公开(公告)号：US06674452B1

公开(公告)日：2004-01-06

申请号：US09543218

申请日：2000-04-05

申请人： Reiner Kraft ,  Qi Lu ,  Shang-Hua Teng

发明人： Reiner Kraft ,  Qi Lu ,  Shang-Hua Teng

IPC分类号： G06F1730

CPC分类号： G06F17/30758 ,  G06F17/30017 ,  G06F17/30743 ,  G06F17/30749 ,  Y10S707/99943

摘要： A According to the invention, a music search system includes a music player, music analyzer, a search engine and a sophisticated user interface that enables users to visually build complex query profiles from the structural information of one or more musical pieces. The complex query profiles are useful for performing searches for musical pieces matching the structural information in the query profile. The system allows the user to supply an existing piece of music, or some components thereof, as query arguments, and lets the music search engine find music that is similar to the given sample by certain similarity measurement.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明，音乐搜索系统包括音乐播放器，音乐分析器，搜索引擎和复杂的用户界面，使得用户能够从一个或多个音乐作品的结构信息可视地构建复杂的查询配置文件。 复杂查询配置文件对于执行与查询配置文件中的结构信息匹配的音乐作品的搜索很有用。 该系统允许用户提供现有的音乐片段或其一些组件作为查询参数，并且使得音乐搜索引擎通过某种相似性度量来找到与给定样本类似的音乐。

公开(公告)号：US06654735B1

公开(公告)日：2003-11-25

申请号：US09227225

申请日：1999-01-08

申请人： Matthias Eichstaedt ,  Qi Lu ,  Shang-Hua Teng

发明人： Matthias Eichstaedt ,  Qi Lu ,  Shang-Hua Teng

IPC分类号： G06F1730

CPC分类号： G06F17/30867 ,  Y10S707/917 ,  Y10S707/922 ,  Y10S707/99932 ,  Y10S707/99933 ,  Y10S707/99939

摘要： A system for automatically generating user interest profiles and delivering information to users learns a user's interests by monitoring the user's outbound communication streams, i.e., the information that the user produces either by typing (e.g., while a user is composing an e-mail message or editing a word processor document) or by speaking (e.g., while a user is engaged in a phone conversation or listening to a lecture). The system uses the monitored text to build (and possibly update) a user interest profile. The profile is constructed from current text generated by the user, so that the retrieved information reflects present user interests. In addition, the profile may also retain past user interests, so that the profile reflects a combination of past and present user interests. The system then automatically queries diverse databases for information relevant to the interest profile. The databases may include internet web pages, files stored on the user's local network, and other local or remote data repositories. The queries may use a combination of internet search engines, the specific selection of which may depend upon the nature and/or content of the queries. The information retrieved in response to the queries is then presented to the user. The retrieved information may contain, for example, answers to questions that the user might ask and/or data related to the user's current and continuing interests. Because a user's current speech or typed text is highly correlated with the user's current interests, the retrieved information will be relevant to the user's actual interests. The communication stream monitoring, interest profile building, data base querying, and presentation of retrieved information are all performed automatically, in real time, and in the background of current user activities.

摘要翻译： 用于自动生成用户兴趣简档并向用户传递信息的系统通过监视用户的出站通信流来学习用户的兴趣，即用户通过键入产生的信息（例如，当用户正在撰写电子邮件消息或 编辑文字处理器文档）或通过说话（例如，当用户进行电话交谈或听讲座时）。 系统使用受监控的文本构建（并可能更新）用户兴趣简档。 该配置文件由用户生成的当前文本构建，以便所检索的信息反映了用户的兴趣。 此外，简档也可以保留过去的用户兴趣，使得简档反映了过去和现在的用户兴趣的组合。 然后，系统会自动查询不同的数据库以获取与兴趣资料相关的信息。 数据库可以包括互联网网页，存储在用户的本地网络上的文件以及其他本地或远程数据存储库。 查询可以使用互联网搜索引擎的组合，其特定选择可以取决于查询的性质和/或内容。 然后将响应于查询检索的信息呈现给用户。 检索到的信息可以包含例如用户可能询问的问题的答案和/或与用户当前和持续兴趣相关的数据。 由于用户当前的语音或类型的文本与用户当前的兴趣高度相关，所检索的信息将与用户的实际兴趣相关。 通信流监控，兴趣信息构建，数据库查询和检索信息的呈现都是在当前用户活动的背景下实时自动执行的。

公开(公告)号：US06563494B1

公开(公告)日：2003-05-13

申请号：US09168854

申请日：1998-10-08

申请人： Matthias Eichstaedt ,  John Pete Lazarus ,  Qi Lu

发明人： Matthias Eichstaedt ,  John Pete Lazarus ,  Qi Lu

IPC分类号： G09G500

CPC分类号： G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/03545

摘要： A stylus includes a wireless transceiver, a processor controlling the transceiver, and a data storage device. Data can be selected on a first computer such as a first personal digital assistant (PDA) and then transmitted via wireless link to the stylus, when the user manipulates a button on the stylus to signal to the operating system of the first PDA that it is ready to receive data. The data is transmitted to the stylus and stored therein. Then, the stylus is aimed at a second PDA and the button is manipulated to cause the stylus to transmit the data to the second PDA via wireless link. With this invention, users of the PDAs can, e.g., quickly and efficiently exchange business cards electronically, without excessive manual data entry and without resorting to connecting their PDAs to a network.

摘要翻译： 触笔包括无线收发器，控制收发器的处理器和数据存储设备。 可以在诸如第一个人数字助理（PDA）的第一计算机上选择数据，然后经由无线链路传送到触控笔，当用户操纵触控笔上的按钮以向第一PDA的操作系统发信号 准备接收数据。 数据被传送到触控笔并存储在其中。 然后，触针针对第二PDA，并且操作该按钮以使得触控笔经由无线链路将数据发送到第二PDA。 利用本发明，PDA的用户可以例如快速有效地以电子方式交换名片，而不需要过多的手动数据输入，而不需要将其PDA连接到网络。

公开(公告)号：US06499052B1

公开(公告)日：2002-12-24

申请号：US09372350

申请日：1999-08-11

申请人： Phu Hoang ,  Qi Lu

发明人： Phu Hoang ,  Qi Lu

IPC分类号： G06F1516

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q30/0621

摘要： According to the present invention, an electronic commerce method and system for referencing remote merchant sites at a local commerce site is provided. The local commerce site may also be a remote merchant integration server (RMIS). The remote commerce site may also be a remote merchant site. The remote merchant site may be a website of a merchant. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the electronic commerce method and system for referencing remote merchant sites at a local commerce site includes the following: session managing a client request from a user client and a cookie stripped merchant response, where the session managing includes generating a processed remote merchant integration server (RMIS) response related to a merchant cookie and to the cookie stripped merchant response; traffic relaying the client request and a content transformed merchant response, where the traffic relaying includes generating a processed client request related to the client request, removing the merchant cookie from the content transformed merchant response, and generating the cookie stripped merchant response related to the content transformed merchant response; service integrating the processed client request; and content transforming a merchant response from the remote merchant site, where the content transforming includes generating the content transformed merchant response related to the merchant response.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明，提供了一种用于在本地商业场所引用远程商家站点的电子商务方法和系统。 本地商业网站也可能是远程商家集成服务器（RMIS）。 远程商业网站也可能是远程商家网站。 远程商家站点可以是商家的网站。 在本发明的示例性实施例中，用于在本地商务站点处引用远程商家站点的电子商务方法和系统包括以下：会话管理来自用户客户端的客户端请求以及cookie剥离的商家响应，其中会话管理包括 生成与商家cookie相关的经处理的远程商家集成服务器（RMIS）响应以及cookie剥离的商家响应; 业务中继客户端请求和内容转换的商家响应，其中业务中继包括生成与客户端请求相关的经处理的客户端请求，从内容转换的商家响应中移除商家cookie，以及生成与内容相关的cookie剥离的商家响应 转变商人回应; 服务集成处理的客户端请求; 以及从所述远程商家站点转换商家响应的内容，其中所述内容变换包括生成与所述商家响应相关的内容转换的商家响应。

公开(公告)号：US06385619B1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-07

申请号：US09227117

申请日：1999-01-08

申请人： Matthias Eichstaedt ,  Qi Lu ,  Shang-Hua Teng

发明人： Matthias Eichstaedt ,  Qi Lu ,  Shang-Hua Teng

IPC分类号： G06F1730

CPC分类号： G06F17/30867 ,  Y10S707/956 ,  Y10S707/99931 ,  Y10S707/99932 ,  Y10S707/99935 ,  Y10S707/99936 ,  Y10S707/99945

摘要： A system generates user interest profiles by monitoring and analyzing a user's access to a variety of hierarchical levels within a set of structured documents, e.g., documents available at a web site. Each information document has parts associated with it and the documents are classified into categories using a known taxonomy. The user interest profiles are automatically generated based on the type of content viewed by the user. The type of content is determined by the text within the parts of the documents viewed and the classifications of the documents viewed. In addition, the profiles also are generated based on other factors including the frequency and currency of visits to documents having a given classification, and/or the hierarchical depth of the levels or parts of the documents viewed. User profiles include an interest category code and an interest score to indicate a level of interest in a particular category. The profiles are updated automatically to accurately reflect the current interests of an individual, as well as past interests. A time-dependent decay factor is applied to the past interests. The system presents to the user documents or references to documents that match the current profile.

摘要翻译： 系统通过监视和分析用户对一组结构化文档（例如，在网站上可获得的文档）中的各种层级的访问来生成用户兴趣简档。 每个信息文档都具有与之相关的部分，并且使用已知分类法将文档分类为类别。 基于用户观看的内容类型，自动生成用户兴趣简档。 内容的类型由所查阅文档的部分内容和查看的文档的分类决定。 另外，还可以基于包括对具有给定分类的文档的访问的频率和货币的其他因素和/或所查看的文档的级别或部分的分级深度来生成简档。 用户资料包括兴趣类别代码和利益分数，以指示特定类别的兴趣水平。 配置文件将自动更新，以准确反映个人的当前利益以及过去的兴趣。 时间依赖衰变因子适用于过去的兴趣。 系统向用户提供与当前配置文件匹配的文档或文档。

公开(公告)号：US06282553B1

公开(公告)日：2001-08-28

申请号：US09185546

申请日：1998-11-04

申请人： Myron Dale Flickner ,  Qi Lu ,  Carlos Hitoshi Morimoto

发明人： Myron Dale Flickner ,  Qi Lu ,  Carlos Hitoshi Morimoto

IPC分类号： G06F300

CPC分类号： G06F3/013 ,  G07F7/10 ,  G07F19/20 ,  G07F19/201 ,  G07F19/205 ,  H04M1/23 ,  H04M1/56

摘要： A system for secure data entry, includes a virtual keypad having a plurality of keys, a mechanism for determining to which virtual key of the keypad a user is looking, and an actuator, operable by the user, for confirming key selection. Another system for secure data entry, includes a virtual keypad having a plurality of keys, an eye tracker for tracking eye movement of a user, and for receiving a coded input from an eye movement of the user gazing upon at least a selected one of the keys of the virtual keypad, and an actuator for being selectively actuated by the user upon confirmation of the coded input by the user.

摘要翻译： 一种用于安全数据输入的系统，包括具有多个键的虚拟键盘，用于确定用户正在查看的键盘的哪个虚拟键的机构以及用户可操作的用于确认键选择的致动器。 用于安全数据输入的另一系统包括具有多个键的虚拟键盘，用于跟踪用户的眼睛运动的眼睛跟踪器，以及用于从用户的眼睛运动中接收编码的输入，注视至少一个所选择的一个 虚拟键盘的键，以及用户在确认用户的编码输入时由用户选择性地致动的致动器。

公开(公告)号：US06169989A

公开(公告)日：2001-01-02

申请号：US09082747

申请日：1998-05-21

申请人： Matthias Eichstaedt ,  Qi Lu ,  Shang-Hua Teng

发明人： Matthias Eichstaedt ,  Qi Lu ,  Shang-Hua Teng

IPC分类号： G06F1700

CPC分类号： G06Q30/0283 ,  G06F17/30867 ,  Y10S707/99932 ,  Y10S707/99945

摘要： A method and apparatus for efficiently matching a large collection of user profiles against a large volume of data in a webcasting system. The invention generally includes in one embodiment four steps to parallelize the profiles. First, an initial profile set is partitioned into several subsets also referred to as sub-partitions using various heuristic methods. Second, each sub-partition is mapped onto one or more independent processing units. Each processing unit is not required to have equal processing performance. However, for best performance results, subset data should be mapped in one embodiment where the subset with a highest cost is mapped to a fastest processor, and the next highest cost subset mapped to the next fastest processor. Where appropriate, the invention evaluates the relative subset processing speed of each processor and adjusts future subset mapping based upon these evaluations. For each information item I that needs to be matched with a profile predicate, a third and a fourth step are executed. The third step broadcasts I to all processing units, and a fourth step performs a sequential profile match on I.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在网络广播系统中有效地匹配大量用户简档与大量数据的方法和装置。 本发明通常在一个实施例中包括四个步骤来并行化轮廓。 首先，使用各种启发式方法将初始配置文件集划分为几个也称为子分区的子集。 第二，每个子分区映射到一个或多个独立的处理单元。 每个处理单元不需要具有相同的处理性能。 然而，为获得最佳性能结果，应在一个实施例中映射子集数据，其中具有最高成本的子集被映射到最快的处理器，并且将下一个最高成本子集映射到下一个最快的处理器。 在适当的情况下，本发明评估每个处理器的相对子集处理速度，并根据这些评估调整未来的子集映射。 对于需要与配置文件谓词匹配的每个信息项I，执行第三和第四步骤。 第三步将I广播到所有处理单元，第四步对I执行顺序配置文件匹配。

公开(公告)号：US6137488A

公开(公告)日：2000-10-24

申请号：US124565

申请日：1998-07-29

申请人： Reiner Kraft ,  Qi Lu ,  Ron Yair Pinter

发明人： Reiner Kraft ,  Qi Lu ,  Ron Yair Pinter

IPC分类号： G06F3/023 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F17/24 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/243 ,  G06F3/04895 ,  Y10S707/99934 ,  Y10S707/99943

摘要： A computer system enables a user to conveniently fill-out, configure, and submit a structure of interrelated data fields, where the order and type of linking between the fields is user selected. A graphical user interface presents a field template having one or more data fields. The user may extend the electronic form by selecting an expand form field; in response to selection of the expand field, the user interface adds a second field template and a connective field to the display. This second template, like the first, includes one or more data fields. Using a connective field, the user identifies a logical relationship between the first field template and the second field template. For instance, the user may select from Boolean or other connective terms to construct a form having a complex format of interrelated fields. As each new field template is added with its corresponding connective field, the user interface also presents a nesting icon, allowing the user to establish a logical hierarchy between the various field templates.

摘要翻译： 计算机系统使得用户能够方便地填写，配置和提交相关数据字段的结构，其中字段之间的链接的顺序和类型被用户选择。 图形用户界面呈现具有一个或多个数据字段的字段模板。 用户可以通过选择展开表单字段来扩展电子表单; 响应于扩展字段的选择，用户界面向显示器添加第二字段模板和连接字段。 第二个模板，如第一个模板，包含一个或多个数据字段。 使用连接字段，用户识别第一个字段模板和第二个字段模板之间的逻辑关系。 例如，用户可以从布尔或其他连接术语中选择构造具有相关字段的复杂格式的形式。 当每个新的字段模板添加其对应的连接字段时，用户界面还呈现嵌套图标，允许用户在各种字段模板之间建立逻辑层次结构。

公开(公告)号：US6108645A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-22

申请号：US978737

申请日：1997-11-26

申请人： Matthias Eichstaedt ,  Qi Lu

发明人： Matthias Eichstaedt ,  Qi Lu

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30867 ,  Y10S707/99931 ,  Y10S707/99944

摘要： A method and apparatus for efficiently matching a large collection of user profiles against a large volume of data in a webcasting system. The method removes redundant patterns in user profiles and information content to improve matching performance based on a Boolean-based query language. Users can select desired information content by choosing a set of predicates to assert the properties for each cyberspace document desired. Boolean operators of AND, OR and NOT connect predicates together on the information items that will be pushed to them. The method includes dynamic cost/credit adjustment based profile indexing and matching.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在网络广播系统中有效地匹配大量用户简档与大量数据的方法和装置。 该方法消除用户配置文件和信息内容中的冗余模式，以提高基于布尔型查询语言的匹配性能。 用户可以通过选择一组谓词来选择所需的信息内容，以断言所需的每个网络空间文档的属性。 AND，OR和NOT的布尔运算符在将要推送给它们的信息项上连接谓词。 该方法包括基于动态成本/信用调整的轮廓索引和匹配。

公开(公告)号：US09324080B2

公开(公告)日：2016-04-26

申请号：US11322529

申请日：2005-12-30

申请人： Thomas Joshua Shafron ,  Qi Lu ,  Ashish Baldua

发明人： Thomas Joshua Shafron ,  Qi Lu ,  Ashish Baldua

IPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06Q20/12 ,  G06Q30/06

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06Q20/12 ,  G06Q30/0601 ,  G06Q30/0609 ,  G06Q30/0617

摘要： A method of modifying an Internet browser interface to provide shopping assistant functionality facilitating on-line shopping at a supported merchant Internet site. A wallet created in accordance with the present invention comprises a database having various user data stored therein under certain predetermined field names. A supported merchant data file identifies a plurality of supported merchants and enables the modified browser interface to determine when a shopper has navigated to a supported merchant web site. For each supported merchant, a rules and mapping file is created that may be used in connection with the wallet to map user-provided information in the wallet to corresponding fields in the merchant's check-out web page. When a user navigates to a supported merchant web site and desires to purchase merchandise and/or services from that merchant, the wallet automatically fills out the merchant's check-out web page(s), thereby simplifying on-line shopping and particularly, the check-out process.