Patents Examined by Rashawn Tillery
  • Patent number: 8539360
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product of managing and sharing entries into a webpage are presented. The computer-implemented method receives an input to an input box located in a first webpage on a first network. This input is analyzed to determine its subject matter, and is then migrated into an appropriate subject box on the webpage. In one embodiment, the input is then shared with another webpage, for the same user, which is on a second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Lee Angell, Robert R. Friedlander, Richard Hennessy, James R. Kraemer, William Philip Shaouy
  • Patent number: 8539374
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display and a processor configured to control the display of a graphical user interface on the display. The electronic device further includes a computer readable medium containing instructions for configuring the processor to provide a menu. The menu includes a plurality of links. The links include at least one link that corresponds to a submenu. The submenu includes a further plurality of links. The processor monitors a plurality of user inputs and monitors the position of a cursor within the display. The processor displays the menu upon entry of a first user input, and displays the submenu upon selection of the corresponding submenu link within the menu. When the cursor is within a content portion of the display and the menu is not displayed, the processor displays the submenu upon entry of a second user input, without first displaying the menu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Oke Okaro, Jeremy A. Weinrib
  • Patent number: 8533617
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for displaying a weighted tree based on hyperbolic geometry, comprising: obtaining weighted tree data defining a weighted tree structure; positioning the root node in a negatively curved space as a center, based on the weighted tree defining data; based on the weighted tree defining data, performing layout processing for each parent node and all its direct child nodes from top to bottom recursively, until all the nodes in the tree have been laid out in the negatively curved space, wherein the higher the weight of an edge connecting the parent node and each of its direct child nodes is, the shorter the distance between the parent node and the child node is; mapping the layout data from the negative curved space to an Euclidean plane; and displaying the mapped data in display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Gong Li, Shixia Liu
  • Patent number: 8522150
    Abstract: An information processor such as a personal computer is provided. A terminal is operably linked to the information processor to check out or to check in content to/from the terminal. A device driver detects that a portable device is connected to the information processor and when the device driver detects that the portable device is connected to the information processor, a start-up program reads contents-related data from the portable device and starts up a display/operation instruction program to provide a display corresponding to the data accessed from the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Morita, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka, Kiyonobu Kojima, Ippei Tambata, Shin Shiroma
  • Patent number: 8516373
    Abstract: An audio/visual amplifier for processing video signals and audio signals includes a display controller operable to control display of a menu such that an input name, which is an item of the menu and represents a unit of an input to be selected by a user, a name of a first terminal that is assigned to the input name and that receives a video signal, and a name of a second terminal that is assigned to the input name and that receives an audio signal are displayed so as to be assigned to each other; and a selector operable to, when the user selects the input name as the item of the menu, select the video signal received from the first terminal and the audio signal received from the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Reiko Miyazaki, Kazuto Nishizawa, Taku Sugawara
  • Patent number: 8504937
    Abstract: A computer-human interface manages the available space of a computer display in a manner which reduces clutter and confusion caused by multiple open windows. The interface includes a user-selectable mode of operation in which only those windows associated with the currently active task are displayed on the computer monitor. All other windows relating to non-active tasks are minimized by reducing them in size or replacing them with a representative symbol, such as an icon, so that they occupy a minimal amount of space on the monitor's screen. When a user switches from the current task to a new task, by selecting a minimized window, the windows associated with the current task are automatically minimized as the window pertaining to the new task is displayed at its normal size. As a result, the user is only presented with the window that relates to the current task of interest, and clutter provided by non-active tasks is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Steven P. Jobs, Donald J. Lindsay
  • Patent number: 8495510
    Abstract: The invention describes a method and system for managing browser extensions. The method includes dynamically creating a user interface for a business object based on metadata, the user interface including a menu. A service from the menu is launched, the service corresponding to the business object. Information is retrieved from the service based on the metadata and displayed; the information related to the business object is updated dynamically for future retrievals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Aurobinda Pradhan, Sachin Vinod Rathi
  • Patent number: 8490008
    Abstract: A method including receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard rendered on a display, generating a set of characters that includes the character, and displaying the generated set of characters at a location that is associated with the virtual keyboard and that is on the display. An electronic device including a display having a virtual keyboard rendered thereupon and a processor, the processor being configured to perform the method. Also disclosed is a keyboard, including a plurality of keys, each key corresponding to one or more different characters of a plurality of characters, wherein in response to receiving an input of a character, the keyboard is configured to generate a set of characters that includes the character, and the keyboard is further configured to cause display of the generated set of characters at a location that is associated with the virtual keyboard and that is on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jason Tyler Griffin, Jerome Pasquero
  • Patent number: 8484564
    Abstract: A method, system, and graphical user interface for personalized online sports team charts are disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a graphical user interface on a computer that includes a graphic of an athletic playing field or a portion thereof, and a plurality of player positions on the athletic field. At least some of the player positions contain thumbnail images selected by a first user. The thumbnail images provide links to corresponding profiles in an online social network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Marti, Orkut Buyukkokten, Nandini Kappiah, Divya Shah, Richard Engelberg, Jesse Stollak
  • Patent number: 8479109
    Abstract: A system and method for programmatically generating a graphical program or a portion of a graphical program in response to receiving user input. The user input may specify functionality of the graphical program or graphical program portion to be generated. In response to the user input, a graphical program (or graphical program portion) that implements the specified functionality may be programmatically generated. Thus, different graphical programs may be generated, depending on the user input received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Washington, Ram Kudukoli, Robert E. Dye, Paul F. Austin
  • Patent number: 8473855
    Abstract: A search tool graphical user interface comprises search criteria selected by an operator of the search tool. One or more search results that correspond to the search criteria are displayed on the search tool graphical user interface, and an indication of characteristics is displayed for one or more of the search results. The characteristics displayed may include the availability or maturity of content associated with the search results. The search results may be sorted or filtered based on the characteristics of content associated with the search results. The characteristics may be determined before or after the search results are identified and displayed on the search tool graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Hogan, W. Karl Renner
  • Patent number: 8473844
    Abstract: A system for management and control of audio-related equipment. A link manager may be included in the system. The link manager may be configured to manage subscriptions to multiple other audio-related devices or control panel views. When the managed data variables change, the link manager module may notify other audio-related devices and/or control panel views of the change. In response to the notification, the other audio-related devices and/or control panels may subscribe to the audio-related device with the changed data variable, to request receipt of the updated data variable. In some examples, the link manager module may also be configured to lessen the subscription burden for a particular audio-related device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Allen Kreifeldt, John Lee, William A. Plunkett, Timothy J. Shuttleworth, Andrew Stevenson, Bruce Vander Werf, Steve Hatch, Michael Douglas Hamling, Scott Gardner
  • Patent number: 8473863
    Abstract: A method for generating an on-screen menu comprising menu buttons and other menu items, e.g. help text, comprises one or more groups of menu buttons or menu items are defined, wherein a group comprises one or more menu buttons or menu items and has associated a defined area on the screen. A state is assigned to a button, the state being “enabled” or “disabled”, wherein only an enabled button or item may be displayed, and wherein within a group not more than one button or item may be enabled. The state of a button can be changed by commands associated with other buttons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Jobst Hoerentrup, Dirk Gandolph, Carsten Herpel, Ralf Ostermann, Hartmut Peters
  • Patent number: 8464170
    Abstract: A system combines 2D and 3D modeling in rendering shapes and includes: a 3D modeling factory to generate a 3D model of selected shape parameters or features; a front face factory to generate 2D text and text effects, and some 2D shape effects; a ground plane factory to generate effects that are rendered on a ground plane of a shape; and a rasterizer/compositing engine to combine 2D and 3D effects generated by the front face factory, ground plan factory, and the 3D modeling factory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Georg F. Petschnigg, Matthew W. Kernek
  • Patent number: 8448073
    Abstract: An improved group collaboration system providing control and management of multiple cameras for multiple users (members). The system includes a server for system management and a server for video data. Multiple clients, each having multiple cameras, may access the system simultaneously. Each client has a browser interface that allows a user to access multiple member cameras. Each selected camera is displayed simultaneously in the selecting user's interface. A bandwidth distribution algorithm provides quality of service for the multiple camera feeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Viewplicity, LLC
    Inventors: Robert E. Nimon, Gregory L. Mayhan, Charles Eric Langford, Samuel R. Langford
  • Patent number: 8434014
    Abstract: A system and method provides a pop up window containing a text editor to allow tags or attributes or other commands to be edited in accordance with a selected graphical object or a specified insertion point in a graphics editor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Narciso Jaramillo
  • Patent number: 8429544
    Abstract: A first portion of a content page can be loaded in a first user interface, where the first portion includes content received from a publisher server. A second user interface can then be displayed. A second portion of the content page can be loaded in the second user interface, where the second portion includes one or more content items received from one or more content servers. In addition, one or more attributes associated with the one or more content items can be displayed in the second user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Tsun
  • Patent number: 8423895
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for enabling a unit such as a complex control comprising multiple pages, which should be implemented as a single pair of user interface file and code file, to be implemented in a multiplicity of files, to enable multiple developers to work concurrently on the control, and to enable dynamic addition, deletion or update of pages in a control. The method comprises constructing a template describing the complex control, generating separate pages according to the template, and in run time aggregating the separate pages, renaming elements within the separate pages and routing events to the event handlers implemented by the separate pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Gil Friedman, Guy Soffer
  • Patent number: 8413078
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method of displaying human contact data are provided. Human contact data corresponding to a human contact event is created when a human contact event is generated. A name tag is displayed in a standby screen corresponding to the created human contact data. Accordingly, a user may easily identify human contact data through log data displayed in a user-oriented method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jung Hun Kim, Young Ho Rhee, Jae Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8407626
    Abstract: The use of gestures to organize displayed objects on an interactive display. The gesture is used to move the displayed object to the edge of the interactive display so that the displayed object is only partially displayed after being moved. The size of the displayed object may be reduced and/or the displayed object may be rotated such that an identified portion of the displayed object remains in the display after moving. A gesture may also be used to move multiple displayed objects to the edge of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Derek E. Sunday