Abstract: An interactive display facility includes a display component configured to present content so that it is observable by viewers within a vicinity of the display component and a streaming component configured to stream interactive content associated with the presented content to a user device, wherein the interactive content is for presentation to the user in addition to the selected content presented on the display component. The interactive display facility may also include a user detection component configured to detect the presence of a user in a specified vicinity and a content selection component configured to identify content to present to a user detected by the user detection component.

Abstract: Providing enhanced customer service within an environment. A customer identification subsystem configured to automatically identify a customer that has entered the environment and a customer tracking subsystem configured to automatically track activities, current locations, or both activities and current locations of the identified customer within the environment may provide input to a context processing component and/or at least one environment-driven application. The context processing component, if provided, may be configured to determine a current or near current context for the identified customer based on information provided by the customer identification subsystem and the customer tracking subsystem. The at least one environment-driven application may be configured to use customer context information provided by the context processing component (or derived independently) to facilitate providing customized customer service to the customer.

Abstract: The information navigation interface facilitates receiving an indication of a discrete physical contact event with a user input device. The contact event is associated with a user request for navigating an assembly of displayable information. A navigation action based on the received indication is then determined. The navigation action may include either (a) both scrolling and expansion of currently displayed information wherein the scrolling and expansion occur simultaneously or nearly simultaneously, or (b) both scrolling and contraction of currently displayed information wherein the scrolling and contraction occur simultaneously or nearly simultaneously. Once determined, the navigation action is applied, resulting in a display of a second portion of the assembly of information.

Abstract: A system and method for empowering consumers in a retail environment. Among many other features, the present invention provides timely, value-added services based on contextual information associated with a user, such as a user's location, shopping preferences, past purchasing patterns, and other information. In general, the invention provides a system that monitors the location of a wireless device. If it is determined that the wireless device is located in an area approximate to a specific region, such a store's pharmacy department, an association is made between the wireless device and a category of items, e.g., pharmaceuticals. By the use of the association, information about the category of items, or individual items, is readily available to a user of the wireless device. In addition, the present invention enables companies to provide high-quality consumer services that can differentiate between various types of consumers.

Abstract: A system and method for empowering consumers in a retail environment. Among many other features, the present invention provides timely, value-added services based on contextual information associated with a user, such as a user's location, shopping preferences, past purchasing patterns, and other information. In general, the invention provides a system that monitors the location of a wireless device. If it is determined that the wireless device is located in an area approximate to a specific region, such a store's pharmacy department, an association is made between the wireless device and information related to a category of items, e.g., pharmaceuticals. The association of the information allows a system to readily communicate more relevant information to a user of the wireless device. In addition, the present invention enables companies to provide high-quality consumer services that can differentiate various types of consumers.