Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100217721 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOCKING OBJECTIONABLE COMMUNICATIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - A system and method blocks objectionable communications in a social network. A first user of the social network determines when communications from a second user to the first user that are displayed and viewed by third party users of the social network are objectionable. In response, the first user blocks further display of communications from the second user to the first user that were intended by the second user to be displayed and viewed by third party users of the social network. | 08-26-2010 |
20100221617 | LOCATION OF A FUEL CELL ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device having: a keyboard; a printed circuit board having at least one contact responsive to the keyboard; and a fuel cell assembly having: a fuel cell located between the keyboard and the printed circuit board, the fuel cell having a membrane and at least one aperture corresponding with the at least one contact; a tank adapted to store a fuel for the fuel cell; and piping connecting the tank with the fuel cell, where the fuel cell ventilates through the keyboard. Alternatively, the fuel cell acts as the printed circuit board and at least one contact for the keyboard is printed onto the fuel cell. | 09-02-2010 |
20110153426 | MOBILE DEVICE ADVERTISING - Implementations for mobile device advertising are disclosed. In at least one implementation, a method for a mobile device is disclosed that includes: obtaining a plurality of advertisement content items at a mobile device via a communication network; storing the plurality of advertisement content items at a storage device of the mobile device; selecting an advertisement content item from the plurality of advertisement content items stored at the storage device based, at least in part, on an advertisement selection parameter; and presenting the advertisement content item selected from the plurality of advertisement content items stored at the storage device via an output device of the mobile device. In at least some implementations, the advertisement selection parameter includes attributes of media content stored at the storage device of the mobile device or accessed by a user via the mobile device. | 06-23-2011 |
20120135277 | LOCATION OF A FUEL CELL ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device having: a keyboard; a printed circuit board having at least one contact responsive to the keyboard; and a fuel cell assembly having: a fuel cell located between the keyboard and the printed circuit board, the fuel cell having a membrane and at least one aperture corresponding with the at least one contact; a tank adapted to store a fuel for the fuel cell; and piping connecting the tank with the fuel cell, where the fuel cell ventilates through the keyboard. Alternatively, the fuel cell acts as the printed circuit board and at least one contact for the keyboard is printed onto the fuel cell. | 05-31-2012 |
20120266257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOCKING OBJECTIONABLE COMMUNICATIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - A system and method blocks objectionable communications in a social network. A first user of the social network determines when communications from a second user to the first user that are displayed and viewed by third party users of the social network are objectionable. In response, the first user blocks further display of communications from the second user to the first user that were intended by the second user to be displayed and viewed by third party users of the social network. | 10-18-2012 |
20130061296 | SOCIAL DISCOVERY OF USER ACTIVITY FOR MEDIA CONTENT - Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that may enable user activity information to be automatically generated and shared with other users of a social network. In one example, a method of automatically publishing, to one or more social network services, information about user activities regarding media content items includes receiving user activity information regarding a media content item, wherein a user is a member of one or more social network services, and the user activity information is generated in response to one or more activities taken by the user with respect to the media content item. The method may also include receiving an indication of one or more users of the one or more social network services to whom the user activity information is to be made accessible, and automatically publishing the user activity information to the one or more social network services. | 03-07-2013 |
20130106618 | System and Method for Providing Traffic Notifications to Mobile Devices | 05-02-2013 |
20140115061 | SOCIAL DISCOVERY OF USER ACTIVITY FOR MEDIA CONTENT - Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that may enable user activity information to be automatically generated and shared with other users of a social network. In one example, a method of automatically publishing, to one or more social network services, information about user activities regarding media content items includes receiving user activity information regarding a media content item, wherein a user is a member of one or more social network services, and the user activity information is generated in response to one or more activities taken by the user with respect to the media content item. The method may also include receiving an indication of one or more users of the one or more social network services to whom the user activity information is to be made accessible, and automatically publishing the user activity information to the one or more social network services. | 04-24-2014 |
20140323158 | System and Method for Providing Traffic Notifications to Mobile Devices - A system and method for providing traffic notifications to mobile devices is provided. The system obtains device data from a plurality of mobile devices within a similar area, gathered using, e.g., a GPS system. According to the speed that the mobile devices are travelling and the location of the similar area, traffic events can be identified and other mobile devices notified to provide dynamic updates as traffic situations change. Follow up notifications can be provided to update the user regarding the progress of traffic congestion, detours can be suggested, and various alerts provided. The mobile device may be connected to or part of a vehicle and leverage the notification system to provide different types of alerts and to notify users using various mechanisms. | 10-30-2014 |