Abstract: Using the disclosed technology, a client device can receive a response from a real-time bidding engine of a real time bidding advertisement insertion system. The response includes information related to a video advertisement to be played by a video player at the client device. The client device can provide the video advertisement to a video player on the client device, execute a program associated with a third-party service provider and send a signaling to a destination provided by the third-party service provider to indicate occurrence of a predefined event as defined by the third-party service provider.

Abstract: Using the disclosed technology, a client device can receive a response from a real-time bidding engine of a real time bidding advertisement insertion system. The response includes information related to a video advertisement to be played by a video player at the client device. The client device can provide the video advertisement to a video player on the client device, execute a program associated with a third-party service provider and send a signaling to a destination provided by the third-party service provider to indicate occurrence of a predefined event as defined by the third-party service provider.

Abstract: A web browsing environment that provides a graphical spatial context to associate web sites to one another and allows for interaction between users browsing the space is provided.

Abstract: A technique is disclosed for facilitating electronic commerce and/or information exchange. The technique of the present invention enables a content provider to create a web space which can surface large amounts of product data into one single view. In addition, the display and layout of the web space may be dynamically customized. Further, if desired, customer specific data may be overlaid on product catalog data. In this way, customers are able to quickly grasp the extent of the virtual store and access products of interest by drilling-down on any single region of the store. Additionally, customer behavior patterns and activities may be tracked in real-time. This information may be used to enable a on-line merchant to respond appropriately, in real-time, in order to facilitate sales of merchandise to current on-line shoppers.

Abstract: A web browsing environment that provides a graphical spatial context to associate web sites to one another and allows for interaction between users browsing the space is provided. One feature of the described embodiment is the provision of a tiling of mini browsers in one space rather than a document.

Abstract: A web browsing environment that provides for visual and interactive mapping techniques to enable users to organize, visualize and navigate complex information spaces. The Urbanpixel system supports atomic units of information organized into a tiled browser environment. The system's mapping technology allows the information environment to be surfaced into a global, active map view. Because the system supports a process of data abstraction and the use of stylesheets to create multiple views, users can drill down on areas of interest to get views at multiple levels of detail and abstraction. The navigation model keeps a one-to-one spatial correspondence between the levels, making it easier for users to find their way around by providing spatial context at every level.

Abstract: The system described herein extends the server described in application Ser. No. 09/596,305 to allow the content of browser windows or the interaction of browser windows to affect other browser windows or to be affected by other browser windows. This system of linked browser windows allows intelligence to be added to the system specified in application Ser. No. 09/596,305. Changes affecting a browser window can now have ripple effects through the landscape for various uses, e.g., data can propagate more visibly, easily and transparently, “what-if” scenarios are possible, error and special conditions can be highlighted at a glance, etc.

Abstract: A novel system and apparatus for transmitting data between the two nodes of a network is provided. The transmission is effected by using an error recovery protocol featuring a positive group acknowledgement. A sender unit on one node receives the user data and groups the data into consecutive cells, the cells being clustered into groups, each cell in a group being assigned a unique sequence number. The groups of cells are transmitted over a physical channel to a receiver unit on a different node. The receiver unit examines the cell stream and issues an acknowledgment message to the sender unit only when all of the cells in a group have been received. Once the sender unit has completed the transmission of a group of cells, it starts observing the physical channel for an acknowledgement message from the receiver unit. If after a predetermined time period the acknowledgement message has not been received, the sender unit transmits the group of cells again.