Patents Examined by Christopher J Fibbi
  • Patent number: 10606438
    Abstract: A share display in a multimedia collaboration system includes a desktop region and a nonoverlapping task bar region. A collaboration program is configured to allow the desktop region to be shared with remote multimedia collaboration devices for the purposes of collaboration, but allows control functionality that the sharer does not wish to share to reside in the task bar region. The task bar region is then prevented from being shared with the remote multimedia collaboration device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
    Inventors: Dan Jones, Todd Vernon, Scott Chalfant
  • Patent number: 10579594
    Abstract: An image sharing method and a terminal device is provided. The image sharing method of the present invention includes: obtaining an image selected from a gallery by a user, and using the image as a to-be-shared image, where a quantity of the to-be-shared images is greater than a single-time maximum shareable-photo quantity allowed by a target sharing platform; and performing synthesis processing on at least two images of the to-be-shared images to obtain a processed to-be-shared image, where a quantity of the processed to-be-shared images is less than or equal to the single-time maximum shareable-photo quantity allowed by the target sharing platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Wu, Gang Wu
  • Patent number: 10579240
    Abstract: A user computing device may receive a command from a user to modify an object of a canvas. The received command may be accepted and the user computing device may perform one or more operations on the object of the canvas according to the command, such as modifying a mutable attribute. The canvas state may then be captured by the computing device using one or more patches. The computing device may generate and store one or more snapshots to include a subset of the one or more patches and further provide the one or more snapshots to playback a sequence of at least some of the one or more operations that were performed on the object of the canvas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: PicMonkey, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Coldham, Benjamin VandenBos, Peter Grant
  • Patent number: 10565225
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for exploration and navigation of a content collection. A first window and a second window are created within the user interface displayed on the electronic display. A node graph visualization is displayed in the first window, wherein the node graph visualization comprises nodes representing individual content elements within the content, and wherein the nodes are clustered in proximity to each other according to topics associated with the individual content elements. A text-based topic visualization is displayed in the second window, wherein the text-based topic visualization comprises text elements representing topics associated with the individual content elements within the content. Selection is received of one or more text elements. Highlighting and zooming in is performed on a subset of nodes representing individual content elements associated with a union of the one or more text elements selected corresponding to the one or more topics of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Steven I. Ross
  • Patent number: 10551987
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a mobile terminal for simultaneously displaying at least two application windows on a display unit of a mobile terminal. The method may include displaying a first application window associated with a first application on an entire display area of the display unit, receiving a multi_screen mode initiation input from a user, dividing a display area of the display unit into at least two display areas including a first display area and a second display area in response to the multi_screen mode initiation input, and displaying the first application window and a second application window on the at least two display areas, respectively, in a multi_screen mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haeng-Suk Chae, Kyoung-Tae Choi
  • Patent number: 10540064
    Abstract: A computing device stores data defining a hierarchical navigation tree. For each respective user interface (UI) plugin of a plurality of UI plugins the device receives metadata for the respective UI plugin. The metadata for the respective UI plugin comprises a respective path descriptor for the respective UI plugin. For each respective node identified in the respective path descriptor for the respective UI plugin, the device marks the respective node identified by the respective path element as being active. The device outputs a UI for display. The UI comprises a pruned representation of the hierarchical navigation tree. For each respective node of a plurality of nodes in the hierarchical navigation tree, the pruned representation of the hierarchical navigation tree includes a label of the respective node in response to determining the respective node is marked as active. The UI may be a single-pane-of-glass interface that comprises nodes associated with separately developed UI plugins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew S. Chasin
  • Patent number: 10528222
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for executing at least one application by a display device having a touch screen. An application execution method according to the present invention may include the steps of: displaying a window for executing an application in each of a plurality of areas arranged on a touch screen; displaying a button on at least one boundary line dividing the plurality of areas; receiving an input for selecting the button; and displaying, in a predetermined area, on the basis of the received input, a list of at least one application executed in the predetermined area among the plurality of areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-wook Park, Young-jin Kim, Jae-yeol Lee, Tae-soo Kim, Jung-hwan Choi, Kang-tae Kim
  • Patent number: 10528235
    Abstract: A mobile device and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which user's convenience is enhanced. The present invention includes the steps of if receiving a specific input from a user, displaying a screen capable of selecting either a gallery application and a camera application, if receiving a selection input from the user, running a specific application corresponding to the selection input, displaying a preview screen of the specific application, and if receiving a specific touch input from the user, adjusting at least one of a size and position of the preview screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wanho Ju, Youngjun Lee, Seonhwi Cho, Donghoe Kim
  • Patent number: 10529035
    Abstract: A monitoring component installed in a network navigation interface, such as an Internet browser, is disclosed. The monitoring component monitors activity of a user performed via the network navigation interface among one or more network resources, such as e-commerce sites, blogs, media hosting sites, and social networking sites. The monitoring component further enables the user to selected at least one monitored activity to be shared with contacts known to the user. An activity service is provided that notifies the contacts of the selected activity and generates recommendations for the user based on the activities reported by the monitoring component. In this manner, users may share activities of interest with their contacts, as well obtain recommendations about items of possible interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Shing Yan Lam
  • Patent number: 10521100
    Abstract: In some cases, a panoramic media content item to be displayed can be acquired. An interface including a viewable area for displaying at least a portion of the content item can be generated. Based on a size of the content item, a scroll bar can be generated, within the interface, for scrolling the content item. Based on a size of the viewable area, a scroll element can be generated, within the scroll bar, to be movable based on user interactions to scroll the content item. In some cases, at least a first portion of the content item can be automatically scrolled through such that the viewable area displays, over time, at least a second portion of the content item. In some cases, a leftmost or rightmost edge of the content item is displayable via the viewable area. A transitional animation associated with the leftmost or rightmost edge can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Gavin Salituri, Winston Felix Popowicz Handte, Michael Coleman O'Beirne
  • Patent number: 10506279
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a sequence of video clips are provided. A user input identifying a source of video is received. Responsive to the user input, a plurality of future videos provided by the source that is unavailable to the user at a time when the user input was received is identified. A sequence of video clips associated with the identified plurality of future videos is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Stathacopoulos, Michael R. Nichols
  • Patent number: 10503353
    Abstract: A watch-type terminal includes a display and a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with an external terminal. The watch-type terminal also includes a controller that is configured to receive information related to an event that occurs in the external terminal, and determine, based on the received information, a priority level of the event that occurs in the external terminal. The controller is also configured to determine, based on the received information, a notification icon regarding the event that occurs in the external terminal, and adjust, based on the priority level of the event, a size of the notification icon. The controller is further configured to display, on the display of the watch-type terminal, the notification icon with the adjusted size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yunmi Kwon, Seoyeon Lee
  • Patent number: 10484330
    Abstract: A method can include detecting a selection of an item, the item being displayed via user interface (UI), searching for information associated with the item for which selection is detected, wherein the searching is performed automatically based, at least, upon the detecting the selection of the item; and displaying search results, via the UI, wherein the displaying the search results is performed automatically during the selection of the item. In some embodiments, the search results comprise at least one of: a voicemail, a number of voicemails, messaging details, a portion of text, contacts information or social media information associated with the item for which selection is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Cristy Swink, Jason Sikes, Benjamin Fineman, Jonathan Solis Snydal, Megan Elisabeth Knight
  • Patent number: 10481786
    Abstract: A method for generating a user interface at a mobile device includes receiving an indication of a user configurable pattern at a processor. The user configurable pattern indicates locations on a user interface that are spatially separated. The locations are configured to receive user input to enable access to data at the mobile device. The method also includes generating the user interface based on the user configurable pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Seyfullah Halit Oguz, Khaled Helmi El-Maleh, Saurabh Sensharma, Arvind Kulathu Ramachandran
  • Patent number: 10460003
    Abstract: In a client-server system where a client system presents a browser for user interaction, a browser user interface includes functionality for handling dynamic interface elements received by the browser in connection with received pages, presented as part of the browser user interface and modified in response to selected user input without requiring further interaction with a server. In addition to, or in place of, dynamic interface elements such as slide sheets, the browser user interface might also include a rotation display area, tool displays that can overlay a page, opaquely or semi-transparently, menu structures, and an ability for the user to modify a page layout without requiring server interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: OATH INC.
    Inventors: Jack Chu, Chris Mancini, Lawrence Morrisroe
  • Patent number: 10459676
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a dynamic user interface for multiple shared displays in an electronic collaboration setting. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include one or more processors and a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory including program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the one or more processors, cause the IHS to: identify a first characteristic associated with a given one of a plurality of participants of an electronic collaboration session, at least in part, using an image sensing device; identify a second characteristic associated with the given participant, at least in part, using a proximity sensing device; and provide a user interface having a set or one or more features selected, at least in part, based upon the first and second characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
  • Patent number: 10437438
    Abstract: An electronic device for layout guidance for localization purposes includes a processor which receives information on a textual element in a source language. The textual element is within a graphical presentation having upper limits in at least a first dimension and a second dimension. The processor determines a space requirement in the first dimension and/or the second dimension for the textual element in a target language, based on the received information on the textual element in the source language and on statistical data related to the source language and the target language and their respective spatial requirements. The processor causes layout guidance to be displayed on a display for the textual element in the target language based on the determined space requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: CRF BOX OY
    Inventors: Riku Lehtomäki, Jussi Nykänen
  • Patent number: 10427525
    Abstract: A method for controlling a motor vehicle comfort system, wherein the control is carried out with the aid of a touch-sensitive display and user interface assigned to the comfort system. In at least one operating mode, the virtual representation of at least one body having a three-dimensional appearance is generated in a first position on the touch-sensitive display and user interface and at least one function that can be executed by the comfort system is represented on the surface of the body, wherein the body is moved after rotating around a horizontal or vertical axis into another position in which at least one other function which can be executed by the comfort system is represented on the visible surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Indra-Lena Kögler, Mathias Kuhn, Filip Piotr Chudzinski, Sönke Petersen, Omer Yosha, Alexander Hahn
  • Patent number: 10423470
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for generating a diary in an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying an application execution screen, collecting and storing information through an electronic pen in the application execution screen, and generating and displaying a diary from the stored information when it is a predetermined time. Therefore, a diary is automatically generated, and thus convenience can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sangchul Baek
  • Patent number: 10402048
    Abstract: System and method for preventing undesirable smart device communications. A system includes memory for storing a list of contacts, the memory integrated into a smart device; and a locking application configured to permit a user to select and lock one or more contacts included within said list of contacts such that the user is unable to communicate with the selected one or more contacts via said smart device. The locking application may be further configured to permit a user to select a pre-established time period during which the one or more selected contacts remain locked. Challenges may be presented to the user to unlock the contacts in advance of the lockout time expiring. Optional features include GPS tracking, rewards, ride and networking modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Colossus Mobile Applications LLC
    Inventor: Eric Carman