Patents Examined by Jordany Nunez
  • Patent number: 11354020
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and maintaining digital story progress bars may include (1) providing an interface that displays posts within a series of different digital stories, (2) displaying, within the interface, a progress bar including (i) a current-story section associated with a story-indicator corresponding to a current story whose posts are currently being displayed, and (ii) an upcoming-story section associated with a subsequent story-indicator corresponding to an upcoming story queued for display after the current story, (3) transitioning from displaying the posts of the current story to displaying the posts of the upcoming story, and (4) in response to displaying the posts of the upcoming story (i) altering the current-story section by replacing the story-indicator with the subsequent story-indicator and (ii) altering the upcoming-story section by replacing the subsequent story-indicator with a post-subsequent story-indicator corresponding to an additional upcoming story.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventor: Debashish Paul
  • Patent number: 11330026
    Abstract: Methods and systems relate to a method for providing concurrent sharing of screen elements by multiple users within a communication session. First, a system connects multiple participants of a communication session. The system receives, from a first participant, a request to initiate sharing of one or more screen elements from a user device associated with the first participant. In response to the request, the system captures and displays the one or more screen elements from the user device of the first participant to the communication interfaces of the other participants. The system then receives, from one or more additional participants of the communication session, additional requests to initiate sharing of one or more additional screen elements. In response, the system captures and displays the additional screen elements of the additional participants to the communication interfaces of the other participants, such that multiple screen elements from multiple users are displayed concurrently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Han, Bo Ling, Hailei Sheng, Nitasha Walia
  • Patent number: 11301620
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium has stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a process including determining, in response to detection of switching of displayed image data, whether a first annotation is added to first image data which is displayed before the switching, storing the first annotation in a storage in association with the first image data in a case where it is determined that the first annotation is added to the first image data, determining whether first specific image data exists in the storage, the first specific image data satisfying a condition with respect to second image data which is displayed after the switching, and superimposing, in a case where it is determined that the first specific image data exists, a second annotation stored in the storage in association with the first specific image data on the second image data to display the second annotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Koki Hatada, Keiju Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 11287965
    Abstract: A breathing apparatus 1 is disclosed. The breathing apparatus 1 has one or more electronic processors 2 and a touch screen 3 communicatively coupled to at least one of the processors 2. The processor 2 is configured to provide a user interface 4 on said touch screen 3 for modification of at least one operational parameter of said breathing apparatus 1. In some embodiments, the user interface 4 includes at least two touch sensitive display areas on the display area of the touch screen for modification of the operational parameter by an operator of the breathing apparatus. Each of the two touch sensitive display areas is dedicated for different types of user interaction, i.e. different user interaction modes are provided for by each of the two different display areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MAQUET CRITICAL CARE AB
    Inventors: Madlene Lindström, Anette Sunna, Helena Stone
  • Patent number: 11290504
    Abstract: A method and system for sharing an output device between multimedia devices to transmit and receive data, is provided. The method includes operations of automatically discovering one or more second multimedia devices, when a first multimedia device is positioned within communication range of the one or more second multimedia devices that transmit a low power signal; and transmitting data of the first multimedia device to the one or more second multimedia devices, when the one or more second multimedia devices are discovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sagar Kumar Verma
  • Patent number: 11275495
    Abstract: User interactions with information handling systems can be improved by providing real-time feedback to the user during use of an application on the information handling system. A user's focused attention can be determined and the user interface elements in an application window be customized to the user. The user's focus attention thus changes the display of user interface elements on the screen. Using such a technique, user interface elements of lower importance can be de-emphasized or removed from the application window, which improves the user's access to user interface elements of greater importance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Marc Randall Hammons, Erik Summa, David Joseph Zavelson
  • Patent number: 11275482
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the eyepiece includes predictive control of external device based on an event input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph F. Osterhout, John D. Haddick, Robert Michael Lohse
  • Patent number: 11262978
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed. The techniques include receiving, by a computing device, an answer to a query, the answer comprising a content element and a metadata element. Based on the content element and the metadata element, the techniques generate a presentable sentence of a plurality of presentable sentences. The techniques then utilize a machine learning model to determine a relevance score for the presentable sentence based on the query and the presentable sentence, the relevance score being of a set of relevance scores and corresponding to a measure of relevance with respect to the presentable sentence answering the query. The techniques then select a portion of the plurality of presentable sentences based on a ranking of the set of relevance scores and transmit the portion to a user device for presentation on a voice-based interface of the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nachshon Cohen, David Carmel, Simone Filice, Elad Kravi, Liane Lewin-Eytan, Vitaly Mirkis, Sofia Tolmach
  • Patent number: 11256392
    Abstract: Techniques for providing unified user interfaces among actively paired devices, including determining that first and second devices are actively paired together at a first time based on a determination that the first device is in physical proximity to the second device when the first and second devices are both authenticated for a same user service account; receiving, at the first time, an indication of an actuation of a user interface control associated with a user activity and presented by the first device; and causing, in response to the receipt of the indication and the determination that the first and second devices are actively paired together at the first time, the second device to present a user interface associated with the user activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kruthika Ponnusamy, Shivaram Prabhakar, Ashish Mehta, Arash Ghanaie-Sichanie
  • Patent number: 11244287
    Abstract: A method for proactively providing information to a user about an event involving the user includes receiving user input indicating a request to display a search page and displaying the search page in response to the user input. In addition, event information may be automatically obtained and displayed on the search page in response to the user input. Some examples of event information that may be provided include participant information about a participant in the event other than the user, file information about a file that is relevant to the event, and conversation information about a conversation that is relevant to the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Yuan Wei, Wayne Sun, Tali Roth, Miles Cole Fitzgerald, Michael Francis Palermiti, II
  • Patent number: 11237706
    Abstract: A method includes: extracting first structured information from a first screen in response to a first operation performed by a user on the first screen, and generating a first prompt message based on the first structured information; extracting second structured information from a second screen in response to the first operation performed by the user on the second screen; and when the first time and the second time have an intersection, and the first address is different from the second address, automatically changing the first time in the first prompt message, so that a changed first time and the second time have no intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai Qian, Liwei Huang, Whan Woong Kim Stransom, Xin Wu, Dongliang Li
  • Patent number: 11231834
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle user interface. The vehicle user interface may receive user input from an input system. It may present user selectable options or prompt user action via an output system. The vehicle user interface may transmit, via a communication interface, to a computing system a series of user inputs received from at least the first input system, wherein the computing system is configured to extract at least one feature from the series of user inputs and generate a prediction model based on the at least one feature. At least one predicted option may be identified based on the prediction model. The vehicle user interface may instruct the first output system to present the at least one predicted option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Richard Noel Bielby
  • Patent number: 11231828
    Abstract: A smart globe includes: a sphere having a hollow interior; a projection module configured to form a projection image on an inner surface of the sphere; and a processor electrically coupled to the projection module and configured to control the projection module based on received location information, to have the projection module display geographic information corresponding to the location information. User interact with the globe can be realized through physical operations of the smart globe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zheng Xing, Yingchun Xie
  • Patent number: 11231900
    Abstract: A system and method for communicating a multimedia presentation between a presenter and an audience is described. Services provided via a network facilitate the communication, and include real-time determination of remaining portions of a presentation responsive to “on the fly” presentation modifications, automated filtering and prioritization of audience feedback to a presenter, integration with one or more customer data resources, and repositioning of a shared electronic pointer by reorienting a wireless handheld presenter device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Zoho Corporation Private Limited
    Inventors: Vijaykumar Rajendran, Rajendran Dandapani, Sridhar Vembu, Karthikeyan Jambulingam, Sudheer A Grandhi
  • Patent number: 11226723
    Abstract: Disclosed are ways to generate and present recommendations which provide a user with the ability to explore the follow-on consequences of accepting the recommendations. In some aspects, a method includes receiving a first user input including a recommendation topic, presenting, via a display, an exploration structure including a node corresponding to the recommendation topic, receiving data corresponding to the node from a knowledge repository, analyzing the received data to determine at least one follow-on recommendation based on the node, and presenting each determined follow-on recommendation in the exploration structure as a child node of the node corresponding to the recommendation topic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Airbnb, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Daly, Oznur Alkan
  • Patent number: 11175791
    Abstract: A computer device tracks a field of view of a user wearing augmented reality eyewear, wherein within the field of view of the user the user utilizes one or more computing devices. The computing device identifies an orientation of the one or more computing devices. The computing device determines whether to present a holographic display to the user in two dimensions (2-D) or three dimensions (3-D) based, at least in part, on the orientation of the one or more computing devices. The computing device generates the holographic display and displays the holographic display to the user via the augmented reality eyewear, wherein the holographic display extends beyond a boundary of the one or more computing devices. The computing device updates the holographic display based, at least in part, on activity of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Subha Kiran Patnaikuni, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 11157132
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for the performing of a user authentication task in a virtual environment, for secure authentication of a user utilizing three dimensions. An embodiment operates by using a group of objects shown in a field of view to the user, wherein the user selects a subset of these group of objects by using a virtual environment device to constitute a password. Such a password, because it is chosen in three dimensions and wherein user movement in three-dimensions may be analyzed per an individual user profile according to machine learning logic, is efficient and secure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Manfred Johann Pauli, Christian Toemmel
  • Patent number: 11157150
    Abstract: The present invention can include electronic devices having variable input/output interfaces that can allow a user to interact with the devices with greater efficiency and in a more ergonomic manner. An electronic device of the present invention can display icons associated with user-programmable parameters of a media file. By interacting with the icons, a user can change the user-programmable parameters during playback of the media file. Changes to the user-programmable parameters can affect playback of the remainder of the media file. An electronic device of the present invention also can automatically re-orient images shown on a display and re-configure user input components based on the orientation of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Gregory Gilley, Sarah A. Brody, Randall Hayes Ubillos, Mihnea Calin Pacurariu
  • Patent number: 11150801
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to effortlessly switching between user accounts. For example, a user may access an application on their computing device. Within the application the user may have multiple user accounts. The application may display a plurality of indicators that signify each user account associated with that application. In this regard, the user may perform a swiping or tapping motion to select a particular user account to switch to. A transitional stage may take place that changes a first background and details associated with a first user account to a second background and details associated with a second user account. When the transition is complete, the user is able to access and perform functions associated with the second user account. The user may switch to another user account using a similar swiping or tapping motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Erik Viktor Persson, Jonathan Lee, Jean-Marc Denis
  • Patent number: 11137907
    Abstract: A method is described, the method relating to displaying a virtual keyboard layout to be used for typing a text on a mobile terminal. The method can include determining a movement level of the mobile terminal, selecting a virtual keyboard layout among a set of virtual keyboard layouts displayable on a screen of the mobile terminal based at least partly on the determined movement level, and displaying the selected virtual keyboard layout on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Orange
    Inventor: Nan Ye