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| 20080240384 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE PRESENCE INFORMATION - Methods and apparatus to present presence information are disclosed. An example method includes requesting presence information associated with a first user, receiving the presence information from the first user, receiving information from a monitoring sensor associated with the first user, and sending a first message indicating that a communication session is permissible when the presence information and the information from the monitoring sensor indicates that a communication session is permissible. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080257956 | SYSTEM FOR FULFILLING PURCHASES - A purchase key is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a purchase fulfillment device can have a storage medium to store a plurality of purchase fulfillment identifiers (IDs) issued by a corresponding plurality of credit providers, and a biometric reader to enable access to a point of sale (POS) device to retrieve at least one among the plurality of purchase fulfillment IDs in the storage medium. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080270686 | METHODS AND SYSTEM TO CACHE CONTENT ON A VEHICLE - A system and methods of caching content on a vehicle are disclosed herein. One method comprises identifying a passenger for an upcoming ride on the vehicle, identifying content of interest to the passenger, and transmitting at least a portion of the content of interest to a storage device carried by the vehicle for caching prior to a beginning of the ride. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080275772 | System and method of facilitating targeted content delivery - A method of facilitating targeted content delivery is disclosed and includes receiving a request from a third-party to deliver targeted content to a plurality of customers of a service provider, where the request includes a plurality of customer profile parameters. The method also includes aggregating profile data associated with at least some of the plurality of customers of the service provider to produce collective customer profile information corresponding to the request. The aggregated profile data matches at least some of the customer profile parameters. The method also includes communicating service terms to the third-party, wherein the service terms are determined for the request based at least partially on a type of the targeted content. Further, the method includes receiving the targeted content from the third-party after the service provider receives data indicating acceptance of the service terms. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090136009 | Knowledge Management, Capture and Modeling Tool for Multi-Modal Communications - Systems and method of capturing multi-modal communications are provided. A particular method includes detecting a first communication made using a first communication device in a group of communication devices of a user, where the group of communication devices is defined by the user. The method also includes generating a first entry in an aggregated list of communications based on the first communication. The first entry includes information identifying the first communication device. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090216892 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING DIGITAL CONTENT DELIVERY TO PORTABLE DEVICES - Systems and methods to download digital data files are provided. A particular method includes sending authentication data and a request to download a digital data file from a portable computing device to a remote network device via a first network access point. A first portion of the digital data file is received at the portable computing device. The first portion does not include a remaining portion of the digital data file. Communication is established between the portable computing device and a second network access point after communication is lost between the portable computing device and the first network access point and before the remaining portion of the digital data file is received. The remaining portion of the digital data file is received at the portable computing device without sending a second request related to downloading the digital data file. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090260019 | Web Content Customization via Adaptation Web Services - A user agent in a Web access device transmits an HTTP request for Web content to an origin server. The request contains a set of capabilities of the Web access device. A content authoring mechanism and adaptation determination service on the origin server process the request to determine what transformation is required to make the requested content fit the capabilities of the Web access device. The adaptation determination service invokes a niche transformation service that performs, in response to the content and the capabilities, the necessary transformation. The transformed Web content is transmitted to the user agent. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100077221 | System and Method for Wirelessly Transacting Access to a Set of Events and Associated Digital Content/Products - One or more content providers push data related to: movies, movie products, digital movie content over a network (e.g., a LAN, a WAN, the Internet, or a wireless network) onto an information filling station which, in turn, wirelessly transacts (over a network based on the 802.11b protocol) and transmits any requested data to a portable computer-based device (e.g., laptop, a pen-based computer device, a PDA, a wireless phone, or a pager). The portable device performs financial transactions for: purchasing movie tickets (directly or via auctions), downloading digital entertainment content of interest (e.g., copy of a movie of interest, copy of a movie identified based on a pre-stored profile, copy of soundtrack of a movie of interest), or movie related products. Any purchased digital content is either transferred wirelessly onto the portable device or, optionally, sent on a storage medium to a physical address associated with the profile. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100173650 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING MULTIMODE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A location services controller ( | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110072497 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING PERSONAL DATA - A particular method includes receiving a request for a portion of user data from a data repository. The user data is associated with a user. The method includes determining a source of the request. The method includes determining whether the portion of user data can be provided to the source. The method also includes determining at least one type of credential to be supplied from the source when the user data can be provided to the source. The at least one type of credential includes a first authentication when the source is associated with the user and a second authentication when the source is not associated with the user. | 03-24-2011 |
