公开(公告)号：US07191338B2

公开(公告)日：2007-03-13

申请号：US10335019

申请日：2002-12-31

申请人： Edith H. Stern ,  Barry E. Willner

发明人： Edith H. Stern ,  Barry E. Willner

IPC分类号： G01L5/06 ,  G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G09G5/00 ,  G06F21/84 ,  H04N13/275 ,  H04N13/286 ,  H04N13/341 ,  H04N13/398 ,  H04N2013/403 ,  H04N2213/008

摘要： A method for securely providing privately viewable data in a publicly viewable display can include interspersing private data frames among public data frames according to a sequencing pattern. A syncstream can be encoded based upon a syncstream mask. More particularly, the syncstream can specify when to activate shutters in a set of active glasses in synchronization with the sequencing pattern. Notably, an encryption key pair can be generated having a public key and a private key. Using the public key, the syncstream mask can be encrypted and forwarded to a pair of active glasses. Once received in the active glasses, the encrypted syncstream mask can be decrypted with the private key. Finally, the decrypted syncstream mask can be applied to the encoded syncstream to determine when to activate the shutters in the active glasses.

摘要翻译： 在公开可视显示器中安全地提供私人可视数据的方法可以包括根据排序模式在公共数据帧之间散布专用数据帧。 可以基于同步流掩码编码同步流。 更具体地，同步流可以指定何时在一组活动眼镜中与排序模式同步地激活快门。 值得注意的是，可以生成具有公钥和私钥的加密密钥对。 使用公共密钥，同步流掩码可以被加密并转发到一副活跃的眼镜。 一旦接收到活动眼镜中，加密的同步码掩码可以用私钥解密。 最后，解密的同步码掩码可以应用于编码的同步流，以确定何时激活活动眼镜中的百叶窗。

公开(公告)号：US07072839B2

公开(公告)日：2006-07-04

申请号：US09790090

申请日：2001-02-21

申请人： Barry E. Willner ,  Edith H. Stern ,  Paul A. Moskowitz ,  Samuel Dinkin ,  Philip S. Yu ,  David P. Greene ,  William Grey

发明人： Barry E. Willner ,  Edith H. Stern ,  Paul A. Moskowitz ,  Samuel Dinkin ,  Philip S. Yu ,  David P. Greene ,  William Grey

IPC分类号： G06Q99/00

CPC分类号： B67D7/08 ,  B60S5/02 ,  B67D2007/0442 ,  G06Q20/20

摘要： Systems and methods are provided wherein a consumable item parameter is exchanged between a consumable item and a consuming device. According to one embodiment, a consumable item parameter request is transmitted to a device associated with a consumable item, and the consumable item parameter is then received. The device may comprise, for example, the consumable item or a device associated with dispensing the consumable item. The device may also comprise, for example, a device associated with a consumption of the consumable item, a device adapted to control a consumption of the consumable item, or a device that consumes the consumable item.

公开(公告)号：US07016968B2

公开(公告)日：2006-03-21

申请号：US09888181

申请日：2001-06-22

申请人： Barry E. Willner ,  Philip Shi-lung Yu ,  David P. Greene ,  Edith H. Stern

发明人： Barry E. Willner ,  Philip Shi-lung Yu ,  David P. Greene ,  Edith H. Stern

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L67/2819 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L67/2842 ,  H04L67/289 ,  H04L67/36

摘要： A system, method, apparatus, and computer program code for providing content to a device, wherein operation of the device may be interrupted as a result of a display of content by the device. According to embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of content segments can be identified or selected. In addition, a device (e.g., computer, cellular telephone, personal digital assistant) associated with a recipient of the content segments can be identified or selected. The content segments can then be provided to the device in such a way that display of a content segment by the device may interrupt operation of the device, thereby providing focus on the content segment.

公开(公告)号：US06597328B1

公开(公告)日：2003-07-22

申请号：US09640121

申请日：2000-08-16

申请人： Edith H. Stern ,  Barry E. Willner

发明人： Edith H. Stern ,  Barry E. Willner

IPC分类号： G09G500

CPC分类号： G09G5/00 ,  G09G3/001 ,  H04N13/341 ,  H04N2013/403

摘要： A method for providing privately viewable data in a publically viewable display includes the steps of: positioning obscuring lights proximate to the publicly viewable display; generating a sequencing pattern; generating a data signal, the data signal comprising private data frames; providing the data signal to the publicly viewable display; activating and deactivating obscuring lights according to the sequencing pattern; and, opening and closing a shuttered display in a set of active glasses in accordance with the sequencing pattern. In consequence, a user viewing the display with the active glasses can view the private data while unauthorized viewers without the active glasses can view only the private data obscured by the obscuring lights.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在公共可观看显示器中提供私人可见数据的方法包括以下步骤：将遮蔽光定位成靠近可公开显示的显示器; 产生测序模式; 生成数据信号，所述数据信号包括专用数据帧; 将数据信号提供给可公开显示的显示器; 根据排序模式激活和去激活遮蔽光; 以及根据排序模式打开和关闭一组有源眼镜中的快门显示。 因此，使用活动眼镜观看显示器的用户可以查看私人数据，而没有活动眼镜的未经授权的观看者只能查看被遮蔽光遮蔽的私人数据。

公开(公告)号：US06414914B1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-02

申请号：US09693966

申请日：2000-10-23

申请人： Peter S. Lee ,  Edith H. Stern ,  Barry E. Willner

发明人： Peter S. Lee ,  Edith H. Stern ,  Barry E. Willner

IPC分类号： G11B1722

CPC分类号： G11B27/28 ,  G06F17/30787 ,  G06Q99/00 ,  G11B27/031 ,  G11B27/032 ,  G11B27/034 ,  G11B27/107 ,  G11B2220/20 ,  G11B2220/90

摘要： A multimedia search and indexing for automatic selection of scenes and/or sounds recorded in a media using audio cues for replay in other contexts. Analyzing means analyze the media for audio levels within a set of frequency ranges. Audio clip level setting means set audio clip levels as audio cues for identifying a scene of interest in the media within the set of selected frequency ranges. Generating means generate a list of candidate scenes matching the audio cues in the selected frequency ranges for replay in the other contexts.

摘要翻译： 多媒体搜索和索引，用于自动选择使用音频提示记录在媒体中的场景和/或声音，以在其他上下文中重放。 分析方法分析介质在一组频率范围内的音频电平。 音频剪辑级别设置意味着将音频剪辑级别设置为用于识别所选频率范围集合内的媒体中感兴趣的场景的音频提示。 生成装置产生与所选频率范围中的音频提示相匹配的候选场景的列表，以便在其他上下文中重放。

公开(公告)号：US6163683A

公开(公告)日：2000-12-19

申请号：US256569

申请日：1999-02-24

申请人： James M. Dunn ,  Peter S. Lee ,  Edith H. Stern ,  Barry E. Willner

发明人： James M. Dunn ,  Peter S. Lee ,  Edith H. Stern ,  Barry E. Willner

IPC分类号： H04H20/26 ,  H04H20/40 ,  H04B1/18 ,  H04K1/00

CPC分类号： H04H20/40 ,  H04H20/106 ,  H04H20/22

摘要： A presently disclosed radio broadcasting system for a virtual radio program broadcasting station uses a divided regional approach to broadcast digital and analog signals over a large geographic region divided into multiple overlapping but separate areas constituting small portions of the region. The small areas are served by separate transmission sources/towers supplied from a common source central to the station. The system supports reuse of allocated transmission parameters within non-neighboring small areas in the region. The station is "virtual" because its central source need not be in any of the small areas, and because it uses different transmission parameters in neighboring small areas in a manner that previously would be used by plural different stations. System transmissions include information signals sent in both analog and digital forms. The analog signals representing audibly reproducible programs, and the digital signals include instructions for controlling operations of receiver devices operating in the region. The digital signals also may include audibly reproducible program matter and instructions for controlling insertion of that matter into a program stream defined by analog transmissions. These transmissions are particularly useful for varying tuning parameters of mobile receiver devices disclosed herein to automatically and seamlessly maintain the devices tuned to the respective virtual station throughout the region, while the devices are transported across virtual boundaries between the small areas within the region. The system enables the virtual station to alternately present audible matter of general interest throughout the region and audible matter relevant exclusively to a small area within the region (e.g. advertisements specifying locations and services offered by commercial establishments within a respective area, and announcements specifying locations of public facilities such as libraries, hospitals, etc.). Transmitted digital information is retained in mass storage units associated with receiver devices and is used for adjusting tuning parameters as a device is transported across the small areas of the region, as well as for providing a portion of the program content that is played at the device during such movement.

公开(公告)号：US09235815B2

公开(公告)日：2016-01-12

申请号：US13164214

申请日：2011-06-20

申请人： Patrick O'Sullivan ,  Fred Raguillat ,  Edith H. Stern ,  Barry E. Willner

发明人： Patrick O'Sullivan ,  Fred Raguillat ,  Edith H. Stern ,  Barry E. Willner

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06Q10/00 ,  H04L12/58 ,  H04L29/12

CPC分类号： G06Q10/00 ,  H04L51/063 ,  H04L51/08 ,  H04L51/28 ,  H04L61/1547 ,  H04L61/305 ,  H04L61/3065

摘要： A method, device and computer program product for name resolution in a collaborative environment may include receiving initiation of a collaboration from a user, where the collaboration includes actions from at least two applications. The method may also include determining an identity of the user initiating the collaboration. The method may further include retrieving an alias of the user and attaching the alias of the user to the collaboration.

摘要翻译： 用于协作环境中的名称解析的方法，设备和计算机程序产品可以包括接收来自用户的协作的发起，其中协作包括来自至少两个应用的动作。 该方法还可以包括确定启动协作的用户的身份。 该方法还可以包括检索用户的别名并将用户的别名附加到协作。

公开(公告)号：US20080297488A1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-04

申请号：US12192346

申请日：2008-08-15

申请人： Howard L. Operowsky ,  Edith H. Stern ,  Barry E. Willner

发明人： Howard L. Operowsky ,  Edith H. Stern ,  Barry E. Willner

IPC分类号： G01C21/36 ,  G06F3/041

CPC分类号： G01C21/3629 ,  G01C21/3647 ,  G01C21/365 ,  G02B27/01

摘要： A system and method of providing information (such as directions) to a driver of a vehicle while driving the vehicle without requiring that the driver remove his eyes from looking out the windshield at the road ahead. A positioning device is associated with the vehicle and determines the present location of the vehicle which is compared to a desired location (e.g., the location of a desired turn at an intersection) necessary to reach a preset destination which has been stored. When the vehicle is in a predetermined location (e.g., 500 feet or 10 second before the intersection), an advisory message to the driver is projected onto the windshield using a heads-up display projector so that the driver can prepare for and make the necessary movement (e.g., turning the correct way at the desired intersection). An optional auditory signal can provide a message indicating the necessary action, either in general or specifically (through a speech synthesizer), with optionally different sound indicators, depending on the urgency of the action. A wireless receiver used with the present invention can display other information such as road conditions, traffic and weather information, as well as advertising and e-mail. The present invention contemplates that images of intersections (live pictures, photos or sketches) may be displayed to indicate the proper turn and provide landmark information to assist in determining the appropriate turn.

摘要翻译： 在驾驶车辆的同时向车辆的驾驶员提供信息（例如方向）的系统和方法，而不要求驾驶员在前方的道路上清除他的眼睛以看挡风玻璃。 定位装置与车辆相关联并且确定车辆的当前位置，该车辆的位置与到达已经存储的预定目的地所需的所需位置（例如，交叉点处的期望转弯位置）进行比较。 当车辆处于预定位置（例如在交叉路口之前500英尺或10秒）时，使用平视显示投影仪将驾驶员的咨询消息投影到挡风玻璃上，使得驾驶员可以准备并做出必要的 运动（例如，在所需的交叉点转动正确的方式）。 根据动作的紧迫性，可选的听觉信号可以通常或具体地（通过语音合成器）提供指示必要动作的消息，以及可选地不同的声音指示符。 与本发明一起使用的无线接收机可以显示诸如路况，交通和天气信息以及广告和电子邮件之类的其他信息。 本发明设想可以显示交叉点的图像（实况图片，照片或草图）以指示适当的转弯并提供地标信息以帮助确定适当的转弯。

公开(公告)号：US07433782B2

公开(公告)日：2008-10-07

申请号：US11530782

申请日：2006-09-11

申请人： Howard L. Operowsky ,  Edith H. Stern ,  Barry E. Willner

发明人： Howard L. Operowsky ,  Edith H. Stern ,  Barry E. Willner

IPC分类号： G06G7/78

CPC分类号： G01C21/3629 ,  G01C21/3647 ,  G01C21/365 ,  G02B27/01

摘要： A system and method of providing information (such as directions) to a driver of a vehicle while driving the vehicle without requiring that the driver remove his eyes from looking out the windshield at the road ahead. A positioning device is associated with the vehicle and determines the present location of the vehicle which is compared to a desired location (e.g., the location of a desired turn at an intersection) necessary to reach a preset destination which has been stored. When the vehicle is in a predetermined location (e.g., 500 feet or 10 second before the intersection), an advisory message to the driver is projected onto the windshield using a heads-up display projector so that the driver can prepare for and make the necessary movement (e.g., turning the correct way at the desired intersection). An optional auditory signal can provide a message indicating the necessary action, either in general or specifically (through a speech synthesizer), with optionally different sound indicators, depending on the urgency of the action. A wireless receiver used with the present invention can display other information such as road conditions, traffic and weather information, as well as advertising and e-mail. The present invention contemplates that images of intersections (live pictures, photos or sketches) may be displayed to indicate the proper turn and provide landmark information to assist in determining the appropriate turn.

摘要翻译： 在驾驶车辆的同时向车辆的驾驶员提供信息（例如方向）的系统和方法，而不要求驾驶员在前方的道路上清除他的眼睛以看挡风玻璃。 定位装置与车辆相关联并且确定车辆的当前位置，该车辆的位置与到达已经存储的预定目的地所需的所需位置（例如，交叉点处的期望转弯位置）进行比较。 当车辆处于预定位置（例如在交叉路口之前500英尺或10秒）时，使用平视显示投影仪将驾驶员的咨询消息投影到挡风玻璃上，使得驾驶员可以准备并做出必要的 运动（例如，在所需的交叉点转动正确的方式）。 根据动作的紧迫性，可选的听觉信号可以通常或具体地（通过语音合成器）提供指示必要动作的消息，以及可选地不同的声音指示符。 与本发明一起使用的无线接收机可以显示诸如路况，交通和天气信息以及广告和电子邮件之类的其他信息。 本发明设想可以显示交叉点的图像（实况图片，照片或草图）以指示适当的转弯并提供地标信息以帮助确定适当的转弯。

公开(公告)号：US07200566B1

公开(公告)日：2007-04-03

申请号：US09480643

申请日：2000-01-11

申请人： Victor S. Moore ,  Edith H. Stern ,  Barry E. Willner

发明人： Victor S. Moore ,  Edith H. Stern ,  Barry E. Willner

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q50/00 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q30/0613 ,  G06Q30/08

摘要： A system and method of conducting commercial activities such as an auction in a rather localized area (such as a shopping mall). Potential consumers located in the local area have a mobile wireless communications device (for example, a smart cellular phone or a 2-way radio or a Bluetooth communication device) including a set of stored instructions allowing the device to be programmed with a set of desired transactions and preferences such as the brands or transaction types which the consumer prefers. Merchants are connected to receive a communication from the communications device and respond to the desired transaction and preferences by proposing goods or services at specific terms such as price. The mobile wireless communications device associated with the potential consumer has the potential to receive communications from merchants (either directly or through an intermediate system) and to transmit a communication back to the merchant indicating the potential offer so that a merchant can revise or improve the offer. In this way, local merchants can be aware of the offers that a consumer receives and can improve on those offers to secure the potential consumer's business. While the actual transaction may be conducted in person at the merchant, one can envision a system where the transaction is completed through the wireless communication system with the payment occurring through charge or other electronic transaction and the delivery of the goods or service through conventional delivery channels.

摘要翻译： 进行商业活动的系统和方法，例如在相当局部的区域（如购物中心）拍卖。 位于本地区域的潜在消费者具有移动无线通信设备（例如，智能蜂窝电话或双向无线电或蓝牙通信设备），其包括一组存储的指令，允许以一组期望的方式对设备进行编程 交易和偏好，如消费者喜欢的品牌或交易类型。 商家被连接以从通信设备接收通信，并通过以诸如价格的特定术语提出商品或服务来响应期望的交易和偏好。 与潜在消费者相关联的移动无线通信设备具有从商家（直接地或通过中间系统）接收通信的潜力，并且向业主发送指示潜在报价的通信，以便商家可以修改或改进报价 。 这样，当地商家就可以意识到消费者所接受的优惠，并可以改善这些优惠，以确保潜在消费者的业务。 虽然实际的交易可以在商家亲自进行，但是可以设想一种通过无线通信系统完成交易的系统，其中通过收费或其他电子交易进行支付，以及通过常规的交付渠道交付货物或服务 。