Patents Examined by Claudia Dragoescu
  • Patent number: 9600151
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for generating design variations. The technique involves identifying a first design variable and a second design variable associated with a first design. The technique further involves generating a first plurality of design variations based on the first design. Each design variation is generated by varying at least one of the first design variable and the second design variable. Finally, the technique involves causing the first plurality of design variations to be displayed to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Davis, Malte Tinnus, Jeff Kowalski, Jose Madeira De Freitas Garcia
  • Patent number: 9582168
    Abstract: An apparatus for displaying a thumbnail of a panoramic photo is provided. The apparatus includes a camera configured to capture a photo in a panorama photography mode, a controller configured to control a thumbnail image to be created by reducing the panoramic photo shot by the camera module by a predetermined first factor, and a display unit configured to display the thumbnail image on a screen. The controller controls the thumbnail image to be updated by further reducing the thumbnail image by a second factor to fit in a displayable screen range of the display unit if a width of the thumbnail image exceeds the displayable screen range as a shooting angle of the panoramic photo shot by the camera module increases, and controls the updated thumbnail image to be displayed on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Yong Lee, Kyung-Heum Yi, Myung-Woo Ko
  • Patent number: 9582169
    Abstract: A position of first cursor changes according to a position of thumb. A position of second cursor changes according to a visual line of a user. If a position of first cursor remains unchanged over a predetermined time period, the position of first cursor is fixed. If a distance between first cursor and second cursor has become longer, image G1 on display other than first cursor or second cursor is enlarged. If a distance between first cursor and second cursor has become shorter, image G1 on display other than first cursor or second cursor is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamazaki, Haruhiko Sugisaki, Seiji Shiraishi, Daisuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9563340
    Abstract: A method and system for graphic manipulation is provided. The graphic manipulation can be performed using a graphic manipulator that can have three mutually perpendicular axes indicators and a plurality of action icons associated with one or more of the axes. The graphic manipulator can be oriented with respect to axes of the object being manipulated. Based on the specific orientation of the graphic manipulator, and based on the selection of portions of the manipulated object some of the axis indicators and the plurality of action icons can be displayed and/or not displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: IntegrityWare, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary Arnold Crocker
  • Patent number: 9563355
    Abstract: A novel keyboard interface and input method are described. The interface is driven by a dynamic, general-purpose typing and data-entry software application, with a reduced number of keys to minimize screen real-estate requirements, especially for mobile devices. At any given time, the interface presents base characters with built-in key points on or around the base characters that can be selected and/or swiped to generate characters. The key points are strategically placed based on the intuitiveness of such placements, reducing the curve for learning how to use the interface. Its advantage over other methods of input such as handwriting, voice and gesture recognition is that it is less prone to error and privacy issues. The interface occupies a dramatically smaller area of the screen compared to traditional on-screen keyboards and can provide alternate placement as well as transparency to reveal text or images underneath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Inventors: Rajeev Jain, Sahil Jain, Sagar Jain, Sumit Jain
  • Patent number: 9557884
    Abstract: A device, system, and method may variously include or utilize a processor to cause a user device to display a content selection display area and a content display area. The content selection display area may include subject matter categories and icons, at least some of the icons being individually associated with at least one of the subject matter categories and at least some of the categories being associated with at least one of the plurality of icons. Each category is associated with at most a predetermined number of the plurality of icons. The content display area is configured to display content corresponding to at least one of the plurality of icons as selected in the content selection display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: David Michael Breger, Jesse Venticinque, Nash Raghavan
  • Patent number: 9553775
    Abstract: Methods and systems for displaying information in a hierarchical structure are disclosed. An embodiment provides a method for displaying HFC network monitoring information and alarms in a hierarchical, topological fashion within a network monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: David B. Bowler, Brian M. Basile, Shaoting Gu
  • Patent number: 9539441
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of systems for radiotherapy. Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a carousel to display the plurality of images to a user and receive an input from the user for selecting one or more images displayed in the carousel. A graphical user interface may be provided for displaying to the user the one or more images selected from the carousel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: ELEKTA AB (PUBL)
    Inventors: Derek Graham Lane, Andrew Philip Long
  • Patent number: 9542071
    Abstract: A device, system, and method may variously include a network interface device communicatively coupled to a user interface and a processor, coupled to the network interface device, configured to cause the user interface to display a newsfeed including social network content items, the newsfeed being configured to scroll to display ones of the social network content items on the user interface. At least one of the content items includes a title and content. The content item is configurable in an expanded state corresponding to displaying all of the content of the content item upon a user selection and a contracted state corresponding to displaying a sub-portion of the content. The newsfeed is configured to display the content items in the contracted state upon the social network content item scrolling onto the user interface without respect to the content item being in an expanded state when previously displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: David Michael Breger, Jesse Venticinque, Nash Raghavan
  • Patent number: 9535591
    Abstract: A method, system and/or computer program product for information browsing comprises: obtaining screen partition information of an electronic device; obtaining a position of a user's current input on the screen; obtaining file segmentation information describing a mapping relationship between file segments and screen partitions; determining a file segment corresponding to the user's current input based on the screen partition information, the position of the user's current input on the screen, and the file segmentation information; and displaying a preview of the determined file segment that corresponds to the user's current input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng Huang, Yu Liu, Yin Qian, Yi Yan Zhou
  • Patent number: 9538223
    Abstract: A method and computing system for providing, using one or more computing devices, a synchronous communication session for a plurality of users of a social network. A first video stream of a first user of the plurality of users is rendered within a primary viewing field associated with the synchronous communication session. At least a second video stream of at least a second user of the plurality of users is rendered within the primary viewing field associated with the synchronous communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Dahley, John Patrick Enstrom, Anil Sabharwal
  • Patent number: 9524095
    Abstract: The present technique relates to a display control device, a display control method, and a program that are capable of making inputtable gesture motions easy to notice. A display control unit causes a display unit to display a gesture motion guide in a first state. When a detecting unit for detecting gesture motions detects a predetermined gesture motion, the display control unit changes the guide corresponding to the detected gesture motion to a second state and then causes the display unit to display the guide. The technique according to this disclosure can be applied to an information processing terminal that includes a display unit, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Akasaka, Daisuke Kawamura, Hiromitsu Oka
  • Patent number: 9519420
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for editing synchronous media files are provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of synchronous media files, displaying a plurality of synchronous media streams corresponding to the synchronous media files on a screen, detecting a touch input for selecting a portion of one of the plurality of synchronous streams, and adding the selected portion of the one of the plurality of synchronous media streams to an edited media stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Baeksan Oh, Izzat Bahadirov
  • Patent number: 9521190
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, a computing device establishes a remote desktop connection with a remote host, the remote desktop connection including one or more dynamic virtual channels. The computing device receives from one or more sensors an indication that the computing device has been rotated to a new orientation. The computing device sends to the remote host, via one of the dynamic virtual channels, information associated with the new orientation. The computing device receives from the remote host graphical data based at least in part on the information associated with the new orientation and provides for display the graphical data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Richard Goldberg, Oleg Rombakh, Andrew T. Fausak
  • Patent number: 9507791
    Abstract: A method includes outputting for display a first view representing a first plurality of objects stored in a first folder of a hierarchical storage system and receiving one or more selection inputs that designate one or more objects from the plurality of objects as selected objects. The method also includes outputting for display a floating interface element representing the selected objects and receiving a navigation input identifying a second folder of the hierarchical storage system. The method also includes executing, in response to the navigation input, a view transition that removes the first view from display and outputs, for display, a second view representing a second plurality of objects stored in the second folder, wherein the floating interface element representing the selected objects remains displayed during the view transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventor: Ian Gunn
  • Patent number: 9503845
    Abstract: Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments enhance a user's transaction experience. In an embodiment, a system includes a computer memory storing a user profile. The system also includes a computer processor operatively coupled to the computer memory. The computer processor is configured to perform the following operations: determining a location of a user associated with a user device; and automatically changing an image displayed on the user device based on the location of the user associated with the user device and data determined or inferred based on, at least in part, data comprising the user profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: Sundar Amalan Vincent
  • Patent number: 9491131
    Abstract: Composing a push notification is disclosed. A first selection comprising at least an operating system of a first device is received. An interface configured to receive, from a user, instructions associated with the push notification is provided. At least a portion of the instructions is used to graphically render to a user how a display interface of the first device would display the push notification, in a first state, if it was received by that instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Urban Airship, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Herrick, Alexander Aaron Mace
  • Patent number: 9477992
    Abstract: Methods and systems of managing settings are described. According to various embodiments, a settings page corresponding to a user's settings on an online service may be caused to be displayed on a device. The settings page may comprise selectable category setting options for a setting category. The setting category may have a plurality of subcategories, and each subcategory may have its own selectable subcategory setting options. Each one of the category setting options may correspond to its own distinct configuration of subcategory setting options for its subcategories. A user input indicating a selection of one of the category setting options for the setting category may be received. The configuration of subcategory setting options corresponding to the selected one of the category setting options for the setting category may be applied to the user's settings on the online service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Divya Jindal, Ian Alexander Lindsay, Johan Rindegard, Sara Harrington, Sarah E. Clatterbuck, Sean Sands, Shernaz R. Pavri, Steven Foote, Timothy Lindvall, II
  • Patent number: 9471600
    Abstract: A method in an electronic device (100) for handling tags associated with an acquired digital image. The method includes displaying the image and the associated tags. The tags are have been assigned relative ranking values and are selected based on the relative ranking values. A selected tag is dissociated from the image by means of the electronic device detecting a user command instructing the device to dissociate a tag from the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventor: Joakim Söderberg
  • Patent number: 9471945
    Abstract: Methods and systems of managing settings are described. According to various embodiments, a settings page corresponding to a user's settings on an online service may be caused to be displayed on a device. The settings page may comprise selectable category setting options for a setting category. The setting category may have a plurality of subcategories, and each subcategory may have its own selectable subcategory setting options. Each one of the category setting options may correspond to its own distinct configuration of subcategory setting options for its subcategories. A user input indicating a selection of one of the category setting options for the setting category may be received. The configuration of subcategory setting options corresponding to the selected one of the category setting options for the setting category may be applied to the user's settings on the online service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: LINKEDIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Divya Jindal, Ian Alexander Lindsay, Johan Rindegard, Sara Harrington, Sarah E. Clatterbuck, Sean Sands, Shernaz R. Pavri, Steven Foote, Timothy Lindvall, II, Erika Rottenberg