Provided herein are methods and systems relating to location-based services such as social networking, providing demographic information, tracking mobile devices, providing business information, providing an adaptable user interface, remotely effecting a change on a portable electronic device, providing a geofence, outputting location-based information on a mobile device, varying transmissions to and from a mobile device, providing location-based alerts, verifying transactions and tailoring information to the behavior of a user.

Location-based services

An intelligent automated assistant system engages with the user in an integrated, conversational manner using natural language dialog, and invokes external services when appropriate to obtain information or perform various actions. The system can be implemented using any of a number of different platforms, such as the web, email, smartphone, and the like, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment, the system is based on sets of interrelated domains and tasks, and employs additional functionally powered by external services with which the system can interact.

Intelligent Automated Assistant

A system is presented providing content to a plurality of handheld devices (including musical selections). The devices can access a server over the Internet via a WIFI or other similar wireless interconnection and can download songs requested by a user from the server or from other users using, e.g., a P2P protocol. All downloads are governed by applicable DRM rules. Content and playlists may also be pushed by a server from other sources and means including, e.g., podcasting, based on predetermined rules, favorite preferences of users, and other criteria.

Audio visual player apparatus and system and method of content distribution using the same

Location sharing and tracking using mobile phones or other wireless devices

A method is provided for modifying an image. The method comprises displaying an image, the image comprising a portion of an object; and determining if an edge of the object is in a location within the portion. The method further comprises detecting movement, in a member direction, of an operating member with respect to the edge. The method still further comprises moving, if the edge is not in the location, the object in an object direction corresponding to the detected movement; and modifying, if the edge is in the location, the image in response to the detected movement, the modified image comprising the edge in the location.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program

Data content providers (304, 306, and 308) transfer data content (including DRM protected content, movies, movie products, digital movie content, etc) over a broadband network onto one or more information filling stations (IFSs 302) situated at one or more physical locations. Users are able to wirelessly communicate with the IFSs (302) via one or more of portable devices (314) that are operable in close proximity to the IFS (302). Data content requested by the portable devices include, but are not limited to: multimedia files, WWW data, real-time and interactive games, e-mail (with or without attachments), electronic newspapers, news and sports information, traffic and weather information, e-books, interactive messaging, and/or data files. Additionally, the portable devices (314) are also capable of facilitating point-of-sale purchases, facilitating electronic funds transfers and performing financial transactions for: purchasing movie tickets (directly or via auctions), downloading digital entertainment content of interest (e.g., copy of a movie of interest, copy of a movie identified based on a pre­stored profile, copy of soundtrack of a movie of interest), or movie related products. Optionally, the IFS (302) also forwards advertisements promoting products and services to the portable devices. The portable device (314) is also able to instruct the IFS (302) to selectively send each content of interest or product of interest to one or more identified locations (e.g., users can send large multimedia to their home PCs).

An information filling station facilitating wireless access of data content or event-related information via a portable device or other computer-based devices at predefined locations

One or more content providers push data related to: movies, movie products, digital movie content over a network (e.g., a LAN, a WAN, the Internet, or a wireless network) onto an information filling station which, in turn, wirelessly transacts (over a network based on the 802.11b protocol) and transmits any requested data to a portable computer-based device (e.g., laptop, a pen-based computer device, a PDA, a wireless phone, or a pager). The portable device performs financial transactions for: purchasing movie tickets (directly or via auctions), downloading digital entertainment content of interest (e.g., copy of a movie of interest, copy of a movie identified based on a pre-stored profile, copy of soundtrack of a movie of interest), or movie related products. Any purchased digital content is either transferred wirelessly onto the portable device or, optionally, sent on a storage medium to a physical address associated with the profile.

System and Method for Wirelessly Transacting Access to a Set of Events and Associated Digital Content/Products

A phone system can include a phone terminal that includes a biometric data input device. Methods of using the phone terminal can include receiving biometric data of a user at the phone terminal and comparing the biometric data to saved biometric data. A comparison of the received and saved biometric data can be performed to locate one or more configuration files for a user, to authenticate or otherwise confirm the identity of a party, perform another activity, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment, the biometric data, other data, or a combination thereof can be used to access one or more configuration files that can be used to configure a phone terminal or a data processing system outside of the phone terminal. In another embodiment, the identity of a calling party, a called party, one or more other parties, or any combination thereof can be authenticated or otherwise confirmed.

Methods of Using Biometric Data in a Phone System and Apparatuses to Perform the Methods

A method and system for network communication. A first content type is identified for a communication stream of a nonaggregated communication session. A target of the communication stream is identified. The communication stream is transcoded into a second content type compatible with the target. The transcoded communication stream of the nonaggregated communication session is provided to the target.

Method and system for network communication

A portable communication device has an integrated metering component to monitor a rechargeable battery in the portable communication device, and to determine a battery replacement condition based thereon. The portable communication device has a second component responsive to the metering component to generate a message to order a replacement battery based on the battery replacement condition. The message is communicated using a wireless transmitter of the portable communication device.

Lalitha Suryanarayana

Papers

An information filling station facilitating wireless access of data content or event-related information via a portable device or other computer-based devices at predefined locations

System and Method for Wirelessly Transacting Access to a Set of Events and Associated Digital Content/Products

Methods of Using Biometric Data in a Phone System and Apparatuses to Perform the Methods

Method and system for network communication

System and method for targeted parts and warranty provisioning