Category Archives: Tech

Portable Device Recognition and Control Application

Posted on June 20, 1999 | Leave a comment

Wearable GPS system, connected to electronic compass, video camera, and image recognition system — linked to external data source and SOAP enabled web services including device control. Enables intelligent wireless device control with commerce access and funtional extensibility. The GPS and compass narrow down the target device set, and the image recognition system identifies the target device more specifically (a pull-down menu could be used instead). Once identified, the device options would be available through the networked wearable interface.

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Self-Improving Image Recognition System

Posted on June 20, 1999 | 1 comment

As image recognition is used and result sets are offered to users, the user selects the best fit result – and in doing so, indicates new data for future recognition. New angles, characteristics, and items could become recognizable with open training. Open training would consist of running the image recognition system on all available images (starting with web content, then uploadable images, then synchronization with networked cameras) and allowing any web user to click through the images by selecting the most appropriate result (or typing their own). After initial training, the system would be appropriate for many image recognition applications – with flexible adaptation to multiple specialized applications.

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Community in the 21st Century

Posted on May 5, 1999 | 2 comments

Communities will be based on areas of interest, discussion, belief, and informational interaction, rather than physical proximity and race. Individuals will be members of many unrelated communities.

Community sets may overlap in telling ways when looking at large numbers of people. This data might be used for suggesting additional community associations and interpersonal relationships with shared interests.

Markets and marketing will be based on these communities.

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Voice Interaction Automation

Posted on April 25, 1999 | Leave a comment

Recording input of words from others and self, use statistical modeling to forecast reactions to new input. Over time, this system could act as an auto-responder for FAQs of all types, and be linked to other data sources to extend functionality. A corporate system could be used for ongoing automated training and assistance purposes. Personal systems could act as a front-line to reply to e-mail.

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Competition Matrix

Posted on March 14, 1999 | Leave a comment

An interactive competition matrix for buyers and sellers of any good or service would improve efficiencies for both. Traditional search engines are weak for goods and services. With a competition matrix, sellers could list their goods or services with unlimited flexible descriptive fields. Standard field sets would form for popular goods and services. Buyers could indicate their prefernces for characteristics of goods or services and see a competitive table of available goods or services matching their criteria. Links to – or direct – commerce would enable simplified access to the selected good or service. With user driven fielding, the system would naturally and organically follow supply and demand into any number of increasingly specific goods and services. System maintenance would be minimal, if any.

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