Patents Examined by Claudia Dragoescu
  • Patent number: 12088755
    Abstract: Techniques for displaying relevant user interface objects when a device is placed into viewing position are disclosed. The device can update its display in response to a user approaching a vehicle. Display updates can be based on an arrangement of user interface information for unlocking the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Ian Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Jonathan R. Dascola, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Daniel C. Gross, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Stephen O. Lemay, Natalia Maric, Christopher Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Patent number: 12086383
    Abstract: This relates generally to intelligent automated assistants and, more specifically, to provide intelligent contextual action predictions by the intelligent automated assistants. An example method includes, at an electronic device displaying a content to a user, receiving a user input on a display area of the displayed content, determining a content type associated with a content object of the displayed content in response to receiving the user input, extracting one or more data items from the determined content type, determining one or more action types of each of the one or more data items and one or more action parameters for the each of the action types, determining one or more suggestive actions based on the determined one or more actions types; and presenting, to the user, at least one suggestive action from the one or more suggestive actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Pallavika Ramaswamy, Cameron Burgess, Gokcen Cilingir, Mert Dumenci, Rishab Mehra, Ari Weinstein, Ilkyu Lee
  • Patent number: 12073056
    Abstract: An information processing method includes: a receiving step for receiving a message; an outputting step of outputting display information for associating and displaying the message received in the reception step with an icon associated with an account that is associated with the user that has transmitted the message; and a changing step of changing the ion associated with the account that has transmitted the message, if the message includes icon information to be displayed as the speaker of the message. When the changing step has changed the icon, the outputting step outputs display information for associating and displaying the message received in the receiving step with the changed icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: LY Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei Niki, Takumi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 12045604
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus installable with firmware updatable via a network includes an input unit configured to receive an operation performed by a user; and circuitry configured to display, on a display, a first screen for displaying a first function of firmware that can be installed on the electronic apparatus, and a second screen for displaying a second function of the firmware, the second function including a plurality of second functions and the second screen including a plurality of second screens prepared for each one of the plurality of second functions, enable the first function in response to an operation for the first function displayed on the first screen, and enable the second function in response to an operation for the second function displayed on the second screen. The circuitry enables the second functions selected from the plurality of second functions respectively displayed on the plurality of second screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Shibukawa, Genki Watanabe, Ryoh Shimomoto
  • Patent number: 12045562
    Abstract: Editing and sharing spreadsheets of a spreadsheet editor system are disclosed. Interactions pertaining to requests of users of the spreadsheet editor system may be treated via natural language queries that are received at an interface of said system. When a first user attempts to share a spreadsheet with a second user, various spreadsheet filtering techniques may cause a new version of the given spreadsheet to be generated for the second user depending on permissions and metadata of one or both users of the editable spreadsheet system. References of the second user may additionally be used to modify a spreadsheet for viewing by the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh Goli, Vivek Madani
  • Patent number: 12028390
    Abstract: A system and method and for detecting meeting participant inattentiveness during an online meeting includes retrieving meeting content data from the ongoing online meeting, meeting metadata associated with the online meeting, and user data associated with participants of the online meeting, the online meeting being conducted via an online meeting application, the user data including camera data and data about user interactions with applications other than the online meeting application. Participant inattentiveness is detected, based on at least one of the camera data or the data about user interactions with the applications other than the online meeting application. Upon detecting participant inattentiveness, notification data is provided for display to the inattentive participant, receiving an indication of the participant's return to the online meeting, and providing data for displaying a summary of meeting events that occurred during the time period to the participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Prerana Dharmesh Gambhir
  • Patent number: 12019855
    Abstract: A vehicle interface control unit for a vehicle comprises an accessories module to detect an accessory fitted to the vehicle an input module to receive one or more input signals from a vehicle electronic control unit, ECU; and a display control module to determine a display setting of an interface element for control of the detected accessory based on the received input signals, and control a display unit to show the interface element according to the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yucel Aybar, Christopher Harrison, Rob Anthony Richardson, Jonathan Rumford, Ryan Wells, Will Mallard
  • Patent number: 11989391
    Abstract: An interface display method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes receiving a first input by a user in a case that a first interface of a first application is displayed, displaying a second interface including a target list in response to the first input, receiving a second input by the user for N members in the target list, and displaying a third interface in response to the second input. The target list of the second interface includes at least one of the following: a member list of at least one group in the first application or a contact list in at least one address book in the first application. In a case that the target list is a member list of the first group, the third interface is a group chat interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Huabo Xie
  • Patent number: 11983385
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of receiving a touch operation and a touchless operation includes an operation control unit configured to control an operation method by enabling any one of the touch operation and the touch operation according to the setting information related to the operation method, and the operation control unit controls the operation method according to the operation method of the detected operation of a user if the operation method cannot be determined only by the setting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoki Watariuchi
  • Patent number: 11985277
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a display which displays an operation screen; a communicator which transmits and receives data or a signal to and from a terminal device; and a controller which transmits, in accordance with execution by the communicator of transmitting data on the operation screen to the terminal device, and receiving an operation event signal generated by the terminal device, an activation signal which activates an input function to the terminal device when the operation event signal indicates an operation related to an input field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Chikara Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11960652
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory media are provided for presenting information associated with at least one input option. An example method can include receiving data identifying one or more input options associated with a first device in a scene; determining, including using at least one memory, information relevant to at least one of the scene, the first device, and a user associated with a second device; and based on the one or more input options and the information, output user guidance data corresponding to an input option for which relevant context information has been determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan Kies, Leonid Sheynblat
  • Patent number: 11947777
    Abstract: Disclosed are some implementations associated with a flow builder application including a graphical representation of a flow. Performance data associated with the flow can be obtained. A set of metrics associated with the flow can be generated or updated based, at least in part, on the performance data. The set of metrics can include one or more metrics collected across one or more flow runs. At least a portion of the set of metrics can be provided for presentation within the flow builder application in relation to one or more elements of the flow. The portion of the set of metrics can indicate a performance condition including a duration of the one or more elements of the flow. A request to edit the flow based on the performance condition can be processed, and the graphical representation of the flow can be modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Ritika Gulabrani, Alejandro Lopez, Brady Sammons, Yenjui Liu, Namrata Mehta
  • Patent number: 11928263
    Abstract: An electronic device include an at least partially transparent display, a camera, a memory, and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a first gesture input using a part of a human body of a user using the camera, receive an utterance input of the user in response to the first gesture input, display text generated based on a property of the utterance input on coordinates corresponding to a position of a part of the human body of the user on augmented reality (AR) provided via the at least partially transparent display, end the reception of the utterance input, when receiving an end gesture input using a part of the human body of the user using the camera, and fix the displayed text in a specified position on the augmented reality (AR), in response to the received end gesture input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinjae Jung, Insik Myung, Seungjoon Lee, Joayoung Lee, Inyoung Choi
  • Patent number: 11922094
    Abstract: Computing systems, database systems, and related conversational updating methods are provided for dynamically updating graphical user interfaces responsive to conversational user inputs received via a chatbot or other conversational interactions with a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventors: Alan Cardel Molina, Carlos Enrique Mogollan Jimenez, Chaitanya Malla
  • Patent number: 11916861
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method for providing interactive notification elements. A device receives a first message. The device displays a first notification element in a first area of a user interface. The first notification element comprises information about the received first message. While displaying the first notification element, the device displays a first user interface (UI) element for initiating a reply to the first message. The first UI element includes a text entry field and an audio entry button for initiating recording of audio; and responsive to receiving a selection of the first UI element. In accordance with a determination that the selection includes selection of the audio entry button, the device initiates recording of audio and replacing the text entry field with a representation of the audio being recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Matthew E Shepherd, Michael R. Dickson, Stephen O. Lemay, Freddy A. Anzures, Richard R Dellinger, Tomiwa Alabi, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Patent number: 11899911
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for a wearable multimedia device and cloud computing platform with an application ecosystem for processing multimedia data captured by the wearable multimedia device. In an embodiment, a wearable multimedia device presents a user interface for composing a message. The device receives a first user input indicating a recipient of the message and first data for inclusion in the message. In response, the device presents at least the recipient and the first data in a first user interface element of the user interface. Further, subsequent to receiving the first user input, the device receives a second user input indicating a selection of a first application or service from a plurality of applications or services presented in a second user interface element of the user interface. Subsequently, the device transmits the message to the recipient using the first application or service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Humane, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Luke Kocienda, Imran A. Chaudhri
  • Patent number: 11893208
    Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, and instructions are described for generating and using expressive icons with status indicators for a map based graphical user interface (GUI). One embodiment involves accessing location information, map data icon information, and action indicator information associated with an account of a social media platform. A device then causes generation of a combined action icon generated using the icon information and the action indicator and causes display of a map interface with the map data and the combined action icon positioned at a location indicated by the location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Laurent Desserrey, Donald Giovannini, Daniel Rakhamimov
  • Patent number: 11886893
    Abstract: A method for capturing a screen includes obtaining a display device list. The display device list at least includes a physical display device and a first category of virtual display device. It is identified whether a value of a flag bit of the first category of virtual display device is a preset value. In response to the value of the flag bit of the first category of virtual display device being the preset value, a video merging result of the physical display device as the screen capturing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chumou Guo
  • Patent number: 11880546
    Abstract: In some implementations, a system may transmit a first set of user interface (UI) data indicating a UI having a first interaction element. The system may receive interaction data indicating a user interaction with the first interaction element. The system may determine one or more suggestions to provide based on one or more factors related to account information associated with a user account. The system may transmit a second set of UI data associated with a UI element and that may indicate a first portion, extending downward from a top of a display of the user device, that may include one or more second interaction elements corresponding to the suggestions, and a second portion extending upward from a bottom of the display and including a virtual keyboard. An intermediate portion of the UI may be exposed through a gap between the first and second portions of the UI element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Jay Salazar De Leon, Thomas Dohan, II, Xiang Lan, Vivian Wang, Jennifer L. Ellison
  • Patent number: 11869098
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for presenting information associated with content creators. The techniques comprise receiving information about a first subset of users selected based on information about a first users, displaying information about a second user among the first subset of users in a first area of a user interface, displaying information about a plurality of users among a second subset of users in a second area of the user interface while displaying the information about the second user in the first area, determining that the first user has a desire to review information about a third user among the first subset of users based on user input, displaying information about the third user in the first area, and displaying information about a plurality of users among a third subset of users in the second area while displaying the information about the third user in the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LEMON INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Privitelli, Chris Weigele, Michael Buzinover