Patents Examined by Daeho D Song
  • Patent number: 10992858
    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: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hisashi Ohashi
  • Patent number: 10984382
    Abstract: A user interface, in accordance with the teachings described herein, is provided for integrating applications on a mobile communication device. An instant messaging user interface may be included for displaying an instant messaging communication that includes an instant messaging contact. An instant messaging user interface menu may be included for displaying a list of commands, one or more of the commands being specific to the displayed instant messaging contact, and the list of commands including a command associated with a calendar application. The user interface may be operable to automatically launch the calendar application in response to a user selecting the command associated with the calendar application. A field in the calendar application may be automatically populated with the instant messaging contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott
  • Patent number: 10983688
    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: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen O. Lemay, Graham R. Clarke, Marcos Alonso Ruiz
  • Patent number: 10976981
    Abstract: A selected screen, such as a monitoring tool, operating on a remote desktop is exported to a mobile client device, such as a smart phone, tablet, smart watch, etc. The client device polls the remote desktop for images, pointers, commands, etc. relating to the selected screen. The remote desktop provides the requested data to the client device through a command queue maintained by the remote desktop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel James Beveridge, Blake Watts, Jian Mu
  • Patent number: 10942633
    Abstract: A tool for interacting with a rendered environment is configured to render a representation of a real-world environment. Input data is received that is indicative of a position for a zoom window to be placed within the representation. The zoom window is rendered at the position within the representation and has a size that is determined based on one or more criteria. Within the zoom window, a magnified view of a portion of the representation is rendered that is proximate to the position of the zoom window. Input data is received that is indicative of a first gesture applied to the zoom window and is indicative of a resizing of the zoom window. The zoom window is resized on the UI in accordance with the first gesture, and a scale of the magnified view within the zoom window is maintained as the zoom window is resized. Input data is received that is indicative of a second gesture applied to the zoom window and indicative of a change to a zoom scale for content within the zoom window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Thomas Faulkner, Yingying Geng, Casey Baker
  • Patent number: 10936183
    Abstract: A processing device comprising a graphical user interface in an industrial vehicle is provided. The processing device comprises a touch screen display that receives touch gesture commands from a vehicle operator, memory storing executable instructions, and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor when executing the executable instructions: defines a plurality of widgets, wherein each widget comprises a visual representation of a current state of an associated function of the vehicle, displays a subset of the plurality of widgets on a portion of the touch screen display defining a plurality of widget spaces, and displays an icon tray on the touch screen display comprising one or more icons, in which at least one of the one or more icons corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of widgets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Ochenas, Katharine Neubert
  • Patent number: 10929081
    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: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
    Inventors: Adrian Borunda, Brandon Scott Kotara, Richard Tanner, Ben Hawkins, Quincy Nanaasare Obeng, Cale Riley Spratt
  • Patent number: 10891016
    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: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Niral Parekh, Uta Knablein, Phil Kim, I-Wen Huang, Anna Fine
  • Patent number: 10891044
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that include providing, on a touchscreen display of an electronic device, a stream of content items, at least some of which are associated with a corresponding display anchor. Inputs are detected at the touchscreen display and the inputs are associated with a scroll speed. The scroll speed may be based on a detected distance between the inputs on the touchscreen and an elapsed time between at least two of the inputs. In response to determining a lack of input for a predefined time period, a display anchor can be determined and selected. The display anchor may correspond to a content item to be used as a pause location for the stream. The scrolling of the stream of content items can be paused at the pause location to use the selected display anchor to display the content item in a top viewable portion of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Corsin, Richard Arnold, Michel Loenngren, Kevin Markman, Jason J. Mante, Adam Feldman
  • Patent number: 10845961
    Abstract: A client computing system (CCS) receives a download including (i) an image representative of a vehicle component, (ii) symbol data associated with a first symbol, (iii) a set of one or more selectable identifiers, and (iv) supplemental information associated with the vehicle component. Each selectable identifier can indicate a respective portion of the supplemental information. After receiving the download, the CCS displays the image and the first symbol without displaying the set and the supplemental information. While the image and the first symbol are displayed without the set, the CCS receives a first input corresponding to selection of the first symbol. The CCS then responsively displays the set. While the set is displayed, the CCS receives a second input corresponding to selection of a first selectable identifier from the set. The CCS then responsively displays the respective portion of the supplemental information indicated by the first selectable identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Patrick S. Merg, Todd Mercer, Roy Steven Brozovich, David Costantino
  • Patent number: 10846898
    Abstract: A method for setting a multi-user virtual reality chat environment. The method adjusts a distance between avatars of participants in the virtual reality chat scene from a first distance to a second distance according to detected volume received from the participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: NANNING FUGUI PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheng-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 10817129
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting media content previews are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Bryce Reid, David Worsham, Andrey Doronichev, Joshua Austin
  • Patent number: 10817157
    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: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: NUTANIX, INC.
    Inventors: Balasubrahmanyam Kuchibhotla, Bakul Banthia, Paul James Tangen
  • Patent number: 10796250
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system provides an interactive interface for displaying results of flexible travel planning queries is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Rodney S. Daughtrey, Marty Gardner, Kevin Fox
  • Patent number: 10788953
    Abstract: A multifunction device displays a plurality of selectable user interface objects on the display. In response to detecting the first input, the device moves a first object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects across the display to a location on the display that is proximate to a second object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects. In response to detecting that the first input meets predefined folder-creation criteria while the first object is proximate to the second object, the device creates a folder that contains the first object and the second object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Marcel Van Os
  • Patent number: 10785175
    Abstract: A messaging system in one embodiment includes a messaging app and a polling extension app. The polling extension app is configured to create data for a polling context that is displayed in a view hosted by the messaging app to allow voting by users selected for the poll and to update the polling context with the votes from the users. The messaging app launches the polling extension app, and the polling context is communicated between the polling extension app and the messaging app through an interprocess communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yik Shing Yip, Imran Chaudhri, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Freddy Anzures, Adam P. Williams, Sami Iren, Peter Berger, Benjamin Berry Kercheval, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10769591
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are described herein for enhancing features within program applications. In an implementation, a user associated with a productivity application is identified and a service application associated with the user is identified. A service feature that corresponds to the service is enabled within the productivity application. The service feature allows the user to perform a function on content generated with the productivity application that is related to the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Hui-ni Hwang, Matthew Eckstein, Sam Franklin Williams, III
  • Patent number: 10761710
    Abstract: Techniques described herein may involve modification of playback based on the proximity of a user to a playback device. An example technique involves a device determining that a listener is within a given proximity of a first playback device and based on determining that the listener is within the given proximity of the first playback device, causing the first playback device to begin playback of first media and causing a second playback device to modify playback of second media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Vega, Paul Bates, Jason Kendall
  • Patent number: 10754516
    Abstract: The current subject matter provides a GUI that includes an improved navigation bar for visualizing information related to a data set. The navigation bar can allow a user to navigate through, scroll, and/or selectively visualize, certain data within the data set, while also providing visual representations of values recorded within the data set. In one embodiment, the navigation bar can include multiple sections/segments that can correspond to different groups of subsets of the data set. The subsets can be grouped based on values of a particular property/variable recorded in the data set. Colors of each segment of the navigation bar can correspond to values of the property in each group, thereby providing a user with summarized information about the data set. The navigation bar can eliminate a need for additional discrete graphical objects (e.g., charts, graphs, tables, etc.) that would otherwise be used to provide summarized information to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: GE INSPECTION TECHNOLOGIES, LP
    Inventors: Bright Tzeng, Min Chang, James Lee
  • Patent number: 10691334
    Abstract: A cooking device is provided herein. The cooking device includes a touch-sensitive display configured to register user-input via one or more touch events to enable a user to make selections related to the operation of the cooking device. The user-input is provided to a controller, and in response, the controller controls the operation of the cooking device based on the user-input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary J. Bruin-Slot, John P. Levandowski, Rafael G. Reyes, Brandon L. Satanek