Patents Examined by Ruay L Ho
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Patent number: 10394410Abstract: Electronic devices, interfaces for electronic devices, and techniques for interacting with such interfaces and electronic devices are described. For instance, this disclosure describes an example electronic device that includes sensors, such as multiple front-facing cameras to detect orientation and/or location of the electronic device relative to an object and one or more inertial sensors. Users of the device may perform gestures on the device by moving the device in-air and/or by moving their head, face, or eyes relative to the device. In response to these gestures, the device may perform operations.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Bryan Todd Agnetta, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Catherine Ann Hendricks, Brian Peter Kralyevich, Richard Leigh Mains, Jae Pum Park, Sean Anthony Rooney, Marc Anthony Salazar, Jason Glenn Silvis, Nino Yuniardi
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Patent number: 10152216Abstract: An electronic device and a method control applications in the electronic device. A plurality of applications are executed in a foreground and a background. The number of touch points input to a touch screen are detected to select an application according to the detected number of the touch points. A touch gesture is detected for controlling the selected application, and the selected application is controlled according to the detected touch gesture.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jaehoon Kim
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Patent number: 10126920Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for providing information through a network. The method of providing information through a network includes: setting correspondence relations between first information, that is provided in a network site and a user wants to acquire through the network, and the appearance of an application; requesting a server for the first information and receiving a response; analyzing second information included in the response; and displaying the second information by manipulating the appearance of the application, according to the correspondence relations without visiting the network site or activating another application.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2013Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hyo Kim
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Patent number: 8108786Abstract: Graphical user interfaces, systems, and methods of implementing electronic flashcards are disclosed. Embodiments provide an interface for enabling information on a selected side of an electronic flashcard to be displayed and hidden. For example, the information on a first side of an electronic flashcard may be displayed while the information on the second side is hidden, thereby enabling a user to test himself or herself before revealing the information on the second side of the electronic flashcard. The interface may also enable placement or storage of inactive electronic flashcards in multiple piles or stacks. For example, electronic flashcards which have not yet been viewed may be displayed in a first pile, while previously viewed flashcards may be displayed in one or more additional stacks. Additionally, the interface may limit the number of flashcards in one or more of the stacks. Further, the interface may perform automated shuffling of the flashcards.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Inventor: Victoria Ann Tucci
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Patent number: 7992087Abstract: Various embodiments illustrated and described herein provide one or more of systems, methods, and software operable to process multilayered documents including form fields. Some embodiments, are operable to process a new or modified background layer image to identify input fields, to match the identified fields with metadata in foreground layer data defining interactive input fields, and to modify the mappings of the input fields defined within the foreground layer of a page description language document as a function of identified input fields in the modified background layer image.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventor: Stefan Cameron
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Data management apparatus and method, recording medium recording data management program, and camera
Patent number: 7987429Abstract: There is disclosed a data management apparatus having a display screen, which includes (1) a first area for displaying a list of title information representing data belonging to a specified category and capable of changing the list in response to changing the category specification, and (2) a second area in which no display content is changed despite changing the category specification, wherein at least either of copying and moving of any title information can be performed at least from the first area to the second area. In addition to the data management apparatus, the present invention can be understood as the invention of a camera including the data management apparatus, a data management method, and a recording medium recording a data management program.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2007Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.Inventor: Motoi Hosoya -
Patent number: 7984379Abstract: Various embodiments provide a standardized schema that can be used by site developers to define a site map and its associated hierarchy. In at least some embodiments, a corresponding user interface can be created within an application such as, for example, a Web browser, to allow the user to specify locations at which they wish to see the site map.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2008Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Justin Wald
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Patent number: 7975243Abstract: Systems and method which allow for control of televisions and other media device are disclosed. A television set is provided with a gesture capture device configured to receive a gesture input directed to at least one of a plurality of predefined areas related to the television set. The television set further includes a user interaction interface configured to generate data indicative of the gesture input directed toward the at least one of the predefined areas and control the television based at least in part on the generated data.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xing Zheng, Dang Van Tran, Sun H Ahn
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Patent number: 7971146Abstract: Audiences for viewing items in one or more electronic repositories including a blog are visually depicted. Input from a user is received for creating different types of items for viewing in the blog. The different types of items include private items, items that are internal for an organization, and public items. Input is also received from the user for selecting audiences for viewing the different types of items in the blog. Items for viewing on the blog are selected from among the created items, and the selected items are displayed on the blog for viewing by the selected audiences. Each selected item is displayed with a visual cue that is distinct for each type of item. The visual cue indicates the selected audience for viewing the item.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2007Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Daniel M. Gruen
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Patent number: 7962860Abstract: There is described a method, to a program and to a system for graphically displaying and projecting at least one network of devices of an automation system, a high density of information usually occurring at the user interface. To allow a user to selectively display devices in a network, in addition to a large quantity of overview information, a solution is proposed in which a user can display individual devices in more detail in an overview. The user can therefore select a device, the instantaneously non-visible details of which he wishes to access, and change the appearance of the device from a not very detailed display to a very detailed display by way of further interaction. This applies to any desired number of devices which can be simultaneously displayed in detail. One advantage is that the network interfaces of devices may also be displayed which cannot be displayed with all network interfaces in the overview without the user being forced to have to change to a different, detail-oriented view.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2007Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Ingo Eichner
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Patent number: 7950009Abstract: A method of displaying contents on a mobile terminal. The method includes displaying a plurality of contents on a display of the mobile terminal, selecting a content from the plurality of displayed contents, and displaying the selected content and similar contents having a similar type as the selected content to be discriminated from other displayed contents that do not have the similar type as the selected content.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2007Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Jong Hwan Kim
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Patent number: 7890709Abstract: In one embodiment, the recording medium includes a management area storing management information. The management information includes navigation information for reproducing data from the recording medium, and the navigation information including region information. The region information indicates at least one geographic region in which reproduction of the data is permitted.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2007Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jea Yong Yoo, Wae Yeul Kim
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Patent number: 7853879Abstract: An image display method and apparatus for displaying a plurality of items of moving image data on a screen include determining a virtual radius of a circular display area displaying one item of moving image data, and determining display positions of the plurality of items of moving image data on the screen such that another item of moving image data is not displayed within a circular display area having the determined radius centered at a display position of one item of moving image data. Each of the plurality of items of moving image data is displayed at the determined display positions.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2006Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyasu Yoshikawa, Shuntaro Aratani, Tomoyuki Ohno, Katsuhiro Miyamoto
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Patent number: 5546524Abstract: An apparatus for moving graphical objects including a display for displaying multiple graphical objects according to a display priority, apparatus for moving, responsive to a user input, a displayed graphical object, and apparatus for modifying, responsive to a user input, a display priority of the moved graphical object as the graphical object is moved so that the moved graphical object is displayed under a portion of a second displayed graphical object. In addition, a method for moving graphical objects including displaying multiple graphical objects according to a display priority on a display, moving, responsive to a user input, a displayed graphical object, and modifying, responsive to a user input, a display priority of the moved graphical object as the graphical object is moved so that the moved graphical object is displayed under a portion of a second displayed graphical object.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1993Date of Patent: August 13, 1996Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.Inventors: Alex C. Chow, John S.-Y. Wang