Patents Examined by Nicholas Ulrich
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Patent number: 11256742Abstract: Method, computer program and apparatus, with which receiving from a user a subject selection of a document and a selection of document components from a set of available document components, and automatically: including the selected document components in the document; recognising a set of tags in the selected document components; maintaining the mapping of available tag types and database fields; for each recognised tag acquiring from a database dynamic data based on the subject, the tag, and mapping of the database fields, and combining at least a portion of the acquired dynamic data to the document at the tag; and indicating to the user modifiable parts of the document. Further, modification data is received from the user and saved to the user's modifiable parts.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Copla OyInventors: Saku Lukkala, Pekka Viiliainen
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Patent number: 11249619Abstract: A method for controlling a screen of a mobile terminal that simultaneously displays a plurality of execution screens is provided. The method preferably includes: displaying a layout composed of a plurality of sections when a magazine creation event is sensed; mapping applications to the plurality of sections in a one-to-one correspondence, respectively to create a magazine; and displaying the magazine, and an execution screen of an application mapped to each of the sections is arranged at the magazine.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hui Chui Yang, Jee Yeun Wang, Joong Hun Kwon, Yu Sic Kim, Kyu Sung Kim, Sun Young Park
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Patent number: 11231901Abstract: A display device includes: a display, a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with a mobile device, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to: control the display to display a second screen corresponding to a first screen output on the mobile device and an indicator based on the display device mirroring a screen of the mobile device, control the communicator to receive object information regarding one or more objects included in the first screen from the mobile device, and to control movement of the indicator based on the object information and the control signal, in response to receipt of a control signal including interaction information regarding the indicator.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jongin Lee, Kwansik Yang, Kilsoo Choi, Sehyun Kim
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Patent number: 11226718Abstract: A method for display in a mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a display screen, the display screen is configured for displaying an application icon, defines an opening, and includes a display area, and the opening is located in the display area. The method includes displaying the application icon at a location of the opening in the display area, wherein a wall of the display screen in the opening has a projection located in the application icon.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Jiao Cheng
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Patent number: 11221756Abstract: A keyboard is divided into a number of large zones each large zone having a number of small zones. The large zones, together, include substantially all of the letters of a language. A word predictive system analyzes the user's interaction with the large zones relating to the small zones to predict a word.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Inventor: Benjamin Firooz Ghassabian
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Patent number: 11209952Abstract: A system for providing information technology (IT) assistance packages enables a graphical user interface that can be launched from a single application icon and that can be customised on an individual user basis to provide a locally-branded system for servicing the user's IT needs.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Invarosoft Pty LtdInventor: Jamie Warner
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Patent number: 11204689Abstract: Techniques in this disclosure may provide a user interface that concurrently displays multiple panels which provide visualization of emergency call data of a law enforcement agency. The user interface can provide a high-level overview of emergency calls in a geographical area. Each panel in the user interface can provide visualization of the emergency calls and/or statistics relating to the calls. A user can customize which panels to include in the user interface and/or customize setting for each panel. The user may apply various types of filters to the data displayed in the user interface, and the panels can update the visualizations according to the filters. The user interface can also provide the ability to show data at various levels of detail within the same user interface or panel. The techniques in the disclosure can provide a convenient, digestible overview of tactical and/or strategic data in a single user interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.Inventors: Arseny Bogomolov, Justin Streufert, Bryan Knight
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Patent number: 11164603Abstract: A system for creating an output comprises a processing unit, a user input module operably connected to the processing unit, and a video monitor operably connected to the processing unit. The processing unit provides on the video monitor: a grid image comprising multiple cells, each cell representing a duration of time; and a selection area comprising multiple select icons, each select icon representing a source data file. The processing unit is configured such that a user can create a grid layout representing the correlation between individual selected source data files and one or more of the multiple cells. The processing unit produces the output based on the correlation.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: CSER Ventures, LLCInventors: Carmine John Silano, Edward Newsome Roberts
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Patent number: 11163425Abstract: An example user terminal apparatus includes communication circuitry configured to be connected to a home network comprising a plurality of devices; a display configured to display a UI screen for managing the home network; a sensor configured to sense a user manipulation of the UI screen; and processing circuitry configured to change the UI screen displayed on the display according to the user manipulation. The UI screen is one of a plurality of service pages that are changeable according to a user manipulation in a first direction, the plurality of service pages being pages for respectively providing different home network management services. At least one of the plurality of service pages comprises an area that is displayable on the display according to a user manipulation in a second direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jung-hyun Shim, Chang-won Kim, Ga-hyun Joo, Jin-sung Kim, Jong-youb Ryu, Chang-hyun Lee, Yong-hyun Lim
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Patent number: 11164278Abstract: A screen capture method includes the following steps: obtaining a screenshot instruction for a target page; obtaining, according to the screenshot instruction, a screenshot of an area currently displayed on the target page; covering the area currently displayed on the target page with the screenshot for display; changing an area covered by the screenshot on the target page to a designated area on the target page; obtaining a screenshot of the designated area; and restoring the target page to the area displayed before the target page is changed to the designated area.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Zhaowei Wang, Yifu Wang, Kai Li, Zongzhuo Wu, Shangtao Liang
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Patent number: 11132174Abstract: A framework for generating and presenting verbal command suggestions to facilitate discoverability of commands capable of being understood and support users exploring available commands. A target associated with a direct-manipulation input is received from a user via a multimodal user interface. A set of operations relevant to the target is selected and verbal command suggestions relevant to the selected set of operations and the determined target are generated. At least a portion of the generated verbal command suggestions is provided for presentation in association with the multimodal user interface in one of three interface variants: one that presents command suggestions as a list, one that presents command suggestions using contextual overlay windows, and one that presents command suggestions embedded within the interface. Each of the proposed interface variants facilitates user awareness of verbal commands that are capable of being executed and teaches users how available verbal commands can be invoked.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: ADOBE INC.Inventors: Lubomira Dontcheva, Arjun Srinivasan, Seth John Walker, Eytan Adar
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Patent number: 11099707Abstract: A computer system with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more cameras displays a virtual object in a first user interface region. In response to detecting a first input at a location that corresponds to the virtual object and in accordance with a determination that the first input meets first criteria, the virtual object is displayed in a second user interface region. In response to detecting a second input, in accordance with a determination that the second input corresponds to a request to manipulate the virtual object in the second user interface region, a display property of the virtual object is changed, and in accordance with a determination that the second input corresponds to a request to display the virtual object in an augmented reality environment, the virtual object is displayed with a representation of a field of view of the one or more cameras.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Philipp Rockel, Jonathan R. Dascola, Stephen O. Lemay, Jeffrey M. Faulkner, David J. Addey, David Lui, Giancarlo Yerkes
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Patent number: 11100161Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for generating and managing audio content, such as blogcast episodes. In accordance with one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided that includes operations performed by at least one processor including retrieving a plurality of stored snippets of media content related to a blogcast episode, the plurality of stored snippets of media content including one or more snippets of user-contributed content. The method also includes receiving snippet metric data associated with one or more snippets of user-contributed content. In addition, the method includes selecting two or more snippets of the plurality of stored snippets of media content including at least one snippet of user-contributed content and generating a blogcast episode comprising the two or more snippets of the plurality of snippets of media content.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Verizon Media Inc.Inventors: Brandon T. Diamond, Alexandra Berke, Ilana Sufrin, Robb Monn
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Patent number: 11093815Abstract: An embodiment is an avatar or avatar environment to visualize data within an athletic performance system or service and/or a social network system or service, for example as part of the Internet. The avatar may further evolve or alter its appearance, animation, or other visual or audio characteristics in response to the data or other input. In particular, the avatar of an embodiment may respond to and provide visualization of athletic or sport performance data. According to one or more aspects, an avatar may be placed on other network sites and updated based on athletic performance data. The avatar may be awarded for goals achieved by a user. The awards or gifts may further include non-avatar related items such as apparel, gift cards and the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Jason Nims, Roberto Tagliabue, Danielle Quatrochi
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Patent number: 11079912Abstract: A method and apparatus for enhancing digital video effects (DVE) operates to embed DVE functionality within a graphics modeling system and provides the user with an interface configured to present model elements to a user as controllable parameters. In order to embed DVE functionality, a dynamic data structure is introduced as a scene to allow the addition of user defined model elements. The user interface enables the identification of, and access to the newly introduced model elements.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: GRASS VALLEY CANADAInventors: Ralph Andrew Silberstein, Donald Johnson Childers, David Sahuc
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Patent number: 11079900Abstract: The present invention comprises a flexible display that surrounds the front surface of an electronic device and a control unit that controls operation of functions of the flexible display-based electronic device. The control unit may display a plurality of icons corresponding to an application or a specific function in at least one area among sub areas of the flexible display; the control unit may sense an input for selecting at least one icon among the plurality of icons; the control unit may sense an input for swiping the at least one selected icon to at least one area among main areas of the flexible display; and the control unit may process a control such that an application or a specific function, which corresponds to the at least one selected icon, is executed, and a screen corresponding to the execution is displayed in the main area corresponding to the sensed swipe input.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junghee Yeo, Hayoul Jung
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Patent number: 11079908Abstract: A method for adding an icon to an interface of an Android system, where the Android system has N interfaces, includes: a. obtaining add command information; b. obtaining, according to the add command information, space information of an icon to be added; c. obtaining remaining space information of an Mth interface according to the add command information; d. judging whether the space information of the icon to be added is greater than the remaining space information of the Mth interface; if yes, executing step e; if no, executing step f; e. judging whether the Mth interface is a last interface to be judged; if yes, executing step g; if no, assigning M+1 to M and returning to step c; f. adding the icon to the interface; and g. establishing another interface, and adding the icon to the newly established interface; where M and N are natural numbers, and 1?M?N.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.Inventor: Pei Wang
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Patent number: 11061551Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for passive scroll hints while presenting graphical content via an application (e.g., a web browser). A location of a mouse cursor, touch input, or tilt angle of a user device may be utilized to identify a horizontal and/or vertical shift amount. The horizontal and/or vertical shift amounts may relate to an amount by which graphical content presented via a viewing window of the application may be shifted in a horizontal and/or vertical direction, respectively. The horizontal and vertical shift amounts may be bounded based at least in part on a total width and/or height of the graphical content. Utilizing the techniques described herein, a user may be informed of the existence of additional graphical content that is outside of the area of the viewing window.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John Everett Gill, Michael Lowenstern
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Patent number: 11048461Abstract: A server device may receive information identifying a user of a first device participating in a screen sharing session with a second device and associate the information identifying the user of the first device with information indicating a sequence of interactions with an application at the first device. The server device may determine one or more user interface elements that correspond to a current view of the application at the first device based on the sequence of interactions, and transmit, to the second device, information identifying the one or more user interface elements that correspond to the current view to permit the second device to reconstruct the current view based on the information identifying the one or more user interface elements that correspond to the current view and stored information related to a plurality of views associated with the application.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Reza Farivar, Austin Walters, Fardin Abdi Taghi Abad, Jeremy Goodsitt, Vincent Pham
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Patent number: 11042273Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for receiving a business process model for an application, the business process model including a human workstep, wherein input is received from a user to complete the human workstep; receiving a plurality of presentation types for association with the human workstep; receiving associated user interface (UI) metadata for the plurality of presentation types; and associating the human workstep with the plurality of presentation types and associated UI metadata.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Progress Software CorporationInventors: Sunil Belgaonkar, Shelley Chase