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20090070217 | Targeted Advertisement Transmission and Delivery in a Bandwidth Limited Multicast Wireless System - A system and method thereof for the delivery of focused alternate content and advertisements to mobile devices that selectively targets groups in a bandwidth limited multicast wireless video transmission. The limited wireless bandwidth does not allow multiple focused alternate content to be transmitted during allowed spot time to effectively cover all the target groups. Thus, the invention enables the pre-delivery and selective buffering of alternate content files on a mobile device for each target group. Accordingly, one embodiment of the invention enables viewing of targeted advertisements and alternate content by the target groups by attaching metadata to the targeted advertisements that contain instructions for filtering and insertion into a video stream. | 03-12-2009 |
20090150207 | GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION OF AN ADDRESSABLE SPOT GUIDE FOR ALTERNATE CONTENT INSERTION IN MULTICAST WIRELESS TRANSMISSION - An addressable spot-guide (ASG) is the metadata generated from the advertisement (ad) campaign criteria, the schema of the available ad spots and the characteristics of the ad or ads inserted into the ad-spot. The ASG is generated and transferred into the mobile hand-held viewing platform, typically in advance of the content arrival, through any means available. The ASG enables the recognition, filtering, download and storage of ads on the viewing platform of the focused group for which the ad is meant. The ad is inserted into the content stream at the appropriate ad-spot based on the instructions contained in the ASG. As a result of the ASG, individuals in different target groups will view the same content, but different ads that are targeted to their personal characteristics. The ads are prioritized based on importance to the ad campaign. | 06-11-2009 |
20090204901 | End to End Response Enabling Collection and Use of Customer Viewing Preferences Statistics - Targeted advertisements with associated dynamic content for response and feedback embedded into the ad's header are delivered to mobile viewing devices. The mobile viewing device records a user's response to advertisements and reports it back to an ad serving platform. The ad serving platform generates user profiles that incorporate the response data. Ads are further targeted to the user according to the user's profile data to maximize the impact of the ads. The user can select the preferred format for providing advertisement feedback. | 08-13-2009 |
20090316777 | Method and Apparatus for Improved Broadcast Bandwidth Efficiency During Transmission of a Static Code Page of an Advertisement - Advertisements are transferred to mobile handheld displays (MHDs) during slack time, when the spectrum is not busy for download at, and storage on, the MHDs. The stored advertisements are then selectively rendered during available ad spots when the user is viewing content on the MHD. A main code page that comprises all of the pixels that are static within the ad is initially transmitted to the MHD. This transmission is then followed by the transmission of additional packets that include information that only concerns the pixels in the main code page that change from frame to frame, along with information regarding the location of such changes within the code page. There are typically only a small number of changes between frames in an ad, such that only a small amount of information need be transmitted to represent these changes, when compared to the amount of information contained in each frame of the ad. Thus, the bandwidth requirement for transmission of these changes is much less than that of the actual frames. | 12-24-2009 |
20100030639 | Method and Apparatus for Displaying a Plurality of Short Ads in a Single Ad Spot - Available advertisement spot duration is used to display a plurality of advertisements, and to obtain maximum impact while displaying a plurality of advertisements, within an advertisement spot, where the advertisements are each typically of a fixed duration, the sum of which is the total duration of the advertisement spot. Further optimization is accomplished by using advertisements of optimized duration, the advertisements having a cumulative duration of less than that of the advertisement spot, and by using a static advertisement and/or picture as a filler for the rest of the duration. Because static advertisements and/or pictures do not require a minimum duration for impact, they can be used to fill in the time left over from one or multiple advertisements within an advertisement spot. Embodiments of the invention find particular application for displaying advertisements on mobile handheld devices (MHDDs) to improve the impact of the advertisements. | 02-04-2010 |
20100042885 | Method and Apparatus for Maximizing Wireless Bandwidth During Ad Transmission with Forward Error Correction (FEC) - The number of times a single ad file must be sent for reception by a plurality of mobile hand held devices (MHDDs) without any error is reduced by the use of forward error correction (FEC) to achieve statistical coverage of a complete ad file download | 02-18-2010 |
20100107191 | Method and Apparatus for Browser Based Advertisement Insertion - Content is downloaded to a mobile handheld device (MHD) and buffered on the MHD prior to, and during, viewing. Normal wireless bandwidth varies with atmospheric conditions, distance, obstructions in the path, etc. and hence the speed at which a content-buffer (CB) on the MHD is replenished changes. Because this can result in very low quality viewing experience for the user, the capability for alternate content scheduling provided a micro-splicer is used to enable stored alternate-content or advertisement insertion during periods of low viewing quality, when the CB does not hold sufficient content during the viewing period. This alternate content insertion allows the CB to be refilled before the user resumes content viewing. | 04-29-2010 |
20130185158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BROWSER BASED ADVERTISEMENT INSERTION - Content is downloaded to a mobile handheld device (MHD) and buffered on the MHD prior to, and during, viewing. Normal wireless bandwidth varies with atmospheric conditions, distance, obstructions in the path, etc. and hence the speed at which a content-buffer (CB) on the MHD is replenished changes. Because this can result in very low quality viewing experience for the user, the capability for alternate content scheduling provided a micro-splicer is used to enable stored alternate content or advertisement insertion during periods of low viewing quality, when the CB does not hold sufficient content during the viewing period. This alternate content insertion allows the CB to be refilled before the user resumes content viewing. | 07-18-2013 |
20130275879 | END-TO-END RESPONSE ENABLING COLLECTION AND USE OF CUSTOMER VIEWING PREFERENCE STATICS - Targeted advertisements with associated dynamic content for response and feedback embedded into the ad's header are delivered to mobile viewing devices. The mobile viewing device records a user's response to advertisements and reports it back to an ad serving platform. The ad serving platform generates user profiles that incorporate the response data. Ads are further targeted to the user according to the user's profile data to maximize the impact of the ads. The user can select the preferred format for providing advertisement feedback. | 10-17-2013 |
20150156559 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BROWSER BASED ADVERTISEMENT INSERTION - Content is downloaded to a mobile handheld device (MHD) and buffered on the MHD prior to, and during, viewing. Normal wireless bandwidth varies with atmospheric conditions, distance, obstructions in the path, etc. and hence the speed at which a content-buffer (CB) on the MHD is replenished changes. Because this can result in very low quality viewing experience for the user, the capability for alternate content scheduling provided a micro-splicer is used to enable stored alternate content or advertisement insertion during periods of low viewing quality, when the CB does not hold sufficient content during the viewing period. This alternate content insertion allows the CB to be refilled before the user resumes content viewing. | 06-04-2015 |
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20140152542 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLEXIBLE TACTILE COMPUTER INPUT - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for flexible tactile computer input. A surface module may define a pressure-sensitive surface, any physical surface, or a virtual surface of a flexible input device, the surface having a default shape, reshaping the surface in response to physical proximity to one or more external objects, including one or more bodily appendages of a user, and restoring the default shape when the surface is not in physical proximity to the objects. A sensing module may sense manipulation of the flexible input device by the bodily appendages in proximity to the surface. An analysis module may interpret the manipulation of the flexible input device as input to a computer. | 06-05-2014 |
20140160022 | TOUCHPAD FUNCTION MODIFICATION - For modifying touchpad function, a control module employs interim controls in an interim state for a touchpad in response to detecting use of a pointer embedded in a keyboard in a touchpad state. The control module further employs pointing controls in a pointing state in response to satisfying pointing criteria in the interim state. The control module also employs touchpad controls in a touchpad state in response to satisfying touchpad criteria in the pointing state. | 06-12-2014 |
20140191972 | IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF GESTURES IN PROXIMITY TO A SENSOR - An aspect provides a method, including: operating one or more sensors to detect gesture input proximate to a surface of an input device of an information handling device, wherein the input device is configured to receive one or more input types in addition to gesture input; determining, using a processor, if the gesture input detected matches a predetermined gesture; and executing at least one response action associated with the predetermined gesture. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 07-10-2014 |
20140191977 | TOUCHPAD OPERATIONAL MODE - A method can include receiving an initiation command to initiate an operational mode of a touchpad; responsive to the initiation command, initiating the operational mode and rendering a graphic to a display (e.g., where the graphic includes a touchpad field and a control field); receiving input via the touchpad and mapping the input to the graphic; receiving additional input and associating the additional input with a control of the graphic; and executing the control of the control field of the graphic (e.g., to perform an action that acts upon the input mapped to the graphic). Various other devices, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 07-10-2014 |
20140245169 | USER PREFERENCE AND CAPABILITY PROFILE - An aspect provides a method, including: receiving an identification at a device having a user interface that accommodates at least one modifiable accessibility setting; in response to receiving the identification identifying a user preference and capability profile, loading the user preference and capability profile identified using the identification; and modifying one or more accessibility settings of the user interface in accordance with one or more user preference and capability profile settings of the user preference and capability profile. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 08-28-2014 |
20140368445 | SIMULATION OF CONTROL AREAS ON TOUCH SURFACE USING HAPTIC FEEDBACK - An aspect provides an information handling device, including: a touch sensitive surface; one or more processors; a memory device storing instructions accessible to the one or more processors, the instructions being executable by the one or more processors to: detect one or more non-operational touch inputs to the touch sensitive surface; map the one or more non-operational touch inputs to a predetermined haptic effect selected from a plurality of predetermined haptic effects mapped to regions of the touch sensitive surface; and provide the predetermined haptic effect via a haptic layer of the touch sensitive surface. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 12-18-2014 |
20150022432 | SPECIAL GESTURES FOR CAMERA CONTROL AND IMAGE PROCESSING OPERATIONS - An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving at a sensor of an information handling device image input; determining, using one or more processors, a predetermined gesture within the image input; capturing additional gesture input associated with the predetermined gesture; and processing an image rendered on a display device according to the additional gesture input associated with the predetermined gesture. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 01-22-2015 |
20150130724 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUTS FOR INPUT INTERFACE CONTROL - An embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, at a touch input component, touch input; rendering, on a display device, the touch input; determining, using a processor, multi-touch controlling input for controlling the touch input; mapping, using the processor, the multi-touch controlling input to a predetermined control action; and applying the control action to the touch input. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 05-14-2015 |
20150130771 | CUES BASED ON LOCATION AND CONTEXT FOR TOUCH INTERFACE - An embodiment provides a method, comprising: detecting an object positioned relative to a touch surface of an information handling device; determining a position on the touch surface at which the object is located; associating the position on the touch screen with a cue type; and providing a cue of the cue type associated with the position, the cue indicating the determined position of the touch surface. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 05-14-2015 |
20150135066 | DUAL TEXT AND DRAWING INPUT - An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving handwriting input at a user input interface; rendering the handwriting input on a display device; after rendering the handwriting input, determining a user selection of a format for entering the handwriting input into an application; and entering the handwriting input into the application in the format selected. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 05-14-2015 |
20150135115 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT FOR CHANGING TEXT AND IMAGE ATTRIBUTES - An embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, at a touch input component, touch input; rendering, on a display device, the touch input in a touch input interface; determining, using a processor, multi-touch input for modifying an attribute of the touch input rendering; modifying, using the processor, the attribute of the touch input rendering according to the multi-touch input; and thereafter inputting the touch input rendering into an application. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 05-14-2015 |
20150177830 | PROVIDING LAST KNOWN BROWSING LOCATION CUE USING MOVEMENT-ORIENTED BIOMETRIC DATA - Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for providing a last known browsing location cue using movement-oriented biometric data are presented. Movement-oriented biometric data is received and used to detect that a user is distracted from a computer interface. A visual cue is provided indicating a last known browsing location. The visual cue may be provided after a certain amount of time or in response to detecting that the user's attention is returned to the computer interface. The visual cue may be removed after a certain amount of time or in response to detecting that the user's attention is returned to the computer interface. An inattention time corresponding to the user distraction may be determined and used to identify the last known browsing location. The biometric data may be compared to thresholds and profiles to determine whether the user is attentive or distracted. | 06-25-2015 |
20150178555 | REAL-TIME DETECTION OF USER INTENTION BASED ON KINEMATICS ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENT-ORIENTED BIOMETRIC DATA - An apparatus for real-time detection of user intention based on kinematic analysis of movement-oriented biometric data includes a biometric data module that receives movement-oriented biometric data, a movement module that identifies an acceleration value using the movement-oriented biometric data, and an evaluation module that interprets a user intention based at least in part on the acceleration value. | 06-25-2015 |
20150181111 | GESTURE INVOKED IMAGE CAPTURE - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for gesture invoked image capture. An electronic device includes an image capture device. An initiation module enables the image capture device to capture images. A detection module recognizes an object held in a user's hands within a field of view of the image capture device. An imaging module captures an image of the object being held in the user's hands in response to recognizing that the user is holding an object. | 06-25-2015 |
20150199108 | CHANGING USER INTERFACE ELEMENT BASED ON INTERACTION THEREWITH - In one aspect, an apparatus includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to determine a weight for an application based on user interaction therewith, and establish how much of an area between a shortcut icon and a second icon is allocated to the application based at least in part on the weight. | 07-16-2015 |
20150199504 | MULTI-TOUCH LOCAL DEVICE AUTHENTICATION - An embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, at a touch sensitive surface of an information handling device, user input including at least one multi-touch input; said detecting comprising detecting two or more substantially simultaneous user inputs to the touch sensitive surface; associating, using a processor, a number with the at least one multi-touch input; determining, using the processor, if the user input matches expected user input; and responsive to determining a match, authenticating a user. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 07-16-2015 |
20150199564 | IMAGE GESTURES FOR EDGE INPUT - An aspect provides a method, including: capturing, using an image sensor, an image of a user; detecting, using a processor, a user gesture forming an edge within the image; capturing, using the image sensor, at least one additional image of the user; detecting, using the processor, a user gesture relating to the edge of the image; and committing, using the processor, a predetermined action according to the user gesture relating to the edge of the image. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 07-16-2015 |
20150205353 | USING HAPTIC FEEDBACK ON A TOUCH DEVICE TO PROVIDE ELEMENT LOCATION INDICATIONS - Haptic feedback is used on a device to give a indications as to the location and/or function of user interface (UI) elements presented on the screen of the device. | 07-23-2015 |
20150205354 | ACTUATING HAPTIC ELEMENT OF A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - In one aspect, an apparatus includes a housing, a haptic element on at least a portion of the housing that has a non-discrete configuration and at least a first discrete configuration, a processor, a touch-enabled display operatively coupled to the processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to initiate a function at the apparatus, and at least in part in response to initiation of the function, actuate a portion of the haptic element. | 07-23-2015 |
20150205359 | INTERACTIVE USER GESTURE INPUTS - An aspect provides a method, including: capturing, using a gesture input component of an information handling device, a user gesture input; processing, using a processor, the captured user gesture input to extract one or more features; comparing, using a processor, the one or more extracted features of the user gesture input to a predetermined gesture input; determining, using a processor, that a confidence level calculated based on the comparing exceeds a lower similarity threshold but does not exceed a higher similarity threshold; and performing an action selected from the group consisting of communicating with the user, and adjusting the gesture input component. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 07-23-2015 |
20150205360 | TABLE TOP GESTURES FOR MIMICKING MOUSE CONTROL - An aspect provides a method, including: capturing, using an image sensor of an information handling device, a user gesture input; determining, using a processor, that the user gesture input comprises an activating gesture input; capturing, using the image sensor of the information handling device, controlling gesture input of the user; detecting, within the captured controlling gesturing input, gestures provided on a surface and mimicking use of a mouse; and controlling an application running on the information handling device based on the controlling gesture input of the user. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 07-23-2015 |
20150205517 | AUTOMATIC LAUNCH AND DATA FILL OF APPLICATION - In one aspect, an apparatus includes a processor, a touch-enabled display operatively coupled to the processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to execute a handwriting recognition engine automatically without requiring user selection of a handwriting recognition application to start the handwriting recognition engine, receive input from the touch-enabled display, determine whether the input indicates a character, and automatically store the character responsive to a determination that the input indicates a character. | 07-23-2015 |
20150205780 | REAL TIME DATA TAGGING IN TEXT-BASED DOCUMENTS - An aspect provides a method, including: receiving user input to an input component of an information handling device; generating a machine based representation of the user input; analyzing, using a processor, the representation of the user input; forming, using a processor, a tag based on contextual user data related to the user input; and providing, using a processor, an indication of the tag. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 07-23-2015 |
20150205781 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING TONE INDICATOR IN TEXT RECOGNITION - For using a tone indicator to determine a language for text recognition, an apparatus for using a tone indicator to identify language in text recognition is disclosed. The apparatus for text recognition using a tone indicator includes a text input module, a tone indicator module, and a language identification module. A method and computer program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. | 07-23-2015 |
20150338920 | ACTUATING HAPTIC ELEMENT ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - In one aspect, an apparatus includes a housing, a haptic element on at least a portion of the housing that has a non-discrete configuration and at least a first discrete configuration, a processor, a touch-enabled display operatively coupled to the processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to initiate a function at the apparatus, and at least in part in response to initiation of the function, actuate a portion of the haptic element. | 11-26-2015 |
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20150302246 | FORMING SCANNED COMPOSITE DOCUMENT WITH OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION FUNCTION - An embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, using an image capture device of an electronic device, image data of a document; processing, using a processor, the image data; the processing including identifying text within the image data to form two or more images into a composite document of the document; and storing, in a memory, data related to the composite document. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 10-22-2015 |
20150312951 | DEVICE PAIRING - An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving data relating to a first command from a user; recognizing the data relating to the first command as being directed to a first user device; receiving data relating to a second command from a user; recognizing the data relating to the second command as being directed to a second user device; determining that the first user device and the second user device are to be paired with one another based on the data relating to the first command and the data relating to the second command; and pairing the first device with the second device; wherein one or more of the data relating to the first command and the data relating to the second command comprises data related to a non-touch input modality. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 10-29-2015 |
20150325049 | AUGMENTING A DIGITAL IMAGE - For augmenting a digital image, code identifies a structure image in a digital image. The code further augments the digital image with structure information for the structure image and/or the digital image with structure image removed. | 11-12-2015 |
20150331534 | DETECTING INADVERTENT GESTURE CONTROLS - An embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, using an image capture device, image data; analyzing, using a processor, the image data to identify a gesture control; determining, using a processor, the gesture control was inadvertent; and disregarding, using a processor, the gesture control. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 11-19-2015 |
20150334503 | AUDIO SYSTEM TUNING - An embodiment provides a system, including: a sensor; a processor operatively coupled to the sensor; and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to: capture, using the sensor, depth data related to at least one position within an area; determine characteristics associated with the at least one position based on the depth data; and configure audio output to one or more speakers of an audio system based on the acoustic characteristics. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 11-19-2015 |
20150363011 | PEN/STYLUS OFFSET MODIFICATION - An embodiment provides a method, including detecting, using a processor, pen input to a surface of an electronic device; accessing, using a processor, one or more other inputs associated in time with the pen input; and adjusting, using a processor, a location of a display output representing the pen input using both of the detected pen input and the one or more other inputs. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 12-17-2015 |