Abstract: A pointing method uses eye-gaze as an implicit control channel. A user looks in a natural fashion at a target object as a button on a graphical user interface and then presses a manual selection key. Once the selection key is pressed, the present method uses probability analysis to determine a most probable target object and to highlight it. If the highlighted object is the target object, the user can select it by pressing a key such as the selection key once again. If the highlighted object is not the target object, the user can select another target object using additional keys to navigate to the intended target object.

Abstract: A first communication channel is established between a first entity and at least one second entity and a second communication channel is established between the first entity and at least one third entity over the network. Then, data associated with the first and second communication channels are recorded. Next, first, second, and third entities are dynamically monitored to identify if first, second, or third entities is in an active or inactive state, and based upon such monitoring, recorded data are either synchronously rendering to entities in an active state or asynchronously rendered to entities in an inactive state upon the entities in the inactive state transitioning from an inactive state to an active state.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method that inputs a confirmed social network of a user, performs data mining of electronically accessible data for the user to produce a mined social network including individuals having a social relationship with the user and having an electronically accessible link to the user, subtracts the confirmed social network of the user from the mined social network to produce a recommendation list, in which the recommendation list includes at least one new individual not belonging to the confirmed social network of the use, and in which the recommendation list recommends the at least one new individual not belonging to the confirmed social network for membership in the confirmed social network, and outputs the recommendation list to the user.

Abstract: A method for performing simultaneous synchronous or asynchronous communications. A first communication channel is established between a first entity and at least one second entity and a second communication channel is established between the first entity and at least one third entity over the network. Then, data associated with the first and second communication channels are recorded. Next, first, second, and third entities are dynamically monitored to identify if first, second, or third entities is in an active or inactive state, and based upon such monitoring, recorded data are either synchronously rendering to entities in an active state or asynchronously rendered to entities in an inactive state upon the entities in the inactive state transitioning from an inactive state to an active state.