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Charge Direction Indicating Usbc Cable, Katie Roberts-Hoffman, Bernard Thompson
Charge Direction Indicating Usbc Cable, Katie Roberts-Hoffman, Bernard Thompson
Defensive Publications Series
A hardware based solution is proposed for indicating charging direction in a USB-C cable. The solution comprises of bi-color red/green LEDs attached to the connector of the USB-C cable. The LEDs are electrically connected and will glow when the USB-C supportive device is connected to the USB-C supportive system either for receiving or providing power. The device which is providing power or receiving power is identified by the color of the glowing LED at the specific end of the connector of USB-C cable, for example green could indicate providing end and red the receiving end. The LEDs are always connected …
Score Correction For Biased Graders In A Network, Calvin Li
Score Correction For Biased Graders In A Network, Calvin Li
Defensive Publications Series
A method of convex optimization for taking into account biased graders in a network is disclosed. The method involves the steps of creating a convex function, determining the true grade of the object and then finding bounds for the convex function. This method of convex optimization could be applied in a number of applications where multiple graders grade multiple consistent objects.
Inventory Based Ad Creation And Keyword Targeted Search Advertising System, Senthil Hariramasamy, Gaurav Garg, Lakshmi Dabbiru, Lewis Denizen
Inventory Based Ad Creation And Keyword Targeted Search Advertising System, Senthil Hariramasamy, Gaurav Garg, Lakshmi Dabbiru, Lewis Denizen
Defensive Publications Series
The present paper discusses a system for providing advertisements or content to users that answers the user’s search queries. The present system is a hybrid system that enables a merchant to submit keywords and bid prices for each of the submitted keywords. The merchant’s ability to select keywords and specify how much the merchant is willing to bid on each of the keywords enables the merchant to target the display of their content and ads. Rather than providing the merchant complete control over the text and appearance of the ad or content to be displayed to the user, the merchant …
Presence Indication In Real-Time Chat Applications, Johan Wikström
Presence Indication In Real-Time Chat Applications, Johan Wikström
Defensive Publications Series
This document describes techniques to display presence indicators in real-time chat applications. The techniques enable accurate presence indicators with low overheads. A server compares successive timestamps to determine whether a time threshold is met. If the time threshold is met, the server pushes an updated last-seen timestamp to clients. Otherwise, the server only selectively pushes the updated last-seen timestamp to clients. The client polls the server if the last-seen timestamp meets a threshold difference from the current time. The combination of pushing by a server and polling by a client to selectively update last-seen timestamps enables accurate and consistent representation …
System For Recommending Chapter Summaries And Related Contents Based On User Interest Level, Sudhanshu Rawal, Gaurav Saini
System For Recommending Chapter Summaries And Related Contents Based On User Interest Level, Sudhanshu Rawal, Gaurav Saini
Defensive Publications Series
This application discloses a system and method for recommending chapter summaries and related content based on user's interest level while reading electronic books. The system includes an application residing on an electronic tablet, mobile telephone or any other device used for reading. The system automatically determines if a chapter of the book is uninteresting to a user and saves time by showing summaries and additional content relevant to the chapter of the book.
Real Time Online Screenplays, Lauren Frazier
Real Time Online Screenplays, Lauren Frazier
Defensive Publications Series
A system and method are proposed to help authors in writing an online screenplay or script. The tool allows the author to create a script with named characters and locations. The tool also automates the technical work of assigning the characters phone numbers/instant message handles. The tool allows the author to write lines in a format that combines screenplay and subtitles that are timestamped. The timestamp could be relative to the beginning of a scene or to the beginning of the entire play, and the messages with the dialog would be automatically delivered using the instant message handles according to …
Invisible User Controls For Supporting Visually Disabled Users, Noah Levin, Drew Macneil, Alok Manchanda
Invisible User Controls For Supporting Visually Disabled Users, Noah Levin, Drew Macneil, Alok Manchanda
Defensive Publications Series
A system and method are disclosed that augment a user interface with invisible elements that enable a visually disabled user to exercise functionality that is hard to discover without visual cues. The method exposes the functionality to a visually disabled user by adding an invisible UI element in a way that does not affect a sighted user’s interaction with the application. For mobile devices that have accessibility service activated, the mechanism works by adding invisible buttons to the recent viewed stack or carousel of screens to access the “Recently Viewed” panes, in one example. The buttons or other invisible elements …
System And Method For Auto-Personalization Of Communication, Amit Agarwal, Christopher Vennard, Eric Jester
System And Method For Auto-Personalization Of Communication, Amit Agarwal, Christopher Vennard, Eric Jester
Defensive Publications Series
This application discloses a system and method for auto-personalization of communication mode based on a number of signals including derived/observed and stated user preferences, multiple signals, or search results obtained by a user. The system could include an application and a database for storing previous communication mode preferences such as phone call, email, SMS, over-the-top (OTT) messaging, etc. associated with different search queries by the user. The application determines the user’s preference of communication mode using automatically determined criteria and prioritizes the communication mode for the user. The system and application automatically facilitates the prioritized communication mode to provide an …
Handling Repeatedly Asked Word Meanings And Vocabulary Building In Ebooks, Sudhanshu Rawal
Handling Repeatedly Asked Word Meanings And Vocabulary Building In Ebooks, Sudhanshu Rawal
Defensive Publications Series
A system and method for implementing vocabulary building into existing dictionary assistance function in an e-reader are disclosed. The vocabulary builder helps the user improve his vocabulary in a number of ways. When the user highlights a word to seek meaning, instead of presenting with the meaning directly, the system will store in memory and present the context in which the user had asked for its meaning previously. The system may present a dialogue box with previously read sentences and snippets in which the word was present. The dialogue box also presents buttons “Got it” OR “Need help”, which in …
Detection Of Position Fixed Content Item Slots And Control Of Content Displayed Therein, Matthew Burriesci, Nathan Lucash, Joon Ho Cho
Detection Of Position Fixed Content Item Slots And Control Of Content Displayed Therein, Matthew Burriesci, Nathan Lucash, Joon Ho Cho
Defensive Publications Series
Implementations described herein relate to detection of fixed position content item slots and control of interactions based on determining a content item slot is a fixed position content item slot, such as click protections, policy enforcement mechanism, and/or auction corrections.
System For Real Time Collaborative Reading And Sharing By Global Tags And Chapter Markers, Sudhanshu Rawal
System For Real Time Collaborative Reading And Sharing By Global Tags And Chapter Markers, Sudhanshu Rawal
Defensive Publications Series
A system for real time collaborative reading and sharing through the use of global tags and chapter markers for an electronic book is disclosed. The system includes an application residing on a tablet or mobile phone or any other device used for reading, that will access the tags on the website hosting the electronic book. The system saves the time of the user by enabling collaborative reading and sharing of user reviews in real time.
Ultra Smart Bottle, Sudhanshu\ Rawal
Ultra Smart Bottle, Sudhanshu\ Rawal
Defensive Publications Series
This application discloses a system and method of a context-aware ultra-smart bottle that helps a user to keep up with fluid or diet supplements associated with his gym routine. The bottle is fitted with one or more sensors that monitor and record the weight of contents in the bottle which is communicated to the user’s mobile device through wireless communication means. If the user has a routine of refilling the bottle at specified times and misses out doing so on some occasions then the bottle sends reminders to the user. Smart bottles connected with the user’s mobile device could detect …
Spelling Sensitive Keyboard, Gilad Barkai
Spelling Sensitive Keyboard, Gilad Barkai
Defensive Publications Series
A device and method reduce repetitive spelling mistakes due to mis-typing of neighboring keys. The disclosed keyboard device or application makes specific keys more visible to the user, thus adding a visual guide to the keys which are expected to be pressed according to predicted spelling. The spelling sensitive keyboard could result in good quality text by reducing the amount of spelling mistakes made by the user.
Deermining The Location Of Wi-Fi Access Points Based On Crowdsourced Data, Philip Mcdonnell
Deermining The Location Of Wi-Fi Access Points Based On Crowdsourced Data, Philip Mcdonnell
Defensive Publications Series
The disclosure includes a system for determining the location of Wi-Fi access points based on clustering of user device data. In an example scenario, for users that are inferred to have visited a store, one or more Wi-Fi access points in proximity to the store are determined. Next, a likelihood that each of the users visited the store is determined based on user data. In another step, clusters of the users for each of the Wif-Fi access points are generated. The Wi-Fi access point associated with the store is determined based on the likelihoods that the users visited the store …
Saving Content On A Device, Benjamin Azose
Saving Content On A Device, Benjamin Azose
Defensive Publications Series
A content saving system receives a request to download content to a device at a later time, determines a later time to download the content, and notifies the user regarding the downloaded content at an appropriate time. The system determines the later time to download content using one or more variables such as device location, device internet connectivity, device battery level, time-of-day, day-of-week, calendar entry information, etc. When the one or more variables are met, the device downloads the requested content. The system then determines an appropriate time to notify the user regarding the downloaded content using one or more …
Simple Language Translation, Dimitri Kanevsky, Vladimir Vuskovic, A.S. Dogruoz
Simple Language Translation, Dimitri Kanevsky, Vladimir Vuskovic, A.S. Dogruoz
Defensive Publications Series
The disclosure describes techniques for translating speech into simple language for output to a user device. For example, speech content from a video that depicts a speaker is translated into simple language closed captions or speech, such as synthesize voice. Simple language output enables people with limited hearing or language proficiency, such as children or non-native speaker, to understand speech.
Back-Traced Garbage Collection, Liam Appelbe
Back-Traced Garbage Collection, Liam Appelbe
Defensive Publications Series
This disclosure describes back-traced garbage collection in a computer. A back-traced garbage collector searches backwards from an object in an object graph, until a root node is encountered, or until there are no further objects to search. If a root node is not encountered, the searched objects are unreachable and are deleted. The garbage collector can run incrementally, process portions of the object graph, and determine reachability of individual objects without examining the entire object graph. The garbage collector has low latency. The garbage collector is tunable, for example, in response to program characteristics and performance requirements.
Thermal Management In A Housing For A Computing Device, Honggang Sheng, Choon Ping Chng, Christopher Bernard, Xuelin Wu
Thermal Management In A Housing For A Computing Device, Honggang Sheng, Choon Ping Chng, Christopher Bernard, Xuelin Wu
Defensive Publications Series
The construction of housings for computing devices is governed by strict regulations. Certain materials (e.g., metal materials) used for a surface of the housing must not exceed a first threshold temperature, while other materials (e.g., plastic materials) used for a surface of the housing must not exceed a second threshold temperature that is greater than the first threshold temperature. Metal materials have a higher thermal conductivity than plastic materials and therefore are better at dissipating heat from the computing device. By constructing the housing of a computing device with a metal layer that is overlaid with a plastic mesh, the …
Global Reward Search And Redemption Platform, Hassan Abolhassani
Global Reward Search And Redemption Platform, Hassan Abolhassani
Defensive Publications Series
A global reward search and redemption platform allows consumers to redeem rewards points to purchase products. A consumer registers with multiple rewards programs and accumulates rewards points. The consumer also registers with a search provider and enables the search provider to access the rewards points balances associated with the rewards program accounts of the consumer. The search provider communicates with multiple redemption systems to identify products associated with a search query of the consumer. The search provider determines a price for the consumer to purchase each product, where at least part of the price is expressed in rewards points associated …
Application Privacy Lock, Nimit Patel
Application Privacy Lock, Nimit Patel
Defensive Publications Series
An application lock system can lock user interface elements associated with an application upon receiving a request from a user or when the system determines a session as being inactive at least for a predetermined time period. Applications may include, for example, a web browser application, a word processor application, or a file manager application. When the system receives a request to lock the session at the application, the system locks one or more user interface elements associated with the session. If a request is not received, then the system determines whether the session at the application is inactive for …
Scheduling Automatic Pickup By Self-Driving Cars, Gaurav Saini, Chandni Agarwal, Sahil Sood
Scheduling Automatic Pickup By Self-Driving Cars, Gaurav Saini, Chandni Agarwal, Sahil Sood
Defensive Publications Series
This disclosure includes techniques to automatically schedule pickups by self-driving cars. The techniques utilize data about a user such as the user’s location, payments, calendar, to-do list etc. An example technique uses data from commercial establishments (e.g., payments systems), and self-driving cars to determine a location and a time at which the user needs to be picked up. A self-driving car system schedules a self-driving car to pick up the user at the specific location and time. The techniques described may be implemented in selfdriving cars, a central server system, user mobile devices, client devices, or different combinations of these …
E-Book With Integrated Social Features, Sahil Sood
E-Book With Integrated Social Features, Sahil Sood
Defensive Publications Series
Users read e-books on different devices that may connect to a network. The techniques of this disclosure utilize information from a user’s social network to determine reviews and feedback from the user’s friends, media content, and trending topics on the social network that are related to an e-book that a user is reading. Such information is presented to the user on an e-book display device in the form of an overlay. The techniques augment ebooks with related content from the web thus providing an enhanced reading experience.
Automatic Detection Of User Language, Rachel Blum, Aurimas Liutikas, Alex Ainslie, Rachel Simpson
Automatic Detection Of User Language, Rachel Blum, Aurimas Liutikas, Alex Ainslie, Rachel Simpson
Defensive Publications Series
This disclosure describes techniques to automatically detect a user’s proficiency in particular languages. Signals from user activity, such as search, browsing activity, location history, mobile usage, etc. are interpreted as indicators of the user’s likely language proficiency. Further, user preferences, such as language preferences, spell checking preferences, etc. are analyzed as indicators of the user’s language proficiency. Multiple signals are combined to determine languages in which the user is proficient. Detected proficiency is utilized to customize user experience, e.g., to automatically offer translation for content that is in a language in which the user is not proficient.
Tracking Application Crashes, Kamakshi Kodur, Karin Lundberg, Michael Thomas Baxley
Tracking Application Crashes, Kamakshi Kodur, Karin Lundberg, Michael Thomas Baxley
Defensive Publications Series
An application testing system can be utilized to track, store, and report application crashes. The application can be a web browser application. The system receives a list of uniform resource locators (URLs) for testing. The system performs a set of actions (a test) at a URL from the list of URLs. The system detects if a crash occurs at the URL. If the crash occurs at the URL, then the system stores the URL and information associated with the crash. The system then performs another set of actions at a next URL from the list of URLs. The system stops …
Method For Implementing Automated Fusion Of Multiple Audiovisual Recordings, Jason Chang, Krzysztof Kulewski, Clayton Michael Ritcher
Method For Implementing Automated Fusion Of Multiple Audiovisual Recordings, Jason Chang, Krzysztof Kulewski, Clayton Michael Ritcher
Defensive Publications Series
A system and method for implementing automated fusion of multiple recordings of an event by using video processing is disclosed. The application determines the best camera angle from the available recordings for viewing important parts of the event and allows the user to automatically generate a fused version from the several recordings. The method includes video synchronization, tracking and clustering tracked objects in the video, followed by optimum video feed inference. The method greatly reduces time and eliminates manual effort, as processes such as identifying the best quality among different versions available, sequencing various clips correctly, and fusing them seamlessly …
Media Sharing Request And Grant Mechanism, Bernadette Carter
Media Sharing Request And Grant Mechanism, Bernadette Carter
Defensive Publications Series
A system and application is disclosed that enables photo sharing among a group of users that match specified time, location or other characteristics. The system requires a server to process requests received from various users and mediates between requestors and request recipients. The system allows the requestor to select the request recipient from a preset list, while the application allows the request recipient to specify when or under what condition the photos/media may be released/shared. The request recipient then decides whether to grant access to the set of photos or to selected photos from the set or deny access. Upon …
Use Of Modified Init Segment To Enhance Startup Delay Of Adaptive Streaming, Kyujung Youn
Use Of Modified Init Segment To Enhance Startup Delay Of Adaptive Streaming, Kyujung Youn
Defensive Publications Series
A system and method are proposed to decrease the startup delay in playback of a media file. The startup delay is overcome by combining the manifest, the init segment, and media chunks into a single entity called init chunk. The client plays the init chunk for the first few seconds (e.g., 2-4 seconds), and the init chunk is hosted to the server in addition to the normal manifest. While the video in the init chunk is being played, the client processes the manifest and downloads the next media segment. Once the next media segment is downloaded, then client downloads and …
Electronic Pen, Pedro Felix
Electronic Pen, Pedro Felix
Defensive Publications Series
A system and method of an electronic pen is disclosed. The disclosed electronic pen device comprises sensors for motion detection that is incorporated into a writing instrument such as a pen, or any other wearable such as a ring, a glove or a watch. The electronic pen device transcribes the written text and stores it in memory, so that the file transfer could be managed directly from the user’s smartphone. The system further includes a mobile application that enables the mobile or tablet to recognize and respond to written commands from the electronic pen.
Implicit Reviews Via Financial Interactions, Tzuo-Yi Hou, Philip Henderson
Implicit Reviews Via Financial Interactions, Tzuo-Yi Hou, Philip Henderson
Defensive Publications Series
A review/rating (hereinafter “review”) system models the satisfaction of a group of consumers with a product, service, or business (hereinafter “product”) based on objective transaction information, such as transaction amounts, transaction type, transaction frequency, and gratuity characteristics. Such an approach can mitigate the effect of selection bias, inauthentic reviews, and infrequent reviews. The approach also can mitigate the effect of review standards that may vary among reviewers. The models can be used to cluster and rank products, and to respond to a specific consumer’s query in a fashion tailored to that specific consumer.
Maxing Credit Card Benefits Using Location Based Data, Melvin Quintos, John Jenkins
Maxing Credit Card Benefits Using Location Based Data, Melvin Quintos, John Jenkins
Defensive Publications Series
A consumer establishes a digital wallet account with a payment processing system. The consumer configures settings of a digital wallet application on a consumer device to allow the payment processing system to log the consumer device’s location. The consumer, signed in to the digital wallet application on the consumer device, enters a physical location of a merchant, and the payment processing system logs location data of the consumer device. The consumer initiates a transaction at a point of sale device of the merchant. The consumer device forwards transaction data received from the point of sale device to the payment processing …