Patents Examined by Anil N Kumar
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Patent number: 10705601Abstract: An information processing device including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to detect an enlargement ratio of a content displayed on a screen based on an angle-of-view enlarging action performed on the content, calculate a scroll speed of the content, evaluate the degree of interest corresponding to the content based on the enlargement ratio and the scroll speed, and perform a display processing for the screen in accordance with display configuration determined based on the evaluated degree of interest.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Teruyuki Sato
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Patent number: 10699245Abstract: A visual communications (VC) tool enables visual communication over a data communications network. An email is sent to a recipient containing a link to a first visual arrangement generated by a sender. The first visual arrangement may include images of various products. The first visual arrangement is displayed via a web browser in a first display area of the VC tool in response to actuation of the link in the email message. The recipient then selects a first image in the first display area. The selection may include dragging and dropping the first image into a second display area of the VC tool. The selection triggers the generating of a second visual arrangement which includes a copy of the first image. The copy of the first image is displayed in a second display area concurrently with the display of the first image in the first display area.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: GLOBAL APPAREL NETWORK, INC.Inventors: Joseph Shohfi, Danette Gorman
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Patent number: 10691322Abstract: There is provided a display control device including a detection unit configured to detect that an information input or output screen is scrolled together with scrolling of a plurality of content regions, the information input or output screen being related to a content region provided adjacent to a single content region among the plurality of content regions arranged and displayed in line on a display screen, and configured to detect that the information input or output screen has reached a prescribed position on the display screen, and a display control unit configured to, when the detection unit has detected that the information input or output screen has reached the prescribed position, perform display control in a manner that the information input or output screen is maintained at the prescribed position, and configured to perform display control in a manner that scrolling of the plurality of content regions continues.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyasu Kubota, Keishi Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 10664041Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying one or more input mechanisms for a device, monitoring a plurality of interactions between a user and the device, utilizing the one or more input mechanisms, and implementing a customized interaction pattern for the device, based on the monitoring.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Inernational Business Machines CorporationInventors: Romelia H. Flores, Yu Gu, Kai Liu, Su Liu
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Patent number: 10656907Abstract: Embodiments are directed to methods and systems for deriving automation instructions. In one scenario, a computer system derives automation instructions by performing the following: rendering a user interface (UI) based on information from an information source and receiving natural language inputs from a user, where the natural language inputs specify an element description and an action type for UI elements rendered in the UI. The method also includes identifying UI elements in the UI that match the element descriptions in the natural language input and whose actions are performable according to their specified action type, and mapping the natural language inputs into executable code using information that corresponds to the identified UI elements.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: OBSERVEPOINT INC.Inventors: Robert K. Seolas, John Raymond Pestana, Tyler Broadbent, Gregory Larson, Alan Martin Feurelein
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Patent number: 10642351Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a method for optimizing a user interface (UI) for an active application over a computing device. The method includes receiving the gaze information, including gaze location, of a user's gaze on the UI, determining a first section of a plurality of sections of the UI associated with the received gaze location, and muting other of the plurality of sections outside of the first section, such that the first section in the UI remains active.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: ALLSCRIPTS SOFTWARE, LLCInventors: Eric Robert Wald, David Windell
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Patent number: 10637899Abstract: Various implementations related to collaborative design are described. In one such implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, using one or more computing devices, input from a second user selecting to remix an existing design of a first user; generating, using the one or more computing devices, a new version of the existing design including one or more layers from the existing design; receiving, using the one or more computing devices, one or more design inputs from the second user, the one or more design inputs remixing at least one of the one or more layers included from the existing design; applying, using the one or more computing devices, the one or more design inputs to the new version of the existing design to create a remixed design; and sharing, via a computer network, the remixed design with one or more other users.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Overlay Studio, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Loyal Wilson, Kevin James Heap, Spencer Patrick Smith
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Patent number: 10606620Abstract: Method and system are provided for notification interaction in a touchscreen user interface. The method includes: monitoring a user interaction with a current application via the touchscreen user interface; recognizing that a notification is being prepared to be displayed as a notification display on top of the current application; selecting a distinct user interaction for input to the notification display that is distinct from the monitored user interaction with the current application; and displaying an instruction for the distinct user interaction with the notification display.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eunjin Lee, Matthew A. Clarke, Gareth J. H. Morgan, James Cockbain, Peter Agorioge
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Patent number: 10599320Abstract: Techniques for ink anchoring are described. In one or more implementations, an interactive canvas is displayed on one or more display devices of a computing device. An ink object is generated by digitizing ink input received to the interactive canvas. In response to determining that the ink object overlaps an object in the interactive canvas, the ink object is anchored to the object such that a spatial relationship between the ink object and the object is maintained if the ink object or the object is manipulated.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Eduardo Sonnino, Anthony Dart, Ryan Chandler Pendlay, March Rogers, Jason Hartman
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Patent number: 10585936Abstract: Textual content is analyzed to determine a tone of the content. A first color palette including a first plurality of colors is computed. The first plurality of colors corresponds to the tone. A first color of the first plurality of colors is selected, and a second color palette including a second plurality of colors is computed. The second plurality of colors corresponds to the first plurality of colors and satisfies a predetermined color-related accessibility requirement between the first selected color and each of the second plurality of colors. A second color of the second plurality of colors is selected, and the content is modified using the first selected color and the second selected color.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Maureen Kraft, Fang Lu, Charu Pandhi
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Patent number: 10564836Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a moveable interactive element that can display information about control elements are provided. A system and method can include displaying one or more control elements of a user interface, and receiving initial touch input. In response to the initial touch input, the interactive element can displayed in the user interface. Further touch input corresponding to dragging the interactive element onto a control element can be received. The interactive element can be associated with the control element, and content related to the functionality of the control element can be determined. The content can then be displayed within the interactive element.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2013Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Melissa J. Belisle, Frances S. Segal
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Patent number: 10552007Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methodologies and devices for handling maximizing and minimizing of exposé views.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Z124Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Martin Gimpl
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Patent number: 10552770Abstract: Efficient creation of a new schedule item is provided. Aspects include a quick create system for enabling an efficient schedule item creation experience when utilizing a scheduling application, such as a calendar application, a task list application, or a to-do list application, or an application with scheduling functionalities. A user can select a quick create option to cause a display of one or more icons designating predefined or learned schedule item types, which can be automatically or selectively moved to a desired timeslot in the user's schedule. In some examples, an icon can be dragged laterally within a timeslot to toggle between schedule item types. When a commitment input is received, a new schedule item is inserted into the user's schedule, and schedule item details are automatically populated into the schedule item based on existing schedule items or based on preset schedule item types.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Andrew Winslow Brough, Clea Allington, Ian Dwyer Curry, Teslim Abiodun Alabi, Eva Britta Karolina Burlin, Shahil Soni, Malia Morioka Douglas
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Patent number: 10528631Abstract: Methods and systems for generating and presenting comments during presentation of a media file are provided. The method includes receiving comments for a media file available on a website. The media file is defined by a video. The comments are received from members of a community of users and are associated with the media file. A request for accessing the media file is received. In response to the request, members of the community of users associated with a user initiating the request are identified. The requested media file is presented such that comments associated with the media file are displayed. The comments are filtered to include comments from members of the community associated with the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Johnnemann Winthrop Nordhagen
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Patent number: 10503347Abstract: A system and method involves detecting operational social disruptive events on a global scale, assigning disease or non-disease event staging and warnings to express data in more simplistic terms, modeling data in conjunction with linguistics analysis to establish responsive actions, generating visualization and modeling capabilities for communicating information, and modeling disease or non-disease propagation for containment and forecasting purposes.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Georgetown UniversityInventors: Ahmed A. Humayun, Steven J. Silverstein, Gregory P. Zalasky, Kevin D. Jones
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Patent number: 10506078Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for generating a centralized overview display from annotated data sources. One example method includes identifying data sources that each include data to be presented in a user interface. A set of annotations are identified, for each data source, that describe the data included in the respective data source. One or more visual representation types are associated with each data source. Each visual representation type indicates a type of visual representation to apply when rendering data included in the associated data source. A user interface configuration is generated based on the data sources, the annotations, and the associations between the visual representation types and the associated data sources.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: SAP Portals Israel Ltd.Inventors: Ioannis Grammatikakis, Ran Gross, Stefan Kusterer, Ariel Bentolila, Tim Back, Aviad Gilady, Itay Sagiv
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Patent number: 10481861Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media related to interaction between a user and an automated assistant during a dialog between the user and the automated assistant. Some implementations are directed to adapting a graphical and/or audible presentation of search results provided by the automated assistant for presentation to the user. The adaptation may be in response to attribute(s), of one or more of the search results, referenced in spoken and/or typed textual input provided by the user during the dialog. Some of those implementations may enable a user to provide textual input to navigate the search results within the dialog and within resource and/or interface constraints associated with the dialog. Some of those implementations may additionally and/or alternatively enable adapting, based on textual input provided by a user to the automated assistant, when and/or whether search results having certain attributes are provided to the user by the automated assistant.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: David Kogan, Bryan Horling
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Patent number: 10474999Abstract: A visual communications (VC) tool enables visual communication over a data communications network. An email is sent to a recipient containing a link to a first visual arrangement generated by a sender. The first visual arrangement may include images of various products. The first visual arrangement is displayed via a web browser in a first display area of the VC tool in response to actuation of the link in the email message. The recipient then selects a first image in the first display area. The selection may include dragging and dropping the first image into a second display area of the VC tool. The selection triggers the generating of a second visual arrangement which includes a copy of the first image. The copy of the first image is displayed in a second display area concurrently with the display of the first image in the first display area.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: GLOBAL APPAREL NETWORK, INC.Inventors: Joseph Shohfi, Danette Gorman
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Patent number: 10463961Abstract: Methods of interacting with a mixed reality are presented. A mobile device captures an image of a real-world object where the image has content information that can be used to control a mixed reality object through an offered command set. The mixed reality object can be real, virtual, or a mixture of both real and virtual.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2013Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: NANT HOLDINGS IP, LLCInventor: Ronald H. Cohen
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Patent number: 10451431Abstract: A user is induced to have the same experience as displayed in an image. Means that obtains content stored in a route search system obtains content stored in storing means for storing a plurality of items of image data, location information, and time information in association with one another. Display controlling means displays some of the items of image data on display means. Receiving means receives a selection of a location to visit from the displayed items of image data. Searching means determines a visiting location based on location information of the image data of the selected location, determines a visiting time based on time information of the image data, and searches a route for visiting the visiting location on the visiting time.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.Inventor: Soh Masuko