Patents Examined by Jennifer N Welch
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Patent number: 11432046Abstract: A system is provided for identifying objects in still images or in video either automatically by using an object database or manually by using information provided by the creator of the image or video. The objects are made interactive in the image or in every frame of the video that they appear. The creator embeds information behind the image or video objects that appears when a viewer hovers over, clicks or touches the object, allowing the creator to describe at least one object that appears in an image or video. A hyperlink is associated with a clickable space around the object in the image or in every frame that the object appears in. Rights to the hyperlink and what data the hyperlink connects to are electronically auctioned to e-commerce sites where the object may be purchased.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: VEEPIO HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Jonathan Ohliger, Alexander Shapiro, Richard A. Garcia, Jonathan W. Moberly
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Patent number: 11429249Abstract: Technologies related to application program data processing are disclosed. In one implementation, a first operation is detected on a mobile computing device. A manipulation mode of one or more mobile applications (APPs) is initiated in response to the first operation. A second operation is detected for selecting at least one of the one or more APPs performed on the mobile computing device. A manipulation of the at least one of the one or more APPs is initiated in response to the second operation if a predetermined condition associated with the second operation is met. An animation is performed on one or more APP icons corresponding to the at least one of the one or more APPs to show a status of the manipulation of the at least one of the one or more APPs.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shuna Zhong
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Patent number: 11429255Abstract: A system for dynamically adjusting content for an interaction impairment can include a data provider, an end-user electronic device, a user identification module, and a data adjustment module. The data provider can be capable of providing access to electronic data. One or more characteristics of the electronic data can be incompatible with an impairment of an impaired user. The end-user electronic device can be configured to allow the impaired user to interact with electronic data. The user identification module can be configured to identify an identity of the impaired user and/or the impairment of the impaired user. The data adjustment module can be configured to automatically adjust incompatible characteristics of the electronic data prior to presentation by the end-user electronic device. This adjustment can increase the ability of the impaired user to utilize the electronic data with the end-user electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Jonathan Dunne, Paul B. French, James P. Galvin, Jr., Patrick J. O'Sullivan
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Patent number: 11422628Abstract: A method creates haptic stimulations on a user of an artificial reality system. The system includes a head-mounted display (HMD) and a wearable device. The HMD includes a display and speakers. The wearable device includes a plurality of transducers that can each generate waves to provide haptic feedback to a user. The system displays media content on the display and, in accordance with the displayed media content, determines a virtual object location in the displayed media content corresponding to a physical object location. The system provides, to the user, audio directed to the virtual object location. The system activates one or more transducers to provide haptic feedback at a target location on the user, distinct from the physical object location, to produce haptic feedback whose perceptual interpretation is at the physical object location based on a combination of the displayed media, the provided audio, and the haptic feedback.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignees: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Sean Jason Keller, Tristan Thomas Trutna, Hrvoje Benko, Raymond King, Andrew Arthur Stanley, Massimiliano Di Luca, Yon Visell, Yitian Shao, Bharat Dandu
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Patent number: 11409424Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to output a parameter related to a virtual viewpoint which is used for generating a virtual viewpoint image based on a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras, comprises: a reception unit configured to receive an input according to a user operation; a determination unit configured to determine, based on an input according to a second user operation received by the reception unit, whether to apply a predetermined restriction to determination of a parameter which is based on an input according to a first user operation received by the reception unit; and an output unit configured to output, if the determination unit determines that the predetermined restriction should be applied, the parameter determined based on the predetermined restriction and the input according to the first user operation received by the reception unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Rei Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11409627Abstract: System, method, and apparatus for analyzing data inside a computer program. As the program executes, a display of internal file contents is provided in real-time. Additionally, graphics and document text are provided to provide a better understanding of the program.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: DT Labs, LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Patent number: 11412292Abstract: A video processing method, a video processing device, and a storage medium are provided. The video processing method includes: determining target image frames corresponding to a dynamic special effect in a video and determining an attribute of a special effect element corresponding to the dynamic special effect in each of the target image frames and coordinates of the special effect element. The video processing method also includes: rendering the special effect element on a drawing interface based on the attribute and the coordinates of the special effect element; filling the target image frames into the drawing interface as a background and forming drawing interface frames with the dynamic special effect; and outputting the drawing interface frames corresponding to each of the target image frames.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Qianyi Wang, Yu Gao, Zhibin Wang, En Li, Rong Li
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Patent number: 11409259Abstract: An information processing device configured to display information on a plurality of machines in a plant in where a plurality of users and the machines individually having a plurality of modes are present is provided with a screen customization unit configured to generate layout information on a custom screen and a layout information holding unit configured to store the layout information in association with the users, the machines, and the modes.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Fanuc CorporationInventor: Takuya Hiranuma
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Patent number: 11409582Abstract: The present disclosure provides a clipboard control method and system based on a mobile terminal. The method includes: setting a clipboard, including setting an allowable number of copy content items in the clipboard and a survival time corresponding to each copy content in the clipboard, and setting the clipboard to be able to save multiple pieces of copy contents at the same time; receiving an operation instruction from a user to copy the multiple pieces of contents, processing the copy contents in the clipboard, and saving the multiple pieces of the copy contents in the clipboard when the multiple pieces of contents need to be copied; and, receiving an operation instruction from the user to select a paste function when needing to paste, displaying the multiple pieces of the copy contents sequentially according to the selected pasting function, selecting and pasting a specified content as needed.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: JRD COMMUNICATION (SHENZHEN) LTDInventors: Bin Yu, Weiqin Yang
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Patent number: 11402979Abstract: A display is created and manipulated in connection with an event, such as a notable security event investigation. A plurality of activity indicators for the event are displayed in a time order using both horizontal and vertical directions. Each activity indicator corresponds to a an activity related to the event. A linear display of shapes is provided, each shape corresponding to one or more of the activity indicators, of the same type, in a time sequence. In response to a user action, the time period corresponding to the plurality of shapes is changed so that shapes corresponding to a new time period selected by the user are displayed. Also in response to this user action, only the activity indicators corresponding to the new time period selected by the user are displayed.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: SPLUNK Inc.Inventors: Daniel Trenkner, Allison Drake
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Patent number: 11405435Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting views of work unit records in chat sessions between users of a collaboration environment are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain content information characterizing content of the chat sessions between the users of the collaboration environment; identify work unit records based on the content from the chat sessions; generate view of work unit pages in the chat sessions that correspond to the work unit records identified based on the content from the chat sessions so that the view of the work unit pages are made accessible to the users during synchronous communication facilitated by the chat sessions; and/or other perform other operations.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Asana, Inc.Inventors: Alvaro Morales, Eric Lee Campbell, Manya Sofia Spieczny Scheps
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Patent number: 11402968Abstract: An electronic is disclosed. The electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and a rotatable input mechanism. The touch-sensitive display includes one or more sensors to detect the intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive display. The electronic device also includes one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs, the one or more programs including instructions for: receiving data representing a plurality of photos; displaying at least a first photo in the plurality of photos; detecting a contact that includes a characteristic intensity on the touch-sensitive display; and in accordance with a determination that the characteristic intensity is above the threshold intensity, displaying a user interface menu including at least one user interface object that represents an option to display the first photo as a background of a user interface that represents a clock face on the touch-sensitive display.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jonathan R. Dascola, Christopher Patrick Foss, Lawrence Y Yang, Alan C. Dye, David Chance Graham, Jonathan P. Ive, Kevin Lynch
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Patent number: 11397521Abstract: A system and related method exchanges communications between two or more users. The system comprises a user interface that has a plurality of elements associated with a cyclic order. Each element corresponds to a communication thread. The elements have an input for receiving one or more user communications. The user interface is configured such that only one element is active at each time. Each element is continuously active for a predetermined activation time interval. The activation time interval of each element is controlled.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Braided Communications LimitedInventors: Andrew Peter Smithsimmons, Robert Brougham
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Patent number: 11392277Abstract: An electronic product testing system includes: a testing device configured to generate and to provide a digital image that includes a feature of a product being tested, and to provide product testing instruction for the product; and a tracking device configured for tracking a cursor movement with respect to the digital image, and/or a selection of an item in the digital image, and to generate product testing data based on a result of the tracking; wherein the tracking device is also configured to output the product testing data for storage in a non-transitory medium, the non-transitory medium having a database structure that is configured to store the product testing data in association with the digital image and the product testing instruction.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Inventors: Maciej Gryka, Russell Howard Smith, Frederick Henry Stevens-Smith
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Patent number: 11392835Abstract: Examples of employee concierge are provided. In an example, an issue may be determined for an employee. The issue may be determined based on a query shared by the employee or upon occurrence of an unusual event. The unusual event may be indicative of a deviation in behaviour and routine of the employee. A session may be initiated and the issue may be parsed to determine a context. A bot may be selected from multiple bots for the issue where each bot includes information relating to a solution to address the issue. Data associated with the issue may be collected from a central database and other bots. The data may then be analyzed to determine a solution. The solution comprises a response to the query and a suggestion to mitigate the unusual event.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: ACCENTUREGLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITEDInventors: Chung-Sheng Li, Emmanuel Munguia Tapia, Guanglei Xiong, Jill K. Goldstein, Jingyun Fan, Rajeev Sinha, Manoj Shroff, Golnaz Ghasemiesfeh, Kayhan Moharreri, Swati Tata, Pratip Samanta, Madhura Shivaram, Akanksha Juneja, Anshul Solanki, Jorjeta Jetcheva, Priyanka Chowdhary, Rishi Vig, Kyle Patrick Johnson, Mohammad Jawad Ghorbani
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Patent number: 11392851Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for providing a user experience that facilitates navigation among different topics and articles on a social network. One method includes an operation for identifying a hierarchy of topics, each topic corresponding to a respective subject, where the hierarchy defines relationships between the topics. A first topic page for a first topic is presented in a user interface in the social network. The first topic page includes articles and first options for navigating to topic pages of topics related to the first topic. The method further includes detecting a selection of a first article. In response to detecting the selection, a first article page for the first article is presented in the user interface. The first article page includes details of the first article and second options for navigating to topic pages of topics related to the first article.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Ankan Saha, Shaunak Chatterjee, Ajith Muralidharan
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Patent number: 11392278Abstract: An electronic product testing system includes: a testing device configured to generate and to provide a digital image that includes a feature of a product being tested, and to provide product testing instruction for the product; and a tracking device configured for tracking a cursor movement with respect to the digital image, and/or a selection of an item in the digital image, and to generate product testing data based on a result of the tracking; wherein the tracking device is also configured to output the product testing data for storage in a non-transitory medium, the non-transitory medium having a database structure that is configured to store the product testing data in association with the digital image and the product testing instruction.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Inventors: Maciej Gryka, Russell Howard Smith, Frederick Henry Stevens-Smith
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Patent number: 11392264Abstract: A social media platform provides a map-based graphical user interface (GUI) with multiple geographically anchored icons that are selectable to trigger playback of respective galleries of ephemeral messages. Each of the plurality of location-based ephemeral galleries comprises media content contributed by multiple different users. The ephemeral galleries are compiled based on geotag data associated with respective ephemeral messages submitted by multiple users to be publicly viewable via the map-based GUI. Two or more different types of galleries are represented in the map-based GUI by different, visually distinct types of gallery icon.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Daniel Amitay, Jonathan Brody, Jeffrey Arthur Johnson, Andrew Lin, Walton Lin, John Rauser, Evan Spiegel
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Patent number: 11386261Abstract: A system according to various exemplary embodiments includes a processor and a user interface, communication module, and memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to: retrieve a digital image from a server using the communication module; present the digital image on a display of the user interface; receive edits to the digital image via the user interface; generate, based on the edits, a modified digital image, wherein generating the modified digital image includes transforming a format of the digital image to include a field containing an identifier associated with the modified digital image; and transmit the modified digital image to the server using the communication module.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Rahul Sheth, Kevin Dechau Tang, Ning Zhang
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Patent number: 11379109Abstract: A setting value change device is provided whereby change operations to correct temperature setting values or hot water amount values by drag operations are easy. A controller causes a display to display a drag button and a movement path on which the drag button moves. Additionally, the controller provides, on a touch sensor, a drag area for detecting a drag input on the drag button and a reference point disposed at a location off the movement path. Moreover, the controller is configured to set the drag area larger than the display range of the movement path, move the drag button to a crossing point where a straight line or specific curve connecting the reference point to a drag operation position in the drag area crosses the movement path, and change the temperature setting value to the value corresponding to the position of the drag button.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tomomi Kukita, Hiroko Kashimoto, Hiroyasu Kosuge