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There is disclosed a server and local device that interface for selecting advertisements to be viewed by users of an online service based upon user activity. The local device preferably maintains a targeted activity list of activity identifiers and associated advertisements. The local device monitors the activity on the local device and compares the activity to the identifiers in the targeted activity list. If the activity matches one of the identifiers, the local device plays one or more advertisements.

The present invention relates to an apparatus, a system and a method of user-assisted resource usage determination in a domestic setting, the method comprising defining a resource consuming user activity by the user by means of a resource consuming user activity identifier; defining an interval for metering resource usage; determining the resource usage during the defined interval; and storing the determined resource usage, the defined 5 interval and the association thereof with the resource consuming user activity identifier.

The described embodiments transfer an activity from a source electronic device to a companion electronic device. The source electronic device receives activity information describing an activity performed in a first application at the source electronic device, determines an activity identifier for the activity information, and broadcasts an activity advertisement comprising the activity identifier. Upon receiving the activity advertisement, the companion electronic device determines whether a second application that is associated with the first application is available at the companion electronic device. If the second application is available, the companion electronic device requests extended activity data from the source electronic device. The source electronic device responds by sending extended activity data from the first application to the companion electronic device. Then, the companion electronic device uses the extended activity data to configure the second application and commences performing the activity with the second application at the companion electronic device.

The described embodiments transfer an activity from a source electronic device to a companion electronic device. The source electronic device receives activity information describing an activity performed in a first application at the source electronic device, determines an activity identifier for the activity information, and broadcasts an activity advertisement comprising the activity identifier. Upon receiving the activity advertisement, the companion electronic device determines whether a second application that is associated with the first application is available at the companion electronic device. If the second application is available, the companion electronic device requests extended activity data from the source electronic device. The source electronic device responds by sending extended activity data from the first application to the companion electronic device. Then, the companion electronic device uses the extended activity data to configure the second application and commences performing the activity with the second application at the companion electronic device.

A mobile messaging campaign is established to process bidirectional mobile campaign messages associated with each of a plurality of mobile numbers using a single short code. A mobile message associated with the mobile messaging campaign is received. The received mobile message is parsed to extract a campaign identifier and the received mobile message is processed based upon the campaign identifier.

A method of tracking execution of activities in a computing environment in which events in an activity are recorded along with an activity identifier uniquely identifying the activity and tying the events to the activity. To track interactions between activities, a correlation identifier may be generated and transferred between the interacting activities as part of the interaction. For each of the activities participating in the interaction, information on an event relating to the interaction is recorded along with the correlation identifier. The correlation identifier thus allows uniquely identifying each interaction which may be used to synchronize streams of events within the activities at points of their interaction. Activities may interact across any boundary, including a network.

A method, wireless communication device, and information processing system are provided for monitoring lifestyle activities. The method includes receiving a set of user activity identifiers associated with a set of user activities (804). At least one sensor assigned to each user activity in the set of user activities is identified (1004). At least one user activity context is associated with each user activity in the set of user activities (810). The method also includes monitoring for an occurrence of the at least one user activity context (822). Based on the monitoring, it is determined whether the at least one user activity context has occurred (822). Each sensor (122) assigned to the user activity associated with the at least one user activity context is monitored in response to the at least one user activity context having occurred (1006).

The described embodiments transfer an activity from a source electronic device to a companion electronic device. The source electronic device receives activity information describing an activity performed in a first application at the source electronic device and broadcasts an activity advertisement comprising an activity identifier for the activity. Upon receiving the activity advertisement, the companion electronic device determines whether a second application that is associated with the first application is available at the companion electronic device. If the second application is available, the companion electronic device acquires extended activity data from the source electronic device and uses the extended activity data to configure the second application and commence performing the activity with the second application at the companion electronic device. The source electronic device may also forward activity-related information (e.g., information from a copy and paste clipboard in the source electronic device) to the companion electronic device.

A webpage file is transmitted to a client computer. The webpage file includes primary content and code to load and launch a video. When the user clicks on the video, a corresponding coupon appears in a form. The user may print this coupon and later redeem it at a store or an e-commerce website. Both the videos and the coupons are provided from a server or respective servers in response to a campaign identifier provided by the client computer.

A system and method for caching fingerprints in a client cache is provided. A data object that comprises a set of data segments and describes a backup process is identified. Thereafter, a request referencing the data object is made to a deduplication server to request that a task identifier be added to the data object. If the deduplication server is able to successfully add the task identifier to the data object, then an active identifier is added to each data segment from the set of data segments in a cache that is within a client system.

The described embodiments transfer an activity from a source electronic device to a companion electronic device. The source electronic device receives activity information describing an activity performed in a first application at the source electronic device, determines an activity identifier for the activity information, and broadcasts an activity advertisement comprising the activity identifier. Upon receiving the activity advertisement, the companion electronic device determines whether a second application that is associated with the first application is available at the companion electronic device. If the second application is available, the companion electronic device requests extended activity data from the source electronic device. The source electronic device responds by sending extended activity data from the first application to the companion electronic device. Then, the companion electronic device uses the extended activity data to configure the second application and commences performing the activity with the second application at the companion electronic device.

A system and method for tracking productivity using a portable communication device such as a mobile station. The mobile station includes a memory storage unit for storing information related to project profiles. When a communication activity is initiated a timer is started to measure the amount of time that the activity consumes, and queries an activity table to determine whether an identifier associated with the activity has a profile association. If so, an event record is made of the profile and the type of communication activity. When the activity is terminated, the event record is supplemented with the duration of the activity. If there is no profile associated with an activity identifier associated with a current activity, then the user may be queried to determine whether an association should be created. The event records may be loaded onto a PC for storage for further processing or to a report generating device for the generation of an appropriate report.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a communications environment including a local client / hub for monitoring, tracking, and reporting of unsold advertising inventory information. The unsold advertising inventory information is identified by a particular identifier (the “unsold identifier”). The local client / hub monitors unsold advertising inventory information related to the unsold identifier and forwards that unsold advertising inventory information to a data recorder. The unsold advertising inventory information includes the audio file, the radio station upon which the radio advertisement or program was broadcast, whether the advertisement or program was broadcast or not, the time and date the radio advertisement or program was broadcast, and other information. The data recorder passes the unsold advertising inventory information for each advertising and programming campaign to a web server where the unsold advertising inventory information is accessible over the Internet. In this manner, a subscriber may connect to the web server over the Internet and request a report on the broadcast of the advertising or program campaign. According to another aspect of the present invention, a communications environment includes a local client / hub for monitoring, tracking, and reporting on the verification of broadcast information in response to the delivery of radio advertising and radio programming. The advertising or programming campaign is identified by a particular audio file (the “campaign identifier”). The local client / hub monitors verification of broadcast information related to the campaign identifier and forwards that verification of broadcast information to a data recorder. The verification of broadcast information includes the audio file, the radio station upon which the radio advertisement or program was broadcast, whether the advertisement or program was broadcast or not, the time and date the radio advertisement or program was broadcast, and other information. The data recorder passes the verification of broadcast information for each advertising and programming campaign to a web server where the verification of broadcast information is accessible over the Internet. In this manner, a subscriber may connect to the web server over the Internet and request a report on the broadcast of the advertising or program campaign.

A method of operating a consumer target platform system is disclosed. One embodiment can include receiving a plurality of advertisement targeting options for an advertisement campaign, wherein the advertisement campaign is identified with a campaign identifier. The method can further include determining an application list with a detection application executing on an electronic device, wherein the application list is a list of installed and running applications on the electronic device. The method also includes: determining a consumer profile, at least in part, from the application list; matching the advertisement campaign to the consumer profile based on the advertisement targeting options; and providing the campaign identifier of the advertisement campaign to the electronic device for displaying the advertisement campaign on the electronic device when the consumer profile is matched with the advertisement targeting options of the advertisement campaign.

A system and method authenticates an e-mail message containing a code that may be sent as part of an advertising campaign. The code is a hashed hash result of a combination of the e-mail address to which the message was sent and a pass phrase for the campaign, along with an identifier of the campaign. To authenticate the message, the user supplies the user's e-mail address and the code and the system and method parses the code to identify the campaign identifier and hashed hash result, looks up the pass phrase using the campaign identifier, hashes the campaign identifier and e-mail address and hashes that hash result. If the hashed hash results match, the system and method indicates the message is authentic and otherwise, indicates the message is not authentic.

Techniques are described for creating and modifying task records and for controlling information displayed to a user in corresponding task representations. The task records are associated with more or more user activities, where each activity is associated with a record having an identifier for the activity, an application identifier that indicates a software application associated with the activity, and a content identifier identifying content associated with the software application and the activity. The activity records can include activation information. A user can select a task representation and resume one or more activities associated with the task. Tasks records can be shared between different computer devices of the user, and with different users. Task and activity records can be associated with navigational mnemonics. Representations of task and activity records can be displayed proximate representations of associated navigational mnemonics to help a user locate tasks and activities of interest.

The invention relates to a resource allocation method, a device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: when a coupon collection request is received, an activity identifier and a user identifier carried in the coupon collection request are obtained; determining a coupon queue corresponding to the activity identifier; allocating a corresponding target coupon to the user identification in the coupon queue;removing the target coupon from the coupon queue; sending the target coupon to an initiator of the coupon collection request. When users collect coupons, they no longer read coupons stored in the database directly, but read coupon information directly from the queue, which can avoid the problems of slow speed and low efficiency in reading coupons from the database.

In a computing environment provided with a plurality of computers, log records are performed on events relevant to identifiers of corresponding activities. The computers may comprise virtual machines. When packets relevant to the activities are transmitted to a destination machine, the activity identifiers corresponding to the activities are transmitted together with the packets and are used by the destination machine in log record of the events. Thus, the events of two machines can be interrelated to the activities where they belong.

An apparatus, system, and method provide management of fitness activities by providing a randomized presentation of fitness activities to a user. A plurality of fitness cards arranged in a flexible and resilient card holder provide a user with a system and method for managing fitness activities. Each of the fitness cards includes a fitness activity description that may include any combination of fitness activity identifiers, images, and instructions.

The invention discloses a method and device for creating a coupon package, and a method and device for obtaining a coupon package. The method for creating a coupon package comprises: N sub coupon templates including sub coupon template identifiers are created based on electronic coupon attribute information of N electronic coupons; according to the N sub coupon template identifiers, a main coupontemplate including a main coupon template identifier is established; and the main coupon template identifier is associated with a coupon package marketing activity identifier to obtain a coupon package, the N sub coupon templates are associated, the main coupon template is associated with the sub coupon templates for follow-up electronic coupon management. Besides, because the main coupon templateidentifier is associated with the coupon package marketing activity identifier and the coupon package is obtained, the user is able to obtain multiple electronic coupons only by clicking a taking button once when taking electronic coupons, so that a phenomenon of taking electronic coupons one by one is avoided and a problem that too many resources of the server side are occupied because of multi-times taking request sending to the server side and thus the resources of the server side are wasted is solved.

A electronic collaboration system embeds collaboration resources and tools directly into existing business processes and applications. The system interfaces with an existing business process management (BPM) service to extract dynamic metadata and an activity identifier associated with a current business process. The system obtains static metadata based on the activity identifier from a collaboration template. The system also merges the static and dynamic metadata, and provides the merged metadata to a process-driven collaboration service to be used in embedding collaboration utilities into the existing business applications.

The invention discloses an exception detection method for game rewards and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes the steps of recording reward acquisition data to obtain a reward database, wherein the reward acquisition data comprises an activity identifier, a reward identifier, a user account identifier, a user device identifier and a user device IP; acquiring dynamically configured condition data and a corresponding threshold value thereof, wherein the condition data comprises the activity identifier and / or the reward identifier; according to the condition data, obtaining corresponding result data in the reward database through matching; counting the number of user account identifiers corresponding to the same user device identifier or the same user device IP in the result data; if the number of the user account identifiers exceeds a corresponding threshold value, carrying out prewarning. The method can quickly achieve high-availability monitoring configuration according to the service demands, and an abnormal reward dispatching condition can be quickly located.

The present invention relates to an apparatus, a system and a method of user- assisted resource usage determination in a domestic setting, the method comprising defining a resource consuming user activity by the user by means of a resource consuming user activity identifier; defining an interval for metering resource usage; determining the resource usage during the defined interval; and storing the determined resource usage, the defined intervaland the association thereof with the resource consuming user activity identifier.

The described embodiments transfer an activity from a source electronic device to a companion electronic device. The source electronic device receives activity information describing an activity performed in a first application at the source electronic device, determines an activity identifier for the activity information, and broadcasts an activity advertisement comprising the activity identifier. Upon receiving the activity advertisement, the companion electronic device determines whether a second application that is associated with the first application is available at the companion electronic device. If the second application is available, the companion electronic device requests extended activity data from the source electronic device. The source electronic device responds by sending extended activity data from the first application to the companion electronic device. Then, the companion electronic device uses the extended activity data to configure the second application and commences performing the activity with the second application at the companion electronic device.

The described embodiments transfer an activity from a source electronic device to a companion electronic device. The source electronic device receives activity information describing an activity performed in a first application at the source electronic device, determines an activity identifier for the activity information, and broadcasts an activity advertisement comprising the activity identifier. Upon receiving the activity advertisement, the companion electronic device determines whether a second application that is associated with the first application is available at the companion electronic device. If the second application is available, the companion electronic device requests extended activity data from the source electronic device. The source electronic device responds by sending extended activity data from the first application to the companion electronic device. Then, the companion electronic device uses the extended activity data to configure the second application and commences performing the activity with the second application at the companion electronic device.

The described embodiments transfer an activity from a source electronic device to a companion electronic device. The source electronic device receives activity information describing an activity performed in a first application at the source electronic device and broadcasts an activity advertisement comprising an activity identifier for the activity. Upon receiving the activity advertisement, the companion electronic device determines whether a second application that is associated with the first application is available at the companion electronic device. If the second application is available, the companion electronic device acquires extended activity data from the source electronic device and uses the extended activity data to configure the second application and commence performing the activity with the second application at the companion electronic device. The source electronic device may also forward activity-related information (e.g., information from a copy and paste clipboard in the source electronic device) to the companion electronic device.

The invention discloses an article issuing method and device and a storage medium, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining the sharing information uploaded by a user, the sharing information comprising an article image of a target article, and being used for sharing the target article to the outside; determining a target activity identifier and a gift article according to the article image;determining the propagation degree of the target article according to the target activity identifier and the sharing information; and issuing the gift article to the user according to the spreading degree, so that the automatic exchange of the active prize can be realized on the internet without going to a physical store, the method is simple, and the exchange efficiency is high.

Systems and methods for establishing a telecommunications bridge between a user device and a node are provided herein. In some embodiments a method for establishing a telecommunications bridge between a user device and a node includes receiving a request to establish a telecommunications bridge, the request including information indicative of a user device, and a campaign identifier corresponding to at least one node, comparing the campaign identifier to a campaign database, the campaign database including information indicative of campaign identifiers associated with at least one node, and establishing the telecommunications bridge between a user device and at least one node.

A method of operating a dynamic advertisement targeting platform system is disclosed. One embodiment of the method includes: receiving a target audience profile for the advertisement campaign with a campaign identifier; generating a device user profile by profiling an electronic device dynamically; determining a match between the target audience profile and the device user profile; and providing the campaign identifier to the electronic device when the match is determined.