693 results about "Virtual user" patented technology

A user-interface system for entering an alphanumeric string or alphanumeric clusters for identifying information content is presented. The user-interface system has presentation logic for displaying an image of a virtual user alphanumeric interface on a presentation device. The virtual user alphanumeric interface includes an image of an overloaded keypad that has a two dimensional configuration of alphanumeric clusters. Each cluster corresponds to a set of alphanumeric characters. The user-interface system also has cluster selection logic for receiving user actions from an input device (e.g., five-button interface) to provide visual cues to help the user select an alphanumeric cluster and to cause the selected alphanumeric cluster or character from a cluster to be displayed in a display field of the virtual user alphanumeric interface.

Methods and systems for rendering an interactive virtual environment for communication is provided. The interactive virtual environment is depicted from images to be displayed on a display and the interactive virtual environment is generated by a computer program that is executed on at least one computer of a computer network system. The interactive virtual environment includes one or more virtual user avatars controlled by real-world users. The method further includes controlling a virtual user avatar to move about a virtual space and generating an interface for composing a message to be displayed as a virtual message within the virtual space. The virtual message is posted to an interactive space within the virtual space. The method further includes associating permissions to the virtual message, such that the permissions define which of the one more virtual user avatars are able to view the virtual message that is posted to the interactive space. The virtual message is one of a plurality of virtual message posted to the interactive space, and the permissions prevent viewing of the virtual message by virtual user avatars that do not have permission to view the virtual message. The permissions may be based on one of buddy lists, game familiarity relative to other real-world users, skill level of other real-world users, and combinations thereof. In some embodiments, the avatars can be computer controlled bots, thus not requiring a real-world user to dictate control.

A network router, comprising at least one network interface, and a processor, supporting an embedded web server to provide a remote virtual user interface, for controlling said at least one network interface, analyzing data passing through said at least one network interface and making decisions in dependence thereon, and communicating control information using a markup language through said at least one network interface.

Techniques for sharing content information between members of a virtual user group without compromising the privacy of the members. A user can identify content information to be shared with other members of a virtual user group using a user computer system. The content information is then communicated to the other members of the virtual user group and can be accessed by members of the virtual user group in such a manner that the privacy of the user and of the other members of the virtual user group is not compromised. The present invention preserves user privacy by controlling and minimizing the amount of user-related information available/accessible to server systems hosting the virtual user groups.

A method of enabling a real entity to access a service on a communication network using a virtual entity, the method including the steps of establishing a user account including at least first data corresponding to the identity of the real entity and second data corresponding to the virtual entity and not identifying the real entity, storing the first and second data in a first database, linking between the first and second data in the first database, storing the second data at a second database, associating the second database with a communication network site, connecting the communication network site to the communication network, receiving the second data from an unidentified user on the communication network site, identifying the unidentified user as the virtual entity based on receiving the second data, and allowing the virtual entity to access the service.

A system and method for assigning a virtual user interface to a physical object is described. A virtual user interface for a physical object is created at a machine. The machine is trained to associate the virtual user interface with identifiers of the physical object and tracking data related to the physical object. The virtual user interface is displayed in relation to the image of the physical object.

An apparatus and method for an immersive active and interactive educational invention. A preferred embodiment of the apparatus includes an activity device including an activity sensor for generating an activity interaction signal responsive to a sustained large-muscle physical activity of a user operating the activity device; a controller, coupled to the activity monitor, generating a virtual environment supporting a virtual user frame-of-reference in the virtual environment, the controller generating a set of virtual education elements in the environment and a goal for the set virtual representation with respect to the virtual education elements wherein the controller is responsive to the activity interaction signal to produce an affected interaction of the virtual representation with the virtual education elements with the controller measuring a conformation of the goal by the affected interaction; and a feedback system, coupled to the controller, for presenting the virtual environment with the frame-of-reference in relation to the virtual education elements for providing the user with feedback regarding the goal and the conformation of the goal by the affected interaction.

A game server includes an acquisition right-granting section that grants an acquisition right for acquiring an item in a virtual space to a first virtual user, a proxy right-generating section that generates a proxy right to allow a second virtual user to exercise the acquisition right as a proxy, a proxy right-granting section that grants only the proxy right to the second virtual user, a positional information acquisition section that acquires a position of a second physical user's terminal, a proxy right-exercising section that exercises the proxy right by the second virtual user, an area-limited item-storing section that stores an area-limited item in association with a position in the physical space, an item information reading/loading section that reads/loads an area-limited item from the area-limited item storing section, and an item-providing section that provides only the first virtual user with the area-limited item read/loaded by the item information reading/loading section.

An SVC is established via an ATM switch port, which includes multiple virtual paths (VPs), by associating multiple virtual user-to-network interfaces (UNIs) to each of the VPs. Each of the VPs includes multiple virtual circuit (VC) ranges, each of which corresponds to a different virtual UNI. Each VC range includes at least one VC for control and at least one VC for data transfer. Associating the virtual UNIs to each of the VPs includes mapping each virtual UNI to a corresponding VC range within a VP based on a virtual path index (VPI)/virtual channel index (VCI) of the virtual UNI initially received by the ATM switch port.

Automatically collecting advertisement bidding order by automatically accessing at least one Internet content site and presenting the Internet content site with at least one virtual user data and an at least one of IP address representing a geographic location of the virtual user. In response, receiving from the Internet content site advertisement content, and bidding data. Presenting the advertisement bidding data to a user, and/or storing the advertisement bidding data.

This invention relates to a system and method for operating and managing real world devices through a three-dimensional virtual user interface. In a preferred form, the invention relates to using a three-dimensional virtual user interface to control the playing of content items on a display device or on multiple display devices, all managed and operated by the present invention. The system allows for real-time previewing of the content items rendered on the displays on a single control computer monitor. The invention may be seen as a computer having an application employing a three-dimensional virtual user interface for operating and previewing a display device or devices.

The invention relates to a registering method for a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal and a server. The method comprises the following steps of: obtaining local position information by a mobile terminal; transmitting a request to the server so as to obtain local virtual user identity recognizing information; and registering the obtained local virtual user identity recognizing information. In the invention, the local position information of the mobile terminal, such as a mobile phone, is obtained by a positioning function, virtual SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card information is obtained from the server by the local position information, the virtual SIM card information is registered to the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal can make and answer a call by a virtual SIM card number, thereby converting roaming service into local conversation service and greatly reducing the roaming conversation cost.

A method, computer program product, and system for determining a number of users corresponding to a server load including simulating one or more virtual users on a test computer system on coupled to network. One or more client requests are sent from each of the one or more virtual users to a server application executed on a server computer system coupled to the network. A metric indicative of a load on the server computer system is measured. The metric is compared to a predetermined value; and the number of the one or more virtual users is changed based on the difference between the metric and the predetermined value until the metric is within a predetermined range of the predetermined value.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a target user orientation method and device. The method comprises: generating a virtual user basing on the user characteristic of a seed user; taking the seed user and the virtual user as positive sample users; determining negative sample users; respectively extracting the user characteristics of the positive sample users and the negative sample users; training basing on the user characteristics of the positive sample users and the negative sample users, determining orientation parameters; and orientating the target user satisfying the predetermined similarity condition with the seed user basing on the orientation parameters.

Disclosed is a content-view supporting system to recommend to a user a clear result of searched contents, based on a group of similar users' favorite programs, through a user-basis collaborative filtering process. The system selects similar users whose program view history is similar to that of a recommended user, maps the program view history in a collaborative filtering matrix registers, in the collaborative filtering matrix, a virtual user whose program view history includes a group of hit programs obtained based on a search condition served for realizing a predetermined search topic. The system also counts the numbers of reservations or views achieved by each user according to program content based on the program view history, in the collaborative filtering matrix, which counted numbers are set as matching numbers, and outputs a search result representing a recommendation list of the contents arrayed in the descending order of matching number.

A system and method for remote postage metering of postage indicia, including demanding a desired postage amount and subsequently printing the postage indicia onto a piece of mail. A user inputs certain necessary information, as well as additional desired information, into a local processor-based system. The local system then assembles a postage demand in suitable format and transmits the same to a remote postage metering device. The remote postage metering device then verifies the demand for authority to demand and valid funding. Upon verification, the remote postage meter serves the transaction by configuring a shared device using virtual user device data structures and assembles a data packet representing an authorized postage indicia. The data packet is transmitted to the local system for printing. Printing of the postage indicia may be unaccompanied, or may include additional information. Such additional information may include destination and return address, machine readable routing or identification information, or a complete document to be posted.

A method and system for capturing user actions in the real world and mapping the users, their actions, and their avatars into a three dimensional virtual environment. Data representing real world users are captured, collected and sent to a virtual proxy bridge, which transforms the data into control signal for avatars, which are then mapped to the virtual environment. The real world avatars move around in parallel with the users in the real world via the use of data capture devices such as radio frequency identification (“RFID”) readers, triangulation or global positioning satellite (“GPS”) systems, and cameras. Real world users can therefore be represented as virtual users, thus removing the distinction between real world users and virtual environment users.

The embodiment of the invention discloses an implementation method, an implementation device and an implementation system for virtual reality entertainment driving. The implementation method comprises the steps of acquiring location information of all driving carriers in a driving site, and acquiring observation posture information of a user on the first driving carrier; according to the position information and observation posture information, judging that whether the second driving carrier appears in the vision field range of the user on the first driving carrier; and according to a judgment result, generating a corresponding virtual reality driving scene by using the second virtual user and/or the virtual environment of the current location of the first driving carrier and displaying the scene. During the above process, by collecting the actual positions of the driving carriers in real time, a corresponding multi-user interactive virtual reality driving scene is generated according to the relative positions of the actual positions and the driving carriers, and thus the multi-user interaction efficiency is effectively improved; furthermore, the users control the real driving carriers, and achieve the driving experiences of different virtual environments by switching scene modes, and the characteristics of high reality, strong entertainment and low cost are provided.

Methods and apparatus are described that enable user interface virtualization for any of a wide variety of applications and computing environments.

An interactive entertainment system comprises a display device for viewing an interactive video and a controller for operating one or more sex toys for providing stimulations to a user at a remote location and displayed in the interactive video. A sensory feedback is generated as a function of the provide stimulations. The sensory feedback indicates one or more of the following: strength of the stimulations; patterns of the stimulations; characteristics of the stimulations; status of the stimulations; types of the stimulations; and the status of the sex toys. The one or more sex toys and the controller are at different locations. The one or more sex toys can be virtual objects or real objects, while the user can be a virtual user or a natural person.

An audio processing system may modify an input surround sound signal to generate a spatially equilibrated output surround sound signal that is perceived by a user as spatially constant for different sound pressures of the surround sound signal. The audio processing system may determine based on a psychoacoustic model of human hearing, a loudness and a localisation for a combined sound signal. The loudness and the localisation may be determined by the system for a virtual user located between the front and the rear loudspeakers that has a predetermined head position in which one ear of the virtual user is directed towards one of front or rear loudspeakers and the other ear of the virtual user being directed towards the other of the front or rear loudspeakers. The audio processing system may adapt the front and/or rear audio signal channels based on the determined loudness and localisation.

The invention provides a virtual subscriber identifier system and method of a communication network. According to one embodiment of the invention, a subscriber generates virtual subscriber identifiers by him/her self, generates a subscriber identity mapping data by which a identifier service provider can figure out the real identifier of the owner of the virtual subscriber identifier, and informs peers of the virtual subscriber identifiers. The subscriber identify mapping data may be a data in which a virtual subscriber identifier is associated to the real identifier of the subscriber, and be registered by the subscriber with the identifier service provider. A peer generates a communicating request including a virtual subscriber identifier as target, and sends the request to the identifier service provider, the identifier service provider determines the real identifier of the subscriber from the subscriber identity mapping data, and forwards the communication between the peer and the subscriber's terminal. In another embodiment, the subscriber identity mapping data may be a secret data of the subscriber, by which the virtual subscriber identifier can figure out the real identifier of the subscriber. When receiving the communication request, the identifier service provider decrypts the real identifier of the owner of the virtual subscriber identifier from the secret data received from the peer. In one embodiment, the virtual subscriber identifier is generated from the public key of the subscriber. The virtual subscriber identifier may be equipped with a certificate, or be associated with a magic word. With the invention, the use of the virtual subscriber identifiers is more flexible to the system and versatile to the subscriber.