公开(公告)号：US08340689B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-25

申请号：US12701539

申请日：2010-02-06

申请人： Eric Horvitz ,  Xuedong Huang ,  Kamal Jain ,  Milind Vasudeo Mahajan

发明人： Eric Horvitz ,  Xuedong Huang ,  Kamal Jain ,  Milind Vasudeo Mahajan

IPC分类号： H04W24/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/0267 ,  G06Q30/0261 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04M15/09 ,  H04M2215/0192 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W4/025 ,  H04W4/24 ,  H04W48/02 ,  H04W64/00

摘要： Mobile communication devices, such as mobile phones, may be capable of recommending to a user various providers of one or more solicited services, e.g., by identifying a user location and identifying providers near the user location that provide the services, and by initiating a call between the user and a selected provider. However, the equipment and service costs of such devices may be prohibitive, particularly for mid-range mobile communication devices that may appeal to cost-conscious users. The prohibitive costs may be diminished by redirecting part or all of the cost of providing the recommendation service from the providers, e.g., by charging the provider a service cost upon initiating a call from the user to the provider, or upon representing the provider in a provider database. In one such embodiment, all service costs may be borne by providers, providing to the user a free recommendation service via the mobile communication device.

摘要翻译： 诸如移动电话的移动通信设备可以能够向用户推荐一个或多个被请求的服务的各种提供者，例如通过识别用户位置并识别用户位置附近的提供服务的提供者，并且通过发起呼叫 在用户和选定的提供商之间。 然而，这些设备的设备和服务成本可能是过高的，特别是对于可能吸引具有成本意识的用户的中档移动通信设备。 通过将提供推荐服务的成本的部分或全部重定向到提供者，例如，通过在向用户发起呼叫到提供者的呼叫中向服务商收取服务成本，或者以 提供者数据库。 在一个这样的实施例中，所有服务成本可以由提供商承担，经由移动通信设备向用户提供免费的推荐服务。

公开(公告)号：US20110195726A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-11

申请号：US12701539

申请日：2010-02-06

申请人： Eric Horvitz ,  Xuedong Huang ,  Kamal Jain ,  Milind Vasudeo Mahajan

发明人： Eric Horvitz ,  Xuedong Huang ,  Kamal Jain ,  Milind Vasudeo Mahajan

IPC分类号： H04W64/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/0267 ,  G06Q30/0261 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04M15/09 ,  H04M2215/0192 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W4/025 ,  H04W4/24 ,  H04W48/02 ,  H04W64/00

摘要： Mobile communication devices, such as mobile phones, may be capable of recommending to a user various providers of one or more solicited services, e.g., by identifying a user location and identifying providers near the user location that provide the services, and by initiating a call between the user and a selected provider. However, the equipment and service costs of such devices may be prohibitive, particularly for mid-range mobile communication devices that may appeal to cost-conscious users. The prohibitive costs may be diminished by redirecting part or all of the cost of providing the recommendation service from the providers, e.g., by charging the provider a service cost upon initiating a call from the user to the provider, or upon representing the provider in a provider database. In one such embodiment, all service costs may be borne by providers, providing to the user a free recommendation service via the mobile communication device.

摘要翻译： 诸如移动电话的移动通信设备可以能够向用户推荐一个或多个被请求的服务的各种提供者，例如通过识别用户位置并识别用户位置附近的提供服务的提供者，并且通过发起呼叫 在用户和选定的提供商之间。 然而，这些设备的设备和服务成本可能是过高的，特别是对于可能吸引具有成本意识的用户的中档移动通信设备。 通过将提供推荐服务的成本的部分或全部重定向到提供者，例如，通过在向用户发起呼叫到提供者的呼叫中向服务商收取服务成本，或者以 提供者数据库。 在一个这样的实施例中，所有服务成本可以由提供商承担，经由移动通信设备向用户提供免费的推荐服务。

公开(公告)号：US20110003583A1

公开(公告)日：2011-01-06

申请号：US12881705

申请日：2010-09-14

申请人： Rainer Andreas Krause ,  Eric Horvitz ,  Aman Kansal ,  Feng Zhao

发明人： Rainer Andreas Krause ,  Eric Horvitz ,  Aman Kansal ,  Feng Zhao

IPC分类号： H04L29/06

CPC分类号： H04W8/22 ,  G06Q10/04 ,  H04L29/08072 ,  H04L41/142 ,  H04L41/147 ,  H04L41/22

摘要： A method disclosed herein includes the act of computing a value of information for obtaining data from a personal sensor of a user for utilization in a utilitarian computing application, wherein a mobile computing device comprises the personal sensor of the user. The method further includes the act of requesting that the mobile computing device transmit a data packet to the computing device based at least in part upon the value of information for obtaining data from the personal sensor of the user.

摘要翻译： 本文公开的方法包括计算用于从用户的个人传感器获得数据以用于实用计算应用中的信息的值的动作，其中移动计算设备包括用户的个人传感器。 该方法还包括至少部分地基于用于从用户的个人传感器获取数据的信息的值来请求移动计算设备向计算设备发送数据分组的动作。

公开(公告)号：US20100332496A1

公开(公告)日：2010-12-30

申请号：US12492506

申请日：2009-06-26

申请人： Eric Horvitz ,  Brett Brewer ,  Melissa W. Dunn ,  Janet Galore ,  Abhiram G. Khune ,  Sin Lew ,  Timothy D. Sharpe

发明人： Eric Horvitz ,  Brett Brewer ,  Melissa W. Dunn ,  Janet Galore ,  Abhiram G. Khune ,  Sin Lew ,  Timothy D. Sharpe

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02

摘要： The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates accessing information content based at least in part on relevancy to a user by leveraging user ambitions. User ambitions can take the form of to-do lists, calendar items, goals, or interests. These can be leveraged with or without contextual information, historical data, user profiles, and the like to determine the relevancy of content to a specific user. This can facilitate determining what content is accessible to a user based on relevance. A threshold relevance level can be dynamically adjusted.

摘要翻译： 所要求保护的主题提供了一种系统和/或方法，其至少部分地通过利用用户的野心与用户的相关性有助于访问信息内容。 用户抱负可以采取待办事项列表，日历项目，目标或兴趣的形式。 这些可以利用或不使用上下文信息，历史数据，用户简档等来确定内容与特定用户的相关性。 这可以帮助确定用户基于相关性可访问什么内容。 可以动态调整阈值相关性级别。

公开(公告)号：US20100332423A1

公开(公告)日：2010-12-30

申请号：US12490449

申请日：2009-06-24

申请人： Ashish Kapoor ,  Eric Horvitz

发明人： Ashish Kapoor ,  Eric Horvitz

IPC分类号： G06N5/04 ,  G06N7/02

CPC分类号： G06N5/045

摘要： Active learning is extended to decisions on information acquisition of both missing labels and missing features within one or more cases. In one example, desired (e.g., optimal) information to acquire about a case at hand and about cases in a training library during diagnostic sessions can be computed concurrently. A joint distribution of variables, comprising observed and unobserved labels and features for one or more cases, is modeled and probability distributions are determined for unobserved variables. An unobserved variable is selected from the joint distribution that has a return on information (ROI) metric having a combination of a desired uncertainty metric for a value of the unobserved variable and a desired cost for observing the value of the unobserved variable. The value of the variable is observed, and the probability distributions for the respective unobserved variables in the joint distribution are updated using the value of the identified variable.

摘要翻译： 主动学习扩展到在一个或多个情况下丢失标签和缺失功能的信息获取的决策。 在一个示例中，可以同时计算期望的（例如，最佳）信息来获取有关病例的情况以及在诊断期间关于训练库中的情况。 对一个或多个情况的包含观察到和未观察到的标签和特征的变量的联合分布进行建模，并为未观察到的变量确定概率分布。 从具有返回信息（ROI）度量的联合分布中选择未观察到的变量，其具有对于未观察到的变量的值的期望不确定性度量的组合和用于观察未观察到的变量的值的期望成本。 观察变量的值，并使用识别的变量的值来更新关联分布中各个不可观察变量的概率分布。

公开(公告)号：US20100332131A1

公开(公告)日：2010-12-30

申请号：US12493131

申请日：2009-06-26

申请人： Eric Horvitz ,  John Krumm

发明人： Eric Horvitz ,  John Krumm

IPC分类号： G01C21/00

CPC分类号： G01C21/3484 ,  G01C21/3697

摘要： Techniques and systems are disclosed that provide a risk-based assessment for a user based on user location information. Incident data is acquired for incidents that involve potential risks (e.g., to people and/or property) from a plurality of locations and contexts, considering such factors as date, time, weather, traffic, and velocity. The incident data is matched to the user's location and context directly or indirectly to provide one or more potential outcomes of interest (e.g., accidents, injuries, fatalities), and inferences regarding the likelihood of events are made available. These measures are compared to desired risk thresholds for the user. In one embodiment, routes, times, and conditions of travel may be preferred over others routes, times, and conditions. In another embodiment, users may be notified of a condition or a vehicle's maximum velocity may be reduced when the matched incident data meets/exceeds a user's risk threshold.

摘要翻译： 公开了基于用户位置信息为用户提供基于风险的评估的技术和系统。 考虑到诸如日期，时间，天气，交通和速度等因素，从多个位置和情境中获取涉及潜在风险（例如对人和/或财产）的事件的事件数据。 事件数据与用户的位置和环境直接或间接地匹配，以提供一个或多个潜在的感兴趣的结果（例如，事故，伤害，死亡），并且关于事件的可能性可用的推论。 将这些措施与用户的期望风险阈值进行比较。 在一个实施例中，旅行的路线，时间和条件可能优于其他路线，时间和条件。 在另一个实施例中，可以向用户通知条件，或者当匹配的事件数据满足/超过用户的风险阈值时，可以减少车辆的最大速度。

公开(公告)号：US07603436B2

公开(公告)日：2009-10-13

申请号：US11561376

申请日：2006-11-17

申请人： Ruston John David Panabaker ,  Eric Horvitz ,  Gregory Baribault ,  Miller Thomas Abel ,  Feng Zhao

发明人： Ruston John David Panabaker ,  Eric Horvitz ,  Gregory Baribault ,  Miller Thomas Abel ,  Feng Zhao

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F13/14

CPC分类号： G06F17/30241 ,  G06F17/30265 ,  G06Q30/08 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04W4/02

摘要： A method and system is provided for capturing data from a population of device users with network access. A requestor may request a data capture. The requested data may include, for example, a geographical location or a desired subject matter. Devices capable of providing the requested data capture are identified and requested to provide the data. The devices may be identified based on location, capabilities, availability, etc. The data capture from the identified federated devices may be sent to the requestor. The data may be exchanged for a fee, determined by prearrangement or via an economic model such as a competitive auction.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于从具有网络访问的设备用户群体捕获数据的方法和系统。 请求者可以请求数据捕获。 所请求的数据可以包括例如地理位置或期望的主题。 识别并请求能够提供所请求的数据捕获的设备来提供数据。 可以基于位置，能力，可用性等来识别设备。来自所标识的联合设备的数据捕获可以被发送到请求者。 可以通过预先安排或通过诸如竞争性拍卖的经济模型来确定数据。

公开(公告)号：US20080109867A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-08

申请号：US11557461

申请日：2006-11-07

申请人： Ruston John David Panabaker ,  Eric Horvitz ,  Alexander Frank ,  Scott C. Forbes

发明人： Ruston John David Panabaker ,  Eric Horvitz ,  Alexander Frank ,  Scott C. Forbes

IPC分类号： G06F21/00

CPC分类号： H04W12/08 ,  H04L63/102 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/12 ,  H04W12/00503 ,  H04W12/06

摘要： A method and apparatus is provided for coordinating devices in a federated network of devices. A server may determine policies for coordinating the devices and may send messages to devices in the federated network for providing a service. The policies for providing the service among the federated devices may be based on properties of the devices or relative locations of the devices. For example, the federated devices may provide media data and control of the media data to a user. Provision of the media data and/or control of the media data may change from one device to another in the federated network based on policies from the server.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于协调设备联合网络中的设备的方法和装置。 服务器可以确定用于协调设备的策略，并且可以向联合网络中的设备发送消息以提供服务。 在联合设备之间提供服务的策略可以基于设备的属性或设备的相对位置。 例如，联合设备可以向用户提供媒体数据和媒体数据的控制。 基于来自服务器的策略，提供媒体数据和/或媒体数据的控制可以在联合网络中从一个设备改变到另一个设备。

公开(公告)号：US07337181B2

公开(公告)日：2008-02-26

申请号：US10620116

申请日：2003-07-15

申请人： Eric Horvitz

发明人： Eric Horvitz

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30707 ,  G06Q10/107 ,  H04L51/14 ,  H04L51/24 ,  H04L51/26 ,  Y10S707/99936 ,  Y10S707/99939 ,  Y10S707/99942 ,  Y10S707/99943 ,  Y10S707/99944 ,  Y10S707/99945

摘要： The routing of prioritized documents such as email messages is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method first receives a text. The method assigns a priority to the document, based on a text classifier such as a Bayesian classifier or a support-vector machine classifier. The method then routes the text based on a routing criteria. In one embodiment the routing is directed by a measure of priority that reflects the expected cost of delayed review of the document.

摘要翻译： 披露诸如电子邮件消息等优先权文件的路由。 在一个实施例中，计算机实现的方法首先接收文本。 该方法基于文本分类器（如贝叶斯分类器或支持向量机分类器）为文档分配优先级。 然后，该方法基于路由条件路由文本。 在一个实施例中，路由由反映文档的延迟审阅的预期成本的优先级的度量指导。

公开(公告)号：US20070288932A1

公开(公告)日：2007-12-13

申请号：US11737247

申请日：2007-04-19

申请人： Eric Horvitz ,  David Hovel ,  Andrew Jacobs ,  Carl Kadie

发明人： Eric Horvitz ,  David Hovel ,  Andrew Jacobs ,  Carl Kadie

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/107

摘要： The present invention relates to a system and methodology to enable a variety of information associated with one or more notification sources to be directed to one or more notification sinks via a notification platform architecture. The architecture includes a context analyzer for determining a user's state such as location and attentional focus, wherein the user's state is employed by a notification manager to make decisions regarding what, when and how information generated by the notification sources should be forwarded to the notification sinks, for example. These decisions can include a cost benefit analysis wherein considerations are given as to whether the benefits of notifying the user are outweighed by the costs of disrupting the user. Decision-theoretic policies and/or somewhat less formal heuristic policies can be employed to enable the decision-making process within the notification manager.