1521 results about "Cross-platform" patented technology

Systems and methods for determining cross-platform predictive popularity ratings information are provided. An interactive television application operating on at least one predetermined platform, such as an online interactive application platform, may monitor user interactions with the interactive television application to obtain cross-platform data, which may be used to determine predictive popularity ratings information. The predictive popularity ratings information may then be distributed for use in at least one platform of a type different than the type of the predetermined platform, such as a user television equipment platform.

A system for generating software applications for a plurality of heterogeneous computing devices. Each computing device has different capabilities. The system outputs device-specific versions of a software application each tailored to the capabilities of the associated computing device in response to receiving device-independent modeling information characterizing the software application. The system includes a framework, a plurality of object types, a modeling tool, and a plurality of device-specific code generators. The framework defines common services on the computing devices. Each object type has a functional relationship to the common services provided by the framework. The modeling tool defines instances of the plurality of object types based on modeling information received as input, outputting a metadata structure describing the behavior and functionality of a software application. From the metadata, the code generators generate device-specific application code tailored to the capabilities of the associated devices.

The present invention provides methods and apparatus for selecting relating to content selection. In one aspect, the invention provides methods and apparatus for determining appropriate content based upon various other input data, particularly for individuals on whom personal data is already known. In another aspect of the invention provides method and apparatus for analyzing feedback statistics obtained from previously delivered content in order to update new content for delivery. Another aspect of the invention is combinations of content determination with the analysis of feedback statistics, preferably in real-time, to take into account not only individual preferences, but environmental and other factors. An embodiment of the present invention is directed toward personalized advertisements, with particularly preferred embodiments described that are implemented with an Internet media platform, an interactive digital television platform, as well as cross-platform implementations.

Systems and methods for developing, customizing, and deploying mobile device applications are provided through a mobile application development and deployment platform. Preferably, these systems and methods are implemented in an Internet based environment that allows non-technical users to build sophisticated, highly-customizable cross-platform mobile applications. The platform allows users to select, input, create, customize, and combine various content, design characteristics, and application components, such as modules, some of which utilize features and functionality associated with various mobile devices and mobile operating systems. In certain embodiments, the platform allows users to compile, and generate a configuration file for, the mobile application that can be distributed to end users for execution on various mobile devices and mobile operating systems. When the mobile application is installed on, or executed by the mobile device, the configuration file may enable the retrieval of various data associated with the mobile application.

Methods and computing systems are disclosed for a digital assistant platform that includes a cross-platform bot that can be used to bridge existing chat-bot platforms. The cross-platform bot would have its own single set of protocols and standards, such that a developer of a task-specific bot would only need to integrate with the cross-platform bot to enable its use across all the different chat-bot platforms. The cross-platform bot would enable the task-specific bots to coordinate to combine their functionality, while end users may continue using an existing chat-bot platform of their choice.

Systems and methods are disclosed for employing matching techniques for cross-platform monitoring. A content sequence is produced for determining network content accessed at certain times by a computer registered to a particular user. Another content sequence is produced for determining media exposure at certain times for a portable user device registered to the same user. The content sequences are then processed and compared in a resolution server to validate the content sequences against each other, and to populate either or both sequences with missing data.

The invention discloses a method for constructing a financial asset trading system based on an alliance chain. With an alliance chain as a technical support, a novel financial asset digital unique certificate is provided based on the existing laws and regulations. The system uses a distributed technology architecture. All participants jointly maintain the ledger of financial asset trading. It is ensured that the trading of financial assets is open, transparent, real and credible. The credit risk of trading is reduced. The cross-platform and cross-region flow of financial assets is promoted. Tedious manual account checking work between platforms is omitted. In addition, the block chain technology is applied to the field of financial asset trading for the first time. A unified and standardized financial asset trading platform is established. Digital management of financial assets is realized. The credit risk of trading can be prevented effectively. The efficiency of trading and supervising is improved. The trading cost is reduced.

A system and method for parsing an electronic media database structure to produce tagged data that preserves the content, links, and electronic media structure. In particular, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) data is generated as an Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) (home page) linked into a relative structure of Web pages to support IETM deployment. An extraction process assesses the functionality associated with each node designated for presentation and builds a virtual Web, based on attributes stored in the IETM database. A series of Web pages with links that hierarchically presents IETM data at run time is produced. The method supports a data warehousing strategy that converts any data type eligible within the relational database. This expands support across multiple types of technical and engineering data. The preferred implementation utilizes a relative addressed pure HTML solution viewable in standard Web browsers. This open system implementation is cross platform and infrastructure independent, requiring no special server software. Retaining the hierarchical structure dictated by the relational database in HTML output enhances the supportability and maintainability of the Web implementation. Updates to this Web implementation can be incrementally applied within the hierarchy (small sections of data) or the entire logical sections of Web data.

Integrated cross-platform perimeter access control system with a RFID-to-Bluetooth selective adapter configured with a RFID lock, a wireless communication conversion unit configured for operating under a first wireless communication platform and a second wireless communication platform, and a smartphone is disclosed. RFID-to-Bluetooth selective adapter is installed above sensor area of RFID lock to facilitate RFID lock to interrogate the RFID-to-Bluetooth selective adapter. RFID-to-Bluetooth selective adapter equipped with photo sensor unit can be turned on in a contactless manner using smartphone with camera light source. Methods adapted for short-range or long range space/room management automation, transportation vehicle rental management, and automated vehicle parking lot management are included. Low-power infrared proximity sensing circuit of infrared type having an infrared transmitter and receiver unit or of capacitive type having a metal plate can be added to the RFID-to-Bluetooth selective adapter so that the RFID reader can be actuated to perform RFID signal reading.

A system for cross-platform virtual asset creation and management comprises a first computer game having a first set of virtual assets denominated in a first currency, a second computer game having a second set of virtual assets denominated in second currency and a gamer set of virtual assets denominated in a third currency. The games are accessible through a centralized server connected to a communications network. The system includes a currency exchange engine which permits the gamer to play a first game denominated in the first currency, win assets in that first currency and then exchange those assets for assets denominated in the third currency. Therefore, the gamer can play one game, win assets and then exchange the assets using the currency exchange engine for assets used on a second game and denominated in another currency.

A system and method for delivering targeted advertisements to consumers by inserting the targeted advertisements into a content stream. The content stream may be monitored for advertisement placement opportunities, such that the targeted advertisements may be seamlessly inserted into the content stream to replace an advertisement in the content stream. The content stream's owner and/or provider may be identified such that revenues from the targeted advertisement may be shared with the owner's and/or providers. The system and method are further able to use a biometric recognition technique to verify that the targeted advertisement is actually delivered to the targeted consumer. Another aspect allows the targeted advertisements to be delivered across multiple platforms in accordance with an advertising campaign.

Systems and methods for developing, customizing, and deploying applications for devices are provided through a application development and deployment platform. Preferably, these systems and methods are implemented in an Internet based environment that allows non-technical users to build sophisticated, highly-customizable cross-platform applications. The platform allows users to select, input, create, customize, and combine various content, design characteristics, and application components, such as modules, some of which utilize features and functionality associated with various devices capable of running applications, operating systems, and app-enabled accessories. In certain embodiments, the platform allows users to compile and generate a configuration file for the application that can be distributed to end users for execution on various devices and operating systems. When the application is installed on, or executed by the device, the configuration file may enable the retrieval of various data associated with the application.

Systems and methods of authentication and data sharing across applications and platforms based on a single authentication are described. The systems and methods allow a user, based on a single log on to an application, to be automatically logged on to other applications and to fetch and store preference, state, and setting data across enterprise computing systems that include multiple computing platforms and applications. A data registry stores authentication and non-authentication data. An interface for automatically executing authentication transactions for the applications and facilitating the share of non-authentication data is also provided. The non-authentication data is user configurable to provide flexible application support across the enterprise, such as through the preservation of state information, preferences, settings, and application data across multiple computers.

In one embodiment, a method includes activating a cross-platform DLP policy for enforcement against a plurality of users on each of a plurality of heterogeneous communications platforms. The method further includes monitoring communications of the plurality of users on each of the plurality of communications platforms for violations of the cross-platform DLP policy. The method also includes, responsive to a detected violation of the cross-platform DLP policy by at least one user on at least one communications platform, dynamically acquiring context information for the detected violation using information associated with the detected violation. In addition, the method includes publishing violation information to one or more designated users. The violation information includes at least a portion of the information associated with the detected violation and at least a portion of the context information.

Systems and methods for restoring file system objects from image level backups of servers. The method receives a selection of an image level backup of a source, file system object(s) to be restored, and restoration parameters identifying a destination. The method initializes and attaches a virtual storage to a virtual appliance and an associated hypervisor. The method stores virtual storage data changes resulting from the file system object restoration in changes storage. The method preserves file system object information, wherein the file system object information corresponds to the source operating system (OS) and file system. The method preserves file system object information such as permissions and ownership through business logic that ensures that the file system object information for restored file system object(s) on the destination match file system object information from the source, even when the method operates on a host running a different OS than the source server.

The present invention provides a system for capture and instantaneous on-demand delivery of multimedia content over a communication network to a plurality of users. Incorporated into the system is a variety of advantageous features including dynamically mapped resource locator server with central control mechanism for the administration of communication channels, users access and activity, cross-platform peer-to-peer delivery-on-demand client and user programmable content capturing component. In the preferred embodiment, the multimedia information being delivered is high quality video and audio with the purpose of multi-user multimedia broadcasting and remote video monitoring over a packet switched network, such as the Internet. However, the multimedia information can also include images, text, keystrokes, user commands, computer files, data, or any other type of information that can be transmitted over any communication network.

Systems and methods are provided for displaying a short message service (SMS) message on user media equipment, in which the user media equipment includes a set-top box and a display. In some embodiments, the set-top box receives an SMS message, wherein the SMS message includes information identifying a triggering event for displaying the SMS message. The SMS message is stored until the occurrence and detection of the identified triggering event. In response to detecting the occurrence of the identified triggering event, the SMS message is displayed on at least a portion of the display of the user media equipment.

The invention discloses a process monitoring method and a process monitoring system. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving a request for querying the list of monitored hosts from a client, acquiring the list of managed Windows and Linux hosts, and returning the list of the monitored hosts to the client; receiving information for polling a monitored host and the concerned process list of the host from the client, setting login information for logging in the host, and returning the concerned process list of the host to the client; and receiving information for querying the currently-running real-time process of the monitored host from the client, securely logging in the host based on SSH (Secure Shell) service, acquiring the list of all currently-running real-time processes of the host based on SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) service, filtering invalid process information according to the concerned process list of the host and a preset strategy, and outputting the acquired real-time process parameters to the client for exhibition. With the adoption of the process monitoring method and the process monitoring system, the cross-platform process monitoring can be achieved, and the cost for maintenance and development can be lowered.

The invention provides a method and system for communication and information synchronization among equipments. The method comprises the following steps that: a server generates a unique identification ID according to a request sent by first equipment and attribute information of the first equipment, generating corresponding two-dimensional codes according to the unique identification ID, and carrying out relevance storage on the ID and the corresponding two-dimensional codes; the server returns the two-dimensional codes to the first equipment; and after second equipment scans the two-dimensional codes received by the server from the first equipment, the server receives a request sent by the second equipment and receives the request of the second equipment and executes corresponding operations after determining that the second equipment owns the unique identification ID of the first equipment. The method and system disclosed by the invention break through a mode that account numbers and passwords are needed in cross-platform information synchronization, establish relationship among multiple equipments by the two-dimensional codes which are unavailable to read by human eyes and ensure that the safety and convenience of information synchronization are greatly improved.

A method for cross-platform porting of applications includes extracting one or more platform independent models from an existing one or more composite applications running on a given source platform. These platform independent models are then transformed into implementation artifacts on another, target platform, thereby effectively porting the composite application from one platform to another. The generated implementation artifacts on the target platform leverage existing assets in the target environment, which makes these generated artifacts “contextually-aware”.

A system configuration manager provides a graphical user interface that allows a system administrator to easily administer configuration settings for different computer systems and platforms on a computer network. The system configuration manager of the present invention allows identifying one system configuration or a settings profile as a "model system". Once the model system is defined, other computer systems may be compared to the model system. Differences between the selected computer systems and the model system are then displayed, and the system configuration manager may be used to update the selected computer systems with configuration settings specified in the model system. Cross-platform support is provided by a configuration mapping mechanism that maps configuration information from one platform to corresponding configuration information for another platform. The configuration mapping mechanism effectively hides the differences between platforms by translating the configuration information from a selected platform to corresponding configuration information for the model system.

Systems and methods for creating, editing and publishing cross-platform interactive digital content works include a content management component configured to store portions of a digital content work and to implement version control of the digital content work; a defect tracking component configured to store a defect record related to a stored portion of the digital content work; a publication pipeline component configured to format the digital content work for publication; and a integration component configured to present a graphical user interface which allows for editing the stored portions of the digital content work, editing the defect record, and instructing the publication pipeline to format the digital content work for publication.

The present invention relates to handling of digital content in cross-platform environments and provides methods, systems, computer readable storage with instructions, and/or products for providing digital content, including the possibility of portions of the content being accessible over a communication network. In one form, the invention provides a functional software product compliant with a predetermined computing platform adapted for cross-platform use that may include: a predetermined form means for presenting content to a user of the product, a predetermined function means for enabling the user of the product to navigate content, and at least one driver means operatively associated with the functional software product for enabling access to content by the predetermined form and function means wherein the driver means is adapted for accessing at least one originating content data resource having a format non-specific to the predetermined computing platform.

The invention provides a test platform server applied to cloud storage, which comprises an automatic project management module, a cross-platform automatic deployment module, an unattended automatic operating module, a test result statistical report output module, other test platform integrated module and a Web Graphical User Interface (Web GUI) interactive interface module, wherein the automatic project management module is used for storing automatic test specifications suitable for cloud storage, and the automatic test specifications comprise organization modes and specifications of cases, scripts and data of automatic test projects; the cross-platform automatic deployment module is used for implementing automatic deployment of a test environment under a cross-platform environment; the unattended automatic operating module is used for implementing unattended automatic test operation; the test result statistical report output module is used for providing automatic test result statistical analysis and log query; the other test platform integrated module is used for providing an integrated interface interacted with other test platforms; and the Web GUI interactive interface module is used for providing a graphical interface for accessing, configuring and managing the above five modules. The invention also provides a test platform service system applied to the cloud storage.

Methods, apparatus, and systems for updating firmware for clustered computing platforms. Firmware provided on each platform is loaded for operating system runtime availability. The firmware update process begins by issuing an update directive that includes firmware update data to a first platform. That platform then interacts with firmware running on other platforms to update the firmware for those platforms, wherein communications between the platforms is enabled via an out-of-band (OOB) communication channel or network. In one embodiment, OOB communications are facilitated by a hidden execution mode known as the System Management Mode (SMM), which has the ability to receive and respond to periodic System Management Interrupts (SMI) and execute corresponding SMI handlers configured to support inter-platform communication in a manner that is transparent to operating systems running on the platforms. The method allows firmware to be updated across multiple platforms, such as server blades, using a single administrative action.

A method and apparatus for providing cross-platform hardware support for a computing platform are described herein. In one embodiment, an example of a computing system includes, but is not limited to, at least one physical hardware device, a host operating system (HOS), a virtual platform running on the HOS including a virtual operating system (VOS) and at least one virtual hardware device associated with a device type of the physical hardware device, a virtual device driver included in the VOS to control the at least one virtual hardware device, and a mechanism to synchronize the at least one virtual hardware device with the at least one physical hardware device through a direct use of at least one device driver library on the HOS. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.

Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed to provide content of various media types to various types of platforms or devices. In one embodiment, providing content of a first media type to a recipient end device not normally associated with the first media type can comprise receiving from an initiating end device a request for a communication with the recipient end device. The communication can include an indication of the content of the first media type. A service to convert the content of the first media type to content of a second media type compatible with the recipient end device can be determined. The indication of the content of the first media type can be submitted to the service which returns an indication of the content of the second media. A communication with the recipient end device can be initiated to deliver the content of the second media type.

A method and system are provided for emulating operating system metadata to provide cross-platform access to storage volumes. The method may include generating operating system metadata for a storage device, wherein the operating system metadata emulates a storage volume hosted under a first operating system. The method may further include making the operating system metadata available to a host computer system, wherein the host computer system runs the first operating system. The operating system metadata enables the host computer system to recognize the storage device as the storage volume hosted under the first operating system.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the implementation of an Application Programming Interface (API) that enables platform independent plug-ins to work with browser applications. In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the API allows platform independent plug-ins to use XPCOM (Cross Platform Component Object Model), a technology that allows software components of different various programming languages to communicate. In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the API enables platform independent plug-ins to take advantage of existing BlackConnect and Scriptable Plug-In API technologies to integrate with the native plug-in API. Embodiments of the present invention ensures backward code compatibility by allowing the current platform independent plug-in API and browser API to remain unchanged. Furthermore, embodiments of the present invention enables platform independent plug-ins to communicate and use components created in native programming languages such as C++. This promotes component reuse and eases the development effort.

Disclosed is a method, system, and program for updating a registry object during the installation of a computer program on a computer system. The operating system includes an installation program that updates the registry object during installation of the computer program on the computer system. The registry object and installation program are operating system specific. During execution of the program, a call is made to a cross-platform installation program. The cross-platform installation program is capable of installing the computer program on different operating system platforms. The cross-platform installation program installs the installed components for the computer program on the computer system. The cross-platform installation program further makes a call to an operating system interface program specific to the operating system on which the computer program is being installed. Execution of this operating system interface program updates at least one field in the registry object with information on the installed components of the computer program being installed. Preferred embodiments further include a cross-platform uninstallation program, different from the operating system specific uninstallation program, that is capable of removing the computer program from different operating system platforms. The cross-platform uninstallation program calls an operating system interface program specific to the operating system on the computer system from which the computer program is being uninstalled. The operating system interface program removes information on the installed components removed from the computer system from the registry object.