Patents Examined by Joseph R. Burwell
  • Patent number: 10809866
    Abstract: In a computer-implemented method for configuring an appliance in a virtualization infrastructure via a graphical user-interface a list of hosts and a centralized management tool of the virtualization infrastructure is displayed via the graphical user-interface. The hosts are for hosting one or more virtual machines. The centralized management tool is for centrally managing the virtualization infrastructure. In response to selecting one of the hosts, displaying host configuration properties associated with the selected hosts via the graphical user-interface. The host configuration properties are associated with a displayed user input field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Mornay Van Der Walt, Dave Shanley
  • Patent number: 10790046
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided that allow a user to draw and edit a chemical structure using one or more gestures performed on an input interface, such as a touch pad or touch screen. For example, the user may assign an atom label to a chemical structure representation by performing a press and tap gesture, change a chemical bond characteristic in the chemical structure representation by performing a tap gesture, and/or lengthen a molecular chain in the chemical structure representation by performing a drag gesture. The user may also rotate the chemical structure representation in the graphical display by performing one or more rotation gestures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: PerkinElmer Informatics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robin Young Smith, Scott Gregory Flicker, Daniel Malcolm Oberlin, Andrew Smellie
  • Patent number: 10740117
    Abstract: Providing a bridge interface for managing virtual workspaces is disclosed. A plurality of workspace images is presented in a user interface, each workspace image corresponding to a different virtual workspace available to a user of a computer system. A user input is received indicating a selection of a presented workspace image. The user interface is updated to display a plurality of application windows associated with the selected virtual workspace. The displayed application windows are visually grouped into one or more clusters, each cluster corresponding to one or more application windows sharing a common characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bas Ording, John O. Louch
  • Patent number: 10705862
    Abstract: An interface generator 6 generates a user interface for a mobile communication device 2 by providing, at step S2, a menu of functional components to a website owner 5 and receiving an indication of which of the functional components are selected for inclusion in the user interface from the website owner, at step S3. When the interface generator 6 receives a request for the user interface from the mobile communication device 2, at step S7, it delivers the user interface to the mobile communication device, at step S8, for display by the mobile communication device 2. The generated user interface includes the selected functional components and selection of a functional component included in the displayed user interface by a user of the mobile communication device 2 causes the mobile communication device 2 to carry out a task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: AFILIAS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Trey Harvin, Ronan Cremin, John Leonard
  • Patent number: 10685417
    Abstract: A method and device for searching in a touch-screen apparatus are provided. The method comprises steps of: displaying a floating control for selecting the content to be searched for on the user interface of the touch-screen apparatus, wherein the inner region of the floating control has a transparent background; receiving a gesture input on the screen of the touch-screen apparatus by a user for the floating control, and adjusting the position and shape of the floating control according to the received gesture until the floating control encircles the content to be searched for in the user interface; capturing the image encircled by the floating control in the user interface; recognizing the content to be searched for encircled in the captured image; calling a defined search interface for searching according to the type of recognized content to be searched for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian Qin
  • Patent number: 10679469
    Abstract: A system and method of managing unavailable items in shared screen data which provides access to modified screen data substantially simultaneously. The system includes a first computer including a display for displaying a screen containing items from screen data including modified screen data during a transaction. The modified screen data reflects that at least one of the items is unavailable. The first computer shares the screen data with a second computer. The first computer is also for displaying an indication that the at least one item is unavailable substantially simultaneously following modification of the screen data and upon selection of the at least one item at one of the first and second computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Larry James Salmen, Steve Ulrich, Paul Ford Knight, Andrew John Fisher
  • Patent number: 10671277
    Abstract: A portable electronic device (100) having a touch screen (112) with a floating soft trigger icon (175) for enabling various functions of the electronic device (100), such as bar code reading, capturing RFID data, capturing video and images, calling applications, and/or placing phone calls. The floating trigger icon (175) is displayed on the touch screen (112) to enable easy identification and access of the trigger icon (175). The trigger icon (175) may be selected via application of any one of various unique control gestures (200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260) to configure the electronic device (100). Based on the selected mode or function of the device (100), the trigger icon (175) may alter its appearance to facilitate use of the device (100). The operation and functionality of the trigger icon (175) may be programmed to customize operation of the device (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: DATALOGIC USA, INC.
    Inventors: Elva Martinez Ballesteros, Thomas Burke, John McConnell, Jacqueline Fabbi
  • Patent number: 10635271
    Abstract: A method for managing contacts in a messaging application includes displaying, by a client device executing a messaging application, a list of a plurality conversations associated with the client device, determining, by the client device, an amount of time that the messaging application has been in use, displaying, by the client device and based on a rating value, a particular conversation from the list using a different appearance from other conversations of the list, wherein the rating value is based in part on the amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: ATLASSIAN PTY LTD
    Inventor: Orpheus Mall
  • Patent number: 10620781
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays a respective control icon with simulated three-dimensional characteristics and a cursor over the respective control icon. The device detects, on the touch-sensitive surface, a stationary press input that includes an increase in intensity of a contact that corresponds to the cursor. In response to detecting the stationary press input, the device changes an appearance of the respective control icon in accordance with the simulated three-dimensional characteristics of the control icon and moves the cursor laterally on the display in accordance with the change in appearance of the respective control icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Avi E. Cieplinski, May-Li Khoe, David J. Hart
  • Patent number: 10599329
    Abstract: A terminal device and a locking or unlocking method for the terminal device are provided. The locking or unlocking method is used for locking or unlocking a virtual key area of a terminal device when a touch panel of the terminal device is in an unlocked state, and the method includes: receiving multiple reported virtual key press events; and determining that the received virtual key press events meet a preset locking or unlocking condition, and setting a state of the virtual key area of the terminal device to a locked state or the unlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hai Peng
  • Patent number: 10521183
    Abstract: A control terminal device includes a display, at least one processor, and a memory configured to store instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the control terminal device to transmit command messages to the plurality of communication devices disposed in respective areas and connected via a network, and to display on the display an operation screen, a device selection screen for selecting any one of the plurality of communication devices, and area images indicating the areas in which the respective communication devices are disposed so as to serve as a selection operation section for selecting the respective communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Akie Hinokio, Masaharu Ohno, Kazuya Muchikabe, Akihiko Suyama, Keisuke Tsukada, Shinichiro Kato
  • Patent number: 10514817
    Abstract: Intelligent gadgets to visualize critical environmental data in wet chemistry laboratories, and a healthcare and life science environment that are easy to configure, customize and deploy for web dashboard presentation. It may further reveal an intuitive dashboard framework for creating, managing and publishing a collection of visualization gadgets for critical environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Hua, Christopher Martin, Ajay Nair, Prabhat Ranjan, James Barrette, Liwen Yu, Upender Paravastu, Robert Klamka, Barnali Chetia, Naveen Kumar Dindukurthi Sivaprasad, Nilesh Mahadeorao Akode
  • Patent number: 10510231
    Abstract: An alert and tracking system implemented on a computing device with a processor is presented. The system comprises a display with a viewing portion and a raster portion comprising a plurality of rasters. The system also comprises an image receiver configured to receive a first image and a second image, wherein the first image is received before the second image is received. The system also comprises a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to receive the second image. The processing unit is also configured to compare the second image to the first image. The processing unit is also configured to detect a change between the second image and the first image, wherein the detected change is indicative a moving object. The processing unit is also configured to update the viewing portion to display the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Innovative Signal Analysis, Inc.
    Inventors: Stacy K. Kniffen, Daniel P. Gibbs, Weldon T. Bailey, Mark J. Hillebrand, Stephen R. Erbert
  • Patent number: 10496260
    Abstract: An electronic device, with a touch-sensitive surface and a display, includes one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface. The device displays, on the display, a first control for controlling a first operation. The device detects, on the touch-sensitive surface, a first input that corresponds to the first control; and in response to detecting the first input: in accordance with a determination that the first input meets first control-activation criteria but does not include a contact with a maximum intensity above a respective intensity threshold, the device performs the first operation; and in accordance with a determination that the first input includes a contact with an intensity above the respective intensity threshold, the device displays a second control for performing a second operation associated with the first operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Zambetti, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Avi E. Cieplinski, May-Li Khoe
  • Patent number: 10481690
    Abstract: An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display displays content that includes an image, detects a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface for adjusting an image size of the image, and in response to detecting the gesture, determines an adjustment to the image size that corresponds to an extent of the gesture. If the adjustment to the image size would cause the image size to exceed a predefined image sizing limit, the device generates a respective tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface, performs the adjustment to the image size, and in response to detecting liftoff of a contact used to perform the gesture, at least partially reverses the adjustment to the image size, such that the image size is reduced to a size corresponding to the predefined image sizing limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Avi E. Cieplinski, May-Li Khoe, Bianca C. Costanzo
  • Patent number: 10452223
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for browsing objects organized in a hierarchy using a three-dimensional user interface. Some embodiments of the present technology involve a platform that renders an interface that represents objects that are hierarchically connected in three-dimensional space and that allows navigation through the hierarchy by moving through the three-dimensional space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: InSpace Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Servan Keondjian, Saman Gerami, David Virapen, David Holme
  • Patent number: 10437333
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface: detects, on the touch-sensitive surface, a gesture that includes an increase of intensity of a contact above a respective intensity threshold. In response to detecting the gesture: in accordance with a determination that the gesture includes a first number of contacts, the device generates a tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface; and in accordance with a determination that the gesture includes a second number of contacts different from the first number, the device forgoes generating the tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Julian Missig, Avi E. Cieplinski, Wayne C. Westerman, Patrick Kessler
  • Patent number: 10424399
    Abstract: A device comprising a display, a user interface configured to receive gesture input, and a processor is provided. The device is configured to electronically detect, with the user interface, at least one gesture input from the user in an approximately circular motion that traces a substantially closed curve without corners about a point on the user interface. The device is configured to display, on a portion of the display, a polygonal shaped chemical structure symbol representing a polygonal ring of carbon atoms in response to the detecting, the polygonal ring having a set number of vertices representing a set number of carbon atoms. A non-transient computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that cause a device comprising a display, a user interface configured to receive gesture input, and a processor to perform a method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Integrated Chemistry Design, Inc.
    Inventors: John David Clark, Mary Catherine Johnson, Atsuo Kuki
  • Patent number: 10416864
    Abstract: Method and device of improving performance of a computing device are disclosed. The method includes: scanning the computing device to generate multiple performance optimization tasks for the computing device; presenting multiple task prioritizing methods for determining relative priority of at least two of the multiple performance optimization tasks; receiving a user's selection of a first task prioritizing method from the multiple task prioritizing methods; in accordance with the first task prioritizing method, identifying a first task with a highest priority; displaying a first interface including information of the first performance optimization task and an option to start the first task; upon receiving the user's instruction to start the first performance optimization task, starting the first performance optimization task; and upon completion of the first performance optimization task, replacing the first interface with a second interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wenliang Tang, Wei Li
  • Patent number: 10359926
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for processing a plurality of event data generated by a processing apparatus for processing a member, includes a determination unit which determines at least two event data existing at a preset interval in a time-series sequence of the plurality of event data, a specification unit which acquires a scroll request containing designation information for designating a position in the sequence from a scroll function incorporated in the information processing apparatus, and specify, as jump destination event data, event data at a position close to the position designated by the designation information in the sequence, among the at least two event data determined by the determination unit, and a control unit which causes the scroll function to start scrolling from or near the jump destination event data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Anelva Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Kayoiji