公开(公告)号：US20070300174A1

公开(公告)日：2007-12-27

申请号：US11426818

申请日：2006-06-27

申请人： Steven W. Macbeth ,  Roland L. Fernandez ,  Brian R. Meyers ,  Desney S. Tan ,  George G. Robertson ,  Nuria M. Oliver ,  Oscar E. Murillo ,  Mary P. Czerwinski

发明人： Steven W. Macbeth ,  Roland L. Fernandez ,  Brian R. Meyers ,  Desney S. Tan ,  George G. Robertson ,  Nuria M. Oliver ,  Oscar E. Murillo ,  Mary P. Czerwinski

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/22 ,  G06Q10/10

摘要： A unique monitoring system and method is provided that involves monitoring user activity in order to facilitate managing and optimizing the utilization of various system resources. In particular, the system can monitor user activity, detect when users need assistance with their specific activities, and identify at least one other user that can assist them. Assistance can be in the form of answering questions, providing guidance to the user as the user completes the activity, or completing the activity such as in the case of taking on an assigned activity. In addition, the system can aggregate activity data across users and/or devices. As a result, problems with activity templates or activities themselves can be more readily identified, user performance can be readily compared, and users can communicate and exchange information regarding similar activity experiences. Furthermore, synchronicity and time-sensitive scheduling of activities between users can be facilitated and improved overall.

摘要翻译： 提供了一个独特的监控系统和方法，其中包括监控用户活动，以便于管理和优化各种系统资源的利用。 特别地，系统可以监视用户活动，检测何时用户需要其特定活动的协助，以及识别至少一个可以帮助他们的其他用户。 援助可以是回答问题的形式，在用户完成活动时向用户提供指导，或者完成活动，例如在进行分配的活动的情况下。 此外，系统可以跨用户和/或设备聚合活动数据。 因此，可以更容易地识别活动模板或活动本身的问题，可以容易地比较用户性能，并且用户可以传达和交换关于类似活动体验的信息。 此外，可以促进和改善用户之间的活动的同步性和时间敏感的调度。

公开(公告)号：US20070299795A1

公开(公告)日：2007-12-27

申请号：US11426827

申请日：2006-06-27

申请人： Steven W. Macbeth ,  Roland L. Fernandez ,  Brian R. Meyers ,  Desney S. Tan ,  George G. Robertson ,  Nuria M. Oliver ,  Oscar E. Murillo ,  Elin R. Pedersen ,  Mary P. Czerwinski ,  Jeanine E. Spence

发明人： Steven W. Macbeth ,  Roland L. Fernandez ,  Brian R. Meyers ,  Desney S. Tan ,  George G. Robertson ,  Nuria M. Oliver ,  Oscar E. Murillo ,  Elin R. Pedersen ,  Mary P. Czerwinski ,  Jeanine E. Spence

IPC分类号： G06F15/18

CPC分类号： G06Q10/10

摘要： A system that can identify, create, update and/or process a workflow based upon a current, past or future activity is disclosed. A ‘workflow’ can be defined as an activity flow that includes interaction with, or assignment of work to, people, devices, or services by a single individual or a group of individuals. Once a workflow is determined in accordance with the innovation, the system can inform other users or groups that are performing, or intend to perform, a similar or like activity. In establishing the workflow, the innovation can operate in an ad hoc or authored manner. As well, the system can employ a combination of either ad hoc or authored mechanisms in establishment of the workflow.

摘要翻译： 公开了可以基于当前，过去或将来的活动来识别，创建，更新和/或处理工作流的系统。 “工作流程”可以被定义为一个活动流程，其包括与单个个人或一组个人的人员，设备或服务的交互或分配工作。 一旦根据创新确定工作流程，系统就可以通知正在执行或打算执行类似或类似活动的其他用户或组。 在建立工作流程时，创新可以以特定或创作的方式运作。 同样，系统可以在建立工作流程中采用临时或创作机制的组合。

公开(公告)号：US20070297590A1

公开(公告)日：2007-12-27

申请号：US11426810

申请日：2006-06-27

申请人： Steven W. Macbeth ,  Roland L. Fernandez ,  Brian R. Meyers ,  Desney S. Tan ,  George G. Robertson ,  Nuria M. Oliver ,  Oscar E. Murillo ,  Mary P. Czerwinski ,  Jeanine E. Spence

发明人： Steven W. Macbeth ,  Roland L. Fernandez ,  Brian R. Meyers ,  Desney S. Tan ,  George G. Robertson ,  Nuria M. Oliver ,  Oscar E. Murillo ,  Mary P. Czerwinski ,  Jeanine E. Spence

IPC分类号： H04M3/42

CPC分类号： G06Q10/00

摘要： A unique system and method is provided that facilitates managing an activity centric environment via a master profile (which includes user, group, and device profiles). The master profile follows or stays with the user and can be applied universally across devices and activities (activity templates). When profile data does not currently exist (e.g., a new activity or a new device), portions of the existing profile data can be applied to such new activities or device as appropriate. Thus, current profile data for existing or known user interactions and devices can be inferentially extended to new user interactions and devices. When conflicts arise between applicable profile data, they can be solved by applying the profile data in accordance with their priority. User intervention can be requested whereby the system can adapt previous user-based resolutions to future conflicts. Profile data can also be scaled according to the context of the user-device-activity interaction.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种独特的系统和方法，通过主配置文件（包括用户，组和设备配置文件），有助于管理以活动为中心的环境。 主配置文件跟随或保留在用户身上，可以跨设备和活动（活动模板）普遍应用。 当简档数据当前不存在（例如，新活动或新设备）时，现有配置文件数据的一部分可以适当地应用于这样的新活动或设备。 因此，用于现有或已知的用户交互和设备的当前简档数据可以被延伸到新的用户交互和设备。 当适用的配置文件数据之间出现冲突时，可以根据其优先级应用配置文件数据来解决。 可以请求用户干预，从而系统可以将以前基于用户的解决方案适应未来的冲突。 配置文件数据也可以根据用户设备活动交互的上下文进行缩放。

公开(公告)号：US07624192B2

公开(公告)日：2009-11-24

申请号：US10750028

申请日：2003-12-30

申请人： Brian R. Meyers ,  Gregory R. Smith

发明人： Brian R. Meyers ,  Gregory R. Smith

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04L67/36 ,  H04L67/18

摘要： A framework for providing user interaction with one or more networked devices. The invention allows for user configuration of networked computers such that each of the networked computer input and output devices interact with one another in a prescribed manner. The configuration associates relative geographic relationships for each networked computer using agent modules located on each networked computer that keeps track of the current location of a cursor based upon the geographic relationships. If the current cursor position corresponds to another networked computer, an agent module blocks incoming input streams so that they are not processed by the local computer, and transmits the input device signals to a remote agent module corresponding to the remote networked computer. The remote computer agent module injects the input device instructions into the remote system, which causes the remote computer to process the input stream from the local computer.

摘要翻译： 用于提供与一个或多个联网设备的用户交互的框架。 本发明允许网络计算机的用户配置，使得每个联网的计算机输入和输出设备以规定的方式彼此交互。 该配置使用位于每个联网计算机上的代理模块来使每个联网计算机的相对地理关系相关联，其基于地理关系来跟踪光标的当前位置。 如果当前的光标位置对应于另一个联网的计算机，代理模块阻止输入的输入流，使得它们不被本地计算机处理，并将输入的设备信号发送到与远程联网计算机对应的远程代理模块。 远程计算机代理模块将输入设备指令注入到远程系统中，这使得远程计算机处理来自本地计算机的输入流。

公开(公告)号：US09477574B2

公开(公告)日：2016-10-25

申请号：US13106113

申请日：2011-05-12

申请人： Ilya Tumanov ,  John Wana ,  George Perantatos ,  Brian R. Meyers ,  Gary Caldwell

发明人： Ilya Tumanov ,  John Wana ,  George Perantatos ,  Brian R. Meyers ,  Gary Caldwell

IPC分类号： G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06F11/34

CPC分类号： G06F11/3438 ,  G06F11/3495 ,  G06F2201/875

摘要： Systems, methods and computer program products for facilitating the collection of data within a computer network (especially an intranet) while complying with applicable privacy laws and regulations, as well as individual organizations' rules addressing intranet users' privacy are disclosed. Such systems, methods and computer program products allow for the collecting of activity information related to computer-based activities performed by users while logged into an organization's intranet. Such activity includes navigating to URLs, opening and editing documents, writing, opening and reading email and instant messages, and the like. The collecting, consolidating, storing and exposing of such activity information—while ensuring privacy requirements—serves as a basis for high-value services (e.g., augmenting documents with extra information, improving search results, automatic news feeds, social networking announcements, etc.) to be offered and provisioned to such users.

摘要翻译： 披露了在遵守适用的隐私法律和法规的同时，在计算机网络（特别是内联网）内收集数据的系统，方法和计算机程序产品，以及针对内部网用户隐私的各个组织规则。 这样的系统，方法和计算机程序产品允许在登录到组织的内联网中收集与用户执行的基于计算机的活动相关的活动信息。 此类活动包括浏览URL，打开和编辑文档，撰写，打开和阅读电子邮件和即时消息等。 在确保隐私要求的同时收集，整理，存储和暴露此类活动信息 - 可以作为高价值服务的基础（例如，增加具有额外信息的文档，改进搜索结果，自动新闻Feed，社交网络通知等）。 ）被提供给这些用户。

公开(公告)号：US20120310376A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-06

申请号：US13151849

申请日：2011-06-02

申请人： John Charles Krumm ,  James W. Scott ,  Alice Jane Bernheim Brush ,  Brian R. Meyers ,  Stephen Edward Hodges

发明人： John Charles Krumm ,  James W. Scott ,  Alice Jane Bernheim Brush ,  Brian R. Meyers ,  Stephen Edward Hodges

IPC分类号： G05B13/04 ,  G06F15/18

CPC分类号： G05B15/02 ,  G05B2219/2642 ,  G06N7/005

摘要： Methods and systems for occupancy prediction using historical occupancy patterns are described. In an embodiment, an occupancy probability is computed by comparing a recent occupancy pattern to historic occupancy patterns. Sensor data for a room, or other space, is used to generate a table of past occupancy which comprises these historic occupancy patterns. The comparison which is performed identifies a number of similar historic occupancy patterns and data from these similar historic occupancy patterns is combined to generate an occupancy probability for a time in the future. In an example, time may be divided into discrete slots and binary values may be used to indicate occupancy or non-occupancy in each slot. An occupancy probability for a defined future time slot then comprises a combination of the binary values for corresponding time slots from each of the identified similar occupancy patterns.

摘要翻译： 描述了使用历史占用模式进行占用预测的方法和系统。 在一个实施例中，通过将最近的占用模式与历史占用模式进行比较来计算占用概率。 用于房间或其他空间的传感器数据用于生成包含这些历史占用模式的过去占用表。 执行的比较确定了许多类似的历史占用模式，并且将来自这些类似的历史占用模式的数据组合以产生未来一段时间的占用概率。 在一个示例中，时间可以被划分为离散时隙，并且二进制值可以用于指示每个时隙中的占用或非占用。 然后，定义的未来时隙的占用概率包括来自所识别的相似占用模式中的每一个的相应时隙的二进制值的组合。

公开(公告)号：US07515750B2

公开(公告)日：2009-04-07

申请号：US11255450

申请日：2005-10-22

申请人： Kentaro Toyama ,  John C. Krumm ,  Barry L. Brumitt ,  Brian R. Meyers

发明人： Kentaro Toyama ,  John C. Krumm ,  Barry L. Brumitt ,  Brian R. Meyers

IPC分类号： G06K9/34 ,  G06K9/46

CPC分类号： G06K9/38 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/174 ,  G06T7/194 ,  G06T2207/10016 ,  G06T2207/20016 ,  G06T2207/20081

摘要： An image background maintenance system and method for maintaining a background model of an image sequence by processing on multiple spatial scales. These multiple spatial scales include a pixel scale, a regional scale and a frame scale. The image sequence undergoes pixel processing that determines a current background model and provides an initial pixel assignment as either a background or a foreground pixel. Region processing further refines the initial pixel assignments by considering relationships between pixels and possibly reassigning pixels. Frame processing further refines the current background model by determining whether a substantial change has occurred in the actual background and, if so, providing a more accurate background model.

公开(公告)号：US06957177B1

公开(公告)日：2005-10-18

申请号：US09657871

申请日：2000-09-08

申请人： Barrett L. Brumitt ,  Steven A. N. Shafer ,  Brian R. Meyers

发明人： Barrett L. Brumitt ,  Steven A. N. Shafer ,  Brian R. Meyers

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06F17/50

CPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  A63F2300/69

摘要： A system and process for providing a geometric model database for use in an ubiquitous computing environment. In general, the geometric model database system and process is capable of accepting information about the geometric state of the environment, building a geometric model of this environment, maintaining and storing the geometric model, and handling queries about the environment's geometric state. The task of building a geometric model begins by establishing a set of entities that are of interest in the environment. An entity represents an object which exists in the physical world. In the geometric model database, an entity is represented by a coordinate frame and an extent. Extents refer to the physical size, or some service region such as a field of view, associated with an entity. The location of an entity in the physical world is defined using “measurements”. In general, a measurement is simply a mathematical description of the geometric relationship between two entities. More precisely, a measurement describes the position and orientation of one entity's coordinate frame, expressed in terms of another entity's coordinate frame. Measurements originating at an entity's frame are expressed in terms of that frame. While various mathematical representations of the geometric relationship between entities could be employed, a preferred one characterizes a measurement as the relative position, and the relative orientation or heading, of two entities along with a covariance matrix which describes the uncertainty in these values.

摘要翻译： 用于提供用于无处不在的计算环境的几何模型数据库的系统和过程。 一般来说，几何模型数据库系统和过程能够接受关于环境几何状态的信息，构建这种环境的几何模型，维护和存储几何模型，以及处理关于环境几何状态的查询。 构建几何模型的任务是建立一组在环境中感兴趣的实体。 实体表示物理世界中存在的对象。 在几何模型数据库中，实体由坐标框和范围表示。 范围是指与实体相关联的物理大小或某个服务区域，例如视野。 实体在物理世界中的位置是使用“测量”定义的。 通常，测量仅仅是两个实体之间的几何关系的数学描述。 更准确地说，测量描述了一个实体坐标系的位置和方向，用另一个实体的坐标系来表示。 源自实体框架的测量用该帧表示。 虽然可以采用实体之间的几何关系的各种数学表示，但优选的是将测量值表示为两个实体的相对位置以及相关方向或方向，以及描述这些值中的不确定性的协方差矩阵。

公开(公告)号：US07800598B2

公开(公告)日：2010-09-21

申请号：US11364776

申请日：2006-02-27

申请人： Brian R. Meyers

发明人： Brian R. Meyers

IPC分类号： G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/1446 ,  G09G5/08 ,  G09G5/14 ,  G09G2340/10 ,  G09G2340/12

摘要： In a multiple-display configuration comprising multiple display devices, the display device on which a display item, such as a mouse cursor, is located, is indicated without obscuring the view of any information being rendered on any display device. In an exemplary configuration, light emitting devices, such as LEDs for example, are located on the periphery of each display device. To indicate that the display item is located on a specific display device, the LEDs associated with that display device are activated.

摘要翻译： 在包括多个显示设备的多显示器配置中，指示诸如鼠标光标之类的显示项目所在的显示设备，而不会遮蔽在任何显示设备上呈现的任何信息的视图。 在示例性配置中，诸如LED的发光器件例如位于每个显示器件的外围。 为了指示显示项目位于特定显示设备上，与该显示设备相关联的LED被激活。

公开(公告)号：US20090013250A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-08

申请号：US12064788

申请日：2006-08-08

申请人： Gary Hsieh ,  Kenneth R. Wood ,  Brian R. Meyers

发明人： Gary Hsieh ,  Kenneth R. Wood ,  Brian R. Meyers

IPC分类号： G06F3/14

CPC分类号： G06F17/212

摘要： The invention relates to methods and apparatus for displaying documents created by a particular user to that user. A source of documents created electronically by the user is accessed and an automatic selection of a plurality of parts of documents is made according to selection criteria. The selected parts are displayed sequentially on a peripheral display means associated with the user.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及用于将特定用户创建的文档显示给该用户的方法和装置。 访问用户以电子方式创建的文档的来源，并根据选择标准自动选择文档的多个部分。 所选择的部分依次显示在与用户相关联的外围显示装置上。