A method (74) to furnish input representing gaze direction in a computer system operatively coupled to a vision system. In this method, a first image of an eye at a first level of illumination is acquired by a camera of the vision system (78). The first image is obtained from the camera, and a second image of the eye corresponding to a second, different level of illumination is also obtained (80). Brightness of corresponding pixels of the first and second images is compared in order to distinguish a reflection of the illumination by the eye from a reflection of the illumination by eyewear (84). The input is then furnished based on the reflection of the illumination by the eye (90).
An optical structure useful in a see-through head mounted display apparatus allows is provided. A first and a second partially reflective and transmissive elements are configured to receive the output of any number of optical sources via an optical element. Each reflective and transmissive element is positioned along an optical viewing axis for a wearer of the device with an air gap between the elements. Each reflective and transmissive element has a geometric axis which is positioned in an off-axis relationship with respect to the optical viewing axis. The off-axis relationship may comprise the geometric axis of one or both elements being at an angle with respect to the optical viewing axis and/or vertically displaced with respect to the optical viewing axis.
Systems and methods are provided for generating a DNN classifier by "learning" a "student" DNN model from a larger, more accurate "teacher" DNN model. The student DNN may be trained from unlabeled training data by passing the unlabeled training data through the teacher DNN, which may be trained from labeled data. In one embodiment, an iterative processis applied to train the student DNN by minimizing the divergence of the output distributions from the teacher and student DNN models. For each iteration until convergence, the difference in the outputs of these two DNNsis used to update the student DNN model, and outputs are determined again, using the unlabeled training data. The resulting trained student DNN model may be suitable for providing accurate signal processing applications on devices having limited computational or storage resources such as mobile or wearable devices. In an embodiment, the teacher DNN model comprises an ensemble of DNN models.
G06K 9/66 - Methods or arrangements for recognition using electronic means using simultaneous comparisons or correlations of the image signals with a plurality of references, e.g. resistor matrix references adjustable by an adaptive method, e.g. learning
A method, computer program product, and computer system for monitoring a communication session between a plurality of users. It is determined whether at least two users of the plurality of users are sending media in the communication session. If only a first user of the plurality of users is sending media, the media is delivered to the plurality of users via a first technique. If the first user and a second user of the plurality of users are sending media, the media is delivered to the plurality of users via a second technique.
An adaptive screen and video coding system adaptively selects different coding schemes for coding an image block of a screen or video image based on a type of content included in the image block. The adaptive screen and video coding system further includes a screen coding scheme that classifies pixels of the image block into major colors and escape pixels and convert values of the pixels into index values assigned to the major colors and the escape pixels. Since the number of index values is usually less than a normal range of pixel values, using the index values instead of actual pixel values further facilitate compression and coding of the image block, thus improving coding accuracy and efficiency of the screen or video image. In one embodiment, the adaptive screen and video coding system may be used for screen sharing application.
H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
H04N 19/12 - Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264
H04N 19/14 - Coding unit complexity, e.g. amount of activity or edge presence estimation
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RICH CONTENT SCANNING FOR NON-SERVICE ACCOUNTS FOR EMAIL DELIVERY
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques and apparatuses to facilitate message communication between registered entities of an email system and other non-registered entities. In one embodiment, a transport component executes on a logic circuit to receive a request to perform a function on an encrypted message. Information embedded in the request is identified to determine if the original request was sent by a registered entity. The embedded information is authenticated with information contained in an authentication information store associated with the original request and if the information is authenticated, the requested function is executed. In addition, if the requested function by the non-registered entity is to send an email message, rich scanning is performed on the email message to ensure the safety thereof.
At least some embodiments described herein refer to the user of a rendering interpreter that receives data object(s) from code executing within a restricted environment container (such as an IFrame). The restricted environment container prevents the code from adversely impacting the performance and consistency of the user interface system as a whole, and also prevents the code from adversely impacting the performance of code running in other restricted environment containers.
Connectivity is tested using different locations and contexts selected from different possible failure zones. The failure zones may include: client failure zones; Internet failure zones; and online service failure zones. The results relating to different connectivity tests performed using the different failure zones are correlated and analyzed in an attempt to determine a root cause of the connectivity issue. For example, the root cause may be determined to be a configuration problem of the client, a problem with the client's networking equipment, an ISP problem, an Internet backbone problem; a problem of the online service, and the like. Different contexts may also be used when performing the tests. These results may be compared to the other connectivity test results. The results from the tests may be provided to the client experiencing the problem. Aggregated test results may also be used to detect service wide issues and trigger an alert.
Online selling mechanism creation is described, for example, whereby a retailer with business goals and constraints benefits from automatic generation and execution of software which controls generation of online offers so as to meet the business goals within the constraints. For example, as business goals and constraints change over time, bespoke selling mechanisms may be automatically updated. In various examples business goals are used to select selling mechanisms from a plurality of available online selling mechanisms; properties of the selling mechanisms may be taken into account. In examples, generic software implementing the selling mechanisms is used to instantiate a bespoke selling mechanism according to particular business goals and constraints. For example, a bespoke selling mechanism may be executed at a commerce server so as to control dynamic generation of offers.
Cross-lingual automatic query annotation technique is described, for example, to classify online search queries in Arabic as being of commercial intent, without the need to use human-judged Arabic queries. In examples, a query classifier available for a source language (such as English) is used to produce a query classifier for a target language (such as Arabic, German, French). In various examples, a target language query log and target language documents may be used to enable target language and target culture dependent queries to be classified. In various examples a click graph with edges weighted by click frequency is used to infer class membership of unlabeled target language queries from target language documents. In examples the target language documents may be classified using a supervised or semi-supervised classifier. In various examples the automatically labeled target language queries are used to train a target language query classifier for information retrieval and/or advertising.
A method, system, and one or more computer-readable storage media for detecting sleeping computing devices are provided herein. The method includes querying, via a computing device, a system neighbor table of the computing device to determine whether a target computing device is reachable and, if the target computing device is unreachable, sending a neighbor discovery packet to the target computing device. The method also includes re-querying the system neighbor table to determine whether the target computing device is reachable and, if the target computing device is unreachable, determining whether the target computing device has been determined to be unreachable at least a specified number of times in a row. The method further includes determining that the target computing device is manageable if the target computing device has been determined to be unreachable at least the specified number of times in a row.
The subject disclosure is directed towards obtaining relatively precise location data with respect to a mapped space, based upon depth camera coordinates, for tracking a user or other object within the space. Also described are usage scenarios and user experiences that are based upon the current location data.
Heartrate tracking is performed entirely optically without the subject being required to wear any monitoring equipment by processing a combination of signals representing frames of video of the sinusoidal motion of a subject's facial skin color changes captured by both IR and visible light (e.g., RGB - red/green/blue) cameras. The IR and RGB graphs that result from the processing are perfectly phase-shifted so that when the IR signal is going down in amplitude, the RGB signal is going up. Such phase-shifting enables the optical heartrate tracking to utilize diverse input feeds so that a tracked signal is accepted as the user's true heartrate when both IR and RGB signals are well correlated.
Embodiments are disclosed that relate to augmenting a lower resolution image with higher resolution image data. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising imaging a scene with a first, lower resolution imaging device to form a first set of image data. The scene may also be imaged with a second, higher resolution imaging device to form a second set of image data. The method further comprises augmenting at least a portion of the first set of image data with at least a portion of the second set of image data to form an augmented image.
In one or more embodiments, a camera includes a replay mode which, when selected, the camera automatically captures image data, such as video or still images, and saves the image data to a memory buffer. The size of the memory buffer may be set by the user to determine how much image data is to be collected. If an event occurs that the user wishes to memorialize through video or still images, a record button can be activated which saves the image data from the beginning of the memory buffer and continues recording until the user presses the record button again.
G08B 13/196 - Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems using television cameras
H04N 7/18 - Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECOMPOSING SINGLE-QUBIT QUANTUM CIRCUITS INTO A DISCRETE BASIS
A target quantum circuit expressed in a first quantum gate basis may be transformed into a corresponding quantum circuit expressed in a second quantum gate basis, which may be a universal set of gates such as a V gate basis set. The target quantum circuit may be expressed as a linear combination of quantum gates. The linear combination of quantum gates may be mapped to a quaternion. The quaternion may be factorized, based at least in part on an amount of precision between the target quantum circuit and the corresponding quantum circuit expressed in the second quantum gate basis, into a sequence of quaternion factors. The sequence of quaternion factors may be mapped into a sequence of quantum gates of the second quantum gate basis, where the sequence of sequence of quantum gates is the corresponding quantum circuit.
A "Placement Detector" enables handheld or mobile electronic devices such as phones, media players, tablets, etc., to infer their current position or placement. Placement inference is performed by evaluating one or more sensors associated with the device relative to one or more trained probabilistic models to infer device relative to a user. Example placement inferences include, but are not limited to, inferring whether the device is currently in a user's pocket, in a user's purse (or other carrying bag or backpack), in a closed area such as a drawer or box, in an open area such as on a table, indoors, outdoors, etc. These types of placement inferences facilitate a wide range of automated user-device interactions, including, but not limited to, placement-dependent notifications, placement-dependent responses to various inputs, prevention of inadvertent "pocket dialing," prevention of inadvertent power cycling of devices, lost or misplaced device location assistance, etc.
H04B 1/38 - Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
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MULTIBAND ANTENNA USING DEVICE METAL FEATURES AS PART OF THE RADIATOR
Mobile communication devices include multi-band antennas that use an internal conductor and a perimeter conductor to define antenna sections that are coupled together based on an RF wavelength of interest. The antenna sections can be selected or deselected by shunting to ground using a passive filter device or an active RF switch. In other examples, filters or switches are configured to couple an internal conductor and a portion of a perimeter conductor together to provide an effective antenna length associated with a selected frequency.
H01Q 5/00 - Arrangements for simultaneous operation of antennas on two or more different wavebands, e.g. dual-band or multi-band arrangements
H01Q 7/00 - Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
H01Q 1/24 - Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set
H01Q 9/42 - Resonant antennas with feed to end of elongated active element, e.g. unipole with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength
A system and method providing gesture controlled video conferencing includes a local capture device detecting movements of a user in a local environment and an audio/visual display. A processor is coupled to the capture device and a remote capture device and a remote processor at a remote environment via a network. The local processor includes instructions to render a representation of the remote environment on the display responsive to the remote processor and remote capture device. The processor also tracks movements of a local user in a space proximate to the local capture device. Responsive to a user gesture detected at the local capture device, the audio or visual signals provided by the remote capture device are altered to change the representation of the remote location is altered locally.
H04N 21/4788 - Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification or shopping application communicating with other users, e.g. chatting
H04M 3/56 - Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities
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SHORT RANGE WIRELESS POWERED RING FOR USER INTERACTION AND SENSING
In general, the short range wireless powered ring described herein pertains to a finger-worn ring. In one embodiment the ring has a small interaction area towards the palm of the hand that employs sensors to sense user input and can interpret this input and other data. For example, the ring can interpret user input as scroll and select input actions. The ring communicates user interactions and other data wirelessly using a low-power wireless solution. The ring contains a coil and other circuitry for energy harvesting from short range wireless enabled devices such as, for example, NFC enabled phones, while users interact with their devices. A built in rechargeable battery is used to store the scavenged energy. The ring may also contain physiological and inertial sensors. The ring can provide a readily available input device of small form factor that has an easily accessible energy source for ease of use.
Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to optical systems for augmented reality display systems. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a near-eye display system including a prism having a light input interface side configured to receive light from an image source, the prism being configured to first internally reflect the light from the image source and then emit the light from the image source out of a light output interface side of the prism after internally reflecting the light from the image source. The optical system also includes a reflective combiner positioned to receive the light emitted from the light output interface side of the prism, and to reflect the light back through the prism.
A method and system for remotely navigating a display of a target computing device using a screen (402) of a source computing device (400) are provided herein. The method includes detecting a source input on the screen, determining the positions of a number of navigation jump points (408) on the screen, and determining whether the source input is associated with a navigation jump point. If the source input is not associated with a navigation jump point, relative pixel mapping is performed to translate the source input into a corresponding target input on the display. Alternatively, if the source input is associated with a navigation jump point, absolute pixel mapping is performed to translate the source input into a corresponding target input on the display, and relative pixel mapping is performed to translate any continuation of the source input into a corresponding continuation of the target input.
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
H04N 21/422 - Input-only peripherals, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]
G06F 3/0481 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
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METHOD FOR CONVERTING THE FORMAT OF A FRAME INTO A CHROMA SUBSAMPLING FORMAT
Method for converting a first format frame (402) to one or more second format frames (404). In one embodiment, the method includes the step of accessing a first format frame using n coefficients, where n is the total number of coefficients used for the Y (408), U (410) and V (416) planes of the first format frame. The method further includes the step of mapping the coefficients of the first format frame to coefficients of one or more second format frames. The one or more second format frames have n coefficients across all of the second format frames matching the n coefficients of the first format frame.
H04N 19/88 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving rearrangement of data among different coding units, e.g. shuffling, interleaving, scrambling or permutation of pixel data or permutation of transform coefficient data among different blocks
H04N 9/64 - Circuits for processing colour signals
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DYNAMIC USER INTERFACES ADAPTED TO INFERRED USER CONTEXTS
A device comprising a set of environment detectors may detect various environmental properties (e.g., location, velocity, and vibration), and may infer from these environmental properties a current context of the user (e.g., the user's attention availability, privacy, and accessible input and output modalities). Based on the current context, the device may adjust the presentation of various user interface elements of an application. For example, the velocity and vibration level detected by the device may enable an inference of the mode of transport of the user (e.g., stationary, walking, jogging, driving a car, or riding on a bus), and each mode of transport may suggest the user's available input modality (e.g., text, touch, speech, or gaze tracking) and/or output modality (e.g., high-detail visual, simplified visual, or audible), and the application may select and present corresponding element presentations for input and output user interface elements, and/or the detail of presented content.
G06F 3/0487 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
An embodiment of the invention provides a low inductance light source module (20), which may have a small footprint and comprise a printed circuit board (PCB) mount (40) having first and second conducting traces (44, 45) formed on a side of the PCB mount (40) and a semiconducting light source (30) having a first electrical contacts for receiving power that is bonded to the first conducting trace (44) with a conducting bonding material and a second electrical contact (32) for receiving power that is connected by at least one bondwire (62) to the second conducting trace (45).
H01S 5/062 - Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium by varying the potential of the electrodes
H01S 5/40 - Arrangement of two or more semiconductor lasers, not provided for in groups
G01S 17/89 - Lidar systems, specially adapted for specific applications for mapping or imaging
G02B 27/20 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups , for optical projection, e.g. combination of mirror and condenser and objective for imaging minute objects, e.g. light-pointer
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for presenting embedded content portraying an entity and/or for maintaining a user profile based upon user exposure to one or more entities. That is, content, such as an image or video, may portray one or more entities (e.g., a product, location, business, etc.). To aid a user in identifying an entity and/or remembering the entity, entity information may be embedded into the content. The entity information may describe the entity and/or provide one or more actions that the user may take with regard to the entity (e.g., open a shopping application to view a hand bag entity). Personalized recommendations may be provided to a user based upon a user profile derived from exposure of the user to various entities (e.g., a vacation recommendation may be provided based upon vacation entities exposed to the user in a positive light).
Providing virtual applications from a remote based system based on native applications. A method includes, at a remote based system, receiving a native application from an on-premises system remote from the remote based system. The method further includes at the remote based system, sequencing the native application into a virtual application. The method further includes providing the virtual application to a system different than the remote based system.
G06F 9/455 - Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines
A63F 13/30 - Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
H04L 29/08 - Transmission control procedure, e.g. data link level control procedure
Multi-stage power adapter techniques are described in which a power adapter for a device is configured to selectively switch between a relatively low power supply and a relatively high power supply. The low power supply may be employed upon initial connection of the adapter to a host device to ensure that the adapter is safe when disconnected and does not supply full power before the device is ready to receive the high power supply. The low power supply may supply enough power for the host device to detect the connection of the adapter and establish initial communication with the adapter. A switch to the high power supply by the adapter may then occur in response to a notification from the host device that indicates the host device is ready for the high power supply. The switch to high power supply enables normal operation of the host device.
Input device layer and nesting techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes a pressure sensitive key assembly including a substrate having a plurality of hardware elements secured to a surface. The input device also includes one or more layers disposed proximal to the surface, the one or more layers having respective openings configured to nest the one or more hardware elements therein.
Pressure sensitive key techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a device includes at least one pressure sensitive key having a flexible contact layer spaced apart from a sensor substrate by a spacer layer, the flexible contact layer configured to flex responsive to pressure to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input, for a computing device, associated with the pressure sensitive key. At least one of the flexible contact layer or the sensor substrate are configured to at least partially normalize an output resulting from pressure applied at a first location of the flexible contact layer with an output resulting from pressure applied at a second location of the flexible contact layer that has lesser flexibility than the first location.
A device kickstand is described. In at least some implementations, a kickstand is rotatably attached to a mobile computing device. The kickstand can be rotated to various positions to provide support for different orientations of the computing device. In at least some implementations, hinges are employed to attach a kickstand to a mobile computing device. One example hinge utilizes preset hinge stops that enable the kickstand to be placed at different preset positions. Another example hinge exerts pressure on an edge of the kickstand, providing stability and vibration dampening to the kickstand.
Flexible hinge and removable attachment techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a flexible hinge is configured to communicatively and physically couple an input device to a computing device and may implement functionality such as a support layer and minimum bend radius. The input device may also include functionality to promote a secure physical connection between the input device and the computing device. One example of this includes use of one or more protrusions that are configured to be removed from respective cavities of the computing device along a particular axis but mechanically bind along other axes. Other techniques include use of a laminate structure to form a connection portion of the input device.
Force concentrator techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a pressure sensitive key includes a sensor substrate having a plurality of conductors, a flexible contact layer spaced apart from the sensor substrate and configured to flex to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input; and a force concentrator layer disposed proximal to the flexible contact layer on a side opposite the sensor substrate. The force concentrator layer has a pad disposed thereon that is configured to cause pressure applied to the force concentrator layer to be channeled through the pad to cause the flexible contact layer to contact the sensor substrate to initiate the input.
Key formation techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes a key assembly including a plurality of keys that are usable to initiate respective inputs for a computing device, a connection portion configured to be removably connected to the computing device physically and communicatively to communicate signals generated by the plurality of keys to the computing device, and an outer layer that is configured to cover the plurality of keys of the key assembly, the outer layer having a plurality of areas that are embossed thereon that indicate one or more borders of respective said keys.
Different types of user inputs can be input by a user via a keyboard of an input device. These different types of user inputs include, for example, key strikes, multi-touch interactions, single finger motions, and/or mouse clicks. Touch information regarding the pressure applied to the keys of a pressure sensitive keyboard over time (or the contact area of the user input for other types of keyboards over time) is used to classify the intent of the user input as one of the various types of user inputs.
G06F 3/00 - Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G06F 3/048 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
One or more sensors are disposed to sense user inputs in an active display area as well as user inputs in an extended area that is outside of the active display area. Data for user inputs, such as gestures, may include data from user inputs sensed in both the active display area and outside of the active display area. The user inputs can begin and/or end outside of the active display area.
Sensor fusion algorithm techniques are described. In one or more embodiments, behaviors of a host device and accessory devices are controlled based upon an orientation of the host device and accessory devices, relative to one another. A combined spatial position and/or orientation for the host device may be obtained based on raw measurements that are obtained from at least two different types of sensors. In addition, a spatial position and/or orientation for an accessory device is ascertained using one or more sensors of the accessory device. An orientation (or position) of the accessory device relative to the host computing device may then be computed based on the combined spatial position/orientation for the host computing device and the ascertained spatial position/orientation for the accessory device. The relative orientation that is computed may then be used in various ways to control behaviors of the host computing device and/or accessory device.
G06F 3/00 - Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
Input device adhesive techniques are described. A pressure sensitive key includes a sensor substrate having one or more conductors, a spacer layer, and a flexible contact layer. The spacer layer is disposed proximal to the sensor substrate and has at least one -opening. The flexible contact layer is spaced apart from the sensor substrate by the spacer layer and configured to flex through the opening in response to an applied pressure to initiate an input. The flexible contact layer is secured to the spacer layer such that at first edge, the flexible contact layer is secured to the spacer layer at an approximate midpoint of the first edge and is not secured to the spacer along another portion of the first edge and at a second edge, the flexible contact layer is not secured to the spacer layer along an approximate midpoint of the second edge.
Flux fountain techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a cover configured to be disposed over at least a portion of a display device of a computing device that is configured as a tablet and a connection portion attached to the cover using a flexible hinge. The connection portion is configured to be physically coupled to the computing device using a magnetic coupling device. The magnetic coupling device includes a first magnet that is disposed in the connection portion such that a magnetic field is aligned along an axis and second and third magnets are disposed in the connection portion at opposing sides of the first magnet from each other. The second and third magnets have respective magnetic fields that are aligned along a respective axis that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the magnetic field of the first magnet.
Techniques for device camera angle are described. In one or more implementations, a camera is mounted in a computing device at an angle based on an orientation of the computing device. For example, when the computing device is positioned on a surface and at an angle to the surface (such as when supported by a kickstand), the mounting angle of the camera is such that an optical axis of the camera points forward, and not towards the surface. In at least some implementations, a computing device includes a camera that is physically adjustable to support different orientations of the computing device. In at least some implementations, images that are captured via a camera on a computing device can be manipulated based on an orientation of the computing device.
A pressure sensitive keyboard includes multiple pressure sensors associated with the keys of the keyboard. In response to pressure applied to one or more keys of the keyboard, a determination is made as to whether the pressure applied is a key strike (a user selection of a key). Various different factors can be used in determining whether the pressure applied is a key strike, such as the amount of the pressure applied, a rate at which the pressure is applied, a number of keys to which pressure is applied, when the pressure is applied relative to previous key strikes, and so forth.
Techniques for mobile device power state are described. In one or more implementations, a mobile device includes a computing device that is flexibly coupled to an input device via a flexible hinge. Accordingly, the mobile device can operate in a variety of different power states based on a positional orientation of the computing device to an associated input device. In one or more implementations, an application that resides on a computing device can operate in different application states based on a positional orientation of the computing device to an associated input device. In one or more implementations, techniques discussed herein can differentiate between vibrations caused by touch input to a touch functionality, and other types of vibrations. Based on this differentiation, techniques can determine whether to transition between device power states.
G06F 1/26 - Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof
G06F 3/00 - Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
Input device assembly techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes a key assembly including a plurality of keys that are usable to initiate respective inputs for a computing device, a connection portion configured to be removably connected to the computing device physically and communicatively to communicate signals generated by the plurality of keys to the computing device, a flexible hinge that physically connects the connection portion to the key assembly, and an outer layer that is configured to cover the plurality of keys of the key assembly, form an outer surface of the flexible hinge, and is secured to the connection portion such that the outer layer wraps around at least two sides of the connection portion.
Pressure sensitive key techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a device includes at least one pressure sensitive key having a flexible contact layer spaced apart from a sensor substrate by a spacer layer, the flexible contact layer configured to flex responsive to pressure to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input, for a computing device, associated with the pressure sensitive key. At least one of the flexible contact layer or the sensor substrate are configured to at least partially normalize an output resulting from pressure applied at a first location of the flexible contact layer with an output resulting from pressure applied at a second location of the flexible contact layer that has lesser flexibility than the first location.
An application, such as a data store application, provides a filter query to manage access to a view of a data store. The application uses the filter query to restrict or shape access to the view. A user constructs the filter query using a query constructor component of the application. The application attaches the constructed filter query to the view. The application may extract the structure of the query and combine that with the original view to generate a filtered view result in place of the original view result.
An auto-channel device (ACD) corresponds to a television viewing device (TVD) wherein the ACD collects information regarding the channels or programs viewed on the TVD for analysis and processing to determine the specific television programming and/or channel most likely to be watched during particular time periods corresponding to the TVD in order to automatically tune the TVD accordingly. The TVD may be auto-tuned to a specific channel when the TVD first enters an active state based on the analysis results and the time the TVD enters the active state. Likewise, the TVD may also be auto-tuned to a new channel corresponding to the end of first program on a first channel and the commencement of a second program on a second channel again based on the analysis results and current time.
Automatic application redirection may be provided. Upon receiving a request for a first content object, a determination may be made as to whether the request is associated with a mobile device. In response to determining that the request is associated with the mobile device, the request may be redirected to a second content object.
A client-emulating gateway is configured to emulate a first client that communicates using a first protocol. The client-emulating gateway receives communications from a second client in accordance with a second, different protocol used for communicating by the second client. The client-emulating gateway translates the communications from the second, different protocol to the first protocol to provide translated communications. The translated communications are then sent to the first client using the first protocol. Communications that are received back from the first client in the first protocol are then translated into the second, different protocol and then sent to the second client.
A multi-tenant hosting system receives business data and tenant-identifying data, from a tenant. The data from multiple different tenants is stored on a single database, but the data corresponding to each tenant is partitioned by marketing the data with a partition identifier, within the database. Therefore, the hosting system only allows individual tenants to have access to their own data.
Multilingual build integration for compiled applications is described in which support for application localization of compiled programming languages is provided as an integrated component of a development environment. Localizations integrate with application builds in the development environment so that updates are synchronized with project resources for multiple languages. This involves producing translation target files (e.g., localization files) for one or more selected languages by parsing and interpreting source files for the project to identify resources for translation. Localization files in the project that have been updated may be exposed in various ways for translation via the system, a translation service, or other translation source. Translated localization files are used to create dynamic resource files for the particular programming language that are compiled as part of the build process into language specific resource files. Compiled language specific resource files for multiple languages may then be packaged together for distribution.
Requests are processed at a computer server by receiving a request for service from a user terminal, the request including distress information representing a degree of failure to process at least one prior similar request from the user terminal for the service. The distress information is received from the request and the request is processed in accordance with the distress information. A user terminal provides distress information in a request, based on responses received from the server.
Methods of animating objects using the human body are described. In an embodiment, a deformation graph is generated from a mesh which describes the object. Tracked skeleton data is received which is generated from sensor data and the tracked skeleton is then embedded in the graph. Subsequent motion which is captured by the sensor result in motion of the tracked skeleton and this motion is used to define transformations on the deformation graph. The transformations are then applied to the mesh to generate an animation of the object which corresponds to the captured motion. In various examples, the mesh is generated by scanning an object and the deformation graph is generated using orientation-aware sampling such that nodes can be placed close together within the deformation graph where there are sharp corners or other features with high curvature in the object.
Techniques for single pass radiosity from depth peels are described. In one or more embodiments, radiosity for frames of a graphics presentation is computed using depth peel techniques. This may occur by rendering geometry for a frame and then computing two depth peels per frame based on the geometry, which can be used to determine occlusion of secondary bounce lights as well as color and intensity of third bounce lights for radiosity. The two depth peels may be generated in a single rendering pass by reusing rejected geometry of a front depth peel as geometry for a back depth peel. The use of depth peels in this manner enables accelerated radiosity computations for photorealistic illumination of three dimensional graphics that may be performed dynamically at frame rates typical for real-time game play and other graphics presentations.
Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of tools and techniques for setting color settings of an operating system using one or more photographs. According to one exemplary technique, a photograph is received, and one or more pixel weights for one or more pixels of the photograph are determined. Also, using at least one of the one or more pixel weights, at least one dominant color of the photograph is determined. Additionally, using the at least one dominant color, at least one color setting of an operating system is set.
Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing devices for providing and filtering keyword stacks are provided. In embodiments, the method includes receiving an indication to display a set of keyword stacks. Each of the keyword stacks is associated with a different internet advertising metric. Keyword data associated with each of the internet advertising metrics is referenced. Thereafter, the keyword data associated with each of the internet advertising metrics is utilized to generate each of the keyword stacks. In some cases, each of the keyword stacks includes a set of horizontal bars vertically stacked with each horizontal bar representing a number of keywords falling within a particular metric measurement, or range thereof, corresponding with a vertical axis.
A method for verifying a user's access to a content media item includes discovering at least one content item stored on a storage medium associated with a client device. A fingerprint of a selected portion of the media content item is obtained. The selected portion is a portion less than an entirety of the media content item. The fingerprint is communicated to an online service. Access to an online copy of the media content item is received if the fingerprint matches a known fingerprint of a media content item available to the online service.
H04H 60/15 - Arrangements for conditional access to broadcast information or to broadcast-related services on receiving information
H04H 60/37 - Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for facilitating collaboration environments. In at least one implementation, a presentation of an initial view of a collaboration scene is presented within a collaboration environment. A portion of the collaboration scene is identified that corresponds to an object of interest selected for separate viewing. A separate presentation within the collaboration environment is initiated related to the portion of the scene corresponding to the object of interest.
A device identifies users who is trying to interact with it and monitors their state. Using this user state information, the device dynamically adjusts a user interface, speech grammars, screen flow, input options, and the like to tailor interaction with the device to the user. The user interface and device interaction may also be influenced by user-specific settings or profiles. The device may prevent or allow user interaction with the device based on the user's state, such as a position relative to the device. For example, the device may prevent or allow the user from using a set of speech or gesture commands or other interaction sets based on the user's position or relative location.
In a mobile device, a context is determined for the mobile device. The context is determined based on a variety of characteristics of the mobile device environment including, for example, the current application being used, any contacts that a user of the mobile device is interacting with or having a conversation with, the current date and/or time, a current topic of the conversation, a current style of the conversation, etc. Based on a set of strings associated with the determined context and user generated text, one or more string predictions are generated for the user generated text. The string predictions may be presented to the user as suggested completions of the user generated text.
G06F 3/023 - Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
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VISUALIZATION OF TOP LOCAL GEOGRAPHICAL ENTITIES THROUGH WEB SEARCH DATA
Architecture that automatically employs web search user query data to identify the places (e.g., locations, businesses) to which people are likely traveling, and then produces a heatmap visualization of the most popular places in the local area on a local map in a mapping application, which is then viewable in the vertical listing of the search results. This data can be utilized to rank local businesses in terms of popularity by knowing how many people are actually visiting the business as a function of date (and perhaps time). The web search data, which is used to understand the popular locations of a geographical area, includes signals such as searching for directions in the map application, and analyzing directions-related terms such as "From" and "To" in the search results. Another signal can be a location or business search which triggers an appropriate instant answer.
Applications ("apps"), through which a service may be accessed, may be identified to a user, along with a preview of the app. In one example, a user performs a search for a service. The search engine may return the web site through which the service is provided, and/or the app associated with that service. Preview content that describes the app may also be provided. The content may be variable, and may be filled in based on contextual information such as a search query string or user information. If the app is installed, then clicking, tapping, or otherwise activating the app may launch the app, possibly with context information being provided to the app. If the app is not installed, then a link to obtain the app may be provided.
A human interactive proof portal uses a biometric input to determine whether a user is a standard user or a malicious actor. The human interactive proof portal receives an access request for an online data service from a user device and sends a proof challenge to the user device for presentation to a user. The human interactive proof portal receives from the user device a proof response having a biometric metadata description based on a biometric input from the user.
H04L 29/06 - Communication control; Communication processing characterised by a protocol
G06F 21/32 - User authentication using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
G06Q 20/40 - Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check of credit lines or negative lists
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SINGLE WIRE CONCURRENT BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION FOR POWER SUPPLY UNIT
A communication system where first and second devices communicate concurrently and bidirectionally over a single wire, in addition to a ground. The second device can be a computing device having a powered component which requires a certain power output, for instance, and the first device may be a power supply unit. The second device provides a signal on a control line (the single wire) which is characterized by a frequency, pulse width, duty cycle and/or an amplitude which is associated with a message from the second device. The first device recognizes the message in the signal and invokes a corresponding function, such as by enabling a corresponding power supply. The power supply provides power to the second device via a separate power line. Further, the first device modifies the signal, without adding power, to provide a message from the first device, concurrent with the message from the second device.
Cloning of a virtual machine having a trusted executed environment such as a software-based trusted platform module. In order to clone the virtual machine, the virtual machine state of the source virtual machine is copied to formulate a target virtual machine state that is to be associated with a target virtual machine. The target virtual machine is a clone of the source virtual machine state, and thus the storage hierarchy of the trusted execution environment may be the same for the trusted execution environment in the source and target virtual machine states. However, because the identity of the target virtual machine is different than that of the source virtual machine, the endorsement hierarchy of the target virtual machine state is altered such that it is based on the identity of the target virtual machine, rather than the source virtual machine.
G06F 21/53 - Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems during program execution, e.g. stack integrity, buffer overflow or preventing unwanted data erasure by executing in a restricted environment, e.g. sandbox or secure virtual machine
G06F 9/455 - Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines
A method to help a user visualize how a wearable article will look on the user's body. Enacted on a computing system, the method includes receiving an image of the user's body from an image-capture component. Based on the image, a posable, three-dimensional, virtual avatar is constructed to substantially resemble the user. In this example method, data is obtained that identifies the wearable article as being selected for the user. This data includes a plurality of metrics that at least partly define the wearable article. Then, a virtualized form of the wearable article is attached to the avatar, which is provided to a display component for the user to review.
Transparent tags with encoded data include both a base mirror component (302) and a matrix component (304) and may optionally include a filter component (306). These components are combined to achieve a system having a tag that absorbs infrared light in particular portions and reflects infrared light in other portions, presenting a pattern which encodes the data included in the tag to sensors of a display panel. This combination of components also reduces near infrared and/or red ambient light that can be sensed by the sensor in the display panel, reducing interference from such ambient light when identifying the pattern while enabling the tag to be substantially visibly transparent to a user.
G06K 19/06 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
Example apparatus and methods concern improved input of radicals. Example apparatus and methods facilitate more efficiently inputting Chinese radicals using a touch screen. One example method includes displaying a labeled soft key on a touch screen device. The label may represent all or a portion of a radical. The example method includes accepting a touch input associated with the soft key and then taking an action based on the label and the touch input. The action may include inputting a radical or updating the display on the touch screen. Updating the display may facilitate iterative and intuitive progress through radical construction leading to radical selection and input.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/023 - Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
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AUTOMATIC DATA REQUEST RECOVERY AFTER SESSION FAILURE
Techniques for recovering from session failures between clients and database servers are described herein. A session may be established between a client and a first database server to handle a database query for the client. A command of the session may be received by the first database server from the client. Data requested by the command may be retrieved. Prior to responding to the command, the data is spooled to a session state stored in a repository of the first database server, and the session state is replicated to one or more additional database servers. The session state stored in the repository of the first database server enables the first database server and client to recover from a failure of the session. The replicated session state enables the additional database server(s) to reestablish the session and respond to the command, instead of the first database server, if the session fails.
A "Zero-Touch Manager" ("ZTM") supplies updates to device firmware, operating system (OS), frameworks, applications, etc., from cloud-based or other network-accessible storage. These updates ensure that groups of "identical" devices (i.e., devices having the same hardware version) run from the same known state, while maintaining local customizations for individual devices. The ZTM uses sector-level differences to generate differential update versions ("diffs") of Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) images of planned update versions relative to local hard drive images of each device's current version. Consequently, updates to the local hard drive image are achieved by replacing sectors of the local hard drive image that have corresponding changed sectors in the diff, though additional information may also be included in the diff. "Manifest" files are used in combination with the diffs to control device updates based upon the current version of the local hard drive image relative to update versions in the diff.
A web browser has a user interface that includes a content rendering area within the web browser user interface and a control layout area adjacent the content rendering area. The control layout area includes a user-selectable icon that is always available to the user in the control layout area and which is user-configurable. For example, the user-configurable icon may be configured with one of two pre-defined functions. In one illustrative implementation the two pre-defined functions may be a tabs function and a favorites function.
Techniques for recovering from session failures between clients and database servers are described herein. A session may be established between a client and a first database server, and a transaction may be opened to process a plurality of database commands. One or more commands associated with the transaction may be received from the client at the database server. Each received command has an associated command identifier. A transaction log stores the command identifier associated with each received command and indicates whether each received command has been successfully executed at the database server. After a session failure, the session is reestablished, and a command identifier for a further command is received from the client. If the command identifier associated with the further command is determined to have been stored in the transaction log, the command does not need to be executed, and the transaction may continue.
A disassembler receives instructions and disassembles them into a plurality of separate opcodes. The disassembler creates a table identifying boundaries between each opcode. Each opcode is written to memory in an opcode-by-opcode manner by atomically writing standard blocks of memory. Debug break point opcodes are appended to opcode to create a full block of memory when needed. The block of memory may be thirty-two or sixty-four bits long, for example. Long opcodes may overlap two or more memory blocks. Debug break point opcodes may be appended to a second portion of the long opcode to create a full block of memory. A stream fault interceptor identifies when a requested data page is not available and retrieving the data page.
In one embodiment, a metric collection system may collect application metrics across multiple data centers in specific time intervals. A local collection point may establish an absolute reference time for a local data center. The local collection point may determine a source reporting interval for an application based on the absolute reference time. The local collection point 108 may receive a source metric report for the application based on the source reporting interval.
A table processing system generates a user interface display of a table and receives a user input to display a table manipulation element. The table processing system receives a user touch input moving the table manipulation element and manipulates the table based on the user touch input. The manipulated table can then be used by the user.
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
Providing an interface to request actions of a website includes various elements. For example, website instructions of the website are provided to a search engine, the website instructions describing the website tool. The website instructions may be indexed by the search engine to be referenced when servicing a search query. When the website is deemed relevant to the search query, a search-result snippet may be built to include the interface to the website tool. As such, the interface may be provided in the search-results webpage. The interface may be used in the search-results webpage or may be stored locally. The interface may be used to access the website tool without a browser navigating to a landing page of the website.
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for pushing a recommendation to a user. That is, a recommendation may be pushed to a device of the user based upon a triggering event associated with the user. The recommendation may be provided, for example, without user solicitation for the recommendation. In one example, a recommendation component may observe that the user frequently stops for ice cream on Fridays after work (e.g., based upon prior social network check-ins). Accordingly, on the following Friday, the recommendation component may push a recommendation to the user's device to visit a particular grocery store on the way home from work that is within 10 minutes of the user's home so that the user can avoid melting ice cream (e.g., a location constraint may be applied to choose a grocery store that is relatively close to the user's home).
Within the field of computing, many scenarios involve queries formulated by users resulting in query results presented by a device. The user may request to adjust the query, but many devices can only process requests specified in a well-structured manner, such as a set of recognized keywords, specific verbal commands, or a specific manual gesture. The user thus communicates the adjustment request in the constraints of the device, even if the query is specified in a natural language. Presented herein are techniques for enabling users to specify query adjustments with natural action input (e.g., natural-language speech, vocal inflection, and natural manual gestures). The device may be configured to evaluate the natural action input, identify the user's intended query adjustments, generate an adjusted query, and present an adjusted query result, thus enabling the user to interact with the device in a similar manner as communicating with an individual.
A document application is used to interact with a document as if the document was an application. Data from the document is automatically/manually selected to be associated with the document application. The document application displays document application pages (DAPs) that are used to interact with the document. One or more DAPs are automatically created using the selected data along with any rules associated with the data. For example, column names from selected data in the document may be used to create data entry/display fields within one or more DAPs and the rules may be used to specify how to interact with the data in the document application. The automatically created default DAPs may be customized by a user. For example, one DAP may be configured to be the starting page for the document application and another DAP may be configured to display a chart.
A conversation visualization environment may be rendered that includes conversation communications and conversation modalities. The relevance of each of the conversation modalities may be identified and a focus of the conversation visualization environment modified based on their relevance. In another implementation, conversation communications are received for presentation by conversation modalities. An in-focus modality may be selected from the conversation modalities based at least on a relevance of each of the conversation modalities.
Authenticating a user for testing purposes. A web server receives a request from a client that includes an authentication credential and that is formatted to be handled by a particular authentication module. The authentication module is configured to obtain authentication tokens based on authentication credentials included in requests, while refraining from generating any interactive authentication dialogue. Based on the request, the web server passes at least a portion of the request, including the authentication credential, to the authentication module. The authentication module determines that the request is formatted in a manner that triggers the authentication module. The authentication module obtains an authentication token from an identity provider based on the authentication credential, while refraining from generating any interactive authentication dialogue. The authentication module returns the authentication token to the web server. The web server returns the authentication token to the client.
Some implementations provide low power reduced sampling of global positioning system (GPS) locations. A server may be configured to assist a mobile device in determining a location from a plurality of GPS signal samples and corresponding time stamps provided by the mobile device, such as by identifying a set of possible reference locations, which may be used to calculate a location of the mobile device. In another example, the mobile device may sample GPS signals using a GPS receiver, compress the samples, and provide the compressed samples to the server for processing.
G01S 19/09 - Cooperating elements; Interaction or communication between different cooperating elements or between cooperating elements and receivers providing processing capability normally carried out by the receiver
G01S 5/00 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
G01S 19/25 - Acquisition or tracking of signals transmitted by the system involving aiding data received from a cooperating element, e.g. assisted GPS
Architecture that facilitates power conservation in mobile devices such as cell phones using prediction. The architecture is an algorithmic-based solution that transforms infrequently-captured geolocation data of an entity into a continuous probable location approximation. Given the location history and additional data about the recent location of the mobile device, the current location of the device can be estimated with some probability. Additionally, given the location history and additional data about the recent location of the device, the probability of the device actually being at a given point on a map is computed.
G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
Concepts and technologies are described herein for creating variations when transforming data into consumable content. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a transformation engine for transforming data into the consumable content. The computing device can be configured to analyze the data to identify relationships among data elements or other portions of the data, and to identify any possible approaches to transforming the data ("worlds") based upon the relationships and the data. The worlds can be ranked and selected based upon rank. The computing device can obtain rules associated with the selected and apply the rules to the data to generate the output. In some embodiments, the computing device can be configured to obtain and apply feedback regarding the world selection.
Embodiments are disclosed that relate to pushable buttons comprising individually controllable display devices. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a hand-held game controller comprising a body and a plurality of pushable buttons movably coupled to the body, each pushable button comprising a transparent cap and an individually controllable display device arranged behind the transparent cap such that the display device is viewable through the transparent cap. The hand-held game controller further comprises a controller configured to receive an input from an application requesting display of a first icon on a first display device of a first pushable button of the plurality of pushable buttons and a second icon on a second display device of a second button of the plurality of pushable buttons, and, in response, display the first icon on the first display device and display the second icon on the second display device.
The current application is directed to methods and systems which produce a design for an optimal approximation of a target single-qubit quantum operation comprising a representation of a quantum-circuit generated from a discrete, quantum-gate basis. The discrete quantum-gate basis comprises standard, implementable quantum gates. The methods and systems employ a database of canonical-form quantum circuits, an efficiently organized canonical-form quantum-circuit, and efficient searching to identify a minimum-cost design for decomposing and approximating an input target quantum operation.
In a mobile device, the strings that make up a current thread in application are stored in a buffer. A thread is a series of communications sent between a user of the mobile device and one or more other users, such as a series of text messages or a series of emails. When the user enters text to continue the current thread, characters of the entered text are compared against the strings stored in the buffer, and strings that have the entered text as a prefix are selected and displayed to the user as string predictions in a soft input panel. Alternatively, the strings in the buffer may be used to increase the probabilities of matching strings in a dictionary or model that is used to select string predictions.
G06F 3/023 - Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
An interactive development environment enables a user to create a customized image filter through a user interface that provides the developer with a capability to create a directed acyclic graph representing the mathematical operations and values that generate a customized visual effect. During development of the customized image filter, a visual shader designer engine may execute the operations and values associated with each node in a prescribed order and display the rendered outcome in the render view area of each node. In this manner, the developer is able to quickly visualize the visual effect produced by the image filter in real time.
Embodiments of the present invention allow players to instantly access and begin playing games through an online service. To make the games instantly available, an online service keeps instances of games running in active memory waiting for a player to be added. The game instances running in active memory are not attached to a player profile or an I/O channel from a game client. Once the player requests a game, the player's player profile is loaded into the running game instance and an I/O channel is mapped from the game client to the game instance. From the player's perspective, the preloaded game instances allow the player to browse directly from game to game with very little delay. To optimize the usage of server-side resources, historical usage data may be analyzed to anticipate demand for different games.
Embodiments are directed to providing direct access to graphical user interface (GUI) frame buffers and to associating input hardware with a login session. In one scenario, a computer system registers a plug-in software module with a remote desktop client. The registering includes requesting one or more frame buffers rendered for display on a computer system display. The computer system determines that a session has been established between a computer system user and the remote desktop client. The computer system then receives the requested frame buffers and displays the frame buffers on the computer system display and/or sends the received frame buffers to various registered third parties.
An improved interactive user interface for presenting functionalities of an application is provided. An application functionality applied to a data element range may be represented by a selectable preview element that provides a preview of the application functionality applied to the data element range. Upon selection of a preview element, one or more drop zones may be displayed. The preview element may be dragged to a drop zone and may animate into a visualization of the application functionality applied to the data element. The type of visualization that is displayed may be dependent on the drop zone to which the preview element is dragged. After a preview element is dropped into a drop zone, the functionality may be applied to the data element range and be displayed. The interactive data visualizations may encourage a user to explore features of an application.
Image curation techniques are described. In one or more implementations, one or more modules are launched for execution on a computing device. Responsive to the launch, criteria are generated automatically and without user intervention through execution of the one or more modules by a computing device. Images are curated using the generated criteria automatically and without user intervention through execution of the one or more modules, the curated images identified from a plurality of different image sources that are associated with a user. The curated images are caused to be displayed by a display device of the computing device automatically and without user intervention through execution of the one or more modules.
Concepts and technologies are described herein for an abstract relational model for transforming data into consumable content. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a transformation engine for transforming data into the consumable content. The computing device can be configured to generate an abstract relational model from data to analyze the data and to identify relationships within data elements or other portions of the data. The computing device also can determine a visualization model to apply to the data and to choose a world based upon the determined visualization model. The computing device can obtain rules associated with the selected or chosen world, and can apply the rules to the data to generate the output. In some embodiments, the computing device can be configured to obtain and apply feedback to the output.
Concepts and technologies are described herein for transforming data to create layouts. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a layout generator. The computing device can be configured to receive or retrieve data that includes visual content such as an image and other content such as text. The computing device can analyze the visual content to identify a salient region and/or an invariant region within the visual content. The computing device can access designs for laying out visual content and other content based upon an identified salient region and/or invariant region. The computing device can evaluate the designs to determine if a design matches the data. The computing device can load the data into the selected design to generate the layout.
G11B 27/28 - Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel by using information detectable on the record carrier by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording
Instead of relying on humans to subjectively evaluate speech intelligibility of a subject, a system objectively evaluates the speech intelligibility. The system receives speech input and calculates confidence scores at multiple different levels using a Template Constrained Generalized Posterior Probability algorithm. One or multiple intelligibility classifiers are utilized to classify the desired entities on an intelligibility scale. A specific intelligibility classifier utilizes features such as the various confidence scores. The scale of the intelligibility classification can be adjusted to suit the application scenario. Based on the confidence score distributions and the intelligibility classification results at multiple levels an overall objective intelligibility score is calculated. The objective intelligibility scores can be used to rank different subjects or systems being assessed according to their intelligibility levels. The speech that is below a predetermined intelligibility (e.g. utterances with low confidence scores and most severe intelligibility issues) can be automatically selected for further analysis.
G10L 25/69 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for evaluating synthetic or decoded voice signals
G10L 13/00 - Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
The recognition of user input to a computing device is enhanced. The user input is either speech, or handwriting data input by the user making screen-contacting gestures, or a combination of one or more prescribed words that are spoken by the user and one or more prescribed screen-contacting gestures that are made by the user, or a combination of one or more prescribed words that are spoken by the user and one or more prescribed non- screen-contacting gestures that are made by the user.
The current application is directed to methods and systems which transform a given single-qubit quantum circuit expressed in a first quantum-gate basis into a quantum-circuit expressed in a second, discrete, quantum-gate basis. The discrete quantum-gate basis comprises standard, implementable quantum gates. The given single-qubit quantum circuit is expressed as a normal representation. The normal representation is generally compressed, in length, with respect to equivalent non-normalized representations. The method and systems additionally provide a mapping from normal representations to canonical-form representations, which are generally further compressed, in length, with respect to normal representations. The normal and canonical-form representations can be used to implement methods and systems for search-based quantum-circuit design. Neither this section nor the sections which follow are intended to either limit the scope of the claims which follow or define the scope of those claims.
A resource allocation framework is described herein which allocates items (conceptualized as balls) to item-receiving slots (conceptualized as bins) in a domain-agnostic manner. A user instantiates the resource allocation framework to a particular allocation problem by generating a specification that describes the allocation problem in a declarative fashion. Among other features, the specification maps real-world entities to the balls and bins, and describes the constraints associated with the allocation problem. The specification also provides a utilization function that computes the consumption of resources for a proposed assignment of a particular ball to a particular bin. According to another aspect, the resource allocation framework uses many processing elements (e.g., GPU threads, CPU threads, etc.), operating in parallel, to attempt to find a solution to the allocation problem. In this search for a solution, the resource allocation framework operates in any combination of an explore mode and an exploit mode.
A global recently used files list identifies files recently accessed by a user through one or more network services and files accessed by the user that are stored locally on a computing device. In order to generate the global recently used files list, a network recently used files list is retrieved that identifies files that were recently accessed through the one or more network services. Applications may update the network recently used files list each time a user accesses files by way of a network service. The network recently used files list may then be merged with a local recently used files list that identifies recently accessed locally stored files in order to generate the global recently used files list. Applications may update the local recently used files list each time files are accessed that are stored locally on a computing device.
In one embodiment, a cloud service interface or a device interface may filter messages in a message synchronization between a message service account and a cloud service account. A cloud service interface or a device interface may associate a message service account on a user messaging device with a cloud service account. The cloud service interface or a device interface may execute a message synchronization between the cloud service account and the message service account. The cloud service interface or a device interface may apply a message filter to the message synchronization.
Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for facilitating hybrid application environments. In at least one implementation, an application server within a hosting environment receives a data request initiated by a hosted application within the hosting environment. The hosted application may initiate the data request in response to a page request made on behalf of a hosted identity logged into the hosting environment. The application server generates a hybrid data request based on request information comprising at least a portion of the data request and the hosted identity and directs the hybrid data request over a connection established between the hosting environment and an enterprise environment for handling by an application server within the enterprise environment.
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