Abstract: A system for performing a login process for a user profile at an auxiliary device, the system comprising a first obtaining unit configured to obtain information associated with each of a plurality of image frames displayed by a first device, the first device being logged in with the user profile, a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of images captured by a camera associated with the auxiliary device, a comparison unit configured to compare the information associated with plurality of image frames displayed by the first device with a plurality of corresponding images captured by the camera to identify a degree of similarity for each corresponding image pair, wherein corresponding images are those associated with a same respective display and capture time, and an authentication unit configured to execute a login to the auxiliary device with the user profile in response to a determination that the degree of similarity meets or exceeds a threshold value for at least a subset of the plurality o

Abstract: A data processing apparatus comprises storage circuitry to store achievement data specifying one or more target properties to be achieved for a video game and progress data, the progress data being indicative of a combined user progress with respect to one or more of the target properties and a plurality of individual user progresses, wherein each of the plurality of individual user progresses corresponds to a progress of a respective user and the combined user progress corresponds to a combination of the plurality of individual user progresses, update circuitry to update the progress data in response to game session data for respective game sessions of the video game by respective users, and control circuitry, wherein in response to the combined user progress being indicative of meeting or exceeding one or more of the target properties, the control circuitry is configured to associate indicator data with at least some of the respective users for which the individual user progress contributes to the combined

Abstract: An apparatus for holding a display screen, the apparatus includes reception circuitry to receive, from at least one location-tracking device, location information indicative of a location of a viewer; position-tracking circuitry responsive to the location information to determine a relative position of the viewer relative to the display screen, viewing-region-checking circuitry to determine whether the relative position of the viewer is within a predetermined viewing region, and adjustment control circuitry responsive to the viewing-region-checking circuitry determining that the relative position of the viewer is outside of the predetermined viewing region to control adjustment circuitry to adjust the position and/or orientation of the display screen to place the relative position of the viewer in the predetermined viewing region.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes first image processing circuitry to generate first video images for an interactive content for display to a user, communication circuitry to receive, via a network, portable device data indicative of a state of a software application executed on a portable device associated with the user, second image processing circuitry to generate one or more second video images for display in dependence on the portable device data, control circuitry to set a control value in response to a user input by the user, and output circuitry to selectively output one of a first video image and a composite video image in dependence on the control value, where the composite video image comprises a portion comprising at least some of the first video image and another portion comprising at least some of a second video image.

Abstract: A method of monitoring degradation of seals of a packing case includes receiving signals from a first temperature sensor installed in a first location in a housing of the packing case; receiving signals from a second temperature sensor installed in a second location in the housing of the packing case; computing, from the signals, a temperature differential between the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor at two or more times; and determining, at least in part from the temperature differential at the two or more times, a degradation indicator for at least one of the seals of the packing case.

Abstract: A method of monitoring degradation of seals of a packing case includes receiving signals from a first temperature sensor installed in a first location in a housing of the packing case; receiving signals from a second temperature sensor installed in a second location in the housing of the packing case; computing, from the signals, a temperature differential between the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor at two or more times; and determining, at least in part from the temperature differential at the two or more times, a degradation indicator for at least one of the seals of the packing case.

Abstract: A processing device includes: a detection unit configured to detect input information representative of a sequence of input signals for a video game that are input by a user using one or more input controls; an identification unit configured to identify one or more input signal variations in dependence upon one or more differences between the detected input information and predetermined input information representative of one or more predetermined sequences of input signals for the video game; a generation unit configured to generate assistance information in dependence upon the one or more identified input signal variations; and a provision unit configured to provide the generated assistance information to the user.

Abstract: A client application is specified by a target tenant and represented in an OAuth provider, along with a corresponding secret. A source tenant consents to permissions to be executed by the client application on a resource of the source tenant. A target service uses the secret to obtain an access token from an authorization server coupled to the source tenant and uses the access token to obtain access, specified by the permissions, to the resource served by a source service acting on behalf of the source tenant.

Abstract: A cognitive load assistance method includes: providing a virtual environment comprising a route to complete a current task, and providing within the virtual environment one or more interactive elements not essential to the current task that may be encountered during normal performance of the current task, receiving an indication that cognitive load assistance is required, and reducing the interactivity of at least a first interactive element not essential to the current task in response to the indication.

Abstract: A content modification system comprising a content receiving unit operable to receive content comprising a virtual environment and one or more active elements, an input receiving unit operable to receive inputs from one or more users, an element addition unit operable to generate one or more virtual elements within the virtual environment in response to the received inputs, the virtual elements being unable to be interacted with by the one or more active elements, and a content generation unit operable to generate modified content comprising the virtual environment, the one or more active elements, and the one or more generated virtual elements.

Abstract: A visual perception assistance apparatus includes a rendering unit configured to render, for display, a virtual environment, the virtual environment comprising one or more virtual elements; a selection unit configured to select one or more of the virtual elements; and an adapting unit configured to, for a given selected virtual element, adapt one or more aspects associated with an appearance of the given selected virtual element in dependence upon a distance between the given selected virtual element and a predetermined location within the virtual environment.

Abstract: A haptic feedback method includes: providing a wearable haptic feedback device comprising one or more bone-conduction haptic feedback units, and driving the one or more bone conduction haptic feedback units with at least a first signal processed using a bone conduction head related transfer function, ‘bHRTF’.

Abstract: A content generation system, the system comprising an input obtaining unit operable to obtain one or more samples of input text and/or audio relating to a first content, an input analysis unit operable to generate n-grams representing one or more elements of the obtained inputs, a representation generating unit operable to generate a visual representation of one or more of the generated n-grams, and a display generation unit operable to generate second content comprising one or more elements of the visual representation in association with the first content.

Abstract: The device is a trash can that is comprised of two sections that can either be separated completely or rotated to expose the bottom section of a trash can. The bottom section can then be cleaned easily and the trash can is then reassembled either by attaching the two sections or by rotating the sections and clamping the sections together.

Abstract: A progressive sealing system for a reciprocating machine includes a pressure breaker having a first seal, and one or more additional seals between the pressure breaker and an end plate. One or more seal housings hold the seals between the first seal and the end plate. The end plate couples the progressive sealing system to a housing of a cylinder of the reciprocating machine such that a surface of the first seal faces a chamber of the cylinder. A housing for the second one of the seals includes a bore having an inner surface. The inner surface of the bore of the second seal housing and an outer surface of a rod of the reciprocating machine define an annular space when the rod is received in the bore. The packing case includes an expansion chamber adjoining the annular space.

Abstract: In a multi-tenant computing system, a cross-tenant user search system receives a user search input from a user using a client of a first tenant. The cross-tenant user search system accesses a policy that identifies one or more related tenants that are related to the first tenant. The policy also identifies directory records of users in the related tenant that can be searched by users of the first tenant. The cross-tenant user search system executes a search against a directory for the first tenant and executes a separate search against the directory records in the related tenants, identified in the policy. The search results from searching the directory for the first tenant and the related search results from searching the directory records in the tenant are aggregated into an aggregated set of search results which are then returned to the client.

Abstract: A system for generating secondary content for display, the secondary content being augmented reality content corresponding to primary content for display by a first display device, the system including a primary content characterisation unit operable to characterise the primary content, a secondary content generation unit operable to generate, in dependence upon the characterisation of the primary content, secondary content including one or more secondary content elements associated with the primary content, and a content positioning unit operable to position one or more secondary content elements with respect to one or more elements in a real environment, where the user of a second display device is able to view the secondary content elements overlaid upon a view of the real environment at the respective specified positions.

Abstract: A client application is specified by a target tenant and represented in an OAuth provider, along with a corresponding secret. A source tenant consents to permissions to be executed by the client application on a resource of the source tenant. A target service uses the secret to obtain an access token from an authorization server coupled to the source tenant and uses the access token to obtain access, specified by the permissions, to the resource served by a source service acting on behalf of the source tenant.

Abstract: A client application is specified by a target tenant and represented in an OAuth provider, along with a corresponding secret. A source tenant consents to permissions to be executed by the client application on a resource of the source tenant. A target service uses the secret to obtain an access token from an authorization server coupled to the source tenant and uses the access token to obtain access, specified by the permissions, to the resource served by a source service acting on behalf of the source tenant.