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Capturing User Reaction, Michael O'Herlihy, Tuna Toksoz
Capturing User Reaction, Michael O'Herlihy, Tuna Toksoz
Defensive Publications Series
A reaction recording system records a recipient’s reaction to a message that is presented to the recipient. The system receives a message from a sender for display to a recipient. On receiving user input from the recipient to present the message, the system presents the message to the recipient and records the recipient’s reaction to the message. In certain cases, the system transmits media recording the recipient’s reaction to the sender of the message.
Dynamically Switching Application Interactions Between Devices, Kenneth Mixter
Dynamically Switching Application Interactions Between Devices, Kenneth Mixter
Defensive Publications Series
A user interacts with different devices, for example, mobile device, smartphones, laptops, and tablets, for accessing various applications. The applications have different device requirements. The device requirements can include preferred device specifications to run the application, e.g., processor speed, display screen size/resolution, operating system, and internet connectivity. A device switching system is used for dynamically switching application interactions from a device to another based on application’s device requirements. The system detects that an application is running at a first device and determines the application's device requirements. The system compares the device requirements of the application with the device specifications of …
Filtering Social Media Posts, Dean Jackson, Daniel Klein
Filtering Social Media Posts, Dean Jackson, Daniel Klein
Defensive Publications Series
A social media filtering system filters social media posts based on criteria specified by a user. The system receives a request from a user to hide social media posts associated with a specified criteria. The specified criteria can be location criteria, event criteria, person criteria, and/or time criteria. Further, the system identifies a set of social media posts on a social media website. Then, the system determines social media posts from the set of social media posts that meet the specified criteria. The system further modifies the set of social media posts by removing or otherwise hiding the social media …
Calendar Event Management, Mårten Jönsson
Calendar Event Management, Mårten Jönsson
Defensive Publications Series
A calendar event management system provides hassle free management of calendar events. The system receives a calendar invite for an event at a specified time slot for an invitee. On receiving the calendar invite, the system identifies an existing event scheduled at the specified time slot in a calendar for the invitee. Then, the system determines that the event has higher priority than the existing event. Further, on determining that the event has higher priority than the existing event, the system adds the event to the invitee’s calendar.
Buffering And Inserting Text Inputs, Winson Chung
Buffering And Inserting Text Inputs, Winson Chung
Defensive Publications Series
A text input buffering system stores text input in a buffer for a predetermined period of time. A user may input text in an application, for example, a browser, text editor, etc. If the system receives text input without an initial selection of a text field, the system stores the received text input in the buffer for a predetermined period of time. The system receives a selection of a text field. Further, the system displays a notification in the user interface for inserting the text input into the selected text field. The system inserts the text input into the text …
Browsing Activity Supervision, Rachel Simpson, Patrick Nepper, Pamela Greene, Wieland Holfelder, Martin Ortlieb, Avni Stocky
Browsing Activity Supervision, Rachel Simpson, Patrick Nepper, Pamela Greene, Wieland Holfelder, Martin Ortlieb, Avni Stocky
Defensive Publications Series
A supervision system generates a user interface that summarizes user’s browsing trends based on user’s browsing activity. The system monitors browsing activity of a user. The system further determines browsing trends of the user based on user’s browsing activity for a predetermined time period. On determination of the browsing trends, the system generates the user interface that provides a summary of user’s browsing trends for the predetermined time period.