Patents Examined by Shahid Khan
  • Patent number: 10140257
    Abstract: A mobile device captures information from a document. The mobile device selects a template stored in a memory of the mobile device. The selected template describes data content of at least one document. The mobile device then captures an image of a document, determines that the image corresponds to one document described by the selected template by verifying that at least one first region in the image corresponds to a region of the document described by the selected template, identifies at least one region in the image that corresponds with a region in the document described by the selected template, and processes information in the identified region in the image. The mobile device then aggregates application specific information from the processed information and presents the aggregated application specific information to a user program operating on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Anu Kannan, Alan J Epshteyn, Duanfeng He
  • Patent number: 10133704
    Abstract: Content items are obtained and dynamically arranged in tiles within columns (e.g. columns of a same size) on a display. The obtained items, along with previously obtained items that have not been rendered, are sorted based on a time such as a creation time and a modified time for the item. A determination is made using the sorting as to whether any of the items are ready to render. The determination of whether an item is ready to render may be made before all of the content items are obtained. A layout within the tile(s) for the column for the ready to render items is determined. For example, the items may be placed in tiles based on their content (e.g. text content placed in smaller sized tiles as compared to rich content). The items ready to render are then sent for rendering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Gergely Kota, Tsu-Chuan Chao, Yong Woo Rhee, Abbott Lowell
  • Patent number: 10114807
    Abstract: Embodiments operate in contexts where field data have been generated from a field event, and annotations have been generated from the field data, which purport to identify events within the field data, such as CPR compressions and ventilations. Metrics are generated from the annotations, which are used in training. In such contexts, a grade may be assigned that reflects how well the annotations meet one or more accuracy criteria. The grade may be used in a number of ways. Reviewers may opt to disregard field data and metrics that have a low grade. Expert annotators may be guided as to precisely which annotations to revise, saving time. A low grade may decide that the results are not emailed to reviewers, but to annotators. A learning medical device can use the grade internally to adjust its own internal parameters so as to improve its annotating algorithms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Esibov, Isabelle Banville, Robert Marx, Fred Chapman, Randy Merry
  • Patent number: 10102195
    Abstract: Systems and methods involve filling missing attribute values from unstructured text. A computing device may provide a plurality of items, such as an item catalog for an electronic marketplace. When an item is found to have a missing attribute value, a plurality of existing values for that attribute is compiled by mining other items. Text associated with the item is parsed to determine possible values for the attribute. From those possible values, the most likely value is identified and the missing attribute value is populated with that value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianhui Wu, Taibai Xu, Wenke Zhang, Rongzhou Shen, Krishnamurthy Koduvayur Viswanathan, Gabriel Parent, Jiwei Cao, Debprakash Patnaik
  • Patent number: 10042827
    Abstract: The invention discloses a system and method for recognizing the non-body text in a webpage, and relates to the field of main body extraction. The system comprises: a webpage grabber configured to grab data of all the webpages of a target website; a DOM tree construction unit configured to construct a DOM tree corresponding to each webpage of the target website; a DOM tree analysis unit configured to find out a unit text section in the webpage according to the DOM tree; a text statistics unit configured to conduct statistics on the number of occurrence of the unit text section in all the webpages of the target website; and a text recognition unit configured to recognize the unit text section as a non-body text when the number of occurrence is greater than a predetermined threshold. The system and the method overcome the problem of lag of recognition of a non-body text in the prior art method, and have a high recognition accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Beijing Qihoo Technology Company Limited
    Inventor: Zhigang Wang
  • Patent number: 10025763
    Abstract: A computer system may identify a first and second predefined color that are found in a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) style sheet for a webpage. The computer system may receive an object to be embedded in the webpage. The computer system may calculate a color similarity score for each of the predefined colors. The computer system may compare the color similarity scores for the predefined color and determine, based on the comparison, which predefined color is the mask color. The computer system may then mask the object using the mask color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Zhe Wang
  • Patent number: 10019421
    Abstract: In an approach for selecting a version of a webpage to present to a user, a processor receives a request to access a webpage from a device, wherein the webpage includes a plurality of versions of the webpage. A processor receives information about the device. A processor determines a version of the webpage to present, based on the information about the device and a predefined goal associated with the webpage. A processor causes the version of the webpage to be presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Taylor J. Anderson, Thomas S. Brugler, Richard Chen, Randall A. Craig, Kristin S. Moore
  • Patent number: 10013401
    Abstract: A method, system, and/or computer program product provides client-side aggregation of web content. A client system receives a web content structure document of a web page with an associated style-sheet. The web content is aggregated on the client-side by transforming the web content structure document into a target web page document by using the style-sheet, wherein during the aggregation further web content is received based on information in the web content structure document using the style-sheet document resulting in a fully aggregated web page, and wherein the aggregation does not interfere with any other client-side transformation of the web content. The fully aggregated web page is then rendered and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carsten Leue, David Winter
  • Patent number: 9996513
    Abstract: In an approach for selecting a version of a webpage to present to a user, a processor receives a request to access a webpage from a device, wherein the webpage includes a plurality of versions of the webpage. A processor receives information about the device. A processor determines a version of the webpage to present, based on the information about the device and a predefined goal associated with the webpage. A processor causes the version of the webpage to be presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Taylor J. Anderson, Thomas S. Brugler, Richard Chen, Randall A. Craig, Kristin S. Moore
  • Patent number: 9992262
    Abstract: Methods for managing contents of multiple digital documents for individual users, to generate aggregated documents from multiple documents and/or create associations among multiple documents, based on the user's interactions with multiple digital documents. A document content aggregation method can, on a personalized basis, aggregate contents from multiple digital documents into an aggregated document based on a user's past interactions with the documents. The aggregation is based on a content importance score calculated from the user interaction pattern. A document association method can, on a personalized basis, create associations among multiple digital documents based on the user's past interactions with the documents. Two documents are deemed related if there is a user interaction pattern where the user interacts with both documents with a predetermined time interval from each other. When displaying one document, link icons are displayed to allow the user to directly navigate to the related documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.
    Inventor: Rabindra Pathak
  • Patent number: 9965455
    Abstract: In a method for managing modifications to elements of a website, receiving one or more modifications to an element of a first webpage, wherein the first webpage is a member of a website. The method further includes determining one or more webpages that include one or more instances of the modified element of the first webpage, wherein the determined one or more webpages are members of the website. The method further includes mapping a location for each of the one or more instances of the modified element within a respective webpage of the determined one or more webpages. The method further includes rendering at least a portion of the determined one or more webpages, wherein the rendered portion of the determined one or more webpages includes the location of the corresponding instance of the modified element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Baldwin, Mark C. Hampton, Stefan A. Hepper, Eric Martinez de Morentin
  • Patent number: 9940315
    Abstract: In a method for managing modifications to elements of a website, receiving one or more modifications to an element of a first webpage, wherein the first webpage is a member of a website. The method further includes determining one or more webpages that include one or more instances of the modified element of the first webpage, wherein the determined one or more webpages are members of the website. The method further includes mapping a location for each of the one or more instances of the modified element within a respective webpage of the determined one or more webpages. The method further includes rendering at least a portion of the determined one or more webpages, wherein the rendered portion of the determined one or more webpages includes the location of the corresponding instance of the modified element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Baldwin, Mark C. Hampton, Stefan A. Hepper, Eric Martinez de Morentin
  • Patent number: 9935988
    Abstract: To provide an information processing device that facilitates an audience to transmit information thereto. This information processing device is configured to include a memory part having an audience area and to be connected with first (presenter side) and second (audience side) terminals. The audience area records a various kinds of information including a presentation material of plural page numbers. The device operates to (1) read out only a character string added with a page number selected by the second terminal from the memory part and causes the second terminal to output the resulting string, (2) record additionally an information combination on an audience writing area which is formed of a character string entered from the second terminal, the selected page number, and a terminal ID, and (3) cause the first terminal to read out the information combination added with the selected page number and to output the resulting information combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Yukihiro Shibata
  • Patent number: 9922011
    Abstract: A computer system may identify a first and second predefined color that are found in a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) style sheet for a webpage. The computer system may receive an object to be embedded in the webpage. The computer system may calculate a color similarity score for each of the predefined colors. The computer system may compare the color similarity scores for the predefined color and determine, based on the comparison, which predefined color is the mask color. The computer system may then mask the object using the mask color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Zhe Wang
  • Patent number: 9916157
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media are disclosed that allow users to specify runtime customizations of documents developed using a desktop integration framework. Workbook metadata is a set of information that describes how a given workbook is integrated with a particular web application. When a workbook is being published, metadata may be written into a local cache in the published workbook as well as a workbook definition file. Metadata management may be handed by a metadata service allowing updates and customization of published workbooks independently of a local cache in the published workbook and the workbook definition file. A workbook composer enables users to customize the metadata and store the customizations using the metadata manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Yixuan Geng, Edmund Alexander Davis
  • Patent number: 9846684
    Abstract: A system, method and non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for implementing dynamic layout rules for attributed text strings having different type styles. In some implementations, developers can use an Application Programming Interface (API) or a design tool to specify dynamic text layout rules for rendering attributed text strings in a user interface (UI). Various text attributes associated with the different type styles (e.g., font metrics) are dynamically adjusted based on the dynamic text layout rules to improve the readability of the text when, for example, font sizes are adjusted. In some implementations, one or more parameters of a text container, text container region, line-fragment or display object are dynamically adjusted based on the dynamic text layout rules to improve the readability of the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jason Clay Beaver, Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill, Eric Lance Wilson, David Chance Graham, Johannes Fortmann, Olivier Gutknecht, Antonio Cavedoni
  • Patent number: 9785720
    Abstract: Implementations an optimizing a browser rendering process that identifies content neutral web pages and renders such web pages without scripting. An example method includes generating a first rendering result of a web page with scripting turned on and generating a second rendering result of the web page with scripting turned off. The method also includes comparing the first rendering result with the second rendering result to determine whether the web page is content neutral and storing a URL for the web page in a list of content neutral URLs when the web page is content neutral. The method can further include receiving a request to render a web page identified by a URL, prior to rendering, determining that the URL is a content neutral URL, and rendering the web page with scripting turned off responsive to determining that the URL is a content neutral URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Biping Meng, Hao Fang, Hui Xu
  • Patent number: 9767080
    Abstract: A cellular phone includes a display surface; a touch sensor configured to detect an input with respect to the display surface; and a CPU configured to control a display. In the case where a predetermined page of an electronic document is displayed on the display, the CPU updates, while an input is continuously detected by the touch sensor, an amount to be turned when pages of the electronic document are turned, and determines an amount to be turned by which the electronic document is turned based on the updated amount to be turned at a timing when the input is terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Imamura
  • Patent number: 9767075
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a system for implementing screen capture, a method for implementing screen capture, and a computer program product for implementing screen capture. A method for implementing screen capture is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Honghui He, Yukun Chen, Xin Ji, Pengjie Zhao, Bin Liu, Chunxia Li, Yali Wang, Wenlong Xie
  • Patent number: 9697191
    Abstract: In an approach for selecting a version of a webpage to present to a user, a processor receives a request to access a webpage from a device, wherein the webpage includes a plurality of versions of the webpage. A processor receives information about the device. A processor determines a version of the webpage to present, based on the information about the device and a predefined goal associated with the webpage. A processor causes the version of the webpage to be presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Taylor J. Anderson, Thomas S. Brugler, Richard Chen, Randall A. Craig, Kristin S. Moore