Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090029720 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC ADVERTISEMENTS - A system for displaying electronic advertisements on a display device includes a processor having a set of instructions, a display device in communication with the processor and a network interface in communication with the processor. The processor is configured by the set of instructions to receive an initial advertisement from a central server via the network interface, display an initial advertisement and a first navigational element on the display device, receive a subsequent advertisement from the central server based on a user's interaction with the initial advertisement, and display the subsequent advertisement on the display device when the first navigational element is selected by the user. | 01-29-2009 |
20090089162 | DISTRIBUTED LIVE MULTIMEDIA MONETIZATION MECHANISM AND NETWORK - Methods, systems and computer readable media for managing monetization of live multimedia content include receiving multimedia content from capturing devices in substantial real-time. The capturing devices identify a type of content being captured or location of capture. One or more promotional media from the multimedia content are identified. The identified promotional media is matched with one or more promotional advertisements. The identified promotional media is integrated with the one or more promotional advertisements to generate a composite multimedia stream and the composite multimedia stream is presented to receiving devices in substantial real-time as well as over time. Monetization revenue based on interactions at the receiving devices is tracked. The monetization revenue depends on monetization criteria associated with the promotional media of the multimedia content. | 04-02-2009 |
20090089294 | DISTRIBUTED LIVE MULTIMEDIA CAPTURE, FEEDBACK MECHANISM, AND NETWORK - Methods and systems for processing multimedia content captured from a plurality of locations via one or more capturing devices include obtaining multimedia content from one or more capturing devices. The capturing devices identify a type of content being captured and/or location of capture. An interest type for multimedia content is obtained from a consuming user. The multimedia content from the capturing devices are searched based on the interest type of the consuming user. A subset of the multimedia content conforming to the interest type is presented in substantial real-time at the receiving devices of the consuming users. Feedback regarding the presented multimedia content is obtained from consuming users and communicated to the capturing devices in substantial real-time so as to influence future capture of multimedia content. | 04-02-2009 |
20090089352 | DISTRIBUTED LIVE MULTIMEDIA SWITCHING MECHANISM AND NETWORK - Methods and systems for controlling switching of multimedia content captured from a plurality of locations via one or more capturing devices include obtaining multimedia content that identify a type of content being captured and/or location of capture. The captured multimedia content is processed and the multimedia content conforming to search preference is presented to the receiving devices in substantial real-time. Feedback regarding the presented multimedia content is received from receiving devices. Switching of certain multimedia content presented at the receiving devices is enabled in substantial real-time based on the feedback, so that each of the receiving devices is presented with a dynamic subset of the multimedia content based on the changes in content obtained from capturing devices, the feedback obtained from the receiving devices and search preference. | 04-02-2009 |
20090132633 | DYNAMIC CONTENT PIPELINE - A system for providing information via a dynamic content pipeline includes a processor having instructions and a network interface in communication with the processor. The instructions configure the processor to display a media element on a display device of a computer, display a dispatcher link on the display device of the computer and display a dispatcher window on the display device of the computer when the dispatcher link is selected. The dispatcher window has a destination input area configured to receive a destination identifier which provides the location of a destination device. Finally, the instructions configure the processor to provide the media element to the dynamic content pipeline for additional processing and deliver the media element to the destination device. | 05-21-2009 |
20090157450 | ADPACK - A system for monetization of content includes a storage device for storage and retrieval of data, and a library of content and advertisements stored within the storage device. The library comprises an organizational structure for facilitating the storage and retrieval. The system also includes a monetization engine for identifying within the library a first content item having a first monetizable feature. The system is configured for selecting a second content item from several content items within the library, and associating the second content item to the first content item by using the first monetizable feature for presentation of the second content item in conjunction with the first content item. Further embodiments include various additional systems, methods, and computer readable media for implementation of the foregoing. | 06-18-2009 |
20090171939 | USER-GENERATED ACTIVITY MAPS - Apparatus and computer-readable media for associating metadata with a geographic location are provided. The apparatus includes logic for detecting that a mobile device is present at a geographic location relevant to a user of the mobile device, logic for retrieving context information associated with the location, logic for selecting a program code module based upon a contextual relevancy of the location, logic for providing the program code module for execution, where the program code module is capable of performing processing specific to at least one aspect of the location, the processing is based upon the context information, and the program code module is further capable of receiving at least one input data item from the mobile device, where the at least one input data item describes an activity of the user at the location, and logic for associating the at least one input data item with the location. | 07-02-2009 |
20090176509 | INTEREST MAPPING SYSTEM - Apparatus, interfaces, and computer instructions are provided for establishing an association between a user and a declared interest, such as a brand or some other subject, and for generating a map to display the interests of one or more users. An association is established between an interest identifier, a user, and target object selected based upon an action of the user. The target object may include a location that may be specified by coordinates. The action may include selection of the at least one location by the user. Selection may include selecting a user interface feature that causes the at least one location to be selected based upon a geographical position of the user. The position may be determined by a Global Positioning System device carried by the user. Techniques are also disclosed for identifying people who are potentially interested in a given interest, or in a second interest related to a first interest, based on previously established interest-location-user associations. | 07-09-2009 |
20090182618 | System and Method for Word-of-Mouth Advertising - A system and method to facilitate word-of-mouth advertising and sales support associated with displayed media objects on distributed networks is described. The system provides one or more advocates to a network user accessing advertising of a brand, product, or service. One or more of the advocates may be socially related to the user. User interactions with the advocates are facilitated through a real-time communication network, follow-on commercial activity is tracked, and the value of word-of-mouth advocacy is captured and distributed. | 07-16-2009 |
20090182810 | System and Method for Real-Time Media Object-Specific Communications - A system and method to facilitate word-of-mouth advertising and sales support associated with displayed media objects on distributed networks is described. The system provides one or more advocates to a network user accessing advertising of a brand, product, or service. One or more of the advocates may be socially related to the user. User interactions with the advocates are facilitated through a real-time communication network, follow-on commercial activity is tracked, and the value of word-of-mouth advocacy is captured and distributed. | 07-16-2009 |
20090183112 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WORD-OF-MOUTH ADVERTISING - A system and method to facilitate word-of-mouth advertising and sales support associated with displayed media objects on distributed networks is described. The system provides one or more advocates to a network user accessing advertising of a brand, product, or service. One or more of the advocates may be socially related to the user. User interactions with the advocates are facilitated through a real-time communication network, follow-on commercial activity is tracked, and the value of word-of-mouth advocacy is captured and distributed. | 07-16-2009 |
20090201850 | LOCATION TRACKING BASED ON PROXIMITY-BASED AD HOC NETWORK - A system and method is described for constructing a proximity-based ad hoc network among a plurality of sensors and for using such a network to perform location tracking. The system and method uses time-coded data received from each of the sensors to determine a current proximity of each of the sensors to one or more beacons. Then, by leveraging information relating to the effective transmission ranges of the beacons, the system and method determines the relative location of each of the plurality of sensors with respect to other sensors within the plurality of sensors. Where actual (as opposed to relative) location information is available for a particular sensor, it can be used to generate or augment location information associated with other sensors known to be spatially and temporally proximate to the particular sensor. The current location information for each of the sensors is then used in providing location-based services. | 08-13-2009 |
20090201896 | DATA SHARING BASED ON PROXIMITY-BASED AD HOC NETWORK - A system and method is described for constructing a proximity-based ad hoc network among a plurality of sensor-enabled devices and for using such a network to facilitate data sharing among users of those devices (referred to herein for simplicity as “sensors”). The system and method advantageously enables data to be shared among co-located sensors in a manner that does not require local connections or communication among those sensors and that protects user privacy. The system and method also beneficially enables data to be transferred among heterogeneous sensor types that would otherwise be incapable of detecting and/or communicating with each other. The system and method may perform user-initiated data transfer as well as automatic data transfer responsive to sensor proximity and other factors, such as commonality of user interests or activities or membership in a social network. | 08-13-2009 |
20090204348 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR PROXIMITY-BASED AD HOC NETWORKS - A system and method is described herein for managing power consumption by a plurality of sensors in a proximity-based ad hoc network. The system and method receives sensor data that is provided from a plurality of sensors and constructs a proximity-based ad hoc network among the plurality of sensors based on the sensor data. The system and method also receives and analyzes power status information from each sensor in a group of spatially and temporally proximate sensors in the proximity-based ad hoc network. Based on the analysis, the system and method then modifies a manner in which at least one sensor in the group provides sensor data. | 08-13-2009 |
20090204354 | TIME CODE VALIDATION AND CORRECTION FOR PROXIMITY-BASED AD HOC NETWORKS - A system and method is described herein for managing power consumption by a plurality of sensors in a proximity-based ad hoc network. The system and method receives sensor data that is provided from a plurality of sensors and constructs a proximity-based ad hoc network among the plurality of sensors based on the sensor data. The system and method also receives and analyzes power status information from each sensor in a group of spatially and temporally proximate sensors in the proximity-based ad hoc network. Based on the analysis, the system and method then modifies a manner in which at least one sensor in the group provides sensor data. | 08-13-2009 |
20090222302 | Method and Apparatus for Social Network Marketing with Consumer Referral - A service provider facilitates consumption of goods, brands, or services on an interactive network using characterizations of consumers, behavior, brands, consumable goods, advertisers, and advocates to determine a three-way match between a consumable good, a consumer, and an advocate. The matching method determines one or more likely consumers by maximizing the estimated contextual value of personalized advocacy. Further, the service provider captures the value of the personalized advocacy in each match, and distributes that value in the form of various marketing incentives. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222303 | Method and Apparatus for Social Network Marketing with Brand Referral - A service provider facilitates consumption of goods, brands, or services on an interactive network using characterizations of consumers, behavior, brands, consumable goods, advertisers, and advocates to determine a three-way match between a consumable good, a consumer, and an advocate. The matching method determines one or more goods likely to be benefit from the marketing scheme by maximizing the estimated contextual value of personalized advocacy. Further, the service provider captures the value of the personalized advocacy in each match, and distributes that value in the form of various marketing incentives. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222304 | Method and Apparatus for Social Network Marketing with Advocate Referral - A service provider facilitates consumption of goods, brands, or services on an interactive network using characterizations of consumers, behavior, brands, consumable goods, advertisers, and advocates to determine a three-way match between a consumable good, a consumer, and an advocate. The matching method determines one or more advocates by maximizing the estimated contextual value of personalized advocacy. Further, the service provider captures the value of the personalized advocacy in each match, and distributes that value in the form of various marketing incentive. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222488 | SOCIAL ASPECTS OF CONTENT AGGREGATION, SYNDICATION, SHARING, AND UPDATING - “Smart bookmarks” are described which facilitate aggregation, sharing, and dynamic access to the content in which a particular user has an interest. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222716 | MECHANISMS FOR CONTENT AGGREGATION, SYNDICATION, SHARING, AND UPDATING - “Smart bookmarks” are described which facilitate aggregation, sharing, and dynamic access to the content in which a particular user has an interest. | 09-03-2009 |
20090239552 | LOCATION-BASED OPPORTUNISTIC RECOMMENDATIONS - Location aware notification service technology operable to provide users with notification of opportunities to complete errands on a personal sharable list is disclosed. The location aware notification service technology provides a means for generating recommendations for users for the successful completion of errands based upon current location, time and travel context. | 09-24-2009 |
20090249198 | TECHNIQUES FOR INPUT RECOGNITON AND COMPLETION - Methods and apparatus are described by which one or more input words may be predicted based on partial input from a user using a predictive model that employs contextual metadata which characterizes the user in a multi-dimensional space in which the dimensions are defined by one or more of a spatial aspect, a temporal aspect, a social aspect, or a topical aspect. | 10-01-2009 |
20090254840 | LOCAL MAP CHAT - Information communication technology operable to provide users with a means for sharing information and comments is disclosed. The information communication technology provides a means for participants to place chat comments on an interactive graphic such as a dynamically rendered map that participants can track, edit and collaboratively work with in order to decide on a suitable meeting location. | 10-08-2009 |
20090276453 | MODIFICATION OF BRAND REPRESENTATIONS BY A BRAND ENGINE IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - A brand engine receives a request from a user device operated by a first user to display user information of a second user. User information of the first user is mapped to at least the user information of the second user by the brand engine. The mapping may map the user information of the first user to user information of further users in a social network. The mapping may map of any combination of spatial, temporal, social, and topical data related to the users. A modified representation of a brand profile of the second user is generated by the brand engine based on the mapping. The modified representation is transmitted to the user device. The user device displays the modified representation for the first user. The modified representation of the brand profile may include any combination of filtered and/or sorted brand objects, recommended brand objects, and/or modified brand objects. | 11-05-2009 |
20090276459 | MODIFICATION OF CONTENT REPRESENTATION BY A BRAND ENGINE IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - A brand engine receives a request from a user device operated by a first user to display user information of a second user. User information of the first user is mapped to at least the user information of the second user by the brand engine. The mapping may map the user information of the first user to user information of further users in a social network. The mapping may map of any combination of spatial, temporal, social, and topical data related to the users. A modified representation of received content is generated by the brand engine based on the mapping. The modified representation is transmitted to the user device. The user device displays the modified representation for the first user. The modified representation of the received content may include any combination of filtered and/or sorted content items, recommended content items, and/or modified content items. | 11-05-2009 |
20090307205 | FRIENDLY SEARCH AND SOCIALLY AUGMENTED SEARCH QUERY ASSISTANCE LAYER - Community search query technology operable to provide users with the means to collaborate on search queries and share their query results with other users in a community is disclosed. The community search query technology provides a collaborative search engine that utilizes community feedback and personal profiles. The community search query technology also comprises personal task, information management, project creation, listing queries by activity categories, setting deadlines for ongoing search needs, setting up search queues, and annotation of search sessions. | 12-10-2009 |
20090326800 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION AND DISPLAY OF PERSONALIZED DISTANCE - A system and method for determination and display of personalized distance. A request is received for the determination of a personalized distance over a network, wherein the request comprises an identification of a requesting user, and a plurality of real world entities comprising at least a starting location and an ending location. At least one route is determined between the first location and the second location. Spatial, temporal, topical, and social data available to the network relating to the requesting user and each real world entity and the route is retrieved using a global index of data available to the network. A personalized distance is calculated via the network between the first location and the second location using spatial, temporal, topical, and social data relating to the requesting user and each real world entity and the route. A representation of the personalized distance calculated for the route is displayed on a display medium. | 12-31-2009 |
20100076777 | AUTOMATIC RECOMMENDATION OF LOCATION TRACKING PRIVACY POLICIES - A system and method is described herein that automatically provides users with recommendations regarding location tracking privacy policies that may be appropriate to enact in certain contexts as well as a means for enacting such policies. Once a privacy policy is enacted, the manner in which location information associated with the user is provided to at least one application or service will be controlled in accordance with the privacy policy. The recommended privacy policies may represent privacy policies that have been enacted by other users in like contexts. | 03-25-2010 |
20100077484 | LOCATION TRACKING PERMISSIONS AND PRIVACY - A location tracking privacy engine is described herein that is configured to allow users to define privacy policies that govern how location information about each user is provided to context-aware applications and services. Privacy policies can be defined in a highly flexible and context-specific manner such that the execution of a given privacy policy by the location tracking privacy engine is dependent on the existence of one or more social, topical, temporal or spatial conditions. Privacy policies are then executed automatically by the location tracking privacy engine when the conditions associated with the policies are determined to be satisfied. | 03-25-2010 |
20100095353 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT ACCESS CONTROL - A system and method for managing access to content is provided. One example embodiment provides for a method including acts of identifying a filter of content based at least in part on the preferences a user and a subject presented in the content and presenting the content using the filter to the user. Another example embodiment provides for a system that includes a controller configured to identify a filter of content based on preferences of a user, to present content using the identified filter and to update the preferences of the user based on feedback from the user and the subjects presented in the content. | 04-15-2010 |
20100177938 | MEDIA OBJECT METADATA ENGINE CONFIGURED TO DETERMINE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PERSONS - A media object, such as an image file, a video file, or an audio file, is analyzed to determine relationships between persons associated with the media object, which may include persons captured in the media object and/or a person that captured the media object. A representation of a first person captured in a media object is detected. The media object is analyzed to determine at least one indicator of a relation between the first person and a second person associated with the media object. A relationship between the first person and the second person is predicted based at least on the determined at least one relation indicator. The media object may be monetized in various ways, such as by directing advertisements to persons associated with the media object, and/or to persons having social connections to the persons associated with the media object. | 07-15-2010 |
20100179756 | OPTIMIZATION OF MAP VIEWS BASED ON REAL-TIME DATA - Routing information (e.g., routing information displayed in an electronic map or provided as verbal travel directions) is generated and presented to a user in a tailored manner. A request for routing information is received from a user. Spatial data, temporal data, social data, or topical data is retrieved that is related to the user and/or to a location or change of location of the user. Based on the retrieved data and the routing information, information display data is generated, and is provided to an electronic device of the user to generate an information display. An attribute of the information display is configured/modified based on the location information and/or on the spatial data, temporal data, social data, and/or topical data. For example, a display attribute and/or an audio attribute of the information display may be modified. | 07-15-2010 |
20100179856 | CONDITIONAL INCENTIVE PRESENTATION, TRACKING AND REDEMPTION - An offer is presented to a user via a user device, wherein the terms of the offer include at least one activity to be performed by the user or at least one behavior to be observed by the user and at least one incentive to be rewarded to the user responsive to the performance of the at least one activity or the observance of the at least one behavior. A determination is made as to whether the user has performed the at least one activity or observed the at least one behavior based on at least spatial, temporal, social and/or topical data obtained from a network-based tracking engine. Responsive to a determination that the user has performed the at least one activity or observed the at least one behavior, the user is provided with the at least one incentive. | 07-15-2010 |
20100179874 | MEDIA OBJECT METADATA ENGINE CONFIGURED TO DETERMINE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PERSONS AND BRANDS - A media object, such as an image file, a video file, or an audio file, is analyzed to determine relationships between brands having representations captured in the media object, and persons associated with the media object (e.g., persons captured in the media object and/or a person that captured the media object). A representation of a brand captured in a media object is detected. The media object is analyzed to determine at least one indicator of a relation between the brand and a person associated with the media object. A relationship between the brand and person is predicted based at least on the determined at least one relation indicator. The media object may be monetized in various ways, such as by directing advertisements (e.g., advertisements related to the detected brand) to persons associated with the media object, and/or to persons having social connections to the persons associated with the media object. | 07-15-2010 |
20100280879 | GIFT INCENTIVE ENGINE - A system and method to facilitate efficient gift giving is disclosed herein. Gift giver, gift recipient, advertisers/sponsors, and third party service providers participate in providing input at the gift evaluation, selection, purchase, delivery, and consumption stages to increase the likelihood of the gift recipient's satisfaction and consumption of the gift. The interactive environment facilitates opaque gathering of information from the relevant parties relative to each other. | 11-04-2010 |
20140108158 | METHODS FOR AUGMENTING USER-GENERATED CONTENT USING A MONETIZABLE FEATURE - A system for monetization of content includes a storage device for storage and retrieval of data, and a library of content and advertisements stored within the storage device. The library comprises an organizational structure for facilitating the storage and retrieval. The system also includes a monetization engine for identifying within the library a first content item having a first monetizable feature. The system is configured for selecting a second content item from several content items within the library, and associating the second content item to the first content item by using the first monetizable feature for presentation of the second content item in conjunction with the first content item. Further embodiments include various additional systems, methods, and computer readable media for implementation of the foregoing. | 04-17-2014 |
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20140304283 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT ACCESS CONTROL - A system and method for managing access to content is provided. One example embodiment provides for a method including acts of identifying a filter of content based at least in part on the preferences a user and a subject presented in the content and presenting the content using the filter to the user. Another example embodiment provides for a system that includes a controller configured to identify a filter of content based on preferences of a user, to present content using the identified filter and to update the preferences of the user based on feedback from the user and the subjects presented in the content. | 10-09-2014 |