Patents Examined by Mong-Shune Chung
  • Patent number: 11321388
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can provide an interface for associating at least one portion of selected audio content with visual content to be shared through a content provider system. A text-based scrubber can be provided in the interface for navigating to different segments of the selected audio content, wherein the text-based scrubber permits accessing a first segment of the audio content by selecting a first phrase of the audio content that corresponds to the first segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruno Azzinnari, Hyun Woo Jung, Austin Dillon Urlaub, Shigeru Mizoi, Junsik Kim
  • Patent number: 11314392
    Abstract: An electronic device may display a first lap time representation, and may move the first lap time representation in accordance with a first amount of elapsed time. While moving the first lap time representation, the electronic device may detect a lap input. In response to the lap input, the electronic device may cease movement of the first lap time representation, display a second lap time representation, and move the second lap time representation in accordance with a second amount of elapsed time. A relative positioning of the first lap time representation and the second lap time representation may correspond to a difference between a first lap time and a second lap time. In some embodiments, the electronic device may update the timescales of lap time representation(s) in accordance with a rotational input. In some embodiments, the electronic device may update a timer duration setting in accordance with a rotational input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Lance Wilson, Christopher Wilson, Jonathan R. Dascola, Gary Ian Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Stephen O. Lemay, Natalia Maric, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Patent number: 11307733
    Abstract: An always on display method and an electronic device relate to the field of terminal technologies. The method includes obtaining, by an electronic device having a touchscreen, first device status information, where the first device status information is first information related to a first current running state of the electronic device, determining a first always on display interface based on the first device status information, displaying the first always on display interface on the touchscreen, obtaining second device status information, where the second device status information is second information related to a second current running state of the electronic device, determining a second always on display interface based on the second device status information, and displaying the second always on display interface on the touchscreen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Honglei Luo, Chunyan Zhang, Jie Yin, Zhihui Teng, Jin Jiang
  • Patent number: 11294532
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that can selectively route actions, such as notifications, to cause activations of one or more applications based on data associated with the actions and based on activation conditions specified at a scene level by each of the applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Ferry
  • Patent number: 11294557
    Abstract: A team configuration method including creating a team according to a received team creation instruction; obtaining alternative function configuration schemes applicable to the team; and selecting at least one function configuration scheme from the alternative function configuration schemes such that the selected function configuration scheme is applied to configure the functions of the team. Through the technical solution of the present disclosure, the team configuration efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Junyue Cao, Zhenhao Wu, Xinglin Ma, Guangqian Dong, Yida Zhao, Wei Sun
  • Patent number: 11287956
    Abstract: Approaches provide for navigating or otherwise interacting with content in response to input from a user, including voice inputs, device inputs, gesture inputs, among other such inputs such that a user can quickly and easily navigate to different levels of detail of content. This can include, for example, presenting content (e.g., images, multimedia, text, etc.) in a particular layout, and/or highlighting, emphasizing, animating, or otherwise altering in appearance, and/or arrangement of the interface elements used to present the content based on a current level of detail, where the current level of detail can be determined by data selection criteria associated with a magnification level and other such data. As a user interacts with the computing device, for example, by providing a zoom input, values of the selection criteria can be updated, which can be used to filter and/or select content for presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: IMMERSIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Jason Simmons, Maksim Galkin
  • Patent number: 11287952
    Abstract: Content items and a dynamic menu element are displayed. Responsive to selection and dragging of the dynamic menu element over a particular content item, a menu of actions contextual to the particular content item is displayed, and the particular content item is highlighted to indicate that the displayed menu is related to the particular content item. Responsive to release of the dynamic menu element over the particular content item, the displayed menu is rendered actionable so that the actions thereof selectable; prior to release of the dynamic menu element over the particular content item, the displayed menu is non-actionable and no action is selectable. Responsive to selection of a specific action of the menu being displayed, the selected specific action is performed in relation to the particular content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MICRO FOCUS LLC
    Inventors: Bing Zhang, Da-Long Sun, Li Zhang, Rong-Feng Chen
  • Patent number: 11283902
    Abstract: Method, apparatus and computer program product embodiments are provided for distributing and installing content and settings on client devices without receiving any user input at the client devices, which limit usage of the client device a user at the client device to a first set of the usage activities. A device controller may remotely configure and control client devices by providing instructions and content for distribution to the client devices. The instructions may cause the client devices to install the content on the client devices without requiring any user input to initiate the installation or during installation of the content. The client device may be further configured to allow management of the client device by the device controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: ELO Touch Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth North, Ragini Rajendra Prasad, Michael James Power, Haroun Ansari Mohammed Ansari, Neeraj Pendse
  • Patent number: 11262845
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for providing a vibration in an electronic device. According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include a memory including instructions stored therein, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor coupled to the memory is configured to execute the stored instructions for detecting an event for a user's input related to a direction, identifying a vibration pattern having directivity, in response to the detected event, and providing a vibration having directivity by driving the one or more vibration devices, based on the vibration pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonjun Lee, Minkoo Kang, Jiwon Kim, Won Lee, Myojin Bang, Sangwon Shim, Younghak Oh, Sunyoung Yi, Yonggu Lee, Kyuok Choi
  • Patent number: 11262898
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and device embodiments for implementing visual context in dataflows. A computing device may display a dataflow representation associated with a transformative process, receive selection of an individual node of the dataflow representation, and determine a visual context associated with the individual node based on a data transformation step associated with the individual node. Further, the computing device may determine a plurality of nodes associated with the visual context, and apply a graphical effect to the individual node and the plurality of nodes, the graphical effect modifying an attribute of the individual node and the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Brittany Zenger, Daniel Scott Perry, James D. Vogt
  • Patent number: 11256405
    Abstract: Implementations discussed herein relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses for controlling one or more internet of things (IoT) devices via a graphical camera interface of a portable electronic device. The graphical camera interface can be presented at the portable electronic device in response to the user accessing a camera application via the portable electronic device and directing a camera of the portable electronic device at the IoT device. One or more images generated from an output of the camera can be processed to identify the IoT device that the user is intending to control. Information related to a context in which the user aimed their camera at the IoT device can be used to assist in narrowing down a selection of the IoT device from multiple different IoT devices that may be associated with the user and/or an image captured by the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Yuzhao Ni
  • Patent number: 11249714
    Abstract: Systems and methods of shareable virtual objects and virtual objects as message objects to facilitate communications sessions in an augmented reality environment are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, to facilitate sharing of an object in an augmented reality environment of a real world environment. The method can further include world-locking the object or user-locking the object in accordance with a request of the object to be posted in the augmented reality environment for a given user. In world-locking the object, the object is enabled to be interacted with by the given user if and when the given user is at or in the vicinity of the given location. In user-locking the object, the object is enabled to be interacted with by the given user regardless of where the given user is physically located in the real world environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Magical Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nova Spivack, Matthew Hoerl
  • Patent number: 11243652
    Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods relate to a knowledge sharing system for aggregating and disseminating knowledge related to programming. The knowledge system for aggregating and disseminating knowledge related to programming may organize or index knowledge according to topics. A topic may be any kind of transferrable piece of knowledge that may be shared. In some embodiments, knowledge organized under a topic may be comprised of a record of interactions with computing systems, and in some embodiments, knowledge organized under a topic may be comprised of text documents, code samples, documentation, web sites, records of discussions, or other kinds of reference materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Affirm, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Smith, Tarak Upadhyaya, Juan Lozano, Daniel Hung
  • Patent number: 11226735
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bang-Hyun Kwon, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Hye-Soon Jeong, Yeun-Wook Lim
  • Patent number: 11221824
    Abstract: Methods and systems for transferring a user session between at least two electronic devices are described. The user session is conducted as an audible session via an audible interface provided by a primarily audible first electronic device. Input data is received from the audible interface, wherein the input data causes the audible interface to progress through audible interface states. A current audible interface state is mapped to a visual interface state defined for a visual interface. The mapped visual interface state is pushed to a second electronic device having a visual output device for displaying the visual interface, to enable the user session to be continued as a visual session on the second electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK
    Inventors: Nasim Sarir, Steven Gervais, Peter Horvath, Ekas Kaur Rai, Peter John Alexander, Arun Victor Jagga
  • Patent number: 11221722
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes an information storage unit configured to store a plurality of types of information concerning objects, a first display data providing unit configured to provide first display data for arranging and displaying a plurality of display regions on a display screen of a user terminal in a predetermined display shape respectively in correspondence with a plurality of objects such that a part of the information stored in the information storage unit is displayed in the plurality of display regions, a switching instruction acquiring unit configured to acquire a switching instruction from the user terminal, the switching instruction instructing to switch among the plurality of types of information concerning the objects, and an information switching unit configured to, when the switching instruction acquiring unit has acquired the switching instruction, switch a type of information displayed in the display regions based on the first display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: GURUNAVI, INC.
    Inventor: Seiichiro Kubo
  • Patent number: 11221760
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to display, on a display, a first display area used for displaying an image shared with a plurality of devices as a shared image, and a second display area used for receiving a user input; and switch a display mode of the shared image based on a user operation of changing a display style of the second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Naohiko Kubo
  • Patent number: 11221732
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is generally to display at least one icon in an electronic device. A method for operating an electronic device comprises the steps of: displaying, on a screen, a plurality of icons for a plurality of applications; as a touch input for enlargement is detected through the screen, enlarging an icon of at least one application among the plurality of applications, and displaying same on the screen so as to include a shortcut function menu; and as a downward touch input on the shortcut function menu is detected, displaying a list of shortcut function menus, wherein the shortcut function menu is an interface element for directly executing a function of the at least one application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lukasz Szymon Bardeli, Grzegorz Pawel Grzesiak
  • Patent number: 11221733
    Abstract: An application control method includes detecting, by a terminal, a user operation that is based on an application icon, where an application represented by the application icon has at least one associated function, and starting, by the terminal in response to the user operation, an associated function corresponding to the user operation, where the associated function corresponding to the user operation belongs to the at least one associated function. The at least one associated function of the application includes at least one of an associated application of the application, a function provided by the application, a system function associated with the application, or a twin application of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changkuan Chen, Meng Wang, Guangyuan Gao
  • Patent number: 11221728
    Abstract: A device for providing an interface for managing contact scenarios for one or more respondents may provide a first interface for inputting contact information of one or more respondents to be contacted, provide a second interface for inputting a scenario of the contact, and provide a third interface for displaying on a screen a contact simulation according to the scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: MINDS LAB INC.
    Inventors: Tae Joon Yoo, Ha Young Lee, Han Gyul Yu, Hong Seop Choi