公开(公告)号：US08055534B2

公开(公告)日：2011-11-08

申请号：US12341087

申请日：2008-12-22

申请人： Duncan Ashby ,  Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  Naveen Lamba ,  Colin Fung Wan Lim ,  James W. Seaman ,  Vinodh K. Swaminathan

发明人： Duncan Ashby ,  Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  Naveen Lamba ,  Colin Fung Wan Lim ,  James W. Seaman ,  Vinodh K. Swaminathan

IPC分类号： G07B15/00 ,  G07B15/02

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0212 ,  G06Q30/0284 ,  G06Q50/30

摘要： Methods, including service methods, articles of manufacture, systems, articles and programmable devices are provided for charging travel fees or awarding benefits as a function of vehicle occupancy. Variable travel fee schedules include a plurality of different rate values, each rate value associated with ride-sharing service points of a vehicle infrastructure and vehicle occupancy counts. Occupants within a vehicle traveling via a vehicle infrastructure are counted, the counting generating discrete occupant counts correlated with the ride-sharing service points. Subsets of variable travel fee schedule rate values are selected as a function of association with discrete occupant counts and correlated ride-sharing service points. Owners, occupants or other parties associated with the vehicle are accordingly charged a travel fee or awarded a benefit as a function of the rate value subset and an amount of the vehicle traveling.

摘要翻译： 提供方法，包括服务方法，制造品，系统，物品和可编程设备，用于收取旅行费用或作为车辆占用的功能的奖励。 可变旅行费表包括多个不同的费率值，与车辆基础设施的乘车共享服务点相关联的每个费率值和车辆占用率。 对通过车辆基础设施行驶的车辆中的乘客进行计数，产生与乘车共享服务点相关的离散乘员数的计数。 作为与离散乘员计数和相关的乘车共享服务点的关联的函数，选择可变旅行费率调度率值的子集。 因此，与车辆相关的所有者，乘客或其他方面被收取旅行费用或根据速率值子集和车辆行驶量的函数给予利益。

公开(公告)号：US07979197B2

公开(公告)日：2011-07-12

申请号：US11952241

申请日：2007-12-07

申请人： Peter G. Finn ,  Carl P. Gusler ,  Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  James W. Seaman

发明人： Peter G. Finn ,  Carl P. Gusler ,  Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  James W. Seaman

IPC分类号： G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G08G5/065 ,  G08G5/0026

摘要： Airport ground traffic management methods, program products and systems provided for a plurality of tags or tag readers distributed throughout an airport each spaced greater than a tag reader scanning distance. A traveling apparatus brings a tag proximate to a tag reader and a traffic manager in communication with the tag reader receives tag data and determines an apparatus location characteristic and formats the characteristic into a presentation provided to an apparatus operator or an airport ground traffic controller. Campus regions are identified in response to an airport campus function characteristic, and an apparatus location is plotted within a region on a graphic representation. In response to location, speed, historic data, data from other read tag and the location of another apparatus, a determined course of action is determined including entering a movement directive into an auto-pilot component.

摘要翻译： 机场地面交通管理方法，程序产品和系统被提供用于分布在机场的多个标签或标签读取器，每个标签或标签读取器分隔大于标签读取器扫描距离。 旅行装置将标签接近标签读取器，并且与标签读取器通信的交通管理器接收标签数据，并确定设备位置特征，并将特征格式化为提供给设备操作员或机场地面交通控制器的演示。 根据机场校园功能特征识别校园区域，并且在图形表示的区域内绘制设备位置。 响应于位置，速度，历史数据，来自其他读标签的数据和另一装置的位置，确定确定的动作过程，包括将自动导航部件中的移动指令输入。

公开(公告)号：US20110131508A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-02

申请号：US12628720

申请日：2009-12-01

申请人： Igor Y. Gershfang ,  Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  Neil A. Katz ,  James W. Seaman ,  Adam R. Snopek ,  Richard Young

发明人： Igor Y. Gershfang ,  Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  Neil A. Katz ,  James W. Seaman ,  Adam R. Snopek ,  Richard Young

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F3/048

CPC分类号： G06Q10/10 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/04895

摘要： The present invention provides various approaches for disseminating emergency broadcasting messages or other messages of importance (hereinafter “alerts”) within virtual world environments such that interested virtual world residents can be made aware of matters of importance based on their physical world locations (e.g., without respect to the locale of their current virtual world presence).

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了用于在虚拟世界环境中传播紧急广播消息或其他重要信息（以下称为“警报”）的各种方法，使得感兴趣的虚拟世界居民可以基于他们的物理世界位置（例如，没有 尊重当前虚拟世界存在的地区）。

公开(公告)号：US20100156670A1

公开(公告)日：2010-06-24

申请号：US12341054

申请日：2008-12-22

申请人： Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  Naveen Lamba ,  Colin Fung Wan Lim ,  Benjamin G. Morris ,  James W. Seaman ,  Vinodh K. Swaminathan

发明人： Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  Naveen Lamba ,  Colin Fung Wan Lim ,  Benjamin G. Morris ,  James W. Seaman ,  Vinodh K. Swaminathan

IPC分类号： G08G1/00

CPC分类号： G08G1/096716 ,  G07B15/06 ,  G08G1/096741 ,  G08G1/096775

摘要： Variable thoroughfare toll rates are applied in anticipation of an event impacting traffic flow. An event occurrence is identified and determined to cause a change in a normal traffic flow amount on an impacted section of a thoroughfare. A traveler is notified of the impacted section of the thoroughfare in association with an impacted section-choice toll rate, a bypass choice in association with a bypass-choice toll rate, and a future time period duration for an application of the bypass-choice and impacted section-choice rates. A notified traveler is charged a toll for using the thoroughfare as a function of the bypass-choice rate in response to choosing to travel upon the presented bypass choice, or as a function of an impacted section-choice toll rate in response choosing to travel upon the presented impacted section choice.

摘要翻译： 预期会影响交通流量的事件应用可变通行费率。 事件发生被识别并确定为导致通道受影响部分的正常交通流量的变化。 与受影响的分段选择费用率相关联的通行证的受影响部分通知旅行者，与旁路选择费率相关联的旁路选择以及应用旁路选择的未来时间段持续时间，以及 影响截面选择率。 通知的旅行者被收取使用通行费作为旁路选择率的函数，以响应选择在所提供的旁路选择上行驶，或者作为响应选择的路段选择费用的函数，选择行驶 所提出的受影响的部分选择。

公开(公告)号：US20100121551A1

公开(公告)日：2010-05-13

申请号：US12267690

申请日：2008-11-10

申请人： Gregory J. Boss ,  Peter G. Finn ,  Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  Brian M. O'Connell ,  James W. Seaman ,  Keith R. Walker

发明人： Gregory J. Boss ,  Peter G. Finn ,  Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  Brian M. O'Connell ,  James W. Seaman ,  Keith R. Walker

IPC分类号： G06G7/70

CPC分类号： B60K15/00 ,  B60K2015/0319

摘要： A system, method, and program product for facilitating fueling a vehicle includes sensing a state of the ignition of a vehicle and affecting fueling of the vehicle based on the state of the ignition. In one instance, the system, method, and program product are part of a computing system of the vehicle. In another instance, the system, method, and program product are part of a fuel pump employed to add fuel to the vehicle. In another aspect, the state of one or more of the fuel cap and the fuel pump are used to affect the state of the ignition. The state of the ignition may also be used to affect the state of another device external to the vehicle.

摘要翻译： 用于促进对车辆加油的系统，方法和程序产品包括基于点火状态来感测车辆的点火状态并影响车辆的燃料供给。 在一个实例中，系统，方法和程序产品是车辆的计算系统的一部分。 在另一种情况下，系统，方法和程序产品是用于向车辆添加燃料的燃料泵的一部分。 另一方面，燃料盖和燃料泵中的一个或多个的状态用于影响点火状态。 点火状态也可用于影响车辆外部的另一设备的状态。

公开(公告)号：US07712100B2

公开(公告)日：2010-05-04

申请号：US10940452

申请日：2004-09-14

申请人： Craig W. Fellenstein ,  Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  Joshy Joseph ,  James W. Seaman

发明人： Craig W. Fellenstein ,  Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  Joshy Joseph ,  James W. Seaman

IPC分类号： G06F9/46 ,  G06F15/173 ,  G06Q40/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/5072 ,  G06Q40/04

摘要： A method, system, and program for determining a capacity of a grid environment to handle a required workload for a virtual grid job request are provided. A bid controller receives a virtual job request for processing a job within a grid environment from a client system. The bid controller determines the total required workload for the virtual job request. Then, the bid controller calculates a capacity of the grid environment to handle the total required workload, such that a bid for performing the job is enabled to be automatically generated responsive to the virtual job request based on the capacity of the grid environment to handle the total required workload.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于确定网格环境以处理虚拟网格作业请求所需工作负载的容量的方法，系统和程序。 出价控制器从客户端系统接收在网格环境内处理作业的虚拟作业请求。 出价控制器确定虚拟作业请求的总需求工作量。 然后，出价控制器计算网格环境的能力来处理总需要的工作量，使得能够根据网格环境的容量来响应于虚拟作业请求自动生成用于执行作业的出价以处理 总需要的工作量。

公开(公告)号：US07440888B2

公开(公告)日：2008-10-21

申请号：US10933633

申请日：2004-09-02

申请人： Yen-Fu Chen ,  John W. Dunsmoir ,  Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  James W. Seaman

发明人： Yen-Fu Chen ,  John W. Dunsmoir ,  Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  James W. Seaman

IPC分类号： G06F17/28 ,  G06F9/45

CPC分类号： G06F17/2217 ,  G06F9/454

摘要： National language support for an application is provided by recording translations of a text string in corresponding different languages in a single property file so as to allow display of the translations in the property file. One of the translations of the text string recorded in the property file is selected for use by an application based on a locale associated with the execution of the application and the selected one of the translations is used in the execution of the application.

摘要翻译： 通过在单个属性文件中记录相应不同语言的文本字符串的翻译来提供对应用程序的国家语言支持，以便允许在属性文件中显示翻译。 选择在属性文件中记录的文本字符串的翻译之一，以供应用程序基于与应用程序的执行相关联的区域设置使用，并且所选择的一个翻译用于应用程序的执行。

公开(公告)号：US09700804B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-11

申请号：US12568971

申请日：2009-09-29

申请人： Christopher J. Dawson ,  Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  Neil A. Katz ,  James W. Seaman

发明人： Christopher J. Dawson ,  Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  Neil A. Katz ,  James W. Seaman

IPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  A63F13/798 ,  G06Q50/00

CPC分类号： A63F13/798 ,  A63F2300/5553 ,  A63F2300/65 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0282 ,  G06Q30/0283 ,  G06Q50/01

摘要： A method and system applies a rating adjustment to ratings by avatars in a virtual universe. The rating adjustment offsets mutual rating collusion between avatars. The ratings may be adjusted based on a weighted value of indicia of association, and may also be adjusted based on rating frequencies between the same avatars. In a rating system having a fee structure, the ratings may be adjusted by scaling the rating/fee payoff to favor higher fees. Where indicia of association are weighted, the weightings are mapped to discrete levels of association between avatars, from no association to close association, with greater reduction of ratings for closer association.

公开(公告)号：US09323734B2

公开(公告)日：2016-04-26

申请号：US13594159

申请日：2012-08-24

申请人： Gregory J. Boss ,  Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  Kevin C. McConnell ,  James W. Seaman

发明人： Gregory J. Boss ,  Rick A. Hamilton, II ,  Kevin C. McConnell ,  James W. Seaman

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F17/24 ,  H04L12/58

CPC分类号： G06F17/276 ,  G06F17/243 ,  G06F17/30616 ,  G06F17/30631 ,  G06F17/30702 ,  H04L51/00

摘要： A method and system are provided for identifying type-ahead candidates. A method includes determining a context of past non-threaded emails of a user. The method further includes generating a context index associating the past non-threaded emails of the determined context with repeatable values within the past non-threaded emails. The method further includes receiving characters in a current email and determining a context of the current email. The method further includes determining matches between the current email and the past non-threaded in the context index. The method further includes identifying the corresponding repeatable values and matching the identified corresponding repeatable values with the received characters. The method further includes presenting the candidate words to the user for inclusion in the current email.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于识别提前候选的方法和系统。 一种方法包括确定用户的过去非线程电子邮件的上下文。 所述方法还包括生成将所确定的上下文的过去非线程电子邮件与过去非线程电子邮件中的可重复值相关联的上下文索引。 该方法还包括在当前电子邮件中接收字符并确定当前电子邮件的上下文。 该方法还包括确定当前电子邮件和上下文索引中的过去非线程之间的匹配。 该方法还包括识别相应的可重复值并将所识别的相应可重复值与接收到的字符进行匹配。 该方法还包括将候选词呈现给用户以包括在当前电子邮件中。

公开(公告)号：US20130202216A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-08

申请号：US13368775

申请日：2012-02-08

申请人： Michael J. Fork ,  Rick A. Hamilton II ,  Kevin G. Paterson ,  James W. Seaman

发明人： Michael J. Fork ,  Rick A. Hamilton II ,  Kevin G. Paterson ,  James W. Seaman

IPC分类号： G06K9/68

CPC分类号： G06F17/30277 ,  G06F17/30268

摘要： Techniques are disclosed for ordering images. The technique includes receiving a request, the request including keywords and parameters specifying desired image characteristics. Further, the technique includes identifying a set of images responsive to the request based on a match of the keywords to tags associated with objects depicted in the set of images. Finally, the technique includes determining an ordering of the identified set of images by comparing the received parameters with metadata fields associated with respective tags of the objects and returning an indication of the set of images and the determined ordering of the images.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于排序图像的技术。 该技术包括接收请求，该请求包括指定期望图像特征的关键字和参数。 此外，该技术包括基于关键词与该图像集合中描绘的对象相关联的标签的匹配来响应于该请求来识别一组图像。 最后，该技术包括通过将接收到的参数与与对象的各个标签相关联的元数据字段进行比较来确定所识别的图像集合的排序，并返回图像集合的指示以及所确定的图像顺序。