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| 20120243850 | TRICK PLAY ADVERTISING - A device receives trick play signals during a playing of content. The device determines a trick play being request based on the trick play signals. The device further estimates a length of an available time period based on the trick play and information regarding at least one other trick play. The at least one other trick play occurred prior to the trick play. The device also retrieves an advertisement for the available time period based on a length of the available time period. The advertisement is one of a plurality of advertisements of different lengths. The device displays the advertisement, on a display, during the available time period. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120265703 | AD HOC SOCIAL NETWORKING - A system receives a set of criteria that identify characteristics desired in a user of a user device and that identify a location at which the user device is to be located; transmits the criteria to a server device; receives, from the server device, a list of user devices that are identified, by the server device, based on the criteria, where the list of user devices includes information relating to each user associated with the user devices; obtains video information of one of the users that are located at the location; selects a another user device, from the list of user devices, based on a determination that the video information matches information relating to a particular user, where the particular user is associated with the other user device; and communicates with the other user device, based on the selection of the other user device. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130041661 | AUDIO COMMUNICATION ASSESSMENT - A device may include a communication interface configured to receive audio signals associated with audible communications from a user; an output device; and logic. The logic may be configured to determine one or more audio qualities associated with the audio signals, map the one or more audio qualities to at least one value, generate audio-related information based on the mapping, and provide, via the output device during the audible communications, the audio-related information to the user. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130080763 | PERSONAL MESSAGING SECURITY - A method may include creating, by a user device, an electronic message, the electronic message comprising destination information corresponding to an intended recipient of the electronic message. The method many include receiving, by the user device and from a user, a security key corresponding to a particular type of user input and corresponding to the intended recipient of the electronic message. The method may include encrypting, by the user device, the electronic message based on the security key, and the method may include communicating, by the user device, the electronic message based on the destination information corresponding to the intended recipient. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20140111336 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AWARENESS DETECTION - A method may include receiving sensor data, the sensor data including at least one of sound or light; comparing, when the sensor data includes sound, the received sound with sound information included in one or more media files; comparing, when the sensor data includes light, the received light with one or more particular conditions; determining, based on comparing at least one of the received sound or the received light, if alert information should be provided, the alert information indicating a dangerous situation; and providing, when the alert information should be provided, the alert information indicating the dangerous situation. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140115465 | VISUAL PLAYLIST - A device may receive information that identifies a first attribute and a second attribute associated with media files, and the first and second attributes may specify a manner in which the media files are to be represented on a user interface. The device may present, on the user interface and based on the first attribute and the second attribute, a representation of the media files on a grid. A first dimension of the grid may be associated with the first attribute, and a second dimension on the grid may be associated with the second attribute. The device may receive a selection of a portion of the grid corresponding to a set of media files, and may create a playlist, based on receiving the selection, that includes the set of media files. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140118168 | TRAVEL OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM - A device may obtain information associated with a traffic light. The traffic light may control a flow of traffic associated with a first location. The device may obtain travel information associated with a mobile device and determine, based on the travel information, that the mobile device is located at a second location, that is different from the first location, and is traveling toward the first location. The device may determine a projected status of the traffic light based on the information associated with the traffic light and the travel information. The projected status of the traffic light indicating a status of the traffic light at a time the mobile device is projected to arrive at the first location. The device may transmit information identifying the projected status to the mobile device. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123022 | DYNAMIC APPLICATION ARRANGER - A device may determine an application shortcut and a set of specified conditions, where the application shortcut is to be presented on a home screen of a user device when the set of specified conditions is satisfied. The device may determine a set of current conditions associated with the user device, and may present the application shortcut on the home screen of the user device based on the set of current conditions satisfying the set of specified conditions. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140157424 | MOBILE DEVICE PRIVACY APPLICATION - A device is configured to determine that the device is to activate a privacy mode, obscure information displayed by a display of the device, detect a user interaction with a first portion of the display, the first portion being less than an entirety of the display, and reveal first information obscured by the first portion of the display, without revealing information obscured by a remaining portion of the display, the first portion and the remaining portion comprising the entirety of the display. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140237043 | DYNAMIC STUNT CARDS USING USER DEVICE DISPLAYS - A server device may receive one or more event instruction schedules. Each of the one or more event instruction schedules may identify one or more events and corresponding instructions. The server may receive location information identifying a location of a user device; identify a particular schedule of the one or more event instruction schedules based on the location; identify an occurrence of an event of the one or more events identified by the particular schedule; identify a particular corresponding instruction for the event; and direct the user device to execute the corresponding instruction based on the occurrence of the of the one or more events. The server device may cause the user device to execute the corresponding instruction to function as a component in a combined display or in a combined sound outputting system having multiple user devices in addition to the user device. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140279613 | DETECTING COUNTERFEIT ITEMS - A device may receive a request, from a user, to determine whether an item is a counterfeit item. The device may perform, based on receiving the request, a comparison of at least one of: one or more images of one or more first portions of the item to one or more images of corresponding one or more first portions of the authentic item that corresponds to the item, or one or more sounds of one or more second portions of the item to one or more sounds of corresponding one or more second portions of the authentic item. The device may determine whether the item is a counterfeit item based on performing the comparison. The device may provide, to the user and based on determining whether the item is a counterfeit item, information indicating whether the item is a counterfeit item. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140355511 | EXTENDING NETWORK SIGNAL RANGE VIA VEHICLES - A controller device, implemented in a repeating system associated with a vehicle, may activate an antenna device included in the repeating system to cause the antenna device to receive a network signal and transmit an amplified network signal, corresponding to the network signal, to an area around the vehicle; and cause an amplification device, included in the repeating system, to receive the network signal, amplify the network signal to form the amplified network signal, and provide the amplified network signal for transmission by the antenna device. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140359786 | MATCHED CONTENT USE RESTRICTION SYSTEM - A system may be configured to receive an upload, from a first user device, of a basis content item that includes first content; determine whether a first user of the first user device has a right to restrict a use of the first content in an in-use content item uploaded by a second user device when the in-use content includes the first content; in response to determining that the first user has the right, store the basis content in the system; in response to determining that the first user does not have the right, discard the basis content; receive an upload, from a second user device, of a first in-use content item; and determine whether the first in-use content item matches the basis content item. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140365962 | NAVIGATING BETWEEN APPLICATIONS OF A DEVICE - A device may detect an event during execution of a particular application of the device. As part of detecting the event, the device may detect a closing of the particular application or may detect a calendar event. The device may identify a sequence of applications related to the event based on information identifying the event and may present graphical information identifying the sequence of applications. The device may detect selection of graphical information identifying another application from the graphical information identifying the sequence of applications, and may initiate the other application based on detecting the selection of the graphical information identifying the other application. | 12-11-2014 |
