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The present invention is a method and system for generation and playback of supplemented videos which include interactive features. The supplemented video includes hotspots that allow a video viewer to interact with the video when the video viewer sees an object. The hotspots can be manually defined. Information regarding the object and the hotspot can be stored in a separate XML file. Furthermore, the present invention can be a marketplace where a desired object can be found by searching the XML file. The search results can list the supplemented videos which contain hotspots corresponding to the object and also the time in the supplemented video in which the object is found. The present invention can also aggregate data about the objects based on the playback of the supplemented videos and the video viewer's interaction with the supplemented videos.

A method and system for shipping items. A server is configured to send out requests for quotes to a number of regional shipping companies using a network. The server receives responses from the network and selects a route based on the responses. The route may include shipping the item to one or more intermediate destinations before the item arrives at the final destination. The server may create a data file reflecting the selected route. The items are packed in one or more containers, wherein each container has a memory device. At least part of the data file is then stored into the memory device. The memory device may be accessed as needed during shipping to determine where the item is going and when the item needs to arrive. Additional information may also be stored in the memory device, and the device may be updated at intermediate destinations. Each container may take a different routing, and the server may actively search for better routings as the item proceeds along the selected route. The containers may be configured to be placed within carriers that hold multiple containers, and the carriers may also be configured with memory devices.

An information management system for operation over a network includes a first mobile device having a first application module, the first mobile device operating over the network and in communication with a second mobile device having a second application module, a first operating system residing on the first mobile device configured to detect a communication event between the first mobile device and the second mobile device, and an address book module residing on the second mobile device. The first application module is configured to send information associated with the first mobile device to the second mobile device in association with a detection of the communication event.

A geospatial information system is provided including a database, a processing unit adapted to access and retrieve the geospatial information from the database, a tool permissions module, a user interface module, a monitoring module, an audit module, a workflow management module, and an update module. Also, a method for updating geospatial information is provided including the steps of providing a database, accessing the database to retrieve geospatial information, associating a tool permission level to a user, generating a customized interface including a plurality of enhancement tools to request a change to the geospatial information, applying a logic check, selecting a map technician, prioritizing the order in which the changes are processed, monitoring the status of the requested change, and updating the geospatial information.

Simple peering is provided in a novel network in which transport technology is independent of network access technology. An out-of-band network may be used to carry advertisements to an update facility. The update facility may use layer 3 destination address information and at least a part of context information (to identify customers uniquely) to determine a layer 3 address of an edge device of the transport network associated with an addressed customer device. Virtual private networks are supported, as context information is used to distinguish different customers with overlapping layer 3 addresses.

A method for routing data through a network of devices is disclosed. Each device using the information provided by immediate neighbors 1013 dynamically determines which immediate neighbor 1013 should be the next hop to the destination 1018. The method includes the steps of (a) broadcasting by each device an outgoing route update table having entries corresponding to each immediate neighbor, each the entry including: the identity of each the immediate neighbor; the identity of each indirect neighbor that can be reached by a minimum distance through the immediate neighbor; and the minimum distance away from each the indirect neighbor through the immediate neighbor; (b) receiving by each device the outgoing route update tables as incoming route update tables; (c) renewing the outgoing route update table in each device based on incoming route update tables, wherein an entry is ignored if the identity of the immediate neighbor in said entry is identical to said device; and (d) repeating steps (a) to (c) periodically. A device for implementing the aforesaid method is also disclosed.

A system and method for managing and presenting entity information is described. In an illustrative implementation, information such as product availability and operating hours is stored in a server (130). A query may be sent from a client (202) having a time (1402), date (1410), or both inquiring, for example, which entities are open at a certain or range of times, in the past, present or future. The server (130) compares the queried time with stored information, such as hours entries (4000, 4050). The results are displayed on a map (300) with open entities represented by a first symbol (930R) and closed entities by a second symbol (930G) such that all the entities on the map (300) are viewable without further searches. Clicking on a symbol (422) leads to a display (940) containing information about the associated entity, thereby enabling an entity's information to be found using only its location.

A method of providing updated host screen information to a client application utilizing a request-response communications model includes establishing a first connection between the client application and a server application, wherein the server application provides updated host screen information to the client application in response to requests from the client application. A second connection is established between a monitor application and the server application. A notification of the availability of updated host screen information is received via the second connection at the monitor application. The updated host screen information is requested over the first connection responsive to receiving the notification. The requested updated host screen information is received at the client application and displaying utilizing the client application. Related systems and computer program products are also disclosed.

The present invention is a method and system for generation and playback of supplemented videos which include interactive features. The supplemented video includes hotspots that allow a video viewer to interact with the video when the video viewer sees an object. The hotspots can be manually defined. Information regarding the object and the hotspot can be stored in a separate XML file. Furthermore, the present invention can be a marketplace where a desired object can be found by searching the XML file. The search results can list the supplemented videos which contain hotspots corresponding to the object and also the time in the supplemented video in which the object is found. The present invention can also aggregate data about the objects based on the playback of the supplemented videos and the video viewer's interaction with the supplemented videos.

A method and an apparatus for storing a copy of memory-mapped I / O (MMIO) register are provided for enhancing data processing efficiency. In a structure in which data processing is executed by associating a plurality of logical processors with a physical processor by timing sharing, a host OS stores copy information, namely, shadow, of the MMIO register corresponding to a logical processor in memory both in an active state where a physical processor is allocated to a logical processor corresponding to a guest OS and in an inactive state where no physical processor is allocated to a logical processor. This structure enables a guest OS to gain faster access to the MMIO register through the shadow by memory access, instead of a direct access to the MMIO register, so as to achieve efficient data processing.

A method and software is provided for placing an order for goods and / or services from a remote service provider over a communication network from a subscriber's computer, comprising the steps of: providing preprogrammed software on the subscriber's computer for allowing the subscriber to prepare the order while the subscriber's computer is not connected to a computer server of the remote service provider over the communications network; the subscriber creating the order using the preprogrammed software; the preprogrammed software displaying the subscriber's account status to the subscriber after preparing the order but prior to connecting to the remote service provider over the communications network; and the subscriber forwarding the order for goods and / or services to the remote service provider over the communications network.

A road transport information monitoring and personalized reporting system is carried in a car or built at a terminal display unit on a road, and data communication and transmission are conducted by a wireless transmission or a local area network to select a current traveling data at a specific road section based on the user's location. A plurality of section monitor units are distributed through a transmission control unit and the transmission control unit collects and transmits information to a control center through a communication medium. With the computation and analysis by software, the terminal display unit responds to a command directly from the control center or a command selected by users for a specific road section and delivers the information of the specific road section which includes the current traffic flow such as the density and speed of traveling motor vehicles at a specific road section.

An information management system for operation over a network includes a first mobile device having a first application module, the first mobile device operating over the network and in communication with a second mobile device having a second application module, a first operating system residing on the first mobile device configured to detect a communication event between the first mobile device and the second mobile device, and an address book module residing on the second mobile device. The first application module is configured to send information associated with the first mobile device to the second mobile device in association with a detection of the communication event.

Techniques for efficiently updating routing information in a network device such as a router. According to an embodiment of the present invention, information is stored identifying one or more nodes and leaves owned or advertised by the nodes. When a change occurs in a network environment, information is stored identifying one or more nodes and leaves that have changes associated with them. The routing information in the network device is then updated for only those nodes and leaves that have changes associated with them.

An information management system for operation over a network includes a first mobile device having a first application module, the first mobile device operating over the network and in communication with a second mobile device having a second application module, a first operating system residing on the first mobile device configured to detect a communication event between the first mobile device and the second mobile device, and an address book module residing on the second mobile device. The first application module is configured to send information associated with the first mobile device to the second mobile device in association with a detection of the communication event.

A method for updating expiry information of an account is provided. Additionally, a prediction computing device for updating expiry information of an account is provided. Further, a computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for updating expiry information of an account is provided.

Elevator system and a method for determining the position information of an elevator car is disclosed. The elevator system includes at least one elevator car, which is fitted to move in an elevator shaft, a control unit for controlling the motions of the elevator car according to calls conveyed to the control unit, and at least one landing call unit fitted in connection with a landing. The landing call unit includes a feature for giving a call and for sending a call to the control unit and a data transfer channel between the landing call unit and the control unit. At least one identifier is fitted in connection with the elevator car. The landing call unit also includes at least one reader fitted to detect the identifier of the elevator car when this is situated in the proximity of the reader.

A navigation information updating system G updates navigation information for use in a navigation process executed by navigation apparatus S that navigate respective vehicles. The navigation information updating system G comprises: the navigation apparatus transmitting an identifier Sid associated therewith to an updating center UC; the updating center UC that outputs updated navigation information which is generated on the basis of the transmitted identifier Sid for each associated navigation apparatus S, to a shop SP; and the shop SP that delivers the outputted updated navigation information to the associated navigation apparatus S.

The present invention provides a technique of enabling communication devices constituting a wireless network to register and update identification information easily, and thereby ensuring security of the communication devices and the wireless network and of detecting a communication device suspected of accessing a wireless network illegally and informing a user of the communication device. Communication terminal 20b detects and reports networked devices constituting wireless LAN 1, and if communication with the reported networked devices is permitted through an operation of operating unit 204, registers the MAC addresses of the networked devices in permission table 206a. Communication terminal 20b permits communication with a networked device constituting wireless LAN 1 whose MAC address has been registered in permission table 206a, and prohibits communication with a networked device constituting wireless LAN 1 whose MAC address has not been registered in permission table 206a.

The present invention discloses and elevator system and a method for determining the position information of an elevator car. The elevator system according to the invention comprises at least one elevator car (1), which is fitted to move in an elevator shaft (2), a control unit (10) for controlling the motions of the elevator car (1) according to calls conveyed to the control unit (10), and at least one landing call unit (51) fitted in connection with a landing (5), which landing call unit (51) comprises means for giving a call and for sending a call to the control unit (10), and a data transfer channel (110, 120, 130) between the landing call unit (51) and the control unit (10). According to the invention at least one identifier (12, 12a, 12b, 12c) is fitted in connection with the elevator car (1), and the landing call unit (51) comprises at least one reader (52a, 52b, 52c), which reader (52a, 52b, 52c) is fitted to detect the identifier (12, 12a, 12b, 12c) of the elevator car (1) when this is situated in the proximity of the reader.

Systems and methods for contiguously and accurately updating target object information during an entire target engagement period are provided. The target tracking system includes a database for storing starfield information, an optical beam source configured to illuminate one or more optical beam pulses, first and second camera systems, and a processor. The processor instructs the first camera system to track the object based on recordation of the tracked object, instructs the second camera system to stabilize the tracking image based on the instructions sent to the first camera system, and determines inertial reference information of the tracked object based on the stabilized image and starfield information associated with the stabilized image.

A method for automatically changing information originating from at least either of a first user and a second user by using a mobile device includes steps of: (a) a first device searching second devices as a target to perform interaction and then selecting a specific second device among the searched second device to change the user-originating information; (b) the first device transmitting to, or receiving from, the specific second device data related to the interaction, if a touch gesture is detected in the first device; and (c) at least either of the first and the second devices allowing a server to update the information originating from at least either of the first user and the second user by referring to the transmitted data related to the specific interaction.

Disclosed herein is a system and method for providing information about a parking space through communication between vehicles the method including broadcasting, by a controller, a parking space information request message within a predetermined range, using the communication adapter, when a request signal is input by a driver; receiving, by the controller, information about an available parking space received by unicast communication in response to the broadcasted request message; and outputting, by the controller, the information about an available parking space to the driver.

The present invention relates to wireless communication, and more particularly, to a method for a machine-to-machine (hereinafter abbreviated M2M) communication applied M2M device to update information in a wireless communication system and terminal thereof. In decoding superframe header subpacket information in an M2M (machine to machine) device in idle mode in a wireless communication system, the present invention includes comparing a paging cycle with a 1st cycle and if the paging cycle is equal to or greater than the 1st cycle, decoding the superframe header subpacket information, wherein the 1st cycle is determined using a following formula: I=C×2′, where the I indicates the 1st cycle, the C is a change cycle of a secondary superframe header, and the n is a bit size of a change count of the secondary superframe header.

A method for automatically changing information originating from at least either of a first user and a second user by using a mobile device includes steps of: (a) a first device searching second devices as a target to perform interaction and then selecting a specific second device among the searched second device to change the user-originating information; (b) the first device transmitting to, or receiving from, the specific second device data related to the interaction, if a touch gesture is detected in the first device; and (c) at least either of the first and the second devices allowing a server to update the information originating from at least either of the first user and the second user by referring to the transmitted data related to the specific interaction.

Provided is a communication measure for registering information about a terminal apparatus in various apparatuses, such as a control apparatus and a terminal apparatus, included in a communication system in which a protocol used for registration management or registration information management for a mobile communication service is shared, based on the states of the various apparatuses. Also provided is a communication control measure for updating the information about the terminal apparatus registered in the various apparatuses. Thus, there are provided, in a communication system in which a protocol used for registration management or registration information management for a mobile communication service is shared, a measure for registration management based on the states of various apparatuses included in the communication system, such as a control apparatus and a terminal apparatus, and a realization measure for determining post-registration behavior.

A method for processing a stereo image is provided which includes the steps of setting a specified area of a base window with reference to a point for obtaining a corresponding point in the base image; setting a reference window having the same size as that of the base window in the reference image; evaluating the difference between the base window and the reference window while scanning the reference window along an epipolar line; determining the position of the reference window having the minimum difference as a stereo corresponding point; measuring parallax from the difference between the position of the base window and the position of the reference window; calculating the reliability of the corresponding point (parallax) by first reliability based on the sharpness of the peak of the evaluation-value distribution of the difference of patterns between the base window and the reference window and second reliability based on the shape of the peaks; and outputting the value of the reliability of the parallax together with information on the parallax.

For the purpose of appropriately updating dictionary information in accordance with a change caused by a medium-to-long term temporal change caused by aging or a characteristics change of the target person, a method of updating a person authentication dictionary for storing biological information of a person of recognition target, includes: a storage step of storing and accumulating inquiry biological information received within a predetermined term, into a history accumulation unit; a generation step of measuring a similarity of the accumulated inquiry biological information pieces and then generating the similarity of each pair of biological information pieces; and an update step of, on the basis of a pair of biological information pieces judged as having a high similarity, updating the person authentication dictionary.

A system for determining availability of services on a network includes at least one memory operable to store information indicating the availability of services and nodes on the network; and a processor coupled to the memory. An unavailable node is detected on the network. One or more services corresponding to the unavailable node are identified. One or more unavailable services from the one or more services corresponding to the unavailable node are detected, based on the unavailability of the node. The information indicating the availability of the unavailable services and nodes is updated on the at least one memory. The one or more unavailable services include services performed by the unavailable node and services performed by nodes associated with the unavailable node.

A semiconductor integrated circuit device for speech recognition includes a conversion candidate setting unit that receives text data indicating words or sentences together with a command and sets the text data in a conversion list in accordance with the command; a standard pattern extracting unit that extracts, from a speech recognition database, a standard pattern corresponding to at least a part of the words or sentences indicated by the text data that is set in the conversion list; a signal processing unit that extracts frequency components of an input speech signal and generates a feature pattern indicating distribution of the frequency components; and a match detecting unit that detects a match between the feature pattern generated from at least a part of the speech signal and the standard pattern and outputs a speech recognition result.