Abstract: Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for determining whether a mobile device is in vehicle mode. A notification may be received while the mobile device is in vehicle mode and the notification may be determined to be important or unimportant. If the notification is determined to be important, then the notification may be provided to the user via an output mode (e.g., display or speaker). If the notification is determined to be unimportant, then the notification may not be provided to the user via the display until the mobile device is no longer in vehicle mode.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques for dynamic driver attention and event notification management based on the current contextual information about a vehicle, driver attention, and a distraction weight of a notification of an event. A method may include receiving a first contextual information about a motorized vehicle. An indication of the occurrence of a first event may be received. It may be determined that the first event has a first event notification weight that satisfies a first notification threshold based on the first contextual information. As a result, a first notification of the first event may be provided to a user of the motorized vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques for dynamic driver attention and event notification management based on the current contextual information about a vehicle, driver attention, and a distraction weight of a notification of an event. A method may include receiving a first contextual information about a motorized vehicle. An indication of the occurrence of a first event may be received. It may be determined that the first event has a first event notification weight that satisfies a first notification threshold based on the first contextual information. As a result, a first notification of the first event may be provided to a user of the motorized vehicle.

Abstract: Systems device and techniques are disclosed for determining whether a mobile device is in vehicle mode. A notification may be received while the mobile device is in vehicle mode and the notification may be determined to be important or unimportant. If the notification is determined to be important, then the notification may be provided to the user via, an output mode (e.g., display or speaker). If the notification is determined to be unimportant, then the notification may not be provided to the user via the display until the mobile device is no longer in vehicle mode.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for management of media player functionality. A template user interface including slots, each slot including definition for a control, may be received. The definition may include a position within a user interface and a size for the control. The control may be associated with a feature for media applications. A list including a feature for a first media application may be received. The feature for the first media application may use one of the slots of the template user interface. A translated interface for the first media application may be generated by replacing one the controls associated with the slots with a control for the feature of the first media application, where the control for the feature of the first media application uses the position in the definition associated with the slot for the replace control. The translated interface may be displayed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques for dynamic driver attention and event notification management based on the current contextual information about a vehicle, driver attention, and a distraction weight of a notification of an event. A method may include receiving a first contextual information about a motorized vehicle. An indication of the occurrence of a first event may be received. It may be determined that the first event has a first event notification weight that satisfies a first notification threshold based on the first contextual information. As a result, a first notification of the first event may be provided to a user of the motorized vehicle.

Abstract: Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for modifying a cache value based on an upcoming reduction in connection. A determination be made that a user device is in a travel mode and intended travel data may be received accordingly. Data throughput information corresponding to the intended travel data may be received. A determination that there is an upcoming reduction in connection may be made based on the data throughput information. A cache value (e.g., amount of data received, provided, or cached) may be modified based on the upcoming reduction in connection.

Abstract: A clay target trap machine including a clay target throwing machine (1) and associated target hopper or magazine (2) mounted on a base, the base being mounted on a carriage (8) movable automatically on rails (12) and able to throw clay targets from more than one position and at a number of different firing angles and heights.

Abstract: A method for receiving signals in a receiver having a plurality of receive elements may include a transmitted signal in a plurality of receive elements to form a plurality of receive element signals, generating a plurality of uncorrelated chipping sequences, and encoding each the plurality of receive element signals with a different one of the chipping sequences to form a plurality of encoded signals, and combining the plurality of encoded signals into a combined signal. The plurality of encoded signals may include a first encoded signal, a second encoded signal, and a third encoded signal. Combining may include combining the first encoded signal with the second encoded signal to generate a first combined signal, and combining the first combined signal with information indicative of the third encoded signal to generate a second combined signal.

Abstract: An example embodiment of the invention may include a system, a method and/or a computer program product for enabling calibrating of word spots resulting from a spoken query, including, e.g., but not limited to, presenting a plurality of word spots to a user, each of the plurality of word spots having a confidence level; determining by the user whether at least one of the plurality of word spots is a hit or a false positive by determining whether the at least one of the plurality of word spots matches at least one word In the spoken query; receiving a maximum acceptable percentage of false positives from the user; and determining an acceptable confidence threshold value for the spoken query by locating the smallest confidence level in the plurality of word spots below which the percentage of word spots in the plurality of word spots that are false positives exceeds the maximum acceptable percentage of false positives.

Abstract: An RF tag 25 is incorporated in a mouse 20, and an RF tag reader 15 is mounted on the main body side of a computer 10. When using the mouse 20 to a specified computer 10, a user moves the mouse close to the reader 15 to read identification information (ID) of the mouse 20, which is included in the RF tag 25. On the main body side of the computer 10, the mouse 20 is designated in accordance with the read ID and communication with the mouse 20 is set. There may be a case where a plurality of computers and peripheral equipment intermingle, but, by making joint use of the ID reader 15 in a short-range, a corresponding relationship between the main body of the computer 10 and the wireless equipment 20 is made clear.

Abstract: An attachment for a fishing rod to respond to tension on the fishing line. In one mode it responds to a lateral pull on the rod tip. In another mode it responds to an axial pull on the line. It enables accurate adjustment of the drag, and can indicate when the tension on the line is in a safe or risky range relative to the rated stress of the line.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a data symbol is described. In one embodiment, the data symbol is modulated to produce a modulated data symbol. The modulated data symbol is encoded to generate an embedded offset in the modulated data symbol. The modulated data symbol is then transmitted with the embedded offset. In another embodiment, a modulated signal having an embedded offset is received. A symbol estimate is derived from the modulated signal. The symbol estimate is then applied to demodulate the modulated signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing packet processing is described. A signal having a preamble sequence is received. A detection parameter estimate is derived from the preamble sequence. The detection parameter estimate is evaluated to process at least one packet in the signal.

Abstract: An RF tag 25 is incorporated in a mouse 20, and an RF tag reader 15 is mounted on the main body side of a computer 10. When using the mouse 20 to a specified computer 10, a user moves the mouse close to the reader 15 to read identification information (ID) of the mouse 20, which is included in the RF tag 25. On the main body side of the computer 10, the mouse 20 is designated in accordance with the read ID and communication with the mouse 20 is set.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for enhancing the data transmission capacity of a wireless communication system includes a smart antenna array for forming a radiation pattern to communicate with a plurality of mobile devices and control circuitry for adaptively modifying the radiation pattern to increase the carrier-to-interference (C/I) ratio of the wireless communication system.

Abstract: An enhanced frame structure for a system for transmitting and receiving digital television signals as a plurality of frames and method of using same. The enhanced frame structure contains an initial frame structure containing at least two fields, each of said fields having a field synchronization segment followed by a plurality of initial frame structure data segments and a first or more modified frame structures containing at least two fields. Each of said fields has a field synchronization segment followed by at least a plurality of first modified frame structure data segments that is less than the plurality of initial frame structure data segments.