Patents Examined by Namitha Pillai
  • Collaborative management of activities occurring during the lifecycle of a meeting
    Patent number: 9824333
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for collaborative management of activities occurring during the lifecycle of a meeting. A collaboration program includes functionality for collaborative management of activities occurring during the entire lifecycle of a meeting. Using the collaboration program, meeting participants can collaborate on the creation of a meeting agenda prior to the occurrence of a meeting, can independently take and exchange meeting notes during a meeting, and can collaboratively generate a meeting summary following the meeting. The meeting agenda, meeting notes, and meeting summaries can be synchronized to a shared workspace accessible to each of the meeting participants through the collaboration program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Donna Sue Shaw, Gregory Scott Klabish, Gail Elaine Slapikoff
  • Apparatus and method for unlocking a locking mode of portable terminal
    Patent number: 9826077
    Abstract: A method of unlocking a locking mode of a portable terminal, which includes sensing a user's gesture input which is set in a locking mode of the portable terminal. The locking mode is unlocked in response to the user's gesture input, and a function mapped to the user's gesture can be executed when unlocking the locking mode. A portable terminal compares gestures among predefined sets of gesture information in order to check whether there is a gesture that coincides with the analyzed gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Mi Shim, Su Jung Youn
  • System and method for publishing online posts
    Patent number: 9811523
    Abstract: Systems and methods for editing and publishing online posts and browsing published online posts published are disclosed. An exemplary system comprises a server such as a website and a database for storing posts and user profiles. The exemplary server provides user interfaces associated with a specific user and displayable in a remote user device. The exemplary user interface for editing allows the user to create one or more content containers in a post and easily change the containers' contents, positions, and even types. The exemplary user interface preferably automatically rearranges the positions and/or sizes of the containers to achieve a best viewing result. The exemplary user interface for browsing posts displays one or more posts based on the display mode, including a tile mode and a detailed mode, and viewing the contents of the post selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Inventor: Leonard Morales, Jr.
  • Displaying a post unit within a stream interface
    Patent number: 9798441
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying a post unit within a stream interface are provided. A stream interface is provided for display and comprises at least one post unit. For the at least one post unit, post content and a first interface set are provided for display on a first side of the post unit. The first interface set includes one or more interface components for interacting with the post content, and an expand interface component for expanding the first interface set. An indication of a user selection of the expand interface component is received. In response to the received indication, and for the at least one post unit, the post content and a second interface set are provided for display on a second side of the post unit. The second interface set includes a greater number or a different class of interface components for interacting with the post content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Gyula Simonyi, Zoltan Stekkelpak
  • Systems and methods for remote replay of user interaction with a webpage
    Patent number: 9785722
    Abstract: A system and method for replaying a user's interaction with a webpage by requesting playback of user interaction data from a replay server, receiving a media asset from the replay server to allow playback the requested user interaction data, the media asset being pre-fetched for use by a proxy application, periodically requesting and receiving the user interaction data from the replay server, recreating an interaction visualization from the user interaction data, and playing back said interaction visualization based on data received from the replay server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: FORSEE RESULTS, INC.
    Inventors: Alexei R. White, Andre D. Charland, David C. Johnson, Mitchell Cohen
  • Webtop: multiple applet delivery within a fixed-sized viewing space
    Patent number: 9778940
    Abstract: A technique for executing applets is provided. Initially, a webtop applet is loaded into, for example, a browser window. The webtop applet displays the list of applets available to a user. The user selects one or more applets from the list received by the webtop applet. The webtop applet generates a separate JInternal frame for each selected applet, and each JInternal frame executes its associated applet within a separate window. The windows assume different configurations such as being resized, repositioned, cascaded, tiled, windowed, minimized, maximized, or overlapped with one or more other windows within a fixed-size view space of the browser window. Each window is manipulated by the user separately from the other windows which are contained within the fixed sized view space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy A. Best, Michael J. Dockter, Stephan Grell, Ronald W. Lynn
  • Method for displaying objects on a screen display and image display device using same
    Patent number: 9778835
    Abstract: Provided are a method of controlling a screen display and an image display device using the same. The method includes: displaying a first object and a second object on a screen; as the first object displayed in a first area is dragged toward the second object, displaying a second area including the second object as a drop position of the first object; and as the first object is dropped in the second area, moving the first object to the second area and displaying the moved first object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Dongjun Lee
  • Force feedback system including multi-tasking graphical host environment and interface device
    Patent number: 9778745
    Abstract: A force feedback system provides components for use in a force feedback system including a host computer and a force feedback interface device. An architecture for a host computer allows multi-tasking application programs to interface with the force feedback device without conflicts, where a single active application may output forces. A background application also provides force effects to be output and allows a user to assign force effects to graphical objects in a graphical user interface. Force feedback effects and structures are further described, such as events and enclosures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam C. Braun, Jonathan L. Beamer, Louis B. Rosenberg, Dean C. Chang
  • Social messaging user interface
    Patent number: 9766088
    Abstract: Hubs for social interaction via electronic devices are described. In one aspect, a data processing device includes a display screen displaying a social interaction hub, the social interaction hub including a collection of records. Each record includes a counterparty identifier identifying a counterparty of a past social interaction event, a mode indicium identifying a mode by which the past social interaction event with the counterparty occurred, and a collection of mode indicia each identifying a mode by which a future, outgoing social interaction event with the counterparty can occur. The counterparty identifier, the mode indicium, and the collection of mode indicia are associated with one another in the records of the social interaction hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Nesladek, Jeffrey W. Hamilton, Jeffrey A. Sharkey, Prasenjit Phukan
  • Mobile terminal capable of recognizing at least one application inter-workable with another executed application and controlling method thereof
    Patent number: 9769299
    Abstract: A mobile terminal having a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal, a touchscreen configured to display a screen of a specific one of a plurality of currently active applications, the displayed screen including selectable content and a controller is provided. When at least one selectable content is selected from the displayed screen, the controller is configured to control the touchscreen to display an information indicator indicating at least one application capable of executing the selected content among the plurality of currently active application. When the displayed information indicator is selected, the controller is configured to execute the selected content via an application corresponding to the selected information indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byungyoon Choi, Seonok Lee
  • Presentation remote control
    Patent number: 9762646
    Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods for accessing a presentation stored on a remote server with a first computing device that is connected to the remote server over a network. The first computing device communicates with the network over a wireless connection. The first computing device is used to cause a second computing device to display the presentation. The second computing device is connected to the remote server over a network. The display of the presentation is substantially controlled with communication between the first computing device and the second computing device. The communication occurs only through the remote server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: David S. Young
  • Widgetized avatar and a method and system of creating and using same
    Patent number: 9744466
    Abstract: An upsell engine that provides a purchaser of a first item the opportunity to purchase a second item that is related to said first item. The first item may be a virtual item and the second item may be a real world item related to or a representation of the virtual item. The upsell engine preferably tracks the preferences or personal information of the user in order to upsell real world representations of the virtual item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Robb Fujioka
  • Force feedback system including multi-tasking graphical host environment and interface device
    Patent number: 9740287
    Abstract: A force feedback system provides components for use in a force feedback system including a host computer and a force feedback interface device. An architecture for a host computer allows multi-tasking application programs to interface with the force feedback device without conflicts, where a single active application may output forces. A background application also provides force effects to be output and allows a user to assign force effects to graphical objects in a graphical user interface. Force feedback effects and structures are further described, such as events and enclosures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam C. Braun, Jonathan L. Beamer, Louis B. Rosenberg, Dean C. Chang
  • Sharing media content
    Patent number: 9684431
    Abstract: Among other things, a method includes receiving, from a user of a user interface of a media authoring application, first settings specifying a destination for media content authored in the media authoring application, the destination selected from a set of destinations supported by the media authoring application, and second settings specifying a set of media characteristics of media content authored in the media authoring application, and generating data representing a user interface element usable to provide media content authored in the media authoring application to the destination specified in the first settings at the set of media characteristics specified in the second settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Colleen M. Pendergast, Daniel I. Lipton, Giovanni Agnoli, Harita J. Patel
  • Graphics command management tool and methods for analyzing performance for command changed before application modification
    Patent number: 9678616
    Abstract: Methods, systems, graphical computer interfaces, and computer readable media are disclosed to enable optimizing video frame rendering characteristics for an application. The method includes rendering a video frame and capturing push buffer settings representing the rendering of the video frame. The method also includes modifying an aspect of the push buffer settings while bypassing the application, and re-rendering the frame with the modified aspect. The method further enables comparing the rendering with the re-rendering, and presenting comparison results. Graphical user interfaces are provided to enable the functionality, without having to modify code of the application to appreciate what potential changes to the application can present in terms of performance rendering and processing efficiencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC
    Inventors: Mark E. Cerny, Boris Batkin, Jonathan J. Olick
  • User interface for wireless device management
    Patent number: 9639255
    Abstract: A user interface for a communication device having a wireless interface for connection to associated devices includes a graphical display screen integrated into the communication device, a user input device indicating selection and movement of graphical objects displayed on the graphical display screen, and a processor programmed to cause the graphical display screen to display a first arc representing the communication device itself, a first circle surrounding a visual representation of an audio output device associated with the communication device, and a connector between the first arc and the first circle. The connector includes two curved lines each beginning at the first arc and ending at the first circle, the lines curved towards each other between the first arc and the first circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Naganagouda B. Patil, Sanjay Chaudhry, Rebecca DeVeer Crimmin, Joshua James Deane, Christopher Scott Mucaria, Mary-Ellen Prescott, Graeme Reed
  • Method and system for operating multiple web pages with anti-spoofing protection
    Patent number: 9607093
    Abstract: Method and system for operating tabbed browsing with anti-spoofing protection. Tabbed browsing operates to detect pop-up dialogs sent from malicious web pages operating in a background browser. Keystrokes and keyboard messages are prevented from being delivered to background browsers. Unauthorized movement of background browsers are detected. URLs are inspected before being saved or restored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Mark Yolleck, David Anton Walters
  • Active path menu navigation system
    Patent number: 9606699
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of navigating an information structure comprising: providing a graphical menu interface displaying the items of a given level of the information structure and enabling selection thereof; dynamically constructing an active path as a sequence of active links after an item of the information structure has been selected; said active links allowing the display of one or more items on a given level of the information structure; and said active links allowing a user to access an item in the information structure by selecting from the one or more items displayed by one of the active links on the active path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CADDO Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Armin Moehrle
  • Method and system for tracing end-to-end transaction which accounts for content update requests
    Patent number: 9571591
    Abstract: A system is provided for tracing end-to-end transactions. The system uses bytecode instrumentation and a dynamically injected agent to gather web server side tracing data, and a browser agent which is injected into browser content to instrument browser content and to capture tracing data about browser side activities. Requests sent during monitored browser activities are tagged with correlation data. On the web server side, this correlation information is transferred to tracing data that describes handling of the request. This tracing data is sent to an analysis server which creates tracing information which describes the server side execution of the transaction and which is tagged with the correlation data allowing the identification of the causing browser side activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Dynatrace LLC
    Inventors: Bernd Greifeneder, Helmut Spiegl, Markus Gaisbauer, Clemens Fuchs
  • Interface for sharing posts about a live online event among users of a social networking system
    Patent number: 9571442
    Abstract: An external system (e.g., a website) is associated with an event and includes an interface that allows users to interact with streams of content associated with a social networking system. The interface allows a user to provide posts about the event via the interface, where the posts are displayed in the interface and also in a social networking interface on social networking system in connection with the user and other users associated with that user. The user can view, via the interface on the external system, posts from all users that are provided via the interface (e.g., everyone watching the event), thereby increasing the likelihood that the posts are relevant to the event. The user can also view, via the interface, posts from users associated with the user via the social networking system (e.g., friends of the user), regardless of where those are posted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Scott Whitnah, Peter Deng, Arieh Steinberg, Lior Abraham