Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for identifying an in-application message to display to a user. A user may perform a user action in an application, which can be identified. The identified user action can be compared to metadata data associated with a plurality of in-application messages for the application, and an in-application message that is eligible for display to the user can be identified based on the user action. A determination can be made whether to display the eligible message to the user in the application, based upon one or more in-application messages that the user may have previously viewed, as may be found or tracked in a user message viewing history.

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for providing a customized service error message to a user of a service. An error encountered during a user action related to the service may be compared to one or more identified service outages to determine if the error may be attributable to any of the service outages. If the error may be caused by one or more of the identified service outages, the customized service error message can be provided, where the customized service error message comprises information about one or more of the identified service outages that cover the error. The customized service error message may be displayed to the user so that the user knows that the error is server/service side (e.g., as opposed to an issue on the user's local device), a timeframe within which the error is expected to be resolved, etc.

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for identifying an in-application message to display to a user. A user may perform a user action in an application, which can be identified. The identified user action can be compared to metadata data associated with a plurality of in-application messages for the application, and an in-application message that is eligible for display to the user can be identified based on the user action. A determination can be made whether to display the eligible message to the user in the application, based upon one or more in-application messages that the user may have previously viewed, as may be found or tracked in a user message viewing history.

Abstract: A target web page may embed resources hosted by a source server. However, this embedding may result in compatibility and/or security issues; e.g., the dimensions of the embedded resource may skew the layout of the target web page. Instead, a source web page may be rendered separately from a target web page, and a source region of the source web page (e.g., a region defined by a set of coordinates) may be extracted from the source web page and may be presented in a target region of the target web page. The elements of the source region may be displayed and executed in isolation within the source web page, and may operate within a source domain (e.g., communicating with the source server and accessing cookies stored by the source server), yet may not interact with the elements of the target web page, thereby alleviating many compatibility and security problems.

Abstract: Queries applied to content sets (e.g., files in a filesystem) often produce search results including many content items having identifiers that match the keywords of the query. However, many search techniques do not account for the relevance of the matching, e.g., whether the match is predictably relevant to the user, or whether the content item only tangentially matches the query. The techniques presented herein involve indexing the content items in a content index according to various identifiers having an identifier weight indicating the predicted relevance if a token of a query matches the identifier. Candidate content items may then be presented as search results sorted by the aggregated identifier weights of the matching identifiers, thereby promoting highly relevant content items and demoting incidentally matching content items. Additional adjustments may be made (e.g., promoting content items that match a particularly infrequent token or that match a phrase in the query).

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for rendering online ads on a webpage. A first inter-frame communication channel is created, which comprises a first communication channel between a first cross-domain frame and a host page, such as the webpage. The first cross-domain frame comprises content from a domain that is different than that of the host page domain. A second inter-frame communication channel is created comprising a second communication channel between the first cross-domain frame and a second cross-domain frame in the host page.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for managing failed print jobs. In one embodiment, a method for managing a failed print job includes receiving a print job, detecting a printing device failure, recompiling the print job as a portable document file, and transmitting the portable document file to the user and/or to another device.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to define a project in a computer graphics program. A project file is defined with general information regarding the project. A folder structure for the project is defined where one or more project drawing files are organized into various folders by drawing file type. A companion file for each project drawing file is defined with information to link each project drawing file to the project.

Abstract: Mechanisms to assist a user in obtaining content may be integrated with the tools that allow the user to author an e-mail message or any other type of document. For example, an e-mail composition system may offer various buttons that allow users to obtain certain types of content—e.g., movie times, restaurant menus, etc. When the user clicks the button, the requested type of content may be obtained, and the user may be offered the opportunity to insert the obtained content into the document that is being authored. The content that is obtained may follow a particular structure. For example, a system might be configured to respond to a request for movie-related content by returning a list of show-times and theaters for a particular movie.

Abstract: A sender can create a message for transmission to an intended recipient. During creation of the message, the sender may insert data into the message that is expressed with reference to the context of the sender. When the sender inserts data into a message that is expressed with reference to their own context, they may be asked whether the data should be dynamically transformed to the context of the intended recipient. If the sender indicates that the data should be transformed to the context of the intended recipient, the context of the intended recipient is determined. Once the context of the intended recipient has been determined, the data in the message is transformed to the context of the intended recipient and the message containing the transformed data is transmitted to the intended recipient.

Abstract: An advertisement is associated with an advertiser-sponsored theme. An application generates a page that includes the advertisement. If a first user input event is detected with respect to the advertisement, the advertiser-sponsored theme is temporarily applied to the page, thereby providing a preview of the advertiser-sponsored theme. If a second user input event is detected with respect to the advertisement, the preview of the advertiser-sponsored theme is removed from the page. If a third user input event is detected with respect to the advertisement, the advertiser-sponsored theme is selected for use with the application. A notification may also be provided to other users indicated that the advertiser-sponsored theme was selected for use.

Abstract: Predetermined indicia are detected in a digital image that is formed by optical scanning. Alternatively, or in addition, a digital image can have a predefined insertion field. Input and/or an optically scanned image is substituted in the digital image for the predetermined indicia and/or for the predefined insertion field. The digital image having the substitution is rendered.

Abstract: Recent years have witnessed emergence of a new family of imaging devices known as digital-image senders. These devices allow users to digitally scan a hardcopy document, and send the resulting digital image data via a communications network to other devices on the network. One problem that the present inventors recognized with these devices is that they do not provide a convenient way for users to add user-specific information to the images they send. Accordingly, the inventors teach, among other things, an exemplary method that includes providing image data, determining an identity of a user associated with a communications device, and defining a modified version of the image data, based on the determined identity of the user.

Abstract: A digital image is composed at a digital transmitter device from a hardcopy source. The digital image includes an optically scanned image. Indicia is detected on the hardcopy image. A substitute is made for the indicia in the composed digital image. A modified rendering of the digital image is output.

Abstract: A digital transmitter device to execute a network browser application to access an e-mail account of an e-mail server and retrieve data stored in thereat. The digital transmitter device can scan and send an image to a network address along with the retrieved data.

Abstract: Text that is adjacent to predetermined indicia is detected in a digital image. Alternatively, or in addition, a digital image can have text that is adjacent to a predefined insertion field. Text that is input and/or derived from an optically scanned image is substituted in the digital image for the predetermined indicia and/or for the predefined insertion field. The substituted text matches the font of text adjacent thereto in the digital image. The digital image having the substitution is rendered.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for managing failed print jobs. In one embodiment, a method for managing a failed print job includes receiving a print job, detecting a printing device failure, recompiling the print job as a portable document file, and transmitting the portable document file to the user and/or to another device.

Abstract: A method for permitting the limited use of a multifunction imaging device includes the multifunction imaging device scanning indicia printed on a media. The method also includes converting the indicia to at least one function identifier and a corresponding instruction associated with the at least one function wherein, the instruction informs the imaging device of the limitations in the use of the at least one function.

Abstract: A display device may include a cell containing a suspension fluid and at least one suspension particle dispersed within the suspension fluid. The suspension particle may be adapted to migrate in the suspension fluid under the influence of an electric field. A light waveguide layer may extend adjacent to a side of the cell. The light waveguide layer may be adapted to conduct light laterally into the cell through the side of the cell.

Abstract: A display device may include a cell containing a suspension fluid and at least one suspension particle dispersed within the suspension fluid. The suspension particle may be adapted to migrate in the suspension fluid under the influence of an electric field. A light waveguide layer may extend adjacent to a side of the cell. The light waveguide layer may be adapted to conduct light laterally into the cell through the side of the cell.