SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT-BASED PROFILE BUILDING
Granted: February 20, 2014
Application Number:
20140052804
Systems and methods build a profile for a contact. In one aspect, missing information from a profile of a contact is identified. A determination is made regarding whether the missing information is necessary for the profile based on satisfaction of a threshold. In response to the satisfaction of the threshold, a user is prompted to request the missing information from the contact. The missing information is obtained. The missing information is added to the profile.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROFILE BUILDING USING LOCATION INFORMATION FROM A USER DEVICE
Granted: February 20, 2014
Application Number:
20140052803
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for building a profile for a contact. In one exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes: identifying, via a computing device, missing information from a profile of a contact of a user, wherein the missing information includes a current physical location of the contact; determining whether to include the missing information in the profile based on satisfaction of a threshold; and in response to a…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING PHOTOS ON A WEBSITE
Granted: February 13, 2014
Application Number:
20140047369
Method and system for presenting photos on a website are disclosed. The method includes selecting one or more thumbnail images in a browser window on a website in response to a select command from a user, dragging the one or more thumbnail images to a drop target in response to a drag command from the user, displaying the one or more thumbnail images in transit to the drop target as collapsible thumbnail images, and dropping the collapsible thumbnail images to the drop target in response…
SHORTCUT SETS FOR CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS
Granted: February 13, 2014
Application Number:
20140047067
A method and apparatus for shortcut sets to data sources, such as web sites, is disclosed. The shortcut sets may be associated with a controlled environment. A controlled environment might be a home, corporation, business, etc. As an example, an information technology (IT) manager configures shortcuts for the employees of the company. As another example, a family member configures shortcuts that are common to all family members, when at home. A user may enter a shortcut into a search box…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING RELEVANT ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON CHARACTERISTIC TAGS
Granted: February 13, 2014
Application Number:
20140046773
A method and system for displaying relevant advertisements based on characteristic tags. The method includes displaying an article on a webpage for a first user. The method also includes receiving, from the first user, a recommendation of the article for a second user. The method further includes enabling characteristic tagging of the second user to a category associated with the article. Further, the method includes creating a characteristic map for the second user based on one or more…
ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY APPARATUS, ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY METHOD, TERMINAL ESTIMATING APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL ESTIMATING METHOD
Granted: February 13, 2014
Application Number:
20140046769
An advertisement delivery apparatus includes a related information acquiring unit, a similarity determining unit, terminal estimating unit, and an advertisement delivery unit. The related information acquiring unit receives a plurality of pieces of related information from each of communication terminals. The related information is information about each of the communication terminals and is unable to identify each of the communication terminals. The similarity determining unit…
Dynamic Player Cards
Granted: February 13, 2014
Application Number:
20140046740
A system and method for dynamic presentation of a plurality of planar objects includes: generating an interface on a user device, the interface including a display of user-selected interactive features manipulating the planar objects; receiving a selection of a user-selectable interactive feature; and enabling the selected user-selectable interactive feature on the user device.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VOICE BASED MOOD ANALYSIS
Granted: February 13, 2014
Application Number:
20140046660
A computer-implemented method for voice based mood analysis includes receiving an acoustic speech of a plurality of words from a user in response to the user utilizing speech to text mode. The computer-implemented method also includes analyzing the acoustic speech to distinguish voice patterns. Further, the computer-implemented method includes measuring a plurality of tone parameters from the voice patterns, wherein the tone parameters comprises voice decibel, timbre and pitch.…
APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR EXPERT IDENTIFICATION TO ANSWER USERS QUERIES
Granted: February 6, 2014
Application Number:
20140040385
Embodiments disclosed herein may relate to determining individual experts to answer user queries utilizing computing platform in a communication system.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING THE EFFECT OF A HOST ON NETWORK LATENCY WHILE DELIVERING ONLINE ADS
Granted: February 6, 2014
Application Number:
20140040455
Methods and systems for determining the effect of a host on network latency while delivering online ads are disclosed. Observational test data relating to one or more network latency tests conducted on a plurality of hosts may be obtained. A first group and a second group of hosts may be created, wherein the first group includes the host and the second group doesn't include the host. At least one predetermined metric for each of the first group and the second group is computed based on…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SIMILAR MEDIA OBJECTS
Granted: February 6, 2014
Application Number:
20140040280
The systems and methods described create a mathematical representation of each of the media objects for which user ratings are known. The mathematical representations take into account the subjective rating value assigned by a user to the respective media object and the user that assigned the rating value. The media object with the mathematical representation closest to that of the seed media object is then selected as the most similar media object to the seed media object. In an…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAIL IDENTIFICATION WITH SEARCH RESULTS
Granted: February 6, 2014
Application Number:
20140040234
A system and method are disclosed for identifying and generating a potential user trail. The trail may be an anticipated browsing path for a user based on current and/or historical browsing data, including search logs, browsing histories, and other data. The trail may be displayed as a search result summary or with individual search results in response to receiving a search query.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING ABUSIVE ACCOUNT REGISTRATION
Granted: February 6, 2014
Application Number:
20140040170
Disclosed is a system and method for processing account registration by identifying account candidates attempting to open an account as abusive. That is, the present disclosure discusses identifying, and challenging and marking abusive account registration. The present disclosure takes into account users' behaviors on a network and the impact to the cost and/or revenue of the network. The present disclosure is proactive as it allows for actions to be taken at the earliest possible time…
FORECASTING AN OUTCOME OF AN ELECTION
Granted: January 30, 2014
Application Number:
20140032474
Embodiments of methods or apparatus for forecasting one or more election outcomes are described.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC COUPON MANAGEMENT
Granted: January 30, 2014
Application Number:
20140032336
An electronic coupon management system includes a coupon server apparatus. The coupon server apparatus includes an interface unit, a commercial facility ID (Identification) retaining unit, a submission receiving unit, an electronic coupon generating unit, and an electronic coupon publicizing unit. The interface unit is publicized to an external terminal apparatus via a network. The commercial facility ID (Identification) retaining unit retains commercial facility IDs. The submission…
LOCATION RETARGETING SYSTEM FOR ONLINE ADVERTISING
Granted: January 30, 2014
Application Number:
20140032326
A system for retargeting customers is based on a mobile device query initiated by a user, and includes a query module configured to receive a query with geographical information from the mobile device and determine geographical identifiers of the mobile device. An indexed database stores an aggregated plurality of customers having a geographical identifier proximate to the determined geographical area, and a processor selects an advertiser located proximate to the determined geographical…
INVENTORY CONTRIBUTION RULES FOR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Granted: January 30, 2014
Application Number:
20140032305
Systems and methods for managing inventory in an online advertising system are described herein. The inventory may comprise advertisement (“ad”) impressions. In accordance with certain implementations, the systems and methods enable advertisers to target groups of inventory (e.g., “run of” inventory groups) made available by publishers and sold at a non-premium rate, while also enabling the publishers to selectively designate certain inventory within a given inventory group as…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING A MOBILE APPLICATION BASED ONLINE ADVERTISING SYSTEM
Granted: January 30, 2014
Application Number:
20140032302
A system may provide for mobile application based online advertising via mobile application interface. A database may be configured to store data corresponding to a plurality of visual elements for rending an advertisement. An advertising server may be in operative communication with the database and configured to receive requests for advertisement campaigns. A mobile interface may allow submission of information relating to an advertisement campaign to the advertising server. A…
METHOD, SYSTEM AND SERVER FOR SPEECH SYNTHESIS
Granted: January 16, 2014
Application Number:
20140019137
A speech synthesis system synthesizes speech using a reading text and a speech dictionary set, and includes a server apparatus. The server apparatus includes an interface unit open to the public; a speech input reception unit that receives an input of speech from an external terminal through the interface unit to generate a speech dictionary set; a registration information reception unit that receives registration information relating to a speech owner who inputs the speech from the…
IMPRESSION-TREND TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING A DISPLAY ADVERTISING SUPPLY FORECAST
Granted: January 16, 2014
Application Number:
20140019232
Techniques are described herein for using an impression-trend technique to provide a display advertising supply forecast. A display advertising supply forecast is an estimate of a number of impressions, which are to occur in a future time period, that have specified attribute values. For example, the specified attribute values may be descriptive of impressions with respect to which an advertiser wishes to place ads. An impression-trend technique is a forecasting technique that uses…
