57 results about "Actual Duration" patented technology

Improved techniques that facilitate the use of podcasts are disclosed. The improved techniques can pertain to publishing, hosting, accessing, subscribing, managing, organizing, searching, browsing, transferring, and/or playing podcasts. According to one aspect, tags are embedded into syndication feeds (e.g., RSS feeds) that may be made available for distribution by an online media store to facilitate the management of podcasts. In accordance with one embodiment, an explicit tag may be embedded at the feed and/or episode level to indicate that the feed and/or episode includes explicit content. In accordance with another embodiment, a duration tag may be embedded at the episode level to indicate an estimated duration associated with the episode. Upon downloading the episode, the duration may be replaced by the actual duration of the episode. In accordance with yet another embodiment, a new feed-URL tag may be embedded in a syndication feed to identify a new URL at which the feed is to be accessed.

A cost-per-second (CPS) based technology for Internet advertising is introduced. In one embodiment, the systems and methods described herein improve efficiency and efficacy of Internet based advertisements. Efficiency is improved by making advertisements relevant to the user; decreasing loss or waste in advertisement space and opportunity for the publisher; and displaying advertisements only for an appropriate duration and being charged according to actual duration for the advertiser. In embodiments, the cost for a certain branding effect can be measured and used with higher accuracy. In embodiments where multiple advertisements are shown simultaneously or at various timings, the technology introduced here provides unique bidding models to allow an advertiser to bid for advertising space, of an advertisement display. The bidding models incorporate bidding based on CPS, a function of CPS and cost-per-click, effective CPS, etc. Conversion models for comparing advertising schema using traditional and newly introduced models are also disclosed.

A cost-per-second (CPS) based technology for Internet advertising is introduced. In one embodiment, the systems and methods described herein improve efficiency and efficacy of Internet based advertisements. Efficiency is improved by making advertisements relevant to the user; decreasing loss or waste in advertisement space and opportunity for the publisher; and displaying advertisements only for an appropriate duration and being charged according to actual duration for the advertiser. In embodiments, the cost for a certain branding effect can be measured and used with higher accuracy. In embodiments where multiple advertisements are shown simultaneously or at various timings, the technology introduced here provides unique bidding models to allow an advertiser to bid for advertising space, of an advertisement display. The bidding models incorporate bidding based on CPS, a function of CPS and cost-per-click, effective CPS, etc. Conversion models for comparing advertising schema using traditional and newly introduced models are also disclosed.

A transmitted time signal carries time information encoded bit-wise by signal variations in a succession of constant duration time frames, with at least one bit in each time frame. A signal quality is determined and allocated to a respective bit, e.g. depending on the extent of deviation of an actual duration from prescribed durations of a signal variation representing the bit. Thus, a respective signal quality may be allocated to a respective decoded data bit per time frame. Successive data bits can be categorized as interference-free or interference-burdened, and a signal quality of the received time signal can alternatively be determined from the number or ratio of the interference-free bits and the interference-burdened bits. A radio-controlled clock circuit includes a receiving circuit, a bit value decoding arrangement and a signal quality evaluating arrangement.

A cost-per-second (CPS) based technology for Internet advertising is introduced. In one embodiment, the systems and methods described herein improve efficiency and efficacy of Internet based advertisements. Efficiency is improved by making advertisements relevant to the user; decreasing loss or waste in advertisement space and opportunity for the publisher; and displaying advertisements only for an appropriate duration and being charged according to actual duration for the advertiser. In embodiments, the cost for a certain branding effect can be measured and used with higher accuracy. In embodiments where multiple advertisements are shown simultaneously or at various timings, the technology introduced here provides unique bidding models to allow an advertiser to bid for advertising space, of an advertisement display. The bidding models incorporate bidding based on CPS, a function of CPS and cost-per-click, effective CPS, etc. Conversion models for comparing advertising schema using traditional and newly introduced models are also disclosed.

In the concatenative text-to-speech system, high compression rate of duration data in the prosodic template is achieved by extracting statistical parameters describing behavior of actual duration values of instances of each given syllable, phoneme, half-phoneme, diphone, triphone or any other basic speech unit employed, and storing only the extracted statistical parameters, instead of the original duration values. Entries of each given basic unit in the prosodic template is sorted and indexed in the order of increasing duration value. Consequently, the amount of duration data can be significantly reduced, while keeping the error statistically under acceptable range.

A cost-per-second (CPS) based technology for Internet advertising is introduced. In one embodiment, the systems and methods described herein improve efficiency and efficacy of Internet based advertisements. Efficiency is improved by making advertisements relevant to the user; decreasing loss or waste in advertisement space and opportunity for the publisher; and displaying advertisements only for an appropriate duration and being charged according to actual duration for the advertiser. In embodiments, the cost for a certain branding effect can be measured and used with higher accuracy. In embodiments where multiple advertisements are shown simultaneously or at various timings, the technology introduced here provides unique bidding models to allow an advertiser to bid for advertising space, of an advertisement display. The bidding models incorporate bidding based on CPS, a function of CPS and cost-per-click, effective CPS, etc. Conversion models for comparing advertising schema using traditional and newly introduced models are also disclosed.

A method for determining the rotation speed of a rotating shaft that has associated with it a means that has markings which produce an electrical signal upon being carried past a sensor element of a sensor, the sensor encompassing an evaluation device that counts the markings carried past the sensor element within a gate time and transfers them to a control unit as a numerical value. The gate time is derived from a time increment, and a pulse having an actual time duration derived from the time increment is transferred to the control unit and is compared by the control unit with a target time duration, the numerical value being corrected using a correction value that is ascertained from a comparison of the actual time duration with the target time duration.

There is disclosed an interactive voice response system for prompting a user with feedback during speech recognition. A user who speaks too slowly or too quickly may speak even more slowly or quickly in response to an error in speech recognition. The present system aims to give the user specific feedback on the speed of speaking. The method can include: acquiring an utterance from a user; recognizing a string of words from the utterance; acquiring for each word the ratio of actual duration of delivery to ideal duration; calculating an average ratio for all the words wherein the average ratio is an indication of the speed of the delivery of the utterance; and prompting the user as to the speed of delivery of the utterance according to the average ratio.

The invention provides an offline charging method and device. The offline charging method comprises the following steps that after a service data bearer is established, when a user plane subsystem (UPPS) receives a service data starting instruction message triggered by a charging trigger functional (CTF) entity, local absolute time is acquired to obtain the opening time of a first generated call ticket, and the opening time is sent to a charging data functional (CDF) entity; when a time threshold value is reached or a flow threshold value is reached or the service data bearer is updated or the service data bearer is deleted, the UPPS acquires a local absolute moment as a current moment and transmits the current moment to the CDF entity; the CDF entity conducts call ticket calculation on service data according to the received message. The embodiment of the invention further provides an offline charging device on the other hand. According to the technical scheme, the filling-in of call ticket time information better conforms to actual service transmission time, and the problem that the time is inconsistent with actual duration as a result of the generated call ticket is avoided. Besides, time delay in message processing can be effectively shortened, and call ticket duration deviation is reduced.

A cost-per-second (CPS) based technology for Internet advertising is introduced. In one embodiment, the systems and methods described herein improve efficiency and efficacy of Internet based advertisements. Efficiency is improved by making advertisements relevant to the user; decreasing loss or waste in advertisement space and opportunity for the publisher; and displaying advertisements only for an appropriate duration and being charged according to actual duration for the advertiser. In embodiments, the cost for a certain branding effect can be measured and used with higher accuracy. In embodiments where multiple advertisements are shown simultaneously or at various timings, the technology introduced here provides unique bidding models to allow an advertiser to bid for advertising space, of an advertisement display. The bidding models incorporate bidding based on CPS, a function of CPS and cost-per-click, effective CPS, etc. Conversion models for comparing advertising schema using traditional and newly introduced models are also disclosed.

The invention discloses an IGBT (insulated gate bipolar transistor) series connection voltage balancing control method and belongs to the technical field of power electronic conversion. The method includes: utilizing an active clamping circuit equipped for each IGBT to extract working voltage spike signals of each IGBT; combining with a comparison circuit to acquire voltage spike actual lasting time value; utilizing time information acquired by detection, combining with an adjusting scheme designed in an optimized manner according to actual series connection working characteristics of each IGBT to adjust driving signal edge of each IGBT, and realizing voltage balancing of the IGBTs after adjusting for several times. The voltage balancing control method is suitable for part of mesohigh-power IGBTs, and the adjusting mode is designed according to actual working characteristics of the IGBTs, so that the method is simple and easy to realize, and quickness of series connection voltage balancing of the IGBTs can be improved while high stability is guaranteed.

The invention discloses a time scheduling method for solving the technical problem of low communication network channel utilization rate in the prior art. The method comprises the steps of controlling a first communication node to communicate with a second communication node in a first time interval of a channel, and recording a first actual duration required by the communication; if the first actual duration is less than the duration corresponding to the first time interval, determining a first cumulative duration according to a first actual transmitting duration and the duration corresponding to the first time interval, the first cumulative duration being the duration difference between the first actual duration and the duration corresponding to the first time interval; overlaying the first cumulative duration with the duration corresponding to a second time interval of the channel to obtain a first usable duration corresponding to the second communication node. The invention further discloses electronic equipment for implementing the method.

The invention discloses a charging pile system capable of counting actual duration of occupying a powered parking space of an electric vehicle. The charging pile system comprises a parking space, a fixed obstacle in the lateral direction of the parking space, a charging pile, a detecting device used for detecting a use condition of the parking space, a card swiping device used for supporting a user to swipe a card to pay, an electric parking space lock capable of preventing a car from entering and exiting the parking space, and a control device. The charging pile system is characterized in that the detecting device, the card swiping device and the electric parking space lock are connected with a control device in a wired or wireless mode; if the control device detects that the parking space is changed into a used state from an unused state through the detecting device, and the parking space is found to be continuously in the used state for duration extending duration t predefined in the system, a moment T of starting to the use the parking space of the user is recorded, and the electric parking space lock is noticed to lock; and if the control device receives a signal that the user swipes the card to pay through the card swiping device, the electric parking space lock is noticed to unlock, and duration of using the parking space this time of the user is obtained by calculating according to current time and the T.

The invention discloses a luminance real-time adjustment display screen system, comprising a display screen, a single-chip microcomputer module, a human body sensing module, a brightness acquisition module, a brightness adjustment module, a button module, an indicator lamp and a Bluetooth module. The single-chip microcomputer module also includes a processor module, a storage module and a timing module. The storage module is used to store the brightness control curve, the human body sensing module is used to detect whether the user is located in the display area of the display screen, the timing module is used to obtain the actual duration of the user's use of the display screen, the brightness acquisition module collects the brightness value of the external environment, the brightness adjustment module adjusts the output brightness of the display screen, the button module and the indicator lamp are used to select the desired brightness control curve gear, and the Bluetooth module is used to implement human-computer interaction. The invention also discloses a brightness real-time adjustment method, which adjusts the brightness value output by the display screen in real time, so that the user's visual fatigue degree remains the lowest state during long-term use.

A method of operating a vehicle locating unit wherein an activation signal is received when the vehicle is stolen and in response to the activation signal, a signal indicating the vehicle has been stolen is transmitted. The receiver is energized for an actual duration N_on periodically to listen for the activation and other signals. Estimating how long the receiver has been on includes incrementing a counter at a count resolution where N_on is typically at least sometimes less than the count resolution. Estimating the total amount of time the receiver was energized is based on a measured on time after it converges with the actual on time.

The invention discloses a construction process for protecting the outer layer of an indoor steel structure. The construction process comprises the steps of cleaning, rust removal, dustproof-layer coating, paint coating and site clearing. Inspection shows that the actual duration of fire resistance of the steel structure reaches more than 12-15 hours; cold-thermal cycling test is conducted on the structure of the outer layer 10 times, the appearance is complete, cracking and powdering do not occur, no corrosion phenomenon occur when the whole steel structure is soaked in water for 120 hours, the process is reasonable, little money is cost and the protection effect is good; by applying the construction process, the duration of fire resistance and corrosion resistant time of the steel structure can be prolonged substantially, and the steel structure safety and personal safety are guaranteed.

The utility model discloses a clocking and charging system and the implementation method thereof in the wireless communication. The method comprises the such steps as (1) filtering rule and time slice for configuring the content charging; (2) as conducting the new operation, message A1 is received, so that based on filtering rule and message A1, A1 is matched with the service identification as A; (3) As message A2 arrives, A2 can be matched with service identification A. A1 with the same service identification A shall be found out, so that based on the arrival time difference of A1 and A2 as well as the time slice, the duration of the operation can be calculated, and then waiting for the next message A3. The duration of operation can be circulated and accumulated till the operator ticket can be made; (4) the relevant rate can be searched on the basis of service identification A; also, as per the calculated duration of operation, the fees can be calculated and submitted to the operator ticket. The utility model introduces the time slice to the calculation for the duration of operation, so as to record the actual duration of the operation. Thus, the reliability and the validity of the charging are further improved.

The invention discloses a mobile intelligent terminal and an image recording method thereof. The image recording method includes: recording images by the mobile intelligent terminal; detecting whether content of the images recorded within first preset time is unchanged or not; if yes, saving the images recorded within second preset time; if not, saving the images recorded within the first preset time, wherein the second preset time is shorter than actual duration of the first preset time. The mobile intelligent terminal and the image recording method have the advantage that the images to be saved are selected according to whether the content of the recorded images is unchanged or not, and accordingly, clients can select needed recorded image content conveniently.

A communication device includes a communication control unit generating a communication signal to be transmitted to an external source and an encryption unit connected to the communication control unit through a wiring. The communication control unit stores a predetermined communication signal indicative of a predetermined message and a target duration required for from a transmission of the predetermined communication signal to a reception of the same from the encryption unit. The communication control unit further counts an actual duration taken from the transmission of the predetermined communication signal to the reception of the same from the encryption unit. When the actual duration is longer than the target duration, the communication control unit determines that a fraudulent circuit is inserted into the wiring for fraudulently acting on the communication signal.