Motorola Mobility LLC

Motorola Corporation

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Arris Enterprises LLC

Google Technology Holdings LLC

Thomas M Tirpak

Haris Ramic

Anant Athale

Weimin Xiao

Trent J Miller

Anatoly Agulnik

Julius S Gyorfi

Carlton J Sparrell

Samir Dilipkumar Saklikar

John Henry Krahenbuhl

Craig A Ibbotson

Arthur E Paton

Hang Xie

Kevin D Bailey

A method () of providing a shared virtual lounge experience. The method can include analyzing one or more messages communicated from a first participant () in a virtual world () to a second participant () in the virtual world to determine at least one context () of the message(s). Based on the determined context of the message(s), a context-specific virtual lounge () can be dynamically created to pertain to the determined context and host participant interactions.

Method of providing a shared virtual lounge experience

An apparatus and method for identifying image capture opportunities. Expert photo agents () that process metadata extracted from a captured image are obtained () at a user-device (). Metadata () characterizing visual content of a captured image is produced () by processing the visual content of the captured image. Image capture opportunities are selected () based upon processing of the metadata with the at least one expert photo agent. The image capture opportunity selection specifies content to capture in a subsequent image.

Method for identifying image capture opportunities using a selected expert photo agent

A method of collaborative transcoding includes discovering capabilities of devices within a network; exchanging information about content stored within the network; anticipating a request for a content item in a target format; identifying a location of the content item by referencing the information about content stored within the network; and, if the content item is not in the target format, selecting a the device within the network to transcode the content into the target format. A system for collaborative transcoding includes a network, the network comprising a first networked device and at least one other networked device, the first networked device receiving a request for a content item in a target format; a shared content history; the shared content history comprising a list of content available on the network, the first networked device searching the shared content history to determine if another networked device can provide the content item; a capability list comprising a native format and transcoding capabilities of the networked devices, the first networked device searching the capability list to determine if any the networked device is configured to transcode the content item from a source format to a target format.

Collaborative transcoding

A method () of electronically determining a group preference in a social network from multiple individual preferences of members of the social network is provided. One embodiment of the method () uses a combination of an individual's importance to a social network and a social network's importance to the individual as weighting factors when combining the individual preferences to generate a shared set of preferences. This group preference may be used to select content for broadcast to the network, including audio content and video content. A social network group preference determination apparatus () can determine the individual's importance to the social network by interrogating or monitoring the communication activity of portable electronic communication devices () belonging to the members of the social network.

Method and apparatus for determining a group preference in a social network

A method and apparatus for managing service lists receives a service list and a security layer identifier at a device. The service list comprises at least two service identifiers. The method and apparatus determines whether the security layer is authorized for the device, and, for each service identified in the service list, when the security layer is authorized for the device the method and apparatus acquires each service in the service list that is not already installed in the device and enables each service in the service list that is not already enabled in the device.

Method and apparatus for managing service lists

A method and system for controlling the activities of real and virtual entities by monitoring and analyzing a real entity's activities and providing responses to affect virtual and real behavior patterns, according to pre-established rules. A Real-time Monitoring and Virtualization (RMV) utility collects information about the real entity's behavior utilizing monitors. The RMV utility creates a model of the behavior of the real entity. The RMV utility utilizes the created model and maps one or more first characteristics of the behavior of the real entity to one or more second characteristics of a behavior of a virtual entity. From the monitored and mapped characteristics, the RMV utility identifies desired behavior patterns (i.e., responses) for the virtual entity, according to pre-established rules. The RMV utility triggers actions of the real entity corresponding to the responses selected for the desired behavior patterns of the virtual entity.

Method and system of interaction within both real and virtual worlds

The invention provides embodiments of a method an apparatus for dynamic management of distributed context. Each of a plurality of sticky notes can be associated with contextual information corresponding to a first context in which the virtual sticky note was posted. A request to access at least one of the virtual sticky notes can be received. A second context in which the request was generated can be identified. At least one of the virtual sticky notes that is associated with contextual information that corresponds to the second context can be identified. The identified virtual sticky note(s) can be communicated for presentation to a user.

Method and apparatus for dynamic management of distributed context

An electronic device and a method of dynamically adapting a sensitivity of at least one user interface component on the electronic device. A device context corresponding to the electronic device can be identified and processed in real time to identify a potential user intent and to determine a probability that the potential user intent corresponds to an actual user intent. A user input sensitivity parameter can be selected based on the potential user intent and the determined probability. The sensitivity of the at least one user interface component can be adapted to correspond to the user input sensitivity parameter.

Increasing user input accuracy on a multifunctional electronic device

A wireless communication device acquires membership in a predefined group, joins an ad hoc network associated with the predefined group, and joins and participates in a first session established through an infrastructure device for distributing media to the predefined group. If the wireless communication device is a duplicator node for the ad hoc network, then it receives the media from the infrastructure device and distributes the media other nodes of the ad hoc network, otherwise it receives the media from the duplicator node. The infrastructure device identifies the duplicator node for each ad hoc network associated with the predefined group and each member of the predefined group that is not a node of any of the ad hoc networks and distributes the media only to these members of the predefined group.

Method for distributing media in an infrastructure based communication system

A method, apparatus, and electronic device for hierarchical communications are disclosed. A connection interfacemay receive a query. A processormay select an initial expert from the hierarchical expert tree based upon the query and direct the query towards the initial expert. A session initiation protocol servermay generate a hierarchical expert tree from an expert pool.

Call group management using the session initiation protocol

A method and system is provided for customization of a graphical user interface (GUI) of a communication device in a communication network. The method includes customization of the GUI of the communication device based on one or more of user preferences and user interaction patterns pertaining to a plurality of services accessed by a user of the communication device. The method further comprises customization of the GUI of the communication device based on a predefined set of rules.

Method and system for customization of a graphical user interface (GUI) of a communication device in a communication network

An apparatus and method for information storage and retrieval of communication network performance data includes a first stepof obtaining performance data from network entities. A next stepincludes generating a rating for the performance data relating to how interesting that data is to network entities. A next stepincludes archiving a portion of the performance data in response to the rating of the performance data.

Distributed information storage and retrieval of communication network performance data

A voice coding and decoding systemand method uses a personal phoneme table () associated with a voice signature identifier () to permit encoding of true sounding voice by personalizing the phoneme table used for encoding and decoding. A default phoneme table () is used for encoding and decoding until a personal phoneme table () is constructed. A MIDI decoder () is used to create the reconstructed speech from a string of phoneme identifiers transmitted from the sending side () to the receiving side ().

Low bandwidth speech communication using default and personal phoneme tables

A gene expression programming genetic algorithm for performing symbolic regression is provided. The algorithm avoids expression bloating and over fitting by employing a fitness function that depends inversely on the mathematical expression complexity. Members of a population that are evolved by the algorithm are represented as a set arrays (e.g., in the form of a matrix) of indexes that reference operands and operators, thus facilitating selection, mutation, and cross over operations conducted in the course of evolving the population. The algorithm comprises a syntax checking part that may be applied to population members without their having to be converted to executable programs first. An object-oriented programming language data structure is providing for encapsulating basic data for each codon (e.g., operand, operator) used by the algorithm.

Gene expression programming algorithm

A method of optimization of a product assembly line utilizes a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) formulation. Line information, such as product data of products to be assembled by the line, parts data of the parts to be used to assemble the products, line data descriptive of the product assembly line and machine data of the machines of the line, is compiled and used to formulate a balancing strategy of the product assembly line ( ). The balancing strategy is formulated by the selective manipulation of one or more optimization variables to make the MILP closely representative of the actual manufacturing environment ( ). Solving the MILP generates MILP output information from which output reports and metrics may be generated ( ).

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Thomas M Tirpak