Reconstruction of object surfaces from a point cloud by employing regional level sets
Granted: January 1, 2019
Patent Number:
10169912
Methods and systems for reconstructing surfaces of an object using regional level sets (RLS) are disclosed. A scanning system scans an object and generates a point cloud. An RLS is iteratively determined as solution to a differential equation constrained by the point cloud. The RLS is a 2-tuple, where the first component corresponds to a region identification and the second component corresponds to the solution of the differential equation. The space around the point cloud is iteratively…
Adjusting sentiment scoring for online content using baseline attitude of content author
Granted: January 1, 2019
Patent Number:
10169830
In an online environment, a baseline attitude of an author of online content is determined. Based on the baseline attitude and a raw sentiment score for an instance of online content, an adjusted sentiment score for the online content instance is generated. A variance from the baseline attitude may be detected, based on the online content of the author. In response to the variance, a current mood of the author is determined and, using the current mood and the raw sentiment score, another…
Targeting ads engaged by a user to related users
Granted: January 1, 2019
Patent Number:
10169782
The present disclosure is directed toward targeting advertisements to a close-knit group of users. Methods and systems of the present disclosure identify a close-knit group of users or devices based on the use of a concurrent streaming account. The methods and system further include providing an advertisement in conjunction with the content streaming to the devices of the close-knit group to increase the likelihood of a conversion. Optionally, the methods and systems tailor these…
Methods and apparatus for displaying in-product messages based on an individual's past message interaction
Granted: January 1, 2019
Patent Number:
10169779
A computer implemented method and apparatus for displaying IPM messages based on an individual's past message interaction. The method comprises displaying an in-product message of a first plurality of in-product messages associated with a first product feature of a plurality of available product features; receiving an input with the displayed in-product message; based on the received input, determining that a threshold is not met; and displaying an in-product message of a second…
Obtaining profile information for future visitors
Granted: January 1, 2019
Patent Number:
10169776
Methods described herein include prefetching information for a future visitor to a webpage or other resource. Prefetching the information can allow a provider to customize the webpage or resource with reduced latency. The methods can include notifying an experience provider associated with an advertisement prior to the user requesting the webpage or other resource. The notification can provide identification information corresponding to the client device or user. The notification also…
Method for intelligent web reference preloading based on user behavior prediction
Granted: January 1, 2019
Patent Number:
10169481
A preloading tool facilitates efficient loading for content associated with links in a web document. An index containing links for a current page is created. The index includes coordinates of the links and trigger area coordinates of a trigger area for each link. When a user interaction is detected in a trigger area indicating the user may wish to navigate to additional content (i.e., the predicted link), standard click behavior for the predicted link is disabled. Resources required to…
Image searches using image frame context
Granted: January 1, 2019
Patent Number:
10169374
Techniques to facilitate image searches using context of an image frame in a document are described. In one or more implementations, an image frame included within a document is detected, such as when the frame is inserted or selected. Content in the document in the vicinity of the image frame is analyzed to derive query terms corresponding to the content. Tag elements created for the query terms are exposed to enable selection of individual query terms as search parameters. An image…
Display control of a portion of a document by primary and secondary display devices
Granted: January 1, 2019
Patent Number:
10168982
Display control of a portion of a document by primary and secondary display devices is described. In one or more implementations, an input is received to a user interface displaying a document on a primary display device to cause a display of a portion of the document on a secondary display device. A navigation input is then received that causes a navigation of the display of the document on the primary display device while the secondary display device continues to display the portion of…
Generating novel views of a three-dimensional object based on a single two-dimensional image
Granted: December 25, 2018
Patent Number:
10165259
Embodiments are directed towards providing a target view, from a target viewpoint, of a 3D object. A source image, from a source viewpoint and including a common portion of the object, is encoded in 2D data. An intermediate image that includes an intermediate view of the object is generated based on the data. The intermediate view is from the target viewpoint and includes the common portion of the object and a disoccluded portion of the object not visible in the source image. The…
Particle-based spatial audio visualization
Granted: December 25, 2018
Patent Number:
10165388
Methods and systems are provided for visualizing spatial audio using determined properties for time segments of the spatial audio. Such properties include the position sound is coming from, intensity of the sound, focus of the sound, and color of the sound at a time segment of the spatial audio. These properties can be determined by analyzing the time segment of the spatial audio. Upon determining these properties, the properties are used in rendering a visualization of the sound with…
Providing selection areas for selectable objects in graphical interface
Granted: December 25, 2018
Patent Number:
10162498
In some embodiments, a processor accesses electronic content that includes multiple selectable objects that are renderable in a graphical interface. The processor generates multiple selection areas respectively associated with the selectable objects. An input to the graphical interface received within each selection area selects an associated selectable object. Generating the selection areas includes generating a boundary around at least one of the selectable objects. Any point within…
Identifying augmented reality visuals influencing user behavior in virtual-commerce environments
Granted: December 25, 2018
Patent Number:
10163269
Certain embodiments involve enhancing personalization of a virtual-commerce environment by identifying an augmented-reality visual of the virtual-commerce environment. For example, a system obtains a data set that indicates a plurality of augmented-reality visuals generated in a virtual-commerce environment and provided for view by a user. The system obtains data indicating a triggering user input that corresponds to a predetermined user input provideable by the user as the user views an…
Rendering of digital images on a substrate
Granted: December 25, 2018
Patent Number:
10163254
Techniques and systems are described to render digital images on a defined substrate. In an example, a three-dimensional model is generated of the digital image as disposed on a substrate. Generation of the model includes application of a three-dimensional model of a surface of the substrate to the digital image and addition of material properties of the substrate to the three-dimensional model of the digital image). A viewing direction is detected of the three-dimensional model of the…
Systems and methods for conducting dynamic media lift studies concurrently with operating online advertising campaigns
Granted: December 25, 2018
Patent Number:
10163125
Systems and methods are disclosed for conducting media lift studies for online advertising concurrently with operating an advertising campaign. While operating an advertising campaign for a first advertiser/client focused primarily on a set of intended ads and a specific targeted viewer audience, a non-intended ad is occasionally substituted to run in an ad slot, and is tracked as belonging to the first advertiser/client. The non-intended ad can be for example one of: an ad for a second…
Method and apparatus for associating user engagement data received from a user with portions of a webpage visited by the user
Granted: December 25, 2018
Patent Number:
10163118
A method for associating user engagement data with various features of a product associated with a webpage is provided. The method includes detecting a visit to a portion of the webpage by a user. The webpage includes features of the product. A feature from the portion of the webpage is then determined using keyword of the feature. The portion includes the keyword of the feature. A user engagement input is then received for entire webpage from the first user. The webpage includes only…
Determining brand exclusiveness of users
Granted: December 25, 2018
Patent Number:
10163116
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a determination of a user's exclusiveness toward a particular brand. User-specific entities are extracted from social media content associated with a user. At least a portion of the user-specific entities are brand-related entities that are specifically relevant to a particular brand. These brand-related entities are analyzed with respect to the user-specific entities extracted from the social media content to determine a level of…
Embedded document within an application
Granted: December 25, 2018
Patent Number:
10163088
Data structures, methods, program products and systems for creating and executing an executable file for the Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) where the file is capable of causing presentation of a document embedded in the file on a BREW system.
Recognizing combinations of body shape, pose, and clothing in three-dimensional input images
Granted: December 25, 2018
Patent Number:
10163003
Certain embodiments involve recognizing combinations of body shape, pose, and clothing in three-dimensional input images. For example, synthetic training images are generated based on user inputs. These synthetic training images depict different training figures with respective combinations of a body pose, a body shape, and a clothing item. A machine learning algorithm is trained to recognize the pose-shape-clothing combinations in the synthetic training images and to generate feature…
Adaptive parallel data processing
Granted: December 25, 2018
Patent Number:
10162829
Adaptive parallel data processing techniques are described. In one or more embodiments, a request is received to process a data file. The data file is split into multiple portions and sent to multiple nodes, where each node is configured to process a respective portion of the data file. Responsive to an amount of processing of the data file being completed, at least one of the multiple portions of the data file is dynamically split into multiple sub-portions. The sub-portions are…
Object resizing with content reflow
Granted: December 25, 2018
Patent Number:
10162804
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, content of a file such as text content may be reflowed in response to a resizing of an object also included in the file.
