Patents Examined by Anil Bhargava
  • Patent number: 8464167
    Abstract: A system and method for communication in an online electronic chat environment having multiple communication devices connected to each other in a communication network is provided. Displayed on a display screen of an electronic communication device of the multiple communication devices, is a chat region configured to hold text, and a graphics region to hold graphic objects. The chat region and the graphics region are positioned on a common electronic canvas of the display screen. Text from the chat region can be moved to the graphics region, and graphic objects in the graphics region may be moved to the chat region. The design allows for the mixing of chat and graphics in a common window when material is moved between the two modalities. In additional embodiments, the text in the chat region and the graphics in the graphics region are synchronized whereby movement of one causes action in the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Eric Saund, Jamie G. Ruiz, James V. Mahoney
  • Patent number: 8423904
    Abstract: Disclosed are a mobile terminal capable of executing web browsing with consideration of a user's convenience, and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal comprises: a wireless communication unit which accesses any web page; a display module for displaying the accessed web page; and a controller for automatically displaying popup windows in a virtual space when the accessed web page has any popup windows. Popup windows can be hidden at the time of web browsing, and the hidden popup windows can be displayed according to a user's necessity. This enhances the user's convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jun-Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 8296674
    Abstract: A scroll bar area is displayed as two divided areas, namely a first mark display area which displays a mark figure corresponding to a first mark, and a second mark display area which displays a mark figure corresponding to a second mark. A first mark figure is displayed in that area in the first mark display area which corresponds to a line which is indicated to be affixed with the first mark by mark affixing information. A second mark figure is displayed in that area in the second mark display area which corresponds to a line which is indicated to be affixed with the second mark by the mark affixing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuchika Haruta
  • Patent number: 8205168
    Abstract: A layout can identify placement of a plurality of content units of a document across one or more pages with each page representing a display area for displaying the content of the document. A scrollbar definition can be generated so as to identify a plurality of equally-sized segments of a scrollbar track, with each segment corresponding to a respective one of the pages of the document. The definition can identify a scrollbar thumb having a body that fills a segment. A scrollbar can be rendered based on the definition. The scrollbar definition can be updated to identify a different number of segments of the scrollbar based on a new number of pages in a new layout generated in response to a change in the size of the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Justin Van Slembrouck
  • Patent number: 8191006
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that receives data from a plurality of external devices connected via a network and displays an operation window based on a content of the data includes a reception unit that receives a plurality of pieces of data transmitted from the plurality of external devices, an analysis unit that analyzes the received data and identifies a first constituent portion common to the respective data and a second constituent portion not included in the first constituent portion, and a display unit that displays information included in the first constituent portion in a common display area of an operation window, and displays information included in the second constituent portion in an individual display area of the operation window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Seiji Ohmori
  • Patent number: 8161406
    Abstract: An image processing device 100 includes a mode selection processing portion 50 capable of selecting a desired operational mode, a program registration processing portion 51 for storing in a program memory portion 57 the selected operational mode as a piece of program information, a program selection processing portion 52 capable of selecting a desired piece of program information from a plurality of pieces of program information stored in the program memory portion 57, a program call processing portion 53 for setting the operational mode on the basis of the piece of program information selected by the program selection processing portion 52, and a program information search processing portion 54 for searching a piece of program information from the plurality of pieces of program information stored in the program memory portion 57 on the basis of a piece of search key information corresponding to an individual operational mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuya Maeda
  • Patent number: 8060824
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and machine readable media are disclosed for providing a user interface for a service distributing multimedia content. According to one embodiment, providing a user interface accessing a media service can comprise generating a representation of a stage for presenting graphical elements related to multimedia content provided by the media service and displaying a first view of the stage, wherein the first view of the stage includes a portion of the stage less than all of the stage. The first view of the stage can comprise at least a first pane and a second pane, the first pane and the second pane including different portions of the stage. The first pane can include a first plurality of graphical elements representing content items available through the media service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Starz Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Richard T. Brownrigg, Jr., Brian Scott Ellertson, Jerad Harrison Harbaugh, Jodi Lynne Robinson, Stephen Aric Ogden, Rebecca Rusk Lim
  • Patent number: 8037413
    Abstract: This specification describes technologies relating to editing digital audio data. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes displaying a visual representation of audio data, receiving an input selecting a selected portion of audio data within the visual representation, the selecting including applying a brush tool to the visual representation of the audio data, and editing the selected portion of audio data including determining a degree of opacity for the selected audio data and applying an editing effect according to the degree of opacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: David E. Johnston
  • Patent number: 8020089
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for rendering hypertext markup language content. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a document specifying a hierarchy of HTML elements, each HTML element having a representation in a first visual representation of the document; translating the HTML elements into a hierarchy of vector object primitives, at least one of the HTML elements being translated into a corresponding vector object primitive; and generating the first visual representation of the document by rendering the hierarchy of vector object primitives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher Brichford, Brent E. Rosenquist