公开(公告)号：US20070064121A1

公开(公告)日：2007-03-22

申请号：US11201594

申请日：2005-08-11

申请人： Alfredo Issa ,  David Greene

发明人： Alfredo Issa ,  David Greene

IPC分类号： H04N5/76 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/00164 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G11B27/034 ,  G11B27/322 ,  H04N1/00132 ,  H04N1/00183 ,  H04N1/00196 ,  H04N1/00204 ,  H04N1/00244 ,  H04N1/34 ,  H04N9/8205 ,  H04N21/4668 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/8153 ,  H04N2201/3214 ,  H04N2201/3215 ,  H04N2201/3253 ,  H04N2201/3264 ,  H04N2201/3266 ,  Y10S707/915

摘要： The present invention provides a system and method for recommending templates for electronic or online photo albums. In general, digital images are selected to form a photo album. The metadata associated with the digital images is analyzed to provide selection criteria. Using the selection criteria, one or more templates are selected from a template database as recommended templates. One of the recommended templates is selected and applied to the photo album.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于推荐电子或在线相册模板的系统和方法。 通常，数字图像被选择以形成相册。 分析与数字图像相关联的元数据以提供选择标准。 使用选择条件，从模板数据库中选择一个或多个模板作为推荐模板。 推荐的模板之一被选中并应用于相册。

公开(公告)号：US08135800B1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-13

申请号：US11645864

申请日：2006-12-27

申请人： Richard Walsh ,  Christopher Amidon ,  Alfredo Issa

发明人： Richard Walsh ,  Christopher Amidon ,  Alfredo Issa

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30702

摘要： A target user's profile may be generated based on scanning metadata related to various content items made available for sharing by the user. For instance, some content items may be made available for sharing by the target user while other items are made available for sharing by one or more other users in the target user's social network. A list of keywords related to each item may be generated from the metadata. Each keyword may then be scored using social network data. For example, social network data corresponding to one or more users associated with each content item may be used to score keywords related to that item. Scoring may be based on factors such as social network distance, relationship type, trust, length of time in the social network, amount of content, amount of metadata, and other factors.

摘要翻译： 可以基于与可用于用户共享的各种内容项目相关的扫描元数据来生成目标用户简档。 例如，一些内容项目可以由目标用户共享，而其他项目可用于在目标用户的社交网络中的一个或多个其他用户共享。 可以从元数据生成与每个项目相关的关键字列表。 然后可以使用社交网络数据对每个关键字进行评分。 例如，对应于与每个内容项目相关联的一个或多个用户的社交网络数据可以用于评分与该项目相关的关键词。 评分可能基于社交网络距离，关系类型，信任度，社交网络中的时间长短，内容量，元数量等因素。

公开(公告)号：US20110113098A1

公开(公告)日：2011-05-12

申请号：US13008535

申请日：2011-01-18

申请人： Richard Walsh ,  Christopher Amidon ,  Alfredo Issa

发明人： Richard Walsh ,  Christopher Amidon ,  Alfredo Issa

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06Q10/00 ,  H04L63/20 ,  H04L67/14 ,  H04L67/148

摘要： A first user's trust level with regard to a second user can be determined by providing questions to the second user, with the questions based on a previously-collected knowledge base including information about the first user. The information about the first user may be partitioned into levels of trust, and the second user's responses to the questions may be evaluated to determine which level of trust the second user is entitled to. The knowledge base may be assembled by prompting the first user for information and/or by scanning or otherwise collecting already-existing data about the first user. The knowledge base and/or trust assessment may be distributed across a network, and in some embodiments the knowledge base or parts thereof is distributed to other users according to the trust level of those users.

摘要翻译： 可以通过向第二用户提供问题来确定第一用户对第二用户的信任级别，其中基于包括关于第一用户的信息的先前收集的知识库的问题。 可以将关于第一用户的信息划分为信任级别，并且可以评估第二用户对问题的响应，以确定第二用户有权获得的信任级别。 知识库可以通过提示第一用户的信息和/或通过扫描或以其他方式收集关于第一用户的已经存在的数据来组装。 知识库和/或信任评估可以分布在网络上，并且在一些实施例中，知识库或其部分根据这些用户的信任级别分发给其他用户。

公开(公告)号：US20070105588A1

公开(公告)日：2007-05-10

申请号：US11270293

申请日：2005-11-09

申请人： Alfredo Issa

发明人： Alfredo Issa

IPC分类号： H04M1/00

CPC分类号： H04W4/02 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04M1/72558 ,  H04W4/20 ,  H04W4/203 ,  H04W84/12

摘要： A system and method are provided for controlling content played by a number of media devices. In general, the system includes a mobile device and the number of media devices. The mobile device includes a wireless communication interface for communicating with the media devices, a media database, and a control system including a media client. When the mobile device enters a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) associated with a media device, the media client obtains information describing the content residing at the media device and stores the information in the media database at the mobile device. Thereafter, when the mobile device is within the WPAN associated with the media device, the media database is used to select content to be played at the media device.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于控制由多个媒体设备播放的内容的系统和方法。 通常，系统包括移动设备和媒体设备的数量。 移动设备包括用于与媒体设备通信的无线通信接口，媒体数据库和包括媒体客户端的控制系统。 当移动设备进入与媒体设备相关联的无线个域网（WPAN）时，媒体客户端获取描述驻留在媒体设备处的内容的信息，并将信息存储在移动设备的媒体数据库中。 此后，当移动设备在与媒体设备相关联的WPAN内时，媒体数据库用于选择要在媒体设备播放的内容。

公开(公告)号：US08739296B2

公开(公告)日：2014-05-27

申请号：US13561361

申请日：2012-07-30

申请人： Richard Walsh ,  Christopher Amidon ,  Alfredo Issa

发明人： Richard Walsh ,  Christopher Amidon ,  Alfredo Issa

IPC分类号： G06F7/04 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/00 ,  H04L63/20 ,  H04L67/14 ,  H04L67/148

摘要： A first user's trust level with regard to a second user can be determined by providing questions to the second user, with the questions based on a previously-collected knowledge base including information about the first user. The information about the first user may be partitioned into levels of trust, and the second user's responses to the questions may be evaluated to determine which level of trust the second user is entitled to. The knowledge base may be assembled by prompting the first user for information and/or by scanning or otherwise collecting already-existing data about the first user. The knowledge base and/or trust assessment may be distributed across a network, and in some embodiments the knowledge base or parts thereof is distributed to other users according to the trust level of those users.

摘要翻译： 可以通过向第二用户提供问题来确定第一用户对第二用户的信任级别，其中基于包括关于第一用户的信息的先前收集的知识库的问题。 可以将关于第一用户的信息划分为信任级别，并且可以评估第二用户对问题的响应，以确定第二用户有权获得的信任级别。 知识库可以通过提示第一用户的信息和/或通过扫描或以其他方式收集关于第一用户的已经存在的数据来组装。 知识库和/或信任评估可以分布在网络上，并且在一些实施例中，知识库或其部分根据这些用户的信任级别分发给其他用户。

公开(公告)号：US08631148B2

公开(公告)日：2014-01-14

申请号：US12314194

申请日：2008-12-05

申请人： Scott Curtis ,  Alfredo Issa ,  Greg Evans ,  Richard Walsh

发明人： Scott Curtis ,  Alfredo Issa ,  Greg Evans ,  Richard Walsh

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L67/18 ,  G06F15/173 ,  H04L65/4076 ,  H04L65/602 ,  H04N21/00

摘要： A system and method for providing proximity-based quality for multimedia content, including: transmitting multimedia content, and intentionally controlling a quality level of a presentation of the multimedia content based on proximity of a user to a particular location.

摘要翻译： 一种用于为多媒体内容提供基于邻近度的质量的系统和方法，包括：传播多媒体内容，并且基于用户对特定位置的接近度有意地控制多媒体内容的呈现的质量水平。

公开(公告)号：US07873988B1

公开(公告)日：2011-01-18

申请号：US11516231

申请日：2006-09-06

申请人： Alfredo Issa ,  Christopher Amidon ,  Richard Walsh

发明人： Alfredo Issa ,  Christopher Amidon ,  Richard Walsh

IPC分类号： G06F7/24

CPC分类号： G06F21/10 ,  G06F2221/0788 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  H04L63/0428 ,  H04L63/105 ,  H04L2463/101

摘要： A license server and corresponding method are provided for managing the rights of content as it is propagates through a social network. A license server receives a distribution package from a content producer and establishes a plurality of level-licenses, one for each of n allowable levels as defined by the content producer. Level-licenses define level-rights, or access rules, based on alteration definitions and other distribution parameters provided by the content producer for each allowable level. Alteration definitions may identify degradation characteristics or augmentation files for association with the distributed digital content. Content recipients who receive encrypted copies of the distributed digital content may request a license from the license server. Upon authentication, a license and decryption key is sent to a valid content recipient to enable viewing of a form of the digital content in accordance with the level-rights predetermined by the content producer for that level of access.

摘要翻译： 提供许可证服务器和相应的方法来管理内容在通过社交网络传播时的权利。 许可证服务器从内容生成器接收分发包，并且建立多个级别许可证，对于由内容制作者定义的n个可允许级别中的每一个级别许可证。 级别许可证基于内容制作者为每个允许级别提供的更改定义和其他分发参数，定义级别权限或访问规则。 改变定义可以识别与分布式数字内容相关联的降级特征或增强文件。 接收分发数字内容的加密副本的内容收件人可以从许可证服务器请求许可证。 在认证之后，许可证和解密密钥被发送到有效的内容接收者，以使得能够根据内容制作者为该访问级别预定的级别权限查看数字内容的形式。

公开(公告)号：US07631053B1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-08

申请号：US11638922

申请日：2006-12-14

申请人： Christopher Amidon ,  Richard Walsh ,  Alfredo Issa

发明人： Christopher Amidon ,  Richard Walsh ,  Alfredo Issa

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F12/00

摘要： An optimization server with associated databases for use in social networks utilizes previous interactions and other factors and parameters to optimize a user's level in a social network. The optimization server may be configured to proactively and/or reactively optimize a user's level in a social network by selecting previous social network instances, merging data from the selected instances into a single social network data representation, determining the shortest path between originating and recipient nodes in the network, and assigning a default level for the recipient node based on the shortest path. Additional optimization parameters may be applied to increase or decrease the recipient node's default network level (within certain optionally established limits for change). Various parameters that may be utilized to optimize the social network may include, but are not limited to, user parameters, content classification, user classification, distribution history, existing FOAF definitions, and other external data.

公开(公告)号：US20080059992A1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-06

申请号：US11516294

申请日：2006-09-06

申请人： Christopher Amidon ,  Alfredo Issa ,  Richard Walsh ,  Sid Stafford

发明人： Christopher Amidon ,  Alfredo Issa ,  Richard Walsh ,  Sid Stafford

IPC分类号： H04N7/167 ,  H04N7/16

CPC分类号： H04L63/0428 ,  G06Q30/0201 ,  H04L63/10 ,  H04L2463/101

摘要： A controlled content distribution system (CCDS) employs a peer-level application into which a content producer can import digital content (e.g., video, audio, graphic, image, text, code files, etc.) The content producer identifies distribution parameters including an initial distribution list and a level limit representing the maximum number of levels, or degrees of separation for allowed distribution in a FOAF social network. Distribution parameters also include an alteration definition for one or more allowable levels in the network. Alteration definitions may identify a file degradation characteristic, file augmentation, or deletion parameter for altering the digital content from its original form. Alteration definitions often vary at each level. A distribution package is created by the CCDS and includes the digital content, a configuration data file, a key ID and a license key seed. The distribution package is processed at a FOAF license server before being sent to additional content recipients.

摘要翻译： 受控内容分发系统（CCDS）采用对等级应用程序，内容制作者可以向其内部导入数字内容（例如视频，音频，图形，图像，文本，代码文件等）。内容制作者识别分发参数，包括 初始分配列表和表示FOAF社交网络中允许分配的最大级别数量或分离度的级别限制。 分布参数还包括网络中一个或多个可允许级别的更改定义。 改变定义可以识别文件劣化特征，文件扩充或删除参数，以从其原始形式改变数字内容。 改变定义通常在每个级别都有所不同。 分发包由CCDS创建，包括数字内容，配置数据文件，密钥ID和许可证密钥种子。 发送包在FOAF许可证服务器处理，然后发送到其他内容收件人。

公开(公告)号：US20070150479A1

公开(公告)日：2007-06-28

申请号：US11318662

申请日：2005-12-27

申请人： Alfredo Issa ,  Richard Walsh ,  Christopher Amidon

发明人： Alfredo Issa ,  Richard Walsh ,  Christopher Amidon

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30595 ,  G06F17/30997

摘要： A system and method are provided for accessing and managing information, or metadata, describing content residing on a number of agent devices. In general, the system includes a central node and a number of agent devices communicatively coupled by a network. In operation, the central node communicates with the agent devices to obtain content information describing content stored at the agent devices and optionally the locations of the agent devices from the agent devices. The content information and optionally the locations of the agent devices are stored in a database associated with the central node. Thereafter, the central node enables requesting nodes such as the agent devices to access the database. For example, the agent devices may communicate with the central node to obtain the content information for one or more known agent devices or to query the database to find agent devices having content information and optionally locations that satisfy specified criteria. In addition or alternatively, the central node may provide automatic alerts to the agent devices when other agent devices matching specified criteria are available.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于访问和管理描述驻留在多个代理设备上的内容的信息或元数据的系统和方法。 通常，该系统包括通过网络通信耦合的中央节点和多个代理设备。 在操作中，中央节点与代理设备进行通信，以获得描述存储在代理设备中的内容的内容信息，并且可选地从代理设备获取代理设备的位置。 内容信息和可选地，代理设备的位置存储在与中央节点相关联的数据库中。 此后，中央节点使诸如代理设备之类的请求节点访问数据库。 例如，代理设备可以与中央节点通信以获得一个或多个已知代理设备的内容信息，或者查询数据库以查找具有满足指定标准的内容信息和可选位置的代理设备。 另外或替代地，当匹配指定标准的其他代理设备可用时，中央节点可以向代理设备提供自动警报。