Performing automatically authorized programmatic transactions
    122.
    发明授权
    Performing automatically authorized programmatic transactions 有权
    执行自动授权的程序化交易

    公开(公告)号:US08150769B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-03

    申请号:US12542543

    申请日:2009-08-17

    IPC分类号: G06Q40/00

    摘要: Techniques are described for facilitating interactions between computing systems, such as by performing transactions between parties that are automatically authorized via a third-party transaction authorization system. In some situations, the transactions are programmatic transactions involving the use of fee-based Web services by executing application programs, with the transaction authorization system authorizing and/or providing payments in accordance with private authorization instructions previously specified by the parties. The authorization instructions may include predefined instruction rule sets that regulate conditions under which a potential transaction can be authorized, with the instruction rule sets each referenced by an associated reference token. After one or more of the parties to a potential transaction supply reference tokens for the parties, the transaction authorization system can determine whether to authorize the transaction based on whether the instruction rule sets associated with the reference tokens are compatible or otherwise satisfied.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于促进计算系统之间的交互的技术,例如通过执行经由第三方交易授权系统自动授权的各方之间的交易。 在某些情况下,交易是涉及通过执行应用程序使用基于费用的Web服务的程序交易,交易授权系统根据双方以前指定的私人授权指令授权和/或提供付款。 授权指令可以包括预定义的指令规则集,其规定可以授权潜在事务的条件,每个指令规则集都由相关联的引用令牌引用。 在潜在交易的一方或多方提供参考各方的代理人之后,交易授权系统可以基于与引用令牌相关联的指令规则集是兼容还是满足来确定是否授权交易。

    Service for accepting and selectively exposing user-created lists of items
    124.
    发明授权
    Service for accepting and selectively exposing user-created lists of items 有权
    用于接受和选择性地暴露用户创建的项目列表的服务

    公开(公告)号:US08060466B1

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-15

    申请号:US12940896

    申请日:2010-11-05

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30

    摘要: Information retrieval systems and methods are disclosed for presenting items of interest to a user of a computer-based data repository, where the items are presented in the form of lists generated by other users. Users of a data repository may generate lists of items from the repository that are accessible by other users. In various embodiments, users generating lists may add supplemental commentary about the items and other personalizing information. The information retrieval systems and methods store the user-generated lists for future presentation to other users. When a user of the data repository submits a search query, items returned in the query's results are interpreted to be items of interest to the user, and in response, one or more lists determined to be similar to the items of interest are presented to the user.

    摘要翻译: 公开了信息检索系统和方法,用于向基于计算机的数据存储库的用户呈现感兴趣的项目,其中以由其他用户生成的列表的形式呈现项目。 数据存储库的用户可以从存储库中生成可由其他用户访问的项目列表。 在各种实施例中,生成列表的用户可以添加关于项目和其他个性化信息的补充评注。 信息检索系统和方法将用户生成的列表存储以供将来呈现给其他用户。 当数据存储库的用户提交搜索查询时,查询结果中返回的项目被解释为用户感兴趣的项目,并且作为响应,确定与感兴趣项目类似的一个或多个列表被呈现给 用户。

    SELECTIVE COMMUNICATION OF MESSAGES
    126.
    发明申请
    SELECTIVE COMMUNICATION OF MESSAGES 有权
    选择性的信息沟通

    公开(公告)号:US20110202606A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-18

    申请号:US12200865

    申请日:2008-08-28

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: A message originator may generate messaging data for selective communication by a messaging provider via an interface generated by a browser software application. The user may also interact with various content providers such that event data is generated based on the user interaction with each content provider. The messaging provider can then obtain the messaging data and the event data to determine a target set of messages to be published. Additionally, the messaging provider can select a set of message recipients to receive, or otherwise access, the target set of messages based on filtering criteria submitted by the message originator, content provider, service provider, and/or message recipients. Credit may be allocated based on activity associated with the communicated messages. The messaging provider may also facilitate additional interaction between the message originator and the message recipients including the initiation of additional communication channels.

    摘要翻译: 消息发起者可以通过消息提供者经由浏览器软件应用产生的接口来生成用于选择性通信的消息传送数据。 用户还可以与各种内容提供商进行交互,使得基于与每个内容提供商的用户交互来生成事件数据。 然后,消息传递提供者可以获得消息数据和事件数据,以确定要发布的消息的目标集合。 另外,消息传递提供者可以基于由消息发起者,内容提供商,服务提供商和/或消息接收者提交的过滤标准来选择一组消息收件人来接收或以其他方式访问目标消息集合。 可以基于与传达的消息相关联的活动来分配信用。 消息传递提供者还可以促进消息发起者和消息接收者之间的附加交互,包括启动附加通信信道。

    Identifying associations between items and email-address-based user communities
    127.
    发明授权
    Identifying associations between items and email-address-based user communities 有权
    识别项目和基于电子邮件地址的用户社区之间的关联

    公开(公告)号:US07970660B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-28

    申请号:US12500507

    申请日:2009-07-09

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/00

    摘要: A computer-implemented service analyzes collected data reflective of actions of users of an interactive system to identify items that are significantly more popular in specific user communities than in a general user population. The communities may, for example, include email-based communities (e.g., all users with email addresses associated with a particular company or other organization), shipping address based communities (e.g., all users with shipping addresses in Seattle), and/or communities based on other types of user attributes. The results of the analysis may be exposed to users to assist users in making item selection decisions, and/or may be used to provide item recommendations to users.

    摘要翻译: 计算机实现的服务分析收集的数据,反映交互式系统的用户的动作,以识别在特定用户群体中比在普通用户群体中更受欢迎的项目。 例如,社区可以包括基于电子邮件的社区(例如,具有与特定公司或其他组织相关联的电子邮件地址的所有用户),基于运送地址的社区(例如,所有在西雅图的运送地址的用户)和/或社区 基于其他类型的用户属性。 分析结果可能暴露给用户以协助用户进行项目选择决策,和/或可用于向用户提供项目建议。

    Method and system for displaying a hyperlink at multiple levels of prominence based on user interaction
    129.
    发明授权
    Method and system for displaying a hyperlink at multiple levels of prominence based on user interaction 有权
    基于用户交互的显示多重级别的超链接的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US07890850B1

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-15

    申请号:US12248829

    申请日:2008-10-09

    IPC分类号: G06F17/00

    CPC分类号: G06F17/30905

    摘要: Prominence data resulting from user interaction with a hyperlink on a page may be stored in one or more repositories. Prominence data may be collected automatically when the user views a page or clicks on a hyperlink without requiring separate action from the user to accomplish storage or retrieval. The prominence data may further include a display parameter that denotes a level of prominence that is usable to affect the display of a hyperlink. A prominence score used to determine the display parameter may be calculated by dividing a count of click-throughs by a count of page views of the page containing the hyperlink. Other score calculations may be used. User feedback may be incorporated into the score calculation and may be collected through a toolbar, popup window, or other feedback-collecting mechanism.

    摘要翻译: 用户与页面上的超链接交互产生的突出显示数据可能存储在一个或多个存储库中。 当用户查看页面或点击超链接时,可以自动收集突出显示数据,而不需要用户单独的操作来完成存储或检索。 突出数据还可以包括表示可用于影响超链接显示的突出程度的显示参数。 用于确定显示参数的突出分数可以通过将点击次数除以包含超链接的页面的页面视图的计数来计算。 可以使用其他分数计算。 用户反馈可以并入分数计算中,并且可以通过工具栏,弹出窗口或其他反馈收集机制来收集。

    SEA LANDING OF SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    130.
    发明申请
    SEA LANDING OF SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS 有权
    空间启动车辆和相关系统和方法的海上着陆

    公开(公告)号:US20110017872A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-01-27

    申请号:US12815306

    申请日:2010-06-14

    IPC分类号: B64G1/00

    CPC分类号: B64G1/62 B63B38/00 B64G1/002

    摘要: Launch vehicle systems and methods for landing and recovering a booster stage and/or other portions thereof on a platform at sea or on another body of water are disclosed. In one embodiment, a reusable space launch vehicle is launched from a coastal launch site in a trajectory over water. After booster engine cutoff and upper stage separation, the booster stage reenters the earth's atmosphere in a tail-first orientation. The booster engines are then restarted and the booster stage performs a vertical powered landing on the deck of a pre-positioned sea-going platform. In one embodiment, bidirectional aerodynamic control surfaces control the trajectory of the booster stage as it glides through the earth's atmosphere toward the sea-going platform. The sea-going platform can broadcast its real-time position to the booster stage so that the booster stage can compensate for errors in the position of the sea-going platform due to current drift and/or other factors. After landing, the sea-going platform can be towed by, e.g., a tug, or it can use its own propulsion system, to transport the booster stage back to the coastal launch site or other site for reconditioning and reuse. In another embodiment, the booster stage can be transferred to another vessel for transport. In still further embodiments, the booster can be refurbished while in transit from a sea-based or other landing site.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于在海上或另一水体上的平台上着陆和恢复升压台和/或其他部分的运载工具系统和方法。 在一个实施例中,从沿海发射场地以水中的轨迹发射可重复使用的空间运载火箭。 在增压发动机切断和上段分离后,增压级以尾部第一方向重新输入地球大气。 增压发动机然后重新启动,增压级在预定位的海上平台的甲板上执行垂直动力着陆。 在一个实施例中,双向空气动力学控制表面控制升压级的轨迹,因为其沿着地球大气层朝向海上平台滑行。 海上平台可以将其实时位置广播到增压阶段,以便增压阶段可以补偿由于电流漂移和/或其他因素导致的海上平台位置的错误。 登陆后,海上平台可以通过例如拖船拖动,或者可以使用自己的推进系统,将升压台运送回沿海发射场所或其他场所进行修复和再利用。 在另一个实施例中,增压级可以转移到另一个容器进行运输。 在另外的实施例中,助推器可以在从海基或其他着陆部位运输的同时进行翻新。