Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080222170 | COMPUTER SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR AUTOMATIC CONTEXT ASSOCIATIONS - A computer system models human memory by deriving associations between objects, events, and the context of the computer user or users. These associations can be dynamically generated, changing depending on the behavior of the user and context. Examples of areas in which this system can be used include time management (e.g., a calendar that presents time-based groupings of objects), people management (e.g., use analysis of user communications to rank importance of people to the user, groupings, and associations between people/groups and other objects such as documents, email), and general computer management (e.g., use analysis of user behavior to identify important objects and objects that are related to a current focus and context of the computer user). | 09-11-2008 |
20080270234 | Rewarding influencers - Embodiments include a system, a device an apparatus, a method, and a computer program product. An embodiment provides an influence evaluation method. The method includes receiving data indicative of a person accessing at least one of a first network-available electronic content having a first-electronic-content portion or a second network-available electronic content having a second-electronic-content portion. The method also includes receiving data indicative of an involvement between the person and a third party. The method further includes facilitating delivered of a benefit to an owner of the first-electronic content or an owner of the second electronic content in response to an assessed influence bad the first-electronic-content portion and/or the second-electronic-content portion on the involvement between the person and the third-party. | 10-30-2008 |
20080270416 | Determining influencers - Embodiments include a system, a device, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program product. An embodiment provides an influencer discovery method includes receiving at least one of content site data, computing device data, search engine site data, or beneficiary site data. The method also includes determining a correlation between the communication between the content site and the computing device responsive to a human user input; and the communication between the computing device responsive to a human user input and the beneficiary site. | 10-30-2008 |
20080270426 | Collecting influence information - Embodiments include a system, a device, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program product. A method of reporting influence on a person includes collecting data indicative of the person accessing electronic content over a computer network using the user computing device. The method also includes generating a user influence report by transforming the collected data into information indicative of events associatable with the person accessing the electronic content over a computer network using the user computing device. The method further includes transmitting data indicative of the user influence report via a network, the user influence report being receivable by a site operable to facilitate delivery of a benefit to an owner of the electronic content. | 10-30-2008 |
20080270473 | Determining an influence on a person by web pages - Embodiments include a system, a device, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program product. A user-side influence reporting method includes collecting data indicative of a computing device environment of a user-side computing device facilitating a person accessing Web pages and facilitating the person communicating with a third-party via a computer network. The method also includes transforming the collected data to indicate an involvement between the third-party and the person. The method further includes transforming the collected data to indicate the Web pages accessed by the person. The method also includes correlating the indicated involvement between the third-party and the person with the indicated Web pages accessed by the person. The method further includes outputting from the user-side computing device data indicative of the correlation. | 10-30-2008 |
20080270474 | Collecting influence information - Embodiments include a system, a device, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program product. A method of reporting influence on a person includes collecting data indicative of the person accessing electronic content over a computer network using the user computing device. The method also includes generating a user influence report by transforming the collected data into information indicative of events associatable with the person accessing the electronic content over a computer network using the user computing device. The method further includes transmitting data indicative of the user influence report via a network, the user influence report being receivable by a site operable to facilitate delivery of a benefit to an owner of the electronic content. | 10-30-2008 |
20080270476 | Rewarding independent influencers - A method embodiment includes receiving data indicative of a person accessing at least one of a first network-available electronic content or a second network-available electronic content. Also, receiving data indicative of an involvement with respect to possible matters of interest between the person and a third-party. The involvement being independent of the person activating a link to a site owned by the third-party that is included in the first network-available electronic content or in the second network available electronic content. Further, assessing a behavioral influence by the first network-available electronic content and/or the second network-available electronic content on the indicated involvement with respect to the possible matters of interest between the person and a third-party. Also, facilitating delivery of a benefit to an owner of the first network-available electronic content and/or an owner of the second network-available electronic content in response to the assessed behavioral influence. | 10-30-2008 |
20080270551 | Rewarding influencers - Embodiments include a system, a device, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program product. An embodiment provides an influence evaluation method. The method includes receiving data indicative of a person accessing at least one of a first network-available electronic content having a first-electronic-content portion or a second network-available electronic content having a second-electronic-content portion. The method also includes receiving data indicative of an involvement between the person and a third party. The method further includes facilitating delivery of a benefit to an owner of the first-electronic content or an owner of the second electronic content in response to an assessed influence by the first-electronic-content portion and/or the second-electronic-content portion on the involvement between the person and the third-party. | 10-30-2008 |
20080270552 | Determining influencers - Embodiments include a system, a device, an apparatus, a method and a computer program product. An embodiment provides an influencer discovery method includes receiving at least one of content site data, computing device data, search engine site data, or beneficiary site data. The method also includes determining a correlation between the communication between the content site and the computing device responsive to a human user input; and the communication between the computing device responsive to a human user input and the beneficiary site. | 10-30-2008 |
20080270620 | Reporting influence on a person by network-available content - Embodiments include a system, a device, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program product. A method includes assessing a behavioral influence with respect to possible matters of interest to other parties including a third-party by network-available content on a person accessing the network-available content. The method also includes generating a user influence report responsive to the assessed behavioral influence. At least one characteristic of the user influence report includes differentiating between (i) a behavioral influence on the person resulting from the person activating a link included in the network-available content to another network-available content owned by the third-party, and (ii) another behavioral influence on the person. The method further includes transmitting information derived from the user influence report. | 10-30-2008 |
20090030772 | Rewarding independent influencers - A method embodiment includes receiving data indicative of a person accessing at least one of a first network-available electronic content or a second network-available electronic content. Also, receiving data indicative of an involvement with respect to possible matters of interest between the person and a third-party. The involvement being independent of the person activating a link to a site owned by the third-party that is included in the first network-available electronic content or in the second network available electronic content. Further, assessing a behavioral influence by the first network-available electronic content and/or the second network-available electronic content on the indicated involvement with respect to the possible matters of interest between the person and a third-party. Also, facilitating delivery of a benefit to an owner of the first network-available electronic content and/or an owner of the second network-available electronic content in response to the assessed behavioral influence. | 01-29-2009 |
20090164504 | Look ahead of links/alter links - A computationally-implemented method comprising retrieving at least a portion of data from a data source, determining an effect of the data, determining an acceptability of the effect of the data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of a real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences and providing at least one data display option based on the determining acceptability of the effect of the data. | 06-25-2009 |
20090164892 | Look Ahead of links/alter links - A computationally-implemented method comprises obtaining at least a portion of data from a data source, determining a content of the data, determining an acceptability of an effect of content of the data at least in part via at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine having at least one end-user specified preference, at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations operating at least in part on an individual core of a multi-core system, and displaying at least one data display option based on the determining an acceptability of a content of the data. | 06-25-2009 |
20090164924 | Look ahead of links/alter links - A computationally-implemented method comprises retrieving at least a portion of data from a data source, determining an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of the data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user's real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences, and providing at least one data display option to the end user's real machine based on the determining acceptability of the effect of the retrieved at least a portion of the data. | 06-25-2009 |
20090164992 | Look ahead of links/alter links - A computationally-implemented method comprises retrieving at least a portion of data from a data source, determining an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of the data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user's real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences, and providing at least one data display option to the end user's real machine based on the determining acceptability of the effect of the retrieved at least a portion of the data. | 06-25-2009 |
20090164993 | Look ahead of links/alter links - A computationally-implemented method comprises obtaining at least a portion of data from a data source, determining a content of the data, determining an acceptability of an effect of content of the data at least in part via at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine having at least one end-user specified preference, at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations operating at least in part on an individual core of a multi-core system, and displaying at least one data display option based on the determining an acceptability of a content of the data. | 06-25-2009 |
20090165134 | Look ahead of links/alter links - A computationally-implemented method comprising retrieving at least a portion of data from a data source, determining an effect of the data, determining an acceptability of the effect of the data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of a real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences and providing at least one data display option based on the determining acceptability of the effect of the data. | 06-25-2009 |
20090177527 | Rewarding influencers - The present disclosure relates generally to rewarding influencers in a Web 2.0 environment. More specifically, in some implementations, an influence of an electronically-accessed content on an involvement between an accessor and a third party is assessed. In further implementations, a provider of the electronically accessed content is rewarded based on the assessed influence. | 07-09-2009 |
20090248493 | Systems for rewarding influences - The present disclosure relates generally to systems for rewarding influencers in a Web 2.0 environment. More specifically, in some implementations, a system is configured to assess an influence of an electronically-accessed content on an involvement between an accessor and a third party, and may also be configured to facilitate a reward to one or more influencers based on one or more assessed influences | 10-01-2009 |
20090327041 | Facilitating compensation arrangements between data providers and data consumers - Systems and methods for data brokering, and more specifically, data brokering regarding a data provider's search-related activities are described. In particular implementations, various aspects of facilitating a compensation arrangement between a data provider and a data consumer regarding one or more data-provider-related search activities, are described. | 12-31-2009 |
20090327042 | Facilitating compensation arrangements having privacy preservation aspects - Systems and methods for data brokering, and more specifically, data brokering regarding a data provider's search-related activities are described. In particular implementations, various aspects of maintaining an anonymity of at least one of the data provider or the data consumer with respect to another of the data provider or the data consumer, are described. | 12-31-2009 |
20090327066 | Facilitating compensation arrangements providing for data tracking components - Systems and methods for data brokering, and more specifically, data brokering regarding a data provider's search-related activities, are described. In particular implementations, various aspects of facilitating a compensation arrangement between a data provider and a data consumer regarding one or more data-provider-related search activities, including aspects of arranging for compensation to be received from the data consumer in exchange for at least one of installation of or access of a data tracking component related to at least one user interface associated with the data provider, are described. | 12-31-2009 |
20090327149 | Facilitating compensation Arrangements for Data Brokering - Systems and methods for data brokering, and more specifically, data brokering regarding a data provider's search-related activities, are described. In particular implementations, various aspects of facilitating a compensation arrangement between a data provider and a data consumer regarding one or more data-provider-related search activities are described. | 12-31-2009 |
20090327150 | Facilitating compensation arrangements providing for data tracking components - Systems and methods for data brokering, and more specifically, data brokering regarding a data provider's search-related activities are described. In particular implementations, various aspects of arranging for compensation to be received from the data consumer in exchange for at least one of installation of or access of a data tracking component related to at least one user interface associated with the data provider, are described. | 12-31-2009 |
20100318374 | Determining influencers - The present disclosure relates generally to determining influencers in a Web 2.0 environment. More specifically, in some implementations, an influence of an electronically-accessed content on an involvement between an accessor and a third party is determined. In further implementations, a provider of the electronically accessed content is rewarded based on the assessed influence. | 12-16-2010 |
20110066519 | Facilitating data brokering arrangements having auctioning aspects - Systems and methods for data brokering, and more specifically, data brokering regarding a data provider's search-related activities are described. In particular implementations, various aspects of offering the one or more data products to a plurality of potential data consumers for bid by the plurality of potential data consumers are described. | 03-17-2011 |
20110150472 | Data center with free-space optical communications - A data center for executing a data processing application includes processing units, sub-units or servers. Each of the processing units, sub-units or servers can execute a part or all of the data processing application. The processing units, sub-units or servers are electrical disjoint with respect to data communications, but can communicate with each other over free space optical links. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150473 | Data center with free-space optical communications - A data center for executing a data processing application includes processing units, sub-units or servers. Each of the processing units, sub-units or servers can execute a part or all of the data processing application. The processing units, sub-units or servers are electrical disjoint with respect to data communications, but can communicate with each other over free space optical links. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150480 | Data center with free-space optical communications - A data center for executing a data processing application includes processing units, sub-units or servers. Each of the processing units, sub-units or servers can execute a part or all of the data processing application. The processing units, sub-units or servers are electrical disjoint with respect to data communications, but can communicate with each other over free space optical links. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150486 | Data centerr with free-space optical communications - A data center for executing a data processing application includes processing units, sub-units or servers. Each of the processing units, sub-units or servers can execute a part or all of the data processing application. The processing units, sub-units or servers are electrical disjoint with respect to data communications, but can communicate with each other over free space optical links. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150489 | Data center with free-space optical communications - A data center for executing a data processing application includes processing units, sub-units or servers. Each of the processing units, sub-units or servers can execute a part or all of the data processing application. The processing units, sub-units or servers are electrical disjoint with respect to data communications, but can communicate with each other over free space optical links. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150490 | Data center with free-space optical communications - A data center for executing a data processing application includes processing units, sub-units or servers. Each of the processing units, sub-units or servers can execute a part or all of the data processing application. The processing units, sub-units or servers are electrical disjoint with respect to data communications, but can communicate with each other over free space optical links. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150491 | Data center with free-space optical communications - A data center for executing a data processing application includes processing units, sub-units or servers. Each of the processing units, sub-units or servers can execute a part or all of the data processing application. The processing units, sub-units or servers are electrical disjoint with respect to data communications, but can communicate with each other over free space optical links. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150492 | Data center with free-space optical communications - A data center for executing a data processing application includes processing units, sub-units or servers. Each of the processing units, sub-units or servers can execute a part or all of the data processing application. The processing units, sub-units or servers are electrical disjoint with respect to data communications, but can communicate with each other over free space optical links. | 06-23-2011 |
20110164880 | Data center with free-space optical communications - A data center for executing a data processing application includes processing units, sub-units or servers. Each of the processing units, sub-units or servers can execute a part or all of the data processing application. The processing units, sub-units or servers are electrical disjoint with respect to data communications, but can communicate with each other over free space optical links. | 07-07-2011 |
20110262137 | Data center with free-space optical communications - A data center for executing a data processing application includes processing units, sub-units or servers. Each of the processing units, sub-units or servers can execute a part or all of the data processing application. The processing units, sub-units or servers are electrical disjoint with respect to data communications, but can communicate with each other over free space optical links. | 10-27-2011 |
20110286748 | Data Center with free-space optical communications - A data center for executing a data processing application includes processing units, sub-units or servers. Each of the processing units, sub-units or servers can execute a part or all of the data processing application. The processing units, sub-units or servers are electrical disjoint with respect to data communications, but can communicate with each other over free space optical links. | 11-24-2011 |
20120179450 | MACHINE TRANSLATION SPLIT BETWEEN FRONT END AND BACK END PROCESSORS - A method of translation includes uploading a source text portion to a back end processor. The back end processor identifies a subset of translation knowledge associated with the source text portion. The back end processor downloads the subset to a front end processor. A translation engine runs on the front end processor. The translation engine generates a translation of the source text portion as a function of the subset. | 07-12-2012 |
20130216234 | DATA CENTER WITH FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS - A data center for executing a data processing application includes processing units, sub-units or servers. Each of the processing units, sub-units or servers can execute a part or all of the data processing application. The processing units, sub-units or servers are electrical disjoint with respect to data communications, but can communicate with each other over free space optical links. | 08-22-2013 |
20130275177 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BROKERING DATA PRODUCTS - Systems and methods for data brokering, and more specifically, data brokering regarding a data provider's search-related activities, are described. In at least some implementations, a method in accordance with the present disclosure includes facilitating an arrangement between a data provider and a data consumer regarding one or more data-provider-related search activities, providing a data product to the data consumer in accordance with the arrangement, the data product including information regarding the one or more data-provider-related search activities, receiving a first consideration from the data consumer in accordance with the arrangement, and providing a second consideration to the data provider in accordance with the arrangement. | 10-17-2013 |
20130275178 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING DATA BROKERING ARRANGEMENTS - Systems and methods for data brokering, and more specifically, data brokering regarding a data provider's search-related activities, are described. In at least some implementations, a method in accordance with the present disclosure includes facilitating an arrangement between a data provider and a data consumer regarding one or more data-provider-related search activities, providing a data product to the data consumer in accordance with the arrangement, the data product including information regarding the one or more data-provider-related search activities, monitoring a performance of the data consumer, and providing a consideration to the data provider in accordance with the arrangement. | 10-17-2013 |
20130275208 | COMPENSATION DETERMINATION IN DATA BROKERING ARRANGEMENTS - Systems and methods for data brokering, and more specifically, data brokering regarding a data provider's search-related activities, are described. In at least some implementations, a method in accordance with the present disclosure includes facilitating an arrangement between a data provider and a data consumer regarding one or more data-provider-related search activities, providing a data product to the data consumer in accordance with the arrangement, the data product including information regarding the one or more data-provider-related search activities, providing a consideration to the data provider in accordance with the arrangement, and receiving a second consideration from the data consumer in accordance with the arrangement. | 10-17-2013 |
20140059545 | Look Ahead of Links/Alter Links - A computationally-implemented method comprises retrieving at least a portion of data from a data source, determining an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of the data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user's real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences, and providing at least one data display option to the end user's real machine based on the determining acceptability of the effect of the retrieved at least a portion of the data. | 02-27-2014 |
20140348510 | DATA CENTER WITH FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS - A data center for executing a data processing application includes processing units, sub-units or servers. Each of the processing units, sub-units or servers can execute a part or all of the data processing application. The processing units, sub-units or servers are electrical disjoint with respect to data communications, but can communicate with each other over free space optical links. | 11-27-2014 |
20150025953 | REWARDING INFLUENCERS - A method embodiment includes receiving data indicative of a person accessing at least one of a first network-available electronic content or a second network-available electronic content, perhaps in a Web 2.0 environment. Also, receiving data indicative of an involvement between the person and a third party. The involvement being independent of the person activating a link to a site owned by the third party that is included in the first network-available electronic content or in the second network available electronic content. Further, assessing a behavioral influence by the first network-available electronic content and/or the second network-available electronic content on the indicated involvement with respect to the possible matters of interest between the person and a third party. Also, facilitating delivery of a benefit to an owner of the first network-available electronic content and/or an owner of the second network-available electronic content in response to the assessed behavioral influence. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026679 | Look Ahead of Links/Alter Links - A computationally-implemented method includes obtaining data from a data source, determining an acceptability of an effect of the data on at least a part of a real machine at least in part via one or more virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the a real machine, and controlling at least one operation of the at least one real machine based on the determining an acceptability of a content of the data. | 01-22-2015 |