Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090131080 | Device, System, and Method of Physical Context Based Wireless Communication - Device, system and method of physical context based wireless communication. For example, a method for physical context based wireless communication includes: determining an association between a spatial location of a wireless communication device and location context information related to said spatial location; determining an identity of a user of said wireless communication device; and determining an association between said user of the wireless communication device and said location context information. | 05-21-2009 |
20090215469 | Device, System, and Method of Generating Location-Based Social Networks - Device, system, and method of generating location-based social networks. For example, a method for dynamically creating location-based virtual social networks includes: detecting presence of a wireless device at a location which is associated with a location-based virtual social network; and sending to the wireless device an invitation to join said location-based virtual social network. | 08-27-2009 |
20090217342 | Parental Control for Social Networking - A computer-implemented infrastructure is provided for use with social communication services that are accessed via the public Internet. Facilities of the infrastructure identify a controlled class of users and permit a supervisory class of users to monitor and control use of social communication services server by the controlled class. The infrastructure enables children to access social communication services servers, and allows their parents to supervise their use of such services on an ongoing basis. | 08-27-2009 |
20090222481 | Device, System, and Method of Project Planning and Management - Device, system, and method of project planning and management. For example, a method of project planning and management includes: publishing a representation of a project specification comprising one or more discrete objects; publishing a collaborative comment to one or more of the discrete objects; and receiving a supplier proposal to fulfill one or more of the discrete objects. | 09-03-2009 |
20090240559 | Competitor Offering Analysis for Product Catalogs - An automated competitor offering analysis system including a competitor offer compiler configured to retrieve at least one competitor offering from a source of competitor offerings, identify any of the competitor offerings that correspond to any offering in a set of monitored offerings, and create a set of competitor offerings including any of the corresponding offerings, and a monitor engine configured to compare any of the offerings in the set of monitored offerings to any of the corresponding offerings in the set of competitor offerings, and calculate at least one score for the compared offering in the set of monitored offerings in accordance with at least one predefined scoring function, where the score indicates the competitiveness of the compared monitored offering with respect to the compared competitor offering. | 09-24-2009 |
20100122347 | AUTHENTICITY RATINGS BASED AT LEAST IN PART UPON INPUT FROM A COMMUNITY OF RATERS - A rating option can be provided within a user interface. The rating option can permit an interface user to provide a quantitative indication regarding an option of whether a profile detailing identification data for an on-line entity is accurate. Rating input can be received using the rating option from a set of raters. An identity score that indicates a confidence level that the profile data of an on-line entity is accurate can be calculated based at least in part upon the rating input from the set of raters. In various embodiments, the identity score can also be based at least in part upon self-verification information provided by the on-line entity and information provided by one or more identity authorities. An authenticity rating based upon the calculated identity score can be presented to communicators able to interact on-line with the on-line entity. | 05-13-2010 |
20100185460 | Filtering Medical Information - A method and system for filtering medical information in emergency situations are provided. The method includes receiving information relating to an emergency in which a person needs medical help, the information including: details of the type of emergency; and details of a care providing person aiding the person needing help. The method includes obtaining medical information relating to the emergency which may include information relating to the medical condition and/or medical records of the person. The level of medical expertise of the care providing person is determined and the medical information is filtered to provide the medical information appropriate to the level of medical expertise of the care providing person. | 07-22-2010 |
20120265843 | VARIABLE CONTENT BASED ON RELATIONSHIP TO CONTENT CREATOR - Method, system, and computer program product are provided for enabling a content creator who is not an owner of a content site to provide variable content to content consumers. The method includes: defining content consumers by their relationship to a content creator; receiving a request for a content item from a content consumer; determining the relationship of the content consumer to the content creator; and returning a version of the content item for the determined relationship. A content creator may select content of a content item, and may provide different versions of the selected content with an indication of a relationship between the content creator and a content consumer for a version. | 10-18-2012 |
20140316848 | Cross-Channel Analytics Combining Consumer Activity on the Web and in Physical Venues - Machines, systems, products and methods for cross-referencing a consumer's shopping activities in a physical venue to the consumer's online activities, the method comprising: uniquely identifying a consumer based on a unique ID associated with the consumer's mobile communication device; monitoring speed and location of the consumer in one or more zones in a physical venue by detecting and processing communication signals broadcasted by the consumer's mobile communication device; determining level of interest of the consumer in one or more products positioned in the one or more zones in the physical venue based on speed with which the consumer moves through the one or more zones; and equating a first level of interest in a first product in the physical venue to a page view on a webpage that promotes the first product or group of products. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317266 | Identification of Consumers Based on a Unique Device ID - Machines, systems and methods for identification of a consumer are provided. The method comprises capturing a unique identifier (ID) associated with a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to access content stored on one or more content servers; and associating the unique ID with tracking data associated with the computing device, wherein when the computing device submits a request to a content server to access content, wherein in response to retrieving at least one of the unique ID or the tracking data of the computing device, the computing device is identified and content pages accessed by the computing device are tracked by a machine that is aware of the association between the unique ID and the tracking data for the computing device. | 10-23-2014 |