Natural language query translation may be provided. A statistical model may be trained to detect domains according to a plurality of query click log data. Upon receiving a natural language query, the statistical model may be used to translate the natural language query into an action. The action may then be performed and at least one result associated with performing the action may be provided.

Translating Natural Language Utterances to Keyword Search Queries

The SECURE DYNAMIC PAGE CONTENT AND LAYOUTS APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DPCL”) transform dynamic layout template requests, device, user, and surroundings security profiles, and layout usage monitor packages using DPCL components into customized secure dynamic layouts. In some implementations, the disclosure provides a processor-implemented method of transforming the content of an electronically generated user facing page for displaying on a user display.

Secure dynamic page content and layouts apparatuses, methods and systems

Identification of user intents may be provided. A plurality of network applications may be identified, and an ontology associated with each of the plurality of applications may be defined. If a phrase received from a user is associated with at least one of the defined ontologies, an action associated with the network application may be executed.

Task driven user intents

The disclosure relates to using a control service to control external access to APIs of IoT devices on a private network. An external application can request access to an API, and in response, the control service can monitor broadcasts from the IoT devices indicating what APIs they have available. If a match exists, the control service can request user authorization to allow the requested access. The user can grant or deny the requested access, and place limitations on the authorized access. The control service uses this information to open a connection between the requesting application and the IoT device having the requested API, and via this connection, the requesting application can access and control the device running the requested API.

Access control lists for private networks of system agnostic connected devices

A method for dynamic event detection based on content from a set of social networking systems including receiving content from the set of social networking systems, identifying a plurality of content associated with a geofence, the content that was generated within a predetermined time period, determining feature values from the plurality of content for each of a set of features, determining an event probability for the geofence based on the feature values, and detecting an event within the geofence in response to the event probability exceeding a threshold event probability.

Dynamic event detection system and method

An approach is provided for determining and utilizing geographical locations contextually relevant to a user. A contextually relevant location platform determines location-based data associated with a user and/or user device. The contextually relevant location platform determines stationary points based, at least in part, on the location-based data. The contextually relevant location platform determines context data associated with the stationary points. The contextually relevant location platform determines at least one location anchor based, at least in part, on the stationary points and the associated context data, wherein the at least one location anchor represents a bounded geographical area of contextual relevance to the user.

Method and apparatus for determining contextually relevant geographical locations

An approach is provided for categorizing user-initiated and application-initiated access to device resources. The monitoring platform determines one or more access requests by at least one application to one or more resources of at least one device. The monitoring platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more access requests to cause, at least in part, a categorization of the one or more access requests based, at least in part, on whether the one or more access requests were initiated by a user of the at least one device. The monitoring platform causes, at least in part, an assessment of the at least one application based, at least in part, on the categorization.

Method and apparatus for categorizing application access requests on a device

A method and an apparatus provide for operating a user interface of a device to receive from a user, for individual ones of a plurality of user privacy categories, a user privacy setting (12A); to map each user privacy setting to one or more device sensors to form a sensor policy for the user privacy category (12B); and to monitor application program accesses to device sensors to detect a violation of a sensor policy (12C). An aspect of the exemplary embodiments of this invention is the user interface that can represent privacy levels of each application program to the user in a "userfriendly" format. Another aspect of the exemplary embodiments is to provide the user device with an ability to detect and act on or at least report privacy violations by the application programs.

Method and apparatus providing privacy setting and monitoring user interface

An approach is provided for enabling location based interaction between wireless nodes over an ad-hoc mesh network. A location anchoring services module monitors an ad-hoc mesh network for activity information exchanged among one or more nodes within a predetermined proximity. Messages exchanged between wireless nodes are then processed with respect to location information for determining a location anchor. The activity information are then associated with the location anchor.

Method and apparatus for facilitating location based interaction over an ad-hoc mesh network

An approach is provided for generating privacy ratings for applications. A privacy ratings platform determines use information associated with one or more applications executing on one or more devices. By way of example, the use information is determined based, at least in part, on usage data associated with one or more input sources, one or more components, one or more categories of personal information, or a combination thereof associated with the one or more devices. The privacy ratings platform then processes and/or facilitates a processing of the use information to determine one or more privacy ratings for the one or more applications.

Gian Paolo Perrucci

Papers

Method and apparatus for determining contextually relevant geographical locations

Method and apparatus for categorizing application access requests on a device

Method and apparatus providing privacy setting and monitoring user interface

Method and apparatus for facilitating location based interaction over an ad-hoc mesh network

Method and apparatus for generating privacy ratings for applications