公开(公告)号：US08819565B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-26

申请号：US12120578

申请日：2008-05-14

申请人： Brian John Cragun ,  Zachary Adam Garbow ,  Christopher A. Peterson

发明人： Brian John Cragun ,  Zachary Adam Garbow ,  Christopher A. Peterson

IPC分类号： G06F3/048

CPC分类号： A63F13/85 ,  A63F13/12 ,  A63F13/49 ,  A63F13/54 ,  A63F13/79 ,  A63F2300/554 ,  A63F2300/5546 ,  A63F2300/5553 ,  G10L13/00 ,  G10L15/26

摘要： Embodiments of the invention may be used to enhance the presentation of a virtual environment for certain users, e.g., a visually impaired user. Because users may visit, and revisit, locations within the virtual environment, the state of elements in the virtual environment may change. Accordingly, audible descriptions of an object, person or environment, may be adjusted to prevent redundant or unnecessary descriptions. For example, when the user encounters a given element a second time, rather than describe each characteristic of the element, only changes to the characteristics of the element are described.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例可以用于增强某些用户（例如，视障用户）的虚拟环境的呈现。 由于用户可以访问并重新访问虚拟环境中的位置，虚拟环境中的元素的状态可能会改变。 因此，可以调整对象，人或环境的可听见的描述，以防止冗余或不必要的描述。 例如，当用户第二次遇到给定的元素而不是描述元素的每个特征时，仅描述元素的特征的改变。

公开(公告)号：US08539487B2

公开(公告)日：2013-09-17

申请号：US12557581

申请日：2009-09-11

申请人： Brian John Cragun ,  David Gerard Herbeck ,  Todd Eric Johnson ,  John Edward Petri ,  Leah Rae Smutzer

发明人： Brian John Cragun ,  David Gerard Herbeck ,  Todd Eric Johnson ,  John Edward Petri ,  Leah Rae Smutzer

IPC分类号： G06F9/455 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06F15/18 ,  G06N5/00 ,  G06N5/02 ,  G06N7/00 ,  G06N7/08 ,  G06N5/04

CPC分类号： G06F9/46 ,  G06F9/45512 ,  G06F17/30011

摘要： A computer system provides a way to automatically generate compound commands that perform tasks made up of multiple simple commands. A compound command generation mechanism monitors consecutive user commands and compares the consecutive commands a user has taken to a command sequence identification policy. If the user's consecutive commands satisfy the command sequence identification policy the user's consecutive commands become a command sequence. If the command sequence satisfies the compound command policy, the compound generation mechanism can generate a compound command for the command sequence automatically or prompt an administrator to allow the compound command to be generated. Generating a compound command can be done on a user by user basis or on a system wide basis. The compound command can then be displayed to the user to execute so that the command sequence is performed by the user selecting the compound command for execution.

摘要翻译： 计算机系统提供了一种自动生成执行由多个简单命令组成的任务的复合命令的方法。 复合命令生成机制监视连续的用户命令，并将用户所采用的连续命令与命令序列识别策略进行比较。 如果用户的连续命令满足命令序列识别策略，用户的连续命令就成为命令序列。 如果命令序列满足复合命令策略，则复合生成机制可以自动生成命令序列的复合命令，或提示管理员允许生成复合命令。 可以根据用户或系统的基础，在用户身上生成复合命令。 然后可以将复合命令显示给用户执行，使得用户选择复合命令执行命令序列。

公开(公告)号：US07925529B2

公开(公告)日：2011-04-12

申请号：US11874228

申请日：2007-10-18

申请人： Brian John Cragun ,  Paul Reuben Day

发明人： Brian John Cragun ,  Paul Reuben Day

IPC分类号： G06Q10/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06311 ,  G06Q10/063112 ,  G06Q10/109 ,  G06Q10/1095

摘要： A method, meeting scheduler and computer program product are provided for automated meeting scheduling using delegates, representatives, quorums, and teams. Meeting settings and invitees data are stored for a meeting. The meeting settings and invitees data includes invitee attendance type, delegates, representatives, quorums, and teams data. A solution time block for automated meeting scheduling including at least a subset of a plurality of selected invitees is identified utilizing the invitee attendance type, delegates, representatives, quorums, and teams data. A selection score is calculated for each potential time block for automated meeting scheduling utilizing the stored meeting settings and invitees data including the invitee attendance type, delegates, representatives, quorums, and teams data. The solution time block for automated meeting scheduling including a subset of a plurality of selected invitees is identified utilizing the calculated selection score.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种方法，会议调度程序和计算机程序产品，用于使用代表，代表，法定人数和团队进行自动会议安排。 存储会议设置和被邀请者的数据。 会议设置和受邀者数据包括受邀人员出席类型，代表，代表，法定人数和团队数据。 使用被邀请者出席类型，代表，代表，仲裁和团队数据来识别包括多个被选择的受邀者的至少一个子集的自动会议安排的解决时间块。 使用存储的会议设置来计算用于自动会议安排的每个潜在时间块的选择分数，并且邀请包括被邀请人出席类型，代表，代表，仲裁和团队数据的数据。 使用所计算的选择分数来识别包括多个所选被邀请者的子集的自动会议调度的解决时间块。

公开(公告)号：US07669112B2

公开(公告)日：2010-02-23

申请号：US11828890

申请日：2007-07-26

申请人： Cary Lee Bates ,  Brian John Cragun ,  Paul Reuben Day ,  John Matthew Santosuosso

发明人： Cary Lee Bates ,  Brian John Cragun ,  Paul Reuben Day ,  John Matthew Santosuosso

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/2247 ,  G06F17/273 ,  G06F17/2735

摘要： An apparatus, program product and method utilize automated analysis techniques to assist in the determination of acceptable usages of linguistic terms (e.g., words, phrases, acronyms, etc.). In particular, an acceptable usage of a linguistic term in a document on the Internet may be determined by detecting a spell definition tag in the document. In response to detecting the spell definition tag, automatically adding the acceptable variant of the linguistic term to an electronic dictionary.

摘要翻译： 一种装置，程序产品和方法利用自动分析技术来帮助确定语言术语（例如，单词，短语，缩写等）的可接受的用途。 特别地，可以通过检测文档中的拼写定义标签来确定互联网上的文档中的语言术语的可接受的使用。 响应于检测到拼写定义标签，自动将语言术语的可接受变体添加到电子词典中。

公开(公告)号：US20090285407A1

公开(公告)日：2009-11-19

申请号：US12120934

申请日：2008-05-15

申请人： Brian John Cragun

发明人： Brian John Cragun

IPC分类号： H03G3/00 ,  G06T17/00

CPC分类号： G06T19/00 ,  A63F2300/6081 ,  A63F2300/64

摘要： Embodiments of the invention provide method, system, and computer readable storage medium for providing an audio motion feedback to a user of a simulated three-dimensional (“3D”) environment, where the user controls an entity within the simulated 3D environment. A plurality of gridlines is projected over the simulated 3D environment to form a virtual 3D grid. A crossing of at least one boundary point by the entity is detected, wherein the boundary point is located on or within a threshold distance from at least one of the plurality of the projected gridlines. At least one boundary point type of the crossed boundary point is determined. At least one audio motion signal associated with the determined boundary point type is generated, thus providing audio motion feedback to the user regarding the entity's movements in the simulated 3D environment.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例提供了用于向模拟的三维（“3D”）环境的用户提供音频运动反馈的方法，系统和计算机可读存储介质，其中用户控制模拟3D环境内的实体。 在模拟的3D环境上投影多个网格线以形成虚拟3D网格。 检测到由实体至少一个边界点的交叉，其中边界点位于距离多个投影网格线中的至少一个的阈值距离之上或之内。 确定交叉边界点的至少一个边界点类型。 生成与所确定的边界点类型相关联的至少一个音频运动信号，从而为模拟3D环境中的实体运动提供音频运动反馈给用户。

公开(公告)号：US20090259661A1

公开(公告)日：2009-10-15

申请号：US12101259

申请日：2008-04-11

申请人： Brian John Cragun ,  John Edward Petri ,  Leah Rae Smutzer

发明人： Brian John Cragun ,  John Edward Petri ,  Leah Rae Smutzer

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： H04L63/20 ,  G06F21/6218 ,  H04L63/105

摘要： A content management system (CMS) includes a content modification mechanism that checks a modification contract corresponding to a component in the repository, and determines if all relevant criteria in the modification contract corresponding to the component are satisfied before making changes to or allowing reuse of a component in the repository. The modification contract may specify a profile of authors that are allowed to modify the corresponding component. The content management system includes an author profile update mechanism that monitors modifications by authors to components in the repository, and automatically adjusts a profile of each author according to modifications made by the author. In this manner the rank of authors is automatically adjusted and the modification of components is controlled in a way that allows modification by those who are authorized yet restricts modification by those who are not authorized.

摘要翻译： 内容管理系统（CMS）包括：内容修改机制，其检查对应于存储库中的组件的修改契约，并且确定是否满足对应于组件的修改合同中的所有相关标准，然后才能对 存储库中的组件。 修改合同可以指定允许修改相应组件的作者的简档。 内容管理系统包括作者简档更新机制，用于监视作者对存储库中组件的修改，并根据作者的修改自动调整每个作者的配置文件。 以这种方式，作者的等级自动调整，组件的修改以允许被授权的人修改的方式进行控制，并限制未被授权的人的修改。

公开(公告)号：US07573598B2

公开(公告)日：2009-08-11

申请号：US10050385

申请日：2002-01-16

申请人： Brian John Cragun ,  Paul Reuben Day

发明人： Brian John Cragun ,  Paul Reuben Day

IPC分类号： G06K15/00 ,  G06F3/12

CPC分类号： H04N1/32133 ,  H04N1/00326 ,  H04N1/00331 ,  H04N1/00968 ,  H04N2201/3225 ,  H04N2201/3269 ,  H04N2201/3271

摘要： A document and image management system that can manage handwritten comments and/or edits on conventional paper. The invention may be embodied as an enhanced photocopier adapted to locate and classify handwritten notations using optical character recognition techniques. This embodiment allows the user to select options to selectively copy only those pages with notations, to create an index of handwritten notations, to add side margin locator marks to the document, and to compare subsequent comments on different drafts.

摘要翻译： 可以管理传统纸上手写评论和/或编辑的文件和图像管理系统。 本发明可以被实现为适于使用光学字符识别技术定位和分类手写符号的增强型复印机。 该实施例允许用户选择选项以仅选择性地仅复制具有符号的页面，以创建手写符号索引，向文档添加边缘定位符标记，并且对不同草稿的后续评论进行比较。

公开(公告)号：US07469041B2

公开(公告)日：2008-12-23

申请号：US10375759

申请日：2003-02-26

申请人： Brian John Cragun

发明人： Brian John Cragun

IPC分类号： H04M11/00

CPC分类号： H04W4/06 ,  H04L12/1822 ,  Y10S707/99931

摘要： A method, system, and article of manufacture that improves the chance of getting an answer to a broadcast chat by sending the messages in subscribers in periodically delayed groups. If a group of subscribers does not produce enough suitable answers, the present invention will then rebroadcast the inquiry to another group of subscribers. This process will continue until enough suitable answers are received.

摘要翻译： 一种方法，系统和制品，通过在周期性延迟的组中发送订阅者中的消息来提高获得广播聊天的答案的机会。 如果一组用户没有产生足够的合适答案，则本发明将再次将查询转播给另一组用户。 这个过程将继续，直到收到足够的合适答案。

公开(公告)号：US07194693B2

公开(公告)日：2007-03-20

申请号：US10282567

申请日：2002-10-29

申请人： Brian John Cragun ,  Paul Reuben Day

发明人： Brian John Cragun ,  Paul Reuben Day

IPC分类号： G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30716 ,  G09G5/34

摘要： An apparatus and method helps a user to determine parts of an electronic document that are of interest by allowing the user to define preferences for processing an electronic document, and by automatically highlighting one or more portions of the document according to the user preferences. Highlighting includes any way to enhance or alter the appearance of text, including bold, italics, underlining, change in font style, change in font size, change in color, change in background color, etc. The automatic highlighting of portions of the document attract the user's eyes to that portion of the document, which helps the user to discern whether or not the highlighted portion is relevant or interesting. The preferred embodiments also include a document generator that takes an input document and generates therefrom an output document that has one or more highlighted portions that are hard-coded into the document according to the user preferences. The preferred embodiments further include the ability to automatically enable or disable the highlighting of a document according to characteristics of the electronic document, or the user's actions (such as the speed of scrolling through a document). In addition, the preferred embodiments include markup language tags that allow an author of a document to define portions of interest that may be highlighted when highlighting is enabled.

摘要翻译： 一种装置和方法帮助用户通过允许用户定义用于处理电子文档的偏好以及根据用户偏好自动突出显示文档的一个或多个部分来确定感兴趣的电子文档的部分。 突出显示包括增强或改变文字外观的任何方式，包括粗体，斜体，下划线，字体样式更改，字体大小变化，颜色变化，背景颜色变化等。文档部分的自动高亮吸引 用户对文档的该部分的看法，这有助于用户辨别突出部分是否相关或有趣。 优选实施例还包括文档生成器，其从输入文档中获取输出文档，该输出文档具有根据用户偏好将硬编码到文档中的一个或多个突出显示部分。 优选实施例还包括根据电子文档的特征或用户的动作（诸如滚动通过文档的速度）来自动启用或禁用文档的突出显示的能力。 此外，优选实施例包括标记语言标签，其允许文档的作者定义当突出显示被启用时可以突出显示的感兴趣的部分。

公开(公告)号：US06747676B2

公开(公告)日：2004-06-08

申请号：US09735749

申请日：2000-12-13

申请人： Patrick S. Botz ,  Brian John Cragun

发明人： Patrick S. Botz ,  Brian John Cragun

IPC分类号： G09G500

CPC分类号： G06F21/31

摘要： Method for providing at least a portion of a disguised password in an undisguised form is described. More particularly, a program is described having a capability of displaying a single character at a time, more than one character at a time or all of otherwise disguised characters of a password in an undisguised form in response to a successful pre-password check.

摘要翻译： 描述用于以无形形式提供伪装密码的至少一部分的方法。 更具体地，描述了响应于成功的预密码检查，具有一次显示单个字符的能力，一次显示多个字符，或者以一个未被隐藏的形式的一个或多个伪装的密码字符。