Patents Examined by Cesar Paula
  • Patent number: 9411631
    Abstract: The present invention is intended for properly receiving set data in setting items of a series of processes. The present invention solves the problem by controlling to determine whether the setting item of the unique processing information and the setting item of the shared processing information are identical, to generate, when the setting items are determined to be identical and when a setting item for which set data is different in the unique and shared processing information is identified, template processing information including information indicating the identified setting item and the setting item of the shared processing information, and to store the template processing information, and by displaying a user interface receiving the set data of the identified setting item from among the setting items of the template processing information at the time of generating new unique processing information by using the template processing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tetsuya Sato
  • Patent number: 9405736
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for processing a markup language file having one or more portions. Specifically, the system downloads a first markup language file using the hyper text transfer protocol and references the first markup language file by its uniform resource location or by a name of a local file on a system on which a user is operating. The first markup language is parsed for one or more portions of the first markup language file. Each portion of the first markup language file is stored into a directory structure containing folders, subfolders, and files complying with the structure of the first markup language file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Vertical Computer Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeff Davison
  • Patent number: 9396169
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure can include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer program products for using color space encoded images to publish an entire book including text and images onto a single piece of paper, or onto few pieces of paper. In certain aspects, the present systems and methods allow users to perform data backup using color space encoded images. In other aspects, the present systems and methods allow users to self-publish desired content significantly cheaper by encoding the desired content using color space encoded images. In certain aspects, publishers or booksellers can include traditional books in combination with digital or electronic books distributed using color space encoded images. In other aspects, the present systems and methods allow users or administrators to compress and/or copy massive documents using color space encoded images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Pictech Management Limited
    Inventors: Alisa Mesh-Iliescu, Vladimir Kolmanovitch
  • Patent number: 9386185
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure can include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer program products for using color space encoded images to publish an entire book including text and images onto a single piece of paper, or onto few pieces of paper. In certain aspects, the present systems and methods allow users to perform data backup using color space encoded images. In other aspects, the present systems and methods allow users to self-publish desired content significantly cheaper by encoding the desired content using color space encoded images. In certain aspects, publishers or booksellers can include traditional books in combination with digital or electronic books distributed using color space encoded images. In other aspects, the present systems and methods allow users or administrators to compress and/or copy massive documents using color space encoded images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Pictech Management Limited
    Inventors: Alisa Mesh-Iliescu, Vladimir Kolmanovitch
  • Patent number: 9378197
    Abstract: A statistical software package for manufacturing and business applications is disclosed. The software package comprises an improved user interface that supports data collection, entry, and analysis features for manufacturing and business applications. Data entry is simplified by prompting the user for no more data than is needed to perform calculations and analysis. The software completes complex data analysis, interprets the data in the background, and reports simple analysis results to the user about the data that has been entered. The software supports user conducted tests but decides which test or tests are appropriate test and which results are relevant for the user. In an example embodiment, the software package is implemented as a web-based application with a central database accessible through a web service to provide support to the user. In an example embodiment, the application provides data collection, data entry, analysis, interpretation, graphing, and reporting functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: GMG HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: George Khader Ghanem
  • Patent number: 9372837
    Abstract: In various embodiments, arrangements for presenting an XSLT mapping tool is presented. A computer system may receive XML source code that includes a plurality of source nodes. The computer system may also receive XSLT code configured to transform the XML source code into XML target code. The XSLT code may include multiple templates. The computer system may use the multiple templates of the XSLT code and the XML source code to create XML target code. The XML target code may include a plurality of target nodes. An interface of the XSLT mapping tool that displays mappings between the plurality of source nodes of the XML source code and the plurality of target nodes of the XML target code resulting from the multiple XSLT templates may be presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sunitha Alli, Thomas Hora, Agnes Freese
  • Patent number: 9367524
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for dynamic web page layout optimization. In accordance with some embodiments, a plurality of different layouts are defined for a web page of a publisher. Each of the different layouts have at least one common element and at least one content slot adapted to display a content item. A request for the web page is received from a network accessible device having associated profile information, and a selected layout is identified using the profile information. At least one content item is selected for display in each content slot of the selected layout. Data are thereafter transferred to the network accessible device to display the web page arranged in accordance with the selected layout along with the selected content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Google, Inc.
    Inventors: Momchil Filev, Johnny Chen
  • Patent number: 9361299
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for RSS content administration for rendering RSS content on a digital audio player. Embodiments include retrieving, through an RSS feed, RSS content; extracting text from the RSS content; creating a media file; and storing the extracted text of the RSS content as metadata associated with the media file. Embodiments also typically include extracting one or more images from the RSS content; and storing the extracted images as metadata associated with the media file. Embodiments also typically include extracting text from the RSS content for audio rendering on the digital audio player; converting the text to speech; and recording the speech in the audio portion of the media file. Many embodiments also include storing the media file on a digital audio player; displaying the metadata describing the media file; and playing the audio portion containing the speech.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William K. Bodin, David Jaramillo, Jerry W. Redman, Derral C. Thorson
  • Patent number: 9361369
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for scoring documents in response, in part, to parameters related to the document, source, and/or cluster score. Methods and apparatus are also described for scoring a cluster in response, in part, to parameters related to documents within the cluster and/or sources corresponding to the documents within the cluster. In one embodiment, the invention may identify the source; detect a plurality of documents published by the source; analyze the plurality of documents with respect to at least one parameter; and determine a source score for the source in response, in part, to the parameter. In another embodiment, the invention may identify a topic; identify a plurality of clusters in response to the topic; analyze at least one parameter corresponding to each of the plurality of clusters; and calculate a cluster score for each of the plurality of clusters in response, in part, to the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Krishna Bharat, Michael Curtiss, Michael Schmitt
  • Patent number: 9361391
    Abstract: The invention relates to generating a web feed composed of content elements. A number of content elements to be added to the web feed is determined, according to a number of available content elements to be published and according to a predefined visibility period associated with the web feed and defining a minimal time period for which any content element has to remain present in the web feed, wherein the determining of the number of elements comprises estimating a predicted number of new content elements liable to arrive during said visibility period, from historical data of said web feed representing statistics of arrivals, during past visibility periods, of content elements to be published. From the number of available content elements to be published, the determined number of content elements are selected, and entries corresponding to the selected content elements are created in the web feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Romain Bellessort, Youenn Fablet, Hervé Ruellan
  • Patent number: 9355137
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an article acquisition unit that acquires articles indicated as data, a theme setting unit that sets a theme and an extraction condition of an article included in the theme, a selection unit that receives selection of the set theme by a user, an article extraction unit that extracts an article included in the set theme from the articles acquired by the article acquisition unit based on the extraction condition corresponding to the theme, a posting reception unit that receives posting of a comment corresponding to the article extracted by the article extraction unit from the user, a transmission unit that transmits the posted comment to the user selecting the theme including the article, and a condition update unit that updates the extraction condition of the article corresponding to the theme according to an amount of comment posted for each of the articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Mori, Shigetoshi Okuyama
  • Patent number: 9348803
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing a preview of an editor action related to a suggested edit of an electronic document. A first user provides a suggested edit to the electronic document, and the suggested edit to the electronic document is displayed to a second user of the electronic document. The second user provides a user input that is indicative of a desire to preview a result of the editor action on the suggested edit, such as an acceptance or a rejection of the suggested edit. Then, before the second user performs the editor action, a preview of the result of the editor action is provided to the second user in response to detecting the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Vance Julius Vagell, Ian Gunn
  • Patent number: 9342491
    Abstract: A method for enriching contents of a website includes obtaining a corpus from the current website and other websites, and extracting object features from the corpus, wherein the corpus comprises specifications of the object and user reviews about the object; according to the corpus, constructing multi-dimensional vectors for the extracted features; for a specified feature, making similarity comparison of its multi-dimensional vector and multi-dimensional vectors of other extracted features; determining features with similarities higher than a predetermined threshold as the same features, and reinforcing the current website with features different from that of the object on the current website and their corresponding attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sheng Hua Bao, Ke Ke Cai, Hong Lei Guo, Zhong Su, Xian Wu, Li Zhang, Shuo Zhang
  • Patent number: 9344471
    Abstract: Preparing of information about a content source is disclosed. One method in accordance with the information preparing creates item information on a first component pertaining to an arbitrary content source, incorporates the created information on the first component into a first structure element (e.g., tag), creates a second structure element containing information making display layout information for the arbitrary content source accessible, creates information on at least one component pertaining to the arbitrary content source other than the first component, and incorporates the created information on the at least one component into at least one third structure element included within the second structure element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jae Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 9330200
    Abstract: Systems and methods display input suggestions on web pages having an input field for receiving a specific type of user input. A module stored on a user device is remote from a database containing the input suggestions. The module detects the presence of any input fields of a specific type in a web page. For each detected input field of the specific type, the module generates a combo box that is displayed so as to cover and visually replace the input field. The combo boxes display input suggestions contained in the database. The database can be updated to add or remove input suggestions for particular websites determined to be valid or invalid at those websites. Analysis of the validity of the input suggestions can be based on page analyses sent from the module and performed before and after any submission of an input suggestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: CAPITAL INTELLECT INC.
    Inventors: Ranjan Lal, Brian D. Boodman, Eric Patacchiola
  • Patent number: 9329809
    Abstract: A non-transitory recording medium stores a program including program codes for causing a computer (a) to read information necessary for a display from a base file, (b) to display information according to base file contents, (c) to read machine type dependent information that (i) is necessary for the display on an output apparatus, (ii) depends on an output apparatus machine type, and (iii) cannot be commonly used in multiple machine types, (d) to create a transaction file composed of function information and an argument necessary for the function without including a control code based on the machine type dependent information, and (e) to instruct the output apparatus to output the information according to the base file contents by using the transaction file and a fixed file that (i) does not depend on the machine type, (ii) can be commonly used in multiple machine types, and (iii) is composed of machine type independent information including the control code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Ueno
  • Patent number: 9330192
    Abstract: A variety of data structures, components, runtime viewers and methods are described for defining, delivering and rendering wrapped packages of cards in a manner that is particularly well suited, but not limited to, display on mobile devices. Each card may selectively include media content, and a palette of application functionality and/or supporting e-commerce related services. The cards of the wrap packages are ideally threaded together into one or more linear sequences, and authored to convey a book-like narrative that unfolds as the cards are sequentially browsed. In addition, the wrap packages are portable objects that are readily distributed, similar to other electronic messages, through e-mail, messaging, social-media, or via a variety of other electronic communication platforms. As a result, wrap packages are consumable, sharable and savable objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Wrap Media, LLC
    Inventors: Eric H. Greenberg, Ian McFarland, John M. Garris, Mark E. Rolston, Jared L. Ficklin, Matthew J. Santone, Jon Stevens
  • Patent number: 9324168
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for correcting the layout of shapes in a diagram, and specifically for diagrams having constraint-based layouts, such as with lists of regions and shapes directly connected without connecting lines. A request is received to correct the diagram layout. Shape layouts are predicted for each region, followed by minimal region corrections corresponding to the corrected shape layouts. Corrected layouts are provided sequentially through the lists of regions while resolving conflicts. Virtual nodes may be utilized to preserve region layouts when flipping or rotating diagrams. A connection classification and prioritization system is used to layout shapes and regions within a diagram having one or more direct connections between shapes and/or regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John Edward Haug, III, Jie Li, Ramona Pousti Canan, Zach Andrew Barth, Amit Velingkar
  • Patent number: 9323724
    Abstract: This invention provides a skin replacement method for a webpage content area displayed in a mobile terminal browser, including: parsing each element of webpage content received, determining whether a self-defined extension property exists in an element for indicating skin style information of the element. The self-defined extension property is predefined by a browser client and provided for a web server, and a value of the self-defined extension property represents index information of the skin style information of the element in a skin style library of the browser client; when the self-defined extension property exists, based on the index information, searching the skin style information corresponding to the index information in the skin style library; and rendering the element based on found skin style information. This method can directly and seamlessly integrate skin effect of the browser client into the webpage content displayed in the browser, providing better use experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU UCWEB COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jie Liang
  • Patent number: 9311283
    Abstract: Disclosed is software which enables a service which allows users to load screen-shots of webpages to boards as clipped content, which preserves “live” links to the webpages from the clipped content, which identifies the content which was clipped, and which preserves links and other dynamic content in the clipped content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: REALNETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Chasen, Niall Smart, Todd Oquist, Michael Ari Cohen, John Schussler