Patents Examined by Patrick F Riegler
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Patent number: 10027726Abstract: In one embodiment, a device is provided, comprising: a screen; an input mechanism; at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions; and one or more processors in communication with the screen, the input mechanism, and the at least one non-transitory memory, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to cause the device to provide at least one option for sharing images, where the sharing is performed utilizing face recognition information that is based on third party input of a third party that is provided by the third party into at least one other device in association with at least one face, the face recognition information being utilized in connection with the at least one option for sharing images based on a relation between a user of the device and the third party associated with the third party input, such that the face recognition information is only utilized in connection with the at least one option for sharing images if the relation exists between the user of the device and tType: GrantFiled: November 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Ozog Media, LLCInventor: Jesse Ozog
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Patent number: 10019136Abstract: In one embodiment, a device (and associated method) is provided, comprising: a screen; an input mechanism; at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions; and one or more processors in communication with the screen, the input mechanism, and the at least one non-transitory memory, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to cause the device to display, utilizing the screen of the device, a plurality of indicia each including at least a portion of an image including a face; receive, utilizing the input mechanism of the device, a user input indicating a selection of at least one of the plurality of indicia including at least a portion of a first image including a first face; and after receiving the user input indicating the selection of the at least one of the plurality of indicia, display, utilizing the screen of the device, a set of images each including the first face that has been recognized in at least one of a plurality of images accessible via the device.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Ozog Media, LLCInventor: Jesse Ozog
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Patent number: 10001899Abstract: Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) support the collaborative generation of life stories by helping the user view the development of the life stories of other users and facilitating interaction with them through these GUIs. A GUI according to a first type helps the user keep track of recent life stories and comments posted by other users of the collaborative system, and a GUI according to a second type helps the user view life stories of any user in a chronological manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Andrew Halliday, Christopher Lunt
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Patent number: 9996216Abstract: A platform is provided to capture data displayed on a screen of a graphical user interface. The platform can find relevant foreground windows and determine whether the windows belong to a monitored process. The platform can also identify the context of the screen and record any changes. Related system, method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: medCPU, Ltd.Inventors: Noam Velan, Eyal Ephrat
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Patent number: 9996368Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for creating, editing, and generating operating manuals utilizing scripts. Operations performed by an author during manual creation are saved as scripts. The operations are replayed when regenerating or modifying the manual. When replaying the script of the operating manual, the script may be stopped at convenient points to add additional operations and/or modifications. These additional operations and/or modifications are also recorded as scripts to enable generation of the edited/modified manual.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Karim Hamzaoui, Ryo Kamimura, Kentaro Takiguchi
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Patent number: 9981193Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to analysis of movement that is electronically captured and recognition of which movement was performed for purposes of evaluation. This type of motion capture, analysis and evaluation can have applicability across a number of fields, such as healthcare, entertainment, communication, and manufacturing. The recognition can occur once movement information collected from sensors is inputted into the system. The system can then analyze the movement information to determine what the movement is. In some games, such as sports games, movement recognition can provide feedback to a user about what they are doing. In other games, such as dance games, movement recognition can allow for users to dance a move from a set of moves providing for a more entertaining game.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2011Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: HARMONIX MUSIC SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Isaac Adams, Matthew C. Boch, Marc A. Flury
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Patent number: 9974467Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices and processes for monitoring attributes of a user's physical activity (e.g., workout) or inactivity, and to user interfaces (e.g., an activity indicator) for displaying the same. In some examples, a device determines whether physical activity corresponds to a first type based on a first set of criteria, and whether physical activity corresponds to a second type based on a second set of criteria. In some examples, the device controls an inactivity timer that measures user's inactivity. In some examples, the device displays a first visual representation of an attribute or amount of a first type of physical activity, and a second visual representation of an attribute or amount of a second type. In some examples, the device displays a third visual representation of an attribute or amount of a third type of activity. In some examples, the third visual representation corresponds to user's inactivity.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jay Blahnik, Gary Ian Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, David Chance Graham, Daniel S. Keen, Justin Shane Rushing, T. Allan Shortlidge, Anton M. Davydov, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Zachery Kennedy, Zachury Minjack, Dennis S. Park, Brian Schmitt
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Patent number: 9953450Abstract: There is described a method for creating an animation, comprising: inserting at least one icon within a text related to the animation, the at least one icon being associated with an action to be performed by one of an entity and a part of an entity, at a point in time corresponding to a position of the at least one icon in the text, and a given feature of an appearance of the at least one icon being associated with one of the entity and the part of the entity; and executing the text and the at least one icon in order to generate the animation.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: NAWMAL, LTDInventors: Hervé Lange, Frédéric Brunel, Benoit Peltier
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Patent number: 9933914Abstract: An approach is provided for associating applications, such as widgets, with content and actions. The approach specifies a hierarchy of content and/or actions to be presented and/or executed by a first widget based on state information of a second widget. This hierarchy is stored in an association framework for retrieval by active widgets.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Mikko Antero Nurmi, Oleg Kozitsyn
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Patent number: 9921728Abstract: A screen providing device and a method of providing a user interface (UI) are provided. The method includes operations of selecting a service to be provided via a service providing device; selecting a UI configuring element stored in a database, based on the selected service; and displaying on a screen a UI comprising the UI configuring element.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jung-hyun Shim, Ji-hyeon Kweon, Kang-min Lee, Yeon-hee Lee, Sun-mi Jin
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Patent number: 9910584Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an information processing method for enhancing a display effect of an electronic device. The method includes: displaying a first part of the display interface in a display area, the first part of the display interface including a first part of the background image and P icons and Q folders located on the first part of the background image; obtaining a first manipulation operation on a first folder of the Q folders, a first sub-area of the display interface containing the first folder occupying a first display area of the display area on the display unit; executing a zoom-in instruction according to a predetermined scale in response to the first manipulation operation; displaying the first sub-area in a second display area of the display area when the zoom-in instruction executed is ended.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITEDInventor: Chen Ma
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Patent number: 9886164Abstract: A device, system, and method may include a network interface device communicatively coupled to a user interface. The device, system, and method may further include a processor, coupled to the network interface device, configured to cause the user interface to display a content display area, the content display area configured to display a of pages. At least one of the pages is displayed based on a user selection and at least one of the pages being displayed without respect to a user selection. The of pages form a stack with respect to one another, a newly selected one of the of pages being displayed on a top of the stack and an oldest-selected one of the of pages being displayed on a bottom of the stack, ones of the of pages not on the top of the stack being displayed only in part.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: David Michael Breger, Jesse Venticinque, Nash Raghavan, Efrat Orkin
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Patent number: 8032840Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided for generating an image, such as a thumbnail, representation of a video sequence, where the video sequences includes a plurality of frames, at least some of which include an image of a scene that may include one or more objects. The method can include identifying a plurality of objects from the video sequence, and selecting at least some of the identified objects. In addition, the method can include extracting the selected objects from the frames of the video sequence including the respective objects, and combining the selected and extracted objects into an image representation of the video sequence.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2006Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Antonio Haro, Vidya Setlur, Tolga Capin, George Chen
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Patent number: 8001475Abstract: A method is disclosed for creating a network topograph that includes all select objects that are in a network. A set of one or more non-select objects in the network is determined. A network topograph is created. Each select object in the network is included in the network topograph. Elements of the set are collectively represented as a single non-select object.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2006Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Shigang Chen, Branimir Liker, Partha Bhattacharya, Imin Lee
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Patent number: 7984383Abstract: A computer readable medium includes executable instructions to select a panel layout with panels specified in combination. Interactive graphic files representative of input and output values for panels within the panel layout are selected. The interactive graphic files are associated with panels in the panel layout. A composite interactive graphic file representative of input and output values for the interactive graphic files representative of input and output values that have been associated with the panel layout is generated.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2006Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Business Objects Software, Ltd.Inventors: Justin Mark Schell, Santiago Becerra, Sr., William Justin Cox, Brian Eric Mantuano, Jaime Zuluaga
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Patent number: 7945862Abstract: Particular embodiments of the present invention are related to a social network site with enhanced user interaction functionality. In particular implementations, a method includes accessing a list of contacts that are connected to an owner of a personal page of a social network; identifying one or more contact pairs from the list, wherein the contacts in each contact pair are not connected to each other; computing an affinity score for each identified contact pair; randomly selecting one or more of the contact pairs based on corresponding affinity scores; providing a friend connector user interface module to the owner of the personal page, wherein the friend connector user interface prompts the owner to invite the contacts of the selected contact pair to establish a connection association relative to the social network; and conditionally transmitting an invitation to the contacts of the contact pair based on one or more actions of the owner relative to the friend connector interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2007Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: William Clement Aldrich, Ryo Chijiiwa, Vu Hao Thi Truong, Michael Speiser
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Patent number: 7925994Abstract: A task navigator or system generates a navigation interface display. In illustrated embodiments, the navigation interface display includes multiple task segments and a find segment. Tasks are segmented in the navigation interface based upon whether they are primary or secondary tasks.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2005Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jesper Kenneth Birk Olsen, Lisa M. Lane
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Patent number: 7861175Abstract: A method and apparatus for using a contact-list entry of an IM contact-list interface to designate an IM game in progress to facilitate switching between an IM conversation and an IM game.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Christopher R. Wormald, Gerhard Dietrich Klassen, Ronald Scotte Zinn, Samer Fahmy
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Patent number: 7831923Abstract: Mechanisms for providing visual keyboard guides according to a programmable set of keys are provided. With the mechanisms of the illustrative embodiments, a user may select for which keys of a keyboard the user wishes to receive visual guides on a display of a data processing device associated with the keyboard. Thereafter, when the user's fingers are in proximity to keys of the keyboard, a comparison of the keys in proximity to the user's instrument to the keys for which visual guides are to be provided is made. If the keys in proximity to the user's instrument match keys for which visual guides are to be provided, a visual guide is displayed on the display of the data processing device. A graphical user interface may be provided to the user for setting which keys are to have associated visual guides.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2006Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Susann M. Keohane, Gerald F. McBrearty, Shawn P. Mullen, Jessica C. Murillo, Johnny M. Shieh
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Patent number: 7814430Abstract: A method and system for applying user-specified finishing options to a printed output document. A finishing window is displayed showing a document mimic in the finishing window, and displaying finishing tool selection regions in the finishing window which enable the user to activate selective finishing tools. Finishing location identifiers are displayed on portions of the document mimic, each displayed location identifier being associated with the currently activated finishing tool, and each displayed location identifier identifying a region of the printed output document by its location on the document mimic. WYSIWYG representations of user-selected finishing tool operations are performed in the portion of the document mimic identified by the selected finishing location identifier. The WYSIWYG operations include, but are not limited to, stapling, hole-punching, V-folding, C-folding, Z-folding, and binding. Also included are WYSIWYG operations for undoing each of the aforementioned operations.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Brandon S. McComber