公开(公告)号：US08583791B2

公开(公告)日：2013-11-12

申请号：US13370388

申请日：2012-02-10

申请人： Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04N7/17336 ,  G06F17/30017 ,  G11B27/10 ,  H04L12/00 ,  H04L29/00 ,  H04N7/00 ,  H04N21/23106 ,  H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/4788

摘要： The present invention provides a peer-to-peer (P2P) network for providing real time media recommendations. The P2P network includes a central server interconnecting a number of peer devices. In operation, a proxy function of the central server receives media recommendations from one or more peer devices that are active and online as media presentations identified by the media recommendations are played by the peer devices. The one or more peer devices are included in a group of peer devices associated with a first peer device. The proxy function provides the media recommendations to the first peer device. An augmentation function of the central server monitors a recommendation level of the first peer device. If the recommendation level falls below a minimum recommendation level, the augmentation function augments the media recommendations provided to the first peer device to increase the recommendation level to or above the minimum recommendation level.

公开(公告)号：US08504073B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-06

申请号：US12189861

申请日：2008-08-12

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Olivia Marie Marsh ,  Gregory M. Evans

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Olivia Marie Marsh ,  Gregory M. Evans

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F7/00 ,  H04M3/42

CPC分类号： G06Q30/0261 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04L67/22 ,  H04W64/00

摘要： Methods and systems are disclosed for providing customized content to users based on their location. In one embodiment, for each of one or more content providers, a customized content delivery function receives information from the content provider defining a number of geographic shapes selecting corresponding geographic areas. Preferably, each of the geographic shapes overlaps at least one other of the geographic shapes and is assigned an importance level. For each geographic shape, the content provider defines one or more tags for the geographic shape and assigns a weight to each of the one or more tags. Thereafter, when a request is received from a requestor, one or more content items are selected for delivery to the requestor based on the geographic shapes, the tags and corresponding weights for the geographic shapes, and the location of the requestor.

摘要翻译： 公开了基于其位置向用户提供定制内容的方法和系统。 在一个实施例中，对于一个或多个内容提供者中的每一个，定制内容递送功能从内容提供者接收定义选择相应地理区域的多个地理形状的信息。 优选地，每个地理形状与至少另一个地理形状重叠并被分配重要性等级。 对于每个地理形状，内容提供者为地理形状定义一个或多个标签，并为一个或多个标签中的每一个分配权重。 此后，当从请求者接收到请求时，基于地理形状，地理形状的标签和对应权重以及请求者的位置，选择一个或多个内容项目用于递送给请求者。

公开(公告)号：US08312087B2

公开(公告)日：2012-11-13

申请号：US12111456

申请日：2008-04-29

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Scott Curtis

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Scott Curtis

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： H04L51/28 ,  H04L51/066 ,  H04L51/14

摘要： Systems and methods are provided for generating, sending, and delivering a message addressed using an image of an intended message recipient of the message. In one embodiment, a sending user captures or otherwise obtains an image of an intended message recipient. A message to the intended message recipient is then generated, addressed using the image of the intended message recipient, and sent to a central server. The central server identifies the intended message recipient based on the image of the intended message recipient and optionally a location and time at which the image was captured. Optionally, the identity of the intended message recipient may be verified by one or more users such as one or more friends of the intended message recipient. The central server then sends the message to the intended message recipient using known contact information such as a username or email address of the intended message recipient.

摘要翻译： 提供了系统和方法，用于生成，发送和传递使用消息的预期消息接收者的映像寻址的消息。 在一个实施例中，发送用户捕获或以其他方式获得预期消息接收者的图像。 然后，使用预期消息接收者的映像生成到预期消息接收者的消息，并发送到中央服务器。 中央服务器基于预期消息接收者的图像以及可选地捕获图像的位置和时间来识别预期消息收件人。 可选地，预期消息接收者的身份可由一个或多个用户（例如预期消息接收者的一个或多个朋友）来验证。 然后，中央服务器使用已知的联系信息（例如预期消息接收者的用户名或电子邮件地址）将消息发送到预期消息收件人。

公开(公告)号：US08307092B2

公开(公告)日：2012-11-06

申请号：US11677106

申请日：2007-02-21

申请人： Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F21/10 ,  G06F21/105 ,  G06F21/34 ,  G06F21/41 ,  G06F2221/0797 ,  H04L43/00 ,  H04L67/14 ,  H04L67/148 ,  H04L67/306

摘要： A system and method for collecting information about a user's media collections at a central location from multiple login points and/or multiple devices owned by the user. The user establishes a user account at a central server. A client application may be downloaded to the user's device for establishing a connection to the central server. Subsequently, each time the user logs in to the central server, the central server receives a unique machine identifier (MID) for the connected and currently in-use user device. The central server receives information about the user's media collection from the user device and stores that media collection by its MID under the user's individual account. In this manner, the central server obtains and stores information about all the user's media collections owned by user devices connected and in-use and previously connected to the central server rather than only having knowledge of the media collection stored on the currently in-use user device.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在多个登录点和/或由用户拥有的多个设备的中央位置收集关于用户的媒体集合的信息的系统和方法。 用户在中央服务器上建立用户帐号。 可以将客户端应用程序下载到用户设备以建立到中央服务器的连接。 随后，每当用户登录到中央服务器时，中央服务器接收用于所连接和当前在用的用户设备的唯一机器标识符（MID）。 中央服务器从用户设备接收关于用户的媒体收集的信息，并将该媒体集合由其MID存储在用户的个人帐户下。 以这种方式，中央服务器获得并存储关于连接和使用的并且之前连接到中央服务器的用户设备所拥有的所有用户的媒体集合的信息，而不仅仅具有存储在当前使用用户上的媒体集合的知识 设备。

公开(公告)号：US08285776B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-09

申请号：US11757091

申请日：2007-06-01

申请人： Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  H04N7/10 ,  H04N5/445

CPC分类号： G06F17/30038 ,  G06F17/30053 ,  G06F17/30525 ,  G06F17/30743 ,  G06F17/30749 ,  G06F17/30761 ,  H04N1/00318 ,  H04N2201/3264 ,  H04N2201/3267

摘要： A system and method for processing a received media item recommendation message is disclosed. A recipient receives the media item recommendation message which includes a media item identifier of a media item and presence information of a recommender of the media item in association with the media item identifier. The presence information may be in the form of metadata. The recipient may render the presence information and/or store or download the presence information to a media item playlist, to another device, or to a storage medium for subsequent rendering. The media item recommendation message also may include a media item annotation. The media item annotation may also be in the form of metadata and may be rendered and/or stored or downloaded to a media item playlist, to another device, or to a storage medium for subsequent rendering.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于处理接收到的媒体项目推荐消息的系统和方法。 收件人与媒体项目标识符相关联地接收包括媒体项目的媒体项目标识符和媒体项目的推荐者的呈现信息的媒体项目推荐消息。 存在信息可以是元数据的形式。 接收者可以呈现存在信息和/或将存在信息存储或下载到媒体项目播放列表，另一设备或存储介质以用于随后的呈现。 媒体项目推荐消息还可以包括媒体项目注释。 媒体项目注释还可以是元数据的形式，并且可以被渲染和/或存储或下载到媒体项目播放列表，到另一个设备或存储介质以用于随后的呈现。

公开(公告)号：US20120208559A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-16

申请号：US13290629

申请日：2011-11-07

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Kunal Kandekar

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Kunal Kandekar

IPC分类号： H04W4/02

CPC分类号： G01C21/362 ,  G01C21/3611

摘要： Methods and systems of operating a personal navigation device (PND) are disclosed. In particular, the methods and systems allow for the PND to obtain location data for each of one or more destinations from a destination source device over a wireless network link. In one embodiment, the destination source device is a server computer on a network or a mobile communications device (MCD) that is in proximity with the PND.

摘要翻译： 公开了操作个人导航装置（PND）的方法和系统。 特别地，所述方法和系统允许PND通过无线网络链路从目的地源设备获得针对一个或多个目的地中的每一个的位置数据。 在一个实施例中，目的地源设备是网络上的服务器计算机或与PND接近的移动通信设备（MCD）。

公开(公告)号：US08185579B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-22

申请号：US12233871

申请日：2008-09-19

申请人： Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  H04L67/04 ,  H04L67/1095 ,  Y10S707/916 ,  Y10S707/99952

摘要： A system and method are provided for enabling a portable media player to obtain media content from secondary systems, such as other portable media players, via local wireless communication. In general, the portable media player stores proxy information identifying the media content of a number of media files in the user's media collection rather than the media files themselves. When a secondary system is within a local wireless coverage area of the portable media player, the proxy information for the media files, or a subset thereof, is provided to the secondary system. In response, the secondary system identifies media files stored by the secondary system having media content matching the media content identified by the proxy information. The secondary system then provides a notification of the identified media files to the portable media player, which may then obtain the identified media files from the secondary system.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于使便携式媒体播放器能够经由本地无线通信从诸如其他便携式媒体播放器的次级系统获得媒体内容的系统和方法。 通常，便携式媒体播放器存储识别用户媒体集合中的多个媒体文件的媒体内容而不是媒体文件本身的代理信息。 当辅助系统在便携式媒体播放器的本地无线覆盖区域内时，媒体文件的代理信息或其子集被提供给辅助系统。 作为响应，辅助系统识别由辅助系统存储的媒体文件，其具有与由代理信息标识的媒体内容相匹配的媒体内容。 辅助系统然后将所识别的媒体文件的通知提供给便携式媒体播放器，然后便携式媒体播放器可以从次系统获得所识别的媒体文件。

公开(公告)号：US20120117471A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-10

申请号：US12731606

申请日：2010-03-25

申请人： Christopher M. Amidon ,  Scott Curtis ,  Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Christopher M. Amidon ,  Scott Curtis ,  Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： G06F3/01

CPC分类号： G06F3/0484 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N9/8205 ,  H04N21/252 ,  H04N21/4263 ,  H04N21/4312 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/43622 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/4583 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/4668 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/4756 ,  H04N21/4826 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/84

摘要： A media device includes a communication interface communicatively coupling the media device to one or more other media devices and a display, and a controller associated with the communication interface. The controller is adapted to access one or more templates comprising a layout of a graphical user interface (GUI). The controller further identifies one or more other media devices from which media content may be streamed and one or more media content streams available from each of the one or more media devices and determine, based upon the template and the one or more media content streams, at least one of the media content streams to display. The controller then acquires and outputs the at least one of the media content streams for display in accordance with the layout.

摘要翻译： 媒体设备包括将媒体设备通信地耦合到一个或多个其他媒体设备和显示器的通信接口以及与通信接口相关联的控制器。 控制器适于访问包括图形用户界面（GUI）的布局的一个或多个模板。 控制器进一步识别一个或多个其它媒体设备，媒体内容可以从该媒体设备流传输，并且一个或多个媒体内容流可从一个或多个媒体设备中的每一个获得，并且基于模板和一个或多个媒体内容流， 要显示的至少一个媒体内容流。 然后，控制器根据布局获取并输出用于显示的媒体内容流中的至少一个。

公开(公告)号：US20120078613A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-29

申请号：US13239363

申请日：2011-09-21

申请人： Kunal Kandekar ,  Scott Curtis ,  Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Kunal Kandekar ,  Scott Curtis ,  Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： G06F17/27

CPC分类号： G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F17/2745

摘要： Disclosed herein are systems and methods for navigating electronic texts. According to an aspect, a method may include receiving search criteria for searching an electronic text. Further, the method may include determining text subgroups within the electronic text. The method may also include determining, for each text subgroup, a similarity relationship between the search criteria and the text subgroup. Further, the method may include presenting, for each text subgroup, a graphic representing the similarity relationship between the text subgroup and the search criteria.

摘要翻译： 本文公开了用于导航电子文本的系统和方法。 根据一个方面，一种方法可以包括接收用于搜索电子文本的搜索标准。 此外，该方法可以包括确定电子文本内的文本子组。 该方法还可以包括为每个文本子组确定搜索标准和文本子组之间的相似关系。 此外，该方法可以包括为每个文本子组呈现表示文本子组与搜索标准之间的相似关系的图形。

公开(公告)号：US20120072996A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-22

申请号：US12913082

申请日：2010-10-27

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Scott Curtis

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Scott Curtis

IPC分类号： G06F21/00 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L51/10 ,  H04L51/28

摘要： Systems and methods are disclosed for generating, sending, and delivering a message addressed using an image of an intended message recipient of the message. In one embodiment, a central server receives a message including an image of an intended message recipient from a first user device of a first user. The central server then identifies a second user as the intended message recipient based on the image of the intended message recipient. Then, before delivering the message, the central server obtains an image of a user at a second user device associated with the second user and sends the image to the first user device where the image is presented to the first user. Upon receiving authentication from the first user device that the user at the second user device is the intended message recipient, the central server delivers the message to the second user device of the second user.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于生成，发送和递送使用消息的预期消息接收者的图像寻址的消息的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，中央服务器从第一用户的第一用户设备接收包括预期消息接收者的图像的消息。 然后，中央服务器基于预期消息接收者的图像将第二用户识别为预期消息接收者。 然后，在发送消息之前，中央服务器在与第二用户相关联的第二用户设备处获取用户的图像，并将图像发送到第一用户设备，其中图像被呈现给第一用户。 在从第一用户设备接收到第二用户设备上的用户是预期消息接收者的认证时，中央服务器将消息传递到第二用户的第二用户设备。