Using newspaper job ad text from 1960 to 2000, we measure job tasks and the adoption of
individual information and communication technologies (ICTs). Most new technologies are …

Research on multimedia information retrieval (MIR) has recently witnessed a booming
interest. A prominent feature of this research trend is its simultaneous but independent …

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(57) ABSTRACT A Message Storage and Deliver System (MSDS) is con nected to the public
switched telephone network (PSTN) and receives incoming calls with these calls being …

Related US. Application Data now Pat. No. 5,694,546, said application No. 09/553, 337 is a
division of application No. 08/982,157,? led on Dec. 1, 1997, now Pat. No. 6,125,388, which …

One of the major challenges faced by electronic publishing is that of preventing individuals
from easily copying and illegally distributing electronic documents. The authors explore the …

(57) ABSTRACT A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon
computer-executable instructions that, in response to being executed by a computing …

Software stored on a computer-readable storage medium at a user station provides a
plurality of functions including an online service selector function that enables a user at the …

This paper traces linkages between the commoditization of the Web and what we call “app-
centric media.” By this we mean a media environment composed of a multitude of discrete …

(57) ABSTRACT A method for controlling a user station configured for com munications with
a multiplicity of independently-operated data sources via a non-proprietary network includes …