摘要:
Methods for administering devices, including creating a user metric vector including a plurality of disparate user metrics, creating a user metric space including a plurality of metric ranges, and determining whether the user metric vector is outside the user metric space. Embodiments include identifying an action in dependence upon the user metric vector, if the user metric vector is outside a user metric space, executing the action, and creating a user reaction log.
摘要:
Configuring a client device, including receiving, from a manufacturer, a configuration bundle for a client device, receiving, from a vendor, vendor provided configuration parameters for the client device, receiving from a user, user provided configuration parameters for the client device, and associating the vendor provided configuration parameters and the user provided configuration parameters with the configuration bundle for the client device; thereby producing an associated configuration bundle for the client device.
摘要:
Diagnostic codes from a vehicle or other system in transit are transmitted to an opportunity server, which forwards the codes to a supplemental diagnostic service provider. The diagnostic service provider determines if supplemental diagnostics software functions are available, and if so, downloads them to the vehicle. After executing the supplemental diagnostics, the vehicle reports updated codes to the opportunity server. Multiple cycles of selection, downloading and execution of supplemental diagnostics may be performed until fault isolation is achieved, following which the opportunity server issues requests for bids to potential repair service provides. Responding offers are received, coalesced and presented to the operator. The operator of the vehicle is presented with one or more coalesced offers, upon selection of which, a service is scheduled.
摘要:
Broadcasting user controls for streaming digital content from a multiplicity of sources of digital information to a multiplicity of client devices, the method implemented in conjunction with a network of digital computers, at least one of the digital computers comprising a content server upon which embodiments are implemented in computer memory and upon at least one computer processor, embodiments including receiving from a remote director a director instruction, the director instruction comprising an identification of a selected user control; extracting, in dependence upon the director instruction, from a store of user controls, the identified selected user control; identifying, in dependence upon the director instruction, a data communications program that administers data communications between the content server and a client device; encoding through the data communications program, in dependence upon the selected user control, a new HTML document; and downloading, through the identified data communications program, the new HTML document to the client device.
摘要:
Methods, systems, and products for remote direction of streaming digital content from a multiplicity of sources of digital information to a multiplicity of client devices, including receiving digital content from the sources, receiving from a remote director and storing in computer memory remote director instructions, transcoding the digital content from sources into digital content having streaming format, including in an output stream, in dependence upon the remote director's instructions, digital content having streaming format, and communicating to client devices the output stream.
摘要:
Interleaving preferred location specific content into broadcast content including providing a location of the client device to the source of preferred location specific content; receiving broadcast content in the client device; receiving preferred location specific content in the client device at a wireless network address; identifying insertion points for preferred location specific content within the broadcast content; inserting preferred location specific content into broadcast content at the identified insertion points.
摘要:
Controlling collaborative devices, including providing at least two collaborative devices, in which each collaborative device includes a client device and a client communications application, each collaborative device being coupled for data communications to an OSGi-compliant services gateway, and providing registry records describing collaborative devices, in which each registry record represents a capability of the collaborative device pertinent to a tertiary relationship for control of collaborative devices, each registry record including data elements describing, for each collaborative device, at least one capability, at least one tertiary relationship, and at least one network connectivity. Embodiments include providing, in dependence upon the tertiary relationship, a service bundle including at least one predetermined algorithm for controlling the collaborative devices, and controlling the collaborative devices in accordance with the predetermined algorithm.
摘要:
Configuring a client device, including detecting the client device, reading a client device identifier from the client device, and requesting a configuration bundle for the client device in dependence upon the client device identifier. Embodiments include receiving a generic configuration bundle, and executing the generic configuration bundle.
摘要:
A system and method allowing a consumer to make a purchase within a retail area and to remove that purchased item from the retail area without causing an alarm by an electronic article surveillance (EAS) system. The system first identifies the consumer and the product to be purchased, then validates the selected item. If the selected product is a valid selection, then the system posts the transaction to the consumer's account, optionally including a convenience charge, and commands the EAS to allow removal of the purchased item from the secured retail area, thereby allowing the consumer to make the purchase and avoid waiting for the availability of a human cashier or salesperson.
摘要:
Methods for administering devices including receiving a user metric; determining whether a value of the user metric is outside of a predefined metric range; if the value of the user metric is outside of the metric range, identifying an action in dependence upon the user metric; and executing the action