Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080222088 | Apparatus and Methods for Generating an Implicit Vote for a Media Item Based on User Behavior Relative to a Media Client - A method of generating an implicit vote for a media item based on user behavior may comprise recording information identifying a first set of user inputs to a media client associated with playing of a first media item, receiving and storing an explicit vote for the first media item, and storing information that correlates a user input from the first set of user inputs with the explicit vote. The first set of user inputs may comprise at least one user input. The method may comprise recording information identifying a second set of user inputs to the media client associated with playing of a second media item, wherein the second set of user inputs may comprise at least one user input matching the stored correlated user input. The method may comprise generating an implicit vote for the second media item based on the stored information correlating the stored correlated user input with the explicit vote. | 09-11-2008 |
20080240010 | INTELLIGENT ORCHESTRATION OF CROSS-MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS - A method and architecture for managing a communication campaign direct toward a plurality of media consumption devices associated with a common user ( | 10-02-2008 |
20080244660 | VIRTUAL SET-TOP BOX TUNER IN CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A method for scheduling the reception of content in a content receiver, for example, in an STB/DVR, includes scheduling ( | 10-02-2008 |
20090113346 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTEXT-AWARE DELIVERY OF INFORMATIONAL CONTENT ON AMBIENT DISPLAYS - A method and apparatus is disclosed whereby the context of user activity can be used to tailor the ambient information system. The method and apparatus use both short-term context such as recent activity and long-term context such as historical patterns to highlight specific content on channels or widgets that are likely to be of most immediate interest to the user. This contextual information provided by the framework can also be used to make intelligent decisions about how to tailor the user experience after a user has interacted with the item in question. Additionally, context information accumulated on one device such as a mobile phone can be broadcasted to other devices to influence the ambient information display application on a second device such as a desktop based on enabling remote access to the local context repository. | 04-30-2009 |
20090172555 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPARENTLY MAPPING PERSONALIZED ALERT PREFERENCES ONTO THIN CLIENT DEVICES WITH DIFFERING CAPABILITIES - A method and apparatus that personalizes preferences for a thin client using custom menus is disclosed. The method may include receiving registering capabilities from the thin client, storing feature list for all devices, generation of a custom alert settings menu based on the thin client's capabilities, storing selected alert settings, and generating a list of all registered devices that have similar alert capabilities as the thin client. The custom menu can be view by a user on any device that has display capabilities. The user can select from among the alert settings supported by the thin client or select the alert settings for the thin client that is similar to a registered device. Apparatus is also provided for mapping alert capabilities from the feature list and the received alert preferences from a user. Thin client mapping of mapping of alert type is also provided for processing an alert request from an external device. | 07-02-2009 |
20090172745 | Method and Apparatus Regarding Receipt of Audio-Visual Content Information and Use of Such Information to Automatically Infer a Relative Popularity of That Content - A network element ( | 07-02-2009 |
20090241155 | Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Automatically Forming an Aggregation of Multiple Different Renderable Content Items - A network element ( | 09-24-2009 |
20090275367 | Method of Optimizing Power Consumption in A Wireless Device - A method and apparatus are provided for operating a wireless communication device. The method includes the steps of providing a plurality of battery powered modules that are carried by a user and together operate as the wireless communication module (ensemble), detecting a battery reserve power level of a first module of the plurality of modules and transferring a processing function from the first module to a second module of the plurality of modules based upon the detected battery reserve power. | 11-05-2009 |
20090287714 | Method and Apparatus for Community-Based Comparison Shopping Based on Social Bookmarking - A method and apparatus for sharing product information amongst users of a computer network using productmarks. A productmark for a product is created by a user of the network and includes a product identifier, an annotation containing user comments, a username that identifies the creator of the productmark, and a categorization tag that identifies the user's level of interest in purchasing the product. Productmarks are stored in a database that may be queried using a product identifier, a username, a categorization tag or any combination of these to retrieve productmarks. A user network device provides access to the database and includes modules for creating and uploading productmarks to the database a module for querying and downloading productmarks from the database. A peer-to-peer communication session may be formed relating to a particular product and/or geographical location. | 11-19-2009 |
20090327292 | ENSURING CONSISTENCY AMONG SHARED COPIES OF A DATA ELEMENT - Disclosed is a “light weight” protocol used to coordinate shared copies of a data element. A central repository holds a master copy of the data element. Applications “subscribe” to the data element (or to an aspect of it) by sending a message to the central repository. Whenever the data element (or aspect) is changed, applications that have subscribed to the data element (or aspect) are notified of the change. When an application wishes to change the value of a subscribed aspect, it sends an update request to the central repository. The central repository changes the master copy of the data aspect to the requested value and then informs all subscribed applications of the new data value. If two applications both wish to change the value of the same data aspect, they send their update requests, and the central repository processes them in the order in which they are received. | 12-31-2009 |
20100115596 | Method and System for Creating and Sharing Bookmarks of Media Content - A method for facilitating a bookmark server to create a bookmark from content associated with a content source is disclosed. The method comprises a remote device selecting a portion of the content associated with the content source, based on an input received via a user interface. The remote device then generates metadata associated with the selected portion of the content. The metadata includes information pertaining to the content source and the content. The remote device communicates with the bookmark server, which can access the content associated with the content source. The remote device sends the metadata to the bookmark server along with a request message to the bookmark server to create the bookmark based on the metadata. | 05-06-2010 |