Dynamically Changed Appearance (e.g., Animated Or Live Action) Patents (Class 715/861)
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Patent number: 11837233Abstract: The situation of a conversation can be allowed to be grasped in more detail. A statement of each participant participating in a conversation is detected by processing a voice signal. The state of each participant participating in the conversation, for example, a direction in which each participant is looking is detected by processing an image signal. The state and existence of a conversation are determined on the basis of the statement of each participant and the state of each participant. The state and existence of a conversation can be determined with higher accuracy than in a technology that determines the state and existence of a conversation only by statements of participants.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Nobuhiro Tsunashima
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Patent number: 11818286Abstract: A method starts with a processor receiving a content collection from a second computing device associated with a second user. A processor detects input of text data from a text interface overlaid on top of a display of the content collection and analyzes the text data to identify a first characteristic within the text data. The processor also accessing a plurality of personalized avatars associated with a respective avatar characteristic and determines a selection of personalized avatars that match the first characteristic by comparing the first characteristic against the respective avatar characteristic associated with each of the plurality of personalize avatars.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Christie Marie Heikkinen, David Phillip Taitz, Jeremy Baker Voss, David Whyte, Yiwen Zhan
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Volumetric scattering effect in a three-dimensional virtual environment with navigable video avatars
Patent number: 11776203Abstract: Disclosed herein is a web-based videoconference system that allows for video avatars to navigate within a virtual environment. Various methods for efficient modeling, rendering, and shading are disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Katmai Tech Inc.Inventors: Gerard Cornelis Krol, Petr Polyakov -
Patent number: 11726638Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting a user interface with options to customize content associated with an item and share the customized content associated with the item. When a sender customizes content associated with the item, a custom image may be generated based on the customization and associated with a landing page. The custom image and landing page may be associated with a custom rich content tag, where the custom rich content tag is associated with a custom URI. The custom URI may be shared with individual recipients or via a third-party messaging or social media service, such that the custom image may be shown in a message or post that includes the custom URI. Upon engaging with the custom URI, the landing page may be presented.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies Inc.Inventors: Hung Hoang Dao, Hassan Munir Adwan, Shruti Rajagopalan, Yazan Mahmoud Alrawashdeh, Tha'Er Mahmoud Albatayneh
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Patent number: 11682164Abstract: Disclosed herein is a web-based videoconference system that allows for video avatars to navigate within a virtual environment. Various methods for efficient modeling, rendering, and shading are disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: KATMAI TECH INC.Inventors: Gerard Cornelis Krol, Petr Polyakov
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Patent number: 11675478Abstract: A page element display method and an electronic device (100 or 1500) are provided. The method includes: The electronic device (100 or 1500) displays a first interface, where the first interface includes a first page element (1401); the electronic device (100 or 1500) detects a first operation performed by a user on the first page element (1402); the electronic device (100 or 1500) adjusts a size of the first page element in response to the first operation (1403); and the electronic device (100 or 1500) automatically displays a second interface after adjusting the size of the first page element. The method helps to enhance an effect of feedback from the electronic device (100 or 1500) to the user when the user performs the operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.Inventors: Feng Dong, Jiawei Weng
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Patent number: 11656758Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device selects and provides for interaction with handwritten content in a content entry region. In some embodiments, an electronic device generates normalized shapes based on handwritten inputs. In some embodiments, an electronic device identifies actionable text within handwritten content and updates the identified text to be actionable. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents tutorials for text manipulation operations. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays visual feedback of text manipulation operations. In some embodiments, an electronic device selects units of content.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Lee S. Broughton
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Patent number: 11430411Abstract: A method for sharing content between one host display and at least one associated display, each display having an image area, the method including for each associated display, the host display receiving the resolution of an image area of the associated display and defining a sharing area on the host display having the same resolution, and displaying the unscaled content in the sharing area of the host display on the image area of the associated display.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: BARCO NVInventors: Danny Deroo, Lode De Paepe
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Patent number: 10958715Abstract: A relay apparatus includes a storage, request data reception and transmission units, a mode data reception unit, a specified condition conversion unit, a content identifier reception unit, a generation unit, and a display data transmission unit. The storage stores a service identifier, access destination information, and a conversion routine for the format of a specified condition specifying content, for each of storage services. The request data reception unit receives a service identifier and a specified condition from a client apparatus. The mode data reception unit receives mode data specifying a client apparatus display format. The specified condition conversion unit converts the specified condition into a server format, which is transmitted by the request data transmission unit using access destination information. The content identifier reception unit receives content identifiers from the server, for which the generation unit generates display data.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Shigeki Ishino
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Patent number: 10726452Abstract: An embodiment is directed to a non-expanding advertisement that displays a video loop or a portion of a video within the advertisement. If the user interacts with the advertisement, the entire video is played within the advertisement without expanding. The user is not given the option to stop or pause the video. In addition, since the advertisement does not expand, the user is not given the option to close the video, ensuring that a complete view of the video is delivered to the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Darrick Paul Brown, Rick Reicker, Troy William Young
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Patent number: 10574738Abstract: A relay apparatus includes a storage, request data reception and transmission units, a mode data reception unit, a specified condition conversion unit, a content identifier reception unit, a generation unit, and a display data transmission unit. The storage stores a service identifier, access destination information, and a conversion routine for the format of a specified condition specifying content, for each of storage services. The request data reception unit receives a service identifier and a specified condition from a client apparatus. The mode data reception unit receives mode data specifying a client apparatus display format. The specified condition conversion unit converts the specified condition into a server format, which is transmitted by the request data transmission unit using access destination information. The content identifier reception unit receives content identifiers from the server, for which the generation unit generates display data.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Shigeki Ishino
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Patent number: 10318630Abstract: In various example embodiments, a textual identification system is configured to receive a set of search terms and identify a set of textual data based on the search terms. The textual identification system retrieves a data structure including textual identifications for the set of textual data and processes the data structure to generate a modified data structure. The textual identification system sums rows within the modified data structure and identifies one or more elements of interest. The textual identification system then causes presentation of the elements of interest in a first portion of a graphical user interface and the textual identifications for the set of textual data in a second portion of the graphical user interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.Inventors: Maxim Kesin, Paul Gribelyuk
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Patent number: 9792364Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a search query from a user of an online social network and searching multiple verticals to identify multiple sets of objects in each vertical, respectively, that match the search query, and wherein each vertical stores one or more objects associated with the online social network. The method also includes ranking, for each set of identified objects from a vertical, each identified object in the set of identified objects. The method further includes blending the multiple sets of identified objects from each vertical to form a set of blended search results that includes a threshold number of identified objects, the blending including an iterative process performed at least the threshold number of iterations. Each iteration of the iterative blending process includes determining a blender score for each top-ranked identified object in each set of identified objects.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Ching-Chih Weng, Alessandro Presta, Chun-Yang Chen, Po-Lung Chen
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Patent number: 9772703Abstract: This application discloses a control method of electronic apparatus and an electronic apparatus, wherein the electronic apparatus includes a touch control unit, on which there is at least one operating icon. The control method comprises determining a first touch region corresponding to the at least one operating icon, wherein, an area of the first touch region is less than the area of the touch control unit; determining a second touch region on the touch control unit according to the first touch region, wherein, the second touch region is a region other than the first touch region on the touch control unit; generating a control instruction for making touch function of the second touch region to be in a disable status; and executing the control instruction to make the touch function of the second touch region to be in the disable status.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Guang Yang, Na Ju, Lifeng Fan, Ke Shang, Qi Li
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Patent number: 9442623Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to determine a substantially perpendicular current distance from a cursor guide line that passes through a given current cursor location, to a reference point. Additional activity may include determining candidate guide lines that comprise a subset of a larger group of guide lines and that are associated with at least one drawing object, each one of the subset having a substantially perpendicular reference distance to the reference point that is within a range defined by a snapping tolerance and the current distance. A snapping location can be displayed on the closest one of the subset as measured from the current cursor location. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2008Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventor: Gaurav Jain
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Patent number: 9285989Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The method includes receiving a touch input from a side area on a touch screen for more than a predefined amount of time; setting a touch-lock area on the touch screen based on an area of the detection of the touch input; and displaying the touch-lock area differently from the rest of the touch screen so as to be easily distinguishable. Therefore, it is possible to effectively set a touch-lock area on the touch screen and thus to prevent the mobile terminal from performing an operation against the will of a user.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sungkyun Park, Hangyu Oh
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Patent number: 9158556Abstract: Techniques for managing web content creation include identifying a portal meta-model comprising one or more rules defining relationships between portal objects, and characteristics of the portal objects; receiving a portal model through a graphical user interface (GUI), the portal model comprising one or more customizable constraints on the relationships between the portal objects and the characteristics of the portal objects; identifying one or more portal objects comprising portal content; and applying the one or more rules and the one or more customizable constraints to the identified one or more portal objects.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: SAP Portals Israel LtdInventors: Nimrod Barak, Eyal Nathan
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Patent number: 9052810Abstract: Methods and apparatus to manage zones of a multi-zone media playback system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a user interface; a controller to configure one or more zone groups each associated with one or more media playback devices; a detector to monitor the user interface for a drag of an icon representative of a first one of the zone groups on the user interface from a first position to a second position; and a configuration implementer to change a configuration of the one or more zone groups in response to a detected drag of the icon.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2011Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: SONOS, INC.Inventors: Robert Reimann, Joni Hoadley
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Patent number: 9041658Abstract: A touch screen device and an operating method are provided in which only a specific position on a touch screen is activated to receive signals. The touch screen device includes a screen including a display configured to display menu images thereon and a detector configured to detect a screen touch, and a controller configured to control operations of the device according to the screen touch detected by the detector. The controller may cause the detector to be divided into an execution area configured to execute a menu when the menu placed on the execution area is touched, and a selection area configured to sequentially move the menu images to the execution area when the selection area is touched. Alternatively, the controller may cause the detector to be divided into a moving area configured to move a menu from a touch point along a drag line while the menu is dragged, and an execution area configured to execute the relevant menu when the touch on the execution area is released.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2007Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INCInventors: Ho Joo Park, Ji Suk Chae, Young Ho Ham, Kyung Hee Yoo, Ji Ae Kim, Yu Mi Kim, Sang Hyun Shin, Seung Jun Bae, Yoon Hee Koo, Seong Cheol Kang
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Patent number: 8966385Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus for imaging a radiation image inputs an operation instruction from a user and performs display control of a screen that has an input region in which one or more information input regions for having various types of information input thereto are disposed, and a workflow region in which workflow information related to imaging of the radiation image is disposed. Here, when a confirmation instruction indicating confirmation of an operation is input, the radiation imaging apparatus moves the one or more information input regions of the input region toward a prescribed region of the workflow region, and performs display using animation that sequences the movement of the one or more information input regions.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsukasa Sako, Koji Takekoshi
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Patent number: 8949746Abstract: A computer implemented method provides access to accommodate public use software environments. An attractor screen is displayed on a data processing system providing the public use environment. An interaction with the attractor screen is then detected. If the interaction with the attractor screen complies with audio instructions for executing a software overlay, the control software for the public use system is launched along with the software overlay. If the interaction with the attractor screen does not comply with audio instructions for executing a software overlay, the control software for the public use system is launched without the software overlay.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2009Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Rex E. Marzke
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Patent number: 8943197Abstract: Features are disclosed for detecting meaningful updates to network accessible content, including but not limited to web pages. The portion or portions of content that are meaningful can be automatically determined based on a previously defined content profile, an analysis of user interactions with the content, algorithms and automated content analysis techniques, some combination thereof, or other techniques. Content can be monitored and determinations can be made regarding whether and to what extent the content has changed. Client devices or users thereof may be notified of detected meaningful content updates. Notifications can include updated portions of the content. The updated content may be displayed to the user on a client device, and visual treatments may be applied to the updated portions to draw the users' attention to the presence and substance of the updates.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brett R. Taylor, Ameet N. Vaswani, Faizal S. Kassamali, Ryan Tucker, Michael V. Zampani, Ranganath Atreya
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Patent number: 8937591Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for altering the position or visual appearance of a movable indicator in a GUI that is controlled by eye tracking to counteract a perceptual fading of the movable indicator with respect to the GUI. The position of the user's point of gaze may be tracked, the movable indicator may be rendering at a position associated with the user's point of gaze, and the position or visual appearance of the movable indicator may be altered when an event, such as a passage of time or a blinking of the user's eyes, is detected.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2012Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: David P. Julian
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Patent number: 8914746Abstract: A display screen of a hand-held electronic device displays a plurality of icons corresponding to application programs of the hand-held electronic device. The hand-held electronic device includes an up/down-arrow key and a left/right-arrow key. If the up/down-arrow key has been operated, the hand-held electronic device focuses an icon according to an operation direction of the up/down-arrow key and a frequency of use relating to each icon. If the left/right-arrow key has been operated, the hand-held electronic device focuses an icon according to an operation direction of the left/right-arrow key and a use time of each icon.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.Inventor: Kai-Lin Huang
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Patent number: 8914729Abstract: Methods and systems are described for navigating a corpus of content items stored in one or more information repositories within a distributed communications system. The content items may include video feeds, audio feeds, television broadcasts, website, a web log or the like. Using any browser application, the user views content items presented in an interactive scroll display. Modules are included for filtering, sorting and sampling content to ensure delivery of relevant high-quality content to the user. A feedback mechanism is also included for refining relevance filtering, sorting and sampling processes.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2006Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Micah Dubinko, Joseph Magnani, Jasmine Novak, Ravi Kumar, Prabhakar Raghavan, Andrew Tomkins
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Patent number: 8904310Abstract: The present invention is a system that provides a pen based computer user with a graphical user interface tool, a pen-mouse, that looks like and functions like a mouse but that is controlled by a limited input device such as a pen or stylus of the pen based computer. The pen-mouse is a tracking menu that tracks the position of the pen. A pen cursor that corresponds to the pen is allowed to be moved about within the pen-mouse graphic by the pen and the pen-mouse remains stationary. The pen-mouse is moved when the location of the pen encounters a tracking boundary of the pen-mouse. The tracking boundary typically coincides with the graphic representing the mouse. While moving within the pen-mouse, the pen can select objects within the pen-mouse body, such as buttons, wheels, etc. The selection of a button or other virtual control causes a corresponding computer mouse button function to be executed.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2007Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.Inventors: George W. Fitzmaurice, Gordon Kurtenbach, William A. Buxton, Robert J. Pieke
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Patent number: 8897929Abstract: The invention in particular has as an object the control of execution of software commands of a data-processing system in an aircraft cockpit comprising means for allowing a user to call up these commands. For these purposes, the means making it possible to call up these commands initially are locked in order to block calls to software commands. At the time of reception of an information item for unlocking these means, they are unlocked and the software commands may be called up. The software commands may be called up via the call-up means only if these means are in an unlocked state.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: AIRBUS Operations S.A.S.Inventors: Yannick Deleris, Adrienne Tankeu Choitat, Sofyan Su
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Patent number: 8890895Abstract: To allow a user to issue an adequate instruction concerning a process in connection with a plurality of discrete objects placed in a virtual space. A user interface device comprises a virtual space image display section for producing an image of a virtual space where a plurality of objects are placed, on a real time basis according to a position of a viewpoint defined in the virtual space, and sequentially displaying the image; a viewpoint position change section for changing the position of the viewpoint defined in the virtual space according to a first operation by the user; and an object selection section for selecting one or more objects among the objects placed in the image displayed by the virtual space image display section, according to a second operation by the user.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2007Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Ken Kutaragi
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Patent number: 8875026Abstract: The present invention is directed to directed communication in a virtual environment. A method for method for providing directed communication between avatars in a virtual environment in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: determining a relative location of a first avatar and a second avatar in a virtual environment; and adjusting an aspect of a communication between the first avatar and the second avatar based on the relative location.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2008Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rick A. Hamilton, II, John P. Karidis, Brian M. O'Connell, Clifford A. Pickover, Keith R. Walker
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Patent number: 8875024Abstract: Provided is a method for manipulating a media object in a media player and an apparatus using the same. The method includes generating a rendering map for managing a region of a media object in a rendering interface according to time, receiving a user input via the rendering interface; updating the rendering map based on a user input; re-composing a scene based on the updated rendering map, and rendering the media object according to the re-composed scene.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2008Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung-sun Cho, Jeong-hoon Park, Sun-hee Youm
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Publication number: 20140310657Abstract: A system for displaying advertising content includes a client computer having a display device, a processor, a network interface, and a graphical user interface including a cursor. The client computer is arranged to receive advertising content data from a remote computer via the network interface. The advertising content data includes cursor display data for displaying a promotional image. The processor is coupled to the display device and modifies the cursor in accordance with the promotional image in response to a predetermined event. The promotional image may include elements such as animation, a satellite image, a sprite image, promotional text, and a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: LEXOS MEDIA IP, LLCInventors: James S. Rosen, Thomas A. Schmitter, Mark S. Hall
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Publication number: 20140310656Abstract: A system for displaying advertising content includes a client computer having a display device, a processor, a network interface, and a graphical user interface including a cursor. The client computer is arranged to receive advertising content data from a remote computer via the network interface. The advertising content data includes cursor display data for displaying a promotional image. The processor is coupled to the display device and modifies the cursor in accordance with the promotional image in response to a predetermined event. The promotional image may include elements such as animation, a satellite image, a sprite image, promotional text, and a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Lexos Media IP, LLCInventors: James Samuel Rosen, Thomas A. Schmitter, Mark S. Hall
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Publication number: 20140310658Abstract: A system for displaying advertising content includes a client computer having a display device, a processor, a network interface, and a graphical user interface including a cursor. The client computer is arranged to receive advertising content data from a remote computer via the network interface. The advertising content data includes cursor display data for displaying a promotional image. The processor is coupled to the display device and modifies the cursor in accordance with the promotional image in response to a predetermined event. The promotional image may include elements such as animation, a satellite image, a sprite image, promotional text, and a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Lexos Media IP, LLCInventors: James Samuel Rosen, Thomas A. Schmitter, Mark S. Hall
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Publication number: 20140310660Abstract: A system for displaying advertising content includes a client computer having a display device, a processor, a network interface, and a graphical user interface including a cursor. The client computer is arranged to receive advertising content data from a remote computer via the network interface. The advertising content data includes cursor display data for displaying a promotional image. The processor is coupled to the display device and modifies the cursor in accordance with the promotional image in response to a predetermined event. The promotional image may include elements such as animation, a satellite image, a sprite image, promotional text, and a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Lexos Media IP, LLCInventors: JAMES SAMUEL ROSEN, THOMAS A. SCHMITTER, MARK S. HALL
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Publication number: 20140310659Abstract: A system for displaying advertising content includes a client computer having a display device, a processor, a network interface, and a graphical user interface including a cursor. The client computer is arranged to receive advertising content data from a remote computer via the network interface. The advertising content data includes cursor display data for displaying a promotional image. The processor is coupled to the display device and modifies the cursor in accordance with the promotional image in response to a predetermined event. The promotional image may include elements such as animation, a satellite image, a sprite image, promotional text, and a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Lexos Media IP, LLCInventors: James Samuel Rosen, Thomas A. Schmitter, Mark S. Hall
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Patent number: 8843854Abstract: A method for executing a menu in a mobile terminal is disclosed, wherein the method includes displaying a first icon on a touch screen of the mobile terminal, receiving a first multi touch gesture pattern on the first icon, and displaying at least one second icon upon recognition of the first multi-gesture pattern, the at least one second icon a sub icon of the first icon.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Se Sook Oh, Ho Jae Jung, Moon Kyung Kim
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Patent number: 8826181Abstract: A computer readable medium storing a computer program for execution by at least one processor is disclosed. The computer program is for determining that a first identified location is too close to an edge of a window of a graphical user interface to display a radial display area. The computer program is also for identifying a second location far enough from the edge to fully display the radial display area within the window. The computer program is also for displaying the radial display area at the second location.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2008Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jean-Pierre M. Mouilleseaux, Charles J. Migos
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Patent number: 8803888Abstract: A system and method for sharing information between users based on recognition of the users and their associated processing devices in a scene. Interactions can be physical, verbal or a combination of physical and verbal gestures. Movements of the user and other users are tracked and interactions detected between them. User processing devices are connected by detecting users within view of a capture device, the capture device detecting motion tracking data for the user, such as a skeletal model. Information sharing may be controlled by the processing devices directly, by an intermediary server, or by a combination of the processing device and an intermediary server.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Garret J. Buban
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Patent number: 8793330Abstract: The invention disclosed herein is directed to a system and method for displaying graphics, text, animation, video and other content. In one embodiment of the invention, the system comprises a three-dimensional “Display Carousel” system. The system may include one or more display windows, each of which is capable of displaying different content. The configuration of the windows may give the appearance of rotating like a carousel and also of the carousel and/or images being three-dimensional. Other features of the invention may include functionality which permits the uploading and downloading of content, statistical data gathering, and revenue generation.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Inventor: Lit Samuel
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Patent number: 8788975Abstract: A system and method is provided that identifies one geographic entity based on another geographic entity. In one aspect, a user may select one of plurality of relationships that associates one geographic region with one or more other geographic regions. When the user selects one of the geographic regions, the related geographic region(s) are highlighted based on the selected relationship.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2009Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Vijayakrishna Griddaluru
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Patent number: 8780134Abstract: An apparatus includes means for associating a first editing effect with a first editing direction; means for associating a second editing effect with a second editing direction; means for receiving an editing input indicating an input direction and an input length; means for determining an editing degree according to a corresponding length of said input length in an editing direction by extracting a component corresponding to the input in the editing direction; and means for applying said associated editing effect in a degree according to the editing degree to an image.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Wei-Chao Chen, Natasha Gelfand, Chia-Kai Liang
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Patent number: 8782540Abstract: An engine, platform, system and method of interconnecting content generation, advertisement relevance, and traffic stimulation. The present invention may include the generation of one or more content items into a primary content window, the presentation of one or more content items in a secondary content window, a repeated crawl of the one or more content items in the primary content window, the presentation of a first plurality of advertisements relevant to the repeated crawl, the maintenance of a viewer of the primary content window at least partially based upon the one or more content items in the secondary content window, at least until the presentation of a second plurality of advertisements relevant to the repeated crawl, a targeting of at least one subset of traffic in accordance with the generation of the content in the primary content window, and a tracker that increases proportionally with the relevance of the first plurality of advertisements.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Uniloc Luxembourg, S.A.Inventor: Tod C. Turner
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Patent number: 8755061Abstract: A display input device 1 includes: a display part 11 displaying character string regions; an input part 12 accepting operation; a storage part 18 storing data including data for an image; and a display control part 10 controlling the display at the display part. The display control part 10 judges whether or not, of the character string regions, the adjacent character string regions include the same character string, and if they include the same character string, makes the display part highlight characters other than the same character string.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Yasushi Saito
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Patent number: 8749557Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to interacting with a user interface via feedback provided by an avatar. One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving depth data, locating a person in the depth data, and mapping a physical space in front of the person to a screen space of a display device. The method further comprises forming an image of an avatar representing the person, outputting to a display an image of a user interface comprising an interactive user interface control, and outputting to the display device the image of the avatar such that the avatar faces the user interface control. The method further comprises detecting a motion of the person via the depth data, forming an animated representation of the avatar interacting with the user interface control based upon the motion of the person, and outputting the animated representation of the avatar interacting with the control.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jeffrey Evertt, Joel Deaguero, Darren Bennett, Dylan Vance, David Galloway, Relja Markovic, Stephen Latta, Oscar Omar Garza Santos, Kevin Geisner
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Patent number: 8751969Abstract: The present invention provides a configuration that allows for a cursor or other object that has moved outside the display section to be displayed as a virtual object and observed. A cursor or object lying in an area outside the area of the display section of a PC or other device is displayed as a virtual object. For example, the display of goggles worn by the user displays a display device such as a PC and the area outside the display device. The three-dimensional position of the cursor or object that has probably moved in response to user operation is calculated, after which the cursor or object is displayed as a virtual object at the calculated position. Further, object information for the object specified by the cursor is acquired and presented.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kouichi Matsuda, Masaki Fukuchi
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Patent number: 8732622Abstract: In an input apparatus, a display portion displays a plurality of function items on a screen to form a plurality of rows that are parallel in a predetermined row direction. The function items are provided with selection regions, respectively. One of the selection regions is selected, using a pointer according to a predetermined selection manipulation, and is determined according to a predetermined determination manipulation. When a first function item in a first row of the plurality of rows is selected, a selection region of the first row is enlarged in a direction directing at a row next to the first row.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Morikawa, Takeshi Kawashima, Hirotaka Goto
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Patent number: 8726195Abstract: A user is enabled to interact with a virtual world environment using an instant messenger application by enabling a user to enter the virtual world environment using the instant messenger application that includes an instant messaging (IM) user interface, generating and managing an avatar to represent the user in the virtual world environment, monitoring a sub-portion of the virtual world environment corresponding to a current location of the user in the virtual world environment, determining descriptions of activities taking place in the sub-portion of the virtual world environment based on the monitoring, and providing the user with the determined descriptions of activities taking place in the sub-portion of the virtual world environment via the IM user interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2007Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: AOL Inc.Inventor: David S. Bill
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Patent number: 8717289Abstract: A system and method that integrates an electronic pointer into digital image data, such as a video feed or software application, that is displayed on a screen. A receiver is provided that receives position data from a pointing device; a calibration unit then calculates the position of the pointing device relative to the screen based on the position data; and a processor then generates the electronic pointer based on the calculated position of the pointing device. Thereafter, the electronic pointer is integrated in the digital image data such that the video screen displays the electronic pointer at a location of the video screen that reflects the relative position of the pointing device to the video screen.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: HSNi LLCInventors: John McDevitt, Sean Bunner
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Patent number: 8717359Abstract: A system for controlling a rendering engine by using specialized commands. The commands are used to generate a production, such as a television show, at an end-user's computer that executes the rendering engine. In one embodiment, the commands are sent over a network, such as the Internet, to achieve broadcasts of video programs at very high compression and efficiency. Commands for setting and moving camera viewpoints, animating characters, and defining or controlling scenes and sounds are described. At a fine level of control math models and coordinate systems can be used make specifications. At a coarse level of control the command language approaches the text format traditionally used in television or movie scripts. Simple names for objects within a scene are used to identify items, directions and paths. Commands are further simplified by having the rendering engine use defaults when specifications are left out.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2008Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Quonsil PL. 3, LLCInventor: Charles J. Kulas
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Patent number: 8713460Abstract: User interface (UI) techniques, and more particularly to graphical user interface (GUI) techniques providing 3-dimensional (3-D) renditions. A method of displaying one or more graphical objects, the method being carried out in an electronic device, the device having processing circuitry, memory and a display device, the method comprising: obtaining first image data, the first image data defining at least one two-dimensional graphical component; performing a transformation operation on the first image data to generate second image data, the second image data defining, for the or each graphical component, a modified form of the graphical component; using said second image data, displaying the modified form whereby the or each graphical component has the appearance of having a component of dimension perpendicular the plane of the display device.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2006Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Mentor Graphics CorporationInventors: Geoff Kendall, Mark Rivers