摘要:
A system for providing single view of content in a network of devices includes a communication module that detects devices connected to the network, a directory module that discovers content in each detected device via the communication module and maintains a directory of such available content providing a single view of the discovered content for access thereto, and a content manager that provides access to the single view.
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A method and system for selecting personalized search engines for accessing information is provided. Each personalized search engine represents one or more base search engines. Characteristic information, representing searching capabilities of each of the multiple personalized search engines is obtained. A personalized search engine is selected among the multiple personalized search engines for executing a query based on said characteristic information and the query.
摘要:
A method and system implementing a process for generating a signature for a network space using existing resources in the space. The process for generating a signature for a space involves discovering the resources in the space and generating a signature for the space using the identification of the devices.
摘要:
A framework identifies data that a user would likely be interested to access, then extracts and stores such data for the user to efficiently use when desired. Thereby, the framework allows the user to access several types of information efficiently, without the user having to request the information.
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A method and system for providing access to information via a supplementary device is provided. User access to primary information via a primary device is monitored. Key information related to the primary content is obtained by extracting and analyzing metadata sources for the primary information. Then, supplementary information related to the primary information is obtained based on the key information. The supplementary information is provided for user access via the supplementary device.
摘要:
A system implementing a method for providing sponsored information on an electronic device determines information of interest to the user as relevant information, accesses sponsored information, and provides sponsored information based on said relevant information.
摘要:
A method and a system for searching for information using an electronic device, such as a consumer electronic device, that can be connected to a network. Such searching for information involves determining a context for a search for information, forming a search query based on the context of search for information, and performing a contextual search based on the search query. Performing the contextual search further includes performing a query refinement.
摘要:
A method and system for remote access to a device is provided. This involves establishing a connection between a local device connected in a local network and a remote device via a communication link; sending a message from the local device to the remote device via the communication link, indicating an online status of the local device; and maintaining an online status indication for the local device at the remote device, until arrival of a message indicating an offline status of the local device.
摘要:
A configurable system brings Internet services, designed for PCs, to consumer electronics (CE) devices, and allows using external services such as Internet Services on CE devices. This reduces the need for input devices such as keyboards and mice, thereby making the configurable system suitable for CE devices. The configurable system relies on the structure of HTML/XML embedded in a Web page for information extraction by scrapping. Since cosmetic changes made to the Web site alter the embedded HTML/XML, the configurable system is updated whenever the Web site changes.
摘要:
A data management method and system allows user centric, secured management and sharing of user information such as e-commerce data (including login details, credit card information etc.), policies and preferences set by a user in a networked home environment. A technique to encrypt and decrypt the user data is utilized, while physically storing the encrypted version of the data on a gateway device in the home rather than an online service/entity. It is in a user's best interest to manage the user's private information on the user side such that a user has absolute control over what, where the user's information flows.