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| 20090043963 | REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE WITH CODE TO ALLOW CHANGE DETECTION - A system that provides rapid detection of modifications to content on a removable storage device. The system includes a removable storage device having a code for indicating that modifications were made to the content on the removable storage device. The system also includes a media processor for reading the code of the removable storage device, comparing the code to a previously stored code in a memory, and mounting a pre-established file system database structure for the removable storage device when the value of the code of the removable storage device equals the value of the previously stored code. More specifically, following power-on, or insertion of the removable storage device into the processing device, the processing device compares the one or more codes read from the removable storage device to the last stored value of the one or more codes in the processing device to determine if the contents of the removable storage device were changed since it was last used by the processing device. If the one or more code values have not changed, the processing device instantly mounts the file system of the removable storage device by using the last cached version of the file system saved in its own internal non-volatile memory or in the removable storage device itself. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20120075167 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY WITH WIRELESS CONTROLLER - A head-mounted display apparatus includes a head-mounted display, the head-mounted display including a viewing area that displays information to a user of the head-mounted display and including a display wireless communication circuit for receiving wireless control signals and a controller including a controller wireless communication circuit, wherein the controller controls the information displayed in the head-mounted display by communicating the wireless control signals to the display wireless communication circuit with the controller wireless communication circuit and wherein the controller is physically separate from the head-mounted display. A distance-monitoring circuit in the controller or the head-mounted display monitors the distance between the controller and the head-mounted display and, when the distance between the controller and the head-mounted display is greater than a pre-determined distance, initiating a range signal to the user. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120105651 | METHOD OF LOCATING NEARBY PICTURE HOTSPOTS - A network connected computer receives data from a wireless communication device including location data and user data. The computer is programmed to determine if the wireless communication device is in a vicinity of a preselected location, stored on the computer, based on the data for identifying the location of the wireless communication device. The computer transmits data to the communication device for notifying the user of the communication device that the user is in the vicinity of the preselected location. Directional information can then be sent to the communication device for the user to access in order to assist the user in finding the preselected location. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109955 | ORGANIZING NEARBY PICTURE HOTSPOTS - A method of accessing an image database containing location data and determining one or more clusters of the digital images based on their location data. A hotspot location is determined for representing the cluster of the digital images and the results are stored for later access. The computer is connected to a network and receives data from a device including data identifying a current location. After determining that the device is within a selected notification distance from the hotspot location, a notification is transmitted over the network. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110031 | SYSTEM FOR LOCATING NEARBY PICTURE HOTSPOTS - Portable communication devices transmit digital images and their location information to a central server. If a particular location is often photographed it can be designated as a hot spot. Thereafter, if a communication device is currently transmitting from within a vicinity of the hot spot, based on the location data received from the communication device, notification data can be transmitted to the communication device for notifying the user of the hot spot. The notification data can include directional information for the user to access on the communication device for enabling the user to find the hot spot. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120293325 | MOBILE COMMUNICATOR WITH ORIENTATION DETECTOR - A mobile communication device adapted to communicate with a plurality of pre-determined sources disposed at pre-determined different locations includes an identification code, a receiver adapted to receive wirelessly communicated information from a particular source at a pre-determined location, an orientation detector that detects the orientation of the receiver relative to the pre-determined location of the particular source to provide an orientation signal indicating that the mobile communication device is oriented toward the predetermined location of the particular source, and an interface circuit responsive to the wirelessly communicated information and the orientation signal to register the identification code with the particular source. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293394 | INFORMATION SOURCE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATORS - An information source device adapted to be in communication with a plurality of users includes a receiver adapted to determine a time-of-visual-gaze duration of a user viewing the information source device, a transmitter adapted to wirelessly transmit information to the user when the time-of-visual-gaze duration exceeds a pre-determined value. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293546 | AUGMENTED-REALITY MOBILE COMMUNICATOR WITH ORIENTATION - A mobile communication device adapted to communicate with a plurality of pre-determined sources disposed at pre-determined different locations includes a receiver adapted to receive wirelessly communicated visual information from a particular source at a pre-determined location, an orientation detector that detects the orientation of the receiver relative to the pre-determined location of the particular source to provide an orientation signal indicating that the mobile communication device is oriented toward the predetermined location of the particular source, and an interface circuit responsive to the wirelessly communicated visual information and the orientation signal to present the visual information to a user. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120297014 | METHOD FOR COMPILING INFORMATION FROM MOBILE COMMUNICATORS - A method for compiling information indicating that an identified user has been in communication with at least one of a plurality of differently located and identified information sources includes using a receiver to receive first information that an identified user has been in communication with at least one of the plurality of differently located and identified information sources, using a receiver to receive second information that the identified user has interacted with the first information, and using a processor to compile the first and second information to determine the relative effectiveness of the identified information source. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130254203 | ORGANIZING NEARBY PICTURE HOTSPOTS - A method of accessing an image database containing location data and determining one or more clusters of the digital images based on their location data. A hotspot location is determined for representing the cluster of the digital images and the results are stored for later access. The computer is connected to a network and receives data from a device including data identifying a current location. After determining that the device is within a selected notification distance from the hotspot location, a notification is transmitted over the network. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140032715 | SYSTEM FOR LOCATING NEARBY PICTURE HOTSPOTS - Portable communication devices transmit digital images and their location information to a central server. If a particular location is often photographed it can be designated as a hot spot. Thereafter, if a communication device is currently transmitting from within a vicinity of the hot spot, based on the location data received from the communication device, notification data can be transmitted to the communication device for notifying the user of the hot spot. The notification data can include directional information for the user to access on the communication device for enabling the user to find the hot spot. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140073361 | METHOD OF LOCATING NEARBY PICTURE HOTSPOTS - A network connected computer receives data from a wireless communication device including location data and user data. The computer is programmed to determine if the wireless communication device is in a vicinity of a preselected location, stored on the computer, based on the data for identifying the location of the wireless communication device. The computer transmits data to the communication device for notifying the user of the communication device that the user is in the vicinity of the preselected location. Directional information can then be sent to the communication device for the user to access in order to assist the user in finding the preselected location. | 03-13-2014 |
