Abstract: A system and method that supports an integrated user interface experience with third party hosted applications selected and installed by a user within a user-installed native application of a user communication device.

Abstract: A system and method for providing recommendations to individuals on a social network, in which the recommendations include information indicating the similarity of the individuals to one another, to aid the individuals in judging the degree to which the opinions of the others are applicable to the themselves.

Abstract: A system and method for providing recommendations to individuals on a social network, in which the recommendations include information indicating the similarity of the individuals to one another, to aid the individuals in judging the degree to which the opinions of the others are applicable to the themselves.

Abstract: A system and method that supports an integrated user interface experience with third party hosted applications selected and installed by a user within a user-installed native application of a user communication device.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide an integrated user interface experience with third party applications selected by a user and accessed as part of a web site such as an e-commerce web site, for example. In some embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed that support access to additional user selected functionality on top of a web site platform. This allows third-party developers, who can be different from the web site operator and/or sponsor, to inject content and capabilities into a web site.

Abstract: A system and method for providing recommendations to individuals on a social network, in which the recommendations include information indicating the similarity of the individuals to one another, to aid the individuals in judging the degree to which the opinions of the others are applicable to the themselves.

Abstract: A system and method for providing recommendations to individuals on a social network, in which the recommendations include information indicating the similarity of the individuals to one another, to aid the individuals in judging the degree to which the opinions of the others are applicable to the themselves.

Abstract: A system and method that provide an integrated user interface experience with third party applications selected by a user and accessed as part of a web site.

Abstract: An integrated user interface that provides an enriched and enhanced end-user experience is enabled via the seamless addition of applications selected by the end-user and accessed as part of a web site. Additional services, features and capabilities that are not provided by the core web site technology may be provided by third-party developers, to inject content and capabilities into the web site. The third-party developers may add pages inside of an existing web site to display end-user selectable elements, and to display various forms of content in web pages of the web site.

Abstract: A system and method that supports an integrated user interface experience with third party hosted applications selected and installed by a user within a user-installed native application of a user communication device.

Abstract: A system and method for providing recommendations to individuals on a social network, in which the recommendations include information indicating the similarity of the individuals to one another, to aid the individuals in judging the degree to which the opinions of the others are applicable to the themselves.

Abstract: A system and method that supports an integrated user interface experience with third party hosted applications selected and installed by a user within a user-installed native application of a user communication device.

Abstract: A system and method for providing recommendations to individuals on a social network, in which the recommendations include information indicating the similarity of the individuals to one another, to aid the individuals in judging the degree to which the opinions of the others are applicable to the themselves.

Abstract: A system and method that supports an integrated user interface experience with third party hosted applications selected and installed by a user within a user-installed native application of a user communication device.

Abstract: A system and method that supports an integrated user interface experience with third party hosted applications selected and installed by a user within a user-installed native application of a user communication device.

Abstract: A system and method for providing recommendations to individuals on a social network, in which the recommendations include information indicating the similarity of the individuals to one another, to aid the individuals in judging the degree to which the opinions of the others are applicable to the themselves.

Abstract: A system and method that supports an integrated user interface experience with third party hosted applications selected and installed by a user within a user-installed native application of a user communication device.

Abstract: A system and method that provide an integrated user interface experience with third party applications selected by a user and accessed as part of a web site.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for extracting terms associated with a displayed text. The method and apparatus receive a location indication from a user, read the text, determine the seed location within the text relating to the indicated location, determine the text surrounding the seed location in a determined scope, match terms from the determined text scope with a concept collection, choose the most dominant concepts which were matched, and extract terms that are associated with the dominant concepts.

Abstract: The invention comprises a method and system of recognition and translation, stored on a digital storage device with an operating system and running computer applications, such as a personal computer, which recognizes input by the human computer user and transmits output to the human user, which performs non-optical and optical character recognition of characters displayed on the output device of the digital storage device, which automatically recognizes and translates phrases contiguous to and including the phrase upon which the System is activated and which translates words from one written phrase set to a second written phrase set.