Abstract: One aspect of the invention involves word recognition that uses scrollable choice lists in which choices are listed in character-order. Another aspect relates to a scrollable, visually-displayed word recognition choice list, where the recognition candidates on the choice list are each associated with a choice-selecting symbol the user can use to select a desired recognition candidate by pressing an associated button, and where the same choice-selecting symbol is used for different choices displayed on the display at different times as a result of scrolling. Another aspect of the invention relates to providing a choice list of best scoring characters for a particular character position in the spelling of a filter that is used to filter word recognition. Another aspect of the invention relates to a choice list used in word recognition in which the choice list can be scrolled horizontally.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and programming for producing and displaying a scaled-down representation of subpixel-optimized images and digital content including such images that is represented by a mark-up language. Some embodiments display the text in such digital content using a different subpixel optimization than that used for the images. Others produce the subpixel-optimized images by calculating the luminosity of a subpixel as a function of the length of a plurality of coverage lines within a window in a source image corresponding to the subpixel that is covered by source image pixels having the subpixel's color. Some embodiments calculate the luminosity of a subpixel in such a subpixel-optimized image as a function both of the average luminosity of pixels in the subpixel's source image window and as a function of any color balancing distribution between resulting subpixel luminosities necessary to reduce color imbalance.

Abstract: Text-to-speech (TTS) generation is used in conjunction with large vocabulary speech recognition to say words selected by the speech recognition. The software for performing the large vocabulary speech recognition can share speech modeling data with the TTS software. TTS or recorded audio can be used to automatically say both recognized text and the names of recognized commands after their recognition. The TTS can automatically repeats text recognized by the speech recognition after each of a succession of end of utterance detections. A user can move a cursor back or forward in recognized text, and the TTS can speak one or more words at the cursor location after each such move. The speech recognition can be used to produces a choice list of possible recognition candidates and the TTS can be used to provide spoken output of one or more of the candidates on the choice list.

Abstract: A handheld device with both large-vocabulary speech recognition and audio recoding allows users to switch between at least two of the following three modes: (1) recording audio without corresponding speech recognition; (2) recording with speech recognition; and (3) speech recognition without audio recording. A handheld device with both large-vocabulary speech recognition and audio recoding enables a user to select a portion of previously recorded sound and have speech recognition performed upon it. A system enables a user to search for a text label associated with portions of unrecognized recorded sound by uttering the label's words. A large-vocabulary system allows users to switch between playing back recorded audio and speech recognition with a single input, with successive audio playbacks automatically starting slightly before the end of prior playback. And a cell phone that allows both large-vocabulary speech recognition and audio recording and playback.

Abstract: The invention relates to the combination of speech recognition with handwriting and/or character recognition. This includes the innovation of selecting one or more best-scoring recognition candidates as a function of recognition of both handwritten and spoken representations of a sequence of one or more words to be recognized. It also includes the innovation of using character or handwriting recognition of one or more letters to alphabetically filter speech recognition of one or more words. It also includes the innovations of using speech recognition of one or more letter-identifying words to alphabetically filter handwriting recognition, and of using speech recognition to correct handwriting recognition of one or more words.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods, systems, and programming for displaying media in a scaled manner and/or in an orientation other than an operating system displays its graphical user interface. Some embodiments lay out digital content at a virtual pixel resolution and then display a portion of the layout at a smaller display resolution by displaying images and text at scaled-down coordinates and scaled-down sizes, with the display of text being composed from a plurality of font bitmaps having character shapes and pixel alignments selected to improve readability at the scaled-down size. Some embodiments, which operate on computing systems having operating systems that display a graphical user interface in a portrait orientation, display a scaled-down representation of a web page in a landscape orientation, including displaying in such a landscape orientation scaled-down images and scaled-down text composed from a plurality of font bitmaps designed for the scaled-down size.

Abstract: Web pages are displayed with a simultaneous overview and magnified view. An indicator can show the portion of the overview in the magnified view. Both views can be shown, one above the other, across the full width of the same screen. A user can select between such a split view and another view, including an overview-only view, a magnified-only view, and a view in which selected text is laid out to fit the width of the magnified view. Navigational input can directly move the layout in the magnified view or the cursor, and can scroll both the overview and magnified view. The magnified view can display text with antialiased fonts designed for its resolution. The magnified view can be made to function like a magnifying glass. The width of text in multicolumn layouts can be limited to fit the width of a view window, such as the magnified-view.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods, systems, and programming for displaying media in a scaled manner and/or in an orientation other than an operating system displays its graphical user interface. Some embodiments lay out digital content at a virtual pixel resolution and then display a portion of the layout at a smaller display resolution by displaying images and text at scaled-down coordinates and scaled-down sizes, with the display of text being composed from a plurality of font bitmaps having character shapes and pixel alignments selected to improve readability at the scaled-down size. Some embodiments, which operate on computing systems having operating systems that display a graphical user interface in a portrait orientation, display a scaled-down representation of a web page in a landscape orientation, including displaying in such a landscape orientation scaled-down images and scaled-down text composed from a plurality of font bitmaps designed for the scaled-down size.

Abstract: A system of advertising information on one or more mobile vehicles as a function of the vehicle's location. The system comprises mobile units and a central system for controlling the displays on the mobile units. The mobile units include displays visible from the outside of the vehicle, a controller, and a wireless communication system for repeatedly transmitting a locator signal to and receiving display-selection messages from the central system. The central system includes a wireless communication system for receiving locator signals from the mobile units, a memory and a processor. The central system determines a zone in which the mobile unit is located, selects a display to be shown by the mobile unit based on the zone that the mobile unit is located, and transmits a display-selection message to the mobile unit identifying a selected display message to be shown on the mobile unit's display.

Abstract: A system shows messages on electronic displays, including networks of outdoor displays, such as displays mounted on vehicles. With such vehicle displays, a display's current geographical location can be sensed, such as by a GPS receiver in the vehicle or by multiple wireless receivers separate from the vehicle. The sensed location can then be used to select which messages are shown the display. Different values can be associated with showing messages on displays at different locations and times, and values associated with the locations and time through which a display travels can be summed, such as for charging advertisers or crediting vehicle operators. The system can be controlled by a computer system, such as an e-commerce site, which allows advertisers to upload message content, select messages, and select the time and place at which a messages is to be shown, either directly or by specifying criteria for the system to select such times and places.

Abstract: Web pages are displayed with a simultaneous overview and magnified view. An indicator can show the portion of the overview in the magnified view. Both views can be shown, one above the other, across the full width of the same screen. A user can select between such a split view and another view, including an overview-only view, a magnified-only view, and a view in which selected text is laid out to fit the width of the magnified view. Navigational input can directly move the layout in the magnified view or the cursor, and can scroll both the overview and magnified view. The magnified view can display text with antialiased fonts designed for its resolution. The magnified view can be made to function like a magnifying glass. The width of text in multicolumn layouts can be limited to fit the width of a view window, such as the magnified-view.

Abstract: Databases provide information on viewership for messages. In some embodiments the database can describe the numbers and/or type of pedestrians who can watch public displays at different locations and times. The displays can be outdoors and/or vehicle mounted. The database can be updated by information from sensors. In some embodiments data having a given temporal and spatial granularity, such as pedestrian or vehicle data, is smoothed to produce data having a higher spatial and/or temporal resolution. In some embodiments a database of potential viewership is used to automatically select the message and charge for a showing on a given display. In some embodiments the database indicates viewership for different times of day and the charges or messages selected also vary by time of day. Such message or charge selection can be applied to nonpublic displays, based on multiple-viewer demographics associated with different displays, including demographics derived by sensors.

Abstract: A computerized method of collaboratively ordering information comprises: storing a plurality of information nodes; enabling a user to give an ordinal rank to a nodes under a parent node; ranking nodes under their parent node as a function of the ordinal ranking given to them by each of a group of users; and displaying nodes under their parent ordered by such rankings. The nodes can be statements about a subject, articles, multimedia presentations, suggestions about other nodes, discussion threads, URLs, advertisements, etc. In some embodiments a user can select to see nodes ordered by the rankings given them by different sets of users. In some embodiments, nodes can be ranked under a parent node, and parent nodes can be ranked under other parent nodes. In some embodiments the same node can have different rankings under different parent nodes. In some hierarchical embodiments a user can view the hierarchy of nodes with select parent nodes having their child nodes displayed.

Abstract: A method for creating word models for a large vocabulary, natural language dictation system. A user with limited typing skills can create documents with little or no advance training of word models. As the user is dictating, the user speaks a word which may or may not already be in the active vocabulary. The system displays a list of the words in the active vocabulary which best match the spoken word. By keyboard or voice command, the user may choose the correct word from the list or may choose to edit a similar word if the correct word is not on the list. Alternately, the user may type or speak the initial letters of the word. Then the recognition algorithm is called again satisfying the initial letters, and the choices displayed again. A word list is then also displayed from a large backup vocabulary. The best words to display from the backup vocabulary are chosen using a statistical language model and optionally word models derived from a phonemic dictionary.

Abstract: A text locating system recognizes spoken utterances, uses the recognized words as a search string, and searches text for words matching that search string. The probability that a given vocabulary word is selected as a search word is altered both by limiting the recognizable vocabulary to words in the text to the searched, and by altering the probability that individual recognizable words will be selected as a function of the number of time they occur in that text. The system performs incremental searches by adding successively recognized words to the search string and searching for the next occurrence of the string in response to each such addition. The invention can be used in a text editing system which enables a user to switch between a dictation mode, which inserts recognized words into text, and a search mode, which uses them to search for new cursor locations.