Patents Examined by Le Nguyen
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Patent number: 9811237Abstract: A computer system and method of operation thereof are provided that allow interactive navigation and exploration of logical processes. The computer system employs a data architecture comprising a network of nodes connected by branches. Each node in the network represents a decision point in the process that allows the user to select the next step in the process and each branch in the network represents a step or a sequence of steps in the logical process. The network is constructed directly from the target logical process. Navigation data such as image frame sequences, stages in the logical process, and other related information are associated with the elements of the network. This establishes a direct relationship between steps in the process and the data that represent them. From such an organization, the user may tour the process, viewing the image sequences associated with each step and choosing among different steps at will.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2003Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: III HOLDINGS 2, LLCInventor: Rodica Schileru
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Patent number: 9811349Abstract: Provided is a terminal apparatus including a display unit displaying an execution screen of a shared application, reflecting on a display operations performed by multiple users as operations performed on one application, where the shared application includes a function for displaying an identification object that associates each of the users with an operation result, displayed on the execution screen, reflecting the operation performed by each of the users, a function for setting, when a first user selects an identification object related to a second user and specifies a region on the screen, the specified region as a shared region that is shared by the first and second users, and a function for controlling, when the first or second user performs operation in the shared region, such that the displayed operation result reflecting the operation is not shown to users other than the first and second users.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2010Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Osamu Ooba
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Patent number: 9813461Abstract: An attendee device in an online conference session views a shared application window in a full screen mode. The attendee device receives data for content being shared by a host device, including at least one application window at a first resolution. The attendee device receives an input to enter a full screen mode for one of the application windows and determines whether displaying that application window at a second resolution for the full screen mode requires the image data to be magnified. When displaying the application window at the second resolution requires magnified image data, the attendee device requests the magnified image data from the meeting server facilitating the conference session. The meeting server provides the magnified image data to the attendee device, and the attendee device displays the application window in full screen mode using the magnified image data.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2013Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Hua Ouyang, Yi Lu, Qi Shi, Huahua Yin, Yunwei Luo
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Patent number: 9778919Abstract: A software module is presented that enables a user to efficiently switch between interacting with a content object in a first context and a second context. Information from the first context is used when switching to the second context and vice versa, thereby decreasing the overhead associated with switching contexts. In one embodiment, the content object is an HTML file, the first context is the file as it appears in a web browser, and the second context is the file in editable format. In one embodiment, when the web browser is directed to a “context-switch URL,” a modified web server extracts information from the context-switch URL and switches the context from the first context to the second. In one embodiment, a person initiates a context-switch by pushing a button on the web browser. This causes a context-switch URL to be generated and directs the web browser to the context-switch URL.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2004Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Steven R. Kusmer, King Rhoton, Hal R. Schectman, Dietrich W. Schultz, Michael P. Thompson, Kevin G. Wallace, Brian D. Herring
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Patent number: 9772739Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a system, especially an electrical and/or electronic system comprising at least one application device. To simplify and to facilitate the use of the system it is provided that control information input is interpreted in accordance with available application devices and an application device is controlled in accordance with the result of the interpretation.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2001Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventor: Wolfgang Theimer
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Patent number: 9762760Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: a display that displays a first screen including one or more than one first key for setting a mode to execute a function of the apparatus, and then, if one of the first keys is pressed, displays a second screen including one or more than one second key, which is a lower-class screen under the pressed first key; and a customizing portion that hides at least one of the first and the second keys on the first screen, according to a user operation, and wherein if a user changes to non-display, the setting of at least one of the first keys on the first screen, while there exists a second key preliminarily prohibited from being hidden, on the second screen that is a lower-class screen under the first key to be hidden according to the changed setting, the customizing portion doesn't hide the first key.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Tsumoru Matsuura, Eiichi Yoshida, Takatsugu Kuno, Kenichi Komaba, Taketoshi Yamahata
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Patent number: 9715678Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for presenting a plurality of shared calendars in a single electronic display frame or window where each of the plurality of shared calendars is displayed in a common view mode relative to other displayed shared calendars. Users may select one or more shared calendars to be displayed in the same display frame or window as their own calendar. Upon selection of a shared calendar to be displayed alongside a first calendar, an aggregate view object is called to control and coordinate all shared calendars selected for display in the common window or frame. The aggregate view object determines the view data object, including view mode (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly) and other calendar display settings of the first or active calendar displayed in the common view of shared calendars.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2003Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Brian Hill, Hans Bjordahl
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Patent number: 9690577Abstract: A legacy application may be executed as a Web Service by receiving from a client application a request comprising application input data that includes target legacy program identifying information and a template identifier, loading the specified template, translating the input data into a data format compatible with the application, executing the application and translating the output data for transmission to the client application. The template corresponds to the legacy application and comprises metadata describing the application flow and the required input data and output data for the application.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2004Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Akana, Inc.Inventors: James R. Crew, Venkat Raman Pillay, Joseph Michael Card, Sundar J. Rajan, Bruno Vitro
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Patent number: 9678486Abstract: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. In an embodiment, the method includes configuring a user interface to receive a first parameter setting associated with a system device. The user interface is further configured to send a message to the system device including the first parameter setting. The user interface is further configured to receive from the system device a second parameter setting that is dependent on the first parameter setting. The user interface is further configured to make the second parameter setting available for viewing.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2009Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventors: Wojciech Grohman, Jacob Jennings, Amanda Filbeck
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Patent number: 9671921Abstract: An object is associated with one or more controls in a software application. An object associated with a control determines the operation of the data entry user interface when the data entry user interface is being employed to enter data into the control. More particularly, the object may communicate interface e characteristics to a component that is responsible for providing the user interface to the user. Such a component may be, for example, a shared software module that renders the user interface on a display, receives input data from the user through the user interface, and routes the entered data to a designated destination. Alternately, the object itself may create a user interface having the specified characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2009Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Zhigu Holdings LimitedInventors: Kyril Feldman, Robert L. Chambers, Steve Dodge, Takanobu Murayama, Tobias Zielinski, Todd A. Torset, Thomas R. Wick, Adrian J. Garside
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Patent number: 9671825Abstract: An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface stores a document having primary content, supplementary content, and user-generated content. The device displays a representation of the document in a segmented user interface on the display. Primary content of the document is displayed in a first segment of the segmented user interface and supplementary content of the document is concurrently displayed in a second segment of the segmented user interface distinct from the first segment. The device receives a request to view user-generated content of the document. In response to the request, the device maintains display of the previously displayed primary content, ceases to display at least a portion of the previously displayed supplementary content, and displays user-generated content of the document in a third segment of the segmented user interface distinct from the first segment and the second segment.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Charles J. Migos, Jay Christopher Capela
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Patent number: 9639376Abstract: Methods and systems for creating and rendering skins are described. In one described embodiment skins can be defined as sets of script files, art files, media files, and text files. These files can be used to create new and different skin appearances, layouts and functionalities. The files are organized for use using a hierarchical tag-based data structure, an example of which is an XML data structure. The data structure is processed to provide an object model. The object model can be a scriptable object model that enables script to execute to provide an interactive, dynamic skin that can respond to internal and external events. In one embodiment, a computer architecture used for rendering the skin includes a layout manager that processes an intermediate representation of the XML data structure to provide the scriptable object model. Various components of the scriptable object model can include a script engine for receiving and executing script, and one or more rendering elements.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2007Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael J. Novak, David M. Nadalin, Kipley J. Olson
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Patent number: 9632665Abstract: A system and method whereby an user interface editing device is used to create a user interface for a controlling device, the created user interface including user interface elements that are associated with functional operations of a virtual equivalent of an appliance. After the created user interface is transferred to the controlling device, the virtual equivalent of an appliance is caused to be linked to an intended target appliance whereupon activation of those user interface elements of the graphical user interface that were associated with functional operations of the virtual equivalent of an appliance will cause the controlling device to transmit commands to control corresponding functional operations of the intended target appliance.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.Inventors: Arsham Hatambeiki, Christopher A. Chambers, Han-Sheng Yuh, Steven Clegg
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Patent number: 9632800Abstract: A method for accessing information in a software application using a computing device, the computing device comprising one or more processors, the one or more processors for executing a plurality of computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions for implementing the method for accessing information, the method comprising the steps of determining that a pointer is hovering over an icon, the icon associated with icon specific information, displaying a Tooltip including a heading, a display window and an action button, the action button for launching an action in the application, displaying the icon specific information in the display window, detecting that a user has selected the action button, and launching the action.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: ALLSCRIPTS SOFTWARE, LLCInventors: Mary Drechsler Chorley, Leo Benson, Melpakkam Sundar, John Lusk, Cassio Nishiguchi
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Patent number: 9619103Abstract: A prompting method of an adjustable direction of a cursor for a portable electronic apparatus includes the follow steps: detecting a location of a cursor in a display, with the cursor indicating an indicated direction; determining whether any set direction corresponding to the location of the cursor is different from the indicated direction; and if any set direction corresponding to the location of the cursor is different from the indicated direction, displaying a directional adjustment prompting information for prompting at least one adjustable direction of the cursor corresponding to the location of the cursor.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Acer Inc.Inventors: Chien-Hung Li, Yueh-Yarng Tsai, Yu-Hsuan Shen
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Patent number: 9600135Abstract: A system for executing a multimodal software application includes a mobile computer device with a plurality of input interface components, the multimodal software application, and a dialog engine in operative communication with the multimodal software application. The multimodal software application is configured to receive first data from the plurality of input interface components. The dialog engine executes a workflow description from the multimodal software application by providing prompts to an output interface component. Each of these prompts includes notification indicating which of the input interface components are valid receivers for that respective prompt. Furthermore, the notification may indicate the current prompt and at least the next prompt in sequence.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2010Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Vocollect, Inc.Inventor: Sean Nickel
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Patent number: 9588783Abstract: References between three dimensional computer-generated virtual environments may be used to enable objects, activities, and Avatars to move between and within multiple virtual environments hosted by multiple different virtual environment servers/server systems. Links may be used to reference particular locations and orientations within target virtual environments. Vistas may also be created to allow a view into a target virtual environment to be presented to a user in a resident virtual environment. Links and vistas may be combined to create portals, whereby a user may be presented with a view of a target virtual environment in the resident virtual environment. The view of the target virtual environment may be caused to change as the user approaches the vista or moves relative to the vista to make it appear like the user is seeing into the target virtual environment. If the user goes through the vista the link may transport the user into the target virtual environment.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: Dany Syvain, Nicholas Sauriol, Arn Hyndman
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Patent number: 9535991Abstract: A video display apparatus for displaying a catalog of one or more candidate video items for replay, each video item being represented in the catalog by a catalog entry having at least one displayed representative image comprises a user control device operable to resize a displayed catalog entry by a select-and-drag operation; and means responsive to a resizing of a catalog entry to select a number of distinct representative images, for display in respect of that video item, so that the number displayed increases with increasing size of the catalog entry while the display size of each representative image stays substantially constant with respect to changes in the catalog entry size.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2005Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: SONY EUROPE LIMITEDInventor: David William Trepess
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Patent number: 9529866Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for efficiently fetching and displaying large datasets on mobile devices, such as devices running the iPhone™ operating system. The method fetches data for a mobile device from a server and displays a plurality of data rows in a ListView within a user interface on the mobile device. The method stores primary keys on the mobile device until their corresponding data rows are to be displayed. The method reacts to user inputs such as scrolling actions and touch screen gestures to efficiently fetch and display list view subsets of large datasets. The method facilitates quick response times when navigating through large lists of data on a mobile device by: fetching displayable or visible rows of data in a data list view, preloading the visible rows on the mobile device; and binding the visible rows to user interface elements on the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: SYBASE, INC.Inventor: Raman Sethi
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Patent number: 9508320Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for moving objects within the graphical user interface (GUI) of an operating system in a manner that provides a transitional effect between window states, which is pleasing to the user. This transitional effect includes changing the shape of a window while scaling and moving the window between two different sizes and positions. In one embodiment of the present invention, the transitional effect may be employed as a window is minimized into an icon, or restored from an icon. In another embodiment of the present invention, the transitional effect is employed as a window is minimized within its title bar, or restored therefrom. The rate of movement of objects is controlled in a non-linear manner, to further enhance the pleasing effect.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2007Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Bas Ording