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Alliant Techsystems Inc.

Derek Devries

Scott R Jamison

Robert A Rauscher

Bill Slade

Bonnie Uresk

A server system for mobile device event control with digital images comprising: a processor configured to execute instructions; a memory containing instructions when executed on the processor, causes the processor to perform operations that: receive a digital image from a mobile device; identify a first element of the digital image and a second element of the digital image, wherein the first element of the digital image comprises a user-selected content, and wherein the second element comprises a depiction of a user action; determine an event trigger identified by the first element and the second element, wherein the event trigger comprises a mobile device operating system command, and wherein the mobile device operating system command comprises a command, to execute an image search with an online image search engine accessed by a web browser operating in the mobile device.

Mobile device event control with topographical analysis of digital images inventors

In one embodiment, a method detects that a web browser of a user has accessed an annotated webpage. The annotated webpage comprises one or more webpage elements comprising a set of selectable portions. The method detects that a user has utilized a user input system to select a selectable portion of a web-page element. The method identifies the selectable portion of the web-page element. The method generates a list of identifiers based on the identity of the selectable portion. With the list of identifiers, the method searches a database of annotated web-page elements managed by the proxy server system. The method retrieves a set of returned annotated web-page elements from the database. The method assigns a similarity score to each returned annotated web-page element. The similarity score is based on a similarity of the selectable web-page element with a respective returned annotated web-page element. The method ranks each returned web-page elements based the similarity score. The method creates a deck of ranked-returned web-page elements. The method presents the deck of ranked-returned web-page element to the web browser of the user. Each ranked-returned web-page element comprises another set of selectable portions. The method detect that the user has utilized the user input system to select another selectable portion of the ranked-returned web-page element. The method identifies the other selectable portion of the ranked-returned web-page element. The method generates another list of identifiers based on the other selectable portion's identity. The method updates the list of identifiers with the other list of identifiers. The method reassigns a similarity score to each returned annotated web-page element. The method re-ranks each returned web-page elements based the similarity score. The method re-creates the deck of ranked-returned web-page elements.

Method and system of recursive search process of selectable web-page elements of composite web page elements with an annotating proxy server

In one aspect, a method of a mobile-device control with a plurality of rear-facing fixed-focus image sensors including the step of providing a mobile device. The mobile device comprises an array comprising a plurality of rear-facing fixed-focus image sensors. Each fixed-focus image sensors comprises a different focus range value. The method includes the step of associating each rear-facing fixed-focus image sensors with a command input of the mobile device. The method includes the step of detecting a specified object in a depth of field of a specified rear-facing fixed-focus image sensor of the rear-facing fixed-focus image sensors. The method includes the step of implementing the command input of the mobile device associated with the specified rear-facing fixed-focus image sensor.

Method and system of mobile-device control with a plurality of fixed-gradient focused digital cameras

In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes the step of obtaining a digital image of an object with a digital camera. The object is identified. A user query is received. The method includes the step of matching, with at least one processor, the user query with at least one manipulable portion of a virtual view of the digital image of the object. The method includes the step of obtaining the at least one manipulable portion from a database of manipulable portions of the object. The method includes the step of integrating the at least one manipulable portion with the virtual view of the digital image of the object, wherein a manipulable portion comprises a region of an augmented-reality element integrated into the virtual view of the digital image of the object, and wherein the augmented-reality element comprises a hyper link to another augmented-reality element comprising a virtual interior view of the object and wherein the camera obtains the predefined user gesture.

Method and system of augmented-reality simulations

In one exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes searching a database of annotations associated with an annotating proxy server. An annotated web page is obtained. The annotated web page can include an annotated web-page element. An annotation of the annotated web-page element can be included in the annotated web page by an annotating proxy server. The annotation can be stored in a database of web page annotations. The annotated web page can be annotated with a query field. A user-generated search query can be received in the query field. The database of web page annotations can be searched according to the user-generated search query.

Method and system of searching composite web page elements and annotations presented by an annotating proxy server

In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes receiving a digital image from a mobile device. A first element of the digital image and a second element of the digital image is identified. The first element of the digital image includes a user-selected content. The second element includes a depiction of a user action. An event trigger identified by the first element and the second element is determined. The event trigger includes a mobile device operating system command. A mobile device command is generated according to the event trigger. The mobile device command is communicated to a mobile operating system.

Mobile device event control with digital images

In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes the step of obtaining a digital image of an object with a digital camera. The object is identified. A user query is received. The method includes the step of matching, with at least one processor, the user query with at least one manipulatable portion of a virtual view of the digital image of the object. The method include the step of obtaining the at least one manipulatable portion from a database of manipulatable portions of the object. The method includes the step of integrating the at least one manipulatable portion with the virtual view of the digital image of the object, wherein a manipulatable portion comprises a region of an augmented-reality element integrated into the virtual view of the digital image of the object, and wherein the augmented-reality element comprises a hyper link to another augmented-reality element comprising a virtual interior view of the object and wherein the camera obtains the predefined user gesture.

A method, apparatus, and system of facilitating value-based bartering over the internet are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system of e-commerce includes a computer network, a server to host a market place website, a listing module to enable an entity to assign a specified value to a good and to list the good for trade on the market place website such that the listing of the good will expire after being posted for a specified period of time, a trade module to enable an entity to trade the good for an other good of an other entity on the market place website, a search module to enable the entity to search a list of goods on the market place website.

Method of facilitating value-based bartering over the internet

An ordnance system and method for controlling an ordnance system is provided. The system and method utilizes an addressable common, or shared, bus configured to transmit and receive data thereon. The addressable bus has further coupled thereto an ordnance controller including a control process and a telemetry process configured to control the addressable bus. The ordnance system further includes at least one initiator coupled to the addressable bus and responsive to the control process and at least one telemetry sensor coupled to the addressable bus and configured to interact with the telemetry process. The method provides control for the ordnance system by receiving telemetry data from a telemetry sensor over an addressable bus with an ordnance being further controlled by an ordnance controller over the addressable bus.

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Derek Devries