Patents Examined by Alvaro R Calderon, IV
  • Patent number: 11016788
    Abstract: A method for launching an application of a display device is provided. A first user interface comprising at least one icon for an application is displayed on a display screen of the display device. It is determined whether a hold duration of a focus on a target icon exceeds a preset time period, the target icon is an icon of a target application. In response to the hold duration exceeding the preset time period, the first user interface is updated by a second user interface comprising a display window superimposed on the first user interface, the display window presents a display interface of the target application. It is determined whether an activation instruction for the target icon is received. In response to the activation instruction, the second user interface is updated by a third user interface that is a display interface displaying the target application in a full-screen mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dayong Wang, Guanghai Zhuang, Jianye Hei
  • Patent number: 11006902
    Abstract: A system includes a display, an input device, and a processor. The processor is configured to present to a user, on the display, a GUI that illustrates multiple electrodes disposed on an expandable frame of a multi-electrode catheter, and indicates which of the electrodes is active and which of the electrodes is inactive. The processor is further configured to (a) receive, via the input device first user input that chooses between a single-electrode-selection mode and a fan-selection mode, (b) when in the single-electrode-selection mode, receive via the input device second user input that specifies for activation or deactivation individual ones of the electrodes, and (c) when in the fan-selection mode, receive via the input device third user input that specifies for activation or deactivation an angular sector including two or more of the electrodes, and activate and deactivate the electrodes responsively to the first, second and third user inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Yevgeny Bonyak, Michael Levin, Eyal Rotman
  • Patent number: 11003315
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus configured to provide a chatting service, the apparatus comprising: a communicator configured to perform communication with a chatting service counterpart of another terminal apparatus through a server; a display configured to display on a chatting screen of the chatting service at least one application execution screen shared with the chatting service counterpart of the other terminal apparatus; and a controller configured to control the communicator to share a function related to the application execution screen executed according to a user's manipulation with the chatting service counterpart of the other terminal apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju-yun Sung, Hyun-soo Nah, Hye-rin Kim, Jong-chan Park, Tae-ho Wang
  • Patent number: 10846112
    Abstract: A system/method is provided for guiding a user in utilizing functions of a computer-based device. The computer-based method includes operating a software application that interfaces with one or more applications on one or more remote computing devices. The computed-based method includes rendering a first screen having a plurality of display elements that are linked to a plurality of activities including a first activity and a second activity. The computer-based method includes receiving a selection of a display element of the plurality of display elements that is linked to the first activity. The computer-based method includes obtaining first activity information that includes first ancillary information. The computer-based method includes generating an inference of an interest or preference of a user based on the first ancillary information and outputting or performing a suggestion or recommendation to the user based on the inference of the interest or preference of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SYMMPL, INC.
    Inventors: Jay Smith, III, Anson Sims
  • Patent number: 10824293
    Abstract: Selecting a user to control a 3D holographic object of a plurality of 3D holographic objects projected in midair above a central point of a location by a projector when multiple users attempt to manipulate the same 3D holographic objects. Identification of the users and a policy regarding manipulation of the 3D holographic objects selected by more than one user are evaluated. For each of the 3D holographic objects selected by multiple users, a queue of interactions requested by the multiple users is generated during interactions of a single user with the 3D holographic object; and the interactions requested by the user with a highest priority of the multiple users are executed to manipulate the selected 3D holographic object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Martin G. Keen, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 10824320
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine at least one request to access a content item, wherein the content item was composed using a set of camera feeds that capture at least one scene from a set of different positions. A viewport interface can be provided on a display screen of the computing device through which playback of the content item is presented, the viewport interface being configured to allow a user operating the computing device to virtually navigate the at least one scene by changing i) a direction of the viewport interface relative to the scene or ii) a zoom level of the viewport interface. A navigation indicator can be provided in the viewport interface, the navigation indicator being configured to visually indicate any changes to a respective direction and zoom level of the viewport interface during playback of the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Joyce Hsu, Charles Matthew Sutton, Jaime Leonardo Rovira, Anning Hu, Chetan Parag Gupta, Cliff Warren
  • Patent number: 10795536
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, device configurations, and processes for displaying presentation control interfaces as overlays of content being displayed by an interactive whiteboard computing system in an interactive presentation environment, including one or more panels displaying selectable icons for performing various control tasks, including: viewing a present position and changing position within a sequence for the presentation; inputting, finding, and loading data to be stored for the presentation; interacting with the computing system or connected devices; and the like. Additional configurations include automatically showing, hiding, and/or repositioning control interface panels so that they are accessible by the presenter without substantially interfering with the presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
    Inventors: Jacqueline Martin, Yvette Roberts, Joanne Hunter, Nathan Harris
  • Patent number: 10785826
    Abstract: A mobile device, a controlling method thereof, an image display apparatus, and a controlling method thereof are provided. The mobile device includes: a user interface (UI) configured to receive a user command to control the image display apparatus; a communication interface configured to provide a service according to the user command through an access point (AP) to which the image display apparatus is connected, and perform a direct connection operation with the image display apparatus in response to the service being provided; and a controller configured to control the communication interface to hand the service over to a direct channel connected to the image display apparatus in response to the direct connection operation being completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-jeen Jee, Jae-un Kwon, Seung-seop Shim
  • Patent number: 10732818
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a terminal body; a touch screen; a plurality of magnetic sensors configured to detect a spatial position of an input device having a magnetic field generating unit; and a controller configured to display a first graphic object notifying an area corresponding to the detected spatial position on the touch screen when the spatial position of the input device is detected adjacent to an edge of the terminal body at an outside of the touch screen without contacting the touch screen, and display a second graphic object notifying a hidden function with respect to a displayed area of the first graphic object on the touch screen when the detected spatial position of the input device is fixed for a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yoonchan Won, Yongjae Kim, Suyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 10682102
    Abstract: Example systems and methods to visualize and manage medical device operations and troubleshooting are provided. Interface information from a plurality of medical devices is used to generate a visualization of the interface information from the one or more of the plurality of medical devices. Each medical device interface is represented by a miniature representation of the interface in the visualization. Each miniature representation is to convey information shown on the interface of the medical device. The visualization is provided to a user via a user interface at a remote control computer. The user interface is to facilitate user selection of a miniature representation to trigger display of a larger representation of the selected medical device interface information via the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Fenwal, Inc.
    Inventor: Frederic Declerck
  • Patent number: 10528654
    Abstract: Examples related to facilitating analysis of an electrical power system are disclosed. One disclosed example provides a device comprising a display, a processor, and a storage device storing instructions executable by the processor to receive a request to operate in first and second input/output modes. In the first mode, the instructions are executable to display a graphical representation of an electrical power system illustrating components and connectivities in a schematic view, and receive a user input specifying a selected component of a plurality of candidate components and also an associated connectivity. The instructions are executable to display the selected component in the graphical representation of the electrical power system and store the selected component and associated connectivity in a data structure. In the second mode, the instructions are executable to display a text-based representation of the distribution system organizing the components and connectivities in a tabular view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: EASYPOWER LLC
    Inventors: Shaun McAravey, Eric Lee Johnson, Michael D. Koch, Theodore G. Balderree, II, Carol Anne Morgan, Alan Ricker, Kevin Bates
  • Patent number: 10521448
    Abstract: Transformation pipelines are applied to disparate data sets and domains. An existing transformation pipeline is configured as a stored actionable task structure with a predefined plurality of sequenced tasks for transforming a first data set having a first set of attributes into a modified data set. The existing transformation pipeline is then applied to a different data set having a different set of attributes. Compatibility and operability for implementing the tasks of the actionable data set on the second data set are then determined, based at least in part on the stored attributes of the tasks and the second data set. Interface elements are also utilized to reflect the compatibility and operability of the tasks in the visual representation of the actionable task structure. Some elements are also utilized to provide suggestions for improving the compatibility of the actionable task structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jose Ramon Calzada Gomez, Chairy Chiu Ying Cheung, Taurean Addair Jones
  • Patent number: 10514827
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products that are provided for resequencing actionable task structures include features for detecting and reflecting compatibility issues of discrete tasks in the actionable task structures. After receiving input for resequencing an actionable task structure, attributes associated with the resequenced tasks are accessed and analyzed. Compatibility is determined and reflected in the display of the task identifiers, with one or more visual identifiers. The visual indicators can also be used to reflect suggested changes to the actionable task structure, based on a comparison of the task attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Taurean Addair Jones, Chairy Chiu Ying Cheung, Jose Ramon Calzada Gomez
  • Patent number: 10509627
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining an audio input, the audio input representing sound emanating from a key press based user interface; generating a context pattern based on the audio input; performing classification of the context pattern to classify the context pattern as belonging to a signature pattern classification, wherein the signature pattern classification specifies a user activity; and providing an output based on the performing classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, Gregory J. Boss, John E. Moore, Jr., Randy A. Rendahl
  • Patent number: 10503467
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining an audio input, the audio input representing sound emanating from a key press based user interface; generating a context pattern based on the audio input; performing classification of the context pattern to classify the context pattern as belonging to a signature pattern classification, wherein the signature pattern classification specifies a user activity; and providing an output based on the performing classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, Gregory J. Boss, John E. Moore, Jr., Randy A. Rendahl
  • Patent number: 10481766
    Abstract: Actionable task structures comprised of a plurality of tasks are generated by systems and methods utilizing interfaces that suggest tasks for assembly into the actionable task structures based on contextual relevance to data set attributes, other tasks in the actionable task structures and user annotations. The Actionable task structures are stored and selectively applied to one or more different domains for transformation data in the corresponding data sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chairy Chiu Ying Cheung, Taurean Addair Jones, Jose Ramon Calzada Gomez
  • Patent number: 10452256
    Abstract: An electronic device for outputting a screen and a method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a display and a processor, wherein the processor outputs first and second execution screens by considering a shape of the second execution screen such that the first execution screen and the second execution screen do not overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-Joon Jeon
  • Patent number: 10447562
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting and monitoring screen connectivity malfunctions, and generating alerts regarding presence of connectivity malfunctions, while identifying the user interface element that caused the connectivity malfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: NICE LTD.
    Inventors: Alexander Vaindiner, Iftach Smith, Vadim Grinevich
  • Patent number: 10425468
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and computer programs are provided. A first apparatus is configured to: display a user interface, transfer the user interface to a second apparatus, and display the current location of the user interface. The second apparatus is configured to: receive the user interface from the first apparatus, display the user interface, and transfer the user interface to a third apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventor: Arto Lehtiniemi
  • Patent number: 10379720
    Abstract: A flexible display device is provided. The flexible display device includes a display extendable from the device; a sensor to detect an extended amount of the display; and a controller configured to cause the display to display a home screen on a pre-extension display region, which is a region of the display that is visible prior to extending of the display; cause the display to display a folder including an application icon corresponding to an application, wherein the folder and the application icon are displayed on the pre-extension display region; detect, via the sensor, extension of the display; and cause the display to display the folder enlarged and the application icon enlarged on an extended display region, which is a region of the display that is visible after extending of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Eunjeong Ryu, Hyunjoo Jeon, Youngjun Kim, Wonjoo Park