Patents Examined by John T Repsher, III
  • Patent number: 11327639
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide a split view exiting method and device, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes: detecting, in a split view state, a moving operation from a user for a first split window and a second split window; moving the first split window and the second split window according to the detected moving operation; acquiring window overlap information of the first split window and the second split window when detecting that the first split window and the second split window are partially overlapped; and exiting the split view state when the window overlap information meets a preset split exiting condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Liangjing Fu, Zhiyong Lin, Tongxi Li, Dan Cao
  • Patent number: 11330062
    Abstract: A personal protection equipment (PPE) system with a remote user interface comprises an article of PPE including an active wireless communication device for transmitting a signal and a controller for managing settings on the article of PPE; and a communication hub including a user interface, an electronic connection to a PPE management software, and a wireless communication device. When the wireless communication device of the communication hub detects that the article of PPE is in proximity to the communication hub, the hub displays information on the user interface. The user interface displays settings for the article of PPE, and the settings can be adjusted by a user through interaction with the user interface. The wireless communication device of the communication hub transmits information related to the adjusted settings to the wireless communication device of the article of PPE; and the controller adjusts the settings on the article of PPE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael Bahners, Robert Bialluch, Nadine E. Brueckmann, Frank T. Herfort, Kiran S. Kanukurthy, Markus Gunther Wilfried Lierse
  • Patent number: 11327641
    Abstract: Techniques related to data collaboration between different entities are disclosed. In an embodiment, a graph may be displayed in a computer graphical user interface. The graph may include nodes and edges. Each node may represent a distinct data object. Each edge may represent one or more relationships between the two distinct data objects. Based on one or more redaction criteria, a portion of the graph may be identified to be redacted before the graph is exported. Display of the graph in the computer graphical user interface may be updated to remove display of the portion of the graph. After the updating, a request to export the graph may be received. Responsive to receiving the request, a machine-readable representation of a redacted graph may be exported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Graham Dennis, Timothy Taylor, Kimberley Lear, Jesse Rickard, Dyon Balding, Hunter Pitelka, David Leblanc, Vaughan Shanks, Joel Davies, Steffen Merten, Christopher Cook, Christopher Male, Marc Barker
  • Patent number: 11307743
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a housing; a display mounted or coupled to the housing; a processor located within the housing and electrically connected to the display; and a memory located within the housing and electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: in a first mode, provide a first user graphical interface comprising a plurality of graphical elements corresponding to a plurality of applications; if a first condition is satisfied, provide a second user graphical interface comprising graphical elements from among the plurality of graphical elements that are allowed to be used in a second mode; and if a second condition is satisfied, add at least one graphical element from among the plurality of graphical elements to the second user graphical interface. Other embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gi-Hyen Jung
  • Patent number: 11281367
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a user interface (UI) that displays a feed of content items to a user. The content items in the feed may include content related to a same or similar topic, such as content items related to a recent political event. The interface can include an interactive slider on a scale that permits the user to adjust the displayed content according to an attribute described by the scale. More specifically, content items are assigned an attribute value and the location of the slider modifies the selection process for content items so that content items having an attribute value corresponding to the location of the slider are selected and displayed in the feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SmartNews, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuhei Nishioka, Jihee Kim, Kazufumi Alfred Iwasaki, Devon Larson Bancroft
  • Patent number: 11262888
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for rendering content for presentation in a portion of a user interface based on context-independent data and a template that is selected based on context information associated with the user interface. The template may be selected from among a number of different templates based at least in part on a template selection data structure that associates each template with one or more combinations of contextual attributes associated with the context of the user interface. The content for inclusion in at least a portion of the user interface may then be rendered using the selected template and at least a portion of the context-independent data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Ferreyra, Stuart Olmstead-Wilcox, Amit Malhotra, Javier Andres Mena Zapata, John William Buchanan
  • Patent number: 11217074
    Abstract: A method of communicating devices using virtual buttons comprises receiving, by a user device, a store code and transmitting, by the user device, the store code to a server; searching, by the server, for virtual buttons corresponding to the store code, and transmitting, by the server, to the user device the virtual buttons corresponding to the store code; providing, by the user device, an interface configured to receive a location identifier and button selection input among the virtual buttons received from the server, and transmitting, by the user device, the location identifier and the button selection input to the server; transmitting, by the server, to a staff device the location identifier and the button selection input; and receiving, by the staff device, the location identifier and the button selection input and displaying information associated with the location identifier and requested service corresponding to the button selection input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: HELLOFACTORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyungmin Kim, Hyun Jip Kim
  • Patent number: 11200282
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises accessing a plurality of different computer program applications that are associated with a single account and retrieving data items that are associated with the account from each different application among the plurality of applications; identifying a subset of the data items comprising relevant data items, at least a first data item of the subset being associated with a first application of the plurality of applications, and at least a second data item being associated with a second application of the plurality of applications that is different than the first application; causing displaying, using a computer display device, an integrated view comprising at least the first data item and the second data item of the subset of the data items; receiving a first input specifying a first action associated with the first data item, and a second input specifying a second action associated with the second data item; in response to the first input, signaling th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: ATLASSIAN PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Joshua James Devenny, Nathaniel Jones, Samuel Tardif
  • Patent number: 11159673
    Abstract: Repositioning of a display on a touch screen based on touch screen usage statistics. Usage information of the touch screen is obtained, based on using the touch screen, which includes a plurality of contact points. Based on the usage information, positioning information for a display to be depicted on the touch screen is determined. The display is to be used to enter data and includes multiple contact points. Based on the positioning information, the display is repositioned on the touch screen. The repositioning includes moving one or more contact points of the multiple contact points from one or more locations on the touch screen to one or more other locations on the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Domenico D'Alterio, Giuseppe Longobardi
  • Patent number: 11126264
    Abstract: A tactile telecommunications device including: a tactile device configured to receive input of tactile data and to output tactile data, the tactile device being associated with tactile device properties; a communications interface configured for establishing a connection with a second tactile telecommunications device, the second tactile telecommunications device including a second tactile device associated with tactile device properties; a memory configured for storing the tactile device properties; and a controller configured to: receive the tactile device properties for the second tactile device; determine a common property by comparing the tactile device properties for the tactile device and the tactile device properties for the second tactile device; determine whether an adaptation is required, and if so, adapt operation of the tactile device accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
    Inventors: Jose Araujo, Lars Andersson, Bengt Lindoff
  • Patent number: 11074649
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and article of manufactures for providing seamless transitions between graphical images on a binary options interface. An user-input is received on a touch-sensitive display of the binary options interface. The user-input corresponds to a request for a transformation of a graphical image that is displayed on the binary options interface. The binary options interface is integrated into a mobile device. In response to the user-input, an updated graphical image is generated. The updated graphical image is displayed to replace the graphical image on the binary options interface. The graphical image to the updated graphical image comprises a continuously displayed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: CFPH, LLC
    Inventors: Rich Jaycobs, Nolan Glantz, James Les Walker
  • Patent number: 11068287
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for real-time generation of tailored recommendations associated with client interactions. The system is configured to identify an interaction associated with an associate, extract information of a user associated with the interaction, transfer the extracted information to an associate device, transmit first set of control signals to the associate device, wherein the first set of control signals cause a graphical user interface of the associate device to display the extracted information to the associate, identify a type of the interaction, generate topics associated with the interaction based on the type of the interaction, transfer the topics to the associate device, and transmit a second set of control signals to the associate device, wherein the second set of control signals cause the graphical user interface of the associate device to display the one or more topics to the associate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Malini Petersen, Robert J. Graulich, Richard M. Korzenko, Shola L. Oni, Courtney Lee Prior, Stephen Thomas Shannon, Lea Marie Souther
  • Patent number: 11068134
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for creating a desktop widget. The method includes acquiring a desktop widget framework of a desktop widget. The desktop widget framework is used to hold at least two desktop widget units, and the desktop widget framework includes at least two desktop widget configuration areas. The method further includes controlling, according to a first movement operation performed on a first desktop widget unit, the first desktop widget unit to move along a movement track of the first movement operation. The first movement operation is used to move the first desktop widget unit. The method further includes positioning the first desktop widget unit in a first specified desktop widget configuration area when the first movement operation ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoucheng Wang, Yujing Bai
  • Patent number: 11036723
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for generating a graphical user interface (GUI) for a research system that identifies documents relevant to several categories. The method receives a user objective and at least one initial category for a recurring search that identifies documents relevant to several categories for presentation to a user. The method provides for display in the GUI several selectable additional categories related to the received initial category for the user objective. The method receives a selection of a set of categories through the GUI. The method provides for display in the GUI an optimized modifiable set of filters for removing specific types of documents that are relevant to the set of categories from the recurring search. The method generates the recurring search for the user based on the received categories and a modified set of filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: AUREA SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: David Cooke, Vivie Lee, Nima Niakan, Binay Mohanty
  • Patent number: 11025725
    Abstract: A personal protection equipment (PPE) system with a remote user interface comprises an article of PPE including an active wireless communication device for transmitting a signal and a controller for managing settings on the article of PPE; and a communication hub including a user interface, an electronic connection to a PPE management software, and a wireless communication device. When the wireless communication device of the communication hub detects that the article of PPE is in proximity to the communication hub, the hub displays information on the user interface. The user interface displays settings for the article of PPE, and the settings can be adjusted by a user through interaction with the user interface. The wireless communication device of the communication hub transmits information related to the adjusted settings to the wireless communication device of the article of PPE; and the controller adjusts the settings on the article of PPE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Bahners, Robert Bialluch, Nadine E. Brueckmann, Frank T. Herfort, Kiran S. Kanukurthy, Markus Gunther Wilfried Lierse
  • Patent number: 11015949
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for managing waste services by a service vehicle. The system may have a locating device configured to generate a location signal indicative of a location of the service vehicle, a sensor configured to generate a service signal indicative of a waste service being performed by the service vehicle, an input device, and a processing unit in communication with the locating device, the sensor, and the input device. The processing unit may be configured to make a determination that the service vehicle has made a plurality of service stops based on the location and service signals, and to automatically generate at least one service route including the plurality of service stops. The processing unit may also be configured to display the at least one service route and the plurality of service stops on a map in at least one graphical user interface on the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Rubicon Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Philip Rodoni
  • Patent number: 10997188
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for shared folder backed integrated workspaces. In some implementations, a content management system can provide a graphical user interface (GUI) that integrates communications and content management into a single user interface. The user interface can include mechanisms that allow a user to provide input to generate a new workspace. The user interface can provide a mechanism to allow a user to view conversations related to the workspace and/or content items associated with the workspace. The user interface can present representations of content items associated with the workspace and allow the user to provide input to generate, view, edit, and share content items associated with the workspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Beausoleil, Matteus Pan, Jean-Denis Greze, Anthony DeVincenzi
  • Patent number: 10997189
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for shared folder backed integrated workspaces. In some implementations, a content management system can provide a graphical user interface (GUI) that integrates communications and content management into a single user interface. The user interface can include mechanisms that allow a user to provide input to generate a new workspace. The user interface can provide a mechanism to allow a user to view conversations related to the workspace and/or content items associated with the workspace. The user interface can present representations of content items associated with the workspace and allow the user to provide input to generate, view, edit, and share content items associated with the workspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Beausoleil, Matteus Pan, Jean-Denis Greze, Anthony DeVincenzi
  • Patent number: 10999228
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for constructing a chat video are provided. For example, a user may define a participant definition defining one or more participants for a conversation to playback through the chat video. The user may define a sequence of content items (e.g., images, videos, text, emojis, emoticons, etc.) that are to be displayed through a chat interface for the conversation. A sequence of message elements (e.g., chat bubbles) are constructed based upon the participant definition and/or the sequence of content items. A message element comprises a content item and is assigned to a participant. The sequence of message elements are surfaced through the chat interface to visually present the conversation as a rendering used to construct the chat video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Media Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin David Stahl, Howard Lee Kim, Geoffrey Richard Nelson
  • Patent number: 10990624
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a transportation vehicle. One method includes parsing by a processor on an aircraft, metadata of media content received by the aircraft, while the aircraft is in flight, the media content includes a media file and the metadata. The metadata indicates a start date when the media content can be presented to a device on the aircraft and an end date when media content is to become inaccessible. The method further includes dynamically generating a unique identifier for the media content by the processor, the unique identifier based on an aircraft identifier; updating the metadata by the processor by associating the unique identifier with the media content; storing the media content with the updated metadata and an indicator when the media content is to be deleted; and using the unique identifier by the processor for tracking usage of the media content on the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shankar Shastry, Sanjiv Pimple, Carol Hsieh