Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090267780 | INPUT/OUTPUT INTERFACE AND FUNCTIONALITY ADJUSTMENT BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS - In an electronic device having a graphical output device, a method of controlling input/output characteristics of the output device includes sensing at least one environmental condition, selecting display characteristics of the electronic device based on the environmental condition, and selectively altering size of text displayed on the graphical output device in response to the selected display characteristics. | 10-29-2009 |
20100106628 | CONFIGURING USER-CUSTOMIZED SERVICES FOR NETWORKED DEVICES - Systems and methods for managing one or more aspects of a user's relationship with one or more media devices or other information handling systems and one or more media content providers. In some embodiments, a service center functions as a central management point and includes various modules configured to provide the management services. | 04-29-2010 |
20100106848 | USER CUSTOMIZABLE VIEWS OF MULTIPLE INFORMATION SERVICES - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods for generating a user configurable interface view for a media device or other information handling system that is independent of any interface views defined by media content providers. Generating the user configurable interface view includes identifying content data streams that are included in user interface views defined by the media content providers and then selecting a desired subset of the data content streams. The selected data content streams are then aggregated and the user configurable interface view is generated. The resulting user interface view will be independent of any interface views defined by the media content providers. | 04-29-2010 |
20100106965 | DELIVERY OF MULTIPLE THIRD-PARTY SERVICES TO NETWORKED DEVICES - Systems and methods for authenticating a media device or other information handling system so as to be able to receive content from one or more media content providers. Authenticating the device includes determining what authentication information the media content providers require for access and then to generating and providing to the media device an authentication token that includes the required information. In some embodiments this may be accomplished by a service center, which removes the need for additional authentication steps to be performed by the media device or the media content providers. In addition, the service center may also determine when changes are made to the authentication information and may then ensure that the authentication token is changed or updated to reflect these changes. This ensures that the media device is at least partially immune to changes to authentication. | 04-29-2010 |
20100163613 | AUTOMATED PROXIMITY-RELATED NETWORK AUTHORIZATION - Systems and methods for inputting configuration and network authorization information into a media device such that the media device may interface with media content providers and wireless networks. A service center collects configuration and network authorization information for a media device and generates a configuration module based thereon. The configuration module is then converted into the form of barcode which is provided to a media device capable of reading a barcode. The media device decodes the barcode and extracts the configuration module. The extracted configuration module is installed on the media device, configuring the device to access predetermined media content providers and/or wireless networks. | 07-01-2010 |
20100332352 | ELECTRONIC TASTING ROOM FOR FOODS AND BEVERAGES AND DISTRIBUTION THEREOF - An electronic sampling system for providing a sample of a product from a producer to a customer which includes a producer interface capable of communicating with the producer and requesting a quantity of product from the producer, a user interface capable of communicating with the user in order to show the user a listing of producers and samples that are available for distribution and receive requests from the user samples which are prepared by an operations center capable of receiving the quantity of product from the producer and sending the requested sample of the product to the user. | 12-30-2010 |
20140143848 | DELIVERY OF MULTIPLE THIRD-PARTY SERVICES TO NETWORKED DEVICES - Systems and methods for authenticating a media device or other information handling system so as to be able to receive content from one or more media content providers. Authenticating the device includes determining what authentication information the media content providers require for access and then to generating and providing to the media device an authentication token that includes the required information. In some embodiments this may be accomplished by a service center, which removes the need for additional authentication steps to be performed by the media device or the media content providers. In addition, the service center may also determine when changes are made to the authentication information and may then ensure that the authentication token is changed or updated to reflect these changes. This ensures that the media device is at least partially immune to changes to authentication. | 05-22-2014 |
20140195757 | STORAGE NETWORK DATA ALLOCATION - A method of allocating data to a storage block included in a storage network may include determining a plurality of characteristics associated with a storage block included in a storage network. The plurality of characteristics may include storage capacity of the storage block, available storage space of the storage block, likelihood of loss of data stored on the storage block, availability of the storage block with respect to the storage network, and use of the storage block. The method may further include allocating data to the storage block based on the plurality of characteristics. | 07-10-2014 |
20150033124 | USER CUSTOMIZABLE VIEWS OF MULTIPLE INFORMATION SERVICES - A user configurable interface view can be generated for a media device or other information handling system that is independent of any interface views defined by media content providers. Generating the user configurable interface view includes identifying content data streams that are included in user interface views defined by the media content providers and then selecting a desired subset of the data content streams. The selected data content streams are then aggregated and the user configurable interface view is generated. The resulting user interface view will be independent of any interface views defined by the media content providers. | 01-29-2015 |
20150058590 | STORAGE NETWORK DATA ALLOCATION - A method of allocating data to a storage block included in a storage network may include determining a plurality of characteristics associated with a storage block included in a storage network. The plurality of characteristics may include storage capacity of the storage block, available storage space of the storage block, likelihood of loss of data stored on the storage block, availability of the storage block with respect to the storage network, and use of the storage block. The method may further include allocating data to the storage block based on the plurality of characteristics. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058591 | STORAGE NETWORK DATA DISTRIBUTION - A method of allocating data to a storage block included in a storage network may include determining a plurality of characteristics associated with a storage block included in a storage network. The plurality of characteristics may include storage capacity of the storage block, available storage space of the storage block, likelihood of loss of data stored on the storage block, availability of the storage block with respect to the storage network, and use of the storage block. The method may further include allocating data to the storage block based on the plurality of characteristics. | 02-26-2015 |