摘要:
A method of monitoring effectiveness of an advertisement delivered to a user of an electronic system is disclosed. An alerting message for notifying the user to accumulate a credit is delivered randomly during an event of streaming of a program of the advertisement. The message may be displayed as a visual image or a video program in a predetermined position of a display. A user may actuate a predetermined input structure when the alerting message is notified. A credit is then assigned to the user. A personalized file recording a history of the user's reaction to the advertised messages is employed to deliver highly targeted advertisements to the user in a late stage.
摘要:
A system for delivering advertisements based on a digital television system and a mobile communication device is disclosed. The television system and the mobile device are connected in ad hoc manner when a program is broadcasted by the television system. When a user is attracted by an item in the program, an instruction is sent from a remote control device of the television system or from the mobile device to send a data file including a product identifier to the mobile device. The user may use a cursor controlled by the remote control device or by the mobile device to locate the item. An icon is displayed on a display screen of the mobile device to represent the received data file. When the icon is selected, the mobile device is connected to a data manager in the Internet to deliver more product information to the user.
摘要:
A hierarchical user interface for determining a user's interest level in categories of advertisements is disclosed. Multiple user selectable icons may be displayed in association with each category of advertisements. An icon is selected and is associated with a user adjustable visual sign indicating the user's interest level in a quantitative manner. Scores for each category or each sub-category of advertisements are determined based upon the user's inputs. Advertisements are delivered to the user according to the scores.
摘要:
A street-lighting and solar energy collection system is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of lighting/solar energy collecting units, an AC and DC power transmission means and a control unit. The system operates in one of the two operation modes. In the first operation mode as the street-lighting system, the units receive AC power from the power grid for lighting. In the second operation mode as the solar energy collecting system, the units transmit generated DC electricity to a centralized DC to AC converter in the control unit. The control unit further provides a means for switching the system in between two modes. When the system is operated as the solar energy collection system, it is disconnected from the power grid. The generated DC electricity from each unit is converted by the AC to DC converter in the control unit and is subsequently injected into the power grid. Communication devices in the units and in the control unit form an ad hoc communication network. Instructions for operations can be sent from the control unit to the units. Further, the operation status from each unit can be collected and be sent to the control unit.
摘要:
A system of delivering a personalized media item to a user of an interactive television is disclosed. The system comprises a television terminal, a computing device and a remote control device. The computing device further comprises a set top box. The computing device may be connected to a server through a communication network. The system stores a personal profile for each of its users. The user's identity is determined after a user switches on the television. Personalized text messages for selected media items are displayed as scrolling tickers on the television display screen. The media items may include advertisement messages, headlines of news and selected stock prices. One of the tickers may be selected by the user employing the remote control device to display the next level of details using an enlarged display space or using the full television screen.
摘要:
A portable computing device is disclosed. The device may be based upon a laptop/a netbook computer according to the preferred embodiment. The device comprises a pivotable display screen. The device is operated as a general purpose computing device when the display screen is in a conventional unfolded position. The device is used as a media player when the display is pivoted to be on the top face of the device. The device operated as the media player with a low power processor consumes much less power than as the general purpose computing device.
摘要:
A portable computing device is disclosed. The device may be based upon a netbook according to the preferred embodiment. The device comprises an additional display screen on the top face of the device. The device is used as a media player in a folded form and as a general purpose computing device in an unfolded form. The device operated as a media player is in a low power operation mode. The additional display screen is used as the display for the media player.
摘要:
A solar energy collection system is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of solar panels and a control device. The panel further comprises a plurality of solar modules, a supporting, pivoting and tilting mechanism, a controller and a short range communication unit. The control device further comprises an orientation detector for determining the optimized orientation of a panel towards the sun for receiving maximum sun radiation. According to one of the embodiments of the present invention, the orientation detector is an illumination detector on a top surface of a panel controlled by a pivoting and tilting mechanism of the control device. The control device further comprises a communication unit. The communication units from the solar panels and from the control device form an ad hoc communication network. The optimized orientation determined by the control device may be transmitted to the solar panels through the ad hoc communication network. The control device may also communicate with a server connected to an existing communication network such as the Internet.
摘要:
A method is disclosed for distributing media assets by employing a new electronic apparatus. Selected media assets are pre-loaded to the apparatus based upon a targeted user's personal profile. The operation of “pre-loading” may be conducted at a manufacturing site or at a point of sales. The selected assets are encoded. The user may purchase a pre-loaded asset through a pre-paid credit system or through an on-line payment facility. The purchased asset may be decoded based upon a public/private key method. The invention is characterized by that the storage system of the electronic apparatus is managed by a software module. Each pre-loaded media asset is assigned to a priority in a sequential manner. The lower priority assets are deleted, in a manner un-notified to the user, when the storage capacity is required as a result of the user's operation of the apparatus.