Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, and computer program products of extracting a feature for multimedia data that comprises a plurality of medium types. In a method, a first feature is determined for a first medium type in the plurality of medium types by masking a portion in a first medium object with the first medium type. A second feature is determined for a second medium type other than the first medium type in the plurality of medium types. The feature is generated for the multimedia data based on the first and second features. With these implementations, multiple medium types are considered in the feature extraction, and thus the feature may fully reflect various aspects of the multimedia data in an accurate way.

Abstract: Described herein are technologies related to tokenizing alphanumeric text through use of a tokenization algorithm that is at least partially implemented as a finite state machine. The tokenization algorithm is configured to output numeric identifiers that represent tokens or sub-tokens in the alphanumeric text.

Abstract: “Binge watching” of multiple episodes of a program is improved by the player device automatically skipping repeated portions of the program. Opening and closing credit scenes, for example, can be automatically skipped to thereby allow the viewer to progress through the entire season of programming at an even faster rate than was previously thought possible. Programming to be skipped may be identified by detecting audio or other digital fingerprints in the content itself, for example. Content to be skipped may be identified to the playback device according to anchor points or other references in the programming itself.

Abstract: Methods of generating websites using any combination of remotely and locally stored content are contemplated. Content is procured by a user on a client computer, and a request to add that content to a source folder is sent to a server. The server adds the content to the source folder, where it is made available for website creation. When a client requests creation of a website using the contents of a source folder, the server then generates that website. In some embodiments, the website can be generated according to a user-selected theme or a default theme.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer-executed method, a computer system and non-transitory computer-readable media for facilitating consumer interaction with a consumer interface. The method includes displaying a representation of an item on a consumer interface rendered on a visual display of a computing device. The method also includes storing, on a non-transitory computer-readable medium: a predefined first association between a first compound consumer input and a first command such that receipt of the first compound consumer input at the consumer interface initiates the first command, and a predefined second association between a second compound consumer input and a second command such that receipt of the second compound consumer input at the consumer interface initiates the second command.

Abstract: Systems and methods for summarizing captions, configuring playback speed, and rewriting the caption file for a media asset are disclosed. The system determines whether to display the original captions or a summarized version of the captions, which are based on user's language proficiency level, reading pace, and historical data, and can be generated either on-demand or automatically when rewinds and pauses are detected. The caption file which includes the original captions can be rewritten. The system determines whether to stream a caption or a rewritten file to a media device based on user or system selections. In the absence of a caption file, or when the caption file cannot be summarized, the playback speed of the media asset is slowed down to provide additional reading time to the user.

Abstract: Technologies are disclosed for managing composite storefront images. The composite storefront images can be generated utilizing portions of media content (e.g., visual content, such as videos, trailers, etc.), and templates generated based on sets of existing storefront images. Objects can be extracted from frames and composited together to generate course composite images. The course composite storefront images can be utilized to map the object portions onto the media content artwork styles to generate refined composite storefront images based on the templates.

Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for conversational augmentation. In various implementations, a device includes a display, a processor and a non-transitory memory. In some implementations, the method includes, while a user of the device is in a current conversation with a person, detecting a reference to a previous conversation. In some implementations, the method includes determining whether there are user-curated notes that satisfy a relevance threshold associated with the current conversation. In some implementations, the method includes presenting a portion of the user-curated notes that satisfies the relevance threshold associated with the current conversation.

Abstract: A system can generate an identity graph that can be arranged temporally for use at least in risk assessment operations and similar analyses. The system can receive a request to visualize entity data. The system can receive the entity data, which can include a set of identity data and a set of interaction data. The system can generate a temporal identity graph using the entity data. The temporal identity graph can temporally link the identity of the entity with the interactions associated with the entity. The system can generate a graphical user interface that may be configured to provide the temporal identity graph in response to the request to visualize the entity data. The graphical user interface can include interactive elements representing the temporal identity graph. Each interactive element can be selected by a user of the graphical user interface to display previously non-displayed information.

Abstract: A control method for a display apparatus includes displaying a first image based on an input first image signal on a display surface when a first operation on the display surface is detected, displaying a first drawing image corresponding to the first operation on the display surface, when a second operation to select the first image and the first drawing image on the display surface is received, registering the first image and the first drawing image as a first group, and when a third operation to select the first group on the display surface is received, executing first processing corresponding to the third operation.

Abstract: Multiple on-line coupons are automatically tested on items of interest to a customer, without requiring the customer to perform any action or to look for such coupons in various sources. Such testing can be automatically initiated and performed on items within the customer's shopping cart. Alternatively or additionally, testing can be automatically initiated and performed while the customer is browsing a page for an item on an e-commerce website, before the customer has even placed items in his or her shopping cart. The best coupon or coupons are then presented to the customer, or automatically applied to provide the customer with the appropriate discounts.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for processing recordings of events. The technique includes applying a machine learning model to a plurality of samples from one or more recordings of the events to generate a plurality of embeddings representing the plurality of samples. The technique also includes generating a plurality of labels that identify speakers associated with the plurality of samples based on metadata comprising timestamps of voice activity during the events and participants associated with the voice activity. The technique further includes storing mappings of the plurality of embeddings to the plurality of labels.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a target hotspot list are provided. The system may obtain a first hotspot list generated by a first device. The first hotspot list may include one or more first hotspots detected by the first device. The system may obtain a second hotspot list generated by a second device. The second hotspot list may include one or more second hotspots detected by the second device. The system may generate the target hotspot list related to the second device based on the first hotspot list and the second hotspot list. In some embodiments, the system may further determine a target hotspot in the target hotspot list and send identification information associated with the target hotspot to the second device, such that the second device can be connected with the target hotspot.

Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for receiving user input that defines a search query, and providing the search query to a server system. Information that a search engine system determined was responsive to the search query is received at a computing device. The computing device is identified as in a first state, and a first output mode for audibly outputting at least a portion of the information is selected. The first output mode is selected from a collection of the first output mode and a second output mode. The second output mode is selected in response to the computing device being in a second state and is for visually outputting at least the portion of the information and not audibly outputting the at least portion of the information. At least the portion of information is audibly output.

Abstract: The systems and methods of the present disclosure generally relate to a data processing system that can identify and surface alternative requests when presented with ambiguous, unclear, or other requests to which a data processing system may not be able to respond. The data processing system can improve the efficiency of network transmissions to reduce network bandwidth usage and processor utilization by selecting alternative requests that are responsive to the intent of the original request.

Abstract: A mobile device is fitted with an extended reality (XR) software application program executing on a processor within an XR system, and optionally a camera. Via the XR software application program, various techniques are performed for interacting with a physical object via the XR environment, in particular modifying, for example, a state or a parameter or operations of the object. In a technique, the XR software application program facilitates directing a physical computing system or device to perform certain actions associated with a physical object.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for deploying target websites, especially those created using a third party content management system (“CMS”) for developing websites such as WORDPRESS are provided. Example embodiments provide a CMS Deployment System (“CDS”) or CMS Deployment Application (“CDA”), which enables users to create content locally using all of the resources of the CMS and then manage and deploy the target website using a versioning process and in a more secure form on a target server. In one embodiment, the CDS/CDA exports the CMS website instance as flat HTML files, manages these files using a versioning system, and then deploys them on the target server without requiring user expertise. An example CDS/CDA includes an install facility, an export facility, and a deployment facility, which cooperate to deploy secure websites created using standard CMS tools.

Abstract: Content creation techniques are described that leverage content analytics to provide insight and guidance as part of content creation. To do so, content features are extracted by a content analytics system from a plurality of content and used by the content analytics system as a basis to generate a content dataset. Event data is also collected by the content analytics system from an event data source. Event data describes user interaction with respective items of content, including subsequent activities in both online and physical environments. The event data is then used to generate an event dataset. An analytics user interface is then generated by the content analytics system using the content dataset and the event dataset and is usable to guide subsequent content creation and editing.

Abstract: Implementation of a guided rules editor comprises displaying a view of a user interface (UI) of the guided rules editor to a user on the client device. Metadata of an organization to which the user belongs is fetched and used to identify which data of the organization is eligible for rule creation and attributes of the metadata are used to determine a layout of the one or more UI selection elements. One or more UI selection elements are rendered in one or more positions in the view on a display screen according to the layout and at least a portion of the one or more UI selection elements are populated with the data of the organization. Responsive to receiving user input of the one or more UI selection elements, an organization-specific rule is generated and saved to a data repository for execution by a rules engine after rule compilation.

Abstract: A personalized preview system to receive a request to access a collection of media items from a user of a user device. Responsive to receiving the request to access the collection of media items, the personalized preview system accesses user profile data associated with the user, wherein the user profile data includes an image. For example, the image may comprise a depiction of a face, wherein the face comprises a set of facial landmarks. Based on the image, the personalized preview system generates one or more media previews based on corresponding media templates and the image, and displays the one or more media previews within a presentation of the collection of media items at a client device of the user.

Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a method for simultaneously editing a video by a plurality of users which includes receiving a media file at the application server, decoding the media file using the process server, wherein decoding the media file using the process server comprises uncompressing the video streams and audio streams in the media file to access a plurality of video frames of the video stream and a plurality of audio packets of the audio stream, altering a plurality of video frames of a video stream and audio packets of an audio stream using a web application hosted on an application server, previewing the altered video stream and altered audio steam using the application server, and encoding the video stream and audio stream and the associated metadata using the process server.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for suggesting personal graphical elements for inclusion in a conversation. At least one message in a conversation is analyzed to determine an emotion or sentiment and the conversation participants are identified. Personal graphical elements, labeled with metadata and associated emotions, are selected from a database.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a content platform receives, from a user device, a request for a web page. In response to receiving the request for the web page, the content platform retrieves one or more page construction items associated with the web page and one or more page content items associated with the web page, wherein each page construction item included in the one or more page construction items indicates a structure of a different element included in the web page and each page content item included in the one or more page content items indicates a content of a different element included in the web page. The content platform generates a content interface associated with the web page based on the one or more page construction items, the one or more page content items, and user data associated with a user of the user device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides computer-implemented methods, systems, and devices for generating media content pages for live events at scale. A computing system accesses media data associated with a live event. The computing system customizes media data for one or more user groups. The computing system selects one or more page templates from a plurality of page templates based, at least in part on the customized media data. The computing system generates one or more content pages based on the customized media data and the one or more page templates. The computing system provides the one or more content pages to one or more user computing devices.

Abstract: A communication apparatus sets, in a case where an operation state of the communication apparatus is a first operation state in which data of a predetermined type is not transmitted and received, a ratio of a first period assigned for a first communication mode to a second period assigned for a second communication mode to a first ratio. In a second operation state in which data of the predetermined type is transmitted and/or received, a ratio of the first period to the second period is set to a second ratio. In a case where, in the second operation state, a channel used in one communication mode of the first communication mode and the second communication mode is a Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) channel, a period assigned for the one communication mode to satisfy a DFS operation regardless of the second ratio is set.

Abstract: The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementations for unfragmented information management. A live information construct (LIC) represents a component for unfragmented management of information associated with the component. The LIC comprises a document space, a control space, and a work space. The document space includes documents representing a plurality aspects of the component in an unfragmented manner. The control space includes control configurations, each of which defines some communication channels used by a party to manage relevant information in the document space with limitations to be imposed on the at least one communication channel. The work space provides embedded tools accessible to a party for managing the relevant information in the LIC via the at least one communication channel within the confine of the limitations.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems to determine a niche market of items or services, the first phase of which identifies a gap between demand and supply for a set of items. Session logs may be evaluated to compare transactions involving a specific item to those of a larger group of items. The resultant information identifies areas of high demand, but with low availability. The niche market information may be provided as direct merchandising items for sellers. In one example, the method generates niche market item web pages in specific categories. Additional methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed.

Abstract: A method and system for a content broker, including a unified object index, where the content broker is coupled to the unified object index and receives, from a requesting entity, a request to perform an action on an object and the object is stored in the content repository. The method further including obtaining the object associated with the request from a content repository, determining, using the unified object index, a normalized object type associated with the object, obtaining a governance rule based on the normalized object type, and servicing the request using the governance rule.

Abstract: Various examples of approaches for using and implementing cascaded text formatting within electronic publishing and display mediums are described herein. In an example, a method for analyzing and re-formatting a stream of text, includes: obtaining a stream of human-readable text in a natural language processing (NLP) parser to identify parts-of-speech and key phrases in a proper sentence; tagging the identified parts-of-speech according to the respective parts and key phrases; generating a text cascade arrangement for a display of the proper sentence by applying predefined rules to the part-of-speech and key phrases, where such a display of the proper sentence provides breaks and cascading, including indentations, according to the pre-defined rules; and outputting an electronic display of the proper sentence which includes the text cascade arrangement.

Abstract: A system and model by which to manage edits to localized versions of base-language electronic content. The model determines the likelihood of whether a modification made to a document is substantive and should be propagated back to the base electronic content and assists users in identifying these edits. The proposed method can significantly improve workflow efficiency and allow users to feel more comfortable in the development and use of their electronic content across multiple authoring platforms.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein enable a user to share content with another user. In embodiments, a portion of the multimedia content presented by an output device (e.g., a streaming media player, a set-top box, etc.) may be selected for sharing (e.g., with one or more user(s)). Information associated with the multimedia content may be further determined (e.g., metadata, a service or source device providing the content, a time, an identification, etc.). Upon receiving a selection to share the multimedia content, a user-interactive identifier (e.g., a hyperlink) and at least one of the information and the portion of the multimedia content may be transmitted to enable the user(s) to access the content. In this manner, access to multimedia content may be easily and quickly shared with another user with relatively low user effort.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a build request containing build step instructions from a user. The build step instructions specify a usage of containers within memory hardware for building an output container. The containers include at least one private container having private contents and/or at least one public container having public contents. The method also includes authenticating the user initiating the build request and determining whether the user is authorized to access the private containers. When the user is authenticated and authorized to access the private containers, the method includes obtaining the containers specified by the build step instructions from the memory hardware, executing the build step instructions to build the output container while using the received containers, and outputting the built output container.

Abstract: A system and method of presenting interactive content to a user is presented herein. In some embodiments, an interactive story is presented to a user via a computing device. Interactive features are presented such that the user may select the features dictating content that is provided to the user. The content may be presented in the form of audio, video, haptics, as well as other methods which may also be interactive. In some embodiments, the user's location may be used with the content to provide a fully interactive and unique experience to the user.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments generally relate to techniques for tailoring messages for network communication. More specifically, the disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods to provide customized information updates based on recipient preferences. For example, a recipient may prefer receiving updates less frequently than the system creates updates and/or may prefer to receive different levels of data in the updates. In some embodiments, a deltasnap technique is provided which allows for more efficient tailoring of the rate that update messages are provided. In some embodiments, a partitioning technique is provided which allows for more efficient tailoring of the content of update messages. In some embodiments, the deltasnap technique is provided in combination with the partitioning technique which allows for more efficient tailoring of the rate and content of the update messages.

Abstract: An electronic device obtains a collection of images and obtains a media item. The electronic device selects a subset of the collection of images, including: selecting an initial subset of the collection of images, wherein the initial subset of the collection of images is based on descriptors associated with the collection of images and/or the media item; obtaining a set of preferences for a user of the media-providing service; and selecting the subset of the collection of images from the initial subset of the collection of images based on the set of preferences for the user of the media-providing service. The electronic device concurrently presents: a respective image of the subset of the collection of images; and the media item.

Abstract: A text editor juxtaposes non-adjacent lines of a textual work to be shown as adjacent, later restoring the lines to original position. The text editor presents lines of words as separate columnized syllables, with stressed syllables presented visually different than unstressed syllables, to visualize the lines' rhythm. The lines may later be restored to original format. The text editor allows certain conditions in the text, such as rhyme and consonance, to be detected and visually indicated according to visual indication definitions, and then later restored to original format. A content wizard provides an easy starting point for a new textual work. A textual work uses blank lines and varying indentation levels to distinguish different stanza types. The text editor includes a rhyming engine which offers both perfect and imperfect rhyme options in a hierarchical output fashion based on similarity of consonant sounds.

Abstract: Acquisition of an utterance pair for expanding a set of utterance pairs for outputting an output utterance in response to receiving a given utterance is described. A keyword extraction unit is configured to compare a degree of characteristic of a word in expansion source utterance pair data and a degree of characteristics of a word in the given utterance data. The expansion source utterance pair data represents a set of expansion source utterance pairs including an input utterance and an output utterance for the input utterance. The present technology includes extracting, based on a comparison result, a keyword list including a keyword that is characteristic of the expansion source utterance pair data. An utterance pair extraction unit is configured to extract, based on the keyword list, an utterance pair from a set of given utterance pairs as an addition for expanding the set of utterance pairs.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to selecting text. An example method includes displaying, a focus indicator at a first location; while displaying the focus indicator, detecting a gesture at a first touch location that corresponds to the focus indicator; while detecting the gesture, detecting movement of the gesture to a second touch location; in response to detecting movement of the gesture to the second touch location: in accordance with a determination that the second touch location is in a first direction, moving the focus indicator to a second indicator location; in accordance with a determination that the second touch location is in a second direction, moving the focus indicator to a third location; while the focus indicator is at a fourth location, detecting liftoff of the gesture; and in response to detecting the liftoff, maintaining display of the focus indicator at the fourth location.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of combining two or more songs to present one or more campaigns to a plurality of audience members is provided. The method can include combining a first music selection, a second music selection, and one or more videos into a campaign video. The method can further comprise providing the campaign video for playback to the plurality of audience members and receiving a vote from the plurality of audience members, the vote reflecting a preference for the first selection or the second selection.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing clipping paths for variable data publishing are disclosed. A clipping path element is part of a graphic editor that allows a user to define a clipping path in any shape including non-rectangular shapes and shapes made with curved segments. The original graphic is preserved, and the clipping frame defines the portion of the image that is displayed or printed. A plurality of clipping paths can be defined and stored to a library. Rules based on nonvariable or variable data publishing data may be used to retrieve the clipping paths from the library. A new document is composed and rendered that includes a clipping path applied to a portion of an image or the text.

Abstract: Embodiments as disclosed provide a What-You-See-Is-What-You Get (WYSIWYG) editor for web content, allowing the conversion of previously generated web content to reusable templates or components. Embodiments thus allow, among other advantages, users such as web content developers to easily repurpose or reuse previously developed pages or content by giving these users the ability to review and edit previously developed pages or content in a WYSIWYG editor.

Abstract: An information communication system transmits an advertisement to a first terminal device used by a first user based on transmission of a message from the first terminal device to a second terminal device used by a second user. The information communication system causes the first terminal device to display an operation part operable to transmit the advertisement to the second terminal device. The information communication system transmits the advertisement to the second terminal device in response to operation of the displayed operation part by the first user. The information communication system executes processing of giving a reward to the first user based on recognition that the second user takes an action corresponding to a successful result of the advertisement after the second user selects the advertisement.

Abstract: A system for device discovery for social playback is disclosed. The system operates to connect a host media playback device to a media output device and broadcast a social playback session to guest media playback devices. Upon joining a social playback session, a guest media playback device may control the media playback at the host media playback device. Where the media output for the social playback session is provided by the media output device.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having software instructions stored therein, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive, from a first electronic device, an annotation of content on a webpage or a software product displayed on a display of the first electronic device, associate the annotation with metadata of the content on the webpage or the software product, and transmit a signal configured to display, on a display of a second electronic device, the annotation and the content of the webpage or the software product based on the metadata associated between the annotation and the content of the webpage or the software product.

Abstract: To provide an automatic report creation system which can automatically create reports for various different uses. This automatic report creation system included a voice recognition unit 3, a clock unit 7 and a term dictionary 9, wherein the voice recognition unit 3 recognizes the input of a pre-stored start term, the clock unit 7 calculates the start time on the basis of the time when the voice recognition unit 3 recognized input of the start term, the voice recognition unit 3 recognizes that a pre-stored end term has been inputted, the clock unit 7 calculates the end time on the basis of the time when the voice recognition unit recognized input of the end term, the voice recognition unit 3 stores speech from the start time to the end time as recorded speech, analyzes the recorded speech.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining that a media asset appears in at least two or more scenes in scenes associated with an immersive media presentation, sending a request to a client querying whether the client has access to the media asset appearing in at least two or more scenes in a local cache, receiving a reply indicating whether the client has access, signaling, in response to the reply indicating that the client has access to the media asset appearing in at least two or more scenes in the local cache, the client to use the media asset in a subsequent scene, and distributing the media asset to the client in response to the reply indicating that the client has no access to the media asset appearing in at least two or more scenes in the local cache.

Abstract: Some examples described herein relate to automatically configuring an insight carousel of a graphical user interface based on templates. In one example, a system can receive templates and insights associated with transactions, populate fields within each template using information associated with the insights, and generate a graphical user interface including an image carousel having slides incorporating the populated templates.

Abstract: Techniques for reduction and acceleration of a deterministic finite automaton (DFA) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for reduction and acceleration of a DFA includes receiving an input value; performing a reduced deterministic finite automaton lookup using a lookup key, wherein the lookup key comprises a current state and the input value; and determining a next state based on the lookup key.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus generates a screen displayed on a display apparatus having a reading-out function of reading out display content sequentially, the information processing apparatus including a processor configured to generate an after-switching screen, the after-switching screen being a screen displayed by switching display on the display apparatus, the after-switching screen including specific information in a before-switching screen which is a screen before the switching, the after-switching screen being a screen in which the specific information is read out at an earlier time, the earlier time being earlier than a time at which the specific information is read out when the display content is read out sequentially in the displayed before-switching screen.

Abstract: A scrolling method and apparatus devices having display screens such as a mobile terminal. When a first image on a screen cannot be moved in a direction by a touch input, a region of the first image is modified in response to the touch input and the modified image is subsequently restored to the first image after the touch is released or a preset amount of time passes. The modification of the region of the image provides an indication that is fed back to the user so that the end or last part of the image is displayed and cannot be moved further, so that undesired repetitive touch input can be prevented.