Patents Examined by David A Spellman
  • Patent number: 10049342
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus is configured to facilitate sharing a particular content item (such as, for example, a particular digital photograph, a video, a presentation, and so forth) with the participants of a scheduled calendar event (such as a face-to-face meeting, a distance meeting, an appointment, and so forth). By one approach the user is presented with an opportunity to assert a non-specific share command that triggers the aforementioned display of one or more recommended sharing actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Cody Stephen Bryant, Orlin Vesselinov Stoev
  • Patent number: 9990103
    Abstract: The present specification is related to a digital device including a front side display unit and a back side display unit and a method of controlling therefor, more particularly, to a method of controlling an application in the back side display unit by rotating an icon corresponding to the application in the front side display unit and a digital device therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyorim Park, Doyoung Lee, Yongsin Kim
  • Patent number: 9939992
    Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating the navigation of a list of content items with gestures are described. Consistent with some embodiments, a computing device detects simple gestures, and in response, display a preview of content items preceding, or following a currently selected content item, from the list of content items. Upon detecting a selection gesture, the computing device updates the view of the currently selected content item to display the newly selected content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Taehyun Yoo, Steven Thomas Flory, Sean Edward Beausoleil