Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090244015 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF WIRELESS TRANSFER OF FILES - Device, system, and method of wireless transfer of files. For example, a method includes: identifying a selection of a representation of a digital object stored in a mobile device by detecting contact on a touch-sensitive surface of the mobile device at a contact position that corresponds to said representation; identifying a directional movement of said contact position on the touch-sensitive surface; and in response to said directional movement, wirelessly transferring data corresponding to the digital object to a nearby computing device. | 10-01-2009 |
20100328074 | HUMAN PRESENCE DETECTION TECHNIQUES - Human presence techniques are described. For instance, an apparatus may comprise one or more physical sensors operative to monitor one or more physical characteristics of an electronic device, and a security controller communicatively coupled to the one or more physical sensors. The security controller may be operative to control security for the electronic device, the security controller comprising a human presence module operative to receive a request to verify a presence of a human operator, determine whether the human operator is present at the electronic device based on sensor data received from the one or more physical sensors for the electronic device, the sensor data representing one or more physical characteristics of the electronic device, and generate a human presence response indicating whether the human operator is present or not present at the electronic device based on the sensor data. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-30-2010 |
20110093725 | Method and Apparatus for User-Activity-Based Dynamic Power Management and Policy Creation for Mobile Platforms - A method and apparatus for user activity-based dynamic power management and policy creation for mobile platforms are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the monitoring of one or more sensor values of a mobile platform device to gather sensor activity data. Once the sensor activity data is gathered, the user state may be predicted according to the gathered user activity and an updated user state model. In one embodiment, the user state model is updated according to the sensor activity data. In one embodiment, a switch occurs from the present power management policy to a new power management policy if the new user state differs from a present user state by a predetermined amount. In one embodiment, at least one time-out parameter of a selected power management policy may be adjusted to comply with a predicted user state. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 04-21-2011 |
20120088451 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF WIRELESS TRANSFER OF FILES - Device, system, and method of wireless transfer of files. For example, a method includes: identifying a selection of a representation of a digital object stored in a mobile device by detecting contact on a touch-sensitive surface of the mobile device at a contact position that corresponds to said representation; identifying a directional movement of said contact position on the touch-sensitive surface; and in response to said directional movement, wirelessly transferring data corresponding to the digital object to a nearby computing device. | 04-12-2012 |
20120159144 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-MODE MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES AND PERIPHERALS - Embodiments of a method and apparatus are described for operating a mobile computing device in different modes using different operating systems. An apparatus may comprise, for example, a memory operative to store multiple operating systems, a processor operative to execute the multiple operating systems, an operating system management module operative to select a first operating system when the mobile computing device is in a first mode or a second operating system when the mobile computing device is in a second mode and the mobile computing device is coupled to one or more external devices. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-21-2012 |
20130080807 | Method and Apparatus for User-Activity-Based Dynamic Power Management and Policy Creation for Mobile Platforms - A method and apparatus for user activity-based dynamic power management and policy creation for mobile platforms are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the monitoring of one or more sensor values of a mobile platform device to gather sensor activity data. Once the sensor activity data is gathered, the user state may be predicted according to the gathered user activity and an updated user state model. In one embodiment, the user state model is updated according to the sensor activity data. In one embodiment, a switch occurs from the present power management policy to a new power management policy if the new user state differs from a present user state by a predetermined amount. In one embodiment, at least one time-out parameter of a selected power management policy may be adjusted to comply with a predicted user state. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 03-28-2013 |
20140006163 | CONTEXT BASED MESSAGING SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
20140006789 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND ASSERTING TRUST LEVEL USING PERSISTENT TRUST LOG | 01-02-2014 |
20140089375 | DETERMINING POINTS OF INTEREST WITHIN A GEOFENCE - Embodiments of apparatus, packages, computer-implemented methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media are described herein for a mobile computing device with a primary processing unit configured to operate in a normal mode and a reduced power mode. The mobile computing device may include a secondary processing unit, coupled with the primary processing unit, configured to provide, to a remote computing server, location data of the mobile computing device. The secondary processing unit may be configured to receive, from the remote computing server, one or more POIs contained within a geofence, identified based on the provided location data. The providing and receiving may be performed on behalf of the primary processing unit while the primary processing unit is in the reduced power mode. Operation of the secondary power processing unit may require less power than operation of the primary processing unit in the normal mode. | 03-27-2014 |
20140249771 | LOCATION ESTIMATION USING A MOBILE DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for location estimation using a mobile device. An example method may include receiving, at a device, one or more signature measurements associated with an indoor environment. Additionally, the device may be associated with a user. The method may also include receiving, at the device, one or more motion tracking measurements to measure relative motion associated with the device and the user. Furthermore, the method may include associating the one or more signature measurements with one or more virtual landmarks identified within the indoor environment. The method may further include determining a location of the user based on the one or more signature measurements, the one or more motion tracking measurements, and the one or more virtual landmarks. | 09-04-2014 |
20140253708 | LOST DEVICE RETURN - Systems, apparatus and methods of reducing or eliminating device loss are described herein. A computing device may receive a user input. The user input may include a proximity preference. The computing device may generate an alert signal upon detecting that a distance between the computing device and the user has increased beyond the first proximity preference. The detecting may be based on sensing a characteristic of the user, such as a voice characteristic or a facial characteristic, or upon detecting that a signal between a user headset and the computing device has diminished in strength. | 09-11-2014 |
20150038172 | SUGGESTIONS BASED ON GROUP CRITERIA - Systems and methods for generating suggestions based on group criteria. A device may act as a proxy for a group and scan information from other devices in the group. The proxy device may then transmit the scanned information to a remote resource. The remote resource may obtain preference information based on profile information, for devices that are determined to be registered with a service, and based on inquiry responses for unregistered devices. The preference information may be compiled into group criteria that may be employed in making one or more suggestions to the group. If the group selects one of the suggestions then the remote resource may make arrangements based on the selection. Otherwise, additional suggestions may be provided to the group. The remote resource may also monitor the group and continue to make suggestions accordingly. | 02-05-2015 |