System and/or Method for Distributing Media Content
Granted: August 22, 2013
Application Number:
20130219524
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to distribution of media content.
DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF COMPUTE RESOURCES
Granted: August 22, 2013
Application Number:
20130219386
A resource broker determines availability of a portion of a set of compute resources in real-time. The set of compute resources is assigned as a priority to a master process. Further, the resource broker assigns the portion of the set of compute resources to an auxiliary process if the portion of the set of compute resources is available. In addition, the resource broker determines that the master process is attempting to utilize the portion of the set of compute resources. The resource…
BATCH SCHEDULER MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL MACHINES
Granted: August 22, 2013
Application Number:
20130219385
A batch scheduler receives a task. Further, a processor, at the batch scheduler, generates a virtual machine corresponding to the task. In addition, the virtual machine is deployed from the batch scheduler to a compute node. The task is also dispatched from the batch scheduler to the virtual machine at the compute node.
FILE MONITORING
Granted: August 22, 2013
Application Number:
20130219049
A server receives a first set of file activity data from a first file monitor. The first set of file activity data indicates activity associated with a first set of files accessed at a first compute node in communication with a network. Further, the server receives a second set of file activity data from a second file monitor. The second set of file activity data indicates activity associated with a second set of files accessed at a second compute node in communication with the network.…
SOCIAL NETWORKS GAMES CONFIGURED TO ELICIT MARKET RESEARCH DATA AS PART OF GAME PLAY
Granted: August 8, 2013
Application Number:
20130204667
Techniques are described for conducting market research via interactive game play mechanics. A game platform may allow a market research sponsor to create and publish online games which can identify latent consumer sentiment (and other market research data), while simultaneously providing an entertaining and engaging experience for the game participants. The games may be tailored such that elements of game play elicit responses from participants that reveal the desired market research…
SOCIAL NETWORKS GAMES CONFIGURED TO ELICIT MARKET RESEARCH DATA AS PART OF GAME PLAY
Granted: August 8, 2013
Application Number:
20130203506
Techniques are described for conducting market research via interactive game play mechanics. A game platform may allow a market research sponsor to create and publish online games which can identify latent consumer sentiment (and other market research data), while simultaneously providing an entertaining and engaging experience for the game participants. The games may be tailored such that elements of game play elicit responses from participants that reveal the desired market research…
Passenger-Rotatable Boat
Granted: August 8, 2013
Application Number:
20130199431
A boat configured for rotating in response to passenger inputs such as rotation of a wheel or pumping a hand pump. The boat includes a hull with an upper portion for receiving at least one passenger and a lower portion comprising a bottom contact surface. Further, the boat includes a rider interface, provided on the upper portion of the hull, that is configured for receiving physical input from the passenger. The boat also includes a torque producing assembly with a boat-to-water…
PORTABLE VIRTUAL CHARACTERS
Granted: August 1, 2013
Application Number:
20130194278
Described herein are methods, systems, apparatuses and products for portable virtual characters. One aspect provides a method including: providing a virtual character on a first device, the virtual character having a plurality of attributes allowing for a plurality of versions of the virtual character; providing a device table listing at least one device having at least one attribute; transferring to a second device information to permit an instantiation of the virtual character on the…
FLEXIBLE SEAM JOINT FOR USE IN ROBOTIC SKIN
Granted: July 25, 2013
Application Number:
20130189451
An artificial skin such as an outer covering or skin for an animatronic character. The skin may be formed by a method that includes providing a mold assembly with an exterior mold and a core. In the mold assembly, a cavity is formed between inner surfaces of the exterior mold and exterior surfaces of the core that defines the skin system. The mold assembly includes a seam-forming wall extending between the inner and exterior surfaces. The method includes inserting an elongate, tubular…
Cloud Based Content Assembly Method and System
Granted: July 11, 2013
Application Number:
20130179916
There is provided a method for use by a cloud based content assembly system having a memory and a processor for assembling multiple customized linear channel streams from an assembly template. The method comprises selecting, using the processor, the assembly template from the memory, identifying the customized linear channel streams to be produced using the assembly template, and generating a virtualized assembly environment for each of the customized linear channel streams. The method…
Optimized Stereoscopic Camera for Real-Time Applications
Granted: July 11, 2013
Application Number:
20130176397
A method is provided for an optimized stereoscopic camera with low processing overhead, especially suitable for real-time applications. By constructing a viewer-centric and scene-centric model, the mapping of scene depth to perceived depth may be defined as an optimization problem, for which a solution is analytically derived based on constraints to stereoscopic camera parameters including interaxial separation and convergence distance. The camera parameters may thus be constrained prior…
Method And System For Determining Camera Parameters From A Long Range Gradient Based On Alignment Differences In Non-Point Image Landmarks
Granted: July 11, 2013
Application Number:
20130176392
A system and method improves a camera calibration. The method includes receiving a camera image, a planar template pattern, a 3D geometry of a surface on which the planar template pattern is embedded, and a set of parameter values. The method includes rendering the planar template pattern into a camera perspective based on the parameter values to generate a warped template image. The method includes generating an error image including at least one non-zero difference between the camera…
Method and System for Performing Affinity Transactions
Granted: July 11, 2013
Application Number:
20130176114
There is provided a physical token for use in a defined venue with a server having communication with the physical token. The physical token may comprise an identification data and a transmitter configured to transmit the identification data. The physical token is configured to transmit the identification data to the server to cause the server to initiate a sensory interaction with a user possessing the physical token. The sensory interaction may comprise a character in the defined venue…
ANALYZING AUDIO INPUT FROM PERIPHERAL DEVICES TO DISCERN MUSICAL NOTES
Granted: July 4, 2013
Application Number:
20130167708
One aspect provides a method, including: receiving an analog note unit at an information handling device; storing note unit information corresponding to the analog note unit in a memory device of the information handling device; identifying the analog note unit input using the note unit information; and providing a result output to a user responsive to identifying the analog note unit. Other aspects are described and claimed.
AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE WITH PASSENGER LOADING SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE INSERTION INTO SIMULATORS
Granted: June 13, 2013
Application Number:
20130145953
A ride system for efficiently utilizing a simulator(s) or immersive environment assembly. The ride system includes a closed-loop track and a plurality of passenger vehicles each configured for traveling along a ride path defined by the closed-loop track. The ride system includes a simulator positioned adjacent to the closed-loop track. The ride system also includes a vehicle transfer mechanism. This mechanism is typically positioned along the track (or to provide part of the track) near…
HTML Directed Adaptive Features for Mobile Applications
Granted: June 13, 2013
Application Number:
20130152070
There is provided a method for HTML directed adaptive features for mobile applications. By presenting user interface portions of the application as HTML documents referenced from a manifest file, the manifest file may be updated from a remote server without directly modifying a native binary of the application. By registering URL handlers for application functions in the native binary of the application, and by modifying a local file manifest stored on a mobile device, the scope of…
KINETIC FLAME DEVICE
Granted: June 13, 2013
Application Number:
20130148353
An apparatus creating a flickering flame effect. The apparatus includes a housing with an interior space with first and second stages. A drive mechanism generates a time varying electromagnetic field extending into the first stage. A first pendulum member is pivotally mounted in the interior space of the first stage and includes first and second magnets on first and second ends, with the first end proximate to the drive mechanism such that the first magnet interacts with the varying…
SELECTION OF ANIMATION DATA FOR A DATA-DRIVEN MODEL
Granted: June 13, 2013
Application Number:
20130147811
A set of animation data for an element in an animation is statistically sampled to obtain a common context. The common context is a subset of a plurality of frames of the set of animation data. Further, output of a data-driven model for the animation, which utilizes at least a subset of the common context, is compared with output of a computational model for the animation. The computational model has a first set of logic. The data-driven model has a second set of logic that has less…
TRANSMIT DIVERSITY FOR PASSIVE BACKSCATTER RFID
Granted: June 13, 2013
Application Number:
20130147609
Techniques are presented for adaptively increasing power delivered to an RF tag. In one embodiment, a tag reader uses multiple transmit antennas to increase the power delivered to an RF tag without increasing the transmission power. The tag reader may perform transmit diversity (or a related antenna diversity schema) to ensure that transmitted signals from the multiple transmit antennas constructively interfere at the location of the RF tag. The tag reader may transmit a pilot signal and…
KINETIC FLAME DEVICE
Granted: June 13, 2013
Application Number:
20130147391
An apparatus creating a flickering flame effect. The apparatus includes a housing with an interior space with first and second stages. A drive mechanism generates a time varying electromagnetic field extending into the first stage. A first pendulum member is pivotally mounted in the interior space of the first stage and includes first and second magnets on first and second ends, with the first end proximate to the drive mechanism such that the first magnet interacts with the varying…
