Patents Examined by Xiomara L. Bautista
  • Patent number: 10764157
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a device for controlling an operation of at least one electric device including a user interface unit having a conversation display window in which a conversation with the at least one electric device is displayed, a conversation input window configured to receive a character for controlling the operation of the at least one electric device, an icon selection window in which an icon corresponding to the at least one electric device is displayed, and a chatting screen on which a send button for transmitting the character received by the conversation input window is arranged, and a control unit configured to collectively control the operation of the at least one electric device based on a batch control instruction received by the conversation input window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Jeon, Hye Jung Chang, Young Sun Shin, Sun Young Seo, So Young Yun, Ji Yoon Yoon, Eun Kyung Hong, A Ra Cho, Kyung Nam Kim, Jae Seok Lee, Eun Hwa Jang
  • Patent number: 10761690
    Abstract: A display control device includes an operation-display unit and a controller. The operation-display unit hierarchically displays multiple functions using multiple screens and accepts an operation performed through an approach or touch of an object. The controller performs control so that, when the object approaches a function displayed on an original screen, a next screen associated with the function selected as a result of the approach of the object is temporarily displayed using a display mode corresponding to a relationship between the original screen and the next screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Sano
  • Patent number: 10756993
    Abstract: A storage system analysis and monitoring mechanism performs root cause analysis and monitoring of a storage system via a single view of the storage system. A set of objects are identified within the storage system, where the identification of the set of objects is performed by at least one of a topology discovery or a data structure search. For each object in the set of objects, one or more interconnections to one or more other objects in the set of objects are identified. A view of the storage system is then generated in a graphical user interface showing each of the objects in the set of objects and, for each object in the set of objects, the one or more interconnections to one or more other objects in the set of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nadav Parag, Yoni Raveh, Vladimir Shalikashvili, Moshe Weiss
  • Patent number: 10739937
    Abstract: Methods, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for controlling a 3D modeling application based on natural user input received at middleware. In one aspect, a method includes: receiving data indicating that an application operating at the application layer is interpreted as spatial data about one or entities at one or more corresponding locations within an environment context from one or more participating systems; receiving, through an interface in communication with the one or more systems that provide spatial data, multiple sets of spatial data provided by or derived from the one or more participating systems that are generated while the application manages one or more interactions in the environment context; determining adjustment to apply to the environment context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Abantech LLC
    Inventor: Gregory Emmanuel Melencio
  • Patent number: 10726521
    Abstract: Implementations relate to dynamic adaptation of images for projection by a projector, based on one or more properties of user(s) that are in an environment with the projector. The projector can be associated with an automated assistant client of a client device. In some versions of those implementations, a pose of a user in the environment is determined and, based on the pose, a base image for projecting onto a surface is warped to generate a transformed image. The transformed image, when projected onto a surface and viewed from the pose of the user, mitigates perceived differences relative to the base image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Jian Wei Leong
  • Patent number: 10725798
    Abstract: A method for dynamic development of an application programming interface (API) including: receiving a first data file; generating an API configured to receive client data associated with a transaction message, where the generating the API includes: providing a data agnostic template; for each specific data parameter of the plurality of specific data parameters, assigning each template field with a corresponding specific data entry associated with the specific data parameter; and configuring a second user interface associated with the API by associating at least one display parameter with each specific data parameter of the plurality of specific data parameters; and displaying the second user interface such that a field displayed by the second user interface is configured to receive the data associated with each specific data parameter of the plurality of specific data parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Libby Annie Kurien, Maria Julieta Licup-Fajarda
  • Patent number: 10705719
    Abstract: An operating system for operating a multifunction system that operates in a blind mode of operation and in a visual mode of operation. The operating system includes a touch-sensitive screen that displays a plurality of virtual function elements for controlling different functions. In the blind mode of operation, the virtual function elements are actuated without viewing the screen, and, in the visual mode of operation, the virtual function elements are activated while viewing the screen. A guide element and an additional operation element are connected to the screen. A control unit controls at least the guide element and the additional operating element provides, in the blind mode of operation, perceivable or audible feedback based on an actuation of the screen if a body part of the operator contacts the screen with one of the virtual function elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Tino Jakowitz
  • Patent number: 10706392
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a client application configured to process and display a push notification specifying an appointment reminder originating from a server acting as an appointment manager. The client displays a menu of available options for conducting additional appointment-related transactions, such as confirmation, rescheduling, or cancellation of the appointment. Based on the user selection, the client conducts a user-interactive transaction with the server to complete the requested appointment service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: James K. Boutcher, Michael T. Mateer
  • Patent number: 10692533
    Abstract: A processing device provides, on a mobile device, a storyline content user interface (UI) for adding video content to a storyline, the storyline content UI having a first area including a media player, a second area including visual representations of video clips from the storyline, and a third area including a first UI element to record video content, and a second UI element to add the recorded video content to the storyline. In response to a user activation of the first UI element, the processing device initiates recording of a new video clip using the first area, creating, by a processing device, a visual representation of the new video clip, and adding the visual representation of the new video clip to the second area. In response to a user activation of the second UI element, the processing device causes the new video clip to be associated with the storyline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Marco Paglia, William Frederick Kiefer, Jokubas Zukerman
  • Patent number: 10687765
    Abstract: A system comprises a display and a processor. The processor is configured to display on the display in a graphical user interface (GUI), while a plurality of electrogram signals are acquired from a heart, a plurality of widgets corresponding to different respective electroanatomical maps generated from the electrogram signals, each of the electroanatomical maps being associated with a respective set of suitability criteria such that any one of the electrogram signals is used to generate the map only if the signal satisfies the set of suitability criteria. The processor is further configured to display in the GUI, in response to a user selecting any one of the widgets, a status of a most recently acquired one of the electrogram signals with respect to at least one criterion in the set of suitability criteria associated with the electroanatomical map to which the selected widget corresponds. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoav Benaroya, Lidia Tonkonogi Tarasenko, Hanna Cohen-Sacomsky, Lilia Suzdalnitsky, Morris Ziv-Ari, Dan Sztejnberg
  • Patent number: 10672510
    Abstract: A system including a medical device to form a 3D image of an anatomical structure in a body of a living subject, a user interface including a display and an input device, and a processor to prepare a user interface screen presentation including a graphical representation of the anatomical structure based on the 3D image, generate a feature list of a plurality of features associated with the anatomical structure, each feature having a respective location, render the user interface screen presentation to the display showing a first view of the graphical representation, receive an input from the user interface selecting a feature from the list, and render the user interface screen presentation to the display showing the graphical representation of the anatomical structure being automatically rotated from the first view to a second view showing the selected feature at the respective location on the graphical representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Illya Shtirberg, Assaf Cohen, Gil Zigelman, Maxim Galkin, Ido Ilan
  • Patent number: 10671264
    Abstract: A system and method are described for delivering content to a mobile device using a companion device. The companion device acts as a proxy device to send and receive signals on behalf of other proxied devices. Once content is loaded onto the mobile device, a user can navigate through the content using a navigation path determined based on a user's item of focus. Various transitions and animations can be displayed along the navigation path. Moreover, a user can interact with the content when viewed in a specific layout using touch events or a rotation input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Howard, Jonathan R. Dascola
  • Patent number: 10664142
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for entering data into a data entry system. The data entry system includes a user-control device coupled to a display configured to display data field entry locations. The system includes a receiving module for receiving input data. The system includes a parsing module connected to the receiving module for parsing the input data and identifying constituent data elements in the input data. The system also includes a contextual tagging module connected to the parsing module and configured to determine associations between the constituent data elements and the multiple data field entry locations. The system also includes a processor configured to preview the constituent data element on the display when a data field entry location associated with the constituent data element is selected and enter the preview into the data field entry location when the preview is confirmed using the user-control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Mahesh Kumar Sampath, Vasantha Selvi Paulraj, Karthic V, Sivaprakash Pasupathi
  • Patent number: 10664140
    Abstract: A user can select an object represented in video content in order to set a magnification level with respect to that object. A portion of the video frames containing a representation of the object is selected to maintain a presentation size of the representation corresponding to the magnification level. The selection provides for a “smart zoom” feature enabling an object of interest, such as a face of an actor, to be used in selecting an appropriate portion of each frame to magnify, such that the magnification results in a portion of the frame being selected that includes the one or more objects of interest to the user. Pre-generated tracking data can be provided for some objects, which can enable a user to select an object and then have predetermined portion selections and magnifications applied that can provide for a smoother user experience than for dynamically-determined data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Benjamin Franklin Waggoner, Colin Jon Taylor, Jeffrey P. Bezos, Douglas Ryan Gray
  • Patent number: 10650423
    Abstract: An intelligent umbrella includes a wireless communication transceiver to receive commands or messages from a mobile computing device and an integrated computing device, the integrated computing device including one or more memory devices, one or more processors and computer-readable instructions stored in the one or more memory devices. The computer-readable instructions are executable by the one or more processors to receive the commands or messages, via the wireless communication transceiver from the mobile computing device and to generate instructions, signals, commands and/or messages, based, at least in part on the received commands or messages from the mobile computing device. The computer-readable instructions are executable by the one or more processors to communicate the generated instructions, signals, commands or messages to one or more assemblies of the intelligent umbrella to cause the one or more assemblies of the intelligent umbrella to move in a specified manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Shadecraft, Inc.
    Inventor: Armen Sevada Gharabegian
  • Patent number: 10635303
    Abstract: An electronic device, with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, one or more processors and memory, displays a first representation of a first controllable external device, where the first controllable external device is situated at a location. The device detects a first user input corresponding to a selection of the first representation of the first controllable external device. The device, after detecting the first user input, adds data identifying the first controllable external device and a first state of the first controllable external device in a scene profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Coffman, Arian Behzadi, Christopher Patrick Foss, Cyrus Daniel Irani, Ieyuki Kawashima, Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher D. Soli, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: 10628509
    Abstract: Systems, media, and methods for providing an interactive health portal for presentation of health information of an individual including: an animated three-dimensional avatar of the individual and at least one of the following distinct navigational modes for navigating a plurality of categories of health information, each category having at least one subcategory of health information, the modes including: a list navigational mode; a two-dimensional map navigational mode; and a three-dimensional landscape navigational mode; wherein the individual can switch between the navigational modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: HUMAN LONGEVITY, INC.
    Inventors: John Scott Skellenger, Yaron Turpaz
  • Patent number: 10620778
    Abstract: Augmentable and manipulable modeling of equipment provides a three dimensional, manipulable base model image of an equipment specimen on a display system using optical base model data obtained using a computing system. Base model data collection can be user-controlled to permit changing spatial aspects of the base model image (size, perspective, orientation). User inputs concerning functions, conditions and the like can be transmitted from a model control unit to the computing system via a two-way communication link, generating augmenting data that is combined with the base model data to render augmented three dimensional models. User inputs also can be received directly by the computing system, for example using a display system touchscreen. Augmenting data received by the computing system and/or display system also can be transmitted via the communication link to the model control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Capozella, Paul Griesmer
  • Patent number: 10620974
    Abstract: Techniques are described for rendering a gallery control to a graphical user interface (GUI), the gallery control including first and second template replicas. For each template replica, a GUI-rendering component is instructed to render the template replica, a read application programming interface (API) call is placed to the GUI-rendering component, a target size of the template replica is determined based on the results of the read API call, and a write API call is scheduled to instruct the GUI-rendering component to update the dimension of the template replica to the target size. In response to determining that the target size of the dimension of either template replica is different than a default size, a write API call is placed to the GUI-rendering component to update an offset associated with each template replica and the scheduled write API calls are placed to the GUI-rendering component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Laura S. Onu, Ahmed Mohamed Abbas Helmy Mohamed Kotb, Yasser Elsayed Shaaban, Mariyan D. Fransazov
  • Patent number: 10613641
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to realize character string input using two or more devices by an efficient technique. A character string input system includes a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus acquires an operation done on a first input device and acquires a first character string on the basis of the acquired operation. The second information processing apparatus acquires an operation done on a second input device and acquires a second character string on the basis of the acquired operation. The first information processing apparatus outputs an input character string on the basis of the first character string acquired by the time input of the second character string is started by use of the second input device and the second character string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Masanori Nomura, Tomohiro Ogawa, Satoru Matsuda, Takenori Oshima, Junichi Naoi