Patents Examined by Daniel W Parcher
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Patent number: 11009962Abstract: A method and computing system are provided. The method includes detecting a change in a context of a computing device. In response to detecting the change, a first sequence of plural data items is rearranged into a second sequence different than the first sequence, based on the change in the context of the computing device. Access to the plural data items is permitted based on a first change with respect to the computing device, the first change being different from the change in the context.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Rohit Thapliyal
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Patent number: 10970088Abstract: A control device controls an analyzing device or a processing device by using an application performing control for causing a GUI image including a plurality of GUI components to be displayed on a display screen of a display unit. The control device includes: a GUI component designation information receiving unit that receives GUI component designation information used for designating a GUI component among the GUI components; a position information acquiring unit that identifies the GUI component designated on the basis of the GUI component designation information and acquires position information indicating a position of the identified GUI component on the display screen from an operation system; and an emphasizing image display control unit that performs control for causing an image for emphasizing the identified GUI component to be displayed on the display screen on the basis of the position information.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: JEOL Ltd.Inventor: Yasuyuki Watanabe
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Patent number: 10949059Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling an entity displayed on a user interface of a computer device, the method implemented by computer readable code executed by a processor of the computer device, the method comprising: detecting a user input at a first location on the user interface; detecting that the user input continues along a user input trace to a second location; determining a distance along a direct path between the first and second locations; calculating a speed of movement of the entity based on the determined distance; and generating for display a number of graphical indicators to be displayed on the user interface at locations spaced from one another between the first and second locations, wherein the number of displayed indicators represent the speed of movement of the entity.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2016Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: KING.COM LTD.Inventors: Xavier Palau, Pere Balsach, Damia Vazquez, Kamil Fazil
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Patent number: 10929004Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may have computer-executable instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor device to perform or control performance of various operations. The operations may include displaying a graphical diagram of multiple nodes and their relationships based on structured data about the nodes and their relationships. The operations may also include receiving input effective to specify a filter parameter. The operations may also include analyzing the nodes displayed in the graphical diagram to identify a first subset of the nodes that satisfy the filter parameter and a second subset of the nodes that fail to satisfy the filter parameter. The operations may also include altering the graphical diagram in accordance with the filter parameter.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: LUCID SOFTWARE, INC.Inventors: Paul Darren Draper, Anthony T. Morelli, David Lind Torgerson
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Patent number: 10884571Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for assisting with providing a dependency-based presence indication are presented. An indication that a first application instance of a co-authored file is active may be received. An indication that a second application instance associated with the co-authored file is concurrently active with the first application instance may be received. A data-modification indication that data affecting at least one object displayed on a user interface of a computing device executing the first application is being accessed by a second computing device executing the second application may be received. The at least one object may be caused to be highlighted on the user interface of the computing device executing the first application instance based on the received data-modification indication.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Carlos Otero
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Patent number: 10884580Abstract: An electronic device with a display and a note-taking application: displays, on the display, a first user interface of the note-taking application, wherein: the note-taking application includes a plurality of notes prepared by a user; the plurality of notes includes electronic text content input by the user, and content created and/or selected by the user that is distinct from the electronic text content; the content created and/or selected includes content from a plurality of distinct content categories; and the first user interface displays a categorized-content-view affordance; detects activation of the categorized-content-view affordance; and, in response to detecting activation of the categorized-content-view affordance, displays, in a categorized-content view, a scrollable list of at least some of the content created and/or selected by the user that is distinct from the electronic text content input by the user, wherein the content in the scrollable list is organized and displayed by the content categorType: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: J. Gabriel Foster, Charles J. Migos, Gustaf Engstrom, Markus Hagele, Michael D. Trent
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Patent number: 10875404Abstract: A work vehicle includes a display, communication circuitry, and circuitry. The display is to display information. The communication circuitry is configured to communicate with a cooperative work vehicle that is configured to work cooperatively with the work vehicle. The circuitry is configured to acquire from the cooperative work vehicle through the communication circuitry traveling work parameters manually set via operation tools provided on an operation panel in the cooperative work vehicle. The circuitry is configured to display in the display a setting confirmation screen based on the traveling work parameters acquired through the communication circuitry, the setting confirmation screen showing the operation panel in the cooperative work vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Shinkai, Kazuo Sakaguchi, Izuru Shimamoto, Kenji Tamatani, Megumi Suzukawa
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Patent number: 10845937Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for presenting a user interface for a conversational system is described. A unified semantic representation of conversational content between a user and conversational system is created as a contextual graph of concepts and relations. A set of subgraph components of the semantic contextual graph dynamically identified based on a current dialog activity. The identified set of subgraph components in a user interface as a set of graphical elements representing respective concepts and relations.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rangachari Anand, Ashima Arora, Raimo Bakis, Song Feng, Jatin Ganhotra, Chulaka Gunasekara, David Nahamoo, Lazaros Polymenakos, Sunil D Shashidhara, Li Zhu
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Patent number: 10838699Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for automating application development from requirements information for the application. The requirements information may comprise mockup images of GUI screens for the application, text information, and other information. A model is generated based upon the requirements information. The generated model can then subsequently be used to generate one or more implementations of the application. Generation of the model includes processing the requirements information to identify one or more data objects to be mapped or associated with one or more GUI screens of the application, and further determining, for a particular data object mapped to a particular GUI screen, mappings between one or more components of the particular screen to one or more components of the particular data object. The model stores information about the look-and-feel of the GUI screens and about mappings between data objects to screens and screen components to data object components.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventor: Kailas Dayanandan
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Patent number: 10817172Abstract: Technologies for manipulating a graphical user interface (GUI) of a display of a computing device include a touch screen of the display capable of receiving user input via physical contact of the user's fingers. The computing device determines whether the user has initiated multi-finger input gesture from which and a hand rotation angle may be determined based on touch points corresponding to the physical contact between the user's fingers and the touch screen. Based on the hand rotation angle, the computing device may take an action on the GUI, such as rotate an orientation of the GUI and/or display a virtual keyboard on the GUI relative to the hand rotation angle and/or the touch points. Other embodiments are described herein and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Raghvendra Maloo, John J. Valavi, Chih-Fan Hsin, Gokul V. Subramaniam
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Patent number: 10809879Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a simplified version of a modification of a media content item on a mobile device are provided. The mobile device can receive, via a user interface presented on the mobile device, a request for a desired modification of an original media content item. The mobile device can perform a simplified version of the desired modification of the original media content item. The mobile device can present a preview of the modified media content item in the user interface. The mobile device can transmit, to another computing device, the original media content item with the request for the desired modification.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Reed G A Morse, Christopher Peter Rhodes, John Gregg, Damien Kelly, Rushabh Ashok Doshi, Jason Toff, Molly Castle Nix, Joshua Abraham Tabak
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Patent number: 10809868Abstract: Techniques for determining a view state for a user interface element are described. A first value for a feature key associated with the user interface element is determined in accordance with feature level criteria and a current context. The first value denotes a first view state for the user interface element. A second value for a second view state for the user interface element is determined in accordance with user interface element level criteria and the current context. A final view state for the user interface element is determined in accordance with the first view state and the second view state. The user interface element is rendered in a user interface in accordance with the final view state.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: Scott E. Joyce, Timothy J. Cox, Norman M. Miles, Donald E. Labaj, Nancy Welch
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Patent number: 10809903Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a detection unit, an acceptance unit, and an image control unit. The detection unit is capable of detecting whether or not each of a plurality of reproduction apparatuses constitutes a group related to reproduction of content, each of the plurality of reproduction apparatuses being connected to a network, each of the plurality of reproduction apparatuses being capable of reproducing the content. The acceptance unit accepts a user operation related to constitution of the group. The image control unit outputs a group state image on the basis of a detection result by the detection unit, the group state image representing a constitution state of the group, the group state image including an image of each of the plurality of reproduction apparatuses, and controls the group state image in response to the accepted user operation related to constitution of the group.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Fujita, Satoshi Asai, Naohiro Uriya, Kenichiro Takyu, Minako Kawata, Hisanori Nagata, Takashi Onohara, Ryo Sokabe, Naoki Yuasa, Takuma Higo
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Patent number: 10802704Abstract: A gesture control method, a gesture control apparatus and a terminal device to enrich interaction manners of the terminal device, where the method includes detecting a touch action performed on a touchscreen of a terminal device, obtaining a contact area of the touch action on the touchscreen and a z-axis acceleration generated when the touch action is in contact with the touchscreen, determining that the touch action is a joint touch action when the contact area is larger than a preset area and the z-axis acceleration is greater than a preset acceleration, identifying a gesture type corresponding to the joint touch action, and calling a preset function of the terminal device according to the gesture type.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Wei Wang
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Patent number: 10802693Abstract: An operating system for a container handling machine, including an operating device for the container handling machine having a screen and a data transmitter for transmitting information and at least one separate additional screen having a data receiver for receiving information, with the operating device designed for selecting the information and the additional screen designed for displaying the selected information.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: KRONES AGInventors: Thomas Kellhammer, Josef Paulus
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Patent number: 10802698Abstract: A method to filter a graphical diagram may include displaying a graphical diagram of multiple nodes and their relationships based on structured data about the nodes and their relationships. The method may also include receiving input effective to specify a filter parameter. The method may also include analyzing the nodes displayed in the graphical diagram to identify a first subset of the nodes that satisfy the filter parameter and a second subset of the nodes that fail to satisfy the filter parameter. The method may also include altering the graphical diagram in accordance with the filter parameter.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: LUCID SOFTWARE, INC.Inventors: Paul Darren Draper, Anthony T. Morelli, David Lind Torgerson
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Patent number: 10705712Abstract: A bulk-selection control is described in which the same user input action automatically causes both (a) scrolling of a list of visual indicators of items, and (b) selection of the items that correspond to the visual indicators. Specifically, as the visual indicator of an item is scrolled beyond a “selection-triggering position”, the visual indicator is visually marked to indicate that the corresponding item is selected, and the corresponding item is automatically added to a set of selected items. When scrolled the opposite direction, the items that have already been added to the set of selected items are not removed therefrom, even if the scrolling operation causes their visual indicators to cease to be beyond the selection-triggering position.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: LENDINGCLUB CORPORATIONInventors: Thom Milkovic, Fernando Lores, Edward Leffler, Sai Ram Kota, Kent Lee
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Patent number: 10701225Abstract: In a multifunction peripheral (MFP), an information processing apparatus includes an execution unit configured to execute a series of processing operations of the MFP including a plurality of processes by combining a plurality of extension programs according to a definition file that defines the series of processing operations, and a determination unit configured to determine a design of a user interface that is used in common by the plurality of extension programs executing the respective processes of the series of processing operations, wherein the plurality of extension programs has respective designs of user interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Fumitoshi Ito
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Patent number: 10691429Abstract: A method for creating a wireframe model for a user interface. A computer identifies an image on a user interface. The computer performs image recognition to identify objects and text within the image. The computer creates a digital widget model based on the step of performing image recognition. The computer delivers digital widget output to a user experience designer for editing, wherein the digital widget output is based on the step of creating. The computer stores edits made by the user experience designer in a historical records database and the wireframe model design is finalized.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Vijay Kumar Ananthapur Bache, Jhilam Bera, Vijay Ekambaram, Saravanan Sadacharam
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Patent number: 10649724Abstract: Examples of interface systems and methods for voice-based interaction in one or more virtual areas that define respective persistent virtual communication contexts are described. These examples enable communicants to use voice commands to, for example, search for communication opportunities in the different virtual communication contexts, enter specific ones of the virtual communication contexts, and bring other communicants into specific ones of the virtual communication contexts. In this way, these examples allow communicants to exploit the communication opportunities that are available in virtual areas, even when hands-based or visual methods of interfacing with the virtual areas are not available.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Sococo, Inc.Inventor: David Van Wie