Apple Inc.

International Business Machines Corporation

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ab

Other

Qualcomm Incorporated

Snaptrack Incorporated

Peter J Kennedy

Jonathan P Ive

Duncan Robert Kerr

Jeffrey L Robbin

Steve Porter Hotelling

Imran A Chaudhri

Gregory N Christie

Brian Quentin Huppi

Joshua A Strickon

Anthony Michael Fadell

Bas Ording

Anthony M Faddell

James Robert Lewis

Brian K Buchheit

David Andrew Sawin

Carolyn Shawn Murphy

James B Cunningham

David Desmond Middleton

Elisabeth Gibbons

Stacy Smith

Amy Swanson

David C Bates

Laurie A Gray

James Cunningham

Stacey Smith

Charles Hunt

Proximity based systems and methods that are implemented on an electronic device are disclosed. The method includes sensing an object spaced away and in close proximity to the electronic device. The method also includes performing an action in the electronic device when an object is sensed.

Proximity detector in handheld device

A topical composition comprising from about 0.05% to about 10.0% by weight of Arnica oil, from about 5.0% to about 20.0% by weight of a notoginseng herb comprising dammarane-type ginsenosides, from about 0.05% to about 10% by weight of a compound comprising cyclopentasiloxane, dimethicone crosspolymer, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, dimethiconol, and a cosmetically acceptable aqueous carrier.

Topical vasodilator composition

A system and method for recognizing a signet and for performing an action associated with the signet, wherein the signet is an inanimate object. In one embodiment, the method includes generating a touch signal with a signet, the touch signal representing a particular signet pattern, recognizing the particular signet pattern, and performing an action associated with the particular signet pattern.

Shape detecting input device

A method for using speech analysis to detect speech pathologies can begin with registration of a patient with a speech-based health monitor. A speech segment baseline representing an initial state of the patient's speech system can be established for the patient. When prompted, the patient can submit a speech segment representing a current state of the patient's speech system to the speech-based health monitor. The speech-based health monitor can analyze the submitted speech segment using the established speech segment baseline and/or a speech segment history that comprises speech segments previously submitted by the patient. Based upon said analysis, satisfaction of a health alert definition can be determined. A health alert definition can define an action performed by the speech-based health monitor when its associated triggering conditions are satisfied. The action associated with the at least one satisfied health alert definition can then be executed.

Using speech analysis to assess a speaker's physiological health

Methods and apparatuses for automated configuring of user preferences. In one aspect of the present invention, a method to operate a data processing system, includes: detecting whether or not a portable device is connected to the data processing system; and automatically configuring one or more user preferences of the data processing system according to an identity of the portable device in response to a change in whether or not the portable device is connected to the data processing system. In one aspect of the present invention, call forwarding of at least one of a land line phone and a mobile phone is automatically configured when the mobile phone is brought close to the land line phone or when the mobile phone is taken away from the land line phone.

Methods and apparatuses for configuration automation

A computer implemented method for a touchscreen display is disclosed. The method includes presenting graphical information on the touchscreen display. The method further includes detecting a touch over the touchscreen display. The method also includes expanding an area of the touch screen display proximate the location of the touch.

Visual expander

A system for generating video images and corresponding audio of multiple parties engaged in a video conference is provided. The system includes multiple voice transducers for receiving voice signals from the multiple parties and a video camera for capturing moving images of one of the multiple parties who is speaking. The system further includes a processor in communication with the voice transducers and video camera. The processor determines respective distances and angles between the party who is speaking and each of the multiple voice transducers. Additionally, the processor identifies a location of the party who is speaking relative to the video camera based on the determined respective distances and angles. Based on the identified location, the processor selects a portion of a video frame produced by video camera and processes the selected portion to mitigate optical distortion and generate an overall picture in which the party speaking does not appear unnaturally small relative to the overall picture.

System and methods for video conferencing

A dynamic inventory management method can include the step of attaching a location tag to a deployable asset. A mobile entity can be associated with the location tag. A tag scanner can scan for location tags within a range of the tag scanner. Data can be conveyed from the tag scanner to a communicatively linked inventory control system. The scanning and conveying steps can be repeated to dynamically update the inventory control system.

Dynamic inventory management of deployed assets

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Boca Raton, FL, United States of America

Peter J Kennedy