Patents Examined by Amy P Hoang
  • Patent number: 11409582
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a clipboard control method and system based on a mobile terminal. The method includes: setting a clipboard, including setting an allowable number of copy content items in the clipboard and a survival time corresponding to each copy content in the clipboard, and setting the clipboard to be able to save multiple pieces of copy contents at the same time; receiving an operation instruction from a user to copy the multiple pieces of contents, processing the copy contents in the clipboard, and saving the multiple pieces of the copy contents in the clipboard when the multiple pieces of contents need to be copied; and, receiving an operation instruction from the user to select a paste function when needing to paste, displaying the multiple pieces of the copy contents sequentially according to the selected pasting function, selecting and pasting a specified content as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: JRD COMMUNICATION (SHENZHEN) LTD
    Inventors: Bin Yu, Weiqin Yang
  • Patent number: 11409259
    Abstract: An information processing device configured to display information on a plurality of machines in a plant in where a plurality of users and the machines individually having a plurality of modes are present is provided with a screen customization unit configured to generate layout information on a custom screen and a layout information holding unit configured to store the layout information in association with the users, the machines, and the modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Hiranuma
  • Patent number: 11392851
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for providing a user experience that facilitates navigation among different topics and articles on a social network. One method includes an operation for identifying a hierarchy of topics, each topic corresponding to a respective subject, where the hierarchy defines relationships between the topics. A first topic page for a first topic is presented in a user interface in the social network. The first topic page includes articles and first options for navigating to topic pages of topics related to the first topic. The method further includes detecting a selection of a first article. In response to detecting the selection, a first article page for the first article is presented in the user interface. The first article page includes details of the first article and second options for navigating to topic pages of topics related to the first article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ankan Saha, Shaunak Chatterjee, Ajith Muralidharan
  • Patent number: 11375967
    Abstract: A method of automatically determining an imaging protocol. The method includes receiving, via a user-interface, a scan request. The scan request includes a region-of-interest definition. The method further includes determining, via a controller, an imaging protocol based on the scan request, and performing, via an imaging device, a scan of a patient based on the imaging protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: PaloDEx Group OY
    Inventors: Markus Kristian Rintamäki, Esa Suuronen
  • Patent number: 11379113
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to selecting text. An example method includes displaying, a focus indicator at a first location; while displaying the focus indicator, detecting a gesture at a first touch location that corresponds to the focus indicator; while detecting the gesture, detecting movement of the gesture to a second touch location; in response to detecting movement of the gesture to the second touch location: in accordance with a determination that the second touch location is in a first direction, moving the focus indicator to a second indicator location; in accordance with a determination that the second touch location is in a second direction, moving the focus indicator to a third location; while the focus indicator is at a fourth location, detecting liftoff of the gesture; and in response to detecting the liftoff, maintaining display of the focus indicator at the fourth location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Morgan Winer, Patrick L. Coffman, Dylan Ross Edwards, Stephen O. Lemay, Toby Paterson, Marcos Alonso
  • Patent number: 11379093
    Abstract: A method performed by a computing system includes generating a to-do list user interface comprising a user actuatable list element corresponding to a particular entry on a to-do list associated with a user, and a user input mechanism actuatable to perform a to-do list management function comprising at least one of adding a new entry on the to-do list, deleting an existing entry on the to-do list, and modifying an existing entry on the to-do list. The method includes generating an agenda associated with the user, the agenda comprising an agenda item having an associated time period, and detecting a flick gesture on the user actuatable list element on the to-do list user interface, and adding, based on the detected flick gesture, an agenda item to the agenda associated with the user, the added agenda item corresponding to the particular entry on the to-do list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Clea Allington, Cindy Kwan, Joseph T. Flint, Flora M. Lee, Poonam G. Hattangady, Justin Son Pae, Jaime J. Hwacinski, Spencer K. Nelson, Joan Ching Li, Eva Britta Karolina Burlin, Ian Dwyer Curry, Anna Pablo, Andrew Winslow Brough
  • Patent number: 11372531
    Abstract: System, method, and computer product embodiments for controlling a display device's display settings from a computing device's touch-based user interface are described. In an embodiment, the computing device establishes a wireless connectivity with the display device. The computing device sends a command generated to query information related to the display setting. Then, the computing device receives the queried information from the display device. The computing device configures a graphical user interface (GUI) with the queried information to display configurations of the display settings on the touchscreen. The configurations include the display settings currently configured in the display device. The computing device further enables, within GUI, a displayed configuration from the display configurations to be calibrated by one or more touch gestures on the touchscreen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ROKU, INC.
    Inventors: Steve Shaw-Jong Liu, James Harold Shaw, Anita Ranganath, Gregory S. Gates, Michael Chin-Ming Fu, Matthew Wee, Kevin Ralph Cooper, Charles L. Smith, Harold Sun
  • Patent number: 11360663
    Abstract: A computing system can present a miniprofile comprising an avatar associated with a first account, a handle associated with the first account, a description associated with the first account, and a swipe icon; receive, at the swipe icon, an upward swipe; in response to receiving the upward swipe, present a occupying a larger portion of the display than the miniprofile, the full profile comprising an image associated with the first account, the avatar, the handle, the description, and at least a first post associated with the first account; receive, at the swipe icon, a downward swipe; determine that the downward swipe was a fast downward swipe; and based on determining that the downward swipe was the fast downward swipe, close the full profile and present a feed, the feed comprising at least a second post associated with a second account and a third post associated with a third account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Haggerty, Brittany Forks, Zayaan Khatib, Vincent Lee
  • Patent number: 11361021
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can be configured to identify audio content included in a video content item. A notification can be provided based at least in part on the identification. An interface that presents information associated with the identified audio content can be provided based at least in part on a user interaction with the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platform, Inc.
    Inventors: Parth Popatlal Detroja, Brian Huntley, Eddie Leo Padron de la Torre
  • Patent number: 11340751
    Abstract: Methods and devices for providing a virtual keyboard in connection with a multiple screen device are provided. More particularly, information displayed on the screen of a multiple screen device having a current focus of the user is identified, and is presented by a top screen. The virtual keyboard is presented by the bottom screen. The virtual keyboard can be dismissed in response to detecting a change in the focus of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Z124
    Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Martin Gimpl
  • Patent number: 11295087
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for determining shape objects to suggest for display on a graphical user interface (GUI). The method may include detecting an input to change one or more objects in an application, in which the object includes an image content, a text content, or both. The method may also include, providing the object to an image classifier, a text classifier, or both in response to detecting the input. Moreover, the method may include receiving a classification of the changed object in response to providing the object. The method may also include identifying suggested shapes for insertion into the application based on the classification. Further, the method may include receiving a request to insert shapes and presenting the suggested shape for insertion in the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan John Poling, Eric M. Lombardo, David A. Turner
  • Patent number: 11281475
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which the approach loads an application page on a display that includes a set of reusable components. The approach collects a set of individual load times in response to loading the application page that indicate an amount of time that each one of the set of reusable components takes to render on the display. The approach matches the set of individual load times to the set of reusable components and provides the set of reusable components with the matched set of individual load times to a developer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Huntington Grant, Weixin Xu, Frank Eduardo Chavez, Zachary A. Silverstein
  • Patent number: 11275484
    Abstract: Provided is a method of operating a device having a plurality of operating systems installed therein, the method including: receiving a first user input for selecting at least one application installed in a first operating system among the plurality of operating systems; receiving a second user input for selecting a second operating system, in which a shortcut icon for execution of the selected application is to be displayed, among the plurality of operating systems; creating the shortcut icon based on the first user input and the second user input; and displaying the created shortcut icon on a user interface of the second operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gi-hun Jung, Jung-hyun Yoo, Min-ji Lee, Sung-min Lee
  • Patent number: 11275442
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure sets forth a technique for determining the location of an object with a haptic transducer device. The technique includes configuring one or more haptic transducer devices to output a ping. The technique further includes configuring the one or more haptic transducer devices to detect a ping echo associated with the ping. The technique further includes identifying a location of an object based on the ping echo. The technique further includes configuring the one or more haptic transducer devices to generate haptic output based on the location of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Stefan Marti, Joseph Verbeke, Adam Boulanger, Davide Di Censo
  • Patent number: 11269576
    Abstract: A variation testing system environment for performing variation testing of web pages and applications is disclosed. Users requesting a view from a content provider are not randomly assigned to one of a plurality of variations of the view. Rather, a function is applied to each user's identifier in order to determine which variation of the view is provided to a client device of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Optimizely, Inc.
    Inventors: Meng Xiao He, Tyler Brandt, Richard Klafter, Jonathan Dobbie, Ajith Arthur Mascarenhas, Chrix Erik Finne
  • Patent number: 11243655
    Abstract: Systems and methods for occupant and guest interaction with a virtual environment are provided. Disclosed systems and methods enable occupants to create an event associated with a particular location in an area within a virtual environment. Graphical interfaces and display methods can display interactive event markers overlaying images of the area within the virtual environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: LATCH SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Luke Andrew Schoenfelder, Ivan Almaral Sole
  • Patent number: 11237716
    Abstract: Devices, systems and processes facilitate adaptive user progressions through content. A process includes receiving a detected first user input motion and determining, based thereon, a first progression type. The process may include executing: a slow scrub progression when input motion occurs within a first area defined by a first velocity threshold VT1 upper limit and a first array sector range AS1; executing a fast scrub progression when input motion occurs within a second area defined by a second velocity threshold VT2 upper limit and a second array sector range AS2; executing a slow swipe scrub progression when input motion occurs within a third area defined by a third velocity threshold VT3 upper limit and a third array sector range AS3; and executing a fast swipe progression when input motion occurs within a fourth area defined by a fourth velocity threshold VT4 upper limit and a fourth array sector range AS4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sling TV L.L.C.
    Inventors: Dale Lynn Shepherd, Bryan Douglas DeVries, Taylor Albert McGinnis, Andrew Dean Lynn, Jenna Bradford, Mary Stevens
  • Patent number: 11199942
    Abstract: A method includes acquiring a desktop thumbnail of each desktop screen in a desktop screen set, and collectively displaying all the acquired desktop thumbnails on a desktop home screen; listening to a sequence of tapping operations performed on the desktop thumbnails displayed on the desktop home screen, and determining a tapping location of each tapping operation in the sequence of tapping operations; and sorting and displaying, according to the tapping location of each tapping operation in the sequence of tapping operations, desktop objects that are on each desktop screen on a multi-screen desktop. Desktop thumbnails of desktop screens in a desktop screen set are collectively displayed on a desktop home screen such that desktop objects on each desktop screen on a multi-screen desktop can be sorted and displayed by performing a tapping operation on the desktop home screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ting Lu
  • Patent number: 11194448
    Abstract: An apparatus for vision and language-assisted smartphone task automation, includes a processor configured to execute instructions to identify whether an utterance of a user refers to one among at least one existing automation script, and based on the utterance being identified to not refer to the one among the at least one existing automation script, capture one or more screenshots and one or more coordinates of a display, the one or more screenshots and the one or more coordinates corresponding to one or more interactions of the user with the display while the user is demonstrating a new automation script, perform object detection and optical character recognition on the captured one or more screenshots and the captured one or more coordinates to obtain user interface (UI) elements corresponding to the one or more interactions, and obtain the new automation script, based on the obtained UI elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alborz Rezazadeh Sereshkeh, Gary Leung, Krish Perumal, Iqbal Mohomed, Afsaneh Fazly, Caleb Phillips, Minfan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11182067
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an interactive display overlay system is configured to serve as a gatekeeper for detected inputs on an interactive display screen (e.g., such as an interactive whiteboard or touch screen display) that is displaying a transparent overlay layer over an underlying software application. In various embodiments, the system is configured to detect an input at a particular location on the interactive display screen and determine whether there is a widget at that particular location on the transparent overlay layer before passing the input on to the underlying software application. In particular embodiments, the system is configured to modify inputs detected at the overlay layer that are proximate to a widget to an edge of the widget prior to passing on modified input data to the underlying software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Promethean Limited
    Inventors: Paul Wareing, Chris Hinsley