Patents Examined by Andres E Gutierrez
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Patent number: 8407615Abstract: A system and method by which menus, displays, charts, maps and pictures may be presented to a user and very quickly seen and used in the context of a larger display without obscuring key elements of that display. Menus or other graphical displays are anchored to the sides of a solid figure, which can be rotated to display the menu panels and other textual and graphical information.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2005Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Pitney Bowes Software Inc.Inventor: Arthur R. Berrill
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Patent number: 8347228Abstract: A system and method for user interface screen presentation prioritization is provided. The display of a plurality of panes may be determined based on either priorities of each pane received in messages or based on combined weightings of each pane based on a weighting provided by a user and a weighting provided by a content source. The display of the panes may relocate the panes and/or change the size of the panes based on changed priorities of each pane or based on changed combined weighting of each pane. The panes may comprise selectable items.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Jesse Kates, Harry Lai, Kristen Miller, Christine Denise Schumaker, Balaji S. Thenthiruperai
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Patent number: 8286101Abstract: A user interface for manipulating objects of various types in a consistent manner. Each on-screen object is surrounded by a control region including a number of zones for performing various control operations on the object. Multiple input modes are available for interacting with the zones, allowing object manipulation commands to be initiated in several different ways, such as via stroke input, pressing a mouse button, double-clicking, menu selection, voice input, and the like. The user interface is operable using any of several different types of input devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Inventor: Sig G Kupka
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Patent number: 8286103Abstract: A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device is unlocked if contact with the display corresponds to a predefined gesture for unlocking the device. The device displays one or more unlock images with respect to which the predefined gesture is to be performed in order to unlock the device. The performance of the predefined gesture with respect to the unlock image may include moving the unlock image to a predefined location and/or moving the unlock image along a predefined path. The device may also display visual cues of the predefined gesture on the touch screen to remind a user of the gesture.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2011Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Bas Ording, Freddy Allen Anzures, Marcel Van Os, Scott Forstall, Greg Christie
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Patent number: 8271903Abstract: A system and method for dynamically determining quantity for risk management are described. According to one example embodiment, as a trader positions an order icon at a desired price or price-derivative value on a graphical interface, an order quantity for the order is dynamically determined based on the order price and a selected risk management formula. A trader can change the price or the price-related value for one or more orders by moving the order icons relative to a price axis on a graphical interface. In such an embodiment, the initially calculated order quantity for each order will be dynamically recalculated based on the modified orders for the trading strategy.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.Inventor: Alvin F. Tanpoco
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Patent number: 8209637Abstract: A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device is unlocked if contact with the display corresponds to a predefined gesture for unlocking the device. The device displays one or more unlock images with respect to which the predefined gesture is to be performed in order to unlock the device. The performance of the predefined gesture with respect to the unlock image may include moving the unlock image to a predefined location and/or moving the unlock image along a predefined path. The device may also display visual cues of the predefined gesture on the touch screen to remind a user of the gesture.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Bas Ording, Freddy Allen Anzures, Marcel Van Os, Scott Forstall, Greg Christie
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Patent number: 8176427Abstract: A method for a user to easily securely configure a device is provided. The method includes displaying a user interface including a plurality of symbols available for user selection, accepting user inputs including an indication of any symbols selected by the user, converting the symbols selected by the user into numeric data, and assigning the numeric data to configuration parameters for the device.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Sebastien A. Jean, Swee Huat Sng
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Patent number: 8122357Abstract: A method of interfacing between devices in a home network control device includes dividing a screen into at least two areas, assigning a predetermined contents service function to each of the divided screen areas, sensing the position of the screen that an external device approaches and the distance between the screen and the external device reproducing content, and performing the contents service function differently between devices for each screen area according to the position of the screen that the external device approaches and the distance between the screen and the external device.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2008Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang-jun Han, Dae-hyun Kim, Bo-mi Kim, Bo-hyun Kyung, Myoung-soon Choi, Kuk-hyun Han, Pil-Seung Yang, Hark-joon Kim
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Patent number: 8051388Abstract: There is provided a device having a function of browsing contents obtained through a network. The device includes a display unit, an operation unit, a storing unit configured to store a thumbnail corresponding to a part of a captured image of contents as a bookmark, and a thumbnail rearrangement control unit configured to form a screen displaying stored thumbnails on the display unit while arranging the thumbnails in a ring shape, to accept user designation of a target thumbnail to be moved through the operation unit, to rotate the thumbnails arranged in the ring shape on the screen in response to a user operation through the operation unit while keeping a potion of the target thumbnail at a predetermined position in the screen, and to accept user designation of a target position to which the target thumbnail is to be moved through the operation unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2006Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Access Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroyuki Toki
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Patent number: 8046721Abstract: A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device is unlocked if contact with the display corresponds to a predefined gesture for unlocking the device. The device displays one or more unlock images with respect to which the predefined gesture is to be performed in order to unlock the device. The performance of the predefined gesture with respect to the unlock image may include moving the unlock image to a predefined location and/or moving the unlock image along a predefined path. The device may also display visual cues of the predefined gesture on the touch screen to remind a user of the gesture.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Bas Ording, Freddy Allen Anzures, Marcel Van Os, Stephen O. Lemay, Scott Forstall, Greg Christie
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Patent number: 8015491Abstract: The present invention provides a comprehensive development platform and client-side technology for intelligent and cost-effective delivery of video, audio and broadband content over a network, such as the Internet, to desktop, mobile computing, and network connected devices. In one embodiment of the present invention, a content development environment provides a single tool for developing unified online and offline content. With the content development tool, the user interface of the offline content has a substantially similar appearance and behavior to the user interface presented by the online content. As such, the user interface for the both the online and offline content may be generated from a single user interface design. The content development tool generates and publishes a set of online content files and a set of offline content files from the single design.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2006Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Maven Networks, Inc.Inventors: Robert Shaver, William Clogston
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Patent number: 7979806Abstract: A method and user interface permits the display of objects in a portion of a display. The objects may initial be a first size, then shrink to a smaller size after a period of time. The objects may stack on top of each other. In addition, the objects may disappear all together after a further amount of time.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2006Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Krista L. Johnson, Garrett R. Vargas, Robert Ian Oliver, Bradley L. Carpenter, Daniel Makoski
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Patent number: 7937659Abstract: The invention relates to a method to display page by page a roll-down message in a display zone of a viewer in an aircraft's cockpit, comprising, for each message, the following operations: selection of a full length for the message to be displayed, selection of a visible length for the message to be displayed in the display zone, selection of a repeated length for the message, this repeated length being the length displayed in a current page and copied again into the next page, determination of a total number of pages to be displayed in order for the total length of the message to be displayed with the selected repeated lengths, such total number of pages being determined in the following manner: Np = lower_full ? _part ? ( Lm - Lv + 2 ? Lc - 1 Lc ) ?with Lc=Lv?Lr, ?where Np is the total number of pages, Lm is the total length of the message, Lv is the visible length of the message in the display zone, Lr is the repeated length of the message and Lc is the non-repeated length of thType: GrantFiled: October 25, 2006Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Airbus FranceInventor: Marina Lensky
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Patent number: 7861185Abstract: A system and method for dynamically determining quantity for risk management are described. According to one example embodiment, as a trader positions an order icon at a desired price or price-derivative value on a graphical interface, an order quantity for the order is dynamically determined based on the order price and a selected risk management formula. A trader can change the price or the price-related value for one or more orders by moving the order icons relative to a price axis on a graphical interface. In such an embodiment, the initially calculated order quantity for each order will be dynamically recalculated based on the modified orders for the trading strategy.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2006Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.Inventor: Alvin F. Tanpoco
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Patent number: 7761801Abstract: A mobile terminal providing a graphic user interface and method of providing a graphic user interface are disclosed. In one embodiment a mobile terminal may comprise a control unit, a touch screen display unit coupled to the control unit, and a memory storing instructions to be executed by the control unit. In one embodiment a method may comprise displaying and then moving one or more icons around the screen of the mobile terminal, detecting a designation of a point on the screen, and executing a predefined action based on a distance from a location of the designated point to a location of at least one of the icons. Another embodiment may detect an application related event, display an indicator icon, and execute a predefined action in response to the event detection.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2006Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Yeon Woo Park
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Patent number: 7712042Abstract: Techniques are provided for viewing mappings between objects. A main view is displayed, wherein the main view shows one or more source objects, one or more target objects, and zero or more mappings between the one or more source objects and the one or more target objects. Input selecting a type of view to be displayed in the main view is received, wherein each type of view provides a different amount of detail regarding the mappings. In response to receiving the input, the selected type of view is created, and the created view is displayed. Additionally, techniques are provided for viewing objects. One or more objects along with mappings between the one or more objects are displayed. View filters are provided that may be applied to the one or more objects, wherein the view filters enable hiding at least one of mapped or unmapped objects. Moreover, techniques are provided for viewing nodes. A structure is displayed that includes one or more nodes.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mauricio Antonio Hernandez-Sherrington, Robert LaVerne Hobbs, Kiranmayi Potu, Daina Edvina Pupons Wickham, Lingling Yan
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Patent number: 7657849Abstract: A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device is unlocked if contact with the display corresponds to a predefined gesture for unlocking the device. The device displays one or more unlock images with respect to which the predefined gesture is to be performed in order to unlock the device. The performance of the predefined gesture with respect to the unlock image may include moving the unlock image to a predefined location and/or moving the unlock image along a predefined path. The device may also display visual cues of the predefined gesture on the touch screen to remind a user of the gesture.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2005Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Bas Ording, Freddy Allen Anzures, Marcel Van Os, Stephen O. Lemay, Scott Forstall, Greg Christie