Patents Examined by Gregory A DiStefano
  • Patent number: 12373087
    Abstract: A method and system couples a first user interface with a second user interface. The first user interface is implemented in the form of a mobile terminal or one or more back-end components. The second user interface is implemented in the form of a control device of a vehicle. The method includes the steps of: registering one or more elements of the first user interface; determining one or more display elements based on first heuristics and the one or more elements, wherein the one or more display elements are configured to reproduce at least one portion of the one or more elements; and displaying the one or more display elements on the second user interface. The system has the control device and/or the one or more back-end components, wherein the control device and/or the one or more back-end components are configured to carry out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Markus Strassberger
  • Patent number: 12375770
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an interaction method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: displaying a video playback page, where the video playback page is used for playing a target video, and the target video is associated with a target object; displaying a target object search result display page and/or a guidance page if first operation information on the video playback page by a user satisfies a preset trigger condition and a target object search instruction is collected, where the guidance page includes search prompt information, and the search prompt information is used for showing an entry into the target object search result display page; and the target object search result display page is used for displaying search results related to the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: BEIJING YOUZHUJU NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kequan Fan, Yan Zhang
  • Patent number: 12367963
    Abstract: Systems and methods to identify and utilize correlations between content classifications and psychological profiles of users to provide an adaptable digital environment are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Solsten, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonna Maarit Koivisto, Joseph Jack Schaeppi
  • Patent number: 12360958
    Abstract: Improved techniques and apparatus for managing data between a host device (e.g., host computer) and a client device. The data being managed can, for example, pertain to portable computer programs, such as widgets. The managing of the data thus can involve transfer of portable computer programs (e.g., widgets) between the host device and the client device. In one embodiment, the transfer of portable computer programs between a host device and a client device can be referred to as synchronization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Robbin, David Heller, Christopher R. Wysocki, Timothy Wasko, Gordon Freedman
  • Patent number: 12353962
    Abstract: A computerized method of automatic distributed communication includes training a first and second machine learning models with historical feature vector inputs to generate a likelihood output and a mean count output, respectively. For each entity in a set, the method includes processing a likelihood feature vector input with the first machine learning model to generate a likelihood output indicative of a likelihood that the entity will have an avoidable negative health event within a specified first time period, and processing a mean count feature vector input with the second machine learning model to generate a mean count output indicative of an expected number of avoidable negative health events that the entity will have within a specified second time period. The method includes automatically distributing structured campaign data to at least a subset of entities in the set according to the likelihood output or the mean count output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Fogarty, Yee Wah Eva Lee, Chun Ho Chan, Ho Fai Yau, Xiao Xiao, Hei Fung, Nicholas F. Nett, Mahendra Bisht, Chit Ming Yip, Yifei Luo
  • Patent number: 12315634
    Abstract: An autonomous mirroring diagnostic, navigation, and advice system and a mirrored intelligence method for engaging individuals to mirror personalized information normally accessible in a clinical setting in an engaged and autonomous manner to allow for self-diagnosis, navigation, and advice across any personalized AI device are disclosed. By seamlessly integrating normally accessible processes in a clinical setting the autonomous mirroring diagnostic, navigation, and advice system and mirrored intelligence method allow for self-diagnostic, navigation, and advice via a mirror or device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Lee Mathews, Pamela M Mathews, Tiffany Lee Mathews, Jessica Lynn Angsomwine
  • Patent number: 12299257
    Abstract: The present application discloses a communication method, a server, and a computer device. The communication method includes that a server establishes a connection and feeds back a display control in response to requests of a first terminal and a second terminal; then, the server feeds back function feedback information in response to a function request of the first terminal, and feeds back function feedback information in response to a menu request of the second terminal; and the servers presents multiple interface components and maintains and updates each interface component in response to management operation of a third user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignees: Beijing Zhongxiangying Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Ding, Li Ma, Yang Wu, Wanwan Tang, Dachuan Wang, Hong Wang, Guangyu Shao, Chaozheng Liu
  • Patent number: 12299543
    Abstract: There is a need for more effective and efficient anomalous text detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Optum Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vineet Shukla, V Kishore Ayyadevara, Rohan Khilnani, Ravi Kumar Raju Gottumukkala, Ankit Varshney, Rajat Gupta
  • Patent number: 12242772
    Abstract: A method includes detecting a session between a mobile device and an alternative playback device. In response to detecting that the session has been established, the method also includes presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) on a screen of a mobile device of a user including a voice search GUI element representing a voice search, receiving a user selection of the voice search GUI element, receiving an audio input of the user to request a search of one or more media items, the audio input specifying one or more search criteria for the search, and submitting a textual search query derived from the audio input for processing, wherein a result of the search is to be presented to the user on a screen of the alternative playback device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jaee Patwardhan, Sana Mithani, Allan Mills, Nicolas Klein, Yakka Nakia Murphy, Adam Harrison
  • Patent number: 12245105
    Abstract: An equipment identification system for identifying and operating one or more machines at a site. The system includes one or more connectivity modules, each connectivity module communicatively and physically coupled to one of the one or more machines. The system also includes a user device configured to communicate with the one or more connectivity modules via a network connection. In response to a user selection on an application hosted on the user device, one or more of the machines are identified by one or both of an audible signal or a visual signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Korry D. Kobel, Fredric L. Yutzy, Dan Adamson, Stefan Eshleman, Greg Pray
  • Patent number: 12226239
    Abstract: A software library for providing a uniform framework for various applications or third-party applications access to sensor data. The system further includes a sensor control module and a remote management module. The sensor control module includes logic for communicating with the sensors and receiving sensor data and to communicate that sensor data to the remote management module or various applications. The sensor control module may include a user interface that may display a banner containing numerous components. The content of the banner may differ depending on the host application. The system may further include a host application that incorporates the banner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LINGO SENSING TECHNOLOGY UNLIMITED COMPANY
    Inventor: Justin N. Williams
  • Patent number: 12229502
    Abstract: A method for facilitating private drafting is described. A request to edit a section of a document in a draft mode is received from a first user of a plurality of users collaborating on the document. An edit for the section of the document in the draft mode is received from the first user. A result of the edit is displayed on a computing device of the first user but not on computing devices of other users of the plurality of users. A request to publish the edit is received from the first user. In response to the request to publish the edit, the result of the edit is displayed on computing devices of the other users of the plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: WORKIVA INC.
    Inventors: Travis Smith, Michael Jerome Thiesen, Hannah Joy Deering, Mark David Erickson, Ross W. Hendrickson, Bryon Lee Marks, Tanner Davis Miller
  • Patent number: 12207920
    Abstract: A audiological test system is provided for audiological testing of a patient situated at a test location, comprising a first display screen for monitoring of the audiological test system and that is positioned outside a viewing field of the patient when the patient is situated at the test location, a second display screen positioned within the viewing field of the patient when the patient is situated at the test location, a first switch located at the first display screen and adapted for control of the second display screen in such a way that predetermined information relating to operation of the audiological test system is not displayed on the second display screen upon activation of the first switch, and a second switch located at the second display screen and adapted for control of the second display screen in such a way that the predetermined information relating to operation of the audiological test system is displayed on the second display screen upon activation of the second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Natus Medical Incorporated
    Inventor: Johannes Lantz
  • Patent number: 12206632
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for controlling user access through content analysis of an application are disclosed. The method for controlling access may include understanding a public level according to honorific language use by analyzing chat contents for each chat partner registered in an application, by the at least one processor; and controlling user access to the application based on the public level for each chat partner, by the at least one processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: LINE Plus Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Min Kim, Ji Hyeon Park, Hyukjae Jang
  • Patent number: 12205716
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing patient assistance requests in a healthcare facility, documenting items (e.g., minor, routine, and/or frequently-performed items) in association with a patient's records in an Electronic Healthcare Information System, and cancelling patient requests for assistance. Indications that requests for assistance have been received and/or are being addressed by an appropriate healthcare team member may be audibly output from a speaker associated with a personal assistant device. Healthcare team members may verbally provide items for documentation in association with a patient's medical records, the items for documentation being received by a listening component of a personal assistant device and transmitted to an EHIS for documentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Todd Bechtel, Chad G. Hays, Amanda Sleightholm
  • Patent number: 12182500
    Abstract: Methods and systems provide for real-time meeting notes within a communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Ravi Teja Polavaram
  • Patent number: 12164935
    Abstract: A message display method includes receiving, by a terminal device, a message from a second application (APP) when displaying an interface of a first APP, wherein the first APP and the second APP are different applications (APPs), displaying the message in a pop-up window display manner on the interface, accepting a first operation comprising sliding, double-taping, or touching and holding the pop-up window of the message, and displaying, in response to the first operation, content of the message in a split-screen display manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOIGES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Peng Fu
  • Patent number: 12154450
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods for tracking the performance of a physical activity event. In some embodiments, the method is performed at a computer system that is in communication with one or more perceptual output generation components and one or more sensors and includes detecting a start of a physical activity, providing ongoing feedback relating to a target duration, and if the activity continues for at least the duration, indicating that the activity continued for at least the target duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Sundstrom, Nicholas Felton, Gary Ian Butcher, Joseph Y. Chan, Jules K. Fennis, Eamon Francis Gilravi, Nicholas V. King, Cas Lemmens, Joseph M. Luxton, Camille Moussette, Charmian Bondoc Naguit, Hugo Verweij, Molly Pray Wiebe, Kevin Lynch
  • Patent number: 12118176
    Abstract: A notification processing method includes: displaying a first window and a second window in a display screen by regions; and popping up, in response to a preset operation on the first window, a first notification bar corresponding to the first window, and displaying, in the first notification bar, a current notification message of the first window or a notification message of a current application corresponding to the first window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guohui Han, Bin Liu, Bo Wang
  • Patent number: 12118272
    Abstract: Systems and methods to accept speech input and edit a note upon receipt of an indication to edit are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: effectuate presentation of a graphical user interface that includes a note, the note including note sections, the note sections including a first note section, the individual note sections including body fields; obtain user input from the client computing platform, the user input representing an indication to edit a first body field of the first note section; obtain audio information representing sound captured by an audio section of the client computing platform, the audio information including value definition information specifying one or more values to be included in the individual body fields; perform speech recognition on the audio information to obtain a first value; and populate the first body field with the first value so that the first value is included in the first body field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Suki AI, Inc.
    Inventor: Matt Pallakoff