Patents Examined by Justin R Blaufeld
  • Patent number: 11372656
    Abstract: Examples described herein may include a computing device of a media playback system receiving a display map corresponding to a media service provider. The display map may associate a data field with a location within a display of the computing device. The computing device may further receive a data item associated with a media item of the media service provider. The received data item may correspond to the data field. The computing device may display an indication of the received data item at the location in accordance with the display map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith Corbin
  • Patent number: 11341431
    Abstract: Parking space selection systems and methods are disclosed. One or more computing devices are configured to determine a first listing value based on one or more listing parameters associated with a first listing, which is secured by a first wireless device. A second listing value is determined based on one or more listing parameters associated with a second listing. The first and second listing value are compared and a difference between them is determined. It is determined whether the difference between the first listing value and the second listing value exceeds a predetermined threshold. In response to the determination that the difference exceeds the predetermined threshold, a user-selectable message is provided on the first wireless device. The user-selectable message includes a prompt configured to secure the second listing. In response to the prompt, the second listing is secured for the first wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Pied Parker, Inc.
    Inventors: Gianni Rosas-Maxemin, Robert Mazzola, Francisco Sandoval, Callam Poynter
  • Patent number: 11340920
    Abstract: Described herein is a method for creating and utilizing device navigational maps. The device navigational maps are modeled using directed graphs that contain detailed information of all components on the connected devices. An application systematically scans through the entire connected device and builds a detailed data model of the connected device, which is used as the navigational map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: AetherPal Inc.
    Inventors: Florin Darie, Deepak Gonsalves, Pooja Chengappa
  • Patent number: 11335208
    Abstract: A device and method for identifying a user. The device including a terminal including a touch screen with a set of embossments superimposed on a virtual keyboard and displaying information related to a transaction, a contact and/or contactless smart card reader device, a processor and a memory containing a set of modules and/or algorithms to implement the method including activation of a low vision mode by a double-tap gesture on the screen, the searching for the center of a virtual keyboard where an embossment is located, determination of the positions of the other keys from the central key, choice and storage of a desired key by lifting the finger from the touch screen at the position of the desired key, validation of the choice of key made by a double-tap gesture on the touch screen or validation of the code/PIN by a double-tap gesture on the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: WORLDLINE
    Inventors: Luc Luyckx, Pierrot Baessens
  • Patent number: 11334374
    Abstract: A device may initiate an automated script to perform one or more interactions with a browser application and identify a first element in a page rendered by the browser application that satisfies one or more accessibility criteria, wherein the first element may include text that is readable by a screen reader application and/or an attribute that causes the first element to be navigable using a keyboard. The device may modify the first element to be inaccessible to the screen reader application and the keyboard and insert, into the page, a second element including text that is readable by the screen reader application to describe the one or more interactions that the automated script is performing. The client device may restore the page to an original state based on determining that the automated script has finished executing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Vu Nguyen, Jonatan Yucra Rodriguez, Adam Vukich, Joshua Edwards, David Gabriele, Abdelkadar M'Hamed Benkreira
  • Patent number: 11335360
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to analyze the decibel levels of audio of a user's speech. The instructions are executable to, based on the analysis, enhance a transcript of the user's speech with indications of particular words from the user's speech as being associated with one or more emotions of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Johnathan Co Lee, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu
  • Patent number: 11334314
    Abstract: In an audio setup comprising at least one audio headset configurable to process audio for a user (e.g., when participating in an online multiplayer game), input audio and/or output audio in the audio headset may be monitored, and when the audio matches triggering criteria, one or more update messages may be triggered via a social networking service. The triggering criteria may comprise (or be set based on) identity of the speaker, content of the audio, and/or conditions association with the audio. Different triggering criteria may be associated with different applications (e.g., different video games). The update messages may be made available to one or more other users, who may be selected based on matching particular user selection criteria and/or based on successful user validation. The user selection criteria may comprise participation in the same online multiplayer game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Michael Jessup, Kevin Arthur Robertson
  • Patent number: 11334652
    Abstract: A fingerprint identification method, a device, a mobile terminal, and a storage medium, belong to the technical field of information processing technology. The method is applied to a terminal, response to detecting a touch operation on a specified application icon, obtaining fingerprint information corresponding to the touch operation; transmitting the fingerprint information to an application corresponding to the specified application icon; the application performing a safety authentication to the fingerprint information; and response to determining that the fingerprint information passes the safety authentication, the application entering an application display interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhichao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11321347
    Abstract: Some implementations herein relate to a graphical user interface (GUI) that facilitates dynamically partitioning agricultural fields into clusters on an individual agricultural field-basis using agricultural features. A map of a geographic area containing a plurality of agricultural fields may be rendered as part of a GUI. The agricultural fields may be partitioned into a first set of clusters based on a first granularity value and agricultural features of individual agricultural fields. The individual agricultural fields may be visually annotated in the GUI to convey the first set of clusters of similar agricultural fields. Upon receipt of a second granularity value different from the first granularity value, the agricultural fields may be partitioned into a second set of clusters of similar agricultural fields. The map of the geographic area may be updated so that individual agricultural fields are visually annotated to convey the second set of clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: David Clifford, Ming Zheng, Elliott Grant, Nanzhu Wang, Cheng-en Guo, Aleksandra Deis
  • Patent number: 11314405
    Abstract: A method for traversing a streaming video file includes receiving a representative streaming video file that includes less information than a higher-resolution streaming video file and spans the entire streaming video file. Based on navigation information associated with the representative streaming video file, a playback engine navigates to a different portion of the streaming video file. The navigation information may be based on input information received from a viewer of the streaming video file. One advantage of the disclosed method is that it enables fast and accurate navigation of a streaming video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Justin Frank Matejka, Tovi Grossman, George Fitzmaurice
  • Patent number: 11312389
    Abstract: An information providing device includes an emotion estimation unit that estimates the emotion of an occupant within a predetermined period of time from the time when the occupant gets in a vehicle (STEP 114), a base-emotion setting unit that sets a base emotion of the vehicle on the basis of the emotion of the occupant (STEP 120), a vehicle-state detection unit that detects the state of the vehicle (STEP 122), an emotion generation unit that generates the emotion of the vehicle in accordance with the base emotion and the state of the vehicle (STEP 126), an information determination unit that determines, on the basis of the emotion of the vehicle, information to be provided to the occupant (STEP 128), and an information output unit that outputs information to the occupant (STEP 130).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Imaizumi, Shinichiro Goto, Eisuke Soma, Hiromitsu Yuhara, Keiichi Takikawa
  • Patent number: 11307956
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of adapting an application according to user interaction comprising using one or more processors for executing a code for collecting autonomously a plurality of action events describing a plurality of actions taken by a plurality of users to navigate through a plurality of pages presented by an application to accomplish one or more goals of the application, the plurality of pages are presented on a GUI at a plurality of user devices used by the plurality of users, analyzing the action events to identify one or more behavioral patterns of at least some of the users for accomplishing the goal(s) and generating automatically one or more recommended adaptations for the application according to the behavioral pattern(s) to adapt a layout of the application in order to increase a probability for one or more users to successfully accomplish the goal(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: WalkMe LTD
    Inventors: Dan Adika, Rephael Sweary, David Ilievsky, Gal Bien, Ilan Eiland, Omri Eyal
  • Patent number: 11301268
    Abstract: Graphical element detection using a combination of user interface (UI) descriptor attributes from two or more graphical element detection techniques is disclosed. UI descriptors may be used to compare attributes for a given UI descriptor with attributes of UI elements found at runtime in the UI. At runtime, the attributes for the UI elements found in the UI can be searched for matches with attributes for a respective RPA workflow activity, and if an exact match or a match within a matching threshold is found, the UI element may be identified and interacted with accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: UiPath, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Dines
  • Patent number: 11303718
    Abstract: Methods, devices and program products are provided for collecting content at a mobile device, and receiving, through a user interface of the mobile device, an indicator designating at least a portion of the content to represent temporary content. The methods, devices and program products store the content in a local storage medium local to the mobile device, and delete the temporary content, from the local storage medium, based on the indicator. The methods, devices and program products may prevent transfer, of the temporary content, from the local storage medium to a remote storage medium based on the indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: John Carl Mese, Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon, Arnold S. Weksler
  • Patent number: 11301125
    Abstract: Techniques are described for performing inter-object interactions between vector objects to adjust the appearance of one vector object based on another vector object. For example, a vector object interaction framework may be implemented in which designers drag a vector object onto another vector object to trigger an interaction between the objects. Candidate interactions between pairs of object types may be pre-defined and stored in a suitable data structure. Thus, when one vector object is dragged onto a recipient vector object and a pause is detected, the object types for the dragged and recipient objects may be determined, and a corresponding set of candidate interactions for the pair of object types may be accessed, ranked, simulated, and/or presented as selectable previews. As such, one of the candidate interactions may be selected and executed to form one or more output vector objects that may be saved, exported, modified, and/or reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Tarun Beri, Tarun Gehlaut, Siddharth Bhasin, Ankit Aggarwal
  • Patent number: 11287964
    Abstract: Methods and systems for navigating content are provided. A method includes detecting an input to perform a content navigation operation in a display interface, the input designating a two-dimensional path in a content display interface. The method determines a forward or reverse direction for the content navigation operation and receives an input indicating the two-dimensional path within the content display interface. The length of the path is determined and the content is navigated based upon the determined direction and length of the two-dimensional path. A system comprising input circuitry configured to detect an input to perform a content navigation operation on a content, and a control circuitry programmed and configured for implementing the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Charishma Chundi, Susanto Sen
  • Patent number: 11275486
    Abstract: Restructuring a view of messages based on configurable persistence is provided. An application such as a communication application displays summaries of messages within a summary pane of a messaging user interface (UI). The messages include emails. An action is detected to reorder one of the summaries on a top location of a date section of the summary pane. Reorder options are displayed to identify a reorder time of the summary. A selection of one of the reorder options is detected as the reorder time. The summary is relocated to the top location of the date section of the summary pane to display the first summary at the top location of the date section during the reorder time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vignesh Sachidanandam, Hiroshi Tsukahara, Ned Bearer Friend
  • Patent number: 11269497
    Abstract: An information processing method for Cancelling Release of a Skill in a Game and apparatus, electronic device and a storage medium are provided. The method includes that: a cancellation response region is provided on a graphical user interface; when detecting the starting touch point of the touch operation is positioned within the range of the skill icon, a position of a current touch point of the touch operation is obtained in real time; when detecting that the position of the current touch point satisfies a preset condition, a size of the cancellation response region is controlled to be enlarged; and when detecting that the position of the current touch point of the touch operation is within a range of the cancellation response region, or, when detecting that a position of an ending touch point of the touch operation is within a range of the cancellation response region, release of a skill is cancelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventor: Jingjing Yan
  • Patent number: 11269667
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device may include at least one processor, a display accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive, at the device, input from at least one sensor. The instructions may also be executable to determine whether a threshold is met based at least in part on the input from the at least one sensor. Responsive to the threshold not being met, the instructions may be executable to provide virtual assistance audibly. Responsive to the threshold being met, the instructions may be executable to present visual virtual assistance on the display using an avatar or other character. In various examples, the device may be a headset or other augmented reality device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Girishpurushottam Hoogar, John Weldon Nicholson
  • Patent number: 11262911
    Abstract: A key control method, a storage medium, and a smart terminal are provided, wherein the method includes dividing a virtual key area over a touch screen of a smart terminal, and disposing a home key under the touch screen; and detecting different touch operations received by the virtual key area and different pressing operations of the home key, and performing different operations correspondingly by the smart terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: JRD Communication (Shenzhen) LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiming Diao, Donghuang Li, Zewei Wu