Patents Examined by Omar Abdul-Ali
  • Patent number: 9720580
    Abstract: A smart device is provided with a main remote control application that may be configured using information obtained from a QR code. The main remote control application may present images of original remote controls corresponding to devices which are controllable by the configured main remote control application. In connection with a presented image of an original remote control, the display may present icons that are representative of a subset of the buttons of the original remote control. The user interface also allows a user to select amongst the images of the original remote controls to change which appliances are to be controlled via the user interface. A pop-up remote control widget may also be provided which may be invoked without switching to the main remote control application provisioned on the smart device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Hilbrink, Rex Xu, Cesar Alvarado, Paul D. Arling, Patrick H. Hayes
  • Patent number: 9710133
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system or method for displaying rich presentation taskbar buttons for a corresponding application. In one example, the rich presentation taskbar button may receive content from an application through a programming interface. The present invention further relates to a system and method for displaying a rich presentation taskbar button and for displaying and/or dismissing a thumbnail of an application window associated with the rich presentation taskbar button. The present invention may further include a system and method of pinning the thumbnail on a display or dismissing a thumbnail. The present invention also relates to a system and method for displaying multiple taskbar buttons in a taskbar including controlling the size of individual taskbar buttons, consolidating taskbar buttons and placing taskbar buttons into an overflow based on the type of taskbar button in the taskbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David A. Matthews, Mark R. Ligameri, Charles Cummins, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, R. Syam Kumar, Charles W. Stabb, Yeming Shi
  • Patent number: 9706009
    Abstract: Generating a set of single collapsed user interface interaction sequence controls for an application is provided. A single collapsed user interface interaction control is generated for one or more identified user interface interaction sequences that are collapsible within the application. A customized version of the application is generated for a plurality of users associated with a plurality of registered client devices by inserting each generated single collapsed user interface interaction sequence control into the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marco Pistoia, Gegi Thomas, Omer Tripp
  • Patent number: 9667696
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present invention enable low latency viewing of medical images over a network and therefore can fulfill the functionality that is required for an international DICOM viewing platform. The system includes a server and a client that communicates with each other in the background and reduces image viewing latency in multiple aspects. When a user contacts the server using a web browser, the server sends the client to the user's computer over the network. The client runs from the browser and will send signals to the server to allow the server to load data into memory from storage one or more steps before the user requests the data, reducing latency on the server. The client will download and cache image data one or more steps before the user begins to view the images, and as a result latency from network transmission is also reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: MORE HEALTH, INC.
    Inventors: Bo Hu, Chaoyi Du, Hope Lewis, Xuannan Wang, Robert Warren, Robert Chang, Jeremy Gao
  • Patent number: 9658762
    Abstract: A method for controlling display of an object displayed on a touch screen in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes displaying the object on the touch screen, generating an extension bar in response to a touch that is detected on the touch screen for a period of time, generating a zoom window in response to resizing of the extension bar, and zooming in and displaying content of the object in response to movement of the generated zoom window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jung-Hoon Park, Yong Gu Ji, So-Young Kim, Sung-Joo Ahn, Hwan Hwangbo, Hyo Chang Kim, Hyung Jun Oh, Hyun-Guk Yoo, Gyeong-Ho Chu
  • Patent number: 9658760
    Abstract: There are provided methods for searching at least one desired digital file on a user interface. The user interface may include a first section showing a first sorted listing of digital files and a second section showing a second sorted listing of groupings by which the digital files in the first sorted listing are grouped. The user interface may be on either a touch-screen display or a non touch-screen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Creative Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Hock Guan Tee, Aik Tat Tan
  • Patent number: 9652139
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to graphical representation of an output. A server provides for presentation, at a display device, of a first graphical representation of an output for a class. The server receives a selection of a time range for the class. The server determines, based on the output for the class during the selected time range, a baseline output. The server provides for presentation, in response to the selection of the time range, of a second graphical representation of the output, during the time range, for a family from the class, the second graphical representation indicating a difference between the output for the family and an output value for the family predicted based on the baseline output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Ankit Shankar, Casey Patton, Geoff Stowe, John McRaven, Mikhail Proniushkin, Sarah Gershkon
  • Patent number: 9652605
    Abstract: A device, method and computer program product are provided for unlocking a touchscreen. In response to entering a touchscreen unlocking interface, a slide-to-unlock button is displayed on a touchscreen at its initial position, wherein the slide-to-unlock button is divided into two portions. In response to pressing a first portion of the slide-to-unlock button and sliding the slide-to-unlock button along a specified trace, information about a position of the slide-to-unlock button on the specified trace is displayed on a second portion of the slide-to-unlock button. In response to performing a first action on the pressed first portion of the slide-to-unlock button, information about a position of the slide-to-unlock button on the specified trace when the first action is performed on the first portion of the slide-to-unlock button is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark S. Fleming, ZhenDe Fu, Tao Jiang, Jian Zhong Li, Zhi Qiang Wei
  • Patent number: 9645730
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for providing a user interface of a portable terminal. The method includes displaying a lock screen; detecting a request to display an auxiliary including a plurality of modes on the lock screen; and displaying the auxiliary window in a specific mode among the plurality of modes on a side of the lock screen in response to the detecting indicating that the request for the display of the auxiliary window is detected, wherein the specific mode is changed in response to a mode changing event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Yoon, Youngjoo Park, Sungjae Park
  • Patent number: 9633047
    Abstract: A story flow system and method are provided that allows a user to upload and organize a set of content into an album.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: PICABOO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin McCurdy, Greg Tatem, Howard Field
  • Patent number: 9626102
    Abstract: A method for controlling a screen of an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of subscreens by dividing a screen, the plurality of subscreens comprising an overlapping region of a certain area with a neighboring subscreen, selecting one of the plurality of subscreens, displaying the selected one of the plurality of subscreen in a mirroring region, and displaying, when receiving a user drag from the selected one of the plurality of subscreens displayed in the mirroring region to a neighboring screen comprising the overlapping region with the selected one of the plurality of subscreens, the neighboring screen comprising the overlapping region with the selected one of the plurality of subscreens, in the mirroring region according to the drag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se-Hoon Kim, Ye-Ni Lee, Jong-Pil Yi, Ji-Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 9628598
    Abstract: A method is provided for sharing user information in an electronic device. User information is determined. A sharable item is displayed for the determined user information. A setting is provided for the sharable item indicating whether to restrict sharing for the sharable item. It is determined whether to share the user information based on the setting for the sharable item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Ji-Young Ho
  • Patent number: 9621497
    Abstract: Systems and methods consistent with various disclosed embodiments provide for managing email attachments. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed for managing email attachments. The system may include a memory storing software instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to perform one or more operations. The operations may include providing an interface for converting an original attachment to an email. The operations may also include converting the original attachment to a modified attachment based on input received through the interface. The operations may further include substituting the original attachment to the email with the modified attachment, and providing information to send the email with the modified attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: LITERA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Deepak Massand
  • Patent number: 9620085
    Abstract: Various embodiments present a combined visual entity that represents overlapping visual entities. The combined visual entity can include a primary visualization that represents one of the overlapping visual entities and annotations that represent others of the overlapping visual entities. For example, a map view can include multiple geographical entities that overlap. A primary visualization can be rendered that represents one of the multiple geographical entities. The primary visualization can be visually annotated (e.g., with symbols, letters, or other visual indicators) to indicate others of the multiple geographical entities. In some embodiments, a zoom operation can cause visual entities to be added and/or removed from the combined visual entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff J. Lin, Anne H. Loomis, Romualdo T. Impas, Alan Paulin
  • Patent number: 9615065
    Abstract: A user-centric management application system and method for a security system that conceptualizes the security devices and the tasks to perform on the security devices as separate objects with common properties and behavior. Operators of the system create abstract containers, called dockviews, which the operator adds objects to in order to perform specific tasks. Because the operator assigns user access to dockviews and objects, the system tailors system access for both application users and tenants of the security system based on policy objectives. Dockviews have the ability to open in separate application windows to support priority display and isolation of critical management tasks. The system provides integrated user administration, event management and reports capability, a consistent “look and feel,” and system-wide automated event notification via a watchlist window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Tyco Safety Products Canada Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephan Frenette, Francois Cossette
  • Patent number: 9602560
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable and executable instructions for concurrent display of a masked view of an application between devices are described herein. One method for concurrent display of a masked view of an application between devices includes establishing a collaborative session with a first computing device and a second computing device, replicating a masked view of a first application on the first computing device, and concurrently displaying a view of the first application on a first user interface of the first computing device and the masked view of the first application on a second user interface of the second computing device in the collaborative session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Mark W. Moody, Guy Langley, Shawntá Swindell, Elizabeth Halle, Gina R. Smith
  • Patent number: 9600075
    Abstract: A method of generating a haptic effect on a device includes detecting a position of an object relative to the device. The method further includes, based at least on the position, determining a gesture indicated by the object, and generating the haptic effect on the device based on the determined gesture, where the haptic effect is generated without the object contacting the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Immersion Corporation
    Inventors: Danny A. Grant, Pedro Gregorio, Robert Andre Lacroix
  • Patent number: 9602861
    Abstract: A control method and display apparatus for providing various types of content is provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit which displays an image of contents; a storage unit which stores information regarding the contents; a UI generation unit which generates UIs regarding the contents; and a controller which shuts down a first content being executed, storing information regarding the shut down first content and controls generation and display of a UI regarding the first content on the display unit, when running a second content different from the first content, while the first content is running. The control method includes running contents and displaying the contents; running a second content that is different from a first content being run, according to a user input; shutting off the first content before running the second content; storing the first content; and generating and displaying a UI regarding the first content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-jeong Bae, Yong-hwan Kwon
  • Patent number: 9600164
    Abstract: A media application of some embodiments includes a timeline, which is a composite display area for displaying media clips that are part of the composite media presentation. The timeline of some embodiments includes a primary lane called a spine as well as one or more anchor lanes. The spine represents a primary sequence of media, which, in some embodiments, does not have any gaps. When a clip is deleted or removed from the timeline, the media-editing applications automatically closes the gap created in place of the clip. The clips in the anchor lanes are anchored to a particular position along the spine. Anchor lanes may be used for compositing (e.g., removing portions of one video and showing a different video in those portions), B-roll cuts (i.e., cutting away from the primary video to a different video whose clip is in the anchor lane), audio clips, or other composite presentation techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Ken Matsuda, Dave Cerf, Itrat U. Khan, Matthew D. Diephouse, Brian Meaney, Vincenzo De Marco, Jordan P. McCommons, Louis LaSalle
  • Patent number: 9588656
    Abstract: A method for automatic connection of model components of a model of a technical system on a computer with a display, wherein the model has a first model component and a second model component. The first model component and the second model component each have at least one hierarchy element, wherein a hierarchy element contains no hierarchy element, or one hierarchy element, or multiple hierarchy elements. A hierarchy element has no port, or one port, or multiple ports, wherein a hierarchy element and a port have an identifier. A connection between two ports represents an assignment in the technical system. A first set of hierarchy elements and/or ports and a second set of hierarchy elements and/or ports is selected through a graphical user action, wherein a possible assignment is tested for a first port of the first set and a second port of the second set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventor: Ortwin Ludger Franzen