832 results about "User driven" patented technology

A system and related techniques automatically analyze Web search and other activity, to generate locality-selected results based on not just the user's location, but also the business or other content provider's location and the degree of local intent in the user's query. The locality or region to the user may be identified, for instance, by the presence of geographic clues or indicators in the general content of the Web site, for instance, the presence of ZIP codes, telephone numbers, town names or other semantic or other indicators which have some geographic connotation in search terms, key words or other query or semantic inputs. The user's degree of local intent may be automatically analyzed as well, for instance by the presence of terms such as “car repair” or “pizza restaurant” which may suggest the user intends to locate local goods, services or providers. The search service may then access a content database to identify ads or other media or content which match or correspond to the detected locality or region, such as ads for local restaurants, car dealerships, physicians or other services or products, and which correspond in location, working radius and degree of localness to the user's query. Because the delivery of localized search results according to the invention is specifically filtered for user-driven local intent, advertisements and other media or content may be delivered which better match the user's search objectives.

The present invention provides a travel direction device in which a user can listen to voice directions or warning voice direction about a traveling route. The travel direction device according to the present invention sets a direction about the traveling route, and if the user drives the same traveling route a plurality of times, the direction is given less frequently than a number of times the user drives the traveling route. Accordingly, the voice direction is not given all the time, thus not annoying for the user who uses the same route repeatedly. Consequently, the user would not turn off the voice direction function itself, and thus, the voice direction function can be used effectively.

A remote control station that controls a robot through a network. The remote control station transmits a robot control command that includes information to move the robot. The remote control station monitors at least one network parameter and scales the robot control command as a function of the network parameter. For example, the remote control station can monitor network latency and scale the robot control command to slow down the robot with an increase in the latency of the network. Such an approach can reduce the amount of overshoot or overcorrection by a user driving the robot.

A system and method for providing routing based insurance using a telematics route tracking device to receive data relating to traversal of a user route. The received telematics data is processed to determine risk related to the route, related external factors, and user driving behavior. An insurance policy pricing module is utilized to generate insurance policy price data to modify pricing effects.

Apparatus and methods for implementing robotic learning and evolution. An ecosystem of robots may comprise robotic devices of one or more types utilizing artificial neuron networks for implementing learning of new traits. A number of robots of one or more species may be contained in an enclosed environment. The robots may interact with objects within the environment and with one another, while being observed by the human audience. In one or more implementations, the robots may be configured to ‘reproduce’ via duplication, copy, merge, and/or modification of robotic. The replication process may employ mutations. Probability of reproduction of the individual robots may be determined based on the robot's success in whatever function trait or behavior is desired. User-driven evolution of robotic species may enable development of a wide variety of new and/or improved functionality and provide entertainment and educational value for users.

An exercise treadmill is disclosed. The treadmill can be constructed with no obstructing front rails, with one or more side rails, and/or with a structural flat or ramped surface at the front allowing the user to exercise with unconstrained motion. The treadmill can further include one or more accommodations to help the user stay safe, remain longitudinally centered, and/or adjust speed with controls built into the treadmill, or automatically based on body position relative to sensors built into the side rails. The treadmill belt may be motor driven, or be user driven and dynamically moderated by resistance. The treadmill configuration can be utilized to provide a virtualized exercise experience for the user.

The embodiment of the invention discloses an automobile driving behavior reminding method and system. The method comprises the steps of obtaining running state data and driving behavior data recorded in an automobile data storage device, judging whether an automobile is in an abnormal driving state or not according to the running state data and the driving behavior data, generating a user driving reminding message and sending the user driving reminding message to the automobile data storage device if yes, and giving out a reminding message through the automobile data storage device based on the user driving reminding message. According to the automobile driving behavior reminding method and system disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the running state of the automobile can be judged out in real time on the basis of the running state data of the automobile and the driving behavior, a driver is reminded of the various abnormal driving behaviors in the running process of the automobile, and the driver is helped to keep a good driving habit; and besides, the driver is reminded of emergency circumstances and forward accidents possibly occurring in the running process of the automobile, and the driving safety of the driver is improved.

The invention discloses a driving behavior analyzing and reminding method and system. A data collecting module sends collected driving data to a data processing module, the data processing module preprocesses and sends the data to a wireless communication module, the wireless communication module performs transmission through a transmission module, the data are sent to a remote server through the transmission module, the data are received through a data receiving module, the received data are analyzed and fall into a database, a data analysis module analyzes the uploaded data in real time or analyzes the record of the database to generate a user driving prompt, a monitoring feedback module monitors the analysis result of the automobile data in real time, and when a vehicle-mounted terminal receives the early warning result through the transmission module, an early warning and reminding module can send the prompt to a user. The driving behavior of a driver is recognized and preestimated by analyzing internal automobile body data and external road condition data in the automobile driving process, the bad driving behavior of the driver can be assessed more comprehensively and accurately, and the driver is reminded in time.

A system is disclosed for messaging over a data network, such as the Internet and interactive TV, which allows every registered user to generate and update one or more user portfolio(s) containing information relative to Providers and/or individuals of which the user is willing to view their messages. The messages are displayed inside the space of the webpage where usually banners are shown. The system may provide benefits to the user upon displaying messages with commercial value to him. The disclosed messaging system allows an easy and effective communication path between providers and users any time publicly or privately in the banner area of a web site, which does not occupy additional space on the user's browser, and does not require the user to load another application besides his browser.

A speech applications server is arranged to provide a user driven service in accordance with an application program in response to user commands for selecting service options. The user is prompted by audio prompts to issue the user commands. The application program comprises a state machine operable to determine a state of the application program from one of a predetermined set of states defining a logical procedure through the user selected service options, transitions between states being determined in accordance with logical conditions to be satisfied in order to change between one state of the set and another state of the set. The logical conditions include whether a user has provided one of a set of possible commands. A prompt selection engine is operable to generate the audio prompts for prompting the commands from the user in accordance with predetermined rules. The prompt selected by the prompt selection engine is determined at run-time. Since the state machine and the prompt selection engine are separate entities and the prompts to be selected are determined at run-time, it is possible to effect a change to the prompt selection engine without influencing the operation of the state machine, enabling different customisations to be provided for the same user driven services, in particular this allows multilingual support, with the possibility of providing rules to adapt the prompt structure allowing for grammatical differences between to languages to be taken into account thus providing higher quality multiple language support.

A geographical web browser allows a user to navigate a network application such as the Word Wide Web by physically navigating in geographical coordinates. For example, a geographical web browser is implemented in a mobile unit such as a dashboard computer. The mobile unit includes one or more transducers such as antennas and is operative to receive locally broadcast signals or to operate a global positioning system (GPS) receiver. As the mobile unit navigates into different physical localities, different web pages are displayed by the geographical web browser. For example, a user desiring to buy a house can set the web browser to a real estate web page. Instead of clicking on a hyperlink to access web pages of properties in an area, the user drives into a first area and automatically receives web pages relating to homes in that area. When the mobile unit crosses town and enters a second area, a new set of web pages is downloaded relating to properties in the second area. The geographical web browser, methods, apparatus and systems disclosed herein enable improved road-navigation and traffic management, advertisement, and related services.

Systems and methods for interactive, user-driven detection, creation and completion of form fields in a digital document are provided. A document with form fields that require completion by a user is received, after which form fields are detected at the direction of the user. Once the user selects a possible form field, the system creates the appropriate fillable form field based on size, type, location, related text and other parameters of the form field and surrounding document. Additional levels of interaction include predictive text, pattern development and automatic completion of previously completed fields.

A system and method are described that enable users to navigate on the web according to use's own keyword definition on web site, keyword extraction and processing from user's visiting website, user's selection on keyword categories, and mapping between E-mail address and URL. The user's own keyword definition on web site is user-driven keyword naming scheme is opposite) method of the keyword domain services which were service company-driven method. The user's selection on keyword categories provides users choice on keyword categories and group. The keyword extraction and processing from user's visiting web site provides keyword extraction from the page and arranges for related keywords in order to prepare for anticipated search and navigation from the user's current web site and keyword. The mapping system between E-mail and URL provides conversion of E-mail address into URL, in order to use as domain name.

The invention provides a traveling vehicle guide system based on multilevel induction. The traveling vehicle guide system at least comprises a first route guide unit, a second route guide unit and a third route guide unit. The first route guide unit is used for determining an entrance of a park near a destination based on the obtained destination and determining first route information which guides a user to move to the entrance of the park. The second route guide unit is used for collecting the number of free parking positions in the park and the number of free parking positions in parking zones and showing the numbers so that the user can be guided to choose a parking zone. The third route guide unit is used for reminding and guiding the user to choose an exit when the user drives a vehicle to leave according to the obtained vehicle detaining conditions near the entrance of the park. Therefore, all kinds of comprehensive information in and out of the park can be provided for the user, the user is guided to park the vehicle to a vehicle parking position enabling destination reaching to be convenient, and the user can go in and out of the park conveniently.

A method for displaying icons on a mobile terminal having a front side and an opposing rear side includes displaying a plurality of icons on a display located on the front side of the mobile terminal, receiving user input responsive to user-driven rotation of a rotatable wheel located on the rear side of the mobile terminal, and selectively highlighting individual icons of the plurality of icons responsive to the user-driven rotation of the wheel.

Features within an integrated-circuit memory chip enables scrambling or randomization of data stored in an array of nonvolatile memory cells. In one embodiment, randomization within each page helps to control source loading errors during sensing and floating gate to floating gate coupling among neighboring cells. Randomization from page to page helps to reduce program disturbs, user read disturbs, and floating gate to floating gate coupling that result from repeated and long term storage of specific data patterns. In another embodiment, randomization is implemented both within a page and between pages. The scrambling or randomization may be predetermined, or code generated pseudo randomization or user driven randomization in different embodiments. These features are accomplished within the limited resource and budget of the integrated-circuit memory chip.

The present invention is a method and apparatus for effectuating bilateral commerce in ideas. The present invention is both an originator-(400) and user-driven (300) online commercial network system designed to facilitate idea submission, purchase and licensing and is easily adapted to business-to-business transfers of innovation as well as consumer-to-business transfers of innovation. The invention allows originators of ideas to communicate nondisclosing synopses of ideas globally to potential users, for users conveniently to search for relevant ideas and for users potentially to bind an originator (400) to a limited duration license (120a) granting user the exclusive right to access and consider confidentially the originator's fully disclosed idea (130a). The invention also allows users (300) to communicate confidentially or nonconfidentially unsolved problems or needs globally to potential originators, for originators conveniently to search for relevant unsolved problems or needs (100b) and for originators to submit and communicate confidentially proposed solutions (130b) to the soliciting user.

The invention relates to a navigation method and a navigation device, which are used for warning a user when a vehicle approaches a congestion road section. The navigation method comprises the following steps of: planning a navigation path according the user requirement; executing the following substeps when a vehicle of the user drives along the planned navigation path: acquiring a positioning signal sent by a navigational satellite in real time and calculating the current position of the vehicle of the user according to the positioning signal; acquiring traffic road condition information; judging whether a congestion road section exists or not in the navigation path in the advancing direction of the vehicle of the user and in a first preset distance from the congestion road section to the current position of the vehicle of the user on the basis of the current position of the vehicle of the user and the acquired traffic road condition information; and when determining that the congestion road section exists, sending a congestion prompt to the user.

A menu generation system and method for use by ordinary computer users enables those users to readily construct and modify menus and submenus to execute user-prepared commands. The system comprises a program operable by such users to construct a viewable main menu with a plurality of user-defined choices thereon, and if desired a number of levels of viewable submenus, which also may have a plurality of user-selected choices thereon. The program includes various components operable by such a user for carrying certain steps or procedures. The first component is used to construct the viewable main menu, and it automatically provides at least first, second and third user-selectable choices on the main menu. The first menu choice is for creating a new menu item on the main menu. The second menu choice is for creating a new submenu. The third menu choice is for quitting the current menu. The second component is used to modify the content of the main menu and the content of any submenus as a menu item. A third component is used to create a submenu from a main menu. A fourth component is to create and modify a plurality of storage locations used by the menu generation system for storing operating commands used by the menu generation system for launching other executable programs accessible to the computer user, and for storing data that is referenced as part of creating and displaying user-viewable menus.