Patents Examined by Hwei-Min Lu
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Patent number: 11609736Abstract: An audio processing system includes at least one memory storing a program and at least one processor. The processor implements the program to analyze an audio signal including sound from a first sound source; identify, based on the analysis of the audio signal, a series of sound indicators each representing a certainty that audio components of the first sound source are included in the audio signal; identify a series of pitches, each relating to the components of the first sound source; and cause a display device to display the series of the sound indicators and the identified series of the pitches along a common time axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Maezawa, Yoshimasa Isozaki
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Patent number: 11580164Abstract: Methods and systems for presenting time series for analysis. A method may receive a first input defining a metric that indicates a relationship between a first and a second time series that are each associated with at least a first data object of a plurality of data objects, generate a first plot depicting the metric as determined from the first and the second time series, receive, via the user interface, a second input of a selection of a second data object of the plurality of data objects, determine, via an ontology, a relationship of the second data object with a third and a fourth time series that, respectively, are associated with series types that match series types associated with the first and the second time series, and generate and display, in the user interface, a second plot depicting the metric as determined from the third and the fourth time series.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.Inventors: Xavier Falco, John McRaven, Spencer Tank, Shuyang Li, Mikhail Proniushkin
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Patent number: 11570017Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit (140) that executes a detection process of detecting, on the basis of user-specified position information in a space and target position information in the space, a plurality of processing targets that is continuously selected by a user from a plurality of selection targets within the space, and a batch operation process of executing a batch operation on the detected plurality of processing targets on the basis of processing policy information indicating a processing policy specified by the user for the detected plurality of processing targets.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Fumihiko Iida
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Patent number: 11567655Abstract: Methods and systems for acquiring a freehand or cursive signature on a secondary device with a touch receiving surface for use on a primary device without a touch receiving surface are provided. The primary device sends a message to the secondary device requesting a signature. The user responds by signing her name, using a finger or stylus, on a touch receiving surface. As the user signs her name, the signature is displayed on the secondary device and transmitted to the primary device. The signature may then be stored, displayed, analyzed, or validated by the primary device.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Acorns Grow IncorporatedInventors: Robert Frampton, Russell Cloak
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Patent number: 11551692Abstract: In one aspect, a server that receives, from a client terminal via a network, a request to initiate a verbal conversation using natural language that is in a spoken or textual format, extracts information during the verbal conversation, determines a context of the verbal conversation, receives an inquiry during the verbal conversation, processes the inquiry, acquires response information based on the determined appropriate response, and transmits to the client terminal the response information.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Arun N. Kumar, Stefano Malnati
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Group message processing method and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program therefor
Patent number: 11543944Abstract: An information processing method to be carried out by a terminal of a user who is included in a first group including a first plurality of users and in a second group including a second plurality of users, including displaying a first image including first contents transmitted and received among first terminals of the first plurality of users in the first group on a display region of the terminal, and transmitting, via a communication interface of the terminal, information relating to a first content among the first contents included in the first image displayed on the display region and a second content inputted via the terminal, the second content associated with the first content and included in a second image including second contents transmitted and received between second terminals of the second plurality of users in the second group may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: LINE CORPORATIONInventor: Yoonkyung Cho -
Patent number: 11544724Abstract: A system and method are disclosed including a computer and a processor and memory. The computer receives historical sales data comprising aggregated sales data for one or more items from one or more store for at least one past time period. The computer further trains a cyclic boosting model to learn model parameters by iteratively calculating for each feature and each bin factors for at least one full feature cycle. The computer further predicts one or more demand quantities during a prediction period by applying a prediction model to historical supply chain data, wherein a training period is earlier than the prediction period, and each of the one or more demand quantities is associated with at least one item of the one or more items and at least one stocking location of the one or more stocking locations during the prediction period and rendering a demand prediction feature explanation visualization.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Blue Yonder Group, Inc.Inventors: Felix Christopher Wick, Michael Feindt
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Patent number: 11537265Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for displaying an object. The method includes displaying a navigation bar and a user interface of an application program, wherein the navigation bar is configured to display widgets of n virtual buttons provided by an operating system, where n is a positive integer; when a first object is displayed in the user interface, determining a second object corresponding to the first object, wherein the first object and the second object are a part of a superior-level object; displaying in the navigation bar a display widget corresponding to the second object; receiving a first signal that is generated based on a first specified operation that is triggered on the display widget; and switching a display of the first object in the user interface to a display of the second object.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lan Li, Jiayan Li, Zhenzhou Lu
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Patent number: 11507256Abstract: A computer implemented method of editing attributes of data records presented through GUI elements by a webpage. The method including the steps of: using one or more processors of a client terminal hosting a web browser for executing a code for parsing a webpage rendered by the web browser to extract identifier information of one or more GUI elements presented in the webpage, the GUI elements presenting a value of one or more attributes of a data record extracted from a database according to the identifier information. The GUI elements are presented in a non-editable area, identifying a user selection indicative of the GUI elements, rendering an editing GUI element for editing the value, extracting a user input received from a user using the editing GUI element and forwarding to a server hosting the webpage instructions to update the value in the data record according to the user input.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: WALKME LTD.Inventors: Dan Adika, Nir Nahum, Roy Gilad, Shlomi Dozetas
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Patent number: 11485023Abstract: A method for controlling a robot device using a portable terminal including a touchscreen is provided. The method includes displaying an enable button in a first area of the touchscreen, displaying an emergency stop button in a second area of the touchscreen, displaying a plurality of robot control buttons in a third area of the touchscreen, in response to simultaneously receiving from a user an input on the first area and an input on the third area, transmitting a robot control signal to a control device configured to control the robot device, and in response to receiving an input from the user on the second area, transmitting an emergency signal to the control device.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: AJINEXTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: ManSoo Shin, SimDong Kim
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Patent number: 11449199Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a layout generation system for generating dynamic User Interface (UI) layout for an electronic device. The method includes identifying one or more operations related to at least one UI element based on a current state of a display screen of the electronic device, calculating a saliency score and an aesthetic score for each of a plurality of grids determined on the display screen, based on the calculated saliency score and the calculated aesthetic score, identifying a plurality of candidate regions, identifying an optimal region from the plurality of candidate regions based on a user interaction score and generating the dynamic UI layout by performing the one or more operations related to the at least one UI element in the optimal region.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Parameswaranath Vadackupurath Mani, Mahender Rampelli, Mohamed Akram Ulla Shariff, Shankar Natarajan, Sreevatsa Dwaraka Bhamidipati, Sujay Srinivasa Murthy
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Patent number: 11429189Abstract: A method including recognizing at least one gesture to define at least one computer-implemented virtual boundary in a monitoring space, wherein the gesture includes a motion along a path and at a location in a monitored scene space wherein there is a correspondence between the monitoring space and the monitored scene space; causing implementation of the at least one virtual boundary in the monitoring space corresponding to the scene space, wherein at least part of the virtual boundary is determined by the path in the monitored scene space and the at least part of the virtual boundary is located in the monitoring space at a corresponding location equivalent to the path location; and processing received data to generate a response event when there is, relative to the at least one virtual boundary, a change in a portion of the monitored scene space.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Antti Eronen, Jussi Leppanen, Arto Lehtiniemi, Junsheng Fu
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Patent number: 11422869Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting collaboration activity to a particular user are disclosed. A method embodiment commences by recording event records that codify one or more event attributes corresponding to one or more content object access events. The content object access events are associated with two or more users that interact with the content objects. At a later moment in time, a subset of event records is selected, the selection being based at least in part on timestamps of the content object access events. A display order to apply to the selected subset of event records is determined, the order being based at least in part on timestamps of collaboration events arising from the users. Event messages to present in a user interface are generated, and the event messages are then displayed in the user interface in accordance with the display order.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Inventors: Brian James Emerick, Naeim Semsarilar, Matthew Andrew Nguyen, Swaroop Butala, Kevin Tsoi, Zachary Kelly
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Patent number: 11409416Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for generating custom user interfaces (UIs) for completing a task. One embodiment operates by obtaining contextual information associated with a user and an application on a user device operated by the user, where the application includes a plurality of UI elements. Then, determining the user is attempting to complete a first task within the application based on the contextual information and a prediction model. The embodiment further operates by obtaining a minimum set of UI elements required for the first task. Further, the embodiment operates by transmitting a first custom UI including the minimum set of UI elements for the first task to the user device for display to the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.Inventors: David James Woodward, Brian J. Lonsdorf, Owen Winne Schoppe, Alan Martin Ross, Jessica Lundin, Sönke Rohde
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Patent number: 11385868Abstract: Implementations generally relate to rendering orthogonal lines in a sequence flow. In some implementations, a method includes determining, in a user interface of a client device, a first location of a first process node of a process and a second location of a second process node of the process. The method further includes determining, in the user interface, a control location of a control point for a sequence flow process element. The method further includes placing an orthogonal line between the first location and the second location, wherein the orthogonal line is selected from a plurality of predetermined orthogonal lines based on the control location, the first location, and the second location.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Nicolas Laplume, Javier Espeche, Pablo Schmid
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Patent number: 11334328Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for displaying graphical objects in a user interface of a mobile device. In one embodiment, methods may include receiving a request to display a primary status associated with a plurality of facilities, querying at least one database for data associated with each one of the plurality of facilities, calculating a score for each one of the plurality of facilities based on the associated data, determining the primary status associated with each one of the plurality of facilities based by comparing the score with threshold rules, selecting a primary graphical object style for each one of the plurality of facilities based on the primary status, and generating for display a user interface screen including primary graphical objects in a screen of the mobile device, wherein the primary graphical objects include the respective selected style.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: TeleTracking Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shawn Melvin, Jason Spector, Jason Harber
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Patent number: 11320982Abstract: An electronic device displays a messaging user interface on a display, the messaging user interface including a conversation transcript of a messaging session between a user of the electronic device and at least one other user, a keyboard, a message-input area, and a digital image affordance. While displaying the messaging user interface, the device detects an input that activates the digital image affordance. In response, the device replaces display of the keyboard with display of a plurality of digital images, the plurality of digital images including one or more digital images stored in memory and a live preview image from a digital camera. The device detects an input that selects the live image displayed within the plurality of digital images. In response, the device captures a digital image with the digital camera, while maintaining display of the conversation transcript.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Imran A. Chaudhri, Freddy A. Anzures, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Nicholas V. King, Hoan Pham, Wan Si Wan, Giancarlo Yerkes, Darin B. Adler, Justin N. Wood, Robert Garcia, Soin Shedlosky, Emilie Kim, Bethany Bongiorno
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Patent number: 11269415Abstract: The application describes systems for deriving haptic and audio drive signals from an input signal received via a single channel such as an audio channel.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Ivan Harvey, Anthony Stephen Doy, Anthony John Shilton
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Patent number: 11249618Abstract: Provided is a system and method for popping out a menu that is embedded within a user interface. The popped-out menu can be moved independently of a window in the user interface from which the menu is dislodged from and can have it size adjusted. In one example, the method may include displaying a menu with a plurality of selectable actions which are embedded within a user interface window, receiving a predetermined command with respect to the user interface, and in response to receipt of the predetermined command, outputting a pop-out menu that corresponds to the menu embedded within the user interface window, where the pop-out window includes the plurality of selectable actions and is configured to move independently of the user interface window.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: SAP SEInventor: Patrick Simon
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Patent number: 11250348Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for automatically determining customer issues and resolving issues using graphical user interface (GUI) based interactions with a chatbot. In operation, a system implements a self-learning algorithm that keeps track of all activities and usages associated with a subscriber account. Further, the system prepares storylines based on the activities and usages. The storylines are used to automatically create hypothetical issues that a subscriber associated with the subscriber account may be facing. The system also provides a GUI based chat option to the subscriber to communicate with a chatbot. The GUI based chat option includes a graphical representation of created hypothetical issues, and also suggests solutions to the hypothetical issues.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: AMDOCS DEVELOPMENT LIMITEDInventor: Anurag Rathi