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| 20100128863 | CONTEXT AWARE VOICE COMMUNICATION PROXY - A method of operating a telephone system includes receiving an incoming call to an operator of a machine. The operator has access to a telephonic device. A circumstance associated with operation of the machine is sensed. It is decided, dependent upon the sensed circumstance, whether to place the call to the telephonic device. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100179754 | LOCATION BASED SYSTEM UTILIZING GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FROM DOCUMENTS IN NATURAL LANGUAGE - A method of operating a location-based system includes identifying geographic information within unstructured electronic text. The identified geographic information, which includes street information, address information, or names of locations is extracted. Candidate geographic locations to which the identified geographic information may refer are determined. One of the candidate geographic locations is selected. An alphanumeric representation of the selected geographic location is utilized in a location-based service. The invented system performs each of the preceding steps. The system supports the extraction of all locations mentioned in the unstructured text, applying the steps mentioned above. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110035031 | PERSONALIZED ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM - A method of operating an entertainment system includes computer-implemented steps including accessing a remote electronic collection of audio/video recordings. The collection is associated with a user of the entertainment system. The recordings in the collection are analyzed to thereby determine an audio/video preference profile of the user. Electronic audio/video options of the entertainment system that conform to the user's preference profile are selected and offered to the user. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035705 | ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA VISUALIZATION AND INTERACTION METHOD - A method of operating an entertainment system includes computer-implemented steps including accessing a source of audio/video content. The source is capable of providing a plurality of media items. The media items are analyzed to thereby determine a corresponding classification for each of the items. A visual representation of each of the classifications is provided on a display of the entertainment system. One of the classifications being selected by a user is sensed. In response to the sensing, one of the media items corresponding to the selected classification is played, and/or the user is offered a choice among a plurality of the media items corresponding to the selected classification. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110119626 | ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM SMART KEYS - A method of operating an entertainment system having a user interface including a plurality of menus may include computer-implemented steps. Steps may include receiving a menu selection via the user interface. The menu selection may be associated with a menu. The menu may be displayed on the user interface in response to receiving the menu selection. The menu selection may be stored for subsequent retrieval. A key (or button) may be associated with the stored menu selection such that activating the key causes the menu associated with the stored menu selection to be retrieved and displayed on the user interface. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110185390 | MOBILE PHONE INTEGRATION INTO DRIVER INFORMATION SYSTEMS - A method of operating a driver information system includes communicatively coupling a personal electronics device to the driver information system. A selection of an application of the driver information system is received from a user. The user makes input using the car's input devices, and the input is transformed to match the input capabilities of the personal electronics device. Data is transmitted from the application to the personal electronics device. The data is processed within the personal electronics device. A result of the processing is transmitted from the personal electronics device to the driver information system. Information is presented to the user via the driver information system dependent upon the result of the processing. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110209062 | USER PREFERENCE BASED COLLECTING OF MUSIC CONTENT - A method of operating an entertainment system includes computer-implemented steps including determining an audio/video preference profile of the user. An item of audio/video content that fits the profile but that is not available to the system is identified. The identified item is wirelessly received from a source of audio/video content. The source is external to the entertainment system. The received item is stored in memory within the system. The stored item is retrieved from memory. The retrieved item is played back to a human user of the system. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110275358 | APPLICATION STATE AND ACTIVITY TRANSFER BETWEEN DEVICES - A method of operating a personal electronic device and an in-vehicle infotainment system includes running an application on one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. It is sensed that the personal electronic device has been, or soon will be, moved into or out of a proximity of the in-vehicle infotainment system. Information regarding a state of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system is transferred to the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. An application is selected for the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. The selected application is used to replicate the state of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system on the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. | 11-10-2011 |
