Patents Examined by Namitha Pillai
  • Patent number: 11146743
    Abstract: A display control apparatus is provided with: a first controlling device configured to perform still picture reproduction or motion picture reproduction of motion picture content, within a screen of a displaying device; a second controlling device configured to superimpose and display bookmark data indicating a bookmark having a predetermined shape, on the motion picture content only in a predetermined period on a time axis of the motion picture content, in a predetermined position or range within the screen, during the still picture reproduction or the motion picture reproduction of the motion picture content; and a holding device configured to hold the bookmark data in association with the time axis of the motion picture content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: PARONYM INC.
    Inventors: Masato Shibata, Takeo Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11106329
    Abstract: Flight deck display systems and methods for generating cockpit displays including dynamic taxi turnoff icons are provided. In one embodiment, the flight deck display system includes a display device, a memory storing an airport map database, and a controller operably coupled to the display device and to the memory. The controller is configured to recall information from the airport map database pertaining to a runway cleared for usage by the aircraft. The controller further identifies a taxi exit along the runway based, at least in part, on the information recalled from the airport map database. The controller then generates a dynamic taxi turnoff icon on the display device including symbology representative of the runway and the location of the taxi exit along the runway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Gang He, Jary Engels
  • Patent number: 11099721
    Abstract: A method of operating a structured user interface control logic through structured user interface (SUI) involves displaying the SUI with a matrix user interface with columns and rows and a column of empty command cells through a display device, and operating the control logic to interpret a user command input and cell position within the matrix user interface as a machine executable instruction set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Tiller LLC
    Inventor: Peter Polson
  • Patent number: 11080014
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards providing a system that provides an environment in which multiple user applications can be executed in the background of a vehicle head unit without direct interaction by a user of the head unit. A category-management application is configured to communicate with the user applications. The category-management application receives a request for content. The category-management application provides a request to one or more of the user applications to cause the user applications to execute as background processes to fulfill the request. The category-management application receives responses from the user applications. The category-management application selects and presents content associated with the fulfilled request to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: XEVO INC.
    Inventors: Paul Krzyzanowski, Richard Chia Tsing Tong
  • Patent number: 11042272
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to dynamically adjusting a UI based on the current modality. Layout features of a UI may be determined based on an input modality of a computing device. The arrangement of the UI elements may be determined based on the layout features and respective importance scores of the UI elements. The UI elements arranged based on the arrangement may be provided for display of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Deselaers, Victor Carbune, Daniel Martin Keysers
  • Patent number: 11042509
    Abstract: A method of providing learning content on a mobile device. The method comprises receiving a user selection, through an interface on the mobile device, of a folder in a catalog of learning courses, wherein the catalog comprises a number of nested folders within a hierarchical file structure. It is determined if the selected folder contains nested folders. If the selected folder contains nested folders, the nested folders are displayed in the interface. If the selected folder does not contain nested folders, a number of learning courses in the selected folder are displayed in the interface. In response to receiving a user selection of a learning course in the selected folder, the contents of the selected learning course are displayed in the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: ADP, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Vining, Kazim Jawwad Syed, Elaine Clement
  • Patent number: 11036301
    Abstract: An input device includes an input unit for inputting a predetermined motion image signal, a motion detector for detecting a motion on the basis of the motion image signal inputted into the input unit, a video signal processor for outputting a predetermined video signal, and a controller. The controller controls the video signal processor so that, when a motion detector detects a first motion, the video signal processor outputs a video signal to explain a predetermined second motion to be next detected by the motion detector after the detection of the first motion to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Matsubara, Tomochika Ozaki, Tatsuya Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 11016632
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for managing a notification bar message relate to the field of electronic device applications and resolve a problem of a tedious operation for clearing a resident notification message. The method includes: searching for a resident notification message; after the resident notification message is found, displaying, in a notification bar, prompt information prompting whether to delete the resident notification message; and if a user chooses to delete the resident notification message, deleting the resident notification message according to a system permission. The method and apparatus are mainly applied to a process of managing a mobile phone application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Li, Wei Zhao, Zhishan Zhuang
  • Patent number: 11016660
    Abstract: Provided is a method for responding to a gesture operation which is applied to a mobile terminal having folded display regions with n display areas, where n is a positive integer of not less than 2. The method can include determining, in response to a first touch operation detected in a first display area of the n display areas, whether a second touch operation is detected in a second display area within a target period. The second display area can be any of the n display areas other than the first display area. The method can further include determining, in response to the second touch operation detected in the second display area within the target period and touch positions of the two touch operations match each other, that a target gesture operation is detected, and enabling a first function corresponding to the target gesture operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shang Gao
  • Patent number: 11016584
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for controlling the same are provided. The electronic device includes a display including a main display area and an auxiliary display area extended from the main display area, a sensing part configured to detect a signal of an electronic pen located on the display, and a processor configured to control the electronic device according to the detected signal. The processor is further configured to, based on an area in which the signal is detected being a first area of the auxiliary display area, carry out a first function corresponding to the signal, and based on an area in which the signal is detected being a second area of the auxiliary display area, to carry out a second function corresponding to the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Duc Tien Bui, Tien Anh Le
  • Patent number: 11010030
    Abstract: A display controller including: a display control unit configured to, in response to a first case, perform control so that an image is displayed in a display mode among a plurality of display modes wherein the first case is a case where a receiving unit has received a manual focus operation in a first state in which a display item indicating information on focus is not superimposed or displayed on a live-view image captured by an imaging unit and the live-view image is displayed with a first magnification wherein the plurality of display modes include: a first display mode in which the display item is superimposed and displayed on the live-view image without enlarging the live-view image from the first magnification; and a second display mode in which the live-view image is displayed with a second magnification larger than the first magnification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Junichi Imamiya
  • Patent number: 10969934
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of navigating an information structure comprising: providing a graphical menu interface displaying the items of a given level of the information structure and enabling selection thereof; dynamically constructing an active path as a sequence of active links after an item of the information structure has been selected; said active links allowing the display of one or more items on a given level of the information structure; and said active links allowing a user to access an item in the information structure by selecting from the one or more items displayed by one of the active links on the active path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: Armin Moehrle
  • Patent number: 10969945
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display, touch-sensitive surface and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays a virtual keyboard, and outputs characters corresponding to respective keys in the virtual keyboard when character-output criteria are met. While displaying an autocorrect user interface for changing a string of characters to a modified string of characters, the device detects an autocorrect input that includes an increase in intensity of a contact above a first intensity threshold while a focus selector is over a respective user interface element in the autocorrect user interface, and then either changes the string of characters to the modified string of characters, or maintains the string or characters, depending on whether the contact has an intensity that meets first predefined criteria with respect to the first intensity threshold and a second intensity threshold that is higher than the first intensity threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Avi E. Cieplinski
  • Patent number: 10963218
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for control and operate a mobile application comprising a graphical user interface (GUI) via natural language commands using a conversation or chat interface associated with a chat application. The chat application may be initiated after obtaining a respective command from a computing device operated by a user. The conversation interface may be displayed adjacent to a mobile application. The conversation interface may be configured to receive user input comprising user commands, and display assistant user input comprising responses generated by an assistant user based on the user input. The mobile application may be updated based on the user input received from the user. The mobile application may be updated by outputting an output command associated with one or more actions that may occur in the mobile application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: PAG Financial International LLC
    Inventors: Pavan Agarwal, Gabriel Albors Sanchez, Jonathan Ortiz Rivera
  • Patent number: 10958765
    Abstract: A method and system for presenting a data-enriched visualization of an end-to-end network topology of components in an information technology (IT) infrastructure, wherein a first asset to be deployed is selected from among a plurality of components, and the set of connections between the first asset and one or more of the plurality of components in the IT infrastructure is identified. A unique code is generated and associated with the first asset, wherein the code embodies operational data, position data, and connection data related to the first asset. Labels bearing the code are generated for application to the first asset and each identified connection of the first asset. When the code is read with a programmed device, the position data and the connection data of the first asset are visualized within the IT infrastructure on a display device using a visualization tool provided by code executing in a processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Ibraheem Ahmed Sheikh
  • Patent number: 10942638
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program products are provided for updating the location of a cursor in a display window on a trading screen when certain events occurs. In a preferred embodiment, as market conditions change, the market information may be rearranged on a screen. To reduce the chances of missing a market opportunity by sending orders or managing them, the cursor moves in association with the market information such that the cursor appears fixed to the market information until a user moves the pointer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jens-Uwe Schluetter, Robert A. West
  • Patent number: 10936786
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for displaying a prompt message. The method includes displaying a first prompt message in an entry box on a user interface of an electronic terminal; determining there is an input instruction in the entry box; replacing the first prompt message with a second prompt message; and changing display status of the first prompt message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Baoming Qu, Jing Ou
  • Patent number: 10928782
    Abstract: System and techniques for a virtual detent bezel device are described herein, a configuration that specifies a detent pattern and an output pattern corresponding to the detent pattern may be received receiving by the virtual detent bezel device. A physical portion of the virtual detent bezel device may sense a rotational action of a user interacting with a physical portion of the virtual detent bezel device. The rotational action may be compared to a present rotational position to determine a rotational change. The rotational change may be thresholded against the detent pattern to determine that a detent is crossed. A haptic feedback device may be activated in response to determining that the detent is crossed. A portion of the output pattern that corresponds to the detent that is crossed may be output by the virtual detent bezel device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Anna-Marie Mansour, James Lundell, Corrie Bates, Megan E. Hansen
  • Patent number: 10908788
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with providing automated discovery and facilitation of user business processes are described. Parse a system log of a software platform to identify interactions of a user with each event of a selected type of event. For each event, create a data structure that describes the interactions with the event based on (i) the identified interactions and (ii) characteristics of the event. Analyze the data structures to create a model of a process applied to events of the selected type by the user. Generate a customized user interface of the software platform that includes a function configured to facilitate the process. Substitute the customized user interface for a standard user interface when displaying the subsequent events to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Oleksiy Ignatyev, Gary Alan Wiessinger
  • Patent number: 10891018
    Abstract: A set of elements, such as, for example, a path, a directory list, a playlist, and a listing of information associated with a file or a song, may be truncated so that a partial set may be generated and displayed. The truncation may be performed in an intelligent manner to produce a meaningful truncated portion. Such a partial set may be beneficial when the space allotted for display of the set is small to begin with or is reduced. In one implementation, a display size of a set is compared with a size of a display area. A data element is selected based on the comparison, and a display space size is determined for the selected data element. A truncated, yet meaningful, portion is determined for the selected data element, the portion fitting within the display space size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Robert M. Chinn, Pavel Cisler, Patrick E. McClaughry, Marcel MWA van Os, Bas Ording