Patents Examined by Jung-Mu T Chuang
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Patent number: 11054989Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for selection of characters from an electronic user interface. In one embodiment, a letter selection interface displays letters in a row, some of which are recordable by an input interpreter and others that are unrecordable. In one embodiment, unrecordable letters visually separate letters that are both (1) recordable, and (2) assigned to different but adjacent selection buttons. In response to received touch-screen activations, an interpreter records recordable letter selections and a display displays both recordable and unrecordable letter selections. The interpreter composes a sequence of the recorded letters. An algorithm identifies alternatives to the recorded sequence by editing one or more letters of the sequence, such that each edit changes a selected letter to an adjacent unrecordable letter. The algorithm outputs words that match the originally composed sequence or one of the identified alternatives.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Inventor: Michael William Murphy
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Patent number: 11057335Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed for use with a portable electronic device having a display. The method enables switching between electronic inboxes that can be accessed from the electronic device. In some configurations, the method includes, while the device is displaying emails in a first inbox, detecting user selection of a first icon. The method further includes, in response to user selection of the first icon, displaying a set of inbox selection icons; and, in response to user selection of one of the inbox selection icons, displaying emails in a second inbox corresponding to the inbox selection icon selected by the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Stephen O. Lemay
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Patent number: 11029802Abstract: Efficiently executing command-line interface commands with an automated command-line interface. A computing device presents a command-line interface for entry of a command-line by a user. The computing device receives a command-line in the command-line interface to execute an editable view container, the editable view container displaying target content in an editable viewer. The computing device receives one or more user edits to modify the target content entered by the user into the editable viewer. The one or more user edits to the target content are validated. The computing device accesses a manifest file containing a plurality of stored command-lines, each stored command-line corresponding to possible user edits. The computing device executes automatically stored command-lines corresponding to the one or more user edits to modify the target content. The modified target content is displayed in the editable viewer.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Su Ning Zhao, ChunLei Shang, Anqi Lu, Haoran Hu
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Patent number: 11010123Abstract: A computer system may include a server(s) to publish RSS feeds each including a unique ID for an associated audio file. Each audio file may have an action(s) pinned to a respective playback time window within the audio file. A client computing device may cooperate with the server(s) to access a given RSS feed and play the respective audio file, identify the unique ID for the respective audio file from the RSS feed, retrieve the playback time window from the server(s) based upon the unique ID, display a selectable graphical prompt on the display during the playback time window, and send a notification to the server(s) based upon selection of the prompt identifying the unique ID and user-specific information for a user of the client computing device. The server(s) may identify the action(s) associated with the respective audio file based upon the notification, and call a corresponding application based thereon.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: PODUCTIVITY LTD.Inventors: Mark Asquith, Kieran McKeefery
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Patent number: 10987028Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces and more specifically to techniques for displaying user interfaces associated with physical activities. Exemplary user interfaces related to activity competitions are described. Exemplary user interfaces related to a friends list for activity sharing are described. Exemplary user interfaces associated with alerts presented to a user in response to automatically determining a boundary of a workout are described. Exemplary user interfaces associated with configuring a pace alert for a workout application are described.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Aled Hywel Williams, Gary Ian Butcher, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Molly Pray Wiebe
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Patent number: 10976919Abstract: Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program presents a selectable user interface (UI) item for toggling between operating in a first mode and operating in a second mode. The program further presents a chart visualization that includes a plurality of selectable data points. Upon receiving a touch input while operating in the first mode, the program also performs a first operation on the chart visualization. Upon receiving the touch input while operating in the second mode, the program further performs a second, different operation on the chart visualization.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Ryan Urbach, Brian Mantuano, Damia Ferrer Biosca, Brianna Huxtable, Nathaniel Gray, Santiago Becerra
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Patent number: 10970471Abstract: Embodiments for phased collaborative editing by a processor. A region tag of phased input may be assigned to one or more document regions of a collaborative document along with a list of users enabled to input data to the one or more document regions according to the region tag. A concealed region of the one or more document regions may be revealed to one or more users in the list of users upon content input by a user matching content of the concealed region.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Delaney, Robert H. Grant, Jonathan Dunne, Charlotte Hutchinson
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Patent number: 10971272Abstract: A method of clinical evaluation of a cardiology patient includes the providing of a computer having a database and a user interface that includes a display screen. One or more images are displayed on the display screen, each being an anatomical representation of a part of a human heart which are a portion of a human heart, there is displayed on the screen patient data that corresponds to the part that is displayed on the screen. Such data can be for example prior or present test data. One embodiment includes a graphical medical generation system for replacing the dictation and transcription process of a cardiology health care professionals. A graphical display is provided which processes user input in conjunction with pre-defined cardiology reporting options to generate user-defined cardiology reports. A method and apparatus 10 is described for controlling, via a relational databases, the selection of pre-defined character strings to be inserted into the generated cardiology report.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Inventor: Vinod Nair
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Patent number: 10958741Abstract: Among other disclosures, a method may include collecting historical communication data and personal data relating to a portion of a plurality of communications, a sender of one or more of the communications or one or more recipients of the communications. The method may include depositing the collected data into a repository of historical communication data and personal data. The method may include presenting one or more items in the repository, in response to user behavior.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: VERIZON MEDIA INC.Inventors: Matthew Brezina, Adam Smith
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Patent number: 10949065Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for interaction. At least one card is presented in a UI of a launcher, each of the at least one card comprises content related items associated with a category of the card. A page is presented in response to a user input indicating switching from presentation of a card to presentation of the page, the page comprises content related items associated with a category of the page, the card is of the same category as the page and comprises a subset of the content related items of the page.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gang Lin, Jiewei Xu, Wenfeng Zeng, Jing Guan
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Patent number: 10936178Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes causing a first one of a plurality of digital photographs to be displayed on a video display device. Responsive to receiving an indication that a user desires to digitally link the first digital photograph with another one of the plurality of photographs, the method includes prompting the user to select one of the plurality of digital photographs to be digitally linked to the first digital photograph. Responsive to the user selecting a second one of the plurality of digital photographs, the method includes digitally linking the first digital photograph with the second digital photograph. The method includes causing the first digital photograph to be displayed with a user-selectable flipping element. Responsive to receiving a selection of the displayed user-selectable flipping element, the method includes causing the first digital photograph to be digitally flipped such that the second digital photograph is displayed on the video display device.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: MemoryWeb, LLCInventors: Christopher J. Desmond, Nancy L. Desmond, L. Micahel Taylor
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Patent number: 10915682Abstract: A testing method for design remodeling to remodel a text-based screen design into a graphic-based screen design is provided. The method includes steps of: a design remodeling testing device (a) on condition that a design remodeling learning device has learned a machine-learning module for training so that its parameters have been applied to a machine-learning module for testing of the design remodeling testing device, acquiring screen images for testing from screens for testing from execution of 1-st code for testing; (b) instructing the machine-learning module for testing to generate elemental region information for testing by applying machine-learning operation to the screen images for testing; and (c) retrieving information on candidate design widgets, with which the elemental regions for testing are replaced, from a database, by referring to the outputted elemental region information for testing and providing or supporting another device to provide the information on the candidate design widgets.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: TMAXSOFT CO., LTD.Inventor: Yeong Ha Lee
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Patent number: 10908790Abstract: Displaying recommendation information is disclosed including determining, based on touch hot zones of a user, a target display position for recommended information, the touch hot zones of the user being obtained based on historical touch behavior data of the user, and displaying the recommended information in the target display position.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: BANMA ZHIXING NETWORK (HONGKONG) CO., LIMITEDInventor: Xuan Zhang
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Patent number: 10908780Abstract: An image output device includes an instruction receiver, an image generator, an image controller, a storage that stores application information, and an updater that updates the application information. The image controller selects, with reference to the application information, from among the plurality of shortcuts, at least one first shortcut satisfying a first criterion and a second shortcut not satisfying the first criterion but satisfying a second criterion. The image generator generates and outputs the home menu in which the at least one first shortcut selected is displayed and the second shortcut selected is displayed in a different form than the at least one first shortcut.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO, LTD.Inventors: Ken Yamashita, Takeshi Yamada, Tatsuya Fujimoto
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Patent number: 10908933Abstract: The claimed subject matter includes techniques for providing access to a cloud-based service. An example method includes generating a user interface form compatible with an application program, the user interface form being displayable via a user interface of the application program. The method also includes receiving a user request at a brokerage engine that runs as an extension of the application program through the user interface form. The method further includes identifying a cloud-based service to perform the request, and performing the request using the cloud-based service by translating the request to be compatible with the identified cloud-based service. The method also includes generating a new user interface form integrated with the user interface of application program, the new user interface form populated with data from the cloud-based service.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nir Levy, Lee Stott, Justin R. Garrett, Alexander Pshul, Moaid Hathot, Libi Axelrod, Irit Kantor, Itay Yaffe, Amichai Vaknin
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Patent number: 10901687Abstract: Media content event review systems and methods are operable to present member content reviews of a media content event by presenting a plurality of member avatars in a virtual world, wherein the member avatars present audio commentary about a media content event identified in a user request, and wherein the community members who generated the audio commentary about the media content event have an interpersonal relationship with the requesting user.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.Inventors: Nicholas Newell, Rob Johannes Clerx
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Patent number: 10895954Abstract: The subject technology provides rendering an image in a first view including a plurality of tiles, each tile comprising image data corresponding to a portion of the image. The subject technology, responsive to detecting an initiation of touch input corresponding to the image, copies the image data from the plurality of tiles to a graphical canvas. The subject technology displays the image data in the graphical canvas in a second view, the graphical canvas being overlaid over at least a portion of the rendered image. The subject technology receives input stroke data corresponding to the second view, the input stroke data being continuous with the touch input. The subject technology responsive to detecting that the touch input has ended, copies the input stroke data to the plurality of tiles of the first view. Further, The subject technology displays the input stroke data and the image in the plurality of tiles of the first view.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: William J. Thimbleby, Peter L. Hajas, Jennifer P. Chen
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Patent number: 10891032Abstract: An image reproduction method and apparatus are provided for simultaneously displaying multiple moving-image thumbnails. A controller of the image reproduction apparatus generates a moving-image contents list including moving-image thumbnails corresponding to one or more moving-image contents, when a request for displaying the moving-image contents list is input. A multi-image reproducer of the image reproduction apparatus simultaneously reproduces the moving-image thumbnails. The moving-image contents list including the simultaneously reproduced moving-image thumbnails is displayed at a display unit of the image reproduction apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Inventors: Joo-Young Son, Tae-Hwa Hong
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Patent number: 10884593Abstract: A layout control computing device is provided. The computing device includes a processor programmed to display a control user interface via a first display screen and a display user interface via a second display screen. The control user interface includes a layout template having a plurality of tiles, each tile having an indicator of a render view. The display user interface includes a plurality of viewports arranged according to the layout template, and each viewport is configured to display the medical images in a render view as indicated by an indicator of a corresponding tile. The processor is also programmed to receive a command of moving a first tile to a location of a second tile, update the layout template, instruct to arrange the viewports according to the updated layout template, and instruct to display the images in the viewports in render views as indicated in the updated layout template.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Juan Diego Jimenez, Gang Cheng
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Patent number: 10881713Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and/or device that may include a display configured to display a virtual object and a sensor configured to detect a viewer input. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include a processing device configured to: associate a first cursor with a first form of a user input; associate a second cursor with a second form of the user input; determine the first form of the user input is associated with a type of the virtual object; display the virtual object with the first cursor to the viewer; detect the viewer input from the viewer of the display; determine whether the form of the viewer input detected by the sensor is the first form, the second form, or an unknown form; and in response to the form of the viewer input being the first form, execute an executable instruction associated with the user input.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Atheer, Inc.Inventors: Sleiman Itani, Yu-Hsiang Chen, Mohamed Nabil Hajj Chehade, Allen Yang Yang