Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Expedia, Inc.

Pure Networks LLC

Cisco Technology, Inc.

Kristin Dahl Acker

Ron Oded Gery

Thomas Charles Butcher

Matthew Tebbs

Joshua J Hinds

Brett Marl

Steven M Bush

Justin Ferrari

Sendi Widjaja

Daryl T Lawton

Sheldon R Fisher

Xiaoli Yang

David L Bien

A method and system are provided for presenting rates for travel services using dynamic pricing bands. The dynamic pricing bands represent approximate rates for travel services relative to available rates during or close to the proposed dates of travel, or at or near the proposed travel destination. Each dynamic pricing band is keyed to a particular color, intensity, pattern, sound, or other graphical and/or audio characteristic, thereby providing the consumer a sense of the seasonal, regional, day of week, or other variability of rates for travel services without having to compare actual numbers. The dynamic pricing bands are applied to an interactive presentation of rates for travel services to allow the consumer to explore possible rate variations for particular travel services in a manner that provides a birds-eye view, is intuitive and user-friendly.

Presenting rates for travel services

Method and system for presenting rates for travel services

A tool for managing a computer network includes a gateway service module that identifies a gateway for a network and a network information service module. The network information service module identifies devices in the network, determines at least one property for each of the identified devices, and creates a network information data structure for storing device properties. A communication agent service module transmits at least one determined device property to other agent service modules associated with the network, receives at least one device property from another agent service module associated with the network, and provides the received at least one property device to the network information service module. A method of monitoring a computer network is also provided. The method includes identifying devices in a network, determining at least one property for each of the identified devices, receiving at least one determined device property from another device the network, and creating a network information data structure for storing the determined device properties.

Network management

A method of selecting and editing a plurality of digitally represented still images in a computer environment is provided. The method includes the use of a graphical user interface having a display and a user interface selection device, and includes the steps of opening the data files of the images to be edited, displaying the images, and displaying a task pane including at least one editing task entry having a specified multiple-image editing task command. A group of all or some of the images is formed by the user selecting the images to be edited, and an editing task execution signal is received which is indicative of the user selecting the desired editing task entry on the task pane. In response to receipt of the editing task execution signal, the specified editing task command is performed on the group of selected still images.

System and method for editing digitally represented still images

A method of image data manipulation guides a beginning computer user through the process of applying an emphasizing effect to an object in an image, so that the beginning user who was previously unaware of the existence of such an effect, or of the mechanics of creating such an effect, may nonetheless emphasize an object in an image.

Automated emphasizing of an object in a digital photograph

An apparatus and method is disclosed for automatically editing a digital color image to remove discoloration of the image, known as a 'red eye' effect, by parsing the discoloration into regions and re-coloring the area of the discoloration based on the attributes of the discoloration. The editing process according to the invention automatically creates a bitmap that is a correction image, which is composited with the source image or a copy of it and displayed as the source image with the red eye effect corrected.

Automated removal of red eye effect from a digital image

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Kristin Dahl Acker