Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080288453 | Method and system for metadata-driven document management and access control - A system is provided to facilitate tag-based organization of documents. During operation, the system receives an original user query. The system extends the query to include documents with an IN-tag and exclude documents with an OUT-tag. The system then performs a search based on the extended query to indicate a collection of documents which satisfy the extended query. The system further allows a user to add a document to the collection of documents or remove a document from the collection of documents. Next, the system modifies a tagging property of the document. | 11-20-2008 |
20080288862 | Method and system for in-document markup in support of information sharing - A system is provided to facilitate content dissemination. During operation, the system allows a user to add a tag to a first document, wherein the tag indicates an operation to be performed on a portion of the document. The system then processes the tag and performs the operation on the document portion based on the tag. | 11-20-2008 |
20090234891 | System And Method For Providing A Synchronized Data Rerepresentation - A system and method for providing a synchronized data rerepresentation is provided. Data maintained by an originating application is accessed and the data is presented thorough an originating user interface. The data is marshaled into a form useable by a surrogate application with rerepresentation of the data through a surrogate user interface. Selections of the data are reflected across the originating user interface and the surrogate user interface. Actions on the data are synchronized between the originating application and the surrogate application. | 09-17-2009 |
20090254840 | LOCAL MAP CHAT - Information communication technology operable to provide users with a means for sharing information and comments is disclosed. The information communication technology provides a means for participants to place chat comments on an interactive graphic such as a dynamically rendered map that participants can track, edit and collaboratively work with in order to decide on a suitable meeting location. | 10-08-2009 |
20090257565 | MULTI-CHANNEL QUIET CALLS - A system and method for simultaneously conducting multiple telephone conversations is provided. In an embodiment, a user converses with one individual on a first channel while simultaneously transmitting audible utterances to a second individual or a second channel. The user can select the desired channel or channels and a desired phrase and an electronic representation of the selected phrase is transmitted over the selected channel(s). | 10-15-2009 |
20090307205 | FRIENDLY SEARCH AND SOCIALLY AUGMENTED SEARCH QUERY ASSISTANCE LAYER - Community search query technology operable to provide users with the means to collaborate on search queries and share their query results with other users in a community is disclosed. The community search query technology provides a collaborative search engine that utilizes community feedback and personal profiles. The community search query technology also comprises personal task, information management, project creation, listing queries by activity categories, setting deadlines for ongoing search needs, setting up search queues, and annotation of search sessions. | 12-10-2009 |
20090327501 | COMMUNICATION ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed herein are one or more systems and methods to control communication access to a user via one or more communication clients, each of which provides a mode of communication, to communicate with a user, using communication access control items and communication access control conditions associated with each of the communication clients. | 12-31-2009 |
20100082658 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURFACING CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT INFORMATION - The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for providing contextually relevant suggestions and content in response to user queries. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises receiving a request from a user and retrieving refinement data associated with the request. The method identifies one or more contextually relevant refinement items on the basis of the retrieved refinement data and provides the refinement data and a plurality of results associated with the request. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082677 | CONTENT ACCESS AND ANNOTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for controlling access to content, and/or regions thereof, as well as controlling access to annotations to the content, or regions thereof. An audience can be specified for a region of content and one or more associated annotations. In response to a request for a content region, a content region definition, an audience definition for the content region, and at least one annotation for the content region and audience can be obtained, and the content region and the at least one annotation can be transmitted in response to the request if it is determined that the request is from a member of the audience, so that the content region and annotation can be experienced at an audience member's device. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082684 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED WEB EXPERIENCE - A system and method which may generate and/or maintain a signature profile for a user. The signature profile may be a representation or a symbol of a user which may yield to different kinds of searches. A signature processor server may generate an initial signature profile with user-supplied materials, including but not limited to: audio clips, video clips, and images. A crawler server may use the initial signature profile to mine the Internet, obtain web content relevant to the initial signature profile, and present the relevant web content to the user. The signature processor server may receive the user's feedback on the relevant web content so as to update and refine the signature profile. | 04-01-2010 |
20100095353 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT ACCESS CONTROL - A system and method for managing access to content is provided. One example embodiment provides for a method including acts of identifying a filter of content based at least in part on the preferences a user and a subject presented in the content and presenting the content using the filter to the user. Another example embodiment provides for a system that includes a controller configured to identify a filter of content based on preferences of a user, to present content using the identified filter and to update the preferences of the user based on feedback from the user and the subjects presented in the content. | 04-15-2010 |
20100114720 | DYNAMIC IN-PAGE ADVERTISING - Advertisements displayed in a web page are enabled to be changed as a context of the web page changes without reloading the web page. A first set of one or more advertisements may be displayed on a web page. One or more of the displayed advertisements may be replaced with one or more alternative advertisements. Selection of the alternative advertisements is triggered based on the occurrence of one or more events that cause a change in a context of the web page. The display of the alternative advertisements is performed dynamically, without the web page needing to be reloaded. In this manner, the advertisements displayed on a web page may be changed based on the change in web page context, to provide advertisements to users that correspond to the changing context. | 05-06-2010 |
20100138491 | Customizable Content for Distribution in Social Networks - Particular embodiments of the present invention are related to customizing content based on a social context associated with the viewer of the content. The social context may include information regarding the viewer's friends or contacts in a social network, and information regarding the interaction of such friends or contacts with the customizable content. | 06-03-2010 |
20100156933 | VIRTUALIZED REAL WORLD ADVERTISING SYSTEM - An advertising system associates advertisements with virtualized real-estate on a map image. Virtualized real-estate includes locations on a map image that correspond to real world locations associated with a user, such as a home, business, or other location. The system matches a user's virtualized real-estate with advertisements based on user preferences, advertiser preferences, and tracking information. The system also allows users to auction off virtualized real-estate to advertisers. Thereafter, advertisements matched with virtualized real-estate are overlaid on the virtualized real-estate in the map image. | 06-24-2010 |
20100198869 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNAL SEARCH - A system and method which may allow a requester to post a search query and get time-sensitive responses from other users who are best suited to respond to the search query. The system may find out such best suited responders based on their location, activity and time affinity/proximity to the search query, and forward the search query to them. The system may then return the responses to the requester. The system may also be able to automatically answer search queries based on users' historical query-response activities. By matching a search query with users knowledgeable about it, the invention may help a requester to get timely and accurate responses to his search query. | 08-05-2010 |
20100205060 | CONTEXT-SENSITIVE ROUTE GENERATION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention describe systems and methods for automatically generating route(s) based on users' trip intent and conditions. A user enters his/her trip intent and conditions. A context-sensitive route generation system generates one or more routes based on information surrounding the user's trip intent, such as destination, time, means of transportation, purpose and identity(ies) of traveler(s), and conditions, such as user's limitations, needs, and preferences, for the user. Once the user chooses a route to follow, context-sensitive route generation system (CRGS) keeps track of user's movement and can modify the user's route when a need arises. The CRGS searches one or more networks and the system database(s) for profile and real-time (or instant) information for route generation, and continues to mine networks for information related to the trip to ensure the best route is recommended to the user. In one embodiment, profile and real-time information relevant to the trip is used in generating and modifying the route. In addition to generation, monitoring and updating route(s) for the user, the CRGS also can present advertisements of interest to the user for business and services along user's route. | 08-12-2010 |
20100250578 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A PROFILE BASED SEARCH - The present invention provides a method and system for conducting a profile based search. The method and system includes receiving a search request including one or more search terms from a user, parsing the search request into categorical verticals, determining search refinement data relative to the categorical verticals, the search refinement data including at least one of: profile information, environmental data relative to the search request and historical behavior data relating to the search request or the user and accessing a database of aggregated search data based on the search refinement data. The method and system includes using the aggregated search data, determining a most relevant search query and a most relevant user profile, refining the search request based on the most relevant search query and most relevant user profile and generating an output display of a search result set based on the refined search request. | 09-30-2010 |
20100293035 | MAP ADVERTISING SYSTEM INTERFACE - In the Internet field, interfaces which support social interaction are used by two or more people to share information and content. An example is a geolocation (map-type) interface (a web page for instance) which is relied upon by users to obtain travel routes, plan trips and find geolocation information, such as stores, restaurants and other places. Described here is a system for advertising whereby targeted advertisements are displayed to users of such an interface and the advertisements are the result of an analysis of user behavior during a particular interface session or several sessions, so advertisements are closely targeted to each particular user. | 11-18-2010 |
20100325207 | CONDITIONAL COMMUNICATION ACCESS BASED ON USER STATUS - A device, system and method to enable communications over a network that allows a user to establish a status that controls the method or manner of communication to client devices of the user based on various definable conditions, and to track such communications based on the condition-related status of various users to discern behavior or gauge progress towards an objective. | 12-23-2010 |
20110040756 | System and Method for Providing Recommendations - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing recommendations for an activity to a user are provided. In one method, the method tracks status information of a plurality of users, and detects a trigger for providing recommendations for an activity. In response the trigger, the method identifies a cluster of users based on the status information of the users. The method further retrieves profiles and behavioral characteristics of the users in the identified cluster, and provides one or more recommendations for the activity to the user based, at least in part, upon the behavioral characteristics and the profiles. | 02-17-2011 |
20110061001 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF ADVERTISMENT DISPLAY UPDATES WITH USER REVISITATION RATES - Techniques for displaying advertisements on web pages are provided. A revisitation rate for views of a web page by a user population is determined. A refresh rate for an advertisement space on the web page is synchronized with the determined revisitation rate. An advertisement is selected to be displayed at the advertisement space at a particular refresh time of the synchronized refresh rate. The advertisement is selected based at least on a difference between a content of the web page at the particular refresh time and a content of the web page at a previous refresh time of the synchronized refresh rate. | 03-10-2011 |
20110088009 | TUTORIAL SYSTEMS FOR CODE CREATION AND PROVENANCE TRACKING - The disclosed embodiments of computer systems and techniques facilitate creation and retrieval of software code. Provenance tracking at the step level allows for each step to be tracked to its original creator and to various remixes of the original in the line of provenance. | 04-14-2011 |
20110106615 | MULTIMODE ONLINE ADVERTISEMENTS AND ONLINE ADVERTISEMENT EXCHANGES - Techniques are described for selecting advertisements for display in web pages. In one aspect, a web page content characterization document may be generated that describes aspects of a web page. The web page content characterization document may be used to match advertisements for display in the web page. In another aspect, a multi-display mode advertisement object is provided. The multi-display mode advertisement object is an advertisement object that can be displayed as an advertisement in various formats, as desired for the particular web page destination location. In still another aspect, an in-linking advertisement object is provided. The in-linking advertisement object may be displayed on a web page, and when selected (e.g., clicked on), activates a link to content within the web page, rather than linking off page. | 05-05-2011 |
20110196896 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR METADATA-DRIVEN DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT AND ACCESS CONTROL - A system is provided to facilitate tag-based organization of documents. During operation, the system receives an original user query. The system extends the query to include documents with an IN-tag and exclude documents with an OUT-tag. The system then performs a search based on the extended query to indicate a collection of documents which satisfy the extended query. The system further allows a user to add a document to the collection of documents or remove a document from the collection of documents. Next, the system modifies a tagging property of the document. | 08-11-2011 |
20110202537 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING TOPIC MESSAGES TO UNDERSTAND MEDIA RELATING TO AN EVENT - A system and method for using topic messages to understand media relating to an event. An event (such as a live event or broadcast event), is selected where at least a portion of the content of the event is stored as at least one media object, such as, for example a video or audio recording in digital format. A plurality of topic messages relating to the broadcast event is retrieved over a network and are analyzed to identify a plurality of content segments within the event. The topic messages are further analyzed to identify at least one key actor related to the event. Segment and key actor data relating to the event is stored to a computer readable medium in association with the media objects, whereby the segment data identifies the plurality of content segments within the media objects and the key actor data identifies key actors in the event. | 08-18-2011 |
20110207482 | MEDIA EVENT STRUCTURE AND CONTEXT IDENTIFICATION USING SHORT MESSAGES - The present disclosure is descriptive of discovering structure, content, and context of a media event, e.g., a live media event, using real-time discussions that unfold through short messaging services. Generally, a sampling of short messages of a plurality of users is obtained. The sampling of short messages corresponds to a media event. A segment in the media event is identified using the sampling of short messages, and at least one term taken from the sampling of short messages is identified. The at least one term is indicative of a context of the identified segment. | 08-25-2011 |
20120158638 | CLASSIFICATION RECOMMENDATION BASED ON SOCIAL ACTIONS - Embodiments are directed towards employing a classifier to determine a classification for target media content using nominally factored social interaction attributes, the classifier being trained using a training dataset that includes at least one nominally factored social interaction attribute. The trained classifier determines a classification of the target media content based on nominally factored social interaction attributes obtained during a monitored social interaction with the target media content and one or more users. The classification may include identifying at least one genre for the media content, as well as predicting whether the media content will go viral or not. The classification may also be used to provide recommendation to the one or more users of other media content. | 06-21-2012 |
20120166467 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SEARCH ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGIES BASED ON USER SELF-EFFICACY AND SEARCH FRUSTRATION - The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for providing search assistance technologies based on a user's search self-efficacy and search frustration. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises receiving a search query from a user. The method then calculates the user's search self-efficacy and calculates the user's frustration with the current information task. The method then identifies a plurality of search assistance technologies based on the user's search self-efficacy and frustration. Finally, the method provides a search engine results page comprising a plurality of search results and the identified plurality of search assistance technologies. | 06-28-2012 |
20120185343 | DYNAMIC IN-PAGE ADVERTISING - Advertisements displayed in a web page are enabled to be changed as a context of the web page changes without reloading the web page. A first set of one or more advertisements may be displayed on a web page. One or more of the displayed advertisements may be replaced with one or more alternative advertisements. Selection of the alternative advertisements is triggered based on the occurrence of one or more events that cause a change in a context of the web page. The display of the alternative advertisements is performed dynamically, without the web page needing to be reloaded. In this manner, the advertisements displayed on a web page may be changed based on the change in web page context, to provide advertisements to users that correspond to the changing context. | 07-19-2012 |
20130086484 | SYSTEM FOR CUSTOM USER-GENERATED ACHIEVEMENT BADGES BASED ON ACTIVITY FEEDS - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for generating and awarding user-generated badges. In one embodiment, a user-generated badge may be generated in response to input received via a graphical user interface. The user-generated badge may be represented by a media token and have associated therewith a set of rules defining one or more activities to be completed. Activity data may be monitored via one or more data sources based upon the set of rules. An instance of the user-generated badge may be automatically awarded to individuals satisfying the set of rules. | 04-04-2013 |
20130144729 | Dynamic In-Page Advertising - Advertisements displayed in a web page are enabled to be changed as a context of the web page changes without reloading the web page. A first set of one or more advertisements may be displayed on a web page. One or more of the displayed advertisements may be replaced with one or more alternative advertisements. Selection of the alternative advertisements is triggered based on the occurrence of one or more events that cause a change in a context of the web page. The display of the alternative advertisements is performed dynamically, without the web page needing to be reloaded. In this manner, the advertisements displayed on a web page may be changed based on the change in web page context, to provide advertisements to users that correspond to the changing context. | 06-06-2013 |
20130166394 | SALIENCY-BASED EVALUATION OF WEBPAGE DESIGNS AND LAYOUTS - Evaluating a web design includes: receiving input that includes page elements; deriving a plurality of key page elements from the input; running a saliency model on the input to derive hot spots representing those items that are most likely to initially grab (or obtain) a viewer's attention; comparing positions of the hot spots to placement of the plurality of the key page elements to determine effectiveness of the placement of the key page elements; and presenting a saliency map depicting the hot spots in the page elements. | 06-27-2013 |
20130219339 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SHARING OF CONTENT ON AN ONLINE SHARING PLATFORM - A method and system for managing sharing of content on an online sharing platform. The method includes receiving the content from a user to post on the online sharing platform, determining indicator position on one or more sliders associated with the content, acquiring preferences of the user based on the indicator position on the one or more sliders and displaying the content based on the preferences of the user. The system includes an electronic device that enables a user to provide content using one or more sliders. The system also includes a communication interface in electronic communication with the electronic device, a memory that stores instructions and a processor. | 08-22-2013 |
20130227418 | CUSTOMIZABLE GESTURES FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Users are enabled to define and modify mappings between ( | 08-29-2013 |
20130246448 | TWO-DIMENSION INDEXED CAROUSELS FOR IN SITU MEDIA BROWSING ON MOBILE DEVICES - In one embodiment, a set of one or more metadata values may be obtained via a device, where the set of one or more metadata values indicate conditions present with respect to the device, the user of the device, and/or one or more friends of the user. Multiple media items in a plurality of media items may be identified by identifying at least a portion of the plurality of media items based, at least in part, on at least a portion of a second set of one or more metadata values of at least a portion of the plurality of media items and at least a portion of the set of one or more metadata values, where the second set of metadata values indicates conditions present when the corresponding media item was obtained, generated, or identified. A virtual carousel including the multiple media items may be provided. | 09-19-2013 |
20140304283 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT ACCESS CONTROL - A system and method for managing access to content is provided. One example embodiment provides for a method including acts of identifying a filter of content based at least in part on the preferences a user and a subject presented in the content and presenting the content using the filter to the user. Another example embodiment provides for a system that includes a controller configured to identify a filter of content based on preferences of a user, to present content using the identified filter and to update the preferences of the user based on feedback from the user and the subjects presented in the content. | 10-09-2014 |