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Linking Email Data With Other Applications, Sofia Andrianakou, Sarah Xie
Linking Email Data With Other Applications, Sofia Andrianakou, Sarah Xie
Defensive Publications Series
An email management system uses data from emails to launch an application and link the data to the application. In one example, the system may use data such as time, date, title, and attendees from an email. It then launches a calendar application, creates a calendar event, and auto-populates the calendar event with the selected data.
User Account Authentication During User Issue Resolution, Alejo Grigera
User Account Authentication During User Issue Resolution, Alejo Grigera
Defensive Publications Series
An authentication system generates a one time password (OTP) that is delivered to a user to authenticate a service representative’s request to access the user’s account. The system receives a request from the service representative to access the user’s account. The system generates the OTP and a summary of user’s account details requested for access by the service representative. Further, the system transmits the OTP and summary to the user. The system further authenticates the customer service’s request to access the user’s account based on the OTP and provides access of the requested account details to the service representative.
Electronic Sanitary Health Product, Kevin Kissell
Electronic Sanitary Health Product, Kevin Kissell
Defensive Publications Series
A sanitary health product information system provides information describing a condition of a sanitary health product to a caretaker. The system detects the condition of the sanitary health product, e.g., wetness level or moisture level. On detecting the condition, the system transmits information describing the condition of the sanitary health product to a user or a caretaker. Further, the system presents the information, on a device associated with the caretaker, based on the which the caretaker can take an action, e.g., changing the sanitary health product if the wetness level is high.
Message Adaptation To Improve Communications, Jonathan Gonzalez
Message Adaptation To Improve Communications, Jonathan Gonzalez
Defensive Publications Series
A message adaptation system is used for improving communications and human interactions. The message adaptation system adapts a message in such a way that the message generated by a first user is completely understood by the receiver of the message. The message can be an email message, a text message, a chat message etc. The system receives the message generated by the first user. The system processes the message to identify an objective description from the message and the associated subjective characteristics. The objective description of the message can be defined as the content of the message. On the other …
Games In Chat Window, Daniel Clarke, Zoe Downing
Games In Chat Window, Daniel Clarke, Zoe Downing
Defensive Publications Series
A gaming system provides a game in a chat window. The system receives a request from a user to play a game in the chat window. The user may request for playing the game with one or more other participants of a chat. On receiving the request, the system provides the game in the chat window.
Interest Based Calendar, Matteo Corea, Lorenzo Blanco
Interest Based Calendar, Matteo Corea, Lorenzo Blanco
Defensive Publications Series
An auto-populated calendar can be created according to interests of a user using the interest based calendar system. The system receives a selection of one or more interest categories and filter criteria for those interest categories for the generation of the interest based calendar from the user. The interest categories can be any area of interest such as food, sports, travel, shopping, etc. The filter criteria can be a time range or a geographic location etc. The system identifies events from different organizers that satisfy the selected categories and the respective filter criteria as set up by the user. The …
Usb Power Management, Alec Berg, Vincent Palatin, Todd Broch
Usb Power Management, Alec Berg, Vincent Palatin, Todd Broch
Defensive Publications Series
A power management system identifies a power source and a power recipient between a first device and a second device based on their respective states. The system identifies that the first device and the second device are connected using a universal serial bus (USB) type-C connectors. The system further determines a respective state for the first device and the second device, e.g., tilt or orientation of the devices. Based on the respective states, the system identifies the power source and the power recipient between the first device and the second device, e.g., using pre-stored information from a database. Further, the …
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.