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20120161971 | AUTOMATED ATTENDANCE TRACKING AND EVENT NOTIFICATION - A system is configured to receive information associated with a location of a user device; retrieve information associated with a location at which a user, of the user device, is to be during a period of time; determine whether to assign, to the user device, a late status or an absent status based on the location of the user device, the assigned location, and the period of time; assign a late status when the location of the user device does not match the assigned location when the period of time begins; send, to another user device, a notification that the user device is late to the assigned location based on the assigning of the late status; assign an absent status when the location of the user device does not match the assigned location during the period of time; and send to the other user device, another notification that the user device was absent from the assigned location based on the assigning of the absent status. | 06-28-2012 |
20130084833 | DYNAMIC NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM - A system and method for a dynamic navigational system may include a server configured to send event information associated with an event to a user device. The event information may include a general event location. The server may also be configured to receive a user response to the event information and send a focused event location to the user device in response to the user response selecting to attend the event. The focused event location may be located within the general event location. | 04-04-2013 |
20130086159 | MEDIA CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON SOCIAL NETWORK RELATIONSHIP - A system includes a plurality of media content processing devices, a content server, and a recommendation server. Each media content processing device is configured to receive media content from a content provider. The content server is configured to provide the media content to each of the media content processing devices. The recommendation server is configured to collect viewing data from each of the media content processing device. The recommendation server is further configured to provide each media content processing device with a viewing recommendation based at least in part on the viewing data collected from one or more of the other media content processing devices and a social network relationship between at least two of the media content processing devices. | 04-04-2013 |
20130097179 | CROWD-SOURCED PROBLEM SOLVING - A device includes an input device configured to receive a plurality of user inputs including a predetermined user input. A display device is configured to display a graphical user interface. A memory device is configured to store device information. A help application is in communication with the input device, the display device, and the memory device and is configured to detect the predetermined user input and, in response, populate the graphical user interface with a list of selectable solutions associated with the device information in accordance with a performance rank associated with each solution. | 04-18-2013 |
20130150088 | LOCATION-BASED PROXIMITY NOTIFICATION - A user device may receive selection of a type of a location-based proximity notification, and may receive a device parameter, a message parameter, and a location parameter for the selected notification type. The user device may detect that the user device is proximate to a location defined by the location parameter, and may provide a proximity notification message, defined by the message parameter, to a device defined by the device parameter, when the user device is proximate to the location. | 06-13-2013 |
20130152168 | WIRELESS CONNECTION METHOD AND DEVICE - A method, a device, and an access point are provided for obtaining network access. A method, comprising: receiving, by an access point device and from wireless device, a request for authorization to access a network through the access point; determining, by the access point, a distance between the access point and the wireless device; determining, by the access point, that the distance is less than a first threshold distance; using, by the access point, a first process to grant access to the network through the access point when the distance is less than the first threshold distance; and using, by the access point, a second process to grant access to the network through the access point when the distance is not less than the first threshold distance, where the first process is a different and less complex for granting access to the network than the second process. | 06-13-2013 |
20130190013 | LOCATION-BASED CALL CENTER FILTERING - A device may receive a request for a service call and location information associated with a user device, and may determine an address of a customer, associated with the user device, based on the location information. The device may determine customer information based on the address, and may filter a list of call centers, for the service call, based on the customer information and the address. The device may generate trouble ticket information for the service call, and may provide the customer information and the trouble ticket information to call centers provided in the filtered list of call centers. | 07-25-2013 |
20140040036 | ADVERTISEMENT PLATFORM - Method, device, and storage medium for providing an advertisement platform that allows users to purchase advertisement space on user devices. The advertisement platform delivers the advertisements to the user devices. The advertisement platform uses information from the users of the user devices to identify the available advertisement space. The advertisement platform calculates credits to be applied to services associated with the users of the user devices based on the available advertisement space offered by the users of the user devices. | 02-06-2014 |
20140114753 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING BANDWIDTH BASED ON DEVICE USER RESPONSE - An approach for regulating the allocation of network bandwidth capacity based on user responsiveness to advertisement content is described. A bandwidth allocation platform determines, based on a metering of content delivered to a device via a network, the amount of content delivered is approaching a predetermined threshold of bandwidth allocated to the device by a provider of the network. The bandwidth allocation platform further determines, based on a monitoring of a duration or type of interaction or response of a user, an amount of additional bandwidth to be allocated to the device. | 04-24-2014 |
20140123180 | Methods and Systems for Facilitating Remote Control of a Television by a Support Technician - An exemplary method includes a remote support management system 1) receiving a television support request from a user of a television, 2) generating, in response to the television support request, a ticket identifier associated with the television support request, and 3) facilitating, in accordance with the ticket identifier, remote control of the television by a support technician by way of a computing device associated with the support technician. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 05-01-2014 |
20140149562 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING USER-BASED BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT - An approach for enabling a user to adapt the usage of content by an application is described. An adaptation platform determines usage of content by an application satisfies a predetermined bandwidth threshold. The adaptation platform then initiates an adaptation of the usage of the content by the application based on the bandwidth configuration setting. | 05-29-2014 |
20150044983 | PERSONAL EMERGENCY MESSAGE FRAMEWORK - A mobile device determines that a communications tower is unresponsive to non-emergency wireless signals, and receives user input to select a recipient for an emergency message from a group of pre-registered recipients. The mobile device presents a group of pre-configured status indicators and receives user input to select a particular status indicator. The mobile device generates a text-based emergency message based on the selected recipient, the selected status indicator, location information for the mobile device, and a time stamp. The mobile device sends, to a message server that is different than the message recipient, the text-based emergency message. To determine a status of the message originator without requiring a connection between mobile devices, the intended recipient initiates a fetch message request to retrieve the text-based emergency message from the message server. | 02-12-2015 |
20150071181 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY ADAPTING BANDWIDTH CONSUMPTION - An approach for dynamically adapting bandwidth consumption is described. A token based access platform determines at least one tier of service of a network provider to associate with a request for the use of bandwidth of a wireless access network based on the assignment of a unique token to a user and/or a node associated with the user. The platform then generates, in real-time, an instruction to adapt the amount of bandwidth to be shared by the node associated with the user based on the determination. | 03-12-2015 |
20150084770 | ALERT SENSING AND MONITORING VIA A USER DEVICE - A device may configure recognition of a first alert. The device may store information associated with recognition of the first alert. The device may determine a response action to be associated with recognition of the first alert. The device may store information identifying an association between the first alert and the response action. The device may detect a second alert. The device may determine that the second alert matches the first alert based on the information associated with recognition of the first alert. The device may retrieve the stored information identifying the association between the first alert and the response action based on determining that the second alert matches the first alert. The device may perform the response action based on retrieving the stored information identifying the association between the first alert and the response action. | 03-26-2015 |
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20080234005 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE ACCESS OF DISPLAY DATA SEQUENCING IN MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES - A method and apparatus for selective control of display data sequencing in a mobile computing device is disclosed. The method may include storing a plurality of display data sequencing instruction sets in a memory of the mobile computing device, each of the display data sequencing instruction sets being usable for transferring data in accordance with a different sequencing of display data than other ones of the display data sequencing instruction sets, receiving an indication of a particular type of display data sequencing to be used, selecting one of the display data sequencing instruction sets based on the received indication of the particular type of display data sequencing to be used, transferring data for display based on the selected one of the display data sequencing instruction sets, and controlling the transfer of data to the display device in order to synchronize the data transfer with the data and timing requirements of the display device. | 09-25-2008 |
20090111582 | Method and Apparatus for Tracking Sports Play - A method and apparatus for automated play tracking sports play. A coordinating device receives first messages from player wireless sensors node carried by the players and a second message from a ball wireless sensor node carried by the ball. From these messages, the locations of the players and the ball are determined. From the relative locations of the players and the ball it is determined, which, if any, of the plurality of players possess the ball and a description of play is generated automatically. This description may be broadcast to subscribers via a network. | 04-30-2009 |
20090161728 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING MULTIPLE RADIOS OF DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS - A method, apparatus, and electronic device for regulating communication are disclosed. A first radio | 06-25-2009 |
20100287273 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECTING COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed is a communications device that monitors the status of its communications links. When more than one communications link is available, an “appropriate” link is selected for use by an application running on the device. The links are continually monitored, and, as circumstances change, the link selection can also change. In some embodiments, a link is “appropriate” when it is available to transfer data and when it satisfies certain “hard” rules set by the application or by a user of the communications device. Some embodiments monitor the behaviour of the communications device and of its user and capture that behaviour in “soft” rules that are applied when selecting an appropriate link and when the hard rules leave the choice open. When multiple links transmit on the same frequency, they may be supported “virtually simultaneously” by time-slicing the actual data transmissions. Unneeded links may be shut down to save battery power. | 11-11-2010 |
20120071215 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling a Smart Phone Charger - A method for controlling a charger to charge a power source of an electronic device includes connecting the charger and the electronic device and determining whether the power source of the electronic device is to be charged. The method further includes, the electronic device, sending a first control signal to the charger to enable charging of the power source of the electronic device in response to determining that the power source is to be charged and sending a second control signal to the charger to disable charging of the power source of the electronic device in response to determining that the power source is not to be charged. | 03-22-2012 |
20120131353 | PERIPHERAL AUTHENTICATION - This document describes techniques ( | 05-24-2012 |
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20130280060 | COMPRESSOR DIFFUSER HAVING VANES WITH VARIABLE CROSS-SECTIONS - A diffuser is disclosed for use with a compressor. The compressor diffuser may have a ring-shaped generally flat plate, a plurality of first vanes disposed radially around an upper surface of the plate, and a plurality of second vanes shorter than the first vanes. Each of the second vanes may be connected to the plate between adjacent first vanes. The first and second vanes may each have a high-pressure side and an opposing low-pressure side, and each may tilt towards one of its corresponding high- and low-pressure sides at a lean angle that changes along its meridional length. | 10-24-2013 |
20140208741 | TURBOCHARGER WITH AXIAL TURBINE STAGE - A turbocharger is disclosed for use with an engine. The turbocharger may include a housing at least partially defining a compressor shroud and a turbine shroud. The turbine shroud may form a volute having an inlet configured to receive exhaust from an exhaust manifold of the engine in a tangential direction. The volute may also include an axial channel disposed downstream of the inlet. The turbocharger may also include a turbine wheel disposed within the turbine shroud that may be configured to receive exhaust from the axial channel. The turbocharger may also include a compressor wheel disposed within the compressor shroud, and a shaft connecting the turbine wheel to the compressor wheel. The turbocharger may also include a nozzle ring disposed within the axial channel at a location upstream of the turbine wheel. | 07-31-2014 |
20150013332 | SYSTEM HAVING DUAL-VOLUTE AXIAL TURBINE TURBOCHARGER - A turbocharger is disclosed for use with an engine system. The turbocharger may have a housing at least partially defining a compressor shroud and a turbine shroud. The turbine shroud may form a first volute and a second volute, each having an inlet configured to receive exhaust from an exhaust manifold of the engine in a tangential direction, and an axial channel disposed downstream of the inlet. The turbocharger may also have a turbine wheel disposed within the turbine shroud and configured to receive exhaust from the axial channels of the first and second volutes, a compressor wheel disposed within the compressor shroud, and a shaft connecting the turbine wheel to the compressor wheel. The turbocharger may further have a nozzle ring in fluid communication with the axial channels of the first and second volutes at a location upstream of the turbine wheel. | 01-15-2015 |
20150086396 | TURBOCHARGER WITH MIXED FLOW TURBINE STAGE - A turbocharger is disclosed for use with an engine. The turbocharger may include a housing at least partially defining a compressor shroud and a turbine shroud. The turbocharger may also include a compressor wheel disposed within the compressor shroud, a shaft connected to the compressor wheel, and a turbine wheel disposed within the turbine shroud and connected to an end of the shaft opposite the compressor wheel. The turbine wheel may have a generally annular hub, and a plurality of blades disposed radially around the hub. Each of the plurality of blades may include an airfoil having a hub face connected to the hub, a shroud face opposite the hub face and oriented towards the turbine shroud, a trailing edge, and a leading edge opposite the trailing edge. The leading edge may be substantially straight or substantially concave in a meridional plane. An angle between a base of the hub and the leading edge may be about 25-55 degrees. The turbocharger may also include a nozzle ring having a ring-shaped generally flat plate located at a periphery of the turbine wheel, and a plurality of vanes disposed radially around an upper surface of the plate. A camber of each of the plurality of vanes may be generally S-shaped along its meridional length from a leading edge to a trailing edge of each of the plurality of vanes. | 03-26-2015 |