Patents Examined by Alvin H Tan
  • Patent number: 11443362
    Abstract: In a delivery service, a picker retrieves items specified in an order by a customer. If a picker encounters an issue with an item in the order, the picker may select, via a user interface, the item and an associated template message, which requests input from the customer regarding a course of action for the item, to send to the customer. The customer may select, via another user interface, a template message describing a course of action for the item. In response to receiving one of a subset of template messages, the online concierge system displays via the user interface, a set of replacement options to the customer, who may select one of the replacement options to be sent to the picker with the template message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
    Inventors: Camille van Horne, Philip Goolkasian
  • Patent number: 11429269
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of graphical user interface element adjustment may include presenting a graphical user interface element that includes an adjustable element that is configured to be moved to adjust a selection of a value between a first end value and a second end value. In response to a movement of the adjustable element to adjust the selection of the value, the computer-implemented method further include obtaining a time for the movement of the adjustable element and selecting the first end value to adjust based on the time. The computer-implemented method may further include determining an updated end value based on the first end value and the time and presenting the updated end value in the graphical user interface element in place of the first end value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Junlong Wu
  • Patent number: 11416137
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing access to contents which are semantically related to a displayed content(s). The access can be provided through a multi-dimensional user interface (UI). The method includes detecting a predefined gesture with respect to a first content. Based on the detected gesture, determining closest semantically linked content (second content). The semantic link between the first content and the second content can be established based on parameters such as sharing history, frequency of usage, type, a location, similarity, hierarchy, key words/phrases, tags, and so on. The semantically linked contents can be assigned onto distinct dimensions of the multi-dimensional UI space. The multi-dimensional UI space can be traversed through different dimensions using the predefined gesture, and each traversal from one dimension to another can be semantically linked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Khaidem Suman Singha, Kiran Prasanth Rajan, Tuhin Chakraborty, Vinayak Pancholi, Saumitri Choudhury, Hallah Zorinsangi, Hema Aravindan, Navin N
  • Patent number: 11394792
    Abstract: A messaging system, which hosts a backend service for an associated messaging client, includes a context surfacing system that provides context surfacing functionality in collections. The context surfacing system is configured to surface information representing a context object associated with a collection as a context string in a cell that represents the collection in a collections user interface. A cell that represents the collection in a collections user interface is actionable to cause presentation of the set of media content items in the collection on a display device of the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Jeremy Baker Voss
  • Patent number: 11386112
    Abstract: Techniques for rendering shared data include receiving, from a data store by a computing device, data indicative of a persistent data object. The persistent data object is associated with a class indicative of a data type for information contained in the persistent data object. The persistent data object is operable to be inserted in a file generated by an application executing on the computing device. The visualization logic associated with the class may be received by the computing device. The information in the persistent data object is rendered using the selected method of visualization, and other information in the document is rendered using native rendering capabilities of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: David Mowatt, Rolando Jimenez Salgado, Johnny S. Campbell, Venkat Pradeep Chilakamarri, Andreas Balzer, Muiris Woulfe, Stephen O'Driscoll
  • Patent number: 11360729
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for controlling a synchronous output of a digital matrix, and an electronic device, which relates to the field of multi-media technology and can control the synchronous outputs of output units. The method includes: when output units are activated or an individual output unit in the output units is re-activated after an abnormality occurs in this individual output unit, calibrating output start times and output periods of the output units such that the output start times of the output units are identical and the output periods of the output units are identical; receiving, by the output units, to-be-processed data based on the identical output start times; and after the to-be-processed data is received, controlling the output units to complete processing of the received to-be-processed data within a current output period, such that the output units output the processed data synchronously in a next output period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: HANGZHOU HIKVISION DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunbo Hu, Zhenxiao Yue
  • Patent number: 11334156
    Abstract: Triggering a state change includes displaying a first version of a series of frames based on a first setup configuration, obtaining a second setup configuration for the series of frames, in response to obtaining a second setup configuration, monitoring for a change in an eye status, and in response to detecting a change in the eye status, displaying a second version of the series of frames based on the second setup configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastian Knorr, Daniel Kurz
  • Patent number: 11328259
    Abstract: Automatically detected and identified tasks and calendar items from electronic communications may be populated into one or more tasks applications and calendaring applications. Text content retrieved from one or more electronic communications may be extracted and parsed for determining whether keywords or terms contained in the parsed text may lead to a classification of the text content or part of the text content as a task. Identified tasks may be automatically populated into a tasks application. Similarly, text content from such sources may be parsed for keywords and terms that may be identified as indicating calendar items, for example, meeting requests. Identified calendar items may be automatically populated into a calendar application as a calendar entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Gamon, Saliha Azzam, Yizheng Cai, Nicholas Caldwell, Ye-Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 11327706
    Abstract: A method and system provide the ability to asynchronously collaborate on a model of an infrastructure project. The model is acquired and view settings for the model are captured. The view settings include a feature highlight that provides display attributes/settings for objects and/or features of the model, a camera position providing second settings relating to a camera view of the model, and a data view providing third settings regarding a view of the model data. The view settings are associated with a link. The link is transmitted/provided from a sender to a recipient. The link enables rehydration of a live model based on the captured view settings thereby presenting a state and view settings of the model specified by the sender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventor: Eric Alden Fain
  • Patent number: 11321060
    Abstract: In response to a user identity request, a system can receive user identity data associated with the user identity from a first mobile device. Based on the user identity data, the system can allocate an interface template to the user identity, wherein the interface template comprises scorecard data, from a second mobile device, associated with a scoring parameter related to an input field of the interface template. Furthermore, the system can prompt an input, via the first mobile device, to the input field of the interface template. Additionally in response to receiving input data associated with the input, the system can compare the input data to the scoring parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: Jean Marie Richardson
  • Patent number: 11321153
    Abstract: A tool for providing context-based copy and paste commands. The tool monitors a plurality of user activities across one or more user devices for a plurality of copied content items and associated contextual data. The tool generates a list of the plurality of copied content items and the associated contextual data. Responsive to a determination that a user issued a paste command, the tool calculates a relevancy score for each of the plurality of copied content items in the list. The tool determines at least one of the plurality of copied content items to fulfill the paste command based, at least in part, on the relevancy score for each of the plurality of copied content items. The tool presents the at least one of the plurality of copied content items to a user to select for the paste command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shikhar Kwatra, Raghuveer Prasad Nagar, Amitava Kundu, Petr Novotny
  • Patent number: 11308455
    Abstract: A system and method enabling a user to manage tasks and events, and enabling a user to seamlessly manage and track their work and life tasks in a single application. In embodiments of the invention a mobile computing device is enabled using specialized software, remote storage, and computing systems to provide the task and event management functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventor: Nikita Kozlovski
  • Patent number: 11269665
    Abstract: A method and system provides personalized assistance to users of a data management system. The method and system trains an analysis model with both a supervised machine learning process and an unsupervised machine learning process to identify relevant assistance topics based on a user query and the attributes of the user that provided the query. The method and system outputs personalized assistance to the user based on the analysis of the analysis model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Igor A. Podgorny, Benjamin Indyk, Faraz Sharafi, Matthew Cannon
  • Patent number: 11258735
    Abstract: Intelligent, trackable, and actionable conversational systems and methods identify specific items in a stream of messages representing conversational primitives as described below and organize them in a structured and actionable form (referenced as Conversational Primitives Dashboard below), further triggering automated workflows. Advantageously, the structured and actionable form improves collaboration providing a layer of productivity to augment messaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Companyons, Inc.
    Inventors: Paolo Perazzo, Navin Goel
  • Patent number: 11256391
    Abstract: An embodiment may involve: transmitting a first graphical user interface (GUI) that allows selection of a plurality of item streams for a mobile user interface; receiving a selection of a first item stream; transmitting a second GUI, where the first item stream is populated from a first database table and the second GUI allows selection of a first field from the first database table; receiving a selection of a second item stream; transmitting the second GUI, where the second item stream is populated from a second database table and the second GUI allows selection of a second field from the second database table, where the first and second fields are of a common type; and transmitting, to a mobile device, the mobile user interface with items from the first and second item streams sorted according to values in the first and second fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Andrew Bradley Bowrin, Maor Cohen, Brian Javier Dyk
  • Patent number: 11249624
    Abstract: A method for capturing an image is disclosed in the present disclosure. The method includes: detecting first information associated with a first application that is running, wherein the first information is configured to characterize an attribute of the first application; capturing an image output by the first application in a capturing fashion associated with the image output by the first application based on a first capturing policy in the case that the first information associated with the first application exists in the first database; capturing the image output by the first application based on a second capturing policy in the case that the first information associated with the first application does not exist in the first database. The present disclosure also discloses a terminal and a storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: BIGO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng Gao, Li Liu, Yue Ma, Jiaxiong Cheng, Xin Tong, Jiebo Ma
  • Patent number: 11226716
    Abstract: Techniques are described for generating content to be shared between users. For example, user interfaces are described that include features and/or mode controls for generating content to be shared between users. Additionally, the described techniques include determining content shared between users (e.g., previously distributed content) based on a selection of a second user account, and generating customized content which may be specific to an event that includes the shared content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine Choi, Rennie Song, Yo-Tzu Yeh
  • Patent number: 11210356
    Abstract: An information system using active context technology allows a user to view and interact with a large amount of data disposed within multiple objects with relative ease, minimal time, and minimal interaction. An active context object allows an active context window to display labels, identifiers, and links for objects that are actively (e.g. presently) contextually associated with each other. Contextual association of objects can be determined by a user, inferred by the nature of each object, or automatically determined by an information system. In another embodiment, an active context window is persistently displayed to a user to allow the user to easily obtain information about contextually associated objects and easily allow the user to navigate among contextually associated objects. In one embodiment, the active context object can be transmitted to other users to allow each user to access contextually related objects and, thus, contextually related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: VERSATA DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.
    Inventor: Peninah R. Goldman
  • Patent number: 11204676
    Abstract: A notification builder implemented through a graphical user interface (“GUI”) provides a platform for building notifications and defining priorities for how the notifications will be presented to users of managed devices. Elements included in the notification builder and selectable as part of a build process can provide options for naming a notification, providing content for the notification, defining recipients, setting a respective priority, and creating action buttons. An action button can allow a user that has received a notification built with the notification builder to interact with the notification in a predetermined manner. The GUI can also provide data relating to the notification, such as success/failure, read/unread, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Ashka Vakil, Sean Walbran, Dan Dockery, Lilit Div, Aditya Ulman
  • Patent number: 11197736
    Abstract: Provided is a medical control apparatus including: a processing unit configured to cause one or both of a first display region in which an object relating to an input source of an image is to be displayed and a second display region in which an object relating to an output destination of an image is to be displayed and a third display region in which an object for controlling the input source or the output destination is to be displayed, to be displayed in one screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki Ito, Tetsuya Mitani, Chikako Kido, Keiichi Yoshioka