35 results about "Luser" patented technology

As computer programs grow more complex, extensible, and connected, it becomes increasingly difficult for users to understand what has changed on their machines and what impact those changes have. An embodiment of the invention is described via a software tool, called AskStrider, that answers those questions by correlating volatile process information with persistent-state context information and change history. AskStrider scans a system for active components, matches them against a change log to identify recently updated and hence more interesting state, and searches for context information to help users understand the changes. Several real-world cases are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of using AskStrider to quickly identify the presence of unwanted software, to determine if a software patch is potentially breaking an application, and to detect lingering components left over from an unclean uninstallation.

When an application is activated, a mobile station 10 detects external devices 20, 30, 40 as candidates for a BLUETOOTH connection out of external devices existing in the surrounding area, and presents a list of the devices to a user. When the user selects from the list an external device 20 with which a connection is to be attempted to make, a link is established by a connection procedure according to a security level described in an ADF of the application. Namely, when “high” is described as the security level, an authentication process and an encryption process requiring input of a PIN are executed prior to the establishment of the link. On the other hand, when “low” is described as the security level, a link is established without executing these processes.

The present invention provides a communication method and / or system (10) that enables the creation of personalised identifiers (40) and / or language that can be used to convey information, messages, instructions, and / or attributes for the purpose of enhancing and / or integrating communications. In a preferred form the personalised identifiers (40) and / or language can act as elements that may be used as a means of expression that is driven by users (12), groups of users (12), or entities, in order to convey personal attributes or identity. In a further preferred form the personalised identifiers (40) may act as visual representations of identity in order to, for example, facilitate convenient and readily accessible means of cross-referencing indexed information. The present invention may also provide refined search facilities that feature graphical functions that enable enhanced visualisation of search results, and / or visualisation display applications.

In enterprises, presentations are designed and made to visiting clients on a routine basis and it is expected that such presentations are required to be effective as much of business depends on right kind of information in right depth and volume made to right audience. The typically followed manual process depends on the capabilities of a person to create “right” presentation targeted for the right audience. It is required to obtain as much information as possible from such persons and use it to generate presentations as much automatically as possible. The automatic generation of presentation is based on (a) agenda; (b) audience profile; (c) analogical examples; and (d) templates. The system generates draft version of presentations and lets users to interactively tune the draft presentations to generate final version of the presentations. The analogical examples are identified manually and are made part of the system while the templates are automatically generated based on “best” presentations that are provided as input to the system.

A system and method for automatically turning the pages of an open book (80) without user intervention for the purposes of digital imaging or viewing. One embodiment of the system includes a rotating platform (15) for mounting the open book (80), a page lifter (51), a transparent stationary hood (62), and a camera (201). As the platform (15) rotates, the page lifter (51) is dropped onto the uppermost page on the leading side of the book (80). The uppermost page is held fast and lifted up by the page lifter (51). The platform (15) continues to rotate, peeling the uppermost page free from the page lifter (51) and eventually trapping the book completely under the hood (62) which holds the book (80) open and keeps the uppermost pages visible. The platform (15) rotation is paused momentarily to allow for image capture by a camera (201) viewing the open book (80) through the hood (62). Other embodiments are described and shown.

According to a computer implemented method and system for matching user-generated text content, users “freely” specify content by means of fed-in texts which are matched automatically, according to rules in the embodiment. An embodiment of the invention allows customers to specify what items or services to request or offer by adding, to the “MyHaves” or “MyWants” selection criteria, using typed-in descriptions. Traditionally, for the purpose of matching supplies and demands, the specification of an individual's “wants” and “haves” is done by selecting options that are predefined by, or hard-coded into, the system's “drop-down menu”—rather than allowing customers to freely define what they want or have. This method under consideration, however, provides an efficacious solution: customers are free to request an item or service by entering standard descriptive texts describing what s / he wants in a customizable manner very akin to the flexibility associated with verbal speech, with the assurance that these human-entered texts will be matched automatically. Similarly, a customer is free to offer an item or service in the aforementioned (text-descriptive) way. The entered texts are in the form of a specific human language (e.g. English, Chinese, etcetera) using the desired input device, such as a computer keyboard. The system algorithm of an implementation then “crawls” through the network of user generated texts (user-defined texts) to find matches between what people are offering and what others are requesting, while watching out for typographical errors (in the text content) made by customers. That is to say, the algorithm in the embodiment scours the texts in the “MyWants” section of requesters and sees if there are corresponding matches found in the “MyHaves” section of offerers, while paying attention to certain system rules.Although the invention essentially lies in the ability to match raw user-generated texts—that fall out of system-provided categories—to achieve any desired purpose of an embodiment, the invention has applicability in sundry areas where utility may be derived. In an embodiment of the invention, for example, when a match is found, the system automatically triggers an email that is sent to the offerer, notifying him / her that a fellow customer wants what the offerer-customer has to offer. If the offerer-customer agrees to deliver the item or service to the requester, the implementation proceeds to require the requester customer to confirm receipt once the item is received. The utility here is the expeditious re-allocation of resources whose descriptions fall outside the predefined categories of the system and, consequently, may only be accurately provided by the persons wanting or offering the resources (items or services).