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20100180226 | User Interface for Displaying Selectable Software Functionality Controls that are Relevant to a Selected Object - An improved user interface is provided for displaying selectable software functionality controls that are relevant to a selected object and that remain visibly available for use while the selected object is being edited. Upon selection of a particular object for editing, functionality available for editing the object is presented in a ribbon-shaped user interface above the software application workspace to allow the user ready and efficient access to functionality needed for editing the selected object. The display of relevant functionality controls is persisted until the user dismisses the display, selects another top-level functionality control or selects another object for editing. | 07-15-2010 |
20120179993 | User Interface for Displaying a Gallery of Formatting Options Applicable to a Selected Object - An improved user interface is provided for displaying a gallery of images showing different formatting options combinations that may be applied to a selected object. When a particular image is selected an associated formatting options combination is automatically applied to the selected object. | 07-12-2012 |
20120324394 | Command User Interface for Displaying Selectable Software Functionality Controls - An improved user interface is provided for displaying selectable software functionality controls and for presenting logical groupings of particular functionality controls associated with a selected top-level functionality. Underneath a row of top-level functionality tabs, functionalities controls associated with a given top-level functionality tab are presented in logical groupings. Selection of a particular tab switches modes of the user interface to present controls for functionalities associated with the selected tab. | 12-20-2012 |
20130014048 | User Interface for Displaying Selectable Software Functionality Controls that are Relevant to a Selected Object - An improved user interface is provided for displaying selectable software functionality controls that are relevant to a selected object and that remain visibly available for use while the selected object is being edited. Upon selection of a particular object for editing, functionality available for editing the object is presented in a ribbon-shaped user interface above the software application workspace to allow the user ready and efficient access to functionality needed for editing the selected object. The display of relevant functionality controls is persisted until the user dismisses the display, selects another top-level functionality control or selects another object for editing. | 01-10-2013 |
20140019896 | USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING SELECTABLE SOFTWARE FUNCTIONALITY CONTROLS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO A SELECTED OBJECT - An improved user interface is provided for displaying selectable software functionality controls that are relevant to a selected object and that remain visibly available for use while the selected object is being edited. Upon selection of a particular object for editing, functionality available for editing the object is presented in a ribbon-shaped user interface above the software application workspace to allow the user ready and efficient access to functionality needed for editing the selected object. The display of relevant functionality controls is persisted until the user dismisses the display, selects another top-level functionality control or selects another object for editing. | 01-16-2014 |
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20120304073 | Web Browser with Quick Site Access User Interface - Various embodiments provide a unified and organized Web browser navigational experience that draws potential navigable pages from multiple different sources and presents the pages in an easily-explorable user interface. Presentation of these potentially navigable pages occurs automatically, in a contextually relevant manner, based upon an implied user intent to navigate away from a current page. | 11-29-2012 |
20120304081 | Navigation User Interface in Support of Page-Focused, Touch- or Gesture-based Browsing Experience - Various embodiments provide a web browser user interface that permits users to become more fully immersed in web page content that is displayed by a web browser. The inventive approach emphasizes a “content-over-chrome” approach by providing a navigation user interface model that contextually adapts and modifies the navigation user interface based on a particular current user task. In one or more embodiments, locational modifications are made to place various browser instrumentalities, e.g. navigation instrumentalities, in locations that are selected to enhance the user experience by enabling the user to focus more easily on content-relevant portions of the display screen or device. | 11-29-2012 |
20130305136 | Flip Ahead Input for Content Navigation - In one or more embodiments, a flip ahead input, such as a gesture, provides touch users with an ability to easily navigate various websites. The flip ahead input can be utilized to advance to the next portion of relevant content. In at least some embodiments, the flip ahead input resides in the form of a forward swipe. In one or more embodiments, the flip ahead input is configured to be utilized in association with an aggregated browsing history from multiple users. The aggregated browsing history is analyzed to generate rules that are then downloaded to a client device and used by a suitably-configured web browser to ascertain the next portion of content when a flip ahead input is received. | 11-14-2013 |
20130305159 | Flip Ahead - In one or more embodiments, a flip ahead input, such as a gesture, provides touch users with an ability to easily navigate various websites. The flip ahead input can be utilized to advance to the next portion of relevant content. In at least some embodiments, the flip ahead input resides in the form of a forward swipe. In one or more embodiments, the flip ahead input is configured to be utilized in association with an aggregated browsing history from multiple users. The aggregated browsing history is analyzed to generate rules that are then downloaded to a client device and used by a suitably-configured web browser to ascertain the next portion of content when a flip ahead input is received. | 11-14-2013 |
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20090019141 | Network management - A tool for managing a computer network includes a gateway service module that identifies a gateway for a network and a network information service module. The network information service module identifies devices in the network, determines at least one property for each of the identified devices, and creates a network information data structure for storing device properties. A communication agent service module transmits at least one determined device property to other agent service modules associated with the network, receives at least one device property from another agent service module associated with the network, and provides the received at least one property device to the network information service module. A method of monitoring a computer network is also provided. The method includes identifying devices in a network, determining at least one property for each of the identified devices, receiving at least one determined device property from another device the network, and creating a network information data structure for storing the determined device properties. | 01-15-2009 |
20100268574 | TRACKING USER PROFILE INFLUENCE IN A DIGITAL MEDIA SYSTEM - Methods and systems for tracking user profile influence in a digital media system are provided. One exemplary method includes computing connection weights of connections between a plurality of user nodes, each user node representing a user profile of the digital media system, to thereby generate an influence network. The connection weights may be based on implicit activity notifications received at a media server via a plurality of media clients associated with the user nodes. The method may further include calculating a dynamic influence score for each of the user nodes based on the connection weights between the user nodes in the influence network. The method may further include comparing the dynamic influence scores to an influence score threshold to determine one or more lead user nodes, and sending an influence reward to the media clients associated with the one or more lead user nodes. | 10-21-2010 |
20110081967 | INTERACTIVE MEDIA SOCIAL GAME - An interactive media social game is described. In embodiments, a social game service administrates a networked social game based on media asset interactions. Media asset interaction data is received that identifies media assets when they are downloaded or played at a user device. The media assets are correlated with a social game entity, such as a music pet that is a token entity of the networked social game. The music pet adaptively changes according to characteristics of the media assets. The media asset interaction data is also compiled as a media asset selection history corresponding to a user that is associated with the user device. A media asset recommendation for the user can be generated based on the media asset selection history, and the media asset recommendation is communicated as a recommendation message from the music pet to the user that is associated with the user device. | 04-07-2011 |
20110131507 | Personification of Software Agents - Personification techniques for software agents are described. In an implementation, a plurality of software agents is personified in a user interface to be selectable as friends in a social network service. Each of the software agents is executable to make one or more recommendations based on criteria of the software agent, respectively. Recommendations made by particular software agents are communicated via user accounts of the social network service that have selected the particular software agents as friends. | 06-02-2011 |
20110145040 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION - Content recommendation techniques are described. In an implementation, content preferences for a group are determined by identifying an intersection of content preferences for individual users in the group. Content that is currently available for presentation is recommended based on the intersection by comparing the content preferences for the group with metadata for the content that is available for presentation. | 06-16-2011 |
20110167141 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT - A tool for managing a computer network includes a gateway service module that identifies a gateway for a network and a network information service module. The network information service module identifies devices in the network, determines at least one property for each of the identified devices, and creates a network information data structure for storing device properties. A communication agent service module transmits at least one determined device property to other agent service modules associated with the network, receives at least one device property from another agent service module associated with the network, and provides the received at least one property device to the network information service module. A method of monitoring a computer network is also provided. The method includes identifying devices in a network, determining at least one property for each of the identified devices, receiving at least one determined device property from another device the network, and creating a network information data structure for storing the determined device properties. | 07-07-2011 |
20110167145 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT - A tool for managing a computer network includes a gateway service module that identifies a gateway for a network and a network information service module. The network information service module identifies devices in the network, determines at least one property for each of the identified devices, and creates a network information data structure for storing device properties. A communication agent service module transmits at least one determined device property to other agent service modules associated with the network, receives at least one device property from another agent service module associated with the network, and provides the received at least one property device to the network information service module. A method of monitoring a computer network is also provided. The method includes identifying devices in a network, determining at least one property for each of the identified devices, receiving at least one determined device property from another device the network, and creating a network information data structure for storing the determined device properties. | 07-07-2011 |
20110167154 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT - A tool for managing a computer network includes a gateway service module that identifies a gateway for a network and a network information service module. The network information service module identifies devices in the network, determines at least one property for each of the identified devices, and creates a network information data structure for storing device properties. A communication agent service module transmits at least one determined device property to other agent service modules associated with the network, receives at least one device property from another agent service module associated with the network, and provides the received at least one property device to the network information service module. A method of monitoring a computer network is also provided. The method includes identifying devices in a network, determining at least one property for each of the identified devices, receiving at least one determined device property from another device the network, and creating a network information data structure for storing the determined device properties. | 07-07-2011 |
20110184792 | SOCIAL NETWORK REWARDS - Social network reward techniques are described. In an implementation, a method implemented by at least one computing device includes obtaining data that describes users' interaction with a social network service and determining influence of one or more said users on other said users via the social network service from the obtained data. A reward is computed based on the determined influence for at least one said user. | 07-28-2011 |
20110314030 | PERSONALIZED MEDIA CHARTS - Personalized media charts are described. In embodiments, a request can be received for a personalized media chart that lists media assets as recommendations in a relevant order for a user. The media assets are initially ordered in the personalized media chart according to a chart rank for each media asset. A relevance factor is then determined for each of the media assets, where the relevance factor for a media asset indicates a relevance of the media asset to the user. A chart rank adjustment is calculated for each of the media assets based on the relevance factors for each of the media assets, and the media assets are then reordered in the personalized media chart according to the chart rank adjustments for each of the media assets. | 12-22-2011 |
20140161263 | FACILITATING RECOGNITION OF REAL-TIME CONTENT - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for facilitating recognition of real-time content are provided. In embodiments, a new audio fingerprint associated with live audio being presented is received. In accordance with the received audio fingerprint, at least one previously received fingerprint associated with the live audio from a real-time index is removed. Thereafter, the real-time index is updated to include the new audio fingerprint associated with the live audio being presented. Such a real-time index having the new audio fingerprint can be used to recognize the live audio being presented and, thereafter, an indication of the recognized live audio can be provided to the user device. | 06-12-2014 |
20140172429 | LOCAL RECOGNITION OF CONTENT - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for facilitating local recognition of audio content at a user device. In some embodiments, the method includes capturing, using a user device, audio data, at least some of which is processable to recognize the audio data. Thereafter, an audio fingerprint that uniquely represents perceptual information associated with the audio data is generated, and a local data store within the user device is referenced. Such a local data store can include reference audio fingerprints. Upon referencing the local data store, a determination can be made as to whether the generated audio fingerprint matches a reference audio fingerprint at least to an extent. | 06-19-2014 |
20150249718 | PERFORMING ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INDIVIDUAL PRESENCE - Devices are often configurable to perform actions automatically in response to a condition, such as an alarm presented at a time or date of a meeting; a message associated with a location specified by a geofence; or an automated response to a received message. Such conditions may be tangentially applied to actions involving an individual (e.g., a reminder presented during an anticipated meeting or a geofence associated with the individual's office), but may result in false positives when the individual is not actually present, and false negatives when an unanticipated presence of the individual arises. Instead, a device may be configured to detect the presence of the individual with the user (e.g., capturing a photo of the environment of the user, and identifying the face of the individual in the photo), and to perform an action for the user during the detected presence of the individual with the user. | 09-03-2015 |
20150255068 | SPEAKER RECOGNITION INCLUDING PROACTIVE VOICE MODEL RETRIEVAL AND SHARING FEATURES - Embodiments provide voice model and speaker recognition features including proactive retrieval and/or sharing of voice models, but the embodiments are not so limited. A device/system of an embodiment includes speaker recognition features configured in part to proactively retrieve and/or enable sharing of voice models for use in speaker identification operations. A method of an embodiment operates in part to proactively retrieve and/or enable sharing of voice models for use in speaker identification operations. Other embodiments are included. | 09-10-2015 |
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20110196519 | CONTROL OF AUDIO SYSTEM VIA CONTEXT SENSOR - Embodiments related to the control of a computing device via an audio output apparatus having a context sensor are provided. One disclosed embodiment provides a computing device configured to receive a first input from a context sensor on an audio output apparatus, and to activate a selected listening mode based on the first input, wherein the listening mode defining a mapping of a set of context sensor inputs to a set of computing device functionalities. The storage subsystem further includes instructions executable by the logic subsystem to receive a second input from the context sensor after activating the selected listening mode, and in response, to selectively trigger execution of a computing device functionality from the set of computing device functionalities based on the second input, and to transform an audio signal supplied to the audio output apparatus based on the selected computing device functionality. | 08-11-2011 |
20120296458 | Background Audio Listening for Content Recognition - Various embodiments enable audio data, such as music data, to be captured, by a device, from a background environment and processed to formulate a query that can then be transmitted to a content recognition service. In one or more embodiments, the audio data is captured prior to receiving user input associated with audio data capture, e.g., launch of an application associated with the content recognition service, provision of user input proactively indicating that audio data capture is desired, and the like. Responsive to transmitting the query, displayable information associated with the audio data is returned by the content recognition service and can be consumed by the device. | 11-22-2012 |
20120296938 | Query and Matching for Content Recognition - Various embodiments enable audio data, such as music data, to be captured, by a device, from a background environment and processed to formulate a query that can then be transmitted to a content recognition service. In one or more embodiments, multiple queries are transmitted to the content recognition service. In at least some embodiments, subsequent queries can progressively incorporate previous queries plus additional data that is captured. In one or more embodiments, responsive to receiving the query, the content recognition service can employ a multi-stage matching technique to identify content items responding to the query. This matching technique can be employed as queries are progressively received. | 11-22-2012 |