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20100146400 | PROVIDING PARALLEL GENERIC WEB SITE SUPPORTING ANONYMOUS OR SEMI-ANONYMOUS INTERNET ACTIVITY - Parallel generic and non-generic versions of a Web site allow a user of the site to either remain anonymous (if accessing the generic version) or allow user information to be collected (if accessing the non-generic version). In one exemplary embodiment, a Web site may provide a user an interface for entering and processing a search query. A search query processed by a generic version of the Web site includes a marker that informs a Web server supporting the generic Web site that the user wishes to remain anonymous. A parallel non-generic version of the Web site may also interface with the same Web server as interfaced by the generic Web site, but permit a data collecting scheme at the Web server to collect user-specific or user-identifiable information. Such user information, if collected, can be used by the Web server to enhance the user's experience with the Web site. | 06-10-2010 |
20130156275 | TECHNIQUES FOR GROUPING IMAGES - Techniques for grouping images are disclosed. In some situations, the techniques include identifying at least one event-based image group among a plurality of images based on an event that is associated with each identified image, receiving a selection of one or more objects in a first image of the identified event-based image group, identifying other images in the identified event-based image group that each include at least one of the selected one or more objects, and associating the identified images with the first image. In one instance, the selected objects include individuals captured in the image. | 06-20-2013 |
20130249937 | STRUCTURED LIGHTING BASED CONTENT INTERACTIONS - Information from a position and/or gesture detection system can be embedded in a Web page, or other such presentation of content, and used to select or otherwise interact with content on the page. In some embodiments, video is captured and displayed showing a current view of the user. Position data corresponding to the video is provided and used to determine directions and extents of motion without having to do significant amounts of image processing. The position data is used to determine locations on the page where the user is attempting to provide input, such as to select an item of content. The content can be modified and/or rendered to appear to be associated with the user in the rendered view. Information from multiple gesture systems can be combined on a single page, and information from one or more gesture systems can be shared among multiple pages and devices. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254066 | SHARED USER EXPERIENCES - Information from a position and/or gesture detection system can be embedded in a Web page, or other such presentation of content, and used to select or otherwise interact with content on the page. In some embodiments, video is captured and displayed showing a current view of the user. Position data corresponding to the video is provided and used to determine directions and extents of motion without having to do significant amounts of image processing. The position data is used to determine locations on the page where the user is attempting to provide input, such as to select an item of content. The content can be modified and/or rendered to appear to be associated with the user in the rendered view. Information from multiple gesture systems can be combined on a single page, and information from one or more gesture systems can be shared among multiple pages and devices. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254646 | STRUCTURED LIGHTING-BASED CONTENT INTERACTIONS IN MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTS - Information from a position and/or gesture detection system can be embedded in a Web page, or other such presentation of content, and used to select or otherwise interact with content on the page. In some embodiments, video is captured and displayed showing a current view of the user. Position data corresponding to the video is provided and used to determine directions and extents of motion without having to do significant amounts of image processing. The position data is used to determine locations on the page where the user is attempting to provide input, such as to select an item of content. The content can be modified and/or rendered to appear to be associated with the user in the rendered view. Information from multiple gesture systems can be combined on a single page, and information from one or more gesture systems can be shared among multiple pages and devices. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254647 | MULTI-APPLICATION CONTENT INTERACTIONS - Information from a position and/or gesture detection system can be embedded in a Web page, or other such presentation of content, and used to select or otherwise interact with content on the page. In some embodiments, video is captured and displayed showing a current view of the user. Position data corresponding to the video is provided and used to determine directions and extents of motion without having to do significant amounts of image processing. The position data is used to determine locations on the page where the user is attempting to provide input, such as to select an item of content. The content can be modified and/or rendered to appear to be associated with the user in the rendered view. Information from multiple gesture systems can be combined on a single page, and information from one or more gesture systems can be shared among multiple pages and devices. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254648 | MULTI-USER CONTENT INTERACTIONS - Information from a position and/or gesture detection system can be embedded in a Web page, or other such presentation of content, and used to select or otherwise interact with content on the page. In some embodiments, video is captured and displayed showing a current view of the user. Position data corresponding to the video is provided and used to determine directions and extents of motion without having to do significant amounts of image processing. The position data is used to determine locations on the page where the user is attempting to provide input, such as to select an item of content. The content can be modified and/or rendered to appear to be associated with the user in the rendered view. Information from multiple gesture systems can be combined on a single page, and information from one or more gesture systems can be shared among multiple pages and devices. | 09-26-2013 |
20140358686 | SELECTING A DISPLAY OF AN ADVERTISEMENT BASED ON AVAILABILITY - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting displays of advertisements based on availability of a user. A computing system receives a request to provide an advertisement for display by a first computing device. The computing system identifies that a particular user of a second computing device is presently available to participate in an interactive session. The computing system selects, for display by the first computing device, a first display for the advertisement, from a plurality of displays for the advertisement, based on the computing system having identified that the particular user is presently available. The computing system transmits for receipt by the first computing device, first information so as to cause the first computing device to display the first display for the advertisement. | 12-04-2014 |
20150286610 | MANAGING AND RETRIEVING CONTENT FROM A SHARED STORAGE - Systems and methods of managing published content of a shared storage medium can include rendering client-side script of published content at a client device. When rendering the client-side script, information from which a partition name can be computed can be transmitted to a server. The server can compute the partition name and identify a partition of the shared storage medium corresponding to the partition name. If a partition corresponds to the partition name, the server transmits data stored in that partition to the client device. If a partition does not correspond to the partition name, the server creates the partition. The server can also create message queue associated with the partition and the client device to place messages corresponding to updates to the partition. In response to a data update operation of the client-side script, the server transmits the updates in the message queue to the client device. | 10-08-2015 |
20150286829 | SELECTIVE SHARING OF BODY DATA - Information from a position and/or gesture detection system can be transmitted to various devices in order to enable users to interact and/or view others users. In some embodiments, video is captured that includes a current view of the body of a user. In order to prevent an unauthorized, unintended, or undesired transmission of at least part of the body image data, one or more settings or policies can be specified that can control which portions are transmitted, received, and/or displayed. For example, a user can be prompted before body image or position data is transmitted, which enables a user to control the type of data that is sent. A recipient or intermediate entity or component can also specify one or more settings or policies to control the type of data that is transmitted and/or received. In some embodiments, an external service can be utilized to manage the transmission of data. | 10-08-2015 |
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20100076775 | PROGRESSIVE CAPTURE OF PROSPECT INFORMATION FOR USER PROFILES - Embodiments are directed towards inferring an online matching profile based on progressively receiving a prospect's inputs. Access to other matching profiles is provided to the prospect, and while viewing such profiles of other participants, the prospect may progressively provide inputs, such that the prospect's profile may be inferred. As the prospect continues viewing and progressively providing additional inputs, a number of compatibility metrics presented to the prospect may be increased, as does a degree of compatibility of matches that may be suggested to the prospect. At any time during the viewing and progressive input process, the prospect may be presented with their inferred profile. The prospect may then accept and/or modify various elements within the inferred profile. | 03-25-2010 |
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 |
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 |