Adaptive web search based on user profile constructed without any effort from users

K Sugiyama, K Hatano, M Yoshikawa - Proceedings of the 13th …, 2004 - dl.acm.org
Web search engines help users find useful information on the World Wide Web (WWW).
However, when the same query is submitted by different users, typical search engines return …

A web-based nomadic computing system

T Kindberg, J Barton - Computer Networks, 2001 - Elsevier
CoolTown offers a Web model for supporting nomadic users, based on the convergence of
Web technology, wireless networks and portable devices. This paper describes how …

Wireless speaker for receiving from a mobile phone directions to receive and render a playlist from a content server on the internet

M Weel - US Patent 9,554,405, 2017 - Google Patents
An apparatus for playing media includes a network trans ceiver for communicating with a
remote control device and a server. The apparatus provides a device identifier to the remote …

Intergroup and intragroup aspects of leadership in social dilemmas: A relational model of cooperation

D De Cremer, M Van Vugt - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2002 - Elsevier
Two experiments investigated how leadership shapes individual contributions in small
groups facing public goods dilemmas. We predicted that the influence of leaders would be …

Methods and systems for content scheduling across multiple devices

R Hamano, C Shimy, C Strader - US Patent 9,445,036, 2016 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for scheduling media content presen tation across multiple devices
are disclosed. A media planner application generates media event presentation schedules …

[PDF][PDF] The challenges and opportunities of integrating the physical world and networked systems

J Barton, T Kindberg - HP LABORATORIES TECHNICAL REPORT HPL, 2001 - Citeseer
This paper presents a vision of how to link entities in the real world with the networking
infrastructure to create an integrated mobile computing environment. We describe the …

Network-enabled audio device

S Qureshey, DD Sheppard - US Patent 9,397,627, 2016 - Google Patents
A network-enabled audio device that provides a display device that allows the user to select
playlists of music much like a jukebox is disclosed. The user can compose playlists from disk …

Method, system, and device for the distribution of internet radio content

S Qureshey, DD Sheppard - US Patent 8,918,480, 2014 - Google Patents
WOLUME as from various sources and putting it into one place for listening pleasure. In one
embodiment, the Personal Computer (PC) is used to compose the playlists, but the user is …

Method and apparatus for displaying single and internet radio items in a play queue

AL Coburn, NAJ Millington, P Wren, AJ Schulert… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Techniques for managing a playlist in a multimedia system are disclosed. According to one
aspect of the techniques, the playlist is structured to be able to include as many items as …

Creating customized internet access client user interface

T Warren - US Patent 6,934,697, 2005 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A customized Internet access client user interface is described. A template
de? nes the basic layout of the user interface, and is typically stored at the local device and …