Patents Examined by Justin Lee
  • Patent number: 9728096
    Abstract: Learning content management systems and processes are described that enable a user to independently define or select learning content, frameworks, styles, and/or protocols. The frameworks may be configured to specify a flow or an order of presentation to a learner with respect to a learning content presentation. The style definition may define an appearance of learning content. At least partly in response to a publishing instruction, the received learning content and the received framework definition are merged and then rendered in accordance with the defined style. The rendered merged learning content and framework definition are packaged in accordance with the defined/selected protocol to provide a published learning document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Breakthrough PerformanceTech, LLC
    Inventors: John DiGiantomasso, Martin L. Cohen
  • Patent number: 9716683
    Abstract: An example approach is provided for causing, at least in part, a generation of token data associated with at least one scheduled meeting between at least one first user and at least one second user. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a transmission of the token data to at least one first device associated with the at least one first user and at least one second device associated with the at least one second user. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a sharing of location information between the at least one first device and the at least one second device based, at least in part, on the token data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Zhuoyuan Liao, Hongrui Shen, Bing Lin, Yaochu Que, Naichen Cui
  • Patent number: 9712971
    Abstract: Methods and systems for translating technology relevant addresses to user relevant addresses, and for translating less accurate location addresses to more accurate location addresses, are provided. According to a first embodiment, a method for displaying location information relating to a mobile device comprises using received signal information to identify a specific transmitter; determining a location of the identified transmitter; determining a Technology Relevant Address; calculating an Error Radius; translating the Technology Relevant Address to a User Relevant Address; recalculating the Error Radius; and displaying the User Relevant Address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: FREEUS, LLC
    Inventors: Justin Gern, Tom Collopy
  • Patent number: 9712577
    Abstract: A device with a display and, optionally, a touch-sensitive surface detects a first input corresponding to a request to share first content from a first application while displaying the first application on the display. In response to detecting the first input, the device displays a sharing interface that includes a plurality of options for sharing the first content. While displaying the sharing interface, the device detects selection of an affordance in the sharing interface. In accordance with a determination that the affordance is a respective user-first sharing option for a respective user, the device initiates a process for sharing the first content with the respective user. In accordance with a determination that the affordance is a protocol-first sharing option for a respective protocol, the device initiates a process for sharing the first content using the respective protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeremiah D. Shaw, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Stephen O. Lemay, Martin O. Pedrick, Marcel Van Os, Imran Chaudhri
  • Patent number: 9706456
    Abstract: In a cellular radio system measurement bandwidth for a plurality of base stations belonging to a cellular radio system is performed by configuring the base stations to signal the measurement bandwidth to user equipments connected to the cellular radio system for performing downlink neighbor cell measurements over the signaled measurement bandwidth in the user equipment by first receiving a set of information. The received information is used for configuring the measurement bandwidth using the received set of information and the configured measurement bandwidth is signaled to the base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Muhammad Kazmi
  • Patent number: 9706397
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for configuring a wireless station for use within a wireless local area network are disclosed. In at least one exemplary embodiment, a pairwise master key is generated by the wireless station and an access point within the wireless local area network. The pairwise master key may be based, at least in part, on a transient identity key pair of the wireless station. The transient identity key pair may be generated by the wireless station in response to receiving a message from the access point. In some embodiments, a public transient identity key of the transient identity key pair may be provided to additional access points to enable the wireless station to authenticate with the additional access points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Olivier Jean Benoit, Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap
  • Patent number: 9706428
    Abstract: A radio communication system including a base station apparatus which includes a first communicable area; and a terminal apparatus which connects to and performs radio communication with the base station apparatus in the first communicable area, wherein the base station apparatus includes a determination unit which decides a destination of the terminal apparatus based on a changeable movement condition according to sizes of the first, a second, and a third communicable areas or power residual quantity of the terminal apparatus transmitted from the terminal apparatus, when the terminal apparatus moves from the first communicable area to the second or the third communicable area whose size is different from the first communicable area and which is overlapped with a part or all of the first communicable area; the terminal apparatus includes a reception unit which receives the information of the decided destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Haiqing Du
  • Patent number: 9699282
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic apparatus and a control method. The electronic apparatus includes a main body provided with a display unit positioned at a first surface of the main body; an assistant body; a connecting device for connecting the main body and the assistant body; a status switching device for switching the working status of the electronic apparatus from a first status to a second status which is different from the first status when a positional relationship between the main body and the assistant body satisfies a preset condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaozhu Zhong, Yingjia Yao, Shaolian Liu
  • Patent number: 9698856
    Abstract: A method and a device for selecting a radio in an electronic device with a hybrid radio function. The method includes detecting an entrance to a hybrid radio function; determining a default radio mode to be executed as a default in response to a preconfigured mode determination condition; and receiving and reproducing a radio broadcast in a radio mode corresponding to the determined default radio mode. The present disclosure can be applied to various other embodiments based on the aforementioned embodiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoonsoub Jung, Jeongwook Seo, Yonggil Han
  • Patent number: 9684429
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a first application on the touch-sensitive display, the first application being one of a plurality of concurrently open applications on the electronic device. The device detects a first input and in response, displays a multitasking user interface that is configured to select an open application for viewing and is also configured to select one of a plurality of contactable users to communicate with. The multitasking user interface includes a set of open application affordances, wherein activation of a respective open application affordance selects a corresponding open application in the plurality of concurrently open applications for viewing, and a first set of contactable-user affordances, wherein activation of a respective contactable-user affordance initiates a process for communicating with a corresponding contactable-user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Imran Chaudhri
  • Patent number: 9680981
    Abstract: A control method of a home appliance, the method including retrieving information about a communication device, authenticating the communication device, registering the authenticated communication device, receiving voice data from the registered communication device, outputting a voice signal corresponding to the received voice data to a user, receiving the voice signal from the user, and transmitting voice data corresponding to the received voice signal to the communication device. When the method is used, even if a user loses a communication device in a home, call is possible using a home appliance such as refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Si Hyun Park, Talipov Elmurod, Dal Young Yu, Hoon Kim, Young Woon Kim, Jae Seok Lee, Jae Seung Choi
  • Patent number: 9674638
    Abstract: A dynamic mobile device feedback system is described. Feedback may be obtained using a device feedback client residing on the mobile device and a feedback server remote to the mobile device. The device feedback client may receive feedback solicitation inquiries (invitations/queries) and presentation rules from the feedback server, monitor the mobile device, identify trigger events associated with the mobile device, present the feedback solicitation inquiries in accordance with the presentation rules, and receive feedback from the user of the mobile device. The feedback may be sent to the feedback server for further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Joel S. Angiolillo, Amit Mahajan, Hannah Y. Moon, Dorothy Beau Morley, Elizabeth Bersano
  • Patent number: 9659280
    Abstract: Information sharing between meeting attendees during a co-located group meeting in a meeting space is democratized using a computer that is operating cooperatively with one or more object sensing devices in the meeting space to identify postures formed by the meeting attendees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Bragdon, Robert DeLine, Ken Hinckley, Meredith June Morris
  • Patent number: 9655020
    Abstract: A method includes (a) detecting based on reporting information from UEs, HO problems which have occurred within a predefined time interval, (b) classifying the detected HO problems into three categories, (c) determining information being related to at least one of the detected HO problems, wherein the information represents a refinement of one or more of the three categories or wherein the information represents a further category, (d) counting a the numbers of HO problems which have been classified into the various categories, (e) reporting a key performance indicator message indicative for the numbers of the various categories and for the determined information, and (f) adapting, based on the reported key performance indicator message, the value a mobility related network configuration parameter of the mobile radio communication network such that the mobility robustness of the communication network is optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Bernhard Wegmann, Ingo Viering, Ahmad Awada
  • Patent number: 9639174
    Abstract: When a user shakes a mobile device, such as a smart phone, new content is shown on the display of the mobile device. In one embodiment, the content depends on the page or location the user is currently on within the mobile app or mobile browser page and can depend also on the history or experience level of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Egan Schulz, Peter Chu, Max Edward Metral
  • Patent number: 9635190
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for communicating data selectively via heterogeneous communication network links. In one aspect, a network link selector (NLS) determines respective data costs associated with communicating data via a plurality of heterogeneous network links each linking to one or more networks. One or more network links to communicate data between a remote network node and a user device remotely communicating with the NLS via a network is selected from among the plurality of heterogeneous network links based on the determined respective data costs. Communicating the data via the selected link is provided for. In another aspect, link selection information based on respective data costs is received via a network from an NLS. One or more network links is selected from among the plurality of heterogeneous network links based on the received link selection information. The data is communicated via the selected link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Collision Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Farkas, Brandon Hombs, Barry West
  • Patent number: 9632614
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for expanding the touch zones of graphical user interface (GUI) widgets. The coordinates of the screen location of the device (e.g., mobile device) where a GUI widget is displayed on the screen is captured in response to detecting the GUI widget being displayed on the screen. A list of objects, including GUI widgets, that are currently being displayed on the screen and corresponding screen location coordinates are obtained. A GUI widget is then identified from the list of objects by matching its screen location coordinates with the captured location coordinates. An algorithm to expand the touch zone (e.g., in a right-to-left alternation) of the GUI widget is then identified based on the type of widget (e.g., list) is the identified GUI widget. In this manner, the user is able to expand the touch zones of GUI widgets in an easy manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Curtiss J. Howard, Stephen J. Kenna, Dana L. Price
  • Patent number: 9632618
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for expanding the touch zones of graphical user interface (GUI) widgets. The coordinates of the screen location of the device (e.g., mobile device) where a GUI widget is displayed on the screen is captured in response to detecting the GUI widget being displayed on the screen. A list of objects, including GUI widgets, that are currently being displayed on the screen and corresponding screen location coordinates are obtained. A GUI widget is then identified from the list of objects by matching its screen location coordinates with the captured location coordinates. An algorithm to expand the touch zone (e.g., in a right-to-left alternation) of the GUI widget is then identified based on the type of widget (e.g., list) is the identified GUI widget. In this manner, the user is able to expand the touch zones of GUI widgets in an easy manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Curtiss J. Howard, Stephen J. Kenna, Dana L. Price
  • Patent number: 9609500
    Abstract: A method of detecting a transmitting device within an obstruction rich environment is disclosed. The method may involve detecting the transmitting device with a wireless transmission detection facility; communicating signal information relating to the detected transmitting device from the wireless transmission detection facility to a central unit; determining the location of the transmitting device; displaying information of the detection and location of the transmitting device through a user interface; and providing an action facility for causing actions related to the detected transmitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: BINJ Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph S. Noonan, Barry R. Nadler, Jules R. Insler
  • Patent number: 9609470
    Abstract: A system for implementing a positioning functionality. An apparatus (e.g. a directional transceiver) (706) may receive a signal (704) for positioning and measure characteristics associated with the received signal (704). If the directional transceiver (706) then determines that the received signal (704) comprises calculator identifier information, the apparatus may forward the measured characteristics based on the calculator identifier information. Otherwise, the directional transceiver (706) may forward the measured characteristics to a buffer (712). From the perspective of the apparatus (700) transmitting the signal (704) for positioning, a determination may be made as to whether calculator identifier information is known. If determined to be known, the transmitting apparatus (700) may include the calculator identifier information in the signal (704) for positioning. Otherwise, the other apparatus may transmit the signal (704) for positioning without any calculator identifier information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Ville Valtteri Ranki, Antti Paavo Tapani Kainulainen, Fabio Belloni, Kimmo Juhana Kalliola