Patents Examined by Anil K Bhargava
  • Patent number: 11972096
    Abstract: A picture selection method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: displaying a first interface in an interaction scenario of a first application, where the first interface includes a picture selection button; and displaying a target album interface in response to a first operation performed by a user to trigger the picture selection button, where the target album interface includes thumbnails of at least two pictures that carry different identifier information or at least two picture sets that carry different identifier information; and where identifier information is generated based on interaction scenarios of at least two applications, and the identifier information includes at least one of an application name of an application, time of an interaction scenario of an application, or a quantity of times in an interaction scenario of an application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manshu Wang, Yongming Zhang, Ziran Li
  • Patent number: 11971710
    Abstract: A digital twin model based plant operation and optimization is provided. Systems and methods of the solution can receive data on assets of a plant, the assets' topology, connectivity and flow and deployed physical instruments along with the measurements of the physical instruments. The solution generate a model having a plurality of layers based on the received data and provide one or more virtual instruments in the model. The solution can determine, based on a set of relationships for interactions between assets and the received measurements input into the model, one or more virtual measurement for the one or more virtual instruments and generate, responsive to a comparison with a threshold, a notification to service at least one of the assets at the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Pani Energy Inc
    Inventors: Ben Wolfe, Devesh Bharadwaj
  • Patent number: 11971854
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The information processing apparatus receives a plurality of files, generates screen information for displaying a first list screen on a display, the first list screen presenting, for each of the plurality of files, a name and a time of last use of the file, and further presenting a thumbnail image of at least one file of the plurality of files in a case the at least one file is an image file, stores in one or more memories, the plurality of files and the thumbnail image of the at least one file being the image file, and transmits the screen information of the first list screen in response to a request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Yamawaki
  • Patent number: 11954403
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for communicating notifications and other textual data associated with applications installed on an electronic device. According to certain aspects, a user can interface with an input device to send (218) a wake up trigger to the electronic device. The electronic device retrieves (222) application notifications and converts (288) the application notifications to audio data. The electronic device also sends (230) the audio data to an audio output device for annunciation (232). The user may also use the input device to send (242) a request to the electronic device to activate the display screen. The electronic device identifies (248) an application corresponding to an annunciated notification, and activates (254) the display screen and initiates the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Long Peng, Hui Dai, Xin Guan
  • Patent number: 11947875
    Abstract: An apparatus for maintaining an event listing using voice control, the apparatus includes a sound capturing device configured to capture acoustic data and a computing device connected to the sound device configured to receive the acoustic data, identify a voice input based on the acoustic data using a voice recognition module, wherein the voice recognition module is configured to identify a target entity and identify event activation data, obtain entity data associated with the target entity containing historical event data, generate a voice-activated command using the voice input via a command interpretation module, wherein the command interpretation module is configured to determine a maintenance operation for an event related to the target entity as a function of event activation data and the historical event data, maintain an event listing using the voice-activated command by executing the at least a maintenance operation, and display the event listing using a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Actriv Healthcare Inc.
    Inventor: Allan Njoroge
  • Patent number: 11941223
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to retrieving and displaying contextually-relevant media content. In some embodiments, a device receives a request to display contextually-relevant media and, in response, displays a representation of a collection of media items relevant to a context of the device. In some embodiments, a device displays a visual media item of a sequence of items and, in response to receiving a swipe gesture, displays a detail user interface comprising related content for the media item. In some embodiments, a device, while displaying a first detail user interface, displays an affordance corresponding to a plurality of individuals identified as having attended a first event, that when selected, causes display of visual media corresponding to a plurality of events attended by the individuals. In some embodiments, a device, in response to user input, obtains an automatically-generated collection of visual media and displays a corresponding affordance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventors: Britt S. Miura, Simon Bovet, Eric Circlaeys, Alan C. Dye, Daniel E. Gobera Rubalcava, Cyrus Daniel Irani, Brendan J. Langoulant, Stephen O. Lemay, Justin S. Titi, Gary Ian Butcher, Paulo Michaelo Lopez, Henrique Penha, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: 11941181
    Abstract: A mechanism to provide visual feedback regarding computing system command gestures. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a sensing element to sense a presence or movement of a user of the apparatus, a processor, wherein operation of the processor includes interpretation of command gestures of a user to provide input to the apparatus; and a display screen, the apparatus to display one or more icons on the display screen, the one or more icons being related to the operation of the apparatus. The apparatus is to display visual feedback for a user of the apparatus, visual feedback including a representation of one or both hands of the user while the one or both hands are within a sensing area for the sensing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rajiv Mongia, Achintya Bhowmik, Mark Yahiro, Dana Krieger, Ed Mangum, Diana Povieng
  • Patent number: 11941163
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to a method of realistic simulation of real world interactions as virtual interactions between a control object sensed acting in a three-dimensional (3D) sensory space and the virtual object in a virtual space that the control object interacts with. In particular, it relates to detecting free-form gestures of a control object in a three-dimensional (3D) sensory space and generating for display a 3D solid control object model for the control object during the free-form gestures, including sub-components of the control object and in response to detecting a free-form gesture of the control object in the 3D sensory space in virtual contact with the virtual object, depicting, in the generated display, the virtual contact and resulting motions of the virtual object by the 3D solid control object model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: John Adrian Arthur Johnston, Johnathon Scott Selstad, Alex Marcolina
  • Patent number: 11934646
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for interacting with components across different domains in a single user interface in an online social network. The user interface includes a first component and a second component, where the first component exposes content from a first database system at a first network domain and the second component exposes content from a second database system at a second network domain. A first interaction with the first component is received at a computing device, followed by a reference being provided in the second component, where the reference includes information related to the first interaction. A second interaction with the second component regarding the reference can be received at the computing device. Interactions between the components hosted on different database systems can occur through an application programming interface (API).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Beechuk, Orjan N. Kjellberg, Arvind Krishnan
  • Patent number: 11934849
    Abstract: Classification and visualization of user interactions with an interactive computing platform is provided by building and providing a graphical user interface (GUI) of graphical elements for display on a display device. The graphical elements present visualizations of user interactions between users and an interactive computing platform in progression of the users through tasks based on the user interactions. The graphical elements also present identified features of the user interactions relative to the tasks and progression of the users therethrough. The building and providing includes building and providing, for a task of the tasks, a task element with first features corresponding to subtasks of the task and second features providing relations between the first features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shikhar Kwatra, Smitkumar Narotambhai Marvaniya, Caleb Miles, Clement Decrop
  • Patent number: 11927933
    Abstract: A program comparison apparatus includes: a set alignment unit that divides a comparison source-program which is a first FBD program into sets of program components connected to one another, and rearranges the sets in a line along a Y-axis direction which is a vertical direction in ascending order of execution, and also divides a comparison edited-program which is a second FBD program into sets of program components connected to one another, and rearranges the sets in a line along the Y-axis direction in ascending order of execution; a difference detection unit that detects a difference in the sets between the comparison source-program and the comparison edited-program rearranged as difference information; and a difference display control unit that causes the sets of the comparison source-program and the comparison edited-program that are rearranged to be displayed within a screen of a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei Kanatsu
  • Patent number: 11914848
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In one example, a plurality of data items selected by a user are received, wherein a plurality of confidence values corresponding to the plurality of data items are identified. The plurality of data items is ordered. The first data item is displayed, and updated context information associated with the electronic device is received. An update to the plurality of confidence values is detected, wherein the updated plurality of confidence values includes a third confidence value associated with a third data item of the plurality of ordered data items. In accordance with a determination that the third confidence value is higher than a first confidence value of the first data item, an order of the plurality of ordered data items is modified, and the third data item of the plurality of ordered data items is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Blatz, Akshay Aggarwal, Radhika Bhargava, Daiwei Liu, Pallavika Ramaswamy, Kelvin Ting Pui So
  • Patent number: 11907522
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for dynamic allocation of navigation tools based on learned user interaction. The present invention is configured to generate a training dataset based on at least the information associated with the interaction of the user with the one or more GUI grids, information associated with the one or more interactions of the one or more peers with the one or more GUI grids, information associated with the user, and information associated with the one or more peers; initiate one or more machine learning algorithms on the training dataset; receive, via the user computing device, a user selection of an unseen navigation tool for placement on the GUI; and classify the unseen navigation tool using the first set of parameters to predict a placement of the unseen navigation tool in at least one of one or more GUI grids associated with the GUI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Madhumathi Rajesh, Madhusudhanan Krishnamoorthy
  • Patent number: 11899902
    Abstract: A system and method for creating, managing, and displaying an interactive display for 3D digital collectibles comprising a virtual, three dimensional, n-sided structure including a digital media file or set of digital media files representing an event rendered on a representation of a first surface thereof, and data relating to the event rendered on at least a second surface thereof, where the digital media file may be a video clip of the event that can be played automatically via a media player associated with the display. The interactive display may provide a graphical user interface that displays a set of user tools to interact with the 3D digital collectibles and a user interface control module that receives user input via the user tools and generates instructions to control the display of one or more 3D digital collectible display elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Dapper Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Courtney McNeil, Denise Cascelli Schwenck Bismarque
  • Patent number: 11887096
    Abstract: A web server device can match a series of commands from a user device to a workflow associated with a particular type of action. The web server device can, based on the particular type of action, select a particular database device from which to obtain data for executing the particular type of action. The web server device can prevent, via a user interface displayable by the user device, the user from entering information on the user interface that is unnecessary for executing the particular type of action. The web server device can retain, on the user interface, requests for information for executing the particular type of action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Truist Bank
    Inventors: Lee Ratcliffe, Vicki Givens, Deborah Faulkner, Dan Mauney
  • Patent number: 11880921
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for generating, transmitting, reproducing, and integrating multimedia contents for a presentation. An example method includes providing a presentation document comprising a plurality of slides (e.g., a first slide and a second slide), and generating multimedia data of a presentation, including a first audio datum, a first video datum, a second audio datum and a second video datum. The multimedia data may be transmitted to an audience device for reproduction of the multimedia presentation such that: each of the first audio datum, the first video datum, the second audio datum and the second video datum is individually transmitted to the audience device, along with slide information indicative of one of the plurality of slides with which it is associated and time information indicative of a time at which each multimedia datum is to be played back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cobalt Inc.
    Inventor: Haeil Yi
  • Patent number: 11880917
    Abstract: Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for generating and modifying synthetic visual content using textual input are provided. One or more keywords may be received from a user. The one or more keywords may be used to generate a plurality of textual descriptions. Each generated textual description may correspond to a possible visual content. The generated plurality of textual descriptions may be presented to the user through a user interface that enables the user to modify the presented textual descriptions. A modification to at least one of the plurality of textual descriptions may be received from the user, therefore obtaining a modified plurality of textual descriptions. A selection of one textual description of the modified plurality of textual descriptions may be received from the user. A plurality of visual contents corresponding to the selected textual description may be presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: BRIA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LTD.
    Inventors: Yair Adato, Gal Jacobi
  • Patent number: 11880876
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an order request associated with a user and a first physical product, adding the order request to a list of order requests, and causing a first graphical user interface (GUI) to display a livestream video and the list of order requests. Responsive to receiving user selection of the order request from the list of order requests, the method further includes generating a timestamp associated with the user selection, and causing the first GUI to be updated to indicate the first physical product associated with the order request is being shown via the livestream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventors: Landon E. Mann, Ashley C. Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 11868391
    Abstract: A media recommendation system may score media items according to user recommendations, popularity, and/or recency. The scores may be weighted to produce an overall score for each media item. Media items may be added to a pool for a specific user, from which media items are selected for playback. The contents of the pool may be modified based upon user feedback and other data. The pool may be modified dynamically and/or in real time as media items are consumed or rated by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: RCRDCLUB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Damian Franken Manning, Samuel Evan Sandberg
  • Patent number: 11868598
    Abstract: A content editor for generating content including root blocks and nested blocks is disclosed. The content editor can generate a deployment that includes the content. The content editor can generate user interface code configured to edit the content. The content editor can receive updates to the content and update the root blocks and nested blocks. The updated root blocks and nested blocks can be used to generate updated content for editing and/or can be deployed to end-users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Stephen Daily, Jacob Davidson, Lara Adrian Hercules, Stephanie Coleman, Alexandra Grace Kelly, Natalie Irene Ung