376 results about "Activity time" patented technology

The present invention provides a flexible system and method for notifying a user when the user has an open document which is inactive over a predetermined period of inactivity defined by the user. The user may be able to set a desirable period of inactivity for each application at the time of the system initialization and change the desirable period of inactivity for an inactive document after the user receives notification.

Multiple visual perspectives in video of private and public activities including those in public areas such as entertainment venues captured by cameras located near the activities can be transmitted over data networks to a server where video-related data is processed and recorded for selective display by authorized, remote video display devices (e.g., HDTV, set-top boxes, computers, handheld devices) in wired / wireless communication with the server. Users can be registered and authorized to access the server to provide / access video captured by cameras at activities. Wireless handheld devices can selectively retrieve video-related data captured at activities for server storage and subsequent display by video display devices. Captured video / pictures can be organized in a server based on at least one of: activity title, activity time, activity date, activity place, wireless handheld device location at time of video recording, distance from location of interest. Simultaneous display of multiple videos on a display can be synchronized.

A light emitting diode (LED) lighting system and method are disclosed. The LED lighting system and method include an LED controller to accurately control a current in an LED system. The LED controller includes components to calculate, based on the current and an active time period of an LED current time period, an actual charge amount delivered to the LED system wherein the LED current time period is duty cycle, modulated at a rate of greater than fifty (50) Hz and to utilize the actual charge amount to modify and provide a desired target charge amount to be delivered during a future active time period of the LED current time period. The LED system and method further involve components to compare the actual charge amount to a desired charge amount for the active time period and compensate for a difference between the actual charge amount and the desired charge amount during the future active time period.

A light emitting diode (LED) lighting system and method are disclosed. The LED lighting system and method include an LED controller to accurately control a current in an LED system. The LED controller includes components to calculate, based on the current and an active time period of an LED current time period, an actual charge amount delivered to the LED system wherein the LED current time period is duty cycle, modulated at a rate of greater than fifty (50) Hz and to utilize the actual charge amount to modify and provide a desired target charge amount to be delivered during a future active time period of the LED current time period. The LED system and method further involve components to compare the actual charge amount to a desired charge amount for the active time period and compensate for a difference between the actual charge amount and the desired charge amount during the future active time period.

Multiple visual perspectives in video of private and public activities including those in public areas such as entertainment venues captured by cameras located near the activities can be transmitted over data networks to a server where video-related data is processed and recorded for selective display by authorized, remote video display devices (e.g., HDTV, set-top boxes, computers, handheld devices) in wired / wireless communication with the server. Users can be registered and authorized to access the server to provide / access video captured by cameras at activities. Wireless handheld devices can selectively retrieve video-related data captured at activities for server storage and subsequent display by video display devices. Captured video / pictures can be organized in a server based on at least one of: activity title, activity time, activity date, activity place, wireless handheld device location at time of video recording, distance from location of interest. Simultaneous display of multiple videos on a display can be synchronized.

Described herein is a method and system for preventing Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. An intermediary device is deployed between clients and servers. The device receives a first packet of an application layer transaction via a transport layer connection between the device and client. The device records a last activity time for the transport layer connection based upon the timestamp of the first packet. The device receives subsequent data packets and determines whether the data in the packets completes a protocol data structure of the application layer protocol. If the device determines that the subsequent packet completes the protocol data structure, the last activity time is updated. If the device determines that the application layer protocol remains incomplete, the device retains the last activity time and determines that the duration of inactivity for the transport layer connection exceeds a predetermined threshold. The device may subsequently drop the connection.

An auction management system brokers, between a seller and a buyer, a discrete traffic block of an ad placement. The auction management system comprises a traffic block definition tool providing workflows for obtaining traffic block parameters defining the discrete traffic block, the traffic block parameters comprising: i) an identification of the ad placement; ii) a volume parameter defining the volume of traffic included in the discrete traffic block; iii) at least one duration parameter defining an active time period during which the volume of traffic included in the discrete traffic block will be provided; and iv) an auction parameter defining an expiration time before which buyers submit offers to purchase the discrete traffic block. A listing search tool provides web pages displaying a listing of a plurality of listed discrete traffic blocks. Each listed discrete traffic block comprises a discrete traffic block with an expiration time that has not yet passed. The listing includes, for each listed discrete traffic block, the traffic block parameters associated therewith. An auction management tool provides for: i) obtaining a buyer compensation parameter from each of a plurality of buyers bidding for purchase of the discrete traffic block; and ii) designating the buyer that that provided a compensation parameter meeting selection criteria as the winning buyer. An order management system directs placement of buyer advertisement content designated by the winning bidder within the ad placement for the volume of traffic defined by the volume parameter and during the time period defined by the at least one duration parameter.

The invention relates to a portable electronic device, a method, and a computer software product. The portable electronic device comprises an active time unit (102) for determining a user activity level during a predetermined period of time; and a processing unit (106) for determining a user inactivity level during a predetermined period of time on the basis of the determined activity level.

A light emitting diode (LED) lighting system and method are disclosed. The LED lighting system and method include an LED controller to accurately control a current in an LED system. The LED controller includes components to calculate, based on the current and an active time period of an LED current time period, an actual charge amount delivered to the LED system wherein the LED current time period is duty cycle modulated at a rate of greater than fifty (50) Hz and to utilize the actual charge amount to modify and provide a desired target charge amount to be delivered during a future active time period of the LED current time period. The LED system and method further involve components to compare the actual charge amount to a desired charge amount for the active time period and compensate for a difference between the actual charge amount and the desired charge amount during the future active time period.

The present invention discloses methods for electronically organizing an event among users having personal communication devices (PCDs), the method including the steps of: providing event details, defined by an initiator, of the event to a control unit, wherein the event details designate invited users and at least one suggested event time; transmitting, by the control unit, the event details in an event request to the invited users; indicating intentions, using the PCDs, of the invited users to participate in the event in responses from the invited users; designating, using the PCDs, a compatibility of the suggested event time with the invited users in the responses; dynamically interacting, by the control unit, with the initiator and the invited users to find an optimal event time; and conveying, by the control unit, the responses in a response report, wherein the response report indicates the optimal event time to the initiator.

A system for prioritizing meeting attendees based on a scheduling user's perspective in an event scheduling system. The system provides a user interface for a scheduling user that enables them to prioritize individual prospective attendees, or groups of prospective attendees, in a way allows for easier evaluation by the scheduling user of a greater number of potential event times for a desired event, in situations where it may not be possible to establish an acceptable event time across all prospective attendees. The scheduling user can indicate a number N of priority levels, and the disclosed system operates to supply prospective event times relevant to each priority. Accordingly, where a scheduling user has assigned prospective attendees to priorities 1 through N, where priority 1 is the highest, the disclosed system would respond by simultaneously presenting to the scheduling user with N sets of prospective event times corresponding to the assigned priorities. Specifically, a first set of prospective event times would be presented that satisfy the availability constraints of all prospective attendees of priority 1, a second set of prospective event times would be presented that satisfy the availability constraints of all attendees of priorities 1 and 2, a third set of prospective event times would be presented that satisfy the availability constraints of all prospective attendees of priorities 1, 2 and 3, and so on through a set of prospective event times that satisfy the availability constraints of all prospective attendees of priorities 1 through N.

A first device communicates with a wireless network that includes nodes that are active for predefined activation times and that are at least partially dormant when not active. The communication method includes identifying a start of communication via a message that exceeds a maximum activation time of nodes on the wireless network by a factor N, where N is equal to at least a maximum number of frequencies on the wireless network, and exchanging information with a second device comprising a node on the wireless network that is within a transmission range of the first device, where the information is exchanged following the message and includes frequency hopping data for the second device.

A conferencing method not requiring additional or dedicated hardware in a processor controlled telephone terminal, nor requiring an external conference bridge, is provided by one of the terminals designating the conference, processing signals from two other conferees and delaying only two of the conferees active talkers at any given time. The two active conferees do not receive their own signal. An active conferee remains declared active during a dynamic hangover time, which varies between a minimum and a maximum corresponding to the activity time of the conferee.

A solution is provided to monitor Web browsing activity across an Internet based network of affiliated Web sites and to enable the Web sites to detect and to force re-authentication upon users who have had a period of network-wide inactivity longer than a site-specific maximum allowable inactivity period. The network comprises at least one network authentication server (NAS) which maintains a network-wide activity tracking (NATr) cookie. The NATr cookie comprises a set of network-wide activity tracking (NATr) parameters for each registered user. Each of the Web sites maintains a site-specific activity tracking (SATr) cookie which comprises a set of site-specific activity tracking (SATr) parameters for each registered user. The NATr parameters for each user are reset whenever the user authenticates to the network. When a user requests a page from a site, an NAS forces the user to re-authenticate when the NAS determines that the user's network-wide inactivity duration is longer than the site's maximum allowable inactivity period.

The invention discloses a discontinuous reception method comprising the following steps that: at least one of a plurality of component carriers periodically starts a duration timer; or when user equipment (UE) periodically starts the duration timer, at least one of the plurality of component carriers is in activity time according to the duration timer. The invention also discloses a discontinuous reception system comprising a timer starting unit which is used for at least one of the plurality of component carriers to periodically start the duration timer; or when the UE periodically starts the duration timer, the timer starting unit is used for at least one of the plurality of component carriers to be in activity time according to the duration timer. The method and system disclosed by the invention perfect and concretely realize the same or common discontinuous reception (DRX) scheme of component carriers in an envisioning stage.

The present invention is and includes an apparatus, system and method of providing a schedule for improving fitness of a user by tracking activity time. The apparatus, system and method may include at least one user interface suitable for accepting a plurality of user information regarding the user; at least one database including a plurality of exercise activities coded at least by time; a matching engine suitable for selecting a fitness program including ones of the plurality of exercise activities matched, correspondent to the respective coded times, to the plurality of user information; and an electronic calendar of the fitness program suitable for receiving updates from the user regarding completion of the coded times for each of the matched ones of the exercise activities of the fitness program.

The invention discloses a classroom teaching effect evaluation system based on facial expression recognition. According to the invention, videos in a classroom are analyzed in real time; the facial expressions of students in class are extracted, and the understanding degree, the activity degree, the doubtful degree and the activity time index information of the students in class are counted and analyzed, so that teachers can know the psychological states of the students and the mastery degree of the students on the knowledge points, the teachers can adopt corresponding teaching regulation andcontrol means, and the teaching quality of the class is improved; The classroom expression state of the teacher is automatically analyzed, the classroom expression index of the teacher is counted, andthe classroom emotion basis is provided for teaching management personnel to examine the teacher. The classroom expressions of teachers and students are recorded, the classroom expression indexes ofthe teachers and the students are obtained through statistical analysis, and the indexes serve as reference indexes for classroom teaching evaluation and have comprehensiveness and objectivity. the classroom teaching effect of the target course in each school for course reform is counted as a reference. Through the technical scheme of the invention, teachers and teaching management personnel can better accomplish the teaching concept taking students as the main part.

A content presenting method of the present disclosure includes: a history collecting step of collecting a viewing history of a user; a determining step of analyzing the viewing history to determine an active time segment in which an output section is in a state of being viewed; a data collecting step of collecting meta data assigned to a viewed content; an analyzing step of analyzing the meta data to extract a word representing the content; a profile generating step of generating, for each active time segment, a user profile based on the extracted word; a calculation step of calculating an estimated viewing time; and a playlist generating step of selecting contents based on the user profile generated correspondingly to the active time segment to be compatible with the estimated viewing time, to generate a playlist which defines an order in which the selected contents are played.

The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for reducing power consumption of a receiver in a mobile communication network comprising a sender transmitting packet data on a downlink channel to one or more receivers over a radio interface. Inactive time instants and listening time instants are defined according to provided rules. The receiver is arranged to listen for information from the sender during the listening time instants and to sleep during the inactive time instants. Thus, less power will be consumed during the inactive time instants.

The multiple user desktop (MUD) GINA is a loadable dynamic link library (DLL) intended to replace the default Microsoft GINA. It has the ability to create secure, private logon sessions for each user that logs on to the system. There can be up to fourteen (14) users logged in at the same time and each user will have their own desktop environment. Auto log off functions may be set based on time of inactivity and / or number of individual users. The MUD Gina functions in a domain and non-networked environments and needs no added hardware.

A method for and apparatus for configuring a DRX (Discontinuous Reception) operation in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device configures that it does not to monitor a PDCCH during a Scheduling Request (SR) pending period by receiving an indication. The wireless device also modifies that an Active Time does not include the SR pending period depending on the indication, so that the DRX operation can be configured for battery saving purpose more efficiently.

Power management of an information handling system PCI Express bus dynamically adjusts the inactivity time at the bus that is determined before initiation of a low power state by analyzing the transitions between low power and operating states over time. Dwell times of the bus in the low power state are compared with an inactivity goal to determine if the inactivity time should be adjusted up, such as when the bus enters the low power state too often, or should be adjusted down, such as when the bus enters the low power state too infrequently. In one embodiment, the dwell time is the time from entry into a low power state until initiation of the transition to an operating state and the inactivity goal is the time required for the bus to enter and exit the low power state.

A storage device, such as a hard disk drive or solid state drive, reduces energy consumption by entering a reduced power state after an inactivity time where the inactivity time is set based upon I / O commands received at the storage device. For example, where commands received at a storage device are characterized in a predetermined way in terms of read commands, such as a last received command as a read command or a ratio of read commands versus write commands, a first inactivity time is applied, while commands characterized in a predetermined way in terms of write commands have a second inactivity time applied. Using a greater inactivity time during read activities than during write activities provides improved performance with reduced power consumption.

The invention relates to an individual-photo-based human network correlation analysis and management system and method. The system comprises a photo import and selection module, a photo storage module, a photo tag information building module and a photo searching module. The method comprises the steps of performing timed detection and import of Internet and local data; performing photo tag information building, performing individual importance degree analysis; performing corresponding sorting of execution time and GPS (global position system); performing individual intimate degree analysis; performing individual information building; performing user searching instructions. According to the individual-photo-based human network correlation analysis and management system and method, the intimate degree between an individual and a user, the relevant activities of the individual, and the status importance degree of the individual, the active time of the individual and other individuals participating the relevant activities can be analyzed by reading an local individual photo or a digital individual photo uploaded to the Internet to help the user manage the human network relations formed around the user.

A method and apparatus for improved modeling of random or stochastic systems such as financial markets and instruments. The Black-Scholes model for the price of a risky asset is replaced by an improved model which uses a fractal activity time process instead of a conventional time parameter. The new model is incorporated into an algorithm for analyzing empirical data in order to determine whether an observed random process exhibits multifractal or single fractal behavior. If the algorithm finds multifractal or single fractal behavior, the new model can be used, thereby providing improved accuracy over the Black-Scholes model. The algorithm can be implemented as an interactive procedure using a standard computer hardware and software platform operating under the control of suitable software for implementing the computing steps of the disclosed algorithm.

The invention discloses a map displaying method for self-driving travel roadtrain navigation. A navigation center receives team forming information sent by any vehicle, comprising a path, invited vehicles, activity time and content; the navigation center transmits team forming invitation transmitted by the navigation center as a captain to invited vehicles; the navigation center receives the answerback of the invited vehicles to the team forming information; the navigation center sends the team forming logon message of the roadtrain to all member vehicles of the roadtrain; all navigation equipment in the whole roadtrain obtain the position information of each vehicle of the roadtrain from the navigation center at regular time; the corresponding scale is set so that a map frame of each navigation equipment in the whole roadtrain can completely display position identification of all members according to the continually updating position information of the whole roadtrain. According to the scheme, when the position information of all the members of the whole roadtrain generates variation, a map frame of each navigation equipment is changed according to the updating position, and all the members of the whole roadtrain are automatically displayed in the map frame.

The invention discloses an intelligent pet necklace and an implementation method thereof. The intelligent pet necklace comprises a necklace body which comprises a control unit, a power supply unit, an activity positioning unit, a language translation unit, an activity detecting unit and a health monitoring unit, wherein the activity positioning unit is used for acquiring activity track and current geographical location information of a pet; the language translation unit is used for acquiring voice information of the pet, making comparison with information in a pet language library and translating; the activity detecting unit is used for detecting current motion information of the pet, establishing habitual activity database and carrying out analyzing; and the health monitoring unit is used for acquiring current physical health data information of the pet and feeding the acquired physical health data information back to a mobile terminal and a cloud server terminal in real time. According to the intelligent pet necklace, the pet language can be analyzed, identified and translated, the activity distance and the activity time of the pet can be limited by the set of a map extent or time, and if the activity distance and the activity time exceed set threshold values, the mobile terminal warns, so that the use is convenient.

The invention provides a method for processing conflict between the discontinuous receiving and the measurement clearance. If the measurement clearance exists in the discontinuous receiving of DRX activity time, a terminal does not monitor the physical downlink control channel PDCCH in a time range that the DRX activity time and the measurement clearance are overlapped. The invention also providesa method for processing conflict between the discontinuous receiving and the measurement clearance. When a contention resolution timer runs, the terminal cancels the measurement clearance if the measurement clearance exists. The invention provides a particular scheme for conflict between the measurement clearance and the DRX activity time, namely the PDCCH cannot be monitored in the time range that the DRX activity time and the measurement clearance are overlapped so as to solve the conflict existing in the current 3GPP protocol under the condition and make the priority relation of the DRX and the measurement clearance definite.