Abstract: In one embodiment, a set of tags that has been generated by performing computer vision analysis of image content of a visual media item may be obtained, where each tag of the set of tags has a corresponding probability. In addition, a set of information that is independent from the image content of the visual media item may be obtained. The probability of at least a portion of the set of tags may be modified based, at least in part, upon the set of information.

Abstract: Method and system for document update are provided. Information related to document update in the database is obtained. A stochastic model is generated based on the obtained information. An update sequence is determined based on the stochastic model. The update sequence indicates at least one document that needs to be updated in a time slot. One or more documents are retrieved from the database based on the update sequence. The retrieved one or more documents are updated in the time slot.

Abstract: Methods and systems for changing a parameter associated with an image displayed on a display screen based on criteria related to a user are described. One of the methods includes receiving a selection of an image from a plurality of images. The method further includes examining the selected image to identify a keyword and criteria associated with the selected image. The keyword includes an identification of the image and the criteria including a time associated with the selected image. The method further includes ranking the selected image compared to remaining images of the plurality of images based on the keyword and the criteria, assigning a weight to an image parameter of the selected image to associate the image parameter with the rank of the selected image, and sending the assigned weight of the image parameter to a display device for display of the selected image according to the assigned weight.

Abstract: A system and method for identifying optimal system architectures for a reference application are provided. The system and method comprise executing a reference application and a plurality of test applications on a current system architecture and sampling performance data for each of the applications. The performance data is used to compute an application signature for each application. A similarity element is derived from the application signatures that illustrates the similarity between each application and every other application. Using a similarity threshold and an algorithm, a subset of test applications that are similar to the reference application are derived.

Abstract: Techniques are provided that include targeting a user of a mobile electronic device with an interest-based advertisement, based at least in part on various call logs on a user device. Techniques are provided in which a set of calls from a user's call log from a mobile device are assigned to one or more categories indicative of potential user interests for the purposed of targeted advertisements. The usage pattern of the user's call log takes into account the time of the day, week, and/or month that the user tends to make particular calls to determine recurring patterns and calculate individual metrics for comparison with other users.

Abstract: Techniques are provided in which the current price of a commodity purchased from a seller by a buyer with a price guarantee policy is monitored. Upon detection of the current price dropping below the purchase price, the buyer and seller are notified, leading to a rebate being provided to the buyer from the seller to be redeemed based on the terms of the price guarantee policy. In some embodiments, buyers are offered incentives, such as a discounted price, in exchange for a reduced time period within which a price guarantee policy is redeemable.

Abstract: Techniques are provided in which advertisements are presented to a user via access to electronic reading content. A first set of information is obtained regarding electronic reading content evidenced as being accessed by the user. A second set of information is obtained pertaining to a particular user. Using both sets of information, advertising targeting parameters are generated to target the user with one or more advertisements by inserting the advertisements within Based at least in part on the targeting parameters, the user is targeted with at least one advertisement via inserting the advertisement within the electronic reading content.

Abstract: Methods and systems for identifying communities based on information propagation data are described. One of the methods includes receiving a social graph, which includes nodes and relationships between the nodes. The method further includes receiving a number of the communities to find within the social graph, receiving data regarding propagation of information between the nodes, and calculating a probability of formation of a link between a first one of the nodes and a second one of the nodes based on the data. The link provides a direction of flow of media between the first and second nodes. The method includes calculating a probability that media will be accessed by the second node based on the data. One of the communities includes the first node, the second node, and the link.

Abstract: Techniques are provided that include using a collaborative arrangement between a first entity associated with a physical location, such as a physical store or residence that has or sells one or more products of a first product type, and a second entity, such as a Web site offering for purchase products of the first product type. According to some such arrangements, if, for example, a user purchases a product from the Web site after the user evidently made a visit to the physical location, or received a display or demonstration of a product of the first product type at the physical location, then revenue or value resulting from the purchase may be split or shared between entities including the first entity and the second entity.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for scroll pattern recognition is provided. First content is provided to an application with a scrolling interface and a display window. The application is configured to display a portion of the first content to a user based on a current display position, where the scrolling interface is configured to change the current display position based on input from the user. User interaction data that includes scroll data is obtained. The occurrence of an actionable event based on the user interaction data is determined. Second content is provided to the application based on the actionable event.

Abstract: A system for online e-coupon distribution comprises a processor in communication with the computer-readable storage medium. The processor may execute a set of instructions saved in the computer-readable medium to receive purchase intention (PI) information associated with a user and a target product, and then determine, based on the PI information, a PI score that reflects a present purchase intention of the user. If the PI score exceeds a predetermined value, the processor may provide an online e-coupon associated with the target product to a target webpage rendered to the user.

Abstract: An advertising game system can include a user interface, e.g., a graphical user interface (GUI), configurable to output, e.g., display, a clue related to a brand. The output of the clue may be a part of a game. The user interface may also be configurable to display a user input field configurable to receive a guess of the brand. The user interface may also be configurable to display an advertisement related to the brand, where a received guess identifies the brand. The system can also include a processor communicatively coupled to the user interface. The processor may be executable to determine whether a received guess identifies the brand.

Abstract: An electronic device implemented method may include presenting an advertisement via user interface of a first application, receiving an anticipated user input associated with the presented advertisement, and performing an action associated with the anticipated user input. The anticipated user input being a gesture and the action being at least an interaction with an advertiser or an agent of the advertiser associated with the advertisement. Alternatively or additionally, the action may be at least an interaction with a second application associated with the gesture.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for efficiently searching a database including a table. The table is partitioned along a first dimension, such as latitude. Indexes in each of the partitions are built along a second dimension, such as longitude. The table may also be clustered according to an index to improve performance. When a processor receives a database query term and a starting location, the processor selects, from the table, a data partition within a first offset to the starting location along the first dimension. The processor selects, from the selected data partition, a first number of first data records related to the query term and within a second offset to the starting location along the second dimension.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for detecting and handling click fraud in a mobile environment. The system may identify a source of a request. The request may be handled differently based on whether the source of the request originated from mobile traffic or web traffic. The source of the request may be used to determine whether a request is valid or invalid. The request may be flagged if the request is invalid.

Abstract: Advertising is used to generate awareness of commercial Internet web sites. To greatly simplify the marketing of a commercial Internet web site, the automatic creation of an advertising campaign would be desirable. A method of automatically creating an Internet web site may be performed by first crawling through the Internet web site to identify products and services offered by the Internet web site. Information about the identified products and services is stored. The system then creates advertisements for the identified products and services. The advertisements may include images, text, a link to the web page where the product or service was found, and keywords associated with the product or service. The automatically created advertisements may then be placed into an advertisement pool for use with advertising supported web sites. The automatic Internet advertisement campaign creations system of the present invention may be used to create free trial advertisement campaigns for potential advertising clients.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems directed to efficient cooling of data centers. Some embodiments of the invention allow encapsulation of cold rows through an enclosure and allow one or more fans to draw cold air from the cold row encapsulation structure to cool servers installed on the server racks. In other particular embodiments, the systems disclosed can be used to mix outside cool air into the cold row encapsulation structure to cool the servers. In some embodiments, the present invention involves fanless servers installed on the server racks and introduces fan units to draw cooling air from the cold row encapsulation structure through the fanless servers on the racks.

Abstract: Techniques are provided that relate to online advertising, such as in connection with an auction-based online advertising market, including techniques for determining evidence of prohibited use of user segment information by an advertiser. Segment information may be utilized in allowing a targeted advertising opportunity for an advertiser. The advertiser may, for example, have agreed not to use such segment information outside of the allowed opportunity. Particular users in a segment may be identified and utilized as indicator users for use in determining evidence of prohibited use of segment information by an advertiser in bidding occurring after the targeted advertising opportunity. For example, later advertiser bidding relating to near-threshold in-segment or out-of-segment indicator users may be analyzed.

Abstract: One or more messages may be selected and grouped and one or more group-level actions may be initiated for the group, such that the group-level action is performed on each message in the group. Each message in a group shares the at least one attribute value. A messaging user interface may comprise a listing of the set of messages and a message group display portion that displays one or more message groups and a group-level toolbar comprising a selectable indicator for each group-level action. A message, or messages, shown in a message list portion of the user interface may be selected from the message list based on similarity of the message(s) to previously selected messages, and the selected message(s) may be grouping based on shared attribute values. The messages belonging to a group may be modified in the same way via a single action taken on the group.

Abstract: A software based system for facilitating streaming of media files to a device over a wide area network (WAN) includes an agent process, an authentication process, a client services process and a client process. The agent process catalogs local media files and advises the authentication process of it's availability on the WAN and the address at which it may be contacted. The client process contacts the client services process to obtain, after authenticating with it, the WAN address of the agent process and contacts the agent process to receive information or meta-data describing the media files available for streaming. The client process obtains information for forming a URI or playlist, that it then passes to a media player to request the stream over the WAN. Alternately, the client process may direct the agent process to pass the URL to another client process on, for example, the same local area network.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that can include monitoring of activities of potential customer users, for example, on an e-commerce Web site. Based at least in part on the monitored activities, a notification or alert may be provided to a merchant or a merchant administrator, regarding a potential customer, such as by being sent to a mobile device of the merchant or merchant administrator. Real-time communications may be facilitated or initiated between the merchant or the merchant administrator and the potential customer, such as with regard to a potential purchase, which communications can include the use of mobile devices.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides for the accessing and playing of media files having differing associated rights such as non-DRM media files, purchased and downloaded media files, subscription download files such as tethered downloads, and subscription streamed DRM files. In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method and user interface for sharing a media collection among computing devices in communication via a network. In one embodiment, the disclosed method allows access and playback, from each computing device on a network, of all media files in a media collection, regardless of their associated rights.

Abstract: A media device and user interface for selecting media. In one embodiment, the media is selected based upon a desired relationship measure between at least two media files. In another embodiment, the media is selected based upon a skip command control functions.

Abstract: Briefly, embodiments of methods or systems for client side browser notification are disclosed.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that include bidding techniques for use with online advertising auctions. Methods and systems are provided relating to bidding for display of an advertisement, where the allocation of serving opportunities for advertisement slots takes into account competing bids associated with advertisers. A highest bid associated with an advertiser is allocated all the serving opportunities of one of the advertisement slots. The remaining bids associated with advertisers are allocated serving opportunities between the remaining slots based on various factors, such as historical online advertising bidding and delivery information and performance metric information.

Abstract: A system is provided for retargeting advertisements and is based on a database storing user behavior data related to information for a plurality of consumers. An index-lookup processes the user behavior data and translates the user behavior data into a plurality of indices. A data loading module processes the plurality of indices and generates a multi-indexed user behavior cube. An online query module receives a request for an advertisement and processes the request to determine one or more related user attributes and retrieves user behavior data from the multi-indexed user behavior cube using the related user attributes. An ad recommendation module receives the set of user behaviors and generates a list of recommended advertisements using the set of user behaviors data and an advertiser retargeting criterion.

Abstract: A terminal device includes an owner attribute information holding unit, a program execution unit, an item data holding unit, an output unit, an item data reception unit, a partner attribute information holding unit, an advertisement output unit, and network communication unit. The owner attribute information holding unit holds one or more pieces of owner attribute information. The program execution unit executes a program. The item data holding unit holds item data. The output unit outputs the held item data with the held owner attribute information through short-range wireless communication. The item data reception unit receives the item data with partner attribute information. The partner attribute information holding unit holds the received partner attribute information. The advertisement output unit outputs an advertisement on a basis of the held partner attribute information.

Abstract: An advertisement generation apparatus includes a generating unit that generates a page to foe displayed on a terminal device that displays an advertisement on a screen. The page includes a content page and an advertising page that are superimposed one on top of the other, where the content page includes an advertising space such that the advertising space is to be scrolled on the screen according to operation, and the advertising page is greater in size than the advertising space. The page is configured to display the content page, and a part of the advertising page located within the advertising space.

Abstract: Computer systems and methods incorporate user annotations (metadata) regarding various pages or sites, including annotations by a querying user and by members of a trust network defined for the querying user into search and browsing of a corpus such as the World Wide Web. A trust network is defined for each user, and annotations by any member of a first user's trust network are made visible to the first user during search and/or browsing of the corpus. Users can also limit searches to content annotated by members of their trust networks or by members of a community selected by the user.

Abstract: An advertisement distribution device according to the present application includes a distribution unit. The distribution unit distributes advertising content while switching an advertisement distribution process in accordance with a predetermined target figure within the range an advertisement listing fee paid to a provider of a Web page on which the advertising content is placed reaches the predetermined target figure.

Abstract: A guiding server according to this application includes an image storing unit, a retrieving unit, and a generating unit. The image storing unit stores a signboard image of a signboard. The retrieving unit retrieves, from the image storing unit, a signboard image of a signboard on a way to a destination based on location information and destination information of a user terminal. The generating unit generates guiding information including the signboard image based on the retrieved signboard image, the location information and the destination information and transmits the guiding information to the user terminal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a user interface overlay. In one embodiment, a toolbar remains visible and can be selected at any time to activate the interface overlay. The interface overlay provides an easily visible list computing options, such as contacts, that overlays the entire display area. The background of the overlay may be semi-transparent so that underlying windows are still visible, but the list is highlighted. The list includes selectable display elements with display characteristics, such as size or color, that indicate one or more attributes associated with the corresponding computing options, such as a frequency of interaction with certain contacts. In one embodiment, groups of contacts can be sorted or filtered by the attributes before display. Each selectable display element identifies a contact and may indicate a current availability. A user selects a display element to initiate communication, such as an instant messaging chat session.

Abstract: A terminal device includes a coupon file acquisition unit, a share-coupon file generation unit, a user ID holding unit, a first instruction unit, and a coupon file output unit. The coupon file acquisition unit is configured to acquire a sharable coupon file including a coupon information storing portion and a history-of-share information storing portion through a near-field wireless communication. The share-coupon file generation unit is configured to generate a coupon file to be output to be shared. The user ID holding unit is configured to hold a user ID. The first instruction unit is configured to instruct the share-coupon file generation unit to store a user ID in a history-of-share information storing portion in the generated coupon file. The coupon file output unit is configured to output the coupon file generated by the share-coupon file generation unit to share.

Abstract: A terminal device includes an input receiving unit and a screen control unit. The input receiving unit receives input operation for inputting arbitrary information in an input field contained in an input screen. The screen control unit displays the input screen, as a confirmation screen, in which the input field is set to an uneditable state, when the information input in the input field through the input operation satisfies an input requirement of the input field.

Abstract: An animal abnormality detecting device includes an animal abnormality information storage unit, a retrieval observation data receiving unit, an animal abnormality information specifying unit, and an abnormality information transmitting unit. In the animal abnormality information storage unit, animal abnormality information including animal observation data including one or more pieces of time-series observation data on an animal and animal individual information is stored. The retrieval observation data receiving unit receives retrieval animal observation data including one or more pieces of time-series observation data on an animal and retrieval animal individual information. The animal abnormality information specifying unit specifies the animal abnormality information including the animal observation data and the animal individual information corresponding to the retrieval animal observation data and the retrieval animal individual information.

Abstract: A building for a data center (or server farm) includes a stack structure that interfaces with an environment and one or more housings coupled to a floor and the stack structure. Each of the housings includes one or more racks with a plurality of servers and each of the servers includes a computer fan capable of varying speed or reversing direction. The building also includes one or more filters between the one or more housings and the environment and one or more walls operable to be between the one or more filters and the environment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present teachings disclose method, system, and programs for data driven dynamic logging. Data is received by a logging system where the data is flagged for dynamic logging when one or more dynamic flagging level criteria are satisfied. Data is evaluated by a logging module wrapper, which determines whether to log the data using the default logging level or dynamic logging level, according to whether the data is flagged. A logging module logs information in a logging database according to the default logging level or dynamic logging level. Based on the logged information and detected abnormalities the dynamic flagging level and dynamic logging level are automatically or manually adjusted.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for implementing a reality overlay device. A reality overlay device captures information that is pertinent to physical surroundings with respect to a device, the information including at least one of visual information or audio information. The reality overlay device may transmit at least a portion of the captured information to a second device. For instance, the reality overlay device may transmit at least a portion of the captured information to a server via the Internet, where the server is capable of identifying an appropriate virtual billboard. The reality overlay device may then receive overlay information for use in generating a transparent overlay via the reality overlay device. The transparent overlay is then superimposed via the device using the overlay information, wherein the transparent overlay provides one or more transparent images that are pertinent to the physical surroundings.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for enabling presentation of supplemental application content to display devices while particular content is rendered on the display device. One example method includes receiving a request, at a server, to register a display device. The display device has hardware for communication over the Internet with the server that is further configured to provide applications for rendering on the display device. The display device further includes hardware for communication with a broadcast television provider that provides broadcast content to the display device. The method also includes registering the display device with the server. The registering includes receiving attributes of the display device. Also included is receiving information, at the server, regarding content rendered on the display device, and sending to the display device application data for at least one of the applications of the display device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is system, method and architecture facilitating goal setting and achievement and providing positive social and economic motivators for goal achievement. Progress toward a goal is tracked and a determination may be made based the progress whether or not to initiate one or more actions to stimulate progress and/or increase the likelihood of success in achieving a goal and/or achieving a milestone in a path of progression toward the goal.

Abstract: Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, using one or more computing devices to facilitate or otherwise support one or more processes or operations for a Jabba-type contextual tagger.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for utilizing natural language to process queries. The method for analyzing a linguistic input may include receiving the linguistic input, the linguistic input including at least one word, accessing prestored language data for a language corresponding to the linguistic input, converting the linguistic input into a text-possibility representations based on the received language data, determining a meaning of the text possibility based on the prestored language data, generating at least one semantic structure corresponding to the determined meaning, and determining an action to perform based on the generated at least one semantic structure. The prestored language data may be converted from multiple formats into one or more formats that can be algorithmically processed by a computational device.

Abstract: An advertisement providing apparatus includes a first advertisement providing unit, a friend list acquisition unit, a score calculation unit, and a second advertisement providing unit. The first advertisement providing unit is configured to provide a first advertisement to a user group including one or a plurality of users. The friend list acquisition unit is configured to acquire a friend list of a user who clicked on the first advertisement among the users included in the user group. The score calculation unit is configured to calculate, for each friend user included in the friend list, a score in which a click tendency of the friend user is reflected. The second advertisement providing unit is configured to provide a second advertisement that is the same as the first advertisement, to a friend user having a score that satisfies a certain condition.

Abstract: A system is provided that permits the use of classification information that can be interpreted by a computer system. To this end, a system and method may be provided for creating classification information that may be interpreted by a computer system. Such classification information may be associated with content, and permit a computer system to process the content based on the classification information. In one example, classification information may be associated by a user, system, or process with a portion of content, and a computer system processes the content based on the classification information. For instance, the classification information may cause content to be processed in a particular way, presented to a user by a particular application program, cause the content to be forwarded to a particular user, or otherwise influence how the content is handled.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a system, method and architecture for media content enrichment. A visual object detector is trained using a training data set and an existing visual object detector. The newly-adapted visual object detector may be used to detect a visual object belonging to a class of visual object. The existing object detector that is used to train the adapted object detector detects a class of visual objects different from the visual object class detected by the adapted object detector. A media content item depicting a visual object detected using the adapted object detector may be associated with metadata, tag or other information about the detected visual object to enrich the media content item.

Abstract: Customized content is presented to a user in a browser. A plurality of content items are determined and ranked for the user. The plurality of content items include user-specific content and general content, each content item associated with one or more tags. The content items are presented to the user in a layout of tiles with each tile displays a content item. After a user selection of a tag is received, content items are filtered based on the user selected tag and presented to the user in a new layout.

Abstract: Briefly, embodiments disclosed herein may relate to online advertising and may relate, more particularly, pushing advertising content to user computing devices, for example.

Abstract: Briefly, embodiments disclosed herein may relate to online advertising and may relate, more particularly, pushing advertising content to user computing devices, for example.

Abstract: A real-time asynchronous event aggregation system, method, and network device are configured to capture real-time asynchronous events, and to pass them as input to one or more aggregation engines to determine a reputation for a target. The aggregation engine(s) may then send out notifications where a reputation category changes for a target, indicating that an action may be taken to inhibit spam messages from the target, highlight a display of content from the target, or the like. As such, the event-driven aggregation engines may be designed to capture real-time asynchronous events, such as reputation reports for a wide variety of activities, including, but not limited to spam and/or not-spam messages, determining a reputation on a posting of comments to a movie, a blog posting, a play list posting, or the like. In one embodiment, a reputation of the sender of the reputation event may also be determined.

Abstract: A method for adjusting one or more parameters associated with a model. The method comprises obtaining, from a first source, first information related to activity of a user. The method further comprises adjusting one or more parameters associated with a model based on the first information collected within a first length of time, and obtaining, from a second source, second information related to activity of the user. The method further comprises adjusting the one or more parameters associated with the model based on the second information collected within a second length of time and a measure indicative of performance of the model, wherein the second length of time is larger than the first length of time.