公开(公告)号：US07782866B1

公开(公告)日：2010-08-24

申请号：US11536868

申请日：2006-09-29

申请人： Richard J. Walsh ,  Alfredo C. Issa ,  Christopher M. Amidon ,  James Evans ,  Jens Hillen

发明人： Richard J. Walsh ,  Alfredo C. Issa ,  Christopher M. Amidon ,  James Evans ,  Jens Hillen

IPC分类号： H04L12/28 ,  G06F15/173 ,  G06F17/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/104 ,  H04L63/104 ,  H04L67/1046 ,  H04L67/20 ,  H04L67/2809

摘要： The present invention relates to a virtual peer for a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. In general, the virtual peer is a logical construct enabling a number of virtual peer members to appear as a single peer node in the P2P network. In operation, a sponsoring agent creates and registers a virtual peer including a number of virtual peer members with the P2P network. Once registered, the virtual peer appears as a new peer node in the P2P network, wherein the sponsoring agent operates as the communication end-point for the virtual peer in the P2P network. Thereafter, when the sponsoring agent receives an incoming message on behalf of the virtual peer, the sponsoring agent sends the incoming message to one or more of the virtual peer members.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及对等（P2P）网络的虚拟对等体。 一般而言，虚拟对等体是使多个虚拟对等体成员在P2P网络中显示为单个对等节点的逻辑结构。 在运营中，赞助代理创建并注册包含多个虚拟对等体成员的虚拟对等体与P2P网络。 一旦注册，虚拟对等体在P2P网络中显示为新的对等节点，其中赞助代理作为P2P网络中的虚拟对等体的通信端点操作。 此后，当赞助代理人代表虚拟对等体接收到传入消息时，赞助代理将传入消息发送到一个或多个虚拟对等体成员。

公开(公告)号：US07764701B1

公开(公告)日：2010-07-27

申请号：US11359629

申请日：2006-02-22

申请人： Alfredo C Issa ,  Richard J. Walsh

发明人： Alfredo C Issa ,  Richard J. Walsh

IPC分类号： H04L12/28 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L67/104

摘要： Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for classifying peer systems to an ontology. The ontology is stored in memory of a central server. A classification request is received to classify a peer system to the ontology. Peer information is also stored for each peer system associated with a node in the ontology. The peer information is sent to the peer system, thus informing the peer system of other peers associated with the same node.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于将对等系统分类到本体的方法，系统和产品。 本体存储在中央服务器的存储器中。 接收到分类请求以将对等系统分类到本体。 对于与本体中的节点相关联的每个对等体系统也存储对等体信息。 对等体信息被发送到对等体系统，从而向对等体系统通知与同一节点相关联的其他对等体。

公开(公告)号：US20090288131A1

公开(公告)日：2009-11-19

申请号：US12119625

申请日：2008-05-13

申请人： Kunal Kandekar ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  Alfredo C. Issa ,  Ravi Reddy Katpelly ,  Scott Curtis

发明人： Kunal Kandekar ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  Alfredo C. Issa ,  Ravi Reddy Katpelly ,  Scott Curtis

IPC分类号： H04N7/173 ,  H04M3/42

CPC分类号： H04N21/4532 ,  G06F16/435 ,  G06F16/4393 ,  G06F16/48 ,  H04N21/4325

摘要： Systems and methods are disclosed for providing advance content alerts during playback of a media item. In one embodiment, the advance content alerts are provided to a mobile device, such as a mobile telephone, of an associated user. More specifically, a user registers his or her mobile device with a media player and configures the types of content for which the user would like to receive advance content alerts. Thereafter, during playback of a media item, the media player identifies upcoming content for which the user desires an advance content alert. In response, the media player generates an advance content alert and sends the advance content alert to the mobile device of the user via, for example, a local wireless communication link.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于在回放媒体项目期间提供提前内容警报的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，将提前内容警报提供给相关用户的移动设备，例如移动电话。 更具体地，用户向媒体播放器注册他或她的移动设备，并且配置用户希望接收到提前内容警报的内容的类型。 此后，在播放媒体项目期间，媒体播放器识别用户期望提前内容警报的即将到来的内容。 作为响应，媒体播放器生成提前内容警报，并且经由例如本地无线通信链路将提前内容警报发送到用户的移动设备。

公开(公告)号：US08806516B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-12

申请号：US12193844

申请日：2008-08-19

申请人： Kunal Kandekar ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Kunal Kandekar ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： H04H60/33 ,  H04N5/445

CPC分类号： G06F17/30722 ,  G06F17/30017 ,  G06F17/30244 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04H60/65 ,  H04H60/80 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04L67/22 ,  H04L67/30 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4661 ,  H04N21/4756 ,  H04N21/8113

摘要： A method and system for constructing and presenting a consumption profile, a rating profile, or both a consumption profile and a rating profile for a media item are provided. In general, consumption of a media item by a number of first users is tracked. Thereafter, before and/or during playback of the media item by a second user, a consumption profile for the media item is constructed and presented to the second user. In addition to or as an alternative to tracking consumption of the media item by the first users, ratings for the media item may be obtained from all or a subset of the first users. Thereafter, before and/or during playback of the media item by the second user, a rating profile for the media item is constructed and presented to the second user.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于构建和呈现用于媒体项目的消费简档，评级简档或消费简档和评级简档的方法和系统。 通常，跟踪多个第一用户的媒体项目的消费。 此后，在由第二用户重放媒体项目之前和/或期间，构建媒体项目的消费简档并将其呈现给第二用户。 除了作为第一用户跟踪消费媒体项目的替代方案之外，媒体项目的评级可以从第一用户的全部或一部分获得。 此后，在由第二用户重放媒体项目之前和/或期间，构建媒体项目的评级简档并将其呈现给第二用户。

公开(公告)号：US20100050202A1

公开(公告)日：2010-02-25

申请号：US12193844

申请日：2008-08-19

申请人： Kunal Kandekar ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Kunal Kandekar ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： H04H60/32 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30722 ,  G06F17/30017 ,  G06F17/30244 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04H60/65 ,  H04H60/80 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04L67/22 ,  H04L67/30 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4661 ,  H04N21/4756 ,  H04N21/8113

摘要： A method and system for constructing and presenting a consumption profile, a rating profile, or both a consumption profile and a rating profile for a media item are provided. In general, consumption of a media item by a number of first users is tracked. Thereafter, before and/or during playback of the media item by a second user, a consumption profile for the media item is constructed and presented to the second user. In addition to or as an alternative to tracking consumption of the media item by the first users, ratings for the media item may be obtained from all or a subset of the first users. Thereafter, before and/or during playback of the media item by the second user, a rating profile for the media item is constructed and presented to the second user.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于构建和呈现用于媒体项目的消费简档，评级简档或消费简档和评级简档的方法和系统。 通常，跟踪多个第一用户的媒体项目的消费。 此后，在由第二用户重放媒体项目之前和/或期间，构建媒体项目的消费简档并将其呈现给第二用户。 除了作为第一用户跟踪消费媒体项目的替代方案之外，媒体项目的评级可以从第一用户的全部或一部分获得。 此后，在由第二用户重放媒体项目之前和/或期间，构建媒体项目的评级简档并将其呈现给第二用户。

公开(公告)号：US20090313546A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-17

申请号：US12139676

申请日：2008-06-16

申请人： Ravi Reddy Katpelly ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  Hugh Svendsen ,  Scott Curtis

发明人： Ravi Reddy Katpelly ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  Hugh Svendsen ,  Scott Curtis

IPC分类号： G06F3/048

CPC分类号： H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/23439 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/26603 ,  H04N21/2743 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/854

摘要： The present invention relates to providing automatic or programmatic editing of video items. More specifically, in the preferred embodiments, an auto-editing function is provided for performing auto-editing of video items shared via a video sharing service.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及提供视频项目的自动或编程编辑。 更具体地，在优选实施例中，提供自动编辑功能，用于执行通过视频共享服务共享的视频项目的自动编辑。

公开(公告)号：US09161157B2

公开(公告)日：2015-10-13

申请号：US12950527

申请日：2010-11-19

申请人： Gregory M. Evans ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  Eric Gregg

发明人： Gregory M. Evans ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  Eric Gregg

IPC分类号： H04H20/71 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/04 ,  H04W12/08

CPC分类号： H04W76/023 ,  H04L63/107 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/021 ,  H04W4/043 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/08 ,  H04W76/14

摘要： A method and apparatus for managing communications between a mobile device and a machine. A mobile device wirelessly discovers a first machine that is adapted to wirelessly communicate attribute information about the first machine upon receipt of an authorization indication. The mobile device sends a machine identifier (ID) obtained from the first machine to a server. The mobile device receives an authorization indication from the server that authorizes communication with the first machine. The mobile device sends the authorization indication to the first machine, and in response to sending the authorization indication, receives attribute information from the first machine.

摘要翻译： 一种用于管理移动设备和机器之间的通信的方法和设备。 移动设备无线地发现适于在接收到授权指示时无线地传送关于第一机器的属性信息的第一机器。 移动设备将从第一机器获得的机器标识符（ID）发送到服务器。 移动设备从服务器接收授权与第一机器进行通信的授权指示。 移动设备向第一机器发送授权指示，响应于发送授权指示，从第一机器接收属性信息。

公开(公告)号：US08433656B1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-30

申请号：US11762459

申请日：2007-06-13

申请人： James Evans ,  Richard J. Walsh

发明人： James Evans ,  Richard J. Walsh

IPC分类号： G06F21/00

CPC分类号： G06F21/629 ,  G06F21/30 ,  G06F21/6236 ,  G06F2221/2115 ,  H04L63/104 ,  H04L63/123

摘要： A group licensing scheme for validating groups of virtual objects within a distributed virtual world is provided. Each of a number of distributed virtual world servers hosts a cell, or virtual space, of the virtual world. In operation, a first virtual world server categorizes virtual objects into a number of groups. Either before or after creating the groups, the first virtual world server validates each virtual object individually. Once the virtual objects are validated and the groups are formed, the first virtual world server generates a group license for each of the groups. When a group of virtual objects or an avatar associated with one or more groups of virtual objects moves to a virtual space hosted by a second virtual world server, the corresponding group licenses are provided to the second virtual world server, which validates the one or more groups of virtual objects based on the group licenses.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于验证分布式虚拟世界中的虚拟对象组的组授权方案。 多个分布式虚拟世界服务器中的每一个托管虚拟世界的单元或虚拟空间。 在操作中，第一虚拟世界服务器将虚拟对象分成多个组。 在创建组之前或之后，第一个虚拟世界服务器会单独验证每个虚拟对象。 一旦验证了虚拟对象并形成了组，则第一个虚拟世界服务器为每个组生成组许可证。 当一组虚拟对象或与一组或多组虚拟对象相关联的化身移动到由第二虚拟世界服务器托管的虚拟空间时，将相应的组许可证提供给第二虚拟世界服务器，该第二虚拟世界服务器验证一个或多个 基于组许可证的虚拟对象组。

公开(公告)号：US08135018B1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-13

申请号：US11693152

申请日：2007-03-29

申请人： Kunal Kandekar ,  Richard J. Walsh

发明人： Kunal Kandekar ,  Richard J. Walsh

IPC分类号： H04L12/56

CPC分类号： A63F13/352 ,  A63F2300/51 ,  A63F2300/53 ,  A63F2300/5533 ,  A63F2300/8082 ,  H04L29/12066 ,  H04L61/1511 ,  H04L67/104 ,  H04L67/38

摘要： A message propagation scheme for a distributed virtual world is provided. In general, each of a number of peer servers hosts a cell of the virtual world, where the cell is also referred to herein as a virtual space. A peer server issues an advertisement/subscription (ad/sub) message, or message flow path setup message, identifying message types produced by the virtual objects in the virtual space hosted by the peer server and message types consumed by the virtual objects in the virtual space hosted by the peer server. Based on the ad/sub message, for each message type produced, message flow paths from the peer server to other peer servers hosting virtual objects that are consumers of the message type are identified. Likewise, for each message type consumed, message paths from other peer servers hosting virtual objects that are producers of the message type to the peer server are identified.

摘要翻译： 提供了分布式虚拟世界的消息传播方案。 一般来说，多个对等服务器中的每一个托管虚拟世界的单元，其中单元在这里也称为虚拟空间。 对等服务器发布广告/订阅（广告/子）消息或消息流路径建立消息，识别由对等服务器托管的虚拟空间中的虚拟对象产生的消息类型以及虚拟对象在虚拟对象中消耗的消息类型 由对等服务器托管的空间。 基于广告/子消息，对于生成的每个消息类型，识别从对等服务器到托管作为消息类型的消费者的虚拟对象的其他对等服务器的消息流路径。 同样，对于消耗的每个消息类型，标识了将来自作为消息类型的生成者的虚拟对象的其他对等服务器的消息路径发送到对等服务器。

公开(公告)号：US07818336B1

公开(公告)日：2010-10-19

申请号：US11512540

申请日：2006-08-30

申请人： Christopher M. Amidon ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  James Evans

发明人： Christopher M. Amidon ,  Richard J. Walsh ,  James Evans

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30864

摘要： Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for searching social networks. A device is encountered that sends a query. The query comprises a search packet. A content search is performed according to a query parameter described by the search packet. The content search is then repeatedly performed according to a duration parameter described by the search packet.

摘要翻译： 公开了搜索社交网络的方法，系统和产品。 遇到发送查询的设备。 查询包括搜索包。 根据由搜索包描述的查询参数来执行内容搜索。 然后根据由搜索包描述的持续时间参数重复执行内容搜索。