Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130058632 | SELECTIVELY RECORDING MEDIA CONTENT - An implementation of the subject matter described in this specification provides systems and methods for selectively recording media content. User preference data associated with media content may be stored, and a recording status associated with a media content item may be determined. A recording status indicates whether the media content item will be recorded by a digital recording device. A location associated with a user may also be determined, and the recording status associated with the media content item may be changed based at least in part on the determined location. | 03-07-2013 |
20130083977 | RETRIEVING IMAGES - A system includes: receiving first information about a device, where the first information includes data corresponding to a location of the device and a time at which the device was at the location; identifying one or more images associated with second information that is within a range of the first information, where the second information for an image includes data corresponding to a location at which the image was captured and a time at which the image was captured, and where the location at which the image was captured and a time at which the image was captured are within a range of the location of the device and the time at which the device was at the location; and retrieving the one or more images associated with the second information. | 04-04-2013 |
20130254309 | SENDING COMMUNICATIONS TO CONTACTS ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE - Sending communications to contacts on a social networking service includes receiving a target geographical location of a computing device, identifying a vicinity based on the target geographical location, using the vicinity to identify a set of contacts associated with an account on a social networking service, where the set of contacts are used to produce a contact list that excludes one or more contacts that are not associated with locations within the vicinity, and sending a communication to members of the contact list, where the communication relates to the target geographical location. | 09-26-2013 |
20140330904 | GEOLOCATION RESCHEDULING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method, computer program product, and computing system for determining an initial meeting location for a meeting previously-scheduled to be attended by a plurality of attendees at a defined meeting time. A current attendee location is determined for each of the plurality of attendees proximate the defined meeting time, thus defining a plurality of attendee locations. The initial meeting location and one or more of the plurality of attendee locations are compared to determine if the initial meeting location could be changed. If the initial meeting location could be changed, at least one alternative meeting location is suggested. | 11-06-2014 |
20150183439 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING VEHICLE EFFICIENCY - Systems and methods of monitoring vehicle sensors to determine and report fuel/energy efficiency are disclosed. The vehicle's route may be calculated by a GPS-enabled head unit or similar device together with appropriate mapping and navigation software. Monitoring fuel/energy efficiency may be achieved by measuring the mileage and fuel/energy use across the route. This information may be transmitted through a mobile network to a central server for use in mapping and navigation programs to provide the most cost effective and/or fuel/energy efficient route. Another implementation would use the fuel efficiency information to calculate estimated fuel/energy efficiency along particular routes using particular vehicles. Additionally, knowing the route traveled and the actual and expected fuel/energy efficiency, the head unit may display a warning of a loss of fuel/energy efficiency as well as a potential cause of the fuel efficiency loss. | 07-02-2015 |
20150183440 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING ROAD QUALITY - Systems and methods for monitoring vehicle sensors to determine and report road quality using a communication device are disclosed. The communication device determines the vehicle's location on a road, such as by use of a GPS-enabled head unit or similar device and appropriate mapping software. Monitoring road quality may be achieved by adding a sensor to the shocks, by use of a vertical displacement sensor present on the head unit, and the like. Various combinations of sensors may be employed. A horizontal displacement sensor may be used. The signals from the sensors are monitored by the head unit and analyzed to judge the quality of the road by the amount of vertical vibration that is encountered. This data, together with the vehicle's location, may be transmitted through a mobile network to a central server for distribution in road quality reports and to improve driving directions in mapping software. | 07-02-2015 |
20150356796 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING ROAD QUALITY - A server communicates with vehicles traveling along a route. The server obtains sensor data indicative of road quality from the vehicles. The server determines that a certain proportion of the vehicles traveling along the route experience better road quality than the remaining vehicles traveling along the route. The server than determines that a first lane in the route has significantly better road quality than a second lane in the route. | 12-10-2015 |
20160004726 | RETRIEVING IMAGES - A system includes: receiving first information about a device, where the first information includes data corresponding to a location of the device and a time at which the device was at the location; identifying one or more images associated with second information that is within a range of the first information, where the second information for an image includes data corresponding to a location at which the image was captured and a time at which the image was captured, and where the location at which the image was captured and a time at which the image was captured are within a range of the location of the device and the time at which the device was at the location; and retrieving the one or more images associated with the second information. | 01-07-2016 |