Patents Examined by Darrin Hope
  • Patent number: 10075488
    Abstract: A method for managing information relating to a deployment of changes in order to communicate some or all the information to users includes providing an interface to a plurality of users at a plurality of workstations accessible by one or more of the users, receiving information comprising initiative data corresponding to each of the plurality of changes, the initiative data comprising data relating to a plurality of parameters corresponding to each of the plurality of changes, initiating display of some or all the initiative data corresponding to some or all the plurality of changes, logging event data related to a plurality of events associated with the deployment of the plurality of changes, the event data comprising change status data indicating a status of at least one of the plurality of changes, and initiating display of at least some of the event data to the users via the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn Maurice Abrams, John Daniel Davidson, Daniel Douglas Grace, Eric Nathaniel Hunsaker, Gregory Lewis, Jerome K. Licup, Timothy McClellan, Hollie Hayes Newton, Selmer R. Peterson, Christine Roche, William Cather Steincamp, II
  • Patent number: 10075487
    Abstract: A method for managing information relating to a change deployment in order to communicate some or all the information to a plurality of users includes providing an interface to users at workstations accessible by the users, receiving information comprising a plurality of messages from users communicating via the workstations during a change deployment session, initiating display of at least one of the messages to the users via the interface, initiating display of task data to the users via the interface, the task data corresponding to at least one task necessary for completing the change deployment, logging event data related to a plurality of events associated with the change deployment conference session, the event data comprising task status data indicating the status of the at least one task necessary for completing the change deployment, and initiating display of at least some of the event data to the users via the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: William Cather Steincamp, II, Timothy McClellan, Shawn Maurice Abrams, Daniel Douglas Grace, Eric Nathaniel Hunsaker, Jerome K. Licup, Selmer R. Peterson, Christine Roche
  • Patent number: 10075489
    Abstract: A method for managing information relating to a deployment of changes in order to communicate some or all the information to users includes providing an interface to a plurality of users at a plurality of workstations accessible by one or more of the users, receiving information comprising initiative data corresponding to each of the plurality of changes, the initiative data comprising data relating to a plurality of parameters corresponding to each of the plurality of changes, initiating display of some or all the initiative data corresponding to some or all the plurality of changes, logging event data related to a plurality of events associated with the deployment of the plurality of changes, the event data comprising change status data indicating a status of at least one of the plurality of changes, and initiating display of at least some of the event data to the users via the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn Maurice Abrams, John Daniel Davidson, Daniel Douglas Grace, Eric Nathaniel Hunsaker, Gregory Lewis, Jerome K. Licup, Timothy McClellan, Hollie Hayes Newton, Selmer R. Peterson, Christine Roche, William Cather Steincamp, II
  • Patent number: 10075486
    Abstract: A method for managing information relating to a change deployment in order to communicate some or all the information to a plurality of users includes providing an interface to users at workstations accessible by the users, receiving information comprising a plurality of messages from users communicating via the workstations during a change deployment session, initiating display of at least one of the messages to the users via the interface, initiating display of task data to the users via the interface, the task data corresponding to at least one task necessary for completing the change deployment, logging event data related to a plurality of events associated with the change deployment conference session, the event data comprising task status data indicating the status of the at least one task necessary for completing the change deployment, and initiating display of at least some of the event data to the users via the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: William Cather Steincamp, II, Timothy McClellan, Shawn Maurice Abrams, Daniel Douglas Grace, Eric Nathaniel Hunsaker, Jerome K. Licup, Selmer R. Peterson, Christine Roche
  • Patent number: 10051021
    Abstract: An information management problem definition system has a processing device configured for receiving a plurality of messages comprising a chat session from a plurality of users communicating via a plurality of workstations during a problem definition initiative conference session. The processing device is further configured for logging session data and event data comprising data corresponding to one or more messages received from one or more users during the chat session, archiving at least a portion of the logged event data, wherein the archived data is configured as searchable and retrievable data, and initiating an interface to one or more of the plurality of users including initiating display of at least one of the plurality of messages via the interface and initiating display of at least some of the event data and at least some of the session data via the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy McClellan, William Cather Steincamp, II, Kelley Hullett LeRow
  • Patent number: 10042522
    Abstract: Using pinch gestures to navigate user interface layers of an application. In particular embodiments, a pinch gesture may cause an application program to close a currently running user interface layer of the application and navigate to another user-interface layer of the application. In some implementations, a pinch gesture may cause an application to close.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Erick Tseng
  • Patent number: 10031728
    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: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: David de Andrade, Michael J. Cook, Labeeb K. Ismail, Mark Andrew Vickers
  • Patent number: 9959908
    Abstract: An exemplary system includes a content processing subsystem configured to record at least a subset of a media content program and detect a defective portion of the recorded media content program that failed to be properly recorded. The content processing subsystem is further configured to provide a recording status indicator to an output device for presentation to a user, the recording status indicator identifying the defective portion of the recorded media content program. In certain implementations, the content processing subsystem is further configured to heal at least a subset of the defective portion of the recorded media content program and provide a healing status indicator to the output device for presentation to the user, the healing status indicator identifying the healed portion of the recorded media content program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Roberts, Heath Stallings, Don Relyea
  • Patent number: 9946692
    Abstract: Various embodiments illustrated and described herein include one or more of systems, methods, software, and data structures for package file presentation. Some embodiments include receiving a package file including a presentation specification, one or more content files, and metadata defining display elements within the presentation specification and associating each display element with one of the content files. The package file may then be presented by instantiating the presentation specification as a function of executable code embedded within the presentation specification. Some embodiments further include instantiating each display element, each display element including a link to an associated content file within the package file and to generate and distribute display elements within a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Walsh, Amy Poling, Randy L. Swineford, Marissa Dulaney, Robert K. McAfee
  • Patent number: 9910570
    Abstract: A method includes monitoring media content at media content locations to identify media content items. The media content locations are identified in social network data stored by a set-top box device. The method includes receiving, at the set-top box device, a command to present image cells to a display device. The command is responsive to an alert sent from the set-top box device. The method also includes presenting the image cells at the display device. At least one of the image cells includes an image corresponding to an identified media content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: Kurt Trauth
  • Patent number: 9904468
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and terminal for operating through a touch screen. The method includes: after a transparent virtual keyboard is displayed, receiving a first operation for a display area of the transparent virtual keyboard through a touch screen; determining, according to the first operation, that a target object of the first operation is a page content in the display area of the transparent virtual keyboard; and performing the first operation for the page content in the display area of the transparent virtual keyboard. Therefore, the operation may be directly performed for the determined target object. Therefore, no additional operation is required to perform switching between the transparent virtual keyboard and the page, thereby reducing user operations and improving the user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zheng Liu
  • Patent number: 9875501
    Abstract: A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method are described herein to modify a size of one or more input detection areas. A size modifier accesses user interface size data. The user interface size data comprises a size for a first user interface element and a size for a first user input detection area. The size modifier determines a size of a display area of a user device. The size modifier calculates a modified size of the first user interface element. The modified size of the first user interface element is based on the size for the first user interface element and the size of the display area. The size modifier calculates a modified size of the first input detection area based on the size for the first input detection area and a first factor unrelated to the size of the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Zynga Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew William Finkenstadt
  • Patent number: 9870586
    Abstract: System and method for integrating between a graphic user interface and various types of e-commerce platforms. Here various types of e-commerce platforms will typically provide different types of electronic product pages, each typically with various original selection options. The system described herein provides a more standardized configurator and user interface, and uses this more standardized configurator and user interface to capture information from the various e-commerce platforms and display data to the user. The more standardized configurator and user interface can then be used to communicate user selections to the various different types of electronic product pages and platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Inventor: Daniel Reuven Ostroff
  • Patent number: 9857940
    Abstract: A method of managing screens of a portable terminal includes: requesting a movement of an icon; displaying summary information corresponding to each of the screens in response to the request; requesting a movement and a rearrangement of the icon in relation to one piece of summary information among the displayed summary information; and moving the icon to and rearranging the icon on a screen corresponding to the summary information in relation to which the movement and the rearrangement of the icon is requested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: In-Kook Park
  • Patent number: 9841880
    Abstract: We disclose a system, method and software product for generating custom badges by users. A website presents to the user a badge creating dashboard, predefined color themes, predefined image frames, an badge editing canvas and image transformation tools. A user enters a user chosen image into the badge creating canvas. The user chooses a color theme and uses the image transformation tools to select portions of the image for viewing, and arranges the image in the image canvas for viewing. When the user is satisfied with the badge preview, the user sends a save request which is transferred from the browser to a server. The server generates the custom badge by applying the user chosen theme to the user chosen image. The custom badge is then saved for future retrieval by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: RedCritter Corp.
    Inventor: Robert M Beaty
  • Patent number: 9842204
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing identification tests. In some embodiments, a system and a method are provided for generating and serving to a user an animated challenge graphic comprising a challenge character set whose appearance may change over time. In some embodiments, marketing content may be incorporated into a challenge message for use in an identification test. The marketing content may be accompanied by randomly selected content to increase a level of security of the identification test. In some embodiments, a challenge message for use in an identification test may be provided based on information regarding a transaction for which the identification test is administered. For example, the transaction information may include a user identifier such as an IP address. In some embodiments, identification test results may be tracked and analyzed to identify a pattern of behavior associated with a user identifier. A score indicative of a level of trustworthiness may be computed for the user identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: NuData Security Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Everett Bailey
  • Patent number: 9823820
    Abstract: A method includes monitoring media content at media content locations to identify media content items. The media content locations are identified in social network data stored by a set-top box device. The method includes receiving, at the set-top box device, a command to present image cells to a display device. The command is responsive to an alert sent from the set-top box device. The method also includes presenting the image cells at the display device. At least one of the image cells includes an image corresponding to an identified media content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: Kurt Trauth
  • Patent number: 9817539
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for facilitating discovery of items added to electronic wish lists. Real-time messages that identify items that have been recently added to wish lists are received from a wish list service. A stream of real-time data is generated from the messages that identifies the items added to the wish lists. A network application programming interface (API) is exposed for providing the stream to clients. A client may obtain the stream from the network API and utilize the stream to generate a visualization of the items added to the wish lists in real-time. Through functionality provided by the API, the stream may also be filtered and searched. Trend data may also be obtained through the API that identifies items that have been added to the wish lists most frequently over a period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Hsiao-Tser K. Jiang
  • Patent number: 9791994
    Abstract: Selection of visualization objects, such as applications windows, is performed by determining a position of a system object. A graphical representation of a system object can be positioned over a display area of an application interface. The application interface is preeminently displayed in response to a graphical representation of system object being positioned over a corresponding display area of the application interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Hynes, John O. Louch, Bas Ording, Timothy Wayne Bumgarner, Eric Steven Peyton
  • Patent number: 9792104
    Abstract: A system and method for flashing wireless devices. One or more wireless devices are received. The testing device being operable to receive the one or more wireless devices simultaneously. A selection of one or more original equipment manufactures (OEMs) is received. Models of wireless devices associated with the one or more OEMS are visually displayed in response to receiving the selection of the one or more OEMS associated with the one or more wireless devices. A selection of one or more models associated with the one or more wireless devices is received on the test device. Instructions associated with the one or more models are displayed for flashing the one or more wireless devices. The one or more wireless devices are flashed in response to a user selection to flash each of the one or more wireless devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: FedEx Supply Chain Logistics & Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul Partee