Patents Examined by William Trapanese
  • Patent number: 9977413
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a plurality of windows in a graphical display. Each window corresponds to a representation of at least a portion of an industrial process system. The method also includes, responsive to a first window being in an active state, subscribing to first operational data associated with the process system. The method further includes, responsive to a second window being in an inactive state, unsubscribing from second operational data associated with the process system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Graeme Laycock, Rohan McAdam, Stephen Coorey, Benjamin Benardos
  • Patent number: 9942303
    Abstract: A method of remotely providing an application includes identifying a visible portion of a first application window on a display of a client. A data stream corresponding only to the visible portion of the first application window is received. The received data stream is provided to the client such that the visible portion of the first application window is able to be presented on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: CLOUDON LTD.
    Inventor: Shuki Binyamin
  • Patent number: 9939980
    Abstract: A method of providing a task assistant to provide an interface to an application is described. The method includes, in one embodiment, identifying a user and determining whether there is a push notification to be shown to the user. When there is a push notification to be shown to the user, the task assistant displaying the push notification to the user, such that when the user acknowledges the push notification, the user is directed to a push destination. When there is no push notification, receiving input from a user through multimodal input including a plurality of speech input, typing input, and touch input, interpreting the input, and providing a formatted query to the application, receiving data from the application in response to the query, and providing a response to the user through multimodal output including a plurality of: speech output, text output, non-speech audio output, haptic output, and visual non-text output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: David Andrew Mauro, Richard Lajoie, Elizabeth Ann Dykstra-Erickson, Aaron Kneiss, Aimee Piercy
  • Patent number: 9933919
    Abstract: Systems and methods for simultaneously monitoring operations data for multiple wells in real-time using a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Hamayun Zafar Raja, Syed Aijaz Rizvi
  • Patent number: 9916081
    Abstract: Techniques for image-based search using touch controls are described. An apparatus may comprise: a processor circuit; a gesture component operative on the processor circuit to receive gesture information from a touch-sensitive screen displaying an image and generate a selection area corresponding to the gesture information; a capture component operative on the processor circuit to extract an image portion of the image corresponding to the selection area; and a search component operative on the processor circuit to perform an image-based search using the extracted image portion. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junmin Zhu, Hongbo Min, Ningxin Patrick Hu, Yongsheng Zhu, Zhiqiang Nelson Yu
  • Patent number: 9906871
    Abstract: Distant support is provided to a personal hearing system user by a support provider over a network. Support provider and user communicate with each other by speech transmitted over the network. The user depends in regard to understanding speech on his or her hearing aids. During the support session the hearing aids may have to be removed, may have to be switched off or may be programmed in an unfavorable way. In this case, the user may not be able to understand the speech of the support provider any more. The system enables the support provider to select a message from a list of available messages which is then presented as a visual image to the user. The obstructed acoustical channel is bypassed by relying on visual communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Phonak AG
    Inventors: Markus Flu{umlaut over (c)}kiger, Katarina Matthes, Jean Anne Jordan, Harald Krueger
  • Patent number: 9904440
    Abstract: A touchscreen displays an edit region for writing a message to transmit to at least one counterpart and an attach region for displaying an attachment file attached to the message. While a multimedia file is displayed on the attach region by being set as the attachment file of the message, and if the multimedia file displayed on the attach region is touched and dragged to the edit region, the controller controls the multimedia file to be displayed in a manner of being inserted in the edit region. While the multimedia file is displayed in a manner of being inserted in the edit region, and if the multimedia file displayed on the edit region is touched and dragged to the attach region, the controller controls the multimedia file to be set as the attachment file of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yujune Jang, Eunjeong Ryu, Meejeong Kim
  • Patent number: 9893905
    Abstract: The present disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for providing collaboration among users within a group for improved communication and scheduling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Thierry Donneau-Golencer, Rajan Singh
  • Patent number: 9886182
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus in which a computing device is configured to present as part of its lock-screen interface an image selected from a user's digital image library, and to receive user input designating a classification of the presented image and respond to that user input by not only recording a classification of the image but also unlocking the device. Further, each time the computing device again presents its lock-screen interface, the computing device may present a next image from the user's image library, thereby allowing the user to concurrently classify that next image as well while unlocking the device. Consequently, as a user repeatedly interacts with the lock-screen interface over time, the user may not only enjoy seeing various images from the user's image library but may also conveniently classify those images as an integral part of the user's repeated unlocking of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Christa Minks-Brown, Jason Rincker
  • Patent number: 9880722
    Abstract: A method and system for organizing slides by analyzing content and offering alternative solutions for placing content on the slides in an effective and visually interesting organization is provided. The presentation application automatically generates alternative design suggestions for the provided content that effectively utilize the slide space pursuant to analytics performed on the content. Providing alternative design suggestions for organizing content on a slide assists in quickly and easily creating presentations that effectively utilize slide space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Maloney, John Schilling, Jonathan Chung, Andrew Kunz, Sharena Pari-Monasch, Jonathan Ko, Onur Onder
  • Patent number: 9875003
    Abstract: A method for providing a user interface in which a set of objects stored in the form of data is displayed as a sequential list. The method involves each of the objects being allocated a position in a graphical presentation displayed in addition to the sequential list, the position being taken as a basis for displaying the objects in the graphical presentation. A first user action selects a position in the graphical presentation, and the selected position is taken as a basis for selecting a subset from the displayed set of objects in the sequential list. The positions in the graphical presentation are allocated a metric, wherein it is possible to ascertain a measure of distance between two positions, and an object is included in the subset on the basis of the measure of distance between the position associated with the respective object and the selected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Stefan Struhs, Mark Pleschka, Oliver Meyer, Stefan Schulz, Silvio Federau
  • Patent number: 9875317
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing content on a webpage includes rendering a webpage having a plurality of page areas. Each of the plurality of page areas is associated with an entity having display content. Selection of one of the plurality of page areas is detected. The selection causes a landing page to be rendered in place of the webpage. A return to the webpage from the landing page is detected. In response to the return, the selected page area of the webpage is modified to include at least one additional entity having associated display content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Yahoo Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Sudharsan Vasudevan, Supreeth Rao, Utkarsh Shrivastava
  • Patent number: 9871907
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system automatically establish a connection to a target user by selecting an avatar representing the target user, and establishing a connection by a communication channel based on current context and one or more rules configured by the target user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Erick Tseng
  • Patent number: 9857950
    Abstract: A system, method and program product are provided for system for processing a set of social media (SM) streams. A system is disclosed that includes: a user interface for selecting the set of SM streams and for inputting a set of filtering definitions; a stream unification system that creates a single unified stream from the set of SM streams; a content filtering system that selects relevant content items from the single unified stream based on the set of filtering definitions and generates a unified filtered SM stream using selected content items; and an output system that outputs the unified filtered SM stream to a user display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Kimberly G. Starks, Craig M. Trim
  • Patent number: 9846038
    Abstract: Described herein are implementations of various technologies for an apparatus and method for providing navigation data. In one implementation, a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer-executable instructions. When the plurality of computer-executable instructions are executed by a computer, the plurality of executable instructions causes the computer to receive a user selection of a plurality of points of navigation data and receive a user selection of a geographical region. The computer can select at least a portion of the plurality of the points of the navigation data that are in the geographical region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: NAVICO HOLDING AS
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas, Tracy Brown, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9830075
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a terminal body having an inner surface, an outer surface and side surfaces, and configured to be opened into an open state and closed into a closed state; a touch screen having first and second regions disposed on the inner surface, a third region disposed on the outer surface, and a fourth region disposed on the side surface between the first and third regions, in the closed state; and a controller configured to display an execution screen to at least one of the first and second regions in the open state, display information related to the execution screen on at least one of the third and fourth regions, based on a closed type of the terminal body corresponding folding closed the terminal body, and execute a function related to the displayed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Samsick Kim, Donghwan Yu, Seojin Lee
  • Patent number: 9829979
    Abstract: A vehicle control system uses a touchscreen display to displaying a graphical HMI and detect a contact point where touched by a user's finger. A haptic texture system has an electrode disposed across the touchscreen display and a signal generator generating an oscillating signal to produce a potential difference between the finger and the electrode resulting in a corresponding perceived texture as the finger slides over the touchscreen. A control circuit is configured to set at least a frequency or amplitude of the oscillating signal to vary the perceived texture according to first and second modes while navigating the graphical HMI. The first mode uses a localized texture mapping defined by respective feature icon selection regions on the touchscreen display. The second mode uses a status texture mapping relating the perceived texture to each potential adjustment setting available for a feature icon that has been selected using the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald P. Brombach, Laura V. Hazebrouck, John R. Van Wiemeersch, Ryan E. Hanson
  • Patent number: 9830055
    Abstract: A method of dynamic tagging of image objects appearing in media content items associated with a user. The method comprises automatically identifying a plurality of media objects by an image processing analysis of a plurality of media content items of a user, analyzing an output of at least one sensor of a client device for identifying a plurality of suitable push GUI events for presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user of said client device, in each one of said plurality of suitable push GUI events: triggering a presentation of one of said plurality of media objects using said GUI on a display of said client device, said GUI encourages said user to input user defined metadata describing said presented media object, acquiring said user defined metadata from said user using said GUI, and documenting said user defined metadata in association with said presented media object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Inventor: Gal Ehrlich
  • Patent number: 9830039
    Abstract: A wizard control panel may be used by a human wizard to adjust the operation of a Natural Language (NL) conversational system during a real-time dialog flow. Input to the wizard control panel is detected and used to interrupt/change an automatic operation of one or more of the NL conversational system components used during the flow. For example, the wizard control panel may be used to adjust results determined by an Automated Speech Recognition (ASR) component, a Natural Language Understanding (NLU) component, a Dialog Manager (DM) component, and a Natural Language Generation (NLG) before the results are used to perform an automatic operation within the flow. A timeout may also be set such that when the timeout expires, the conversational system performs an automated operation by using the results shown in the wizard control panel (edited/not edited).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Lisa Stifelman, Dilek Hakkani-Tur, Larry Heck, Madhusudan Chinthakunta
  • Patent number: 9804727
    Abstract: Mechanisms to allow a user to flexibly display visual content on multiple display devices connected to a computer. Each of the multiple displays may be configured to display a portion of visual content from a computer desktop or from an external content source. Each portion of visual content to be outputted may first be enhanced, such as via magnification, before being displayed on one of the multiple display devices. The user may be provided with a first control that enables the user to adjust a portion of visual content displayed on a first display device independently of a portion of visual content displayed on a second display device. A second control may also be provided that enables the user to adjust the portion of visual content displayed on the second display device independently of the portion of visual content displayed on the first display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Freedom Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Demar, Jost Eckhardt, Scott David Moore