Patents Examined by Phoebe X Pan
  • Patent number: 12375777
    Abstract: A method of displaying media content through a user interface of a communication device using an Activity-based Overlay technique. The method includes detecting a first user interaction with a user interface and responsively initiating a timer, the timer being configured to expire upon elapsing of a predefined delay period. An Overlay containing the media content is then rendered on a display of the user interface. The method further includes monitoring, during the predefined delay period, the operating system in order to detect a second user interaction with the user interface. Upon expiration of the timer, it is determined whether a detection of the second user interaction with the user interface occurred during the predefined delay period. A backing Activity associated with the Overlay is then invoked based upon this determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Qzone, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Aaron Feadler, James Alex Wolfinger, Sean Robert Wagner
  • Patent number: 12373090
    Abstract: This disclosure describes embodiments of systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media that can display icons for target digital content items and candidate destination folders within different sections of a multi-section graphical user interface (GUI) and adjust a corresponding file storage structure to reflect organization changes indicated by user interactions that move digital-content-items icons into folder icons. For example, the disclosed system can (i) display, within a first section of a multi-section GUI, icons representing digital content items and (ii) display, within a second section of the multi-section GUI, icons representing folders as candidate destination folders. Then, the disclosed systems can detect user interactions that move digital-content-item icons to folder icons and adjust an underlying file storage structure to reflect the organization indicated by the user interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsuan Chi Wong, Jennifer Lukban, Mahlet Tiruneh, Yuxin Xu
  • Patent number: 12368689
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for presenting a group presence state based on determined participants of the group, obtained presence states of each participants and generated the group presence state using the presence states of each participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: RingCentral, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher van Rensburg
  • Patent number: 12360652
    Abstract: An interaction method for a media object in a media library includes: displaying on a graphical user interface provided by a terminal the media object in the media library; displaying on the graphical user interface an overview panel, and displaying on the overview panel an overview indicator corresponding to the media object; performing, in response to an interaction operation on the media object, a corresponding state change on the media object, and determining a display parameter of the corresponding overview indicator; and updating, according to the display parameter of the overview indicator, a display effect of the corresponding overview indicator to characterize a state of the media object by means of the overview indicator having different display parameters on the overview panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiongbin Xiong, Juan Zhang, Peijing Ye, Maoqiang Liu
  • Patent number: 12353675
    Abstract: A computer system animates data visualizations. The system displays a graphical user interface, including a schema region with data field icons representing data fields from a data source and a canvas region displaying a data visualization having visual marks representing data according to visual properties. A user associates a data field icon, representing a data field, with a visual property of the visual marks. In response, the system modifies the data visualization so that the visual property of each visual mark is displayed according to data values of the data field. A user associates a second data field icon, representing a second data field, with a second visual property of the visual marks. The second visual property specifies a nonstop animation format. In response, the system modifies the data visualization to animate the visual marks according to the second visual property and data values for the second data field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Tableau Software, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Michael Brehmer, Rodion Degtyar, Harveen Kathuria Kaza, Bryan Alexander Feddern, Lauren Lea Jackson, Vladimir Kondrashov
  • Patent number: 12294557
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for sharing of collaborative documents with users via instant messaging. In one aspect, a collaborative application is configured to display one or more user interfaces associated with a collaborative application that allows a user to engage in a real-time chat between and among one or more users. The collaborative application may also present one or more user interfaces that allow the user to select one or more references of collaborative documents stored at a remote document datastore, and then share these references of collaborative documents with one or more users in the real-time chat. In one example, these references may be represented in real-time chat as a user interface element that visually present the collaborative document title and associated collaborative document pictogram or icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Nate Botwick, Anh Khuc, Ben Cronin, Matthew Chan, Christopher Masterson, David Engelberg, Diana Berlin, Merwan Hade, John Brock, Andrew Chung, Justin Edmund, Norris Lee
  • Patent number: 12265863
    Abstract: The operation of an automatic data input and query system is controlled by well-defined control data. The system exposes user interfaces enabling an administrator to interact with control data to modify the ongoing operation of the system. Certain control data determines the collection and treatment of data from various technology sources. A robust control interface is provided enabling the efficient and reliable adding on of new technology data sources. Once established, control data for a new technology data source may be packaged in a form for archiving or distribution. The system may support the export and import of such packages. Such packages may be created independently of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Li Li, Gang Tao, Yongxin Su, Junqing Hao, Ting Wang, John Robert Coates, Elias Haddad, Guodong Wang
  • Patent number: 12206640
    Abstract: The disclosed system and method enable multiple user devices to track the read/unread status of received messages, even though the user reads the message on only one device. A server of a telecommunication network can receive, from a user device associated with a sender, a message sent to a recipient. The user device does not communicate to the server that the received message has been read. Upon receiving the message, the server can determine that the message is in reply to a message thread and can update a status of a second message in the message thread to the read status. The second message is the most recent message in the message thread sent by the recipient to the sender. The server can provide the updated status of the second message in the message thread to the multiple user devices associated with the sender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Shelby Seward, Thomas Cast
  • Patent number: 12175065
    Abstract: Context-specific user interfaces for use with a portable multifunction device are disclosed. The methods described herein for context-specific user interfaces provide indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Wilson, Lee S. Broughton, Kevin Will Chen, Eric Lance Wilson
  • Patent number: 12008230
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally describe user interfaces related to time. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for displaying and enabling an adjustment of a displayed time zone are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for initiating a measurement of time are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling and displaying a user interface using a character are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling and displaying a user interface that includes an indication of a current time are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling configuration of a background for a user interface are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling configuration of displayed applications on a user interface are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Teofila Connor, Aurelio Guzman, Eileen Y. Lee, Christopher Wilson, Alan C. Dye
  • Patent number: 11798672
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11711325
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a message inputted before or after a message reception can be selectively sent when a message is received from a counterpart while composing a message. The present invention includes the steps of if a counterpart message is externally received in the course of a message input to a message input window and a message is additionally inputted to the message input window, applying a visual effect to either a message inputted before receiving the counterpart message or the additionally inputted message and if a send command is received, sending a message corresponding to the send command to a counterpart, wherein the message corresponding to the send command is selected from a message having the visual effect applied thereto and a message not having the visual effect applied thereto among messages displayed on the message input window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Heejeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11687214
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for changing a screen in an electronic device that provides a plurality of windows are provided. The method includes providing, by an electronic device, a plurality of windows functionally connected to the electronic device, selecting at least one window displaying a first application among the plurality of windows, obtaining an input related to a second application being executed in the selected at least one window, and displaying the second application through the at least one window, based on the obtained input. The present disclosure is not limited to a specific embodiment, but various embodiments based on a technical spirit of the present disclosure may be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeongseop Shim, Hyesoon Jeong, Daesik Hwang
  • Patent number: 11675471
    Abstract: A UI for presenting and reviewing a document is optimized based upon the type of computing device being utilized to present the document. One such UI includes a first pane showing a view of the document under review that is sized and formatted for display on a large-format display device. The first pane can also be utilized to emphasize a portion of the document. The UI also includes a second pane that includes indicators for each of the reviewers of the document. The selection of an indicator will cause a portion of the document being reviewed by the corresponding reviewer to be displayed in the first pane. The UI also includes a third pane that includes a scaled image of the document shown in the first pane. Selection of a portion of the scaled image causes the selected portion of the document to be displayed in the first pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan James Luquetta-Fish, Jeffrey Berg, Joo Young Lee, Derek Matthias Hans, Kuldeep Karnawat, Joseph Freeman Friend, Nino Yuniardi, David Benjamin Lee
  • Patent number: 11645338
    Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosure provides a comment content display method, apparatus and device, and storage medium, the method including: when any parent comment of a content object includes at least one child comment, display a comment hiding button at a preset position in a comment region of the parent comment; and filter out the parent comment and child comments of the parent comment from all the comments that have been currently loaded and displayed in response to a trigger operation of a user for the comment hiding button, and updating a current display interface to display other comment contents except the filtered out parent comment and child comments of the parent comment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING YOUZHUJU NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lijun Zhu
  • Patent number: 11592979
    Abstract: A whiteboard template can include multiple regions that are associated with different data sources. Each region can be associated with a different data source and can present objects based upon logical representations stored in an associated data source. Logical representations of objects in a region can include links to other objects in other regions associated with other data sources. When an object is moved between regions, transformations can be applied to the logical representation associated with the object. If the object is linked to other objects, the transformation can be propagated to the logical representations of the linked objects. In this manner, a single movement of an object between regions in a template can result in the updating of multiple objects and associated data sources, the updating of the visual properties of objects in multiple regions, and updating the visual properties of the regions themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Clea Allington, Dylan A Leatham, Palmer H. Batt, Christian James Colando, Francois M. Rouaix
  • Patent number: 11586661
    Abstract: Systems and methods for Documentation Through Gleaning Content [extract content (information) from various sources. collect gradually and bit by bit.] with an enhanced, easy to use and intuitive user interface experience. This is the system to glean the content such as text, image, audio, video in bit by bit from various sources such as web pages, document viewers, word of mouth, SMS, email, internet messenger, social medias etc., and tagged [labeled] to the document/topic in shorter amount of time. At any point of time one or more gleaned content(s) are compiled as a single document without the need of an editor. The team of users can use any type of devices to collaborate, review and publish the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: Palanisamy Thangaraj
  • Patent number: 11579750
    Abstract: A press and hold function for conducting online surveys with a respondent in order to obtain genuine responses to the online surveys is presented herein. A user interface associated with an online survey is presented to the respondent on a screen of a computing device. The online survey can include a set of questions. Each question of the online survey can include a set of response elements. Each of these response elements can be associated with one or more response duration. In order to select a response to a question, the respondent can press a response button that is associated with one or more response elements to that question. The respondent then holds the response button for the response duration associated with the response element. After the response duration is complete, the response associated with the response element is deemed to be the response of the respondent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Perksy, Inc.
    Inventors: Nadia Masri, Andrew Lin
  • Patent number: 11570221
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system and non-transitory computer-readable record medium for a group call using whisper are provided. The group call method includes participating in a group call session with a plurality of participants; designating at least one participant among the plurality of participants as a whisper target based on a touch gesture during the group call session; generating a whisper packet configured to control a server to transfer, only to the whisper target, at least one of video and audio that are input through an input device while the whisper group is designated; and transmitting the whisper packet to the server through the group call session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LINE Plus Corporation
    Inventor: Na Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11544322
    Abstract: A method includes detecting control of an active content creation tool of an interactive computing system in response to a user input received at a user interface of the interactive computing system. The method also includes automatically updating a video search query based on the detected control of the active content creation tool to include context information about the active content creation tool. Further, the method includes performing a video search of video captions from a video database using the video search query and providing search results of the video search to the user interface of the interactive computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: Adobe Inc., The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Lubomira Dontcheva, Kent Andrew Edmonds, Cristin Fraser, Scott Klemmer