公开(公告)号：US07788336B2

公开(公告)日：2010-08-31

申请号：US10880512

申请日：2004-07-01

申请人： Peter S. Ebert ,  Michael Heinrich ,  Ian J. Kimbell ,  Janaki P. Kumar ,  Steven Mann ,  Frederic E. Samson ,  Bernhard Schweizer ,  Zia Yusuf

发明人： Peter S. Ebert ,  Michael Heinrich ,  Ian J. Kimbell ,  Janaki P. Kumar ,  Steven Mann ,  Frederic E. Samson ,  Bernhard Schweizer ,  Zia Yusuf

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02

摘要： A feedback system for visual content is described that allows individual users to obtain feedback regarding selected visual content. A user of the system uploads any desired visual content, and associates the content with a feedback campaign having user-defined characteristics. The user also may associate feedback elements with the visual content, such as comments regarding the visual content or the type of feedback that is desired. The feedback system provides the visual content and feedback elements to selected other users, perhaps by sending a link to the other users via email. In this way, the receiving users may provide feedback regarding the visual content. In particular, the receiving users may generate a virtual note to be placed on a selected portion of the visual content, so as to provide comment specific to the selected portion. As a result, individual users are enabled to create and manage multiple feedback campaigns.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于视觉内容的反馈系统，其允许个别用户获得关于所选视觉内容的反馈。 系统的用户上传任何所需的视觉内容，并且将内容与具有用户定义特征的反馈活动相关联。 用户还可以将反馈元素与视觉内容相关联，例如关于视觉内容的意见或期望的反馈的类型。 反馈系统向选定的其他用户提供可视内容和反馈元素，可能通过电子邮件发送链接给其他用户。 以这种方式，接收用户可以提供关于视觉内容的反馈。 特别地，接收用户可以生成要放置在可视内容的所选部分上的虚拟音符，以便提供特定于所选部分的注释。 因此，个人用户可以创建和管理多个反馈广告系列。

公开(公告)号：US07756970B2

公开(公告)日：2010-07-13

申请号：US10963788

申请日：2004-10-14

申请人： Peter S. Ebert ,  Zia Yusuf

发明人： Peter S. Ebert ,  Zia Yusuf

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G09B7/02

摘要： A feedback system for visual content is described that allows individual users to obtain feedback regarding selected visual content. The feedback system includes a content navigation enhancer that provides useful navigation and feedback features to a feedback-providing user. When the selected visual content includes a plurality of screens of visual content, the content navigation enhancer may associate an identifier with each of the screens, where each identifier provides a link to its respective screen. The content navigation enhancer may ensure that all of the identifiers are displayed on a user interface, regardless of which screen of visual content is simultaneously displayed on the user interface. Thus, the feedback-providing user has access to all of the screens, regardless of which screen is currently being displayed. Accordingly, the feedback-providing user may select a desired screen to submit corresponding feedback, and may understand a flow or order of the screens of visual content.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于视觉内容的反馈系统，其允许个别用户获得关于所选视觉内容的反馈。 反馈系统包括向反馈提供用户提供有用的导航和反馈特征的内容导航增强器。 当所选择的可视内容包括多个可视内容的屏幕时，内容导航增强器可以将标识符与每个屏幕相关联，其中每个标识符提供到其相应屏幕的链接。 内容导航增强器可以确保在用户界面上显示所有标识符，而不管在用户界面上同时显示哪个视觉内容的屏幕。 因此，无论当前正在显示哪个屏幕，反馈提供用户都可以访问所有屏幕。 因此，反馈提供用户可以选择所需的屏幕来提交相应的反馈，并且可以理解视觉内容的屏幕的流程或顺序。

公开(公告)号：US07454433B2

公开(公告)日：2008-11-18

申请号：US10753558

申请日：2004-01-09

申请人： Peter S. Ebert

发明人： Peter S. Ebert

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30873 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  Y10S707/99942 ,  Y10S707/99943 ,  Y10S707/99944

摘要： A system for providing adaptive virtual communities is described. The system monitors or has access to a plurality of users or contact information for users (e.g., e-mail addresses). By determining a technical or business context of a particular user, the system is able to match that user with other users who are likely to be able to assist the user within that context. As a result, virtual communities are dynamically created and disbanded on an as-needed basis, so that individual users do not need to wait for, or search for, assistance.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种用于提供自适应虚拟社区的系统。 系统监视或访问用户的多个用户或联系人信息（例如，电子邮件地址）。 通过确定特定用户的技术或业务上下文，系统能够将该用户与可能在该上下文中帮助用户的其他用户相匹配。 因此，虚拟社区是根据需要动态创建和解散的，以便个人用户不需要等待或搜索协助。

公开(公告)号：US07262772B2

公开(公告)日：2007-08-28

申请号：US10393356

申请日：2003-03-21

申请人： Peter S. Ebert

发明人： Peter S. Ebert

IPC分类号： G06T11/20 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/3061

摘要： Techniques are described for selecting and displaying specific content elements from within content of a media asset, such that the content elements may be displayed within a reserved portion of a user display, thereby providing a visual summary of the media asset content. The content elements may be provided along with a graphical representation of the content elements indicating, for example, their importance within the media asset relative to one another and/or to a user preference. In this way, the user may quickly and easily assess his or her level of interest in the media asset.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于从媒体资产的内容中选择和显示特定内容元素的技术，使得内容元素可以显示在用户显示的保留部分内，从而提供媒体资产内容的视觉摘要。 内容元素可以与内容元素的图形表示一起提供，其指示例如其在媒体资产内相对于彼此和/或用户偏好的重要性。 以这种方式，用户可以快速且容易地评估他或她在媒体资产中的兴趣程度。

公开(公告)号：US07151453B2

公开(公告)日：2006-12-19

申请号：US10137207

申请日：2002-04-30

申请人： Peter S. Ebert

发明人： Peter S. Ebert

IPC分类号： G08B13/14

CPC分类号： G06Q10/08 ,  G06K2017/0045 ,  G07C9/00111

摘要： Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for updating information on a writable tag bound to an article. In one aspect, a method includes: receiving in a system first attribute information for a first article derived from data read automatically from a first tag bound to the article; similarly receiving second attribute information for a second article; receiving sensor information derived from a sensor coupled to the second article; receiving relationship information specifying a relationship between the articles; maintaining first and second virtual articles representing the first article and the second article and sensor information, respectively, and maintaining a context object representing the relationship; recognizing an alert condition relating to the first article; generating updated attribute information; detecting the presence of the first tag at a tag writer station after the alert condition; and causing the tag writer station to write the updated information to the first tag.

公开(公告)号：US07667604B2

公开(公告)日：2010-02-23

申请号：US12208124

申请日：2008-09-10

申请人： Peter S. Ebert ,  Richard J. Swan ,  Tao Lin ,  Jie Weng ,  Hartmut K. Vogler ,  Brian S. Mo ,  Stephan Haller

发明人： Peter S. Ebert ,  Richard J. Swan ,  Tao Lin ,  Jie Weng ,  Hartmut K. Vogler ,  Brian S. Mo ,  Stephan Haller

IPC分类号： G08B13/14

CPC分类号： G06Q10/08 ,  G06K17/00 ,  G06K2017/0045 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06Q20/203 ,  G07C9/00111 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/22

摘要： Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for real-time and context-aware tracking of items. Tags bound to items are read and information read from the tags and location information about the tags is provided by at least two enterprises and used to maintain disposition information about the items, which is made visible to enterprises in the supply chain. The disposition information can be mapped to a world model that tracks the items and circumstances affecting the items, for example, geo-spatial events and traffic delays. Visibility of the disposition information can be controlled through authorization. Visible information can include relationships between particular items and business documents such as order and shipping documents.

公开(公告)号：US20090008450A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-08

申请号：US12208124

申请日：2008-09-10

申请人： Peter S. Ebert ,  Richard J. Swan ,  Tao Lin ,  Jie Weng ,  Hartmut K. Vogler ,  Brian S. Mo ,  Stephan Haller

发明人： Peter S. Ebert ,  Richard J. Swan ,  Tao Lin ,  Jie Weng ,  Hartmut K. Vogler ,  Brian S. Mo ,  Stephan Haller

IPC分类号： G06K7/01

CPC分类号： G06Q10/08 ,  G06K17/00 ,  G06K2017/0045 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06Q20/203 ,  G07C9/00111 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/22

摘要： Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for real-time and context-aware tracking of items. Tags bound to items are read and information read from the tags and location information about the tags is provided by at least two enterprises and used to maintain disposition information about the items, which is made visible to enterprises in the supply chain. The disposition information can be mapped to a world model that tracks the items and circumstances affecting the items, for example, geo-spatial events and traffic delays. Visibility of the disposition information can be controlled through authorization. Visible information can include relationships between particular items and business documents such as order and shipping documents.

摘要翻译： 方法和设备，包括计算机程序产品，用于实时和上下文感知跟踪项目。 标签绑定的标签被读取，从标签读取的信息和关于标签的位置信息由至少两个企业提供，并且用于维护关于供应链中的企业可见的项目的处置信息。 配置信息可以被映射到跟踪影响项目的项目和环境的世界模型，例如地理空间事件和业务延迟​​。 处置信息的可见性可以通过授权来控制。 可见信息可以包括特定项目与业务单据之间的关系，例如订单和运输单据。

公开(公告)号：US06941184B2

公开(公告)日：2005-09-06

申请号：US10136846

申请日：2002-04-30

申请人： Peter S. Ebert

发明人： Peter S. Ebert

IPC分类号： G06K17/00 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G07C9/00 ,  G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G06Q10/08 ,  G06K2017/0045 ,  G07C9/00111 ,  Y10S707/99931

摘要： Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for making information available between enterprises. In one aspect, a method includes: receiving from a first enterprise multiple instances of tag-read-data for first articles including information read automatically from tags bound to the articles, article locations, and data derived from a first data processing system of the first enterprise; receiving from a second enterprise multiple instances of tag-read-data for second articles and data derived from a second data processing system of the second enterprise; using the tag-read-data to maintain virtual representatives for the articles in a virtual world, where tag-read-data received from either enterprise for a particular article is used to update the virtual representative corresponding to the article; and making available information from updated virtual representatives and from the virtual world to both the first enterprise and the second enterprise.

摘要翻译： 方法和设备，包括计算机程序产品，用于在企业之间提供信息。 一方面，一种方法包括：从第一企业接收第一商品的标签读取数据的多个实例，包括从绑定到文章的标签自动读取的信息，文章位置和从第一个数据处理系统的第一数据处理系统导出的数据 企业; 从第二企业接收第二文章的标签读取数据的多个实例和从第二企业的第二数据处理系统导出的数据; 使用标签读取数据来维护虚拟世界中的文章的虚拟代表，其中用于特定文章从企业收到的标签读取数据用于更新对应于该文章的虚拟代表; 并从更新的虚拟代表和从虚拟世界到第一个企业和第二个企业提供信息。

公开(公告)号：US20090146832A1

公开(公告)日：2009-06-11

申请号：US12333808

申请日：2008-12-12

申请人： Peter S. Ebert ,  Richard J. Swan ,  Tao Lin ,  Jie Weng ,  Hartmut K. Vogler ,  Brian S. Mo ,  Stephan Haller

发明人： Peter S. Ebert ,  Richard J. Swan ,  Tao Lin ,  Jie Weng ,  Hartmut K. Vogler ,  Brian S. Mo ,  Stephan Haller

IPC分类号： G08B5/22

CPC分类号： G06Q10/08 ,  G06K17/00 ,  G06K2017/0045 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06Q20/203 ,  G07C9/00111 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/22

摘要： Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for real-time and context-aware tracking of items. Tags bound to items are read and information read from the tags and location information about the tags is provided by at least two enterprises and used to maintain disposition information about the items, which is made visible to enterprises in the supply chain. The disposition information can be mapped to a world model that tracks the items and circumstances affecting the items, for example, geo-spatial events and traffic delays. Visibility of the disposition information can be controlled through authorization. Visible information can include relationships between particular items and business documents such as order and shipping documents.

摘要翻译： 方法和设备，包括计算机程序产品，用于实时和上下文感知跟踪项目。 标签绑定的标签被读取，从标签读取的信息和关于标签的位置信息由至少两个企业提供，并且用于维护关于供应链中的企业可见的项目的处置信息。 配置信息可以被映射到跟踪影响项目的项目和环境的世界模型，例如地理空间事件和业务延迟​​。 处置信息的可见性可以通过授权来控制。 可见信息可以包括特定项目与业务单据之间的关系，例如订单和运输单据。

公开(公告)号：US07457720B2

公开(公告)日：2008-11-25

申请号：US11842708

申请日：2007-08-21

申请人： Peter S. Ebert

发明人： Peter S. Ebert

IPC分类号： G06F15/00

CPC分类号： G01S13/87

摘要： An electronic location code (eLC) is described that provides location information for an object. The eLC is capable of high levels of accuracy, but uses a relatively low data volume for expressing such high levels of accuracy. Moreover, the eLC may easily be adjusted to represent lower levels of accuracy, when high levels of accuracy are not available or required. The eLC has a standardized format that allows easy transmission, sharing, and storage between a plurality of users. Due to these and other features, the eLC provides many advantages and possibilities for the use of location data, and, for example, allows for individual tracking of locations of a huge number of items.

摘要翻译： 描述了提供对象的位置信息的电子位置码（eLC）。 eLC具有高水平的精度，但是使用相对较低的数据量来表达这样高的准确度。 此外，当高水平的准确性不可用或不需要时，eLC可以容易地被调整以表示较低的精度水平。 eLC具有允许在多个用户之间容易地传输，共享和存储的标准化格式。 由于这些和其他特征，eLC为使用位置数据提供了许多优点和可能性，并且例如允许单个跟踪大量物品的位置。