Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising capturing context information of a user and using heuristics based on a common knowledge database to turn location tracked over time combined with the context information into semantic location information. Embodiments of the present invention may further provide creating and identifying said heuristics and wherein trace data of GPS coordinates are obtained continuously throughout the user's day and first clustered to identify interesting locations, then up-leveled to a street address or business name and then semantically interpreted in one of several categories.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of determining when a user is in-market for a specific product and knowing general shopping preferences and habits of users, comprising using web browsing behavior to determine the products the user is interested in purchasing and how the user typically likes to shop and wherein the web browsing behavior is determined by watching some or all web pages loaded and analyzing at least a URL, page text, and cookies associated with each loaded web page.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising identifying in-market purchasing interests and representing them as a user goal to determine when a user is in-market for a specific product and to determine general shopping preferences and habits of the user, and wherein the goal has a timeline, and goal satisfaction can be identified via a variety of contextual inputs selected from the group consisting of: location; traces from online shopping activity; credit card bills; or a pay-by-phone transactions.

Abstract: Methods, media and systems are disclosed in which data is transferred from a data source apparatus to an application of a data receiving apparatus using both a first protocol and a second protocol. The data receiving apparatus identifies data received via the second protocol that has not been received via the first protocol, and delivers the identified data received via the second protocol to the application.

Abstract: A device and method for medical monitoring and therapeutic dosage control and delivery is disclosed.