Screen Saver Display Patents (Class 715/867)
  • Patent number: 11700680
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems that interact with users to provide access to media appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. For example, in certain exemplary embodiments, an entertainment system in a location is configured to provide jukebox-related and entertainment system mediated services that are accessible from within and from the outside of the location, and provide (1) attract or flight media operations, (2) browsing services, and/or (3) search screens appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. Such screens may be provided with a three-dimensional look-and-feel in certain exemplary embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOUCHTUNES MUSIC COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Francois Beaumier, Remi Desmarais, Sebastien Hebert, Loic Gratton, Mounir Khenfir, Ed Rivera, Michael Tooker, Christian Pompidor
  • Patent number: 11606532
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a method for receiving, by one or more processors, a video comprising one or more shots in a first aspect ratio; detecting a first shot of the one or more shots, the first shot comprising a sequence of frames; and identifying an object that appears throughout a continuous portion of frames of the sequence of frames in the first shot. A visual presentation of the object in the first shot is automatically modified and a modified video comprising the one or more shots in a second aspect ratio is generated based on the automatically modified visual presentation of the object in the first shot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Brandt, Giles Goodwin, Jared Iwata, Ian Wehrman
  • Patent number: 11477866
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems that interact with users to provide access to media appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. For example, in certain exemplary embodiments, an entertainment system in a location is configured to provide jukebox-related and entertainment system mediated services that are accessible from within and from the outside of the location, and provide (1) attract or flight media operations, (2) browsing services, and/or (3) search screens appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. Such screens may be provided with a three-dimensional look-and-feel in certain exemplary embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOUCHTUNES MUSIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francois Beaumier, Remi Desmarais, Sebastien Hebert, Loic Gratton, Mounir Khenfir, Ed Rivera, Michael Tooker, Christian Pompidor
  • Patent number: 11402896
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display which performs digital display; a sensor which detects use of the display apparatus by a user; and at least one processor. The processor controls the display to set a digital display to be in a burn-in prevention state in a first time period. When the sensor detects use in a second time period including the first time period, the processor stops the burn-in prevention state and changes data regarding setting of the first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadashi Kurihara
  • Patent number: 11307756
    Abstract: A method and system for providing absolute and zone coordinate mapping with graphic animations include presenting a user interface in an inactive state, wherein a background graphic animation and a user interface object graphic animation are presented on the user interface in an inactive format. The method and system also include determining that a touch input is provided on a touchpad to map a selected user interface object presented on the user interface based on an absolute mapped position of the touch input received on the touchpad. The method and system additionally include presenting the user interface in an active state, wherein the background graphic animation and the user interface object graphic animation are presented on the user interface in an active format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Steven Feit, Ross Cameron Miller, Jessica Champi, Shaun Westbrook, Michael M. Tsay
  • Patent number: 11127358
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a display driver, and a timing controller. The data driver may apply a first data voltage set and subsequently a second data voltage set to the display panel during a screen saver operation of the display device. The first data voltage set may cause the display panel to display a first illuminated area. The second data voltage set may cause the display panel to display a second illuminated area. The timing controller may supply image data to the data driver for the second data voltage set to cause the second illuminated area to have a luminance level. The timing controller may determine a value for controlling the luminance level based on a distance between a position of the first illuminated area and a position of the second illuminated area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventors: Hee Sook Park, Ki Hyun Pyun
  • Patent number: 11113039
    Abstract: A computing system comprises, in one example, a display system configured to generate user interface displays, a first application configured to define an entity in the computing system, an interface component configured to control a second application to generate a notebook component corresponding to the entity, and an association component configured to generate and store an association between the entity and the notebook component. The first application is configured to control the display system to generate a first application user interface display that displays data for the entity in the first application and includes a user input mechanism corresponding to the notebook component in the second application based on the association.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jih-Shiang Chang, Michelle Li, Madan Natu
  • Patent number: 10990261
    Abstract: An HVAC controller operable in an occupied mode and an unoccupied mode and includes a touch-responsive display. The controller displays an informational region having non-interactive user interface elements, a control region having interactive user-interface elements and an override region having an occupied status display and an occupancy override control having an override state and a non-override state. The visual properties of the variable opacity region is manipulated to guide the user during use of the HVAC controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Sriram Sreenivasan, James Brink, Rick Kloeppner, Sean Fuller Mosley, Susan M. Mairs, Harikrishnan M G, Sagar Sampat Salunkhe
  • Patent number: 10827306
    Abstract: An intelligent event information presentation method and terminal is provided for facilitating information utilization by processing various event information, intelligently generated in association with a function of the terminal. The event information presentation method of the present invention includes collecting event information; and presenting at least one of the collected event information, according to a current operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Eunhee Rhim, Suckho Seo, Kisuh Ahn, Hyejung Yang, Kyungsoo Lim, Jinha Jun, Siejoon Cho
  • Patent number: 10805249
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine at least one message to be sent through a message thread, wherein the message thread is used to exchange messages among users. At least one visual augmentation to be applied to the at least one message can be determined. The at least one visual augmentation can be applied to the at least one message. The at least one visually augmented message is sent through the message thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Christian Xavier Dalonzo
  • Patent number: 10783855
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention, a method for displaying an image of a display device includes moving the image displayed on an image display region along a movement path including a first position and a second position during a period of time, wherein, during the period of time, a total time for which the image is located at the first position is greater than a total time for which the image is located at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang Hee Lee, Seung Ho Park, Chai Hoon Lim, Mi Young Joo
  • Patent number: 10692044
    Abstract: A technical procedure and information enhancement system comprising a multi-function colored display; a computing device having memory and processors; a touch-free gesture-responsive computer input device; computer-readable media containing computer instructions for displaying a plurality of electronic pages selected from the group consisting of a pre-procedural page, a procedure preparation page, an intra-procedural page and a post-procedural page; connection to the internet; a backup memory; a microphone; one or more video cameras situated to record the medical procedure, speakers, and an electronic signature pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Parallax Enterprises, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Scott Woolford
  • Patent number: 10546545
    Abstract: The electronic device includes a first housing including a solar battery, a first display device, and a first structure body and a second housing including a second display device, a coil, an electric double-layer capacitor, a signal processing circuit, a charge and discharge control circuit, and a second structure body. The electronic device can be folded so that display surfaces of the first housing and the second housing face each other and the first structure body and the second structure body face each other. The solar battery is provided on a surface of the first housing on the rear side of the first display device. A pixel included in the first display device and a pixel included in the second display device each include a liquid crystal element, a first pixel circuit, a light-emitting element, and a second pixel circuit. The liquid crystal element includes a reflective electrode having an opening and can perform display by reflecting external light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Atsushi Miyaguchi
  • Patent number: 10540751
    Abstract: The image data transmission method provided by embodiments of the present disclosure is used in the image processing device, and includes steps of: acquiring a fixation region and a non-fixation region on a display screen of the display device; compressing image data of a to-be-displayed image corresponding to the non-fixation region to acquire image data at a second resolution; and combining the image data at the second resolution with image data of the to-be-displayed image at a first resolution corresponding to the fixation region, and outputting the combined image data to the display device, the first resolution being substantially greater than the second resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yafei Li, Bo Gao, Wei Sun, Hao Zhang, Ming Chen, Lingyun Shi, Guangquan Wang, Xiurong Wang
  • Patent number: 10365809
    Abstract: A display device includes a housing, an operation surface, a position sensor, a press sensor, and a display unit. The position sensor detects a touched position on the operation surface. The press sensor detects a press on the operation surface. The display unit displays an image. When the press sensor detects a pressing amount not smaller than a first threshold, a control unit sets, as a rotation axis of a three-dimensional image, a direction orthogonal to the sliding direction of the touched position detected in the position sensor. The control unit then rotates the three-dimensional image in accordance with the sliding direction of the touched position detected in the position sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kano, Hiroaki Kitada, Nobuhito Tsubaki
  • Patent number: 10356419
    Abstract: Problem: The purpose of the present invention is to improve the accuracy of detecting a motion involved in video signal encoding. Solution: This encoding device has a video signal input unit and a status information input unit for a camera angle and the zoom magnification of a lens, the encoding device being characterized in being provided with a control unit and an encoding unit, the encoding unit having an I processing unit, a P processing unit, a selection unit, a buffer memory unit, a decoding unit, a motion correlation unit, a weighting unit, and a determination unit, the weighting unit altering weighting in accordance with status information, the selection unit selecting one among the output of the I processing unit, the output of the P processing unit, and the output of the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Miyashita, Hiroyuki Takesue
  • Patent number: 10147401
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention, a method for displaying an image of a display device includes moving the image displayed on an image display region along a movement path including a first position and a second position during a period of time, wherein, during the period of time, a total time for which the image is located at the first position is greater than a total time for which the image is located at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang Hee Lee, Seung Ho Park, Chai Hoon Lim, Mi Young Joo
  • Patent number: 9183515
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for presenting a share box with content information in response to an endorsement includes an endorsement sharing module that is responsive to user input and creates a sharing box having content derived from the user context and input request. The endorsement sharing module receives a user request to share information. In response, this endorsement sharing module determines the context of the user, retrieves content based on the context, filters the content based on publisher information, personalizes the share box content, and adds the content to a share box. The endorsement sharing module also adds one or more actions to the share box after which the share box is provided for display to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Paul Gundotra, David Glazer, Evan Gilbert, David Mark Byttow, Garry Boyer, Aron Giles, Jonathan Terleski, Brett Rolston Lider, Daniel Wesley Dulitz, Matthew Allen Gundersen
  • Patent number: 9076282
    Abstract: A user-input button for a gaming device includes a movable member, a variable display, and a controller. The movable member activates a function associated with the user-input button. The variable display is proximate the movable member and displays an image associated with the function of the user-input button. The variable display includes a plurality of pixels for displaying the image. The controller is coupled to the variable display and is programmed to decrease the optical output of at least some of the pixels when the gaming device is in a static state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Peter R. Anderson, Mark B. Gagner, Larry J. Pacey
  • Patent number: 9015711
    Abstract: A system and method for display power management in a virtualized environment are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a hypervisor receives a notification that a host operating system has received a command to dim a display, and forwards the notification to a guest operating system hosted by a virtual machine. The hypervisor receives from the guest operating system a first signal that indicates that the hypervisor is to notify the host operating system to refrain from executing the command. The hypervisor then transmits a second signal that notifies the host operating system to refrain from executing the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Red Hat Israel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Tsirkin, Dor Laor
  • Patent number: 8995971
    Abstract: A method of controlling a mobile communication terminal method includes receiving Internet tag information identifying an Internet address, providing a menu screen on a display of the terminal so that a user can select representative image data that visually represents to the user the Internet address, linking the representative image data selected by the user with the Internet tag information and displaying the representative image data on a display of the mobile communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jong Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8972906
    Abstract: A system and method for coordinating screen saver initiation and functionality. The system comprises at least one client station, each of the at least one client station having a screen saver module associated therewith; and a central control station in communication with each of the at least one client station over a network, the central control station having a screen saver control module for controlling each of the screen saver modules associated with the at least one client station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventor: Brian Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20150052488
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes personalized active screensavers which are actionable and react to user preferences and user details. A presence of an individual is detected. The individual is analyzed to determine information related to the individual. Content is displayed on a display based on the determined information related to the individual. A screensaver mode is initiated on the display in response to the individual moving out of a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: BLOOMBERG FINANCE L.P.
    Inventors: Iliya Rybchin, Oke Okaro, Andrew Lack, Stacy Kennedy, Chris Berend, Courtney Chapman, Gregg Fenton
  • Patent number: 8959521
    Abstract: A computer-readable medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processor of a computer system to perform operations for controlling computer system activities. The operations include receiving a command entered with an input device of the computer system to begin opportunistic computer system activities, where the command specifies a time period available for opportunistic computer system activities. Then initiating at least one computer system activity during the time period available for opportunistic computer system activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter G. Capek, Clifford A. Pickover
  • Patent number: 8947598
    Abstract: Provided is a method for displaying a wallpaper that includes setting a broadcast picture display function to display a specific broadcast picture as a wallpaper in response to a user's request; changing a standby mode to a digital broadcasting reception mode at preset time intervals to periodically capture a picture from a digital broadcast delivered on a specific channel if the broadcast picture display function is set; and displaying the captured picture as a wallpaper for the digital broadcasting reception terminal. The digital broadcasting reception terminal can periodically capture a picture from a digital broadcast program currently delivered and display the captured picture as a wallpaper even when the user does not view the digital broadcast program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Gun-Su Lee
  • Patent number: 8924895
    Abstract: The apparatus and method for extracting a single picture image from a video file saved in a storage device (20) of the electronic device (10) and performing a screen saver function using the extracted single picture image. The screen saver function may extract a plurality of single picture images from the saved video files of the electronic device. The plurality of single picture images can be provided from the random and/or sequential location of the video file data (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Piero Andreas Madar, Swee Swee Tang
  • Patent number: 8893057
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile terminal having a pressure sensor with a plurality of pressure sensing areas that are used to change or rotate a standby screen image. The pressure sensor detects pressure applied by the user to the pressure sensing areas and outputs corresponding pressure sensing signals. The mobile terminal determines the direction of change or rotation of the standby screen image according to the pressure sensing signals. Upon determining the standby screen image changing direction, the mobile terminal loads and displays one of a plurality of images stored in a memory in the determined direction. Upon determining the direction of rotation of the standby screen image, the mobile terminal rotates the current standby screen image in the determined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Won Jung, Jong-Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 8881065
    Abstract: A method and program for preventing an interrupting action in a computer resource for a full-screen mode or presentation mode of a user application are disclosed. Such a method includes: detecting, for example by a window manager, that a user application is entering into full-screen mode in a display space of the computer resource; transmitting to a target module, for example via a message bus, a mode message indicating that the full-screen mode is being entered; and preventing the interrupting action by the target module. The interrupting action may be a display action in a display space associated with the computer resource. The target module may be an instant messaging application, a screen saver application, a calendar application, a power management application, or a voice communication application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Nickell, Bryan Clark, Bastien Nocera
  • Patent number: 8875062
    Abstract: Service profiles for associating data services with applications are described, including receiving a first input from a user identifying a first service to include in a service profile; receiving a second input from the user identifying a second service to include in the service profile, the second service is associated with the user; receiving a third input from the user defining one or more boundaries of one or more of the first service and the second service; receiving a fourth input from the user indicating association of the service profile with one of the at least one application; storing the service profile with information of the first service, the second service, and the association with the one of the at least one application; and based on the service profile, determining whether to grant access to the first service and second service by the at least one application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay Umapathy, Michael Bachman, Alejo Grigera, Vitor Rodrigues
  • Publication number: 20140317579
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for enabling an application view, such as a current application view that contains personal or otherwise sensitive information to be protected with a screensaver in an instance in which a current application view is relegated to the background, minimized or the like, relegated to the background and/or the like. In some example embodiments, a method is provided that comprises receiving a deactivation notification for an application being displayed in a foreground of a device visible view. The method of this embodiment may also include determining that at least a portion of the current view of the application comprises sensitive information. The method of this embodiment may also include adding a screensaver view to an application view stack top, wherein the screensaver view is operable to at least partially obscure the sensitive information in at least a portion of the current view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: McKesson Financial Holdings
    Inventor: Robert Scott Dickerson
  • Patent number: 8863159
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, a COM server dynamic link library is identified. Further, an emulation layer is inserted in association with the COM server dynamic link library to emulate interfaces exported by the COM server dynamic link library. As an option, it may be determined whether the COM server DLL is loaded, and the emulation layer may be inserted in response to the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventor: Ahmed Said Sallam
  • Patent number: 8850358
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems, methods and computer program products for providing keyboard navigation between components within a content item. The method of the present invention comprises receiving the content item from a server and receiving a signal indicating keyboard utilization by the user to determine a specific key that the user presses. A determination is made as to whether the specific key is from a monitored set of keys and if the specific key is from a monitored set of keys, performing an action associated with the specific key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Julien Lecomte, Liang-Yu Chi
  • Patent number: 8839105
    Abstract: A multi-display system and method supporting differing accessibility feature selection provides a suitable display for a user with limited visual acuity, while providing a second display having a different accessibility feature set to a second user. An application or operating system checks selected accessibility features and display settings corresponding to each graphical display device and generates multiple graphical outputs in conformity with program output and the corresponding accessibility features and display settings for each device. One graphical display may be a personal computer display and the other a projector, so that an accessible desktop can be presented to the presenter, while the presentation can be shown with a desired set of attributes. The operating system may support the above-described operation by generating the multiple display outputs from the accessibility settings and a single program output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dwip N. Banerjee, Ranadip Das, Sandeep Ramesh Patil, Venkat Venkatsubra
  • Patent number: 8839124
    Abstract: An apparatus for configuring a diagnostics module for an industrial plant includes an application module, which is configured to run on a computer and includes a graphics builder. The graphics builder includes a workspace configured to present a display area on a monitor of the computer, the display area configured to be shown by the diagnostics module on a client machine, and graphics tools configured to be manipulated via at least one user input device of the computer for customization of the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Ryan Justiza
  • Patent number: 8812582
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide users in a social network with a screen saver constructed by media shared by their contacts and groups in a social network. The present invention provides a shared photo album that displays images from a user's own photo collection, and that of their social network automatically. For a user, the social network service queries its database to retrieve a list of photo sources. The sources of images may be online photo sharing services, other computers with photos on their local hard drives, and public peer-to-peer storage services. The images may be displayed to the user and optionally may be accompanied with information, such as the owner of the photo or descriptive phrases or comments about the photo. The social network service may be configured to continuously or periodically request photos to update the screen saver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Havoc Pennington, Bryan Clark
  • Patent number: 8756535
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to execute a plurality of screen saver program instances to display a plurality of separately visible screen saver images using a single display device at substantially the same time. In some embodiments, some or all of the screen saver images are displayed in a plurality of non-overlapping display compartments. The images may be selectively assigned a dominant color, or color scheme. The compartments may have boundaries that can be selectively revised. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventor: Gosukonda Naga Venkata Satya Sudhakar
  • Patent number: 8751838
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method, apparatus, and computer program product for presenting information on a display to a user when the display is operating in a low, or reduced power mode. In particular, the method includes providing for operation in a user interface state that is configured to present a first amount of information with at least a portion of the first amount of information being presented on a display while operating in a first power mode, selecting information from the first amount of information to create a second amount of information that is a subset of the first amount of information, where the second amount of information is selected from the first amount of information based upon relevancy parameters, and providing for display of a second amount of information from the user interface state while operating in a second power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Mikko Antero Nurmi
  • Publication number: 20140157211
    Abstract: A task executing method adapted for a screen saver includes steps of opening a screen saver setting window; displaying a task setting region in the screen saver setting window, wherein the task setting region includes N first tasks and N is a positive integer; if P of the N first tasks are selected, automatically executing the P first tasks while a screen saver image starts, wherein P is a positive integer smaller than or equal to N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Fu-Li Tian
  • Patent number: 8726184
    Abstract: An embodiment relates generally to a method of messaging. The method includes providing a message activation widget on a lock dialog box of a screen saver application and activating the message activation widget. The method also includes displaying a message user interface configured to accept a message and displaying a screen saver image in response to saving an entered message in the message user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray Strode, Matthias Clasen
  • Patent number: 8726199
    Abstract: In response to entering a screensaver mode of operation, a search criteria identifying requested subject matter is transmitted to a search engine. A set of uniform resource locators are returned based upon the search criteria. A display image at a display device is updated periodically to display information referenced by the uniform resource locator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventor: C. Wayne Crolley
  • Patent number: 8707219
    Abstract: A method for unlocking a screen saver includes: when a screen is in a screen saver state, receiving a motion track input by a user on the screen; and when the motion track crosses boundaries of a first area and a second area of the screen at least two times, enabling the screen to exit the screen saver state. With the above technical solutions, characteristics of the motion track on the screen are detected, for example, the number of times of crossing the boundaries of the first area and second area of the screen; therefore, the screen saver can be unlocked based on the flexibly input motion track, so that the screen saver can be unlocked more flexibly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yi Ding
  • Patent number: 8676658
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable storage media, and apparatuses for dynamically generating a gallery of available designs for a particular kit configuration including a plurality of different products are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Vistaprint Schweiz GmbH
    Inventors: Joshua D. Marcus, Gregory T. Yu, Marion Thomas, Susan C. Rice
  • Patent number: 8666592
    Abstract: In an in-vehicle audio/visual apparatus which displays an external device screen of an external media player on a display unit, a communication unit is configured to communicate with an external media player. An external device screen displaying unit is configured to select one of a plurality of external device screens in accordance with the external media player and display the selected external device screen on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo Takashima
  • Publication number: 20140033142
    Abstract: A method for unlocking a screen saver includes: when a screen is in a screen saver state, receiving a motion track input by a user on the screen; and when the motion track crosses boundaries of a first area and a second area of the screen at least two times, enabling the screen to exit the screen saver state. With the above technical solutions, characteristics of the motion track on the screen are detected, for example, the number of times of crossing the boundaries of the first area and second area of the screen; therefore, the screen saver can be unlocked based on the flexibly input motion track, so that the screen saver can be unlocked more flexibly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yi Ding
  • Patent number: 8635283
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for tagging the seen/not-seen status of an instant message. A method for tagging a seen/not-seen status of a real time message can include receiving a real time message and presenting the real time message through a real time communications client disposed in a host client computing device. The environmental characteristics of the host client computing device can be inspected to determine whether the real time message has likely been reviewed. As such, if it is determined that the real time message has likely been reviewed based upon the inspected environmental characteristics, the real time message can be tagged as seen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vivekanand Vellanki, Durga D. Mannaru
  • Patent number: 8612897
    Abstract: An idle screen arrangement structure and an idle screen display method for a mobile terminal are provided. The idle screen arrangement structure includes a base idle screen; and a plurality of different extended idle screens arranged in four or eight directions around the base idle screen. A first idle screen of the base idle screen and extended idle screens is displayed on the display unit. In response to an input of a screen-switch event, a second idle screen of the base idle screen and extended idle screens different from the first idle screen is displayed instead of the first idle screen. For example, when the pointer is moved into a screen-switch region on the display unit, the first idle screen is switched to the second idle screen. The base and extended idle screens may have shortcuts to particular functions, and be switched one another in a circular or a non-circular manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Soon Ok Kim, Chan Woo Park, Seung Hwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20130298086
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus provide for detection by a display device of an idle mode of a remote sender device. Information received from a remote sender device by a display device is monitored during a normal operating mode of operation of the display device to determine whether the remote sender device is not providing primary content for display by the display device, such as might occur during a sleep or idle mode of the remote sender device. If the display device determines that primary content is not being provided by the remote sender device, then the display device acquires alternate content that may be displayed. This abstract is not to be considered limiting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: BRANT L. CANDELORE, ROBERT BLANCHARD
  • Patent number: 8572516
    Abstract: A system and method for coordinating screen saver initiation and functionality. The system comprises at least one client station, each of the at least one client station having a screen saver module associated therewith; and a central control station in communication with each of the at least one client station over a network, the central control station having a screen saver control module for controlling each of the screen saver modules associated with the at least one client station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventor: Brian Mitchell
  • Patent number: 8564619
    Abstract: An electronic device is operable to display images on a display screen of the device's display. The images include at least one icon and at least one image to be used as a background setting for the display screen. The electronic device includes the display, at least one storage device, and a processing unit. The storage device(s) digitally stores the images and operating instructions for displaying the images. The processing device is operable in accordance with the operating instructions to: retrieve the images from the storage device, determine at least one portion of the background setting that is of higher importance than a remainder of the background setting to produce at least one high importance portion of the background setting, and instruct the display to display the background setting and the icons on the display screen such that the high importance portion(s) of the background setting is viewable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: William P. Alberth, Jr., Daniel J. Declerck, Dean E. Thorson, William S. Hede
  • Patent number: RE44838
    Abstract: A method of receiving inputs by an electronic device comprising a user interface component is disclosed. The user interface component is set in an inactive operating mode, such as a keypad locking mode or a screen saver mode, for substantially non-active usage of the user interface component. An input is received in the inactive mode. The input received in the inactive operating mode may be stored and presented on a user interface component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Mikko Antero Nurmi