Patents Examined by Claudia Dragoescu
  • Patent number: 11327633
    Abstract: A first graphical depiction transitions into a second graphical depiction. Initially, a hierarchy of entities is presented as graphical elements that are distributed across concentric circular areas such that at least two of the graphical elements that correspond to sibling entities at a higher level of the hierarchy are presented in an inner circular area and such that at least one additional graphical element that corresponds to a lower level of the hierarchy is presented in an outer circular area. Responsive to an indication, the graphical elements of the inner circular area are rotated such that a selected one of the sibling entities at a higher level of the hierarchy is repositioned within the inner circular area and such that any unselected sibling entities of the higher level remain visible and selectable after being rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohan Pradip Shah, Sheetanshu Bhardwaj
  • Patent number: 11316968
    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: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    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: 11307729
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a device, and a server. The server includes circuitry configured to receive, in a case of changing one application, a designation of association between a first parameter before changing the one application and a second parameter after changing the one application for the device; and in response to receiving the designation of the association, set a setting value of the first parameter for each user to a setting value of the second parameter associated with the first parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Kai Kodama
  • Patent number: 11301050
    Abstract: In various implementations, methods of presenting a synthesized reality (SR) user interface are disclosed, including moving a data item in SR user interface, regrouping data items in an SR user interface, selecting groups of data items in an SR user interface, and playing audio files represented by data items in an SR user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventors: Ian M. Richter, Christopher Eubank, Tomlinson Holman
  • Patent number: 11275555
    Abstract: Several aspects for resolving a device prompt are described. A processor detects a prompt at a first device connected to a network, wherein the prompt is configured to alert a user proximate to the first device. The prompt may also be configured to solicit one of a plurality of prompt responses from the user. A processor receives a user audio input at a second device connected to the network. A processor determines that the user audio input comprise a first prompt response of the plurality of prompt responses. Once the first prompt response is determined to be included in the user audio input, a processor transmits the first prompt response to the first device. Once received at the first device, a processor executes the first prompt response at the first device to resolve the prompt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: KYNDRYL, INC.
    Inventors: Sharon Wheless, Zachary A. Silverstein, Jacob Ryan Jepperson, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Patent number: 11275502
    Abstract: A method includes: displaying a first display region in a full-screen view that includes a first type of component displayed with a first set of display properties; detecting a first user input to display a second display region; and, in response to detecting the first user input: in accordance with a determination that the first user input corresponds to a request to display the second display region in the full-screen view, displaying the second display region in the full-screen view that includes the first type of component displayed with the first set of display properties; and in accordance with a determination that the first user input corresponds to a request to display the second display region in a partial-screen view, displaying the second display region in the partial-screen view that includes the first type of component displayed with a second set of display properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Mani Amini, Wan Si Wan, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: 11269506
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a server apparatus that provides a plurality of applications; and a terminal device coupled to the server apparatus via a network, and sets a plurality of pieces of custom information for customizing display screens of the applications. The server apparatus includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to manage application information that includes the plurality of pieces of custom information and reference information, cause the terminal device to display a setting screen on which a given piece of custom information is to be set, in response to a request from the terminal device, display a list of the plurality of pieces of custom information, included in the application information, enabled for selection on the setting screen, and determine an order of displaying the list of the plurality of pieces of custom information based on the reference information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryohsuke Yoshihashi
  • Patent number: 11243675
    Abstract: A system and method for modifying the appearance of graphical elements in an application (“app”) to promote cross-brand synergy for a company is described. In one embodiment, the app displays a top-level banner menu that includes a plurality of selectable icons. Each selectable icon serves as a link to a landing page for a specific product group (“brand”) of the company. When the user initially accesses the app, each of the selectable icons appear greyed-out. When a user selects one of the icons in order to navigate to the landing page for the corresponding product group, the app responds by altering the appearance of that icon from a greyscale to a chromatic format. In some cases, the color applied to the icon corresponds to the color associated with the selected brand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark A. Blice, Mohitash Brijwasi
  • Patent number: 11237853
    Abstract: Techniques for auto-executing instructions provided in a video on a computing platform are provided. A script is developed from audio provided in the video. Text shown in frames of the video is extracted. Simulated user interaction (UI) events present in the video are identified. A timeline representation is generated to include entries for elements of the script and the extracted text, and identified UI events. Like elements are collected into common entries. Each entry in the script that lacks an associated UI event but is likely to involve a user action prompt is identified. Each entry having an associated identified UI event, and each entry identified as likely to involve a user action prompt, is converted into a corresponding user action command representation. Each user action command representation is mapped to a computing platform executable command, each being performed using processing resources of the computing platform, automatically, without user intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Software AG
    Inventor: Abhinandan Ganapati Banne
  • Patent number: 11210060
    Abstract: An interaction system capable of making a user form an attachment to a particular interaction model is provided. A first interaction model is configured so that a communication function expressed to a user is improved from an initial state through communication with the user. A second interaction model is configured to interact with the user by a communication function better than the initial state of the first interaction model, and to make a speech for the user, the speech being made so as to support the improvement of the communication function of the first interaction model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mina Funazukuri, Tomoya Takatani
  • Patent number: 11209979
    Abstract: Techniques for obfuscating selection of an option during user-input of sensitive information, involving displaying several targets, such as via a virtual keyboard, on a device display, where each target corresponds to one of multiple options. When a first visual indication of a current user target moves to a first target in response to a first user navigation input, an obfuscation system can concurrently or soon thereafter move a second visual indication of a first distractor target to another target. The current user target is thus obfuscated as two different visual indicators move through the targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Ross Garrett Cutler
  • Patent number: 11210056
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. A disclosed method for controlling an electronic device may include: generating a dedicated audio output descriptor and a dedicated audio output thread corresponding to an application in response to a preset event associated with the application, applying an audio setting value stored in the dedicated audio output descriptor to audio data associated with the application using the dedicated audio output thread, and mixing and outputting the audio data output using the dedicated audio output thread with audio data output from another audio output thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chanyong Jung, Seongmin Je
  • Patent number: 11204678
    Abstract: Systems and methods related to user interfaces for object exploration and manipulation within virtual reality environments may include a plurality of user interfaces that are presented responsive to various user inputs or interactions. For example, a first user interface may comprise a hover card that is presented responsive to a hover indication over an object, a second user interface may comprise a detail card that is presented responsive to a selection input associated with an object, and a third user interface may comprise a detail page having a plurality of detail panels that are presented responsive to a selection of a full details option associated with an object. Further, individual detail cards and detail panels may be graspable, movable, scrollable, and otherwise manipulatable by a user to facilitate object exploration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dillon Taylor Baker, Jesse Alan DuPree, Joonhao Chuah, Lee David Thompson, Kristian Kane, Hai Quang Kim, Brian James Mount, Michael Thomas
  • Patent number: 11194598
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide an information display method, device and terminal, relating to the field of human-computer interaction technologies. The method includes: acquiring a target file; displaying a navigation bar, the navigation bar comprising an operation control of the target file; receiving a first touch signal triggered on the operation control; and displaying, according to the first touch signal, a program entry of at least one application, the at least one application being configured to process the target file. By adding the display of the operation control of the target file, where the operation control is configured to trigger the program entry of the application for processing the target file, so function entries for processing the obtained files are increased based on the original virtual buttons, and the functions of the navigation bar are enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN HEYTAP TECHNOLOGY CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Maofei Shu, Yaojun Luo
  • Patent number: 11190477
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method for providing interactive notification elements. A device receives a first message and displays a first notification element in a first area of a user interface. The first notification element includes information about the received first message. While displaying the first notification element, the device receives a second message. In response, the device determines whether the second message is associated with the first message. In accordance with a determination that the second message is not associated with the first message, the device delays displaying a second notification element for the second message until the first notification element has been dismissed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    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: 11169658
    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: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Laurent Desserrey, Donald Giovannini, Daniel Rakhamimov
  • Patent number: 11157159
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a group of virtual objects and a scrollbar in a virtual, augmented, or mixed reality environment are disclosed. The group of virtual objects can be scrolled, and a virtual control panel can be displayed indicating objects that are upcoming in the scroll. The scrollbar can provide real-time feedback that can give the user an indication of the point from which the scrolling started, the point at which the scrolling currently has reached, an amount of the group of virtual objects that are displayed to the user relative to the total amount of the group of virtual objects, or a relative position of the currently-viewable virtual objects relative to the entire group of virtual objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard St. Clair Bailey, Brian Everett Meaney, John Austin Day, Lorena Pazmino, James Cameron Petty, James M. Powderly, Savannah Niles
  • Patent number: 11150783
    Abstract: A GUI and processor-based method for managing selectable entities such as files and directories. When the number of selectable entities in the GUI is large (e.g. over 50 entities) or if similar operations must be done repeatedly, the user experience can be drastically improved by generating and operating on sets of selectable entities. Users (such as a human user) start by picking a plurality of entities displayed on the GUI and save them in memory as a named selection set. Users operate the GUI to manipulate any such selection sets via various means (such as intersection, union, inversion/negation, or via user defined programs) until a selection set contains only the entities that the user wishes to operate on. The user then directs the GUI to automatically perform any of memory/storage operations and/or network transmission operations upon any files and directories in the selection set as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventor: Jason Kim
  • Patent number: 11150870
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention comprises a touch screen display, a communication circuit, a microphone, a speaker, a processor, and a memory. Wherein: the memory stores a first application program that includes a first user interface, and an intelligent application program that includes a second user interface; and the memory can cause the processor to display the first user interface at the time of execution and to receive a first user input for displaying the second user interface while displaying the first user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun Hee Lee, Eun A Jung, Sang Ho Chae, Ji Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11137892
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes an information storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of information concerning objects, a first display data providing unit configured to provide first display data for arranging and displaying a plurality of display regions on a display screen of a user terminal in a predetermined display shape respectively in correspondence with a plurality of objects such that a part of the information stored in the information storage unit is displayed in the plurality of display regions, a switching instruction acquiring unit configured to acquire a switching instruction from the user terminal in response to a first operation performed on the display regions displayed on the display screen, and an information switching unit configured to, when the switching instruction acquiring unit has acquired the switching instruction, switch information displayed in the display regions based on the first display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: GURUNAVI, INC.
    Inventor: Atsushi Yamada