Commercially subsidized mobile communication devices and services
    1.
    发明授权
    Commercially subsidized mobile communication devices and services 有权
    商业补贴的移动通信设备和服务

    公开(公告)号:US08340689B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-25

    申请号:US12701539

    申请日:2010-02-06

    IPC分类号: H04W24/00

    摘要: Mobile communication devices, such as mobile phones, may be capable of recommending to a user various providers of one or more solicited services, e.g., by identifying a user location and identifying providers near the user location that provide the services, and by initiating a call between the user and a selected provider. However, the equipment and service costs of such devices may be prohibitive, particularly for mid-range mobile communication devices that may appeal to cost-conscious users. The prohibitive costs may be diminished by redirecting part or all of the cost of providing the recommendation service from the providers, e.g., by charging the provider a service cost upon initiating a call from the user to the provider, or upon representing the provider in a provider database. In one such embodiment, all service costs may be borne by providers, providing to the user a free recommendation service via the mobile communication device.

    摘要翻译: 诸如移动电话的移动通信设备可以能够向用户推荐一个或多个被请求的服务的各种提供者,例如通过识别用户位置并识别用户位置附近的提供服务的提供者,并且通过发起呼叫 在用户和选定的提供商之间。 然而,这些设备的设备和服务成本可能是过高的,特别是对于可能吸引具有成本意识的用户的中档移动通信设备。 通过将提供推荐服务的成本的部分或全部重定向到提供者,例如,通过在向用户发起呼叫到提供者的呼叫中向服务商收取服务成本,或者以 提供者数据库。 在一个这样的实施例中,所有服务成本可以由提供商承担,经由移动通信设备向用户提供免费的推荐服务。

    COMMERCIALLY SUBSIDIZED MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND SERVICES
    2.
    发明申请
    COMMERCIALLY SUBSIDIZED MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND SERVICES 有权
    商业化的移动通信设备和服务

    公开(公告)号:US20110195726A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-11

    申请号:US12701539

    申请日:2010-02-06

    IPC分类号: H04W64/00

    摘要: Mobile communication devices, such as mobile phones, may be capable of recommending to a user various providers of one or more solicited services, e.g., by identifying a user location and identifying providers near the user location that provide the services, and by initiating a call between the user and a selected provider. However, the equipment and service costs of such devices may be prohibitive, particularly for mid-range mobile communication devices that may appeal to cost-conscious users. The prohibitive costs may be diminished by redirecting part or all of the cost of providing the recommendation service from the providers, e.g., by charging the provider a service cost upon initiating a call from the user to the provider, or upon representing the provider in a provider database. In one such embodiment, all service costs may be borne by providers, providing to the user a free recommendation service via the mobile communication device.

    摘要翻译: 诸如移动电话的移动通信设备可以能够向用户推荐一个或多个被请求的服务的各种提供者,例如通过识别用户位置并识别用户位置附近的提供服务的提供者,并且通过发起呼叫 在用户和选定的提供商之间。 然而,这些设备的设备和服务成本可能是过高的,特别是对于可能吸引具有成本意识的用户的中档移动通信设备。 通过将提供推荐服务的成本的部分或全部重定向到提供者,例如,通过在向用户发起呼叫到提供者的呼叫中向服务商收取服务成本,或者以 提供者数据库。 在一个这样的实施例中,所有服务成本可以由提供商承担,经由移动通信设备向用户提供免费的推荐服务。

    Referral-based sponsorship of access to content item sets

    公开(公告)号:US10540665B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-21

    申请号:US12490413

    申请日:2009-06-24

    摘要: A content provider may provide public access to a content item set, but may be unable to achieve sufficient revenue to sustain the administrative costs and ongoing development of the content item set. Instead, the content provider may develop relationships with one or more referrers (e.g., search engines.) When a user requests a content item, the content provider may determine whether the request results from a referral by a sponsoring referrer, and based on this determination may provide either a full version or a limited version of the content item. The referrer benefits by providing its users with free access to the content item set, which may be unavailable from non-sponsoring competitors, and in exchange may share advertising revenue with the content provider. This arrangement achieves sustaining sponsorship of the content provider while extending full and free access to the content item set to users of sponsoring referrers.

    REFERRAL-BASED SPONSORSHIP OF ACCESS TO CONTENT ITEM SETS
    4.
    发明申请
    REFERRAL-BASED SPONSORSHIP OF ACCESS TO CONTENT ITEM SETS 审中-公开
    参考内容项目集的基于参考的赞助赞助

    公开(公告)号:US20100332488A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-30

    申请号:US12490413

    申请日:2009-06-24

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30

    摘要: A content provider may provide public access to a content item set, but may be unable to achieve sufficient revenue to sustain the administrative costs and ongoing development of the content item set. Instead, the content provider may develop relationships with one or more referrers (e.g., search engines.) When a user requests a content item, the content provider may determine whether the request results from a referral by a sponsoring referrer, and based on this determination may provide either a full version or a limited version of the content item. The referrer benefits by providing its users with free access to the content item set, which may be unavailable from non-sponsoring competitors, and in exchange may share advertising revenue with the content provider. This arrangement achieves sustaining sponsorship of the content provider while extending full and free access to the content item set to users of sponsoring referrers.

    摘要翻译: 内容提供商可以提供对内容项集的公开访问,但是可能无法获得足够的收入来维持内容项集的管理成本和持续发展。 相反,内容提供者可以与一个或多个引用者(例如,搜索引擎)建立关系。当用户请求内容项时,内容提供者可以确定请求是否由赞助转介者的转介产生,并且基于该确定 可以提供完整版本或内容项目的有限版本。 提供者通过向其用户提供对非赞助竞争者可能不可用的内容项集的免费访问,并且可以与内容提供商共享广告收入。 这种安排实现了对内容提供商的持续赞助,同时扩展了对赞助推荐人的用户设置的内容项的完整和免费访问。

    Scheduling communications in a mobile device
    5.
    发明授权
    Scheduling communications in a mobile device 有权
    在移动设备中安排通信

    公开(公告)号:US08345616B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-01

    申请号:US12822205

    申请日:2010-06-24

    IPC分类号: H04W4/00

    摘要: A method scheduling outgoing communication in a mobile device is provided. The method includes receiving a signal quality profile for an area in which the device is located. The method further includes receiving a signal from a user application stored on the device that requests the mobile device to make the outgoing communication. Additionally, the method includes determining a current location, a speed, a direction, and a signal quality associated with the device and determining whether the signal quality is above a certain threshold. If not, the method includes predicting a future time at which the signal quality will be above the threshold based at least on the current location, the speed, the direction, the signal quality, and the signal quality profile. Finally, the method includes scheduling the outgoing communication from the mobile device at the future time.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种调度移动设备中的外发通信的方法。 该方法包括接收设备所在区域的信号质量分布。 该方法还包括从存储在设备上的用户应用接收请求移动设备进行传出通信的信号。 另外,该方法包括确定与设备相关联的当前位置,速度,方向和信号质量,以及确定信号质量是否高于某一阈值。 如果不是,则该方法包括至少基于当前位置,速度,方向,信号质量和信号质量分布来预测信号质量将高于阈值的未来时间。 最后,该方法包括在将来的时间调度来自移动设备的传出通信。

    INTERACTIVE TELEVISION ARCHITECTURE
    8.
    发明申请
    INTERACTIVE TELEVISION ARCHITECTURE 审中-公开
    互动电视架构

    公开(公告)号:US20100319043A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-16

    申请号:US12482476

    申请日:2009-06-11

    IPC分类号: H04N7/173 G06F3/033 H04N5/44

    摘要: A set top box that is placed in communication with a television is described herein and includes a receiver component that receives viewer-generated data from a portable electronic device, wherein the viewer-generated data is provided by a viewer responsive to display of interactive television content viewed by the viewer on the television. The set top box also includes a transmission component that transmits the viewer-generated data to a data repository managed by a third party service provider and a display component that causes interactive data pertaining to the viewer-generated data to be overlaid on the television content viewed by the viewer on the television.

    摘要翻译: 这里描述了放置在与电视机通信的机顶盒,并且包括从便携式电子设备接收观看者生成的数据的接收器组件,其中观众生成的数据由观看者提供,响应于显示交互式电视内容 观众在电视上观看。 机顶盒还包括将观众生成的数据发送到由第三方服务提供商管理的数据存储器的传输部件和显示部件,该显示部件使与观看者生成的数据相关的交互式数据覆盖在所观看的电视内容上 由观众在电视上播放。

    INCENTIVE COMPATIBLE SELECTION MECHANISM
    9.
    发明申请
    INCENTIVE COMPATIBLE SELECTION MECHANISM 审中-公开
    激励兼容选择机制

    公开(公告)号:US20100318436A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-16

    申请号:US12484254

    申请日:2009-06-15

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/00 G06N5/02 G06F17/30

    摘要: A system that selects items from a plurality of items is described herein. The system includes a receiver component that receives a plurality items for an activity in a sequence having an order. A selection component sequentially evaluates each of the items in the sequence in the order received by the receiver component and for each item being evaluated determines that an evaluated item is to be uniquely selected out of the plurality of items immediately upon evaluation thereof. The selection component selects the item such that when the value of the item is higher than the values of all previous items in the sequence, any position in the sequence has a substantially similar probability as any other position to have the item selected.

    摘要翻译: 这里描述了从多个项目中选择项目的系统。 该系统包括接收器组件,其接收具有顺序的序列中的活动的多个项目。 选择组件按照接收器组件接收的顺序顺序地评估序列中的每个项目,并且对于正在评估的每个项目,在评估之后立即确定被评估项目将在多个项目中被唯一地选择。 选择组件选择项目,使得当项目的值高于序列中所有先前项目的值时,序列中的任何位置具有与要选择项目的任何其他位置大致相似的概率。

    COMPENSATING STORES FOR CONSUMER INFLUENCE WITH AUTOMATED TRACKING
    10.
    发明申请
    COMPENSATING STORES FOR CONSUMER INFLUENCE WITH AUTOMATED TRACKING 审中-公开
    用于自动跟踪消费者影响的补充存储

    公开(公告)号:US20100318404A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-16

    申请号:US12484279

    申请日:2009-06-15

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/00 G06Q10/00 G06Q50/00

    摘要: Consumer stores typically sell products at a retail profit, which covers the cost of pre-sale, consumer-influencing services regarding the products (e.g., discussions with sales associates, product demonstrations, and consumer inspections of the products.) However, consumers may utilize these services but may purchase selected products from other retailers that do not provide pre-sale services, and that may accordingly offer lower prices. This tactic may cause lost sales for consumer stores, and eventually store failures. Instead, the consumer store may charge the supplier an influence fee for consumer-influencing services based on a per-service price established between the supplier and the consumer store and consumer influence metrics tracked by a computer. The supplier may recoup the influence fee in the wholesale cost of the product, thereby distributing the shared benefit of the influencing services of the consumer store across all retailers and enabling a sustainable business model for providing the consumer-influencing services.

    摘要翻译: 消费品商店通常以零售利润销售产品,其中包括预售成本,对产品的消费者影响服务(例如,与销售人员的讨论,产品演示和产品的消费者检查)。但是,消费者可能利用 这些服务,但可能从不提供售前服务的其他零售商处购买选定的产品,因此可以提供较低的价格。 这种策略可能导致消费者商店的销售损失,并最终存储失败。 相反,消费者商店可以根据供应商和消费者商店之间建立的每个服务价格以及由计算机跟踪的消费者影响度量,向供应商收取对消费者影响服务的影响费。 供应商可以在产品的批发成本中收回影响费,从而在所有零售商分销消费品店的影响力服务的共同利益,并为可持续发展的商业模式提供消费者影响力的服务。