Patents Examined by Jennifer E Nichols
  • Patent number: 11875028
    Abstract: A client device displays a content item in a window associated with a process on the device. A client application monitors the process for the content item and determines whether the content item is synchronized with a client device or content management system. When the content item is not synchronized, a synchronization interface is displayed to permit a user to request synchronizing the content item. When the user requests synchronization, the content item is moved to a shared folder synchronized with the content management system or client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Pedrick, Michael Wu, Anvisha Pai
  • Patent number: 11805032
    Abstract: A deployable customer self-service (CSS) system is described. The deployable CSS includes a user interface, a web portal configured to load and display the user interface, a service configured to provide data to the user interface based on a system of record or third party service, and an integration connector for connecting the service to the system of record or third party service such that the service is agnostic to the format of the system of record or third party service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SELFSERVEME PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Leon Madafferi, Gavin Bunshaw
  • Patent number: 11785304
    Abstract: A video preview method includes receiving, by an electronic device, a first operation, displaying, by the electronic device, a first screen on a touchscreen of the electronic device in response to the first operation, where the first screen is a page of a home screen or a leftmost screen, obtaining, by the electronic device, a first preview video corresponding to a first video application when the first screen includes an identifier of the first video application, displaying, by the electronic device, a first video preview window in the first screen, and playing, by the electronic device, the first preview video in the first video preview window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xinyu Weng
  • Patent number: 11556628
    Abstract: A user requesting authentication is presented a keypad that includes multiple keys and respective keys include a character that is associated with a shape. Responsive to selection of a key, a first set of attributes is activated for selection. Responsive to determining a selection of an attribute from the first set of attributes, activating one or more additional sets of attributes associated with the first key. Responsive to determining a selection from the one or more additional sets of attributes, determining whether a selection of an additional key is made. Responsive to determining the selection of the additional key, activating for selection a first set of attributes and one or more additional sets of attributes of the additional key, and responsive to determining selections of keys and corresponding attributes associated with the selection of respective keys, determining the validity of the authentication code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mauro Marzorati, Jana H. Jenkins, Leanna Holmquist, Rosa M. Bolger
  • Patent number: 11423756
    Abstract: Systems and methods comprise a gateway at a premises. The gateway is coupled to a remote system. An interface component is coupled to a processor of the gateway. The interface component comprises at least one module that interfaces and exchanges data with a processing component of a security system installed at a location. The processing component uses a proprietary protocol of the security system for processing data of the security system. The processor controls communications that comprise passing commands from the remote system to the security system, and passing event data of the security system to the remote system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: iControl Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Dawes, Dana Burd, Rob Hazbun
  • Patent number: 11334464
    Abstract: A computer system for assessing click speed values and deviation thresholds in a remote computing environment comprising processor, computer-readable memory, computer-readable storage device, and program instructions stored on storage device for execution by the processor. The system includes determining the baseline click speed values for a user and the deviation thresholds for the user over the predetermined period of time; determining a subsequent click speed value each time a user makes a selection when prompted; comparing the subsequent click speed value to the baseline click speed values and the deviation thresholds; determining whether the subsequent click speed value presents a predetermined deviation from the baseline click speed values and the deviation thresholds; incrementing a recorded deviations for the predetermined deviation; if the recorded deviations exceeds a predetermined allowable number of deviations, present, on one or more screens of a user device, a warning message to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Click Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Caroline Pena, Katie Nicole Rodammer
  • Patent number: 11301124
    Abstract: A system for modifying a user interface described herein can include a processor to detect a plurality of display screens electronically coupled to the system. The processor can also detect a first gesture corresponding to an application window displayed in one of the display screens and generate a preview panel in response to detecting the first gesture, the preview panel to be displayed proximate the application window, wherein the preview panel is to display a real-time image comprising content displayed in each of the display screens. Furthermore, the processor can detect a second gesture to move the application window to a different display screen modify the user interface to display the application window in the different display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Baer, Bryan K. Mamaril, Isaiah Ng, Garner B. Thomas, Cassandra M. April, Richard Fang, Matthew I. Worley
  • Patent number: 11030390
    Abstract: A facility for managing an electronic document is described. The facility receives from a user input selecting a portion of the document, as well as input designating the selected document portion as being subject to approval-gated sharing. The facility persistently stores an indication that the selected document portion is subject to approval-gated sharing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Mullins, Jonathan Edgar Fay, Joshua Allen Cowhig, Robert Earl Standefer, III
  • Patent number: 11029810
    Abstract: An equipment service graphical interface is provided. An entity and an entity location of a plurality of equipment are identified. A data repository is accessed that includes a plurality of equipment servicing data associated with the equipment at the entity location. A map image is output on a graphical user interface including one or more icons indicating one or more equipment locations and status of the equipment based on the equipment servicing data from the data repository. One or more equipment status details are selectively displayed on the graphical user interface responsive to a detected user input action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Ezhil Nanjappan
  • Patent number: 11030386
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for constraints-based layout and control of user interface (UI) elements. The system receives a first user input indicating an instruction to position a first UI element on a page of the layout application. The system receives a second user input indicating an instruction to position a second UI element on the page. The system receives a third user input indicating an instruction to create a connection from the second UI element to the first UI element. The system generates a layout constraint indicating a spatial relationship between the first UI element and the second UI element based on the connection. The system provides the layout constraint in a layout data file associated with the UI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: John Hoford, Nicolas Roard, Romain P. Guy
  • Patent number: 11029836
    Abstract: Maintaining an application for deployment across platforms requires significant engineering effort and an expanded code base, especially when dealing with different input types from the host platforms. To reduce the computational expenses and improve the standardization of the user interface, systems and methods are provided to recognize gestures in a platform agnostic code architecture, which may be deployed on multiple platforms with different input and output methodologies to provide a consistent user experience with a smaller code base to install on those platforms and to maintain. Individual platforms may tailor the size of the architecture to meet their deployment needs and the architecture may be updated independently of the client logic of various applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Barry Christopher Allyn
  • Patent number: 11029807
    Abstract: An electronic device that may be a thermostat includes a TN display configured to display at least one icon being interactive, and display information requested via the at least one icon. A control module of the electronic device is coupled to the TN display and is configured to receive a control command from the at least one icon and output the information to the TN display. A computer readable memory of the electronic device is coupled to the control module for storing at least a portion of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian W. Eicher, Anthony R. Myers
  • Patent number: 11029834
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for displaying visual content on an electronic device to a user. In some aspects, a viewable display area on a display of the device is determined, the viewable display area representing the portion of the display that the user is capable of seeing. Biometric data representing a state of the user is obtained from biometric device(s). Each state is mapped to one or more predefined control functions, the control functions determining the scrolling direction and scrolling speed of text through the viewable display area of the electronic device. A control function is selected based on a current state of the user, and the selected control function is used to control scrolling of visual content in real time or near real time. The system comprises a machine learning system to provide advanced adaptive capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Martin G. Keen, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 10713699
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating customized guide materials associated with a product include a computing device that receives user input information associated with the product. The user input information includes a plurality of user selected options. A plurality of rules define the relationships between each specific combination of user selectable options a pre-defined set of guide modules from among a plurality of guide modules that are relevant to that specific combination of options selected by the user. The guide modules may include textual information, image information, audio information and/or video information. The customized guide materials are generated based on the pre-defined set of guide modules, and may be output for presentation on a user computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Andersen Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Lien, Justin M. Glorvigen, Jerry L. Berget, Brian A. Cianciolo
  • Patent number: 10671181
    Abstract: Receiving user input. A method includes displaying a set of characters arranged sequentially in a curvilinear or linear fashion such that any one of the characters in the set of characters can be identified for selection by continuous and uniform user input from a user. The method further comprises displaying a plurality of the characters in the set of characters in a fashion where each given character in the plurality of characters is displayed at a level of prominence determined by a probability that the given character is a next character in a string of characters selected by a user. The method further includes receiving user input in a continuous and uniform fashion from a user to identify a character in the set of characters. The method further includes receiving user input selecting the identified character. The method further includes adding the identified character to the string of characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Yaming Xu, Kyohei Tomita
  • Patent number: 10223817
    Abstract: Exemplary method, system, and computer program product embodiments for displaying computer dashboard information are provided. In one embodiment, by way of example only, historical values associated with time intervals are displayed in a single gauge. The historical values are arranged in such a manner that at least one of the historical values is contrasted against a current value for comparison as a single metric. Additional system and computer program product embodiments are disclosed and provide related advantages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas S. Brugler, Vincent C. Conzola, Randall A. Craig, Todd M. Eischeid, Mark E. Molander
  • Patent number: 10156961
    Abstract: Techniques for presenting a dynamic graphical user interface (GUI) for selecting multiple non-conflicting filters to be used to filter performance data for display in a visualization are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Kendra Marchant, Scott E. Joyce, Natalie Lee Chin Wong, Paul D. Tynan, Rhon L. Porter
  • Patent number: 10147146
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for providing a social platform for a user. In one embodiment, activity of the user is monitored in a virtual environment. A profile is generated for the user, based on the monitored activity. A social element of the virtual environment is modified for the user, based on the generated profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Lane Merrifield, Lancelot Darren Priebe
  • Patent number: 10126943
    Abstract: A mobile terminal according to the present invention can provide various user interfaces for editing an image itself displayed on a front surface display area, an editing function for items displayed on the front surface display area, and so on by using the front surface display area and a side surface display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jongpil Kim, Anna Yoo, Kyunghee Yoo, Seungmin Seen