Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a management of a wireless interface of a device. The management of the wireless interface includes monitoring of at least one component of the device, other than a wireless network element followed by switching a power state of the wireless interface to another power state according to the monitored activity.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a management of a wireless interface of a device; the management comprises: monitoring of at least one component of the device, other than a wireless network element; switch a power state of the wireless interface to another power state according to the monitored activity.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a management of a wireless interface of a device; the management comprises: monitoring of at least one component of the device, other than a wireless network element; switch a power state of the wireless interface to another power state according to the monitored activity.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a management of a wireless interface of a device. The management of the wireless interface includes monitoring of at least one component of the device, other than a wireless network element followed by switching a power state of the wireless interface to another power state according to the monitored activity.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method (1100) and apparatus (702) for inhibiting the interruption of the content being consumed by a user that is provided by an entertainment system. The method (1100) and apparatus (702) of the present disclosure may detect an interruption event and determine, based on the current state of a user, whether the interruption event matches the current state of the user. If the method (1100) and apparatus (702) of the present disclosure determine that the interruption event does not match the current state of the user, the method (1100) and apparatus (702) of the present disclosure may inhibit the interruption of the content being consumed by the user.

Abstract: System, method, apparatus and computer program product to process information regarding operation of a system and determine a characteristic of a user interaction with the system that is then used to improve the system operation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method (1100) and apparatus (702) for inhibiting the interruption of the content being consumed by a user that is provided by an entertainment system. The method (1100) and apparatus (702) of the present disclosure may detect an interruption event and determine, based on the current state of a user, whether the interruption event matches the current state of the user. If the method (1100) and apparatus (702) of the present disclosure determine that the interruption event does not match the current state of the user, the method (1100) and apparatus (702) of the present disclosure may inhibit the interruption of the content being consumed by the user.

Abstract: A method of monitoring a transfer of a block of content from a first device to a second device in a peer-to-peer network is described. A monitoring device performs a smart contract in the peer-to-peer network by receiving a reusable proof of work related to a transfer of the block of content from the first device and from the second device; receiving a proof of possession of the block of content from the second device; and logging a result of the data transfer on a blockchain for transfer of blocks of content.

Abstract: Interactions with a multimedia content provider are tracked and communication is made with a physical activity tracking device to obtain movement information. The interactions and physical activity level provide insight as to a length of time a user has been continuously watching multimedia content. When a level of inactivity exceeds a threshold, access to multimedia content is adjusted, for example, by limiting access to the multimedia content and/or displaying a notification to the user regarding their level of inactivity.

Abstract: The present principles generally relate to detection and analysis of sound events in a user's environment to automate changes to a multi-media player's state or action. The multimedia player characterizes ambient sound that it receives. The state or the action of the multimedia player is adaptively initiated or changed according to the characterization of the ambient sound and the location of the player, thus allowing adaptive adjustment of the sound of the audio/video content.

Abstract: A plurality of watcher gateways in a network measure network characteristics of target gateways. The watcher gateways can elect a leader and send the measurements to the leader that verifies the consistency of and concatenates the measurements, preferably in a predetermined order, before hashing the concatenation. The resulting hash value is then stored, possibly with identifiers of the watcher gateways, in a blockchain maintained by the target gateway and the concatenation is stored in a log storage.

Abstract: First user terminal (4) comprising: a collector module operable to collect from at least one second user terminal (4, 6, 8) an address of at least one web page accessed by the second user terminal (4, 6, 8), said address being associated with a scope; and a profile manager operable to build a profile of the user on the basis of the collected address and the scope.

Abstract: A method for detecting device replacement in a network is proposed. A salient idea is to monitor the connectivity of a plurality of devices connected to a home gateway over time, to compute a set of fingerprints at least associated with a device over time, wherein a fingerprint is representative of a usage by one user or a group of user over time. In case a new device is detected connected to the home gateway, a fingerprint associated with this new device for a current period of time is compared with the fingerprints associated with other devices over a previous period of time. In case there is a fingerprint match between the fingerprint associated with the new device and a fingerprint associated with a device that did not connect to the gateway since the new device appeared, a device replacement is detected between those devices.

Abstract: The present principles generally relate to an apparatus and a method for processing network device activities in a location such as a house or an office building. In one exemplary embodiment, network activities for the devices associated with a location are determined. Devices with correlated periods of network activities are grouped together. The grouped devices are determined to be belonging to the same user and, therefore the population associated with the location can thus be determined.

Abstract: Method of exporting a message intended for a user and received by a providing device, from a providing device (6) to a rendering device (8) said method comprising:—receiving by a message pool manager (4) said message from the providing device (6);—storing said message in a message pool (9);—transmitting said message from the message pool manager (4) to the rendering device (8) further to a request from the rendering device (8).

Abstract: A method for recommending content from among a collection of available content includes determining for each of available content at least one of a first, second and third content ratings related to (1) content characteristics that interfere with sleep patterns; (2) excitement level of the content; and (3) dynamic range of content audio, respectively. Thereafter, the content having a content rating that least interfere with sleep patterns is established. The available content having the content rating that least interferes with sleep patterns is recommended.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a management of a wireless interface of a device. The management of the wireless interface includes monitoring of at least one component of the device, other than a wireless network element followed by switching a power state of the wireless interface to another power state according to the monitored activity.

Abstract: A web advertisement classifier for embedded advertisements in a web page includes detecting whether an advertisement is a contextual advertisement; detecting whether the advertisement is a retargeted advertisement; and detecting whether the advertisement is a behaviorally targeted advertisement. Classified advertisement suppression is provided that includes identifying one or more previously-visited web pages; visiting the one or more web pages chronologically identifying one or more target web pages having a content association that is a same content association had by the advertisement; skipping the one or more target web pages; and saving the resultant click stream.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to identification of multimedia flows, comprising reception of flows; identification of multimedia flows and multimedia flow source among received flows; if a multimedia flow is received, identification of a type of the multimedia flow; identification of an identity of content of the multimedia flow; forwarding of flows.

Abstract: A user device encrypts data and privacy attributes associated with the data. A processing device receives the encrypted data and privacy attributes, receives a signed script from a requester and verifies the signature. If successfully verified, the private key is unsealed and used to decrypt the privacy attributes and script attributes, which are compared to determine if the script respects the privacy attributes. If so, the encrypted data are decrypted and the script processes the private data to generate a result that is encrypted using a key of the requester and the encrypted result is then output. The device is preferably configured to inhibit the output of any information while the data is unencrypted. This way, the user can be ensured that the processing of the private data respects the privacy attributes set by the user.