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20120131104 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY - A system for supporting collaborative activity in a network includes a storage component storing data related to the network and a model of the network; a processor that accesses the stored data and the model to process the data according to the model, where the stored data relates to the collaborative activity including user-defined data created by interaction of a user and the model, and context data related to the user, where the user-defined data and the context data, as metadata, are stored in the storage component; and a user interface, provided by the processor, that presents the user-defined data, the context data, and the model in a form readable by the user, the interface permitting the user to define a set of arbitrary domains, relate the user-defined data to the domains, and view relationships between the user-defined data and the context data, and the domains. | 05-24-2012 |
20120311044 | System and Method for Supporting Collaborative Activity - A system for supporting collaborative activity in a network includes a storage component storing data related to the network and a model of the network; a processor that accesses the stored data and the model to process the data according to the model, where the stored data relates to the collaborative activity including user-defined data created by interaction of a user and the model, and context data related to the user, where the user-defined data and the context data, as metadata, are stored in the storage component; and a user interface, provided by the processor, that presents the user-defined data, the context data, and the model in a form readable by the user, the interface permitting the user to define a set of arbitrary domains, relate the user-defined data to the domains, and view relationships between the user-defined data and the context data, and the domains. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311451 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SHARING - A system facilitates collaborative communications and information sharing in a network defined by a model. The model and a portion of the system are stored on a storage component coupled to a terminal. The system captures context information and user-defined data, the user-defined data provided during user interaction of the user in a first domain of the network, and dynamically stores the context information as metadata associated with the user-defined data, the user-defined data and the metadata stored on the storage component; a tracking component for tracking a change of the user from the first domain to a second domain of the network and dynamically updating the stored metadata based on the change, where the user accesses the user-defined data from the second domain; and an interface to the system that permits the user to create and view the user-defined data according to the model of the network. | 12-06-2012 |
20140026072 | System and Method for Supporting Collaborative Activity - A system for supporting collaborative activity in a network includes a storage component storing data related to the network and a model of the network; a processor that accesses the stored data and the model to process the data according to the model, where the stored data relates to the collaborative activity including user-defined data created by interaction of a user and the model, and context data related to the user, where the user-defined data and the context data, as metadata, are stored in the storage component; and a user interface, provided by the processor, that presents the user-defined data, the context data, and the model in a form readable by the user, the interface permitting the user to define a set of arbitrary domains, relate the user-defined data to the domains, and view relationships between the user-defined data and the context data, and the domains. | 01-23-2014 |
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20130329808 | STREAMING PORTIONS OF A QUILTED IMAGE REPRESENTATION ALONG WITH CONTENT CONTROL DATA - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for streaming portions of a quilted image representation along with content control data. Portions of a digital asset (e.g., audio data, video data, geospatial data, etc.) along with content control data are encoded as series of graphical representations and quilted into a two dimensional image. Digital asset portions and content control data can be un-quilted from the two dimensional image and streamed to other computer systems. The streamed data can be decoded at the other computer systems. Content control data can be used at the other computer systems to make content control decisions with respect to the portions of digital assets quilted into the two dimensional image. | 12-12-2013 |
20130329938 | ENCODING DIGITAL ASSETS ALONG WITH CONTENT CONTROL DATA AS A QUILTED IMAGE REPRESENTATION - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for encoding digital assets along with content control data as an image. Portions of a digital asset (e.g., audio data, video data, geospatial data, etc.) are encoded as series of graphical representations. One or more portions of the series of graphical representations are replaced with content control data. Content control data can be placed in a series of graphical representations in a manner that makes the presence of the content control data difficult to detect (e.g., based on the principles of steganography). Two dimensional images can be lossless relative to corresponding digital assets. Encoding can take redundancies between successive graphic image representations into account, reducing (potentially substantially) resource consumption when storing and transmitting digital assets. | 12-12-2013 |
20130329939 | DECODING A QUILTED IMAGE REPRESENTATION INTO A DIGITAL ASSET ALONG WITH CONTENT CONTROL DATA - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for decoding a quilted image representation into a digital asset along with content control data. Portions of a digital asset (e.g., audio data, video data, geospatial data, etc.) along with content control data are encoded as series of graphical representations and quilted into a two dimensional image. Encoding can take redundancies and multiple levels of resolution within successive graphic image representations into account, reducing (potentially substantially) resource consumption when storing and transmitting digital assets. The content control data can be un-quilted, possibly along with portions of digital assets, from the two dimensional image. The content control data can be used to make content control decisions for the portions of digital assets. Decoding can also consider redundancies to recreate full (or lower resolution) representations of digital assets from the encoded graphical representations quilted into the two dimensional image. | 12-12-2013 |
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20120131858 | REVOLVING ROOF FOR AN INDOOR/OUTDOOR STADIUM - A moveable roofing system for covering an interior space includes a fixed half-dome roof fixed to and supported by a first support structure, a rotatable half-dome roof rotatable about and supported by a second support structure, the second support structure being concentric to the first support structure, and, wherein the rotatable half-dome roof is configured to rotate about the second support structure. | 05-31-2012 |
20120131859 | MULTI-LAYER, REVOLVING STADIUM ROOF - A revolving canopy roof for a stadium includes a fixed half dome and revolving half dome. The fixed half dome has an outer layer clad with a plurality of shading tents, the plurality of shading tents comprising a plurality of triangular shading panels, an inner layer clad with a plurality of triangular ethylene tetraflouroethylene panels, and a plurality of bracing elements connecting the outer layer to the inner layer. The revolving half dome includes an outer layer clad with a plurality of shading tents, the plurality of shading tents comprising a plurality of triangular shading panels, an inner layer clad with a plurality of triangular ethylene tetraflouroethylene panels, and a plurality of bracing elements connecting the outer layer to the inner layer. | 05-31-2012 |
20120131861 | INDOOR/OUTDOOR STADIUM SYSTEM FOR ENERGY USE REDUCTION - A passive indoor/outdoor stadium structure configured to reduce energy demands from the stadium structure includes a moveable roofing system and a micro-climate cooling system. The moveable roofing system covers an interior space of the stadium and has an open position and a closed position. The roofing system includes a fixed half-dome roof and a revolving half dome roof retractable beneath the fixed half dome roof, both the fixed half dome roof and the revolving half dome roof having an outer half dome clad with a plurality of solar hoods positioned in an overlapping arrangement. The micro-climate cooling system for cooling the indoor/outdoor stadium includes a full circulation mode for cooling a stadium volume when the roofing system is in the closed position, and a micro-climate mode for cooling a portion of the stadium volume when the roofing system is in the open position. | 05-31-2012 |
20120135673 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AN INDOOR/OUTDOOR STADIUM - A method of cooling an interior volume of an indoor/outdoor stadium prior to an event includes positioning a roof in a closed position at least 24 hours prior to the event, cooling the interior volume of the stadium using cooling units while the roof is in the closed position, positioning the roof in an open position prior to the event, and cooling only a portion of the interior volume using the cooling units during the event. | 05-31-2012 |