Abstract:
A method and apparatus for sharing product information among users of a computer network (108) using productmarks (202). A productmark (202) for a product is created by a user of the network (108) and includes a product identifier (204), an annotation containing user comments, a username that identifies the creator of the productmark (202), and a categorization tag (208) that identifies the user's level of interest in purchasing the product. Productmarks (202) are stored in a database (110) that may be queried using a product identifier (204), a username, a categorization tag (208), or any combination of these to retrieve productmarks (202). A user network device (104) provides access to the database (110) and includes modules for creating (138) and uploading (140) productmarks (202) to the database (110) and for querying and downloading (142) productmarks (202) from the database (110). A peer-to-peer communication session may be formed relating to a particular product or geographical location.
Abstract:
A wireless communication device (101) for direct communication with one or more near-proximity devices (111, 113) to form an adhoc network is provided. The wireless communication device comprises a transceiver (201) configured to send, via wireless link, a beacon signal. The beacon signal includes a device identifier (305) and a service map (307) associated with the wireless communication device. The service map identifies one or more applications (223, 225, 227) that may operate on the wireless communication device.
Abstract:
A wireless communication device (104) for providing guidance about surrounding conditions and a communication server (1000) for receiving data feeds from cooperative wireless devices are provided. The wireless communication device (104) comprises a device discovery mechanism (214, 302) to identify second devices (116-150) in a vicinity (106-114) of the device, a processor (306) to determine a coverage capability for each area surrounding the first device (104), and a display (208, 310) to represent the coverage capability of each area surrounding the first device. The communication server (1000) comprises a network interface (1002) to receive one or more data feeds associated with a location of a first device (104), a processor (1004) to associate each data feed with an area adjacent to the first device, and a display (1008) to represent surrounding cells surrounding the first device. One or more surrounding cells (1102-1118) show a data feed of the location of the first device (104), and each data feed is provided by a second device (116-150) located in the corresponding surrounding cell.
Abstract:
A system and method for processing information about an incident is provided. The system comprises two or more communication devices (104, 112-126) in communication with each other and a central authority (128) capable of receiving data from the communication devices. Each communication device (104, 112- 126) includes a media sensor (222) to collect data relating to an incident event (102). One communication device (104), in response to a user activation input, transmits a request signal to one or more other communication devices (112-126). Any communication device (112-126) that receives the request signal may collect data relating to the incident event (102) in response to the request signal. The central authority (128), after receiving the data collected by the wireless communication devices (104, 112-126), performs an action in response to receiving the data.
Abstract:
A memory-based collaborative filtering algorithm is optimized for large numbers of users by employing a personalized location-based data partitioning method that allows the system to scale even for very large datasets. Collaborative filtering then takes place on the scaled dataset.
Abstract:
A wireless communication device (101) for communicating data portions of data over an ad hoc network is provided. The wireless communication device comprises a scheduling circuit (209), a transceiver (213, 219, 225) operating via a wireless link of the ad hoc network, and an integration circuit (239). The scheduling circuit is configured to identify a plurality of data portions to divide the data. The transceiver is configured to discover a plurality of remote devices having one or more data portions of the data and transmit a task associated with the one or more data portions of the data to the plurality of remote devices. The integration circuit is configured to assemble the plurality of data portions.
Abstract:
A method and system for managing a terminal management system including a terminal management network element (100) and at least one wireless terminal (20). The terminal management network element (100) includes a wireless terminal condition based control information generator (120) that generates wireless terminal condition based control information (20) represented by extensible markup language code. The wireless terminal condition based control information (20) includes selected action data (46) based on selectable action data (820) associated with a terminal management action to execute on at least one wireless mobile terminal (22), selected condition data (42) based on selectable condition data (840) wherein the selected condition data (42) is associated with the selected action data (46), and selected attribute data (44) based on selectable attribute data wherein the selected attribute data (44) is associated with the selected action data (46). A wireless terminal condition based controller (30) executes the terminal management action if the selected condition (42) data associated with the terminal management action is satisfied.
Abstract:
A method for facilitating a bookmark server (106) to create a bookmark from content associated with a content source (104) is disclosed. The method comprises a remote device (102) selecting a portion of the content associated with the content source (104), based on an input received via a user interface. The remote device (102) then generates metadata associated with the selected portion of the content. The metadata includes information pertaining to the content source (104) and the associated content. The remote device (102) communicates with the bookmark server (106), which can access the content associated with the content source (104). The remote device (102) sends the metadata to the bookmark server (106) along with a request message to the bookmark server (106) to create the bookmark based on the metadata.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for operating a wireless communication device. The method includes the steps of providing a plurality of battery powered modules that are carried by a user and together operate as the wireless communication module (ensemble), detecting a battery reserve power level of a first module of the plurality of modules and transferring a processing function from the first module to a second module of the plurality of modules based upon the detected battery reserve power.
Abstract:
A network element (200) receives (101), from a plurality of different end users (205), information regarding content clips as pertain to audio-visual content and uses (102) that information to automatically infer a relative popularity of audio-visual content as corresponds to the content clips to provide popularity information. Such audio-visual content can comprise, for example, televised content. The aforementioned information can comprise, for example, such items as a start time and a stop time for a given one of the content clips, at least a portion of a given one of the content clips, a content identifier of some kind, and so forth.