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A block-request streaming system provides for improvements in the user experience and bandwidth efficiency of such systems, typically using an ingestion system that generates data in a form to be served by a conventional file server (HTTP, FTP, or the like), wherein the ingestion system intakes content and prepares it as files or data elements to be served by the file server. A client device can be adapted to take advantage of the ingestion process as well as including improvements that make for a better presentation independent of the ingestion process. The files or data elements are organized as blocks that are transmitted and decoded as a unit, and the system is configured to provide and consume scalable blocks such that the quality of the presentation increases as more of the block is downloaded. Encoding and decoding blocks with multiple independent scalability layers can be done as well.

A block-request streaming system provides for improvements in the user experience and bandwidth efficiency of such systems, typically using an ingestion system that generates data in a form to be served by a conventional file server (HTTP, FTP, or the like), wherein the ingestion system intakes content and prepares it as files or data elements to be served by the file server, which might or might not include a cache. A client device can be adapted to take advantage of the ingestion process as well as including improvements that make for a better presentation independent of the ingestion process. In the block-request streaming system, the an ingestion system generates data according to erasure codes and the client device, through various selection and timing of requests for media data and redundant data, can efficiently decode media to provide for presentations.

A block-request streaming system provides for improvements in the user experience and bandwidth efficiency of such systems, typically using an ingestion system that generates data in a form to be served by a conventional file server (HTTP, FTP, or the like), wherein the ingestion system intakes content and prepares it as files or data elements to be served by the file server. The system might include controlling the sequence, timing and construction of block requests, time based indexing, variable block sizing, optimal block partitioning, control of random access point placement, including across multiple presentation versions, dynamically updating presentation data, and / or efficiently presenting live content and time shifting.

A method and system for presenting a set of graphic images on a television system is presented. A sequence of frames of a video is received. The frames are decoded and scaled to reduced size frames, which are sampled temporally and periodically to provide selected frames. The selected frames are stored in a circular buffer and converted to graphic images. The graphic images are periodically composited and rendered as an output graphic image using a graphic interface.

A block-request streaming system provides for improvements in the user experience and bandwidth efficiency of such systems, typically using an ingestion system that generates data in a form to be served by a conventional file server (HTTP, FTP, or the like), wherein the ingestion system intakes content and prepares it as files or data elements to be served by the file server, which might include a cache. A client device can be adapted to take advantage of the ingestion process as well as improvements that make for a better presentation independent of the ingestion process. The client devices and ingestion system can be coordinated to have a predefined mapping and template for making block requests to HTTP file names that a conventional file server can accept through the use of URL construction rules. Segment size might be specified in an approximate manner for more efficient organization.

Among other disclosures, an operating system presents one or more advertisements to a user and disables one or more functions while the advertisement is being presented. At the end of the advertisement, the operating system again enables the function(s). The advertisement can be visual or audible. The presentation of the advertisement(s) can be made as part of an approach where the user obtains a good or service, such as the operating system, for free or at reduced cost.

A dynamic browser interface that is designed to increase information search speed and capability and to make the search more intuitive. It has three basic elements: a multidimensional arrangement and presentation system (1) that is used to generate a navigation map (2): and to represent in at least more than one dimension the following items on the navigation map (2): access nodes (3); multiple categories (4) which are associated with each of the nodes (3); sensory designs (6) such that each node (3) is associated with the corresponding categories (4) thereof and symbols of the operators (11) on the nodes (3) and categories (4). It also includes a system for pre-selecting and visually searching for information (9) that is designed to provide operators (11) (Boolean, Venn, conditional, etc.) with a way for preselecting the desired nodes (3) and categories (4) and a system (7) for presenting the requested information (8) that provides the user with the information found (18) in a new navigation map (for more in-depth categorization), or a combination of both.

This invention relates to method for presenting at least a part of a page, comprising at least partially dividing at least one page into a plurality of areas, presenting said plurality of areas in a first representation, making at least one area of said plurality of areas an active area, and in response to a user operation on said at least one active area, presenting at least one of said at least one active areas in a second representation. Said at least one page may be a Hypertext Markup Language HTML page, or a page of a text document, and said display may be integrated in a portable electronic device. The invention further relates to a device, a system, a computer program and a computer program product.

A method and system for providing a computerized collection of multimedia content provided by providers, to publishers. An identification of digital content to be included in the system is received, and, responsive thereto, a link to the content is stored in a multimedia item record. A multimedia box is provided, the multimedia box specifying a format in which the multimedia box may be displayed. A publisher multimedia box page is created by inserting data corresponding to the multimedia item into the multimedia box. There are multimedia boxes, each multimedia box corresponding to a publisher, and the multimedia boxes may be stored in a multimedia box database. There are publisher multimedia box pages, the publisher multimedia box pages corresponding to different publishers. According to one embodiment, a hyperlink to the publisher multimedia box page is provided. An “Add Your Media” button, having the link to the content, is provided according to one highly preferred embodiment. A publisher home page may be provided, and the link may be a hyperlink to the publisher home page; and, responsive to selection of the button, further content may be stored in a further multimedia item record.

A system and method for confidence-based selection of items for use in conducting a computer-implemented survey. The survey presents information about a selected plurality of items to a survey participant, to elicit survey feedback information. Information regarding the plurality of items is stored, the stored information including display information about each of the plurality of items for presentation to a survey participant. A subset of items for presentation to a survey participant is selected in accordance with a predetermined selection algorithm. Information corresponding to the selected subset of items is displayed to the survey participant via a survey user interface. Rating information is input by the survey participant via the survey user interface indicating the survey participant's preferences as to items in the presented subset of items. The rating information is utilized in various manners to affect the selection algorithm for a subsequent survey.

A block-request streaming system provides for improvements in the user experience and bandwidth efficiency of such systems, typically using an ingestion system that generates data in a form to be served by a conventional file server (HTTP, FTP, or the like), wherein the ingestion system intakes content and prepares it as files or data elements to be served by the file server, which might or might not include a cache. A client device can be adapted to take advantage of the ingestion process as well as including improvements that make for a better presentation independent of the ingestion process. In the block-request streaming system, the an ingestion system generates data according to erasure codes and the client device, through various selection and timing of requests for media data and redundant data, can efficiently decode media to provide for presentations.

A firearms magazine has compound tapered side walls and feed lips having substantially parallel end portions for maintaining contact with the cartridge as it is loaded. Removable inserts reduce the interior length and width to hold cartridges of different sizes. The insert has a channel along its height to protect the cartridge noses, and is held by a reinforcing member. A movable cartridge follower feeds the cartridges out of the magazine and has projections slideable in channels of the insert.

The invention relates to the field for Arteriviruses and vaccines directed against infections caused by these viruses. The invention provides an Arteriviruses-like particle comprising at least a first structural protein derived from a first Arterivirus and a second structural protein wherein the second structural protein is at least partly not derived from said first Arterivirus.

A method for generating a stereoscopic presentation of a region-of-interest in a monoscopic information representation. The method includes the steps of: (a) selecting first and second viewpoints for the region-of-interest; (b) creating a lens surface having a predetermined lens surface shape for the region-of-interest, the lens surface having a plurality of polygonal surfaces constructed from a plurality of points sampled from the lens surface shape; (c) creating first and second transformed presentations by overlaying the representation on the lens surface and perspectively projecting the lens surface with the overlaid representation onto a plane spaced from the first and second viewpoints, respectively; and, (d) displaying the first and second transformed presentations on a display screen to generate the stereoscopic presentation.

The invention discloses a deep question answer-based answer retrieval method and device. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving an input query statement; carrying out retrieval according to the query statement so as to obtain a webpage which comprises candidate answers; respectively obtaining a first candidate answer, a second candidate answer and a third candidate answer on the basis of a webpage analysis method, a deep learning method and a template matching method; determining a final answer according to the first candidate answer, the second candidate answer and the third candidate answer; and displaying the final answer. Through the method and device disclosed by the invention, the answers corresponding to the questions queried by the users can be directly displayed in the search result pages, so that the relevancy and correctness of answer retrieval are improved, and the display effect of the research results is improved.

A firearms magazine has compound tapered side walls and feed lips having substantially parallel end portions for maintaining contact with the cartridge as it is loaded. Removable inserts reduce the interior length and width to hold cartridges of different sizes. One insert has a channel along its height to protect the cartridge noses, and is held by a reinforcing member. A movable cartridge follower feeds the cartridges out of the magazine and has a pair of projections extending along its length for contacting and centering the last cartridge and a projection at one end slideable in the channel of the insert. The follower has one or more downwardly extending members to contact the floor or walls to maintain position of the follower with respect thereto. Projections extending inward from the side walls contact shoulders of the firearms cartridges in sliding relationship as they are fed out of the magazine.

A method and apparatus are provided for recommending concepts from a first concept set in response to user selection of a first concept Ci by performing a natural language processing (NLP) analysis comparison of the vector representations of a first concept set of candidate concepts and a second concept set of user-explored concepts to determine a similarity measure corresponding to each candidate concept, and to select therefrom one or more of the candidate concepts for display as recommended concepts which are related to the one or more user-explored concepts from the navigation history for the user based on the similarity measure for each candidate concept.

The invention relates to a method for applying a virtual reality technology to a fabricated building industry. The method comprises the steps of firstly, building 3D models of fabricated building members, and endowing the fabricated building members with attribute information; secondly, establishing fabrication rules of the fabricated building members through a virtual reality system; thirdly, performing splicing construction of the fabricated building members based on the fabrication rules of the fabricated building members in a VR scene by a designer through wearing a VR device to generate a fabricated building; and finally, performing rationality verification on the generated fabricated building, and if the verification succeeds, exporting a fabricated building member list and calculating total mass of the fabricated building based on member list information. According to the method, the immersive experience of a fabricated building design process is realized based on the VR technology; a design concept of the fabricated building is accurately passed on; the communication cost is reduced; and the communication effect is improved.

Adaptive telephone relay service systems. Embodiments herein provide technical solutions for improving text captioning of Captioned Telephone Service calls, including computer systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products for automating the text captioning of CTS calls. These technical solutions include, among other things, embodiments for generating text captions from speech data using an adaptive captioning service to provide full automated text captioning and / or operator assisted automated text captioning, embodiments for intercepting and modifying a calling sequence for calls to captioned telephone service users, and embodiments for generating progressive text captions from speech data.

The present invention is directed to a tool holder convertible between storage and display configurations and a method of manufacture therefor. In one embodiment, the tool holder includes a flexible wrapper including first and second parallel major and minor edges and a fold line located between the first and second major edges. The first minor edge includes a first notch proximate a corner thereof. The tool holder also includes a first fastener including first and second portions located proximate the first and second minor edges, respectively, that is alignable in opposition to allow a coupling of the first and second minor edges.

A method and system are disclosed for identifying, quantifying, and acting on user preferences. The preferences are calculated from reported data, observed data, inferred data, or any combination of any or all of these sources. The preferences are then used to make various personalized recommendations to suggest that the user take certain actions such as reading an article, purchasing an item, or performing an activity. The preferences can also be used to choose among various communication choices such as message medium, format, level of detail, time of delivery, or others.

A rack or shelf for a floral display cabinet has a scalloped cutout that holds a number of round or conic vases or flower containers. The scalloped shape allows the containers to be held in a number of configurations. The containers do not shift or slide if the merchandiser is bumped or moved. The tip or pitch angle of the shelf can be adjusted. A cover for the shelf allows the shelf to be used as a solid flat shelf for supporting items from the bottom.

The invention proposes a voice interaction method and a device based on artificial intelligence wherein the method comprises: when a voice interaction is detected to start, acquiring the voice inputted by a user; recognizing and obtaining corresponding words; recognizing the words so as to obtain the user's interaction requirement and the interaction type; according to the interaction type, selecting the display interface of the television service or selecting the floating window displayed at the upper part of the display interface of the television service; and feeding back the user's interaction requirement. According to the invention, based on the interaction type, a feedback display manner suitable to the interaction requirement is selected so as to increase the display effect of voice interaction and to avoid the interference of the voice interaction process to the use of the smart television of the user, therefore, solving the technical problem in the prior art that the display effect of voice interaction is poor.

A magnetic resonance imaging system for interventional MR imaging involves operations to insert a device such as a catheter into an object. According to the system, a tip position of the catheter is detected, data indicative of moved loci of the catheter are produced from data indicative of the detected tip position, and the produced movement locus data are displayed. In addition, even when an operator changes the progress direction of the device such as a puncture needle, an imaging cross-section automatically tracks movements of the device. Appropriate preoperative planning is also provided.

A block-request streaming system provides for improvements in the user experience and bandwidth efficiency of such systems, typically using an ingestion system that generates data in a form to be served by a conventional file server (HTTP, FTP, or the like), wherein the ingestion system intakes content and prepares it as files or data elements to be served by the file server. A client device can be adapted to take advantage of the ingestion process. The client device might be configured to optimize use of resources, given the information available to it from the ingestion system. This may include configurations to determine the sequence, timing and construction of block requests based on monitoring buffer size and rate of change of buffer size, use of variable sized requests, mapping of block requests to underlying transport connections, flexible pipelining of requests, and / or use of whole file requests based on statistical considerations.