Patents Examined by Henry Orr
  • Patent number: 10474477
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes, among other things, systems, methods and program products for collaborative and non-collaborative work spaces, each of which can be defined by a workspace definition that includes a workspace identifier referring to a workspace where an application container having a user interface can instantiate the workspace based on the workspace definition, and a collection of application identifiers each referring to an application provider for an application. Each application can be configured to execute in the application container for the instantiated workspace, and each application can have a visual representation in the user interface. The workspace definition can also include one or more participants, where each participant refers to one or more workspace participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Steven P. Yankovich, Matthias Zeller, Daniel McWeeney
  • Patent number: 10452229
    Abstract: A method performed by a computing device of selecting one or more items from a list displayed on a touch screen of the computing device. The method includes receiving touch commands indicating swiping motions performed by a user on the touch screen. These touch commands result in tentative selection of a list entry, followed by selection of the list entry and possibly tentative selection of adjacent list entries. These may be followed by further touch commands indicating continuing swiping motion to further tentatively or non-tentatively select proximate items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Holt, Caroline Ford, Andrew George Wirtanen
  • Patent number: 10437940
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for the computational design of linkage-based characters. The system including a display, a memory storing a software application, and a processor configured to execute the software application to display a linkage on the display, the linkage including a plurality of links and a plurality of motors, each of the plurality of links being connected to at least another of the plurality of links using one of the plurality of motors, receive a user input selecting a first link and a second link from the plurality of links and a motor from the plurality of motors, the motor being located between the first link and the second link, and generate an updated linkage by connecting the first link to the second link using a new link and replacing the motor with a pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Stelian Coros, Damien Gauge, Eitan Grinspun, Bernhard Thomaszewski
  • Patent number: 10423327
    Abstract: A method of processing an input received through a touch screen in a mobile terminal. The method includes displaying, if a first key to which a plurality of key values are allocated is input, a second key to which a plurality of the key values are allocated, on a screen, and determining a first key value displayed at a cursor by an input of the first key as a final input value if the second key is input, moving the cursor to a next first position, and then displaying one of the plurality of key values of the first key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho-yeon Park
  • Patent number: 10409473
    Abstract: An electronic display terminal including a display unit which displays a file including a plurality of pages on a screen for each region of the file, and a scroll bar which includes a bar displayed on a screen and an indicator which indicates a page position of a page including the region displayed on the display unit by a relative position with respect to the length of the bar, wherein the scroll bar switches a region displayed on the display unit based on a position element of a first direction that is a longitudinal direction of the bar and a position element of a second direction which is different from the first direction at a position on a screen touched by a user, and moves the indicator to a position which indicates a page position of a page including the region displayed after the region is switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Tohru Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 10387524
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for mapping objects. One embodiment can include a server providing an object management system managing objects in a repository and an application program interface for interfacing with the object management system. The system can also include an object mapping system configured to provide an object map of the objects in the repository in a manner that allows a user to easily navigate and take actions on the objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Open Text SA ULC
    Inventors: Conleth S. O'Connell, Jr., Marceu Martins de Souza Filho, Lee Shepstone
  • Patent number: 10353720
    Abstract: A computerized method, system and media that assists the user in creating optimal answers for an academic or employment application and interview. The computer processor: computes a “brand” for the user to characterize and differentiate himself from other applicants; guides them through brainstorming their unique stories or anecdotes, and then allocating their stories or personal traits amongst the discrete pieces of an application; checks to make sure that an optimal mix of stories is being used; guides a user on a strategy for soliciting strong letters of recommendation; advises on the best type of resume to construct; breaks down a specific set of essay or interview questions into sub-questions; compiles and rearranges the sub-questions into a rough draft; provides guidance on how to create a final draft; automatedly solicits editing feedback from third parties; and, prepares the user for an interview, to include recording and critiquing a mock videotaped interview.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: ApplicantLab Inc.
    Inventor: Maria Wich-Vila
  • Patent number: 10296175
    Abstract: A novel method for graphically organizing and displaying multiple pages of internet content based on how the page was accessed. Pages are determined to be indirectly accessed if they were accessed via a hypertext link or a trail of hypertext links. Pages are determined to be directly accessed if accessed via other means, such as a bookmark or via Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Page groupings are created for each directly accessed page, and each indirectly accessed page is categorized into a grouping associated with a directly accessed page containing a link through which the indirectly accessed page was accessed. The web pages are presented to the user in an interface that is a graphical representation of the page groupings, wherein a user selects a page to view by first selecting the page's page grouping and then selecting the page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Decker, John William Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10229417
    Abstract: The on-boarding framework consolidates and ensures consistent implementation of business compliance with regulatory policy across a global business that is required to comply with regulations of international, regional, country specific, local jurisdictions, or the like. The on-boarding framework facilitates the work flow, approvals, documents, reporting, and other information using dynamic rules that dictate the on-boarding elements based on customer type, booking entity, location of the authorized approval, special products, data collected, and the like, which are used to dynamically evaluate the client's on-boarding potential regulatory issues, and the actions used to mitigate potential regulatory issues with the entity being on-boarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Maguire, Arun Kallikadavil, Hope A. Christopher, Praveen Gudapati, Adam S. Martin, Navneet Purohit
  • Patent number: 10229418
    Abstract: The on-boarding framework consolidates and ensures consistent implementation of business compliance with regulatory policy across a global business that is required to comply with regulations of international, regional, country specific, local jurisdictions, or the like. The on-boarding framework facilitates the work flow, approvals, documents, reporting, and other information using dynamic rules that dictate the on-boarding elements based on customer type, booking entity, location of the authorized approval, special products, data collected, and the like, which are used to dynamically evaluate the client's on-boarding potential regulatory issues, and the actions used to mitigate potential regulatory issues with the entity being on-boarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Maguire, Arun Kallikadavil, Hope A. Christopher, Praveen Gudapati, Adam S. Martin, Navneet Purohit
  • Patent number: 9921792
    Abstract: A vehicle information display apparatus includes display areas displaying information concerning an in-vehicle device and displaying an operation screen page for operating the in-vehicle device; an operating part for performing an operation on the operation screen page and a control part receiving an operation signal corresponding to the operation performed on the operating part, controlling a display on the plurality of display areas and determining, based on the operation signal, an operation valid display area from among the display areas. The control part executes the operation on the operation screen page in the operation valid display area based on the operation signal corresponding to a first operation performed on the operation part. The control part changes the operation valid display area based on the operation signal corresponding to a second operation performed on the operating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keigo Hori, Hiroyasu Ishioka, Yukihiko Yamazaki, Takashi Yanatsubo, Hisashi Fujiwara, Yohsuke Hemuki
  • Patent number: 9846750
    Abstract: A software application having a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays content tiles along with the use of an electronic device to add tiles to the GUI is described in this disclosure. A predefined key on an input device is selected to indicate to display available tiles. One of the displayed available tiles is selected and the user designates a location on the display of the content tiles where to place the selected displayed available tiles. The selected tile is then inserted into the display with the plurality of tiles at the designated location and a tile previously at the designation location on the display is deleted and placed in a delete directory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Adriana Moscatelli, John SanGiovanni
  • Patent number: 9626197
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for improving user interface rendering performance. A network page is generated that is configured to defer loading of control code associated with a user interface component. The network page includes code that renders an initial view of the user interface component. The code that renders the initial view is configured to obtain one or more events generated by one or more user interactions with the initial view. The code that renders the initial view is further configured to obtain additional code in response to obtaining the one or more events. The code that renders the initial view is further configured to process the one or more events by executing the additional code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexandru Burciu
  • Patent number: 9569068
    Abstract: A method for navigating between display layers is applied in a display device. The display device includes a touch screen and a display panel. The method includes following steps of determining a target display layer according to whether a pinching gesture or an expanding gesture is performed. When the expanding gesture is performed, expanding a distance between relevant columns or rows of icons currently displayed to reveal icons on the target display layer, and visually compressing formerly-displayed icons to two opposite edges of the display panel during the expanding gesture. When the pinching gesture is performed, narrowing a distance between columns or rows of icons on the target display layer which are introduced respectively from the two opposite edges to cover columns and rows of old icons, and visually expanding the newly-introduced icons during the pinching gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: Wang-Hung Yeh
  • Patent number: 9519717
    Abstract: Techniques for content customization with security for client preferences are described herein. The techniques describe the customization of content provided by websites according to preferences, such as the interests, “likes” and demographic and/or geographic information of users. Additional techniques describe aspects of keeping the users' preferences secure from the website, so that the users' privacy and anonymity are protected. In one implementation, a “trusted entity” is trusted by users to obtain and store the preferences. Content may be obtained by the trusted entity from a content provider, such as a website. The content may be changed according to the preferences. The content is then provided to the users. In view of the changes made by the trusted entity, the user enjoys a customized version of the content. Additional techniques describe limits to customization, based on permissible customizations and frameworks generated by the content providers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gur Kimchi, Matthew Graham Dyor, Lili Cheng, Richard J. Qian, Marc Eliot Davis, Steven William Macbeth
  • Patent number: 9495273
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying blade chassis data are provided. One system includes a memory for storing computer code comprising a blade chassis information module and a processor capable of being in communication with a blade chassis. The processor, when executing the computer code comprising the blade chassis information module, is configured to receive the blade chassis data, create a user interface for the blade chassis data, and display the blade chassis data on the user interface. One method includes receiving blade chassis data, creating a user interface for the blade chassis data, and displaying the blade chassis data on the user interface. Also provided are physical computer storage mediums including a computer program product for performing the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
    Inventors: Todd M. Eischeid, Mary S. Johnson, Mark E. Molander, Ryan P. Randolph, Devon D. Snyder
  • Patent number: 9489359
    Abstract: The present invention includes a graphics software program that automatically creates graphical content when a user creates or modifies a hierarchical list of content data and chooses from one of a plurality of graphical definition choices for the graphical elements. In addition, the present invention includes a user interface with three different displays. The first display presents the user with one or more galleries including a gallery with a plurality of graphical definitions. The second display is a content entry area. The final display is a drawing canvas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Brent Gilbert, Cynthia C. Shelly, Gary A. Pritting, Kim Tapia St. Amant, Matthew J. Kotler, Richard J. Wolf
  • Patent number: 9454302
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) includes an LCD (12) as a first display area and an LCD (14) as a second display area, and on the second display area, a touch panel (22) as an input means is set, for example. On the first display area, a plurality of windows are displayed in an overlapping manner or only the top window is displayed, and on the second display area, a plurality of tabs which are respectively corresponded to a plurality of windows are displayed. When it is determined that a predetermined input is present on a tab on the basis of the coordinates data detected according to an operation via the touch panel, a window corresponding to the tab which was displayed on the top on the first display area is displayed on the second display area. Or, an inactive window corresponding to the tab is displayed on the second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Toriyama
  • Patent number: 9442648
    Abstract: A method includes displaying information on a touch-sensitive display, detecting a touch at location associated with the information, rendering an indicator and a cursor at a position within the information, detecting a moving touch associated with the indicator, and moving the cursor along the information as the indicator is moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jordanna Kwok, Ronald Scotte Zinn, Qian Amanda Yang, Michael George Langlois, Raymond Lee Canton
  • Patent number: 9436276
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can provide for a second-person avatar. The second-person avatar can rely upon a second-person-based perspective such that the avatar is displayed to appear to encompass all or portions of a target user. Accordingly, actions or a configuration of the avatar can serve as a model or demonstration for the user in order to aid the user in accomplishing a particular task. Updates to avatar activity or configuration can be provided by a dynamic virtual handbook. The virtual handbook can be constructed based upon a set of instruction associated with accomplishing the desired task and further based upon features or aspects of the user as well as those of the local environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eyal Ofek, Blaise H. Aguera y Arcas, Avi Bar-Zeev, Gur Kimchi, Jason Szabo