Based On User Location Patents (Class 705/14.58)
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Patent number: 11481094Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing location-related communications of an electronic device associated with a user account. In some embodiments, techniques are discussed for managing location-related communications by pausing display of location-related communications while location-related alerts are enabled. In some embodiments, an option for pausing the alerts is displayed with a set of one or more alert conditions. In some embodiments, techniques are discussed for managing location-related communications by automatically generating a second alert after a first alert was generated in response to a set of alert criteria being met.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hannah S. Story, Nabila Rahman, Patrick L. Coffman
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Patent number: 11468486Abstract: Vehicle transactions can be facilitated based on location. A customer location can be tracked relative to vehicles at a dealer location. A customer in close proximity to a particular vehicle at a dealer location can be detected, and a finance agreement can be generated between a financing party, the customer, and the dealer of the vehicle based on the detection of the customer and the vehicle. Further, a mechanism is provided to aid execution of the finance agreement as a contract between the customer, the financing party, and the dealer to finalize a sale or lease of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Vasudev Tumkur Umapathi, Ramesh Chinnasamy, Rameshchandra Bhaskar Ketharaju, Ramanathan Ramanathan, Shanmukeswara Rao Donkada, Parul Ghosh
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Patent number: 11461386Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving a query image and a user tap location, processing the received query image based on the user tap location, identifying one or more entities associated with the processed query image and in response to receiving (i) the query image, and (ii) the user tap location, providing information about the identified one or more of the entities.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Abhanshu Sharma, David Petrou, Matthew Sharifi
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Patent number: 11449535Abstract: An embodiment may involve persistent storage containing an ordered set of queries that are respectively associated with textual prompts, visibility indicators, definitions of answer formats, and zero or more dependencies on other queries in the ordered set of queries. One or more processors may be configured to iterate through the ordered set of queries, and for a query therein: retrieve the query; determine that the query has a dependency on a previous query; modify a textual prompt of the query, a visibility indicator of the query, or a definition of an answer format of the query; determine that the visibility indicator specifies that the query is visible; provide, by way of a conversational interface, the textual prompt; receive, by way of the conversational interface, an input in response to the textual prompt; verify that the input matches the definition of the answer format; and store the input.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.Inventors: Shouvik Goswami, Harshvardhan Prasad, Varun Tayal, Anurag Vesangi, Akshay Kumar Vyasabhattu
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Patent number: 11449898Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method, a device, and storage medium for recommending a point of interest (POI) for location-based services (LBSs). The method includes determining, by a device, a target region according to a location of a user. The target region is a geographic region obtained by dividing an electronic map based on Mercator coordinates. The device includes a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory. The method includes obtaining, by the device, at least one target POI, the at least one target POI being selected according to an influence, the influence comprising at least one of a target-region influence, a smooth-window-region influence, and a fused-region influence; and outputting, by the device, the at least one target POI.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Guangmou Pan, Fanshuo Kong
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Patent number: 11442997Abstract: A digital content distribution system associated with disseminating discrete epochs of digital content based at least on creation of a zip span polygon region is disclosed. The system receives zip code information associated with a bounded geographical region of interest and a zip spanning distance related to the bounded geographical region of interest. The system determines longitude information values and latitude information values associated with coordinate boundary values of a portion of the zip code information based on the zip spanning distance. The system further determines at least one neighboring geographical region contiguous with the geographical region of interest using the longitude and latitude information values.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: NEIGHBORCOM, LLCInventors: Paul Evseroff, Adam Feinberg
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Patent number: 11422371Abstract: A projection display having an optical waveguide for a see-though display system using Fresnel mirrors is disclosed. A display using this waveguide enables high resolution, free from chroma aberration, wide viewing angle, large eye-box and very compact size.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Inventor: Fusao Ishii
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Patent number: 11416297Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for optimizing distribution of resources to data elements, comprising receiving one or more user-defined objectives associated with a group of data elements, wherein at least one of the user-defined objectives includes an objective related to a selected target group; receiving one or more constraints associated with the group of data elements, wherein at least one of the constraints comprises resources apportionable to each data element in the group of data elements; developing a first prediction of a performance of the group of data elements during a time period based on the one or more user-defined objectives and the one or more constraints; and apportioning at least a portion of the resources to each data element in the group of data elements based on the first prediction once the time period has started.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: ADAP.TV, Inc.Inventors: Amir Cory, Shubo Liu
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Patent number: 11410198Abstract: An information processing device includes: a server transmitting and receiving unit configured to receive location information indicating a location of a vehicle from an on-board device mounted on the vehicle; and a server control unit configured to when the vehicle is traveling in an area that the vehicle has visited a predetermined number of times or less, extract a facility that faces a first road located within a predetermined range based on the location information and having traffic capacity equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, wherein the server transmitting and receiving unit is configured to send advertisement information of the facility to the on-board device.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Tanabe, Yuichiro Ueda, Atsuko Kobayashi, Akira Iijima, Manabu Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Goto
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Patent number: 11412019Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method performed in a network server of a service provider providing a service comprising media streaming. The method comprises receiving a detection message from a mobile radio device running the service for a user registered with the service provider, said message comprising an indication that said radio device has detected a radio transmitter as well as comprising an identifier of said radio transmitter. The method also comprises determining that the radio transmitter, as identified by the received identifier, is registered with the service provider and associated with one or more actions. The method also comprises electing an action of the one or more actions. The method also comprises sending an instructions message to the radio device, said message comprising instructions to modify the service such that the radio device performs the elected action.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Jens Afzelius, Lingyu Wang, Michael Becker, Shannon Cusick, Nikoloas Toumpelis, Nicholas Konstantinidis
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Patent number: 11403658Abstract: Systems and methods for selectively providing post-transaction offers are described. During a transaction process for a first transaction associated with an online store, a request to provide a post-transaction offer is received. A first trust indicator associated with the online store is determined. The first trust indicator is based on historical customer response to the same or a different post-transaction offer. After determining that the first trust indicator satisfies a first trust threshold, the post-transaction offer is provided after completion of the first transaction.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: SHOPIFY INC.Inventors: Martin Gingras, Alexandre Bastien, Ariel Borahm Cho, Denis Lins, Olga Kudinova, Korosh Koochekian Sabor, Sara Hill, Constance Cerf, Xiaopong Tran, Robin Drexler, Derek Pyne, Mehmet Emrah Celik, Jared Dykstra, Kevan Davis, Thomas Lacher, Louis-Philippe Labelle Cloutier
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Patent number: 11397993Abstract: An electronic logging and track detection system for mobile telematics devices and method are provided. In particular, an electronic logging and track detection system and system for mobile telematics devices, as smart phones and/or mobile cellular phones is proposed, which tend to change their sensing and measuring orientation and direction in respect to the main direction of movement/motion or moving sense, as for example given by a person with proper motion holding a mobile phone within a moving vehicle. Instantaneous movement telematics data are measured by and logged from sensors of the mobile telematics devices and trips and/or trip-segments based on the instantaneous movement sensory telematics data are automatically identified and detected at least by the telematics sensors comprising an accelerometer sensor and a gyroscope sensor and a Global Positioning System sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd.Inventors: Sebastiaan Bongers, Simone Bassis, Bruno Apolloni
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Patent number: 11397959Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing terminal, and an information processing method that can effectively perform a promotion measure. Provided is an information processing device including: an information acquisition unit that acquires a transaction history between one or a plurality of electronic commerce business operators and a user; a determination unit that determines whether the user satisfies a predetermined condition on the basis of the acquired transaction history; and an incentive giving unit that gives the user a right to execute a game in which points can be given according to a result via an information processing terminal used by the user on the basis of a determination result.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: FELICA NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: Makoto Daicho, Motohiro Oohama
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Patent number: 11386413Abstract: Pursuant to some embodiments, systems, methods and computer program code are provided for receiving a transaction request message, the transaction request message specifying transaction attributes for a proposed payment transaction involving a user of a mobile device and a merchant, comparing the transaction attributes with a permitted transaction rule, the permitted transaction rule having been stored in the mobile device prior to receiving the transaction request message, approving the proposed transaction upon determining that the transaction attributes satisfy the permitted transaction rule, the approving including generating a transaction cryptogram, and transmitting the transaction cryptogram to the merchant for use in completing the proposed payment transaction.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Simon Phillips, Patrik Smets, Alan Johnson
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Patent number: 11358603Abstract: A system for a vehicle includes a memory configured to store modeling parameters, generated using an algorithm that assigns relevance scores to features, that specify information indicative of how configuration data including information indicative of use of features of the vehicle classifies which user is currently using the vehicle. The system also includes a processor programmed to monitor the vehicle for the configuration data, identify a most likely user profile using the modeling parameters according to the configuration data, and apply settings of the user profile to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeremy Lerner, James Issac, Jae Hyung Lim
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Patent number: 11361326Abstract: A request for an inference from a customer is received at a machine learning (ML) decentralized application (DAPP) platform, where the request includes a data record associated with a user that is associated with the customer. The data record is distributed by the ML DAPP platform among a number of service providers. An inference is received at the ML DAPP platform from each service provider. The received inferences are returned to the customer by the ML DAPP platform.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: SAP SEInventor: Itzhak Shoshan
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Patent number: 11354723Abstract: The E-WALLET STORE INJECTION SEARCH APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“SIS”) transform aggregated automated shopping lists and user location data using SIS components into automated shopping item availability messages and merchant location navigation responses. In some implementations, the disclosure provides a processor-implemented method of providing an automated store injection search service.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATIONInventors: Vishwanath Shastry, Marc Blum, Ayman Hammad, Edward Katzin, Thomas Purves, Julian Hua
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Patent number: 11344812Abstract: A method of performing operations for executing a progressive interactive augmented reality (AR) advertisement display during execution of a running application is disclosed. based on a receiving of a first trigger event from the running application, a first aspect of the progressive AR advertisement is executed within a display window while the application is executing. The first aspect includes an interactive advertisement. Based on a receiving of a second trigger event from within the first aspect of the progressive AR advertisement, a second aspect of the progressive AR advertisement is executed in the display window while the application is executing. The second aspect includes an interactive AR advertisement.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Unity Technologies SFInventors: Anthony Salvatore Parisi, Katrina Rose Stagg
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Patent number: 11348058Abstract: A delivery confirmation of a package at a delivery location may be determined based on a communication protocol between a user device and a package device associated with the package. A user can order an item and anticipate a delivery of the item to a delivery location associated with the user. A delivery device can determine that it has entered a geographic region associated with the delivery location. The delivery device and/or a user device associated with the delivery location can determine, using the communication protocol, that the delivery device is within a range of the user device. Then, the user device can receive a package device identifier associated with the package device, determine that the package device is within the range of the user device, and determine a delivery confirmation of the package.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Zheng Wang, Yee Yan Cheng, Jin Li, Shao-Wen Yang, Qianchao Ban, Xingang Guo
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Patent number: 11341564Abstract: A handheld device for use by a user or a consumer, that includes a custom application and is capable of interacting with its physical environment is disclosed. The device utilizes a positioning subsystem located in the device, and a priori or dynamic knowledge locations of stores, items and other geographic position markers. The devices assists the user in identifying and purchasing items of interest, in real time with relevant and timely location based information.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Mercatus Technologies Inc.Inventors: Djen Choo, Andrew John Isherwood, Sanil Matta, Stephen Seo
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Patent number: 11334857Abstract: Tandem transactions facilitated through automatic application of a tandem transaction limit are provided. A system includes a group manager that identifies a group including respective identifications indicative of a first user and a second user. A transaction limit manager establishes a first transaction limit for the first user, a second transaction limit for the second user, and a third transaction limit for a combination of the first and second user. A transaction manager dynamically applies the third transaction limit based on a determination that the first and second user are performing a joint transaction. The transaction manager revokes the third transaction limit after a threshold time and applies the first transaction limit to first user transactions and the second transaction limit to second user transactions. Incentives are provided if a user remains at a location for a threshold amount of time or causes other users to visit the location.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventor: Chris Kalaboukis
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Patent number: 11308698Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may generate and display a virtual reality environment to a user. The computing system may determine a head pose of the user based on headset tracking data associated with a headset worn by the user. The computing system may determine a hand pose of the user based on hand tracking data associated with a device held or worn by a hand of the user. The computing system may access scene information associated with the displayed virtual reality environment. The computing system may determine a predicted focal point of the user within the virtual reality environment by processing the head pose, the hand pose, and the scene information using a machine-learning model.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC.Inventors: Kara Emery, Marina Zannoli, Lei Xiao
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Patent number: 11308514Abstract: An example apparatus to determine census-based audience metrics of media across multiple demographics includes an audience size determiner to determine a first census-level audience size based on a third-party audience size, a third-party impression count, and a first cross-demographic total census parameter value; an impression counts determiner to determine a first census-level impression count based on the third-party audience size, the third-party impression count, and the first cross demographic total census parameter value; and a verifier to determine whether the first cross-demographic total census parameter value satisfies a constraint based on the first census-level impression count; and when the constraint is not satisfied the verifier to: (a) discard the first cross-demographic total census parameter value, and (b) select a second cross-demographic total census parameter value, the second cross-demographic total census parameter value to determine a second census-level audience size and a second ceType: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Michael R. Sheppard, Edward Murphy, Beate Sissenich, Edmond Wong, Jing Liu, Ludo Daemen
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Patent number: 11303713Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing online to offline services. The systems and methods may obtain a plurality of historical positions of a user terminal within a first predetermined time period in a plurality of days. The systems and methods may identify at least one candidate area based on the plurality of historical positions of the user terminal. The systems and methods may identify one or more of the at least one candidate areas as one or more active areas of the user terminal. The systems and methods may further provide data associated with one or more service requests relating to the one or more active areas to a customer application executed by the user terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaohui Yan, Chengxiang Zhuo, Jun Xie
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Patent number: 11297461Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for geofencing in commercial transport vehicles are disclosed. An exemplary method includes establishing, based on a heat map of signal strength at frequencies used by a first wireless protocol in the commercial transport vehicle, a geofence for communication by a user, and controlling, based on the geofence, an availability or a level of one or more services to the user, wherein the geofence comprises one or more boundaries within the commercial transport vehicle, and wherein the one or more services are deactivated if a location of the user is outside the one or more boundaries of the geofence.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC AVIONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Philip Watson, Steven Bates
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Patent number: 11290789Abstract: Systems and methods for the optimized allocation of content within a universe of inventory are described. For example, a method may include receiving content comprising at least one characteristic and at least one goal. A universe of inventory may be accessed that comprises a plurality of targets which may be assigned into a plurality of segments based on at least one demographic vector. An allocation optimization model may be generated based on the at least one content characteristic, the at least one goal and the plurality of segments. The content may be presented to the targets based on the allocation optimization model. Viewing data may be received that comprises data associated with target consumption of the content and the allocation optimization module may be re-optimized based on the viewing data. Additional factors, such as resource constraints and/or filtering rules, may be used when re-optimizing the allocation optimization module.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: FreeWheel Media, Inc.Inventors: Seth Haberman, Robert Bress, Claudio Marcus
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Patent number: 11290858Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A human user, such as a pedestrian, cyclist, or driver, may provide a feedback message to a vehicle whose behavior they observe. The feedback message and the recipient may be manually identified by the human user or may be suggested by the system or device. The feedback message may be broadcast and filtered by vehicles within the broadcast radius based on a vehicle identifier. A vehicle that receives the feedback message may discard the feedback message if it applies to another vehicle or may take responsive action if the feedback message applies to the vehicle. For example, the recipient vehicle may display the feedback message, store the feedback message to support related analysis, or relay the feedback message to other vehicles or network devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: James Kelleman, Richard Reid Hovey, Dan Vassilovski
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Patent number: 11284216Abstract: Disclosed is a geofencing server including a memory configured to store a database including wireless fingerprint information for a point-of-interest (PoI), a communication module configured to perform communication with an electronic device, and a processor connected to the memory and the communication circuit, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to obtain wireless network information collected at a plurality of points through the communication circuit, determine a serviceable radius based on the wireless fingerprint information and the wireless network information, and transmit a threshold value determined based on the serviceable radius to the electronic device through the communication circuit.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Inventors: Sanguk Park, Daeho Kang, Jinwoo Kim, Chaiman Lim
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Patent number: 11276078Abstract: Pieces of location history data corresponding to an identified place of interest are obtained. Each piece of the obtained location history data references one or more signals detected at the identified place of interest and also references temporal data that corresponds to the detected signal(s). Some of the obtained pieces of location history data that represent one or more short, pass-through visits at the identified place of interest are identified. Based on the identified pieces that represent the short visit(s), conditions for determining the intent of future detected location visits at the identified place of interest are generated. The generated conditions can then be employed to determine that a detected location visit of a particular computing device determined to be at the identified place of interest is an extended visit as opposed to a short visit.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Dikla Dotan-Cohen, Ido Cohn, Sagi Hilleli, Jonathan Rabin
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Patent number: 11271890Abstract: A first electronic device comprises at least one communication circuitry, at least one display, at least one memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor operatively coupled with the at least one communication circuitry and the at least one display. The processor is configured to (1) access to a first server for a navigation service through an application linked with a first account for accessing to a second server, (2) receive, via the first server from a second electronic device of a second user that is authenticated through the application linked with a second account for accessing to the second server, a message, (3) display an object for inquiring whether to obtain a route from the second user, (4) receive information regarding a changed location of the second electronic device, and (5) display a relative positional relationship between the two electronic devices over an electronic map.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATIONInventors: Hyun Joong Yu, Jun Sik Kim, Won Jun Heo
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Patent number: 11265283Abstract: A first electronic device of the present invention comprises at least one communication circuitry, at least one display, at least one memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor operatively coupled with the at least one communication circuitry and the at least one display. The processor is configured to (1) access to a first server for a navigation service through an application for the navigation service linked with a first account for accessing to a second server, (2) receive a user input through the application, (3) transmit, via the first server to a second electronic device of a second user that is authenticated through the application linked with a second account for accessing to the second server, a message, (4) periodically transmit, via the first server to the second electronic device, information, and (5) display a positional relationship between the two electronic devices over an electronic map.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATIONInventors: Hyun Joong Yu, Jun Sik Kim, Won Jun Heo
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Patent number: 11257175Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for protecting users from security threats may include (i) receiving a photograph of a target that a user is attempting to acquire, (ii) extracting, from the photograph, an identifier of the target, (iii) applying the identifier of the target to a software security policy that indicates whether the target is safe for the user, and (iv) releasing locked resources to enable the user to acquire the target based on a determination that the software security policy indicates that the target is safe for the user. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: NortonLifeLock Inc.Inventor: Santhana Krishnan K. C.
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Patent number: 11244337Abstract: Provided is a computer-implemented process for determining offers for a geofenced geographic area. After a mobile user device traverses a geofence, merchants associated with a geofence having a geofence identifier are identified. Candidate offers associated with the merchants are identified and ranked according to ranking criteria. The ranked candidate offers are transmitted to a mobile user device. The ranked candidate offers are cached on the mobile user device and presented to the user via an offers notification. The user may view and redeem an offer by selecting the offers notification.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: RETAILMENOT, INC.Inventors: John Newman Faith, Eithan Zilkha, Christopher Duty
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Patent number: 11237017Abstract: A stride length calibration method includes detecting, by a first device, that a user is walking or running, and collecting a quantity of movement steps of the user. The method further includes determining whether a stride length of the user in a preset database needs to be calibrated. The method further includes requesting to obtain, from a second device, an actual movement distance of the user when calibration is needed. The stride length of the user in the preset database is provided to the first device to calculate a movement distance of the user. The method further includes calculating, by the first device, an actual stride length of the user based on the actual movement distance of the user and the quantity of movement steps of the user. The method further includes updating the stride length of the user in the preset database by using the actual stride length obtained through calculation.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Shangchun Yu, Huaiyong Wang, Xiaojie Shao
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Patent number: 11237397Abstract: A scanning display includes a light source and a scanning assembly. The light source is configured to emit source light from a plurality of rows of emitters that are arranged parallel to a first dimension. The scanning assembly includes at least one optical element that conditions the source light. The scanning assembly is configured to scan the conditioned source light along a second dimension that is orthogonal to the first dimension. The scanning assembly configured to output the scanned light over a portion of a target area of an output waveguide. And a brightness of the scanned image light offsets dimming caused by the output waveguide expanding the scanned light in at least one dimension.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Wanli Chi, Yijing Fu, Pasi Saarikko
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Patent number: 11228451Abstract: Methods and systems for authenticated supplemental content delivery are disclosed herein. The systems can include a first requestor and a second requestor. The system can include a plurality of networked servers. The plurality of networked servers can: receive a first supplemental content request including a digital certificate from the first requestor; determine the inclusion of the digital certificate in the first supplemental content request; validate the digital certificate; determine a supplemental content class from a set of supplemental content classes based on the digital certificate; select first supplemental content based on: the determined supplemental content class; and provide the selected first supplemental content in an electronic form to the first requestor.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.Inventors: Arnaud Robert, Gregory Thomas Brandeau
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Patent number: 11228556Abstract: A first electronic device of the present invention comprises at least one communication circuitry, at least one display, at least one memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor operatively coupled with the at least one communication circuitry and the at least one display. The processor is configured to (1) access to a first server for a navigation service through an application for the navigation service linked with a first account for accessing to a second server, (2) receive a user input through the application, (3) transmit, via the first server to a second electronic device of a second user that is authenticated through the application linked with a second account for accessing to the second server, a message, (4) periodically transmit, via the first server to the second electronic device, information, and (5) display a positional relationship between the two electronic devices over an electronic map.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATIONInventors: Hyun Joong Yu, Jun Sik Kim, Won Jun Heo
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Patent number: 11228557Abstract: A first electronic device comprises at least one communication circuitry, at least one display, at least one memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor operatively coupled with the at least one communication circuitry and the at least one display. The processor is configured to (1) access to a first server for a navigation service through an application linked with a first account for accessing to a second server, (2) receive, via the first server from a second electronic device of a second user that is authenticated through the application linked with a second account for accessing to the second server, a message, (3) display an object for inquiring whether to obtain a route from the second user, (4) receive information regarding a changed location of the second electronic device, and (5) display a relative positional relationship between the two electronic devices over an electronic map.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATIONInventors: Hyun Joong Yu, Jun Sik Kim, Won Jun Heo
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Patent number: 11222360Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments for detecting a navigation application operating on a first communication device, and identifying a location of the first communication device. Further embodiments can include obtaining a first advertisement and a second advertisement according to the location of the first communication device as well as determining a first priority associated with the first advertisement and a second priority associated with the second advertisement. Additional embodiments can include determining the first priority is higher than the second priority resulting in a determination to present the first advertisement prior to the second advertisement, and providing the first advertisement, the second advertisement, and the determination to the first communication device.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Alexander MacDougall, Anna Lidzba, Nigel Bradley, James Carlton Bedingfield, Sr., Robert Koch, Ari Craine
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Patent number: 11216869Abstract: A system and method for a media filter publication application are described. The media filter publication application receives a content item and a selected geolocation, generates a media filter based on the content item and the selected geolocation, and supplies the media filter to a client device located at the selected geolocation.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Richard Allen, Sheldon Chang, Timothy Michael Sehn, William Wu
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Patent number: 11200597Abstract: Technologies for identifying prospective marketing targets based on payment vehicle-based payment transactions processed over electronic payment networks are disclosed. Payment vehicle-based payment transactions are analyzed to determine historical purchase activity progressions. Consumer behavior can be mapped to a historical purchase activity progression so that future spend behavior of the consumer can be identified.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Worldpay, LLCInventors: Scott Wayne DeAngelo, Brent Alan Badger, Jacob Matthew Sterling, Dennis A. Kettler
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Patent number: 11195197Abstract: The present invention relates to an online/offline market management server using a near-field communication (NFC) tag. The online/offline marketing management server using an NFC tag according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a user terminal, an near-field communication tag managing unit configured to manage NFC tag information formed at a business site; a reward means managing unit configured to accumulate a reward means, such as points or a coupon, on an account of the user terminal or manage the reward means to be used when the NFC tag is recognized from the user terminal; and a route guiding unit configured to acquire a user's consumption pattern according to time and region from the user terminal and display at least one activity route on an electronic map to provide a schedule by which reward means of a plurality of business sites can be accumulated or used.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Inventor: Sung Ho Park
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Patent number: 11195614Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for providing value added services. a request for a service for a recipient is received. A value added service may then be matched to the recipient. These value added services are vetted beforehand. The matching takes into account the recipients limitations, including physical and mental limitations, and location, and the value added service rating. The recipient's limitations; and the matching include optimizing the value added service to the profile of the recipient. The profile includes likes and dislikes of the recipient. Lastly, approval of the value added service is received from the recipient and/or the friends of family of the recipient.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Honor Technology, Inc.Inventors: Seth J. Sternberg, Sandy J. Ring, Cameron T. Ring, Monica Lo
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Patent number: 11188590Abstract: Embodiments are provided for updating a playlist that has been added to a playback queue in response to changes to the playback queue. The playback queue may be associated with a zone of a network media system such that items in the playback queue are to be rendered by the zone. The playlist may include one or more items playable by the zone, and may be stored separately from where the playback queue is maintained. Embodiments are also provided for updating a playback queue in response to modifications to a playlist included in the playback queue.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Arthur L. Coburn, IV, Abhishek Kumar, Andrew J. Schulert
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Patent number: 11183193Abstract: This relates to intelligent automated assistants and, more specifically, to intelligent context sharing and task performance among a collection of devices with intelligent automated assistant capabilities. An example method includes, at a first electronic device participating in a context-sharing group associated with a first location: receiving a user voice input; receiving, from a context collector, an aggregate context of the context-sharing group; providing at least a portion of the aggregate context and data corresponding to the user voice input to a remote device; receiving, from the remote device, a command to perform one or more tasks and a device identifier corresponding to a second electronic device; and transmitting the command to the second electronic device based on the device identifier, wherein the command causes the second electronic device to perform the one or more tasks.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bryan Hansen, Nikrouz Ghotbi, Yifeng Gui, Xinyuan Huang, Benjamin S. Phipps, Eugene Ray, Mahesh Ramaray Shanbhag, Jaireh Tecarro, Sumit Wattal
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Patent number: 11175150Abstract: A system includes a computer that includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive an input route from a user device, wherein the input route is determined by user input tracing the input route on a display of a map on the user device, to specify a travel route for a vehicle, including a direction of movement of the vehicle, based on the input route received from the user device, and upon determining that the vehicle specified travel route is within a specified distance of the input route, to adjust the travel route based on vehicle sensor data, a destination of the input route, and a time of day, thereby outputting an adjusted travel route.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Subhransu Mishra, Matthew Atwood Whitaker
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Patent number: 11170405Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for cross-domain tracking of online wireless device activity to provide context aware mobile services. A request to access a first website can be received from a wireless device at a web server such that a first product or service is viewed, wherein code that comprises an identifier is stored on the wireless device. A request to access a second website can be received, wherein the wireless device is configured to access the second website in response to a notification from a wireless beacon associated with a physical storefront. The web server can then retrieve the identifier from the wireless device and retrieve an online activity history for the wireless device based on the identifier. Information associated with the storefront and first product or service can be transmitted to the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventor: Jarlath Trainor
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Patent number: 11166252Abstract: A device profile manager receives notification of a user operating a mobile communication device in a subscriber domain. In response to detecting authorized usage of the mobile communication device in the subscriber domain, the device profile manager initiates registering of the mobile communication device and/or corresponding non-head of household user for subsequent use of incremental subscription services assigned to the subscriber domain. Subsequent to auto-registration of the mobile communication device to use services associated with the subscriber domain, the non-head of household user operating the mobile communication device is able to use the incremental subscription services assigned to the subscriber domain based on the identifier value of the mobile communication device without submission of access credentials.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLCInventors: Douglass J. Britt, Carl K. Tebell, Robert A. Cerbone, Peter Stern
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Patent number: 11152004Abstract: A method for achieving remote access to a voice assistant suitable for setting up telephone communications with a communication terminal via a telecommunications network. The method includes: setting up a first communication with a caller terminal; obtaining, via the set-up communication, a datum identifying the voice assistant; transmitting a setup message for setting up a second communication to the identified voice assistant, the message containing at least one parameter suitable for activating a remote operating mode of the voice assistant; and connecting the first and second communications.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: ORANGEInventor: Bertrand Bouvet
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Patent number: 11151680Abstract: Systems and methods for recommending transportation means are provided. The method may include obtaining current travel information of a target user and historical travel information and social information of the target user, respectively. The method may further include determining a user type based on the historical travel information, the user type being a first type or a second type. The method may further include, in response to determining that the target user is a user of the first type, determining a first clustering model based on the historical travel information; or in response to determining that the target user is a user of the second type, determining a second clustering model based on the social information. The method may further include recommending a transportation means to the target user based on the clustering model and the current travel information of the target user.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiandong Ding, Xiaofei Zhou