Abstract:
A method, apparatus, and electronic device for hierarchical communications are disclosed. A connection interface (1260) may receive a query. A processor (1210) may select an initial expert from the hierarchical expert tree based upon the query and direct the query towards the initial expert. A session initiation protocol server 418 may generate a hierarchical expert tree from an expert pool.
Abstract:
A method, apparatus, and electronic device for hierarchical communications are disclosed. A connection interface (1260) may receive a query. A processor (1210) may select an initial expert from the hierarchical expert tree based upon the query and direct the query towards the initial expert. A session initiation protocol server 418 may generate a hierarchical expert tree from an expert pool.
Abstract:
A method (100) of electronically determining a group preference in a social network from multiple individual preferences of members of the social network is provided. One embodiment of the method (100) uses a combination of an individual's importance to a social network and a social network's importance to the individual as weighting factors when combining the individual preferences to generate a shared set of preferences. This group preference may be used to select content for broadcast to the network, including audio content and video content. A social network group preference determination apparatus (401) can determine the individual's importance to the social network by interrogating or monitoring the communication activity of portable electronic communication devices (402) belonging to the members of the social network.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for identifying image capture opportunities. Expert photo agents (526) that process metadata extracted from a captured image are obtained (706) at a user -device (102). Metadata (214) characterizing visual content of a captured image is produced (310) by processing the visual content of the captured image. Image capture opportunities are selected (410) based upon processing of the metadata with the at least one expert photo agent. The image capture opportunity selection specifies content to capture in a subsequent image.
Abstract:
A method, apparatus, and electronic device for hierarchical communications are disclosed. A connection interface (1260) may receive a query. A processor (1210) may select an initial expert from the hierarchical expert tree based upon the query and direct the query towards the initial expert. A session initiation protocol server 418 may generate a hierarchical expert tree from an expert pool.
Abstract:
A method (200) and apparatus (100) for an adaptive touch screen display is disclosed. The apparatus can include a touch screen display (140) configured to display a virtual user interface input and configured to register proximity information regarding a proximity of a physical user input mechanism to the touch screen display. The apparatus can include a touch screen display module (191) coupled to the touch screen display. The touch screen display module can be configured to display, on the virtual user interface input, a predicted primary input item based on the proximity information and configured to display at least one alternate input item based on the proximity information while displaying the predicted primary input item.
Abstract:
A method (100) of electronically determining a group preference in a social network from multiple individual preferences of members of the social network is provided. One embodiment of the method (100) uses a combination of an individual's importance to a social network and a social network's importance to the individual as weighting factors when combining the individual preferences to generate a shared set of preferences. This group preference may be used to select content for broadcast to the network, including audio content and video content. A social network group preference determination apparatus (401) can determine the individual's importance to the social network by interrogating or monitoring the communication activity of portable electronic communication devices (402) belonging to the members of the social network.