Acquired Portfolios

This lot is generally related to a digital image processing system for identification of multi-class objects using boosted classifiers. Disclosed is a training system for identification of multi-class objects in an image or a video sequence by determining an ensemble of weak binary classifiers which are common to a set of object classes so that each object class shares a common set of features with the other object classes. Each feature of the common set features is associated with a weak binary classifier. Also disclosed are techniques to form individual strong classifiers by adapting a separate set of weights for the ensemble of weak classifiers. The technology may be implemented in video processing systems, real-time vehicle detection and tracking systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to tracking an image of an object in multiple video frames by using discrete texture traces. Disclosed is a technique for tracking an image of an object consisting of a processor for determining a first video frame in multiple video frames having a set of discrete texture traces to a target location in a patch to establish a reference model. The patch is generated by the set of discrete texture traces which connects to the target location from locations in a finite support region defined by a discrete trace length of a pre-determined length. Each discrete texture trace is a finite sequence of quantized descriptions, and each quantized description has a quantized description of a first location in the finite support region. The processor detects the target location in a second video frame by maximizing a score based on the reference model. The technology may be implemented in face recognition systems, automatic traffic signal systems, real-time image tracking systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to playing of media content over multiple devices. Techniques are disclosed to play media content among multiple devices by receiving by a second device an instruction to play a second copy of the media content, the second device obtains a progress information such as a current progress in a playing of a first copy of the media content from the first device and creates a second copy of the media content along with the progress information. Also disclosed are techniques to fetch a second copy of the media content by the second device based on the second progress information to play the content on both devices. Further disclosed are techniques to update the first progress information by the first device based on the playing of the first copy of the media content by the first device and updating the second progress information by the second device based on the playing of the second copy of the media content by the second device. The technology may be implemented in online video, online media content, mobile apps, networked television sets, etc.

This lot is generally related to a smart interactive search system. Disclosed is a search engine which displays relevant results and generates an audio output with an animated sequence. Disclosed is a technique to receive a user search query and displays relevant results to the user. The system extracts textual content, such as words of an article from a first web page or data, transmits to a text-to-speech synthesizer to generate a speech output to improve the user experience. Also disclosed are techniques to animate the audio output using an animation synchronization unit and determine an optimal animation sequence for the searched text. The technology may be implemented in new language training, mobile applications for people with difficulty in reading or writing, web applications, text-to-speech conversion software, etc.

This lot is generally related to retail management. Disclosed are efficient and economical systems to manage retail stores using an interface to order, collect or pick up or deliver products to the customer on-site. Also disclosed are displays of 3D models of products, browse products, make suggestions, check price and receive additional information from customers. Further disclosed is collection of payments using a secured online facility. The technology may be implemented in department stores, retail stores, mobile retail stores, etc.

This lot is generally related to inventory management. Techniques are disclosed to improve efficiency and accuracy in inventory identification and quantification by capturing a video of an inventory, identifying inventory items in each video frame, assigning coordinates to each item, statistically comparing coordinates to select coordinates that are significantly different from previous coordinates and generating an inventory dataset for reordering of items. Also disclosed are techniques to identify an optical flow of items in a warehouse. The technology may be implemented in inventory management software, manufacturing facilities, warehouses, brick and mortar stores, shopping malls, retail shops, airports, etc.

This lot is generally related to route planning and navigation systems. Techniques are disclosed to efficiently determine a route from a starting point to a destination and help in re-routing the navigation in case of route deviation. Disclosed is a route planning system for navigation from a starting point to a destination by acquiring the current position of the electronic device and obtaining a decision point corresponding to the current position in a planned route. The decision point has a dedicated moving direction which is planned by the planned route and a plurality of possible moving directions. The system generates multiple candidate routes for the destination and navigates the electronic device to the destination by utilizing the planned route or the candidate route. Also disclosed is that all possible moving directions of the candidate route are planned in advance so that one of the pre-planned candidate routes is used as a replacement route without any calculations for route re-planning. The technology may be implemented in navigation systems, mobile apps, map software, etc.

This lot is generally related to image tagging based on suggested keywords. Techniques are disclosed to automatically suggest keywords to tag images by receiving a request and a location for a digital media. The system generates a list of keywords based on the location information and the keywords of previous images related to the location. Also disclosed are techniques to capture data from the location keyword registry service. The generated keywords will be provided to a user as suggestions for tagging images. The technology may be implemented in image tagging services, online image management services, image storage services, location-based services, social networks, etc.

This lot is generally related to an intruder alarm system. Disclosed is an intruder alarm using infrared radiation for detection of an intruder and generates an alarm signal. The disclosed alarm system uses an infrared camera for monitoring a pre-determined area and transmits video signals to a remote-monitoring device. The system has a video analysis module which is in communication with the camera and provides video analysis of multiple video frames. Also disclosed is an alarm signal module for generating an alarm signal when an activity of the intruder is detected in a restricted area. The technology may be implemented in smart security systems, IOT based security devices, intruder-monitoring systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to an image processing system to generate good quality images from complex images which are used in medical applications. Disclosed is a technique to process a set of images consisting of first nodes. The system measures affinity between neighboring nodes in the first nodes using a weighting function. Also disclosed are techniques to downsize the first set of images to generate a second set of nodes so that the second set of nodes is less than the first nodes. The system measures the affinity between neighboring nodes in the second set of nodes based on the affinity between the neighboring nodes in the first nodes. The technology may be implemented in image segmentation systems, digital image processing systems, medical imaging systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique to automatically segment digital image data which is useful in medical imaging. Disclosed is a technique to segment target structures in three-dimensional (3D) image data by pre-segmenting training images of structures representing the target structures and generating a model having inter-structure ordered spatial dependency for each of the target structures by placing all pre-segmented training images using neighboring structures as reference anchor structures. Also disclosed are techniques to integrate the ordered spatial dependency with a segmentation algorithm and sequentially segmenting each of the target structures based on the optimal sequence. The technology may be implemented in automatic medical image segmentation systems, smart image segmentation systems, interactive 3D image segmentation systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to multilevel image segmentation to identify an object of interest from the background of the image. Techniques are disclosed to segment an object of interest from a background of an image by receiving a high-resolution original digital image. A set of partial labels with some pixels are labelled as object and other pixels are marked as background and few pixels as unlabeled. Also disclosed are techniques to reduce resolution of the partially labelled high-resolution image and both the image intensities. The system segments the reduced resolution image to convert the partial labelling on the reduced resolution image into a full labelling and generates a new high-resolution image with all pixels. The technology may be implemented in digital image processing, medical image processing, multilevel image segmentation, etc.

This lot is generally related to data storage in a virtual data sharing environment. Techniques are disclosed to provide a virtual data storage medium using data storage federation consisting of a heterogeneous data storage medium with multiple data storage media, each using different interfaces, protocols, and commands for using stored data. The system has a federation unit for generating a virtual data storage medium by federating the heterogeneous data storage medium for directing a user input to a first virtual data storage or the second external storage device. When the user input is compatible to the second external storage device, the system is connected via network and when the user input is only compatible to the first storage device, then it is connected to the system via dedicated cable. The technology may be implemented in virtual storage systems, network attached storage devices, etc.

This lot is generally related to a vehicle-sharing application. Disclosed are techniques to provide ride-sharing vehicles having a driver mobile device for receiving a request for ride sharing and a server communicated with the mobile device. The server receives a group purchase of rides, establishes a customer-defined group identity, and provides ride-sharing vehicles based on the group identity. Also disclosed is a ride service network for storing calendars for riders, aggregating vehicle’s capacity and determining the vehicle schedule. Further disclosed are techniques to determine availability of the vehicle if a selected driver has an open time slot for the user and to schedule an appointment time. The technology may be implemented in cab services, taxi aggregators, ride-sharing services, etc.

This lot is generally related to selection of advertisements based on video on demand. Disclosed is a technique to select an advertisement based on video on demand by receiving a request from a video player connected to a video content provider by determining a popularity count for the video content and a geographical area of the video player, selects and sends the video content combined with the advertisement to the video player. Also disclosed are techniques to select the advertisement with an advertising condition, which specifies a required popularity count and geographical area. If the condition is satisfied, then the advertisement is selected which increases the effectiveness of the advertisement. The technology may be implemented in VOD services, media content providers, online ad services, etc.

This lot is generally related to a smart remote to control advertisements. Disclosed are remote control devices by storing advertising content, receiving a fast forward selection from the user to initiate a fast forwarding, beginning outputting of the stored content and receiving a play selected content by terminating a fast-forwarding action. The technology may be implemented in remote control devices for managing advertisements, etc.

This patent is generally related to parallel video processing. Disclosed is a technique to process video content in parallel to achieve better performance in processing high-resolution video content. Techniques are disclosed to parallelly process video content by obtaining parallelized unit information for video and obtain performance information to indicate performance of multiple cores. The system allocates multiple video unit data to various cores based on the performance and parallelized unit information having complexity information of the video unit data. Also disclosed are techniques to determine whether the data is allocated to the cores or not. The system increases processing speed of an input video and reduces power consumption. The technology may be implemented in video compression systems, image processing systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to software testing. Techniques are disclosed to automatically generate test scripts to reduce testing effort, manual intervention and maintain consistency. The technique acquires multiple test steps from a database, identifies testing actions to be performed and generates the test script based on the actions. The techniques further identify an expected test result associated with each step and generate a validation script. The technology may be implemented in software testing services, software development, testing databases, etc.

This lot is generally related to location-based services. Techniques are disclosed to dynamically trigger devices within a closed space, so that only necessary devices are allowed to be operating. The technique accesses closed space and multiple sensor information, determines device location and creates a 3D grid coordinate system of the closed space. The technique further compartmentalizes the closed space, determines device position in the compartments, accesses a user profile and triggers the device accordingly. The technology may be implemented in location-based services, navigation devices, safe vehicle driving systems, automobiles, portable devices, etc.

This lot is generally related to communications in a call center. Disclosed is a technique to record a customer call and retrieve the call using a search query to provide quality services. Disclosed is a technique to log a call by receiving a call log associated with a user. The call log includes call time, date, and an identification of a caller. The system receives a context of the call from the user, stores in a call record and associates the call record with the user. The system performs a search based on a query requested by the user and displays the result of the search query. The technology may be implemented in call centers, call management systems, mobile apps, etc.

This lot is generally related to online content selling. Techniques are disclosed to provide an online platform to publish news, blogs or other content along with readers’ thoughts and generate revenue from readers in terms of subscription of paid comments. Disclosed is an online system to receive content such as a news story or blog entry, etc., from various content providers and allow readers to share comments by paying a fee to the providers. Also disclosed are techniques to provide various templates by using pre-selected color, font or an a la carte selection of various colors, borders, fonts, and the like so that the reader can choose their own attributes of distinctiveness for comments. Further disclosed are techniques to place readers’ comments section or a distinctive appearance and/or position on a web page and auction prominent comment locations on a webpage for a certain time period. The technology may be implemented in online news content providers’ websites, blog websites, websites for stories, social networks, political analysis systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to a wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) system. Disclosed is a wearable ECG device for frequently and constantly monitoring the heart condition of a user. The wearable ECG device has multiple electrodes, a multiplexer with an input terminal, two output terminals and a control terminal. Also disclosed is a detection module connected with one output end of the multiplexer, and a digital detection module is connected with the other end of the multiplexer. The processor is connected with the multiplexer and the digital detection module. The system has a motion-sensing module connected with the processor for sensing the acceleration of the wearable ECG system and outputs an electrical signal based on the acceleration. The wearable ECG has a digital signal processing circuit consisting of three filters. The second and third filters are connected with the first filter and a waveform buffer is connected with the first, second and third filters. The technology may be implemented in wearable ECG systems, wearable heart monitors, etc.

This lot is generally related to delivery of content based on a user’s mobile device location. Disclosed is a technique to help small business owners to deliver marketing and advertising information on a user device based on the presence location of the user device. Disclosed system delivers content to a mobile device having a network device with an uplink port, a downlink port, a memory, and a processor. The device establishes a connection with the downlink port and establishes first connection between the mobile device and a webserver through the downlink port. Also disclosed are techniques to determine a media access control (MAC) address of the mobile device, receive user history information associated with the MAC address, and provide targeted information to the mobile device. Further disclosed are techniques to update user history using the MAC address. The technology may be implemented in location-based services systems, content delivery systems, online shopping, etc.

This patent is generally related to a natural user interface (NUI) application which do not require any programming and a player for playing the applications. Disclosed is a natural user interface development platform for developing a graphic NUI application to be used by an end-user. The NUI development platform consists of a design manager for indicating and linking at design time of the graphic NUI application. The system has a graphic object and a NUI object which is to be captured by a NUI device so that during playing of the graphic NUI application the graphic object is intended to track the movements of the NUI object. Also disclosed is an interactive manager for managing movement of the object during design time interactive actions between the NUI object and the graphic object. The NUI manager for the NUI device is supported by a computing platform executing the NUI application which is developed graphically and employs the NUI device when executed and displays the object as captured. The technology may be implemented in organic user interface, NUI player, touch screens, three dimensional cameras, smartphone, laptop, smart TV, etc.

This lot is generally related to wireless communication systems. Disclosed is a unscheduled peer power save mode (PSM) to save battery life of wireless nodes by communicating with the peer node over a direct link. The system forms an indication frame at an access point (AP) for a client node, when in no service period has occurred for a period of time which is equal to an indication window. The system sends the formed indication frame from the AP node to the client node, receives the peer traffic indication from the access point and determines that the AP has traffic to send to the client node based on the indication frame. Also disclosed are techniques to adjust the duration of the indication window such as the duration of the indication window is increased if the arrival time of frames at the client node exceeds the indication window, and the duration is decreased if the arrival time of frames is less than the indication window. The technology may be implemented in mobile devices, portable electronic devices, laptop computers, cameras, etc.

This lot is generally related to mobile microcell. Techniques are disclosed for an uplink resource allocation in a cognitive small cell network to increase network capacity. The system allocates an uplink resource by a cell manager, collects access requests from users and forms a user-specific preference relationship. Also disclosed are techniques to calculate channel specific transmission power to achieve maximum data transmission rate during uplink transmission. The technology may be implemented in small cell networks, cellular networks, femtocells, base stations, etc.

This lot is generally related to a technique of video compression for transmission in low and variable bandwidth networks. Disclosed is a technique of vision guided compression (VGC) or salience based compression (SBC) for video compression to reduce network bandwidth requirements and preserving important details in the original video content in salient regions. Disclosed is a technique of guided pre-filtering of video content by receiving bandwidth information using a feedback path for a network and modifies various parameters of a pre-filter connected to a video encoder based on the received bandwidth information. The video encoder encodes video data at a bit rate which is equivalent to activity in a region of the video content and applies the pre-filter to the video content. Also disclosed are techniques to generate modified parameters of the video content. The system provides pre-filtering based on saliency compression by recognizing salient regions and non-salient regions in the original video content. Further disclosed are techniques to automatically encode the salient regions of pre-filtered video content at a higher bit-rate than non-salient regions to provide uninterrupted video streaming. A patent in the lot discloses a technique of video compression based on region-of-interest to capture a higher quality video image within the region-of-interest in comparison to the non-region-of-interest. The technology may be implemented in video streaming systems, video compression software, etc.

This lot is generally related to user preference based web searching. Disclosed are techniques to determine user preferences and match products, such as videos, photos, books, garments, restaurants, moving companies, dentists, plumbers, which are not explicitly shared by anyone. Techniques are disclosed to determine user preferences by extracting information from a database by web-crawling robots without cooperation or specific participation by a user. The system assists the user in selection of items on the Internet consisting of a processor, a web robot for crawling multiple websites to determine published userIDs and associated published preferences for items on the web. The system has a database for storing the userIDs and associated preferences, a software for performing an analysis and a suggestion function. The system assumes that the user has used the same userID on multiple websites and associates the preferences stored for the particular userID. Also disclosed are techniques to create a weighting profile for the user to determine the user preferences of items by combining the suggested items on multiple websites. The technology may be implemented in web browsers, search engines, eCommerce websites, etc.

This lot is generally related to data storage management. Disclosed is a technique to correlate data from various sources so that a business process may access and integrate data seamlessly. The system correlates and accesses data from multiple external data sources by querying two sets of data stored in external computers, generating a computer program code to access and mapping data into a memory of the central computer. Also disclosed are techniques to store references by specifying links to each data set and automatically correlating data from the data sets using a correlation rule. Further disclosed are techniques to query statements in the computer to facilitate the user to automatically execute the query. The technology may be implemented in databases, enterprises, web services, cloud databases, etc.

his lot is generally related to a smart drive-thru or a point-of-sale transaction system. Disclosed is a smart marketplace which is automatically able to take the customer’s order, record the order, confirm the order, prepare the order, process the payment, and deliver the correct ordered items to the customer. Disclosed is a technique to receive a programmable code for execution on a customer smart device, enter into the customer smart device an identification of the customer, receive a desired delivery destination from the customer smart device, and display a preferred restaurant based on a restaurant criterion on the customer smart device. The restaurant criterion is based on preferred restaurants, a first predetermined distance from the customer to restaurants located within the first predetermined distance, and a second predetermined distance from the desired delivery destination to restaurants located within the second predetermined distance. The system receives the order and generates an order comprising of food items into a customer interface on the customer smart device and transmits the order to the selected preferred restaurant. Further disclosed are techniques to transmit payment information based on the food items and delivery fee and displaying a unique identifier associated with the order for food items. The system transmits a customer identification associated with the order for food items to at least one of: the selected preferred restaurant and a delivery driver. The technology may be implemented in fast food restaurants, fast food retailers, automatic fast food ordering systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to image processing. Disclosed is a technique to add annotations in an image by determining a geographic location such as a mountain, scenery, alpine landscape, building, or painting in a museum and displays the image together with superposed information concerning the scene on a user device. Also disclosed are techniques to determine similarities between visual features of an image and a reference image, and determine the best annotation position in the image based on a visual feature with respect to the reference image. The technology may be implemented in mobile APPs, video player software, camera software, etc.

This lot is generally related to photogrammetry marker system for determining a 3D pose of a target. Disclosed is a technique to determine an accurate 3D pose of the target having blurring effect because of a lack of sharp focus, noise and has nonlinear intensity scaling without utilizing high-quality lenses and high-resolution sensors. Disclosed is a technique to detect a shape using a figure with a contouring loop system and extract one iso-contour polygon from a set of pixels in an image by superimposing a triangular lattice over the set of pixels of the image. The triangles of the triangular lattice have vertices on pixel centers, pixel corners, and starting from an original triangle. The system extracts the iso-contour polygon by selecting an intensity chroma value within the set of pixels between three corners of a triangle and finds a directed line segment which represents the crossing of the intensity value within the triangle. Also disclosed are techniques to determine an exit point of the directed line segment and a nearest triangle to create a first matrix of points on the iso-contour polygon, until arriving at the original triangle. The technology may be implemented in photogrammetry, augmented reality, mobile apps, drone landing systems, high-speed photography, remote sensing, etc.

This lot is generally related to reproduction of 3D images. Disclosed is a technique to reproduce 3D images using a depth-priority integral imaging display technique to enhance the resolutions in both horizontal and vertical directions. Disclosed is a depth-priority integral imaging display technique which uses a nonuniform dynamic mask array by transmitting elemental images through a lens array and a mask panel for display of 3D images. The mask panel has a blocking region through which each elemental image cannot pass and a transmission region through which the elemental image can pass. The system has an interchanging position of the blocking region and the transmission region both corresponding to each basic lens and designed as one block. The block of the mask panel has a rectangular shaped blocking region with a long edge and a short edge, and a rectangular shaped transmission region with a long edge and a short edge. The rectangular shaped blocking region and the rectangular shaped transmission region have substantially the same area. The long edges of the rectangular shaped blocking region and the rectangular shaped transmission region are arranged along a horizontal direction in a first block and along a vertical direction in a second block adjacent to the first block to change a division boundary of a mask pattern and uses a two-times time multiplexing. The technology may be implemented in 3D image reproduction systems, 3D TV sets, stereoscopic video games, etc.

This lot is generally related to mobile APPs.  Techniques are disclosed to change modes of a portable device when the device is near to other persons to improve personal communication.  The technique receives information of the presence of a person near a portable device, determines if the person is within a range, identifies a mode-changing triggering event and changes the mode of the portable device.  The reception of presence of the user can be done through the portable device camera or microphone.  Once the person goes far from the portable device, the mode is switched back.  The technology may be implemented in mobile APPs, OS, smart phones, tablets, wearable devices, gaming devices, portable devices, etc.

This lot is generally related to IP telephony.  Disclosed is a technique to automatically configure mobile terminal application-related control protocol settings to avoid errors in manual entries.  Disclosed parameter setting system consists of a user terminal capable of running application sessions, a gateway node, and a settings server.  The system recognizes a predefined application-related action in the user terminal, transmits a request from the user terminal to the gateway node to initialize a retrieval of application-related control protocol settings such as a session initiation protocol (SIP).  Also disclosed are techniques to receive the request message at the gateway node and retrieve identification information on the user terminal from a mobile network, which includes a mobile subscriber international integrated services digital network number MSISDN.  The system transmits the request message and the identification information to the setting server and defines application-related control protocol settings for the user terminal in the settings server and transmits the control protocol settings via the gateway node to the user terminal.  The technology may be implemented in telecommunication services, Internet Protocol (IP) networks, voice communication systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to VoIP.   Techniques are disclosed to make VoIP calls using a PBX or central office routes to a gateway, gateway receives routing information from command center (CC), CC forwards incoming call information to another gateway and establishes a connection using VoIP address.  The technology may be implemented by internet service providers, internet telephony, VoIP equipment, etc.

This lot is generally related to a voice-based services system using voice recognition.  Techniques are disclosed to provide system-initiative scenario in which a user follows a predetermined scenario or a mutual-initiative scenario to get desired responses to provide services and satisfy various desires of the user.  Disclosed is a voice service system having a database for storing information and is connected with multiple terminals by a communication network.  The system has a call connection unit for transmitting and receiving a signal on a voice service to or from each of the terminals, a voice processing unit for interpreting a voice instruction received from the terminal and converting an internally-created voice service document into a voice message.  The system has a recognition management unit for extracting a grammar, which is expected to be spoken by a user, from the database and converting an internally created voice service document into a voice message.  The document management unit creates the voice service document including the extracted grammar as a voice anchor and a control unit for controlling information related to the voice anchor matching with the voice instruction.  The technology may be implemented in call centers, customer service systems, online ordering systems, etc.

This lot is generally related to software testing.  A technique is disclosed to improve testing of software installations to provide flexibility tailored to different user groups and application scenarios.  The technique records operating scenarios, analyzes into a sequence of operating steps, categorizes the steps into classes, accesses multiple dependency rules, and dynamically generates executable test scenarios.  The rules are changed in an advanced process to modify test scenarios.  The technology may be implemented for software testing, test strategies, test procedures, etc.

This lot is generally related to video messaging in social networks.  Techniques are disclosed to allow real time stories of a user or groups, to provide in-the-moment communication to other persons or groups.  The disclosed application enables an originating user to initiate a real time story-based communication, facilitates the user to form a group who can participate and uploads an initial media-based story.  Also disclosed are techniques to enable other users within the group to upload other media stories, organize the uploaded stories into a timeline series of stories, and allow access of the timeline stories to all users for viewing.  The technology may be implemented in social networks, online chats, etc.

This lot is related to social networks.  Techniques are disclosed to easily build and manage social network profiles by automatically selecting a user on a social network using first user’s intelligent service and exchange profiles of both users using an intelligent service.  The system determines whether common interest exists between the users and includes users as their network connection.  Further disclosed are techniques to match profiles when both users are in proximity to each other.  The technology may be implemented in social networks, online community services, instant messaging services, dating services, etc.

This lot is generally related to an augmented reality application for interpretation of constrained objects. Techniques are disclosed to enhance a user’s view of the real world with additional information generated by a computing device.  Disclosed is a technique for interpreting a constrained object in an augmented reality application by receiving measurement data associated with the constrained object from a sensor with a processor and processes the data to generate a weighted measurement data.  Also disclosed are techniques to apply a filter to the model and to the weighted measurement data to produce position information regarding the constrained object. The technology may be implemented in augmented reality applications, robotics, etc.

This lot is generally related to location-based services (LBS).  Techniques are disclosed to provide media content or ads to users based on location by receiving a list of hotspots in user’s location, identify the hotspots which are close to the user while moving, and provide notifications on the user device about available content.  The technology may be implemented in LBS, advertising services, maps, navigation software, mobile APPs, etc.

This lot is generally related to mobile applications.  Disclosed is a technique to capture paper data, book, or other objects using sensors such as cameras, and retrieve relevant information of the object such as the author, author profile, version, history, timestamps, location tracking information, position tracking, social networking related information. The mobile device uses a camera and a depth sensor configured to capture biometric facial data for security verification of the user. The system enhances reading and productivity by tracking a part, section, paragraph, sentence, word, or page of paper documents or a book using a tracking engine. The tracking is captured by highlighting through various gestures of the user such as hand motions, finger motions, or body motions on the section, paragraph, sentence, or page of paper documents or books. The technology may be implemented in eBook, digital documents, etc.

This lot is generally related to secure transactions.  Techniques are disclosed to verify a user to provide alternate payment services or provide secure ways to complete payment transactions at multiple vendors.  The disclosed system automatically obtains subscriber telephone number identification data, a reference data and billing telephone number data for validation of users.  Also disclosed are techniques to access another database to determine whether the user is billable and compare reference data to verify user identity.  Few techniques facilitate user identity verification by associating a phone bill by receiving a billing telephone number, user provided private data, determine user’s street address and multiple identification records to compare with private data.  Further, disclosed are techniques to securely verify user at telecom service provider to complete payment transactions at third party vendors.  The technology may be implemented in telecom networks, communication networks, ecommerce applications, financial services, etc.

The inventions are generally related to security systems and software. Disclosed are techniques to launch an application program on a server and displayed on a mobile device, store session state information on the mobile device so that traffic between the client and the server is reduced. US9699262 discloses a graphical integrated view of various APPs installed on a server in a multi-platform cloud environment. The user device is connected with the sever using a connection broker, display list of remote applications, launch APP on the server running with different OS and display launch an APP on the sever. The technology may be implemented as mobile APPs and in mobile phones, tablets, PDAs, laptops, thin clients, POS devices, servers, etc.

This invention is generally related to remote file access. Techniques are disclosed to allow users to access files or applications residing on remote servers by activating file hyperlinks and opening file in a server application using a user interface to allow users to provide input to the application. Also disclosed are techniques to operate a thin client of terminal emulation type on user computer and restrict user’s access or manipulation of files based on permissions such as modification, saving, and viewing permissions etc. Few techniques disclose remote management of 3rd party applications by launching application program, passing UI and user commands between application and user computer, transmit commands from server to application program and control application. The technology may be implemented in data centers, cloud server, etc.

This patent is generally related to text processing. Techniques are disclosed to detect words with grammar and spelling errors having improper positioning of a whitespace character or an extra whitespace character and shift a letter adjacent to the word to fix errors. Also disclosed are techniques to convert two words into one word to resolve the spelling error. The technology may be implemented in text editing software, text processing software, etc.

This patent is generally related to computer security. Disclosed are techniques to provide system-wide computer application security by embedding a code in the software application, loading a platform coordinator program, receive a request for a secured resource from a user, passes the secured resource name, a user identifier, an authentication provider name to the platform coordinator for authentication of the user from system security provider and assign a surrogate identifier based on the user role for accessing the resources. The technology may be implemented in enterprise security software, network security applications, etc.

This lot is generally related to data storage. Techniques are disclosed to efficiently decode parity encoded data, by receiving set of parity-encoded information, process multiple parallel processing threads and generate indication if parity consistency is followed. Also disclosed are techniques to recover multiple data columns in a data matrix, by calculating missing chain parity, perform some operations, calculations and store recovered value in data matrix. The technology may be implemented in RAID storage, computer storage, servers, memory applications, etc.

This lot is generally related to image sharing. Techniques are disclosed to easily share images and control presentations by receiving multiple presentations at a user device, store at another device, publish presentation information on a network, receive a command to initiate a presentation from a device, request to control presentation from another device. The technology may be implemented in conferencing services, collaboration services, image storage service, social networks, image sharing services, etc.

This lot is generally related to databases. Techniques are disclosed to create a database system, which can be accessed without data loading having efficient query processing performance so that parsing, and tokenizing costs is minimized within a row-store database engine via selective and adaptive parsing actions. Also disclosed are techniques for raw file indexing structure to adaptively maintain positional information to speed-up future accesses on raw files. The systems can be built on traditional row-store systems, column-store systems, or hybrid database engines and uses any data format such as Comma-separated value (CSV) files. The technology may be implemented in Database Management System (DBMS), etc.

This lot is generally related to data stream consolidation. Techniques are disclosed for an application logic to update packets entering a local packet stream having a unique packet timestamp for calculating an overwrite point, supply undo records to the application before effecting merge operation on the packet stream. The technology may be implemented in software applications development, business logic applications, etc.

This portfolio is generally related to generating multimedia profile based on media consumption or user-provided ratings.

This lot is generally related to data protection from concurrent modification. Techniques are disclosed to prevent data structures from modification in a multi-thread environment. The ownership data is placed in a memory-safe execution environment; provided with a cacheable owner thread, an interface for write access check and deny requests if the requested thread is not an ownership thread. Also disclosed is a system to provide a data stream consolidation to deliver consistent data to all nodes. The technology may be implemented in distributed computing environments used for software development.

This portfolio is generally related to device notifications. Disclosed are techniques to store device identifications and functionality information, receive activity and user presence data about devices, receive incoming communication and apply rules to determine which notification needs to be sent and send formatted notification to selected devices. Also disclosed are techniques to allow or block incoming communications based on user set rules. The technology may be implemented in mobile phones, tablets, laptops, PDAs, gaming devices, multimedia players, etc.

This lot is generally related to media streaming. Techniques are disclosed to access streaming media point by encrypting real time streamed content, multicast content, aggregate unicast responses from user devices and provide unicast information back to streaming source. The technology may be implemented in services such as streaming media, online media, digital TV, video on demand, etc.

This lot is generally related to virtual reality. Techniques are disclosed to receive a profile of a selected user from a social network environment on a user device to determine view of the selected user, capture an image to identify first user in the image, overlay other image on the first user of a virtual character and display a transparent display layer in the augmented image. The technology may be implemented in mobile devices, cellular phones, personal digital assistants, smartphones, tablet personal computers (PCs), laptop computers, televisions, monitors, touchscreens, digital picture frame, etc.

This portfolio is generally related to data availability. Disclosed are techniques to predict the probability of the mobile device accessing specific types of user data based on the operating mode of the mobile device, determine data subsets that are more likely to be accessed and send subsets to devices. The technology may be implemented in mobile devices, PDAs, tablets, laptops and useful for communication networks.

This portfolio is generally related to smart vehicles. Techniques are disclosed to control a vehicle by tracking a neighboring vehicle to determine the state of the vehicle using sensors, generate a 3D model of the vehicle, neighboring vehicle and deriving an environment for the vehicle, predict a lane changing behavior of the neighboring vehicle based on current state of the vehicle and the current state of the environment of the vehicle, determine whether the neighboring vehicle is performing the predicted behavior, notify a driver using vehicle-to-vehicle communication and control the vehicle. The technology may be implemented in smart vehicles, autonomous car, etc.

This portfolio is generally related to media services. Disclosed are techniques to give scores to media items by defining multiple criteria, analyze media items with respect to criteria, determine media items satisfying criteria, assign user custom weights to criteria and score media item. The technology may be implemented by service providers of multimedia content, satellite TV, streaming media, online video, digital content, etc.

The inventions are generally related to search engine. Disclosed are search techniques to maintain different text search terms along with proper semantic definitions for providing intent and the contextual search results to user query. The users can select pre-stored keywords from a database for a quick search. The technology may be implemented in smart search engines.

This patent is generally related to search. Techniques are disclosed for textual search based on “interactive search refinement based on features similarity” (ISRFS) having a graphical user interface (GUI) to allow the user to easily control the affinity quality and the search process. The tool retrieves the textual items having high affinity to the user’s searched item from a repository of textual data, refine the search results based on semantic similarity, automatically extracted features, and a graded semantic scale such as semantic affinity metric (SAM). The technology may be implemented in search algorithms, search engines, etc.

This lot is generally related to wireless data communication. Techniques are disclosed to transmit multiple narrowband signals sequentially in time and at different center frequencies to improve time-of-arrival (ToA) accuracy and time/frequency offset wideband (TF-WB) allows data packets to be transmitted at fixed center frequencies to facilitate high-resolution ToA measurements using pre-existing wireless protocols. The technology may be implemented in Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, GSM/GPRS/EDGE, CDMA, etc.

This invention is generally related to smart homes. Techniques are disclosed to control opening or closing of doors such as garages, buildings, homes using a cloud based load balancer connected to a server to transmit data to a personal Wi-Fi and/or wired network at the user’s home. Also disclosed a Sonar unit connected with the door to determine position of the garage door in relation to the ground. Further disclosed a garage door command device is located at separate location to receive open/close commands to operate the door accordingly. The technology may be implemented in smart homes, garage doors, moveable barrier, smart offices, SoHo environments, etc.

This patent is generally related to searching. Techniques are disclosed to improve search results by establishing query term usage subject areas (TUSAs), identifying documents, messages, expositions, or communications related to each TUSA. Also disclosed are techniques to suggest additional query terms relevant to the context of a TUSA for fast retrieval of information. The technology may be implemented in search algorithms, database search, document search software, etc.

This lot is generally related to route recommendations. Techniques are disclosed to store routes taken by various users along with safety characteristics, retrieve route recommendations for user query and provide route that best matches with user parameters or specifications. The technology may be implemented in navigation devices, mobile devices, vehicle on board devices, etc.

This lot is generally related to software application. Techniques are disclosed to integrate various computer resources such as applications and databases, share resources between connected data applications and data sources regardless of any technology. The system provides an enterprise application integration (EAI) includes an abstraction layer, multiple sack content providers (SCPs) in communication with the abstraction layer, a Profile Manager is in communication with the abstraction layer for receiving a request of a target application and allow integration. The technology may be implemented in enterprise software, e-commerce, extranet, etc.

This lot is generally related to networks. Techniques are disclosed to distribute content to network devices by setting a device as gateway device, display content list at gateway, select a media item, destination device and receive media item on nodes from server. The technology may be implemented in communication networks, multimedia networks, etc.

This portfolio is generally related to image processing. Techniques are disclosed to enhance images by analyzing content items of an image data, perform content specific enhancement and perform different enhancement operations on remaining image data. Also disclosed are techniques to form panoramic images from image sequences obtained from optical flow between different images, compute flow statistics, respective stitching costs, identify few portions for stitching and neighboring portions. Further disclosed are techniques for video tone stabilization, extracting blur kernels from blurred images. The technology may be implemented in image processing software, APPs, cameras, mobile phones, etc.

This portfolio is generally related to multimedia content. Disclosed are techniques for marketing digital media content by providing a digital service platform to content suppliers for depositing content, combining with metadata and distribute content to users by applying supplier specific business rules to media streams. Also disclosed techniques to create an interactive video by storing encoded video on a remote storage, create a link program to access ancillary content with a URL of the website and associate link program with video so that video stream may be paused when user want to access ancillary content. Further, disclosed techniques for managing digital media based on aggregate user profile information. The technology may be implemented for interactive content creation, media streaming, web TV, multimedia network service providers, on demand video providers, advertisers, satellite TV providers, etc.

These patents are generally related to imaging systems. First set of patents disclose techniques to provide human behaviour recognition systems by studying human body gestures. Second set of patents disclose techniques to provide human gesture recognition systems to control self-service machines. Third set of patents disclose techniques to provide real-time computer vision systems to track moving objects in a scene where the systems use novel algorithms to locate the objects without using any search procedures. Further, techniques are disclosed to provide low-cost non-imaging eye tracker system for computer control, optical body tracker, tracking and gesture recognition system particularly suited to vehicular control applications. This technology can be implemented in home automation, home security appliances, map control (weather, military etc), sports, games, etc.

The patent is generally related to document processing. Words in an electronic document are visibly marked to indicate that they are linked to dictionary information (e.g., synonyms) which a user may refer on selection. Further, previous hyperlinks in the document are removed before attaching the dictionary information. The technology may be implemented in various electronic devices as an electronic dictionary.