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The present invention relates to systems and methods that employ user models to personalize generalized queries and/or search results according to information that is relevant to respective user characteristics. A system is provided that facilitates generating personalized searches of information. The system includes a user model to determine characteristics of a user. The user model may be assembled automatically via an analysis of a user's content, activities, and overall context. A personalization component automatically modifies queries and/or search results in view of the user model in order to personalize information searches for the user. A user interface receives the queries and displays the search results from one or more local and/or remote search engines, wherein the interface can be adjusted in a range from more personalized searches to more generalized searches.

A method and structure for a tiled interface system provides a Tiled User Interface (TUI) in which a tile manager manages at least one tile cluster on a display device and translates an input event into a tile cluster event and at least one tile cluster controlled by the tile manager to be displayed on the display device. Each tile cluster includes at least one tile, each tile cluster corresponds to one or more predefined functions for a specific application, each tile cluster provides a complete interaction of all the predefined functions for the specific application respectively corresponding to that tile cluster, and each tile cluster can be presented in its entirety on a single frame of the display device using at most one input event.

A social graph is built which includes interactions, sharing activity, and connections between the users of the open Web and can be used to improve ad targeting and content personalization. Sharing activity between two users will affect ads or content that both users will be presented while surfing the Web. This sharing activity includes sending of links, sending of videos, sending of files, cutting and pasting of content, sending text messages, and sending of e-mails.

An interior rearview mirror assembly includes a reflective element having a front surface that is viewable by and directed generally toward a driver of a vehicle when the mirror assembly is installed in the vehicle. An overlay element applied to the front surface of the reflective element includes at least one user input for controlling at least one accessory or display of the mirror assembly or vehicle. An electrical connector connects the overlay element to circuitry at or within or associated with the mirror assembly. The overlay element may be applied to the reflective element at a desired location on the surface of the reflective element to provide a user input and/or a display at the front of the reflective element where it is readily viewable and accessible by a driver or occupant of the vehicle.

The present invention generates a concise listing of low-priced travel products in an interactive itinerary format in response to a simplified user input that can include specification of a selected travel theme. The interactive itinerary can allow and/or recommend changes to the itinerary, e.g., to add, remove, or otherwise change the various travel products included therein, and the user can be notified of the cost and/or scheduling effects of particular modifications to the itinerary. Various tools can also be provided for evaluating the itinerary, e.g., to enable the user to understand the relationship and compatibility of the travel products in time and location so that the user is better informed of the itinerary and more likely to complete the purchase of the associated travel products.

Certain exemplary embodiments described herein relate to digital downloading jukebox systems of the type that typically include a central server and remote jukebox devices that communicate with the central server for royalty accounting and/or content updates. More particularly, certain exemplary embodiments relate to jukebox systems that have revenue-enhancing features such as for example, music recommendation engines and bartender loyalty programs. Such innovative techniques help to both increase per jukebox revenue as well as keep jukebox patrons engaged with the jukebox.

The present invention generates a concise listing of low-priced travel products in an interactive itinerary format in response to a simplified user input that may include specification of a selected travel theme. The interactive itinerary generated by the invention may allow the user to revise the itinerary to add, remove, and/or amend details related to the various travel products listed therein such that the user may be made aware of the cost and/or scheduling effects of making a particular revision to the itinerary. The invention may also provide a concise display of supplemental information related to the selected theme and/or a selected destination for the itinerary such that the user may be better informed when making revisions to the interactive itinerary. For example, the invention may provide interactive maps, reviews, photos, and/or other supplemental information related to the selected theme and/or one or more of the listed travel products.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, methods and systems for displaying an interest profile for an electronically stored document are provided. Interest profiles provide features that can enhance the experience of reading or using the electronic document. In exemplary embodiments, methods and systems include one or more interest profile techniques, such as graphical presentations and the like, for browsing or searching documents are provided. The graphical presentation can provide information about content of a document. The invention can be embodied in computer systems that include user input devices, processors, displays, storage and the like.

This invention deals with the next generation improvements in recommendation systems. Retailers want to grow their business and increase sales. One embodiment displays recommendations for inside sales during calls to prospects via a CRM. Another embodiment improves genomic cross-sell by summing correlations between attributes. A third embodiment improves cross-channel personalization by linking personal information, preferably via a one-way hash, to a unique customer ID. A fourth embodiment enables a common core mobile app for different retailers. A fifth embodiment identifies a shopper before purchase to provide personal recommendations while shopping. A sixth embodiment utilizes a market place with shared customers for customer acquisition. A seventh embodiment utilizes customers' preferences and characteristics and sales data to influence recommendations. The characteristics can be combined into a shopper psychographic persona to generate recommendations. An eight embodiment is a market place for customers to shop, which is used for customer acquisition for participating retailers. A ninth embodiment shows how to improve search results based upon analysis of purchase data, and correlation of clicks on search results and search terms. A tenth embodiment calculates a buy index based upon value of products purchased versus products viewed to segment shoppers to determine discounts and re-marketing. An eleventh embodiment automates the creation of a dynamic website, usually for responsive design.

The invention provides a mobile terminal based smart question answering interaction system which comprises an input module, a denoising module, a semantic parsing module, an information processing module and an output module. The invention further provides a mobile terminal based smart question answering interaction method which comprises the steps of inputting user question information and acquiring user parameter information; converting the user question information and the user parameter information into standard text format information; carrying out denoising and modularizing processing on the text format information; carrying out semantic parsing on the user question information; carrying out verification, initial encapsulation and data processing on parsed information so as to generate initial result data; and carrying out secondary encapsulating and formatting on the initial result data, allocating processed results to a calling server and outputting retrieval results. According to the system and the method, the recognition accuracy and answer correctness are improved, and the content personalization and system practicality are enhanced.

The Electronic Content Asset Publication System operates as an overlay application on the native multi-media communication network to receive individual subscriber requests for a selected electronic content asset and deliver that asset to the requesting subscriber. This system acquires, stores, publishes, distributes, accesses and processes electronic content on demand and delivers this content in the format of the subscriber's communication device over a selected multi-media communications infrastructure. This system provides access to specific subscriber-initiated electronic content assets that are of interest to the subscriber. The electronic content assets comprise individual multi-media streams, multi-media files or streams of multi-media files, initiated and published by individual subscribers rather than the mass media distributed by conventional content sources.

A method and system for controlling a display in a machine operating in a work area. A plurality of views are displayed on a screen, each of the plurality of views corresponding to a plurality of functions. A user of the machine is allowed to simultaneously monitor the work area and control one or more of the plurality of functions by way of one or more of the plurality of views. The functions include one or more physical activities performed by an implement, connected to the machine, in the work area. The user is allowed to control, via the display, the one or more physical activities using software executed on the machine while monitoring the work area.

The invention discloses an electric pressure cooker based on an internet of things technology. The electric pressure cooker comprises an electric pressure cooker and strong algorithm software, wherein the electric pressure cooker serves as a thin client for running a weak algorithm, and controls strong algorithm of the electric pressure cooker to be arranged on the strong algorithm software; the strong algorithm software can be downloaded to a central control system of an intelligent housing system; the central control system and the electric pressure cooker perform communication based on Internet of things, and are connected with each other through a wireless communication mode or a wire communication mode. By the external strong algorithm, a user can look up data of all sensors in the electric pressure cooker on the central control system or a terminal device to change algorithm strategies according to the requirements, conveniently perform accurate control according to practical situations or use requirements, and relatively flexibly and individually use the electric pressure cooker.

Systems and methods are provided for managing user information comprising presence information, wherein authentication of requesting parties is based on public-private key pair encryption and key Domain Name Service (kDNS) infrastructure. Thus, a response to a request for presence information may be dependent on the authentication status of the requesting party. Presence information stored on a presence server or other network element may be stored or updated upon receiving a request from a user which includes the requestors identify, and is signed with the private key of the requestor. After authentication of a user having a registered unique identifier and an associated public key, presence information may be stored or updated, in either encrypted or unencrypted form. Presence information is preferably stored with user specified policy information for managing access to the presence information by other users, e.g. what information may be shared with anonymous or unauthenticated other users, or with other specific authorized users, or authorized user groups. Advantageously, all communications between communication parties and network elements of the system are encrypted. A scalable and distributed system and method is provided for managing exchange of dynamic information, such as presence information, between users of communications and network services, with improved reliability, security, and personalization. Systems and methods are particularly applicable for securely managing exchange of presence information and other information for multiparty communications service and for peer-to-peer network services.

This disclosure relates to adjusting individualized content made available to users of an online game based on user gameplay information. In implementations, information relating to prospective usage of the online game is used to classify users according by user type, and content made available to the users is customized accordingly. Information relating to prospective usage may include predictive information such as demographic and geographic information, as well as game usage information for the users. User types may include resource collection, player versus player, and player versus environment. Customized content may include content made available to the users through the users in-game actions, such as exploring a map, researching a technology or skill, purchasing an in-game item, and completing an in-game achievement, including in-game items, in-game powers, in-game skills, in-game technologies, in-game pets, in-game transportation units, in-game units, and in-game buildings.

The invention discloses a downloading method for map data, comprising: a user terminal searches whether or not there is data of map piece corresponding to map region need to be required stored locally, if so, reading data of the map piece stored locally and executing continuous map data processing operation; if not, downloading data of the map piece from the server and executing continuous map data processing operation. The invention further discloses a downloading device for map data and a downloading server as well. The invention is capable of enabling the user to obtain quickly and accurately the map data, to accomplish personified and agile map data download aiming at different users, to reduce downloading time of the map data, to reduces storage space occupied, at the same time to reduces cost of network data stream, to reduce service cost of the user and to reduce dependency of the network, which reduces network cover rate and influence of network signal intensity for the user who uses the map.

The invention discloses a message pushing method and device, and relates to the technical field of data processing. The message pushing method and device mainly aim at solving the problems that usersaiming at the message pushing screening in different scenes in the prior art are random, or the pushing is performed through large-range message link sending, so that the pushed users have lower individuation; directionality is not realized; when the users do not click the pushed messages, the flow waste can also be caused; the click rate is lower; useless pushing is caused. The method provided bythe invention has the main technical scheme that the method comprises the following steps of obtaining user portraits of messages to be pushed; extracting attribute features in the user portraits; determining the message pushing users by combining the user screening prediction models, wherein the user screening prediction models are used for screening the users expected to have the clicking behaviors after the message pushing according to the attribute features; pushing the messages for the user. The method and the device are mainly used for message pushing.