Provided is an avatar service system and method that are provided through a network. The avatar service system may include a request receiving unit to receive a request for an avatar to perform an action, a data extracting unit to extract metadata and image data corresponding to the request from the database storing the metadata with respect to the action of the avatar and the image data for a plurality of layers forming the avatar, and an avatar action processing unit to generate and provide action data for applying, to the avatar, the action of the avatar corresponding to the request using the extracted metadata and the extracted image data.

Provided is an avatar service system and method that are provided through a network. The avatar service system may include a request receiving unit to receive a request for an avatar to perform an action, a data extracting unit to extract metadata and image data corresponding to the request from the database storing the metadata with respect to the action of the avatar and the image data for a plurality of layers forming the avatar, and an avatar action processing unit to generate and provide action data for applying, to the avatar, the action of the avatar corresponding to the request using the extracted metadata and the extracted image data.

High-precision local search is performed on the Internet. A map image-rendering software provider embeds spatial keys into maps, which are then provided to producers of Internet content such as map providers. For example, a homeowner may post a message on a web bulletin board advertising his house for sale, and including a map showing the location of the house. When a search engine's web crawler encounters a page having a spatial key embedded in an image, the spatial key is indexed with the other content on the page. Because the spatial key identifies a small geographic area, indexing the content with the spatial key allows search queries to be limited by area and still provide useful results. Thus, a user of a search engine searching for house for sale in a specific area will be directed to web pages that meet the geographic and content search terms.

A multiple exposure method is provided. A material picture acquisition request including a search keyword is sent, by a terminal, to a server and a material picture is received in response to the material picture acquisition request. The search keyword includes geographic location information based upon which the material picture is obtained among material pictures associated with corresponding picture associated information. The picture associated information includes picture location information. The material picture is processed by the terminal based on a resolution of a currently captured picture and content of the material picture to obtain a fusion region. Mixing synthesis is performed, by the terminal, on the fusion region and the currently captured picture to obtain a mixed frame.

A multiple exposure method is provided. A material picture acquisition request including a search keyword is sent, by a terminal, to a server and a material picture is received in response to the material picture acquisition request. The search keyword includes geographic location information based upon which the material picture is obtained among material pictures associated with corresponding picture associated information. The picture associated information includes picture location information. The material picture is processed by the terminal based on a resolution of a currently captured picture and content of the material picture to obtain a fusion region. Mixing synthesis is performed, by the terminal, on the fusion region and the currently captured picture to obtain a mixed frame.

A desktop application and supporting web site for capturing audio and video recordings or other digital content of differing modalities is introduced, wherein multiple participants in a collaborative session may be in separate remote locations. The application includes providing a high quality data format for transferring recordings, audiovisual data and the like to a remote network location or computer and a real-time data format for intercommunicating comments and instructions that are not recorded. Peer-to-peer and server-client implementations may be optimized regarding delivery time (latency) versus content quality. The desktop application also provides mechanisms for playing back sound, video or other data for participants' reference, along with synchronized presentations of textual, audio and visual material corresponding to the session.

The system determines whether content such as an image is suitable for content modification based on one or more criteria. The system includes decision engines or modules configured to evaluate one or more suitability metrics based on corresponding criteria such as publication status, restriction status, context, compatibility, and classification. If content is unsuitable for content modification because of entities or context depicted therein, privacy status, incompatibility with content modification, properties of the content file itself, or other aspects, the system generates a tag indicating the content is unsuitable for content modification. If content is suitable for content modification because of entities or context depicted therein, publication status, compatibility with content modification, properties of the content file itself, or other aspects, the system generates a content modification tag indicating the content is suitable for content modification. Metadata associated with the content is updated based on the flag.

A computer-implemented technique is described herein for generating query results based on both an image and an instance of text submitted by a user. The technique allows a user to more precisely express his or her search intent compared to the case in which a user submits text or an image by itself. This, in turn, enables the user to quickly and efficiently identify relevant search results. In a text-based retrieval path, the technique supplements the text submitted by the user with insight extracted from the input image, and then conducts a text-based search. In an image-based retrieval path, the technique uses insight extracted from the input text to guide the manner in which it processes the input image. In another implementation, the technique generates query results based on an image submitted by the user together with information provided by some other mode of expression besides text.

A dynamic tagging system facilitates the control, monitoring, and operation of technical components, such as virtual machines, in cloud environments. The dynamic tagging system performs an analysis on unstructured metadata tags linked to the technical components. The unstructured metadata tags may be created for technical components by authorized operators of the technical components, for instance. The dynamic tagging system may analyze an individual unstructured metadata tag or a combination of unstructured metadata tags assigned to a technical component to automatically trigger any pre-configured control, monitoring or operational actions for the technical component. As one example, the dynamic tagging system detects a trigger condition for an action trigger to perform automated electronic communications between any selected entities to convey information about the technical component.

Systems and methods are provided for sharing or recreating a state from a mobile device. For example, a mobile application state identifier can include a protocol identifier, a target task component associated with a mobile application executing when the application state identifier is generated and a sub-task component related to a user-interface active in the mobile application when the application state identifier is generated. The application state identifier can also include a user input component reflecting actions taken by a user during execution of the mobile application. A method can include generating, on a first mobile device, an application state identifier and transmitting the application state identifier to a second mobile device, wherein the second mobile device opens a mobile application associated with the target task to a user-interface corresponding to the sub-task component in response to receiving the application state identifier.