Patents Examined by Gregory A DiStefano
  • Patent number: 11943264
    Abstract: Described embodiments enable device users sharing content items via a content management system to view and modify content items within native applications on their client devices. In various embodiments, a client application detects a save operation on a content item and prompts a user to provide a comment based on changes to the content item. User comments and metadata are provided to a content management system to create a historical log that provides a comprehensive summary of user interactions with a content item, including comments regarding content item changes, version information, and timestamps. The content management system provides the comments and other log contents to client applications associated with other users sharing the content item. The client applications use the comments and log information to provide notifications to the users regarding content item changes and comments by sharing users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Anvisha Hrishikesh Pai, Michael Wu
  • Patent number: 11931555
    Abstract: A power injector system having a power injector for enabling delivery of fluid in an injection procedure to be performed on a patient may include one or more processors; a first user interface; and a second user interface. The first user interface and the second user interface may be configured to accept a plurality of user inputs associated with control of a plurality of operations of the power injector system and display information associated with the plurality of operations. One of the first user interface and the second user interface may be proximate to the power injector and the other may be remote from the power injector. The one or more processors may be programmed and/or configured to independently control the first user interface and the second user interface based on a first user input and a next user input received from the first user interface and/or the second user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: John Volkar, Corey Kemper, Samantha Parker, James Hoon Yoo, Leona Mulcahy, Michael Brooks, Richard Sokolov
  • Patent number: 11926497
    Abstract: Systems and associated methods for controlling operation of loading dock equipment are described herein. In some embodiments, the system and associated methods can be used to control operation of loading dock equipment (e.g., a vehicle restraint, a dock door, a dock leveler, etc.) according to a sequence of operations. The sequence of operations can include different sub-sequences based on loading dock conditions. The system can include a display screen that sequentially presents a series of control elements that enable operation of the loading dock equipment. Additionally, the visual appearance and/or sequence of presentation of the control elements indicate the proper sequence of selection to the user, thereby reducing user confusion and simplifying the operation of the loading dock equipment. Some functionality of the control panel can be enabled or disabled based on a current level of authorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY ENTRANCE SYSTEMS AB
    Inventors: Richard K. Hoofard, Brett A. Walford, Stephen Kosek, Daryl Day
  • Patent number: 11929166
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing patient assistance requests in a healthcare facility, documenting items (e.g., minor, routine, and/or frequently-performed items) in association with a patient's records in an Electronic Healthcare Information System, and cancelling patient requests for assistance. Indications that requests for assistance have been received and/or are being addressed by an appropriate healthcare team member may be audibly output from a speaker associated with a personal assistant device. Healthcare team members may verbally provide items for documentation in association with a patient's medical records, the items for documentation being received by a listening component of a personal assistant device and transmitted to an EHIS for documentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Todd Bechtel, Chad G. Hays, Amanda Sleightholm
  • Patent number: 11928311
    Abstract: The present application discloses a communication method, a terminal, a server, a communication system, a computer device and a medium. The communication method includes that a server establishes a connection and feeds back a display control in response to requests of a first terminal and a second terminal; then, the server feeds back function feedback information in response to a function request of the first terminal, and feeds back function feedback information in response to a menu request of the second terminal; and the servers presents multiple interface components and maintains and updates each interface component in response to management operation of a third user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing Zhongxiangying Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Ding, Li Ma, Yang Wu, Wanwan Tang, Dachuan Wang, Hong Wang, Guangyu Shao, Chaozheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11920402
    Abstract: Systems and associated methods for controlling operation of loading dock equipment are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the system and associated methods can be used to control operation of loading dock equipment (e.g., a vehicle restraint, a dock door, a dock leveler, etc.) according to a preset sequence of operations. The system can include a display screen that sequentially presents a series of graphical control elements (e.g., touch-sensitive buttons) that enable operation of the loading dock equipment in an appropriate sequence. Additionally, the visual appearance and/or sequence of presentation of the graphical control elements indicate the proper sequence of selection to the user, thereby reducing user confusion and simplifying the operation of the loading dock equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB
    Inventors: Richard K. Hoofard, Brett A. Walford, Stephen Kosek
  • Patent number: 11914846
    Abstract: An interaction processing method and apparatus for an information flow includes displaying the information flow in an information flow region. The interaction region is inserted into the information flow and an interaction material corresponding to the interaction region is displayed in a search region. In response to an interaction operation for the interaction region, an interaction process based on the interaction material in the interaction region is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Qiqi Luo, Yanhui Shen, Jing Kou, Jingwen Wang, Leibing Qiu, Junhui Xi, Qian Zhang, Runlin Han
  • Patent number: 11893356
    Abstract: Chatbots may be integrated into a customer service workflow and assist a user before, during and after a user-agent interaction. The chatbot may assist an agent during a user-agent interaction. The chatbot may provide customized responses for a target agent or user. Customized responses may be formulated based on conversation context, account information, sentiment and diagnostic tools. Chabot responses may be customized to meet habits and patterns of a target agent or user. The chatbot may crowdsource questions to other agents or users. The chatbot may employ search engines, entity and slot extraction and heat maps and clustering analysis to generate relevant responses for the agent or user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Ramakrishna R. Yannam, Ion Gerald McCusker, Prejish Thomas, Ravisha Andar
  • Patent number: 11880552
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processing control unit that executes predetermined control in accordance with processing that would have been executed by a second application in response to a user operation on a first application in a case where processing to be executed by the first application in response to the user operation is not identified, the second application having a correspondence relationship with the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mari Saito
  • Patent number: 11854430
    Abstract: A method and system including an adaptive learning platform having a backend system and a frontend system. The backend system is configured to manage lessons for display on a user device. The backend system includes a creation module for creating new courses, the course module is configured to employ AI processing techniques to search for relevant content stored in a database of the backend component and recommend the relevant content to a user as course content (new course content) for a new course. The frontend system is configured to execute on the user device and includes a user interface for the user to access various modules of the backend system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SHARELOOK PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Raanan Nedivi
  • Patent number: 11836332
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method of creating a pictorial depiction of a desired location wherein assets, such as but not limited to pipeline systems, may be located wherein a series of images is utilized to create a depiction such that when viewed remotely the person viewing the images is generally given the image and related desired information about the image and wherein the now created virtual representation may be accessible as desired and embedded with further information for retrieval as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Edward J. Wiegele, John A. Utley, John L. Beets, Peter G. Veenstra, Lucas M. Hutmacher
  • Patent number: 11836443
    Abstract: When composing an electronic message having at least one intended recipient, a contact manager provides contact information for one or more related recipients. The contact manager may receive an identifier associated with the intended recipient(s), which may be used to lookup and identify contact information for related recipient(s). The contact manager may access a contact database, and, using the identifier and relationship information, determine a contact for the related recipient. The contact manager may then populate the contact information for the contact in a recipient field or other compose surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Leonard Ndubisi Osahor, Julien André Michel Yerma, Elias Kaplan, Marie Charlotte-Amalie Mélanie Clemessy, Allie Jordan Shuldman, Rikinkumar Ashwin Shah, Ross Edward Smith, IV
  • Patent number: 11811711
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for controlling user access through content analysis of an application are disclosed. The method for controlling access may include understanding a public level according to honorific language use by analyzing chat contents for each chat partner registered in an application, by the at least one processor; and controlling user access to the application based on the public level for each chat partner, by the at least one processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: LINE PLUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong Min Kim, Ji Hyeon Park, Hyukjae Jang
  • Patent number: 11793296
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for a beauty creation platform are discussed herein. A beauty product configuration user interface may be generated. The beauty product configuration user interface includes a first display area and a second display area. A set of selectable product user interface elements may be displayed in the second display area. The beauty product configuration user interface includes a first display area and a second display area. A set of selectable product user interface elements may be displayed in the second display area. A selection may be received of a selectable product user interface element of the set of selectable product user interface elements. In response to receipt of the selection, a visual representation of a configurable product represented by the selected product user interface element may be displayed in the first display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NOXELL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Julian Bowyer, Thomas Arthur Salmon
  • Patent number: 11797143
    Abstract: A method for controlling a small screen window includes: determining target blocked information, where the target blocked information includes indication information used to indicate that a target area of a first window is blocked by a second window, and the target area is a display area of a preset feature in the first window; determining a window display instruction based on the target blocked information, where the window display instruction includes an instruction for controlling one or more of a floating position of the second window on the first window, transparency of the second window, a size of the second window, and a shape of the second window; and controlling, according to the window display instruction, the second window to be displayed on the first window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao Han, Jie Yi, Long Wang, Xia Wu
  • Patent number: 11782977
    Abstract: Examples described herein involve facilitating playback of media content via a webpage. An example implementation involves a computing device: identifying one or more playback zones including at least one respective playback device; transmitting, via a web browser, a webpage request; receiving a webpage that includes a link to a media item; modifying the received webpage to include a representation associated with the link; causing, via the web browser, display of the modified webpage; responsive to a selection of the representation, causing display of the option; and responsive to a selection of the option, causing display of a list of the one or more playback zones, wherein at least one playback zone of the one or more playback zones is selectable to cause the media item to be added to the playback queue associated with the at least one playback zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Ted M. Lin, Eric M. Bass
  • Patent number: 11785060
    Abstract: Content-aware device selection is performed for modifying content elements in digital collaboration spaces. A content element, such as a text box or drawing space, is detected within a digital collaboration space based on input received from a first device of a first device type. A second device type to use to modify the content element is determined based on a content type of the content element. One or more devices of that second device type which are authenticated to access the digital collaboration space are identified. At least one of those authenticated devices are then prompted for input to use to modify the content element. The content element is then modified within the digital collaboration space based on the input received from at least one of those prompted devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Cynthia Eshiuan Lee, Jeffrey William Smith, Jordan Thiel
  • Patent number: 11755825
    Abstract: A method for facilitating private drafting is described. A request to edit a section of a document in a draft mode is received from a first user of a plurality of users collaborating on the document. An edit for the section of the document in the draft mode is received from the first user. A result of the edit is displayed on a computing device of the first user but not on computing devices of other users of the plurality of users. A request to publish the edit is received from the first user. In response to the request to publish the edit, the result of the edit is displayed on computing devices of the other users of the plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: WORKIVA INC.
    Inventors: Travis Smith, Michael Jerome Thiesen, Hannah Joy Deering, Mark David Erickson, Ross W. Hendrickson, Bryon Lee Marks, Tanner Davis Miller
  • Patent number: 11741298
    Abstract: Methods and systems provide for real-time meeting notes within a communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Ravi Teja Polavaram
  • Patent number: 11720379
    Abstract: A method, system and product for improving acquisition process of GUI elements using user input. A method comprises obtaining a digital representation of a first version of a GUI that includes a GUI element, obtaining a digital representation of a second version of the GUI, obtaining an identified element that was identified, using an acquisition process operated on the second version of the GUI, as being estimated to correspond to the GUI element in the first version of the GUI. The first version of the GUI and the second version of the GUI may be displayed in parallel to a user. User input indicative of whether the identified element corresponds to the GUI element, based on the display, may be obtained. The acquisition process may be updated based on the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: WALKME LTD.
    Inventors: Ron Zohar, Moran Shemer, Nir Nahum