Patents Examined by Andrey Belousov
  • Patent number: 11756442
    Abstract: A method is described. Recorded data capable of being consciously experienced by a user through a sensory form is represented as an indexed digital sequence and maintaining the indexed digital sequence in a storage device. The data is provided to the user via an output device capable of reproducing the data in the sensory form while the user is monitored with a monitor device for a point at which a non-conscious stimuli, as evoked by the user in reaction to the providing of the data, is captured. The stimuli as captured by the monitor device is paired using a processing device with a portion of the data corresponding to the point at which the stimuli was evoked and the data in the storage is reorganized with the processing device as categorized by the stimuli. The output device is configured to efficiently provide the reorganized data as personalized to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Alan N. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11756001
    Abstract: An example method to facilitate online collaboration includes granting access to an editable collaboration space to multiple users. The method includes dividing the users into subgroups including at least a first subgroup and a second subgroup. The method includes assigning the subgroups to different virtual breakout rooms in the editable collaboration space, including assigning users in the first subgroup to a first virtual breakout room and assigning users in the second subgroup to a second virtual breakout room that is different than the first virtual breakout room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: LUCID SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan J. Stringham, Jarom Yan-Ming Chung, Taylor Jessica Halversen, Karl Steven Baranov, Lindsey Whitefield Martin, Geoffrey Ryan Maddox, Sean P. McKenna, PinEn Chen, Vasu Nephi Chetty, Joseph Stack
  • Patent number: 11747957
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for application data displayed through a selectable application icon. A computing device, such as a mobile smart phone, may include one or more processing application, such as a payment application to utilize an online payment provider. The application may include a desktop or folder icon, or other visual icon that may be presented within an interface of the device's operating system. Additionally, the application may include application data normally presented to the user of the device during operation of the application. The application or the device's operating system may select an informational element of the application information to present to the user. The informational element may then be presented on the application icon while the application is unopened or executing in the background of the operating system. Multiple informational elements may be cycled through on the application icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: David Paul Bozovich, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11749129
    Abstract: The present invention provides a virtual reality vehicle and/or equipment training system and platform within contextually relevant simulated environments. The system and platform will simulate accurate vehicle and/or equipment dynamics of various vehicles through vehicle modules. The simulated vehicles and/or equipment will be placed within contextually relevant simulated physical environments, and will be able to communicate with other vehicle modules and users of the platform. The system and platform allows for multiple simulated vehicles and/or equipment to exist and interact in the same simulated physical environment. The system allows for rapid development of trainers for different vehicles, different equipment, different physical environments, and different scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ADGA GROUP CONSULTANTS INC.
    Inventors: Don MacQuarrie, Danny Warren, Geoff McLeod
  • Patent number: 11736366
    Abstract: A system and method for allowing a companion device to serve as a user interface for another network device is disclosed. The companion device includes a display element, an input device and a software program that enables the companion device to create standard graphical items on that display. The network device transmits a list of graphical descriptors to the companion device, which the companion device uses to create the user interface. Additionally, the network device also transmits to the companion device, the commands that the companion device is to transmit based on user input. In this way, the companion device does not require any knowledge of the operation or functionality of the network device in order to serve as its user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventor: Olfert Paul Paulsen
  • Patent number: 11726646
    Abstract: A method for dynamically changing a graphical user interface element occurs in response to detecting that a temporal user interface element displayed on a user interface of user device. The method includes receiving, at the user device, a contextual signal characterizing a state of a user. The method further includes determining, by the user device, that the contextual signal characterizing the state of the user is indicative of the user intending to interact with a temporal user interface element. The methods also include, in response to determining that the contextual signal characterizing the state of the user is indicative of the user intending to interact with a temporal user interface element, modifying a respective state of the temporal user interface element displayed on the user interface of the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Brett Aladdin Barros, Theophile Vincent Goguely
  • Patent number: 11726801
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques for management of user interface elements based on historical configuration data. Use of historical configuration data to render user interface elements improves usability of graphical user interfaces by maintaining a consistent user experience. The states of user interface objects in a hosting environment are retained as historical configuration data and linked to a hosting environment profile. When the same or similar hosting environment is detected, the user interface elements are rendered based on the historical configuration data. For example, the last positions of windows in a particular monitor topology are stored as historical configuration data linked to that monitor topology. The windows are returned to their previous positions when a computing device is next configured with the same or similar monitor topology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Anna Marion Pfoertsch, Karina Jennifer Chang, Evan Russell Koschik, Bret P. Anderson, Clinton Rutkas, Alex G. Snitkovskiy, Jeffrey Evan Stall
  • Patent number: 11726559
    Abstract: A method comprises displaying an image of an environment on a graphical user interface, the environment including personnel elements visible in the image, detecting a gaze of a user directed at an image of a first personnel element corresponding to a first information conveyor of a plurality of information conveyors, changing a state of the first information conveyor corresponding to the first personnel element from a passive state to a listening state in response to detecting that the gaze is directed at the image of the first personnel element, wherein the first information conveyor includes a first audio output device, receiving audio information through an audio input device, and when the state of the first information conveyor is changed to the listening state, controlling an output operation, wherein the output operation includes directing the received audio information as an audio output through the first audio output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Joseph M. Arsanious, Christopher R. Burns, Heath Feather
  • Patent number: 11726641
    Abstract: A method of encoding and decoding user interface interactions includes receiving a query from a user captured by an assistant-enabled device associated with the user. The query includes a user intent for interacting with an application. The method includes obtaining, for the application, a set of categorized actions. Each categorized action of the set of categorized actions is associated with one or more parameters and represents a high-level description of the user intent of the user interacting with the application. For each respective categorized action of the set of categorized actions, the method includes selecting a respective script associated with the respective categorized action that performs one or more low-level interactions with the application and executing the respective script to represent the user intent for interacting with the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Keun Soo Yim, Ilya Firman
  • Patent number: 11720233
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for managing associations between production elements and production approaches includes displaying, within a breakdown panel, a representation of at least one scene obtained from a script, the representation including a plurality of production elements; displaying, within an approaches panel, a representation of at least some of the plurality of production elements displayed within the breakdown panel, and associated respective user selection indicators; and displaying, within the approaches panel, a representation of at least one production approach. The method further includes receiving a user selection of at least one production element displayed within the approaches panel; receiving a user selection of the at least one production approach. The selected at least one production element is associated with the selected at least one production approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Unity Technologies SF
    Inventors: Joseph Bruce Letteri, Geo H. Snelling, Matt J. Penman, Rebs Senga Guarina
  • Patent number: 11703952
    Abstract: Systems and methods of assisting operator engagement with input devices include an input device configured to be operated by a hand of an operator, a repositionable structure coupled to the input device, a hand detection system, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to detect a position and an orientation of the hand using the hand detection system, determine, based on the position of the hand, a target position for the input device, wherein moving the input device from a current position of the input device to the target position moves the input device closer to a grasping position for the hand, and in response to determining that an orientation difference between the orientation of the hand and a current orientation of the input device is not greater than a threshold orientation difference, cause one or more actuators to move the input device toward the target position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Xingchi He, Brandon D. Itkowitz
  • Patent number: 11693879
    Abstract: Systems and methods include reception of a set of data including continuous features and a discrete feature, each continuous feature associated with a plurality of values and the discrete feature associated with a plurality of discrete values, determine, for each continuous feature, a relationship factor representing a relationship between the discrete feature and the continuous feature based on the plurality of values associated with the continuous feature and the plurality of discrete values, identify one of the continuous features associated with a largest one of the determined relationship factors, generate, for each of the other features, a correlation factor representing a correlation between the continuous feature and the identified continuous feature, determine, for each of the continuous features other than the identified continuous feature, a composite relationship score based on the relationship factor and the correlation factor associated with the feature, and present a visualization associated wi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Paul O'Hara, Ying Wu, Jiazheng Li, Cathal McGovern, Malte Christian Kaufmann, Esther Rodrigo Ortiz, Kerry O'Connor, Michael Golden, Satinder Singh, Vlad Zat
  • Patent number: 11681413
    Abstract: Techniques and solutions are described for configuring a computer-implemented process defined by a data model. The data model includes a plurality of data objects, each data object having an object type. Displays are rendered that request selection of first and second values for respective first and second data objects of first and second object types. The first and second values are assigned to the respective first and second data objects. The computer-implemented process defined by the data model is executed, using the first and second values, to provide execution results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Jaison Jacob, Kannan Presanna Kumar
  • Patent number: 11681724
    Abstract: A system is provided for a data investigation system that is adapted to provide optimized data viewing for investigations using a network topology of relations between entities. The system includes a processor and a computer readable medium operably coupled thereto, to perform operations which include receiving, from a computing device, an investigation of a first entity having a first set of attributes, determining, based on the first set of attributes, a plurality of related entities associated with a plurality of events, determining whether each of the plurality of events meets or exceeds a risk threshold for the investigation of the first entity, generating a first relations graph of the first entity to one or more of the plurality of related entities based on one or more of the plurality of events meeting or exceeding the risk threshold, and displaying, on the computing device, the first relations graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ACTIMIZE LTD.
    Inventors: Neta Stein, Aaron Mirsky, Yoram Pomer, Fredi Tibi, Eli Shua
  • Patent number: 11675472
    Abstract: Technology for a user interface that supports an access control mechanism for network sharing. An example method involves providing a user interface comprising media items and media availability indicators, wherein a media availability indicator indicates one or more states of a media item; updating the media availability indicator to represent that an encrypted version of the media item and a wrapped key have been received over a connection, wherein the wrapped key was encrypted using a public key of a server; enabling the user interface to initiate the transmission of the wrapped key to the server, wherein the wrapped key comprises a cryptographic key for the encrypted version of the media item; receiving the cryptographic key that is unwrapped by the server using a private key of the server; and updating the media availability indicator of the user interface to represent the media item is available to be experienced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Garen Checkley, Mrinal Sharma, Jonathan Levine
  • Patent number: 11657064
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products configured for componentized dashboards for data visualization. In certain embodiments, a component may be configured to be integrated within a dashboard. The component may receive data from one or more user database and provide one or more representations of the data. The component may be integrated within the dashboard as a separate component. That is, the component may provide the plurality of representations independent of the dashboard. The component may be maintained independent of the dashboard and, thus, may be updated independent of the dashboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Nadeem Marfani Aboobaker, Zuye Zheng, Vaibhav Garg, Niranjan Yadavali, Khushboo Shah
  • Patent number: 11651006
    Abstract: In order to visualize screen content on a data visualization system in the context of monitoring and controlling the functionality of at least one device, which is networked in an installation-related and operational manner to form a device network, in a technical installation, in which each visualization aspect from a set of visualization aspects which is available for the device can be linked to device-specific operating data of device operating data provided by the installation, which device-specific operating data are respectively tied to this visualization aspect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: David Büttner, Matous Sedlacek, Holger Strobel
  • Patent number: 11644938
    Abstract: A system and method for standardizing user interface elements are presented. A first application is identified having a higher use metric than a second application, the first application including one or more user interface elements that have one or more respective parameters. The second application has one or more user interface elements that are similar to the user interface elements of the first application and has one or more respective parameters that are different than the respective parameters of the user interface elements of the first application. A determination of similarity is made between the user interface elements applications based upon at least one predetermined criterion. Based on the determination, one or more parameters of the user interface elements of the second application are modified to match one or more parameters of the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Ramadge, Justin Van Winkle, Corinne Elizabeth Sherman
  • Patent number: 11645362
    Abstract: To make it easier to perform an in-depth analysis by presenting to a user which feature value influences and how it influences an objective variable in a case of automatically generating feature values. For each of a plurality of feature values, by determining a division point indicating a change in influence on an objective variable, each feature value is divided into a plurality of segments and an evaluation value is calculated using an influence degree of each segment on the objective variable as an index. The segments of the feature values for which the evaluation values have been calculated are displayed on a monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taiga Nomi, Yasunobu Umehara
  • Patent number: 11614928
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at an application provider, a request from a requestor to provide a customized application. The application provider obtains a first configuration parameter including channel configuration information specifying a default channel. The application provider also obtains an unconfigured application from a codebase, and modifies the unconfigured application based, at least in part, on the first configuration parameter, to generate the customized application. As modified, the customized application is configured to include the default channel specified by the channel configuration information. The customized application is then transmitting to a destination specified by the requestor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence B. Linietsky, Brian David Lakamp