Patents Examined by Hugo Molina
  • Patent number: 11422678
    Abstract: A method and a device for managing a tab window indicating a group including heterogeneous applications. The method includes outputting a display window comprising at least one or more objects for executing one or more applications on a terminal window, receiving a user input that selects the at least one or more objects and moves the selected at least one or more objects to a region excluding the display window, generating an application group comprising at least one or more applications corresponding to the selected at least one or more objects according to the received user input, and outputting a tab window indicating the generated application group to the terminal window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doo-hwan Kim, Kang-tae Kim, Chul-joo Kim, Tae-soo Kim, Young-seok Lee
  • Patent number: 11262905
    Abstract: A device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface: displays a geographic map in a first mode of an application, the geographic map including a plurality of landmarks, the geographic map being displayed at a first magnification level; detects a first input, the first input including a first finger contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a first landmark on the display; in response to detecting the first input: when the first input does not satisfy one or more predefined mode-change conditions, changes the magnification level in accordance with the first input and remains in the first mode; and when the first input satisfies the mode-change conditions, selects the first landmark and enters a second mode of the application; while in the second mode, detects a second input; and, in response to detecting the second input, displays information about the first landmark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Billy Chen, Patrick Steven Piemonte
  • Patent number: 11249179
    Abstract: A motion detection system includes a first motion detection device that detects a motion of an object based on a reflected wave of a radio wave transmitted by a first radio wave sensor, the first motion detection device including the first radio wave sensor, and a second motion detection device that detects the motion based on a reflected wave of a radio wave transmitted by a second radio wave sensor, the second motion detection device including the second radio wave sensor, wherein one motion detection device among the first and second motion detection devices transmits a determination radio wave and another motion detection device among the first and second motion detection devices receives the determination radio wave, and wherein only the first motion detection device is used to detect the motion when received intensity of the received determination radio wave is smaller than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Kiichi Hamasaki, Masato Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11243657
    Abstract: An icon display method includes displaying, by a terminal, a first screen, where the first screen does not include a target icon, and displaying, by the terminal, a second screen including the target icon in response to a first gesture that is detected by the terminal and that hovers in a first position above a touchscreen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing Ni, Xuan Zhou, Jie Xu, Kai Qian, Yanfang Liu
  • Patent number: 11237852
    Abstract: Profile information describing an attribute of a user is received from a network-based service. A selection of a goal relating to the attribute is received from the user. A start point of the user is determined with respect to the goal, where the start point is based on the profile information. A path is determined from the start point to the goal. A map on which the path is visually represented is generated and displayed. The progress of the user is tracked, including representing the user as being at a point on the path. A graphical depiction of a displayed incline of the path is changed based on the tracking of the progress of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Erik Schutzman, Tambra Nichols, Susan Bell McCraw, H. Brock Kolls
  • Patent number: 11233851
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program for enabling a user to edit and access local and remote objects via a virtual drive, including objects synchronized to a plurality of synchronization clients. A virtual drive is displayed on the user's local client device with all objects, which a user has synchronized to a synchronization server. A user is able to access and edit any object displayed in the virtual drive. In response to detecting a change in an object in the virtual drive, the object is updated on the synchronization server. All remote clients of the user or of any other users who have access to the changed folder are identified and notified of the change. In response to the change being a change to content within the folder, the content of the folder is automatically updated on any identified remote clients that have a corresponding folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Fuad Rashid, Michael Phillip Morford, Eric Wayne Wagner, James David Wong, Sing Yip
  • Patent number: 11227599
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to voice-control for electronic devices. In some embodiments, the method includes, in response to detecting a plurality of utterances, associating the plurality of operations with a first stored operation set and detecting a second set of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to perform the operations associated with the first stored operation set; and performing the plurality of operations associated with the first stored operation set, in the respective order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jigar Vasant Gada, Mosab Hatem Elagha
  • Patent number: 11221758
    Abstract: Method for a virtual keyboard, the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of: defining (301) at least one geometric shape; placing (302), along the outline of the geometric shape, a plurality of character icons corresponding to alphanumeric characters; generating (303), at least one line, crossing said geometric shape, and having at least two crossing points with said at least one geometric shape and with two of its character icons per line, which are thereby designated as currently highlighted character icons; assigning (304) said two character icons to two distinct keys on a controller (200); automatically, successively (305) highlighting pairs of said character icons; awaiting (306) a user input designating either of the two character icons currently highlighted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED DIGITAL BROADCAST S.A.
    Inventor: Jacek Dobryniewski
  • Patent number: 11221862
    Abstract: Data can be captured from a live web application to populate a demo application. In an example, automated input is provided to user interface touch points of a live application, and corresponding responses are captured. These responses are reformatted into a convention of the demo application, and used to populate demo response files. Then, when a demo application operates, it retrieves, processes, and displays information in these demo response files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Aidan Hally, Conor E. O'Mahony, Caroline O'Connell
  • Patent number: 11209525
    Abstract: A system and method for on-wing test of an aircraft transponder involves configuring a self-test feature to the transponder's corresponding onboard ACAS to verify the on-board transponder system conforms to each of a plurality of required tests of an aviation oversight authority standard for operation. Once this test is initiated, the ACAS initiates this transponder test interrogating the transponder via a low power signal causing the transponder to reply accordingly. The ACAS performs each required test to ensure proper transponder function and alerts a user with a failure indication and stores each result should the transponder fail any of the plurality of tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Key, Randy H. Jacobson
  • Patent number: 11200247
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a keyword search using a messenger service provide a search result to users based on instant messages transmitted and received through a messenger service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: LINE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiwon Kim, Taegyu Yoo, Seung Hwan Lee, Hyun ju Yi, Yong-Hun Lee, Eunhee Min, Chanil Kim
  • Patent number: 11175798
    Abstract: A moving method of a floating toolbar and a touch display apparatus. The method includes: acquiring touch data on a touch screen (S1); acquiring, according to the touch data, touch position information of touch points simultaneously touched, number information of the touch points simultaneously touched and simultaneous touch duration information of the touch points simultaneously touched (S2); determining whether a number of the touch points simultaneously touched meets a first preset condition and whether a simultaneous touch duration of the touch points simultaneously touched meets a second preset condition (S3), and when both the first preset condition and the second preset condition are met, proceeding to step S4; determining a target position of the floating toolbar according to touch positions of the touch points simultaneously touched (S4); moving the floating toolbar to the target position (S5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN HITEVISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weiye Mo
  • Patent number: 11163060
    Abstract: A method for increasing localization utilizing overlapped broadband pulses includes using a transform to convert broadband returns into wavelength based returns. The wavelength based returns are grouped into at least two wavelength group returns for each location having different focal diameters. Intra-return probabilities of object location are computed from the group returns. Inter-return probabilities are computed for overlapping regions of the pulse returns. A pixel grid is established for displaying the calculated object location probabilities. By further processing, the pixel grid can be refined to show finer details.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin A Pushee, Patric K Lockhart
  • Patent number: 11163440
    Abstract: An electronic device, in response to detecting an input on a touch-sensitive surface: processes the input with a first gesture recognizer for an operating system application; and processes the input with a second gesture recognizer for a first software application, distinct from the operating system application. If the first gesture recognizer recognizes the input as a gesture matching a gesture definition of the first gesture recognizer, the device performs an operation defined by the operating system application and transitions the second gesture recognizer into an event impossible state. If the second gesture recognizer recognizes the input as a gesture matching a gesture definition of the second gesture recognizer, the device delays performance of an operation defined by the first software application for the input until the first gesture recognizer indicates that the input does not match the gesture definition of the first gesture recognizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Joshua H. Shaffer, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Imran Chaudhri
  • Patent number: 11157170
    Abstract: A method for adjusting an on-screen virtual keyboard on a computer device is provided. The method may include determining user hand and finger movement in relation to the on-screen virtual keyboard on the computer device. The method may further include determining a user chat discourse based on information associated with a chat interface on the computer device. The method may further include generating a programmatic model that combines and correlates the determined user hand and finger movement on the on-screen virtual keyboard with the determined user chat discourse. The method may further include dynamically adjusting an on-screen virtual keyboard layout associated with the on-screen virtual keyboard using the programmatic model, wherein dynamically adjusting the on-screen virtual keyboard layout comprises adjusting one or more keys on the on-screen virtual keyboard in response to information associated with a user and the chat interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy R. Fox, Kelley Anders, Jonathan D. Dunne, Liam S. Harpur
  • Patent number: 11144190
    Abstract: An electronic device and a data sharing method of the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen display, an input/output interface connected to an external device, a memory, and at least one processor electrically connected to the touch screen display, the input/output interface, and the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoojin Lee, Youngkyu Seon
  • Patent number: 11144191
    Abstract: A method for activating an application function, including obtaining an activation instruction sent by a user within a blank space accessible to the user on an application interface and activating at least one application function according to the activation instruction, is provided. The method allows a user to send an activation instruction from within a blank space accessible to the user on an application interface, and activate a corresponding application function, without the need of operating a preset function button as existing technologies do, thus facilitating a convenient and rapid activation of a corresponding function and improving the convenience for a user to use application functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Feng Bao, Lili Zhang, Hang Chen, Yuhao He
  • Patent number: 11126445
    Abstract: In some examples, there may be provided systems, devices, and methods for using data from disparate databases to determine characteristics of a set of users within an organizational unit and generate customized user interface elements for display within a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: C/HCA, Inc.
    Inventors: Cae Swanger, Steve Killian
  • Patent number: 11119642
    Abstract: A value of a display property of an affordance changes based a value of the same display property of a portion of content over which the affordance is displayed. The value of the display property of the affordance is constrained to vary within a second value range smaller than a first value range over which the value of the display property of the content is permitted to vary. If the change in appearance of the content meets range-switching criteria, the value of the display property of the affordance is changed within a third value range. The third value range is different from the second value range and is smaller than the first value range. If the change in appearance of the content does not meet the range-switching criteria, the value of the display property of the affordance is changed within the second value range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Wan Si Wan, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Bartosz Ciechanowski, Benjamin E. Nielsen
  • Patent number: 11112931
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing an improved graphical user interface. In one embodiment, the method generally comprises: displaying a first item in a first portion of a virtual space, where the first portion is initially visible on a screen, allowing a user to move to a second portion of the virtual space where a second item is displayed, and displaying a map (e.g., on the screen) that includes icons that identify the first and second items (i.e., both displayed and non-displayed items). In one embodiment, the user is allowed to move seamlessly from the first portion of the virtual space (where the first item is displayed) to the second portion (where the second item is displayed). For example, as the first item moves off the screen, the second item may move onto the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventor: Ezra Eddie Bakhash