SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A NON-INTRUSIVE VIDEO ADVERTISEMENT WALL
Granted: September 11, 2014
Application Number:
20140259055
Techniques are provided which enhance a user's experience by creating non-intrusive advertising schemes enabling the user to pursue targeted advertisements and/or discounts at a convenient time. During presentation of an online video, the user may “park” an advertisement for later viewing, permitting the focus to remain on the online video content and not on the advertisements. The “parked” advertisement is displayed as an icon adjacent to or minimally overlapping the video. Once…
VIDEO ADVERTISEMENT WALL
Granted: September 11, 2014
Application Number:
20140259045
Methods and systems are provided that can include iconization and later play of video content items, such as advertisements. During presentation of an online video, video advertisements may be presented. Upon user selection, during or after presentation of a particular video advertisement, the advertisement may cease to be presented, but an icon may be displayed that represents the video advertisement. The icon may be displayed in an area adjacent to the online video display area, which…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALTERING THE SPEED OF CONTENT MOVEMENT BASED ON USER INTEREST
Granted: September 11, 2014
Application Number:
20140258890
Techniques are provided which enhance a user's browsing experience by bringing greater attention to potentially relevant advertising content amidst non-relevant content. When a user access a browser to view content, information related to the interests of the user are used to identify relevant browser content to be used for potential advertisement targeting. The identified browser content is highlighted and stored for future use and the browser scroll settings are altered during the…
CORRECTION DEVICE, CORRECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: September 11, 2014
Application Number:
20140257974
A correction device includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire an arrangement position of advertisement information within a predetermined page layout when the advertisement information arranged in the predetermined page layout is displayed on a display screen of a terminal and a click rate at the arrangement position. The correction device includes a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a specific position in the predetermined page layout displayed on the display…
INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Granted: September 11, 2014
Application Number:
20140257970
An advertisement distribution device includes: an arrangement position acquisition unit configured to acquire an arrangement position on a display screen of a terminal to display advertisement information; an attention degree index extracting unit configured to extract an attention degree index of the arrangement position based on acquisition of a specific position on the display screen and an attention degree index of the specific position; an arrangement position ranking unit…
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Granted: September 4, 2014
Application Number:
20140247806
A wireless communication terminal according to an embodiment includes a wireless LAN communication unit, a prediction unit which predicts a moving area of a user, an estimation unit, and a communication control unit. The estimation unit estimates a switching state of a wireless LAN connection in the wireless LAN communication unit, on the basis of a wireless LAN communication environment in the moving area predicted by the prediction unit. The communication unit restricts the wireless…
VIDEO ANALYSIS SYSTEM
Granted: September 4, 2014
Application Number:
20140250457
A system may include an interface, memory, and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory. The interface may be configured to receive a signal that may include one or more user-selected frames of video content. The processor may execute the instructions to identify a market-relevant video object in the one or more frames. The processor may also facilitate storing in the memory, market-relevant information associated with the market-relevant video object. The…
IDENTIFYING TIME SENSITIVE AMBIGUOUS QUERIES
Granted: September 4, 2014
Application Number:
20140250116
A system and method for generating search results includes: receiving a search query with a search term; parsing the search term; determining that at least a portion of the parsed search term is an ambiguous, time-sensitive query; retrieving an intended search term according to a current time of day from a data store when it is determined that at least a portion of the parsed search term is an ambiguous, time-sensitive query; and preparing a search results page such that search results…
BID OPTIMIZATION IN SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING
Granted: September 4, 2014
Application Number:
20140249914
Methods and apparatus are described for optimally allocating an online advertising budget for a search engine marketing (SEM) campaign among a fixed set of keywords.
AFFILIATE SYSTEM, AFFILIATE METHOD, AND SERVER
Granted: September 4, 2014
Application Number:
20140249900
An affiliate system according to the embodiment acquires an introduction request including information on a product or service that a user of a first terminal decides to introduce to a user of a second terminal among products or services purchased or used by the user of the first terminal, selects from among users of respective second terminals, the user of the second terminal who is associated with the user of the first terminal and who visits a purchase site or use site of the product…
Finger Expressions for Touch Screens
Granted: September 4, 2014
Application Number:
20140247237
A system and method for haptic feedback includes: sensing touch input in at least one area of a touch surface; determining quantitative features of the touch input; determining temporal features of the touch input; and generating a command represented by the quantitative and temporal features of the touch input, said command producing at least one of: an alphanumeric character, a symbol, and an execution instruction.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING EMAIL MESSAGES
Granted: August 28, 2014
Application Number:
20140245176
A computing device and method for displaying content such as email messages in a user interface including email message cards. Email messages in an email mailbox are accessed. The email messages are configured into a graphical display format, where the display format includes email message cards, each email message card representing a respective email message in the mailbox and including a portion of email contents of the email message. The graphical display format is communicated to a…
MACHINE LEARNING APPARATUS AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD
Granted: August 28, 2014
Application Number:
20140244553
A machine learning apparatus includes an analytical information storage unit that stores therein two or more pieces of analytical information each associating input/output information used for machine learning with time-point information indicating a time point of the input/output information, an analysis-object-set specifying unit that specifies an analysis object set containing a unit-period input-output set being a set of pieces of the input/output information corresponding to pieces…
ADVERTISING CHARGE ADJUSTING DEVICE
Granted: August 28, 2014
Application Number:
20140244403
An advertising charge adjusting device is configured to set a minimum delivery price which determines a lower limit of a bid price. The advertising charge adjusting device includes a minimum delivery price calculating unit configured to calculate the minimum delivery price for each targeting element, based on bid information for using a targeting function and bid information for not using the targeting function, pieces of bid information being submitted by a plurality of advertisers.
ADVERTISING SYSTEM AND ADVERTISING EFFECT DETERMINATION METHOD
Granted: August 21, 2014
Application Number:
20140236717
An advertising system according to an embodiment includes a remitting customer side wireless LAN communication unit, an attracting customer side wireless LAN communication unit, and a remitting customer result update unit. The attracting customer side wireless LAN communication unit is arranged at a position corresponding to a digital signage on which advertising content is displayed. The attracting customer side wireless LAN communication unit is arranged in a commercial space. The…
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING CONTEXT IN SELECTING A RESPONSE TO USER DEVICE INTERACTION
Granted: August 21, 2014
Application Number:
20140237425
A system, method and architecture of using context in determining a response to user interaction with a device, such context may be context of content being output by the device, the device's context, the user's content, or some combination of contexts. In accordance with one or more embodiments, a response may comprise a menu the content of which, e.g., one or more user-selectable actions or options, can be determined based on a determined context, or contexts, or a determination may be…
MEDIA IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM WITH FINGERPRINT DATABASE BALANCED ACCORDING TO SEARCH LOADS
Granted: August 21, 2014
Application Number:
20140236952
A media identification system generates reference fingerprints for known media samples and stores the reference fingerprints in a reference database. The media identification system uses the reference fingerprints to match a fingerprint generated from an unknown media sample to identify that unknown sample. When storing new reference fingerprints in the reference database, partitions of the database are selected to balance the search loads on the database when it is used by the media…
METHOD OR SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING PERSONALIZED CONTENT
Granted: August 21, 2014
Application Number:
20140236943
Methods and systems are provided that may be utilized to recommend content to a user.
INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD
Granted: August 21, 2014
Application Number:
20140236760
An information providing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a terminal information acquiring unit, a store information acquiring unit, and a sending unit. The terminal information acquiring unit acquires information on purchase planned products which is sent from a wireless terminal existing in a store in which a wireless LAN communication apparatus is installed, from the wireless LAN communication apparatus. The store information acquiring unit acquires information on sales…
APPLYING CUSTOMER FEEDBACK TO GROUP BUYING DEALS
Granted: August 21, 2014
Application Number:
20140236749
A system and method for ensuring the quality of a group buying experience includes: receiving a request to sell a product; negotiating a service level agreement with the business; receiving customer feedback on the group buying experience; computing a customer satisfaction score for the group buying experience representing a degree of customer satisfaction; mapping the computed customer satisfaction score to terms in the service level agreement; and providing an instruction related to…
