公开(公告)号：US08918310B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-23

申请号：US13239360

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 ,  G06F17/28 ,  G06F3/0483

摘要： Disclosed herein are systems and methods for navigating electronic texts. According to an aspect, a method may include determining text subgroups within an electronic text. The method may also include selecting a text seed within one of the text subgroups. Further, the method may include determining a similarity relationship between the text seed and one or more adjacent text subgroups that do not include the selected text seed. The method may also include associating the text seed with the one or more adjacent text subgroups based on the similarity relationship to create a text cluster.

公开(公告)号：US08874655B2

公开(公告)日：2014-10-28

申请号：US11609962

申请日：2006-12-13

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Michael T. Hoffman

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Michael T. Hoffman

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F15/167 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30386 ,  G06F17/30209 ,  G06F17/30663 ,  G06F17/30743 ,  G06F17/30749 ,  G06F17/30758 ,  G06F17/30766 ,  H04L67/30

摘要： A system and method are provided for matching participants in a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) recommendation network that is loosely coupled to a subscription music service. In general, the system includes a central server and a number of peer devices. For each of the peer devices, an associated user is either a subscriber to the subscription music service or a non-subscriber. When a user of a peer device desires to identify new friends with which to exchange recommendations in the P2P recommendation network, a friend recommendation function of the central server identifies new friends for the user of the peer device based on the user's status as either a subscriber or a non-subscriber to the subscription music service.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于匹配松散耦合到订阅音乐服务的对等（P2P）推荐网络中的参与者的系统和方法。 通常，系统包括中央服务器和多个对等设备。 对于每个对等设备，相关联的用户是订阅音乐服务的订户或非订户。 当对等设备的用户希望识别在P2P推荐网络中交换建议的新朋友时，中心服务器的朋友推荐功能基于用户的状态来识别对等设备的用户的新朋友作为订户 或订阅音乐服务的非订阅者。

公开(公告)号：US08484311B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-09

申请号：US12104690

申请日：2008-04-17

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Harold Sutherland

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  Harold Sutherland

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F15/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30029

摘要： Systems and methods are provided for aggregating a local media collection of a user with one or more shared media collections shared with the user to provide an aggregate media collection for the user. In general, one or more shared media collections shared with the user are first discovered. Optionally, the user may select one or more of the shared media collections for aggregation with the local media collection of the user. The shared media collections selected by the user, or alternatively all of the shared media collections, are then aggregated with the local media collection of the user to provide an aggregate media collection for the user. The aggregate media collection of the user may then be pruned or filtered based on user preferences of the user.

摘要翻译： 提供了系统和方法，用于将用户的本地媒体集合与用户共享的一个或多个共享媒体集合聚合，以为用户提供聚合媒体集合。 通常，首先发现与用户共享的一个或多个共享媒体集合。 可选地，用户可以选择用于与用户的本地媒体集合进行聚合的一个或多个共享媒体集合。 然后，由用户选择的共享媒体集合或者所有共享媒体集合被与用户的本地媒体集合聚合，以为用户提供聚合媒体集合。 然后可以基于用户的用户偏好来修剪或过滤用户的聚合媒体集合。

公开(公告)号：US20130018961A1

公开(公告)日：2013-01-17

申请号：US13616936

申请日：2012-09-14

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： Collecting information about a user's media collections at a central location from multiple login points and/or multiple devices owned by the user is disclosed herein. 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 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. 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： 本文公开了从用户拥有的多个登录点和/或多个设备收集关于中央位置的用户的媒体集合的信息。 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，中央服务器接收连接的和当前使用中的用户设备的唯一机器标识符。 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。 中央服务器获取并存储有关所连接和使用的用户设备所拥有的所有用户的媒体集合的信息，并且之前连接到中央服务器，而不仅仅具有存储在当前使用用户设备上的媒体集合的知识。

公开(公告)号：US20120210250A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-16

申请号：US12902692

申请日：2010-10-12

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  John Forese ,  Steven L. Petersen

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  John Forese ,  Steven L. Petersen

IPC分类号： G06F3/01 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04W4/021 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G06Q40/08 ,  H04L65/607 ,  H04L67/306

摘要： Systems and methods are provided for obtaining status updates relevant to a segment of a media content stream for presentation during playback. In general, a status updating service collects status updates sent by users via corresponding mobile devices of the users. A media playback device of a user receives a media content stream and obtains data defining a time of capture and, in some embodiments, a location of capture of a segment of the media content stream. Either prior to or during playback of the media content stream, the media playback device obtains status updates that are relevant to the segment of the media content stream directly or indirectly from the status updating service. The media playback device then presents the relevant status updates, or at least a subset thereof, during playback of the media content stream and preferably during playback of the segment of the media content stream.

摘要翻译： 系统和方法被提供用于获得与媒体内容流的片段相关的状态更新以便在播放期间呈现。 通常，状态更新服务通过用户的相应移动设备收集用户发送的状态更新。 用户的媒体回放设备接收媒体内容流并且获得定义捕获时间的数据，并且在一些实施例中获取捕获媒体内容流的片段的位置。 在媒体内容流的播放之前或期间，媒体播放设备从状态更新服务直接或间接获得与媒体内容流的片段相关的状态更新。 媒体播放设备然后在回放媒体内容流期间优选地在播放媒体内容流的段期间呈现相关的状态更新或其至少一个子集。

公开(公告)号：US20120123871A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-17

申请号：US13085886

申请日：2011-04-13

申请人： Hugh Svendsen ,  John Forese ,  Christopher M. Amidon ,  Kunal Kandekar ,  Eugene Matthew Farrelly

发明人： Hugh Svendsen ,  John Forese ,  Christopher M. Amidon ,  Kunal Kandekar ,  Eugene Matthew Farrelly

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q50/01 ,  G06Q30/0252 ,  G06Q30/0255 ,  G06Q30/0261 ,  G06Q30/0271 ,  G06Q30/0276

摘要： Systems and methods are disclosed for generating and utilizing photo advertisements (“ads”). In one embodiment, a computer server obtains and stores user-created photo advertisements. Each of the user-created photo advertisements is generated based on a corresponding photo ad template having one or more photo wells such that filler images of one or more participants are inserted into the one or more photo wells. For each user-created photo advertisement, the one or more participants include at least a user by which the photo advertisement was created. In addition, the computer server effects use of the stored user-created photo advertisements as sponsored advertisements.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于生成和利用照片广告（“广告”）的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，计算机服务器获取和存储用户创建的照片广告。 每个用户创建的照片广告基于具有一个或多个照片井的相应照片广告模板生成，使得一个或多个参与者的填充图像被插入到一个或多个照片井中。 对于每个用户创建的照片广告，一个或多个参与者至少包括创建照片广告的用户。 此外，计算机服务器利用存储的用户创建的照片广告作为赞助广告。

公开(公告)号：US20120117339A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-10

申请号：US13116035

申请日：2011-05-26

申请人： Kunal Kandekar ,  Christopher M. Amidon ,  Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Kunal Kandekar ,  Christopher M. Amidon ,  Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F17/30091 ,  G06F17/30073 ,  H04L67/10

摘要： A media broker comprises a communication interface and a controller associated with the communication interface configured to receive a request from a user to record a requested media item. The media broker proceeds to query an aggregated stored content list (ASCL) including information indicative of each of the media items stored on one or more media storage device communicatively coupled to the media broker to determine if the requested media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices. If it is determined that the requested media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices the user that requested the media item is informed and the media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices. Conversely, if it is determined that the requested media item is not stored on the one or more media storage devices, the requested media item is recorded.

摘要翻译： 媒体代理包括通信接口和与所述通信接口相关联的控制器，所述控制器被配置为接收来自用户的请求以记录所请求的媒体项目。 媒体代理继续查询聚合的存储内容列表（ASCL），其包括指示存储在通信地耦合到媒体代理的一个或多个媒体存储设备上的每个媒体项目的信息，以确定所请求的媒体项目是否存储在该媒体项目的一个或 更多的媒体存储设备。 如果确定所请求的媒体项目被存储在一个或多个媒体存储设备上，则通知请求媒体项目的用户，并且媒体项目被存储在一个或多个媒体存储设备上。 相反，如果确定所请求的媒体项目未被存储在一个或多个媒体存储设备上，则记录所请求的媒体项目。

公开(公告)号：US20120117103A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-10

申请号：US12731586

申请日：2010-03-25

申请人： Eugene Matthew Farrelly ,  Hugh Svendsen ,  Juan A. Pons

发明人： Eugene Matthew Farrelly ,  Hugh Svendsen ,  Juan A. Pons

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30091 ,  G06F17/30073 ,  H04L67/10

摘要： A media broker comprises a communication interface and a controller associated with the communication interface configured to receive a request from a user to record a requested media item. The media broker proceeds to query an aggregated stored content list (ASCL) including information indicative of each of the media items stored on one or more media storage device communicatively coupled to the media broker to determine if the requested media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices. If it is determined that the requested media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices the user that requested the media item is informed and the media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices. Conversely, if it is determined that the requested media item is not stored on the one or more media storage devices, the requested media item is recorded.

摘要翻译： 媒体代理包括通信接口和与所述通信接口相关联的控制器，所述控制器被配置为接收来自用户的请求以记录所请求的媒体项目。 媒体代理继续查询聚合的存储内容列表（ASCL），其包括指示存储在通信地耦合到媒体代理的一个或多个媒体存储设备上的每个媒体项目的信息，以确定所请求的媒体项目是否存储在该媒体项目的一个或 更多的媒体存储设备。 如果确定所请求的媒体项目被存储在一个或多个媒体存储设备上，则通知请求媒体项目的用户，并且媒体项目被存储在一个或多个媒体存储设备上。 相反，如果确定所请求的媒体项目未被存储在一个或多个媒体存储设备上，则记录所请求的媒体项目。

公开(公告)号：US20120114312A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-10

申请号：US12731730

申请日：2010-03-25

申请人： Harold Sutherland ,  Hugh Svendsen

发明人： Harold Sutherland ,  Hugh Svendsen

IPC分类号： H04N5/91

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： Method and system for determining the availability of a media controller to record a program in the future. A media controller receives a request to schedule the recording of a program during a particular time slot. The media controller obtains an availability probability of the media controller during the time slot. The media controller determines, based on the availability probability, whether the media controller is available to record the program. The availability probability may be based on previous usage data that identifies previous usage associated with the media controller.

摘要翻译： 用于确定媒体控制器在将来记录节目的可用性的方法和系统。 媒体控制器接收在特定时隙期间安排节目的记录的请求。 媒体控制器在时隙期间获取媒体控制器的可用性概率。 媒体控制器基于可用性概率来确定媒体控制器是否可用于记录节目。 可用性概率可以基于识别与媒体控制器相关联的先前使用的先前使用数据。

公开(公告)号：US20120078612A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-29

申请号：US13239360

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 determining text subgroups within an electronic text. The method may also include selecting a text seed within one of the text subgroups. Further, the method may include determining a similarity relationship between the text seed and one or more adjacent text subgroups that do not include the selected text seed. The method may also include associating the text seed with the one or more adjacent text subgroups based on the similarity relationship to create a text cluster.

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，一种方法可以包括确定电子文本内的文本子组。 该方法还可以包括在文本子组之一内选择文本种子。 此外，该方法可以包括确定文本种子与不包括所选择的文本种子的一个或多个相邻文本子组之间的相似关系。 该方法还可以包括基于相似关系将文本种子与一个或多个相邻文本子组相关联以创建文本簇。