Patents Examined by Andrea N. Long
  • Patent number: 11727641
    Abstract: For a mapping application, a method for reporting a problem related to a map displayed by the mapping application is described. The method identifies a mode in which the mapping application is operating. The method identifies a set of types of problems to report based on the identified mode. The method displays, in a display area of the mapping application, a graphical user interface (GUI) page that includes a set of selectable user interface (UI) items that represent the identified set of types of problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bradford A. Moore, Marcel van Os, Albert P. Dul, Ethan C. Sorrelgreen, I Wei Lai
  • Patent number: 11709588
    Abstract: A method for providing a notification mechanism may include causing provision of a notification bar at an edge of a touch screen display in response to an occurrence of an event where the notification bar provides information indicative of the event, enabling, responsive to user input, extension of the notification bar away from the edge of the touch screen display to display one or more levels of other notification classes in addition to the information indicative of the event, causing presentation of the notification bar to remain in an extended position away from the edge of the touch screen display so as to display one or more levels of notification classes upon cessation of the user input and causing, responsive to exposure of each level that has a subsequent level thereafter, an indication of existence of the subsequent level. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Priya Prakash, Antonio Pedro Rezendes, Guilherme Schneider, Laura Junkkonen
  • Patent number: 11675563
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays time-synced lyrics of content items playing on an electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays representations of content items in a playback sequence on an electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device shares an item of content with another user account of another electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Agnes Won, Erik Lindholm, Drew R. Domm, Adam Silver
  • Patent number: 11385786
    Abstract: A spin control graphical user interface is used to display a currently applied option and to receive options from a user. The spin control is a circular graphical user interface that is positioned near a displayed document to which it applies. For example, the spin control may be positioned on or near a corner of the displayed document. The spin control comprises options that are presented to a user upon rotation of the spin control. An option may be manually selected or automatically selected and applied to the displayed document upon rotating the spin control clockwise or counterclockwise. More than one spin control may be associated with the displayed document. The spin control may be automatically shown and removed from a display in response to whether the document to which the spin control is attached is currently being displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Chow Radakovitz, Brian Scott Ruble
  • Patent number: 11388226
    Abstract: Systems and methods for guided personal identity based actions are provided. In example embodiments, a user-specified action from a first user device of a first user is received. The user-specified action pertains to the first user and uses data of the first user when performed. The user-specified action is linked to an identifier. An indication of the identifier is received from a second user device of a second user. In response to receiving the indication of the identifier, the user-specified action linked to the identifier is identified, the data of the first user is accessed, a user interface that includes an option to perform the user-specified action using the data of the first user is generated, and the generated user interface is presented on the second user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Landon Anderton, Garrett Gee, Ryan Hornberger, Kirk Ouimet, Kameron Sheffield, Benjamin Turley
  • Patent number: 11366567
    Abstract: An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) comprises a development interface that affords a user a great deal of control over the editing tools, workspace canvases, and project information rendered at a given time. The industrial IDE system automatically filters the tools, panels, and information available for selection based on a current project development task, such that a focused subset of editing tools relevant to a current development task or context are made available for selection while other tools are hidden. The development interface also allows the user to selectively render or hide selected tools or information from among the relevant, filtered set of tools. This can reduce or eliminate unnecessary clutter and aid in quickly and easily locating and selecting a desired editing function. The IDE's development interface can also conform to a structured organization of workspace canvases and panels that facilitates intuitive workflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew R Ericsson, Andrew R Stump, Anthony Carrara, Eashwer Srinivasan, Christopher W Como, Sharon M Billi-Duran
  • Patent number: 11292406
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: an identifier management unit that manages a first identifier, a second identifier, and a third identifier by which a first vehicle, a second vehicle, and a user to switch from the first vehicle to the second vehicle are uniquely identified, respectively; a specification difference pinpointing unit that compares specification of a first operation unit and specification of a second operation unit, and that pinpoints an operation unit for which a specification of a function is common and a specification of the operation unit is different before and after the switching from the first vehicle to the second vehicle; and an assist information providing unit that provides assist information by which an operation of the pinpointed operation unit is assisted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11269403
    Abstract: A window in a multi-window display configuration is provided. A gaze of one or more users is directed at the window. The multi-window display configuration has a plurality of windows that are each configured to display corresponding content. Further, a window attribute of the window is modified based upon the gaze. In addition, a request for the content corresponding to the window is sent to a server. The content corresponding to the window is received from the server. The content corresponding to the window is then displayed according to the modified window attribute at the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventor: Mehul Patel
  • Patent number: 11249621
    Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) for a messaging or chat application on a mobile electronic device launches, responsive to user-selection of a particular message cell in the GUI, a contextual message overlaid on an underlying scrollable message board or list. The action menu comprises a preview area displaying a preview of message content of the selected message cell, and further comprises one or more user-selectable action items for executing respective corresponding user actions with respect to the selected message. The preview area is automatically scaled and positioned dependent on one or more attributes of the selected message cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Devin Doty, William Wu
  • Patent number: 11249628
    Abstract: Graphical user interface (GUI) based systems and methods are disclosed for regionizing full-size process plant displays for rendering on mobile user interface devices. A regionizer application receives a full-size process plant display that graphically represents at least a portion of a process plant that includes graphic representations of a plurality of process plant entities. The regionizer app determines display region(s) of the full-size process plant display that define corresponding view portions of the full-size process plant display. The display regions are transmitted to a mobile user interface device for rendering by a mobile display navigation app. The GUI based systems and methods can also automatically detect graphical process control loop display portions within full-size process plant displays for rendering on mobile user interface devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Cristopher Ian Sarmiento Uy, Ryan Gallardo Valderama, Dino Anton Yu, Mariana Dionisio, Mark J. Nixon, Daniel R. Strinden
  • Patent number: 11181389
    Abstract: Provided is a driving guide system, and more specifically, a system for guiding a vehicle occupant in driving through linguistic description. One embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus for guiding driving with linguistic description of a destination, which is installed on a vehicle and guides driving by outputting a linguistic description of a destination building, wherein the apparatus sets a destination according to a command or input, receives appearance information of a building of the destination from a server, and represents and outputs the appearance information in a linguistic form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jung Gyu Kang, Kyoung Wook Min, Yong Woo Jo, Doo Seop Choi, Jeong Dan Choi, Dong Jin Lee, Seung Jun Han
  • Patent number: 11098912
    Abstract: Provided is a method in a control system that is configured to provide command information to environmental adjustment equipment. The control system includes a plurality of user interface devices wherein each user interface device is configured to select an operating mode for a plurality of monitored areas in a building and wherein each user interface device is located in a different one of the monitored areas. The method comprises detecting a mode change request at a first user interface device for a first monitored area and executing the mode change request for the first monitored area while retaining a prior selected mode for another monitored area that was selected using a different user interface device when for each monitored area the environmental adjustment equipment includes a throttling device for controlling the flow of conditioned medium provided to the monitored area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: GoldCore Design Systems, LLC
    Inventor: William E. Floro
  • Patent number: 11086495
    Abstract: An icon receptacle is disposed along a depth aspect, and one or more icons are disposed within the icon receptacle, one of which is a stack item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Imran A. Chaudhri, John O. Louch, Christopher Hynes, Timothy Wayne Bumgarner, Eric Steven Peyton
  • Patent number: 11079893
    Abstract: Disclosed are various examples for remotely restricting client devices. A client device can be placed into a restricted mode in which application switching capabilities of the client device are disabled. Additionally, the client device can transmit screen capture data to a management service, which can provide the ability for an administrator user to monitor data shown on a display associated with the client device. The client device can also be removed from the restricted mode in response to a command sent from the management service to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: AirWatch LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Marshall McKeithan, II, William DeWeese
  • Patent number: 11061698
    Abstract: An electronic device and an operating method are provided. The electronic device includes a display and a processor. The processor may be configured to display a first-mode launch screen for an application on the display based on an application launching request in a state where a lock function is set, switch the first-mode launch screen displayed on the display to a second-mode launch screen of the application based on a mode switching request, and determine whether to proceed with an authentication operation based on an operation selected from the second-mode launch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Injong Rhee, Kwang-Seok Kim, Joonwon Park, Yongseok Park, Hyo-Jin Jung, Sungju Park
  • Patent number: 11062402
    Abstract: Information can be provided in a convenient manner to help a user decide what events to attend. The information can include information regarding a popularity of the events. The popularity of the events can be based upon the number of people expected to attend, the number of the user's friends expected to attend, and/or the number of people fitting user-defined criteria who are expected to attend. The events for a user-specified time period can be shown on a map along with information representing the popularity of the events. Thus, the user can choose to attend those events in the user's area which are more popular. The map can be displayed on a user device, such as a cellular telephone. In this manner, the user can more readily attend those particular events which the user is more likely to enjoy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: StubHub, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramon Elias, Matthew B. Gustke, Srini Venkatesan
  • Patent number: 11055796
    Abstract: Computerized systems are presented for user-management of social networking feeds, programs, and platforms. The methods, apparatus, systems, and programs allow a consumer, or end-user, to manage their computerized Social Network Subscriptions on their selected social networking platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Katherine Elizabeth Anderson, Michael Wayne Gilley, Patrick Joel Hurley
  • Patent number: 11055912
    Abstract: For a mapping application, a method for reporting a problem related to a map displayed by the mapping application is described. The method identifies a mode in which the mapping application is operating. The method identifies a set of types of problems to report based on the identified mode. The method displays, in a display area of the mapping application, a graphical user interface (GUI) page that includes a set of selectable user interface (UI) items that represent the identified set of types of problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bradford A. Moore, Marcel van Os, Albert P. Dul, Ethan C. Sorrelgreen, I Wei Lai
  • Patent number: 11029842
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a user device, a first touch gesture at a display of the user device visually displaying a virtual object; defining, by the user device, an anchor point of the virtual object visually displayed on the display based on the first touch gesture; receiving, by the user device, a second touch gesture at the display; determining, by the user device, an anchor area and a scrolling area based on the anchor point and the second touch gesture; defining, by the user device, a first layer corresponding to the anchor area and a second layer corresponding to the scrolling area; and stacking, by the user device, the first layer over the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Hewitt, Mark J. Lawrence, Martin A. Ross, Caroline J. Thomas
  • Patent number: 11016640
    Abstract: Selecting and displaying a profile photo may include determining viewer characteristics of a viewer who is triggering an action to open an image file that shows a photo image. A context associated with viewing of the profile photo and photo image characteristics of a plurality of photos may be determined. Based on the viewer characteristics, the photo image characteristics and the context associated with viewing of the profile photo, a photo from the plurality of photos may be selected. Responsive to determining that the selected photo is to be transformed, a transformed version of the photo image may be generated and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Komminist Weldemariam, Shikhar Kwatra, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Clifford A. Pickover