Abstract: The present disclosure is related to systems and methods for recommending a personalized pick-up location. The method may include obtaining data from a requestor; determining a recommended pick-up location and a description of the recommended pick-up location based on the data; and output the recommended pick-up location and the description of the recommended pick-up location.

Abstract: A computer-implemented patient information presentation method is disclosed. The method includes extracting, from records maintained for a patient under care in a healthcare facility, a subset of data points for that patient that are determined to represent data points of highest relevance to a subset of potential caregivers for the patient. The method also includes grouping the subset of data points into a plurality of groups based on a determined relatedness among data points in each of the plurality of groups, and generating a display for presentation to a caregiver that shows at least some of the subset of data points arranged in the groups.

Abstract: A system and method for recommending shared transportation that include determining at least one starting location and at least one destination location of a user. The system and method also include determining at least one type of shared transportation that is located within a predetermined distance of at least one pathway that is utilized to reach the at least one destination from the at least one starting location. The system and method further include recommending the at least one type of shared transportation to the user and reserving the at least one type of shared transportation to be utilized by the user based on the user accepting the recommendation.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a system and method for ingesting location event data and identifying a journey for a vehicle from the event data. The journey identification includes identifying whether a given vehicle is moving for purposes of driving to a journey destination.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed that enable a mobile device to use an encoded tag to initiate and maintain communications with at least one remote server. The encoded tag is positioned to identify a point of interest, and in response to using the mobile device to scan the encoded tag, communications regarding the point of interest may be initiated. A single encoded tag may be used to obtain and update recorded information about the point of interest, to notify others about an issue related to the point of interest, to log into the system, and to wait to be alerted about an issue related to the point of interest. If an issue relating to a point of interest has been reported, the system and method may monitor the reported issue to ensure that an action has been taken to address the reported issue.

Abstract: An apparatus in an illustrative embodiment comprises at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The processing device is configured to receive sensor data from one or more nodes of a node network, to compute predicate data based at least in part on the received sensor data, to transmit at least a portion of the received sensor data and the computed predicate data to a third party application, to receive additional data from the third party application responsive to the transmitted portion of the received sensor data and the computed predicate data, to generate a control signal based at least in part on the received sensor data, the computed predicate data, and the received additional data from the third party application, and to transmit the control signal to at least one of the nodes of the node network. Other illustrative embodiments include methods and computer program products.

Abstract: A control method for a vehicle which is executable by at least one information processing device including a communication unit, includes: collecting vehicle information from the vehicle in a range of a communication data amount or a communication frequency that is allowed in communication with the vehicle, based on information about the communication data amount or the communication frequency; and calculating an accuracy of control of the vehicle based on an information amount of the collected vehicle information; and producing a control command based on the calculated accuracy.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated local story generation and curation are described. In one example embodiment, a server computer receives content from client devices, and processes the content to identify content characteristics. Stories are then generated based on the characteristics of the received content, and the stories are communicated to client devices. In certain embodiments, selection at a client device of an individual piece of content within a story may further be used by the system to provide the client device with a sub-story that includes pieces of content sharing content characteristics with the characteristics of the selected image or video.

Abstract: An event-based social media search platform includes a database for storing event data associated with user-created events for a plurality of users. The platform analyzes event data from different user-created events to determine when user-created events have event data in common. The platform alerts associated users of related events and facilitates communications between users to confirm that the user-created events are the same or related events. The platform can associate event data and users of related events in the database. Events can be published via social media platforms to assist users in finding other users who share common events.

Abstract: A device management method executed in a server communicatively connected, via a network, to a plurality of devices and a first operation device associated with a first user identifier identifying a first user, includes: receiving, from the first operation device, a request to associate the first user identifier and a first device identifier identifying a first device among the plurality of devices; and when, in correspondence information stored in a storage device and including device identifiers identifying devices associated with user identifiers identifying users, (i) the first device identifier is associated with a second user identifier different from the first user identifier and (ii) the first user identifier is associated with a second device identifier identifying a second device different from the first device among the plurality of devices, storing the second device identifier and the second user identifier in association with each other.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for determining and organizing multimedia content of a network page, related to reactions of at least one user to at least one common content object or context. The method comprising the steps of: receiving plurality of comments originated by different users relating one or more common multimedia object, wherein the user is required to define characteristics of their comment from multiple choice of definition types, enabling users to react to said comment by selecting one type of reaction from multiple choice of reaction types, wherein the each reaction type define different characteristics of the comment, analyzing comment characteristics as defined by the originator user and/or by reaction type; and selecting and organizing of comments and/or content objects which are related to the comments and/or and the relevant reactions according to the said analysis.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for determining the geographic location of a user communicating on a communications network such as the Internet. In one embodiment, a provider of a product or service: (a) receives the user's phone number (or other identification for contacting the user's station), and (b) supplies the user's station with a distinctive identifier. The provider then supplies a location determining service with the user's phone number (or other identification). A phone call is made to the phone number by the location determining service for retrieving the distinctive identifier from the network station having the phone number. If the distinctive identifier is retrieved and the location determining service determines that the user's station is within an appropriate geographical area (or not within an inappropriate area), then the provider can provide the requested product or service to the user.

Abstract: A process registers, at the user mobile computing device, one or more health-related documents for inclusion in a cloud-based digital health wallet. Furthermore, the process receives, at a user mobile computing device, a biometric identification input from the user for the registration of the one or more health-related documents. The process sends, from the user mobile computing device to a server computing device that stores the cloud-based digital health wallet, a first coded version of the biometric identification input for storage in a biometric validation data structure. Additionally, the process determines, at the user mobile computing device, a location of the user. Moreover, the process sends, from the user mobile computing device to the server computing device, a validation request at the location. The validation request includes a second coded version of a subsequently inputted biometric input from the user at the location.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving data in a wireless communication system. An operating method of a base station for transmitting and receiving pedestrian-to-vehicle (P2V) data includes: identifying whether a vehicle user equipment (UE) enters a preset dangerous area; when it is identified that the vehicle UE enters the dangerous area, transmitting a message related to the dangerous area to a pedestrian UE (P-UE); receiving, from the P-UE, a request for allocation of sidelink resources for transmitting and receiving P2V data to and from the vehicle UE; and allocating the sidelink resources to the P-UE.

Abstract: A method for facilitating location-based notification display by an application at a mobile device includes, while the application is in a launched state, receiving from the mobile device a location of the mobile device, determining one or more entity locations based on the location of the mobile device, and causing the mobile device to register the one or more entity locations. The method also includes, while the application is in a background state, causing the mobile device to register one or more location-triggered notifications, wherein each location-triggered notification of the one or more location-triggered notifications is associated with a corresponding entity location of the one or more entity locations.

Abstract: Provided a haptic feedback method, including: step S1 of algorithmically training an audio clip containing a known audio event type to obtain an algorithm model; and step S2 of obtaining an audio, identifying the audio by the algorithm model to obtain different audio event types in this audio, matching, according to a preset rule, the audio event types with different vibration effects as a haptic feedback and outputting the haptic feedback. Compared with the related art, the present haptic feedback method provides users with real-time haptic feedback when applied to a mobile electronic product, thereby achieving excellent use experience of the mobile electronic product.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide for a registry for augmented reality (AR) objects, which can provide AR objects to a client device to support various software or hardware applications. For instance, some embodiments provide for an AR object registry that facilitates or enables registration of one or more AR objects in association with one or more locations across a planet.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for optimized mobility management signaling in, for example, a data-centric network architecture are provided. One method may include storing data in at least one database of a shared data layer, such that the data stored in the shared data layer is shared by a plurality of network entities.

Abstract: A process for responding to location-variable group electronic digital assistant requests includes monitoring audio communications transmitted between a plurality of communication devices (CDs) on a group communication channel (CC) and detecting an audio inquiry from a first CD of the plurality of CDs. A location of each CD is determined, including different first and second determined locations of the first and second CDs. The audio inquiry is processed and it is determined that a response will vary based on the different first and second locations. Two different first and second responses to the audio inquiry are generated as a function of the determined locations and are caused to be provide to respective ones of the first and second CDs via one of (i) two private call CCs, (ii) one individual private call CC and the group CC, and (iii) the group CC and a second group CC.

Abstract: A system includes a device that is disposed within an environment and is adapted to communicate over a radio frequency communication link. The system also includes a wireless access point disposed within the environment, including a wireless transceiver in communication with the device over a radio frequency communication link using a plurality of channels, and recording a channel state information data set for the radio frequency communication link. The system also includes a monitoring device including a memory storing a plurality of activity profiles, each of which includes an activity and a channel state information profile corresponding to the activity, and a processor receiving, from the wireless access point, the channel state information data set and determining, based on a comparison of the channel state information data set to the channel state information profile of each of the plurality of activity profiles, the activity of the person in the environment.

Abstract: A mobility profile method includes receiving user mobility data; storing the mobility data; generating a machine learning mapping; analyzing the mobility data to produce an output; generating user information; transmitting the generated information; and displaying the generated information. A computing system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing system to receive user mobility data; store the mobility data; generate a machine learning mapping, analyze the mobility data to produce an output; generate user information; transmit the generated information; and display the generated information.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for enabling Personal Augmented Reality (PAR). PAR can include an emitor configured to receive data signals and emit the data signals as light signals. PAR can further include a smart device configured to receive the light signals emitted by the emitor. The smart device can process the light signals to yield a communication and display the communication on a screen.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in locating one or more merchant terminals based on transaction data associated with the terminals. One exemplary method generally includes accessing, by a computing device, transaction data for a transaction to a payment account between a merchant and a consumer at a merchant terminal where the transaction data includes a terminal ID for the merchant terminal, a merchant ID of the merchant, an acquirer ID for an acquirer associated with the merchant, and a temporal indicator. In addition, the method includes receiving, by the computing device, location data associated with the transaction, identifying, by the computing device, a location associated with the location data as a location of the merchant terminal, and assigning, by the computing device, a score to the identified location indicative of a confidence that the identified location is the actual location of the merchant terminal.

Abstract: User authentication based on cognitive profiling. First, usage by a person of one or more computerized devices is automatically and continuously tracked. A cognitive profile of the person is automatically and continuously generated based on the tracked usage. Responsive to a request for authenticating an identity of the person, a cognitive question is automatically generated based on the cognitive profile, and is presented to a user professing to be the person. An answer to the cognitive question is received from the user. Finally, the identity of the person is automatically authenticated when the answer to the cognitive question is determined to be correct.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: provide for use of a location shortcut, at an operating system level for an electronic device, to enable entering a location into a plurality of applications configured to run on the operating system.

Abstract: A method for synchronizing a first device and a second device, the first device and the second device being connectable via a wireless link. The method comprises generating (202), at the first device, a synchronization signal comprising a sequence of signals, wherein each of the signals in the sequence has a first frequency; transmitting (204) the sequence of signals from the first device to the second device; performing (206), at the second device, signal processing of the sequence of signals to determine relative phase information of each of the signals in the sequence; and synchronizing (208), based on the determined relative phase information, the first device and the second device by correcting phase offset of subsequent individual signals transmitted from the first device to the second device.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for determining usage information. A content device accessing content may determine an advertising event associated with the content. A trigger time may be determined that is a predetermined time before a start time of the advertising event. The content device may cause activation of a data capture component to capture data at the trigger time and at one or more times during the advertising event. The data can be compared to determine usage information indicative of user behavior during the advertising event.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a vehicle and an information processing device that acquires information acquired by the vehicle from the vehicle. The vehicle acquires information on an occupant in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and acquires position information of the vehicle. When it is determined based on the information on the occupant that the vehicle has traveled to the vicinity of a hidden tourist attraction, the information processing device generates tourist attraction information including the position information of the vehicle at a point at which the determination has been performed.

Abstract: A method is provided for interacting with audience members in an event, each of the potential attendees having available thereto a unique identifier. The method comprises creating, for an attendee, a unique ID (UID) on a mobile wireless device (MWD) by the steps of inputting to the MWD one of the unique identifiers, combining the obtained unique identifier with a UID time stamp at the time of creation of the UID; receiving with a server on a first wireless channel communications from the MWD; registering the UID at the physical location of the event; generating a visual query; displaying on the MWD response indicators; receiving at the server from the registered attendee a response, to the query over the first wireless channel; and storing in a database on the server the received response in association with the displayed query.

Abstract: Implementations utilize deep reinforcement learning to train a policy neural network that parameterizes a policy for determining a robotic action based on a current state. Some of those implementations collect experience data from multiple robots that operate simultaneously. Each robot generates instances of experience data during iterative performance of episodes that are each explorations of performing a task, and that are each guided based on the policy network and the current policy parameters for the policy network during the episode. The collected experience data is generated during the episodes and is used to train the policy network by iteratively updating policy parameters of the policy network based on a batch of collected experience data. Further, prior to performance of each of a plurality of episodes performed by the robots, the current updated policy parameters can be provided (or retrieved) for utilization in performance of the episode.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for selecting network protocols using heatmaps. For instance, a system may receive radio frequency information from one or more sources located within an environment. The system may then generate heatmaps using the radio frequency information, where the heatmaps represent characteristics associated with different network protocols. The characteristics may include signal strengths, throughputs, data packet drop rates, data packet retry rates, and/or the like for various locations within the environment. A user device may then receive the heatmaps from the system. Using a location of the user device and the heatmaps, the user device may determine to communicate using a network protocol from the different network protocols. The user device may then establish a connection using the network protocol.

Abstract: An automated system and method for authenticating entities or individuals attempting to access a computer application, network, system or device using a wireless device is provided. The system employs one or more short-range wireless interfaces (e.g. BLUETOOTH or Wi-Fi) or long-range wireless interfaces (e.g. cellular or WiMAX) to detect the presence or location of the wireless device and it's proximity to the secure system to be accessed. The wireless device incorporates a unique identifier and secure authentication key information associated with the user of the wireless device. An authentication result is generated and may be used for a variety of applications. The application may process the result and determine the degree of access for which the entity or individual is allowed.

Abstract: A system and method for facilitating access to requested information in building. The system includes a database, a server having a central processing unit, a wireless network, video displays disposed in rooms, and a sensing unit in communication with the server over the wireless network. The sensing unit has a microphone and disposed in each of the rooms. The sensing units are configured to detect the presence of a user and actuate an associated video display. The microphone is configured to receive requested information from the user. The central processing unit processes the requested information so as to retrieve the requested information from the database and display the requested information on the associated video display. In one embodiment, the sensing unit is a beacon and a portable electronic device. In another embodiment, the sensing unit is a wireless voice command device.

Abstract: A business application that includes a workflow for handling a call is adapted to perform a call service selected from a library of Sender Controlled Media business application services by configuring at least one service from the library for operation with the business application and utilizing the adapted business application to handle calls per the workflow.

Abstract: Described are methods, systems, and techniques to implement an improved map interface that displays updatable geographic information and that enables users to request one or more data products for a geospatial asset corresponding to a region of a geographic area. In some embodiments, a GIS application can be configured to interface with third party geospatial data suppliers that provide different types of data products displayable in the map interface. One or more of these data products can be requested by the user and may be associated with a recurring time interval to provide the user with expanded display views that are up to date and complete.

Abstract: A computer system and method for providing location-based application access is provided. For example, the computer system includes a processor configured to receive a connection request for access to a distributed workspace, the connection request including location information for a client device. The processor can access metadata for each of a plurality of location-based applications, the metadata including location information for each of the applications defining at least one physical location where each of the applications can be accessed. The processor can compare the location information against the metadata for each of the applications and determine one or more applications that match the location information for the client device. The processor then can organize each of the applications that have associated location information that matches the location information into a listing of available applications and transmit the listing of available applications for display to a user of the client device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for provisioning applications include storing an application identifier in association with location information in a database that is accessible by a user device. The user device then detects that it is located at a location included in the location information. In response to detecting that it is located at the location, the user device determines an application that is included on the user device and that is identified by the application identifier that is associated with the first location. The user device then automatically provides the application for display to a user. In some embodiments, the application may be automatically provided by automatically launching the application on the user device, and that application may be automatically closed if the user device leaves the location or the application is not used for a predetermined amount of time.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method of regulating access to devices that can distract a driver that is operating a motor vehicle based on received Vehicle-to-Everything communications including Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure information. One example method may include determining a vehicle is approaching a vehicle movement restriction location requiring a vehicle movement restriction, determining an amount of time associated with the vehicle movement restriction, and determining whether a device located inside the vehicle will be made accessible to a user during the vehicle movement restriction based on the amount of time associated with the vehicle movement restriction.

Abstract: It is inter-alia disclosed a method performed by an apparatus, said method comprising: determining a representative of a size of a geofence based on one or more parameters, wherein at least one parameter of the one or more parameters is indicative of a location update interval associated with a mobile device.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for invoking actions at a second user device from a first user device. A method includes determining that a first user device has an associated second user device; accessing specification data that specifies a set of user device actions that the second user device is configured to perform; receiving command inputs for the first user device; for each command input, determining whether the command input resolves to one of the user device actions; for each command input not determined to resolve any of the user device actions, causing the command input to be processed at the first user device; and for each command input determined to resolve one of the user device actions causing the first user device to display in a user interface a dialog by which a user may either accept or deny invoking the user device action at the second user device.

Abstract: A method for tracking a non-connected vehicle is provided. The method includes obtaining one or more features of the non-connected vehicle, assigning an ID to the non-connected vehicle, the ID including information about the one or more features of the non-connected vehicle, predicting one or more locations of the non-connected vehicle in response to the non-connected vehicle being out of a field of view of a connected vehicle at a first location, identifying a vehicle at a second location, the second location corresponding to one of the predicted one or more locations, and determining whether the identified vehicle at the second location corresponds to the non-connected vehicle based on a comparison of one or more features of the identified vehicle and the ID.

Abstract: A map-based graphical user interface for a social media application displays to social media activity information based on submission of geo-tagged social media items to the platform. Geographical distributions of social activity is displayed on a map forming part of the application. A heatmap can represent posting density or unusualness.

Abstract: A system and method for creating a synchronized dynamic geolocation area and augmenting a view of the synchronized dynamic geolocation area with content based on one or more display parameters may be provided. An initiating user may generate a dynamic geolocation area that may track the location of the initiating user as the initiating user moves, and indicate content to associate with the geolocation area and one or more display parameters to associate with the content. A recipient user may be provided with an augmented view of the geolocation area based on the content and the display parameters. Further, a location of the recipient user may be synchronized with the geolocation area, such that as the recipient user or the geolocation area move, the augmented view may be modified to account for the movement.

Abstract: A system receives a vehicle data snapshot. The system compares characteristics of the vehicle data snapshot to a database of known characteristics, the known characteristics identifying one or more instances corresponding to an instance type identified in a geo-fence request, the instance types in the geo-fence request having been submitted for geo-fencing around occurrences of instances of the instance type. Responsive to identifying an existence of an instance at a location where the vehicle data snapshot was taken, based on the comparison, the system establishes a geo-fence around the identified instance and transmits the established geo-fence to one or more vehicles associated with the geo-fence request.

Abstract: A content acquisition request for acquiring content from the social networking service is received from a first terminal associated with a social networking service. The content acquisition request comprises a first location of the first terminal. A content recommendation message is received from a second terminal associated with the social networking service. The content recommendation message comprises a recommended content information and a second location of the second terminal. A server of the social networking service determines that (i) the first location of the first terminal and the second location of the second terminal are within a preset range, and (ii) a first time of the content acquisition request and a second time of the content recommendation message are within a preset time difference. In response, a target content associated with the recommended content information of the content recommendation message is transmitted by the server to the first terminal.

Abstract: A system determines a set of POIs that are visible from a location. The system stores a visibility map for each POI. A visibility map includes data about locations or regions from which the associated POI is visible. The data may include information about how visible the POI is from different locations. The system divides a region into road bins (e.g., geofences a route passes through). Each road bin is associated with a set of POIs that are visible from locations within the road bin. When the system receives a request from a user device for information about visible POIs, the system determines a road bin that corresponds to the location of the user device, identifies POIs associated with the road bin, and transmits information about the set of POIs to the user device.

Abstract: A data enrichment system for enriching requests for advertising opportunities. The data enrichment system is configured to aggregate and index data to provide end user insights to marketers based upon information supplied by publishers in regards to advertising opportunities passed along in requests. The system is configured to take attributes passed along in a request associated with the advertising opportunity and provide enriched data based upon the attributes received in the request. The attributes can then identify corresponding enriched data that can be passed along to the marketers.

Abstract: An information notification method for providing information from a server device to a plurality of devices connected to a network, including: reading notification information stored in association with information indicating a particular action of a user; acquiring operation histories of the plurality of devices; estimating, based on operation histories of one or more devices owned by the user among the plurality of devices, a no-operation period during which the user is unlikely to operate the one or more devices; determining, based on current operation state of the one or more devices, whether the particular action has been performed outside the no-operation period; and transmitting, when outcome of the determining is affirmative, the notification information associated with the particular action to a destination device among the one or more devices owned by the user. The destination device provides the user with the notification information.

Abstract: Inter-alia, a method is disclosed comprising: receiving at least one radio-based count information indicative of a number of radio devices residing at a venue or a part thereof; determining an occupancy information indicative of an occupancy of a number of persons residing at the venue or a part thereof, wherein the occupancy information is determined based at least partially on the radio-based count information and a correction information indicative of a relation between a true number of persons residing at the venue or a part thereof and the number of radio devices observable at the venue or a part thereof, wherein the correction information represents a ratio of a number of radio devices that have turned their radio communication interfaces on per persons residing at the venue or a part thereof; and storing the occupancy information. It is further disclosed an according apparatus, computer program and system.

Abstract: A method includes executing instructions associated with a public engagement computing platform on a server, publishing an agenda of a live event on the public engagement computing platform, and determining a set of trusted locations corresponding to a set of users of a number of client devices accessing the agenda. The method also includes analyzing communication pertinent to the agenda from at least a subset of the set of users, scoring at least the subset of the set of users based on the analyzed communication in accordance with the determined set of trusted locations and a relevance of the analyzed communication with respect to the agenda, and, in accordance with the scoring, determining a placement of the analyzed communication in an order of publicly viewable analyzed communication that is part of all analyzed communication pertinent to the agenda.