492 results about "Context awareness" patented technology

A method and system for providing context information, systems, and actions for a range of information technology platforms and interfaces. Context includes the aggregate knowledge about a user's situation and intent. Included in the system are tiers of features for enabling context awareness, including a collection tier, analysis tier, and action/effect tier. Information relating to entities, which are the elements that are included in the system, such as users and communication devices, along with states and relationships, is identified and accessed by a context engine, which obtains the information from sensors and interpreters for the information. In one application tier, the context engine is used with any set of entities, states, and relationships. Another application tier, referred to as "context packs," includes preset sets of entities, states, and relationships identified for predetermined applications.

A method for constructing user models from user usage and context data is provided where a personal interest graph for a user is constructing from interests of the user derived from usage data and situational data derived from one or more sensors of the electronic device. The nodes in the interest graph also contain information about a degree of user interest in the corresponding interest and a sentiment of the user at the time when the usage data suggests that the user expressed interest in the interest graph. The personal interest graph can be modified by annotating one or more nodes of the personal interest graph with influence information. Later, a current sentiment for the user can be determined by analyzing input from one more sensors on the electronic device, and a particular node can be located in the personal interest graph based on the information in the nodes.

Real time security, integrity, and reliability postures of operational (OT), information (IT), and security (ST) systems, as well as slower changing security and operational blueprint, policies, processes, and rules governing the enterprise security and business risk management process, dynamically evolve and adapt to domain, context, and situational awareness, as well as the controls implemented across the operational and information systems that are controlled. Embodiments of the invention are systematized and pervasively applied across interconnected, interdependent, and diverse operational, information, and security systems to mitigate system-wide business risk, to improve efficiency and effectiveness of business processes and to enhance security control which conventional perimeter, network, or host based control and protection schemes cannot successfully perform.

A virtual assistant learning system is presented. A monitoring device, a cell phone for example, observes user interactions with an environment by acquiring sensor data. The monitoring device uses the sensor data to identify the interactions, which in turn is provided to an inference engine. The inference engine leverages the interaction data and previously stored knowledge elements about the user to determine if the interaction exhibits one or more user preferences. The inference engine can use the preferences and interactions to construct queries targeting search engines to seek out possible future interactions that might be of interest to the user.

The present invention provides a system and method for processing real-time rapid capture, annotation and creation of an annotated hyper-video map for environments. The method includes processing video, audio and GPS data to create the hyper-video map which is further enhanced with textual, audio and hyperlink annotations that will enable the user to see, hear, and operate in an environment with cognitive awareness. Thus, this annotated hyper-video map provides a seamlessly navigable, situational awareness and indexable high-fidelity immersive visualization of the environment.

A context aware data application presents information about a first user's contact means and methodologies. The application organizes, filters and present the information taking into account multiple inputs regarding the specific context and the relationship and preferred communication means between the first user and other users seeking to contact the first user. The information allows the users seeking to make contact to quickly take an action that is expected given the context of the first user as presenting the most relevant data allows the contacting users to take actions quickly and effectively.

Disclosed herein is a method and system for providing context aware multimedia content and interactable advertisements of business services on visually distinct and mutually independent display sections on a mobile device screen of a user. A client application is provided on the mobile device. The client application sends a first request for multimedia content to a content server and a second request for the interactable advertisements to an advertisement server. The content server establishes context of the first request, selects the multimedia content based on established context, and renders the multimedia content on a first display section on the mobile device screen. The advertisement server establishes context of the second request, selects the interactable advertisements based on established context, and renders the interactable advertisements on a second display section on the mobile device screen. The user accesses the business services through the interactable advertisements using the client application.

A mobile communication device can comprise a microprocessor, a memory, and one or more sensors, all coupled to a system bus. A sensor can be provided by a GPS receiving device, an accelerometer, an image sensor, a radio frequency transceiver, or a magnetic card reading device. The mobile communication device can be configured, responsive to receiving sensor data from one or more sensors, to select a corresponding security alert level. The mobile communication device can be further configured to perform at least one security-related action corresponding to the selected security alert level.

An emergency response system capable of directing building occupants to a safe location in real-time is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of sensors which detect and monitor an emergency condition, a central processing unit which evaluates the data, calculates accessible evacuation routes, and sends the result to output devices which provide directional information to occupants. By combining an analysis of the flow of evacuees with changes in building structural information and the evolution of an emergency condition the system combines situation-aware data with contextual information to thereby provide the best available evacuation route to evacuees. In this manner, some evacuees may be redirected to alternate evacuation routes during the evacuation process itself, thereby minimizing problems due to congestion, potential panic of the evacuees, and changes in the emergency condition while increasing the probability that evacuees will reach a safe location.

A method for tagging internet resource identifiers (IR) based on situationally aware software includes: determining a user's role, context, situation, and which uniform IR is currently being viewed by the user; retrieving one or more of: role and situation tags, and predefined vocabulary from a database in response to the determining; creating a community tag list in the event one or more community tags exist in response to the determined IR; providing the community tag list to the user; receiving a user selected community tag from the community tag list; tagging the IR with the user selected community tag; wherein in the event the community tag list has not been created, the IR is tagged with at least one of the retrieved role and situation tags, and the predefined vocabulary; and wherein the tagging is based on at least one of the user's context, role, or situation.

The present invention automatically increases situational awareness relating to potential sexual predators, criminals, and/or stalkers located near a mobile device user. A location of the mobile device can be determined by device location electronics, such as a Global Positioning System (GPS). The location can be compared against at least one zone believed to be associated with a sexual predator, a criminal, and/or a stalker. Zones can be static or dynamic. A threat level associated with a zone can be computed from multiple factors, which are compared against one or more thresholds. When the threat level exceeds a thresholds, an associated threat avoidance action can be automatically initiated. One threat avoidance action is to present a warning upon a user's mobile device along with contextual information about a proximate danger.

A method for collecting, organizing, presenting, and using data relative to the scene of an emergency situation is disclosed. The method uses a Responder Assets Management System (RAMS) composed of four modules including information, logistics, operations, and planning. The information module makes general information immediately available to responders. The logistics module assists in managing equipment resources during a contingency and includes an equipment manager interface for managing equipment used to respond to an emergency situation. The operations module supports daily operations responsibilities and scales to handle significant emergencies and includes at least one of a situational awareness interface, a response options generator (ROG) interface, an operations manager interface, a messenger interface and a status board interface. The situational awareness interface is designed for emergency and crisis response managers to provide enhanced, community-wide situational awareness using full immersion, spherical images, Geographic Information System (GIS) maps, site and floor plans, and a database interface to provide virtual walk-through, pre-incident plans, for contingency planning, training visualization, and operational support. The ROG interface provides automated response and resource estimates to decision-makers in command posts and on-site in developing a response to significant, unplanned events. The operations manager interface is used by a remote headquarters to monitor an on-going operation. The messenger interface is a pre-formatted, topic oriented messaging system that supports both informational messages and messages that automatically update system data and displays. The status board interface is a situation display of key situational awareness data. The planning module assists users in planning for critical events.

Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for managing and processing large amounts of complex and high-velocity data by capturing and extracting high-value data from low value data using big data and related technologies. Illustrative database systems described herein may collect and process data while extracting or generating high-value data. The high-value data may be handled by databases providing functions such as multi-temporality, provenance, flashback, and registered queries. In some examples, computing models and system may be implemented to combine knowledge and process management aspects with the near real-time data processing frameworks in a data-driven situation aware computing system.

Systems and methods for aiding individuals to complete tasks of daily living are provided. The situationally aware system comprises a controller, sensors, and effectors. The controller may include a program that describes a sequence of steps the user should perform to accomplish the task. In response to the information from the sensors and the user's compliance with the steps of the sequence, the controller instructs the effector(s) to relay at least one instructional cue to the user to aid in the performance of the task. The instructional cue may range from a simple blinking light, to detailed audio and/or visual instructions, to relaying a reward for the completion of the task. The instructional cue may also instruct the user to refrain from performing a task. The system is programmable, configurable, and may interface to the Internet.

Personnel and vehicle collision avoidance devices configured to be used in collision avoidance systems are disclosed. The collision avoidance devices are configured to be aware of the context (e.g. position, location, state, status, etc.) in which the person or vehicle is. This awareness allows the devices to avoid transmitting non-hazardous proximity warnings when the context does not warrant the transmission of proximity warnings, and to transmit special critical proximity warnings when the context warrants the transmission of such proximity warnings. To detect the context, the devices comprise one or more context-awareness mechanisms (e.g. user input interfaces, sensors, infra-red receivers, etc.), each of which being capable of detecting one or more particular contexts. A collision avoidance system comprising these personnel and vehicle collision avoidance devices is also presented.

Disclosed are smart digital modules, a smart digital wall combining the smart digital modules, a context-aware interactive multimedia system, and an operating method thereof. The smart digital wall includes local coordinators for controlling the smart digital modules, and a coordination process for controlling the smart digital modules. The smart digital modules sense ambient states and changes of states and independently display corresponding actuations. The coordination process is connected to the smart digital modules via radio communication, and combines smart digital modules to control collective operations of the smart digital modules.

A method and mobile device for providing recommended items based on context awareness are provided. In the method, it is determined whether an event satisfying at least one predetermined condition has been generated, recommended items customized to the event are generated, and a first window is displayed in an area according to a predetermined layout, the first window including the recommended items and a notification indicating that the items are recommended according to a context of the event generation.

A hazard information coordination system is provided with intelligent routing to enhance the distribution of information from multiple information sources to a plurality of destinations. Routing is performed based on data values and associated intelligence that determines what data is relevant to which users. User preferences, geographical location, local environment, current activities, and planned activities help a decision support system determine what data is relevant for each user. Thus, decision support systems are preferably provided with situational awareness, context awareness, and forecasting capabilities.

A consumable-goods reordering system in which a system controller has access to the signals transmitted by each smart appliance relevant to the environment being monitored, such as a home. Each appliance monitors a particular physical condition that is related to the appliance's usage of a consumable good, senses changes in the condition being monitored, and reports states of the condition. Meanwhile, the system controller memorizes and maintains the states of various processing events, such as when an appliance reported a particular state of the monitored condition. By considering the information reported by the multiple smart appliances, as well as by accounting for the states corresponding to the various events, the system controller is able to continually update a representation of the state of the monitored environment. Having such context awareness enables the system controller to generate intelligently various reorder messages for transmission to the various suppliers of the consumables.

A command and control architecture that facilitates detection of a situation and, processing, notifying and communicating alerts, and calling for services. However a situation is ascertained, whether a sensor senses it, a human observes it, and/or the physical location of police cars, emergency vehicles, fire vehicles are ascertained, attributes of each of the sensors, observer, and/or assets can get passed both to a mapping component that maintains situation awareness information for presentation on a map. The attribute data is also analyzed with the results data passed to the central communications component for data and communications management, further facilitating notification and alerting of the appropriate services to get the appropriate people and equipment involved, and then linking it other data sources to further support the system functions.

The present invention is a wireless communication system and method. In an exemplary embodiment, the wireless communication system includes a destination system and a source network. The source network provides network services to the destination system. Further, a plurality of mobile nodes are communicatively coupled with each other for allowing data packets to be transferred between the source network and the destination system. In addition, at least one firewall is communicatively coupled with the destination system and at least one of the mobile nodes included within the plurality of mobile nodes for monitoring data packet exchange between the source network and the destination system. The at least one firewall utilizes at least location as a controlling parameter for regulating data packet exchange as the at least one mobile end node moves into areas associated with varying degrees of threat.

The invention discloses a smart home system based on context awareness, comprising a sensor, an execution part, a user recognizer, a smart home control module, a context management module, a context extracting module and a context reasoning module. When a user uses the smart home control module to operate, the smart home control module triggers corresponding action to sense the basic information and the environment position information of the user to be sent to the context extracting module; the context extracting module generates the basic context information and advanced context information which are sent to the context reasoning module; according to the context information, the context reasoning module invokes a user preference record from the context management module and matches the user preference record with the basic context information for reasoning; the context management module stores the operation record of the user, and the operation record can be invoked by the context extracting module and the context reasoning module. The smart home system based on the context awareness of the invention has the advantages of high and active intellectualization and favourable configurability.

The invention discloses a piece of equipment and a method for realizing an augmented reality induced maintenance system. The equipment comprises a pair of 3D intelligent glasses, a helmet and an optical position tracker. The method for realizing the augmented reality induced maintenance system comprises the following steps of 1, establishing a virtue assembly model in a software system; 2, completing position registration of the helmet worn by an operator; 3, defining a part dismounting relationship level; 4, tracking the position of the operator through the optical position tracker to complete maintenance and dismounting context awareness; 5, generating dismounting guidance information; 6, superposing and displaying guidance information. The equipment and the method have the advantages that the guidance information is accurate and stable, the realizing equipment is simple, low in cost and convenient to carry, is high in operability and is conveniently applied by a user, and standard operating steps, real-time operating progress and 3D guidance information are integrated to realize an integrated design.

In one embodiment, a method for social networking is provided. A social profile is automatically built for a first user by monitoring the usage of an electronic device operated by the first user. A social network appropriate for the first user is determined by examining the first user's social profile. The appropriate social network is provided to the first user to join if the appropriate social network is available for the first user to join.

A plurality of images captured using a camera included in a robotic system are analyzed. A spatial map is generated using a sensor included in the robotic system. A semantic location map is generated using at least the analyzed plurality of captured images and the generated spatial map. A natural language input referencing a desired product item is received from a user. A speech recognition result is recognized from the natural language input and sent to a reasoning engine. In response to sending the recognized speech recognition result, one or more commands for the robotic system are received from the reasoning engine. The received one or more commands are performed and feedback to the user based on at least one of the one or more commands is provided.