Abstract: A method for automatic metadata tag identification for videos is described. Content features are extracted from a video into respective data structures. The extracted content features are from at least two different feature modalities. The respective data structures are encoded into a common data structure using an encoder of a recurrent neural network (RNN) model. The common data structure is decoded using a decoder of the RNN model to identify content platform metadata tags to be associated with the video on a social content platform. Decoding is based on group tag data for users of the social content platform that identifies groups of the users and corresponding group metadata tags of interest for the groups of users.

Abstract: A system for transmitting information related to a network-based marketplace includes identifying information that may be interesting, useful, and entertaining to the users and to the potential users of the network-based marketplace. The identified information may be other than information that is already being displayed in listings by the network-based marketplace. The identified information may be about the sellers, the buyers or other items related to the items offered for sale.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for removing whitespace from blocked resources in websites may include identifying elements arranged in a hierarchy from a website at least partially loaded in a browser and identifying one or more whitespace candidates to be displayed as whitespace in the browser. The method may also include selecting an element relating to the one or more whitespace candidates based on the hierarchy and establishing a mutation observer for monitoring a change in the selected element. The method may further include modifying a display attribute of the selected element based on the monitoring by the mutation observer. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: A script creation system obtains both current user-specified attributes to be used in generating a new media creative, and historical data including historical user-specified attributes associated with previously generated media creatives. The script creation system generates a set of creative parameters specifying content characteristics of the new media creative based on the user-specified attributes and the historical data. The set of creative parameters are transmitted from the script creation system to a media creative generation system. The script creation system receives the new media creative generated by the media creative generation system, and provides the new media creative to an end user system associated with an end user. The script creation system receives feedback associated with the new media creative, and stores the feedback, the set of creative parameters, and the current user-specified attributes as historical data.

Abstract: Methods for creating and updating rules for distribution of an online advertising inventory. The methods can include generating a rule conditions section of a GUI that is configured to display a plurality of parameters of a rule condition of a rule for distribution of an online advertising inventory. Each displayed parameter of the rule condition can be graphically represented by a basic shape (e.g., a hexagon). And, each basic shape of the rule condition can be labeled with an alphanumerical indication of the graphically represented parameter and can also be clustered together in the GUI. The methods can also include generating a rule summary section of the GUI that is configured to display a plurality of rule conditions of a rule. The methods can also include generating a rules list section of the GUI that is configured to display a plurality of rules for distribution of inventory.

Abstract: A system for providing permissioned images in media transactions is described. The system processes images in an image set for a media transaction to identify the image owner and other persons depicted in the image and determines use permissions for the images. Various images in the image set are processed to remove or anonymize various persons in order to meet use conditions. The processed images are compiled and provided to an entity requesting the image set.

Abstract: A method for a user interface for creating a preview content page is provided. Client identification, time period and campaign information are received via a user interface input field. An application programming interface is invoked to access a third party site's data content associated with the campaign information available during the time period. From the third party site, the data content associated with the campaign information available during the time period and metadata associated with the data content are received. The data content has advertisements. The advertisements are presented in the data content on the user interface's display window. A uniform resource locator (URL) link to the plurality of advertisements is generated, for allowing users to share the link on a public web site page. A computer readable storage medium and a user interface system are also provided.

Abstract: A system for sharing revenue associated with digital assets is provided. The system comprises an application programming interface (API) configured to determine a set of advertising categories associated with an experience provider, provide, to a user, the set of advertising categories associated with the experience provider, receive, from the user, a user selection of at least one advertising category from the set of advertising categories, determine a divergence between the set of advertising categories displayed by the experience provider and the user selection of the at least one advertising category, prompt the user to view at least one advertising category displayed by the experience provider and contained in the divergence in exchange for monetary compensation, and receive a selection of the user denoting an agreement to view the at least one advertising category displayed by the experience provider and contained in the divergence in exchange for monetary compensation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a campaign management system comprising a computer-data processor memory, a graphical user interface (GUI), the management system (CAMS) processing a plurality of participant records (PREC) according to a user-configured process structure (PS) of a plurality of configured logic templates (CLT) configured on the basis of a plurality of logic templates (LT); the graphical user interface (GUI) is arranged to display graphical elements (GE), each graphical element (GE) being associated with a logic template (LT); wherein said logic templates (LT) comprise user editable parameters (UEP) being editable using the graphical user interface (GUI) and an executable program fragment (EPF) being executable on the basis of said user editable parameters (UEP) and one or more of said participant records (PREC); wherein the graphical elements (GE) are couplable using said graphical user interface (GUI) by a user, the coupling defining the process structure (PS) of said executable program fragments (EP

Abstract: A lighting system for temporal, irradiance-controlled photoacclimation includes a photoacclimation controller configured to generate control signals based on a photoacclimation schedule, a user interface configured to receive user input to the photoacclimation controller, the photoacclimation schedule based on the user input, a plurality of luminaires configured to emit light suitable for photosynthesis in plants at a plurality of different selectable levels of light output, and a communications network via which the control signals are provided to the plurality of luminaires, the luminaires adjusting the light output in response to the control signals.

Abstract: The system facilitates time restricted audio content where specified end users can alter or manipulate the content for a predetermined period of time while the content is still in a server or electrical storage device prior to going live on a social media website or in a private in-house website forum. After going live, the content may be voted on by additional end users for a predetermined period of time. At the end of the predetermined period of time, content with a score lower than a threshold may be removed from the server. In an embodiment, advertising content may be displayed in place of the removed content for a limited time.

Abstract: A method includes determining, by a controller, characteristics of a hosting digital composition, wherein the digital composition hosts a digital advertisement. The method also includes dynamically modifying at least one characteristic of the digital advertisement based at least on the determined characteristics of the hosting digital composition to create a modified digital advertisement. The modifying the at least one characteristic of the digital advertisement configures the digital advertisement to be visually and/or semantically integrated within the hosting digital composition. The method also includes displaying the modified digital advertisement within the hosting digital composition.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments for a vehicle listing generation and optimization system. An embodiment operates by determining a set of vehicle listings of a common vehicle type. The set of vehicle listings are clustered into a plurality of clusters based on the sales time metrics, and a first one of the clusters for which the sales time metric of the vehicle listings of the selected cluster is less than the sales time metric of the vehicle listings of a second one of the clusters is selected. The perspectives of the images in vehicle listings of the selected cluster are identified. A sales template for the vehicle type including the identified perspectives of images corresponding at least a subset of the vehicle listings of the selected cluster is generated.

Abstract: The subject personalized consumer advertising/ad placement system provides the ability for advertisers, ad agencies, and any other applicable organization to determine and electronically present their “ideal” consumer profile and have their advertisement/promotion placed in front of all consumers who match the profile based on the anonymous mining of the consumers actual spending across a broad base of spending categories.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to positioning animated images within a dynamic keyboard interface. In particular, the methods and systems of the present disclosure can: receive, from a user device on which an application is executed, data indicating a context of: the application, and/or a dynamic keyboard interface provided in association with the application; identify, based at least in part on the data indicating the context, a plurality of different animated images, including an animated image comprising an advertisement, for presentation by the dynamic keyboard interface; communicate, to the user device, data indicating the plurality of different animated images; receive, from the user device, data indicating a selection of the animated image comprising the advertisement; and determine, based at least in part on the data indicating the selection and the data indicating the context, a position within the dynamic keyboard interface for presenting the animated image comprising the advertisement.

Abstract: Content items may be selected and served with a resource such that each content item is displayed in a corresponding content item slot based on a determined order. The determined order may be based on content of the resource and a referral query. A referral query location of the resource may be based on the referral query and data indicative of content of the resource. In some implementations, the determined order may be based on a predictive model and the referral query location. The predictive model may be based on aggregate historical data of interactions. In some implementations, the determined order may be based on a proximity of a content item slot relative to the referral query location.

Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more computer processors and perform configuring one or more advertisements for a sponsored product customized to fit a page type associated with a page format of a website; analyzing one or more inputs to create merged data; generating a respective rank of the advertisements of the sponsored product using a conversion probability; adjusting the respective rank the one or more advertisements of the sponsored product as a function of the merged data; automatically designating one of the one or more advertisements of the sponsored product that is ranked higher than other advertisements to be positioned closest to a predefined portion of a webpage; and sending instructions to display the one of the one or more advertisements closest to the predefined portion of the webpage of the website. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a campaign management system comprising a computer-data processor memory, a graphical user interface (GUI), the management system (CAMS) processing a plurality of participant records (PREC) according to a user-configured process structure (PS) of a plurality of configured logic templates (CLT) configured on the basis of a plurality of logic templates (LT); the graphical user interface (GUI) is arranged to display graphical elements (GE), each graphical element (GE) being associated with a logic template (LT); wherein said logic templates (LT) comprise user editable parameters (UEP) being editable using the graphical user interface (GUI) and an executable program fragment (EPF) being executable on the basis of said user editable parameters (UEP) and one or more of said participant records (PREC); wherein the graphical elements (GE) are couplable using said graphical user interface (GUI) by a user, the coupling defining the process structure (PS) of said executable program fragments (EP

Abstract: This system introduces photo imagery, video imagery, animation imagery, graphic interchange format (GIF) imagery, written content imagery, audio wave imagery, audio file imagery, and streaming media imagery, which is subject to an appearing, disappearing, deletion, and expiring time restriction as set by the sender or system administrator. The system primarily facilitates time restricted appearing content such as selfies, standard photos, video, and audio files where end-users can alter, manipulate or replicate the content against a competing clock for a predetermined period of time while the content is still in a server or electrical storage device prior to going live on a social media website or in a private in-house website forum. In addition, a sender or system administrator may grant preferred end-users pre-release authority to replicate the sender's original content within the server so that it may later be compared against the sender's original content sent to a website display or gallery.

Abstract: Native online sponsored content creation is disclosed. A selection of a set of native hierarchical content elements may be received. Each of at least a subset of the native hierarchical content elements in the selected set may be mapped to one or more corresponding sponsored content elements. A template may be generated based at least in part on the mapping.

Abstract: Various embodiments describe controlling usages of channels of a user experience ecosystem. A computer system provides a user interface to a computing device, generates data entries based on user interactions with the user interface, and stores the data entries in a data store. The data entries identify the channels and specify dependencies between the usages of the channels. The computer system adds, to the data store, identifiers of storage locations of content. The computer system provides, to channel systems, access to the data entries and the identifiers of the storage locations in the data store. A usage of a channel by a channel system includes a content publication based on the data entries and the identifiers of the storage locations. The usage of this channel is coordinated with a usage of a different channel by a different channel system based on the dependencies specified in the data entries.

Abstract: The subject matter of this specification generally relates to detecting events that occur within mobile applications without modifying code of the mobile application. In some implementations, a front-end server receives, from a mobile application management application installed on a client device, interaction data specifying (i) a user interaction identifier for a user interaction with an interactive item that presents, at a first mobile application, content for a second mobile application and (ii) an interactive item identifier. The front-end server receives event data specifying an occurrence of a specified user action within the second mobile application and the interactive identifier for the interactive item. A back-end server determines that the specified user action resulted from the user interaction based on a match between the interactive item identifier specified by the event data and the interactive item identifier that links to the user interaction identifier for the user interaction.

Abstract: Described herein is a method and system for generating product descriptions of vehicles. A request for a customized vehicle publication is received, which includes at least a vehicle type, a set of standard features, and a set of optional features. One or more story templates associated with the vehicle type input are automatically received, where each of the story templates have populatable fields corresponding to the vehicle type, the set of standard features, and the set of optional features. The story templates have a theme correlated to usage of a vehicle having the vehicle type. A selection of a story template is received, and the vehicle characteristics are automatically populated. The completed vehicle product description is then provided.

Abstract: Marketing assets are automatically generated from asset components having asset features relevant to target users. Asset delivery event data regarding the delivery of marketing assets is initially collected to identify asset features of delivered marketing assets and user attributes of users receiving the marketing assets. The asset delivery event data is processed using machine-learning techniques to generate a model capable of selecting asset features given a set of user attributes. When a request for a new marketing asset is received for a particular user, user attributes of that user are identified and provided to the model to select a set of asset features. The asset features are used to select asset components, which are combined to form the new marketing asset.

Abstract: In implementations of the subject matter described herein, a new approach for transferring content between applications is proposed. Generally speaking, in operation, a user can select an area on a user interface in order to cover content that the user wants to transfer. In response, the type of the content in the selected area will be identified. One or more options are then provided on the user interface based on the identified type, and each option may link to one or more applications. Upon a user's selection of an option, an application associated with the selected option is launched to process the content. In this way, the content can be effectively and efficiently processed across different applications, which will significantly improve the processing efficiency and user experience.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a reproducing apparatus for enabling an appropriate video depending on a viewing environment to be reproduced, a reproducing method, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a recording medium. The reproducing apparatus according to the present technology analyzes reproduction management information describing therein type information on a form of providing a HDR video which is compatible with a SDR video with a standard luminance range and whose luminance range is wider than the standard luminance range or a form of providing the SDR video compatible with the HDR video. Further, the reproducing apparatus acquires and reproduces encoding data of the HDR video or encoding data of the SDR video provided in a form indicated by the type information. The present technology is applicable to Blu-ray Disc players.

Abstract: Disclosed communication flow modeling solution is significantly streamlined in a user friendly way to shield users from the technical complexities usually required. At design time, an orchestration flow modeling application receives user instruction to open or create a communication flow modeling project. Per configuration specific to an enterprise associated with the user, a custom drag-and-drop communication flow modeling environment with a canvas and modeling entities is provided. Responsive to the user dragging and dropping a set of modeling entities from the menu onto the communication flow modeling canvas and drawing connections between them, the orchestration flow modeling application logically connects the modeling entities to form a valid communication flow and stores it in a database. The communication flow undergoes an approval process. Once approved, it is activated for execution by an orchestration server.

Abstract: A method for creating a customized advertising campaign includes displaying a list of available products and/or services for an advertising campaign, determining a list of consumers to be targeted by the advertising campaign, and selecting a product or service for the advertising campaign. The method further includes inputting advertising campaign detail information wherein the advertising campaign detail information includes at least one of an advertising campaign name, a start date, and an end date. The method also includes providing a list of one or more pre-associated banner templates for the advertising campaign, selecting one or more pre-associated banner templates for the advertising campaign, editing text of the one or more selected pre-associated banner templates, and publishing the one or more selected pre-associated banner templates according to the campaign detail information to one or more delivery websites.

Abstract: A website hosting provider may assist hosting customers with the creation and publication of their websites. The website hosting provider may receive and convert customer service voice communications into customer service text communications. The website hosting provider may organize the customer service text communications in clusters so that all of the customer service text communications in the same cluster are regarding the same topic. The website hosting provider may also assign a score, regarding the effectiveness, and hosting customer variables, regarding the calling hosting customer, to each customer service text communication. When a new, i.e., current hosting customer calls regarding a topic and has similar hosting customer variables, the website hosting provider may determine, based on the past customer service text communications, a set of optimal questions.

Abstract: A website hosting provider may assist hosting customers with the creation and publication of their websites. The website hosting provider may receive and convert customer service voice communications into customer service text communications. The website hosting provider may organize the customer service text communications in clusters so that all of the customer service text communications in the same cluster are regarding the same topic. The website hosting provider may also assign a score, regarding the effectiveness, and hosting customer variables, regarding the calling hosting customer, to each customer service text communication. When a new, i.e., current hosting customer calls regarding a topic and has similar hosting customer variables, the website hosting provider may determine, based on the past customer service text communications, a set of optimal questions.

Abstract: Technologies described herein facilitate generating and deploying dynamic false user accounts. Embodiments disclosed herein obtain a false tenant model that is usable to dynamically populate a false user account with messages and/or data files. Rather than containing only a static set of documents, a “dynamic” false user account is continually populated with fresh documents. This results in dynamic false user accounts appearing practically indistinguishable from real user accounts that are continually populated with new real email messages and/or new real hosted files as they are used by account owners to perform legitimate business activities. The realistic nature of the dynamic false user accounts described herein significantly reduces the ability of malicious entities to identify a user account as being false in nature.

Abstract: The embodiments implement server-side third party content insertion with client-side tracking beacon. The solution embeds third party content within designated breaks of primary content to form a single unified stream that is streamed to a client requesting the primary content. The unified stream allows the client to receive all content without switching between different streams and prevents advertisement blockers running on the client from differentiating the third party content from the primary content and from blocking the third party content. The solution also generates and sends to the client, a configuration containing events and destinations the different content providers define for their respective content. The client monitors for the events specified in the configuration during playback of the unified stream. An event that is triggered causes the client to send a tracking beacon to a content provider specified destination associated with the event.

Abstract: Methods, systems and programs are provided for facilitating user-participated online advertisements, including at least one of: integrating online advertisements with user incentives and displaying said online advertisements on websites, wherein said websites can be displayed on all display devices, including computers, laptops, netbooks, cell phones, hand-held devices, and the like; and providing functions for an online account to design, endorse or modify online advertisements for entities and individuals, wherein said advertisements can be customized. Such methods, systems and programs are to effectively address low membership reach rates of websites and poor online advertising response rates through computer codes to empower Internet users to control online advertisement display, and to have a say and stake in the online advertising process.

Abstract: A system for presenting operational data is disclosed. The system includes a storage element to store a plurality of insurance policies and a product designer module to: maintain an insurance product model that specifies possible configurations of insurance policy products associated with the plurality of insurance policies; obtain operational data pertaining to a set of existing insurance transactional data associated with the insurance policies; and present to be displayed: at least a portion of the insurance product model comprising a set of insurance product model elements and at least some of the operational data corresponding to the set of insurance product model elements.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for automatically detecting anomalies in the content of a scheduled social media post, alerting a user to the presence of such anomalies before the content is posted and recommending a course of action when an anomaly is detected. A set of keywords is extracted from a scheduled post using an ontological classification technique. At predetermined time intervals, the keywords are compared with information obtained from one or more data sources to determine if an anomaly is present. If an anomaly is detected, the scheduled post is classified into one of at least three categories: supporting the post, neutral, or opposing the post. Once the anomaly is detected and the scheduled post is classified, the author of the post is alerted to the anomaly along with the categorization. Subsequently, the author may reschedule the post to an earlier or later time, delete the post, or change the post.

Abstract: Transforming a website for dynamic web content management includes identifying aspects of a static website that are to be under dynamic web content management, organizing the aspects of the static website in preparation for storing the aspects, and storing the aspects of the static website with a specific identifier.

Abstract: A signal adapter device for a display system which enables turning on and off the display device for energy conservation. The signal adapter has a signal input port coupled to a signal source, a signal output port coupled to a display, and an adapter port coupled to a sensor. Corresponding pins of the input and output ports are electrically connected to each other, except that the hot plug detect pin of the input port is electrically disconnected from that of the output port but is electrically connected to a hot plug detect pin of the adapter port. The sensor senses environmental conditions such as the presence of viewers within a certain distance, and generates a voltage signal for the hot plug detect pin. Based on this signal on its hot plug detect pin, the signal source determines whether to transmit multimedia data to the display device.

Abstract: A method of generating distributable and/or shareable selectively animated images comprising the steps of: (a) opening a client computer program, implemented as client computer program loaded on a mobile device; (b) capturing or accessing a video content; (c) using a user interface of the client computer program, a user drawing a path or region on an image frame from the video content to be animated (“animated region”), wherein the client computer program generated based on the animated region a mask, wherein the mask represents the static portion of a selectively animated image, and the mask is operable to mask underlying animated regions; and (d) the client computer program initiating, at the mobile device or via a server linked to the mobile device, the composition of a series of images including user selected animated regions, by rendering an animated image based on mask and the underlying masked animated regions.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed to improve generation of electronic communications. The method may include providing a plurality of content slots each configured to receive content. The method may also include maintaining a database comprising a plurality of content generators, and determining, using a processor, one of the plurality of content generators for providing content to each of the plurality of content slots. The determining the one of the plurality of promotion content generators or non-promotion content generators may include providing a first content generator of the plurality of content generators with a set of selection parameters, and receiving a first bid for one of the plurality of content slots from the first content generator. The first content generator may determine the bid based at least in part on the set of selection parameters.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a portable terminal obtains an address for accessing a server from a signage terminal. The portable terminal generates a card for displaying a message in the signage terminal. The portable terminal transmits the card to the server. The signage terminal displays the card received from the server.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments that provide immersive multimedia views for items. An immersive view for an item is rendered upon a display. The immersive view features an image of the item surrounded by a user interface layer that provides information about the item. The user interface layer is hidden when a cursor moves onto a first portion of the immersive view corresponding to the image of the item. The image of the item is replaced with a video stream of the item when the cursor moves onto a second portion of the immersive view corresponding to the image of the item.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and corresponding system for parsing author name text strings in documents. The method and system may electronically scan a document that contains an author name text string comprising a set of initials, one or more author surnames, and punctuation. The author name text string may be in non-standardized format. The method and system may identify a character sequence in the document as potentially being the author name test string based on (i) a sequence of title-case words, capital letter, and punctuation, and (ii) the character sequence ending with a recognized indicator. The method and system may parse the identified character sequence by converting any punctuation and whitespace between terms in the character sequence to a single space character, identifying a pattern of surname and set of initials comprising each author name contained in the character sequence, and marking up the components of surname and set of initials comprising each author name.

Abstract: A method for sharing a content item from an originator with one or more first-order recipients may include receiving a first grouping of one or more first-order recipients that is selected to receive the content item from the originator. The method may also include receiving one or more distribution objectives from the originator. The method may also include selecting a first share time for the content item. The method may also include predicting a first predicted grouping of second-order recipients derived from the first grouping of first-order recipients for the content item at the first share time. The method may also include determining whether the distribution objectives are met for the content item. The method may also include sharing the content item at the first share time in response to the distribution objectives being met for the content item.

Abstract: A mobile device, including an accelerometer and a processing unit receiving signals from the accelerometer and determining motion information of the mobile device based on the received signals is disclosed. A content selector selects a media format for content based on the physical state of the mobile device as indicated by the signals from the accelerometer. A display device displays the content in the selected media format. When the motion is a predetermined type of motion, the received content is withheld from being displayed by the display device. A machine learning apparatus is provided as the content selector.

Abstract: A more secure CAPTCHA makes use of a distorted alphanumeric character string or strings that include one or more glyphs, pictures or symbols foreign to a target audience. Adding at least one of a glyph, picture or symbol makes recognition of the distorted string trivial since humans who would know which of the character set to expect, but a very difficult decision for a computer already struggling to decide where a character begins and ends, let alone identifying the character as being valid.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a system for measurement, planning, monitoring and execution of advertisements on out-of-home media. The invention provides a method by which greater eyeball content is ensured to out-of-home media assets thereby benefiting advertisers and ensuring efficient advertising budget spend.

Abstract: A photographic stage is provided that includes at least one camera, a scanner, and a computer configured to capture a plurality of images from the at least one camera. The computer is also configured to detect a tagged item based on data from the scanner and to identify the tagged item in at least one of the images. A method of using the photographic stage and an apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: This present patent builds on 61/494,133 by providing specifics on the advertiser/marketer interface, advertisement feedback and reports on the advertising campaign effectiveness. The marketer interface allows the advertiser/marketer to set up an advertising campaign, link data to their 4P key words/phrases and generate reports to show the effectiveness of their advertising efforts.

Abstract: Methods and systems for generating device-optimized content from source data. The method and system include computing hardware which is operable to execute one or more software products for providing a graphical user interface for enabling user-manipulation of the source data to generate intermediate content. In addition, the method and system include a translation arrangement for translating the intermediate content to the device-optimized content. The translation arrangement takes into account rendering characteristics of one or more wireless-enabled portable rendering devices on which the device-optimized content is to be rendered.

Abstract: Systems and methods of using electronic records and corresponding physical signage for advertising and marketing an item are defined. A user input interface is used to create electronic records that define the advertised and marketed item. A database communicates with the user input interface and stores one or more electronic records. A record comparer compares electronic records and limits the number of records that relate to the same item using a prioritization schema and a limit identifier. A code generator generates an electronic code associated with a single record. A sign generator creates an electronic sign and an output system reproduces a physical version of the electronic sign.