Patents Examined by Sang H. Kim
  • Patent number: 10747416
    Abstract: There is provided a method for displaying of a user terminal device which includes displaying a first screen; and displaying, in response to a user interaction to touch and drag one of corner areas of the first screen being detected, a second screen on a touch location of the corner areas where the user interaction is detected while at least a part of the first screen is being displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun-kyung Kim, Hyun-jin Kim, Yong-yeon Lee, Jae-yeon Rho
  • Patent number: 10712918
    Abstract: A displaying method of a user terminal device including displaying a first screen on a display of the user terminal device, detecting a user interaction by the user terminal device, and rotating the at least two screens based on the first user interaction, changing a display orientation of the at least two screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun-kyung Kim, Yong-yeon Lee, Hae-yoon Park, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10698585
    Abstract: In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a computing device may provide a user interface for developing an interactive natural-language response system, which may include a virtual assistant. A user may interact with a system using spoken, written (e.g., text), or other input methods. The user interface may allow a user to associate sentences with intents, tag words within the sentences with concepts, and construct a grammar using the associated intents and tagged concepts. The system may use the grammar for automatically predictively associating sentences with intents and words with concepts. The system may display in the foam of a chat transcript a single branch of a tree of a discussion between the virtual assistant and a user. The user interface may graphically display variable values to assist a user to test system responses under different simulated conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Tanya Kraljic, Max Copperman, Susan Dawnstarr Daniel, Tiago G. Cabaco
  • Patent number: 10685471
    Abstract: A content item includes content such as video. A preview of a content item that includes video is displayed by an electronic device, where displaying the preview includes playing the video. A user input selecting the content item is detected. In response to detecting the user input, the electronic device transitions from displaying the preview of the content item to displaying the content item, wherein displaying the content item includes displaying a portion of the content item not displayed in the preview. Furthermore, the electronic device continues to play the video while transitioning from displaying the preview of the content item to displaying the content item, and while displaying the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Waldman Reckhow, Michael James Matas
  • Patent number: 10673802
    Abstract: A method of associating an electronic message social profile with electronic messages. The method comprises identifying a plurality of users having a social affinity to one another, tagging each of a plurality of electronic messages received at a plurality of messaging accounts of the plurality of users with at least one user behavior tag indicative of a behavioral messaging action performed by one of the plurality of users, identifying a cluster of electronic messages having a common content from the plurality of electronic messages according to a similarity analysis, calculating, using a processor, an electronic message social profile for members of the cluster based on a combination of respective the at least one user behavior tag of the members of the cluster, and associating the electronic message social profile with the members of the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Pecan Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Ben Volach
  • Patent number: 10671272
    Abstract: A method, program product, and system for inputting Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) characters into a touchscreen-enabled device is provided. The touchscreen-enabled device receives a plurality of finger touch events. Each of the plurality of finger touch events is a CJK text input stroke associated with a corner of the touchscreen-enabled device. A finger touch movement direction on the touchscreen-enabled device is determined for each of the plurality of finger touch events. In response to determining the finger touch movement direction, the finger touch movement direction associated with each of the plurality of finger touch events is converted to a numeric index value. The corner that is activated by each of the plurality of finger touch events is determined and associated to the numeric index value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Su Liu, Vettakkorumakankavu S. Umamaheswaran, Cheng Xu
  • Patent number: 10656788
    Abstract: A user interface configuration may permit a user to make selections while the interface is dynamically adjusting and reconfiguring its layout and appearance for optimized user satisfaction. One example method of operation may include receiving an input command on a first menu displayed on a touch receptive surface of a user device, selecting a menu item responsive to the received at least one input command and receiving an additional input command that is different from the first input command type. The method may also provide identifying the additional input command as a multiple item gesture command, and storing the multiple item gesture command in memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • Patent number: 10656809
    Abstract: A displaying method of a user terminal device including displaying a first screen on a display of the user terminal device, detecting a user interaction by the user terminal device, and rotating the at least two screens based on the first user interaction, changing a display orientation of the at least two screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun-kyung Kim, Yong-yeon Lee, Hae-yoon Park, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10650052
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an electronic device. The electronic device provides, for display on a display device, a user interface including a first set of columns, two or more columns in the first set of columns each including two or more menu items. The electronic device receives a selection input. In response to receiving the selection input, in accordance with a determination that the selection input corresponds to selection of a first column the electronic device provides, for display on the display device, a second set of columns, two or more of the columns in the second set of columns corresponding to different subsets of menu items that were displayed in the first column that was selected in response to the selection input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Van Os, Joe Howard, Joshua McGlinn, Jonathan Lochhead, Benjamin W. Keighran, William M. Bachman, Elbert D. Chen, Jeffrey L. Robbin, Jennifer L. C. Folse, Lynne Kress
  • Patent number: 10635756
    Abstract: A system for computer-aided design of an object, including a first computer system operated by a first user, a second computer system operated by a second user, an application server hosting a design software application, and a web server providing an interface for at least the first user to access the design software application. The design software application may be configured to receive a first input comprising a first modification to a design template or creating a new design from the first computer system, receive a second input comprising a second modification to the design template from second computer system, and modify the design template based on the first and second modifications to generate a modified design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Bushel Stop Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Blanchfield, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10628477
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided to allow for improved media content navigation. Metadata such as closed captioning, social media content, and tags associated with various media segments are analyzed to allow identification of particular entities depicted in the various media segments. Image recognition and audio recognition algorithms can also be performed to further identify entities or validate results from the analysis of metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MobiTV, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis Calhoun
  • Patent number: 10613706
    Abstract: Control of a computing device using gesture inputs. The computing device may be a handheld computing device with a plurality of displays. The displays may be capable of displaying a graphical user interface (GUI). The plurality of displays may be modified in response to receipt of a gesture input such that a hierarchical application having related GUI screens are modified in response to the gesture input. The modification may include changing the hierarchical application from being displayed in a single screen mode to being displayed in a multi screen mode or vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Z124
    Inventors: Martin Gimpl, Sanjiv Sirpal
  • Patent number: 10613721
    Abstract: A displaying method of a user terminal device including displaying a first screen on a display of the user terminal device, detecting a user interaction by the user terminal device, and rotating the at least two screens based on the first user interaction, changing a display orientation of the at least two screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun-kyung Kim, Yong-yeon Lee, Hae-yoon Park, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10592064
    Abstract: Approaches enable three-dimensional (3D) display and interaction with interfaces (such as a webpage, an application, etc.) when the device is operating in a 3D view mode. For example, interface elements can be highlighted, emphasized, animated, or otherwise altered in appearance, and/or arrangement in the renderings of those interfaces based at least in part on an orientation of the device or a position of a user using the device. Further, the 3D view mode can provide for an animated 3D departure and appearance of elements as the device navigates from a current page to a new page. Further still, approaches provide for the ability to specify 3D attributes (such as the appearance, action, etc.) of the interface elements. In this way, a developer of such interfaces can use information (e.g., tags, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) to specify a 3D appearance change to be applied to at least one interface element when the 3D view mode is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Charley Ames, Dennis Pilarinos, Peter Frank Hill, Sasha Mikhael Perez, Timothy Thomas Gray
  • Patent number: 10572125
    Abstract: A displaying method of a user terminal device including displaying a first screen on a display of the user terminal device, detecting a user interaction by the user terminal device, and rotating the at least two screens based on the first user interaction, changing a display orientation of the at least two screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun-kyung Kim, Yong-yeon Lee, Hae-yoon Park, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10572129
    Abstract: A declarative user interface representation in one declarative format can be converted to a declarative user interface representation in a different declarative format. Templates can rely on template helpers for mapping and programmatic extensions to support a wide variety of declarative formats. Complex scenarios such as composition and decomposition of properties across declarative representations can be supported. A hierarchical approach facilitates development and maintenance of solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SAP PORTALS ISREAL LTD
    Inventor: Guy Soffer
  • Patent number: 10560498
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards automatically determining a context of an communication which is to be sent to a first user (615). Once the communication context is determined, other users are automatically suggested to receive the communication in that a characteristic of the user profiles of the suggested users match the context of the communication (630). The communication can then be forwarded to the suggested users in accordance with user input (635).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings
    Inventor: Lee Douglas Shartzer
  • Patent number: 10528238
    Abstract: A displaying method of a user terminal device including displaying a first screen on a display of the user terminal device, detecting a user interaction by the user terminal device, and rotating the at least two screens based on the first user interaction, changing a display orientation of the at least two screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun-kyung Kim, Yong-yeon Lee, Hae-yoon Park, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10509536
    Abstract: An enhanced control, in which a guide line is defined relative to an object in a user interface, items aligned with the guide line are displayed without obscuring the object. A selected item is output based on receiving a selection of one of the displayed items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Evan Hildreth
  • Patent number: 10496235
    Abstract: Applications on a computing device provide notifications associated with the application to a notification system. A notification includes an identification of content to be presented for the notification and an indication of when the content is to be presented. The notification system presents the notification content at the appropriate time regardless of whether the application is executing and without resuming execution of the application if the application is not running. Various power efficiency techniques are also used to determine which notifications are presented and when a user interface is updated to reflect those notifications in order to avoid updating the user interface to reflect notifications that would not be observable (e.g., due to a power mode of the computing device).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Woley, Won Hee Lee, Gaurav S. Anand, Nathan J. Kuchta, Evgeny Skarbovsky, Chandramouli N. Srinivasan