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Lee Douglas Shartzer

Mark Leroy Walker

Samir M Ahmed

Basil Badawiyeh

Kenneth Rudman

Dan Han Diep

David Pettigrew

Peter S Lee

Gregory David Gudorf

Roger Yeh

Vasil Nadzakov

John Frederick Bishop

Genevieve Marie Pinvidic

Dana Forte

James Earl Booth, Jr

Andrew Yoon

Hao Chi Tran

Jason Pickersgill

William Gibbens Redmann

James Edward Booth

Douglas Jason Pickersgill

The present disclosure is directed towards automatically determining a context of an communication which is to be sent to a first user (). Once the communication context is determined, other users are automatically suggested to receive the communication in that a characteristic of the user profiles of the suggested users match the context of the communication (). The communication can then be forwarded to the suggested users in accordance with user input ().

Contextual based communication method and user interface

The present disclosure is directed towards having a user interface that displays a number of cards or windows. A user can implement a command where the user interface will automatically change the position of the displayed cards to show regions of interest which are the parts of the cards that a user may have interested in. The user interest can be determined in accordance with user preference information. Optionally, cards which do not have regions of interest are removed from a display area and such cards are replaced with new cards that do have regions of interest.

Method for locating regions of interest in a user interface

Method and apparatus for locating regions of interest in a user interface

A user interface that displays a number of cards or windows is described where a user can move the cards in a horizontal direction freely. When a card resides in a locked zone, as defined by a user, the card will be able to be manipulated in a vertical direction, while cards that reside in a regular zone will not be able to be moved vertically. In addition, only cards that are in the locked zone can be subjected to a user action such as cutting content from the card, pasting content to the card, enlarging the contents of the card, or shrinking the contents of the card.

Method and apparatus for restricting user operations when applied to cards or windows

The disclosure is related to the idea of tracking user navigation, consumption, and/or behavior and applying analytics to help shape future offerings (customized offerings, up-sells, recommendations, etc.) to a user and to provide reporting data to service providers and studios. Methods and systems of providing viewing recommendations for a user are set forth. This involves collecting usage data related to a session of interaction by the user, processing the user data for the session, and providing feedback regarding the session. The sessions involve multiple stages tracking a user's interactions. These include stages such as an inquiry stage, a results stage, a details stage, a selection stage, and a confirmation stage. Usage data is then mined to indicate the content creator of a media asset regardless of the media asset type.

Media asset usage data reporting that indicates corresponding content creator

A method for controlling a device during content playback commences by receiving at the device at least one user-entered command to instruct the device to take at least one action upon the occurrence of an event during content playback. The device will execute the command to take the at least one action upon occurrence of the event during content playback. The action can include providing a notification to another device, such as in the form of a URL.

Method and apparatus for setting controlled events for network devices

An apparatus and method for efficient display of, and navigation through, a large database by displaying and selecting objects, e.g., graphic elements, in a grid associated with the content of the database are provided. The method includes providing a first subset of graphic elements from a database of graphic elements, the first subset of graphic elements arranged in a grid pattern, adjusting a position of one of the graphic elements in the first subset on the display in response to a user input indicating movement of the one graphic element in a horizontal and vertical direction, and providing a second subset of graphic elements from the database of graphic elements, the second subset of graphic elements including the one graphic element in the first subset at the point central on the display.

Apparatus and method for grid navigation

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Valencia, CA, United States of America

Lee Douglas Shartzer