Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080209222 | METHOD OF CREATING PASSWORD SCHEMES FOR DEVICES - A method of creating a password scheme for a mobile device includes partitioning a storage space on the mobile device into a public portion and a secure portion and encrypting access to the secure portion of the storage space by creating a long password, where the long password being composed of a series of bits of data previously stored on the mobile device in an non-encrypted form. Creating a long password includes assigning portions of the long password to a plurality of media files already stored on the mobile device and concatenating each of the portions of the long password to form the long password. The long password is used to decrypt data stored in the secure area of the mobile device. | 08-28-2008 |
20080235516 | Portable electronic door opener device and method for secure door opening - A portable computing device for opening a door (an electronic door opener) and a method for its use is disclosed. The computing device has a shared secret key, a standard certificate, means for communicating with the door, and a processor adapted for performing operations with shared secret keys and standard certificates. The door also possesses the same shared secret key. Under normal operation, messages encoded with the shared secret key serve to establish a right to open the door. The portable computing device's standard certificate is used to respond to occasional challenges by the door, and to generate the shared secret key. Biometric capabilities of the portable computing device add an additional layer of security in screening the identity of the user of the device. A security system for controlling access, involving a first plurality of computing devices and a second plurality of doors, and operating based on shared secret keys and occasional challenges is also disclosed. | 09-25-2008 |
20080256171 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HISTORY DRIVEN OPTIMIZATION OF WEB SERVICES COMMUNICATION - A system, method and computer program product for communicating Web-Services (WS) messages. First there is allocated an identical amount of a cache history storage at each sender and receiver device for storing a history of communicated WS message strings. At the sender, there is generated an intermediate data representations of each message being built, the corresponding message string stored in the cache history storage. The message is communicated as a serialized data string according to the built data representation. For each subsequent message to be communicated, the method comprises identifying identical portions in intermediate data representations of a current message being built and replacing each identified portion in message strings with a reference indicator to a location in the cache history storage corresponding to an identical character string portion associated with a prior message that has been communicated. At the receiver device, the references are identified in received message strings and one or more intermediate data representations locally stored at the receiver device are substituted in the message to complete a build of the received message. | 10-16-2008 |
20080276159 | Creating Annotated Recordings and Transcripts of Presentations Using a Mobile Device - A method for creating an annotated transcript of a presentation includes steps of: receiving an annotation stream recorded on a mobile device, wherein the annotation stream includes time stamped annotations corresponding to segments of the presentation; receiving a transcript of the presentation, wherein the transcript is time stamped; and then merging the annotation stream with the transcript of the presentation by matching the time stamps from both, for creating the annotated transcript of the presentation. A method for recording an annotation stream on a mobile device includes steps of: assigning a unique identifier to the annotation stream; creating the annotation stream, the annotation stream including annotations entered by a user of the mobile device, wherein each annotation is associated with at least one segment of the presentation; and storing the annotation stream. | 11-06-2008 |
20090019553 | TAGGING PRIVATE SECTIONS IN TEXT, AUDIO, AND VIDEO MEDIA - The present invention comprises a method for the creation of designated private segments within a medium stream comprising determining at least one subsection of information content of the media stream that is to be designated as confidential, and granting permission to a party to access the at least one subsection of information content that has been, designated as confidential. The medium stream is delivered and presented to the party, wherein the at least one subsection of information content that has been designated as confidential is not presented to the party. Further, access validation is requested from the party in regard to accessing the at least one subsection of information content that has been designated as confidential and presenting the at least one subsection of information content that has been designated as confidential to the party in response to received access validation. | 01-15-2009 |
20090037202 | Organization Maps and Mash-ups - According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a system for representing an organization as an organization map that can be manipulated and used as a substrate to plot data includes a memory storing data corresponding to the organization map and plot data, and a processor in communication with the memory for receiving organization map and the plot data and executing commands for rendering the organization map and the plot data including, rendering the organization map as a substrate, the organization map displaying a representation of individuals in the organization, and plotting the plot data on the organization map. | 02-05-2009 |
20090037742 | BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION - A biometric sensor device, a portable electronic device including an actuatable biometric input device, and method of biometric authentication that includes an input device that generates a signal or completes a circuit when actuated, and a biometric reader that reads a biometric of a user when the user actuates the input device to generate the signal or complete the circuit. An authentication section authenticates the biometric read on the biometric reader to generate one of a data access allowance function based on authentication of the biometric input to the actuatable biometric input device and a data access prevention function based on non-authentication of the biometric input to the actuatable biometric input device. The data access allowance function permits data to be accessed at the data access interface, and the data access prevention function prevents reading and/or access to data anywhere on the data storage and access device. | 02-05-2009 |
20090037743 | BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION - A biometric sensor device, a portable electronic device including an actuatable biometric input device, and method of biometric authentication that includes an input device that generates a signal or completes a circuit when actuated, and a biometric reader that reads a biometric of a user when the user actuates the input device to generate the signal or complete the circuit. An authentication section authenticates the biometric read on the biometric reader to generate one of a data access allowance function based on authentication of the biometric input to the actuatable biometric input device and a data access prevention function based on non-authentication of the biometric input to the actuatable biometric input device. The data access allowance function permits data to be accessed at the data access interface, and the data access prevention function prevents reading and/or access to data anywhere on the data storage and access device. | 02-05-2009 |
20090079827 | SENSOR FOR IMAGING INSIDE EQUIPMENT - A system for monitoring performance of a machine for detection of visible signs of failure, the system including: a machine enclosure housing a plurality of machine parts; a visual conduit for providing a view of an interior of the machine; an interface to the machine configured to receive images from the visual conduit; and a repair network for linking the interface to a monitoring center that provides for the repair of problems with the machine. | 03-26-2009 |
20090156267 | CENTRALIZED DISPLAY FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A method for alerting a user of an incoming communication includes steps of: detecting a presence of the user; receiving, from at least one of a plurality of mobile devices of the user, information associated with the incoming communication; and alerting the user of the incoming communication. | 06-18-2009 |
20090187623 | Method For Delivering Businesses Enterprises Advertising Via Instant Messaging - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for advertising a business enterprise via an instant messaging (IM) environment comprising registering at least one business enterprise computing system application with an IM server and registering at least one subscriber with the IM server, wherein a subscriber logs on to the IM server via an IM client application that resides at a computing device. The method further comprises delivering subscriber characteristics comprising at least one of the geographic location of a subscriber's computing device, the subscribers preferences, and subscriber status to the IM server, wherein the IM server utilizes the subscriber characteristics to determine the business enterprises that are relevant to subscriber, and publishing the presence status of the determined business enterprises to the subscriber's computing device, wherein the presence status of a business enterprise is displayed to the subscriber within a contact list displayed at the computing device. | 07-23-2009 |
20090187630 | Method for Interacting With Infrastructure Devices Via Instant Messaging - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for interacting with and controlling infrastructure devices within an IM environment. The method comprises registering at least one infrastructure device at an IM server, registering at least one computing device at the IM server, and delivering one or more of infrastructure device characteristics, status information, and service information from a registered infrastructure device to the IM server, wherein the IM server is configured to publish and update the infrastructure device characteristics, status information, and service information from the at least one registered infrastructure device to registered computing devices. The method also comprises maintaining and displaying a contact list at an IM client application executing at a registered computing device, wherein the contact listing is populated with a listing of registered infrastructure devices and the infrastructure device characteristics, status information, and service information that is associated with the infrastructure device. | 07-23-2009 |
20090193415 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING A POSITIONAL CONDITION TASK BASED ON A DEVICE POSITION AND POSITIONAL DERIVATIVES - A device that executes and a method for executing a positional condition executable task which includes a position determining unit that determines a position of the device, a position derivative generation unit that generates one of a distance-based and a time-based derivative from the position of the device, an input interface that receives a user-defined positional trigger condition, a memory unit that stores a positional condition executable task, and a processor that executes the positional condition executable task based on one of the determined position of the device and the generated derivative from the position of the device with respect to the user-defined positional trigger condition. | 07-30-2009 |
20090216606 | PERVASIVE SYMBIOTIC ADVERTISING SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREFOR - An advertising system and methods, including an ad service that one of generates, presents and receives information pertaining to an ad presentation, an ad presentation output device that outputs the ad presentation at a presentation location, a user response receiver at the ad service that receives a user response transmitted from a mobile device based on the ad presentation at the presentation location, an ad service transmitter that transmits an executable object to a target device specified in the user response, wherein the target device includes a memory and a processor for executing the executable object to provide a service to the user on the target device, wherein the service is modified based on information one of accessed and determined by the executable object on the target device. | 08-27-2009 |
20090216719 | Systems, Methods and Computer Program Products for Generating Metadata and Visualizing Media Content - The exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method for generating metadata for media content that includes a digital media file and includes retrieving a media content subset from a media content source, saving the received media content subset at a computing system, and generating metadata by processing the media content using the computing system. The method further includes associating generated metadata with media content to facilitate the visualization and navigation of the media content, and adding the metadata to at least one metadata repository designed for efficient retrieval of metadata elements. | 08-27-2009 |
20090216742 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR INDEXING, SEARCHING AND VISUALIZING MEDIA CONTENT - The exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method for searching a metadata repository and visualizing the results of the search, wherein the metadata in the metadata repository is associated with a plurality of media content, and wherein each media content including at least one audio track. The method comprises retrieving the media contents used to generate the metadata terms satisfying a search criteria, and generating a ranked list of search results. The method further includes visualizing the ranked list of media contents, and displaying relevant metadata and corresponding associations for the media contents to enable navigation of the at least one audio track included in the media contents. | 08-27-2009 |
20090216743 | Systems, Methods and Computer Program Products for the Use of Annotations for Media Content to Enable the Selective Management and Playback of Media Content - The exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method for searching an annotation repository and visualizing the results of the search, wherein the annotation in the annotation repository is associated with a plurality of media content. The method includes retrieving the media contents used to generate the metadata terms satisfying a search criteria and generating a ranked list of search results. The method further includes visualizing the ranked list of media contents and displaying relevant annotation and corresponding metadata associations for the media contents to enable navigation of the media contents. | 08-27-2009 |
20090216805 | Systems, Methods and Computer Program Products for the Creation of Annotations for Media Content to Enable the Selective Management and Playback of Media Content - The exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method for generating an annotation for media content, that includes retrieving a media content subset from a media content source, saving the received media content subset at a computing system, and generating an annotation for association with the media content subset using the computing system. The method further includes associating the annotation with media content to facilitate the visualization and navigation of the media content and adding the annotation to at least one annotation repository designed for efficient retrieval of annotation elements. | 08-27-2009 |
20090249217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PUBLISHED ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - A system and method that displays published electronic documents including an electronic periodical database that stores electronic files representing a plurality of electronic documents and a plurality of corresponding published issues to each of the plurality of electronic documents, a electronic periodical display controller that displays a graphic substrate upon which the electronic documents and corresponding published issues are arranged, a user input controller that receives user input to manipulate the graphic substrate to control a zooming function and a panning function, and associates input user information with a specific one of the plurality of electronic published issues, and a user input database that saves the input user information associated with the specific electronic published issue, and displays the stored input user information within the graphic substrate associated with the specific one of the plurality of electronic published issues of the plurality of electronic documents. | 10-01-2009 |
20100030589 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING RATING DATA TAGGED TO EXPENSE REPORT ITEMS - A system and method of processing rating data tagged to expense report items that generates an expense report form including at least one line item expense record to be filled out by a user, the at least one line item expense record including at least one tagged expense information field. Input is received from the user and is entering into corresponding expense fields of the at least one line item expense record. The entered input is stored with the at least one line item expense record, and is later processed with a plurality of line item expense records to generate and output one of report data and at least a portion of a travel itinerary based on a plurality of stored tagged expense information. The tagged expense information fields includes one of a transportation information field and a specific business information field, a rating field, a free form comment field, and a rater identification field. | 02-04-2010 |
20100077263 | Autonomously Configuring Information Systems to Support Mission Objectives - Disclosed is a method, system, and computer program product for automatically configuring information systems to support mission objectives. A Mission SoulPad is connected to an information system via a communication bus, such as a USB bus connection. The Mission SoulPad may autonomously detect and configure components of the information system (e.g., displays, sensors, emitters, transceivers) to support the defined objectives of the Mission SoulPad. The Mission SoulPad may also identify malfunctioning components of the information system needing repair or replacement. Typical operations of malfunctioning components may be dynamically re-routed to functional components. Entire sensor and information display suites may be transitioned simply by moving the Mission SoulPad between available information systems. This ensures that mission critical information is consistently available regardless of the type of system the Mission SoulPad is connected to. | 03-25-2010 |
20100082454 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A VIEW OF AND INTERACTING WITH A PURCHASE HISTORY - A system for generating a view of a purchase history, includes an electronic receipt generator for generating an electronic receipt including information regarding a purchase by a customer, a storage device for storing the electronic receipt, and a display screen generator which accesses the electronic receipt in the storage device to generate a display screen which displays a map corresponding to the information included in the electronic receipt. | 04-01-2010 |
20100185932 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR MAPPING AND VIEWING AN EVENT - A tool for mapping an event includes a map generator for generating an event map, a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of the event map, and a display device for displaying the zoomable and pannable view of the event map, and in another aspect, a tool for annotating an event map includes a map generator for generating an event map, an annotating unit for annotating the event map based on a user input, a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of the annotated event map, and a display device for displaying the zoomable and pannable view of the annotated event map. | 07-22-2010 |
20100185933 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR ANNOTATING AN EVENT MAP, AND COLLABORATING USING THE ANNOTATED EVENT MAP - A tool for mapping an event includes a map generator for generating an event map, a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of the event map, and a display device for displaying the zoomable and pannable view of the event map, and in another aspect, a tool for annotating an event map includes a map generator for generating an event map, an annotating unit for annotating the event map based on a user input, a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of the annotated event map, and a display device for displaying the zoomable and pannable view of the annotated event map. | 07-22-2010 |
20100249667 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING A USER'S POSTURE - A device, wearable by a user, includes: a plurality of sensors, each for providing an indication of position of at least a part of the user's body; a receiver for receiving each indication of position provided by each of the plurality of sensor elements to provide a composite position signal. The individual sensor readings may all be transmitted to the external entity for further analysis. The sensors may be placed in different locations or positions for measuring the curvature of at least a part of the user's body. | 09-30-2010 |
20110169941 | SENSOR FOR IMAGING INSIDE EQUIPMENT - A system for monitoring performance of a machine for detection of visible signs of failure, the system including: a machine enclosure housing a plurality of machine parts; a visual conduit for providing a view of an interior of the machine; an interface to the machine configured to receive images from the visual conduit; and a repair network for linking the interface to a monitoring center that provides for the repair of problems with the machine. | 07-14-2011 |
20130117174 | REAL-TIME MICROFINANCE - Real-time microfinancing, in one aspect, concerns the fulfillment of a funding request in real time. The funding request is matched against a candidate set of funding providers based one or more criteria specified by the funding providers. The candidate set of funding providers are notified. The funds may be transferred from one or more accounts of one or more of the candidate set of funding providers to an account of the funding requester. | 05-09-2013 |
20140061310 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL BARCODE TO AVOID UNINTENTIONAL SCANNING - A method of disseminating a message is disclosed. The message is encoding in a barcode. A selected region of the barcode is damaged so as to hinder decoding of the message at a scanning device. The damaged region of the barcode may be occluded from the scanning device in order to enable the scanning device to read the barcode and the message therein. | 03-06-2014 |
20140061316 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL BARCODE TO AVOID UNINTENTIONAL SCANNING - A method of disseminating a message is disclosed. The message is encoding in a barcode. A selected region of the barcode is damaged so as to hinder decoding of the message at a scanning device. The damaged region of the barcode may be occluded from the scanning device in order to enable the scanning device to read the barcode and the message therein. | 03-06-2014 |
20140118141 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR REPORTING CONDITION OF FIRST ENTITY TO SECOND ENTITY - A method of reporting a condition of a first entity to a second entity, the method includes determining, as performed on a processor in a computer system, the condition of the first entity based on an aggregation of structured and unstructured information and entity-activity information of the first entity. The method also includes reporting the condition of the first entity to the second entity. | 05-01-2014 |
20140118142 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR REPORTING CONDITION OF FIRST ENTITY TO SECOND ENTITY - A system for reporting a condition of a first entity to a second entity, the system includes a processor that executes instructions to determine the condition of the first entity based on an aggregation of structured and unstructured information and entity-activity information of the first entity, and a reporting unit that reports the condition of the first entity to the second entity. | 05-01-2014 |
20140136649 | TAG AUTHENTICATION AND LOCATION VERIFICATION SERVICE - Verifying a location of a tag is provided. A request for content associated with the tag is received from a client device that scanned the tag. It is determined whether location data was received from the client device. In response to determining that the location data was received from the client device, it is determined whether a current location of the tag is a predefined location for the tag based on the location data received from the client device. In responsive to determining that the current location of the tag is the predefined location for the tag based on the location data received from the client device, the content associated with the tag is sent to the client device. | 05-15-2014 |
20140136652 | TAG AUTHENTICATION AND LOCATION VERIFICATION SERVICE - Verifying a location of a tag is provided. A request for content associated with the tag is received from a client device that scanned the tag. It is determined whether location data was received from the client device. In response to determining that the location data was received from the client device, it is determined whether a current location of the tag is a predefined location for the tag based on the location data received from the client device. In responsive to determining that the current location of the tag is the predefined location for the tag based on the location data received from the client device, the content associated with the tag is sent to the client device. | 05-15-2014 |
20140218500 | SENSOR FOR IMAGING INSIDE EQUIPMENT - A system for monitoring performance of a machine for detection of visible signs of failure, includes: a machine enclosure housing machine parts; at least one canal through the machine enclosure acting as a visual conduit for providing a view into the interior of the machine; a guide rail within the canal for moving a camera into the interior; an interface to the machine configured to receive images from the visual conduit; and a repair network for linking the interface to a monitoring center that provides for the repair of problems with the machine. | 08-07-2014 |
20150015495 | DYNAMIC MOBILE DISPLAY GEOMETRY TO ACCOMMODATE GRIP OCCLUSION - Systems and methods for occlusion accommodation include identifying grasped regions on a display of a device due to a user's grasp of the device. Occluded regions on the display are determined based on the grasped regions. Content on the display is adjusted by deactivating touch events in the occluded regions to accommodate the display for occlusions from the user's grasp. | 01-15-2015 |