Abstract: In a method and a system for improving a user's experience with a graphical user interface corresponding to a gaming or simulation environment on an electronic device, the interface renders multiple graphical objects and user selectable options corresponding to the graphical object. The user selects one or more selectable option, and performs a touching or a swiping operation through multiple points on the display screen. The touching or swiping operation leads to deploying of multiple resources corresponding to the selected option, at different locations on the interface. For controlling the different deployed resources, the user can swipe through different regions of the display screen. The number of resources deployed at the different locations on the screen depends on certain parameters, including the pressure applied by the user on the screen. Results of the simulation can be employed to control real technical systems, for example for food production.

Abstract: When an online system creates a video exchange session, a user participating in the video exchange session requests a common background for the video exchange session. The online system displays video data received from users in the video exchange session in positions within the common background specified by slots in a template associated with the video exchange session. Hence, the interface of the video exchange session displays the common background to each user in the video exchange session with video data from users participating in the video exchange sessions in locations within the common background specified by slots associated with different users. The online system may associate different templates with different stored common backgrounds, allowing different common backgrounds to display video data from users in different positions.

Abstract: Input data associated with a machine learning model is classified into a plurality of clusters. A plurality of linear surrogate models are generated. One of the plurality of linear surrogate models corresponds to one of the plurality of clusters. A linear surrogate model is configured to output a corresponding prediction based on input data associated with a corresponding cluster. Prediction data associated with the machine learning model and prediction data associated with the plurality of linear surrogate models are outputted.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a content placement system selects and allocates content objects for a display region in a user interface based on content priorities of the content objects and location priorities of virtual locations in the display region. The content placement system receives a request for content objects to be presented in the display region. The content placement system determines a layout for dividing the display region into multiple virtual locations. Each of the virtual locations contains spots each configured for displaying a content object. The content placement system determines content objects and allocation of the content objects for each of the virtual locations based on content priorities associated with the content objects and location priorities of the virtual locations. The content placement system transmits the content objects according to the allocation to an online platform for display in the user interface.

Abstract: A method and system for the recognition of sensor data, like an accelerometer and a gyroscope. The method includes data/feature enrichment before a learning process. Thus, the learning process can benefit from better data, which includes both raw sensor data and enriched data/features. As a consequence, classification models may become less complex without harming accuracy and, therefore, can be more easily deployed to mobile devices, consuming less processing power and battery.

Abstract: An online document system can allow users to participate in collaborative negotiation of documents stored with in the online document system. To facilitate negotiations between multiple entities (each potentially including multiple users with different roles in the negotiation), the online document system includes a permissions system that allows per-clause control over user's access to propose and approve changes to a negotiated document. Similarly, the user interfaces for viewing a negotiated document provided by the online document system to users can depend on the role of that user in editing the document and the current stage of the negotiation of the document. Finally, the online document system can track agreement between sides in a negotiation on a per-clause basis and can otherwise help facilitate the negotiation of the document.

Abstract: A method of browsing images on a user interface displaying a map. A selection of a geographical feature within the map on the user interface is received based on a selection criteria comprising a set of predefined gesture rules. A plurality of images is selected based on a proximity of each of the images to the selected geographical feature. A dynamic browsing widget is generated on the user interface having dimensions proportional to dimensions of the selected geographical feature. The selected plurality of images is browsed using the generated dynamic browsing widget.

Abstract: Review of online communications that is performed with sharing web pages is enabled by a system that stores the shared web pages and the titles which are used during an online communication. A reference history recording portion stores the order in which the shared web pages were shared and a reference time during the online communication. Titles of the shared web pages are displayed for the online communication along a time series on a display terminal. In addition, each reference time for the shared web pages is displayed.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling the content of a user device in response to an audible request is disclosed. The system and method include an intelligent voice assistant that can control viewable content of the user device in response to a user's request. The system and method can also be used to sync content between a user and a service representative when either the user or service representative make an audible request to sync content.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a display, interface, and processor. The interface receives video from a camera located in a physical store and directed at a first physical rack. The camera captures video of the rack during a shopping session. The processor displays a first virtual rack that emulates the first physical rack and includes first and second virtual shelves. The virtual shelves include virtual items, which include graphical representations of physical items located on the physical rack. The processor displays the rack video, which depicts an event including the person interacting with the first physical rack. The processor also displays a virtual shopping cart. The processor receives information associated with the event, identifying the first virtual item. The rack video depicts that the person selected the first physical item while interacting with the first physical rack. The processor then stores the first virtual item in the virtual shopping cart.

Abstract: The invention is a patent application preparation system that automatically creates a template application for a drafter based on a record of invention form filled out by the inventor, practitioner or a combination of the two and at least one piece of prior art identified in a search report. The preparation system parses the text within the prior art document and identifies the claim elements that define the scope of the prior art invention. These old inventive features are subsequently highlighted from the claims and written description sections of the prior art references while the general body, format and non-claim features of the prior art remain intact which are subsequently amended and supplemented with the new inventive features described in the record of invention form.

Abstract: A method of calculating feedback parameters for presentation images presented to spectators, comprising obtaining a presentation stream comprising a sequence of a plurality of presentation images, analyzing the presentation stream to identify a plurality of presentation periods of a presentation session, during each presentation period an associated one of the plurality of presentation images is presented to one or more spectators, receiving a plurality of feedback messages transmitted by client device(s) used by the spectator(s) to provide feedback to one or more of the presentation images, correlating each feedback message with one of the presentation images according to a presentation period during which the feedback message is received and transmitting the correlated feedback messages to feedback analysis system(s) adapted to calculate one or more feedback parameters for one or more presentation images based on the feedback extracted from the feedback messages correlated with one or more of the presentati

Abstract: The disclosure provides a mobile device. The mobile device includes a housing, at least one motion sensor disposed on the housing, a touchscreen disposed in the housing, and a processor electrically connected to the motion sensor and the touchscreen. The processor establishes first connection setting information between at least one virtual button in an application displayed on the touchscreen and the motion sensor, and performs a function of the virtual button in response to sensing of the motion sensor according to the first connection setting information. Therefore, the mobile device provides a better experience for a user.

Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards pull locomotion, which allows users to move around a virtual reality environment (typically larger than their physical environment) by interacting with pull targets, which comprise interactive objects displayed in the reality environment. When (e.g., via a controller) the user reaches grabs a pull target and pulls the controller back towards the user, the user's perceived position moves toward the target, as if the environment is being pulled to the user. A push motion generally results in moving the user's perceived position away from the target. The perceived movement can be gradual in the environment, relative to the speed of the pull or push. The pulling and pushing facilitate an interactive narrative experience or enhance interactive game play.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for interacting with one or more data objects in an online social network. A user interface includes a publisher with a custom action. The custom action is defined in accordance with custom action instructions provided by a first entity via an application programming interface (API). Such custom action instructions may declaratively or programmatically define the data object, the interaction to be performed with the data object, and other attributes associated with the custom action. A user may request to interact with the data object via selection of the custom action by a second entity. Information may be submitted through the publisher to interact with the data object to update a database system associated with the data object. A feed item may be presented for inclusion in the information feed based on the update.

Abstract: An interactive visualization system has a receiver that receives image data corresponding to one or more biomechanical movements of a user. Further, the interactive visualization system has a processor that performs a biomechanical analysis, via a biomechanical rules engine, of the image data to determine that the one or more biomechanical movements of the user lack compliance with one or more biomechanical rules. The processor generates a virtual sports feedback cue to be rendered, in at least substantially real-time, via a virtual sports performance expert during performance of the one or more biomechanical movements of the user. Finally, the interactive visualization system has a transmitter that transmits the virtual sports feedback cue to the biomechanical data ingestion apparatus so that a rendering apparatus renders the virtual sports performance expert performing the virtual sports feedback cue in a manner visible to the user during the one or more biomechanical movements.

Abstract: A method for providing recommendations of creative professionals to complete a project is provided. The method includes receiving information related to a project, the information including a first set of criteria associated with the project. The method includes determining, using a statistical model, a vector representation corresponding to a candidate creative professional based on the information related to the project. The method also includes determining respective vector representations of a first set of creative professionals based at least in part on profile information related to each of the creative professionals. The method includes determining respective distances of each of the respective vector representations from the vector representation corresponding to the candidate creative professional. Further, the method includes providing a second set of creative professionals as recommendations for being assigned to the project based at least in part on the respective distances.

Abstract: A virtual meeting is carried out between at least one first person and one second person, in which the virtual meeting is displayed in the form of a first virtual surrounding area by use of a first display device assigned to the first person and in the form of a second virtual surrounding area by use of a second display device assigned to the second person. The first person may be disposed in a moving vehicle whose vehicle movement is sensed and the representation of the first virtual surrounding area is selected in accordance with the sensed movement of the vehicle. The second person may be disposed in a reference system which differs from the vehicle and whose movement is sensed, and the representation of the second virtual surrounding area is selected in accordance with the sensed movement of the reference system.

Abstract: Techniques for generated and presenting images of items within user selected context images are presented herein. In an example embodiment, an access module can be configured to receive a first environment model and a first wearable item model. A simulation module coupled to the access module may process the environment model to identify placement volumes within the environment model and to place a clothed body model within the placement volume to generate a context model. A rendering module may then generate a context image from the context model. In various embodiments, the environment model used for the context, the wearable item positioned within the environment model, and rendering values used to generate context images may be changed in response to user inputs to generate new context images that are displayed to a user.

Abstract: A method for visualizing and managing entities and connections between entities based on a graphical user interface (GUI) node editor includes constructing an entity datablock, wherein the entity datablock is a data structure describing an entity and comprises entity descriptive information, an entity category, an entity name, entity relationships, and an entity identifier. The method includes establishing the entity relationships as bi-directional relationships, wherein the bi-directional relationships link two disparate entities. The method further includes representing the entity datablock as a node and the bi-directional relationships as lines connecting two nodes, wherein the node comprises at least one of the entity descriptive information, the entity category, or the entity name.