active link on the computer screen of the participant is active and selectable during the session. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130254683 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PROFILES - Methods and systems for managing profiles for electronic content. The methods and systems may involve profiles for a plurality of electronic content items. If a user interaction with an electronic content item of the plurality of electronic content items meets an event definition, the user interaction may be identified as an event associated with the electronic content and recorded in the profile. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130263016 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION TAGGED USER INTERFACE FOR MEDIA SHARING - An approach is provided for a location-tagged user interface for media sharing. A media service platform determines one or more media profiles associated with at least one point of interest. The media service platform also causes, at least in part, a rendering of at least user interface element in association with at least one representation of the at least one point of interest. The user interface element represents, at least in part, the one or more media profiles. The media service platform further causes, at least in part, a rendering of at least one input connection component, at least one output connection component, or a combination thereof for interacting with the at least one user interface element, the one or more media profiles, or a combination thereof. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130263017 | ENCAPSULATING VIRTUAL AREA BASED COMMUNICANT ASSEMBLIES - Realtime communications between communicants in a virtual area are administered. Assemblies of copresent communicants in the virtual area are detected. For each of respective ones of the detected assemblies, a respective meeting object linked to information relating to communicant interactions in the assembly is generated. Respective meeting summary data is determined based on the information linked to selected ones of the meeting objects meeting objects. The determined meeting summary data is transmitted to a network node for display. A visualization of summaries of respective assemblies of copresent communicants in the virtual area is presented on a display. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130263018 | EXTRACTING MEDIA CONTENT FROM SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICES - Systems and methods are disclosed for extracting media content from social networking services and presenting the extracted content to an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) user in a personalized and easy-to-consume manner. One or more feeds from social networking services that contain data pertaining to the user's social graph are monitored by a service in the IPTV domain for media content that meets preset criteria and preferences of the user. A social networking dashboard application is hosted in the IPTV environment and includes a user interface arranged with tools to enable the user to set preferences and specify tags that control various aspects of the media content extraction. The service can also monitor the social networking feeds in a real-time manner that enables creation of a knowledge base that is usable to present media content “trends” to the IPTV user. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130263019 | ANALYZING SOCIAL MEDIA - A system, method and a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions for automated analysis of for analyzing social media, the method comprising a processor to acquire data as a snapshot or a continuous stream from one or more online sites via adapters. Storing data in a database, the database configured for rapid acquisition of data and rapid responses to queries from one or a plurality of users. Analyzing the data using one or a plurality of algorithms, the algorithms configured to distill insight at an attribute level, and presenting one or a plurality of graphical user interfaces on a user-configurable, and temporal-view adjustable dashboard, the dashboard configured to present one or more results of said one or a plurality of algorithms, said one or more results depicted through one or a plurality of paradigms of data visualization. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130263020 | System and Method for Confirming Attendance for In-Person Meetings or Events - A system and method for confirming attendance for in-person meetings or events is provided. The method includes the steps of transmitting, to a plurality of user terminals, data configured to display at least one graphical user interface configured to facilitate users to organize and join a plurality of meeting groups associated with a plurality of in-person meetings or events; receiving, from at least one user terminal of the plurality of user terminals, a conditional confirmation of attendance for at least one in-person meeting or event, the conditional confirmation based on an indicated condition; monitoring the indicated condition for the at least one in-person meeting or event; and when the condition is met, modifying the conditional confirmation of attendance to a non-conditional confirmation of attendance. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130268868 | Embedded Communication Facility for Collaborative Business Networks - A communication facility embedded in a personalized workspace of collaborative platform for business network participants, facilitates communication, information exchange, and coordination in both human and automated interactions. The embedded facility may comprise one or more of the following. An event handler initiates information exchange between business partners, manually by user input or automatically by event(s) triggered in connected business systems. An artifact generator creates messages to be exchanged, either by instantiating a pre-defined message type or by analysis of event(s) and creation of a respective message. A transfer element is configured to transfer the generated communication artifact via one or more communication channels supported by sending and receiving participants. A notification element updates a party receiving the communication artifact, by updating the graphical workspace of the human end-users, by updating integrated business systems with respect to the received communication artifact, or by doing both. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268869 | VIRTUAL MESSAGING - Disclosed is a system and method for reserving a specific geographical location in a virtual environment corresponding to the real world. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130275883 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO SHARE, SYNCHRONIZE CONTENTS IN CROSS PLATFORM ENVIRONMENTS - A method and system to manage items associated with different entities is provided. The items can be content and contacts. The entities can be Social Networking Sites (SNS), device, and contact groups in the device, contact groups in the SNS, content hosting servers or the like. The method provides a grid structure to display items associated with different entities. Further, the method allows a user to share items by performing one or more actions. The actions can be a voice, a gesture or a gaze. The gesture can be an emotion, a tap, a scroll, a drag, a drop, a pinch, a swipe and a hover. The method facilitates re-location and re-grouping of the items. The method allows the user to create and edit an album and a relational view with the items associated with different entities. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275884 | MANAGING MODERATION OF USER-CONTRIBUTED EDITS - A geographic information system allows users to access a map database and to contribute map data to the database. Proposed edits to the map are queued for review by a reviewer users. Reviewing users can subscribe to review edits in regions and/or to types of map features. Reviewers can share their subscriptions with other reviewers. In the moderation queue, the proposed edits are ranked and those edits proposed by users who also review are optionally ranked higher and thus reviewed sooner than edits proposed by users who do not review or review less. The history of reviewers is analyzed to identify those with expertise in a particular region and/or type of map feature. One embodiment of the system includes a database containing geographic data, an inference module, a spam prevention module, a reviewing module and a publishing module. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275885 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATION - In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods provide a client-server infrastructure capable of supporting a variety of asynchronous and synchronous collaboration activities in a so-called collaboration place. Some of these activities include chatting, viewing and/or editing one or more data files, and sharing one or more applications, data files, and/or displays. The client-server infrastructure supports seamless navigation between the supported asynchronous and synchronous activities in the collaboration place. Additionally, the client-server architecture supports data persistence, so that data files associated with the collaboration place can be stored for subsequent access. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130283189 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICEINT EXCHANGE OF CONTENT WHILE REMAINING DEVICE AGNOSTIC - The improved system and method for allowing the exchange of information regarding document content under review while remaining device agnostic. The system accesses a document repository where document content and metadata related to that content may be stored. The system is operable on a computing device and allows users to access the content using a communication device with or without display technology. Users may access document content, select points of interest therein, and instantly collaborate with other users regarding the points of interest, through the exchange of interaction messages. Message exchange may be instant or may be passive through emailed hyperlinks. All exchanged interaction messages become metadata that may be chronologically recalled to assist a user in determining the thought process of the user that created the messages. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130283190 | RULES-BASED DESIGN SYSTEM - A rules-based computer implemented design system stored on servers and databases of a facilitating entity is disclosed. The system includes selection by a user at a first location of a scaled floor plan template within a user defined building site The selected floor plan template is rendered as a scaled computer generated graphical representation of the floor plan template. The graphical representation is output on to media at a second location remote from the first location. The graphical representation is tailored to the geographic location of the building site and of meteorological data and local government rules are stored on the databases of the facilitating entity at the second location. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130290870 | Inter-Conference Alerts for Simultaneous Online Conferences - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for simultaneously providing multiple online conferences via a conference user interface. One embodiment is a computer program embodied in a computer readable medium and executable by a processor for enabling simultaneous participation in at least two online conferences. The computer program comprises: logic configured to establish a first online conference with a first set of participants and a second online conference with a second set of participants, the first and second sets of participants having a common participant simultaneously participating in both; logic configured to present the first online conference via a conference user interface to a client device associated with the common participant; and logic configured to notify the common participant, via the conference user interface, of predetermined events occurring in the secondary conference. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290871 | Transmedia Storytelling Tracking and Mapping System - A transmedia mapping system | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290872 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING PRESENTATION DATA AND ANNOTATION - A method and apparatus for sharing presentation data, interactions, and annotation information between devices. The method includes: converting the presentation data into at least one image; transmitting the at least one image to the second device; displaying an image from among the at least one image on a screen of the first device, and transmitting image identification information about the displayed image to the second device; adding annotation data to the displayed image, based on a user input; and transmitting annotation information about the annotation data to the second device. The second device displays an image corresponding to the image identification information on a screen of the second device based on the image identification information, and the second device displays the annotation information on the image displayed on the screen of the second device the annotation information. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290873 | RECORDING AND INDICATING PREFERENCES - Recording a first user's preference for a content contribution submitted by a second user is disclosed. In response to only a single action taken by the first user interacting with a web page, an indication is received that a preference event occurred. The preference event is associated with the content contribution. Information associated with the first user's profile is updated. At least a portion of the web page is continued to be displayed to the user after receiving the preference event. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130298036 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to a Contextual Response to a Selected Content Item - A control circuit detects a selection of a particular content item and responsively automatically opens a chat window in context with the selected particular content item. Upon receiving user input in that chat window and in response to the closing of that chat window, the user information is then transmitted to a contact. By way of example, the foregoing particular content item can comprise an available status update. By one approach, the foregoing transmission of the user input automatically includes context information that corresponds to the selected status update. This can include, for example, including content from the status update message. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130298037 | HUB COORDINATION SERVICE - In implementations of a hub coordination service, a device includes a communication interface for communication coordination with one or more associated devices of the device, and the associated devices correspond to hub members. A hub manager is implemented to receive a task input to create a task for one or more of the hub members to complete. The hub manager can register the task in a hub that is a private, shared space of the hub members, and then initiate communication of the task to respective associated devices of the one or more hub members for notification of the task to be completed. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130298038 | TRENDING OF AGGREGATED PERSONALIZED INFORMATION STREAMS AND MULTI-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICAL DEPICTION THEREOF - A system and a method for trending of aggregated personalized information streams and multi-dimensional graphical depiction thereof are disclosed. The method, which may be embodied on a system, includes retrieving a plurality of social media objects that relates to a focused social media object from social media sites; determining relationships between the social media objects; and/or presenting, at a graphic interface, a network diagram including nodes and lines. In one embodiment, each individual node of the nodes represents one of the social media objects. Each individual line of the lines represents one of the relationships between two of the social media objects that are represented by two of the nodes being connected by the individual line. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130298039 | MESSAGING DEVICE - A portable messaging device is provided that can display visual messages and communicate with additional messaging devices via a local area network. The portable messaging device can include a display panel having an LED array, and a control unit. Lateral side walls, and the inner surface of the display panel can define at least part of a recessed opening configured to receive an electronic device such as a smartphone. The control unit can receive input via a user interface of the portable messaging device and, responsive to the input, provide a visual message to the LED array for display from the outer surface of the display panel. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130298040 | Systems, Methods, and Computer Programs for Providing Simultaneous Online Conferences - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for providing simultaneous online conferences via a conference user interface. One embodiment is a method comprising: a conferencing system establishing a first online conference with a first set of participants and a second online conference with a second set of participants, the first and second sets of participants having a common participant simultaneously participating in both; the conferencing system simultaneously presenting to a client device associated with the common participant a first conference user interface and a second conference user interface, the first conference user interface for providing the first online conference and the second conference user interface for providing the second online conference; and the conferencing system enabling the common participant to selectively designate one of the first and second conference user interfaces as a primary display and the other as a secondary display. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130298041 | Portable Collaborative Interactions - The present system allows for online collaborative interaction(s) of various engagement types, without the need for all collaborators to necessarily be registered to or using an identical collaboration application. An interface for engaging in a collaborative environment may allow for identical functionality or a reduced set of functionality that ensures the ability to engage in fundamental online collaborative activities related to the environment. The shared collaborative environment may be accessed from a variety of different computing devices, including various mobile devices. The entire shared collaborative environment may also be embedded an a variety of other platforms and applications that benefit from the added functionality and benefits that the invention provides. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130298042 | PROVIDING A REQUISITE LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR AN ELECTRONIC MEETING - Providing a requisite level of service for an electronic meeting. An embodiment can include receiving a request to schedule a first electronic meeting in a time slot, identifying an electronic meeting system to host the first electronic meeting, identifying a second electronic meeting scheduled to be hosted by the electronic meeting system in the time slot, determining an estimate of resource usage within the electronic meeting system during the time slot at least based on the second electronic meeting being scheduled to be hosted by the electronic meeting system in the time slot, comparing the estimate of resource usage with a threshold value, responsive to determining that the estimate of resource usage exceeds the threshold value, providing the requisite level of service to the first electronic meeting in the time slot by reducing anticipated resource usage of the electronic meeting system by the second electronic meeting. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130298043 | System and Method for Arranging a Group Outing or Activity - What is provided is a computer implemented method, system, article and tool for generating an event. The tool allows an organizer to select invitee(s) and propose an event and its details and communicate event information to the invitees over a network. The system is capable of accepting invitee proposed additional invitees and/or input event suggestions, such as but not limited to, changes to the event (optionally up to a deadline for proposing changes), where the proposals from the invitees may either be accepted by the organizer and/or sent out for a vote by the other invitees to modify the event and/or its participants (the invitees). The system is capable of receiving invitee(s) attendance responses. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130298044 | MOOD-BASED ORGANIZATION AND DISPLAY OF CO-USER LISTS - A mood state may be modeled using mood information for a content selection (e.g., a digitally-encoded song) and/or by using mood information determined by how a user is interacting with a media player. For example, a playlist engine on a host may determine that a particular song is associated with an uplifting mood, thus determining that a user who has selected that particular song currently is in an uplifting mood, and correspondingly may select additional songs and advertisements consistent with, or responsive to, the uplifting mood. Mood information also may be used to present a mood state of users (e.g., co-users) in a network for display in a graphical user interface (GUI). For example, a user's screen name appearing in an America Online (AOL) Instant Messenger's Buddy List may indicate a determined user's mood, such as “happy”, “sad”, “silly”, or “angry.” | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130298045 | COLLABORATIVE WORKBENCH FOR MANAGING DATA FROM HETEROGENEOUS SOURCES - Disclosed is an exemplary computer program application, system and method for a unified approach to managing data from heterogeneous sources. The system includes a central, semantic data storage basing on a directed labeled graph model, a module for accessing data sources by drawing access and mapping configuration from the data storage and loading the resulting data into the data storage and a unified user interface that treats each graph node in the data storage as a separate term, visualizes and modified the term's context in the data graph using configurable user interface widgets. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130298046 | CONTACT LIST DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A technique for contact list aggregation across networks involves logging into low level networks through a high level network. A system constructed according to the technique may include a network interface coupled to the different low level networks. The system may further include a contact aggregation engine coupled to the network interface and a network contacts database. In operation the system logs into one or more of the low level networks (or facilitates login for a user). To the extent that the data in the network contacts database is not current, the contact aggregation engine updates the networks contacts database contact information, then provides an aggregated contact list including the contact information to a display device. A method according to the technique may include logging into a high level network and displaying contacts from the one or more low level networks in an aggregated contact list. The method may further include logging into the one or more low level networks. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130305166 | PRESENTING DATA TO ELECTRONIC MEETING PARTICIPANTS - Described are a system and method for presenting web conference contents to one or more attendees in a shared session. Metadata is aggregated that is related to one or more participant electronic devices and a presenter electronic device that communicate with each other in the web conference. A presentation parameter is determined from the metadata. A selection interface is generated from the presentation parameter. A conference setting is selected from the selection interface. A set of content is presented at the presenter electronic device and shared with the one or more participant devices according to the selected conference setting. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130305167 | PRESENTING DATA TO ELECTRONIC MEETING PARTICIPANTS - Described is a method for presenting web conference contents to one or more attendees in a shared session. Metadata is aggregated that is related to one or more participant electronic devices and a presenter electronic device that communicate with each other in the web conference. A presentation parameter is determined from the metadata. A selection interface is generated from the presentation parameter. A conference setting is selected from the selection interface. A set of content is presented at the presenter electronic device and shared with the one or more participant devices according to the selected conference setting. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130305168 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus, comprising:
| 11-14-2013 |
| 20130311900 | DETERMINING AND MANAGING SOCIAL INTERACTION OPTIONS IN SOCIAL NETWORKING ENVIRONMENTS - Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for determining and managing social interaction options for social connections such as, for example, friendships in a social networking environment. In one embodiment, users of a social network are provided with more granularity in controlling the social interactions associated with individual social connections. The social connections can be a connection between two of more users of a social networking environment. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311901 | OBJECT INTERACTION RECORDATION SYSTEM - Methods and systems for recording interactions between a user and specific objects. An interaction recordation system first receives an indication from a user that an interaction is to be recorded. The system prompts the user for an identification of the object with which the user has interacted. After receiving this identification, the system can then prompt the user for more details regarding the object as well as details about the interaction, including the user's impressions, feedback, and opinions about the object. These various inputs are then uploaded to a server where they can be accessed by the user. At least some of these impressions and feedback can also be anonymously shared by the user with other users who might be interested in the same object. The object can be a location, a business, an item, an application, or anything which the user can use, purchase, visit, or interact with. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311902 | Thumbnail Image Previews - An instant message is received from an instant message sender and a determination is made that the instant message includes a link to a web page that was selected by the instant message sender. In response to determining that the instant message includes the link to the web page, an image corresponding to the web page is fetched and stored, and a thumbnail image preview of the fetched image is generated. In addition, the thumbnail image preview of the fetched portion of the web page is displayed while at least a portion of the instant message is displayed. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A PERSONALIZED QUESTION FEED PLATFORM - Embodiments of the present invention further provide systems and methods for allowing users in an online consultation system to create, edit and follow information feeds related to a subject matter category, topic, person or a combination thereof. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311904 | Real Time Collaboration Using Embedded Data Visualizations - Scorecard data is received, processed, and visualizations provided by a performance metric application. Real time collaboration between users is facilitated through context based selections from the visualizations through one or more communication applications. Performance metric application may be embedded in the communication application or vice versa through local implementation or in a service based architecture. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311905 | INTERNET IDENTITY GRAPH AND SOCIAL GRAPH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A server computer provides to a client computer a web page permitting an internet user to enter an internet identity to be secured. The server receives an input indicating that an internet user has entered an identity and requested that the identity be secured on a plurality of web sites. The internet identity is registered on the plurality of web sites and the registration is verified to said internet user. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130318449 | PRESENTING CONTEXT INFORMATION IN A COMPUTING DEVICE - An electronic computing device can be configured to act as a text-entry device and a cursor control device for a second device. The first device can include a touch-sensitive display capable of receiving text inputs and cursor inputs for controlling operations performed on the second device which is communicatively coupled to the first device. The first device can be configured such that selection of a field displayed by the second device can cause information such as text from a focus field to be displayed by the first device. The second device can be configured to send information pertaining to the focus field to the first device. The information can include a warning that the maximum length of input for the focus field has been, or is about to be, exceeded. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130318450 | Method and System for Facilitating Communication Between a Contractor, Sub-Contractor and Clients - The present invention provides, in one aspect, a system and method that facilitates communication between multiple classes of users where visibility into all communications is controlled. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a visual interface permitting a contractor user to see which communications are visible to different classes of users or combination thereof. The visual interface receives from the contractor user information as to what participant type is to be included in certain comment threads. In one embodiment of the present invention, each user class is provided with a segmented lane which contains communications that can see seen by that class. In another embodiment of the present invention, comment bubbles containing span the lanes to which that comment is visible. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130326368 | Creating a Social Network Message from an Interface of a Mobile Device Operating System - A mobile device operating system level routine obtains social network access parameters that allow access to one or more social network accounts of a user of the device. The access parameters are stored in operating system level memory of the mobile device. Through an operating system interface of the mobile device, a user can create a social network message to be communicated via the one or more social network accounts using the stored access parameters. A single social network message may be communicated via multiple social network accounts with multiple social network platforms. The uniform operating system interface allows a user to communicate messages via multiple social network accounts without using multiple user level applications. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130326369 | System and Method For Analyzing User Generated Choices and Trends - This disclosure teaches a system and method that allows users to share their views in the form of selecting their preference among choices, without disclosing personal information unless they choose. Furthermore, this disclosure teaches a system and method that allows for a user to share and compare his or her views and measure them against other users. This disclosure may also be run in conjunction with other social networking internet sites, such as an application on Facebook, or on its own. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130326370 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD - An example system includes: a first memory in which a plurality of first objects each corresponding to a content is stored; a posting management unit that generates information based on an input by a user and posts the generated information; a second memory in which the information posted by the posting management unit is stored such that a content for which the information is posted is identifiable; a first display controller that displays at least one or more first objects each corresponding to a content selected from the plurality of contents; and a second display controller that displays information adjacent to a first object corresponding to the content for which the information is posted. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130326371 | Methods And Apparatuses For Sharing Information - A method for sharing information for use in a first terminal, including: receiving, through an information display interface of the first terminal, a copy instruction for copying selected information; and transmitting, in response to the receiving of the copy instruction, the information to a server. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130326372 | MANAGEMENT OF DATA ON RELATED WEBSITES - A computer-implemented method, system and/or computer program product manages data in a webpage. A processor receives an input to an input box located in a first webpage on a first network. This input is analyzed to determine whether there is match between a subject topic of the entered data and a first interest window on the first webpage, where the first interest window is reserved for data entries that are described by the subject topic. In response to a processor being unable to determine the subject topic of the entered data in the text entry box, the processor creates a new interest window in the first webpage. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130326373 | System and Method for Displaying Social Network Interactivity with a Media Event - A system for presenting a media event on a computer display device is disclosed, where the audience for the media event are represented by avatars that are displayed on the user's computer as geometric shapes or bubbles that float about the region surrounding the window presenting the event. System logic determines which of the audience bubbles are visible in the space and further causes avatars for advertising to appear. In one embodiment the viewing user can select which other users are visible on their screen based on user selectable filtering inputs. A moderating panel function permits a performing artist to control what content, advertising and merchandising is displayed as part of the event and the surrounding user environment. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130332853 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MANAGING DISCUSSION TOPICS - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for managing discussion topics between two users. The technique involves generating a first graphical user interface (GUI) that displays a listing of one or more users with whom a first user is associated, receiving from a first user a selection of a second user from the listing of one or more users, generating a second GUI that displays a listing of topics that corresponds to both the first user and the second user, receiving from the first user data associated with a first topic to be discussed with the second user, and adding the first topic to the listing of topics. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332854 | CREATING IMAGE STREAMS AND SHARING THE IMAGE STREAMS ACROSS DIFFERENT DEVICES - Some embodiments provide tools that allow a user to share content on one device with multiple other users using different devices. To facilitate the sharing operations, the content sharing tools allow the user to (1) create a shared stream that represents a set of shared content and (2) invite one or more recipients to subscribe to the shared stream. When a recipient subscribes to the shared stream, the set of content is streamed across one or more of his or her devices. In some embodiments, the content sharing tools can be used manage the shared stream by additional subscribers, removing existing subscribers, and deleting the shared stream. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332855 | SHARING IMAGES AND COMMENTS ACROSS DIFFERENT DEVICES - Some embodiments provide tools that allow a user to share content on one device with multiple other users using different devices. To facilitate the sharing operations, the content sharing tools allow the user to (1) create a shared stream that represents a set of shared content and (2) invite one or more recipients to subscribe to the shared stream. When a recipient subscribes to the shared stream, the set of content is streamed across one or more of his or her devices. The content sharing tools of some embodiments can be used to exchange comments regarding the stream's content. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332856 | DIGITAL MEDIA RECEIVER FOR SHARING IMAGE STREAMS - Some embodiments provide tools that allow a user to share content on one device with multiple other users using different devices. The content sharing tools allow the user to (1) create a shared stream that represents a set of shared content and (2) invite one or more recipients to subscribe to the shared stream. When a recipient subscribes to the shared stream, the set of content is streamed across one or more of his or her devices. In some embodiments, the content sharing tools are provided as part of an image application that executes on a digital media receiver or smart television. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332857 | PHOTO EDIT HISTORY SHARED ACROSS USERS IN CLOUD SYSTEM - A method of sharing image editing history comprises using an electronic device for editing image content maintained on a network, storing image editing history of the image content in the network, selecting one or more image edits from the stored image editing history, and applying the selected image edits for personalizing another version of the image content. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332858 | LOOP BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING - One aspect provides a loop based social networking site. An embodiment provides for loops, a loop comprising a list or group of registered users bound together as an electronic group, and provides a mechanism of pushing communications to members of a loop. As such, on joining as a member of a particular loop, the loop member will have events of the loop automatically pushed to the user's personal or individual loop site, including in some cases automatic addition of the event to the personal calendar of the loop member. In this way, a loop can ensure that each member has received particular communications. Each loop member consents to accepting loop information/communications by virtue of joining the loop. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332859 | METHOD AND USER INTERFACE FOR CREATING AN ANIMATED COMMUNICATION - Creating an animated communication includes receiving from a user a series of inputs, wherein the series of inputs defines turns at expression to be taken by a plurality of avatars, wherein at least one of the turns comprises a plurality of expressive modalities that collectively forms a single turn, and wherein at least one of the turns makes use of a virtual writing surface that is shared by the avatars, and rendering the animated communication in accordance with the inputs subsequently to the receiving. Editing a document, such as an animated communication or a portion thereof, includes rendering the document as a sequence of dynamic frames, detecting an input made by a user during the rendering, identifying a dynamic frame of the sequence of dynamic frames whose time of rendering corresponds to a time of the input, and replacing at least a portion of the dynamic frame with the input. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332860 | USER TERMINAL APPARATUS, SERVER AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus includes a display, a user interface configured to receive a user command to set a specific place as a destination, and a controller configured to, when a user command is input, execute a path guidance function to reach the set destination and transmit a notification message regarding setting of the destination to at least one user related to the destination other than a user of the user terminal apparatus. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332861 | INTERNET BASED PLATFORM FOR ACQUISITION, MANAGEMENT, INTEGRATION, COLLABORATION, AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION - A data collaboration system includes first and second users providing first and second quantities of content data, respectively. The first and second users provide the first and second quantity of content data, respectively, to a collaboration environment. A user collaboration module within the collaboration environment has a plurality of data tools usable by the first and second users who, in collaboration, use the plurality of data tools to create a third quantity of content data from the first and second quantities of content data. A data processing platform is in communication with the collaboration environment, wherein the third quantity of content data is uploaded to the data processing platform and integrated with existing content data, wherein additional users access the data processing platform through additional collaboration environments and control at least part of the integration of the third quantity of content data within the data processing platform. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130339875 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A PARTICIPANT ENGAGEMENT LEVEL IN AN ONLINE INTERACTION - A method and apparatus for presenting a participant engagement index in an online interaction conducted by at least one host for at least one participant is disclosed. The method comprises monitoring a plurality of activities of at least one participant of an online meeting; computing an attentiveness level in response to each activity in the plurality of activities; and displaying a meeting engagement level, wherein the meeting engagement level is an average of the computed attentiveness level for the at least one participant since the start of the online interaction. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339876 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a group information holding unit that holds group information for identifying content and a target of communication which are associated with a group set for a job, the content being a target of the job, the target of communication being related to the job, and a display control unit that switches, in response to specification of a group, display states of the content and the target of communication associated with the specified group based on the group information. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339877 | VENUE-RELATED MULTI-MEDIA MANAGEMENT, STREAMING, AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE TECHNIQUES IMPLEMENTED VIA COMPUTER NETWORKS AND MOBILE DEVICES - Various aspects described or referenced herein are directed to different methods, systems, and computer program products relating to multi-media management and streaming techniques implemented over a computer network, including, for example, one or more features and/or functions relation to one or more of the following (or combinations thereof): venue-based streaming radio stations, mobile user graphical user interfaces, QuickPlay dynamic streaming radio stations based on a user's geolocation, etc. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339878 | MINIMIZING THE TIME REQUIRED TO INITIATE AND TERMINATE AN INSTANT MESSAGING SESSION - A system for minimizing the time required to initiate and terminate an instant messaging session. An initial message in an instant messaging session is checked to determine whether it has any significant content. If the received initial message has insignificant content, then a non-intrusive notification is provided to the user, without changing the current focus in the user interface. A pre-composed response message may also be automatically transmitted to the initiating user, requesting that a more significant message be sent. When an initial message in an instant messaging session is received that is determined to have significant content, the user is promptly notified in a different manner, which may be intrusive such that the current focus of the user interface is changed to a new window or the like containing the newly initiated instant messaging session. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339879 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOLICITING AN ANSWER TO A QUESTION - A question-and-answer application with an “ask-to-answer” feature is described. The ask-to-answer feature enables any user to solicit an answer to a question from another user. Upon soliciting another user for an answer to a particular question, a message with a call to action is directed to the solicited user. The message may include a copy of the text of the question and may provide a mechanism (e.g., a selectable user interface element) enabling the solicited user to pass on answering the question. Subsequent to the solicitation, the question page for the question will include a notification with information about the solicitation, including in some instances information identifying the user who has been asked to answer the question and the number of times the user has been asked to provide an answer to the question. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339880 | PORTABLE PRESENTATION SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A method and assembly for use with a display configuration including a master sub-space and a plurality of slave sub-spaces, the assembly for controlling an information sharing session, the assembly comprising a processor linked to the display configuration and programmed to perform the steps of obtaining identification information from information sources usable to generate images on the sub-spaces during a session, presenting an interface via the master sub-space, the interface including a master workspace area for presenting images via the master sub-space and a tool area including source icons and panel icons associated with session images wherein each of the source and panel icons is selectable to create images within the master workspace area. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130346876 | SIMULTANEOUS EXPERIENCE OF ONLINE CONTENT - The disclosure relates to simultaneous experience of online content via online services, such as in social networks. A method according to an embodiment comprises receiving from a first user of the online service a selection of online content provided by the online service; providing to the first user a list of further users of the online service in response to a set of selection rules defining selection criteria for users; receiving from the first user a selection of one or more second users from the list of further users; inviting the one or more second users to join a simultaneous experience of the online content; defining a group of users including the first user and the second users accepting the invitation; and providing the online content to the group of users in response to a set of access rules defining access criteria for the online content. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346877 | RECOMMENDED CONTENT FOR AN ENDORSEMENT USER INTERFACE - In one aspect, a system for providing a user interface including recommended content in response to an endorsement input is described. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, causes the system to: receive an input from a first user; determine that the input is related to an endorsement of a first content item from a first source; determine a social correlation between the first content item and a second content item from a second source, determine a source correlation between the first source and the second source, determine recommended content using the social correlation and the source correlation and provide the recommended content to the first user. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346878 | TOOLBAR DYNAMICS FOR DIGITAL WHITEBOARD - Roughly described, different drawing regions are opened for different users on the same whiteboard. Each drawing region has its own set of line appearance properties, which the user can set with a toolbar. Lines drawn in a drawing region adopt the line appearance properties then in effect for that drawing region, which also apply to replications of the line on other devices in the collaboration session. As the user draws toward a boundary of the user's drawing region, the boundary automatically moves so that the drawing continues to contain the user's drawing activity. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346879 | INTERACTIVE WEBSITE - A method of an interactive website is provided that assigns information to each of a plurality of screen blocks for a particular geographical region. The information for each of a first subset of the screen blocks is associated with a different entity within the geographical region and the information for each of a second subset of the screen blocks is associated with a different entity within or outside the geographical region. The method further generates a web page with the screen blocks located on the web page and with the information associated with each of the screen blocks configured to appear when prompted. The screen blocks may include both blank screen blocks and image screen blocks containing images. The user may adjust, filter, search through, and organize the appearance of the screen blocks on the web page. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346880 | DISTRIBUTED MULTI-USER MASHUP - A mashup session manager maintains state of the mashup session to ensure presentation consistency/uniformity across the execution environments. The mashup session manager also tracks the participating execution environments associated with a mashup session (e.g., usernames, device identifiers, network addresses, etc.), and transmits data for presentation consistency to the participating execution environments. In some cases, a view of the mashup session at a participating execution environment may not be current (“stale mashup session view”). The mashup session manager can detect if a view at a participating execution environment is of a past mashup session state, and provide data for the stale mashup session view to become current. In addition, the mashup session manager can propagate design modifications to the participants of the mashup session. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346881 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPABILITY-BASED MULTIMEDIA INTERACTIONS - Methods and systems are disclosed for enabling participants to interact remotely through multiple multimedia channels based on the configured capabilities of participants. The system consists of a server and one or more client devices. On joining new interactive session, the attributes and capabilities of the participant are determined. Other participants are notified as to the attributes and capabilities of the new participant. The interaction between participants is determined by their attributes and capabilities and that of the participant they wish to interact with. Participants can use a client device to join a session. If the device is capable of rendering a graphical display based on the capability information configured for that participant and device, participants can view multiple views rendered for the session in different regions of a display. The participants may interact with members of the session they select based on their mutual configured capabilities, may change the views displayed and their sizes, and may get dynamic updates as to the set of participants if their capability information supports that. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346882 | PRIORITIZED MANAGEMENT AND PRESENTATION OF NOTIFICATIONS - A computing device is described that receives an indication of a notification, and determines a priority level associated with the notification. The computing device determines, based at least in part on the priority level, content of the notification. Responsive to receiving an indication of a gesture detected at an input device, the computing device outputs, for display, a notification center graphical user interface that includes a graphical indication of the notification including the content of the notification. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140006970 | Automatic Contact Creation Based on User Interaction | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006971 | SELECTIVE SHARING OF WINDOWS AMONG PARTICIPANTS IN A WEB CONFERENCE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006972 | Systems and Methods Providing Integrated Communication and Task Management | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006973 | On-line Collaboration Systems and Methods | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006974 | SELECTIVE SHARING OF WINDOWS AMONG PARTICIPANTS IN A WEB CONFERENCE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006975 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF ELECTRONIC SOCIAL NETWORK CONTENT | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006976 | PORTABLE PRESENTATION SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140013240 | CREATING SOCIAL GROUP EVENTS - Systems and methods for creating a social group event are provided. User interactions corresponding to two users are received and at least one common interest between the two users is identified from the received user interactions. A determination is made as to whether there is a relationship between the two users. When it is determined that there is a relationship, a social group event is suggested for the two users based on the identified at least one common interest with at least one of a specified time or a specified location based on the received user interactions. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140013241 | SYSTEM & METHOD FOR ONLINE RATING OF ELECTRONIC CONTENT - A system and method are provided for rating online electronic content. A compilation of information or other item of electronic content is presented to a user, along with comments. The comments may target discrete portions of the content item (e.g., a sentence, a statement, an assertion), the content as a whole, or another comment. A user is able to identify a specific portion of the content item as a target for a new comment, which will automatically be associated with that portion. Users may rate the content item, a portion of the item and/or other users' comments based on credibility and/or other traits (e.g., bias, accuracy, violence, enjoyability, prurience). Users' ratings are tallied to produce an overall rating for comments, commentators, portions of content item, entire content items, a program or series or other source of the content item, etc. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140013242 | COLLABORATIVE DUE DILIGENCE REVIEW SYSTEM - A system for providing a virtual data room for conducting due diligence on a plurality of documents that are remotely located and accessible over a computer network by a plurality of users using client computer systems. Documents are retrieved from the remote system and presented to a user on their local computing system for review and conducting due diligence tasks thereon. Based on the interaction the user has with the displayed document, due diligence status values that are associated with the display document are updated and stored with the virtual data room system. A display request is received and based on the request a display characteristic is calculated for a folder that includes a set of documents. The display characteristic is determined based on the due diligence status values of all of the documents within the folder. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140013243 | DYNAMICALLY SCALED NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL NETWORK DATA - A user interface includes a tactile interface on a client device that allows users to interact with social networking system content in a manner that is optimized for touch screens and/or devices with limited display area. Stories associated with social networking system users and times are displayed in a scrollable list along with a timeline scrubber identifying different time periods. A position indicator is displayed proximate to the timeline scrubber to identify the time period including one or more times associated with displayed stories. Responsive to received input, details about time intervals included in a time period are displayed or the timeline scrubber appearance is modified to distinguish certain time periods. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140013244 | ACQUIRING STRUCTURED USER DATA USING COMPOSER INTERFACE HAVING INPUT FIELDS CORRESPONDING TO ACQUIRED STRUCTURED DATA - A social networking system obtains specific structured data about a user via a composer interface having textual content with incomplete portions and input fields corresponding to the incomplete potions. The input fields map to data fields in the user's profile and are selected based on the social networking system's need for the information associated with the data fields. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140013245 | Method and Apparatus For Controlling Display of Information Flow of Social Networking Application - A method and apparatus for controlling the display of information flow of a social networking application, where the social networking application displays a user interface for human-machine interaction at run time. The method includes displaying an information flow of the social networking application in the user interface, receiving a content item selected from the information flow by a user, determining whether the user requires to screen off the associated message of the content item, and screening off the associated message in the information flow displayed in the user interface in response to determining that the user requires to screen off the associated message of the content item. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140013246 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CROSS DOMAIN SERVICE COMPONENT INTERACTION - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for interacting with components across different domains in a single user interface in an online social network. The user interface includes a first component and a second component, where the first component exposes content from a first database system at a first network domain and the second component exposes content from a second database system at a second network domain. A first interaction with the first component is received at a computing device, followed by a reference being provided in the second component, where the reference includes information related to the first interaction. A second interaction with the second component regarding the reference can be received at the computing device. Interactions between the components hosted on different database systems can occur through an application programming interface (API). | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140013247 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED USER INTERFACE FOR PUBLISHING INTO A FEED - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for creating a customized user interface. The user interface includes one or more user interface components, where the one or more user interface components include a publisher configured to publish information to an information feed. Custom page instructions are received at a computing device, where the custom page instructions modify attribute and/or attribute values of the user interface components of at least one of: dimensions of the user interface components, layout of the user interface components, values for one or more data fields in the user interface components, visibility of the user interface components and/or data fields, user access permissions for interacting with the user interface components, criteria for displaying feed items in the information feed, and function of one or more attributes of the user interface components. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140019876 | CALENDAR SYNCH WITH ANOTHER USER AND PREFERRED FREE TIME SEARCH FOR SCHEDULING AN EVENT - A method, system and computer program product for performing a synch in a calendar system and preferred free time search may include presenting a plurality of calendar time status entries of a user and at least one other user. Each calendar time status entry may correspond to a selected calendar time period. The method may also include synching at least one type of calendar time status entry of the user to at least one other type of calendar time status entry of the at least one other user for each of the at least one other type of calendar time status entries of the at least one other user. The method may further include presenting the synched calendar time status entries to the user. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019877 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSTING UPDATES - A method comprises determining that a personal message for an IM profile has been updated frequently according to at least one metric; providing an option to post subsequent personal messages in a blog; and after determining that the option has been selected, providing a user interface for entering and posting the subsequent personal messages in the blog. Another method comprises providing an option to follow a blog for a contact, the blog including a plurality of personal message updates for an IM profile of the contact; and after determining that the option has been selected, generating a social feed for the blog. Another method comprises determining that a predetermined number of contacts have selected to follow a blog associated with IM personal message updates for a mobile device; and providing an option to at least one of the mobile device and the contacts to participate in an IM group. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019878 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REFLECTING PLAYER EMOTIONAL STATE IN AN IN-GAME CHARACTER - A virtual space is provided to users, including a first user and a second user. The virtual space, or instances of the virtual space, may be used to enable users to participate in an activity such as, e.g., a game. Users are represented by avatars in views of the virtual space. A set of animations of a first avatar, the animations corresponding to different emotional states being reflected through the first avatar, is offered for selection by the first user. Upon receipt of a selection of a first animation from the first user, the first animation of the first avatar is presented to the second user. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019879 | Dynamic Visualization of Message Passing Computation - A message passing compute environment may be visualized by illustrating messages passed within the environment. The messages may contain data consumed by a function or other computational element, and may be used to launch or spawn various computational elements. One visualization may be a force directed graph that has each function as a node, with messages passed as edges of the graph. In some embodiments, the edges may display the number of messages, quantity of data, or other metric by showing the edges as wider or thinner, or by changing the color of the displayed edge. The nodes may be illustrated with different colors, size, or shape to show different aspects. Some embodiments may have a mechanism for storing and playing back changes to the graph over time. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019880 | COMMUNITY SWITCHING - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for maintaining communities and providing access to communities of users in an online social network. In some implementations, an internal user of an organization is provided access to a community switcher user interface component in a user interface for switching between an external community and an internal community established at a domain associated with an organization. The external community is established at an external community root domain. A community switcher user interface component can be requested and displayed at a computing device. The community switcher user interface component includes a link to the internal community and a link to the external community. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019881 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided a display control apparatus including an acquisition section which acquires display information for displaying a manipulation GUI (graphical user interface), the manipulation GUI being manipulated when an editing target to be collaboratively edited by a plurality of users is edited and displaying content of the editing, and a display control section which displays a first manipulation GUI on an editing screen based on the display information, the first manipulation GUI being manipulated by a first user among the plurality of users, the editing screen being referred to by a second user different from the first user when the second user edits the editing target. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019882 | SOCIAL NETWORK COLLABORATION SPACE - A method, at a client device associated with a first subscriber of a multiplicity of subscribers to a social network, includes presenting a social network page associated with a second subscriber of the multiplicity of subscribers to the social network, the social network page including a link to an online collaboration space associated with the second subscriber; receiving a user input activating the link, the user input made by the first subscriber of the multiplicity of subscribers; and in response to the user input activating the link, presenting the online collaboration space and adding the first subscriber as a participant to the online collaboration space. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140026070 | DYNAMIC FOCUS FOR CONVERSATION VISUALIZATION ENVIRONMENTS - A conversation visualization environment may be rendered that includes conversation communications and conversation modalities. The relevance of each of the conversation modalities may be identified and a focus of the conversation visualization environment modified based on their relevance. In another implementation, conversation communications are received for presentation by conversation modalities. An in-focus modality may be selected from the conversation modalities based at least on a relevance of each of the conversation modalities. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140026071 | GUIDING PROGRESSIVE USER ENGAGEMENT IN AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT - An entity having a brand page maintained by a social networking system defines a sequence of content items associated with a brand page is determined. Different content items in the sequence include different information that is dependent on interaction between a user and the sequence. For example, content items in the sequence provide increasingly more detailed or complex information when progressing from the first content item to the last content item in the sequence. When a viewing user of a social networking system interacts with the brand page, prior interactions with the sequence by the viewing user are used to classify the viewing user and to select a content item from the sequence that is communicated to the viewing user. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140026072 | System and Method for Supporting Collaborative Activity - A system for supporting collaborative activity in a network includes a storage component storing data related to the network and a model of the network; a processor that accesses the stored data and the model to process the data according to the model, where the stored data relates to the collaborative activity including user-defined data created by interaction of a user and the model, and context data related to the user, where the user-defined data and the context data, as metadata, are stored in the storage component; and a user interface, provided by the processor, that presents the user-defined data, the context data, and the model in a form readable by the user, the interface permitting the user to define a set of arbitrary domains, relate the user-defined data to the domains, and view relationships between the user-defined data and the context data, and the domains. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140026073 | Method and Apparatus for Displaying Information During an Instant Messaging Session - A method and an apparatus are provided for controlling a graphical user interface to display information related to a communication session. Information relating to data produced by a first participant to the communication session is displayed on a first display unit, wherein the information produced by the first participant is displayed at a first position on the first display unit. Data is received from a second participant to the communication session, and information relating to the data received from the second participant is displayed on the first display unit, wherein the information received from the second participant is displayed at a second position on the first display unit. The first and second positions are horizontally spaced apart. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140026074 | System and Method for Automatically Suggesting or Inviting a Party to Join a Multimedia Communications Session - The present disclosure includes a system and method for automatically suggesting or inviting a party to join a multimedia communications session. In some embodiments, a first party, which is not currently participating in an existing multimedia communications session, attempts to contact a second party, which is currently participating in the multimedia communications session. In these embodiments, the first party automatically receives a suggestion or invitation to join the multimedia communications session when the first party has permission to join. In some instances, the multimedia communications session is a video conference including audio and video communications. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140026075 | Method and System for Sharing Speech Recognition Program Profiles for an Application - An embodiment provides a system and method for sharing between computing devices via a sharing interface, a speech recognition program profile for one or more applications. Another embodiment provides a system and method for sharing between computing devices via an sharing interface, a speech recognition program profile for one or more games. In an embodiment of the invention a personal computer or tablet may comprise a computing device and or a sharing interface. In an embodiment of the invention a cell phone may comprise a computing device and or a sharing interface. In an embodiment of the invention a game play device may be a computing device and or a sharing interface. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140033073 | TIME-SHIFTED COLLABORATION PLAYBACK - Various embodiments include one or more of systems, methods, software, and data structures for time-shifted playback of collaboration sessions, such as web conferences, recorded in real-time. Some embodiments include collaboration modules forming part of collaboration participant computing devices operable to request and receive collaboration data from a collaboration server that caches or stores the data. The collaboration modules include at least one time-shifting playback control to receive input to modify viewing properties of the collaboration session. Such properties may include a viewing position within the collaboration session and a playback speed of the collaboration session. Further systems, methods, software, and data structures are disclosed. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140033074 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING OF USER INTERACTIONS WITH CONTENT IN SOCIAL NETWORKS - Techniques to track interactions with content on a social network. In one embodiment, references are embedded within content to be presented to a user. At least one identifying reference from among the references is received in response to an interaction by the user with the content. The identifying reference is stored in a memory caching system as a record of the interaction. The references may comprise a key and a type. The key may be associated with the content and the type may be associated with components in the content. The interaction may involve selection by the user of a component within a story. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140033075 | Managing User Endorsements in Online Social Networking Systems - A computer system facilitates the process of enabling users of an online social networking system to endorse online content. A user of the online social networking system provides input representing an address (e.g., URL) of the content. In response, the system generates code implementing a mechanism for endorsing the content (such as a Facebook “like” button) and provides the code as output to the user. The user may then insert the code into a page (e.g., a Facebook page or a web page external to Facebook) containing the content, thereby producing a modified page. The modified page may be rendered to display a Facebook “like” button or other means for endorsing the content. Furthermore, the user may use the system to control the appearance of messages (such as Facebook news feed stories) that are generated in response to an endorsement of the content, and to track content endorsements. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140033076 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMPOSING AND BATCH PUBLISHING FEED ITEMS IN A FEED-BASED INTERACTION CONTEXT - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for composing and batch publishing feed items in a user interface in a feed-based interaction context. In some implementations, a computing device provides a first prompt for display in a first user interface component, which is configured to display unpublished feed items. The computing device receives, at the first prompt, first feed item data for a first feed item. Responsive to a request to compose a second feed item, the computing device displays in the first user interface component a second prompt for second feed item data without publishing the first feed item. The computing device receives, at the second prompt, second feed item data for a second feed item of a first record, the first and second feed items being related to the first record. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140033077 | Spreading User Activities to Interested Users of a Community - Map curators perform activities related to digital maps provided. These activities include adding and/or modifying information about map features displayed on the digital maps. Edits to these map features are included in a pulse stream which is formatted so as to be visually appealing to other curators who view the edits in the pulse stream. The pulse stream is distributed to other curators or to users have yet to provide edits to the digital maps. The pulse stream of edits informs these users of the activities that have transpired with respect to the digital maps in hopes to inspire them to further contribute additional edits to the digital maps. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140040772 | HIGHLIGHTING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE COMPONENTS BASED ON USAGE BY OTHER USERS - In one example embodiment, a method to highlight graphical user interface (GUI) components is provided. In this method, a computing device on a network is queried to identify which of the GUI components to highlight based on tracking information associated with other users. A response to the query is then received from the computing device, the response of which identifies a GUI component, and this identified GUI component is highlighted. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040773 | Transient Panel Enabling Message Correction Capabilities Prior to Data Submission - A programmable device such as a smart phone allows a user an opportunity to make final corrections to textual data in a message after the user has instructed the device to send the message, but before transmittal of the message. The opportunity is temporary, to avoid impeding the flow of communication, and the textual data is transmitted unmodified if the opportunity to modify it is not accepted. Modifications made during the opportunity period may be used to adapt an autocorrect functionality of the programmable device. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040774 | SHARING PHOTOS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEM - Embodiments generally relate to sharing photos in a social network system. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a geographic location associated with each photo of a plurality of photos associated with a user. The method also includes providing a geographic map to the user, where each photo is displayed on the geographic map based on the geographic location of each photo. The method also includes enabling the user to select photos to share based on interaction with the geographic map. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040775 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE PHOTO SELECTION - Techniques to allow for ease of navigation within a photo browsing interface of a social networking system. In one embodiment, designations of a first image and a second image for sharing are received from within at least one of a single-image view and a camera view. Based on the designations, the first image and the second image are added to a communication. The designations may be based on a user selection of an option provided by an interface of a mobile device. The first image and the second image may be received from within a social networking application or from within a dedicated camera application. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040776 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL DISPLAY OF CONTENT OF A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - Techniques to allow optimized scrolling of information from a social networking system. In one embodiment, bi-directional display of references, such as content, is provided on a computer system, such as a mobile device. References are presented in a first orientation in a scrollable stream. In response to an interaction by a user, presentation of the scrollable stream is transformed from the first orientation to a second orientation. The first orientation may be substantially parallel with a length of an interface of the computer system. The first orientation and the second orientation may be orthogonal. Components of the references are omitted from presentation when the scrollable stream is presented in the first orientation. At least one of the omitted components of the references is included for presentation when the scrollable stream is presented in the second orientation. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040777 | Customizing Participant Information in an Online Conference - Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for customizing participant information in an online conference. One embodiment is a method for customizing display of participant information in an online conference. The method comprises: a conferencing system establishing an online conference with a plurality of client devices via a communication network, each client device associated with a participant in the online conference; the conferencing system presenting a conference user interface to the client devices, the conference user interface displaying an interactive participant object identifying each of the participants; and during the online conference, one of the participants customizing presentation of at least one of the interactive participant objects via the conference user interface. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040778 | System and Method for Displaying and Operating Multiple Layered Item List In Web Browser With Support of Concurrent Users - Support of end-user to view and operate computing resources through logically organized and graphically represented multi-layered item list (“hierarchical list”) has been fully realized on native window based computer user work environment with modern operating system such as Windows Explore of Microsoft. The present invention has implemented the hierarchical list to represent structured resources, such as for a central controlled distributed scalable virtual machine (CCDSVM), and to be displayable and operable via a browser on an end-user device for user to access and manage the actual structured resources. The implementation of the hierarchical list is accomplished by creating the hierarchical list in memory to mirror the actual structure resource, where the mirrored hierarchical list is sent to the end-user device, where the end-user device executes the browser to display the hierarchical list to allow the user to access the actual structured resources via the displayed hierarchical list. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040779 | NETWORK BASED CROWD SOURCED COLLABORATION TOOLS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE WORKS - Systems and methods are provided for creative collaboration among multiple persons, such as network-based crowd-sourced collaboration tools for the development of creative works. Users are able to post content with specific reference to previously posted content. Content postings that are related to one another based on such specific references are organized in accordance with such specific reference relationships to establish a tree-like content structure in which the initial content posting is like the trunk of the tree-like structure, and later content postings are like branches of the tree-like structure. Included are features for encouraging collaboration, such as: (1) features designed to prevent a single author and/or a limited number of authors from generating all of the content of a creative work, and/or (2) features designed to enable the development of multiple creative works that are related to one another in that they share one or more common content bases. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040780 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COLLABORATION INFORMATION AROUND PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES USING REMOTE TIME TRIGGERS - Providing collaboration information between a primary user and a collaborative user on a collaborative activity associated with the primary user and the collaborative user. A user computer receives a start trigger event that starts a collaborative activity session, sends a notification of the start of the collaborative activity session to a collaborative user and after receiving an end trigger event that ends the collaborative activity session, sends a notification of the ending of the collaborative activity session to the collaborative user. The method includes providing collaborative data to the collaborative users, and storing time and location information of the collaborative users. The method further includes for the prompting or automation of start or stop triggers for an activity based on other factors including the time and location of an individual moving in or out of a defined or geo-fenced region. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040781 | Egalitarian Control Apparatus and Method for Sharing Information in a Collaborative Workspace - A method and system of selecting information from video sources to be displayed on at least a subset of a plurality of display screen presentation spaces, the method comprising the steps of providing at least first and second independent selectable control interfaces, each interface including a separately selectable control uniquely associated with each of the display screen presentation spaces, uniquely associating first and second video sources with the first and second control interfaces, for each control interface, receiving an indication each time one of the selectable controls is selected and, upon receiving an indication, providing the video source associated with the control interface used to make the selection to the display screen presentation space associated with the selected selectable control. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140047354 | TRANSPORTATION SHARING BASED ON MAP LOCATIONS - In embodiments, a map-based shared transportation location identification module (“MTSS”) may facilitate display of locations on a map for which shared transportation has been indicated as being offered or willing to be accepted. In embodiments, the MTSS may identify locations for which shared transportation has been indicated and display those on top of a map; the map may be displayed by the same logical entity as the MTSS or by a different entity. The MTSS may allow a user to select one or more of the locations, view information view information related to the location and elect to accept the offer (or to provide their own offer). The MTSS may then facilitate a matching of the user with the other relevant user for the purpose of sharing transportation. Other embodiments may be described. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140047355 | SIMULTANEOUS EVALUATION OF ITEMS VIA ONLINE SERVICES - A method for simultaneous evaluation of items via online services and an online system hosting an online service therefore are described. The method comprises the steps of initiating an evaluation activity for a group of users of the online service, said evaluation activity directed at a plurality of items, establishing a communication channel connecting the users of the group with each other, said communication channel being coupled to the evaluation activity, providing to each user of the group a representation of the evaluation activity customized for the user and one or more further representations of the evaluation activity, each customized for another user of the group, detecting an interaction of a user of the group with a representation provided to the user, updating the representations in response to the interaction, and simultaneously providing updates of the representations to at least some of the users of the group. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140047356 | REMOTE GEOBROWSER CONTROL FOR COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING - A system for collaborative decision-making and more efficient disaster management, in which multiple geobrowsers can communicate over local networks and/or the Internet to create a real collaborative experience when dealing with geospatial information, distributed using Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) compliant KML/KMZ formats, WMS (Web Mapping Service), or and geospatial data files. All manipulation functions (dataset loading, layer stacking, layer visibility changes, Point of View (POV) changes, map extent changes, looping and animation settings, geospatial file creation and annotation drawing, and other functions) are replicated across all connected geobrowsers to create a true collaborative geospatial Common Operating Picture (COP). The leadership role can be handed over to other users if desired to build upon all the datasets and annotations sent by previous leads. Additionally the designated lead user can record the current state of the map and reproduce this on demand or automatically on other geobrowsers. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140047357 | COMMUNICATING FUTURE LOCATIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed which include receiving, from a user operating a user interface on a computing device, an indication of a first future date; identifying one or more friends of the user, for each of the one or more friends, gathering future trip information from the social network, determining based on the gathered trip information, whether each of the one or more friends are going to be physically present at the future locations on one of the second future dates that matches the first future date, displaying a geographic map on the user interface including displaying a friend representation corresponding to each of the respective future locations where one or more friends are going to be physically present on the first future date, and dynamically updating the friend representations respectively on the geographic map based on a third future date received. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140053082 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING MESSAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An apparatus and a method for transmitting/receiving a message in an electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of dialog windows are displayed, receiving a message via an input window, selecting at least one dialog window among the plurality of dialog windows, and transmitting the message to at least one of the plurality of dialog windows. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140053083 | Application Program and Related Techniques for Organizing a Meeting Between People - A computer-implemented application program comprises various graphic user interfaces to facilitate the formation of a physical meeting between people. A computer-readable storage medium comprises instructions to implement the computer-implemented application program. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140053084 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR EDITING CONTENT - A content editing method and apparatus for efficiently editing of content by allowing one user who edits the content to confirm a region of the content edited by another user. The content editing method includes displaying a content select interface used by the first electronic device to select content stored in a server; displaying a content edit interface used to edit the content if the content is selected through the displayed content select interface; and displaying an object informing a redundant access to the selected content when a second electronic device attempts to edit a part of the selected content that is being edited by the first electronic device through the content edit interface. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140053085 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLLABORATIVE BROWSING - Systems and methods for providing a collaborative browsing capability. A web browser service may be collaboratively browsed by plural client computing devices at an enumerated URL in a collaborative browsing (co-browsing) session. A request made by a web browser in the session may be intercepted by a co-browsing service and forwarded to the web browser service. A response to the request is received by the co-browsing service and communicated all web browsers participating in the co-browsing session. For configured web browsers, a view associated with web browser service may be translated into client computing device specific presentation data for display. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140053086 | COLLABORATIVE DATA EDITING AND PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system uses portable processing devices that communicate with external devices. A portable processing device having a camera transmits, to a server, an identification information request message including an image acquired by the camera; receives, from the server, identification information related to an object shown in the image; in response to user selection of the object, transmits, to the server, a data request message requesting data corresponding to the identification information of the selected object; receives, from the server, a first data corresponding to the identification information; edits the first data to provide a second data in response to user input information; and transmits the second data to the server enabling the server to update the first data to provide the second data item. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140053087 | Friend recommendation method, apparatus and storage medium - Disclosed is a friend recommendation method, comprising: creating a recommendation backlist for a user; deleting a recommended object included in the recommendation backlist of the user from a recommended object list; and recommending remaining recommended objects in the recommended object list to the user. The present application further discloses a server and a storage medium, so as to recommend friends based on the requirements of a user and recommend objects that the user is really interested in. Therefore, the accuracy and efficiency of friend recommendation are improved, friends can be recommended effectively and the user experience is enhanced. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140059451 | ASTRAL MEDIA AND METHOD OF USE - The astral media is applied in the online communication or in a computer network structure between users and provides them with an opportunity to be anonymous using a random number of virtual visions. The users ( | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140059452 | CUMULATIVE ENCYCLOPEDIA METHOD,SYSTEM AND DEVICE - A cumulative encyclopedia comprising a user interface, the user interface configured to provide one or more topics (e.g. information on subjects contained within the cumulative encyclopedia) that are able to be contributed to by one or more users or accounts using the user interface. The contributions are able to comprise any information (e.g. text, images, links, audio, video) that a user or account wishes to add to one or more of the topics. In some embodiments, the contributions are not able to be edited by anyone other than the user or account who added the contribution. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140068459 | PROVIDING A LOCALITY VIEWPORT THROUGH A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A method of operation of a social filter system includes: identifying a user with a user account; identifying a socially connected account from the user account, the socially connected account having a social association; selecting a content of interest from a content store of contents of interest based on the social association; and sending the content of interest for displaying on a user device. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140068460 | Sharing Television and Video Programming Through Social Networking - In particular embodiments, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system identify media content being viewed on a first display device by a user of the social-networking system and receive an indication that the user has selected a time-sensitive button. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system generate social content according to the identified media content and the indication that the user has selected the time-sensitive button. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system update a graph of the social-networking system to include the social content. The graph has a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes. The nodes include user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140068461 | Sharing Television and Video Programming Through Social Networking - In particular embodiments, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system provide social content for display in a mobile application running on a mobile device of a user of the social-networking system. The mobile application is configured to display the social content and an interface for selecting media content to view on a display device. The social content is from a social graph of the social-networking system. The social graph includes nodes and edges connecting the nodes. The nodes include user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system receive an indication from the mobile application that an option to view particular media content has been selected and provide one or more instructions to display the selected particular media content on the display device. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140068462 | AVATAR REPRESENTATION OF USERS WITHIN PROXIMITY USING APPROVED AVATARS - Systems, methods, and apparatuses are directed to facilitating avatar representation of users within proximity using approved avatars. In one embodiment, logic may be configured to determine communication devices that are within a proximity threshold. The determined communication devices may include first and second communication devices that are associated with first and second users, respectively. The first user may be associated with a first avatar and the second user may be associated with a second avatar. The logic may also be configured to determine a request initiated at the first communication device for avatar information associated with one or more users of the determined communication devices. The logic may further be configured to provide the second avatar to the first user via the first communication device based on determining that the second avatar is included in an approved avatar set. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140068463 | MEETING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a meeting management system including an interface for defining the structure of a meeting, an unstructured waiting space to facilitate communication between participants, an interface to display the structure, process and timings of a meeting, a check-in/out process, an input and exchange process, and a task allocation process. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140068464 | System And Method For Capturing Computer Application-Related Information - A method for capturing information related to a software application. Initially, a current browser display screen is copied into a browser-based application. The browser display screen is then displayed as a popup window including an editing window comprising selectable text and graphics editing options. Text and graphics editing options are provided to annotate the popup window with application information. User information including user name and email address is received, and the application information and associated user information is stored in a database. The annotated display screen is displayed in response to receiving the name of the corresponding annotator. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140068465 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING MICRO-BLOG MESSAGE, MICRO-BLOG TERMINAL, AND SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The disclosure relates to a method for displaying micro-blog messages, which includes: when the users look up the list roster, the micro-blog terminal sends an obtaining request to the micro-blog server, receives and display the list roster fed back by the micro-blog server; when any one of the micro-blog list is selected from the list roster, the micro-blog terminal writes a name of the chosen micro-blog list into a new displaying page, and sending a message list request to the micro-blog server; the micro-blog terminal receives the message list of the chosen micro-blog list that is fed back from the micro-blog server, and displaying the message list of the chosen micro-blog list on the new message displaying page. It is disclosed a system for displaying micro-blog messages, a micro-blog terminal, server, and storage medium thereof. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140075334 | Cold Start Answers - Deriving a user profile includes: generating a user interface on which a user interacts in a session; formulating questions such that a user response to the questions indicates a preference; presenting the questions to the user on the user interface; receiving responses from the user, the responses indicating user preferences; and populating a user profile with the user preferences. The steps of presenting, receiving, and populating are repeated until the session terminates. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140075335 | IMAGE EDITING AND SHARING - In an embodiment, a method of editing and sharing images is described. The method may include pulling an image from a source location into a browser executing on a client device. The method may additionally include editing the image within the browser. The method may additionally include sharing the edited image from the browser to a social network accessible to the client device. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140075336 | ADAPTIVE USER INTERFACE USING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL - Techniques for social networking systems and methods for testing and applying user interfaces are disclosed herein. The method includes steps of presenting a user interface including a new user interface feature to a group of test users, collecting response data from the test users experiencing the user interface, performing analytics on the response data, and determining at least one interface rule of applying user interface features for a user depending on one or more user attributes of the user based on the analytics using a machine learning model. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140075337 | Dream Sharing and Visualization Platform - Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a platform for dream sharing and visualization. First, a description of a dream may be received. The description may comprise a text and/or an image. Then the description may be published to the platform. A user may then pay a fee to have the dream visualized. In various embodiments, the description of the dream may be submitted for a vote by other users of the platform. When the dream is submitted to a vote and receives enough votes, the platform may provide a visual representation of the dream to the user who submitted the description of the dream. The visualization may then be published to the platform. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140075338 | APPLICATIONS ON TOP OF A WEB SITE - A system and method that provide an integrated user interface experience with third party applications selected by a user and accessed as part of a web site. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140075339 | Interactions for Sharing Content Items in a Digital Magazine - A digital magazine server user may identify a content item presented by the digital magazine server to save or present to other digital magazine server users by interacting with a client device presenting the content item. For example, providing a gesture to the client device identifies a content item for presentation to other digital magazine server users. The gesture may begin by the user interacting with a portion of a display device that displays a portion of the content item and continue as the user interacts with the display device along a path from the portion to an additional portion. When the gesture is completed, the user may be presented with options to present the content item to additional digital magazine server users, or the content item may be presented to other digital magazine server users. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140075340 | VISUALLY INDICATING A CALENDAR EVENT AMONG DIFFERENT TIME ZONES - A calendared event may be visually indicated. A proposed time for the calendared event can be identified and each of a plurality of event participants can be associated with the calendared event. For each of the participants, a local time of the participant that corresponds to the proposed time for the calendared event can be identified and displayed. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140075341 | Providing Feedback for Screen Sharing - A data processing system and computer program product for sharing displayed content. A content displayed on a source computer system is shared with a set of target computer systems, wherein the content is displayed on a target display on each target computer system in the set of target computer systems. In response to a change in the content displayed on the source computer system, a progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems is identified. An indication of the progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems is generated at the source computer system. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140075342 | COLLABORATIVE ON-LINE DESIGN LANDSCAPE DESIGN TOOL - An online design system and method are provided. In a preferred embodiment, a landscape design system and method are provided. The system may provide interactive collaboration of one or more plans associated with a design project. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140075343 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING VIEWING INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for sharing viewing information is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an designation of a second user from the first user; and transmitting the first user viewing information to the designated second user. The shared viewing information may comprise the identity of a currently viewed media program, a list of scheduled media program viewings, or the media program itself. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140082522 | MANAGING MODALITY VIEWS ON CONVERSATION CANVAS - A communication application displays a modality view that may be one of a collaboration, a gallery, or a messaging view on a conversation canvas. The application may display an initial view according a modality selection by the user. A user is enabled to select a next view from the set by providing a user action such as a tap, swipe action, etc. The application dynamically generates the next modality view according to the initial view. Common participants and common contexts are used to configure the next view. Subsequent to configuration, the application displays the next modality view on the conversation canvas by transitioning from the initial view. The application retains session information from the initial view to restore the initial view session if the user selects to return to the initial view. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140082523 | COLLABORATIVE FORM FILLING AND DYNAMIC TRANSFER OF REDACTED INFORMATION - In a method for collaboratively sharing portions of a web document, a computer system receives a request from a requestor to redact web documents via a first collaboration tool of one or more collaboration tools. In one aspect, the computer system identifies designated portions of information in the web documents. The computer system redacts the designated portions of information. In addition, the computer system transmits the redacted web documents to a responder via a second collaboration tool. In another aspect, the computer system receives from the responder an altered version of the redacted web document via the second collaboration tool. In addition, the computer system redacts the altered version of the redacted web document. In another aspect, the computer system transmits the redacted altered version of the web document to the requestor via the first collaboration tool of the one of more collaboration tools. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140082524 | USER INTERFACE FOR ACCESSING MESSAGES - Described herein are systems and methods for providing a message UI engine for accessing messages on a message system. The message system may comprise a message storage system (that store messages of varying types and formats, such as fax, text, voice/audio, video, and picture messages) and a message access system. The message UI engine is configured by a Flash media UI file for accessing messages and associated message information by interacting with the message access system. The Flash media UI file does not comprise any markup language and comprises only Flash® instructions. The Flash media UI file also comprises a plurality of embedded applications for presenting the plurality of different message types, each embedded application comprising only Flash instructions. The associated message information may be stored and transmitted in a non-markup language format, such as comma-delimited format. The messages and message information may be transmitted using a non-HTTP protocol. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140082525 | ACTION ORIENTED SOCIAL COLLABORATION SYSTEM - An action oriented social collaboration system monitors users' interactions with computer software applications. The system provides the interactions to a social networking system. The system publishes the interactions data to a social networking/collaboration interface viewable by members of a group, such as a project team. The system not only publishes data corresponding to a user's interactions with the computer software application, but also publishes the user's interactions with the computer software application to interfaces corresponding to other project team members as well. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140089815 | Sharing Content-Synchronized Ratings - Systems, methods and devices described herein enable sharing content-synchronized ratings, related to media content playing on a first device, using one or more second devices. For example, while a television program is playing on a television, a tablet computer acquires and sends content information derived from the video stream to a server. The server identifies the television program by matching the content information to a fingerprint. Then the server system generates a set of instructions, a time-marker, and one or more content-synchronized ratings collected from other user devices. The set of instructions includes instructions for synchronizing to the time-marker, enabling sharing of one or more content-synchronized ratings, and displaying content-synchronized ratings from other users. The set of instructions and content are sent to the tablet computer for execution and display. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140089816 | DISPLAYING SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM ENTITY INFORMATION VIA A TIMELINE INTERFACE - A social networking system displays information about a user via a timeline included in a profile page. Narrative data about a user stored in a social networking system, including data about the user and social network activities related to the user is accessed. Timeline units summarizing information about the user are generated from the narrative data. When a viewing user requests a profile page, timeline units are displayed based information related to the viewing user and interactions with the profile page by other users connected to the viewing user. Users that administer the profile page are presented with additional information when viewing the profile page, allowing the administering users to modify appearance of the timeline or to identify actions for an administering user to take to increase interaction with the profile page. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140089817 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATIVE CREATION AND MODIFICATION OF GEOMETRIC MODELS - Distributed systems and methods for allowing multiple users at separate workstations to collaboratively create and modify a geometric model of an object. According to embodiments, a system includes program code to generate the geometric model of an object at a first workstation and to store a first data representing the geometric model. The system also includes program code to transmit a duplicate copy and modification commands to a second workstation. The system also includes program code to receive a modified duplicate copy of the first data from the second workstation and to combine the first data and the modified duplicate copy of the first data to generate a modified geometric model of the object. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140089818 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING USERS TO OTHER USERS AND OBJECTS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - A method, system, and computer program product provide the ability connect/associate a first entity to a second entity on a social network. A first entity is provided with access to the social network. A representation of the second entity is displayed. In association with the second entity, a visual indication of a connectivity status between the first entity and the second entity is provided. The visual indication dynamically changes as the connectivity status changes. Further, the visual indication reflects a first one-way connection status from the first entity to the second entity, and a second one-way connection status from the second entity to the first entity. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140089819 | HOVER CARD - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product display information about selected content in a social network. Multiple icons representative of content are displayed. Via input from a user, an item of the content is selected by selecting one of the multiple icons. In response to the selecting, a tooltip is displayed. The tooltip includes relevant information about the selected item and affinity data that provides a probability of similar interests between the user and the selected item. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140096035 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-DOMAIN PROBLEM SOLVING ON THE WEB - A system and method for problem solving in multiple domains on the web is provided. Two facets of preference are applied regardless of domain: first, criteria selected by the user which indicates which elements relate to the user, and second, level of importance to the user. For each decision aid that the user saves to his/her member account, a series of methods applied thereto assist the user in making decisions through intelligent agent expertise, as well as through related eCommerce, social networking, guided content search and delivery of context-rich content. Relevancy of results is also calculated. Depending on characteristics inherent in a particular domain, one of two primary methods is employed. The Multi-Product method uses ontology and a neural network engine to reveal the subset of relevant results based on any combination of user inputs, implicitly and explicitly derived. The Single-Product method maps inputs to results using sub-category analysis of fit and then applies user-centric filters and discounting rules to return meaningful coaching and relevancy of results. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140096036 | TRANSPORTING AVATARS AND MEETING MATERIALS INTO VIRTUAL REALITY MEETING ROOMS - Methods and systems are provided for a virtual reality environment rendering module to provide a virtual reality environment meeting within an enterprise. Moreover, the virtual reality environment rendering module provides meeting participants with automatic placement of an avatar and meeting materials into the virtual reality environment meeting based on collaborative augmentation from a scheduling server. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140096037 | Methods for Dynamic Prioritization of Graphical Digital Assets for Presentation in an Electronic Interface - A system for working with image and or text-based projects includes a server connected to a network, the server having access to least one processor and a data repository, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing for establishing a client-server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in working with the image and/or text-based projects through a graphics user interface (GUI), assessing and recording the usage statistics of digital assets used by the overall client base, monitoring and recording the navigation behaviors, usage patterns, and content contributions of all or individual ones of users operating through the at least one GUI or visiting the service domain, and gathering and prioritizing the digital assets for presentation according to analysis of data recorded by the third function. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140096038 | Method for Editing Font Size for Font Arranged in a Layout on an Electronic Interface using Real Time Visual Input - A system for working with image and or text-based projects includes a server having access to least one processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for establishing a client-server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, a second function for initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in working with the image and/or text-based projects through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for linking a multi-part text resizing tool to one or more user-input actions on one or more text-based assets added to or pre-existing on a page layout, and a fourth function for retrieving and presenting the text-resizing tool in the GUI upon detection of one of the user-input actions. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140096039 | Method for Preserving Layer Position of a Graphical Digital Asset for Consistent Presentation Between Multiple Pages in an Electronic Interface - A system for working with image and or text-based projects includes a server having access to a processor and a data repository, and software running from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing for establishing a client-server connection with a computing appliance, initiating and maintaining an active data session between users involved in working with the image and/or text-based projects, taking a snapshot of items arranged on a multi-layer canvas comprising at least one page, looking up the positional data, including depth, associated with the snapshot data of any one of the group of items included in the snapshot resulting from execution of the third function, and preserving the original depth position of any of the items included in the snapshot resulting from execution of the third function upon movement of the item or items between pages or from a two page span to a single page. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140096040 | Method for Providing Colorable Assets for Project Inclusion - A system for creating and editing image and or text-based projects includes a server connected to a network, the server having access to least one processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for establishing a client server connection between the server and at least one user-operated computing appliance connected to the network, a second function for initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in project creation and or in project editing through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for assigning colorable regions to system designed assets, a fourth function for storing those assets for service, and a fifth function for serving those assets to at least one user during the active data session. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140096041 | Method for Managing Photos Selected for Addition to an Image-Based Project Created through an Electronic Interface - A system for creating image and or text-based projects includes a server, the server having access to a processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for establishing a client server connection between the server and at least one user-operated mobile computing device connected to the network, a second function for initiating and maintaining an active data session between one or more users involved in project creation and or in project editing through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for providing an image container to visually display images selected by a user to add to a project, a fourth function for enabling view of image properties and selection order of the contained images, and a fifth function for enabling digital manipulation of the images while in the image container. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140101570 | SELECTION OF CLIPS FOR SHARING STREAMING CONTENT - A method for sharing digital media may include receiving an indication from a first user for sharing a clip selection from a digital media item (DMI) with a second user. A start point and an end point of the clip selection may be determined. The determination may be based on a number of times the first user has previously consumed the digital media item. An indication of the clip selection may be communicated to the second user. The indication for the sharing may be received in response to a sharing query. The query may be displayed to the first user during a consumption of the DMI by the first user. If the first user has not previously consumed the DMI, then during the consumption, the end point may be set as a current location in the digital media item at a time when the indication for the sharing was received. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140101571 | Shared collaborative environment - Embodiments herein provide an apparatus, program product, and method that enable a group of users to prepare creative documents individually while working in a shared collective environment. Embodiments herein provide direct visual feedback of the work related to the documents, being performed by users in the group. As each user makes edits to their document, the edits made by the user are communicated with a collaboration manager. The collaboration manager incorporates the edits into the document and displays a preview of the edited document to the active members of the collaboration group. The preview may be displayed in a window along with the current design window of each user. There may also be an alternate means of communication between the users of the collaboration group displayed. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140108958 | TAGGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A COMMUNICATION PLATFORM IN A NETWORK - A tagging system and to a respective method and to a computer program product of providing a communication platform for users of a network, the method including selecting a content object on a webpage from a first user and creating a tag linked to the content object from a first user. The tag is stored in a tag database that's accessible by at least the first user and by at least a second user. Thereafter, the second user is actively or passively informed of the created tag and providing access to the created tag. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108959 | Collaboration Network Platform Providing Virtual Rooms with Indication of Number and Identity of Users in the Virtual Rooms - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a collaboration network platform that provides virtual rooms with an indication of which users of the collaboration network are working within the virtual rooms. A virtual room comprises an organizational unit for grouping users of a collaboration network with respect to a particular subject. For each virtual room within the collaboration network, a count of the number of users and/or a representation of each of the users that are currently working in the virtual room can be maintained and displayed as appropriate. The virtual room can also provide an option to transmit audio and/or video communications in real-time to some or all of the users that are in the virtual room. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108960 | Creating Threaded Multimedia Conversations - Various embodiments provide an ability for users to locate relevant multimedia building blocks for use in adding to posts in a manner which robustly adds to a particular conversation. A thread of conversation can be created across many posts and times. The notion of textual of replies is extended by allowing a multimedia conversation across a series of posts. Multimedia conversation lineages can be tracked and visualized across a series of posts, thus allowing for a non-linear tree of connections among related posts. In addition, an integrated social search engine can be utilized to provide for a shared context for constructing derivative posts. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108961 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING CULTURAL CONNECTIONS WITHIN AN ONLINE COMPUTER SYSTEM SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM - A system and method for establishing connections between users of a social media platform includes establishing communication with a user interface, receiving identifying and cultural information, providing the information to a database and providing search options based on the cultural information. The system and method can also display search results in the form of a map showing the geographic location of the search results. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108962 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION RELATED TO AN ENTITY IN A VIRTUAL SPACE - The disclosure relates to a system and method to present information related to entities in a virtual space. In some implementations, the system may include one or more servers, one or more client computing platforms, and/or other components. The system may be configured to provide a virtual space to users. The system may be configured such that the users participate in one or more games, activities, and/or applications within a virtual space. By virtue of using the system, users may have the ability to hover (e.g., via a control icon such a mouse pointer) over an entity in the virtual space that represents another user such that the system presents an offered set of interaction identifiers associated with the other user. This may enhance the online experience for participating users. Providing the virtual space may include hosting the virtual space over a network. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108963 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TAGGED IMAGES - A system and method for tagging media can include obtaining a media object and presenting the media within a media tagging interface; in the media tagging interface, obtaining selection of a region of the presented media to create a first media tag; obtaining user selection of at least a first application instance to assign to the first media tag; collecting content of the first application instance; rendering the tagged media with an indicator in the region of the first media tag; and on selection of the indicator in the rendered tagged media, activating a user interface of the first application instance with the collected content. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108964 | Measuring Page Viewership in a Social Network - A social networking system includes pages created by users for providing content related to topics of interest. An interaction engine captures data and maintains analytical information about how users interact with pages and posts. When a user takes an action such as liking a page or a post, the interaction engine updates the page's activity history to reflect the activity and information about the user who took the action. The interaction engine also measures the reach of pages and posts, by determining how and from where each user viewed the page and its contents. The interaction engine further tracks the community's interest in pages and posts by determining how many unique users create stories that include a page or its content. An insights module uses the data obtained by the interaction engine to synthesize graphical reports about page interactions and present the reports to page administrators. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108965 | SPONSORED STORY SHARING USER INTERFACE - A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108966 | Method, sharing platform, and system for sharing image-editing action - The present disclosure is applicable to an information processing field. A method and system for sharing an image-editing action are provided. In the method, a sharing platform receives and stores image-editing action information from each transmitting party, a requesting party transmits an image-editing action information sharing request to the sharing platform, the sharing platform searches for the image-editing action information corresponding to the sharing request, and transmits the image-editing action information searched out to the requesting party, and the requesting party edits a selected image using the image-editing action information returned by the sharing platform. According to the disclosure, the image-editing action information can be directly invoked or shared, thus effectively reducing repetitive image-editing operations for users and improving image-editing efficiency. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140115497 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF GENERATING AND MANAGING DIGITAL DREAMBOARDS - In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes the step of providing a graphical user interface configured to accept user input. A user-indicated dream symbol is obtained. A user-provided intention is received. The user-provided dream symbol and the user-provided intention are associated in a digital dreamboard. Optionally, the digital dreamboard is published to an online social network. Online donations from other members of the online social network related to fulfill the user-provided intention can be obtained. Two or more digital dreamboards may be merged together. A user can invite friends to view the digital dreamboard. A user can indicate a dream symbol by tagging another dream symbol in another user's digital dreamboard. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140115498 | OBTAINING EVENT REVIEWS - Embodiments generally relate to obtaining event reviews. In one embodiment a method includes receiving location data corresponding to a location of a device and receiving temporal data corresponding to a time when the device was at the location. The method also includes obtaining event information based on the location data and the temporal data, and generating a user interface on the device to permit reviews of an event associated with the event information. The method also includes generating one or more prompts based on the location data and the temporal data. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140115499 | SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A social network is provided. The social network of the present invention may prompt a user to create a “moment”. The moment of the present invention may include at least a time and a location of a place that the user is currently located, was located in the past, or will be located in the future. The moment may be stored on a database. Multiple users may create accounts and create a plurality of moments. All of the moments of the users may be stored on the database. The present invention may include a search box so that third party users may search for other third party user's moments. A user may enter in search criteria and may be presented with a plurality of moments based on the inputted search criteria. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140115500 | SPONSORED STORY USER INTERFACE - A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140123026 | MULTI-DEVICE VISUAL CORRELATION INTERACTION - Multi-device visual correlation interaction includes displaying, by a first device, a user interface representation of a user interface displayed by a second device, the user interface representation containing one or more element representations, each element representation corresponding to an element contained within the user interface displayed by the second device; receiving from a user of the first device, a selection of a particular element representation of the user interface representation, the particular element representation corresponding to a particular element contained within the user interface; transmitting to the second device, by the first device, a contextual information request corresponding to the selection; in response to transmitting the contextual information request, receiving from the second device, by the first device, contextual information corresponding to the selection; and generating based on the contextual information, by the first device, a contextual list of actions associated with the particular element. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123027 | VIRTUAL MEETINGS - A method for managing virtual meetings includes initiating participation with a first user interface in a first meeting, initiating participation with the first user interface in a second meeting, determining whether attention of a user is directed towards the first meeting or the second meeting, and configuring the user interface such that the user interacts with meeting resources associated with the first meeting responsive to determining that the attention of the user is directed towards the first meeting. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123028 | COMPREHENSIVE MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT PLATFORM - The embodiments herein relate to multimedia content management and, more particularly, to management of multimedia content in any data communication network such as an enterprise network. Any authorized user may create content using a content creation option provided with the system. The content creation modes may be audio, video, images and so on. Further, the created content is hosted on a server associated with the enterprise network. Further, the user can share the content hosted on the server using various mediums such as email, instant messages, social networking websites and so on. A user can request for specific content stored in the server. Upon receiving the content access request from the user, the system checks whether the user is authenticated to access the requested content or not. Upon verifying authenticity of the user, the system streams the requested content to the user using an associated streaming platform. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123029 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and computing system for associating a first portion of a display screen with a social network, wherein the display screen is included within a handheld device. Initial social network content is received from the social network, wherein the initial social network content is associated with an event occurring within the social network. The initial social network content is dynamically rendered within the first portion of the display screen. A user indication is received within the first portion of the display screen. In response to the user indication, enhanced social network content is rendered within a second portion of the display screen. The initial social network content is at least a portion of a media stream included within the social network. The enhanced social network content includes content associated with the event occurring within the social network. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123030 | VIRTUAL MEETINGS - A system for managing virtual meetings includes a processor operative to initiate participation with a first user interface in a first meeting, initiate participation with the first user interface in a second meeting, determining whether attention of a user is directed towards the first meeting or the second meeting, and configure the user interface such that the user interacts with meeting resources associated with the first meeting responsive to determining that the attention of the user is directed towards the first meeting. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123031 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATION AND UTILIZATION OF VARIOUS USER PERSONAS - Provided is a method for generating a plurality of user personas comprising the steps of a user inputting, via a user computer, user input data associated with the user; transmitting the user input data to a persona server computer; the persona server computer accessing a plurality of external data sources to obtain external user data associated with the user; the persona server computer using the user input data and the external user data to calculate an actual persona of the user, an internal perceived persona of the user, an external perceived persona of the user, and an aspirational persona of the user; the persona server computer sending the actual persona of the user, the internal perceived persona of the user, the external perceived persona of the user, and/or the aspirational persona of the user to the user computer for display to the user. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123032 | Methods for Creating, Arranging, and Leveraging An Ad-Hoc Collection of Heterogeneous Organization Components - Methods for creating, arranging, and leveraging an ad-hoc collection of heterogeneous organization components are provided. In one example, a method includes the steps of displaying a scratchpad affordance associated with a scratchpad, and detecting an update to the scratchpad based on an input associated with a first organization component of the one or more organization components and the scratchpad affordance. The method includes the additional step of updating the scratchpad based at least in part on the input. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123033 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPLEMENTING A SHARED SESSION SERVER TO ENABLE MULTIPLE BROWSER CLIENTS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY VIEW AND INTERACT WITH COMMON WEB CONTENT IN A SHARED BROWSING SESSION - A system incorporating techniques described in this paper includes a shared session server system that enables clients to view and interact with content simultaneously. The system enables a first shared session client to send an event stream sufficient to depict results of interaction with the content at a second shared session client. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123034 | SPONSORED STORY CREATION USER INTERFACE - A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123035 | Method, terminal, server and computer readable medium for displaying microblog topic - The present disclosure discloses a method and system for displaying a microblog topic, a UE, a server, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in the field of communication. The method includes that: when a receiver needs to receive a microblog topic, information on a location of the receiver is acquired; the microblog topic and information on a location where the microblog topic is released are acquired from a microblog server according to a preset distance and information on the location of the receiver, wherein a distance between the location where the microblog topic is released and the location of the receiver is no greater than the preset distance; and the microblog topic is displayed in a map of an area in which the receiver is located on a | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140129962 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that are configured to enable a user or group of users to organize an event in the digital world that results in attendance in the physical world. One example embodiment may include a method for receiving a user input that indicates a current status and a current interest of a user. The method may further include adjusting the user interface in accordance with the current status and interest of a user. The method may further include determining one or more users or one or more entities that match at least one of the current status or the current interest of the user. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129963 | System, Method and Computer Program for Receiving and Publishing Details of Sporting Events in Real-Time - A system, method and computer program for publishing details of sporting events, in real-time, e.g., during the event, is presented. For instance, at least one embodiment includes receiving event data in real-time during the course of the sporting event, wherein the event data is received from an input device operated by an authorized user. In certain embodiments, the authorized user may include an official or referee of the event, a designated score keeper, and/or a designated and registered administrative user associated with one of the participating teams. Further, the invention includes processing a request to receive event data, in that the various users may choose to subscribe to certain teams and/or events. Accordingly, the event data is then published to the subscribed users, for example, via a push notification, scrolling scoreboard, or dynamically updated scorecard. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140136992 | Social Media Recommendation Engine - Embodiments disclose a recommendation engine that implements a system and method for classifying users and media content, and for determining which media items a particular user will most likely enjoy. By organizing users and media content in a 3 dimensional virtual space and assigning x, y, and z coordinates to each, their relationship and affiliation with/to one another is defined by their distances from each other. When a user rates a media item highly, both that user and that media item move closer together. When a user gives a negative rating to a media item, they move farther apart. Further multiple users who rate the same media item similarly move closer together to form clusters of similar interest groups. This terraforms the virtual space into a natural attraction/separation of like-minded/different-minded users and similar/dissimilar media content. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136993 | Mobile Full-Screen Notification User Interface - In one embodiment, a client computing device receives a notification for a user associated with the client computing device and, without user input, displays the notification on a screen of the client computing device. The display of the notification may fill at least substantially a display area of the screen. The display of the notification may also include content of the notification, an indication of a source of the notification, and a user-activatable element associated with a social action for the user to take in response to the notification. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136994 | ASSOCIATING ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE SESSION CONTENT WITH AN ELECTRONIC CALENDAR - Prior to, or during, a first electronic conference session, a user input is received indicating a request to record content of a first electronic conference session. Responsive to the user request, content of the first electronic conference session can be recorded. The recorded content of the first electronic conference session can be associated with at least one calendar entry in the electronic calendar. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136995 | Event Notification - In one embodiment, a method includes while a user is interacting with a mobile device, displaying a notification on a screen of the mobile device automatically and without any user input to the mobile device, the notification informing the user an event that has occurred recently and is not related to the user's interaction with the mobile device. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136996 | VIRTUAL REMEMBRANCE SYSTEM - Systems and methods for creating and sharing an ebituary and a virtual scene of remembrance and reflection within a social networking environment. One system includes at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to receive registration information from a first user, generate a profile for the first user within the social networking environment based on the registration information, generate a unique code for the profile, provide the unique code to the first user, receive the unique code from a second user within the social networking environment, update the profile to identify the second user as a manager of the profile, and automatically grant the second user rights to modify the profile after the first person dies. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136997 | TARGETED ADVERTISING BASED ON TRENDING OF AGGREGATED PERSONALIZED INFORMATION STREAMS - Targeted advertising based on trending aggregated personalized information streams is disclosed. The method of targeted advertising, which can be implemented on a system includes receiving a topic from a user, wherein the user wants to present advertisements on social media platforms related to the topic, retrieving social media messages that relates to the topic from the social media platforms, identifying trending keywords associated with the social media messages that relates to the topic, and/or presenting the advertisement including the trending keywords on the social media platforms. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136998 | Customized Presentations Associated with a Social Media Application Based on Relationships - According to a general aspect, a method can include receiving a request, triggered via a consumer account, to access, using a social media application, a plurality of sharer content. The sharer content can be associated with a sharer account using the social media application. The method can include retrieving, in response to the request, a consumer value and a relationship value. The consumer value can represent an interaction with the social media application via the consumer account and the relationship value can characterize a relationship between a consumer identifier of the consumer account and a sharer identifier of the sharer account. The method can include selecting a subset of sharer content from the plurality of sharer content based on a combination of the consumer value and the relationship value, and can include defining a portion of a presentation customized for the consumer account using the selected subset of sharer content. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136999 | Multi-User Interactive Virtual Environment System and Method - A system and method for providing interactive graphical and multi-media connectivity between a plurality of users, especially in the context of shared content. In aspects, the users are placed into common virtual rooms or virtual interactive environments to permit sharing of content and chat between the individuals in a same virtual interactive environment. A common theme or subject of interest can be a basis for creating one or more virtual interactive environments or virtual rooms that users may be placed into or move between. Other features and associated functions are also described. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140137000 | Handheld Electronic Device and Associated Method for Indicating Delivery Status of a Message - An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method are provided in which enhanced information regarding an “availability” of a user of a handheld electronic device is provided to another electronic device in a messaging environment. Such availability data provides step-wise indications of the relative availabilities of one or more users of electronic devices in a messaging environment. The step-wise indications can, for instance, range from an availability level of “currently active” to several levels of nonavailability. The device and method can be incorporated into an existing messaging environment. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140137001 | PRESENTING QUESTION AND ANSWER DATA IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A social networking system includes a question and answer system that displays to a viewing user questions and answers provides by other users of the social networking system. The question and answer system may display answers to a particular question in a way that visually indicates both the global answer set and a subset of the global answer set, such as the viewing user's friends. The social networking system may also display to a viewing user news stories about another user asking or answering a question, where the format of the displayed new stories is based on an affinity that the viewing user has for the user who provided the question or answer mentioned in the news story. The displayed questions and/or answers may be associated with an object in the social networking system, where the user interface provides additional information about those objects. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140143685 | AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY OF HOW AND WHEN PEOPLE MET - A system, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method for automatic discovery of how and when people met is provided. A plurality of signals are analyzed to determine a level of significance of each of the plurality of signals in providing a suggested entry into a data field of a contact management system designated to provide a description of how a user met a contact. In response to at least one signal of the plurality of signals exceeding a threshold level of significance, a suggested entry for the data field of the contact management system is determined. The suggested entry of how a user met a contact is automatically displayed to a user. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140143686 | Composition of Customized Presentations Associated with a Social Media Application - According to a general aspect, a method can include receiving a request, triggered via a consumer account, to access, using a social media application, a plurality of sharer content. The sharer content can be associated with a sharer account using the social media application. The method can include retrieving, in response to the request, a consumer value and a relationship value. The consumer value can represent an interaction with the social media application via the consumer account and the relationship value can characterize a relationship between a consumer identifier of the consumer account and a sharer identifier of the sharer account. The method can include selecting a subset of sharer content from the plurality of sharer content based on a combination of the consumer value and the relationship value, and can include defining a portion of a presentation customized for the consumer account using the selected subset of sharer content. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140149885 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A TAPESTRY INTERFACE WITH INTERACTIVE COMMENTING - A system and methods are provided for presenting a tapestry interface including graphical elements for a plurality of assets. In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a tapestry interface by a device for a plurality of assets, wherein the tapestry interface is an arrangement of graphical elements associated with the plurality of assets, the graphical elements having relevance based sizing, and receiving social media data associated with at least one asset displayed in the tapestry interface. The method may also include displaying one or more assets with graphical elements, the graphical elements based on social media data received for the one or more assets. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149886 | CALENDARING BETWEEN USER PROFILES - Calendar items can be scheduled with a joined group of user profiles. Scheduling calendar items can include, for each of the calendar items, sending a calendar item request to each of the user profiles in the group of user profiles. In response to the joining of a new user profile to the group, the new user profile can be automatically sent a calendar item request for each of one or more of the calendar items scheduled with the group of user profiles. Also, a first user profile can receive a request to share a calendar with a second user profile. The request can be received from the second user profile and can list one or more additional user profiles as recipients of the request. A representation of the request to share can include a control that can be selected to share the calendar with the additional user profile(s). | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149887 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE TO USERS' OBJECTION TO POSTED CONTENT - A social networking service initiates a custom resolution process when a receiving user indicates objection to a message posted by a posting user. In embodiments, the networking service provides interfaces to the receiving user to obtain information about the user's intended goal, and to elicit information from the user about the context of the user's objection. The networking service analyzes the received information to determine an emotional context associated with the objection. Based on the emotional context and also based on additional social context information associated with the two users, the networking service presents customized resolution options to the receiving user. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149888 | VISUALIZING REACH OF POSTED CONTENT IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - Effects of content communications propagated to users of a social networking system may be tracked and measured by the social networking system. Identifiers of content presented to users within a time period before the users interact with the content are recorded. As users interact with the content, additional data describing the interactions with the content and the users interacting with the content are stored. Various metrics may be determined from the data describing interactions with the content. For example including virality metrics and reach metrics, may be determined and presented to the user that posted the content. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149889 | INPUT ASSOCIATIONS FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE SURFACE - There is disclosed a method of collaborative working at a touch sensitive surface of a collaborative input system, the method comprising: a. selecting, by touch, at the touch sensitive surface, a displayed icon; b. providing further inputs, by touch, at the touch sensitive surface, wherein the further inputs are associated with the selected icon. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149890 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING DATA - Examples of the present disclosure provide a method and device for displaying data. The method includes the follows. Buddy data of user A is pulled. User data of a user, who uses an Application Program (APP) selected by user A, is pulled. User data of a user, who uses the APP and is a buddy of user A, is selected, based on the pulled buddy data and the pulled user data. The selected user data is displayed. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140157150 | CONTEXTUAL COLLABORATION - Various embodiments of systems and methods for contextual collaboration are described herein. In one aspect, the method includes identifying an activated business instance. Conversation data related to the activated business instance is retrieved. The retrieved conversation data is integrated with the activated business instance. The integrated conversation data is rendered along with the activated business instance on a user interface. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140157151 | VIRTUAL DEBATE AND TAGGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A social network system provides a debate system that allows users to scroll through comments of a particular topic and challenge other users to a virtual debate. The topics may range from political, social, personal, etc. The social networking application collects tags, such as inputs or ratings, of data content with pre-determined categories. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140164951 | GROUP NUDGE USING REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A nudge transmission is generated for a group of individuals. The nudge transmission includes context information indicating why it was generated. One or more end points, for each individual in the group, are identified, and the nudge transmission is sent to the end points. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164952 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING DECISION-MAKING SUPPORT - Method, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for presenting a decision user interface to a first member of a social network service, receiving information identifying a set of interests of the first member entered at the decision user interface, searching at least one of the group consisting or profiles of members of the social network service and user decision interfaces presented to members of the social network service and, responsive to searching, providing information relating to the set of interests to the first member. The set of interests may include a field of study or an organization or an academic degree. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164953 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INVOKING VIRTUAL AGENT - Systems, methods, and apparatus for use in connection with at least one virtual agent. In some embodiments, at least one processor is programmed to: intercept user input to a messaging application executing on the at least one processor and facilitating a multiparty conversation; and in response to detecting a trigger in the user input, inject the at least one virtual agent into the multiparty conversation facilitated by the messaging application. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164954 | Rating Viewable Events - Embodiments are disclosed to provide the rating of viewable events. Rating viewable events will allow users to know whether a venue, such as a restaurant, bar, or private home, is a satisfactory place to view their favorite teams. Information about venues and events is populated in a database by a plurality of venues or users. Users wishing to view a particular event can search for a venue that has a high venue rating. Users may also vote whether a venue was satisfactory and the results of the vote may be used to generate future ratings. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164955 | CONTEXT MENUS - Provided is a method of displaying a context menu. A triggering event related to selection of an object on a computing device is recognized. A direction observed during the selection of the object is recognized. A context menu based on the direction observed during the selection of the object is displayed. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164956 | Social Network Visualization Methods - A method of comparing at least two social network models to determine differences and similarities in the at least two social network models. Differences in the actors and the transitions of the at least two social network models are identified and are visually represented in a user interface. The differences in the actors and the transitions of the at least two social network models are indicated in a first format different from a second format that indicates the similarities in the actors and the transitions of the at least two social network models. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164957 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR EXECUTING A PLURALITY OF APPLICATIONS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display device for executing a plurality of applications and a method for controlling the display device are provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of windows in which applications are executed respectively, receiving an iconize input for executing the plurality of windows, checking window information about each of the plurality of windows and discontinuing the displaying of the plurality of windows, and generating a shortcut icon for executing the plurality of windows simultaneously, based on the checked window information. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164958 | System, Method and Interface for Displaying Content - A user interface for displaying content, a user interface being comprised of n workspace boards | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164959 | Server-Client Interaction and Information Management System - An information-sharing system includes a server in a wide-area network coupled to a data repository, software executing on the server, providing services for a first person, wherein the first person is enabled to create one or more personae stored in the data repository, at least one interactive window associated with individual ones of the personae and deployable to one or more electronic appliances, and one or more rule sets associated with individual ones of the personae, the rule sets defining and limiting server functions that may be initiated through individual ones of deployed interactive windows, the interactive windows and rule sets enabling the first person to control identity and contact information made available to users of deployed interactive windows. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140173459 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING EVENT INFORMATION USING ICONS - Thus, in one embodiment an apparatus includes at least one processor, at least one display controlled by the processor, and at least one wireless transceiver communicating with the processor. The processor is configured to transmit a message accessible to at least one recipient that includes data representing at least one non-alphanumeric who icon representing a person, at least one non-alphanumeric what icon representing an event and/or activity, and at least one non-alphanumeric when icon representing a time associated with the event and/or activity. Furthermore, at least one of the following represented by data included in the message is modifiable based on input from at least one recipient: the at least one who icon, the at least one what icon, and the at least one when icon. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140173460 | DIGITAL DEVICE FOR PROVIDING TEXT MESSAGING SERVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a digital device and a method for controlling the same, which displays an application related to a text message, extracts additional information from the application and inserts the extracted additional information to the text message, in order to provide additional information associated with a text message. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140173461 | Electronic Community Board Creation And Management System - A computer implemented method and system for simultaneously engaging multiple electronic community boards associated with multiple communities is provided. An electronic community board management platform (ECBMP) receives user information and board information via a graphical user interface, creates one or more electronic community boards associated with one or more communities using the user information and the board information, and generates a unique collective electronic community board for a user using the created electronic community boards. The ECBMP creates and adjusts characteristics of one or more interactive electronic posts in one or more media formats based on media inputs from an electronic device. The ECBMP selectively displays the interactive electronic posts on the created electronic community boards based on display criteria including user location, device location, community location, etc. The ECBMP manages actions, payment transactions, etc., triggered by user inputs from the electronic device on the unique collective electronic community board. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140173462 | AVATAR INTEGRATED SHARED MEDIA EXPERIENCE - A method and system are disclosed in which a group of people are able to replicate the physical world experience of going with a group of friends to pick a movie, watch the movie together, and provide commentary on the movie itself in the virtual world on a virtual couch while each user is sitting in different physical locations. Additionally, the virtual representation of the destination that the group of people are watching the movie together in can be themed to allow users to watch movies in different locations pivoting on special events or by the users choice. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140173463 | system and method for providing a user interface element presence indication during a video conferencing session - The user interface element presence indication control component | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140173464 | PROVIDING APPLICATION CONTEXT FOR A CONVERSATION - A method for providing application context for a conversation includes associating a conversation with an application object. A facet of the application object is obtained from a source application. A user interface is caused to display the obtained facet in conjunction with the conversation. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140181691 | SHARING OF SELECTED CONTENT FOR DATA COLLECTION - Private information can be collected from a receiving computing device user via a requesting computing device sharing selected content presented on a requesting device display with the receiving device. Communication between the devices can be secure, peer-to-peer and can be established using Near Field Communication technologies. The selected content comprises data fields for which a receiving device user supplies data values. The requesting computing device can update the presented selected content based on the received receiving user input and send updated display information to the receiving device. Alternatively, the receiving device can send data fields to the requesting device as data fields are fully entered. The selected content shared with and the data values received from the mobile device can be translated into other languages. Cloud resources can be involved in the pairing and authentication of devices, the translation of data sent between devices and the communication of data between devices. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140181692 | Auto-Complete with Persisted Atomically Linked Entities - Persisting atomically linked entities when utilizing an auto-complete mechanism is provided. A computing device may be utilized to receive an input in a user interface. The computing device may then display an auto-complete suggestion list in response to receiving the input in the user interface. A selection of an entity may then be received from the auto-complete suggestion list. The selected entity may then be atomically linked to program code defining an action. The atomically linked entity may then be inserted in the user interface. The atomically linked entity may then be persisted among the input received within the user interface. The input is modifiable and the atomically linked entity is unmodifiable within the user interface. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140181693 | CROSS-PLATFORM CONTENT MANAGEMENT FOR ONLINE COMMUNITY ADVOCACY MANAGEMENT PLATFORM - For an online community advocacy management platform, techniques (APIs) are described for pulling comments in from the app/plug-in, and cross-pollinating the social online community (e.g., social network website “walls”) and app/plug-in content in an intelligent manner (which content, how often, etc.). | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140181694 | FEDERATED COMMENTING FOR DIGITAL CONTENT - Systems and methods are disclosed to share comments regarding a content item presented among via different Internet services. For example, a method for sharing comments among Internet services may include presenting a first content item to a plurality of users over the Internet via a first Internet service; receiving at the first Internet service a first comment that is related to the first content item and is received from a user through the Internet; presenting the first comment in conjunction with the first content item via the first Internet service; sending the first comment from the first Internet service to a second Internet service; receiving at the first Internet service a second comment from the second Internet service, wherein the second comment is different than the first comment; and presenting the second comment in conjunction with the first content item via the first Internet service. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140181695 | CONTROLLING DELIVERY OF NOTIFICATIONS IN REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS BASED ON COMMUNICATION CHANNEL STATE - A critical notification is reliably delivered to at least one participant in a real-time communication session. A candidate delivery channel is selected, and a set of one or more communication state variables associated with the candidate delivery channel are identified. Current values associated with the communication state variables and determined, and a determination is made as to whether the current values associated with the communication state variables indicate that the notification can currently be reliably delivered using the candidate delivery channel. If the notification cannot currently be reliably delivered using the candidate delivery channel, an alternative delivery option is selected that may include using an alternative delivery channel and/or delaying delivery of the notification. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140189529 | DELIVERING ELECTRONIC MEETING CONTENT - A method, computer program product, and system for delivering electronic meeting content is described. An electronic meeting is associated with a calendar appointment. Content associated with the electronic meeting is identified. A portion of the content is provided to a computing device associated with a user based upon, at least in part, receiving an indication that the user intends to participate in the electronic meeting, wherein the indication is associated with the calendar appointment | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140189530 | IMPLICIT SOCIAL GRAPH CONNECTIONS - A method includes: determining a first user interaction on a social network system; identifying a social network object in the social network system associated with the first user interaction by traversing a social graph of the social network system; identifying a user account based on the first user interaction; generating an implicit social graph connection between the user account and the social network object; and selecting a content entry for displaying to a user device signed-in under the user account or a friend account based on the implicit social graph connection, the friend account socially connected to the user account via the social graph of the social network system. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140189531 | Socialized Dash - In one embodiment, a method includes determining whether a user of the mobile computing device is currently actively using an application on the mobile computing device; and if the user is not currently actively using an application on the mobile computing device, then automatically and without user input providing for display to the user on the mobile computing device a user interface (UI) including a number of interactive elements that each correspond to one of a number of social-networking functionalities provided at least in part by a social-networking system remote from the mobile computing device. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140189532 | EDITING TEXT-BASED COMMUNICATIONS - A device may receive information regarding an edit to a segment of a message in a text-based communication between a first user device and a second user device. The information regarding the edit may be entered at the first user device. The device may determine a location in the message that corresponds to the information regarding the edit and may determine a particular quantity of characters associated with the information regarding the edit. The device may also replace the segment of the message with the particular quantity of characters and may provide the replaced segment to the first user device and the second user device. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140189533 | DYNAMIC NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A dynamic notification system for managing notifications on a user device is provided. The dynamic notification system includes a monitor module for monitoring user's interactions with previous notifications on the user device. The dynamic notification system further includes an order module for dynamically determining an order of display for notifications based on the user's interactions with the previous notifications. The dynamic notification system further includes a display module for displaying the notifications based on the determined order. The dynamic notification system also includes a customization module that allows a user to customize the order of display for notifications based upon a source or application associated with a notification. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140189534 | CUSTOMIZING SHARED WEB RESOURCE SNAPSHOTS - A computer-implemented method includes receiving from a user a reference to a web resource for sharing with others, and providing a portion of content generated based on the received reference to the web resource for display to the user. The method also includes receiving a user selection of a portion of the generated content based at least on the displayed portion of the generated content. The method also includes generating the snapshot based on the received user selection of the portion of the generated content, and providing, without further user intervention, a rendering including the reference to the web resource and the generated snapshot for sharing with the others. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140189535 | DISPLAYING A POST UNIT WITHIN A STREAM INTERFACE - A system and method for displaying a post unit within a stream interface are provided. A stream interface is provided for display and comprises at least one post unit. For the at least one post unit, post content and a first interface set are provided for display on a first side of the post unit. The first interface set includes one or more interface components for interacting with the post content, and an expand interface component for expanding the first interface set. An indication of a user selection of the expand interface component is received. In response to the received indication, and for the at least one post unit, the post content and a second interface set are provided for display on a second side of the post unit. The second interface set includes a greater number or a different class of interface components for interacting with the post content. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140189536 | SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACT ASSESSMENT - A system for identifying influential users of a social network platform. The system may compute a score for each of multiple users. Such a score may be topic-based, leading to a more accurate identification of influential users. Such a topic-based score may indicate authority and/or impact of a user with respect to a topic. The impact may be computed based on authority combined with other factors, such as power of the user. The authority score may be simply computed, in whole or in part, directly from a tweet log without, for example creating a retweet graph. As a result, the scores may be computed, using MapReduce primitives or other constructs that allow the computations to be distributed across multiple parallel processors. Such scores may be used to select users based on impact as part of social trend analysis, marketing or other functions. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140189537 | Framework and method for dynamic talker ID based media treatment in a group communication - A framework is provided that enables a group communication session participant to specify the manner in which his or her computing device handles/renders media received from other group communication session participants based on the identity of the sender of the media. The various embodiments enable the group communication participant to manage the presentation of media on the various interfaces of his or her computing device based on both the type of the received media and the sender ID (i.e., talker ID) associated with the received media. In an embodiment, the user may be enabled to dynamically switch the media handling settings during a group communication session. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140189538 | Recommendations for Applications Based on Device Context - There is described a communication device comprising a memory, a user interface and a processor, and a method thereof. A first user interaction is detected at the user interface of the communication device with a first application of the communication device. A second user interaction is detected at the user interface of the communication device with a second application of the communication device, in which the second user interaction succeeds the first user interaction. A third application of the communication device is selected based on the first and second applications. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140189539 | Re-Ranking Story Content - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a cover feed interaction history from a device associated with a user of a social-networking system. An order for a plurality of content boards may be determined based on the cover feed interaction history (e.g., viewing history, download status, the current order of content boards in the cover feed, user interaction history, whether the user bookmarked or pinned a particular content board), user information related to the user, and device information about device-based events and device status. Finally, the order for the content boards may be sent to the device. The determination of the order for the content boards may be based on the cover feed interaction history, recency of content included in the content boards, popularity of the content, relevance of content to the user, or device-based events. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140189540 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL VIEWING OF MEDIA CONTENT - A method for social viewing of media content includes transmitting, to multiple users, media content when the multiple users are members of a common group associated with a social media site (i.e., “friends” or the like) while providing, to the users, an interaction region configured to allow the first user and the second user to share comments with each other regarding the media content via an interaction stream. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140189541 | CONTENT SHARING INTERFACE FOR SHARING CONTENT IN SOCIAL NETWORKS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting, within a web page, a graphical representation of a content sharing interface including at least one button icon, receiving user input to the button icon, in response to the user input, expanding the content sharing interface to include an expanded content input area and a distribution interface, the expanded content input area displaying a graphical representation of digital content that is to be distributed, receiving user input to the distribution interface, the user input indicating contact(s) to which the digital content is to be distributed, in response to receiving the user input, displaying icon(s) within the distribution interface, the icon(s) being a graphical representation of the contact(s), and transmitting a post data set including digital content data and distribution data to a server computing system. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140195929 | USER MATCHING IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - Techniques are disclosed to facilitate user matching in a virtual environment. Social interactions of a first user in the virtual environment are monitored. A request to participate in a desired activity is received from the first user. A set of users currently eligible to participate in the first desired activity is retrieved. A match is programmatically generated between the first user and at least a second user of the retrieved set of users, based on the monitored social interactions. The first user and the second user participate in the desired activity in the virtual environment. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195930 | PERSISTENT FEEDER COMPONENT FOR DISPLAYING FEED ITEMS RECEIVED FROM INFORMATION FEEDS OF ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for providing a persistent feeder component in a user interface to display in near real-time feed items when received in information feeds of online social networks. The feed items can come from feeds of multiple online social networks to be displayed in a single feeder component, and the feeder component may be configured to display proximate to each feed item a graphical indicator identifying the information feed of the feed item. The feeder component can be displayed in one of multiple display formats. The feeder component may also be configured to track activity on an online social network and display a notification when activity on the online social network has met one or more milestones determined by the user. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195931 | Validated Product Recommendation System And Methods - Methods and systems for generating, in real-time, validated product recommendations by a community of like-minded users. In one embodiment, the community of like-minded users is generated based on browsing history, scoring of interactions, and social graph. Users may sign on to an interactive toolbar implemented within a website to interact with each other via the interactive toolbar, and obtain, in real-time, validated product recommendations from other users and experts. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140201649 | Availability Management Processing for Brokered Engagements - Described are techniques for providing broker services to consumers and service providers. A system sends a graphical user interface to allow a service provider to set that service provider's availability to engage in a real-time consultation with a consumer across provider networks that the service provided is associated with and corresponding provider practices within the provider network. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201650 | ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY OF SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATES TO VARYING DEGREES OF RICHNESS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND IMPORTANCE OF THE UPDATE - A method, system and computer program product for adjusting a display of social media updates to varying degrees of richness. A level of importance for each social media update is identified and assigned to the update. The importance of the social media update can be defined by various aspects, such as topics or people of interest to the user. Furthermore, a current condition of a user's environment (e.g., current workload of the user) is determined. The social media updates are then displayed in a social networking feed with a particular degree of richness at a particular location based on the level of importance of the social media updates, the current condition of the user's environment, and/or the user's interactions with existing updates currently displayed. In this manner, the amount of time required by the user to determine which updates are important to the user is reduced. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201651 | SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for generating user metrics based on user and transaction data comprising: a user interface coupled to a first user device, the first user device configured to receive an input from a user and generate an action initiated by the user of the first user device; a database, the database containing: a plurality of actions, which may be initiated by the user through the first user device; control data associated with the plurality of actions within the database; and a system controller configured to couple the user interface to the database, the system controller further configured to record each action taken by a user, generate activity data based on each action recorded, the system controller further configured to compare the activity data with the control data, and the system controller further configured to generate a signal based on the comparison between activity data and the control data. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140208230 | Autocorrect Highlight and Re-Work - Whenever a computing device such as a smart phone automatically corrects and replaces a word entered by the device's user, the computing device can responsively provide some sensory output to the user to signal to the user that the replacement has occurred. Because the user can sense the output, the user can become alerted to the fact of the automatic replacement prior to transmitting, or otherwise making permanent, the text containing the replaced word. The user can then proofread the text prior to transmission in order to ensure that the replaced word is actually the correct word that the user meant to enter. The sensory output can involve a visual highlighting of the replaced word, an audible speaking of the word that replaced the replaced word, and/or a tactile vibration of the computing device, for example. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140208231 | Selecting Configurations for Presentation of Story Units to Social Networking System Users - A social networking system selects a configuration for presenting a story unit describing one or more actions performed by one or more social networking system users. In particular, story units having a particular type are presented to social networking system users using different configurations. Interactions between the social networking system users and the story units presented using the different configurations are captured and analyzed. Based on the analysis, a configuration is selected and used for subsequently presented story units having the same particular type. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140208232 | Enabling Delayed Interactions with Content Items Presented by a Social Networking System - When a user sees a content item presented by a social networking system, the user may select an option to save the content item. The saved content item may be reinserted in a newsfeed presented to the user, integrated into collections, archived, used for notifications to the user, or otherwise subsequently presented to the user. A plug-in may be used to save content items accessed through websites external to the social networking system. As privacy settings associated with a saved content item are modified, the modified privacy settings are applied to the saved content item, which may prevent the user saving the content item from subsequently viewing the saved content item. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140208233 | USER INTERFACE FOR BOOKMARKS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A bookmark displays one or more bookmark tiles each linked to an object in a social networking system, allowing faster and easier access to the linked objects. The bookmark tiles are arranged in a tile region displayed proximate to a page of content from the social networking system. For example, the tile region is a horizontal row proximate to the page content. The tile region may be accessed by performing a scrolling input when the page is displayed by a client device. The bookmark tiles may be navigated using a search region for receiving input to search the bookmark tiles. The search region may be accessible by performing a second scrolling input while the client device displays the page. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140208234 | SPONSORED INTERFACES IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A sponsored interface of a social networking system includes links to different items accessible in the system, arranged by category. Each of the items is associated with a category from a plurality of categories. The social networking system may enable advertisers to boost the ranking of an item in the interface per user, such as a bookmark in a menu of bookmarks, a notification in a menu of notifications, and/or a message in a menu of messages, based on a fee arrangement. The items in the interface are then ranked based on expected fee maximization, taking into account an expected click-through rate. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140208235 | DYNAMIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT DELIVERY AND SHARING IN CONTENT-, METADATA- & VIEWER-BASED, LIVE SOCIAL NETWORKING AMONG USERS CONCURRENTLY ENGAGED IN THE SAME AND/OR SIMILAR CONTENT - Disclosed are tools, methods, and systems for establishing generally live, Content-based social networks, and for concurrently sharing Content and Content-relevant information within a social network. A Service registers Viewers and/or n-Users, and provides tools that enable a Viewer to identify n-Users concurrently viewing the same or similar Content, or having an interest in the same or similar Content. A Viewer can initiate or join a Content-based social network, and can share their Content with others, or view others' Content, and interact with n-Users via any of several methods. Service tools also enable a Viewer to define and selectively block or alter objectionable material so that it is no longer perceivable in its objectionable form. The described tools, methods, and systems also enable numerous innovative approaches to generate revenue for a Service, for providers of product and/or services, for Content providers, and others. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140208236 | DYNAMIC ACCESS TO EXTERNAL MEDIA CONTENT BASED ON SPEAKER CONTENT - An interactive conference based is supplemented based on terminology content. Terminology content from a plurality of interactive conference participants is monitored. A set of words from the terminology content is selected. Supplemental media content at an external source is identified based on the selected set of words, and selectively made available and presented to an audience member for the interactive conference. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140208237 | SHARING FUNCTIONALITY - A user interface comprises a controller which is configured to display image data, receive input indicating a selection area comprising content corresponding to at least a portion of said image data, receive input indicating a movement of the selection area, identify a recipient and send the content to the recipient in response thereto. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140215353 | CONTROLLING WHICH USERS FROM AN ORGANIZATION ARE TO BE PART OF A COMMUNITY SPACE IN AN EASY AND ERROR-FREE MANNER - A method, system and computer program product for controlling which users from an organization are to be part of a community space. A community collaboration mechanism provides a list of organizations authorized to collaborate with the organization of the user. The mechanism then receives from the user a selection of organizations from this list of organizations. Upon receiving indication(s) (e.g., e-mail addresses) of users to be added to the community space, the mechanism provides a list of users who are members of the user selected organizations to engage in a collaborative activity with the user based on these indication(s). The mechanism then receives a selection of users from this list of users and adds those users to the community space. In this manner, the user can control which users from an organization are to be part of a community space in an easy and error-free manner. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140215354 | INDICATING ORGANIZATION OF VISITOR ON USER INTERFACE OF USER ENGAGED IN COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY WITH VISITOR - A method, system and computer program product for indicating an organization of a visitor on a user interface of a user engaged in collaborative activity with the visitor. The visitor attempting to engage in a collaborative action (e.g., participating in an online meeting, sharing files) with a user from a different organization is authenticated to confirm that the visitor has the right to engage in collaborative activity with the user from the different organization. The identification of the organization of the visitor is extracted from the information used to authenticate the visitor. The identification of the organization of the visitor is then displayed on the user interface of the user engaging in the collaborative action with the visitor. In this manner, the organization of the visitor is easily discoverable by the user without requiring the user to perform a time consuming search to determine the organization of the visitor. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140215355 | Display of invitee-posted update information regarding meeting within calendaring-oriented computer program - A calendaring-oriented computer program displays a meeting to which a user of the calendar-oriented computer program has been invited to participate. The program visually indicates that a first other user who has also been invited to participate in the meeting has posted first update information relevant to the meeting and that the user is permitted to view. The program permits the user to post second update information relevant to the meeting and to specify a second other user who has also been invited to participate in the meeting as being permitted to view the second update information. The program permits the user to schedule a time at which the second update information is to be posted. The program permits the user to view the first update information and to post the second update information regardless of whether the user accepts, delegates, or declines, or has accepted, delegated, or declined, the meeting. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140215356 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING SCREEN SHARING DURING CONFIDENTIAL DATA ENTRY - A method, transmitting device, and computer-readable storage medium are provided for sharing image data between a source device and at least one receiving device. In one implementation, a method is provided for periodically sending image data of a shared screen to the at least one receiving device using a sharing connection. The method also receives a request associated with activating a user interface component involving confidential information, suspends updating of the image data responsive to the received request, and periodically sends suspended image data to the at least one receiving device while updating is suspended. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140215357 | CONTROLLING WHICH USERS FROM AN ORGANIZATION ARE TO BE PART OF A COMMUNITY SPACE IN AN EASY AND ERROR-FREE MANNER - A method, system and computer program product for controlling which users from an organization are to be part of a community space. A community collaboration mechanism provides a list of organizations authorized to collaborate with the organization of the user. The mechanism then receives from the user a selection of organizations from this list of organizations. Upon receiving indication(s) (e.g., e-mail addresses) of users to be added to the community space, the mechanism provides a list of users who are members of the user selected organizations to engage in a collaborative activity with the user based on these indication(s). The mechanism then receives a selection of users from this list of users and adds those users to the community space. In this manner, the user can control which users from an organization are to be part of a community space in an easy and error-free manner. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140215358 | SCREEN SHARING SYSTEM AND CENTRAL APPARATUS - The screen sharing system of the present invention is such that, in a screen sharing system in which the plurality of display terminals are connected to the central apparatus, the central apparatus includes a data judging portion for judging a type of reception data received at a receiving portion, and the data judging portion, when judging that the reception data is screen data, gives an instruction to transmit the reception data to a display terminal registered as a guest terminal, and, when judging that the reception data is command data, gives an instruction to transmit the reception data to a display terminal registered as a host terminal. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140215359 | DESKTOP SHARING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method of sharing data in a computer-implemented system is provided. The system includes at least a publisher device and a viewer device. The system establishes a data communication connection between the publisher device and the viewer device via a Wi-Fi direct (WFD) network. The publisher device sends a desktop sharing request to the viewer device and receiving a first character string from the viewer device. The publisher device receives a second character string input by a user. When the first character string matches the second character string, the publisher device transmits a shared desktop of the publisher device to the viewer device using the data communication connection. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140215360 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANIMATED CLIP GENERATION - Systems, methods and computer readable products are provided for facilitating a visual session between two or more parties. One or more intention indications are received at a server computer from a client communications device of a first party to the visual session. Subsequently, one or more intention indications are received from the client communications device of a second party to the visual session. The one or more intention indications may be used by the server computer in order to retrieve corresponding multimedia objects. Both parties are provided with access to a generated animated clip comprising one or more of the retrieved multimedia objects. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140223333 | DEFERRED, ON-DEMAND LOADING OF USER PRESENCE WITHIN A REAL-TIME COLLABORATIVE SERVICE - Techniques disclosed herein include systems and methods that enable a relatively large number of users to connect to a collaborative communication application with a comparatively lower investment in service hardware (CPU, network) while still providing identification of contributing client devices. Techniques disclosed herein can also include systems and methods that enable an application developer to build higher-performing applications that reduce a computational load for client devices. A session manager, for a collaborative service session, provides selective transmission of user records on an as-needed basis, and thus avoids sending user records until those records are actually needed or requested, typically as a result of a user's active participation within the collaboration environment. The session manager thus reveals the presence of connected users on-demand, thereby saving CPU and network resources, and allowing collaborative applications to more easily scale into the tens of thousands of users. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140223334 | Collaboration System with Whiteboard Access to Global Collaboration Data - A computer system has access to a database storing collaboration data for at least one collaboration having a collaboration space. The collaboration data includes data structures identifying objects displayable by a display client on a display wall and associating locations in the collaboration space with the objects. The system includes logic configured to identify available display walls, each available wall having an identification code; logic to detect user input identifying a collaboration and an identification code for one of the free display walls; and logic to enable delivery of collaboration data for the identified collaboration to a display client for the identified display wall. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140223335 | Collaboration System with Whiteboard With Federated Display - A system for whiteboard collaboration utilizes an array of displays for a whiteboard canvas. The displays in the array being coupled with a computer system having a communication module and memory storing collaboration data for at least one collaboration having a collaboration space. The array has a display area mapped to corresponding area in the collaboration space. The collaboration data includes data structures identifying displayable objects and associating a location in the collaboration space with the objects identified by the data structures. The computer system includes a display client for each display in the array. Each display client is configured to manage display of a predetermined portion of the display area, and for receiving and transmitting messages related to global collaboration events and for receiving and transmitting messages related to local array events. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140223336 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING COMMUNICATION RECOMMENDATIONS - A system for recommending communication actions within a relationship-based system comprising: a database containing a first feature set, the first feature set including a first and second action; a system controller coupled to the database; a first user interface configured to couple a first user device with the system controller; a second user interface configured to couple a second user device with the system controller, the system controller configured to establish the first feature set between the first user interface and the second user interface, the first user interface configured to detect the initiation of the first action selected by a first user through the first user device and where the system controller is configured to analyze the first action and transmit the second action as a potential response by a second user through the second user device via the second user interface. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140223337 | Architecture For Exporting Digital Images - A method and apparatus for allowing applications to access edited image data from an image editing application are disclosed herein. When the user desires to export edited images, the user causes the image editing application to display a plug-in user interface (UI). The plug-in UI may allow the user to enter exporting parameters, although this is not required. After the user selects an “export” button in the plug-in UI, the image editing application confirms with the plug-in on an image-by-image basis which of the images should be exported. The image editing application then generates an export version of the image. If necessary, the image editing application applies image adjustments to the master image to generate the export version. The image editing application then makes the export version available to the plug-in. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140237386 | CROWDSOURCED IMAGE ANALYSIS PLATFORM - A crowdsourced search and locate platform, comprising an application server and a client interface application. The application server: receives connections from crowdsourcing participants; navigates a first crowdsourcing participant to a specific geospatial location; sends an image corresponding to the geospatial location to the first crowdsourcing participant; receives tagging data from the first crowdsourcing participant, the tagging data corresponding to a plurality of objects and locations identified by the first crowdsourcing participant. The client interface application: displays an image of a location; displays icons corresponding to objects that may be tagged; displays a navigation minimap adapted to allow a user to navigate; and upon the user's selecting a cursor location at which to place a new tag corresponding to a specific object type, displays a shape surrounding the cursor location, the effective radius of which is configurable and is adapted to define a region about the cursor location within which other tags by other users are considered to be in agreement with the new tag. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140237387 | INTEGRATED NOTIFICATIONS IN A COLLABORATIVE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SYSTEM - In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises receiving, in a collaborative electronic information management system that is hosted using a collaboration computer, a plurality of application events that have been generated by a plurality of external applications; determining that one or more of the application events relate to a particular content item from among a plurality of content items that are managed in the system; generating and causing displaying, as a part of a graphical user interface of the system for a user account associated with a user computer, a set of notifications comprising one or more first notifications generated from the system and one or more second notifications that are based upon the application events, in association with data identifying the particular content item. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140237388 | TWO-LEVEL PROCESSING OF APPROVAL NOTIFICATIONS IN A COLLABORATIVE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SYSTEM - In another embodiment, a computer-implemented data processing method comprises receiving, in a collaborative electronic information management system that is hosted using a collaboration computer, a plurality of application events that have been generated by a plurality of external applications; determining that one or more of the application events relate to a particular content item from among a plurality of content items that are managed in the system; generating and causing displaying, as a part of a graphical user interface of the system for a user account associated with a user computer, a set of notifications comprising one or more first notifications generated from the system and one or more second notifications that are based upon the application events, in association with data identifying the particular content item; receiving third input indicating selection of an approval control that is displayed in association with the data identifying the particular content item, and in response, updating the tasks-notifications sub panel to indicate an approval of the particular content item; receiving third input indicating selection of an approval control that is displayed in association with the particular notification, and in response, updating the tasks-notifications sub panel to indicate an approval of the particular notification. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140237389 | EVENT LISTENING INTEGRATION IN A COLLABORATIVE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SYSTEM - In an embodiment, a computer-implemented data processing method comprises, in a collaborative electronic information management system that is hosted using a collaboration computer, establishing operation of a plurality of event listener units, wherein each of the event listener units is configured to communicate with or listen for a plurality of application events that have been generated by a particular corresponding external application; determining that one or more of the application events relate to a particular content item from among a plurality of content items that are managed in the system; generating and causing displaying, as a part of a graphical user interface of the system for a user account associated with a user computer, a set of notifications comprising one or more first notifications generated from the system and one or more second notifications that are based upon the application events, in association with data identifying the particular content item. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140237390 | ROLE-BASED DISPLAY OF DOCUMENT RENDITIONS FOR WEB CONFERENCING - A method and system for providing role-based renditions of a shared document during a Web conference, in which different renditions of the shared document are provided to different Web conference participants based on the participants' roles in the conference. A participant with sufficient privileges, such as a presenter, is allowed to associate different participant roles with corresponding renditions through a user interface. The disclosed system further operates to dynamically adjust to the changing roles of participants during a Web conference, such that the rendition provided to any given user is changed in response to that user's role changing during the Web conference. The role of a Web conference participant may be based on any specific information obtained regarding that participant, such as information in a user profile in a user database, or other user information. The disclosed system further operates to provide shared document renditions that are specific to individual user attributes, such as user accessibility settings. A user interface provided to the presenter or other privileged participant allows that participant to indicate which participant roles are to be provided which renditions, e.g. which participant roles will be provided with renditions including additional metadata. Such metadata may, for example, include speaker notes, rendered on the presenter's screen, but not on the attendees screens. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140237391 | TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING A VISUAL FLOW OF USER CONTENT THROUGH A SOCIAL NETWORK - A computer-implemented technique for generating a visual display illustrating the flow of user content in a social network is described. The technique can include determining a user content associated with a plurality of users. The technique can further include generating a visual display that includes a region for each user of the plurality of users. The technique can also include generating arranging the regions in the visual display according to a set of layout rules, and aligning a directional indicator in the visual display. The technique can include providing the visual display to a user via a display. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140245178 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROFILING AND PRESENTATION OF MESSAGE THREADS - A communication device, method and system are provided for presentation of threaded messages. At least two branches of a single thread of messages are identified, and displayed in a branch listing on a device in place of a message listing. Profile properties are identified for one or more of the branches according to characteristics of the messages of comprised in those branches. The branch listing displayed on the device can be sorted according to profile properties. A listing of messages for each of the branches thus listed can be displayed in turn. The profile properties may be associated with conditions relating to characteristics of the branches themselves. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245179 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING GROUP DECISION POINTS DURING A GROUP COMMUNICATION SESSION - An approach is provided for determining one or more group decision points based, at least in part, on user preference information during a group communication session. A coordination platform determines a request for presenting one or more group decision points in a conversation user interface of a group communication session. The coordination platform causes, at least in part, a presentation of at least one decision point user interface element in the conversation user interface, wherein the at least one decision point user interface element presents one or more parameters associated with the one or more group decision points for one or more interactions by one or more members of the group communication session. The coordination platform further processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more interactions to cause, at least in part, a fixing of at least one outcome of the one or more group decision points for the one or more members. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245180 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTACT-RELATED INFORMATION ITEMS - Mechanisms are provided for determining contact-related information items for presentation to a user, such that the user can refer to the information items to enhance the user's communication with the contact. Contact-related information items that have a high relevance level may be accessed and presented to the user. In a case in which no or limited high relevance level information items exist, contact-related information items associated with incrementally lower levels of relevance may be accessed and presented. Moreover, according to some example embodiments, relevance may be derived based on the relationship of the user with the particular contact and/or the frequency of communications with the contact. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245181 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERACTING WITH AN INFORMATION DISPLAY PANEL - Aspects of the present invention are related to methods and systems for interacting with an information display panel. An interactive display system may comprise an information display panel (IDP), a server system and a touch-enabled mobile device. Touch gestures, for example, single-touch gestures, multi-touch gestures and other gestures, performed on the touch-enabled mobile device may control the content displayed on the IDP. Touch-gesture information describing a touch gesture performed on the touch-enabled mobile device may be communicated to the server system from the touch-enabled mobile device. The server system may translate the received touch-gesture information into IDP-domain touch-gesture information specific to the IDP. The IDP-domain touch-gesture information may be communicated from the server system to the IDP. The IDP may decode the received IDP-domain touch-gesture information and may effectuate changes to content displayed on the IDP in accordance with the decoded IDP-domain touch-gesture information. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245182 | PROVIDING TARGETED MESSAGES VIA A SOCIAL MEDIA SYSTEM WHILE CONCEALING TIES TO THE MESSAGE SOURCE - A method for electronically providing targeted messages can begin when a source-concealing targeted messaging system receives data items provided by a source user that define a targeted message that is to be presented within a social media context. The data items can include a set of recipients, a message body, and a set of trigger conditions indicating when the targeted message is to be presented to the recipients. The recipients can be members of a contact list of the source user within the social media system providing the social media context. Satisfaction of the trigger conditions can be monitored and the social media system can be monitored recipients. When the trigger conditions are satisfied and a recipient is currently using the social media system, the targeted message can be presented within a user interface of the social media system, such that the source user appears unaffiliated with the targeted message. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245183 | METHOD FOR ONE-CLICK SUBSCRIBING TO MULTIPLE CHANNELS OF INFORMATION ON A SINGLE TOPIC - A subscription to multiple channels of information on a single topic is performed. A topic of interest is received via a user interface. A user interface element is presented via the user interface to facilitate a user subscription to a plurality of channels associated with the topic of interest without having to subscribe separately to each channel. A user selection of the user interface element is received and a user is subscribed to the plurality of channels in response to the received user selection. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245184 | PRESENTING ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEMBERS OF A SOCIAL NETWORK - Systems and methods for providing career recommendations to a member of a social network are described. In some example embodiments, the systems and methods receive input associated with a professional or aspirational goal from a member of a social network, determine a recommendation based on information stored by the social network, and provide the recommendation to the member of the social network, among other things. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245185 | Electronic Information Collaboration System - An approach for electronic information collaboration allows the use of a mobile device to cause electronic information to be displayed on one or more projector display devices via a virtual projector. The use of a virtual projector allows electronic information to be displayed on multiple projector display devices and/or client devices. The approach may also include the use of collaboration clients and a collaboration server to provide additional functionality with respect to the electronic information including, for example, the ability for changes made to electronic information at one location to be propagated to another location. The approach also allows a mobile device to be used to establish a videoconferencing session between two or more videoconferencing sites. As used herein, the term “videoconferencing site” refers to a location that has computer hardware, computer software and other equipment that makes videoconferencing available to one or more users at a the location. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245186 | Determining User Subscriptions - In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a list of media subscriptions offered by a content source, providing one or more questions for display on a display device of a user, receiving one or more answers to the one or more questions, and determining a media subscription based on the one or more answers. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245187 | Fast Switching Between Multiple Programs - In one embodiment, a method includes providing a plurality of thumbnails for display on a display device, receiving an indication that a user selected a particular thumbnail, and providing one or more instructions to change from media content that the user is currently watching to media content associated with the particular thumbnail. Each of the plurality of thumbnails includes a visual indication representing media content previously viewed by the user. The plurality of thumbnails are operable to change from media content that the user is currently watching to media content corresponding to the particular thumbnail selected by the user. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245188 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BINDING ONLINE CONTENT ACCOUNTS - According to various exemplary embodiments, an online content account corresponding to a member of a social network service is identified, the online content account being hosted by an online content hosting service distinct from said social network service. Thereafter, a display is generated, via a user interface in a device, of a prompt that invites the member to bind the online content account with a member profile page associated with the member of the social network service. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245189 | INTERNET-WIDE PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY PLATFORM - According to various exemplary embodiments, professional identity content associated with a member of a social network service is identified, based on a network search for online content that contains online content attributes that match member profile attributes included in member profile data associated with the member. Thereafter, a display of a prompt is generated, via a user interface in a device, wherein the prompt invites the member to update a member profile page associated with the member, based on the identified professional identity content. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245190 | INFORMATION SHARING DEMOCRATIZATION FOR CO-LOCATED GROUP MEETINGS - Information sharing between meeting attendees during a co-located group meeting in a meeting space is democratized using a computer that is operating cooperatively with one or more object sensing devices in the meeting space to identify postures formed by the meeting attendees. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140245191 | RELATIONSHIP NETWORKS HAVING LINK QUALITY METRICS WITH INFERENCE AND CONCOMITANT DIGITAL VALUE EXCHANGE - In a digital social relationship network, a social network server computer stores a digital social network representation corresponding to a graph having nodes representing individuals or groups and links representing actual social relationships between the individuals or groups. The server computer obtains relationship-dependent information corresponding to a plurality of links of the graph, and embeds the relationship-dependent information in the digital social network representation stored in the social network server computer. The server computer interactively presents to a user of a client computer connected to the social network server computer a social network of the individuals or groups and the social relationships between the individuals or groups. The social network server computer receives input from the user of the client computer selecting at least one of the social relationships between individuals or groups other than the user, and presents to the user of the client computer a social relationship profile comprising the relationship-dependent information corresponding to the social relationship selected by the user of the client computer. The server computer facilitates exchange of digital value to the user of the client computer, or a group to which the user of the client computer belongs, based on the relationship-dependent information embedded in the digital social network representation stored in the social network server computer. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140250388 | GESTURE-BASED CONTENT SHARING - A user selects a content item that he wishes to send. He then performs a gesture to specify a direction toward which the content item is to be sent. For example, he pretends to “throw” his portable communications device toward the West. To receive the content item, potential recipients also make gestures that specify receiving directions. For example, a recipient pretends to “catch” a ball thrown from the East. If the sending and receiving directions are compatible, then the content item is sent from the sender's device to the recipient's device. Enhancements to the basic scheme described above can be made to, for example, specify a dispersion angle for the sending or receiving directions or to include other restrictions so that, for example, only intended recipients can receive the content even if other potential recipients are in the specified sending direction and make appropriate receiving gestures. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140250389 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING FRIENDS IN MICROBLOGGING - Method and device for selecting friends in microblogging are disclosed. The method includes steps of: the method comprising steps of: calling a friend-select interface and displaying a friend list, a friend address bar and a friend-confirm button on the friend-select interface in response to a detection of an event of a friend-select trigger button being clicked by a user account; adding friend identifiers corresponding to N friends into the friend address bar in response to a detection of an event of the N friends in the friend list being selected by the user account; and detecting an even of the friend-confirm button being clicked by the user account and thereby realizing a selection of the N friends in microblogging, wherein N is an integer greater than 1. Thus, the present invention provides an improved user experience when users try to perform a multi friend selection in microblogging. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140258884 | AUTONOMIC COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE CREATION - Systems and methods provide for autonomic collaborative workspace creation. Patterns of artifact usage for a plurality of workspaces over a plurality of collaborative interactions may be determined. Some of the multitude of collaborative interactions may be between a subset of the plurality of workspaces. A workspace may be initialized with artifacts for a scheduled collaboration based on the patterns of artifact usage. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140258885 | PROFESSIONAL ADVICE AGGREGATION SYSTEM FOR ANONYMOUS USERS - A forum server distinguishes credentialed professional users from other users while maintaining the anonymity of all users. All users supply information by which they are accurately and personally identified. Personally identifying information of credentialed professionals is used to very the credential of the user through a credential authority server. In a user forum, both lay and professionally credentialed users can participate. Lay users are prevented from rating messages posted by credentialed professional users. In a professional consultation forum, only credentialed professionals are permitted to participate. Credentialed professional users are provided with a user interface by which they can rate and comment upon messages posted by other credentialed professionals. Thus, the ratings of peers are well-informed ratings. When a credentialed professional user participates in either forum, the aggregate peer rating of the user is displayed. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140258886 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A FILE FROM A DEVICE - Embodiments described herein generally relate to methods for transferring a file from a device to other storage/display locations. As the device displays a file, the file may be transferred to one or more destinations by detecting a gesture on the display screen. Alternatively, a plurality of destinations may be displayed for a user's selection after detecting the gesture on the display screen. As the user selects a destination, the displayed file is transferred to the selected destination. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140258887 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR TRANSFERRING CALLS - Telephonic computing devices having touch screen displays with new and improved methods and user interfaces for performing actions related to selected messages in a message in-box and for transferring calls, thereby increasing the effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction with such devices. Such methods, devices, and interfaces may complement or replace existing methods, devices, and interfaces for performing actions related to selected messages in a message in-box and for transferring calls. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140258888 | COLLABORATIVE BROWSING ON A NETWORK SITE - Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating collaborative browsing of a network site by multiple users. A user interface is rendered by a computing device, and the user interface facilitates participation in a collaborative browsing session by multiple users including a master user and one or more other users. The user interface includes a browsing window that facilitates browsing of a network site by the master user. An indication of a status change of the browsing window is sent to another computing device when the computing device corresponds to a client in use by the master user. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140282087 | System and Methods for Facilitating the Development and Management of Creative Assets - A system and methods for facilitating the sourcing of content and its management by one or more contributors or collaborators in order to assist in the development of a creative asset. Certain embodiments include one or more media devices for the receipt, review, annotation, editing, and transfer of content to assist in the formation of a creative asset such as but not limited to a motion picture. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282088 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING, INTERACTING AND RESPONDING TO ADVERTISING - An apparatus and a method allow a user of a mobile device to take actions in conjunction with content being displayed on the mobile device. One such method includes (a) receiving from a content provider the content to be displayed on the mobile device and a configuration script associated with the content that specifies a single-page graphical user interface which (i) displays a number user selectable actions, the user selectable actions being grouped on the graphical user interface under a number of functional categories, with one or more of the user actions each being associated with an application program executable by the mobile device; and (ii) solicits a selection by the user of one of the user selectable actions; (b) displaying the content on a video display of the mobile device; (c) configuring the graphical user interface in accordance with the configuration script; and (e) handling the action as appropriate on the mobile device in response to the selected user action. The content displayed may be one of a video advertisement, a rich-media and an image banner. In one implementation, the configuration script is specified by an XML document. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282089 | ANALYSIS OF MULTI-MODAL PARALLEL COMMUNICATION TIMEBOXES IN ELECTRONIC MEETING FOR AUTOMATED OPPORTUNITY QUALIFICATION AND RESPONSE - A mechanism is provided for a time data capsule from an electronic conference. Operations include identifying meeting input sources related to the electronic conference, capturing respective data of the meeting input sources from a start through an end of the electronic conference, and maintaining and creating timestamps for the respective data that is captured. The timestamps are associated with the respective data. Operations include aligning the respective data along a timeline according to the timestamps associated with the respective data from the meeting input sources, converting the respective data into text equivalents and/or text descriptions with the timestamps retained, and identifying a trigger during the electronic conference that causes a timebox to be created with a beginning and an ending time. The operations include extracting the respective data for the timestamps that correspond to the timebox, and creating a package with the extracted respective data from the meeting input sources. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282090 | Displaying Image Information from a Plurality of Devices - Displaying image information from a plurality of devices includes receiving first image information corresponding to part of a first image displayed on a first device of a plurality of devices. The first image information is determined according to first anchor information. Second image information corresponding to part of a second image displayed on a second device of the plurality of devices is received. The second image information is determined according to second anchor information. Using a processor, a representation of the first image is created based on the first image information and the first anchor information. Using the processor, a representation of the second image is created based on the second image information and the second anchor information. The representation of the first image and the representation of the second image are presented simultaneously on the third device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282091 | Collaborative Review and Approval of Medical Device Data Sets - A collaborative review of a data set can be initiated that specifies a plurality of user-modifiable configuration settings for a medical device. Thereafter, first user-generated input can be received via a graphical user interface that selects at least one recipient entity to review the data set. Second user-generated input can be received that identifies an area of the data set to be reviewed by the at least one recipient entity. Data can then be transmitted to the at least one recipient entity that includes the identified area of the data set or a pointer to the identified area of the data set. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282092 | CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION INTERFACE ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIA CONTENT - In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media (transitory and non-transitory) are described that are associated with contextual information interfaces. In various embodiments, a contextual information interface may be presented in association with a media content on a display. In various embodiments, contemporaneously with the presentation of the contextual information interface, information pertinent to the media content and/or a source of the media content may be obtained from a remote computing device. In various embodiments, one or more selectable elements may be selectively rendered, as part of the contextual information interface, based on the obtained information. In various embodiments, the one or more selectable elements may be operable to cause a computing device to present on the display one or more other media contents pertinent to the media content and/or the source of the media content. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282093 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING STOPS FOR VEHICLES EN ROUTE TO A COMMON DESTINATION - Methods and systems are provided for facilitating stops for vehicles en route to a common destination. A request is received from a first vehicle, the request pertaining to a desire to make a particular type of stop en route to a destination. Information pertaining to the request is transmitted to one or more additional vehicles that are also en route to the destination. Feedback is obtained from the first vehicle, the second vehicle, or both, as to a desired location for the stop. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282094 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-PARTY COMMUNICATION - A system and method provides for multi-party communication including engaging a network communication engine from a mobile communication interface and providing a user identification and a location indicator to the network communication engine. The method and system further includes receiving in the mobile communication interface a plurality of communication channels based on at least one of: the user identification and the location indicator and in response to a user selection of a selected communication channel, transmitting a channel engagement request to the network communication engine requesting connection of the user to the selected communication channel. The method and system further includes engaging in muted bi-directional communication with a plurality of additional users across the selected communication channel, wherein muted bi-directional communication includes user engagement of an open channel engagement command for communication input across the channel and the input transmitted across the channel only during the open channel engagement command. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282095 | USER INTERFACE FOR CREATING AND ADMINISTERING A USER GROUP, AND METHODS OF OPERATING SUCH - Devices and methods for creating and administering a user group with a user interface of a communication device. One or more servers are configured to address the communication device with an individual unique identifier assigned to the communication device. The one or more servers are also configured to address the communication device with a group unique identifier assigned to the new user group. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282096 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MANAGING EPHEMERAL POST IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A method of posting ephemeral posts is disclosed. The method starts with receiving, from a user of a social network, a request to post an ephemeral post, the request including an ephemeral variable associated with a threshold event. The ephemeral post is posted on behalf of the user. Then an occurrence of the threshold event is monitored. When the threshold event has not occurred, the post is allowed to be accessible to at least one viewer other than the user. When the threshold event has occurred, the post is blocked from being accessible by the at least one view other than the user. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282097 | TECHNIQUES TO FACILITATE COLLABORATIVE SOCIAL CODING - Embodiments relate to method and program product enabling collaborative social coding. Social networking functionality is embedded and via that social networking functionality information relating to a particular function across a computing network is tracked. The tracked information is then accumulating and organized as relating to a particular function. Upon request receipt, information is then provided relating to the particular function including a list of those accessing that function. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282098 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A USER PROFILE BASED ON SKILL INFORMATION - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, and methods for generating a user profile interface based on skill information associated with a user. Skill information associated with the user may be received. The skill information may include data values that identify at least one skill associated with the user, and that further identify a skill level associated with the at least one skill. A plurality of user interface components may be generated based on the received skill information. The plurality of user interface components may be configured to display a graphical representation generated based on at least some of the skill information. An input may be received. The input may identify a configuration of the plurality of user interface components and may further identify a representation of the skill information within the plurality of user interface components. The plurality of user interface components may be rendered and displayed on a display device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282099 | RETRIEVAL, IDENTIFICATION, AND PRESENTATION OF MEDIA - Techniques are provided for concurrently displaying a plurality of media items from different sources, such as different computing devices of a user or social network providers with which the user has an account or with which the user has a social connection to an account. Media items may include digital images, video, text, and executables, or icons thereof. The media items may be analyzed to identify one or more different sets of media items, each set being associated with different criteria. Example criteria include a particular time range, a particular person, and a particular location. Once a set of media items is identified, each media item in the set is assigned to a group based on grouping criteria and displayed based on the group to which the media item belongs. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282100 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING CUSTOM ACTIONS - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for interacting with one or more data objects in an online social network. A user interface includes a publisher with a custom action. The custom action is defined in accordance with custom action instructions provided by a first entity via an application programming interface (API). Such custom action instructions may declaratively or programmatically define the data object, the interaction to be performed with the data object, and other attributes associated with the custom action. A user may request to interact with the data object via selection of the custom action by a second entity. Information may be submitted through the publisher to interact with the data object to update a database system associated with the data object. A feed item may be presented for inclusion in the information feed based on the update. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282101 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTING WITH RECORDS VIA A PUBLISHER AND AN INFORMATION FEED - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for interacting with one or more records via a single user interface. The user interface includes a publisher and an information feed. A user may request to interact with a first record from the publisher. Information may be submitted through the publisher to interact with the first record to update the record. A feed item may be presented for inclusion in the information feed based on the update, where the feed item includes one or more actionable selections providing a reference to the first record. When a user selects one of the actionable selections, the user can perform additional interactions with the first record or perform a new interaction with a second record. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282102 | CONTENT SHARING DEVICE MANAGEMENT - Computer-readable storage medium, apparatus and method associated with sharing content between users of a computing environment are disclosed herein. In embodiments, one or more computer-readable storage media may contain instructions which when executed by a computing device may facilitate a first user of the computing environment in selecting at least one of a plurality of devices associated with a second user of the computing environment on which to share content with the second user. In some embodiments this may be accomplished through the use of a content sharing device management service of the computing environment. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282103 | DATA SHARING - In an embodiment, a method of data sharing is disclosed. The method may include routing a data set to a specific device in response to a data selection and a target selection. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282104 | DYNAMIC SOCIAL NETWORKING CONTENT - A method, computer program product, and system for performing a dynamic social content selection. According to an embodiment, a method may include determining, via one or more computing devices, a plurality of status indicators available to be associated with social content associated with a first user. The method may also include defining one or more rules for the plurality of status indicators based on, at least in part, a recipient characteristic. The method may further include selecting one of the plurality of status indicators to associate with the content for a second user based on the one or more rules. The method may further include providing the content and the selected one of the plurality of status indicators to the second user. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282105 | Motion Data Sharing - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for sharing motion data between computer systems. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a first computer system that is associated with a first user, first information that defines a first physical movement that was performed by a second user; outputting, using one or more output devices, a representation of the first physical movement; detecting a second physical movement performed by the first user; providing, to a second computer system that is associated with the second user, second information that defines at least a portion of the second physical movement performed by the first user; receiving, in response to providing the second information to the second computer system, third information that defines a correction to the second physical movement; and outputting, by the first computer system, a representation of the correction to the second physical movement. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282106 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GESTURE-BASED SHARING OF DATA BETWEEN SEPARATE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Described herein are various embodiments of systems, methods, and apparatus that allow a user to share data, such as one or more files from within an application with one or more other (not necessarily co-located) computing devices using a gesture-based sharing function. In a particular example, systems, methods, and apparatus described herein may be used to share graphical representations of chemical structures within a chemical structure rendering application between two or more user devices. By offering a user a quick and visually intuitive option for sharing a file with other user(s) without exiting a current application, the systems, methods, and apparatus described herein provide efficient and engaging tools for sharing work product in real time between two or more users. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282107 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO INTERACTIVELY COLLABORATE UTILIZING SEGMENTED LAYERS IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - The present invention provides a system and method to interactively collaborate in a network environment. The system and method comprises software that enables at least two participants to interact in a format whereby a person can present a document, or presentation or other form of media and have the other participants be able to register, mark up, comment on, rectify, review and observe the presentation media and be able to store, observe, and layer any edits including edits of the other participants, for future review. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282108 | CONTROLLABLE DISPLAY OF A COLLABORATION FRAMEWORK SYSTEM - A structure of an interactive collaboration session is generated. The structure is typically based on an activity defined by a leader of the interactive collaboration session. The structure of the interactive collaboration session comprises different levels. For example, the structure of the interactive collaboration session may contain hierarchical levels that include top level items to discuss, a secondary level for responses to top level items, and a tertiary level for responses to the secondary level items. The structure of the interactive collaboration session is displayed to the leader. The leader controls the participants' display of the structure of the interactive collaboration as the interactive collaboration session progresses. For example, the leader may click on a button that disables the participants' ability to make comments during one part of the interactive collaboration session. Later, the leader can click on a button to enable the participants to make comments. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282109 | CONTEXT FRAME FOR SHARING CONTEXT INFORMATION - In an interactive collaboration session, different items of the interactive collaboration session are identified. For example, different agenda items or comments made during the collaboration session can be identified. A leader can use a tag tray to configure which tag types will be made available to the participants of their session, and how those tags will behave. A participant in the interactive collaboration session can provide input to apply a tag to an item during the interactive collaboration session. In response to the input to apply the tag to the item, context information is associated with the item. For example, a participant can indicate that they like a particular comment. A participant can use a context frame to the selected item. In response to applying tags to the individual item, information is generated to display the applied tag information to the leaders and participants of the interactive collaboration session. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282110 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MANAGING CONCURRENTLY OPEN SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS - An electronic device displays a first application on the touch-sensitive display, the first application being one of a plurality of concurrently open applications on the electronic device. The device detects a first input and in response, displays a multitasking user interface that is configured to select an open application for viewing and is also configured to select one of a plurality of contactable users to communicate with. The multitasking user interface includes a set of open application affordances, wherein activation of a respective open application affordance selects a corresponding open application in the plurality of concurrently open applications for viewing, and a first set of contactable-user affordances, wherein activation of a respective contactable-user affordance initiates a process for communicating with a corresponding contactable-user. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140289645 | TRACKING CHANGES IN COLLABORATIVE AUTHORING ENVIRONMENT - Change tracking and collaborative communication are provided in authoring content in a collaborative environment. Monitored changes, comments, and similar input by the collaborating authors may be presented on demand or automatically to each author based on changes and/or comments that affect a particular author, that author's portion of collaborated content, type of changes/comments, or similar criteria. Change and/or comments notification may be provided in a complementary user interface of the collaborative authoring application or through a separate communication application such as email or text messaging. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140289646 | Cross-Platform Conferencing Interface - A cross-platform conferencing interface includes a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays multiple conferencing options, including a web conferencing option. Beginning at a home screen of the conferencing interface, a user can connect a web conference call through one of multiple web conference applications, or providers, in as few as two clicks. A first click can cause a web conference screen usable with multiple different conferencing applications to be displayed. The second click can initiate a call to a selected contact associated with the particular web conferencing application. The web conference screen acts as a front-end application program interface (API) for the web conferencing application or provider, but the call is connected using the application's resources. The interface can be implemented as a dedicated conferencing device that provides video conferencing, audio conferencing, web conferencing, and an interactive whiteboard. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140289647 | INTERFACE OVERLAY - A method and apparatus for providing a user interface overlay. In one embodiment, a toolbar remains visible and can be selected at any time to activate the interface overlay. The interface overlay provides an easily visible list computing options, such as contacts, that overlays the entire display area. The background of the overlay may be semi-transparent so that underlying windows are still visible, but the list is highlighted. The list includes selectable display elements with display characteristics, such as size or color, that indicate one or more attributes associated with the corresponding computing options, such as a frequency of interaction with certain contacts. In one embodiment, groups of contacts can be sorted or filtered by the attributes before display. Each selectable display element identifies a contact and may indicate a current availability. A user selects a display element to initiate communication, such as an instant messaging chat session. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140298198 | COLLABORATIVE EDITING OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - Systems and methods for editing electronic documents in collaborative environment are described. In one implementation, a document collaboration system comprises a processor, and a scheduling module, coupled to the processor. The scheduling module receives request of a user for either one of collaborative editing and collaborative reviewing a section of the electronic document during a schedule time selected by the user. The scheduling module further retrieves a schedule from the user from an electronic calendar of the user. The scheduling module ascertains the electronic document availability in the selected schedule time slot. On ascertaining the availability of the electronic document during the selected time slot, the scheduling module determines availability of users in the selected schedule time slot. The scheduling module provides permission to either one of the collaborative editing and collaborative reviewing the section of the electronic document, for the selected schedule time, based on determining. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140298199 | User Collaboration for Answer Generation in Question and Answer System - Mechanisms are provided, in association with a question and answer system, for generating answers to an input question. An input question is received and processed to generate at least one query. The at least one query is applied to the corpus to generate a set of candidate answers and corresponding selections of evidence portions of the corpus of information providing evidence in support of the at least one candidate answer being a correct answer for the input question. A graphical user interface (GUI) is output comprising a first GUI sub-section comprising the set of candidate answers, and a second GUI sub-section comprising the evidence portions of the corpus. User input modifying at least one of set of candidate answers or the evidence portions of the corpus of information is received via the GUI and an operation of the data processing system is adjusted based on the user input. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140298200 | PROVIDING USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS FOR INTERACTIVE SESSIONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing user interface elements for interactive sessions. In one aspect, a method includes identifying prior session data, identifying prior configuration data associated with a set of user interface elements employed during prior interactive sessions, beginning a new interactive session belonging to one or more corresponding session categories, selecting one or more user interface elements to be presented during the new interactive session, based at least in part on an analysis of the prior session data and the prior configuration data associated with the corresponding session category to which the new interactive session belongs, and providing data identifying the one or more selected user interface elements in response to an indication of a user's intention to begin the new interactive session. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140298201 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING MERGING CONTROL OF FEEDS ON AT LEAST ONE SOCIAL NETWORK, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method for performing merging control of feeds on at least one social network and associated apparatus and computer program product are provided, where the method includes: collecting all feeds of at least one account of a user on the at least one social network, the feeds generated during a predetermined time period, comparing the collected feeds to find related feeds corresponding to at least one same topic within the collected feeds, and merging the related feeds corresponding to the at least one same topic into at least one merged feed; and listing the at least one merged feed and remaining feeds within the collected feeds, rather than listing all of the related feeds corresponding to the at least one same topic, to generate a feed list to be viewed, wherein in the feed list, the at least one merged feed is ranked to be viewed by the user first. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140298202 | MOBILE USER INTERFACE FOR PERSONALIZED NAVIGATION - A system may include a user interface for a mobile device, the user interface configured to provide access to ones of a plurality of functions of a social network. The user interface may include a function selection screen configured to display a first representation of a first function of the plurality of functions, the first representation being selectable by a user to implement the first function, the first representation being displayed on the function selection screen without respect to a user interaction with the social network, and a second representation of a second function of the plurality of functions, the second representation being selectable by the user to implement the second function, the second representation being dynamically displayed on the function selection screen based on a likelihood of the user to select the second representation. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140298203 | LIKELIHOOD-BASED PERSONALIZED NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system may be configured to provide a user interface on a mobile device for a social network having a plurality of functions. The system may include a display, configured to display a representation of each of a subset of the plurality of functions, wherein each function of the subset is implementable upon selection of a representation corresponding to the function by a user and a processor, configured to dynamically generate the subset of the plurality of functions based, at least in part, on a likelihood for each of the functions that the user will select a corresponding representation. The display may be configured to display the subset as dynamically generated. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140298204 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ITERATIVELY UPDATING CHARACTERISTICS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - A device, system, and method may include a network interface device configured to be coupled to a user interface. An electronic data storage may be configured to store social network data. A processor, coupled to the network interface device and the electronic data storage, may be configured to cause the network interface device to display, on the user interface, social network content items, cause the network interface device to display, on the user interface, recommended actions related to the social network and a member of the social network associated with the user interface, the recommended actions being implementable based on a user input via the user interface, the recommended actions being displayed based on at least one display characteristic, and iteratively update the display characteristic based, at least in part, on an implementation, by the user, of at least one of the recommended actions. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140298205 | Program, Communication Apparatus and Control Method - In a communication apparatus, a first portion of a shared material is displayed in a first display area within a remote conference screen which is displayed in a display connected to the communication apparatus. When the communication apparatus is in a state for receiving an input of an annotation to the shared material, a second display area is set as an area for receiving a first input. When the first input is received, a portion of the shared material displayed in the first display area is changed from the first portion to a second portion of the shared material. When a second input is received to a position outside the second display area, an annotation corresponding to the second input is displayed to be superimposed on the first portion in the first display area. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140298206 | CONFERENCE SUPPORT SYSTEM, CONFERENCE SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A medical conference support system includes a selection unit configured to select a conference from a plurality of conferences, and an obtaining unit configured to obtain medical information using a search condition determined based on a conference selected by the selection unit and information indicating a search condition associated with each of the plurality of conferences. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140298207 | Systems and Methods for Managing Documents and Other Electronic Content - This disclosure relates to systems and methods for enabling collaboration and/or task management between one or more users. Certain embodiments facilitate task management in connection with secure, governed, and/or audited collaboration and/or document management services using an interface that includes social communication features. Further embodiments relate to search operations returning active and/or functional search results that a user may interact with in connection with performing various activities in connection with a collaboration and/or document management service. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140298208 | DISPLAY OF REAL TIME INFORMATION FOR SELECTED POSSIBILITIES - One or more possibilities that are normally displayed in response to input from a user are augmented with real time information. Displaying real time information for one or more of the possibilities enables the user to take such information into account in deciding whether or not to continue with an action that the user was in the process of performing. For example, if a partial data entry provided by the user is indicative of an extension number to be dialed to place a phone call, and if a telephone call manager that receives the user's input displays call activity indicating that the user's intended callee is already on the phone, the user may decide to wait until the callee becomes available (as indicated by a change in callee's call activity). | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140304618 | SHARED CONTENT ITEM COMMENTING - Various embodiments provide a commenting system for multiple users to provide and share comments to shared documents. For example, users can share a web link to a collection of content items, such as documents, spreadsheets, photos, and any other media, with other users stored in an online content management system. The commenting system can provide a comment interface displayable alongside a respective content item and the comments can be saved for each user and the content item with associated comments can be synced across the multiple users. The comments can scroll independently of the content in a content item or the comments can be linked to a location therein and the scrolling of the comments can be linked to the scrolling of the content item such that corresponding comments are displayed. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140304619 | IDENTIFYING INTENDED COMMUNICATION PARTNERS IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - An apparatus, computer program product, and method for assisting communication with an intended communication partner. The apparatus may include a user interface and at least one computer processor. The computer processor initiates a communication session with a first contact. The processor identifies at least one second contact that has a potential to be confused with the first contact and highlights at least one difference between the first contact and the second contact in the user interface. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140304620 | CONTENT DRIVEN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a computing device or a computer-implemented method for generating a user interface to retrieve user input. The computer device is configured to retrieve a question and expected answer from a question database; determine a question format based on the content of the question and the expected answer, wherein the question format is selected from the group consisting of (a) a question requiring a text input, (b) a polar question, (c) a multiple choice question with a single choice, (d) a multiple choice question with one or more choices, and (e) a referral question that loads a selected computer program; select a predefined user interface based on the determined question format; display the question with the selected user interface on a screen; and receive an input from a user as answer to the question. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140304621 | IDENTIFYING INTENDED COMMUNICATION PARTNERS IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - An apparatus, computer program product, and method for assisting communication with an intended communication partner. The apparatus may include a user interface and at least one computer processor. The computer processor initiates a communication session with a first contact. The processor identifies at least one second contact that has a potential to be confused with the first contact and highlights at least one difference between the first contact and the second contact in the user interface. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140304622 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEBPAGE CREATION AND UPDATING - A computer network system for posting content at a web site includes computer servers configured to host a web site for a group of users, and a data storage configured to store an email address in association with a destination at the website. The computer servers can receive an electronic message at the email address by the computer servers from a user. A computer processor can automatically extract content from the electronic message. The computer servers can automatically post the content extracted from the electronic message at the destination at the website. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140304623 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR SUPPORTING COLLABORATIVE GENERATION OF LIFE STORIES - Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) support the collaborative generation of life stories by helping the user view the development of the life stories of other users and facilitating interaction with them through these GUIs. A GUI according to a first type helps the user keep track of recent life stories and comments posted by other users of the collaborative system, and a GUI according to a second type helps the user view life stories of any user in a chronological manner. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140310613 | COLLABORATIVE AUTHORING WITH CLIPPING FUNCTIONALITY - Content may be captured in form of clippings and clipping metadata utilized to provide various features and services. Data may be imported from other sources. For example, search engine(s) may be used to annotate clippings with additional data. Clippings may be dragged into a document, made available through various platforms such as social networks, professional networks, messaging, and comparable ones. A clipping service may be provided to individual or groups of users accessible through thick or thin clients. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310614 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF INCREASING USER INTERACTION - A system and method for conducting interactive communications between users submitting requests and answerers responding to requests is described which includes simulation of a human responder. When a request is presented a responder may initiate a conversation when a user accepts a request for interaction and a user may be engaged by real time interactions. A user may initiate interactive communication with a responder associated with a responder if a conversation is accepted by a responder. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310615 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED FAST NAVIGATION - A system for personalized navigation of computer screens. The system can comprise electronic data processors. The system can also include a module configured to execute on the electronic data processors, where the module can be configured to display a plurality of icons retained in a file associated with a particular user on a computer screen. The icons can comprise one or more assigned icons from an assigned icons list and candidate icons from a candidate icons list, where both the assigned and candidate icons are derived from a pool of icons. Also, the module can be configured to assign an icon to a currently displayed screen by utilizing a selection tool and placing the icon in the assigned icons list, where the icon is selected from the candidate icons list. The module can be further configured to return to the assigned screen when the assigned icon is selected. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310616 | SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION - The present utility model relates to communications systems, specifically to systems for interactive communication comprising client devices interconnected by means of a unified network comprising at least one server, and can be used in modern systems for interactive communication such as social networks and others which provide for the receipt and transmission of propositions requiring a response. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140317532 | USER INTERFACES FOR PRESENTATION OF AUDIO/VIDEO STREAMS - Embodiments are described for a user interface presenting audio and/or video streams. In some embodiments, a request to increase a size of a first user interface element from a plurality of user interface elements displayed within a user interface on a display is received from a video conference participant's device, at least one numerical representation for dimensions of the user interface display area for each of a plurality of potential layouts for at least a portion of the plurality of user interface elements is calculated to satisfy the request, a video conference system determines a new layout from the one or more potential layouts to accommodate the request by performing at least one comparison between a numerical representation for a potential layout and each remaining numerical representation for a potential layout from the plurality, the new layout comprising at least one of a video quality adjustment of one or more user interface elements, a rearrangement of one or more user interface elements into different sizes and positions, and an elimination of a user interface element from the user interface, and a media server for the video conference apportions bandwidth for one or more video data streams from the composite in accordance with the new layout to be received by the video conference participant's device. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140317533 | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TOOL FOR EXCHANGE OF QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES - An information technology tool based on the world wide web is provided that includes one or more servers, at least one of which possesses an electronic processor and a storage unit containing an information code which, when carried out by the electronic processor, commands the server to perform a process logic that includes the steps of receiving from a first user an input containing a question, selecting at least a second user from a group of users enabled such as to respond to the question contained in the input, communicating the question to the second user, receiving from the second user an input containing a response to the question, and communicating the response to the first user. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140325389 | OBJECT SHARING - In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a system is provided. The system includes a display and a sharing module. The sharing module is to detect that an object is moved and released such that a portion of the released object overlaps at least a portion of a region of the display. The sharing module is then to cause the system to share the object with at least one computing device via a network. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140325390 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO COMMUNICATE A SELECTED MESSAGE - A system may detect multiple accesses of an engagement interface from a user. The multiple accesses may include a first group of accesses performed by a first device and a second group of accesses performed by a second device. Both the first device and the second device may correspond to the user. A message may be selected from a set of messages. Moreover, the message may correspond to the engagement interface. The system may identify the first group of accesses as having a greater amount of user interaction with the engagement interface than the second group of accesses. The system may then determine that the selected message has the greatest likelihood of being read on the first device. The selected message may be communicated to the first device based on the determination. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140325391 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING INFORMATION IN AN INSTANT MESSAGING APPLICATION - A method is performed by a mobile device having one or more processors and memory for updating information in an instant messenger application installed on the mobile device. The method includes: receiving an instant message from a remote server, the instant message including a first user actionable item; displaying the instant message including the first user actionable item in a graphical user interface corresponding to the instant messenger application; detecting a first user input through the first user actionable item; in accordance with the first user input: generating an information update request; sending the information update request to the remote server; receiving a response to the information update request from the remote server; and updating the instant message in the graphical user interface in accordance with the response from the remote server. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140325392 | Social Aspects of Media Guides - A computer-implemented method, including receiving, at a computing device, a request from a user to display descriptors of media programming content for a time period; identifying people associated with the user employing information stored in a computer database, and identifying time-associated media programs electronically scheduled on behalf of the identified people; and providing for display, to the user, the descriptions of the identified people and of the time-associated media programs. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140325393 | ACCELERATED INSTANT REPLAY FOR CO-PRESENT AND DISTRIBUTED MEETINGS - Techniques for recording and replay of a live conference while still attending the live conference are described. A conferencing system includes a user interface generator, a live conference processing module, and a replay processing module. The user interface generator is configured to generate a user interface that includes a replay control panel and one or more output panels. The live conference processing module is configured to extract information included in received conferencing data that is associated with one or more conferencing modalities, and to display the information in the one or more output panels in a live manner (e.g., as a live conference). The replay processing module is configured to enable information associated with the one or more conferencing modalities corresponding to a time of the conference session prior to live to be presented at a desired rate, possibly different from the real-time rate. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140325394 | INTERACTIVE TRACKING VIRTUAL WORLD SYSTEM - An Interactive Tracking Virtual World (ITVW) system, may be utilized with other systems accessible through the Internet and/or a communications network. The ITVW system may be operable as an online game and/or to provide a virtual environment. ITVW system users (i.e., ITVW users) may be individuals or groups, such as parents and/or their children, which utilize the ITVW system for tracking an identity within the ITVW system. The ITVW system may also include ITVW system participants (i.e., ITVW participants), such as commercial business establishments, individuals and/or other entities associated with the ITVW system. The ITVW system collects an ITVW user's location information and location history. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140325395 | VOICE LINK SYSTEM - Provided is an audio version social network service system specialized for voice, through which conversations can be enjoyed in spaces on the Web. In the system, a plurality of client terminals and at least one server are connected over a network. The server sorts voice data received from virtual room attribute information means and client terminals into each of a number of virtual rooms, associating the audio data of a given virtual room with the virtual room, and delivering the data to all client terminals that have selected the virtual room in question. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140337758 | METHOD OF INTERACTING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA POST USING MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device presents a social network user interface to the device's user. The social network user interface displays posts from other network members who are connected to the device's user in the social network. A social networking application highlights one of the posts on the display. If the device is shaken while the post is highlighted, the application will cause an expression of the first user's positive reaction to the highlighted post to be displayed via the social network so that the first user's positive reaction can be viewed by at least the member who provided the selected post to the social network. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337759 | Methods and Systems to Connect with Others - A method and system to locate and/or create user events via a mapping application. The method and system include loading a software application onto a first user device, wherein the software application displays geographically related objects on a map. The first user may choose to join an event via the application. The system and method further includes a mechanism for said first user to negotiate event details with an event creator. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337760 | COLLABORATION ADAPTER TO EXPLOIT SINGLE-USER WEB APPLICATIONS FOR COLLABORATIVE WORK - A framework-specific collaboration adapter (FCA) provides a lightweight transformation process capable of converting single-user Web applications into their collaborative counterparts. Thereby, a local data structure of a local document instance is transformed into a shared data structure with concurrency control support. The FCA replays local document changes at all remote sites. To mark the data model within the source code of the original application, the original single-user Web application has to be enhanced with Source Code Annotations (SCA). The concurrency control system synchronizes all shared model instances that are distributed on the client-side as well as on the server-side. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337761 | LOCATING AND SHARING AUDIO/VISUAL CONTENT - A system and method are provided for locating and sharing audio/visual content. The method includes receiving a text-based search request for audio/visual content and searching a storage based on the text-based search request. A list of audio/visual content that is determined to be relevant to the text-based search request is presented. A selection of an original audio/visual content file from the list of audio/visual content is received. Next, a corresponding text file for the original audio/visual content file is retrieved. The text in the text file is time-synced to the original audio/visual file. All or a portion of the corresponding lyrics file is presented and a text selection from the corresponding text file is received. A secondary file is created that comprises a portion of the original audio/visual content file that corresponds to the selected text. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337762 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED SOCIAL NETWORKING - A system and methods for implementing a social network includes customizable operations including custom expression buttons implemented by a user. Comments posting operation allows a user to move around within the comments area for and a user may move within a specific user's posts and move around within that user's posts for implementing a social network. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337763 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND INTERFACE FOR PRESENTING EVENT COVERAGE USING PLURAL CONCURRENT INTERFACE PORTIONS - A system, method and interface for presenting event coverage using plural concurrent interface portions is provided including concurrent interface portions, each interface portion including different classes of event information. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337764 | Online Platform for Design, Creation, Maintenance, and Information Sharing of a Garden - The present disclosure describes an online platform for the design, creation, maintenance, and information sharing of a garden by a user. The online platform is an online environment where users (gardeners) go to plan, create, grow and/or share gardens with other users. A set of garden specific feature tools track and organize the garden with a physical correlation to the garden layout. A feature of the platform is an encyclopedia of plant knowledge that provides users with information on when (and how) to maintain plants in one's garden. In one scenario, the information is geographically and environmentally relevant. In a further scenario, a calendar of gardening tasks is automatically generated from the list of plants selected to grow. Based on the selection of plants identified by a member, the platform will provide a set of instructions or guidelines as best gardening practices to follow. The platform will also provide periodic electronic reminders to remind a gardener of the needs for each plant selected to grow. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337765 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS FOR ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods to provide anonymous connections for a remote interaction system, such as a virtual classroom, which may allow a remote teacher and a group of remote students to have a sidebar discussion/presentation, for instance, to individually tutor the student as needed. In addition to telephonic connection, optional video/chat connections can be provided on-demand with same/different prices and time tracking indicators. Different media connections can be dynamically offered based on available bandwidth, and device capabilities of both the teacher and the student, upsell/transition from chat to voice to video, with price/charge confirmation (e.g., based on device capability, bandwidth). Connection quality can be monitored for improved billing. Pricing for individuals in a group learning setting can be dynamically determined (e.g., based on the size of the group, privacy request). Clips of interaction between teachers and students can be captured as recorded materials, searchable and/or viewable offline at different prices. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337766 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MESSAGING INTERFACE - Computer-implemented systems and methods for a simplified messaging interface are provided for allowing users to initiate and engage in messaging conversations. In various embodiments, the systems and methods reduce the overhead involved in initiating and/or engaging in messaging conversations. In some embodiments, the messaging interface allows users to initiate and/or engage in conversations without having to open a separate standard messaging window for every conversation. In some embodiments, the simplified messaging interface may be used in conjunction with a standard messaging interface. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140344715 | TEMPORAL PROMOTION OF CONTENT TO A PROJECT ACTIVITY - A request from a user to promote an item of collaborative content from a first application associated with a collaborative social interaction system to a project activity within a project management system application is detected. The item of collaborative content is transcoded to the project activity within the project management system application. Users within a collaborative environment are allowed to collaboratively advance the project activity within the project management system application. The collaboratively-advanced project activity is reverted back to an updated item of collaborative content within the first application associated with the collaborative social interaction system. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140344716 | Cluster-Based Social Networking System and Method - A networking system operable on a computerized device, such as a mobile device, with a processor and memory is provided to allow users to share location data and communicate with other users. Users are classifiable as friends, groups, lists, and/or clusters to facilitate data sharing. Data may be displayed on a map. The interface may be classified into panels, each panel including screens. Panels may include a friends panel, clusters panel, happenings panel relating to deals and events, and a communications panel. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140344717 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes a first receiving unit that at least receives first sticky information from a first device, a second receiving unit that receives, from a second device that receives an operation for conducting a process of pasting sticky information onto a board, an operation for activating a work area, the work area being an area in which to conduct work for pasting the first sticky information, and a creating unit that, in the case in which the second receiving unit receives an operation activating a work area, creates display information for displaying an image indicating that the first sticky information is pasted into the work area. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140344718 | Contextually-based Automatic Service Offerings to Users of Machine System - Disclosed is a Social-Topical Adaptive Networking (STAN) system that can inform users of cross-correlations between currently focused-upon topic or other nodes in a corresponding topic or other data-objects organizing space maintained by the system and various social entities monitored by the system. More specifically, one of the cross-correlations may be as between the top N now-hottest topics being focused-upon by a first social entity and the amounts of focus ‘heat’ that other social entities (e.g., friends and family) are casting on the same topics (or other subregions of other cognitive attention receiving spaces) in a relevant time period. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140344719 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PROCESSOR-READABLE MEDIA FOR BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AND DATA SHARING - Methods, systems and processor-readable media for supporting bidirectional communications and data sharing. One or more wireless hand held devices can be registered with one or more controllers associated with one or more multimedia displays. One or more profile icons can be selected for use as a cursor(s) during interaction of the wireless hand held device(s) with one or more multimedia display(s) during rendering of an event as data on the multimedia display(s). Supplemental data can be provided from the multimedia display(s) and/or a remote database to the wireless hand held device(s) based on a selection of the data rendered on the multimedia display(s) marked by the cursor utilizing the wireless hand held device(s). | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140344720 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - An information processing apparatus is provided that shares an operation on content with another information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a drawing unit that draws information on the content based on a drawing operation accepted from an operator for drawing the information on the content, a generation unit that generates data for drawing the information on the content that is being displayed at the other information processing apparatus based on the drawing operation, and a transmission unit that transmits to the other information processing apparatus a message including the data for drawing the information and a command according to the drawing operation. Based on the drawing operation, the generation unit generates data for continuously displaying the information on the content being displayed at the other information processing apparatus, or data for deleting the information after a duration time elapses. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140344721 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLLATING APPLICATION EVENTS WITH CONTACTS OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: identify user application events associated with one or more contacts of an electronic device; and collate the user application events associated with one or more particular contacts, with the corresponding particular contact. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140344722 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH A SOCIAL NETWORK - The present invention relates to a system and method for interacting with a social network. The method includes displaying a web page provided by a content provider on a user device. The web page includes at least one social network access item. The social network access item may be selected by a user of the user device, with a first type of selection causing a link to an online resource associated with a social network provider to be followed by the web browser, the online resource enabling the user to login to a social network. Receiving a second type of selection causes at least one control option to be displayed within the web page. The control option may be for saving details of the web page to a storage location remote from the user device and provided by the social network provider, or accessing the details of at least one web page previously saved by the user from the storage location. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140344723 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGER - Methods and systems are disclosed for managing the communications and information resources of a user. Identity information relating to the user is received. The user's preference for withholding an incoming communication is obtained. An entry is created in a message log for the withheld communication. The user is not notified of receipt of the withheld communication, yet receipt of the withheld communication is logged in the message log. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140344724 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CALENDAR FUNCTIONALITY FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that are configured to enable a user or group of users to organize an event in the digital world that results in attendance in the physical world. One example embodiment may include a method for receiving a user input that indicates a future status and a location of a user at a future time. The method may further include determining one or more other users or entities that match the future status and the location of the user at the future time. The method may further include providing the user access to information related the one or more other users or entities and, in some embodiments, providing the one or more other users or entities with access to information related to the user. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140351715 | SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AN ACTIVE REGION ON A SMALL SCREEN DURING A SHARE SESSION - In one embodiment, a method includes establishing a communications session between a first endpoint that displays a shared desktop and a second endpoint that has a display screen, identifying an active region that is part of the shared desktop, and providing an interface on the second endpoint that obtains an input that indicates whether a representation of the active region is to be automatically displayed on the display screen. An input is obtained, and it is determined when the input indicates that the representation is to be automatically displayed on the display screen in response to the input. If the input indicates that the representation is to be automatically displayed on the display screen, the representation is displayed on the display screen. The representation is automatically displayed on the display screen such that substantially only the representation is displayed on the display screen. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140351716 | Notes Page Sharing and Notification Features - Embodiments provide notes application features including notes page sharing and notification features, but the embodiments are not so limited. In an embodiment, a computer-based method can be configured to provide a communication to one or more designated recipients, wherein the communication includes one of a view link to a shared page or an editable shared notes page or link thereto. A system of an embodiment includes a server computer configured in part to process notes page sharing requests as part of creating view links to shared notes pages and/or providing users with a means to collaboratively edit a shared notes page. A user interface of an embodiment is configured to share notes pages including displaying notification information regarding other user shared notes page views and/or edits. Other embodiments are included. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140351717 | User-Based Interactive Elements For Content Sharing - In one embodiment, a method includes providing for display to a user of a computing device a first user interface of a first application. The device provides for display in connection with the first user interface multiple interactive elements that each correspond to a node of a social graph associated with a social-networking system. The device receives user input selecting one of the interactive elements and in response to the user input provides for presentation to the user a second user interface of a second application for communicating with the node of the social graph corresponding to the selected interactive element. The second user interface provided for presentation is automatically associated with the user, the node of the social graph corresponding to the selected one of the interactive elements, and content associated with the first application. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140351718 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes an acquiring unit that acquires position information, being information indicating a position of a participant, an extracting unit that processes sticky information being displayed on a shared screen, and extracts sticky information created by a participant near the shared screen, on the basis of position information acquired by the acquiring unit, and a transmitting unit that transmits sticky information extracted by the extracting unit to a participant device as sticky information to display in order to associate sticky information created by a participant on the participant device. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140351719 | On-Line Collaboration Systems and Methods - Embodiments relate generally to an on-line collaboration system. The system comprises at least one server in communication with multiple client devices over one or more networks, the at least one server executing program code to host an on-line collaborative environment in which users of the client devices can collaborate. The at least one server executes program code to facilitate discussion threads in the on-line collaborative environment and, for each discussion thread, to provide a selectable option to allow proposal of an outcome for the discussion thread. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140359481 | WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR INFORMATION SHARING AND COLLABORATION - An approach for collaboration is provided. An approach includes linking a first user device to a first collaboration screen of a work environment and a second user device to a second collaboration screen of the work environment. The approach also includes displaying data associated with the first user device on the first collaboration screen. The approach further includes detecting manipulation of the data at the first collaboration screen. The approach additionally includes displaying a copy of the data on the second collaboration screen based on the detecting. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140359482 | Image Session Ranking - Image session ranking techniques are described. In one or more implementations, indications are received that a plurality of image sharing sessions are available for joining by one or more potential members. The plurality of image sharing sessions are prioritized based on one or more ranking criteria that are usable to determine a relative likelihood that a user wishes to join respective image sharing sessions. A list is formed of suggested image sharing sessions that are arranged, one or another, based on the priority. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140359483 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING MEDIA ITEMS - A method includes receiving, at a mobile device, a selection of a first media item transferred from the mobile device to a remote device. The method also includes selecting, by the mobile device, a second media item to transfer to the remote device based on a similarity of the second media item to the first media item. The method further includes generating, by the mobile device, packaged moment data to transfer to the remote device, where the packaged moment data includes media data associated with multiple media items including the first media item and the second media item. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140359484 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISION OF COMPUTERIZED ONE-STOP INVITATIONS AND ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATED DATA ENTRY - A system for displaying computerized invitations to end users, the system including an invitation server, networked to a multiplicity of end-user's browsers via a network, and operative to send a response to an individual end-user's browser, wherein said response is operative to command the individual end user's browser to: a. open a window on top of publisher content previously selected by the individual end-user and currently present in user's browser; b. display, inside the window, an invitation including invitation consummation information allowing the individual end user to consummate the invitation, and c. close the window once the individual end user consummates the invitation, thereby returning her or him to said publisher content previously selected by her or him. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140359485 | Indicating Recent Content Publication Activity By A User - Collecting and distributing information related to recent content publication activity of an instant messaging (IM) user provides other users in a network with timely, relevant information about people known to the user or within the same social network. A user participating in a social network can quickly and efficiently perceive new information related to other users (referred to as co-users) in a social network by reviewing the co-users' recent content publication activity. A user may be made able to do so without requiring the co-user to send a communication directly to the user regarding the new facts or new content, and also without requiring the user to actively browse or request information about the co-user. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140359486 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING SCREEN FOR VIDEO CALL USING FACIAL EXPRESSION - Apparatus and method for configuring a screen for a video call using a facial expression by recognizing a face from an image, calculating facial expression information for an expression of the recognized face, and determining whether there is a change in expression of the recognized face by comparing the calculated facial expression information with reference expression information preset to determine a change in expression of the face. If there is a change in expression of the recognized face, the apparatus and method selects a video image corresponding to the changed expression in the video call screen, and reconfigures the video call screen using the selected video image, making it possible for a user to conveniently select an image of the interested person without taking extensive action, and preventing a wrong image from being selected due to the unintended user facial movement. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140365918 | INCORPORATING EXTERNAL DYNAMIC CONTENT INTO A WHITEBOARD - Dynamic content may be included on a digital whiteboard canvas. The dynamic content includes external content that changes. For example, web pages, images from an external source, presentations, shared displays, newsfeeds, and the like may be placed on the whiteboard. The user may interact with the dynamic content in either a live mode or an annotation mode. An annotation mode allows a user to annotate the dynamic content. For example, a user may ink on top of dynamic content. If a size of a dynamic content object changes, a size of the inking may also change. Different viewing modes are used to interact with the dynamic content on the whiteboard. A live mode allows a user to interact with the dynamic content and an annotation mode allows a user to annotate the dynamic content. A “snapshot” of the dynamic content may be created and stored with the whiteboard. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140365919 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR SHARING CONTENT FROM A RESPECTIVE APPLICATION - A device with a display and, optionally, a touch-sensitive surface detects a first input corresponding to a request to share first content from a first application while displaying the first application on the display. In response to detecting the first input, the device displays a sharing interface that includes a plurality of options for sharing the first content. While displaying the sharing interface, the device detects selection of an affordance in the sharing interface. In accordance with a determination that the affordance is a respective user-first sharing option for a respective user, the device initiates a process for sharing the first content with the respective user. In accordance with a determination that the affordance is a protocol-first sharing option for a respective protocol, the device initiates a process for sharing the first content using the respective protocol. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140365920 | HUMAN-TO-HUMAN COLLABORATIVE SESSION REQUEST QUEUE PROCESSING - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to queued requests to establish human-to-human collaborative sessions and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for managing queued requests to establish human-to-human collaborative sessions. In one embodiment, a human-to-human collaborative data processing system can be provided which can include a messenger configured for coupling to other messengers. The system further can include a queue of incoming session requests to establish respective human-to-human collaborative sessions with requestors associated with the other messengers. Finally, the system can include queue management logic enabled to order the session requests in the queue according to queue rules coupled to the queue management logic. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140372904 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING TRANSPORTATION EVENTS - A system and method for notifying members of a social network of a transit event is disclosed. In one example, the method comprises presenting, to the user in the display of the computer system, a geographical navigation interface including a visual indicator of a transit element, receiving, in the display, at least one long-press input provided by the user and directed to the visual indicator of the transit element, presenting at least one selection option for identifying a transit event pertaining to the transit element and at least one broadcast option for the user's social network, accepting, at least one selection option input corresponding to the transit event and at least one broadcast option input provided by the user, and causing the identified transit event to be broadcast to one or more members of the user's social network, based on the at least one broadcast option input. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372905 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Sharing Content with Scheduled-Event Participants - In one embodiment, an apparatus is configured to facilitate sharing a particular content item (such as, for example, a particular digital photograph, a video, a presentation, and so forth) with the participants of a scheduled calendar event (such as a face-to-face meeting, a distance meeting, an appointment, and so forth). By one approach the user is presented with an opportunity to assert a non-specific share command that triggers the aforementioned display of one or more recommended sharing actions. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372906 | Application/Document Collaboration in a Multi-Device Environment - Application/document collaboration in a multi-device environment is provided. An application and associated document or other content, for example, a spreadsheet application and associated spreadsheet documents and content may be displayed on one or more endpoint display devices. A presenter may control the application/document from another device, for example, a smartphone, tablet-style computer, laptop computer, desktop computer, and the like. User interactions on the presenter control device may be reflected on the display device, including, document navigation, document editing, document entry, and the like. Document content may be previewed on the control device before it is sent to the display device. Document metadata and/or presenter notes/comments, etc., may be displayed only on the control device, but not on the display device, as desired by the presenter/user. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372907 | GESTURE-BASED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT COLLABORATION SYSTEM - A gesture-based construction project collaboration system includes a design information storage for storing a 2D plot or a 3D model of a building; a local information storage for storing local information mapped to location information in the 2D plot or the 3D model; a display for displaying the 2D plot or the 3D model from the design information storage and a desired part of the local information represented by at least one of a touch input and a gesture of a user; a gesture defining section for storing input gestures with respect to types of the local information; and a control section for detecting the location information selected by the user via the touch input on the display, and for controlling the display to display the part of the local information represented by the gesture with respect to the location information. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372908 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED CONFERENCE SESSION INTERACTION - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for enhancing presenter and participant interaction in a presentation. A system configured to practice the method can receive, from a viewer of an electronic presentation, a submission of a question and a selection of a communication mode for the question. The system can identify a portion of the presentation to which the question is directed, and update the portion of the electronic presentation to incorporate the question based on the communication mode. The electronic presentation can be a slide show, such as a PowerPoint™ presentation. The system can optionally notify a presenter in the electronic presentation that the portion has been updated. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372909 | MEETING ROSTER AWARENESS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for providing meeting roster awareness for participants in a conference. An example system configured to practice this method can first identify participants in a conference, and retrieve, from a source external to the conference, information describing relationships between the participants. Then the system can compute, based on the information, a relationship graph assigning a relationship strength for at least two of the participants. The system provides an indication of the relationship strength to one of the participants, such as providing an indication of relationships of which other participants are not aware. Sources external to the conference can include a social network, a communication history, an organizational chart, a directory, or group membership, for example. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372910 | System and Method of Collecting and Compiling Media - A system and method allowing a user to collect and compile media from other users to create a personalized, themed, collaborative, final product such as a photo book, book of thoughts, cards, video/slideshow, calendar, or other content, photo or video-based product. Contributor users can be guided on what media and content to submit, creating a final product that is more meaningful than prior personalized/themed products. An organizer user can outline the project, choose a theme (by directing and guiding contributor users on what content to contribute), invite contributor users, set preferences, manage communications, and track receipt of media, and then efficiently organize contributed media to efficiently and effectively create a meaningful, final, collaborative product. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372911 | INTERACTIVE INTERFACE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, INSTANT COMMUNICATION TOOL AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an interactive interface display control method, instant communication tool and computer storage medium. The interactive interface displayed control method, comprising the following steps: acquiring a contact list and a message of a friend in a contact list; generating an image block corresponding to the friend in the contact list; and displaying the message of the friend in the image block. The interactive interface display control method, the instant communication tool, and computer storage medium are realized by generating a corresponding image block for each friend in the contact list, and then displaying the message of the friend in the image block, thereby a user can view the message of the friend directly from the image block in the interface, which simplifies and facilities the operation. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140380190 | INTEGRATING CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT INFORMATION TO COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - Customer relationship management (CRM) information is integrated with communication sessions. A unified communication (UC) client application initiates a call with a contact in response to a request by a CRM application presenting an opportunity associated with the contact. The UC application receives contextual information and documents associated with the opportunity. The contextual information includes attributes and relationship information associated with the opportunity and the contact. Contacts associated with the opportunity is displayed within a user interface (UI) such as a people view. The application provides controls to manage contextual information of the contacts associated with the opportunity. Documents associated with the opportunity are also presented within another UI such as a documents view. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140380191 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DESIGN REVIEW COLLABORATION ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide the ability to comment on a graphic design. A graphic design is obtained. A comment is accepted from an author commenting on the graphic design. The comment includes contextual metadata. The contextual metadata provides an identification of a location in the graphic design, a date and time the comment was accepted, an author identification, and searchable text. The comment is then displayed. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140380192 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING APPLICATION DISCOVERY BY AUTOMATION NEEDS - This invention generally relates to a process, system and computer code for identifying one or more data relationships that exist between and utilized by one or more applications; determining for each data relationship a respective rank based on specific data that associates the two or more user applications; finding applications based on the degree a respective rank has to one or more user applications; categorizing each relationship based on a criteria of the interaction; creating an application wall containing status updates and links to and from other applications related to the one of the one or more user applications; constructing a automation map from the links between the one or more user applications and other applications. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140380193 | SHOWING INTERACTIONS AS THEY OCCUR ON A WHITEBOARD - Real-time interactions made by a client on a whiteboard are shown on remote client(s) currently viewing the whiteboard. The real-time interactions that are shown on the remote clients can include a variety of different interactions. For example, the location(s) of where a remote client is touching the whiteboard or interacting with the whiteboard using a stylus may be viewed. A current inking stroke of a remote user may also be viewed as it is occurring. Interactions on the whiteboard may be shown differently depending on the remote user performing the interaction. The whiteboard may also show a location on the whiteboard where each of the remote users are currently viewing. A user may also track the actions of another user. When a change is committed to the whiteboard, the remote clients update the display to reflect the committed state. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140380194 | CONTENTS SHARING SERVICE - A method and device for sharing content on an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display and a processor. The processor is configured to display content on the display, display input of at least one of an image and text to the display, at least one of the image and the text being overlapped with at least a portion of the content, and transmit information representing the input along with information representing the content. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140380195 | Displaying News Ticker Content in a Social Networking System - A social networking system displays raw stories about a user's friends' actions in a news ticker as those actions occur. The social networking system is monitored for actions associated with users connected with the target user. The social networking system may be continually monitored such that actions are identified in real-time as they are performed. The news ticker is updated such that stories including the identified actions and the associated connected users are displayed within a news ticker interface. The news ticker interface may be a dedicated portion of the social networking system interface, for example in a column next to a newsfeed. The news ticker interface may be updated in real time as actions associated with connected users are performed. The target user may select a displayed story in the news ticker, and additional information related to the selected story may be displayed, for instance in a separate interface. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150012842 | COMMUNICATION WINDOW DISPLAY MANAGEMENT - Methods for displaying communication windows are provided. In one aspect, a method includes providing, for display in a graphical user interface, a first window that includes a first communication session between a first sending user and a receiving user. The first window is displayed at a first location associated with a representation of the first sending user. The method also includes providing a second window that includes a second communication session between a second sending user and the receiving user for display at a second location associated with a representation of the second sending user. The second window is provided for display either adjacent to the first window, or the second window is provided for display in a stack with the first window such that visibility of the second window in the stack is limited to a portion of the second window. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012843 | Content Sharing System for Small-Screen Devices - Techniques are presented herein to enable a first device participating in a conference session to adapt its displayed content being shared from a second device that has a larger display and can therefore display a larger area of content than the first device is capable of displaying. The first device has a first display and displays a portion of content being displayed on a second display of the second device that is being shared with the first device during an online conference session. The first device detects when a first change has occurred in the content that is outside of the portion displayed on the first display. A graphical element is displayed on the first display, the graphical element indicating that the first change has occurred in the content outside of the portion being displayed on the first device. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012844 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF AN INTERACTION MAP - An example method is provided and includes receiving recorded meeting information, selecting a meeting participant from the recorded meeting information, determining at least one of meeting participant emotion information, meeting participant speaker role information, or meeting participant engagement information based, at least in part, on the meeting information, and determining an interaction map associated with the meeting participant based, at least in part, on at least one of the meeting participant emotion information, the meeting participant speaker role information, or the meeting participant engagement information. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012845 | SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD - A social network system includes one or more participant terminals operable to act as a client on a social network and a computer operable to act as a server on the social network and to communicate with each of the participant terminals over the social network. The computer includes: a memory configured to store a set of instructions; and a processor configured to execute the set of instructions. The set of instructions cause the processor to generate a drop down banner as part of a page of a user. The banner is expandable and retractable by reader commands by invoking a control icon. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012846 | Method, System and Mobile Terminal for Deleting Chat Record - A method, system and mobile terminal for deleting a chat record are provided. The method includes: receiving an instruction for deleting the chat record; and deleting the chat record in responding to instruction. By implementing the technical solution according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, it is able to selectively delete chat records, thus prevent losses of a user. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012847 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TARGETING COMMUNICATIONS USING SOCIAL NETWORK METRICS - A method for a computer system includes receiving a first user communication, determining a first group of users, determining a target number of users, determining whether the first group of users includes the target number of users, and if not, providing the communication to the first group of users, determining a hierarchal mapping of groups of users in response to user memberships, determining a second group of users from the hierarchal mapping, determining a plurality of social network relationship factors for the second group of users with respect to the first user, and providing the communication to at least a subset of users in the second group of users in response to the first plurality of social network relationship factors. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150019999 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING AND DISPLAYING RESOURCE VIEWING POSITION AND RELATED INFORMATION - Methods, apparatus and software allowing a plurality of users to exchange and display information in real time or near real time regarding the resources each of them is viewing. This information is mapped graphically through the positioning and appearance of tokens representing other users relative to the resources currently displayed to each user. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150020000 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A UNIQUE MEDIA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PLATFORM - The present invention provides a computer-implemented platform for creating a social network interface, comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon non-transitory computer executable instructions which, when executed by at least one processor provides, on at least one computing network, a graphical user interface (GUI) for the computer-implemented platform that further provides access to a plurality of content comprising a plurality of content types, allows for selection of at least first ones of the content from the plurality of content for association with at least second ones of the content from the plurality of content, provides at least two of a time, type and location stamp in association with the plurality of content, provides at least one association between the at least first ones of the content and the at least second ones of the content in accordance with at least one rule; and provides display of the at least first ones of the content contemporaneously with at least second ones of the content from the plurality of content, wherein the at least first ones of the content and the at least second ones of the content are of a different content type. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150020001 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - Apparatuses and methods related to a display apparatus and a control method of the same are provided. More particularly, the apparatuses and methods relate to a display apparatus which displays a common service for a plurality of user accounts and a control method of the same. A display apparatus includes: a communication section which communicates with a server offering a predetermined account service; a user input section which receives a login by a user of a user account with regard to the account service; a controller which determines whether to display combination service information where account service information corresponding to the user and account service information corresponding to at least one user different from the user are combined; and a display section which displays the combination service information based on the determination. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150020002 | ADAPTIVELY NAVIGATING COMPLEXITY TOGETHER THROUGH COLLABORATIVE INSIGHTS - Methods and Apparatuses for a collaborative effort from a group of participants on an issue-exploration process on one or more client machines are discussed. A form-based Internet application that consists of a systematic structure of a series of tab forms to set up a framework for a collaborative effort from a group of participants on an issue-exploration process is configured for an initial issue. The form-based Internet application via the series of tab forms is configured to enable and collect knowledge and insights from the group of participants during the stages of the issue-exploration process. The form-based Internet application has an open framework with the stages of the issue-exploration process in that an actual content of the ideas contributed by participants actively shapes a non-linear progression of the issue-exploration process from the initial issue to the current issue in the issue-exploration process. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150026594 | CROWDSOURCED CONTENT PUBLICATION PLATFORM - A system, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method for creating a crowdsourced content publication. Layout information defining a layout of elements of a crowdsourced content publication is received. Contribution privilege information identifying a group of users of a social networking service as contributors to the crowdsourced content publication is received. The group of users may belong to a common organization as defined by a social graph maintained by the social networking service. Content criteria information specifying one or more criteria for selection of content included in the crowdsourced content publication is then received. The layout information, contribution privilege information, and content criteria information are then processed to generate a template for the crowdsourced content publication. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026595 | DETECTION OF SHARED CONTENT VIEWED BY ATTENDEES IN ONLINE MEETINGS - Techniques are presented herein for improving experiences in online meetings that include a plurality of attendee devices, where an attendee device is designated as a presenter. Shared content is provided from the presenter to at least one other attendee device engaged in the online meeting, and an indicator is automatically provided to at least one attendee device regarding whether a condition associated with the presenter providing the shared content has been satisfied. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026596 | Media Action Buttons - In one embodiment, a method includes determining available media content from one or more content sources, providing at least a portion of the available media content for display on a display device of a user, and determining whether a media action button should be displayed on the display device. The media action button is provided for display on the display device when it is determined that the media action button should be displayed. The media action button is operable to perform an action associated with particular available media content. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026597 | ENHANCED CONTENT POSTING FEATURES FOR AN ENTERPRISE LEVEL BUSINESS INFORMATION NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT - Systems, apparatus, and methods for implementing enterprise level social and business information networking are provided. Users can receive relevant information about a database system and its users at an appropriate time. Users can then use this relevant information to reduce errors and limit redundant efforts. For example, an update of a record in the database can be identified, and a story created automatically about the update and sent to the users that are following the record. Other events besides updating of records can also be tracked. A variety of enhanced features and functions are also presented in the context of an enterprise level social and business information networking environment. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026598 | METHOD FOR OPERATING APPLICATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method is provided for sharing user information in an electronic device. User information is determined. A sharable item is displayed for the determined user information. A setting is provided for the sharable item indicating whether to restrict sharing for the sharable item. It is determined whether to share the user information based on the setting for the sharable item. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026599 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING EXTERNAL APPARATUS THEREOF - A portable terminal and a method for controlling an external apparatus thereof are provided. The method for controlling an external apparatus of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes display, when an application to perform chatting with a user of another portable terminal is executed, a chatting screen including at least one icon corresponding to an external apparatus, obtaining, when one of the at least one icon is selected, information regarding an external apparatus corresponding to the selected one icon, and transmitting the information regarding the external apparatus to the other portable terminal. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026600 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING RESPONSES ON AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for performing actions in response to information updates provided in an information feed such as a news feed capable of being displayed on a display device. In one implementation, an information update to be displayed in the information feed is received. The information update may be stored in a feed table for inclusion in the information feed. In some implementations, an indication of activation of a response request rule is received. The response request rule may be configured to create a response request related to an identified information update to request information from one or more recipients. The response request may be stored, accessed and presented in association with the identified information update in an information feed. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026601 | METHOD AND USER INTERFACE FOR FACILITATING CONFERENCE CALLS - Presented are systems and methods for presenting conference call information using a mobile conferencing system. The mobile conferencing system classifies a call type parameter as a conference call based on conference details. The mobile conferencing system joins a mobile device to a teleconference using the conference details and the call type parameter. The mobile conferencing system then displays an active call graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface displays at least part of the conference details. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026602 | System Network-Enabled Interactive Media Player - Systems and methods for online social networking may include an interactive media player. The interactive media player may exhibit media and allow interaction between users and/or users and administrators. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150033146 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND MAGNIFICATION OF FOCUS REGION FOR CONTENT SHARED DURING AN ONLINE MEETING SESSION - Techniques are described herein for a plurality of computing devices engaged in an online meeting, where one of the computing devices is designated as a presenter and shared content is provided from the presenter engaged in the online meeting. A detection is made regarding whether a display icon located for the shared content and controlled via an icon navigation device at the presenter has moved. In response to a detection that the display icon has moved, a focus region is determined that corresponds with movements of the display icon, where the focus region includes a defined smaller area of the shared content in relation to the entire area. An indication is provided to automatically modify the shared content so as to magnify a view of the focus region at one or more computing devices engaged in the online meeting. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150033147 | Calendar/time based connected entity(entities) network where as entity refers to "personal/ social /private-public groups/ business / trusts etc. Use / how it works: Design and system processes to link and manage calendar/time using system process/methods i.e. link time, tag /publish calendar, show calendar publicly or privately, set up meeting/gathering/appointment in network users by unique Identity Id. Unique Identity Id is used to link calendars using internet with any electronic devices - Calendar/time based connected entity (entities) network whereas entity refers to “individual/social/private-public groups/business/trusts etc. Use/how it works: Design and system processes to link and manage calendar/time using system process/methods i.e. link time, tag/publish calendar, show calendar publicly or privately, set up meeting/gathering/appointment in network users by unique Identity Id. Unique Identity Id is used to link calendars using internet with any electronic devices. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150033148 | PRIVATE SCREEN SHARING FUNCTIONALITY IN AN INFORMATION NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT - A user engaged in an online chat session with one or more other users can start a screen sharing session with the other users without having to leave the context of the online chat session. In an implementation, a chat window for the chat session includes a screen sharing button. The screen sharing button can be clicked to start a screen sharing session with the other chat participants. A system generated message is displayed within the chat windows of the other chat participants inviting them to view the remote screen. Upon accepting the invite, a viewer is launched to show the information being displayed on the remote screen. A variety of enhanced features and functions are also presented in the context of screen sharing in an information networking environment. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150033149 | RECORDING AND PLAYBACK OF SCREEN SHARING SESSIONS IN AN INFORMATION NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT - A user engaged in an online chat session with one or more other users can start a screen sharing session with the other users without having to leave the context of the online chat session. In an implementation, a chat window for the chat session includes a screen sharing button. The screen sharing button can be clicked to start a screen sharing session with the other chat participants. A system generated message is displayed within the chat windows of the other chat participants inviting them to view the remote screen. Upon accepting the invite, a viewer is launched to show the information being displayed on the remote screen. A variety of enhanced features and functions are also presented in the context of screen sharing in an information networking environment. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150033150 | DIGITAL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a method of, in a case in which at least one person contained in a displayed image is recognized, sharing the image with the at least one person contained in the image while displaying the number of sharing and the number of capturing. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150033151 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MESSAGE PROCESSING - A method for displaying messages includes receiving a first message, displaying a first data corresponding to the first message in a first line on a screen, receiving a second message, and displaying a second data corresponding to the second message in the first line on the a left or right side of the first data. An electronic device includes a memory, and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to receive a first message, display a first data corresponding to the first message in a first line on a screen, receive a second message, and display a second data corresponding to the second message in the first line on the a left or right side of the first data. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150033152 | MOBILE STATUS UPDATE DISPLAY - A method for using a wireless receiver may include receiving subscribed messages for a user identified with a user account of a hub, being messages posted by other uses of the hub to which the user has subscribed. The method may include automatically processing the messages to determine content for display on a display device, and displaying the content on the display device. The display device may be configured as two separate screens mounted at separate locations on the user's body. The messages may include user status messages, which are messages posted to the hub by the user, and the user status messages and subscription messages may be displayed on separate ones of the two screens. An apparatus for performing the method may include a processor coupled to a memory holding encoded instructions for performing operations of the method. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150033153 | GROUP INTERACTION AROUND COMMON ONLINE CONTENT - An on-line system that allows a group of people to interact around common content, in which the system includes: a computer network; a server system coupled to the computer network; and multiple user devices, each of which is coupled to the computer network and each of which is associated with a respective member of the group, in which the server system stores identification information for each member of the group, and in which, in response to receiving a lead to content initiated by a member of the group, the server system is configured to send a reference to the content to the respective user devices of the other members of the group. In response to receiving the reference to the content, at least some of the user devices automatically access and load the content via the network. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150040034 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD - An example information-processing device includes: a first display controller that displays one or more objects in a virtual space; a first accepting unit that accepts a instruction to select one of the one or more displayed objects displayed by the first display controller; a second accepting unit that accepts shared information; and a posting unit that posts the shared information accepted by the second accepting unit, associated with the object selected by the first accepting unit, to an information sharing service for sharing information among a plurality of users. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150040035 | Social Network Interaction - In a mobile communications terminal | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150046841 | User Experience/User Interface Based on Interaction History - In one embodiment, a method includes determining, relative to a base user experience (UX), one or more modifications to one or more graphical elements of a user interface (UI) for display to a particular user. The modifications are configured to personalize the UI individually to the particular user and based on a computational determination of one or more categories applicable to the particular user. The method also includes applying the modifications to the UI; and providing the UI as modified for display to the particular user. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046842 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A SOCIAL MEDIA COMPILATION - A system for providing a social media compilation includes a computer processor and a memory device. The memory device stores at least one piece of computer code executable by the computers processor and data used by the computer code. The computer code includes an input module, a content aggregation module, and a compilation generation module. The input module receives compilation configuration information inputted by a first account holder. The compilation configuration information includes information identifying social media accounts of the first account holder. The content aggregation module aggregates items of social media content of the social media accounts of the first account holder based on the compilation configuration information. The compilation generation module generates a social media compilation based on the compilation configuration information and the items of social media content. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046843 | CONTROLLING THE ACTIONS OF A MOBILE BROWSER - Methods and systems of controlling the actions of a mobile browser to accommodate situations where a mobile application corresponding to a selected link is installed, as well as not installed, on a mobile device are described. In some embodiments, a selectable link associated with a mobile application is displayed within a mobile resource on a mobile device. A user selection of the selectable link is received. Content associated with the selectable link is displayed on the mobile device in response to receiving the user selection. If the mobile application is installed on the mobile device, then mobile application content associated with the mobile application is caused to be displayed within the mobile application on the mobile device. If the mobile application is not installed on the mobile device, then mobile browser content associated with the mobile application is caused to be displayed within the mobile browser. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046844 | CABLE READER SNIPPETS AND POSTBOARD - Various systems and methods are provided that allow reviewers to quickly save, identify, retrieve, and share communications. For example, systems and methods described herein may allow a reviewer to store at least a portion of a communication, called a snippet, in a postboard. For example, a reviewer can highlight a portion of the content of a communication. Once the portion is highlighted, the reviewer can select a snippet command, which stores the highlighted portion in the postboard. Each snippet stored in a postboard includes at least a portion of the content that was highlighted and a link to the communication from which the snippet originates. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046845 | CABLE READER LABELING - Various systems and methods are provided that allow reviewers to properly and timely label communications and easily view such communications. Certain systems and methods organize one or more communications in a tile layout so that reviewers can properly and timely label communications. A reviewer can hover over any of the communications to view more details regarding the communication and/or label the communication. For example, while the cursor is placed over the displayed communication, the reviewer can provide a command, such as a key command. Once the command is provided, the displayed communication is labeled with a label associated with the command. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046846 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING INFORMATION IN TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for sharing information in a terminal are disclosed. At least one application is selected and sharing information including an icon and an identifier associated with the selected application is generated. The generated sharing information is transmitted to at least another terminal. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150052452 | UNIFIED INTERACTIVE METHOD FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - More specifically, the invention describes a public standalone information access tool, such as bidirectional video terminal/kiosk for receiving a variety of services and for information exchange. The kiosk is connected to a plurality of remotely located representatives/operators specializing in different services. The customer receives help and share documents with at least one operator. The kiosk provides people from small remote villages an opportunity to receive all services available in a large city. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150052453 | Virtual Position Display and Indicators - Systems, methods and apparatuses for identifying and/or displaying an availability or virtual position of a user are provided. In some examples, a virtual position display may be provided and may include a plurality of user indicators. The user indicators may include an availability of the user. In some examples, a user may adjust a position of a user indicator. Adjustment of the user indicator closer to another user indicator may indicate an increased availability status of the user, while adjustment of the indicator away from another user indicator may indicate a decreased availability of the user. In some examples, the user indicator may include a level of activity indication received from one or more sensing devices associated with the user. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150052454 | FILE SHARING METHOD AND HANDHELD APPARATUS - The present invention provides a method for sharing file and a handheld device. The method includes collecting devices information about the available digital living network alliance (DLNA) devices which are in a connected mode in the DLNA network by a DLNA module after the handheld device enters a DLNA network, and forming a shortcut list of DLNA devices; dragging a shared file to an icon of a target DLNA device in the shortcut list, wherein the list comprises at least one DLNA device icon; matching the type of a target DLNA device with the type of the shared file by the DLNA module. If the match is successful, the handheld device enables the target DLNA device to process the shared file. The present invention can quickly achieve files for sharing, and it is easy to operate and high in accuracy. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150052455 | Schemes for Emphasizing Talkers in a 2D or 3D Conference Scene - The present document relates to methods and systems for setting up and managing two-dimensional or three-dimensional scenes for audio conferences. A conference controller ( | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150052456 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESHARING POSTS ACROSS SOCIAL FEED PLATFORMS - Methods and systems are provided for resharing a feed post in an on-line multi-tenant social network. The method includes: appending, by a first member of an organization, a reshare hashtag to a post configured for publication on a first social network; publishing, by the first member, the post including the appended reshare hashtag to at least a second member of the organization on the first social network; clicking, by a second member, reshare button; selecting, by the second member, a second social network; and republishing the post on the second social network. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150052457 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LIKE OR DISLIKE INFORMATION BY USING ADDRESS BOOK - Provided are a method and system for providing like or dislike information by using an address book. The like or dislike information providing system using an address book includes: a classification information receiving unit for receiving classification information, which is obtained when a first user selects a second user who is registered in an address book of a terminal of the first user into one of predetermined categories, from the terminal of the first user; a like or dislike information generating unit for generating like or dislike information that shows a like or a dislike which a third user, who registered the second user in an address book, has about the second user by using the classification information; and a like or dislike information providing unit for providing the generated like or dislike information to the terminal of the second user, and the like or dislike information providing method using the same. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150058748 | Viewing Shared Documents in a Sharing Session - In a sharing session between a presenter and several attendees, the presenter can share any type of document quickly and without substantial prior preparation. The presenter's device identifies an active document-sharing window within the desktop sharing environment, and detects if there is a shared document in the active window. The presenter's device creates a framework for any detected shared document that is transmitted to each of the attendee devices. The framework contains information about the pages in the shared document, such that an attendee device can request a specific page in the shared document. At least the first page of the shared document is rendered to a page image and transmitted to the attendee devices. Upon request from an attendee device, page images of any of the remaining pages may be sent to the attendee device, allowing each attendee to view a different page than the presenter. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058749 | LOCATION-BASED ASSET SHARING - Methods and systems for location-based asset sharing are provided. In an embodiment, a method stores a publication in a data store accessible by a server system, the publication including a publication location and a distance restriction. The method receives a request for the asset and then determines, by the server system, to provide the asset in response to the request. The determining is based on a requesting location associated with the request, the publication location, and the distance restriction, wherein according to the distance restriction, the asset is only provided to the requesting location if a distance from the requesting location to the publication location satisfies a specified relationship. The method provides the asset in response to the request. In another embodiment, the publication includes references to one or more assets being shared by a publisher. Another method creates an asset-listener association in response to a received asset association request. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058750 | MANAGING AN INITIAL POST ON A WEBSITE - Managing an initial post on a website includes identifying an initial post on website where the initial post is for an event, identifying a related post that describes the event after the event occurs, and updating the initial post to include content of the related post. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058751 | Facepile Integrated Communications - In one embodiment, a method includes determining, from a social graph, a plurality of second users having a connection to a first user, providing a facepile for display on a display device of the first user, and providing a communications composer for display on the display device in response to a user-selection by the first user within the facepile. The facepile includes a plurality of visual indications of the plurality of second users having a connection to the first user and each visual indication is associated with one of the plurality of second users. The communications composer includes a user interface that provides communication between the first user and the plurality of second users associated with the visual indications displayed in the facepile. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058752 | DAILY TASK TOOLS THAT INTERFACE WITH BACKEND SYSTEMS - In one embodiment, an improved computer based daily task tool is provided that interfaces with backend systems to leverage the stored information and/or processing capabilities of backend systems to provide better information and more effective task tool functionality. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058753 | SHARING ELECTRONIC DRAWINGS IN COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS - An improved technique involves providing for a gesture-based undo command for use within a collaborative drawing environment. Such an undo function that is both gesture-based and capable of being used within a collaborative environment takes full advantage of the capabilities of tablet computers and laptop computers having touch screens. The gesture-based undo command may involve a multi-point linear swipe such as a two-point linear swipe gesture in order to easily distinguish an undo command from a drawing command. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058754 | SCROLLABLE IN-LINE CAMERA FOR CAPTURING AND SHARING CONTENT - Some embodiments described herein provide an application that includes a scrollable in-line camera for capturing and sharing media content. In some embodiments, the in-line camera is provided in a scrollable view of the application. The scrollable view has three distinct user interface portions, including an in-line camera section, a preview section, and a shared content section. The application's user can use the in-line camera section to capture a photo or a video clip. The preview section is a portion of the UI that allows a user to review a photo or video captured with the in-line camera. The user can also use the preview section to either delete or accept the content. If the user chooses to delete the content, the content is removed from the preview section. If the user chooses to accept the content, the content appears in the content sharing section. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058755 | CREATION, SHARING AND EMBEDDING OF INTERACTIVE CHARTS - Systems and methods for generating and sharing interactive charts are described. The interactive charts are generated in an online portal that allows users to customize the interactive features of the chart. An online portal may also be provided to allow users to automatically embed interactive chart(s) in another website without reprogramming the code of the website each time the interactive chart(s) are changed or new interactive chart(s) are added. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150067536 | Gesture-based Content Sharing Between Devices - Various embodiments provide an ability to join a virtual conference session using a single input-gesture and/or action. Upon joining the virtual conference, some embodiments enable a computing device to share content within the virtual conference session responsive to receiving a single input-gesture and/or action. Alternately or additionally, the computing device can acquire content being shared within the virtual conference session responsive to receiving a single input-gesture and/or action. In some cases, content can be exchanged between multiple computing devices connected to the virtual conference session. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150067537 | SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE-BASED CONTENT CREATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided are an SNS-based content creating system and method. The SNS-based content creating system includes a terminal configured to share a content creation information or a content correction information with the other terminal through the SNS and a visualization object managing server configured to manage the database, wherein the terminal comprises a user input unit configured to receive text information, a text processor configured to recommend a visualization candidate material for the text information by using a database, a visualization processor configured to create or correct content, based on selection information about the recommended visualization candidate material and a network processor configured to transmit the content to other terminal. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150067538 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING EDITABLE VISUAL OBJECT - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for creating an editable visual object. In accordance with an embodiment, the apparatus for creating an editable visual object includes an interface unit for providing an editable visual object creation interface to a user. A template display unit displays a basic template for an editable visual object desired to be created by the user on the interface. A visual object creation unit is configured to, if the user edits the displayed basic template, create an editable visual object based on editing information. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150067539 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a contribution action detecting unit configured to detect a contribution action representing a contribution from a user to a target, a contribution degree giving unit configured to give the user a contribution degree in accordance with the contribution action, a virtual distance setting unit configured to set a virtual distance which is a virtual distance between the user and the target on the basis of an integrated value of the given contribution degree of the user, and a contribution degree notification screen display control unit configured to control a display of a contribution degree notification screen in which the set virtual distance is visually expressed. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150067540 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, PORTABLE DEVICE AND SCREEN DISPLAY METHODS THEREOF - A portable device and screen display methods of a display apparatus connectable to a portable device are provided. The method includes displaying a collaborative screen including a plurality of operation areas on the display apparatus; allocating at least one of the operation areas to the portable device; displaying the collaborative screen with the allocated operation area being distinguishable; and giving notification so that the allocated operation area is displayed on a corresponding portable device. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150067541 | VIRTUAL SOCIALIZING - In general, techniques of the present disclosure are directed to a system for virtual socializing between electronic devices. In one example, the method includes joining, by a first computing device, a communication session enabling communication between the first computing device and a second computing device. The method includes outputting, multimedia content that is output at the second computing device. The method also includes receiving and outputting, by the first computing device, data from the second computing device using the communication session, while the multimedia content is outputting at the first output device, where the data comprises data captured by an input device of the second computing device. The method further includes sending a configuration request that sets a control model mode of the communication session, where the control model mode controls which computing devices communicatively coupled via the communication session has permission to modify at least the multimedia content. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150074551 | ORGANIZING A SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION SESSION ACCORDING TO CONTEXT - Organizing a synchronous communication session can include determining, using a processor of a data processing system, a context responsive to detecting a trigger event. The context specifies a foreground application executing within the data processing system. Candidate participants can be determined from the context. A user interface is displayed separate from the foreground application. The user interface lists the candidate participants. Further, responsive to a user input received within the user interface, an invite to the candidate participants is sent. The invite specifies access information for the synchronous communication session. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150074552 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING CONTENT AND RELATED SOCIAL MEDIA DATA - A device for enabling content selection is configured to display one or more item of content with associated popularity indicator. The popularity indicators may be based on usage data from a social media service. The popularity indicators may indicate a rate of change in popularity as well as a relative level popularity. In one example, a device may display comments from a social media service in conjunction with content during the playback of content. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150074553 | Method of Providing Flash Card and Apparatuses Performing the Same - A method of providing a flash card and apparatuses for performing the method are disclosed. A method of providing a flash card in a learning system including a first terminal and second terminals may include creating, by the first terminal, a first flash card associated with a corresponding page of an electronic book (e-book) currently being displayed on a display of the first terminal, and transmitting, by the first terminal, the first flash card to the second terminals. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150074554 | CONTENT PRESENTATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A content presentation method includes: obtaining behavior history information of a user; determining a frequency for generating content based on the behavior history information and generating the content at the determined frequency, the content being for interaction with the user made by a device; and presenting the generated content to the user by distributing the generated content. For example, the determining further includes determining a type of the content to be generated based on the behavior history information and generating the content of the determined type. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150074555 | REARRANGING CHAT MESSAGES - Disclosed are a method of arranging messages and a device for supporting the same. A display is rearranged such that a first chat message and a second chat message are displayed consecutively, when a third chat message is displayed after the first chat message. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150074556 | Registering and Displaying Visual Attention MetaData in a Web Video Conferencing and Seminar System - A method is disclosed for portraying physical visual attention cues or visual cues normally present in a conventional physical world in a virtual conference or class. The visual cues can be emulated by electronic signals in a video environment through physical interactions with the computer input by the user or participant of the virtual conference or image recognition algorithms provided by the video conferencing system. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150074557 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE STATUS OF A REGISTERED USER ON A NETWORK - The invention relates to a presence status determination system and a computer implemented method to determine the presence status of a first user registered in a network and to communicate this presence status to a second user, who would like to make contact with the first user. An input device for a presence status determination device records a predetermined first presence status component determined by the first user and forwards the first presence status component to the presence status determination device ( | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150074558 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING INTELLEGENCE AND PRIORITIZATION TO CALENDARED EVENTS - Methods and systems are provided for displaying calendared events on a mobile computing device. The method includes: receiving, by the mobile computing device, a meeting invitation including meeting information and an email address; transmitting the email address to a customer relationship management (CRM) database; receiving, by the mobile computing device, contextual information associated with the email address from the CRM database; and displaying, by the mobile computing device, the meeting information and the contextual information. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150074559 | Automated Event Tagging - In one embodiment, a geo-social networking system that automatically determines an event and tags the event to photos uploaded from multiple users based on social and spatio-temporal proximity. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150082194 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING AUDIENCE INTERACTION AT CONFERENCES OR SEMINARS - The present invention describes a method and system for improving the interactive experience at a conference or seminar. Generally, a wireless device includes a presentation assistant application for facilitating communication between a presenter and an audience. The application receives a communication from either the presenter or an audience member. Moreover, the application transmits a communication from an audience member to the presenter, or a presenter to an audience member. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150082195 | SIMULTANEOUS EDITING/ACCESSING OF CONTENT BY COLLABORATOR INVITATION THROUGH A WEB-BASED OR MOBILE APPLICATION TO A CLOUD-BASED COLLABORATION PLATFORM - Techniques are disclosed for a web or mobile interface enabling users and collaborators to simultaneously comment, edit, or edit content in real time or near real time managed by a cloud-based collaboration platform. In one embodiment, the data to be accessed concurrently is presented or depicted at the multiple physical devices to the collaborators for viewing and accessing the data in real time or near real time. Each of the collaborators is able to view, re-edit, or re-modify in a concurrent fashion, at the collaborator's physical device, edits or modifications made to the data in real time or near real time as a result of any of the other collaborators accessing the data at their respective physical devices. In some instances, additional collaborators are specifiable for the data created for concurrent real time access in addition to those originally associated with the folder. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150082196 | SIMULTANEOUS EDITING/ACCESSING OF CONTENT BY COLLABORATOR INVITATION THROUGH A WEB-BASED OR MOBILE APPLICATION TO A CLOUD-BASED COLLABORATION PLATFORM - Techniques are disclosed for a web or mobile interface enabling users and collaborators to simultaneously comment, edit, or edit content in real time or near real time managed by a cloud-based collaboration platform. In one embodiment, the data to be accessed concurrently is presented or depicted at the multiple physical devices to the collaborators for viewing and accessing the data in real time or near real time. Each of the collaborators is able to view, re-edit, or re-modify in a concurrent fashion, at the collaborator's physical device, edits or modifications made to the data in real time or near real time as a result of any of the other collaborators accessing the data at their respective physical devices. In some instances, additional collaborators are specifiable for the data created for concurrent real time access in addition to those originally associated with the folder. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150082197 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING EVENT-BASED AUTOMATION IN CLOUD-BASED COLLABORATION PLATFORMS - Scalable architectures, systems, and services are provided herein for generating jobs by applying user-specified rules to events in an action log framework (ALF) stream is disclosed. More specifically, collaboration environments can include features or mechanisms that allow end-users or collaborators to perform a variety of actions such as, for example, file uploads and previews, or collaboration operations such as, for example, task assignment and comments. These actions can be captured or logged by an action log framework and, as described herein, automatically translated into one or more jobs by applying customizable user-specified rules. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150082198 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MANAGING USER INTERFACE FOR ACCESSING A CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM VIA MOBILE DEVICES - Techniques are disclosed for implementing an intuitive interface which can facilitate collaboration among the multiple users and collaborators as well as enable utilization of content in a shared space among multiple users in a more effective way. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving updates regarding activities performed by a user and one or more collaborators on contents in a workspace. The method further comprises displaying, on an interactive user interface, lists of information based on the updates to facilitate interaction from the user with respect to the updates. An example of the lists of information can include an activity and, if one or more files are associated with the activity, thumbnails that represent previews of the one or more files. In some embodiments, the thumbnails can enable the user to interact with the files and/or the collaborators. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150082199 | DOCUMENT VIEWING MECHANISM FOR DOCUMENT SHARING ENVIRONMENT - An improved application sharing system and method are described wherein a display of shared information is constructed such that application artifacts that are of no use to the viewer are not displayed to the viewer. In this way, a greatest possible portion of a viewing area can be used to display document content rather than such artifacts. In an embodiment, the functionality of reducing the display in this manner is engageable and disengageble by a viewing user. In a further embodiment of the invention, the functionality of reducing the display is automatically engaged and disengaged based on actions of a sharing user with respect to the shared information. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150082200 | PRESENTING CONTENT ITEMS RELEVANT TO A GROUP OF USERS - In a method of ranking or filtering new content items for presentation to members of a group of users of a social-networking service, content items that are candidates for presentation to the members are received. A user of the social-networking service is enabled to serve as a curator of the candidates, with the enabling including enabling the user to scroll through subsets of the candidates in a carousel user interface to indicate an opinion of the user with respect to an importance to the group of each of one or more candidates. One or more of the candidates are presented to the members of the group based on the opinion of the user with respect to the candidates. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150082201 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND SHARING METHOD THEREOF - A terminal apparatus configured to provide a chatting service, the apparatus comprising: a communicator configured to perform communication with a chatting service counterpart of another terminal apparatus through a server; a display configured to display on a chatting screen of the chatting service at least one application execution screen shared with the chatting service counterpart of the other terminal apparatus; and a controller configured to control the communicator to share a function related to the application execution screen executed according to a user's manipulation with the chatting service counterpart of the other terminal apparatus. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150082202 | UTILIZATION OF AN INSTANT MESSAGING ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for utilizing an instant messaging environment. An instant messaging client is created in association with each respective end user of at least two end users. Each instant messaging client in association with its respective end user includes at least two zones. Each zone corresponds exclusively to a unique end user. Each zone of the at includes at least two textboxes contiguously distributed within each zone. The at least two zones of each instant messaging client is configured to include a write-only zone specific to the respective end user and a read-only zone specific to each end user of all other end users exclusive of the respective end user. Each instant messaging client is provided to each respective end user of the at least two end users. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150089392 | METHOD TO FACILITATE RETRIEVING AN ALL READY REVIEWED DATALINK MESSAGE FOR REVIEW AGAIN - A data messaging system is provided. The data messaging system includes means for displaying a message log on a human-machine-interface (HMI) device; means for selecting at least one message identified for quick retrieval at a later time; means for storing the at least one selected message identified for quick retrieval in at least one save-selected-message log in one of a functional module and a computer, wherein a number of messages in the at least one save-selected-message log is much less than a number of messages in the message log by an end of a trip; means for displaying titles of the messages in the at least one save-selected-message log on the HMI device in place of the message log; and means for displaying a selected message associated with a title selected from the displayed titles of the messages in the at least one save-selected-message log. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089393 | ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENT ON A LARGE FORMAT DISPLAY - A technology for arrangement of interactive content on a large format display is disclosed. A heuristic determines content most likely to be interacted with by a user and rearranges content on the large format display to be closest to the user. For example, a window that was most recently interacted with can be arranged to be closest to a coordinate on the large format display that is closest to a user. Additionally, a display having a substantially “L-shaped” configuration allows for display of collaborative materials and video of remote participants simultaneously, which provides for a more natural interaction for a meeting participant interacting with the collaborative materials. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089394 | MEETING INTERACTIONS VIA A PERSONAL COMPUTING DEVICE - A technology for interacting with a collaborative videoconferencing environment is disclosed. A display having a substantially “L-shaped” configuration allows for display of collaborative materials and video of remote participants simultaneously, which provides for a more natural interaction for a meeting participant interacting with the collaborative materials. Meeting participants can electronically retrieve or send materials to the collaborative meeting via interactions with their personal computing devices. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089395 | ELECTRONIC TOOL AND METHODS FOR MEETINGS - An electronic meeting tool and method for communicating arbitrary media content from users at a meeting comprises a node configuration means adapted to operate a display node of a communications network, the display node being coupled to a first display. The node configuration means is adapted to receive user selected arbitrary media content and to control display of the user selected arbitrary media content on the first display. A peripheral device adapted to communicate the user selected arbitrary media content via the communications network is a connection unit comprising a connector adapted to couple to a port of a processing device having a second display, a memory and an operating system, and a transmitter. A program is adapted to obtain user selected arbitrary media content, said program leaving a zero footprint on termination. The user may trigger transfer of said user selected arbitrary media content to said transmitter. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089396 | Device, System, and Method of Identifying a specific user from a profile image containing multiple people - The present disclosure involves a method. A request is received from a user to participate in an electronic social network. In response to the receiving of the request, a user is prompted to upload a digital picture that is representative of the user. An uploaded digital picture is uploaded in response to the prompting. The uploaded digital picture of the user is scanned for human faces. The user is prompted to upload a different digital picture that is representative of the user if the scanning indicates that the uploaded digital picture contains no human faces. The user is prompted to identify the human face belonging to the user if the scanning indicates that the uploaded digital picture contains a plurality of human faces. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089397 | SOCIAL MEDIA HATS METHOD AND SYSTEM - The invention describes and claims a computer-implemented method and system of virtual exposure management for expeditious alteration of user's exposure characteristics in a social media environment. The system and method comprise a plurality of virtual exposure modes, corresponding to a set of social media data. The system and method further comprise a communication device that allows for user's selection of a set of options, including the selection of a virtual exposure mode. The method and system further comprise a set of linking data, with information for proper association of each virtual exposure mode with corresponding social media data. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089398 | Device, System, and Method of Selecting Favorite Users From An Electronic Virtual Social Network - A method of selecting favorite users from an electronic virtual social network is disclosed. A mobile computing device of a first user is used to perform a digital check-in to a venue within a predefined proximity of the first user. Other users have already digitally checked into the venue. On a screen of the mobile computing device of the first user, respective digital profiles of a first subset of the other users are displayed. In response to input from the first user, one or more second users who are within the first subset of the other users are designated as favorite users. On the screen of the mobile computing device of the first user, respective digital profiles of a second subset of the other users are displayed. The second subset of the other users includes the designated favorite user and users who are not within the first subset. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089399 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME FORMATION OF GROUPS AND DECENTRALIZED DECISION MAKING - Systems and methods for enabling the formation and analysis of social structures, such as groups, in real-time among a number of participants. Embodiments of the invention are also directed to systems and methods for enabling an understanding of the responses, opinions, or decisions of individual members of a group and how those may change and coalesce into one or more consensus views of a majority of the group. Embodiments of the invention may be applied to better understand the opinions and dynamically changing membership and characteristics of social structures in a variety of settings, including but not limited to educational, business, political, marketing and related environments. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089400 | DISPLAYING COMPLEX MESSAGING THREADS INTO A SINGLE DISPLAY - A method for organizing a message thread containing one or more messages. A root message and reply groupings are identified, each reply grouping depending from the root message. Each reply grouping has one or more child reply messages depending from a common parent message. The child reply messages within each reply grouping are ordered in chronological order based on the time of each of the one or more child reply messages was received or sent. The reply groupings are hierarchically ordering based on a relationship between the reply grouping and its parent message. A single display allows a user to view the message thread and the content of all of the messages in accordance with the hierarchical ordering. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089401 | SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD - A social network system includes one or more participant terminals operable to act as a client on a social network and a computer operable to act as a server on the social network and to communicate with each of the participant terminals over the social network. The computer includes: a memory configured to store a set of instructions; and a processor configured to execute the set of instructions. The set of instructions cause the processor to store and display video and audio content in digital form, and to display the video content as a banner, with posted content and control icons visible over the banner. Control icons provide on-off control and options for changing the banner video. Video content can be selected from video source data stored in the social networking system or alternatively from an external source. Formats for displaying video content include jpg, png, bmp, mp4, m4v, avi, f4v, Webm, and FLV. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150095802 | MECHANISM FOR COMPACTING SHARED CONTENT IN COLLABORATIVE COMPUTING SESSIONS - In an example embodiment disclosed herein, there is described methods and a system for sharing of content in collaborative computing sessions. The methods and the system are operable to initiate a collaborative computing session between a plurality of participant devices, wherein at least one participant device operates as a presenter device to share data with at least one other participant viewer device. The methods and system are further operable to designate data to be shared with at least one viewer device. The methods and system are also operable to transmit the designated shared data to the at least one viewer device, render the shared data for display on at least one viewer device, wherein the shared data is rendered in accordance with display capabilities of the at least one viewer device, and display the rendered shared data on the at least one viewer device. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095803 | SOCIAL NETWORK CAPABLE OF RECOMMENDING FRIENDS AND FRIEND RECOMMENDATION METHOD - A friend recommendation method is applied for a social network. The social network stores a relationship between to-be-recommended friends and image characters of images uploaded by each to-be-recommended friend. The method includes the following steps. Obtaining all images uploaded to the social network by each user. Determining an image fingerprint of each obtained image. Determining that a combination of the image fingerprints of all the images uploaded by the user is an image character of the images uploaded by the user. Determining a similarity value between the determined image character and the stored image character of each to-be-recommended friend. Determining to recommend which of the to-be-recommended friends to one user according to the determined similarity values. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095804 | IMAGE WITH AUDIO CONVERSATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method are presented to allow audio communication between users concerning an image. The originator of the communication uses a mobile device app to select an image and record an audio commentary. The image, audio commentary, and metadata are submitted to a cloud server for storage. The app uses the server to analyze a recipient address to determine the preferred mode of delivery. If the recipient is a known user of the app, the file is delivered without combining the image, audio commentary, and metadata into a standard movie file. Otherwise, the originator's app delivers the file through MMS or e-mail for the recipient as a movie file for viewing using a standard video player. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095805 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC CONFERENCING SYSTEM - An electronic conferencing system connects a main device and a terminal in a communicable manner while allowing an image file to be shared therebetween for mutually displaying. The main device includes a tablet that receives a designation operation of a position on a screen of its display section; and a drawing processing section that creates drawing information, based on which a designation position designated by the tablet is displayed in blue, and drawing information, based on which, in response to an instruction operation of another new series of position, the display of the designated position is changed in color from blue to red. Such drawing information, is transmitted to the terminal for displaying on the terminal side. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095806 | TOOL FOR TRACKING VERSIONS OF MEDIA SECTIONS IN A COMPOSITE PRESENTATION - A computer readable medium storing a media editing application for creating media presentations is described. The application includes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI has (1) a composite display area for displaying graphical representations of a set of media clips that are part of the composite presentation, (2) a navigation tool including several selectable navigation markers associated with several navigable locations in the composite presentation, and (3) a version management feature for (a) indicating whether each location has been modified, (b) providing an option to create a new version of each location, and (c) providing access to previously-saved versions of each location. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095807 | CREATION, SHARING AND EMBEDDING OF INTERACTIVE CHARTS - Systems and methods for generating and sharing interactive charts are described. The interactive charts are generated in an online portal that allows users to customize the interactive features of the chart. An online portal may also be provided to allow users to automatically embed interactive chart(s) in another website without reprogramming the code of the website each time the interactive chart(s) are changed or new interactive chart(s) are added. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150100897 | COHORT-BASED PRESENTATION OF USER INTERACTION DATA - An interactive, customizable, user interaction data analysis system is disclosed. The system may be configured to provide cohort-based analysis and/or graphical visualizations of user interaction data to a system operator. User interaction data may be obtained, for example, as users interact with one or more software applications. In various embodiments, interactive and customizable visualizations and analyses provided by the system may be based on user interaction data aggregated across groups of users (also referred to as cohorts of users), across particular time frames, and/or from particular software and/or computer-based applications. According to various embodiments, the system may enable insights into, for example, user interaction patterns, the frequency of software application features accessed, the performance of various aspects of software applications, and/or crashes of software applications, among others. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100898 | GAMIFIED KNOWLEDGEBASE AND SOCIAL NETWORK APPLICATION - In a knowledgebase system, such as a WIKI, content submissions to the knowledgebase system may be contributed by multiple authors in a collaborative editing environment. In some embodiments of the present invention, author citations are incorporated to demarcate content contributions by author, and to provide corresponding attribution. In other embodiments, a gamification engine and social network are employed to further incentivize content contributions to the knowledgebase system, and to assist with content management and curation. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100899 | COMPLIMENTING A USER'S EXPERIENCE IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING - A user profile for a user of a social networking system may include experiences, such as work, educational, travel, and interests. The social networking system provides a profile page for a user's user profile that allows users to compliment the user on the experience. If a user wants to compliment another user on an experience not present on that user's user profile, the user can add the experience along with the compliment. Complimenting users on their experiences allows a reputation ranking to be created based on compliments received in a particular domain, which are searchable by user of the social networking system. The compliments may be used by the social networking system to build a domain-based reputation ranking of users of a social networking system. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100900 | File Transmission Method and System and Controlling Device - A file transmission method, a file transmission system, and a controlling device are provided. The method includes: recognizing, by a controlling device, an absolute operation direction of operating a selected file; determining, by the controlling device according to the absolute operation direction, layout of a manipulation environment, and a location of a controlled device in the layout of the manipulation environment, a target controlled device with which the selected file is shared; and transmitting, by the controlling device, the selected file to the target controlled device to share the selected file. When a file is transmitted between devices, a user can transmit a selected file to a controlled device simply by pushing the selected file on the controlling device toward the target controlled device, so that the selected file is transmitted to and shared with the controlled device. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150106746 | Electronic Whiteboard and Touch Screen Method for Configuring and Applying Metadata Tags Thereon - An electronic whiteboard and a touch screen method for configuring and applying metadata tags on an electronic whiteboard allows user-defined and user-classified metadata tags to be configured and applied to objects “on the fly” through touch screen inputs on the electronic whiteboard, providing object tagging in electronic whiteboard sessions that is less cumbersome, less disruptive to creative flow and more precise than conventional methods. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150106747 | GROUPWARE MANAGEMENT - The present invention relates to a system, method and computer program product for managing a groupware system. The groupware system includes records associated with one or more groups of members. The method includes: listening for or intercepting a change in members of a group including adding new members and/or removing old members; locating records associated with the original group members; and updating the located records by adding the new members or removing the old members. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150106748 | DOCUMENT EXPLORATION, ANALYSIS, AND COLLABORATION TECHNIQUES - Various embodiments of systems and methods for document exploration, analysis, and collaboration are described herein. In an aspect, the method includes receiving a command for displaying a document. Upon receiving the command, it is determined whether the document includes an erroneous data. Based upon the determination, the document is displayed along with a highlighted erroneous data. A primary mode of operation and/or the secondary mode of operation is preformed on the highlighted erroneous data. When the primary mode of operation is performed, one or more sub-data constituting the erroneous data is displayed. When the secondary mode of operation is performed on the erroneous data, a cell action menu is displayed to enable user perform at least one of sharing the erroneous data to one or more recipients, annotating the erroneous data, marking the erroneous data as favorite, and exporting the erroneous data to other application. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150106749 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING LOCATION INFORMATION AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME - A method and a system for sharing location information and a recording medium using the same are provided. The present method obtains graphic location information by a first display software, and insert the document to a document corresponding to a second display software. The document is then transmitted to a remote device. Accordingly, through reading the document, the remote device can directly activate the applicable display software to display the graphic location information originally shared by the user of the mobile device. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150113441 | LAYER-BASED IMAGE UPDATES - A system for layered-based image updates is disclosed. In the system, a server may receive information corresponding to a modification to an image made by a user; generate a layer that includes the modification to the image; store the layer; and publish the image as an updated image, including the layer, to cause a user device to display the updated image, information identifying the user, and an indication that the user is associated with the layer. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150113442 | User Interface Push Channel - Systems and methods for establishing UI push channels are disclosed. The UI push channels can be used to broadcast event notifications to multiple UIs whenever the information in an underlying data source is changed. In response to the event notifications, the UIs may update or refresh the displayed information so as to include the most current information in the data source. UI push channels are defined by associations between an application messaging channel (AMC) and the UI connection used to communicate with the client computing device and the application server. In particular, the UI push channels can be established by an AMC definition that defines a target data source, subscriber entities, and publisher entities. The listing of the publishers and the subscribers in the AMC definition infer the associations between the corresponding AMC and the UI connections. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150113443 | SYSTEM FOR INLINE EXPANSION OF SOCIAL NETWORK CONTENT AND METHOD THEREFOR - A device, system, and method may variously include a network interface device communicatively coupled to a user interface and a processor, coupled to the network interface device, configured to cause the user interface to display a newsfeed including social network content items, the newsfeed being configured to scroll to display ones of the social network content items on the user interface. At least one of the content items includes a title and content. The content item is configurable in an expanded state corresponding to displaying all of the content of the content item upon a user selection and a contracted state corresponding to displaying a sub-portion of the content. The newsfeed is configured to display the content items in the contracted state upon the social network content item scrolling onto the user interface without respect to the content item being in an expanded state when previously displayed. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150113444 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A USER INTERFACE FOR A SOCIAL NETWORK AND METHOD THEREFOR - A device, system, and method may variously include or utilize a processor to cause a user device to display a content selection display area and a content display area. The content selection display area may include subject matter categories and icons, at least some of the icons being individually associated with at least one of the subject matter categories and at least some of the categories being associated with at least one of the plurality of icons. Each category is associated with at most a predetermined number of the plurality of icons. The content display area is configured to display content corresponding to at least one of the plurality of icons as selected in the content selection display area. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150113445 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A USER INTERFACE FOR A SOCIAL NETWORK AND METHOD THEREFOR - A device, system, and method may include a network interface device communicatively coupled to a user interface. The device, system, and method may further include a processor, coupled to the network interface device, configured to cause the user interface to display a content display area, the content display area configured to display a of pages. At least one of the pages is displayed based on a user selection and at least one of the pages being displayed without respect to a user selection. The of pages form a stack with respect to one another, a newly selected one of the of pages being displayed on a top of the stack and an oldest-selected one of the of pages being displayed on a bottom of the stack, ones of the of pages not on the top of the stack being displayed only in part | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150113446 | Providing Enhanced Application Interoperability - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing enhanced application interoperability are presented. In some embodiments, a computing device may present, on at least one display screen, a first user interface that is associated with a first application. In response to determining that the at least one display screen has been rotated from a first orientation to a second orientation, the computing device may present, on the at least one display screen, a second user interface that is associated with a second application different from the first application. In one or more embodiments, the second user interface may include at least some information that is contextually related to information included in the first user interface. In addition, a state of the first application may be preserved when the second user interface that is associated with the second application is presented. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150121249 | Heterogenous content channel manager for ubiquitous computer software systems - A heterogeneous content channel manager is provided for content management and collaboration within and across interactive workspaces. A content channel bar, available on each of the displays in the workspace(s), contains two or more unique representations of respectively two or more different channels available in the interactive workspace(s). Within the set of available channels on each channel bar two or more different channel types are represented. Furthermore, each one of the unique representations in the content channel bar represents different and unique content supported by their respective channels and their types. Channel selection on the channel bar initiates display, on the display where the channel selection was made, of the content represented by the selected representation and channel in a manner appropriate for the channel's type. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150121250 | PROVIDING INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT FOR WEB REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS (WebRTC) INTERACTIVE FLOWS, AND RELATED METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA - Intelligently managing Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) interactive flows, and related systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system for intelligently managing WebRTC interactive flows comprises at least one communications interface, and an associated computing device comprising a WebRTC client. The WebRTC client is configured to receive a user input gesture directed to one or more visual representations corresponding to one or more WebRTC users, and determine a context for the WebRTC client based on a current state of the WebRTC client. The WebRTC client is further configured to obtain one or more identity attributes associated with the one or more WebRTC users, and provide one or more WebRTC interactive flows including the one or more WebRTC users based on the context, the user input gesture, and the one or more identity attributes. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150121251 | Method, System and Program Product for Facilitating Communication through Electronic Devices - A method, system and program product comprise processing a sender's inputted text message. The text message is combined with a selected avatar representing the sender. The avatar is combined with a selected state of mind. The selected state of mind is modified with a selected intensity. At least the text message and the combined avatar are ordered into a scene of a sender's message in an order specified by the sender. The sender's message is transmitted to a receiver's device where the sender's message is operable to be viewed by the receiver in the order specified by the sender. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150121252 | Combined Data Streams for Group Calls - A communication system enabling group calls comprises a communication network, a plurality of communication devices connected to the communication network, wherein each communication device is responsive to at least one user and includes means for providing a data stream, and a processing component connected to the communication network, configured to receive the data streams from at least some of the plurality of communication devices via the communication network, and to generate from the data streams a combined data stream. The processing component is further configured to provide the combined data stream to at least one of the plurality of communication devices. Furthermore, a communication device and a method for enabling group calls are provided. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150121253 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION FUNCTION STARTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication terminal includes a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, a function selecting screen that contains a first icon for receiving a selection of a first communication function and a second icon for receiving a selection of a second communication function. The first communication function is to provide communication using a signaling protocol for connecting to or disconnecting from a destination of communication and an encoding protocol for encapsulating communication data in IP packets. The second communication function is to provide communication using the same signaling protocol and a different encoding protocol. The communication terminal also includes a receiving unit configured to receive a selection of the first icon or the second icon; and a starting unit configured to start the first communication function and the second communication function in response to the selection of the first icon and the second icon, respectively. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150121254 | FOOD FEEDBACK INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An interface, computer-implemented process, and system are provided to facilitate a community for sharing food choices in an online social forum (e.g., in a crowd sourced feedback forum) or network. A process includes receiving an image of food by a first user (e.g., from a user's smartphone camera), causing communication of the image of the food for delivery to devices of other users, and receiving comments from at least one other user based on the communicated image of the food. The comments may then be communicated back to the original user as feedback on the food. The images may be shared only with selected other users, e.g., coaches. One or more other users or coaches may be selected to receive a first user's images based on a user's profile, responses to questions, desires of the user, pre-selection by the first user, or the like. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150128069 | Viewing Full Screen Applications in a Sharing Session - An attendee device in an online conference session views a shared application window in a full screen mode. The attendee device receives data for content being shared by a host device, including at least one application window at a first resolution. The attendee device receives an input to enter a full screen mode for one of the application windows and determines whether displaying that application window at a second resolution for the full screen mode requires the image data to be magnified. When displaying the application window at the second resolution requires magnified image data, the attendee device requests the magnified image data from the meeting server facilitating the conference session. The meeting server provides the magnified image data to the attendee device, and the attendee device displays the application window in full screen mode using the magnified image data. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150128070 | Additional Service Executing Apparatus Included in User Terminal to Provide Additional Service, and Method for Providing Additional Service Using Same - The present invention relates to an additional service executing apparatus included in a user terminal to provide an additional service, and to a method for providing an additional service using the apparatus. Provided is an additional service executing apparatus having a display unit, included in a user terminal to provide an additional service, the apparatus comprising: an additional service menu interface providing unit which is driven by a signal generated upon the detection of a preset event, and which outputs an additional service menu interface corresponding to the detected event on the display unit; and an additional service execution unit for providing an additional service by performing an operation corresponding to the additional service menu selected through the additional service menu interface by a user. Also provided is a method for providing an additional service using the apparatus. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150128071 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE - A method for providing a social network service (SNS) to share predetermined data between users who are acquaintances of each other includes transmitting music-matched photo data from one or more user terminals and registering the photo data in the service providing server. The music-matched photo data includes one or more of photo data matched to predetermined music transmitted from a user terminal of a user, photo data matched to predetermined music transmitted from user terminals of users who are acquaintances of the user, and photo data recommended a predetermined number of times or more or ranked in a predetermined place or higher in terms of recommendation among photo data registered as being matched to the predetermined music. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150128072 | FEEDBACK MECHANISM - A feedback application may be executing on a data processing system to transmit a screen update to at least two computers. The feedback application receives an indication of completion from a first computer, in response to transmitting the screen update. The feedback application updates a completion gauge to indicate a partial completion among participants, in response to receiving the indication of completion from the first computer. The feedback application receives a second indication of completion from a second computer, in response to transmitting the screen update. The feedback application updates the completion gauge to indicate a completion among participants, in response to receiving the indication of completion from the second computer. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150135095 | SMART SCHEDULING AND REPORTING FOR TEAMS - The present disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for providing collaboration among users within a group and to provide improved scheduling and reports based on group characteristics. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150135096 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTEXT-AWARE CONTACT DETAILS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for displaying context-aware contact details. An example system gathers information associated with behavior of a first user, wherein a list of contacts on a communication system for a second user contains the first user. The system can select, from the information, an information snippet related to a current activity context of one of the first user or the second user. The system displays the information snippet to the second user while the second user interacts with an identifier of the first user in the current activity context. In one variation, the system can further detect a request for information from the second user, and display the information snippet to the second user in response to the request. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150135097 | FILE-LEVEL COMMENTING - Various embodiments provide a commenting system for multiple users to provide and share comments to shared content items. For example, users can share a web link to a collection of content items, such as documents, spreadsheets, photos, and any other media, with other users stored in an online content management system. To enable such functionality, the online content management system can expose an application programming interface to enable third-party service providers to develop and attach a comment interface to content items. Accordingly, such a commenting system can provide a comment interface for concurrent display alongside a respective content item in which users can provide comments to shared content items or to use as notes for their personal content items. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150135098 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODE-NEUTRAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH A WIDGET-BASED COMMUNICATIONS METAPHOR - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing communications mode neutrally using widgets. The method includes presenting via a graphical user interface (GUI) a set of connected graphical elements representing a communication session comprising at least two communicating users, wherein each graphical element representing a user further comprises at least one graphical sub-element indicating user communication details, receiving user input associated with the set of connected graphical elements, the user input having an action associated with the communication session, and performing the action based on the received user input. The graphical sub-elements can indicate a communication mode through which an associated user connects to the communication session and/or available communication modes for an associated user. The graphical sub-elements can include a telephone, mobile phone, instant message, camera, video camera, microphone, text-message, document, headset, or email icon. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150143260 | State-Machine-Driven User-Interface Interactions - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a client computing device, an input associated with a user interface of an application. The user interface may include multiple elements. The client computing device may transition from a first state of the application to a second state of the application based on the input. The client computing device may then determine one or more listeners associated with the application that are registered to receive information when the second state of the application is entered. The client computing device may provide information associated with the second state of the application to one or more of the listeners, and the listeners may implement one or more changes to one or more elements of the user interface in response to the transition to the second state of the application. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150143261 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Multiple information processing terminals, among which display data to be displayed on a display screen of one of the information processing terminals can be shared, are disclosed. The information processing terminal includes a rendering unit which renders information on the display data of the information processing terminal based on an operation of a user; a display synchronization unit which renders the information rendered by the rendering unit on the display data displayed on display screens of the information processing terminals other than the information processing terminal; a calculation unit which calculates an information amount based on the information rendered by the rendering unit; and a rendering suppression unit which suppresses rendering of the information on the display data of the information processing terminal by the rendering unit when the information amount is at least a predetermined value. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150143262 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIEWERS TO COMMENT ON TELEVISION PROGRAMS FOR DISPLAY ON REMOTE WEBSITES USING MOBILE APPLICATIONS - A software system, method, application that allows television and cinema viewers to create, store, and display on remote websites comments pertaining to viewed content (e.g. programs, streaming movies, advertisements). The viewer utilizes an electronic computing device (e.g. smartphone, television with Internet connectivity, etc.) and comprising an application (e.g. mobile app, IVT app) to enter comments and transmit them to a third party database for storage and/or display on website(s) (e.g. social media). The applications display user interface elements allowing the viewer to identify the television content (i.e. title of show), and to receive comment data input, which is then transmitted to remote second servers for storage, and/or for display by the second servers on websites, and/or viewing in applications by other users, who may respond to the comments. The data from a plurality of end-user's comments may be statistically analyzed before distribution to third parties, such as marketing firms. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150143263 | INTEGRATED COLLABORATIVE USER INTERFACE FOR A DOCUMENT EDITOR PROGRAM - An integrated collaborative user interface for a document editor is provided. The integrated collaborative user interface includes a document pane, document details pane and a section details pane. Document details and section details are obtained and provided to authors. A collaborative author views the document details, section details and provides updates to a document in the document editor. Changes are then refreshed to the authors to provide a consistent and up-to-date status of the document. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150149929 | Managing Information and Content Sharing in a Virtual Collaboration Session - Systems and methods for managing information and content sharing in a virtual collaboration session. In some embodiments, a method may include creating a virtual collaboration workspace for a plurality of participants, where each of the participants operates a device configured to access the workspace, the workspace including a public portion and a plurality of private portions, the public portion accessible to each of the participants and each of the plurality of private portions accessible to a corresponding participant to the exclusion of at least another participant. The method may also include providing, to a given one of the participants, a representation of the public portion and a representation of the given participant's corresponding private portion, where the representation of the public portion and the representation of the given participant's corresponding private portion are renderable concurrently in a single window of a graphical user interface displayable by the given participant's device. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149930 | COMMUNICATION USER INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The principles described herein provide methods and systems of providing a user interface to allow a user to compose and send an electronic communication quickly and conveniently. For example, a user interface includes split-pane interface having a navigable tray area and a composition area. The navigable tray area may include categories of trays, each tray including a navigable listing of content items that may form part of the electronic communication. The navigable tray area allows the user to navigate from one tray to the next to access different types of content items to be used in composing the electronic communication. When composing an electronic communication, a user can select an item in a tray, and the item is previewed in the composition area and can become part of the electronic communication. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149931 | INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM, INFORMATION SHARING METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE - An information sharing system includes a computer network formed of terminals and a server and allows information about a posted message to be shared among users. The system or a terminal acquires a question message input via the terminal together with positional information associated with the question message and causes the acquired question message to be accessible to the users. The system or terminal acquires an answer message input by a respondent via the terminal as an answer to the question message and causes the acquired answer message to be accessible to the users. The system or terminal acquires positional information of the respondent and restricts the respondent accessing the question message on the basis of question positional information that is the positional information associated with the question message and respondent positional information that is the acquired positional information of the respondent. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149932 | INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM, INFORMATION SHARING METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE - An information sharing system includes a computer network formed of terminals and a server and allows information about a posted message to be shared among users. The system or a terminal acquires a question message input via the terminal together with positional information associated with the question message and causes the acquired question message to be accessible to the users. The system or terminal acquires an answer message input by a respondent via the terminal as an answer to the question message and causes the acquired answer message to be accessible to the users. The system or terminal acquires positional information of the respondent and restricts the respondent accessing the question message on the basis of question positional information that is the positional information associated with the question message and respondent positional information that is the acquired positional information of the respondent. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149933 | USER INTERFACE WIDGET UNIT SHARING FOR APPLICATION USER INTERFACE DISTRIBUTION - Embodiments of the invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to application sharing and provide a method, system and computer program product for user interface widget unit based application sharing. In a first embodiment, a data processing system for user interface widget unit based application sharing, can include a dynamic widget server communicatively linked to a dynamic widget browser. The dynamic widget browser can include program code enabled to render a user interface including one or more remote dynamic widgets peered to corresponding dynamic widgets for a dynamic view for an application launched by the dynamic widget server. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149934 | Composition of Customized Presentations Associated with a Social Media Applicaiton - According to a general aspect, a method can include receiving a request, triggered via a consumer account, to access, using a social media application, a plurality of sharer content. The sharer content can be associated with a sharer account using the social media application. The method can include retrieving, in response to the request, a consumer value and a relationship value. The consumer value can represent an interaction with the social media application via the consumer account and the relationship value can characterize a relationship between a consumer identifier of the consumer account and a sharer identifier of the sharer account. The method can include selecting a subset of sharer content from the plurality of sharer content based on a combination of the consumer value and the relationship value, and can include defining a portion of a presentation customized for the consumer account using the selected subset of sharer content. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150293682 | EVALUATING PORTIONS OF CONTENT IN AN ONLINE COMMUNITY - An approach is described for evaluating portions of content in an online community. An associated method may include displaying a content post in an online community interface and, upon detecting a selection of an option in the online community interface to evaluate the content post, requesting a selection of one or more portions of the content post and an evaluation of the selected one or more portions. Requesting such evaluation may include requesting selection of a favorability score on a predefined scale for each of the selected one or more portions. Previously evaluated portions or portions predetermined via natural language processing or audiovisual processing may be displayed to facilitate evaluation of the content post. The method further may include, upon receiving a selection of one or more portions and an evaluation of the selected one or more portions, updating display of the content post to reflect the evaluation. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150295777 | COLLABORATIVE MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION - A method includes, within a Graphical User Interface (GUI), displaying a contact list and a conversation container to a user, the contact list including a plurality of contact objects, the conversation container being an active object used to represent an ongoing conversation, receiving input from a user through the GUI, the input instructing the client computing system to move a first contact object from the plurality of contact objects over the conversation container and drop the first contact object into the conversation container, in response to dropping the first contact object into the conversation container, instructing a server to open a first communication session between the client system and a first device associated with the one of the contact objects, the first communication session being of a first media type, and engaging in communication through the first communication session with the first device. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150301703 | FILTERING CONTENT IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE - A social networking service presents information about the social network using multiple feeds in a user interface and provides mechanisms for filtering the content. A content feed includes the most recent content generated by the user's connections, and a highlights feed displays content based on importance and relevance. A user may add content to the social networking service through a composer interface. A user may also filter either or both of the content feed and the highlights feed using a filtering interface, which allows selective filtering of the feeds using one or more different types of filters, including as filtering by the source of the content, friends or networks, and/or content type. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301711 | COMPUTERIZED PROCESSING OF PICTORIAL RESPONSES IN EVALUATIONS - A system and methods for computerized processing of evaluations containing responses in a pictorial from are disclosed. The system is suitable for interpreting and displaying contextualized responses in evaluations, such as knowledge assessments and surveys. The system includes a collection terminal for obtaining evaluation response data and a processing terminal with memory storing an evaluation template containing processing rules. The processing method locates areas of interest containing pictorial responses and carries out analysis of each area, which includes locating the area within the obtained data, identifying type of the response within the area, and determining value of a response within the area by applying a processing method corresponding to the type of the response. Then the response is recorded in a database and is available for display in a context of an evaluation. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301720 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING GROUP COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN AN ONLINE EVENT - Systems, methods, and devices for combining user communications are described herein. In some embodiments, indicators corresponding to online participants accessing an online event are provided on a user interface. An input selecting one of the indicators may be detected from an online participant, and a merged display of the selected indicator and the indicator of the online participant who made the selection may be presented on the user interface. In response to the input, a communications link between the online participants of the merged display may be created. The communication link may allow transmission of reception of prioritized communication between the online participants of the merged display. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301723 | NETWORK BASED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLABORATIVE DESIGN - A method and apparatus are disclosed for collaborative design using a digital image. A networked system includes a web server, a database accessible by the web server, and a client computer connected with the web server for modifying a design set forth in a digital image and uploading a first modified version of the digital image. The web server hosts a web-based collaborative design application for modifying a room design depicted in a digital image, and published on a website hosted by the web server. The database stores information published on the website. The client computer can be used for designing a room based on a digital image of a room scene, and uploading the digital images, under control of a first user, to the web server. The collaborative design application is accessible by the first user to post the digital images for storage in the database, and is accessible via the Internet by a second user for posting of a redesign and comment. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150304369 | SHARING CONTENT BETWEEN COLLOCATED MOBILE DEVICES IN AN AD-HOC PRIVATE SOCIAL GROUP - A content sharing platform for sharing content between collocated mobile devices in an ad-hoc private social group is disclosed. The content sharing platform enables users of collocated mobile devices to discover an ad-hoc private social group. A content group identifier identifying a content group is shared with users in the ad-hoc private social group. The content group identifier enables users in the content group to access a web user interface to share content with the content group. The users' interactions with the content are processed in real-time for all the collocated mobile devices in the content group. The content sharing platform displays context-aware and history-aware features of the content through the web user interface. Users of the content sharing platform may share, interact and collaborate with content in real-time in their collocated mobile devices. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150304373 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SELECTING A RELEVANT USER FOR INTRODUCTION TO A USER IN AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods of selecting a relevant user for introduction to a user in an online environment are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, of receiving a request to identify the relevant user to be introduced to the participating user in the social network, identifying a set of social history records that occurred among the multiple users in the social network, selecting, from the multiple users, the relevant user to be introduced to the participating user using the set of social history records. The relevant user that is selected is not a social connection of the participating user in the social network. One embodiment includes, determining whether the participating user is interested in meeting the relevant user in the social network based on an indication made by the participating user via interaction with the user device. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150304374 | APPLICATION OF COMMENTS IN MULTIPLE APPLICATION FUNCTIONALITY CONTENT - Application of comments to a variety of application functionality content is provided. Comments may be entered and displayed in a comments user interface component directly in line in the text or other objects of a document or other content item. Displayed comments may be collapsed to a simplified comments tab that may remain displayed in the associated document or content item. Selection of the comments tab may allow for expansion of the comments user interface component to full size. The comments tab may likewise be collapsed to an icon or other image displayed next to the associated content, and the icon or other image may be configured to provide an indication of the length of an associated comments conversation thread. One or more social feedback mechanisms may be employed to show feedback on a given component or portion of a document or content item. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150309714 | NAVIGATING INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATIONS WITH COLLABORATIVE FILTERING - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for navigating interactive visualizations of a business analysis application based on collaborative filtering. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a recommender that functions together with a visualization tool and business analytics application. This recommender can track use of interactive visualizations provided by the visualization tool, e.g., views selected, functions performed, navigation between views, etc., by various users to build a set of inquiry histories. Then, based on these histories and possibly other considerations, recommendations can be made to a current user as to which views, functions, etc. might be useful or insightful. In other words, embodiments of the present invention track the analysis behavior of each user and recommend which views may be of interest for the corresponding analysis task based on the behavior of similar users in similar situations. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150312182 | COMPOSING MESSAGES WITHIN A COMMUNICATION THREAD - One or more embodiments described herein include methods and systems of organizing a user interface of a communication system. More specifically, systems and methods described herein provide users the ability to easily and effectively compose an electronic communication directly in a communication thread, thus reducing user interface clutter. Additionally, systems and methods described herein selectively provide display elements within a messaging user interface according to the type of message a user is creating. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150312184 | FACILITATING THE SENDING OF MULTIMEDIA AS A MESSAGE - One or more embodiments described herein include methods and systems of sending multimedia content items as electronic communications. More specifically, systems and methods described herein provide user the ability to easily and effectively select multimedia content items stored on a computing device for inclusion in a communication session without navigating away from the communication session. Additionally, systems and methods described herein provide a user the ability to edit multimedia content items for inclusion in the communication session. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150312291 | CROWDSOURCED CONTENT PUBLICATION PLATFORM - A system, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method for creating a crowdsourced content publication. Layout information defining a layout of elements of a crowdsourced content publication is received. Contribution privilege information identifying a group of users of a social networking service as contributors to the crowdsourced content publication is received. The group of users may belong to a common organization as defined by a social graph maintained by the social networking service. Content criteria information specifying one or more criteria for selection of content included in the crowdsourced content publication is then received. The layout information, contribution privilege information, and content criteria information are then processed to generate a template for the crowdsourced content publication. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150317073 | TASK MANAGEMENT FROM WITHIN A DATA FEED - A system, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method for assigning a task based on content presented in a data feed are presented. A data feed that includes a set of content items is presented. Each of the content items included in the data feed may include a graphical user interface element capable of invoking task assignment functionality with respect to each content item. A task based on a content item presented in the data feed may be created and assigned to a selected user in response to receiving a selection of the graphical user interface element. The method may further include generating an individual status report for the user that includes every task assigned to the user. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150319113 | MANAGING MODALITY VIEWS ON CONVERSATION CANVAS - A communication application displays a modality view that may be one of a collaboration, a gallery, or a messaging view on a conversation canvas. The application may display an initial view according a modality selection by the user. A user is enabled to select a next view from the set by providing a user action such as a tap, swipe action, etc. The application dynamically generates the next modality view according to the initial view. Common participants and common contexts are used to configure the next view. Subsequent to configuration, the application displays the next modality view on the conversation canvas by transitioning from the initial view. The application retains session information from the initial view to restore the initial view session if the user selects to return to the initial view. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150319198 | CROWDSOURCING FOR DOCUMENTS AND FORMS - Techniques are disclosed for making an electronic document easier to use based on prior interactions with the same or a similar document by other users. An electronic document is presented to one or more users in an interactive environment. Interactions between the users and the document can be recorded as usage data. The usage data may represent one or more operations performed on the electronic document by the users. Based on the usage data, an enhanced user interaction feature associated with the document is configured. The electronic document and the enhanced user interaction feature are then presented to another user in another interactive environment. The enhanced user interaction feature makes using the document easier than it would be if the feature was not present, particularly for users who are unfamiliar with the document. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150319202 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DRAG AND DROP CONTENT SHARING IN A MULTI-DEVICE ENVIRONMENT - Methods and systems for interacting with graphical user interface elements to invoke commands and initiate requests in a multi-device environment are described | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150319203 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CHAT ENABLED ONLINE SEARCH - Various systems, methods, and apparatuses provide for receiving location data indicative of a location of an initiating user; identifying at least one other user within a predefined distance of the initiating user; identifying at least one existing interactive chat session based on the location of the initiating user; and generating and providing a waiting room indicative of the identified at least one other user and the at least one existing interactive chat session to a graphical user interface of a user device of the initiating user, wherein the waiting room facilitates receiving a selection from the initiating user to at least one of join at least one of the at least one existing interactive chat session and create a new interactive chat session. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150319232 | PEER-TO-PEER MESSAGING SYSTEM - A messaging system is provided. The messaging system may include a plurality of computers with a user interface, at least one program products and a message manager having an album menu adapted to bundle and embed at least one data set into a single peer-to-peer message or an album. The messaging system may be performed by a computer acting as a sending peer and at least one computer acting as the recipient peer. The sending peer may open the album menu on the user interface, wherein the sending peer selects at least one intended recipient peer and the at least one data set to form at least one album. Next the sending peer transmits a single or multicast album, which may be received at one or more recipient peer, so that the at least one recipient peer may open, view and save the subject matter of the messaged album. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150319263 | NON-SUBJECTIVE QUALITY ANALYSIS OF DIGITAL CONTENT ON TABLETOP DEVICES - A method of evaluating digital content displayed on an electronic tabletop device includes receiving a plurality of non-intentional signals generated in response to a plurality of users interacting with at least one of the digital content displayed on the electronic tabletop device and each other, classifying the plurality of non-intentional signals into a first set of data including user-specific non-intentional signals and a second set of data including collaborative non-intentional signals, correlating the plurality of non-intentional signals to user profiles corresponding to the plurality of users, and generating an evaluation report including information indicating a collaborative quality of the digital content based on the plurality of non-intentional signals and a correlation of the plurality of non-intentional signals to the user profiles. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150324094 | DYNAMIC ACCESS TO EXTERNAL MEDIA CONTENT BASED ON SPEAKER CONTENT - An interactive conference is supplemented based on terminology content. Terminology content from a plurality of devices connected to the interactive conference is monitored. A set of words from the terminology content is selected. Supplemental media content at an external source is identified based on the selected set of words, and selectively made available to a device connected to the interactive conference. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324536 | Medical Support System and Method Thereof (as amended) - A medical support system enables one server bidirectionally connected to one terminal to bidirectionally communicate with another server bidirectionally connected to another terminal. Each of the one server and the other server comprises: a conference processing unit configured to perform a conference between the one terminal and the other terminal; an image sharing processing unit configured to bidirectionally share an image between the one server and the other server; and a control unit configured to control the entire server over a network, wherein the control unit of the one server transmits only operation information sent from the one terminal to the control unit of the other server, and the control unit of the other server controls based on the received operation information. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150326622 | GENERATING A FORM RESPONSE INTERFACE IN AN ONLINE APPLICATION - An approach is described for generating a form response interface in an online application. An associated system may include a processor and a memory storing an application program, which, when executed on the processor, performs an operation that may include identifying a content post in an online application interface and facilitating evaluation of the content post. Upon determining that the content post is form-addressable based on the evaluation, the operation may include generating a form response interface element including multiple alternatives and updating the online application interface to display the form response interface element with the content post. Facilitating evaluation according to the operation may include parsing language in the content post to determine the presence of a form-addressable interrogatory element. Facilitating evaluation according to the operation further may include analyzing comments posted in response to the content post to determine the presence of form-addressable common language elements. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150326623 | REAL TIME MONITORING OF USERS WITHIN A PREDETERMINED RANGE AND SELECTIVE RECEIPT OF VIRTUAL CARDS - Methods of selectively distributing virtual cards between mobile devices, comprising providing a plurality of mobile devices assigned to a plurality of users, wherein a software program manages a user account comprising a collection virtual cards, wherein the virtual cards include different profiles of a same user, wherein the account further comprises a user appearance generated from at least one virtual card for transmission to surrounding mobile devices; selectively displaying the user appearance on a surrounding device only if the original sending device and surrounding device are within a predetermined range; and sending a virtual card to a user associated with a user appearance. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150326625 | MULTI-GROUP METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REAL-TIME MULTI-TIER COLLABORATIVE INTELLIGENCE - Systems and methods for deriving a real-time closed-loop collaborative intelligence from a plurality of users of a plurality of computing devices, the computing devices in communication with a central server. In some embodiments, a multi-level collaborative system divides the portable device users into groups, with one group providing feedback to another group. In other embodiments, a multi-tier system is used to designate multiple host devices in lieu of the central server. In some embodiments, the central server is used with a plurality of the multi-tier systems. Input methods for collaborative target selection and rating of group collaborative responses are also disclosed. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150326750 | DATA HIDING METHOD VIA REVISION RECORDS ON A COLLABORATION PLATFORM - The present invention provides a data hiding method via revision records on a collaboration platform, which first creates a collaborative database including a plurality of articles and revision records. A user puts as input a cover document, a secret message, and a key on a collaboration platform. Based on four characteristics of multi-user collaborative-writing processing, the collaborative-writing platform is used, together with a key, to hide a secret message into the cover document automatically while simulating a collaborative-writing process and generate a stego-document where the secret message is hidden. Only authorized users with the key can extract the right secret message from the stego-document i.e. the message-hidden document successfully. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150331561 | Lock Screen with Socialized Applications - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving information associated with interactions of one or more first users with one or more applications; identifying one or more interactive elements associated with the applications based at least in part on the received information; and providing for display on a user interface (UI), one or more of the identified interactive elements. The displayed interactive elements are dynamically adjusted based on receiving updated information of interactions associated with one or more of the interactive elements. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150331601 | INTUITIVE INTERFACES FOR REAL-TIME COLLABORATIVE INTELLIGENCE - Systems and methods for user interfaces for use on a computing device of a real-time collaborative computing system. A collaborative application runs on the computing device and displays information and data regarding the collaboration system and also receives user input via the user interface. The display interface arrangement may vary based on a type of collaborative session. Graphical user interfaces include a user interface based on a magnetic force model. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150334072 | SYMBOLIC REFERENTIAL THIRD-PARTY NOTIFICATION - User input including a social network notification symbol followed by a social network tag is detected in association with a social network user interface. The social network tag includes a text keyword that identifies a social network topic within the social network. A subset of social network users within the social network that follow the social network topic identified by the text keyword of the social network tag is determined. A referential third-party social network user notification subset within the social network is defined as the determined subset of social network users within the social network that follow the social network topic. A referential third-party social network notification is published to the defined referential third-party social network user notification subset within the social network. The referential third-party social network notification includes the detected user input that includes the social network notification symbol followed by the social network tag. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150334138 | TRANSFERRING CONTENT BETWEEN GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES - A method for providing collaborative communication between computing devices is provided. The method includes at a receiver computing device, displaying a first graphical user interface (GUI) and a second GUI on an interactive display, the first GUI associated with a remotely executed sender application program executed on a sender computing device having a local peer-to-peer wireless connection with the receiver sender computing device and the second GUI associated with a locally executed receiver application program executed on the receiver computing device, receiving a user input from the interactive display indicating user interaction with the first GUI and the second GUI, sending a content request to the sender application program from the receiver application program based on the user input, receiving the content requested from the sender application program, and updating the second GUI based on the content transferred from the sender application program to the receiver application program. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150334139 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING COLLABORATIVE INTERACTION - A method for providing collaborative interaction between a receiver computing device and a sender computing device is provided. The method includes at the receiver computing device, establishing a local peer-to-peer wireless connection with a sender computing device, receiving from the sender computing device via the local peer-to-peer wireless connection data for a GUI of a remotely executed application program that is executed on the sender computing device, displaying the GUI on a display associated with the receiver computing device, receiving user input from an input device associated with the receiver computing device indicating a user interaction with the GUI, sending the user input to the sender computing device, receiving from the sender computing device data indicating an updated state of the GUI generated by the sender computing device based on the user input, and displaying the updated state of the GUI on the display associated with the receiver computing device. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150334142 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND PUBLISHING CUSTOMIZABLE IMAGES FROM WITHIN ONLINE EVENTS - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media creating and publishing customizable images from within online events are provided. A user may capture an image from an online event presented within a user interface. In response to capturing the image, a pop-up window may be displayed within the presented online event on the user interface. In some embodiments, the pop-up window may include one or more options for customizing or modifying a background of the capture image, as well as including one or more sharing options to publish the captured image. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150339020 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CREATIVE WORK COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS - Systems, methods, and tangible computer-readable storage mediums for selecting a user for collaboration on a work, negotiating aspects of a collaboration and generating and managing agreements for collaboration. | 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 |
| 20150341398 | DYNAMIC COMMUNICATION LINK MANAGEMENT FOR MULTI-USER CANVAS - A method includes determining where multiple users are interacting with a canvas via user devices, identifying two users that are interacting proximate to each other on the canvas via their user devices, and establishing a communication mechanism between the two users. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150341400 | Ink for a Shared Interactive Space - Techniques for ink for a shared interactive space are described. According to various embodiments, a shared interactive space is presented on devices for different users that are participating in a communication session with one another Ink content applied by a particular user to an instance of the shared interactive space is propagated to other instances of the shared interactive space. According to various implementations, a shared interactive space is invocable in different ways. For instance, different user-initiated invoke events can cause a shared interactive space to be presented, such as while a communication session is in progress. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150341401 | SERVER AND METHOD OF PROVIDING COLLABORATION SERVICES AND USER TERMINAL FOR RECEIVING COLLABORATION SERVICES - A server, method and apparatus for providing collaboration services are provided. The server includes a memory configured to store computer executable instructions, and a processor configured to process the computer executable instructions to provide a screen including a first area displaying a video of a user and a second area displaying an editable document. The processor is further configured to process the computer executable instructions to receive a selection of a point in time of the video, and provide the editable document in a state corresponding to the selected point in time of the video. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150346935 | SCALABLE HIGH-PERFORMANCE INTERACTIVE REAL-TIME MEDIA ARCHITECTURES FOR VIRTUAL DESKTOP ENVIRONMENTS - System for providing interactive two-way audio in desktop virtualization environment, the desktop virtualization environment comprising a desktop virtualization server computer and desktop virtualization client endpoint device with associated microphone element. The system incorporates instance of server software for running on a desktop virtualization server and providing interactive user interface functions to associated desktop virtualization client endpoint device; and instance of endpoint software executing on the desktop virtualization endpoint device including a network port, the instance of endpoint software receiving an incoming real-time video stream from the network port and providing at least real-time and display functions on the desktop virtualization client endpoint device. In the system, the desktop virtualization client endpoint is configured to: accept real-time audio input from a microphone element associated with the desktop virtualization client endpoint; and provide an outgoing real-time compressed audio stream to the network port responsive to the real-time video input from the microphone element. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150346937 | COLLABORATIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH DRAG ALONG BROWSING AND READING POSITION APPROXIMATION ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A collaboration system comprises one or more servers configured to interface with a plurality of user devices over a network. The plurality of user devices comprises a first user device and one or more second user devices that are different user devices. A receiver node is configured to receive a reading position information. The reading position information corresponds to a pointer position within a window on a display of the first user device. A processor node is configured to determine a second device of the one or more second user devices to receive a display message relating to the reading position information. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350125 | Photo Avatars - In one implementation, endpoint computing devices communicate using one or more instant messages. A user interface of an endpoint receives text input from a user for an instant message. The endpoint generates a trigger command in response to the instant message. A camera captures an image in response to the trigger command. The image may depict the user that entered the text input but other images are possible. The endpoint sends the image with the instant message to a recipient of the instant message. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350140 | Live Location Sharing - Techniques for live location sharing are described. A first mobile device and a second mobile device can communicate with one another using an IM program. The first mobile device can receive a user input to share a location of the first mobile device in the IM program. Sharing the location can include causing the second mobile device to display a location of the first mobile device in an IM program user interface on the second mobile device. Duration of sharing the location can be user-configurable. The second mobile device may or may not share a location of the second device for display in the IM program executing on the first mobile device. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350263 | METHOD OF ENHANCING INTERACTION EFFICIENCY OF MULTI-USER COLLABORATIVE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) AND DEVICE THEREOF - A method and device that enhances interaction efficiency of multi-user collaborative GUI. The method comprises displaying an object of interest on action area of the GUI, where the object of interest is common to plurality of users interacting with GUI. Thereafter, the one or more menu icons corresponding to one or more actions associated with object of interest are displayed. The one or more menu icons are rotatable in either clockwise or anti-clockwise directions. The method further comprises detecting selection of one or more menu icons where the selection of one or more menu icons causes processing unit to perform either: displaying one or more movable sub-menu icons corresponding to one or more actions associated with the object of interest; or executing one or more actions corresponding to the selected one or more menu icons on object of interest to obtain processed object. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350264 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided a display control apparatus including an acquisition section configured to acquire display information for displaying a state of collaborative editing in which a plurality of editors collaboratively edit a same editing target, and a display control section configured to cause an editing screen to display, based on the display information, the state of the collaborative editing performed on a not displayed part not included in a display range displayed when the editing target is displayed on the editing screen referenced to by a first editor among the plurality of editors. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350271 | INTERACTIONS FOR SHARING CONTENT ITEMS IN A DIGITAL MAGAZINE - A digital magazine server user may identify a content item presented by the digital magazine server to save or present to other digital magazine server users by interacting with a client device presenting the content item. For example, providing a gesture to the client device identifies a content item for presentation to other digital magazine server users. The gesture may begin by the user interacting with a portion of a display device that displays a portion of the content item and continue as the user interacts with the display device along a path from the portion to an additional portion. When the gesture is completed, the user may be presented with options to present the content item to additional digital magazine server users, or the content item may be presented to other digital magazine server users. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350272 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING CONTENT - A method and an apparatus for sharing content are provided. Information about at least one content is transmitted to an external device. Information about associated content that have been searched for by the external device based on the transmitted information about the at least one content is received from the external device. Content to share with a second user device are selected from among the associated content based on a predetermined condition. Information about the selected content is transmitted to the second user device. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350450 | VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ROOM FOR TELEPHONIC CONFERENCING - In one aspect, a device includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to engage in telephonic communication with at least a second device and a third device and, in response to input to the first device and without the first device concluding the telephonic communication with the second and third devices, enable auditory telephonic communication of the first device with the second device and prevent auditory telephonic communication of the first device with the third device. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150358370 | Software As A Service Framework For The Digital Engagement And Conclusion Of Clients By Service Professionals - The software-as-a-service (the “Service”) is a web-based software product available to a service professional (an “SP”) allowing such SP to digitally engage clients on matters using any device that can connect to the internet such as a laptop, smartphone, tablet or other web-enabled devices (Google glasses, web-enabled watches etc.) (the “Device”). SPs can also use the Service to collaborate with their clients on matters by communicating and sharing documents with them in private collaboration portals exclusive to a specific client matter which are accessible through the Service and created by the Service during the Service's digital engagement process. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150363094 | COLLABORATIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT - An apparatus, method, and program product are disclosed for collaborative project management. One apparatus includes a selection module that receives a selection by a local user of an information handling device to display an application screen of a remote user of multiple remote users. The application screen of the remote user displays a project used by the multiple remote users in a collaborative environment. The apparatus includes a display module that displays on the information handling device the application screen of the remote user. The application screen of the remote user is updated immediately as modifications to the project are made. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150365244 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA STREAMS OF A VIRTUAL SESSION WITH MULTIPLE PARTICIPANTS, COLLABORATION SERVER, COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND DIGITAL STORAGE MEDIUM - The invention relates to a method for controlling data streams of a virtual session with several participants who access at least access one application in the virtual session. A selected media processing and a signaling mode is used in a centralized process for each participant according to the individual requirements of the participant. The participants are represented by clients and the process is controlled by a server. The selection of the media processing and/or signaling mode is made on the basis of an evaluation of the terminal of the respective participant and the network bandwidth available to the respective participant. An evaluation scheme with a plurality of evaluation criteria is provided for the evaluation, and possible media processing and/or signaling modes are ascertained for the respective participant, said evaluation scheme being applied to each possible media processing and/or signaling mode. A media processing and/or signaling mode determined using a comparison of the evaluations for each possible media processing and/or signaling mode according to the applied evaluation scheme is selected for the respective participant. The invention further relates to a collaboration server, a computer program, a computer program product, and a digital storage medium with the corresponding functional features. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150365446 | Process and result of real-time/live doodling that engages more than one user at the same time on an application or software that uses internet for connection - An Internet application or software has many features to connect and share data with your family and peers. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150373065 | Gestures for Sharing Content Between Multiple Devices - Methods and systems for sharing content includes detecting selection of multimedia content at a first device. The selection causes automatic rendition of the selected multimedia content on a display portion of the first device. Selection of a second device is detected at a user interface of the first device. The user interface identifies a plurality of devices that have an established communication pairing with the first device. A gesture made with the first device while the second device continues to be selected, is identified. The gesture acts as a trigger for sharing the selected multimedia content with the second device. The gesture causes the multimedia content to be automatically transmitted to the second device for rendering at a display portion of the second device. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150373066 | METHODS FOR SCREEN-SHARING AND APPARATUSES USING THE SAME - The invention introduces a screen-sharing method, executed by a processing unit of a screen-sharing source, which contains at least the following steps. Application windows being opened on a display unit are obtained. For each application window, screen-sharing receivers, which are connected to the screen-sharing source, are detected and items are appended to a system menu instance of the application window, where each item corresponds to one screen-sharing receiver. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150378565 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PLAN EVENTS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS - Systems and methods are provided to specify a location, of a planned event via a selection of a listing that: has location information. For example, in response to a search request a listing may show a business entity at a geographic location; and the user may select the listing as a way to specify the location of a new event or an existing event. In some embodiments, one event can have multiple listings specifying multiple locations. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150381670 | GUIDED EDIT OPTIMIZATION - Techniques for optimizing a guided edit process for editing a member profile page are described. According to various embodiments, profile edit task information associated with a member of an online social network service is accessed, the profile edit task information identifying one or more candidate profile edit tasks to be performed to update a member profile page of the member. Thereafter, if it is determined that the member recently completed a difficult profile edit task, a difficult candidate profile edit task is identified, and the member is prompted to perform the difficult candidate profile edit task. If it is determined that the member has not recently completed a difficult profile edit task, an easy candidate profile edit task is identified, and the member is prompted to perform the easy candidate profile edit task. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150381722 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INTERACTIVE CONTENT - A system and method for managing a workbook in a learning environment where a first user receives a book in electronic form, completes the activity embedded in the book and submits the activity to a second user via a server. The second user can then provide feedback regarding the activity to the first user and all inputs can be done without requiring an internet connection. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150381735 | VIRTUAL STORAGE SYSTEM CLIENT USER INTERFACE - Systems and methods of providing virtual storage spaces (“VSS”) are presented. A VSS is a virtual representation of a storage space in a database or other data structure with which user(s) who have access to are allowed to interact—in real-time or not—via a VSS Client U | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160004759 | Platform for Managing and Visualizing Data on a Computer - A method of compiling, organizing, and presenting data is described. In embodiments, the method comprises importing and consolidating hierarchical data from multiple project management and/or data storage platforms using one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) and/or one or more direct interfaces with one or more computing devices, converting one or more collections of the hierarchical data into a node, which is a data collection capable of providing for user collaboration, reconfiguring the hierarchical data by applying an algorithm, which algorithm is capable of using one or more data types to reconfigure the data, displaying the hierarchical data as a graph and/or graphic, and enabling a data user to create user-defined graphs as visual displays. Additional embodiments include a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and a graphical user interface providing this functionality. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160006773 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING MEDIA UPON REQUEST VIA SOCIAL NETWORKS - An approach is provided for determining requests for media and responding in substantially real-time utilizing a single user interface. The social network client determines one or more requests from one or more requesting users to capture media related to at least one social networking status of one or more sharing users. The social network client then causes, at least in part, an indication of the one or more requests to the one or more sharing users related to the at least one social networking status. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160006774 | DOWNLOADABLE SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR MANAGING LIFESTYLE RESOURCES - Some embodiments provide a lifestyle management system for managing delivery of lifestyle information associated as an aggregation of lifestyle resources. Embodiments of the invention involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for providing lifestyle information through a single interface for a user's mobile device. Some embodiments include a lifestyle management system including relational model for defining social relationships between users with one or more relationship links defining a data relationship and/or information flow between lifestyle resources data stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. In some embodiments, the interface can provide tools to manage lifestyle resources available to a user of a mobile device such that the user can better manage the user's healthcare and lifestyle needs. The interface can also improve the efficiency of accessing and organizing lifestyle resources by gathering one or more user preferences and measuring the user's engagement with the provided resources. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160006775 | PRESENTING QUESTION AND ANSWER DATA IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A social networking system includes a question and answer system that displays to a viewing user questions and answers provides by other users of the social networking system. The question and answer system may display answers to a particular question in a way that visually indicates both the global answer set and a subset of the global answer set, such as the viewing user's friends. The social networking system may also display to a viewing user news stories about another user asking or answering a question, where the format of the displayed new stories is based on an affinity that the viewing user has for the user who provided the question or answer mentioned in the news story. The displayed questions and/or answers may be associated with an object in the social networking system, where the user interface provides additional information about those objects. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160011744 | COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160011845 | PROVIDING ACTIVE SCREEN SHARING LINKS IN AN INFORMATION NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160014163 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CONNECT MEMBERS OF A SOCIAL NETWORK FOR REAL TIME COMMUNICATION | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160018974 | IDENTIFYING AND SURFACING RELEVANT REPORT ARTIFACTS IN DOCUMENTS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for enhancing document productivity. In at least one implementation, an attempt to add a data connection in a document is identified. In response to identifying the attempt to add the data connection in the document, at least one other document is identified as relevant to the attempt. A suggestion may be surfaced in a user interface that identifies at least a portion of the one other documents. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160021153 | SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SOCIAL MEDIA UTILIZING NAVIGATION - A system, computer program, and method for location-based social media interaction between a plurality of participants. The system may receive and store user profiles for participating users and associate two or more participating users with each other allowing sharing of user profile and location information. The system may receive geographic coordinates of the participating users and send map information to participant devices of the participating users. The map information may be used to display icons on a map on the participant devices illustrating geographic locations of some or all of the participating users. The system may also receive a selection of one of the icons on the map from a first participant device and provide directions to a second participant device associated with the selected one of the icons on the map, or directions to a waypoint between the first and second participant devices. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160021339 | PUBLIC COLLABORATION SYSTEM - A meeting management system for managing the conduct of a meeting online provides the functionality to arrange order of the presenters during a meeting ( | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160026346 | Methods and Software for Facilitating Theme-Based Online Social Interaction, Support, Awareness, and Learning - Online social-interaction systems that provide any of a variety of features that promote positive behaviors, such as social interaction, compassion, support, awareness, and learning. In some embodiments, an online social-interaction system provides multiple private journals that members of the system can selectively share with other members of the social-interaction system. The private journals may be directed to aspects, such as practices, beliefs, tenets, etc., of the corresponding community. In some embodiments, private journals are provided with action-request features and functionalities that allow other members to accept action requests and create followup lists for following up on such requests. In some embodiments, private journals are provided with features that allow members to share helpful resources. In some embodiments, features and functionalities are provided to allow members to participate in meditation sessions. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160028781 | SURFACE COMPUTING BASED SOCIAL INTERACTION - A method for surface computing based social interaction is provided. The method includes projecting by a surface computing system disposed in a public space, a multiplicity of different surface computing displays upon respectively different flat surfaces in the public space, each of the different surface computing displays including a single application user interface to a collaborative application executing in the surface computing system. The method also includes concurrently accepting user input through the single application user interface of different ones of the different surface computing displays. The method further includes providing accepted user input from each of the different surface computing displays to the collaborative computing application. Finally, the method includes presenting through all of the different surface computing displays the accepted user input to the collaborative computing application. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160028782 | PRESENTING CONTENT ITEMS SHARED WITHIN SOCIAL NETWORKS - Within a social network, a user may establish a set of contacts who share with the user various content items and comments related thereto. However, these content items are often hosted by a content source outside of the social network, and the user may have to transition to the content source to view the content item, and then transition back to the social network to submit a comment. Instead, a device may monitor the social network to record shared content items. When the user requests a presentation of the content source, the content items hosted by the content source that have been shared with the user may be included in the presentation. The presentation of the content source may also accept comments from the user regarding a content item, and send the comments to the social network where the content item was shared with the user. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160044073 | SUGGESTION AND BACKGROUND MODES FOR REAL-TIME COLLABORATIVE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for real-time collaborative computing and collective intelligence are disclosed. A collaborative application runs on a collaborative server connected to a plurality of computing devices. Collaborative sessions are run wherein a group of independent users, networked over the internet, collaboratively answer questions in real-time, thereby harnessing their collective intelligence. Systems and methods for suggestion modes wherein group users select one suggestion from a plurality of suggestions are disclosed, including systems and methods for multi-phase, multi-group suggestion mode embodiments. Methods for background swarming modes and reactivation of the group are also disclosed. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160048274 | MULTI-PHASE MULTI-GROUP SELECTION METHODS FOR REAL-TIME COLLABORATIVE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for real-time collaborative computing and collective intelligence are disclosed. A collaborative application runs on a collaborative server connected to a plurality of computing devices. Collaborative sessions are run wherein a group of independent users, networked over the internet, collaboratively answer questions in real-time, thereby harnessing their collective intelligence. Systems and methods for selection among a set of user-input suggestions. The group is divided into subgroups, each subgroup selecting one suggestion from a subgroup of suggestions. The process is repeated with the remaining selected suggestions until one final target is selected, by the entire group, from the remaining suggestions. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160057094 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING AND MANAGING SOCIAL CAPITAL - Methods, systems, and techniques managing a user's social capital to maximize his or her networking potential are provided. Example embodiments provide a SoCap application and tools to manage and maximize a user's capital. In one embodiment, the SoCap application facilitates making, managing, and/or nurturing connections through relationships with one or more individuals or business entities. Each entity is associated with an influence score that reflects, for example, the entity's connections to other entities, the strength of those connections, and the importance of the entity's affiliations with companies. In some embodiments, the SoCap application is a web-based application that leverages contacts from electronic mail applications, phone devices, social networks, professional networks, and CRM applications. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160057180 | Social Collaborative Mapping - Provided are techniques for the modification of social collaborative maps that include processors; a computer-readable storage medium (CRSM); a concept map stored on the CRSM, the concept map comprising a plurality of nodes; a plurality of connections between the plurality of nodes; and a plurality of social network connections, wherein each node of the plurality of nodes is coupled to a corresponding subset of the plurality of social network connections; and logic, stored on the CRSM and executed on the plurality of processors, for providing a user interface to provide a user access to the plurality of nodes and to the plurality of social network connections; collecting data corresponding to navigation of the user of the plurality of nodes and interaction by the user with the plurality of social network connections; analyzing the data and modifying, based upon the analyzing, the concept map to generate a modified concept map. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160057181 | Visualizing Multi-Modal Conversations - In one embodiment, a method for visualizing a multi-modal conversation on a computing device includes: storing conversation elements of at least two modes of the multi-modal conversation in a conversation container object, where the at least two modes represent at least two different types of communication or content shared by participants of the multi-modal conversation, and displaying a conversation channel as a progression of conversation tiles aligned according to a timeline, where the conversation channel represents the multi-modal conversation, and each of the conversation tiles represents one of the conversation elements. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160057182 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF REAL-TIME COLLABORATIVE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for real-time collaborative computing and collective intelligence are disclosed. A collaborative application runs on a collaborative server connected to a plurality of computing devices. Collaborative sessions are run wherein a group of independent users, networked over the internet, collaboratively answer questions in real-time, thereby harnessing their collective intelligence. A user performance value is determined for each of a plurality of independent users in the group based on each user's participation as compared to other users in the collaborative group. A group cohesiveness score is determined that quantifies the group's overall collaborative effectiveness. In some embodiments, the group cohesiveness score and user performance values are used to adjust weighting factors that affect the relative impact of each of the plurality of users in the collaborative group. In some embodiments, adjusting the weighting factors is performed with the objective of increasing the effectiveness of the resulting collective intelligence. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160062727 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING INTERNET CO-BROWSING - Systems and methods for enabling co-browsing are provided herein. A device, such as a web server, may execute a browser application that initiates co-browsing capabilities between a host computing device and one or more guest computing devices. Activatable code is injected and/or otherwise embedded in one or more web pages. Subsequently, using the activatable code, web browser information on the host computing device is obtained and processed for display on the one or more guest computing devices. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063086 | AGING OF FRIENDS IN SOCIAL NETWORK - Social network relationships are “aged” in that if a social network friend has not communicated with a user's social network site in a certain amount of time, then the friend is downgraded to “acquaintance” level automatically. One result may be that the “acquaintance” does not see certain postings to the website. The “aging” setting can be programmable on the social networking site so that users can elect to employ the “aging” or not. The downgrading of social standing of people in social network allows a more streamlined and private way to communicate with those with whom the user has an on-going social network relationship. Similarly, based on aging, “close friends” can be automatically downgraded to just “friends”. When the aging happens, the aged friend may be cut off from certain postings, mimicking a natural way that relationships evolve. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065625 | Notification of Change in Online Conferencing - In one embodiment, an attendee of an online conference is notified of hidden changes to shared content of the online conference. When an attendee changes their focus, as indicated by minimizing, covering, or otherwise obstructing shared content of an online conference, the conference is monitored for changes. If an event or change is detected in the online conference, the attendee is informed of the event and/or shown the change. In addition or as an alternative to event detection, a thumbnail image of the shared content is created so that the attendee can monitor for changes. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065629 | System and Method for Proximity-based Social Networking - A method for proximity-based social networking may include: (1) identifying a location of a first computing device of a first user, (2) identifying a location of a second computing device of a second user, and (3) displaying, by the first computing device, content associated with the second user if the second computing device is located within a predefined proximity of the first computing device. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065633 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, SCREEN SHARING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SCREEN SHARING SYSTEM - A terminal apparatus that shares a view screen of information and a material screen associated with the information with another terminal apparatus includes an operation receiving unit configured to receive an operation of the view screen or the material screen from a user; and a display control unit configured to control a switching display of switching the view screen or the material screen so as to share a screen with the another terminal apparatus based on the operation of the view screen or the material screen when the user has an authority, wherein the display control unit controls to display the view screen without sharing the screen with the another terminal apparatus for a part of the operation of the view screen, regardless of whether the user has the authority. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160070442 | USER INTERFACE FOR IDENTITY SWITCHING - In some cases, a person may have more than one identity that can be used for various purposes, such as sharing content online. For example, different identities might include identities on various social networks, email addresses, work or personal identities, etc. This disclosure provides various techniques that may allow a user to select which identity is to be used. For example, a user may first select one identity for sharing an item of content, and then select a different identity. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070534 | TECHNIQUES TO REMOTELY MANAGE A MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE EVENT - Techniques to remotely manage a multimedia conference event are described. An apparatus may comprise a mobile remote control having a communications component operative to establish a wireless connection between a mobile remote control and a multimedia conference server hosting a multimedia conference event. The mobile remote control may include a mobile remote control component communicatively coupled to the communications component, the mobile remote control component operative to manage the multimedia conference event from the mobile remote control by communicating control information and media information with the multimedia conference server for the multimedia conference event over the wireless connection. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070684 | ONLINE METHOD FOR ACCESSING AND ASSESSING DOCUMENT, IMAGE, AUDIO AND VIDEO - Disclosed is a method for accessing, accessing and editing a document over a social networking platform. The method comprises the steps of creating a document through a personal device in an online or offline mode and uploading the created document over a timeline of the social networking platform. The uploading document is stamped with a date and a time of uploading. The method further comprises parsing the uploaded document, saving the parsed document and viewing the saved document in an online mode over document viewer web application. The document viewer web application opens in an additional tab on clicking over the saved document. The document viewer web application allows a person to edit a document online without downloading over a device memory. The edited document is saved over the timeline. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160072858 | Methods and systems for remote interactive viewing - Browser sharing technology, i.e., sharing a window of a web browser or a portion thereof. This browser sharing is lightweight, in that it does not require the installation of a thick or thin client. The browser downloads and executes code to facilitate browser sharing in the same way that it downloads and interprets HTML for webpage rendering. Embodiments of the present invention permit all of the viewers of the shared browser window to interact with the window as it is shared, and their interactions appear concurrently in all of views. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160072863 | Desktop Control in Online Conferencing - In one embodiment, a method includes presenting content from a screen of a presenter in an online conference on screens of a plurality of attendees; identifying a primary speaker in the online conference, the primary speaker being a first one of the attendees and other than the presenter; and showing, to the presenter and the attendees, interaction of user input of the first attendee with the content only where the first attendee is the primary speaker. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160077674 | TASK COMPLETION ACROSS DEVICES USING A SHARED WORK SPACE - A shared work space application provides a work space that is commonly accessible across devices and applications so that a user can select and drop items into the shared work space and then pick them up again later using the same or different devices and applications. The shared work space application can use available inputs and data to surface contextually-relevant reminders to the user that there are items in the shared work space that he or she has not finished using. A task or project can be completed from within a variety of different applications and devices using the shared work space and items can be combined into a single object for sharing with one or more of the user's contacts. The shared work space application can also provide a convenient launch point into other communication applications and sharing experiences. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077698 | UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS APPLICATION FUNCTIONALITY IN CONDENSED VIEWS - A unified communications application is described herein. The unified communications application is displayable in one of two views: a full view and a condensed view. When displayed in the condensed view, which consumes less than fifty percent of a display screen, the unified communications application is employable by a user thereof to participate in real-time conversations/meetings with contacts of the user. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077727 | Online Protocol Community - Provided herein is a computer-implemented method of personalizing a protocol in an online community of a plurality of users. The computer-implemented method includes providing a first protocol selected by a first user in the online community and receiving a request from the first user to modify the first protocol. The method further includes providing a set of editable fields to the first user for inputting a first modification, where the set of editable fields include a copy of dynamic content from the first protocol. The method includes generating a second protocol in response to the user inputting a first modification into one editable field of the set of editable fields, wherein the second protocol is based on the first protocol and includes the first modification. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160080437 | SHARED INTER-OPERATIONAL CONTROL AMONG MULTIPLE COMPUTING DEVICES - A collaborative computing device group operative under a shared multiple discrete desktop user interface is established from a first desktop of a first computing device and a different discrete desktop of a second computing device physically located in user visual proximity to the first computing device. A color-coded graphical representation of a user-interface control port that allows authorized cursor navigation to and from the second computing device is displayed on the first desktop oriented in a respective direction of the second computing device. A cursor of the second computing device is authorized to migrate, under control of a user of the second computing device, from the different discrete desktop through the color-coded graphical representation of the user-interface control port of the second computing device to the first desktop and the first computing device is controlled in accordance with visual navigation and control of the cursor of the second computing device. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160080438 | Method and Apparatus for Tile-Based Geographic Social Interaction - Tile-based geographic discussion platform may be provided through a location-aware map overlaid with a grid comprising a plurality of tiles. Each tile may be linked to a unique portion of the map and provide location-specific information to the user. A user may provide input with respect to a tile. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160085381 | Managing and synchronizing views in multi-user application with a canvas - Several methods are described herein to allow users to manage and synchronize views in a multi-user application with canvas (infinite or otherwise) and limited or unlimited zoom. Without these synchronization methods, coordinating views is very difficult, and may lead to chaos as one or more of the users gets lost on the canvas. A “View Sync” method provides for many-to-one synchronization, where many users are automatically synchronized with one user. A “Sync View” method provides for one-to-one synchronization, where one user is synchronized to another user's view. Preferably, off-screen “activity indicators” also are used within the viewport to provide visual cues regarding where other users are drawing or creating content on the canvas. Tapping on an activity indicator preferably performs one-time Sync View with the selected other user. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085773 | GEOLOCATION-BASED PICTOGRAPHS - A system and method for geolocation-based pictographs are provided. In example embodiments, a current geolocation of a user device is determined. A pictograph is identified based on the current geolocation of the user device. The identified pictograph is presented on a user interface of the user device. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088030 | BRIDGING RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS ENTERPRISE AND PERSONAL SOCIAL NETWORKS - A user interface (UI) may be provided that allows a user to connect a first identity in a first social community to another identity in another social community by allowing the user to specify the first identity and another identity. Responsive to a user utilizing the UI, the user may be presented with an option to identify connections in the first social community according to a criteria with members associated with another identity in said another social community. A list of identified connections may be presented. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088034 | OBJECT LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT IN A PUBLISH-SUBSCRIBE ENVIRONMENT - A solution for objects in a publish-subscribe environment is described. An object determining unit determines an object identifier for the object, whereas a recipient determining unit determines a recipient identifier for the recipient which shall manipulate the object. An object request comprising at least the object identifier and the recipient identifier is then output to the publish-subscribe environment. Recipients of the object request check whether manipulation of an object is required and manipulate the object as required. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088035 | Application Sharing Method and Apparatus - A method includes detecting that an icon, on a desktop of a terminal device, of an application is associated with a share button; a storage location, of an installation file of the application, in the terminal device is determined; the installation file, to which the storage location points, of the application is sent, according to the storage location, of the installation file of the application, in the terminal device, to a terminal device with which the installation file needs to be shared; and therefore, a storage location, of an installation file of an application, in the terminal device can be automatically located by operating an icon of the application, and a user does not need to manually operate a file management tool to search for an installation file of a to-be-shared application. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160092082 | Visualizing Relationships Between Entities in Content Items - Some embodiments provide a method for displaying relationships in content. From several entities that appear in a set of content items and for which representations are displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI), the method receives a selection of one or more of the entities through the representations in the GUI. For each non-selected entity of a set of non-selected entities of the several entities, the method determines a count of content items in the set of content items in which the one or more selected entities and the non-selected entity appear. The method displays in the GUI a visualization of the representations of the several entities that indicates which of the entities are selected and the counts for each of the set of non-selected entities. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094495 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OBSCURING TEXT IN A CONVERSATION - A method at a first electronic device with a display and an input device includes: receiving a message from a second electronic device, the message comprising a first text and a text effect applied to the message; displaying a first representation of the message in accordance with the text effect; receiving a user input with respect to the first representation; and in response to the user input with respect to the first representation, displaying a second representation of the message in accordance with the text effect. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160098162 | PEN BASED LOCKING MECHANISM - A method includes tracking pointing device interaction with a multi-user page via a pointing device, identifying a portion of the multi-user page via the interaction, and establishing an exclusive access zone corresponding to the identified portion for the user as a function of the tracked pointing device interaction. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098181 | METHODS FOR OPERATING INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS AND APPARATUSES USING THE SAME - The invention introduces a method for operating interactive whiteboards, performed by a processing unit of a control node, which contains at least the following steps. A connected-device display region, a multi-screen layout region and a whiteboard display region are provided on an interactive display device. After detecting that an icon of the connected-device display region is dragged and dropped into a block of the multi-screen layout region, a network address associated with the icon is obtained. A TCP port number associated with the block of the connected-device display region, which contains the dropped icon, is obtained. A ready notification containing the TCP port number is transmitted to the network address. Screen data with the TCP port number is received. The screen data is displayed on a block of the whiteboard display region, which is associated with the block of the connected-device display region. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160099981 | METHOD FOR FILTERING SECTIONS OF SOCIAL NETWORK APPLICATIONS - A method for setting viewing options in a social network application is disclosed. First, a plurality of sections are provided. Second, a first order for the plurality of sections is provided wherein the sections are in the first order. Then an image icon to represent the user is provided. Next, a selection icon is provided for the viewing user to select, wherein when the selection icon is selected, the piece of content information is secured and the section is secured. Next, a plurality of secured sections is collected the secured sections is displayed in a second order. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160105475 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA VISUALIZATION, NAVIGATION, AND MENU SYSTEMS - Described herein are systems, media, and methods for providing an application that receives information for a plurality of items and utilizes the information to generate a navigable multi-dimensional list of items, wherein the list of items is navigable by at least three navigation modes comprising touch scroll and rotation, joystick scroll and rotation, gyroscopic scroll and rotation. As such, the application allows a user to efficiently and effectively visualize, navigate, create, and share large amounts of data. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160110029 | TRACKING CHANGES IN COLLABORATIVE AUTHORING ENVIRONMENT - Change tracking and collaborative communication are provided in authoring content in a collaborative environment. Monitored changes, comments, and similar input by the collaborating authors may be presented on demand or automatically to each author based on changes and/or comments that affect a particular author, that author's portion of collaborated content, type of changes/comments, or similar criteria. Change and/or comments notification may be provided in a complementary user interface of the collaborative authoring application or through a separate communication application such as email or text messaging. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110030 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILTERING PHOTOS, TEXT, AND VIDEOS BY USERS CHOICE - A system, computer program, and method for aggregating and filtering different types of content from multiple social media networks. The executed computer program may display a first set of user selectable items and a second set of user selectable items on a display screen of a hand-held communication device. Items in the first set may each correspond to one of the social media networks and items in the second set may each correspond to a type of content from the social media networks. The hand-held communication device may receive a selection from a user of any combination of the user selectable items of the first set and the second set for aggregation and filtering purposes. Then the hand-held communication device may display content from the social media networks, filtered according to the received selections. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110040 | MULTI-ACTION BUTTON FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing a multi-action button for mobile devices are provided. Alerts are received and multi-action buttons are determined corresponding to the alerts and clinicians associated with mobile devices. The multi-action buttons are displayed on the mobile devices. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110045 | USER INTERFACE MODULE SHARING - A manager amongst numerous devices that serves as a manager or monitors another managed device. The managing device may queries the managed device to determine the functionality provided by, or requirements of, one or more managed device UIs. The managed device returns the functionality provided by or requirements of the managed device UI(s) to the managing device which, in turn, saves the information in a master UI function table. The managing device returns one or more UI modules to the managed device that are appropriate as based upon the received UI functionality or UI requirement information. The managing device may further assemble one or more UI modules that are appropriate as based upon the received UI functionality or UI requirement information and provide the assembled UI module to a user of the managing device. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110073 | Data Sharing - In an embodiment, a method of data sharing is disclosed. The method may include routing a data set to a specific device in response to a data selection and a target selection. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110074 | Data Sharing - In an embodiment, a method of data sharing is disclosed. The method may include routing a data set to a specific device in response to a data selection and a target selection. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110075 | Data Sharing - In an embodiment, a method of data sharing is disclosed. The method may include routing a data set to a specific device in response to a data selection and a target selection. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110080 | USER INTERFACE MODULE SHARING - A manager amongst numerous devices that serves as a manager or monitors another managed device. The managing device may queries the managed device to determine the functionality provided by, or requirements of, one or more managed device UIs. The managed device returns the functionality provided by or requirements of the managed device UI(s) to the managing device which, in turn, saves the information in a master UI function table. The managing device returns one or more UI modules to the managed device that are appropriate as based upon the received UI functionality or UI requirement information. The managing device may further assemble one or more UI modules that are appropriate as based upon the received UI functionality or UI requirement information and provide the assembled UI module to a user of the managing device. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110083 | LIMITING VISIBILITY INTO USER SOCIAL MEDIA DATA BASED ON USER ATTRIBUTES - Aspects extend to methods, systems, and computer program products for limiting visibility into user social media data based on user attributes. Aspects of the invention provide mechanisms for increasing data security for users of a social media site based on user attributes. A cloaking feature can be automatically activated and presented as active in a user-interface during account creation based on indicated user attributes (e.g., age). The cloaking feature increases both electronic and physical security for minors by preventing exposure to more adult interactions with other users. Adjustment of the cloaking feature allows users (e.g., minors or their parents) to control the audience with which they interact. For example, a 13-17 year old user can configure the cloaking feature so that other users ages 13-17 years old are able to interact with her or him but other users 18 years old or old are not. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160112474 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method of providing a content in an electronic device is provided. The method includes include detecting a mapping event associated with a content of the electronic device, in response to detecting the mapping event, confirming the content, determining a contact point for mapping the content, and mapping the content to the contact point for mapping. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160112476 | INTEGRATED REAL TIME COLLABORATION EXPERIENCES WITH ONLINE WORKSPACE - Online meeting experience is integrated with online and/or offline collaborative workspace(s). Documents and other content generated through team collaboration and managed by a content management system are automatically made available during the meeting, updated, and stored in collaborative workspace linked to a particular meeting. Newly generated content during the meeting is also added to the workspace. As a result, online meetings become part of the collaborative workspace rendering reusable and searchable data through meeting content and updates to associated documents. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160117067 | POINT OF INTEREST COLLABORATIVE E-READING - A computing device includes a housing and a display assembly having a screen and a set of touch sensors. The housing at least partially circumvents the screen so that the screen is viewable. A processor is provided within the housing to manage an e-book library associated with the computing device. Specifically, the e-book library includes at least a first e-book. The processor further associates the computing device with a reading group having a plurality of group members, and detects that a copy of the first e-book resides in an e-book library of a first group member of the plurality of group members. Upon detecting the copy of the first e-book, the processor then selectively initiates a shared reading mode for the first e-book. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117140 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to display on a display, a first region of an electronic document comprising a first stroke input by handwriting on the electronic apparatus and a second stroke input by handwriting on another apparatus. The first region is being displayed on the display and is at least a part of the electronic document. A second region is visually distinguishable from other region of the electronic document when a first operation is performed. The second region is being displayed in the another apparatus and is at least a part of the electronic document. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117290 | Terminal and Information Interaction Method - The present invention provides a terminal and an information interaction method. The terminal comprises an identification generation unit and a notification unit. The identification generation unit generates a request message identification when receiving a request sent out by any group member of a social networking service group, and controls a display unit of the terminal to display the request message identification at a preset position of a page of the social networking service group. The notification unit receives a response operation performed by another group member on the request message identification, and notifies the any group member of a response message. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117301 | ANNOTATION SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An annotation sharing system includes an annotation database and an annotation management server. The annotation database stores electronic annotation files. Each electronic annotation file associated with a note author identification and an electronic book identification, and includes data entries of various data types. The annotation management server displays the electronic annotation files together with the associated note author identifications and relevant information of the electronic books to a client device, and receives a download request for the electronic annotation files from the client device. The annotation management server provides a first graphical user interface to the client device for displaying the electronic annotation file with the associated electronic book file, and each data entry in the electronic annotation files is represented with a customized visual cue. The annotation management server also provides a second graphical interface to the client device for creating and editing the electronic annotation files. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117411 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL IMAGE VIEWER COMPATIBILITY DETERMINATION - Certain examples provide systems and methods to determine client compatibility. An example method includes receiving a request at an image viewer from a client browser for display of medical image data. The example method includes providing a temporary view to the client browser in response to the request. The example method includes determining client compatibility with the viewer and an associated server in the background at a client device executing the client browser while the temporary view is displayed at the client browser. The example method includes requesting the image data from the server based on the client compatibility determination. The example method includes rendering the image data and providing to the client browser based on the client compatibility determination, the rendering and presentation of the image data modified to enable or disable capability of at least one of the viewer and the server based on the client compatibility determination. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119272 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MANAGING EPHEMERAL POST IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A method of posting ephemeral posts is disclosed. The method starts with receiving, from a user of a social network, a request to post an ephemeral post, the request including an ephemeral variable associated with a threshold event. The ephemeral post is posted on behalf of the user. Then an occurrence of the threshold event is monitored. When the threshold event has not occurred, the post is allowed to be accessible to at least one viewer other than the user. When the threshold event has occurred, the post is blocked from being accessible by the at least one view other than the user. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119388 | SYSTEMS AND METHODOLOGIES PROVIDING COLLABORATION AMONG A PLURALITY OF COMPUTING APPLIANCES, UTILIZING A PLURALITY OF AREAS OF MEMORY TO STORE USER INPUT AS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ASSOCIATED COMPUTING APPLIANCE PROVIDING THE INPUT - A system provides for collaboration among a plurality of users, each user at one of a plurality of computing appliances. Each computing appliance comprised of a display apparatus providing a display presentation. The system is comprised of a memory providing storage structured as a plurality of areas of memory, each associated with one said computing appliance; a source of user data having an associated image, provided responsive to user input at said computing appliance that is associated with said user providing the user input, and display logic generating comprising a combined display presentation as the display presentation provided on the display apparatus of at least one said computing appliance. The memory provides storage of the user data in the area of memory that is associated with said computing appliance that is associated with said user providing the user input. The combined display presentation is generated responsive to at least some of the user data stored in a selected plurality of areas of memory associated with at least two of the computing appliances. The source of user data is provided via at least one of a physical keyboard, virtual keyboard, a touch screen, mouse gestures, camera gesture recognition, voice recognition, scanning an item, from a social network, from selected threads of messaging, in a data file selected by the user input; a link to the user data; an associative mapping to the user data contained in a data file; import from a file, and network data transfer. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119389 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INTERRUPTIONS BY INDICATING AN AVAILABILITY STATUS ON A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A computer system and computer implemented method for managing interruptions by indicating an availability status on a first communication device. The method is performed by said first communication device and a computer server, the method comprising: (a) receiving an input from a user, the input comprising a request to interrupt or resume communications or notifications processed by other communication devices or communication platforms; (b) sending commands to the other communication devices or communication platforms based on the request to interrupt or resume; and (c) starting or terminating in real time or near real time, based on the request to interrupt or resume communications or notifications, respectively, a Do-Not-Disturb (DND) state, wherein the DND state comprises that the user for a period of time is not interrupted by communications or notifications from the other communication devices or communication platforms. Accordingly, the computer system provides a multi-platform interrupt functionality that can be initiated by a single input to a device so as to “shut off multiple communication devices or communication platforms, thereby allowing the user to focus on tasks without being disturbed. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160124507 | Method And System For Organizing Electronic Messages Using Eye-Gaze Technology - Organizing messages received and transmitted over a network is described. In one aspect, a method includes tracking where a user is gazing as the user is composing a message in a computer system; during a composition time period in which the user is composing the message, determining a number of times the user's gaze dwells on a displayed message of a plurality of displayed messages after the user's gaze is directed away from the message, determining a relevance rating for he gaze areas, each gaze area associated with one of the messages based on the number of times the user's gaze dwells on the associated message; identifying, based on at least one of the relevance ratings, at least one displayed message related to the outgoing message; and associating with the outgoing message an identifier for at least one of the at least one displayed message related to the outgoing message. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124593 | INTERACTIVE MEETING AGENDA - In one embodiment, the invention can be a method including receiving a first list of agenda items for a meeting, the first list of agenda items organized in a first order; transmitting the first list of agenda items to user interfaces of meeting participants; providing, to each user interface, access to predetermined item rating options; receiving, from the meeting participants in real-time, item ratings for at least one of the agenda items of the first list; and transmitting, to each user interface, a second list of agenda items for the meeting, the second list comprising a second list of agenda items organized in a second order; wherein the second order of the second list of agenda items is based on the item ratings. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127428 | Data Collaboration in an Enterprise Environment - Example embodiments involve a system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and computer-implemented method for data collaboration in an enterprise environment. The method may include establishing a collaboration session to facilitate editing of a data record accessed by at least two client devices. The method further includes providing instructions to the at least two client devices that cause display of an editable representation of the data record, and modifying the editable representation of the data record in accordance with received user edits. The method further includes preventing further modification to the editable representation in response to receiving a freeze request. The method may further include writing data representative of the editable representation to a persistent storage repository in response to receiving a commit request. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160132164 | RECONFIGURABLE MESSAGING ASSEMBLY - A reconfigurable messaging assembly for a vehicle includes a low power bi-stable display attached to the vehicle for displaying an image, text, or video. A processor and a storage device are coupled with the display. A communicator including transceivers for WiFi, Bluetooth, and NFC is connected to the display for communicating with a portable electronic device. An interface device including a camera and a touchscreen both disposed on the vehicle is also coupled with the display and the processor for interacting with a primary user and a secondary user and for acquiring the images, text, and videos. The interface device is operatively connected to the communicator for interacting with a primary user and a secondary user. The assembly enables a primary user and a secondary user to show an image, text, or video using the display and to provide interaction with the primary user and the secondary user. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160134429 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND QUESTIONNAIRE PROCESSING METHOD - A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute a process for processing a questionnaire. The process includes distributing a question at a distribution time to multiple information terminals of multiple users, the distribution time being associated with a time when an event occurs, the question being associated with the event, the users being involved in the event; accepting multiple responses to the distributed question, from the information terminals; and tabulating the responses on the basis of time differences. Each of the time differences is a difference between the distribution time and a time when a corresponding one of the responses is accepted. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160134667 | CONTENT COLLABORATION - Method(s) and system(s) for collaboration of content are described herein. The system includes a dynamic content editor coupled to a processor to generate a graphical user interface including interactive elements for receiving user inputs for relating contents in a content repository and specifying a layout of display of curated contents. The system further includes a content processing engine coupled to the processor to build relationships between the contents in the content repository, based on the user inputs, data and metadata of the contents; and provide the curated contents to a user based on the relationships and the specified layout of display. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160134669 | Information Sharing System, Recording Medium, and Information Sharing Method That Ensures Set and Cancel of Information Sharing by User - An information sharing system includes a group management server and at least one terminal. The group management server includes a mark generating circuit that generates a group ID for uniquely identifying a group. The terminal includes a mark analysis circuit that analyzes the imaged mark; and a second communication control circuit that controls the second communication circuit to communicate with the group management server and the file server, and sends a request for the user ID stored in the second storage circuit based on the analysis results to join the group indicated by the group ID. The shared folder management circuit of the group management server set an access right for the received user ID on the shared folder when receiving the request from the terminal. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160139749 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus for inputting minutes data comprises an input unit which inputs the minutes data, a designation unit which designates, among a plurality of object images displayed on a display screen, at least one object images to be stored together with the minutes data, and a determination unit which determines, based on the minutes data input by the input unit, the plurality of object images to be displayed on the display screen. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139768 | COLLABORATIVE CURSORS IN A HOSTED WORD PROCESSOR - A computer-implemented collaborative editing method includes receiving input from a user of a browser-based document editing application on a document displayed by the application; identifying a current location in the document for a cursor of a first user executing the application; receiving from a central server system data that reflects changes made to the |
