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20110270673 | LOCATION-BASED ADVERTISEMENT CONVERSIONS - In general, this specification relates to content presentation. One aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of presenting one or more content items to a user, each content item being associated with a conversion location; logging an identifier for each of the one or more content items presented to the user; receiving a location and user identifier from the user; using the user identifier to identify the one or more content items presented to the user and comparing, using one or more processors, the location to the conversion location of the one or more content items presented to the user; and logging a conversion for a particular presented content item having a conversion location matching the received location. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products. | 11-03-2011 |
20110282725 | AD REDEMPTION - This specification describes technologies relating to content presentation. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of sending one or more redeemable content items to a user, each content item being configured for redemption at a physical retail location; receiving a request from the user to redeem a content item of the one or more content items at a particular physical retail location; validating, using one or more processor, the content item for redemption; if the content item is valid for redemption, notifying a corresponding retailer of the content item redemption to be applied to a pending retail transaction; and logging the redemption. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products. | 11-17-2011 |
20110321167 | AD PRIVACY MANAGEMENT - In general, this specification relates to content presentation. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of receiving a privacy request from a mobile device, the privacy request including an encoded device identifier; authenticating the request; decoding the device identifier; retrieving mobile device advertising data associated with the decoded device identifier; and applying the privacy request to the mobile device advertising data. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products. | 12-29-2011 |
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20110239120 | ON-DEMAND FEATURE SERVER ACTIVATION IN THE CLOUD - A feature activation system provides a mixed computing environment that includes a server and cloud computing. The hybrid model splits the execution of a communication feature between the cloud and the enterprise server installed at or with the enterprise. Service activation is linked to a portal that can communicate with either an intermediary system or directly with an entity executing computer programs in the cloud. When the customer desires to use a feature, the customer accesses the portal and activates the feature the enterprise desires. In the background, the portal instantiates a virtual machine, on any cloud platform, and then installs the feature with virtual machine on that cloud server. To execute feature, the enterprise server and the virtual machine exchange information between the server and the cloud and allow the feature to access the enterprise server or enterprise data. When the user has completed feature execution, the instance of the feature may be stopped and discarded and any data may be saved either at the enterprise or within the cloud. | 09-29-2011 |
20110307402 | CONTACT CENTER EXPERT IDENTIFICATION - A system evaluates callers, into a contact center, for possible employment. The evaluations occur while the caller waits in a contact center queue and provide a rating of the callers as potential employees. Ratings may be generated or accumulated from one or more interactions with the contact center, where each interaction with the caller can provide information about the caller's suitability as an employee. Good candidates may be interviewed automatically and/or by a manager. Those candidates that receive good ratings/evaluations and are interested in the position may be hired or provided incentives to help the call center respond to calls. | 12-15-2011 |
20120163576 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANGING CONFERENCE MODERATORS DURING A CONFERENCE CALL - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for changing moderators during a e-conference. To change moderators during an e-conference, a system identifies a departure of the original moderator from the e-conference. A moderator can indicate his intention to leave an e-conference through the conferencing system. A participant to replace the original moderator is identified and subsequently promoted to replacement moderator while maintaining the e-conference. Additionally, changing moderators during an e-conference is accomplished by creating a new conference bridge and transferring each participant to the new conference bridge. This method allows for a seamless transfer between moderators during an e-conference without the inconvenience of reconnecting. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166242 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING AN E-CONFERENCE FOR PARTICIPANTS WITH PARTIAL AVAILABILITY - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for scheduling an e-conference for participants with partial availability. Initially, a system identifies a group of participants for the e-conference. The system receives a declaration of availability for the e-conference from at least one participant of the group. The declaration contains the partial availability of the participant based on time restrictions and topics of interest to the participant. Next, a schedule is determined for the e-conference based on the availability of the participants. Finally, the declarations of availability are displayed to the group of participants. In one aspect, participants update their declarations of availability during the e-conference and a schedule is updated to reflect the new declaration of availability. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166534 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROUPING CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for grouping e-conference participants. A system identifies participants for an e-conference and identifies groups based on e-conference participant characteristics. Participant characteristics such as job function, skill set, department, business unit or physical location are used to group participants. Each of the e-conference participants is associated with at least one group and the system visually displays participants in groups through an e-conference user interface. Additionally, the system retrieves a stored list of e-conference participants and groups from a previous e-conference and restores the list of participants and groups for a current e-conference. | 06-28-2012 |
20130063543 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL CALL HOLD - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for accomplishing a virtual call on hold. A client communication device, such as a telephone, smartphone, or computer, receives a notification of a communication session to which the user is invited, and establishes a relationship with the communication session. Alternatively, a server associated with the communication session can establish the relationship with the client communication device. Then, the communication device can present an indication of the relationship with the communication session for a duration of the communication session, such that the user can join the communication session at will via a communication channel, and such that the communication channel is not occupied by the communication session unless or until the user joins the communication session. The communication session can be a conference call, video conference, a multi-modal chat wherein multiple users communicate via different modalities. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066978 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A COMMUNICATION SESSION IDENTIFIER - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for a communication session identifier. A communication session identifier can act as a virtual relay between conference participants, forwarding emails, phone calls, attachments, messages, and other information from a central address associated with the communications session identifier. In this manner, a user who desires to communicate with other conference participants only needs to send the communication to the communication session identifier, which in turn distributes the communication to the other parties. These communications can include emails, social networking messages, instant messaging, voice messages, and other forms of communication. | 03-14-2013 |
20130181834 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING IN MULTI-STORY BUILDINGS - System and method to locate a person in a multi-level building, including: a portable transmitter coupled to the person, the portable transmitter configured to transmit a signal comprising an identification code; a plurality of receivers located in a multi-level building to receive the signal, substantially each receiver producing a received signal, wherein at least a first receiver is located on a first level and at least a second receiver is located on a second level, wherein the second level is different than the first level; a signal strength estimator coupled to at least one receiver, the signal strength estimator configured to produce a signal strength estimation of the received signal received by the at least one receiver; and a processor configured to receive the signal strength estimations, and from the signal strength estimations calculate a level of the multi-level building on which the person is located. | 07-18-2013 |
20130190016 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC MERGING OF REAL AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - Method and system to coordinate a virtual environment with a real environment, including: coupling a transceiver to a person; determining a position of the transceiver within the real environment by use of a position-determination module; and rendering the virtual environment to a user by use of a virtual environment server that is configured to determine a position of the transceiver. The method and system may further comprises a wormhole server configured to provide communication services between the user and the person. | 07-25-2013 |
20130194434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING VIDEO QUALITY DEGRADATION USING FACE DETECTION - System and method to detect video quality degradation in a video stream received by a telecommunications endpoint, the method including: locating reference features characteristic of content in the received video stream; calculating reduced reference features from the located reference features; receiving reduced reference features of a transmitted video stream, the transmitted video stream corresponding to the received video stream; calculating a distance between the reduced reference features in the received video stream and the reduced reference features of the transmitted video stream; and detecting video quality degradation when the calculated distance exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 08-01-2013 |
20130209108 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED HOTELING OF MOBILE WORKERS - Method to personalize a workspace, including: receiving via a first communication channel an information message comprising an identification of the workspace; sending via a second communication channel: an identity of a user; the identification of the workspace; and a request to personalize the workspace according to settings associated with the user; and sending via the second communication channel an optional confirmation message confirming a personalization of the workspace. Another embodiment to personalize a workspace may comprise: receiving a command from a user to personalize the workspace; sending via a first communication channel an information message comprising an identification of the workspace; and receiving personalization data via a second communication channel, wherein the personalization data is used to personalize the workspace. | 08-15-2013 |
20130212286 | COMMUNICATION SESSION CLONING USING BARCODES - Method to clone a communication session from a first device to a second device, including: receiving a request to identify the communication session; rendering an information message comprising an identification of the communication session, wherein the information message is configured to be transmitted from the first device; acquiring the information message from the second device to clone the communication session onto the second device; bridging the second device to the communication session without dropping the first device from the communication session, to produce a cloned communication session; and sending a confirmation message, wherein no prior association between the first device and the second device is used during the cloning. | 08-15-2013 |
20130212289 | FIXED MOBILE CONVERGENCE FOR AUDIO AND WEB CONFERENCE SESSIONS USING BARCODES - Method to transfer a communication session to a mobile device, including: receiving by use of a first communication channel an information message comprising an identification of the communication session and an identification of a communication client hosting the communication session; sending by use of a second communication channel a join request; joining the communication session; and sending by use of the second communication channel a confirmation message confirming the transfer of the communication session. Furthermore, a method to transfer a communication session from a mobile device to a nonparticipating computer, including: receiving by use of a first communication channel an information message comprising an identification of the nonparticipating conference-enabled computer; sending by use of a second communication channel a request to push the communication session to the nonparticipating computer; receiving a confirmation; and optionally closing the communication session on the mobile device. | 08-15-2013 |
20130254279 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONCURRENT ELECTRONIC CONFERENCES - Method for scheduling and implementing an electronic meeting conducted among remotely-located users communicating with an agenda server, including: accepting a meeting agenda that includes a plurality of topics, a quorum, an identification of resources used by each topic, an identification of data used by each topic, and an identification of data produced by each topic; partitioning the meeting agenda into at least a first and second group of topics; searching for data dependencies between the first and second groups of topics; searching for resource dependencies between the first and second groups of topics; if data dependencies or resource dependencies are found between the first and second groups of topics, then repartitioning the meeting agenda until the data dependencies and resource dependencies between the first and second groups of topics are reduced below a predetermined dependency threshold; and concurrently scheduling and executing the first and second groups of topics. | 09-26-2013 |
20130329863 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO USE ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS TO MEASURE AND CONTROL WORKPLACE NOISE - System and method are disclosed to mitigate noise in an area monitored by a plurality of telecommunication terminals in communication with a controller, the method including: detecting an excessive noise originating in the area monitored by the plurality of telecommunication terminals, the detection performed by one or more terminals of the plurality of telecommunication terminals; identifying a location of a first terminal of the plurality of telecommunication terminals by use of the detected excessive noise, wherein the first terminal is closest to a source of the excessive noise; and providing a mitigation message to the identified first terminal. | 12-12-2013 |
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20120026078 | Interactive Projector Device - An interactive device includes a first sensor, a first button, an accelerometer, a processor, and a transmitter. The first sensor is configured to receive coordinate information from a coordinate projection of a projector. The first button is configured to transmit an erase signal when the first button is pressed. The accelerometer is configured to provide angle information for the interactive device. The processor is in communication with the first sensor, with the first button, and with the accelerometer. The processor configured to receive the coordinate information from the first sensor, to receive the erase signal from the first button, to receive the angle information from the accelerometer, and to generate erase information based on the coordinate information, the erase signal, and the angle information. The transmitter is in communication with the processor, and is configured to transmit a delete request including the erase information received from the processor to the projector. | 02-02-2012 |
20140176513 | Interactive Projector Device - An interactive device includes a first sensor, a first button, an accelerometer, a processor, and a transmitter. The first sensor is configured to receive coordinate information from a coordinate projection of a projector. The first button is configured to transmit an erase signal when the first button is pressed. The accelerometer is configured to provide angle information for the interactive device. The processor is in communication with the first sensor, with the first button, and with the accelerometer. The processor configured to receive the coordinate information from the first sensor, to receive the erase signal from the first button, to receive the angle information from the accelerometer, and to generate erase information based on the coordinate information, the erase signal, and the angle information. The transmitter is in communication with the processor, and is configured to transmit a delete request including the erase information received from the processor to the projector. | 06-26-2014 |
20140184385 | Pairing Remote Controller to Display Device - A remote control device is authorized to command the presentation of information from an information presenting device by communicating with the information presenting device by a first mode of communications while the remote control device and the information presenting device are proximate. In response to the authorizing, the information presenting device is unlocked to permit the presentation of information in response to commands from the remote control device. After the unlocking, the information presenting device presents information in response to commands from the remote control device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140215559 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for wireless connection from a supplicant device via a service path. The service path includes a peer-to-peer communication path. The method further includes, based on an indication received from the supplicant device, adapting an authentication method to the supplicant device. The adapting includes selecting at least one authentication factor from a plurality of supported authentication factors. Each of the plurality of supported authentication factors comprises an authentication path that is distinct from the service path. In addition, the method includes authenticating the supplicant device via each of the at least one authentication factor. | 07-31-2014 |
20140215585 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING CONNECTION CREDENTIALS - In one embodiment, a method includes establishing a connection with an access-point (AP) device via a first communication path. The method further includes establishing a connection with a proxy device for the AP device via a second communication path that is distinct from the first communication path. In addition, the method includes determining a set of connection credentials maintained by the AP device. Furthermore, the method includes determining a set of connection credentials maintained by the proxy device. Additionally, the method includes identifying a correct set of connection credentials. The correct set includes at least one of the first set and the second set. The method also includes synchronizing the first set and the second set according to the correct set. | 07-31-2014 |
20140300747 | System and Method for Controlling a Projector via a Passive Control Strip - A projector includes an infrared generator, an infrared camera, an infrared control module, and a controller. The infrared generator provides an infrared curtain on a screen that the projector projects an image. The infrared camera detects a selection of an icon on a control strip located within the infrared curtain. The infrared control module is in communication with the infrared generator and the infrared camera, and determines a coordinate position within the infrared curtain associated with the selection of the icon on the control strip. The controller is in communication with the infrared control module, and determines a command for the projector based on the coordinate position of the selection of the icon, and executes the command. | 10-09-2014 |
20150116668 | Hybrid Light Engine for Projector - A projector includes a light source, a filter unit, an auxiliary light source and a combiner. The light source produces a first beam of light having light in a plurality of ranges of wavelengths, corresponding to a plurality of colors. The filter unit is positioned in the optical path of the first light beam. The filter unit is configured in a first configuration during a first time interval and in a second configuration during a second time interval. When the filter unit is configured in the second configuration, the auxiliary light source produces a second beam of light. The combiner combines the first beam of light and the second beam of light. The combined beams of light are directed to a spatial light modulator. | 04-30-2015 |
20150268730 | Gesture Controlled Adaptive Projected Information Handling System Input and Output Devices - Projected input and output devices adapt to a desktop environment by sensing objects at the desktop environment and altering projected light in response to the sensed objects. For instance, projection of input and output devices is altered to limit illumination against and end user's hands or other objects disposed at a projection surface. End user hand positions and motions are detected to provide gesture support for adapting a projection work space, and configurations of projected devices are stored so that an end user can rapidly recreate a projected desktop. A projector scan adjusts to limit traces across inactive portions of the display surface and to increase traces at predetermined areas, such as video windows. | 09-24-2015 |
20150268731 | Interactive Projected Information Handling System Support Input and Output Devices - Projected input and output devices adapt to a desktop environment by sensing objects at the desktop environment and altering projected light in response to the sensed objects. For instance, projection of input and output devices is altered to limit illumination against and end user's hands or other objects disposed at a projection surface. End user hand positions and motions are detected to provide gesture support for adapting a projection work space, and configurations of projected devices are stored so that an end user can rapidly recreate a projected desktop. A projector scan adjusts to limit traces across inactive portions of the display surface and to increase traces at predetermined areas, such as video windows. | 09-24-2015 |
20150268732 | Adaptive Projected Information Handling System Output Devices - Projected input and output devices adapt to a desktop environment by sensing objects at the desktop environment and altering projected light in response to the sensed objects. For instance, projection of input and output devices is altered to limit illumination against and end user's hands or other objects disposed at a projection surface. End user hand positions and motions are detected to provide gesture support for adapting a projection work space, and configurations of projected devices are stored so that an end user can rapidly recreate a projected desktop. A projector scan adjusts to limit traces across inactive portions of the display surface and to increase traces at predetermined areas, such as video windows. | 09-24-2015 |
20150268739 | Projected Information Handling System Input Environment with Object Initiated Responses - Projected input and output devices adapt o a desktop environment by sensing objects at the desktop environment and altering projected light in response to the sensed objects. For instance, projection of input and output devices is altered to limit illumination against and end user's hands or other objects disposed at a projection surface. End user hand positions and motions are detected to provide gesture support for adapting a projection work space, and configurations of projected devices are stored so that an end user can rapidly recreate a projected desktop. A projector scan adjusts to limit traces across inactive portions of the display surface and to increase traces at predetermined areas, such as video windows. | 09-24-2015 |
20150268773 | Projected Information Handling System Input Interface with Dynamic Adjustment - Projected input and output devices adapt to a desktop environment by sensing objects at the desktop environment and altering projected light in response to the sensed objects. For instance, projection of input and output devices is altered to limit illumination against and end user's hands or other objects disposed at a projection surface. End user hand positions and motions are detected to provide gesture support for adapting a projection work space, and configurations of projected devices are stored so that an end user can rapidly recreate a projected desktop. A projector scan adjusts to limit traces across inactive portions of the display surface and to increase traces at predetermined areas, such as video windows. | 09-24-2015 |
20150268812 | Context Adaptable Projected Information Handling System Input Environment - Projected input and output devices adapt to a desktop environment by sensing objects at the desktop environment and altering projected light in response to the sensed objects. For instance, projection of input and output devices is altered to limit illumination against and end user's hands or other objects disposed at a projection surface. End user hand positions and motions are detected to provide gesture support for adapting a projection work space, and configurations of projected devices are stored so that an end user can rapidly recreate a projected desktop. A projector scan adjusts to limit traces across inactive portions of the display surface and to increase traces at predetermined areas, such as video windows. | 09-24-2015 |