38th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 213 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140280505 | VIRTUAL REALITY INTERACTION WITH 3D PRINTING - Systems and methods for enabling a visitor to access VR representations authored by different authors of locations in a virtual universe via a computer network are provided. Data may be stored regarding a plurality of VR data sets. Each VR data set may define a VR representation of a location, as well as 3D data and may be independently authored by a respective author different from the other authors. One or more VR data servers may be adapted to access and transmit the VR data sets. Each VR data set may be associated with a VR data server for access to the VR data set. A domain server may be adapted to access and transmit domain data comprising the location within the universe of each VR representation and the network address of the VR data server associated with the VR representation. Further, a client host may be adapted to communicate with the domain server to receive domain data representing the network address of the VR data server associated with a selected VR representation and to communicate with that VR data server to access the VR data set defining the VR representation without leaving the virtual universe. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280506 | VIRTUAL REALITY ENHANCED THROUGH BROWSER CONNECTIONS - Systems and methods for enabling a visitor to access VR representations authored by different authors of locations in a virtual universe via a computer network are provided. A plurality of VR data sets may be stored. Each VR data set may define a VR representation of a location, as well as world wide web data and may be independently authored by a respective author different from the other authors. One or more VR data servers may be adapted to access and transmit the VR data sets, and each VR data set may be associated with a VR data server for access to the VR data set. A domain server may be adapted to access and transmit domain data comprising the location within the universe of each VR representation and the network address of the VR data server associated with the VR representation. Further, a client host may be adapted to communicate with the domain server to receive domain data representing the network address of the VR data server associated with a selected VR representation, the client host further adapted to communicate with that VR data server to access the VR data set defining the VR representation without leaving the virtual universe. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280507 | METHOD, SERVER AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING TASK DATA - Various embodiments provide methods, servers, and systems for processing task data. In an exemplary method, a task-data-processing request sent by a client can be received. The task-data-processing request can contain a type identifier of task data. The type identifier of the task data can include a daily-task-data identifier, a mainline-task-data identifier, a random-task-data identifier, or a combination thereof. The task data corresponding to the type identifier of the task data can be processed to generate processing results, according to the type identifier of the task data and a preset processing scheme corresponding to each type of the task data. The processing results can be returned to the client. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280508 | Systems and Methods for Device Identity Delegation for Application Software - A method implemented in a delegating server for binding a device identity to a software application comprises receiving registration data from a client device executing a software application and assigning a device identifier to the client device and registering the client device with the delegating server based on the registration data. The method further comprises facilitating communication between the client device and the service provider based on the device identifier, wherein the delegating server is located between the client device and the service provider. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280509 | OFFLOADING EXECUTION OF A PORTION OF A CLIENT-SIDE WEB APPLICATION TO A SERVER - Offloading execution of a portion of a client-side Web application to a server. In one embodiment, for example, a computer-implemented includes identifying a function to-be-offloaded in a client-side scripting language file; generating an offloaded function based on the function to-be-offloaded; replacing, in the scripting language file, the body of the function to-be-offloaded with client RPC stub which, when executed by an end-user computing device as a result of a call to the function to-be-offloaded, causes one or more arguments passed into the function to-be-offloaded to be marshalled and sent to a server in one or more network messages. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280510 | Systems and Methods for Facilitating Delivery of an Item - Included are embodiments for facilitating delivery of an item. Accordingly, some embodiments of a method include sending notification to a plurality of clients, the notification indicating a scheduled pickup of items, receiving a response from at least one of the clients indicating confirmation of the desired service, and providing an interface to a delivery personnel indicating the at least one clients that confirmed the desired service. Some embodiments include providing a first route to reach the at least one client and deliver picked up items to an intermediate destination. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280511 | DETERMINING THE TOPOLOGY OF A NETWORK - Mechanisms for determining a network topology are disclosed. Client computer information messages are received from a plurality of client computers. The client computer information messages include a network identifier that identifies a network address of a respective client computer. A first link table that identifies ports of a first switch device and corresponding network identifiers of at least some client computers is received from the first switch device. A second link table that identifies ports of a second switch device and corresponding network identifiers of other client computers is received from the second switch device. A nodal tree structure is generated that identifies the plurality of client computers, the communication links between the plurality of client computers, the first switch device, and the second switch device based on the client computer information messages, the first link table, and the second link table. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280512 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, SERVER AND SYSTEM - A server may receive information from one or more service providing apparatuses. Computer-readable instructions may cause the server to store device identification information, type information, and/or a transmission condition in association with service identification information. The server may receive device state information from one or more information devices when an information device determines that a transmission condition is satisfied. The server may also store the received device state information in association with device identification information identifying a specific information device, which transmitted the device state information. Further, the server may transmit, to a specific service providing apparatus, identified by specific service identification information, the device state information stored in association with the specific service identification information. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280513 | PRO-BUFFERING PROXY FOR SEAMLESS MEDIA OBJECT NAVIGATION - Disclosed are the method and apparatus for pre-caching contents of online media objects. A proxy running on a computing device determines a first media object that a media navigation application running on the computing device is playing and one or more second media objects that relates to the first media object. The proxy retrieves from one or more content servers data of the first media object and the one or more second media objects on behalf of the media navigation application. The proxy stores the data of the first media object and the one or more second media objects in a buffer of the computing device, and satisfy a data request for the first media object or the one or more second media objects from the media navigation application by supplying the data stored in the buffer to the media navigation application. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280514 | LAYER 7 APPLICATION CLASSIFICATION - Maintaining layer 7 state as a client device roams between network devices during a session. Data packets used in executing a layer 7 application are received at a first network device that a client device is coupled to during a session. Data packets received by the first network device are stored in a layer 7 application buffer that is sent to a second network device that a client device roams to during a session. A layer 7 application buffer is used to classify a layer 7 application that is the subject of a session in order to maintain layer 7 state as a client device roams to a second network device during a session. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE VARIANTS OF AN HTTP OBJECT - This disclosure is directed to methods and systems for managing variants of a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) object. An intermediary, between at least one client and a server, may generate variants of an HTTP object. The HTTP object may be received from the server responsive to a first request for the HTTP object. The variants may include a first variant generated based on a first parameter of a plurality of parameters. The plurality of parameters may be identified based on one or more requests for the HTTP object from the at least one client. The intermediary may store the variants of the HTTP object in a cache. The intermediary may retrieve, responsive to interception of a second request to the server for the HTTP object and based on a determination of the first parameter from the second request, the first variant from the variants stored in the cache | 2014-09-18 |
20140280516 | SYSTEM OF DYNAMIC INFORMATION RELAY USING GEOLOCATIONAL DATA - A system and method for providing dynamic information relay by using geolocational data. Relay of information is triggered by proximity to the geolocation of objects of interest, thereby resulting in dynamic and automated information transmission to a mobile device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280517 | System and Method for Capturing Interaction Data Relating to a Host Application - Systems and methods for capturing interaction data relating to a host application (app) implemented on a mobile device are disclosed. A tracking module is embedded in the host application. Interaction data relating to the host application is captured on the mobile device with the tracking module. The captured interaction data is transmitted from the mobile device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280518 | METHOD FOR SCHEDULING DISTRIBUTION OF CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MEDIA DEVICES - Methods of electronic scheduling for playback of media contents are disclosed. Discrete items of content are scheduled for play back based upon a schedule created by the integration of scheduling methods into a single scheduling algorithm. In a first scheduling method, a discrete item of content is assigned a frequency rating relative to other items of content. A second way to schedule is repeating a content item at specific intervals of time. A third scheduling method allows the content to be played at a specific date and time. A fourth scheduling method includes playing a content item upon receipt of a trigger event which is received from a source external to the scheduling system. And lastly, means are provided for selectively determining whether or not particular content is available for play in a particular venue or during a particular period of time. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280519 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING USE OF WEB CONTENT ON VARIOUS TYPES OF DEVICES - A method system for interactive communication with a web site using a mobile communicator having the following functionalities: receiving, at a server, an http request from a mobile communicator being used by a user, the http request identifying a website and should the mobile communicator not support a client-side script employed by the website, causing the server to emulate the script so as to enable the user to interact with the website. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280520 | SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES FOR REMOVAL OF MIDDLEWARE IN AN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENT - An industrial automation environment communication system comprises a component that receives a web-based request in an industrial automation environment, wherein the web-based request includes data relating to an automation device. An encapsulating component encapsulates the web-based request, wherein the encapsulation facilitates transmitting the data to the automation device via an industrial automation network protocol. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280521 | RANDOM NEXT ITERATION FOR DATA UPDATE MANAGEMENT - Host machines and other devices performing synchronized operations can be dispersed across multiple racks in a data center to provide additional buffer capacity and to reduce the likelihood of congestion. The level of dispersion can depend on factors such as the level of oversubscription, as it can be undesirable in a highly connected network to push excessive host traffic into the aggregation fabric. As oversubscription levels increase, the amount of dispersion can be reduced and two or more host machines can be clustered on a given rack, or otherwise connected through the same edge switch. By clustering a portion of the machines, some of the host traffic can be redirected by the respective edge switch without entering the aggregation fabric. When provisioning hosts for a customer, application, or synchronized operation, for example, the levels of clustering and dispersion can be balanced to minimize the likelihood for congestion throughout the network. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280522 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ACTIVELY INVALIDATED CLIENT-SIDE NETWORK RESOURCE CACHE - A system and method for providing an actively invalidated client-side network resource cache are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: a client configured to request, for a client application, data associated with an identifier from a server; the server configured to provide the data associated with the identifier, the data being subject to subsequent change, the server being further configured to establish a queue associated with the identifier at a scalable message queuing system, the scalable message queuing system including a plurality of gateway nodes configured to receive connections from client systems over a network, a plurality of queue nodes containing subscription information about queue subscribers, and a consistent hash table mapping a queue identifier requested on a gateway node to a corresponding queue node for the requested queue identifier; the client being further configured to subscribe to the queue at the scalable message queuing system to receive invalidation information associated with the data; the server being further configured to signal the queue of an invalidation event associated with the data; the scalable message queuing system being configured to convey information indicative of the invalidation event to the client; and the client being further configured to re-request the data associated with the identifier from the server upon receipt of the information indicative of the invalidation event from the scalable message queuing system. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280523 | PRELOADER EMPLOYING ENHANCED MESSAGES - A disclosed method of serving web page requests includes detecting a client request for a web page that contains an object. A preloader application is invoked to execute while the object is downloading to the client. The preloader application displays a preloader message during at least part of the downloading interval. At least a part of the preloader message is an advertisement or is otherwise unrelated to a progress of the downloading of the object. A size of the object may exceed a specified threshold and/or a type of the object may match any of a set of predetermined object types. The set of predetermined object types may include a Java® object type, a Flash® object type, or another object type suitable for implementing motion graphics. In some embodiments, the preloader application resides on a third party web site. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280524 | Social Network Based Filtering of User Generated Content - Data characterizing a user and a plurality of authors is received at a server and each author having authored user-generated content. The plurality of authors is filtered, using the server, based on data characterizing one or more relationships between the user and each author. Data characterizing the filtered plurality of authors is provided using the server. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280525 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES - Disclosed is an improved method, system, and computer program product for analyzing social media content. Correlation analysis is used to analyze the social media data snippets. The correlation analysis is performed by reviewing other items of data that are outside of the message content itself. The present approach can advantageously be used to analyze and understand the content of social media message even where only very small quantities of data are provided within each message posting. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280526 | Method of Social Networking Using a Defined Geo-Fence and Check-In Feature - A method and system for creating and operating a localized social network is disclosed. The potential members of the network are users having mobile devices. Each of the mobile devices has a geographic referencing system. An area is defined by a geo-fence having geographic reference coordinates. It is determined that at least one mobile device is within the area. The mobile device in proximity of the area is contacted with a request to join a social network. The social network includes users having mobile devices, each of whom having checked into the localized social network. A check in to join the social network is received from the at least one mobile device. The user associated with the at least one mobile device is then added to the social network. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280527 | AUTOMATED PERSONAL ASSISTANT SYSTEM - An automated personal assistant system (APAS) that can provide automated personal assistance to a user of an electronic device, such as a smartphone or a vehicle head unit. In one example of the APAS, a user may receive a route to a requested destination that may include at least one point of interest along the route to the requested destination based on responses to questions presented to the user. The point of interest may be an individual point of interest or a joint point of interest, for example. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280528 | STATE MACHINE CONFIGURATOR - A state machine configurator for creating controller-executable state machines is provided. The state machine configurator provides a development environment that allows a user to define a customized state machine for control of a particular industrial process. Once the states and state transitions are defined, the configurator compiles the state machine configuration information to generate a state machine instruction that can be imported into an industrial control program to facilitate control of the industrial process in accordance with the defined state machine. The state machine configurator supports creation of role-specific state machines and embedded state machines. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280529 | CONTEXT EMOTION DETERMINATION SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and devices for determining contexts and determining associated emotion profiles using information received from multiple emotion sensor enabled electronic devices, are disclosed. Contexts can be defined by a description of spatial and/or temporal components. Such contexts can be arbitrarily defined using semantically meaningful and absolute descriptions of times and locations. Emotion sensor data is associated with or includes context data that describes the circumstances under which the data was determined. The emotion sensor data can include emotion sensor readings that are implicit indications of an emotion for the context. The sensor data can also include user reported data with explicit descriptors of an emotion for the context. The emotion sensor data can be filtered by context data according a selected context. The filtered sensor data can then be analyzed to determine an emotion profile for the context that can be output to one or more users or entities. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280530 | Live Faces - In one embodiment, a method includes providing for presentation on a graphical user interface an identification of a user; and providing presence information of the user with the identification of the user. The presence information indicates a temporal, spatial, modal, or social accessibility or availability of user. The presence information includes real-time video of the user captured and is provided as presence information automatically and without user input of the user. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280531 | OBJECT RANKING AND RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN A SOCIAL NETWORK - Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive a first user action, by a user within a network service, with respect to a first object displayed or referenced on the network service. Demographic information for the user is received and a counter for a category representing the first user action, the first object, and the demographic information is identified and incremented. The demographic information may include a history of a second user action with respect to a second object. Counters with the highest values for a category represent the highest ranked objects in the category. Upon receipt of a request for a number of objects for the category, objects that correspond to counters with the highest values for the category are selected and transmitted as a ranked list of recommended objects for display by a user. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280532 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITALLY AUGMENTED NETWORKING - Various embodiments include at least one of systems, methods, and software for digitally augmented networking. Some such embodiments include a server that performs various data processing operations related therefor. In some embodiments, the server operates to receive, via a network, data identifying a first user and a location of the first user. The server may then identifying other users within a proximity of the location of the first user and compare a profile of the first user with profiles of the identified other users to identify profile matches between the first user and identified other users. Next the server may generate and send introduction communications to each of the first user and at least one of the matched other users to introduce the first user and the at least one matched other user. Some embodiments further include client applications, web browser-based, and mobile device apps that operate in concert herewith. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280533 | Image Filtering Based on Social Context - In particular embodiments, a computing device determines a social context of each of one or more images to provide for display to a user. The computing device determines a relevance of each of the social contexts to the user. The computing device provides for display to the user one or more of the images based at least in part on the relevance of the social context of each image to the user. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280534 | 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. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280535 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING DATA SHARING BETWEEN SOFTWARE SYSTEMS - A method and system for enabling data sharing between software systems is provided. At least one data-sharing session is managed for each of a plurality of users with a server computer system. Each of the data-sharing sessions has a set of software systems associated with the user participating therein. The server computer system maintains requests for the software systems to be notified of updates to values of sets of requested data items. The set of software systems share data item values in the data-sharing session. The server computer system stores the shared data item values, and resolves the shared data item values to the requested data items using semantic descriptions provided for the shared data item values and the requested data items. Available updates to the shared data item values resolving to the sets of requested data items are provided to the software systems. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280536 | METHOD AND PROCESS FOR COLLABORATIVELY BUILT CONTENT FILTERING - A method and system for collaborative content filtering on a communications network includes monitoring social networking communications of a plurality of users on a communications network using a program. The method and system further include selecting a filter parameter by a user. The content of the social networking communications is filtered based on the filter parameter including parsing input from the users, using the program. The filtered content is identified to at least one user. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280537 | BUNDLED EVENT MEMORIES - A method for bundling event memories in a social networking system. The method includes identifying a first plurality of user-submitted content items posted to the social networking system that are related to an event involving a plurality of users. The social networking system aggregates the first plurality of user-submitted content items into a bundled event memory, and transmits the bundled event memory to at least some of a plurality of user devices to be presented to at least some of the plurality of users, wherein the plurality of users utilize the plurality of user devices to communicate with the social networking system. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280538 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILTERING DEVICES WITHIN A SECURITY SOCIAL NETWORK - A method and apparatus for choosing mobile telephones within a security social network is provided herein. Choosing mobile telephones may take place on a server side or a mobile telephone side. Even though mobile telephones lie within a particular area of interest, no image will be obtained/provided from the mobile telephone when a predetermined condition is met. This will greatly reduce an amount of images provided by mobile telephones along with reducing the possibility of an unwanted image being obtained. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280539 | Dynamically Managing Social Networking Groups - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for dynamically managing social networking groups according to embodiments of the present invention are provided. A particular embodiment includes detecting a predetermined number of user devices within a specified physical area; and in response to detecting the predetermined number of user devices within the specified physical area, creating a social networking group corresponding to the specified physical area. Another embodiment includes detecting a predetermined number of user devices exiting a specified physical area, each user device associated with a user belonging to a social networking group corresponding to the specified physical area; and in response to detecting the predetermined number of user devices exiting the specified physical area, destroying the social networking group after a duration following the detection of the predetermined number of users of the social networking group exiting the specified physical area. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280540 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CROWDSOURCED IDEA GENERATING EVENTS - System and method of performing a crowdsourced online idea generation and peer review process for main topic of interest for a client, often involving large numbers of expert participants and a panel of expert moderators. Qualified participants are drawn from a database of system members, and moderators are often qualified client employees or consultants. A server, capable of hosting various threaded discussions on various related topics, is first initialized with various related topics, seed ideas and comments. Participants are then given access for a predetermined time, and contribute new ideas, peer review other participant's ideas, and vote ideas up and down. Moderators review progress, and vote to highlight ideas and comments, close ideas, and delete off-topic contributions. Various voting analysis algorithms draw attention to promising ideas. Participants are rewarded on a daily basis for contributing ideas, comments, and votes. The system produces new ideas that are peer reviewed and prioritized. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280541 | Proximity-Based Device Selection for Communication Delivery - Techniques and devices for selection of an online communication device based on user proximity and for transmission of a communication to the selected online communication device are described herein. The techniques include either receiving device data from one or more online communication devices and determining proximity of the devices to a user based on the device data or receiving proximity information indicative of the proximity of the user to the one or more online communication devices. Based on the determined proximity or proximity information, one of the one or more online communication devices is selected, and a communication is transmitted to the selected online communication device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280542 | SOCIAL COMPETITION ENGINE - A method in a social networking system enables social competition between its users. The method includes receiving, from a user device of a user, a challenge creation request message, which includes a challenge indication describing a competition that a set of users may participate in, a challenge stakes indication describing at least one of an award for a winner of the competition and a consequence for losers of the competition, and a set of user identifiers for the set of users. The social networking system notifies the set of users about the competition, receives challenge acceptance messages from some of the users, receives a challenge completion message indicating the winner of the competition, and receives evidence indicating a fulfillment of the challenge stakes. The social networking system transmits information about the competition to a set of one or more user devices of a second set of users. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280543 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING PROXIMAL USERS BY DEMOGRAPHIC & PROFESSIONAL INDUSTRY - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for a social networking service that can connect users in a similar industry or business based on the location of a user's electronic devices. The method can include receiving profile and location information from a first electronic device, determining based on an association method relevant and proximally located electronic devices, and transmitting the determined proximal electronic devices to first electronic device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280544 | Dynamically Managing Social Networking Groups - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for dynamically managing social networking groups according to embodiments of the present invention are provided. A particular embodiment includes detecting a predetermined number of user devices within a specified physical area; and in response to detecting the predetermined number of user devices within the specified physical area, creating a social networking group corresponding to the specified physical area. Another embodiment includes detecting a predetermined number of user devices exiting a specified physical area, each user device associated with a user belonging to a social networking group corresponding to the specified physical area; and in response to detecting the predetermined number of user devices exiting the specified physical area, destroying the social networking group after a duration following the detection of the predetermined number of users of the social networking group exiting the specified physical area. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280545 | Consistent Interface for Lead Business Object - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a lead business object. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280546 | Method and System for Presenting Event Notifications In a Social Media Environment - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for providing notification of events. Specifically, embodiments disclosed herein describe a method and system for generating dynamic messages based on events and transmitting the dynamic messages to various users over a social networking platform. Embodiments include receiving product data and comparing the product data to a set of predefined trigger parameters. If it is determined that the product data satisfies one or more of the trigger parameters, a dynamic message is generated. In certain embodiments, the content of the dynamic message is based, at least in part, on the product data. The generated dynamic message is then automatically transmitted to a set of recipients over the social networking platform. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280547 | Virtual Machine Mobility Using OpenFlow - A method for migrating virtual machines (VMs) that includes creating a temporary storage area. The temporary storage area is created by a controller in a network that is in a first state. The configuration data for a VM is stored in the temporary storage area. The network is provisioned from the first state to a second state. The provisioning is by the controller and based on network locations of a source server and a target server. A message is transmitted to the target server. The message includes a request to migrate the VM from the source server to the target server, and an address of the temporary storage area. It is determined that the migration has completed and the temporary storage area is removed based on the determining that the migrant has completed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280548 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISCOVERY OF USER UNKNOWN INTERESTS - A method and system for exploring a list of user interests beyond the currently known user interests by defining a distance metrics in the interest space is disclosed. The new method and system target for exploration, items of interests which are close in proximity to the current set of user interests, thereby greatly improving the chance that one of the exploration items will be liked by the user. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280549 | Method and System for Efficient Matching of User Profiles with Audience Segments - Embodiments of the present teachings disclose method, system, and programs that monetize personalized user behavioral profiles by remapping the users to audience segments related to advertisement. In the method, the users can be targeted with advertisements that are personalized and hence are more likely to lead to conversions | 2014-09-18 |
20140280550 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING USER ENGAGEMENT FROM STREAM DEPTH - Method, system, and programs for measuring user engagement. In one example, a type of user activities with respect to a plurality pieces of content in a content stream is detected. A first depth measure with respect to the content stream is obtained based on the detected type of user activities. A function is generated based on the first depth measure and a second depth measure with respect to the content stream. A user engagement score is calculated for each of the plurality pieces of content in the content stream based on the function. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280551 | PAIRING USERS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNITIES - Systems and methods that integrate social media applications having social media communities of like-minded users with other applications, such as enterprise applications, are described herein. A user may join one or more of the social media communities based on a variety of factors, including applications the user uses or plans to use, user type (e.g., end-user, administrator, etc.), the user's level of expertise, and/or the type of activities that the user plans to perform in one or more applications. A user's actions within or using one or more applications may be monitored. In response to detecting performance of a monitored action, a description of the user's action may be published to other users in the social media community, the user may be paired with one or more social media communities, and/or recommendations for resources related to the detected action may be provided to the user. Recommendations may also be provided based on posts made by the user in the social media community. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280552 | METHOD TO TRANSMIT REAL-TIME IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION TO AN INTERNET SERVICE - A system includes an in-vehicle system containing vehicle data, a mobile device, and an interface configured to connect the mobile device to the in-vehicle system. The mobile device is configured to access the vehicle data through the interface and post the vehicle data to a user network. The mobile device is able to be mounted within the vehicle by a docking mechanism. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280553 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY OF USER RELATIONSHIPS CORRESPONDING TO NETWORK-ENABLED COMMUNICATIONS - A computer-implemented method of displaying indications of relationships of device users is provided. The method includes determining relationship strength between a first user and at least one other user wherein the relationship strength is determined based on a frequency of communication between the first user and the at least one other user. A first indication corresponding to the first user is displayed on a display of a device, and at least one other indication corresponding to the at least one other user is displayed on the display, wherein the at least one other indication is shown distanced from the first indication based on the determined relationship strength. A system for performing the method is further provided. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280554 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC DISCOVERY AND ADAPTIVE CRAWLING OF CONTENT FROM THE INTERNET - A method for updating content. The method includes determining at least one indicator with respect to the content, wherein the at least one indicator is at least one of a user engagement indicator, a content popularity indicator, a content quality indicator, and a content update frequency indicator. The method further includes updating the content based on the at least one indicator, wherein the at least one indicator is dynamically updated. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280555 | SOCIAL NETWORKING FOR SURFERS - Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating surfing experience by capturing pictures or videos of one or more surfers; uploading the pictures or videos to a remote host computer; creating at least one collage from the pictures or videos, wherein items in the collage are variably sized based on one or more predetermined factors; and sharing the collage with at least another user. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280556 | REAL-TIME FAN ENGAGEMENT - A method for improving engagement between users of a social network and entity pages within the social network is described. Historical and real-time user interaction data may be logged and aggregated in order to identify engagement opportunities where notification to fan page owners, posting of a new post, or promotion of a post may increase engagement of users with entities via pages on a social network. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280557 | HIGH RELIABILITY ALERT DELIVERY USING WEB-BASED INTERFACES - A system and method for improving reliability of alert delivery using web-based interfaces are provided. A web-based rendering of an alert is created based at least in part on a detected event, and a tracking mechanism can be inserted into the web-based rendering of the alert. The web-based rendering of the alert is delivered to a device at a monitoring station. Whether the web-based rendering of the alert is rendered by the device is detected based at least in part on determining whether a request relating to the tracking mechanism is received. If not, another rendering of the alert can be delivered to another device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280558 | Generating and Using Social Brains - A method includes determining a plurality of social interactions associated with a plurality of people, grouping the determined social interactions into a plurality of groups, generating a social object matrix using the plurality of groups, and producing a singular value representation of the social object matrix by performing Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) on the social object matrix. The social object matrix includes a plurality of vectors, and each social interaction is a particular person interacting with a particular social object. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280559 | INMATE NETWORK PRIMING - A method for network priming for an inmate of a controlled facility includes receiving authentication credentials for the inmate to access a third party social network, importing social network contacts from the third party social network, filtering the social network contacts for prohibited contacts, presenting the inmate with the social network contacts, receiving, from the inmate, a selection of social network contacts to obtain selected social network contacts, and populating a secure social network list of the inmate with the selected social network contacts. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280560 | Capturing User Information In An Online System Based On Real-World Actions - A social networking system receives information identifying a location associated with a user and associates the location with the user. When the user provides location information to the social networking system, an entity associated with the location may request information items from the user. In one embodiment, the information items are requested through one or more questions presented to the user via the social networking system. The questions may also include a value proposition for the user, such as an offer or other incentive provided by the entity to the user in exchange for the user providing the information items to the entity. The information items may be stored by the social networking system and used to generate an object describing interactions between the user and the entity. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280561 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISTRIBUTED EVENT BASED DIGITAL IMAGE COLLECTION, ORGANIZATION AND SHARING - A system and method for distributed collection, organization and sharing over the web of digital images captured and displayed by camera equipped computing devices. In one aspect, digital images are collected by a single camera device and are organized into one or more albums and sub-albums. Albums are related to an occasion. Sub-albums relate to moments within an occasion. A user can invite friends to contribute photos and are provided the ability to upload images to an album server. Before being uploaded, photos are tagged and stored in a database. In another aspect, digital images are collected from multiple camera devices capturing digital images of multiple moments occurring within a single occasion. The method then organizes those images so that images correlating to each moment are grouped together. In both instances, the method further provides for pre-loaded or user-generated moments to aid in capturing of the digital images. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280562 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH DEVICES HAVING A PLURALITY OF UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS - A communication system comprises a server configured to associate a plurality of communication devices with each other in a user group. Each communication device of the plurality of communication devices is associated with a group-wide individual unique identifier that is unique as to other members of the same group; a network-wide individual unique identifier that is unique as to other communication devices of the network; and a group unique identifier that is shared with the plurality of communication devices of the user group. A method comprises receiving a call request including a group-wide individual unique identifier, and sending an outgoing call to the individual communication device. The group-wide individual unique identifier is unique to an individual communication device within a user group of communication devices that is smaller than a number of communication devices configured for communication on a network. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280563 | Method and Device for Peer Arrangement in Multiple Substream Upload P2P Overlay Networks - The present invention relates to a method of, and device for, arranging a P2P network comprising a streaming source and network peers arranged at distribution levels in the P2P network, in which P2P network the streaming source is arranged to divide data content to be streamed into a plurality of content sub-streams together forming the data content and to distribute the plurality of content sub-streams to the network peers. The method comprises instructing a network peer requesting to download data content to download a single content sub-stream from a respective one of selected network peers being arranged at a distribution level closer to the streaming source than the requesting network peer until a number of content sub-streams have been downloaded by the requesting network peer from which the requested data content can be formed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280564 | Displaying Social Media Content - In one aspect, in general, a method includes, at a social media playback system, receiving social media content from at least one social media service, the social media content comprising elements of social media, receiving schedule data pertaining to a media program from a media provider, identifying, at least in part based on the schedule data, social media content relevant to the media program, and storing data associating the identified social media content and the media program, the data indicating timing information associated with respective elements of social media content, at least some of the timing information expressed as an offset relative to a time associated with the media program. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280565 | ENABLING PHOTOSET RECOMMENDATIONS - In a social networking system, photographs and photographic sets are recommended to a user based upon information gathered from the user's social networking profile, as well as information gathered from the social networking profile of the user's friends, and the general pattern of usage by the user of various elements of the social network. In one embodiment, information entered into the social networking profile of the user is used to recommend additional photos and sets of photos. In one embodiment, user preferences indicated by the user via elements of the social network are considered in recommending photos or photo sets. In one embodiment, the general usage pattern of the social network is considered when recommending additional photos and sets of photos to the user. In one embodiment, profile information, usage information, or the indicated preferences of the user's friends are used to recommend additional photos and photo sets. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280566 | SOCIAL NETWORKING GROUPS AS A PLATFORM FOR THIRD PARTY INTEGRATION - Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive a request from a user to access content for a group of users of a social networking system, and send the content to the user including an interface to a third party system. The interface is to enable the user to retrieve information related to a third party service from the third party system to share with the group. The user sends the information related to the third party service to share with the group to the social networking system. The social networking system sends the shared information related to the third party service to a group member based on the group member requesting access to the content. In one embodiment, the third party service stores a file or folder on a third party server and the shared information includes a link to the shared file or folder. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280567 | SHARING OF MEDIA CONTENT - A media sharing system stores share settings that identify one or more users with whom a sharing user wishes to share media segments created in the future. As a media item is being presented to the sharing user via a user device, the sharing user may request to share a segment of the media item. The media sharing system creates a segment of the media item. The media sharing system determines to share the segment with the identified users based on the stored share settings. The media sharing system shares the created segment with the identified users. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280568 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRUST ANALYSIS FOR MEMBERS OF A SOCIAL NETWORK - A computer-implemented method of providing a trust analysis comprising forming, using a social network server computer, a social network comprising a plurality of members, each of said members registering with said social network server computer and providing a member profile, each of said member profiles comprising information associated with said member; performing with the social network server computer a member trust factor analysis to generate a member trust factor for each of the plurality of members; performing with the social network server computer a network trust factor analysis of the member trust factors to generate a network trust factor for the social network; and for each of the plurality of members, generating with the social network server computer an adjusted member trust factor by adjusting the member trust factor by the network trust factor. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280569 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOFEEDS, ORIENTATION-BASED GEOFEEDS, AND GEOFEEDS BASED ON AMBIENT CONDITIONS BASED ON CONTENT PROVIDED BY SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT PROVIDERS - A system and method for generating a geofeed based on one or more geofeed parameters including altitude parameters, ambient condition parameters, and orientation parameters is provided. A geofeed includes a collection of content, aggregated from various content providers, that is relevant to one or more geographically definable locations. The generated content may include, for example, video, audio, images, text, hyperlinks, and/or other content that may be relevant to a geographically definable location. The content providers may include, for example, social media platforms, online knowledge databases, individual content creators, and/or other providers that can distribute content that may be relevant to a geographically definable location. The system may filter content into the geofeed and/or out of the geofeed based on one or more geofeed parameters and/or display the geofeed comprising the filtered content. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280570 | DETECTING, CLASSIFYING, AND ENFORCING POLICIES ON SOCIAL NETWORKING ACTIVITY - Technology is disclosed for detecting, classifying, and/or enforcing policies on social networking activity. The technology can store a content policy, classify content posted to a social network, determine that the classification corresponds to the content policy, and apply an action specified by the content policy to the posted content. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280571 | PROCESSING OF USER-SPECIFIC SOCIAL MEDIA FOR TIME-SHIFTED MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for processing social media posts. The methods may include a filtering module receiving a stream of social media posts. The filtering module may acquire one or more filtering criteria. The filtering module may, using the acquired filtering criteria, filter the received stream to extract, from the stream, those social media posts that relate to the certain multimedia content. The filtering module may then, without providing the extracted social media posts for playback, at a current time, on a client device, store (e.g., within a database) the extracted social media posts for future provision to the client device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280572 | ACTION PROCESSING IN INFORMATION EXCHANGE SERVICES - Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for facilitating information exchange services. In at least one implementation, an information exchange service processes communications indicative of a plurality of actions taken with respect to a plurality of derivative versions of a service item associated with a source version of the service item to determine which action of the plurality of actions controls. The information exchange service identifies a modification to apply to data associated with the source version of the service item to reflect the action determined to control and initiates communications indicative of the modification with which to update data associated with each of the plurality of derivative versions of the service item. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280573 | COMPONENT LOADING BASED ON USER PREFERENCES - Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for facilitating information exchange services. In at least one implementation, a request originated from an execution environment is received at an application source. The request is a request to load an application in the execution environment from the source. A user associated with the request is identified and a script is generated based on loading preferences associated with the user. The script is then communicated to the execution environment so that the application can be loaded in accordance with the preferences. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280574 | COMPONENT LOADING BASED ON USER INTERACTIONS - Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for implementing information management applications. In an implementation, an application embodied in program instructions stored on one or more computer readable storage media comprises components and a control component. The components communicate requests to invoke others of the components. The control component handles the requests by at least determining whether or not any component identified by the requests has already been downloaded or is yet to be downloaded. The control component invokes the component when already downloaded and retrieves the component when not yet downloaded. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280575 | DETERMINING ACTIVITIES RELEVANT TO USERS - A system is configured to receive profile data for a user. The profile data may include user attributes. The profile data may include information regarding time intervals during which the user is available. The system is configured to receive a set of activity identifiers that identify activities in which the user can participate. Each of the activities may be associated with activity attributes. The activity attributes may identify one or more points in time at which the activity will occur. The system is configured to determine a correlation score for each activity of the activities. The correlation score for the activity may be determined from a correlation between the activity attributes associated with the activity and the profile data for the user. The system is configured to notify the user about one or more of the activities based on the correlation scores for the one or more activities. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280576 | DETERMINING ACTIVITIES RELEVANT TO GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS - A system is configured to receive individual identifiers that identify a set of individuals; obtain respective profile data for each of the set of individuals; and determine a set of activity identifiers that identify activities in which the set of individuals can participate. Each of the activities may be associated with one or more activity attributes. The system is configured to determine a correlation score for each activity of the activities. The correlation score, for the activity, may be determined from a correlation between the one or more activity attributes associated with the activity and the respective profile data for the set of individuals. The system is configured to provide information identifying one or more of the activities based on the correlation scores determined for the one or more activities. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280577 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTING WITH AN APPLICATION IN A PUBLISHER - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for interacting with an application using a publisher in an online social network. A user interface includes a publisher and an information feed. A user may request to expose an application using the publisher. The application may be hosted natively in an on-demand service environment or hosted on a third-party platform. Content from the application is exposed in the publisher via an application programming interface (API). A user may interact with the application via the API through the publisher, and the information feed is updated via the API according to the user interaction with the application. A feed item may be presented for inclusion in the information feed based on the update. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280578 | Notification Handling System and Method - A notification handling system determines a notification type for a notification received at a first device of a group of associated devices. The system determines at least a second device from the group that has a capability related to the notification type such that the second device can respond to the notification and accordingly routes the notification to the second device. The notification handling system also augments the notification with additional information for the second device based on the capability of the second device. The augmented information is obtained by extracting data from the notification and augmenting the notification based on the extracted data. The notification handling system may also send or receive a global notification dismissal that dismisses the notification from all associated devices that may have received the notification. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280579 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STATUS UPDATES - A method and system for status updates are provided. The method for providing a status update includes: determining contextual data related to a user; retrieving suggested status updates related to the contextual data; presenting the suggest status updates to the user; receiving a selected status update from the user; and posting a status update based on the selected status update. The system for providing a status update includes: a context module configured to determine contextual data related to a user; a selection module configured to select suggested status updates related to the contextual data; a display module configured to display the suggested status updates to a user and receive a selected status update from the user; and a processing component configured to receive the selected status update and post the selected status update to a social media application. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280580 | PROPAGATION OF APPLICATION CONTEXT BETWEEN A MOBILE DEVICE AND A VEHICLE INFORMATION SYSTEM - A method, device, and a vehicle information system are provided for persisting application context from the mobile device to the vehicle information system. An operating context is determined for at least one application executing on the mobile device. A user interface view for display by the vehicle information system is generated and provided to the vehicle information system. The user interface view comprises at least one application user interface element associated with the at least one application, and the application user interface element comprises an application entry point defined by the operating context for the at least one application. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280581 | DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION FOR RESOURCE SHARING - Embodiments of techniques and systems associated with device-to-device (D2D) resource sharing are described. In some embodiments, a D2D communication channel between a first device and a second device is established and a sharing request is received at the first device, from the second device, including a credential identifying the second device. Data representative of a first resource locally available to the first device, but not locally available to the second device, is provided to the second device by the first device. Use of the first resource may be controlled in accordance with an instruction transmitted to the first device from the second device. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280582 | RELATIONSHIP TRACKING AND MAINTENANCE - Disclosed are for aggregating communication data. Data pertaining to a plurality of users is received. A probability that a particular user of the plurality of users will likely have a future encounter with a first other user of the plurality of users based on the received data is determined. An identity of the first other user is provided. Communication content exchanged between the first other user and the particular user is also provided. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280583 | MULTI-TENANCY SUPPORT FOR ENTERPRISE SOCIAL BUSINESS COMPUTING - Mechanisms are provided for enabling collaboration across tenants in a multi-tenant environment using single sign-on (SSO) authentication/authorization. Various examples provide for creating a user account and provisioning a subscription to a user (e.g., to enable single sign-on authentication/authorization). The user is allowed to access services (e.g., collaborative services) in a multi-tenant environment by utilizing a subscription authorization of the user without prompting the user to authenticate by logging-in again (that is, without prompting the user to log-in again after the user has already logged-in and been authenticated for a given session). Other examples provide for mapping webspaces through URL hosts where each organization (that is, tenant) has its own set of namespace(s). | 2014-09-18 |
20140280584 | Digital communication and monitoring system and method designed for school communities - A method related to addressing possible damage caused by inappropriate internet conduct, including writings, pictures, videos, or any other web-delivered content, and/or inappropriate behavior and/or conduct, is provided. The method includes providing a reporting interface enabling a reporting user to generate a complaint report regarding an unfavorable item published by one or more third parties. The method further includes receiving the complaint report and alerting an administrator regarding the complaint report. Additionally, the method includes providing an administrator interface enabling the administrator to view the complaint report, submit the complaint report to an authority, and assign a complaint report status to the complaint report. A resource center is provided for administrators and users and includes content curated for the recipient. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280585 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SERVICE INFORMATION IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OF PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION GROUPS - Methods and apparatus for transmitting service information in a neighborhood of peer-to-peer communication groups are disclosed. A peer-to-peer client device connects to a peer-to-peer communication group via a peer-to-peer group owner. The peer-to-peer client generates a service notification including a category and a sub-category and transmits the service notification to the first peer-to-peer group owner. The first peer-to-peer group owner then forwards the service notification (a) to a first group member that is associated with the category and the sub-category, and (b) to a second group member that is identified as a first bridge and is associated with the category. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280586 | Method and Devices to Reduce Presence Server Traffic - This is a new method to reduce traffic to a presence server as well as modified client and server devices which send and receive messages to support that new method. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280587 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING USER RECEIVING DEVICES WITH USER PROFILES - A system and method for operating with profiles includes a head end associating a first account profile having first profile settings and a first identifier and a second account profile having second profile settings and a second identifier with a user account. A first user receiving device operates with the first profile settings. The head end communicates second profile settings to the first user receiving device and the first user receiving device operates with the second profile settings. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280588 | PROVISION OF PREDEFINED COMMUNICATIONS - Provision of predefined communications is provided. A communication is received from a first user and stored as a predefined communication. The predefined communication is associated with an account associated with the first user, and subsequent to the receiving and the associating, the account is activated for provision of the predefined communication to a second user predefined by the first user. The predefined communication is automatically provided to the second user based on a determination that a triggering event for providing the predefined communication has been satisfied. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280589 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MUSIC COLLABORATION - Disclosed is a system and method for providing at least one music collaboration software module to a first user and a second user. The at least one music collaboration software module provided to the first user is configured to work in conjunction with a first recording software module, and the at least one music collaboration software module provided to the second user is configured to work in conjunction with a second recording software module. The music collaboration software module is configured to enable the first user to collaborate in real time with the second user over the network. In one embodiment, the first recording software module is different from the second recording software module. In another embodiment, the music collaboration software enables streaming of music between the first computing device and the second computing device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280590 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING, MANAGING AND PRESENTING A SOCIAL CONTACTS LIST - First information identifying a person different from the user, and a request to generate a contact page associated with the person, are received from a user, by a first server operated by a first entity. Second information that enables access to a social networking website operated by a second entity different from the first entity is received from the user. A social networking web page maintained at the social networking website is accessed, based on the second information. Third information relating to the person is obtained from the social networking web page. The contact page is generated based on the third information. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280591 | METHOD OF ALERTING A USER OF IMPORTANT EVENTS AND A SYSTEM THEREOF - Embodiments of the present invention relate to event notifications on an end-user device of events that are important to a user of the device. The user is typically subscribed to a service that pulls events from a plurality of sources indicated by the user. The sources include a native address book on the device, a social network(s), a professional network(s), and/or another remote location(s) on the Internet. Around the occurrence of an event, the service allows for automatically generating an electronic wish and for purchasing a gift to be presented to one or more recipients associated with the event. The service can transmit the content in various forms and can include a monetizing scheme. The service is able to intelligently determine which events are important to the user such to alert the user of only those relevant events, and to intelligently select an appropriate channel for transmitting the content. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280592 | USER IDENTIFICATION ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA - Users may be identified across websites, such as social media websites. Prior user information data and candidate user information data may be received. An algorithm may identify a first plurality of behavioral patterns in the prior user information data and a second plurality of behavioral patterns in the candidate user information datum. The algorithm may determine whether the candidate user information datum and the prior user information data correspond to the same user based, at least in part, on the first and second pluralities of behavioral patterns. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280593 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS USING A MULTI-LEVEL NETWORK - A system and a method for data collection and analysis that uses a multi-level network are provided. The system comprises a first client device and a central network. The first client device and the central network form the multi-level network. The first client device is configured to receive a first data and perform a first data fusing process based on the first data. The first data fusing process generates a second data. The central network is in communication with the first client device. The central network receives the second data from the first client device. The central network is configured to perform a second data fusing process based on the second data to generate a third data. The third data is communicated to the first client device so that the first client device can perform a third data fusing process based on the third data to generate a fourth data. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280594 | Automatic, Interest-Based Notifications - A system which hosts an electronic forum comprises memory in which is stored profiles of users of the electronic forum, memory in which is stored posts of the electronic forum, and notification generation circuitry. The notification generation circuitry is operable to, automatically in response to creation of a post to the electronic forum, inspect the post for an occurrence of a particular tag. The notification generation circuit is operable to determine, automatically in response to a detection that the post contains an occurrence of the particular tag, which of the users are both subscribed to the particular tag and have permission to view the post; and send, automatically in response to a determination that a first one or more of the users are both subscribed to the particular tag and have permission to view the post, a notification of the post to the first one or more of the users. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280595 | Cloud Based Elastic Load Allocation for Multi-media Conferencing - Disclosed herein is a technique for providing cloud based scaleable videoconferencing infrastructure in a variety of ways. A combination of hardware based conferencing and software emulation of hardware conferencing equipment is disclosed. The disclosed systems and methods include load balancing algorithms and a software control architecture to allow for flexible and elastic scaling of each component individually or as a group. The disclosed systems and methods are also agnostic to the underlying hardware infrastructure utilized for any given conference. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280596 | REAL-TIME COLLABORATION FOR BINARY DATA FILES - A document collaboration system allows applications to collaborate on a binary data file even if the binary data file is not in a collaborative document format. In response to a request from an application to access a binary data file, the document collaboration system gives the application access to a document model corresponding to the binary data file and the application. If the document model does not already exist, it may be created by generating an empty document model, transmitting the binary data file to the application, and allowing the application to fill in the empty document model based on the binary data file. The document model may be provided to and modified by its related application through an application programming interface (API), and changes to the document model may be applied to the binary data file. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VISUALLY BASED SOCIAL NETWORK - An engine, system and method for a domain social network that interconnects Internet users with at least domains owned by or of interest to those Internet users, and that may obtain and/or forward obtained dynamic data regarding those domains automatically, such as by web service or email service. The dynamic data may be used to filter and protect content and data of the respective domains, to protect users by identifying low quality web pages or malicious software or pages, to isolate or improve search results regarding the domain, and/or to improve Internet-based transaction flow, such as the creation of advertising. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280598 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VALIDATING REAL TIME NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and systems for managing network communications are described. An example resource management system includes a communications manager configured to access information regarding communication protocols used by corresponding broker systems and to provide message translations based on an origin and/or destination of the message to be transmitted. A message processor is coupled to the communications manager and is configured to serialize incoming and/or outgoing broker messages and to facilitate queuing of incoming and outgoing message traffic with broker systems. A communications configurer is configured to track one or more communication attributes of broker systems and changes thereto to ensure communications between the resource management systems are broker systems are conducted in accordance with the communication attributes of the broker systems. A communications rules provider is configured to determine which broker system is to be communicated with in order to fulfill a resource request. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280599 | CAMERA DATA MANAGEMENT AND USER INTERFACE APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - In certain embodiments, a camera image stored locally by a device is published by the device, over a network, to a content distribution subsystem configured to automatically distribute the camera image to one or more predefined destinations in accordance with a distribution service. The content distribution subsystem automatically distributes the published camera image to the one or more predefined destinations in accordance with the distribution service. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280600 | MEETING ARRANGEMENT SYSTEM BETWEEN MEMBERS OF WEBSITE AND APPLICATION - The invention relates to a meeting arrangement system between members of a website and an application, and more particularly, to a meeting arrangement system between members of a website and an application capable of arranging the meeting between the members through the online site by using the interne website or the application program. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280601 | Collective Operation Management In A Parallel Computer - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for collective operation management in a parallel computer are provided. Embodiments include a parallel computer having a plurality of compute nodes coupled for data communications over a data communications network. Embodiments include a first compute node entering a collective operation. Each compute node of the plurality of compute nodes is associated with the collective operation. In response to entering the collective operation, the first compute node decreases power consumption of the first compute node. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280602 | COLLABORATIVE GROUP AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT UTILIZING USER ACTIVATED COLLABORATION THREADS - Systems and techniques facilitate capturing, via a server, a communication between a plurality of participants via computing devices of the participants and utilizing a communication tool associated with the computing devices. The server links the communication to a collaboration thread that is accessible by each participant via a computing device of each participant, where the collaboration thread includes a container object that provides access to stored content associated with each communication linked to the collaboration thread. The server further notifies each participant of the collaboration thread including an indication that the collaboration thread has been revised based upon the linking of the communication to the collaboration thread. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280603 | USER ATTENTION AND ACTIVITY IN CHAT SYSTEMS - In a chat system user attention and activity can be reflected to other chat participants to increase communication effectiveness, immediacy, and quality. Further, efficient communication can be facilitated by a keyboard providing, in an intelligent manner, non-textual content for selection. User attention focus indicating the progress of a content consumption activity being performed using a display device can be determined and communicated to other chat participants. The content consumption activity can relate to content other than chat message text content. A graphical indication can be displayed to indicate an amount of chat message text input being input for a message that is not yet sent. Further, the indications of non-textual content for the keyboard can be populated according to content of a current chat or content of a chat history. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280604 | ADAPTIVE DISTRIBUTED APPLICATION STREAMING - Methods and systems for remotely provisioning immediately executable virtualized applications using a peer-to-peer network. Immediately initially executable portions of virtual applications, or additional components of virtual applications, or a combination thereof, are served onto user desktops from other peers on the peer-to-peer network when applications are selected for use. | 2014-09-18 |