Patents Examined by Justin Lee
  • Patent number: 9606694
    Abstract: Several computerized tools, methodologies and data structures, according to embodiments of the present invention, are disclosed for collecting data for UX research and development directed to a product, process, and system and for developing personas and scenarios from the data for designing and for measuring the effectiveness of the product, process, and/or systems for use by the personas or real people. The tools, methodologies and data structures may be used individually or in sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: TandemSeven, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank J. Torbey, David W. Clark, Phil H. Goddard, Karl Steiner
  • Patent number: 9600148
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a detection unit and a controller. The detection unit detects a specified position on a display screen on which an image is displayed. When the specified position on the display screen is moved, the controller performs a page switching operation or a move operation on the basis of a movement direction in which the specified position is moved. The page switching operation is an operation of switching an image being displayed on the display screen to another image. The move operation is an operation of moving a display position of the image being displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kiyoko Shimadate
  • Patent number: 9600152
    Abstract: A data processing system and computer program product for sharing displayed content. A content displayed on a source computer system is shared with a set of target computer systems, wherein the content is displayed on a target display on each target computer system in the set of target computer systems. In response to a change in the content displayed on the source computer system, a progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems is identified. An indication of the progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems is generated at the source computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Gregory J. Boss, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Anne R. Sand
  • Patent number: 9588652
    Abstract: A method, data processing system and computer program product for sharing displayed content. A content displayed on a source computer system is shared with a set of target computer systems, wherein the content is displayed on a target display on each target computer system in the set of target computer systems. In response to a change in the content displayed on the source computer system, a progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems is identified. An indication of the progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems is generated at the source computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Gregory J. Boss, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Anne R. Sand
  • Patent number: 9591491
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques preparing a wireless backhaul among cellular access points. The cellular access points may obtain either (i) locations of themselves and other devices or (ii) instructions for adjusting position of wireless transceivers of the cellular access points. Based at least in part on the locations or instructions, the cellular access points may adjust positions of the wireless transceivers and initiate wireless connections via the wireless transceivers. The cellular access points may receive the locations or instructions from a server of the telecommunication network, which may determine pairs of the cellular access points based at least in part on the locations of the cellular access points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Pablo Tapia
  • Patent number: 9585085
    Abstract: Computer systems and methods for managing network data consumption between a client computer and one or more server computers. A computer system comprising: a memory persistently storing a set of instructions; one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors execute the set of instructions, which causes the one or more processors to: intercept, at a client computer, a first request to a first server computer from a first application being executed on the client computer before the client computer sends the first request to the first server computer; determine whether the first request should be monitored based on data associated with the first application; in response to determining that the first request should be monitored, redirect the first request to a second server computer that is different than the first server computer, and include one or more parameters that identify the first application and the first server computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: LotusFlare, Inc.
    Inventors: Qing Guo, Shao Xia, Guogang Li, Kunal Gulati, Zhihui Chen
  • Patent number: 9578492
    Abstract: A network is provided that includes a mobile device and a configurable stub having a stub configuration embedded in the mobile device non-transitory memory. An operating server has an operating server processor and the operating server is configured to send Short Messaging Service (SMS) messages. A processor controlled global service discovery server is configured to receive the stub configuration and to inform the mobile device about the operating server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Seven Networks, LLC
    Inventor: Alexandr Seleznyov
  • Patent number: 9578545
    Abstract: A communication system configured to provide at least two policy controlled data sessions on a data carrier is disclosed. The communication system comprises means configured to provide control such that at least two data sessions on a data carrier are policy controlled by means of a policy controller entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Juha A. Rasanen
  • Patent number: 9578159
    Abstract: Fisheye Lens Based Proactive User Interface for Wireless Mobile Devices [FLBPUI] is a technique to proactively alert and interact with users according to scenarios/situations particularly by sensing the environmental in all possible direction. FLBPUI works without expecting user input to start interacting with users similar to how we humans look, sense and proactively interact with other people. When user needs to be alerted regarding unattended parameters comprising missed calls, messages, mails, calendar the sensor system starts scanning for environmental users. Sensor system generates trigger signal by scanning environmental users/objects through visual/infrared sensing, face/body recognition, sensing property, direction, dimension, range, orientation, location with respect to mobile device, usage scenarios, and operating modes. Processing unit computes alerting signal based nature of trigger signal and comparing it with predetermined and tested correlation table parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventor: Prasad Muthukumar
  • Patent number: 9569754
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to calendaring and scheduling and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for providing a unified view of aggregated calendar data in a C&S system. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for providing a unified view of aggregated calendar data for an event in a calendar view can be provided. The method can include selecting an event in the calendar view, aggregating calendar data for the event relating to all invitees for the event, computing statistics for the aggregated calendar data, and rendering a display of the computed statistics proximate to the selected event in the calendar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ruthie D. Lyle, Corinne M. Ryan
  • Patent number: 9542668
    Abstract: System and methods are provided for receiving selection, by a user, of a subset of message clusters in a plurality of message clusters. Each message cluster is associated with a corresponding set of clustering rules. Each respective electronic message, addressed to and/or from the user, in a plurality of electronic messages is assigned to one or more of the clusters in the subset of clusters in accordance with the sets of clustering rules associated with the subset of clusters. The set of clustering rules for a first cluster in the subset of clusters (i) prevents some messages in the plurality of messages from being assigned to the first cluster and (ii) assigns messages to the first cluster without regard to content relatedness between messages in the plurality of messages and messages already in the first cluster. Messages in the first cluster are formatted for display as a single cluster graphic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Itamar Gilad, Thompson Alexander Ivor Gawley, Andrew Ward Moedinger, Deepak Jindal, Kevin Smilak, Jeroen Daniƫl Jillissen, Balint Miklos, Jason Briggs Cornwell
  • Patent number: 9538454
    Abstract: It is provided an apparatus, including base station means adapted to provide a base station functionality for a first user equipment attached to a first network and a second user equipment attached to a second network different from the first network; access barring broadcasting means adapted to broadcast, via the base station means, a first EAB parameter including a first category indication for extended access barring related to the first network and a second category indication for extended access barring related to the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Woonhee Hwang, Lei Du
  • Patent number: 9538319
    Abstract: A user can access a mapping application from multiple devices, and updates made through one application can automatically be synchronized across the other devices. In some embodiments, a number of different activities of a user, such as entering an address or selecting a route, can cause information for that activity to be provided to a logically centralized system or service. The system or service then can notify the other devices of updated map state information for the user, which those devices can then request or download. The map information can include point of interest (POI) information from a number of sources, such as from a media information source that is able to provide POI information for locations associated with books, movies, music, and other types of media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel S. Gigliotti, Ronald A. Kornfeld
  • Patent number: 9526040
    Abstract: A method of employing an encoding scheme for media independent handover, comprising: having at least some data type carry only required information to determine the end of data without a length value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignees: TOSHIBA AMERICA RESEARCH, INC., TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oba, Subir Das, Yuu-Heng Alice Cheng, Miriam Tauil, Kenichi Taniuchi
  • Patent number: 9516619
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide the mobile communication system which enables power consumption reduction for the mobile station with dual mode capability by unifying the location registration and paging processing for every mobile communication system. The mobile communication system is so arranged to perform location registration processing and paging processing for the mobile station by only one of radio communication systems. And the mobile station can access to any other radio communication systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidenori Kato
  • Patent number: 9516527
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire an interference index indicating a degree of interference in wireless communication between a wireless communication apparatus and a base station that is a connection target of the wireless communication apparatus, and position information related to a position concerning the interference index, and a generation unit configured to specify an interference index concerning a target area to detect a communication state of the wireless communication apparatus, based on the acquired position information, and generate communication state information to notify the communication state based on the specified interference index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 9491732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a paging processing method, user equipment and system. A user equipment receives a paging message sent by a mobility management network element. The user equipment sentence a message for location update according to a value of a temporary identity (TIN) used for next update. A mobility management network element receives the message for location update and acquires a bearer context of the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ningshen Wang, Lin Shu, Han Zhou
  • Patent number: 9491663
    Abstract: A wireless terminal receives information about classes from a wireless base station which manages a class of a indicator used to determine a handover for the wireless terminal, transmits information about the indicator to the wireless base station when it is determined that the class of the indicator is changed to a different class on the basis of the received information about the classes, and does not transmit the information about the indicator to the wireless base station when it is determined that the class of the indicator is not changed on the basis of the received information about the classes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Junichi Suga
  • Patent number: 9485348
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit establishing a first communication session with a first entity and a second communication session with a second entity, a display displaying a plurality of windows including a first window and a second window, a memory storing a merging menu, and a controller controlling the display to display the first window related to the first communication session and the second window related to the second communication session, the controller generating a third window including the first communication session and the second communication session in response to a an input and controlling the display to display the third window further including the first entity and the second entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Chang-Ik Jeong, Jae-Sung Shim, Young-Hee Rhee
  • Patent number: 9485636
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for routing off-net Short Message Service (SMS) messages between a first service provider network and a terminating service provider network are provided herein. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving a first SMS message including a first identifier associated with a first subscriber of the first service provider network stored in a source address field directed to a second identifier, determining that the second identifier is associated with a second subscriber of the terminating service provider network, associating the first identifier with a local reply identifier in a mapping database, replacing the first identifier in the source address field with the local reply identifier, and routing the first SMS message including the local reply identifier stored in the source address field to the second identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Vonage America Inc.
    Inventors: Chen Arazi, Nirav J. Kadakia, Nehar Arora