Patents Examined by Peiyong Weng
  • Patent number: 9857943
    Abstract: A method for managing a task on a terminal device and the terminal device are provided. The method for managing a task on a terminal device may include: monitoring whether a first application on the terminal device is running, and monitoring a user's action of operating a desktop of the terminal device; and displaying, on the desktop of the terminal device, a running-state icon corresponding to the first application if it is detected that the first application is running, and disabling the first application if it is detected that the first application is running and the detected user action meets a preset disabling condition corresponding to the first application; or displaying, on the desktop of the terminal device, a disabled-state icon corresponding to the first application if it is detected that the first application is in a disabled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Songlin Li, Liu Yang
  • Patent number: 9857958
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to user interfaces and systems that may enable dynamic and interactive access of, investigation of, and analysis of data objects stored in one or more databases. The data objects may be accessed from the one or more databases, and presented in multiple related portions of a display. In particular, the system provides a time-based visualization of data objects (and/or properties associated with the data objects) to a user such that the user may, for example, determine connections between various data objects, observe flows of information among data objects, and/or investigate related data objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Jason Ma, Aaron Davidson
  • Patent number: 9830167
    Abstract: Techniques for enhancing a mufti-tasking user interface of an operating system are disclosed. An update data item pertaining to an application placed in the background on the device is received. An update image is generated to include information pertaining to the update data item. The update image is incorporated into a multitasking user interface of the operating system such that the update image is presented to a user and the user may view the information pertaining to the update data item before choosing whether to bring the application to the foreground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Kamilah Joanna Marie Taylor, Dimitry Dany Fridman, Joseph Farquharson, Ehud Milo
  • Patent number: 9823817
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for associating scenes depicted in media content with a map of where the media content was produced are provided. In some embodiments, a method for presenting map information with video information is provided, the method comprising: receiving a request for a video from a user device; determining if there is location information associated with portions of the video; in response to determining that there is location information associated with the video, causing first map information corresponding to the location information to be presented in a first format during presentation of the video; receiving an indication that the first map information has been selected; in response to receiving the indication, causing second map information corresponding to the portion of the video that was being presented to be presented by the user device, wherein the second map information is presented in a second format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Cinthia Rodrigues Abou Assali, Nayeli Rodriguez, Jonathan Becquemin, Leon Bayliss, Gregory Blay-Desforges
  • Patent number: 9817553
    Abstract: A system can comprise a memory for storing machine readable instructions and a processing unit for accessing the memory and executing the machine readable instructions. The machine readable instructions can comprise an automation client to facilitate managing media operations. The automation client can comprise a graphical user interface (GUI) generator to provide a GUI. The GUI can concurrently provide a plurality of modes of operation for a plurality of playlists in a graphical framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: HBC SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Salyards, Charles P. Lotz, Csaba Felvegi
  • Patent number: 9811245
    Abstract: Embodiments are also provided for displaying an image capturing mode and a content viewing mode. In some embodiments, one or more live images may be received from an image capturing component on a mobile device. A user interface may display the live images on a touch-sensing display interface of the mobile device. A first gesture may also be detected with the touch-sensing display interface. In response to detecting the first gesture, at least a portion of a collection of content items may be displayed within a first region of the user interface, and/or the one or more live images may be displayed within a second region of the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Poletto, Yi Wei, Joshua Puckett
  • Patent number: 9811253
    Abstract: A system and approach for dragging an entire device from a navigation tree to a chart which may result in a plotting of all its data sources at once on a chart as provided by a processor. Another source may be added before completion of a loading of a previous source. If there appear too many sources to visualize at once, then one or more sources may be removed from the chart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: John Joseph Frankovich, III, Gareth Johnson
  • Patent number: 9791996
    Abstract: A method for displaying a background screen in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes resizing at least one of a plurality of background screens according to a first input, displaying at least one of the at least one resized background screen, detecting a second input, and transitioning among the resized background screens based on the detected second input, wherein the background screens respectively include an icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 9781228
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for providing contextual media tagging for selective media exposure is provided. A media file is maintained in a database. Contextual information is generated for a user. The media file is associated with the user contextual information, and the media file is shared to individuals in a social network of the user based on the user contextual information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Michael Roberts
  • Patent number: 9772761
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for facilitating a user to configure and retrieve personalized settings for an information panel in a driving apparatus. The information panel system may be configured to store a plurality information panel configurations. Different information panel configurations may correspond to different users of the driving apparatus. Users may be identified when inside the driving apparatus by capturing their biometric information. Following identification, an information panel configuration corresponding to the identified user may be retrieved and configured on a display device. The displayed information panel configuration may include an arrangement of display items. The display items may have been previously selected by the identified user, and the selection may have included choosing an information panel template with one or more partitioned areas and selecting one or more display items to place in different partitioned areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: THUNDER POWER NEW ENERGY VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jia-Wei Ding
  • Patent number: 9760268
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a storage unit that stores information of previously registered electrical devices and an application for monitoring and controlling the previously registered electrical devices, a communication unit that communicates with the previously registered electrical device, a user interface unit that includes an overview part and a widget part, outputs an operation status of the previously registered electrical device, and receives an operation command of at least one of the previously registered electrical devices, a control unit that controls the user interface unit so that the operation status of the previously registered electrical device is output when the application is executed, and controls an operation of the at least one electrical device based on the operation command input to the user interface unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Jeon, Young Sun Shin, Eun Kyung Hong, Sun Young Seo, So Young Yun, Jiyoon Yoon
  • Patent number: 9753618
    Abstract: In some implementations, program data for a program is used to provide interactive content to an application that runs on mobile computing devices. The program includes a sequence of multiple segments each corresponding to different time periods, multiple selectable tracks and multiple levels within each track. The program data indicates rules for the program that are used to vary the interactive content provided to different users. The program data is used to identify a rule that correspond to a current segment, a current track, and a current level in the program for a particular user. A trigger and one or more conditions specified by the identified rule is be determined to be satisfied, and in response, content specified by the identified rule is provided for display on the mobile computing device associated with the particular user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Vignet Incorporated
    Inventors: Praduman Jain, Dave Klein, Yue Cao, Neeta Jain
  • Patent number: 9746998
    Abstract: Systems and methods for collaborative data based device maintenance are provided. In example embodiments, an indication of a malfunction of a user product of a user is received. In response to receiving the indication of the malfunction, a component of the user product corresponding to the malfunction is identified. User data of another user that includes data associated with the user product is accessed. An item listing associated with the component is identified based, in part, on the user data of another user. User data of the user is accessed . An order parameter for an order corresponding to the item listing is determined based on the user data of the user and the another user. A recommendation to place the order corresponding to the item listing using the determined order parameter is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Emil Dides
  • Patent number: 9747256
    Abstract: Presenting text and figures on a display screen by formatting, by a computer, text in a document into a single display line, scrolling the single display line on a first portion of the display screen, wherein the display screen remains active, and displaying, on a second portion of the display screen, figures in the document referenced by the scrolled text in the single display line on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rajesh Kalyanaraman, Senthil K. Venkatesan
  • Patent number: 9740366
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for setting icons of a mobile terminal. The method includes: selecting icons to be overlapped and displaying the icons according to a preset ordering rule; setting tags for the icons to be overlapped which have been reordered; and generating a new icon and displaying or hiding the tags around the new icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yulong Sun, Wei Wang, Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 9723417
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for inputting audiogram using a touch input are provided. An audiogram input apparatus includes: an input receiver configured to receive a touch input from a user; a data processor configured to generate an audiogram corresponding to the touch input; and a display unit configured to display the generated audiogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Min Choi, Yun Seo Ku, Jun Il Sohn, Dong Wook Kim, Jun Whon Uhm, Sang Wook Kim, Jong Jin Kim, Jong Hee Han
  • Patent number: 9703461
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating media content. The method comprises recording a video; while the video is being recorded, automatically analyzing the content of the video; and creating media content by editing the video, assisted by the results of the content-analysis. A user may not need to select in advance (that is, before the video is recorded) the type or format of media content to be created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Benoit Brieussel
  • Patent number: 9665248
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing adaptive background playback behavior is provided herein. Embodiments of the method include steps of playing a media item in a media viewer executing on a processor of a computing device. The media item includes both an audio component and a video component. The method further includes steps of detecting an event that causes the playing of the video component of the media item to be suspended and of identifying data pertaining to user behavior associated with the event. Additionally, the method includes determining whether to continue playing the audio component of the media item in view of the identified data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Yuhki Yamashita, Matt Ward, Bryce Gibson Reid
  • Patent number: 9665263
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing snap navigation in a scrollable list are presented. Certain items of the content items in the scrollable list may represent natural or desirable breakpoints for scrolling through the list. As a list view scrolls through the scrollable list in response to user input, the list view may suspend scrolling when it reaches a breakpoint content item. In some embodiments, a computing device may determine that a given content item represents a breakpoint in the scrollable list based on a breakpoint rule. The breakpoint rule may be based on any suitable criteria for identifying the content item as a breakpoint for scrolling the list. For example, the breakpoint rule may be based on the content of the content item or a category of the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Priscila K Penha, Kelly May Nash, Daisuke Sakurai, Shih-Hao Yeh
  • Patent number: 9658995
    Abstract: An approach for sharing information. The approach includes a method that includes generating, by at least one computing device, a message within a communication layer overlaid on a web page. The method further includes generating a screen shot of the web page. The method further includes sending the screen shot and the message to another user as a memo configured to be displayed on the communication layer overlaid on the web page on a receiving computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gautam Majumdar, Michael Q. Wang, Fumiyoshi Yamada