Abstract: A method for providing content syndication to subscribers. The method includes receiving one or more content items from a plurality of information sources. One or more tags are assigned to the one or more content items, the one or more tags indicating a taxonomy of the one or more content items. One or more keywords associated with the one or more content items and a media type of the one or more content items are identified. The one or more content items are indexed with the one or more tags, the one or more keywords, and the media type. The method further includes retrieving the one or more content items based on the one or more tags, the one or more keywords, and the media type.

Abstract: A method for providing content syndication to subscribers including receiving one or more content items from a plurality of information sources. One or more tags are assigned to the one or more content items, the one or more tags indicating a taxonomy of the one or more content items. One or more keywords associated with the one or more content items and a media type of the one or more content items are identified. The one or more content items are indexed with the one or more tags, the one or more keywords, and the media type. The method further includes retrieving the one or more content items based on the one or more tags, the one or more keywords, and the media type.

Abstract: A method for providing content syndication to subscribers. The method includes receiving one or more content items from a plurality of information sources. One or more tags are assigned to the one or more content items, the one or more tags indicating a taxonomy of the one or more content items. One or more keywords associated with the one or more content items and a media type of the one or more content items are identified. The one or more content items are indexed with the one or more tags, the one or more keywords, and the media type. The method further includes retrieving the one or more content items based on the one or more tags, the one or more keywords, and the media type.

Abstract: A system for managing a network of environmental control units (ECUs) enables an ECU user to more easily move from one living environment to another. The system allows an ECU to be conveniently configured based on the contents of an ECU configuration profile database that stores ECU user profiles and living environment profiles, without manual reprogramming of specific user or living environment characteristics. An ECU configuration profile database is maintained that stores user profiles made up of user specific ECU configuration information, and living environment profiles made up of living environment specific ECU configuration information. Each user profile contains user specific characteristics that reflect an associated user's disability, physical characteristics and/or preferences.

Abstract: A method and system that allow an ECU to be conveniently configured based on the contents of an ECU configuration profile database that stores ECU user profiles and living environment profiles, and that generates a user interface for a selected remote ECU displaying selectable living environment devices, each of which corresponds to a type of living environment device that can be controlled by a user through that ECU. The user interface further displays a representation of a current configuration of the remotely located ECU, and enables the administrator user to move the selectable living environment device representations into the current configuration representation for the remotely located environmental control unit, for example by dragging and dropping the living environment device representations using a mouse user interface device coupled to a computer system on which the administration tool is executing.

Abstract: An administration tool program generates a user interface displaying selectable living environment devices, each of which corresponds to a type of living environment device that can be controlled by a user through a remotely located ECU. The user interface displays a representation of a current configuration of the remotely located ECU, and enables the administrator user to move the selectable living environment device representations into the current configuration representation for the remotely located environmental control unit, for example by dragging and dropping the living environment device representations using a mouse user interface device coupled to a computer system on which the administration tool is executing.

Abstract: New method and means for controlling the environment of disabled individuals through their voice, which includes the operation of lights or any number of appliances and a personal computer wherein the keyboard and the mouse are separately controlled by voice commands, without interference with normal application, (including dictation programs), operating within the computer. Effectively the voice control provides parallel mouse and keyboard commands with normal mouse and keyboard commands.