Patents Examined by Asher Kells
  • Patent number: 10062194
    Abstract: An image content generating apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to execute computer-readable instructions to: split an image page into a plurality of page portions, the image page including a plurality of image layers, each of the plurality of image layers including at least one of an image and text; split at least a first of the plurality of image layers into a plurality of first image layer portions; associate each of the plurality of image layers and the plurality of first image layer portions with at least one of the plurality of page portions; and generate split image pages corresponding to the plurality of page portions, at least a first of the split image pages including at least one of (i) an image layer from among the plurality of image layers and (ii) a first image layer portion from among the plurality of first image layer portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Naver Corporation
    Inventors: Hyo Kim, Hyun Chul Lee, Ji Han Kim, Dai Hyun Lim, Byoung Kwan Kim
  • Patent number: 10013412
    Abstract: A distributed system and process for sharing a spreadsheet model. A spreadsheet to be shared is configured by defining input fields, processing parameters for the input fields, and output fields, and a template including the input and output fields is created. The template is shared with a remote user, who enters data into the input fields of the template. The input data is transferred for processing, after which results are provided to the remote user in the defined output fields of the template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Purple Robot Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart C. McKenzie, Peter A. Amelunxen, Christopher R. Butner
  • Patent number: 10002370
    Abstract: The disclosure herein provides systems and methods for linking database entries of a network platform. The network platform provides a plurality of pages each dedicated to an item and including details of the item. A user-uploaded content can be linked to two or more of such pages or items provided on the network platform such that a navigable path is created among such pages or items. The linked pages or items may include an intermediary page or content that is linked to each of such pages or items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: FAPL, LLC
    Inventor: Insung Ahn
  • Patent number: 9996514
    Abstract: Disclosed are various examples for generating, storing, and loading references separate from a file. A request can be received to generate a reference for a file. A data object can be generated corresponding to the reference. The data object can include characteristics of the file proximate to an area in the file associated with the reference. The data object can be stored in a data store associated with the file. The file and reference can be loaded and rendered. The position of the reference within the file can be determined based on a stored data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: AIRWATCH LLC
    Inventors: Arjun Kochhar, Lakshmikanth Raju, Manjunath Bhat, Gerard T. Murphy, Marcos Raul Mendez
  • Patent number: 9984057
    Abstract: Creating notes related to communications may be provided. In some examples, an application, such as a communication management application, may display the communications. The communication management may detect an input to generate a note related to a communication and may provide a note interface to capture the note. The note may be captured on the note interface. The note may be saved as a related communication associated with the communication. The communication management application may display the related communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Miller, Tali Roth, Ned Bearer Friend
  • Patent number: 9910832
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method of displaying electronic documents linked with link objects therefor are provided. The method includes displaying a first electronic document having at least one link object on the screen of an electronic device, receiving an input signal for selecting a link object, determining the position on the screen at which a second electronic document linked with the selected link object is to be displayed, changing the layout of the first electronic document according to the determined position, and displaying the first electronic document and the second electronic document together on the screen according to the changed layout and the determined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungjik Lee, Kyungtae Kim, Hyerim Bae, Changhyup Jwa, Sunkee Lee
  • Patent number: 9886936
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for presenting panel-based electronic documents are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, systems for presenting panel-based electronic documents are provided, the systems comprising: at least one processor programmed to: receive an electronic document, a definition of a first panel on a page in the electronic document, and a definition of a second panel on the page in the electronic document; control a display of the first panel based on the definition of the first panel; and transition from the display of the first panel to a display of the second panel by re-scaling the display and panning from the first panel to the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Timothy Steinberger, Cyrus Najmabadi
  • Patent number: 9880709
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying, responsive to user-designation of a desired set of media object previews for view, the previews of the media objects of an electronic content work within a single view on a display of a computer system. The view presents those previews of the media objects of the electronic content work appropriate for one or more target rendering environments, according to user-specified display criteria. The previews may be images of the media objects captured when the subject media objects were rendered in a simulated target rendering environment. In some cases, these may be images of the media objects captured with the media objects were in desired states during rendering thereof in the simulated target rendering environment. The view may present the previews according to user-defined size criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: INKLING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Genoni, Aashay Desai
  • Patent number: 9881096
    Abstract: Systems and methods for web page tab management are provided. A method for web page tab management includes determining a web browser tab group to open, in its own window of a web browser executed by a computing device, based on a location of the computing device. The determined tab group includes a plurality of tabs assigned to the browser window and corresponding to a plurality of open web pages associated with the location. The method further includes the computing device automatically opening the determined tab group in the web browser window. A system for web page tab management includes a tab group determiner and a tab group manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Andy Warr, Nicholas Jitkoff
  • Patent number: 9870345
    Abstract: A technique for ordering textual messages in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a communication application based on text content can include receiving a textual message, and determining an insertion point in the GUI based on the text content of the received textual message. In some implementations, determining the insertion point can include utilizing a language model to determine a probability that the text content of the textual message is associated with each preceding textual message. Additionally or alternatively, determining an insertion point can include utilizing a timestamp corresponding to a time that the received textual message was initiated by a sender user. The technique can further include displaying the textual message at the determined insertion point of the GUI. In some implementations, the displaying of the textual message can include providing an active indication of the received textual message being inserted at the determined insertion point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Jakob Nicolaus Foerster
  • Patent number: 9866526
    Abstract: A system and method for the generation and presentation of candidate domain names are presented. The method includes receiving, by at least one server communicatively coupled to a network, a request to access or purchase access to a software application, the request being received from a user. Keywords associated with at least one of the user, a website of the user, and a business of the user are generated and a candidate domain name relevant to the keywords is generated. A user interface is displayed including the candidate domain name. The user interface enables the user to register the candidate domain name. A plurality of candidate domain names may be generated and organized into carousels or stacks according to a common theme. The candidate domain names may be displayed on a user interface and arranged thereon according to a relevance score of the domain name bundles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventors: Tapan Kamdar, Garrett Matsudaira, Stacy Steinkuller, Nitin Gupta, Edward J. Karcher, III
  • Patent number: 9864732
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating a user interface that includes a viewport space of a digital content item; generating, based on user input, breakpoints of the viewport space based on a height, a width, or an aspect ratio of the viewport space; based on the breakpoints, generating formatting rules that each create a different version of the digital content item when the formatting rule is applied; and distributing, to a client device, the digital content item for display within an electronic document, including providing i) text or image content of the digital content item and ii) the formatting rules, wherein the formatting rules cause a client-side application to dynamically render and display an appropriate version of the digital content item based on the formatting rules and a size of a display area in which the digital content item is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Lucas Adam Kovar
  • Patent number: 9824081
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes techniques pertaining to computer implemented systems and methods for automatic generation of data transformations. In one embodiment, a user manipulates a spreadsheet of data in a user interface. On a backend, the user's manipulations trigger actions that cause the data to be modified. Actions may automatically cause data flow objects and data flow graphs to be produced. The transformations defined by the data flow graphs are automatically executed by a software engine and the results are displayed to the user. The user may access and manipulate data from a variety of data sources while the underlying complexities of the transformation process are performed in an automated manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Claudia Lehmann, Michael Alexander, Phil Tinari, Min He, Vei Ming Seah, Barbara Stortz, Daniel Culp
  • Patent number: 9824079
    Abstract: Systems and methods identify actionable content in onscreen content and provide at least a default action for the content. For example, a method may include receiving an image of a screen captured from a display of a mobile device, determining areas of actionable content in the image, and determining a respective action for each area of actionable content. The method may also include generating annotation data for the image, the annotation data including a visual cue that corresponds to a first area of actionable content, the visual cue being actionable to initiate the respective action when selected and providing the annotation data for display on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, David Petrou
  • Patent number: 9817800
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Provided are a method and apparatus for reducing the page load time in a wireless communication system. The method for page loading in a mobile terminal may include: selecting, when a page is visited, a candidate page to be pre-inspected with respect to the page; performing pre-inspection of the candidate page and determining types of objects associated with the candidate page; generating tree information for the candidate page based on a result of the determination; and computing the loading time of the candidate page based on the tree information and determining download priorities of objects that are to be downloaded when the candidate page is visited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jicheol Lee, Jungshin Park, Beomsik Bae, Antony Franklin, Hanna Lim
  • Patent number: 9811352
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automating user input using onscreen content. For example, a method includes receiving a selection of a first image representing a previously captured screen of a mobile device, the first image having a corresponding timestamp, determining a set of stored user input actions that occur prior to the timestamp corresponding to the first image and after a timestamp corresponding to a reference image, the reference image representing another previously captured screen of the mobile device, and providing a user interface element configured to, when selected, initiate a replaying of the set of user input actions on the mobile device, starting from a state corresponding to the reference image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, David Petrou
  • Patent number: 9804812
    Abstract: A method for generating an alert and/or a notification to a system user is provided. The method may include using a receiver to receive a user selection to capture a generated alert and/or report. At a point that is later in time than the user selection to capture, the method may further include using the receiver to receive a user instruction to recall the captured alert and/or report. The method may also include using the processor to update the fields associated with the captured alert and/or report. In addition, the method may include using the processor to display the alert and/or report based on the updated fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Marcie L. Spencer, Mary R. Rosendahl, Milton Santiago, Jr., Darin G. Mallory
  • Patent number: 9798708
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for highlighting relevant mobile onscreen content. For example, a mobile device can include memory storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the mobile device to perform operations including capturing an image of a screen on the mobile device, the screen being displayed on a display of the mobile device, and providing the image to a server. The operations may also include receiving annotation data from the server, the annotation data including a visual cue that corresponds to a portion of the image that includes an entry in a list, the entry being associated with an entity in a graph-based data store relevant to a user of the mobile device, and display the annotation data with a second screen being displayed on the displaying of the mobile device so that the visual cue aligns with the entry in the second screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, David Petrou
  • Patent number: 9788072
    Abstract: A method for providing a search service and a display apparatus applying the same are provided. According to the search service providing method, a search window for doing an Internet search is displayed on a partial area of the screen that displays an image. The search window can be converted into an image display window in response to receiving a specific manipulation input by a user, thereby allowing the user to use the search service while converting between the use of the search window and video watching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-hye Chung, Hye-jeong Lee, Eun-young Lim, Ji-sun Yang, Seung-soo Kang, Sin-oug Yeo
  • Patent number: 9779073
    Abstract: A first set of changes to a first version of a digital document, as compared to a baseline version of the document, can be detected. The first set of changes can include a first change to a page of the document in the first version of the document, as compared to the baseline version of the document. Also, a second set of changes to a second version of a document, as compared to the baseline version of the document, can be detected. The second set of changes can include a second change to the page of the document in the second version of the document, as compared to the baseline version of the document. A conflict between the first change and the second change can be detected, and the conflict can be resolved by receiving user input or applying conflict resolution rule(s) to choose between the first and second changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: James Yamat, Robert R. Klingenberg, Evelyn G. Salazar, Andrey A. Efimchik, Jonathan Rutherfurd, Yanling Wang, Shawn Villaron