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20130018949 | DYNAMIC NEWS MEDIA SELECTION FOR SOCIAL NETWORK DISTRIBUTIONAANM Pradeep; AnanthaAACI PiedmontAAST CAAACO USAAGP Pradeep; Anantha Piedmont CA US - Attributes associated with an entity such as a brand, product, or service are identified from analysis of the entity itself as well as from information from an entity owner such as a company or firm. Attributes and news articles are transmitted over a network. News articles exhibiting characteristics promoting identified attributes are selected and conveyed back over the network. The news articles are then posted on social network walls and profiles of pages of interested individuals. Entities may identify interested individuals as those who have joined, followed, liked, or subscribed to a particular entity page. Interested individuals may also be identified through their profile characteristic information. | 01-17-2013 |
20130087472 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING AN ADDITIVE INTO A BEVERAGE - The present invention describes a beverage container that is configured to dispense an additive into a beverage. The beverage container includes a vessel configured to hold a beverage and a lid that includes a flap configured to expose the beverage in the vessel after the flap is triggered. This beverage container also includes a chamber configured to hold an additive that can be exposed to the beverage after the flap is triggered. | 04-11-2013 |
20130101100 | INCENTING AND ENHANCING TELEPHONY SERVICE USAGE - Mechanisms are provided to incent and enhance telephony service usage. Telephony call setup requests are monitored at a system for incenting telephony service usage and participants in a telephony service usage incentive program are identified. The system may be associated with a telephony central office. If a particular caller or call setup request is associated with a milestone, such as every n | 04-25-2013 |
20130122762 | SHARK REPELLENT SYSTEM - A light sequence generation system is provided on human associated aquatic objects such as surfboards, boogie boards, and kayaks to deter shark attacks. Light sources such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) are configured to emit sequences of pulses in arrangements and/or patterns that are unnatural to sharks. Batteries and/or capacitors may be used along with solar panels to power the light sources. The batteries and/or capacitors can also power electromagnetic repellents or may be completely shield to prevent attractant effects. The unnatural light sequence generation system can be used in conjunction with other chemical and electromagnetic repellents. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124365 | DYNAMIC MERCHANDISING CONNECTION SYSTEM - Mechanisms are provided for efficiently and effectively connecting users such as customers, consumers, and clients with remote agents such as salespeople, assistants, personal shoppers, etc., by using a merchandising interface in store, shop, and showroom environments. A merchandising connection system identifies and analyzes characteristics of users, target products, and remote agents, and matches users and remote agents using data such as demographic information, common interests, compatible personality types, areas of expertise, attractiveness levels, etc. Various sensors, detectors, actuators, scent emitters, etc., at the merchandising interface work to enhance the user and remote agent connection. | 05-16-2013 |
20130152506 | DYNAMIC PACKAGE PERSONALIZATION SYSTEM - Mechanisms are provided for efficiently and effectively personalizing product presentation to users. User profile information including images and preferences may be obtained during instore purchase of products such as cereal, cigarettes, soda, snacks, etc. A user selects a particular product and may enter optional preference information. The dynamic package personalization system identifies an image, background, scene, etc., that may appeal to the user and provides the product in personalized packaging with an image of the user. | 06-20-2013 |
20140129347 | INTELLIGENT AND INFORMED ADVERTISEMENT CREATION - Mechanisms are provided for intelligently creating advertisements in a neurologically informed manner. A framework is provided for intelligently generating an advertisement and optimizing the advertisement for particular contexts including display characteristics, viewer emotions, and biorhythms. Multiple versions or variations of an advertisement may be manually or automatically generated to suit particular environmental and viewer characteristics. Advertisements can also be provided with wrappers to allow improved connectivity and flow with surrounding media. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129374 | INTELLIGENT AND INFORMED STORE DESIGN - Mechanisms are provided for intelligently creating store designs in a neurologically informed manner. A store layout can be set based on time of day and biorhythms, with early morning sections, mid-morning sections, etc. Sub-brands may be provided in each section. Point-of-sale material design and interaction is neurologically enhanced. Store promotions are improved using augmented reality. A smart shopping cart or basket is used to automatically scan items, provide promotions, detect items, and suggest other products as a customer moves throughout the store. | 05-08-2014 |
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20140051044 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GATHER AND ANALYZE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC DATA - Example methods are disclosed herein that include obtaining electroencephalographic (EEG) data from a subject via a device comprising two or more independently adjustable bands, each of the bands having a plurality of electrodes to detect the electroencephalographic data from a brain of the subject, each band selectively rotatable relative to an adjacent band and each band selectively compressible to increase a force of the electrodes against a head of the subject. The example method also includes converting the EEG data into digital EEG signals and conditioning the digital EEG signals. In addition, the example method includes analyzing the digital EEG signals using one or more analysis protocols to determine a mental characteristic of the subject and transmitting the mental characteristic to an output device. | 02-20-2014 |
20140051960 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GATHER AND ANALYZE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC DATA - Example devices are disclosed herein that include a first elongated band coupled to a first housing to be located on a first side of a head of a subject and a second housing to be located near a second side of the head of the subject, the first elongated band comprising a first set of electrodes. The example device also includes a second elongated band coupled to the first housing and to the second housing, the second elongated band comprising a second set of electrodes. In addition, the device includes a third elongated band coupled to the first housing and to the second housing, the third elongated band comprising a third set of electrodes. | 02-20-2014 |
20140051961 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GATHER AND ANALYZE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC DATA - Example devices are disclosed herein that include a central body portion and a plurality of extensions extending from the central body portion, each extension having an end coupled to an electrode. The example device also includes an adjustment band disposed along a longitudinal axis of the central body to adjust a position of the extensions. | 02-20-2014 |
20140164095 | NEURO-RESPONSE DATA SYNCHRONIZATION - An example system includes a headset to gather first data comprising first neuro-response data and second neuro-response data from a user while the user is exposed to stimulus material. In the example system, the headset comprises a first sensor to gather the first neuro-response data, the first neuro-response data comprising at least one of electroencephalographic data or magnetoencephalographic data, and a second sensor to gather the second neuro-response data, the second neuro-response data comprising facial emotion encoding data. The headset also comprises a processor to synchronize the first neuro-response data, the second neuro-response data and the stimulus material to generate synchronized data and determine an effectiveness of a portion of the stimulus material based on the synchronized data. | 06-12-2014 |
20150141789 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GATHER AND ANALYZE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC DATA - Example methods are described herein that include obtaining electroencephalographic data from an example device worn by a subject. The device includes a central body portion and a plurality of extensions extending from the central body portion. Respective ones of the extension have ends carrying an electrode. The example device includes an adjustment band disposed along a longitudinal axis of the central body portion to adjust a position of the extensions. The example method also includes analyzing the data to determine a mental state of the subject. | 05-21-2015 |
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20130168320 | ORGANIC TEMPLATED NANOMETAL OXYHYDROXIDE - Disclosed are granular composites comprising a biopolymer and one or more nanometal-oxyhydroxide/hydroxide/oxide particles, along with methods for the preparation and use thereof. | 07-04-2013 |
20130240439 | REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE-BASED-COMPOSITES FOR THE PURIFICATION OF WATER - A nanocomposite is disclosed comprising reduced graphene oxide (RGO) and at least one of a metal and an oxide of the metal. Also disclosed is an adsorbent comprising the nanocomposite and an adsorbent comprising the nanocomposite bound to silica by using chitosan. A filtering device comprising the nanocomposite and/or the adsorbent is also disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for producing the nanocomposites, adsorbents, and filtering devices described herein. | 09-19-2013 |
20130292323 | AXIAL FLOW FILTER BLOCK FOR WATER PURIFICATION - A gravity-fed, axial flow filtration system for treating water is disclosed. | 11-07-2013 |
20140202943 | SUSTAINED SILVER RELEASE COMPOSITION FOR WATER PURIFICATION - Described herein are methods and compositions for preparing an adsorbent composition for sustained silver ion release is provided. The method comprises impregnating silver nanoparticles on an organic-templated-nanometal oxyhydroxide. Particle size of the silver nanoparticles is less than about 50 nm. The adsorbent composition is antimicrobial in water. In an aspect, the organic- templated-nanometal oxyhydroxide is organic-templated-boehmite nanoarchitecture (OTBN). The resultant adsorbent composition is used as a water filter in a water purification device. | 07-24-2014 |
20140216993 | SINGLE CONTAINER GRAVITY-FED STORAGE WATER PURIFIER - A gravity-fed storage water purifier is provided. The gravity-fed water purifier includes a filtration unit for receiving water. The filtration unit includes a housing unit, a first membrane cloth layer, a second membrane cloth layer, and a granular biocidal composition layer disposed between the first and second membrane cloth layers. The first and second membrane cloth layers remove dirt, sand and sediments from the contaminated water, using a depth filtration mechanism. The granular biocidal composition layer removes bacteria and virus from the contaminated water, through fast leaching of silver ions into the water. A single storage container is provided that collects the water filtered by the virtue of filtration unit and gravity. An adsorbent composition is disposed between the storage container and an outlet tap of the storage container. | 08-07-2014 |
20140314951 | MULTILAYER ORGANIC-TEMPLATED-BOEHMITE-NANOARCHITECTURE FOR WATER PURIFICATION - An adsorbent composition comprising a nanoscale shell of metal oxide or hydroxide on an organic-templated-boehmite-nanoarchitecture (OTBN) is provided. The nanoscale shell is prepared by impregnating OTBN with a metal or a non-metal ion, followed by in-situ hydrolysis of the deposited ion on the OTBN surface. The thickness of the shell is less than about 3 nm, which is less than the size of OTBN core. The number of layers of the shell is flexible, thereby leading to a multi-layer nanoscale hybrid composition. The adsorbent composition is capable of removing inorganic anions such as fluoride from water, with an increased adsorption capacity. | 10-23-2014 |
20150132856 | DETECTION OF QUANTITY OF WATER FLOW USING QUANTUM CLUSTERS - The preparation of silver quantum clusters embedded in organic-templated-boehmite-nanoarchitecture (OTBN) and its use as a sensor for quantity of water flow measured by change of color in visible light upon flow of contaminated water have been provided. Silver quantum clusters-embedded OTBN are highly luminescent. Since the quantum clusters are embedded in the matrix, they are highly stable over a long period of time. The composition described here is utilized in the form of a device for ‘visible/ultraviolet light color change-based detection’ upon passage of water through a water purification device. Upon interaction with ions present in water, luminescent silver clusters undergo chemical transformation to Ag | 05-14-2015 |
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20090190552 | FLEXIBLE MOBILE IP FOREIGN AGENT ARCHITECTURE FOR ENABLING CONVERGED SERVICES - A method and apparatus for flexible Mobile IP foreign agent architecture for enabling converged services are described herein. According to one embodiment of the invention, a packet is received over a circuit bound with a converged services domain of a network element. The converged services domain enables forwarding of wired and wireless traffic to a plurality of destination network elements. Upon determining that the circuit is capable of carrying Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) packets, the packet is processed according to an entry ma Mobile IP forwarding information base upon determining that the packet has a corresponding entry in the Mobile IP forwarding information base, and the packet is processed according to a different entry in an IP forwarding information base upon determining that the packet does not have an entry in the Mobile IP forwarding information base. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 07-30-2009 |
20090248708 | Method and Apparatus for Mobility Agent Recovery - Techniques for recovering Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) session(s) of a mobility agent in a Mobile IP network are described herein. In one embodiment of the invention, for each mobility session associated with a mobility agent, the mobility agent distributively backs up mobility agent specific information to the mobility agent peer associated with that mobility session. The mobility agent specific information is not used by the mobility agent peer. Upon the mobility agent inadvertently losing at least one mobility session, the mobility agent recovers the stored mobility agent specific information associated with those sessions from the mobility agent peers respectively associated with those sessions. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 10-01-2009 |
20110090786 | RSVP-TE GRACEFUL RESTART UNDER FAST RE-ROUTE CONDITIONS - According to one embodiment, in response to at least one of a link failure and node failure of a protected label switched path (LSP), network traffic is switched onto a protection path according to a fast re-reroute (FRR) scheme. A HELLO session is established with the remote node that is not immediately adjacent to the network element, including exchanging one or more HELLO messages with the remote node, each HELLO message having a time-to-live (TTL) value of greater than one if IP forwarding is used. The TTL value of the HELLO message is set to one if the HELLO message is sent via tunnel. In response to a request to restart, a resource reservation protocol (RSVP) traffic engineering (TE) graceful restart (GR) procedure is performed using information obtained from the one or more HELLO messages exchanged with the remote node during the HELLO session. | 04-21-2011 |
20110110328 | Method and Apparatus for Providing WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) Anchor Mode Service on a System with Distributed Forwarding Planes - Transferring a mobile node from one ASN-GW (anchor access service network gateway) to another ASN-GW is referred to as a hand-over. To facilitate transfer of data for the hand-over, a GRE (generic routing encapsulation) tunnel is established between the two ASN-GWs. Traffic through the GRE tunnel arriving at a line card of an ASN-GW is redirected from the arrival line card to the one line card that contains information for the mobile node. The redirection is based on traversal of one or more tables on the line cards. These tables are indexed according to GRE keys corresponding to the mobile nodes. Therefore, the appropriate line card for the traffic can be identified quickly and efficiently using a distributed forwarding plane with minimal provisioning overhead, resulting in lower latency during the hand-over. | 05-12-2011 |
20110202663 | Method and Apparatus for Mobility Agent Recovery - Techniques for recovering Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) session(s) of a mobility agent in a Mobile IP network are described herein. In one embodiment of the invention, for each mobility session associated with a mobility agent, the mobility agent distributively backs up mobility agent specific information to the mobility agent peer associated with that mobility session. The mobility agent specific information is not used by the mobility agent peer. Upon the mobility agent inadvertently losing at least one mobility session, the mobility agent recovers the stored mobility agent specific information associated with those sessions from the mobility agent peers respectively associated with those sessions. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202664 | Method and Apparatus for Mobility Agent Recovery - Techniques for recovering Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) session(s) of a mobility agent in a Mobile IP network are described herein. In one embodiment of the invention, for each mobility session associated with a mobility agent, the mobility agent distributively backs up mobility agent specific information to the mobility agent peer associated with that mobility session. The mobility agent specific information is not used by the mobility agent peer. Upon the mobility agent inadvertently losing at least one mobility session, the mobility agent recovers the stored mobility agent specific information associated with those sessions from the mobility agent peers respectively associated with those sessions. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202671 | Method and Apparatus for Mobility Agent Recovery - Techniques for recovering Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) session(s) of a mobility agent in a Mobile IP network are described herein. In one embodiment of the invention, for each mobility session associated with a mobility agent, the mobility agent distributively backs up mobility agent specific information to the mobility agent peer associated with that mobility session. The mobility agent specific information is not used by the mobility agent peer. Upon the mobility agent inadvertently losing at least one mobility session, the mobility agent recovers the stored mobility agent specific information associated with those sessions from the mobility agent peers respectively associated with those sessions. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 08-18-2011 |
20110305235 | FLEXIBLE MOBILE IP FOREIGN AGENT ARCHITECTURE FOR ENABLING CONVERGED SERVICES - A method and apparatus for flexible Mobile IP foreign agent architecture for enabling converged services are described herein. According to one embodiment of the invention, a packet is received over a circuit bound with a converged services domain of a network element. The converged services domain enables forwarding of wired and wireless traffic to a plurality of destination network elements. Upon determining that the circuit is capable of carrying Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) packets, the packet is processed according to an entry in a Mobile IP forwarding information base upon determining that the packet has a corresponding entry in the Mobile IP forwarding information base, and the packet is processed according to a different entry in an IP forwarding information base upon determining that the packet does not have an entry in the Mobile IP forwarding information base. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 12-15-2011 |
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20120063638 | EGOMOTION USING ASSORTED FEATURES - A system and method are disclosed for estimating camera motion of a visual input scene using points and lines detected in the visual input scene. The system includes a camera server comprising a stereo pair of calibrated cameras, a feature processing module, a trifocal motion estimation module and an optional adjustment module. The stereo pair of the calibrated cameras and its corresponding stereo pair of camera after camera motion form a first and a second trifocal tensor. The feature processing module is configured to detect points and lines in the visual input data comprising a plurality of image frames. The feature processing module is further configured to find point correspondence between detected points and line correspondence between detected lines in different views. The trifocal motion estimation module is configured to estimate the camera motion using the detected points and lines associated with the first and the second trifocal tensor. | 03-15-2012 |
20130201095 | PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES - Techniques involving presentations are described. In one or more implementations, a user interface is output by a computing device that includes a slide of a presentation, the slide having an object that is output for display in three dimensions. Responsive to receipt of one or more inputs by the computing device, how the object in the slide is output for display in the three dimensions is altered. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201276 | INTEGRATED INTERACTIVE SPACE - Techniques for implementing an integrative interactive space are described. In implementations, video cameras that are positioned to capture video at different locations are synchronized such that aspects of the different locations can be used to generate an integrated interactive space. The integrated interactive space can enable users at the different locations to interact, such as via video interaction, audio interaction, and so on. In at least some embodiments, techniques can be implemented to adjust an image of a participant during a video session such that the participant appears to maintain eye contact with other video session participants at other locations. Techniques can also be implemented to provide a virtual shared space that can enable users to interact with the space, and can also enable users to interact with one another and/or objects that are displayed in the virtual shared space. | 08-08-2013 |
20130286223 | PROXIMITY AND CONNECTION BASED PHOTO SHARING - Photos are shared among devices that are in close proximity to one another and for which there is a connection among the devices. The photos can be shared automatically, or alternatively based on various user inputs. Various different controls can also be placed on sharing photos to restrict the other devices with which photos can be shared, the manner in which photos can be shared, and/or how the photos are shared. | 10-31-2013 |
20140132595 | IN-SCENE REAL-TIME DESIGN OF LIVING SPACES - A display that renders realistic objects allows a designer to redesign a living space in real time based on an existing layout. A computer system renders simulated objects on the display such that the simulated objects appear to the viewer to be in substantially the same place as actual objects in the scene. The displayed simulated objects can be spatially manipulated on the display through various user gestures. A designer can visually simulate a redesign of the space in many ways, for example, by adding selected objects, or by removing or rearranging existing objects, or by changing properties of those objects. Such objects also can be associated with shopping resources to enable related goods and services to be purchased, or other commercial transactions to be engaged in. | 05-15-2014 |
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20130131985 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC IMAGE ACQUISITION AND ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE ACQUISITION AND VISUAL ENHANCEMENT - The system comprises a wearable, electronic image acquisition and processing system (or visual enhancement system) to guide visually impaired individuals through their environment, providing information to the user about nearby objects of interest, potentially dangerous obstacles, their location, and potential paths to their destination. | 05-23-2013 |
20150103011 | Holographic Interaction Device - A holographic interaction device is described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes an input portion comprising a plurality of controls that are configured to generate signals to be processed as inputs by a computing device that is communicatively coupled to the controls. The input device also includes a holographic recording mechanism disposed over a surface of the input portion, the holographic recording mechanism is configured to output a hologram in response to receipt of light, from a light source, that is viewable by a user over the input portion. | 04-16-2015 |
20150160785 | Object Detection in Optical Sensor Systems - Object detection techniques for use in conjunction with optical sensors is described. In one or more implementations, a plurality of inputs are received, each of the inputs being received from a respective one of a plurality of optical sensors. Each of the plurality of inputs are classified using machine learning as to whether the inputs are indicative of detection of an object by a respective said optical sensor. | 06-11-2015 |
20150199018 | 3D SILHOUETTE SENSING SYSTEM - A 3D silhouette sensing system is described which comprises a stereo camera and a light source. In an embodiment, a 3D sensing module triggers the capture of pairs of images by the stereo camera at the same time that the light source illuminates the scene. A series of pairs of images may be captured at a predefined frame rate. Each pair of images is then analyzed to track both a retroreflector in the scene, which can be moved relative to the stereo camera, and an object which is between the retroreflector and the stereo camera and therefore partially occludes the retroreflector. In processing the image pairs, silhouettes are extracted for each of the retroreflector and the object and these are used to generate a 3D contour for each of the retroreflector and object. | 07-16-2015 |
20150205445 | Global and Local Light Detection in Optical Sensor Systems - Global and local light detection techniques in optical sensor systems are described. In one or more implementations, a global lighting value is generated that describes a global lighting level for a plurality of optical sensors based on a plurality of inputs received from the plurality of optical sensors. An illumination map is generated that describes local lighting conditions of respective ones of the plurality of optical sensors based on the plurality of inputs received from the plurality of optical sensors. Object detection is performed using an image captured using the plurality of optical sensors along with the global lighting value and the illumination map. | 07-23-2015 |
20150242680 | POLARIZED GAZE TRACKING - Embodiments that relate to determining gaze locations are disclosed. In one embodiment a method includes shining light along an outbound light path to the eyes of the user wearing glasses. Upon detecting the glasses, the light is dynamically polarized in a polarization pattern that switches between a random polarization phase and a single polarization phase, wherein the random polarization phase includes a first polarization along an outbound light path and a second polarization orthogonal to the first polarization along a reflected light path. The single polarization phase has a single polarization. During the random polarization phases, glares reflected from the glasses are filtered out and pupil images are captured. Glint images are captured during the single polarization phase. Based on pupil characteristics and glint characteristics, gaze locations are repeatedly detected. | 08-27-2015 |
20150271449 | Integrated Interactive Space - Techniques for implementing an integrative interactive space are described. In implementations, video cameras that are positioned to capture video at different locations are synchronized such that aspects of the different locations can be used to generate an integrated interactive space. The integrated interactive space can enable users at the different locations to interact, such as via video interaction, audio interaction, and so on. In at least some embodiments, techniques can be implemented to adjust an image of a participant during a video session such that the participant appears to maintain eye contact with other video session participants at other locations. Techniques can also be implemented to provide a virtual shared space that can enable users to interact with the space, and can also enable users to interact with one another and/or objects that are displayed in the virtual shared space. | 09-24-2015 |
20150279083 | REAL-TIME THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A SCENE FROM A SINGLE CAMERA - A combination of three computational components may provide memory and computational efficiency while producing results with little latency, e.g., output can begin with the second frame of video being processed. Memory usage may be reduced by maintaining key frames of video and pose information for each frame of video. Additionally, only one global volumetric structure may be maintained for the frames of video being processed. To be computationally efficient, only depth information may be computed from each frame. Through fusion of multiple depth maps from different frames into a single volumetric structure, errors may average out over several frames, leading to a final output with high quality. | 10-01-2015 |
20150293587 | NON-VISUAL FEEDBACK OF VISUAL CHANGE - Examples relating to using non-visual feedback to alert a viewer of a display that a visual change has been triggered are disclosed. One disclosed example provides a method comprising using gaze tracking data from a gaze tracking system to determine that a viewer changes a gaze location. Based on determining that the viewer changes the gaze location, a visual change is triggered and non-visual feedback indicating the triggering of the visual change is provided to the viewer. If a cancel change input is received within a predetermined timeframe, the visual change is not displayed. If a cancel change input is not received within the timeframe, the visual change is displayed via the display. | 10-15-2015 |