公开(公告)号：US5855483A

公开(公告)日：1999-01-05

申请号：US812917

申请日：1997-03-10

申请人： Roger Collins ,  Tony Robinson ,  Yolanda Jenkins ,  Karla DiGrazia ,  Stuart Ozer ,  Bryan Freedman ,  Maurice Voce ,  Jane Devon ,  Chris Briggs

发明人： Roger Collins ,  Tony Robinson ,  Yolanda Jenkins ,  Karla DiGrazia ,  Stuart Ozer ,  Bryan Freedman ,  Maurice Voce ,  Jane Devon ,  Chris Briggs

IPC分类号： G09B9/00 ,  A63F13/00 ,  A63F13/06 ,  A63F13/12 ,  A63H33/00 ,  G09B5/06 ,  H04N5/765 ,  G09B3/00 ,  G09B5/00

CPC分类号： A63F13/235 ,  A63F13/005 ,  A63F13/06 ,  A63F13/214 ,  A63F13/28 ,  A63F13/54 ,  A63F3/00643 ,  G09B5/065 ,  A63F2300/1031 ,  A63F2300/1037 ,  A63F2300/1062 ,  A63F2300/1068 ,  A63F2300/302 ,  A63F3/00006

摘要： An interactive apparatus for use with a computer, comprising a transceiver for two-way wireless communication with a plaything, the transceiver having terminals for connection to the computer, and a control device for causing the computer to send and receive information to and from the plaything via the transceiver to enable the plaything to provide interactive fantasy simulation of the behavior of a corresponding real-world object. In another aspect, the invention provides a method for enabling fantasy play using a computer and a plaything, comprising at the plaything, delivering output and receiving input associated with the fantasy play, and generating control signals at the computer for controlling the output based on the input, and by wireless communication sending the control signals from the computer to the plaything and sending the input from the plaything to the computer.

摘要翻译： 一种与计算机一起使用的交互式装置，包括用于与玩具进行双向无线通信的收发器，所述收发器具有用于连接到所述计算机的终端，以及控制装置，用于使所述计算机向所述玩具发送和接收信息 通过收发器使播放能够提供相应的真实世界对象的行为的交互式幻想模拟。 在另一方面，本发明提供了一种使用计算机和玩物进行幻想播放的方法，包括在播放中输出和接收与幻想播放有关的输入和接收输入，以及在计算机上产生控制信号，以基于 并且通过无线通信将控制信号从计算机发送到玩具，并将输入从玩物发送到计算机。

公开(公告)号：US07647365B2

公开(公告)日：2010-01-12

申请号：US12233072

申请日：2008-09-18

申请人： Eric J. Horvitz ,  Carl M. Kadie ,  Stuart Ozer ,  Curtis G. Wong

发明人： Eric J. Horvitz ,  Carl M. Kadie ,  Stuart Ozer ,  Curtis G. Wong

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/4667 ,  H04N21/4755 ,  H04N21/482 ,  Y10S707/99931 ,  Y10S707/99932 ,  Y10S707/99937 ,  Y10S707/99945

摘要： A system and method of caching data employing probabilistic predictive techniques that provides local storage of a subset of available viewing selections by assigning a value to a selection and retaining selections in the cache depending on the value and size of the selection. The value assigned to an item can represent the time-dependent likelihood that a user will review an item at some time in the future. An initial value of an item can be based on the user's viewing habits, the user's viewing habit over particular time segment and/or viewing habits of a group of user's during a particular time segment. A value assigned to a selection dynamically changes according to a set of cache retention policies, where the value can be time-dependent functions that decay based on the class of the item, as determined by inference about the class or via a label associated with the item.

摘要翻译： 一种采用概率预测技术来缓存数据的系统和方法，其通过根据选择的值和大小分配值到选择并保留高速缓存中的选择来提供可用观看选择的子集的本地存储。 分配给项目的值可以表示用户将来某个时间审查项目的时间依赖性的可能性。 项目的初始值可以基于用户的观看习惯，用户在特定时间段内的特定时间段的观看习惯和/或在特定时间段期间的一组用户的观看习惯。 分配给选择的值根据一组高速缓存保留策略动态地改变，其中该值可以是基于项目类别而衰减的时间依赖函数，这通过关于该类别的推断或通过与该类别相关联的标签来确定 项目。

公开(公告)号：US20090019091A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-15

申请号：US12233072

申请日：2008-09-18

申请人： Eric J. Horvitz ,  Carl M. Kadie ,  Stuart Ozer ,  Curtis G. Wong

发明人： Eric J. Horvitz ,  Carl M. Kadie ,  Stuart Ozer ,  Curtis G. Wong

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/4667 ,  H04N21/4755 ,  H04N21/482 ,  Y10S707/99931 ,  Y10S707/99932 ,  Y10S707/99937 ,  Y10S707/99945

摘要： The present invention is related to a system and method of caching data employing probabilistic predictive techniques. The system and method has particular application to multimedia systems for providing local storage of a subset of available viewing selections by assigning a value to a selection and retaining selections in the cache depending on the value and size of the selection. The value assigned to an item can represent the time-dependent likelihood that a user will review an item at some time in the future. An initial value of an item can be based on the user's viewing habits, the user's viewing habit over particular time segment (e.g., early morning, late morning, early afternoon, late afternoon, primetime, late night) and/or viewing habits of a group of user's during a particular time segment. A value assigned to a selection dynamically changes according to a set of cache retention policies, where the value can be time-dependent functions that decay based on the class of the item, as determined by inference about the class or via a label associated with the item. A selections value may be reduced as the selection ages because a user is less likely to view the selection over time. Additionally, a value of a selection may change based on changes on a user's viewing habits, changes in time segments or a user's modification of the cache retention policies.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及采用概率预测技术来缓存数据的系统和方法。 该系统和方法特别适用于多媒体系统，用于通过根据选择的值和大小向选择分配值并保留高速缓存中的选择来提供可用观看选择子集的本地存储。 分配给项目的值可以表示用户将来某个时间审查项目的时间依赖性可能性。 项目的初始值可以基于用户的观看习惯，用户在特定时间段（例如，清晨，凌晨，下午，下午，黄金时段，深夜）和/或观看习惯的观看习惯 特定时段内的用户组。 分配给选择的值根据一组高速缓存保留策略动态地改变，其中该值可以是基于项目类别而衰减的时间依赖函数，这通过关于该类别的推断或通过与该类别相关联的标签来确定 项目。 由于用户不太可能随着时间的推移来查看选择，所以选择值可能会减少。 此外，选择的值可以基于用户的观看习惯的变化，时间段的变化或用户对缓存保留策略的修改而改变。

公开(公告)号：US07451151B2

公开(公告)日：2008-11-11

申请号：US11124861

申请日：2005-05-09

申请人： Eric J. Horvitz ,  Carl M. Kadie ,  Stuart Ozer ,  Curtis G. Wong

发明人： Eric J. Horvitz ,  Carl M. Kadie ,  Stuart Ozer ,  Curtis G. Wong

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/4667 ,  H04N21/4755 ,  H04N21/482 ,  Y10S707/99931 ,  Y10S707/99932 ,  Y10S707/99937 ,  Y10S707/99945

摘要： The present invention is related to a system and method of caching data employing probabilistic predictive techniques. The system and method provides local storage of a subset of available viewing selections by assigning a value to a selection and retaining selections in the cache depending on the value and size of the selection. The value assigned to an item can represent the time-dependent likelihood that a user will review an item at some time in the future. An initial value of an item can be based on the user's viewing habits, the user's viewing habit over particular time segment and/or viewing habits of a group of user's during a particular time segment. A value assigned to a selection dynamically changes according to a set of cache retention policies, where the value can be time-dependent functions that decay based on the class of the item, as determined by inference about the class or via a label associated with the item.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及采用概率预测技术来缓存数据的系统和方法。 该系统和方法通过根据选择的值和大小为选择分配值并保留高速缓存中的选择来提供可用观看选择的子集的本地存储。 分配给项目的值可以表示用户将来某个时间审查项目的时间依赖性的可能性。 项目的初始值可以基于用户的观看习惯，用户在特定时间段内的特定时间段的观看习惯和/或在特定时间段期间的一组用户的观看习惯。 分配给选择的值根据一组高速缓存保留策略动态地改变，其中该值可以是基于项目类别而衰减的时间依赖函数，这通过关于该类别的推断或通过与该类别相关联的标签来确定 项目。

公开(公告)号：US07136871B2

公开(公告)日：2006-11-14

申请号：US09991389

申请日：2001-11-21

申请人： Stuart Ozer ,  Michael Patrick Hart ,  Wei Wei Ada Cho ,  Carolyn Khanh Chau

发明人： Stuart Ozer ,  Michael Patrick Hart ,  Wei Wei Ada Cho ,  Carolyn Khanh Chau

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  H04N7/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0241 ,  G06Q30/0248 ,  G06Q30/0252 ,  G06Q30/0254 ,  G06Q30/0264 ,  G06Q30/0269 ,  G06Q30/0272 ,  Y10S707/99942 ,  Y10S707/99943 ,  Y10S707/99944 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S707/99948

摘要： A system, including a planning module, a control module and a receiver module, configured to schedule display of one or more advertising impressions of available advertising inventory. The planning module enables scheduling a requested quantity of advertising impressions in accordance with target criteria. Further, the planning module enables selecting an advertising impression goal for advertisement, assigning an advertising type and defining a weight for the advertisements. The control module receives the schedule, the advertising type and the defined weights and generates one or more metadata files that contain target criteria, advertising type and weights for the advertisements. The one or more metadata files, with the advertisements, are delivered to the receiver module that is configured to define a display frequency for the advertisements based upon one or more of the metadata files. The receiver module selectively displays advertisement content associated with the advertisements to achieve the advertising impression goal.

公开(公告)号：US20050021403A1

公开(公告)日：2005-01-27

申请号：US10867485

申请日：2004-06-14

申请人： Stuart Ozer ,  Michael Hart ,  Wei Wei Cho ,  Carolyn Chau

发明人： Stuart Ozer ,  Michael Hart ,  Wei Wei Cho ,  Carolyn Chau

IPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0241 ,  G06Q30/0248 ,  G06Q30/0252 ,  G06Q30/0254 ,  G06Q30/0264 ,  G06Q30/0269 ,  G06Q30/0272 ,  Y10S707/99942 ,  Y10S707/99943 ,  Y10S707/99944 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S707/99948

摘要： A system, including a planning module, a control module and a receiver module, configured to schedule display of one or more advertising impressions of available advertising inventory. The planning module enables scheduling a requested quantity of advertising impressions in accordance with target criteria. Further, the planning module enables selecting an advertising impression goal for advertisement, assigning an advertising type and defining a weight for the advertisements. The control module receives the schedule, the advertising type and the defined weights and generates one or more metadata files that contain target criteria, advertising type and weights for the advertisements. The one or more metadata files, with the advertisements, are delivered to the receiver module that is configured to define a display frequency for the advertisements based upon one or more of the metadata files. The receiver module selectively displays advertisement content associated with the advertisements to achieve the advertising impression goal.

摘要翻译： 一种包括规划模块，控制模块和接收器模块的系统，被配置为调度显示可用广告库存的一个或多个广告印象。 计划模块可以根据目标标准调度所请求的广告展示次数。 此外，规划模块能够选择广告的广告印象目标，分配广告类型并定义广告的权重。 控制模块接收调度表，广告类型和定义的权重，并且生成包含目标标准，广告的广告类型和权重的一个或多个元数据文件。 具有广告的一个或多个元数据文件被传送到接收器模块，其被配置为基于一个或多个元数据文件来定义广告的显示频率。 接收器模块选择性地显示与广告相关联的广告内容以实现广告印象目标。

公开(公告)号：US07478414B1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-13

申请号：US09567474

申请日：2000-05-08

申请人： Sharon F. Glusker ,  Stuart Ozer ,  Steven Paul Breyer

发明人： Sharon F. Glusker ,  Stuart Ozer ,  Steven Paul Breyer

IPC分类号： H04H60/33 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04H60/32 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/65 ,  H04H60/82 ,  H04H2201/30 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/252 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4826 ,  H04N21/6582

摘要： Described are methods and apparatus that allow viewers to access timely data showing what other viewers are watching at (or near) a given moment. Thus, for example, a viewer could tune in, find out which ten programs currently being broadcast are most popular, and then select from among these programs. In one embodiment, the data is displayed with links to those popular programs so viewers can easily tune to listed programs. In another embodiment, the viewer can identify a group of friends and find out what those friends are watching. The viewer could then tune into one of the programs his or her friends are watching, and so be prepared to discuss that program later.

摘要翻译： 描述了允许观看者及时访问显示其他观众在（或接近）某一时刻正在观看的数据的方法和装置。 因此，例如，观众可以调入，找出当前正在广播的十个节目是最流行的，然后从这些节目中进行选择。 在一个实施例中，通过链接显示数据到这些流行程序，使得观看者可以容易地调谐到列出的节目。 在另一个实施例中，观众可以识别一群朋友，并找出那些朋友正在观看的内容。 然后，观众可以调整他或她的朋友正在观看的节目之一，因此准备好在稍后讨论该节目。

公开(公告)号：US07356547B2

公开(公告)日：2008-04-08

申请号：US10867485

申请日：2004-06-14

申请人： Stuart Ozer ,  Michael Patrick Hart ,  Wei Wei Ada Cho ,  Carolyn Khanh Chau

发明人： Stuart Ozer ,  Michael Patrick Hart ,  Wei Wei Ada Cho ,  Carolyn Khanh Chau

IPC分类号： G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0241 ,  G06Q30/0248 ,  G06Q30/0252 ,  G06Q30/0254 ,  G06Q30/0264 ,  G06Q30/0269 ,  G06Q30/0272 ,  Y10S707/99942 ,  Y10S707/99943 ,  Y10S707/99944 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S707/99948

摘要： A system, including a planning module, a control module and a receiver module, configured to schedule display of one or more advertising impressions of available advertising inventory. The planning module enables scheduling a requested quantity of advertising impressions in accordance with target criteria. Further, the planning module enables selecting an advertising impression goal for advertisement, assigning an advertising type and defining a weight for the advertisements. The control module receives the schedule, the advertising type and the defined weights and generates one or more metadata files that contain target criteria, advertising type and weights for the advertisements. The one or more metadata files, with the advertisements, are delivered to the receiver module that is configured to define a display frequency for the advertisements based upon one or more of the metadata files. The receiver module selectively displays advertisement content associated with the advertisements to achieve the advertising impression goal.

摘要翻译： 一种包括规划模块，控制模块和接收器模块的系统，被配置为调度显示可用广告库存的一个或多个广告印象。 计划模块可以根据目标标准调度所请求的广告展示次数。 此外，规划模块能够选择广告的广告印象目标，分配广告类型并定义广告的权重。 控制模块接收调度表，广告类型和定义的权重，并且生成包含目标标准，广告的广告类型和权重的一个或多个元数据文件。 具有广告的一个或多个元数据文件被传送到接收器模块，其被配置为基于一个或多个元数据文件来定义广告的显示频率。 接收器模块选择性地显示与广告相关联的广告内容以实现广告印象目标。

公开(公告)号：US20070162512A1

公开(公告)日：2007-07-12

申请号：US11439398

申请日：2006-05-22

申请人： Lubor Kollar ,  Michael Ruthruff ,  Stuart Ozer

发明人： Lubor Kollar ,  Michael Ruthruff ,  Stuart Ozer

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F16/27

摘要： In order to provide a reporting (read-only) copy of an original database, copy-on-write technology is used to quickly create a shadow copy which contains pointers to the data in the original database. When no changes are allowed to the shadow copy, the copy-on-write technology functions to create a static snapshot of the original database at the point in time that the reporting copy was created. The overhead in providing a reporting copy is thus reduced, as no wholesale copying of the original database is required, and updates can be performed quickly. Because the reporting copy is read-only, multiple reporting servers can use the same copy-on-write maintained copy of the original database.

摘要翻译： 为了提供原始数据库的报告（只读）副本，使用写时复制技术快速创建一个卷影副本，其中包含指向原始数据库中的数据的指针。 当影子副本不允许更改时，写时复制技术用于在创建报告副本的时间点创建原始数据库的静态快照。 因此，提供报告副本的开销因此减少，因为不需要批量复制原始数据库，并且可以快速执行更新。 因为报告副本是只读的，所以多个报告服务器可以使用原始数据库中相同的写时复制保存副本。

公开(公告)号：US06947935B1

公开(公告)日：2005-09-20

申请号：US09825800

申请日：2001-04-04

申请人： Eric J. Horvitz ,  Carl M. Kadie ,  Stuart Ozer ,  Curtis G. Wong

发明人： Eric J. Horvitz ,  Carl M. Kadie ,  Stuart Ozer ,  Curtis G. Wong

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F17/30 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/4667 ,  H04N21/4755 ,  H04N21/482 ,  Y10S707/99931 ,  Y10S707/99932 ,  Y10S707/99937 ,  Y10S707/99945

摘要： The present invention is related to a system and method of caching data employing probabilistic predictive techniques. The system and method has particular application to multimedia systems for providing local storage of a subset of available viewing selections by assigning a value to a selection and retaining selections in the cache depending on the value and size of the selection. The value assigned to an item can represent the time-independent likelihood that a user will review an item at some time in the future. An initial value of an item can be based on the user's viewing habits, the user's viewing habit over particular time segment (e.g., early morning, late morning, early afternoon, late afternoon, primetime, late night) and/or viewing habits of a group of user's during a particular time segment. A value assigned to a selection dynamically changes according to a set of cache retention policies, where the value can be time-dependent functions that decay based on the class of the item, as determined by inference about the class or via a label associated with the item. A selections value may be reduced as the selection ages because a user is less likely to view the selection over time. Additionally, a value of a selection may change based on changes on a user's viewing habits, changes in time segments or a user's modification of the cache retention policies.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及采用概率预测技术来缓存数据的系统和方法。 该系统和方法特别适用于多媒体系统，用于通过根据选择的值和大小向选择分配值并保留高速缓存中的选择来提供可用观看选择子集的本地存储。 分配给项目的值可以表示用户将来某个时间审查项目的时间无关的可能性。 项目的初始值可以基于用户的观看习惯，用户在特定时间段（例如，清晨，凌晨，下午，下午，黄金时段，深夜）和/或观看习惯的观看习惯 特定时段内的用户组。 分配给选择的值根据一组高速缓存保留策略动态地改变，其中该值可以是基于项目类别而衰减的时间依赖函数，这通过关于该类别的推断或通过与该类别相关联的标签来确定 项目。 由于用户不太可能随着时间的推移来查看选择，所以选择值可能会减少。 此外，选择的值可以基于用户的观看习惯的变化，时间段的变化或用户对缓存保留策略的修改而改变。