Patents Examined by Nathan Shrewsbury
  • Patent number: 9756242
    Abstract: A communication terminal displays thumbnails for predetermined-region images in a panoramic image and accepts a selection of a predetermined thumbnail so as to display the predetermined-region image corresponding to the accepted thumbnail. This brings about an effect that a user can easily find a desired panoramic image or a desired predetermined-region image in the panoramic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Harada, Hiroyuki Satoh, Noriyuki Terao, Yoshiaki Irino, Tomonori Tanaka, Nozomi Imae, Hirokazu Takenaka, Hideaki Yamamoto, Kensuke Masuda, Satoshi Sawaguchi, Satoshi Taneichi, Masanori Watanabe, Takeshi Ito
  • Patent number: 9734222
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention can include a system and method for managing a plurality of data feeds to be loaded into a database. The method includes obtaining a script which specifies a query. The method includes executing the query against a source to extract a result set and consulting the script to determine a format for the data feed. The method also includes converting the result set in accordance with the format to create the data feed and transporting the data feed to be loaded into the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventor: Kenneth T. Milne
  • Patent number: 9733795
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a method for providing an interactive menu data for contents search. At least one query word may be generated based on user inputs at user equipment. A server may generate an interactive menu data based on the received at least one query word. The server may provide the generated interactive menu data to the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Du-Seong Chang, Hyung-Keun Koo, Sang-Hee Kim, Joo-Won Sung, Min-Jeung Cho
  • Patent number: 9728008
    Abstract: Interaction-based ecosystems are presented. Interaction analysis engine analyze media content to derive a set of media features. The engine can then identify one or more interaction objects (e.g., transactions, searches, game play, etc.) based on the set of media features. Relevant interaction objects can then be instantiated as persistent available or active points of interaction readily accessed by a consumer. The consumer need only capture a digital representation of the content via a user device, a smart phone for example. A second set of media features can be derived from the digital representation and the second set of media features can then be used to find the instantiated interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Nant Holdings IP, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Soon-Shiong
  • Patent number: 9690786
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for dynamically creating hyperlinks associated with relevant multimedia content in a computer network. A hyperlink generation module receives an electronic text file from a server. The module searches the text file to identify keywords present in the file. Once the keywords have been identified, a database is queried to identify multimedia content that is related to the keywords. Generally, multimedia content is associated with metadata to enable efficient searching of the multimedia content. Typically, the multimedia content is contextually relevant to both the identified keywords and text file. One or more hyperlinks corresponding to the keywords are then generated and inserted into the text file. The hyperlinks provide pointers to the identified multimedia content. After insertion into the text file, the hyperlinks may be clicked by a user or viewer of the file to retrieve and display the identified multimedia content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: TIVO SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Matthew G. Berry
  • Patent number: 9684434
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for displaying a user interface using multiple electronic devices. The method comprises providing a first user interface framework on a first electronic device having a first display screen; the first user interface framework determining that a second display screen on a second electronic device is available via a connection between the first and second electronic devices; the first user interface framework using application logic from an application on the first mobile device to determine a first user interface portion to be displayed on the first display screen and a second user interface portion to be displayed on the second display screen; and the first user interface framework providing data associated with the second user interface portion to the second electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mathias Lewin, Dan Zacharias Gardenfors, Marcus Eriksson
  • Patent number: 9671937
    Abstract: An avionics system and method is provided that de-clutters an image on a cockpit display system on a host aircraft, thus increasing a pilot's situational awareness. The avionics display system comprises a processor and a display system. The processor is coupled to the display system, a user input device, and a plurality of sources of information layers. When the de-clutter process is enabled, a filter parameter is applied to a selected information layer, and a graphic display of the filtered information layer is provided. The adjustable filter parameter can be applied to any of the information layers displayed on the cockpit display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Sanjib Kumar Maji, Satyanarayan Kar, Jitender Kumar Agarwal, Sandeep Chakraborty
  • Patent number: 9672292
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling affinity-based page navigation. These techniques and apparatuses enable page navigation, such as page flipping, page searches, and other navigation based on affinities associated with various pages. These affinities can include a reference to a page, such as a link or quotation in a social networking service, an encyclopedia, a webpage, an article, a newspaper, or a blog. These affinities can also or instead include usage, such as how many users have read, highlighted, dog-eared, or bookmarked a page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Catherine N. Boulanger, John G. A. Weiss, Steven Nabil Bathiche, Paul Henry Dietz
  • Patent number: 9665956
    Abstract: A computer readable memory medium comprising program instructions for graphically displaying information generated by an instrument is provided. The information is being displayed within a laboratory management system. The program instructions are executable by a processor to generate an instrument information representation in response to receiving information generated by an instrument and display the instrument information representation on a display. The instrument information representation visually presents the information generated by the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: ABBOTT INFORMATICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Menahem Shikhman
  • Patent number: 9639515
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for transfer of customer information between a first user interface and a third user interface by way of a second user interface are provided. In some embodiments, customer information may be imported into an intermediate user interface from a text-based user interface based on a first mapping associating portions of the text-based user interface with portions of an intermediate user interface. In some embodiments, the intermediate user interface is associated with a spreadsheet. The imported customer information may be reviewed by a user and accepted. The accepted customer information is used to populate a graphical user interface according to a second mapping associating one or more fields of the graphical user interface with portions of the intermediate user interface. In some embodiments, the graphical user interface is a browser-based user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Krishna Inukonda, Herbert Fernandes, Sainath Salluri, Lorraine Maria Curran
  • Patent number: 9632690
    Abstract: A method for operating a user interface and an electronic device using the method are provided. The electronic device has a touch screen that displays the user interface, and the user interface includes at least one operable object. The method includes: detecting a first touch through a sensor located on a side of the touch screen to obtain a first touch signal corresponding to the first touch; if the first touch signal continuously exists, detecting a second touch through the touch screen to obtain a second touch signal corresponding to the second touch; determining a target region on the user interface according to the first touch signal and the second touch signal; moving the at least one operable object in the target region to a specific region on the user interface at a specific speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Hsuan-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 9634967
    Abstract: A method and system for embedded personalized communication have been disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises providing software code to be embedded in a webpage. The webpage is loaded including the software code. A configuration file is fetched from a configuration server in response to the software code. A first instant messaging user interface is rendered on the webpage. A request is sent to a web-based instant messaging server, the request initiating an instant messaging session with a second instant messaging user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Elaine Wherry, Sandy Jen, Seth Sternberg, Jian Shen
  • Patent number: 9632661
    Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed that relate to serially displaying text on an electronic display. In some embodiments, a user device displays a notification marker/icon representing a notification event associated with an application by displaying the notification marker/icon with an icon representing the application. The notification marker/icon further represents a presence of content that is displayable using RSVP. The communications device receives a user interface action to select the notification event, and in response to the user interface action, displays textual content associated with the notification event in a designated display area using RSVP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Spritz Holding LLC
    Inventors: Francis Abbott Waldman, Maik Steffen Maurer, Oleg Skrypnyuk
  • Patent number: 9626071
    Abstract: A method for moving or copying displayed items in response to at least one touch event on a touch screen is provided. The method comprises: detecting a user selection of one or more items; displaying an object corresponding to the one or more selected items at a predetermined location; moving the object to a point selected by the user; and moving the selected one or more items in association with the object. The object can be a convergence of a first object depicting a number representing a numerical count of the selected items, and a object visually representing the items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Myoung Lee
  • Patent number: 9621369
    Abstract: A user interface (UI)-providing system and method for device control are provided. The User Interface (UI) providing method, the method includes: identifying at least one controlled devices relating to an activity mode selected by a user; collecting control information relating to functions provided by the identified at least one controlled devices; and generating a UI used to control the at least one controlled devices relating to the activity mode based on the collected control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-rae Cho, Ji-hyeon Kweon, Seok-min Oh
  • Patent number: 9612725
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for recording a nonconformance in an aircraft. A model is identified for the aircraft. Sections of the aircraft are displayed in a graphical user interface on a display device. The sections correspond to sections as manufactured for assembly of the aircraft. The sections are selectable. Graphical representations of parts are displayed in a volume in the model in the graphical user interface on a display device from a selection of a section in the sections. The volume corresponds to a location of the nonconformance in the aircraft. The nonconformance for a part is identified from a selection of a graphical representation of the part from the graphical representations of the parts. The nonconformance that was identified is recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Christopher J. Senesac
  • Patent number: 9606700
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are user interfaces and related systems and methods for selecting hierarchically arranged items in order to facilitate subsequent operations on an accumulation of such data selected from throughout a hierarchy. More specifically, a columnized user interface is disclosed that includes a final column containing an accumulation of items selected from various locations within the hierarchy. A user may interactively navigate throughout the hierarchy in one or more other columns, while selectively adding specific items from any such hierarchical locations in the final column for subsequent processing. Other tools may support grouping into favorites, recall of previous selections, or other operations to facilitate rapid creation and recreation of item groups for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Information Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt N. Schafer, Charles H. Field, Adam L. Fisher
  • Patent number: 9606629
    Abstract: Various systems and methods described herein relate to server-based computing, where the systems and methods provide a client with access to an application executing remotely from the client device and having access to data (e.g., one or more files) residing on a cloud-based storage (e.g., provided by a third-party cloud-based storage service, such as Dropbox or Box). For some systems and methods, the application may be remotely executed and provided to the client such that the application has in-application/embedded access (hereafter, referred to as “native access”) to the cloud-based storage and files residing on the cloud-based storage. Additionally, some systems and methods may enable a remotely executed application to receive a gesture user input, even when the remotely executed application is not natively configured to receive such user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CLOUDON LTD.
    Inventors: Shuki Binyamin, Jay Zaveri, Assaf Kamil, Tzahi Glik, Doron Yaacoby, Meir Morgenstern
  • Patent number: 9606643
    Abstract: A subset of functionality associated with an application or portion of an application can be executed above a lock screen. A lock screen enables a device to transition from a locked state to an unlocked state. While in a locked state, at least a subset of application functionality can be deployed. Additional functionality associated with the application can be accessed by transitioning to an unlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Blaise Hilary Aguera-Arcas, George Eric Engstrom, John Steven Strauch, Bernard Kerr, Scott Fynn
  • Patent number: 9578390
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, a social TV dongle receives a first video stream from a content source using a first interface and receives social content from a social-networking system using a second interface. The social TV dongle generates a modified video stream using at least the first video stream and the social content and sends the modified video stream to a display device using a third interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: David Harry Garcia, Mark Heynen, Brian Krausz, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, Erick Tseng, Yoon Kean Wong