AUTOMATIC VERIFICATION BY COMPARING USER INTERFACE IMAGES
Granted: March 19, 2015
Application Number:
20150082280
A method, apparatus and software related product (e.g., a computer readable memory) are presented for automatic testing of software products such as front-ends of computing devices. Various embodiments described herein can simplify the delivery and verification of software products and services across computing devices and screens by comparing user interface images using image analysis. For example, a screen buffer or visual representation of a new version of a software application can…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING MULTI-MODULE EXPERIENCE
Granted: March 19, 2015
Application Number:
20150081765
Methods and systems for processing content from multiple content sources includes identifying a plurality of content sources for rendering content on a website. A plurality of content modules associated with the website, are identified. Each content module is configured to render content from each of the plurality of content sources. A rendering size of each of the content modules selected for rendering on the website, is identified. The content format for each of the plurality of…
LOCAL RECOMMENDATION ENGINE
Granted: March 19, 2015
Application Number:
20150081695
A recommendation engine and a user profile stored on a user device are employed by the user device to select from a content store, content that is relevant to a current display of the user device. The selected content is combined with the current display to generate the contextually relevant display. The user profile on the user device is updated based on user interaction with the displayed content and the updated profile may be uploaded to the server in accordance with privacy settings…
TYPE FREE SEARCH ASSIST
Granted: March 19, 2015
Application Number:
20150081653
Techniques are described herein for assisting a user of a portable computing device with a touch screen display in formulating a search engine search query. The techniques may assist the user in a more efficient funnel querying approach when compared to conventional funnel querying approaches. In particular, with the techniques, the user can add one or more additional keywords to an initial search query without having to enter the individual letters of the additional keywords. As a…
SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING FOR A REVENUE GENERATOR TO BID EXCLUSIVELY ON MOBILE SEARCH TRAFFIC
Granted: March 12, 2015
Application Number:
20150073905
A system is described for providing for a revenue generator to bid exclusively on mobile search traffic. The system may include a processor, a memory and an interface. The memory may store a plurality of bids, a keyword, a mobile search request and a mobile advertisement associated with a revenue generator. The interface may communicate with a user and a plurality of revenue generators. The processor may receive bids on the keyword from the revenue generators. The bids may apply to the…
USER-PROGRAMMABLE CHANNEL STORE FOR VIDEO
Granted: March 12, 2015
Application Number:
20150074533
A system and method for providing a more relevant user viewing experience on a mobile device includes providing a video application providing access to a virtual video channel store with selectable tiles representing digital video content sources (channels). A user is able to select channels from the virtual channel store and interact with the selections within a graphical user interface that enhances the channel viewing experience.
IMAGE BROWSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A DIGITAL CONTENT PLATFORM
Granted: March 12, 2015
Application Number:
20150074512
Systems and methods for presenting and/or browsing images on a digital content platform. In one embodiment, for example, there is provided an image-browsing system, including: (1) a database having a plurality of images; (2) an image frame provided on the digital content platform, wherein the image frame displays a first image from the database; and (3) a user-actionable interface, wherein activation of the interface replaces the first image within the frame with a second image. Various…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDIA COLLECTION EXPANSION
Granted: March 12, 2015
Application Number:
20150074235
Systems and methods have been developed for expanding collections of media objects that are stored remotely. More specifically, systems and methods have been developed for continuously monitoring and updating collections of media objects stored in a user's media repository (e.g., a “media locker”).
UNIFIED END USER NOTIFICATION PLATFORM
Granted: March 12, 2015
Application Number:
20150074191
A unified end-user notification platform delivers event alerts to different types of clients including mobile devices and HTTP clients. Users can subscribe to a plurality of notification channels and select from the associated various delivery options via a single user interface. The events are received by the unified notification platform which matches the received events with the user subscription data to identify subscribers and their respective delivery options. Corresponding event…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONCILING TRANSACTIONAL AND NON-TRANSACTIONAL OPERATIONS IN KEY-VALUE STORES
Granted: March 12, 2015
Application Number:
20150074070
Techniques are provided for detecting and resolving conflicts between native and transactional applications sharing a common database. As transactions are received at the database system, a timestamp is assigned to both the start and the commit time of a transaction, where the timestamps are synchronized with a logical clock in the database system. When the database system receives a native operation, the database system increments the time in the logical clock and assigns that updated…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SUBJECT LINE TEMPLATES
Granted: March 12, 2015
Application Number:
20150073895
Disclosed is a system and method for email management that leverages information derived from automatically generated templates in order to identify types of message and message content. The systems and methods discussed herein involve identifying messages matching specific template types and structures, and automatically extracting important data from email messages matching those templates. The extracted data enables improvements for a user's experience and increased monetization. That…
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: March 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150061824
An information processing device includes a collecting unit that collects biological information of a first user and a second user. The information processing device includes a specifying unit that specifies an emotion of the first user toward the second user and an emotion of the second user toward the first user using the biological information acquired by the collecting unit. The information processing device includes a determining unit that determines whether or not to provide…
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
Granted: March 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150067778
An information processing device includes a reception unit and a control unit. The reception unit receives an access request including identification information of a transmission source from a terminal. The control unit acquires user information that is information about a user using the terminal based on the identification information included in the access request.
System And Methods For User Curated Media
Granted: March 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150067505
Methods and systems for recommending online media content to other users includes receiving a selection of media content rendered on content page. The media content is identified by a user for sharing. A list of topics associated with the user is generated for presenting on a user interface. The topics are descriptive of the media content selected for sharing. Selection of one or more topics for the selected media content is received from the user. The received selections define the…
EVALUATION CALCULATING DEVICE, EVALUATION CALCULATING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
Granted: March 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150066586
A delivery device according to the present invention includes a storing unit and a calculating unit. The storing unit stores a number of views a webpage concerning a commercial product and a number of behaviors which result in profitable behavior which leads a profit of a provider who provides the webpage by the user who accesses the webpage in a memory unit for every commercial product. The calculating unit calculates an evaluation value of the commercial product based on the number of…
POSITION SPECIFYING SERVER, POSITION SPECIFYING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING POSITION SPECIFYING PROGRAM
Granted: March 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150065162
A position specifying server includes a storage unit, a communication unit, an estimation unit, and a specifying unit. The storage unit stores GMMs corresponding to base stations of radio waves receivable by a terminal device on each floor. The communication unit receives measured values of the radio wave strengths of the radio waves which the terminal device receives from the base stations. The estimation unit estimates a position of the terminal device for each floor based on the…
IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE, IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
Granted: March 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150063686
A delivery device according to the present invention includes a learning image storage unit, a first recognition unit, a second recognition unit, and a registration unit. The learning image storage unit stores at least one piece of learning image. The first recognition unit recognizes a recognition target image using the learning image stored in the learning image storage unit. The second recognition unit recognizes the recognition target image with finer precision than that of the first…
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SPECIFYING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: March 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150063665
An information processing device includes an acquiring unit that acquires target information representing a shooting target shown in an image shot by a user and biological information acquired from the user when the image is shot for each plurality of images shot by the user. The information processing device includes an extracting unit that extracts biological information corresponding to target information representing the shooting target from the biological information acquired by the…
TERMINAL APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM
Granted: March 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150061993
A terminal apparatus provides a highly convenient user interface. The terminal apparatus includes a designated direction detection unit and a display control unit. The designated direction detection unit detects a designated direction, which is a direction in which the terminal apparatus is directed, with respect to a reference direction as a reference of the direction of the terminal apparatus on the basis of a signal from a sensor that outputs a signal indicating the attitude of the…
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: March 5, 2015
Application Number:
20150061825
An information processing device includes a collecting unit which collects user's biological information. The information processing device includes a determining unit which determines an emotion of the user by using the biological information collected by the collecting unit. The information processing device includes an output unit which outputs in association with information representing the user and the emotion of the user determined by the determining unit to terminal devices which…
