Patents Examined by Darrin Hope
  • Patent number: 11960539
    Abstract: A system for controlling playback of various types of content includes a first computing device that provides a unique identifier to a second computing device to establish an association there between. By virtue of the established association, the second computing device can send one or more messages to the first computing device, the one or more messages referencing a piece of content associated with a first media playing element of a plurality of media playing elements, and one or more commands corresponding to the first media playing element. The first computing device can select the first media playing element based on the received one or more messages, and control how the first media playing element plays the referenced piece of content utilizing the one or more commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Touchstream Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: David Strober
  • Patent number: 11954303
    Abstract: The subject technology displays an application window showing first contents of a given level of a hierarchical content structure associated with an electronic device. Upon receiving a first user input, a navigation bar is displayed. The navigation bar displays a path including levels for arriving at the first contents within the hierarchical content structure. The displayed path is determined based on metadata associated with contents displayed in the application window. Responsive to a user selection of one of the items of the hierarchical content structure displayed in the navigation bar, content items displayed in the application window are changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kim Hunter, Pavel Cisler
  • Patent number: 11921992
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for managing watch face user interfaces. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing watch faces based on depth data of a previously captured media item are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing clock faces based on geographic data are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing clock faces based on state information of a computer system are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces related to the management of time are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for editing user interfaces based on depth data of a previously captured media item are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin W. Chen, Giovanni Agnoli, Graham R. Clarke, Aurelio Guzman, David A. Schimon, Andre Souza Dos Santos
  • Patent number: 11907013
    Abstract: At an electronic device, detecting a compatible external device, where the external device is executing or has executed a first application. The detection may be made wirelessly. The electronic device also receives usage information regarding the first application from the external device. Display an affordance for user selection based on the received information. When the affordance is selected, launch a second application on the electronic device, the second application corresponding to the first application. In some examples, the second application is a different version of the first application. Launching the second application may additionally include bringing the second application to the same state as the first application. For example, if e-mail is being drafted on the external device, the electronic device may launch an e-mail editor showing the draft. In this way, a user can seamlessly transition from the use of one electronic device to another electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. Yang, Patrick L Coffman, Craig M. Federighi
  • Patent number: 11907385
    Abstract: Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for executing process flows. A package including flow permission metadata indicating a set of flow permissions associated with a set of flows is obtained. Upon receiving a request to initiate execution of a flow in the set of flows, the flow permission metadata is accessed. The flow includes a plurality of flow elements, where each of the flow elements represents a corresponding set of computer-readable instructions. Based upon the set of flow permissions of the flow permission metadata, it is determined whether the user is permitted to execute the flow. Execution of the flow is initiated upon determining that the user is permitted to execute the flow. During execution of the flow, flow performance data such as an identification of paths of the flow that have been traversed may be obtained, where each of the paths corresponds to one or more of the flow elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventor: Yucheng Wang
  • Patent number: 11907515
    Abstract: Digital image object anchor point techniques are described that increase user efficiency in interacting with a user interface to create digital images. This is achieved through use of anchor points by the digital image editing system that are defined with respect to an actual geometry of the object. Further, filtering and prioritization techniques are also leveraged to promote real world utility and efficiency of these techniques as a balance between having too many and two few anchor points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Arushi Jain, Praveen Kumar Dhanuka, Varun Sharma
  • Patent number: 11875140
    Abstract: A system may receive application data in a client-incompatible format and convert at least a portion of the application data into an alternate client-compatible format. In one example, the incompatible format may comprise Enhanced Binary Interchange Format (EBIF) while a client-compatible format may include a web format such as JavaScript, XML or HTML. Interactions (e.g., commands and user input) associated with the application may be received and converted. The interactions may then be processed using the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: David de Andrade, Michael J. Cook, Labeeb K. Ismail, Mark A. Vickers
  • Patent number: 11861059
    Abstract: A system configured to generate and/or modify three-dimensional scenes comprising animated character(s) based on individual asynchronous motion capture recordings. The system may comprise sensor(s), display(s), and/or processor(s). The system may receive selection of a first character to virtually embody within the virtual space, receive a first request to capture the motion and/or the sound for the first character, and/or record first motion capture information characterizing the motion and/or the sound made by the first user as the first user virtually embodies the first character. The system may receive selection of a second character to virtually embody, receive a second request to capture the motion and/or the sound for the second character, and/or record second motion capture information. The system may generate a compiled virtual reality scene wherein the first character and the second character appear animated within the compiled virtual reality scene contemporaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mindshow Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Michael Ross, Gil Baron
  • Patent number: 11860937
    Abstract: A system for controlling playback of various types of content includes a first computing device that provides a unique identifier to a second computing device to establish an association there between. By virtue of the established association, the second computing device can send one or more messages to the first computing device, the one or more messages referencing a piece of content associated with a first media playing element of a plurality of media playing elements, and one or more commands corresponding to the first media playing element. The first computing device can select the first media playing element based on the received one or more messages, and control how the first media playing element plays the referenced piece of content utilizing the one or more commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOUCHSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: David Strober
  • Patent number: 11860938
    Abstract: A system for controlling playback of various types of content includes a first computing device that provides a unique identifier to a second computing device to establish an association there between. By virtue of the established association, the second computing device can send one or more messages to the first computing device, the one or more messages referencing a piece of content associated with a first media playing element of a plurality of media playing elements, and one or more commands corresponding to the first media playing element. The first computing device can select the first media playing element based on the received one or more messages, and control how the first media playing element plays the referenced piece of content utilizing the one or more commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOUCHSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: David Strober
  • Patent number: 11847473
    Abstract: A computerized method of transforming an interactive graphical user interface according to machine learning includes generating a selectable user interface element corresponding to a persona. In response to a user selecting the user interface element, data structures related to the persona are extracted from a first data store. The data structures are transformed into a set of input variables at a data processing module and loaded at a model execution module. The model execution module generates a first output variable based on the set of input variables. An analysis module generates a second output variable based on the first input variable. The graphical user interface displays a first message, a second message, or a third message in response to conditions being met for the second output variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Evernorth Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Yu Shen Lin
  • Patent number: 11782965
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for normalizing data store classification information may include (1) receiving, at the computing device, classification information from multiple data store content classification sources, (2) training a continuous bag of words (CBOW) classification model with the classification information, (3) receiving a classification tag from a data store for which respectively stored data is classified by one of the data store content classification sources, and (4) classifying, with the trained CBOW classification model, the received classification tag to a corresponding command tag, wherein the command tag represents a meaning of the classification tag. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Shailesh A. Dargude, Satish Grandhi, Joshua V. Stageberg
  • Patent number: 11784949
    Abstract: Techniques are described for expediting communications between a first person of an organization associated with a communication platform and a second person not associated with the organization. The first person requests for the communication platform to generate an invitation to communicate with the second person. The first person provides the invitation to the second person directly or via the communication platform. Responsive to receiving an indication that the second person accepts the invitation, the communication platform identifies whether the second person is associated with the communication platform. If the second user is associated with the communication platform, the communication platform modifies an existing user interface associated therewith to enable communications between the first person and the second person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Shanan Delp, Michael Demmer, Ilan Frank, Kevin Marshall
  • Patent number: 11755742
    Abstract: A method for automatically detecting and mitigating risks related to cybersecurity in a Building Management System (BMS) includes evaluating settings of a user account of the BMS; identifying a security risk associated with the settings of the user account; evaluating settings of a network device of the BMS; identifying another security risk associated with the settings of the network device, presenting a user interface, wherein the user interface allows a user to view a policy recommendation associated with either security risk; and implementing the change in the settings of the user account or a change in the settings of the network device based at least in part on an input from the user via the user interface or an automated response to the policy recommendation. The method allows for administrators to easily view and change settings of user accounts and network devices to improve the cybersecurity of the BMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Carol Lomonaco, John S. Jilek, Alan J. Bronikowski, Joshua A. Edler, Suvidha Raina, Dana A. Guthrie, Benjamin W. Hapka, Steven A. Brukbacher, Christopher R. Gozdziewski
  • Patent number: 11758213
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus including: a display; a communicator; a storage; and a processor configured to obtain state information about one or more electronic apparatuses, select a first electronic apparatus, among the one or more electronic apparatuses, based on the obtained state information of the first electronic apparatus satisfying a predetermined criteria, transmit a connection request signal to the first electronic apparatus through the communicator along with information about a function to be performed by the display apparatus based on a user input, connect with the first electronic apparatus and receive a user input from the first electronic apparatus through the communicator, and execute the function based on the received user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myungho Lee, Dukwoo Kim, Kwansik Yang
  • Patent number: 11733780
    Abstract: Technologies are presented herein in support of system and methods for user recognition using motion sensor data. Embodiments of the present invention concern a system and method for capturing motion sensor data using motion sensors of a mobile device and characterizing the motion sensor data into features for user recognition. The motion sensor data of a user is collected by the motion sensors of a mobile device in the form of a motion signal. One or more sets of features are extracted from the motion signal and a subset of discriminative features are then selected. The subset of features is analyzed, and a classification score is generated to classify the user as a genuine user or an imposter user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: VERIDIUM IP LIMITED
    Inventors: Radu Tudor Ionescu, Adrian Ionut Ungureanu, Ionut Dumitran
  • Patent number: 11734027
    Abstract: A platform-agnostic input system can render a multiuser input board user interface element at one or more frontends to collect input from multiple users simultaneously. The platform-agnostic input system can maintain an object graph based on positions of objects added to the multiuser input board. The platform-agnostic input system can select branches of the object graph and determine which among a set of platforms in a multiplatform computing system to associate with the data associated with each node of that branch of the object graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: ATLASSIAN PTY LTD., ATLASSIAN US, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan George Katahanas, Abhinav Kishore
  • Patent number: 11720376
    Abstract: Adding electronic content by a user within the prior art requires the user formats every item or uses a template that predetermines the position and type of content added. However, it would be beneficial to provide users with templates which provide rules which are applied to the content as it is added based upon aspects of the template and/or data associated with the content. It would be beneficial if such templates automatically associated format elements, icons, other display elements, sourced additional content etc. based upon aspects such as the region of the template the content is added or data associated with the content being added. Further, where rendering is based upon data associated with the content if the user modifies the rendered content then these changes should be beneficially reflected in the data associated with the content such that a subsequent rendering reflects the user adjustments, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Corel Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Deutch
  • Patent number: 11722722
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus including: a display; a communicator; a storage; and a processor configured to obtain state information about one or more electronic apparatuses, select a first electronic apparatus, among the one or more electronic apparatuses, based on the obtained state information of the first electronic apparatus satisfying a predetermined criteria, transmit a connection request signal to the first electronic apparatus through the communicator along with information about a function to be performed by the display apparatus based on a user input, connect with the first electronic apparatus and receive a user input from the first electronic apparatus through the communicator, and execute the function based on the received user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myungho Lee, Dukwoo Kim, Kwansik Yang
  • Patent number: 11650708
    Abstract: A system and method is provided that displays cursors for street level images, where the cursor changes appearance based on the objects in the image, such as the geographic distance between the objects and the camera position and the surface of the objects. For example, the cursor may appear to lie flat against the objects in the image change size based on the distance between the camera and object's surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Filip, Andrew Timothy Szybalski