Patents Examined by Daeho D Song
  • Patent number: 11474689
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for obtaining content, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. In response to detecting an end of a swiping on a page, the electronic device obtains a swiping speed of the swiping. The electronic device determines an object positioned by the swiping in the page based on the swiping speed and page parameters of the page, and obtains and displays content of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Meikai Qu
  • Patent number: 11460971
    Abstract: A method applied to a terminal device includes displaying a first home screen, detecting a preset first input, opening, in response to the first input, a first application, displaying a screen of the first application, where the first input is an input of a user for opening the first application, detecting a preset second input, displaying a second home screen in response to the second input, where the second home screen is a home screen on which an icon of the first application is located, where the preset second input is an input of the user for exiting the screen of the first application, and the first home screen is different from the second home screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Dong, Yong He, Jie Liu
  • Patent number: 11455081
    Abstract: A message prioritization interface, to perform operations that include: accessing a message repository associated with a user account, where the message repository comprises a plurality of message threads; generating a graphical user interface (GUI) that comprises an allocable region at a first position in the GUI, and a presentation of the plurality of message threads at a second position within the GUI; receiving an input that selects or otherwise identifies a specific message thread from among the plurality of message threads via the GUI; and allocating the selected message thread to the allocable region at the first position in the GUI in response to the input that selects or identifies the specific message thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremy Voss
  • Patent number: 11436917
    Abstract: A central monitoring and measurement system is described. A central user interface system for generation of a plurality of user-desired information based upon a plurality of measured data, the central user interface system may include a receiver system configured to receive wirelessly the plurality of measured data from a plurality of external sensor systems. An input/output system may be configured to provide output data to a display screen, receive input data from the display device, and provide output data to a processing system. The processing system may be configured to process the plurality of measured data from the plurality of external sensor systems into the plurality of user-desired information. Each external sensor system may include a transmission system configured to transmit wirelessly measured data to the central user interface system, and a measurement system configured to determine the measured data associated with an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: La Crosse Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Rolf Haupt, Allan McCormick
  • Patent number: 11435897
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a playback user interface that is configured to playback content on the electronic device. While displaying the playback user interface that is configured to playback the content on the electronic device, the electronic device displays a scrubber bar for navigating through the content, wherein the scrubber bar includes: a visual indication of a current playback position within the content; and one or more playback time indications that include time values based on the current playback position within the content. A respective playback time indication of the one or more playback time indications is based on a time of day at the electronic device, and an amount of time that it will take to play the content from the current playback position to an end of the content at a respective content playback speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen O. Lemay, Graham R. Clarke, Marcos Alonso Ruiz
  • Patent number: 11422674
    Abstract: A device, system, and method generate a graphical interface including a map for a set of items. The method includes identifying the items in the set of items. For each item, the method includes measuring a usage characteristic for the item at a predetermined time and generating an icon for the item, a display characteristic of the icon based on the usage characteristic. The method includes generating the map including the icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Niral Parekh, Uta Knablein, Phil Kim, I-Wen Huang, Anna Fine
  • Patent number: 11409489
    Abstract: The present technology provides a system that enables a user to communicate with one of multiple devices in a network based on context information from another device in the network. The system includes a context manager configured to (1) receive context information from the multiple devices; (2) identify a subject-of-interest based on a user input; (3) determine a set of relevant context information based on the subject-of-interest and the received context information; and (4) transmitting the set of relevant context information to a target device to perform a task associated with the subject-of-interest. The context information managed by the present technology enables a user to conveniently interact with the multiple devices in the network without requiring the user to provide details of his/her instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
    Inventors: Adrian Borunda, Brandon Scott Kotara, Richard Tanner, Ben Hawkins, Quincy Nanaasare Obeng, Cale Riley Spratt
  • Patent number: 11402975
    Abstract: An apparatus providing interactive content includes an input interface configured to sense an input of a user, a display configured to output a video, at least one memory configured to store instructions for performing a certain operation, and at least one processor operably connected to the at least one memory and configured to execute the instructions. The processor provides, when a plurality of animation units including object information for specifying an object to be output in the video and driving information for defining motion of the object are played, interactive content played by the object moving according to the driving information to a user, receives information of the user to be reflected in the interactive content, inserts the information of the user to a part of the object information, and plays at least one of the plurality of animation units to play the interactive content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: ILLUNI INC.
    Inventors: Byunghwa Park, Kibong Kim, Gabee Jo, Youngjun Kwon, Jongbum Lee, Kunsang Jung
  • Patent number: 11403285
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer storage media for processing search queries using item-based search refinement are provided. In response to a search query, search result items are displayed on a search interface. The search result items each have an associated item-specific control having embedded selectable hierarchical category classifications. Upon selecting an item-specific control, the item-specific control is displayed. A selection of an embedded hierarchical category classification is received to cause execution of an embedded-item search operation. An embedded-item search operation is executed to identify a subset of the items using the selected hierarchical category classification. The associated item-specific control further has embedded selectable attributes. A selection of an embedded attribute is further received to cause execution of the embedded-item search operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan David Chard, Erin Miller, Tyler Yong Nugent, Yihung Lee, Benjamin Blechman, Brian Wayne Davis
  • Patent number: 11397597
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present specification provide an application processing method and apparatus. The method includes: checking whether an invoking condition corresponding to a jump control of a home application is triggered; in response to the invoking condition being triggered, invoking the jump control and displaying a jump window of the jump control on a current interface; and in response to an operation of jumping to a destination application triggered by a user through the jump window, redirecting the user from the current interface to an interface corresponding to the destination application. The jump control is associated with at least one destination application, and the destination application includes one or more of a sub-application of the home application or another application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Yang, Sudong Liu, Zubin Kang, Yueting Li
  • Patent number: 11392862
    Abstract: The labor and time to input information are saved when applications for a plurality of services are received at the same time. A reception system (S) receives applications for a plurality of services at the same time. Display control means (102) displays, for each of the services, an input form for inputting each of user information and attribute information. Holding means (105) holds user information and attribute information, which have been input to the input form of each service, in association with the service. When user information of a service to be input has been input to an input form of the service to be input, acquisition means (103) acquires attribute information of the service to be input based on pieces of attribute information that have been input to input forms of other services having user information matching the user information of the service to be input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
    Inventors: SeungHee Lee, Hiroshi Oyamada
  • Patent number: 11379056
    Abstract: The embodiments disclose an electronic pen system, including an electronic pen having a digital writing nib to allow a user to create digital nib writing strokes and a microphone to record voice dictation data, an electronic pad wirelessly coupled to the electronic pen to receive the digital nib writing strokes, a scanning device coupled to the electronic pad to scan handwritten data and convert into editable text, a beacon coupled to the electronic pad and a computer with a plurality of writing styles and genre proofreading templates stored, a handwriting converter to covert nib writing strokes into editable text, a voice to text converter for converting dictation into editable text, and editing software installed on the electronic pen and coupled to the beacon to receive the plurality of writing styles and genre proofreading templates selectable by the user to allow editable text to be proofread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: Arian Gardner
  • Patent number: 11379091
    Abstract: An operation support device is provided with: a similarity determination unit for determining the similarity between actual measured data and simulated data, said actual measured data being measured in an operation target after performing control on the operation target on the basis of, among a plurality of control candidates managed using a control candidate table, a control candidate corresponding to an event having occurred in the operation target, said simulated data being obtained by a simulation assuming the system state of the operation target after performing control on the operation target on the basis of system data indicating the state of the operation target before performing the control on the operation target; and a control candidate table update unit for updating the control candidate table in accordance with the determination result of the similarity determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nao Saito, Kenta Kirihara, Masahiro Yatsu
  • Patent number: 11360639
    Abstract: A system comprises a data storage device arranged to store information indicative of scenes of a media content project, and a user interface (UI). The UI is arranged to display information indicative of scenes of a media content project and, for a scene, to facilitate display of a representation of an observer and display of information indicative of an observer experience associated with the scene at a location relative to the observer representative of a desired location of the observer experience in the scene. The UI is arranged, for a scene, to facilitate selection of an observer experience to be associated with the scene and selection of a location of the observer experience relative to the observer. The system is arranged to store a data record indicative of the selected observer experience, the scene associated with the observer experience, and the location of the observer experience relative to the observer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SpaceDraft Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Lucy Cooke
  • Patent number: 11356602
    Abstract: At step ST2, an assign key changing item is selected from menu items. At step ST3, an assign key to which a function is assigned is selected. At step ST4, a function to be assigned is selected. The selected function is assigned to the selected assign key. At step ST5, a setting result indication screen appears. When one of two paired functions is assigned, a message which prompts a user to assign the other function. After the message has appeared for a predetermined time, the latest assigned states appear. At step ST6, the latest assign key information is stored to a non-volatile memory. To quit an assigning process, a menu button 8 is pressed and the menu is closed (at step ST8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Hisashi Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11334240
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, device, electronic device, and storage medium for sending and receiving message. The method for sending a message can include: receiving an operation instruction for selecting a resource icon; acquiring an image resource based on the resource icon in response to the operation instruction; detecting an operation gesture; determining control information of the image resource for controlling a presentation effect of the image resource based on the operation gesture; generating the message by encapsulating the image resource and the control information; and sending the message to a receiver device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Dajia Internet Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuan Liu, Zhenlong Bai, Kaijian Jiang, Chao Wang
  • Patent number: 11330022
    Abstract: Providing a user experience on a multimodal communications terminal configured to communicate according to a plurality of communication includes: executing a single application that provides a user experience (UX) for controlling user selection of preferences of the plurality of communication methods when originating or receiving communication sessions; and providing, via the single application, a selectable control that is persistent such that the selectable control is displayed in any screen of the single application, wherein the control allows selection of one of the plurality of communication methods to use for a particular communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Jason G. Tanabe, Kyle Klassen, Geoffrey L. Baskwill, Jason Milley
  • Patent number: 11320978
    Abstract: A database system associated with a plurality of source databases in a virtual computing system includes a dashboard having a main menu for providing a plurality of control functions and a body that dynamically changes based upon the plurality of control functions that are selected. The dashboard includes a homepage for displaying a plurality of cells in the body, including a first cell for displaying a list of the plurality of source databases. The main menu includes a first control function, the selection of which triggers a database provisioning service by presenting options to either create a new source database or register an existing database within the body and a second control function, the selection of which triggers a copy data management service by presenting an option to create a new cloned database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: NUTANIX, INC.
    Inventors: Balasubrahmanyam Kuchibhotla, Bakul Banthia, Paul James Tangen
  • Patent number: 11308670
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and method, and a program that are capable of more facilitating editing. The image processing apparatus includes: an operation detection unit configured to detect an operation input by an operation unit; and a display control unit configured to output, to an immersive presentation device, part or entirety of a spherical image on which an image of the operation unit is superimposed, as a presentation image, to cause the immersive presentation device to display the presentation image, the display control unit being configured to control, in a case where the operation input has been detected, the display of the presentation image such that the operation input is reflected. The present technology is applicable to an editing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Tanaka, Satoshi Ihara, Cody Poultney
  • Patent number: 11301816
    Abstract: A data analysis system is disclosed that receives data from a master data system to enable useful and efficient rescheduling of items, taking into account effects of various rescheduling options on various metrics related to the items and/or the scheduling. The data analysis system includes sophisticated data analysis and interactive graphical user interface functionality to enable efficient, multi-variable evaluation of various rescheduling options. The interactive graphical user interface includes interactive functionality for suggesting rescheduling options in view of the effects of those changes on various metrics, evaluating various rescheduling options in view of effects on the various metrics, adjusting instances of metrics related to items/timelines in view of scheduling changes, and the like. Once a set of schedule modifications are determined by the data analysis system, the data analysis system can push the schedule modifications back to the master data system for implementation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Ankit Shankar, Casey Patton, Christopher Wynnyk, Kayo Teramoto