At this time, the ‘Big Four’ providers were BT, NTL, Telewest and Kingston Communications. But by 2007, NTL and Telewest had merged with Virgin to create Virgin Media, and Kingston Communications (which is the exclusive broadband provider in Hull) had rebranded to KCOM Group. Like most...
[text_block style="style_1.png" align="left" width="940"]According to BIA/Kelsey (a leading local media research firm), 97% of consumers go online to find local products and service providers. Which means, if you’re not on page one… then… you might as well not even be online....
One prior art technique for correlating users with local service providers relies upon the user providing his postal zip code to a central computer server operated by or on behalf of the business. The central computer then determines which if any relevant businesses service the user's zip code....
It is provided by the Consumer Business and Internet Services (CBIS) division (referred to throughout this document as KC) of KCOM Group PLC (KCH) to Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to enable them to supply broadband Internet service in the traditional licenced area of KCOM Group PLC...
For instance, when heterogeneous temperature sensors owned by three disparate sensing providers are deployed within a specified region, as illustrated in Figure 1, they can be regarded as shared resources. Cooperation among these sensors can yield improved quality of service (QoS) while also enabling...
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In addition to controlling access to metadata used to generate electronic program guides and the like, the power exercised by the service providers in controlling such data also inhibits CE manufacturers from being able to offer innovative service enhancements, such as interactivity and interaction of ...
designed to promote sustainable water management with providers in Antwerp, Belgium, and Bitterfeld, Duisburg the aim of continuously improving the way water is used. and Mannheim, Germany, where the new load-securing LANXESS is aware of water's ecological and social standard is already...
The explosive generation of Internet of Things (IoT) data calls for cloud service providers (CSP) to further provide more secure and reliable transmission, storage, and management services. This requirement, however, goes against the honest and curious nature of CSP, to the extent that existing ...
It will also be appreciated that, in embodiments, gathering clickstreams from a plurality of sources may involve converting files from a plurality of data providers into a common file format, as is disclosed at a high level in step 502 of FIG. 5 of the related application and as is ...