Patents Examined by Stella Higgs
  • Patent number: 10616433
    Abstract: An information processing device may activate a first application program for providing a first function corresponding to a first item image, in a case where the first item image is selected from among N1 pieces of item images in a first item selection screen, under a non-connection state in which a storage device that stores program control data is not connected to the information processing device. The information processing device may activate a second application program for providing a second function, in a case where a second item image is selected from among N2 pieces of item images in a second item selection screen, under a connection state in which a second storage device that stores first program control data is connected to the information processing device, and display a function related screen which is related to the second function in accordance with the first program control data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sadaaki Miyazaki, Tetsuya Okuno, Toyoshi Adachi, Katsunori Enomoto
  • Patent number: 10616633
    Abstract: A method of connecting a mobile device to a common display associated with a display computer controlling the common display, including, for each mobile device downloading a display application onto the mobile device, selecting the display computer for the common display in the display application, connecting the mobile device to the display computer, selecting, on the mobile device, what is to be displayed on the common display, and sending a data stream of the selection to the display computer to be displayed in a window on the common display corresponding to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: T1V, INC.
    Inventors: Michael R. Feldman, James E. Morris
  • Patent number: 10546153
    Abstract: Alert notification content is conveyed to an authorized user and other persons oriented relative to the mobile device to perceive the alert notification content during an ephemeral alert period, in response to determining that the authorized user is oriented to perceive the alert notification content during the ephemeral alert period, and that only the authorized user is proximate enough to perceive the alert notification content conveyed by the mobile device, or that is appropriate pursuant to rule or privacy setting applications to convey the alert notification content to each of the other persons. The alert content is muted in response to determining that it is not appropriate pursuant to the rule application or privacy setting to convey the content to the other persons, or that the authorized user is not oriented to perceive the alert notification content during the ephemeral alert period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Martin G. Keen, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 10521076
    Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed that allows user to quickly find and select (assign) specific items from a large data source that is housed in the cloud. The GUI includes a first and second grid that display unassigned and assigned items, respectively. Each of the first and second grids allows the user to filter each grid by typing in the search criteria and forwarding the criteria to the server. Items in each of the first and second grids may be moved between the two grids to quickly change the assigned state of moved items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ALLSCRIPTS SOFTWARE, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Douglas Myers, Donald Robert Hedrich, Chad Scott Rust, Mike Broadwater
  • Patent number: 10470538
    Abstract: A portable terminal having a cover that includes a transparent region and a display method thereof are provided. The display method includes displaying a UI element on an exposed display region in a state that the display region is covered by a cover, and controlling the display region that corresponds to the transparent region in response to a user input for selecting the UI element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dae-myung Kim
  • Patent number: 10467920
    Abstract: Generally, a computer implemented layered multimedia assessment system which provides one or more server computers that allow one or more client devices and one or more administrator devices access to an layered multimedia assessment application which provides an administrator user interface and client user interface which serially provide one or more assignment events each having a first step in which the client user interacts with the client user interface to perform an assessment of assignment content and performs an interactive examination and a second step in which the client user participates to evaluate the performance of other client users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: eduPresent LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey S. Lewis
  • Patent number: 10460075
    Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program that allow a user to easily adequately move a display area by guiding a browsed part when a needle biopsy image is browsed. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus includes: a storage unit to store a pathological image of a specimen and guide information along the center line of a shape of the specimen in the pathological image; a display control unit to display at least a part of the stored pathological image, as an observation image, on a screen; an input unit to receive an instruction for changing a range on the pathological image of the observation image displayed on the screen, from a user; and a control unit to calculate the range on the pathological image of the observation image based on the instruction and the stored guide information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Hasegawa, Hidaka Uchida, Yoichi Mizutani, Shigeatsu Yoshioka, Masato Kajimoto, Kouji Ogura, Masashi Kimoto, Naoki Tagami, Toru Mitome
  • Patent number: 10417019
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a screen splitting method and an electronic device adapted to the method. Embodiments determine a split ratio of lock screen based on the communication information between electronic devices, split the lock screen according to the determined split ratio of lock screen, and display the split screens. The screen splitting method includes: checking communication information corresponding to a contact selected by a user; determining a split ratio of lock screen based on the checked communication information; and displaying the lock screens split based on the split ratio of lock screen. Other embodiments may be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seungmin Choi
  • Patent number: 10386931
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor, a display accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to present a user interface (UI) on the display and present at least a first option on the display and a second option on the display. The first option is selectable to present at the device, at least a first representation of first user input of a first input type. The second option is selectable to present, at the device, at least a second representation of second user input of a second input type. The first user input and the second user input pertain to the UI, and the first input type is different from the second input type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Thomas Ryan Cook, Jeffrey E. Skinner
  • Patent number: 10372304
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to facilitating object set replication. In embodiments described herein, a repeatable object set can be generated. Such a repeatable object set can include one or more objects and a field format indicating a position of the object(s) within a field. The generated repeatable object set can be replicated as replicated object sets into a set of fields within a layout structure, wherein each of the replicated object sets includes a representation of the object(s) placed within a corresponding field in accordance with the field format indicating the position of the one or more objects. The replicated object sets within the set of fields the layout structure can then be presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: Narciso Batacan Jaramillo, III, Tomas Krcha, Anirudh Sasikumar, Talin Chris Wadsworth
  • Patent number: 10356157
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for notifying a user of a change to a file stored in a cloud-based file-storage system. A first indication of a first change to the file by a first user is received from a remote server, where the file is associated with a second user and is stored by the remote server. Subscription preferences of the second user are received. A notification indicating the first change to the file is displayed on a mobile device associated with the second user if a category of the notification is allowed by the subscription preferences. The notification includes a graphical preview of the file, an identifier of the file, and an identity of the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Michael Jeffrey Procopio, John Herndon
  • Patent number: 10353721
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for creating and playing back live help routines for websites. During creation of a live help routine, the user performs actions on the website, and information about the user's actions and the website elements being interacted with are automatically stored. In addition, screenshots and HTML of the target website may be stored. The stored information about the website elements may include properties, attributes, and other identifying information regarding the target elements. Upon execution of the stored live help routine, the user viewing the live help routine is guided through the steps by highlighting on the live website the target element that the user need to interact with. The target element is found by matching all or part of the stored information about the website elements with the properties, attributes, and other information of the elements of the live website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventor: Sundeep Harshadbhai Patel
  • Patent number: 10332284
    Abstract: A method executes at an electronic device with a display, concurrently displaying a chart that displays visual marks representing a set of data and a plurality of analytic icons. The method detects a first portion of an input on a first analytic icon, and in response displays one or more option icons that correspond to options for performing a first analytical operation that corresponds to the first analytic icon. The method also detects a second portion of the input on the first analytic icon and in response moves the first analytic icon over a respective option icon such that the first analytic icon is over the respective option icon immediately prior to ceasing to detect the input. In addition, the method adds one or more graphics to the chart that correspond to the first analytical operation and a respective option that corresponds to the respective option icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Tableau Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Kim, Christopher Richard Stolte, Jock Douglas Mackinlay, Robin Stewart, Bora Beran, Justin Talbot, Marc Rueter
  • Patent number: 10318146
    Abstract: A touch screen computing device with an easy to use user interface. The computing device provides on the touch screen a control area associated with a content viewing area. Touch inputs that initiate in the control area, even if they extend into the viewing area, are interpreted as commands that manipulate the display of content. Other touch inputs are interpreted as interactions with displayed content. The control area may be formatted to allow easy access by a user holding the computing device. Through such an interface the user may input commands specifying direct manipulation of the content, without frustration that can occur from the computing device incorrectly interpreting those commands as interaction with the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas R. Kirschner, Brett David Humphrey, Paul J. Reid, Matthew B. Karr
  • Patent number: 10319409
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for generating videos. The system comprise: a video project data including information of the video creation processing parameters, based on video created by a video editing tool which enables human editor to create a master video, a video template creation tool for analyzing the master video and video project data for dividing the video into segments and indentifying for each video segment scenario script and objects properties, resulting in a video template which include sequence of editable video segments, an input application tool enabling editing operations of the video template including changing control parameters and adding, deleting or manipulating of multimedia objects of the template video scenarios and a video engine generation tool for integrating editing operation of multimedia objects and control parameters with video template for creating a variant video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: IDOMOO LTD
    Inventors: Danny Kalish, Assaf Fogel, Yaron Kalish
  • Patent number: 10289291
    Abstract: A method for editing nested video sequences includes receiving a selection, by a user in a graphical user interface (GUI), of a video clip that corresponds to a nested video sequence of a parent video sequence. In response to the selection, each higher layer of the parent video sequence than a given layer that comprises the video clip is disabling from being rendered in a monitor view of the GUI. An image of the parent video sequence is rendered in the monitor view while each higher layer is disabled from being rendered. Also while each higher layer is disabled from being rendered, a manipulation by the user of a GUI element that corresponds to a graphical object from the nested video sequence is received. The manipulation is applied to the graphical object from the nested video sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek Shah, Shailesh Kumar, Subbiah Muthuswamy Pillai
  • Patent number: 10291769
    Abstract: A method for controlling a one-touch call mode of a mobile terminal, in which a user can select the call quality of a voice call in consideration of a calling rate. The user interface of the mobile terminal for the selection occupies only a minimum area, providing a small, efficient user interface. The method includes steps of: displaying, on one section of a touch screen, a one-touch call mode switching menu for switching between voice mode and data communication mode when the user makes a selection; and displaying, adjacent to the switching menu on the touch screen, rate per hour information predetermined according to a region for the voice mode or the data communication mode, as selected by the user. The rate per hour information is displayed as calculated with reference to the mode and the selected region, whenever the voice mode and the data communication mode are switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: OPENVACS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Min Jeoung
  • Patent number: 10251735
    Abstract: The present invention includes a device, system and method of use consisting of a specialized dental keyboard wherein the specialized keyboard resides as virtual keys on a touch screen panel on a device such as a tablet computer including such devices as an Apple iPad. The invention includes a software component that enables customer configurable keyboard layouts including a plurality of specialized keys that provide short-cut macros to streamline data entry during a dental exam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Inventor: Fadi Ibsies
  • Patent number: 10254852
    Abstract: The present invention includes a device, system and method of use consisting of a specialized dental keyboard wherein the specialized keyboard resides as virtual keys on a touch screen panel on a device such as a tablet computer including such devices as an Apple iPad. The invention includes a software component that enables customer configurable keyboard layouts including a plurality of specialized keys that provide short-cut macros to streamline data entry during a dental exam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Inventor: Fadi Ibsies
  • Patent number: 10235024
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a buddy list presentation control method and system, and a computer storage medium. The method includes the following steps: acquiring user information, the user information including buddy grouping information; determining whether the acquired user information further includes theme cover information separately corresponding to each buddy group; and adding, if not, a corresponding theme cover to each buddy group separately according to a preset rule, and then, presenting a buddy grouping list obtained by adding the theme covers. According to the method, the system and the computer storage medium in embodiments of the present invention, recognition and operability of buddy grouping are improved, and an operation cost and operation difficulty are lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Zhifen Xu