196 results about "Community or" patented technology

A system and method that enables the user to search and identify meaningful and relevant information, based upon the weighted, custom parameters provided by the user and parameters or rules defined by the community of users as a group, with the option of utilizing user profile information to tune or detune searching, comparing or contrasting, and predicting. User profile information is collected and organized with data and feedback collected from other users. The results are then tailored to a weighted, cumulative summary result, for display that benefits the contributing user and subsequent future community or user group associations (UGA). The methods provide a summary, or result, that can be tailored specifically to the user based upon weighted rules (algorithms) and parameters defined by the user (or a user group as a whole), and the weighted rules and parameters defined as meaningful by the user (group).

Personal Portable Groove Generator device (MP3/PDA/Cellphone form), software and website operation for truly novice Users to create unique musically complete compositions, automatically or User-generated, through menu-directed selection from loop libraries to mix and build novel, complete, rich, musical Grooves that can be audited, saved, up/down loaded, evolved, and shared, P2P or via a community or other website, on a free or subscription-type basis. In AUTOPLAY mode, the device automatically creates the composition by random selection of compatible loops once a STYLE has been selected by the User. In CREATE mode, the User builds a musical Groove by combining loop tracks. The User listens-to and selects successive categories of loops that are compatible in key, tempo and style, and each chosen loop is digitally combined with prior loop(s) to create the savable/sharable Groove. In addition to general popularity, the system has particular utility in the Music Therapy and Music Education fields.

The invention relates to a method for realizing intelligent nursing for the living of old men, which is characterized in that the method comprises an intelligent nursing host as well as a plurality of sensors, a vital sign monitoring device and a push-to-talk device that are in communication with the intelligent nursing host, wherein the intelligent nursing host receives the data of the sensors and the vital sign monitoring device, calculates base lines of all alarm situation parameters through a multi-parameter base line algorithm, compares the base lines and a threshold set in a system, alarms and classifies the comparison result and informs the comparison result to a designated subscriber. According to the method, the activities such as the daily routine, the physical conditions and the emergency as well as the anomalous events of the home-care old men can be monitored, recorded and alarmed, so that relatives and friends or communities or social public resources can give the rescue or intervention for the old men timely, thereby improving the independence of the old men and the living quality of the old men and family members of the old men.

The invention discloses a wearable hand function rehabilitation robot, which is mainly used for assisting the repeated movement function rehabilitation training of the patient with hand movement function disorder which is caused by stroke, brain trauma, spinal cord injury and peripheral nerve injury in communities or families. The robot system extracts the active movement will of the patient by detecting the multi-channel surface myoelectric signals of the affected hand and obtains the state of the affected limb by combining the data which is measured by an angle and force sensor to carry out the rehabilitation training of the affected hand by pneumatic muscle contraction assistance by using the intelligent control algorithm on the basis. The rehabilitation robot has multiple degrees of freedom, which can assist the affected hand to carry out multi-joint complex movement and inosculate the multi-sensor data information fusion during the rehabilitation process to be further used for the evaluation of rehabilitation effect, and the activity and the training interest of the patient can be improved by using the rehabilitation treatment virtual environment on a computer. The invention has the advantages of simple structure, flexible movement, safety and reliability, which can not only realize the rehabilitation training of the movement function of the affected hand, but can also be in line with the physiologic structure characteristics of human hands. The invention is more comfortable to wear.

A computer-implemented data view management system is provided in which data search, view, presentation, and management are conducted in a community-based concept that allows for managers of a community to control users' access to data views data scopes, attributes, data, and action items at a community-wide level, a subcommunity level and individual-user level to allow the most flexibility in control of users, data and information across a plurality of databases and users. More particularly, the invention relates to a community-based system for data view, management, search and tracking system which can be operated in conjunction with and parallel to existing enterprise resource planning software, and within which managers and users exercise maximum flexibility in setting their data views and data scopes within the limits set by their assigned community or subcommunity, and within which data, transaction, communication and information can be updated dynamically and interactively in response to changes or as a result of prior user-initiated transactions, and within which data views, data scopes and executable functions are presented to each user and manager uniquely based on the user's uniquely-identified criteria and his assignment to a particular community, and within which transaction data and usage are tracked, stored and maintained dynamically and iteratively for future access, organization and archival.

An on-line social networking method is presented based on a third party's evaluation, wherein third party's opinions are taken into consideration in constructing a community or building a network using the Internet. A network for only those users who can trust one another is guaranteed, and thus network quality is enhanced and a variety of incidents prevalent in the Internet are prevented. For this purpose, a server of an Internet website is employed in providing a social networking module, a first member terminal group for requesting a friend relationship, a second member terminal group for determining whether to approve the friend relationship, and a third member terminal group for generating evaluation information on an evaluation target member. The third member terminal group is an advisor group of the second member terminal group.

A method and related user device for executing handover between a multimedia broadcast multicast single frequency network (MBSFN) and non-MBSFN regions of a communication network are disclosed. The communication network includes a first community forming the MBSFN region, a second community not forming the MBSFN region and a keeping community between the first and second communities. The keeping community belongs to the MBSFN region, wherein the broadcast keeping community in the keeping community indicates information. The method includes steps as follows: receiving the indicating information of the keeping community so as to learn that the user device in the keeping community; measuring a first signal intensity transmitted based on MBSFN and aiming to a pre-determined business in the keeping community and a second signal intensity transmitted based on a single community; and selecting the first community or the second community as the target community when the difference between the first and second signal intensities is less than a pre-determined threshold value. This invention is capable of providing continuous MBMS service for user under the condition that the user device moves in different communication regions.

In one embodiment, a mobile device generates sensor data configured to describe a geographic position of a mobile device. A list of events is defined according to position data and time data. The geographic position of the mobile device is compared to positions in the list of events of interest and a current time is compared to time data in the list of events of interest. The comparison determines whether events in the list are in range of the mobile device. One or more nearby events in range of the mobile device at the current time or a future time are selected. A command is generated to capture an image of the nearby events using a camera coupled to the mobile device. The captured images may be used to update navigation or map database, provide community or weather data to other users, social media functions, or other features.

A system and method for verifying entry credentials and activating/deactivating an access control system via use of the native capabilities of a mobile device is disclosed herein. Particularly, the system and method include an embedded local control device attached or communicative with an electronic gate or lock. The control device is communicative with a remote access control management system, which is structured to receive, track and manage access tokens that can be used to control access to a gated community or other secured location. Notifications that an access token has been generated can be communicated to the guest(s) by way of text message, short message service (SMS), email, social media, for example. Each notification may contain a unique link to a webpage employing the access token. While in the geographic vicinity of the secured location, the guest may actuate the access token and open the gate.

Apparatus for generating and editing media assets based on context is provided. In one example, the apparatus includes logic for causing the display of a suggestion for a media asset to a user based on context, logic for receiving at least one media asset, and logic for receiving an edit instruction associated with the at least one media asset. The context may be derived from user input or activity (e.g., in response to inquiries, associated websites where an editor is launched from), user profile information such as community or group associations, and so on. Additionally, context may include objectives of the user such as generating a dating video, wedding video, real estate video, music video, or the like.

The present invention comprises a system for creating a multi-user internet community site with location-based information (Geographic Information System). Location-based information is maintained by the community of users in a manner similar to blog content (text, photos) and is managed in a manner similar to presently existing multi-user sites (such as Flickr.com, MySpace.com, TheFacebook.com). Community groups, organizations, or individuals can create a free or fee-based account and launch their own multi-user website with a location-based component. All information has a location-based component. Location information can be added and updated through a variety of geospatial reference methods (e.g., latitude and longitude, or UTM, or State Plane). Either by using GPS-collected data, or through direct user interaction with the map (e.g., a user can click on the interactive map and store information with spatial references). Preferably, all information can be added and updated via a browser or other device over the Internet. Digital photos, videos, sounds, or other multimedia content created with a mobile device with GPS capabilities can be sent directly to the website along with their with spatial reference, for sharing with a community or other individuals.

Although recording of usage data is common in scholarly information services, its exploitation for the creation of value-added services remains limited due to concerns regarding, among others, user privacy, data validity, and the lack of accepted standards for the representation, sharing and aggregation of usage data. A technical, standards-based architecture for sharing usage information is presented. In this architecture, OpenURL-compliant linking servers aggregate usage information of a specific user community as it navigates the distributed information environment that it has access to. This usage information is made OAI-PMH harvestable so that usage information exposed by many linking servers can be aggregated to facilitate the creation of value-added services with a reach beyond that of a single community or a single information service.

This method includes that: The 1st terminal sends a add friend request message (AFRM) to the personal management system; the request message carries about the first terminal user mark information and 2nd user mark information to be added; the personal information management system retransmits the request message to mobile community business system; According to UBI of the 1st terminal and UBI of the added 2nd user, the community business system adds the 2nd user to friend list of the 1st terminal and sends back the information change message to PIBMS and sends back the processing result to the 1st terminal. This method can add friends in mobile community via PIM program. The net completes automatically the friend connecting between users. When accessing PIM program, user may add another user as a friend of a certain community or of all communities.

The invention relates to a self-adaptive wearable submissive exoskeleton rehabilitation manipulator, comprising a flexible driving push rod, five flexible hinge fingers, a straight push rod motor assembly, and a motor case. The five flexible hinge fingers are arranged on a supporting plate and a fixing frame. The straight push rod motor assembly is fixed in the motor case, and is connected with the five flexible hinge fingers through a linear motor push rod, a Bowdon cable, and the flexible driving push rod, to form a finger driving mechanism. The rehabilitation manipulator obtains power through three linear push rod motors, the linear push rod motors respectively drive four fingers and a thumb, and a driving method and the number of used motors are greatly simplified. The flexible hinge finger portions can preferably fit with fingers through a finger fixing bandage, to adapt to position forms of each finger. The rehabilitation manipulator has relatively good bionic effect, and can preferably assist a patient whose hand functions are damaged for rehabilitation training and daily life. The rehabilitation manipulator is simple in structure, and is portable, and is convenient to carry, and a patient can autonomously perform rehabilitation training in a community or at home.

A system and method for verifying entry credentials and activating/deactivating an access control system via use of the native capabilities of a mobile device is disclosed herein. Particularly, the system and method include an embedded local control device attached or communicative with an electronic gate or lock. The control device is communicative with a remote access control management system, which is structured to receive, track and manage access tokens that can be used to control access to a gated community or other secured location. Notifications that an access token has been generated can be communicated to the guest(s) by way of text message, short message service (SMS), or email, for example. Each notification may contain a unique link to a webpage employing the access token. While in the geographic vicinity of the secured location, the guest may actuate the access token and open the gate.

The invention discloses a (hotel, community or family) video-on-demand system. The video-on-demand system comprises a center server, a node server and a user terminal, wherein the center server is used for storing video information; the node server is used for establishing communication with the center server through a network so as to obtain at least one part of the video information and generating a programme list according to the video information; the user terminal is used for reading the programme list and displaying the programme list through display equipment; and when a user orders a corresponding programme, the user sends a video-on-demand request to the node server, reads corresponding decoded video information and plays the information through the display equipment. In the video-on-demand system, as each (hotel, community or family) node server is connected with the center server through the wide area network, thereby realizing network operation of the whole video-on-demand system. The video-on-demand system can carry out programme distribution and management through the network, thereby making the distribution and management operation simple and feasible and also improving efficiency.

The invention relates to a remote information acquisition system, in particular to a remote meter reading system based on RF and GPRS wireless networks. The invention comprises a wireless digital transmission meter arranged indoors, a relay concentrator and a remote monitoring center arranged in communities or buildings. The wireless digital transmission meter transfers data in a wireless way through an RF module and the relay concentrator. The relay concentrator receives the data uploaded by the wireless digital transmission meter through the RF module, and communicates data with the remote monitoring center through the GPRS module. Monitoring and control centers of water supply, power supply or natural gas companies just need to be equipped with central station machines with internal antennae. A gathering point, such as a community, just needs to be equipped with a relay concentrator. Accordingly, the construction cost of the system is low. Water supply, power supply, natural gas companies or property management departments of communities grasp information about water consumption, power consumption, charging of users and so on in time and accurately by detecting and reading meters automatically by the system. In this way, the management and the service of the companies are improved.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method, a device and equipment for selecting an information push object, wherein in an offline state, the relative impact between users in an information push platform and/or user impact of the users themselves is used for carrying out community division, and a plurality of candidate communities of the information push platform are obtained; after a seedpacket is obtained, a target community, namely a candidate diffusion user group, is selected according to a superposition value of the seed packet with each candidate community; and the relative impact between the users in the target community or the own user impact of the users is used for determining a plurality of information push objects of the push information, thereby improving the similarity of the selected information push object to a seed user and ensuring the information push effect.

A method of playing an improved version of Texas Hold'em poker is disclosed which includes providing any player the opportunity prior to the exposure of the fifth community or river card to declare that such player is ahead in the hand (has the best poker hand) among the other players still in the hand at the time of declaration and guaranteeing any player who correctly makes such a declaration a portion of the pot regardless of whether the player has the best poker hand at the conclusion of the hand. This improved method allows players to protect themselves against and reduce the magnitude and frequency of bad beats inflicted by the extremely large number of inexperienced players that dominate Texas Hold'em poker.