Patents Examined by Mandrita Brahmachari
  • Patent number: 10705698
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit, a display control unit, a reception unit, and a processing unit. The display control unit generates a synthesized icon when allocated areas of at least two of a plurality of icons displayed in the display unit overlap. The processing unit executes, when the reception unit receives a slide operation starting from a point in a region of the synthesized icon where the icons overlap, a function associated with the icon displayed at an end point of the slide operation, out of the functions respectively associated with the icons superposed in the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Naoto Hanada
  • Patent number: 10706603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for editing geological elements using a touch-based interface for retrieving geological information of a survey area, thereby mapping and displaying geometric elements of points, lines, and areas. The apparatus for editing geological elements according to the present invention includes a geological symbol storage module configured to store point symbols, line symbols, and area symbols; a geographic information storage module; a geological element edit module configured, by a user's operation, to read geological information on a specific map from the geological information storage module, to read the symbols from the geological symbol storage module, to rotate the point symbols, to connect the line symbols to each other, to automatically transform the line symbols to area symbols, and to automatically create outlines for the area symbols; a controller; and a display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
    Inventors: Young Kwang Yeon, Hee Jae Koh, Kyo Young Song, Seung Ryeol Lee, Seung-bae Lee, Paul Hong
  • Patent number: 10691296
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, a memory, and a processor, and the processor displays, on the display, a folder icon that includes execution icons of a plurality of applications and, in response to a first user input selecting the folder icon, displays a user interface for collectively controlling notifications for the plurality of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Gu Lee, Kyu Ok Choi, Ji Won Kim, Young Hak Oh, Sun Young Yi, Won Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 10680992
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to subscribe a subscriber to a content item appearing at a first position in a news feed of content items based on selection of a setting to subscribe to the content item. A pop up window including a response associated with the content item on a user interface displayed by a computing device associated with the subscriber is presented to the subscriber based on posting of the response. Scrolling of the news feed in response to user inputs is concurrently presented on the user interface while the pop up window is presented. At least one selectable setting to dismiss the pop up window from view on the user interface is provided. In response to dismissal, the content item assumes the first position in the news feed or assumes a second position in the news feed based on a re-ranking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Meihong Wang, Ansha Yu, Yan Wu, Wenyuan Yu, Yisong Song
  • Patent number: 10673792
    Abstract: A method for extensible chat rooms in a hosted chat environment includes providing multiple different chat rooms, each executing in a separate process address space of at least one computing device. Each of the chat rooms includes a textual transcript of chat postings and a video feed of a subject. A catalog of extensions available for provisioning in connection with the different ones of the chat rooms is displayed to different moderators of the different ones of the chat rooms. Thereafter, in response to a selection of one of the extensions by one of the moderators, the selected one of the extensions is provisioned for use in connection with processing a particular event in a corresponding one of the chat rooms. Specifically, the extension pre-processes the particular event as the particular event occurs in the chat room before permitting the chat room to process the particular event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: MULTI MEDIA, LLC
    Inventor: Philip Gatt
  • Patent number: 10664138
    Abstract: Computing devices, computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions, methods, and systems for discovering, organizing, and presenting supplemental content are disclosed. A discovery system may be used to discover an item, such as a supplemental content presentation application, which, when launched may present supplemental content to a user while the user is consuming primary content. The supplemental content presentation application may also present a timeline that users may interact with to view different portions of the supplemental content. The timeline may also be modified by adding markers along the timeline so that when a marker is selected, a particular piece of supplemental content is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: John Carney, Greg Thomson, Don Ahrens, Justin Gravante, Andrew Evans, Jill McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 10657692
    Abstract: Image description specificity determination is provided by a method that obtains digital content to be presented on a device to a user. The digital content includes a digital image, of which a description is to be provided to the user, and text. The method further analyzes the digital content and ascertains a context under which the description of the digital image is to be provided to the user. The method determines, based at least in part on the context, a level of specificity for describing the digital image to the user. The method presents the digital content, including the digital image, to the user in accordance with the determined level of specificity for describing the digital image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Delaney, Trudy L. Hewitt, Shadi Albouyeh, Brett Ward
  • Patent number: 10656812
    Abstract: A method of controlling an application instance using a graphical user interface. In response to the application instance providing a user input control for accepting a command from the user, a corresponding user input control for display in a thumbnail representation of the application instance is generated. When a thumbnail representation of the application instance is displayed, the generated user input control is displayed with the thumbnail representation of the application instance. In response to a user giving a command using the generated user input control, a corresponding command is given to the application instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven J. Horsman, Kathleen Sharp, Joseph R. Winchester
  • Patent number: 10635290
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle comprising a first adjustable component, a touch sensitive display, a non-transitory memory storing an executable code, and a hardware processor executing the executable code to display, on the touch sensitive display, a user interface including a control element for controlling the first adjustable component using the touch sensitive display, receive a first selection input from a user using the user interface to select the first adjustable component, receive a first control input including a first initial touch input and a first subsequent drag input from a user using the control element of the user interface to control the first adjustable component, and continuously change an angle of the first adjustable component based on the first control input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: KARMA AUTOMOTIVE LLC
    Inventors: Mark G. Piekny, Bennett Leeds
  • Patent number: 10628006
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing applications by an electronic device are provided. The method and apparatus include identifying, by a processor, a secondary application based on an application executed on the electronic device or content included in the application, displaying a representation corresponding to the secondary application on the electronic device, selecting the representation based on an input, and invoking the secondary application corresponding to the selected representation on the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ragava Mysore Veera, Karthikeyan Subramani, Barath Raj Kandur Raja, Venkata Sreenath Yalamarthi, Kamal Krishna, Indira Preethi Jain Gargatti Ajith, Sharath Venkataram Bangalore Shiva Kumar, Sujay Srinivasa Murthy, Anup Kumar Kandhari, Abhishek Kumar Bansal, Dhruv Modi, Shwetank Choudhary, Sharmila Mani, Ravi Krishnan
  • Patent number: 10625015
    Abstract: Data is received that characterizes infusions administered to a patient among each of a plurality of infusion channels. Thereafter, a plurality of infusion events and respective event times are identified based on the received data. A temporal view of the infusion events can then be displayed in a graphical user interface and/or the temporal view of the infusion events can form part of a report. The temporal view segregates each channel into a separate swim lane with each swim lane visualizing infusion events for the corresponding channel at the respective event times. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventors: Federico Garibaldi, Yared Akalou
  • Patent number: 10613724
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a memory, and a processor configured to be electrically connected with the display and the memory. The processor is configured to display first content on a first screen region of the display, obtain at least a partial region of the first content as a copy region in response to a user input associated with a copy, display at least part of data corresponding to the copy region as second content on the display, and maintain a state of a second screen region which displays the second content is displayed while the first content is changed to another content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Jin Eun, Sang Hyuk Koh, Chang Hwan Kim, Heung Kyo Seo, Chi Hoon Lee, Jung Eui Seo
  • Patent number: 10606437
    Abstract: Systems and methods of visual mining of user behavior patterns are disclosed. A plurality of clickstreams may be received. Each clickstream may represent a corresponding sequence of user actions. A visual representation of each clickstream may be caused to be displayed on a device. Each visual representation may comprise a distinct graphical element for each user action of the corresponding clickstream, and each visual representation may be configured to indicate a frequency level of the corresponding clickstream. Each distinct graphical element may comprise a geometric shape and a corresponding color that distinctly represents the corresponding user action. Graphical elements of each visual representation may comprise a size that is proportional to the frequency level of the corresponding clickstream. An indication of a selection of one of the visual representations may be received, and additional information about the corresponding clickstream may be caused to be displayed on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Zeqian Shen, Neelakantan Sundaresan, Jishang Wei
  • Patent number: 10608831
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for a time data capsule from an electronic conference. Operations include identifying meeting input sources related to the electronic conference, capturing respective data of the meeting input sources from a start through an end of the electronic conference, and maintaining and creating timestamps for the respective data that is captured. The timestamps are associated with the respective data. Operations include aligning the respective data along a timeline according to the timestamps associated with the respective data from the meeting input sources, converting the respective data into text equivalents and/or text descriptions with the timestamps retained, and identifying a trigger during the electronic conference that causes a timebox to be created with a beginning and an ending time. The operations include extracting the respective data for the timestamps that correspond to the timebox, and creating a package with the extracted respective data from the meeting input sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frances W. West, Elizabeth V. Woodward
  • Patent number: 10594763
    Abstract: A system for providing platform-independent content for thin client applications executing on client computing devices, the system including: a computer processor; and a content engine executing on the computer processor and configured to: receive an initial content request identifying a platform of a client computing device; provide platform-independent initial content for the client computing device in response to the initial content request; receive a user engagement request generated based on a user input associated with the initial content; render, in response to the user engagement request, platform-dependent and user-interactive secondary content for the platform of the client computing device; and provide the rendered secondary content for display in a thin client application executing on the client computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ADRISE, INC.
    Inventor: Farhad Massoudi
  • Patent number: 10592260
    Abstract: A system provides a design interface for designing and implementing graphical user interfaces that users can access through web browsers. Depending on the configuration of the graphical user interfaces, the users may be able to monitor and control industrial processes by interacting with components that correspond to the industrial processes as displayed in user interfaces at client devices. The design interface includes functionality for selecting preprogrammed components, or for generating new components for display. The design interface further allows designers to associate data values received from a variety of sources with properties of the components in the user interfaces. In particular, properties associated with a component of an interface are stored in property tree structures, making dynamic changes to the components possible. Data bindings between subtrees representing components and sets of data from industrial and other sources allows for designs that scale with the availability of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Inductive Automation, LLC
    Inventors: Carl Reuben Gould, Perry Linn Arellano-Jones
  • Patent number: 10558331
    Abstract: Terminal devices and methods for designing a network application product are provided. The terminal device includes a task starting interface, a graphical displaying interface, an inputting interface. The task starting interface is configured to receive a task starting instruction to obtain a plurality of first type e-cards having at least one dimensionality type. Each first type e-card contains graphic information corresponding to a dimensionality type and text information corresponding to the graphic information. The graphical displaying interface is configured to display the plurality of first type e-cards. The inputting interface is configured to receive an inputting instruction to select at least two first type e-cards from the plurality of first type e-cards. The inputting interface is further configured to receive context information generated by correlating information including the graphic information and the text information on the at least two first type e-cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhenwei Zhang, Ling Wang, Wenpei Hou
  • Patent number: 10552010
    Abstract: Examples of techniques for creating free-form contour regions on a display are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes displaying, by a processing device, a first application on a display of a processing system. The method further includes receiving, by the processing device, an input from a user to define a free-form contour region on the display. The method further includes creating, by the processing device, the free-form contour region on the display based at least in part on the input. The method further includes displaying, by the processing device, a second application on the display of the processing system within the free-form contour region while continuing to display the first application on a remaining portion of the display of the processing system that does not include the free-form contour region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric V. Kline, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 10540068
    Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes selecting at least one particular location in content displayed on a display, identifying text included in the at least one particular location, and executing at least one program based on the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Chul Choi, Soo-Jin Park, Hyung-Jin Park, Na-Gyeom Yoo, Bo-Hyun Yu, Jae-Woong Chun, Hyo-Sun Choi, Soo-Ji Hwang
  • Patent number: 10534524
    Abstract: A method and a device for providing content are provided. The device includes a display configured to display content, and an interface configured to receive a first input that selects a part of the displayed content, and a second input that requests to change a size of the displayed content. The device further includes a controller configured to control the display to display the selected part of the displayed content and an unselected part of the displayed content by changing a size of the selected part and a size of the unselected part to be different from each other, in response to the interface receiving the second input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pil-seung Yang, Da-hye Park, Seol-hye Won, Young-ah Seong, Yong-gook Park, In-kuk Yun