Abstract: Approaches describe detecting and predicting crowd congestion in real-time for large gatherings, for example large religious mass gatherings. Approaches may utilize image and/or video data, and/or pedestrian trajectory data. The various pieces of information may be identified, extracted, and/or determined from a variety of different disaggregated sources and may be aggregated, and/or determined to generate a congestion detection score and/or score map that is indicative of the degree of crowd congestion in a geographic region and can forecast future crowd congestion in the geographic region. Approaches may be used to monitor a crowd to prevent or mitigate crowd disasters. Moreover, approaches may be used by crowd management entities to timely detect congested regions and manage the crowd efficiently.

Abstract: The present invention relates to receiving information of detected wireless electronic tags, comparing the received information to information stored in the server, and updating the information stored in the server based on the received information. Further, the invention relates to receiving a request regarding location information of an electronic wireless tag, determining whether identification information regarding the electronic wireless tag is available, and transmitting the identification information regarding the electronic wireless tag in response to the request regarding location information after determining that the identification information is available.

Abstract: A system and method for crowdfunding and crowdsourcing a project that receives, via communication circuitry, a project from a user, determines, using processing circuitry, whether the project adheres to a predetermined criteria, provides the project to a crowdsourcing community and a crowdfunding community, receives bids from one or more freelancers to implement one or more parts of the project, receives contributions from one or more contributors, selects at least one freelancer based on a predefined rule, determines a total amount of contributions, determines a total amount of funds needed, determines whether the total amount of contributions is at least equal to the total amount of funds needed, assigns the one or more parts of the project to the selected at least one freelancer, transmits an alert to at least on device associated with the selected at least one freelancer, and submits payments to the selected at least one freelancer.

Abstract: First communication circuitry of a first device is made discoverable by a second device via a short-range wireless protocol. A device name for the first communication circuitry is set to a user identifier that is specific to a user of the first device. The second device discovers the first device and the user identifier is transmitted to the second device. A response message can also be included with the user identifier and can be appended to the user identifier. The second device stores the user identifier, and the response message if included, in a log to record a presence of the user of the first device within a range between the first and second devices of the short-range wireless protocol.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for retrieving and organizing geographical address information. Each physical address is assigned a unique code including symbols and alphanumeric characters. This unique code is the electronic address assigned to each physical address. Certain of the electronic addresses and the corresponding physical addresses are assigned aliases. The electronic addresses are assigned on a semi-permanent basis (i.e., the electronic addresses are not changed unless there is change to the physical location); whereas the aliases can be freely changed and reassigned among the electronic addresses.

Abstract: A user rehabilitation system and method that includes authenticating a user with authentication information input, determining a therapy identification, providing a display of a therapeutic sequence of exercises wherein the therapeutic sequence of exercises includes a plurality of primitive motions, receiving a data stream from a motion-sensing device, analyzing the data stream and comparing the data stream to corresponding therapeutic exercises to identify a mistake when a comparison result is below a first threshold, updating a mistake counter when the comparing identifies that the user failed to perform a therapeutic exercise adequately, updating an alert counter when the mistake counter is above a second threshold, sending a first alert message to a medical professional when the mistake counter is greater than a third threshold, sending a second alert message to a caregiver when the alert counter is greater than an alert threshold, and recording an evaluation result.

Abstract: A game-based method for physical rehabilitation that includes authenticating a user with authentication information input through a communication interface, identifying therapeutic movements by referencing a look-up table stored in a memory, the therapeutic movements being prescribed for the user or associated with a diagnosis of a predetermined physical condition, obtaining a user rehabilitation status stored in the memory, generating a game based on the therapeutic movements and the user status wherein the game includes controlling browsing of a map by detecting the therapeutic movements performed by the user, providing the game to the user, receiving a data stream from a motion-sensing device that monitors an actual movement of the user in correspondence to the therapeutic movements, analyzing the data stream to calculate information metrics that are associated with the correspondence of the actual movements to the therapeutic movements, and updating the user rehabilitation status based on the information

Abstract: This invention relates to a system, software and method to procure, share, and join selfie in a given social network. The usual existing and new methods of sharing and connecting may be used for implementing this software as used as computer implemented method. Hardware is used for procuring, sharing and integrating the software as a system.

Abstract: A beaded prayer system includes a beaded prayer device, which includes a plurality of beads connected by at least one wire that passes through a center of the plurality of beads. The beaded prayer device also includes a power source and processing circuitry that can detect contact between two or more adjacent beads, store bead contact data in memory, and transmit the bead contact data to one of a plurality of RFID readers. The beaded prayer system also includes at least one server that receives the bead contact data from one of the plurality of RFID readers, processes the bead contact data to perform pattern extraction, and outputs usage patterns and/or statistics based on the pattern extraction.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for combining contributed images from a plurality of imaging devices on a network to create a combined image, such as a group selfie. A group-selfie request is initiated inviting selected network users to contribute images. After receiving the contributed images, sub-images are selected from the contributed images and arranged within a combined image. The border around each sub-image is then blended into the combined image. The sub-images can also be filtered and modified to harmonize with the combined image. Further, each sub-image from the respective contributed image can be assigned to a predefined partition of the combined image, and the sub-images can be continuously updated from the respective contributing network users to provide a real-time combined image.

Abstract: First communication circuitry of a first device is made discoverable by a second device via a short-range wireless protocol. A device name for the first communication circuitry is set to a user identifier that is specific to a user of the first device. The second device discovers the first device and the user identifier is transmitted to the second device. A response message can also be included with the user identifier and can be appended to the user identifier. The second device stores the user identifier, and the response message if included, in a log to record a presence of the user of the first device within a range between the first and second devices of the short-range wireless protocol.

Abstract: First communication circuitry of a first device is made discoverable by a second device via a short-range wireless protocol. A device name for the first communication circuitry is set to a user identifier that is specific to a user of the first device. The second device discovers the first device and the user identifier is transmitted to the second device. A response message can also be included with the user identifier and can be appended to the user identifier. The second device stores the user identifier, and the response message if included, in a log to record a presence of the user of the first device within a range between the first and second devices of the short-range wireless protocol.

Abstract: The present invention relates to receiving information of detected wireless electronic tags, comparing the received information to information stored in the server, and updating the information stored in the server based on the received information. Further, the invention relates to receiving a request regarding location information of an electronic wireless tag, determining whether identification information regarding the electronic wireless tag is available, and transmitting the identification information regarding the electronic wireless tag in response to the request regarding location information after determining that the identification information is available.

Abstract: A boundary regulation detection method and system that stores one or more dates and times and predetermined areas corresponding to an event, determines a user current location and current date and time, generates an alert in response to determining that the current date and time corresponds with the date and time, analyzes whether the user current location is not within a predetermined area and sends to authorized individuals the user location. The method based on the current date, time and user location issues appropriate alerts.

Abstract: A context aware service generation method and system that stores a list of events, stores one or more dates and times each corresponding to an event, receives user data indicating a state of the user, determines whether a current date and time corresponds with a date and time stored in the memory, determines an event in response to determining that the current date and time corresponds with the date and time, determines a user context based on the user data, and generates a subset of services based on the user context and the event. The method uses crowd sourcing technique to generate services to the users.

Abstract: A boundary regulation detection method and system that stores a list of events, stores one or more dates and times and predetermined areas corresponding to each event, stores one or more predetermined areas determined as a function of a particular event, determines a user current location and current date and time, generates an alert in response to determining that the current date and time corresponds with the date and time, analyzes whether the user current location is not within a predetermined area and instructs the user to enter the predetermined area if the user current location is not within the predetermined area. The method based on the current date, time and user location issues appropriate alerts.

Abstract: A system and method using a single 3D motion sensing Microsoft Kinect for Windows augmented with computer vision algorithms for detecting, recognizing and tracking the movement of different joints of the body of a subject and deducing kinetic and kinematic data from those movements. The method requires only a single motion sensing device and is non-invasive as the subject does not need to wear any external devices on the body. The proposed method incorporates Second Life serious game environment where the patient, the therapist and other members of the community of interest can log-in any time and see all the subject's movements performed by an avatar in Second Life, thereby making the invention particularly useful for disabled hemiplegic children.